SWAINSONIA CO RON I LLiEFOLI A . 
(Coronilla-leaved Swainsonia), 
CI wss, 
DIADELPHIA. 
Order. 
DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
FABACEjE. 
(LeguminouB plants, Veg. King.) 
Generic Character.— Calyx, bieallous at the base, 
jBve-toothed. Vexillum flat, large. Stamens diadel- 
phous. Carina obtuse, rather longer than the v/ings. 
Stigma terminal. Style bearded longitudinally behind, 
but beardless in front. Legume turgid, Don's Syst. 
Specific Character.— Plant a smooth shrub, grow- 
ing three feet or more high. Branches erect. Leaves 
consisting of nine to eleven pairs of oblong, smooth, 
emarginate, glaucous leaflets. Racemes axillary, many- 
flowered, much longer than the leaves. Calyx of a 
pale green ; teeth acute. Vexillum large, flat, of a 
violet-crimson, with a greenish yellow eye. Carina of 
a rather deeper purple than the vexillum. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Swainsonia, Salisb. 
Par., No. 28 / R. Brown, in HorU Kew., Ed. 2, v. 4, 
p. 326; Be Candolle's Prod. 2, p. 272. Swainsonia 
coronillaefolia, Salisb. Par., No. 28. 
A very elegant greenhouse plant, not uncommon in collections, but much less 
grown than its merits deserve. The general habit resembles that of Sutherlandia 
frutescens ; but it is superior to that plant both in its growth and flowers. 
It is a native of New South Wales, and was introduced to this country by 
Sir Joseph Banks so long ago as 1803 : its distribution has been pretty general, 
and its beauty invariably acknowledged. Yet it has failed to attract that attention 
from cultivators which some other plants with far less charms have insured; and 
our present notice is given with a view of encouraging its more extensive 
cultivation. 
It should have the temperature of a cool, airy greenhouse, where it can receive 
abundance of light during the winter ; in summer it may be turned out into the 
open air, either remaining in a pot 5 or being planted out in the borders. 
The proper soil is a light sandy loam mixed with one-third of turfy peat, and 
a small portion of well-rotted leaf-mould. A good drainage is also of importance. 
The flowers are produced almost uninterruptedly for nine months in the year, 
and the plant always derives benefit when the blooming season is over, by all the 
stems being cut down to six or eight eyes. 
