Sesbania .] 
XLIII. LEGUMINOS^. 
899 
long, including the short turbinate base, the teeth short, broad, and acute. 
Standard scarcely Jin. broad ; keel very much incurved, broadly obtuse in front. 
Pod long, narrower than in S. cegyptiaca, the sutures more thickened. — W. and 
Arn. Prod. 214 ; S. australis, F. v. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. i. 36. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsborough, also M'Kinlay’s Expedition; in the interior, 
Mitchell ; Rockhampton, Dallachy. 
Var. sericea. Young branches and foliage silky-pubescent. — N.W. coast, Bynoe ; Nichol Bay, 
F. Gregory's Expedition ; Sturt’s Creek and Flinder’s River, F. v. Mueller ; islands of the Gulf 
of Carpentaria, R. Brown. — Bentli. 
Var. (?) erubescens. Flowers rather longer, the standard pinkish. Branches more angular. — 
Sturt’s Creek, F. v. Mueller. This may possibly be near S. punctata, Pers., which, however, is 
scarcely specifically distinct from S. aculeata. Fragments from Gulf country may belong to this 
variety. 
36. CLIANTHUS, Soland. 
(Glory-flower.) 
(Donia, G. Don.) 
Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Standard acuminate, closely reflexed over the calyx ; 
wings shorter, lanceolate ; keel about as long as the standard, erect, incurved, 
acute. Upper stamen free, the others united in a sheath ; anthers reniform. 
Ovary stipitate, with many ovules ; style subulate, incurved, longitudinally 
bearded along the inside towards the end ; stigma minute, terminal. Pod turgid, 
oblong-acuminate, 2-valved. Seeds reniform, not strophiolate. — Herbs or under- 
shrubs. Leaves pinnate. Stipules herbaceous. Flowers large, red, in short 
axillary racemes. 
Besides the Australian species, which is endemic, the genus comprises one other from New 
Zealand. The Norfolk Island climber, described as C. carneus, forms the very distinct genus 
Streblorhiza, Endl. — Benth. 
1. C. Sampieri (after Wm. Dampier), A. Gunn, in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 
ser. 2, i. 522 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 214. A perennial, with stout procumbent or 
ascending stems, of 2ft. or more, densely villous, with long soft hairs. Leaflets 
about 15 to 21, obovate-elliptical or oblong, obtuse or almost acute, mostly J to 
to lin. long, nearly glabrous above, villous underneath. Stipules broad, embracing 
the stem. Peduncles rarely exceeding the leaves, bearing a short dense almost 
umbel-like raceme of large red pendulous flowers. Bracts lanceolate. Pedicels 
about Jin. long, with short linear bracteoles. Calyx hirsute, nearly fin. long, the 
lobes lanceolate acuminate, longer than the tube. Standard 2Jin. long, with a 
deep-purple or black shining blotch at the base ; wings ljin. long, acute ; keel 
nearly as long as the standard. Pod narrow-oblong, 2 to 2Jin. long, coriaceous, 
the seminal suture indented, softly pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Seeds 
small and numerous. — R. Br. in App. Sturt, Voy. 8 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5051 ; Lindl. 
in Paxt. FI. Gard. t. 10 ; C. Oxleyi, A. Cunn. in Trans. Hort. Soc. l.c.; Donia 
speciosa and D. forrnusa, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 468. 
Hab.: Warrego. 
37. SWAIN SON A, Salisb. 
(After Mr. W. Swainson, the zoologist.) 
(Cyclogyne, Benth.; Diplolobium, F. v. M.) 
Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Standard nearly orbicular, on a short claw ; wings 
oblong, falcate or slightly twisted, free ; keel broad, incurved, obtuse or produced 
into a twisted beak. Upper stamen entirely free, the others united in a sheath ; 
anthers reniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with many ovules ; style incurved, 
subulate or curled inwards at the end, more or less longitudinally bearded along 
the inner edge, the stigma small or inconspicuous at or near the end. Pod either 
ovoid membranous and inflated ; or narrow and coriaceous, but turgid, the upper 
