Swainsona.\ 
XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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Ovary and pod distinctly stipitate. 
Flowers purple or whitish. Pod above lin. long, on stipes much 
longer than the calyx 15. S. Fraseri. 
Flowers yellow. Pod about Jin. long, on a stipes not exceeding the 
calyx 16. S. laxa. 
1. S. Crreyana (after Capt. [Sir] George Grey), Lindl. Bot. II eg. 1846, t. 
66; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 216. A perennial or undershrub, with erect or 
ascending stems of 2 to 3ft., the young shoots and leaves white-tomentose, 
becoming glabrous when full-grown. Leaflets 11 to 21, oblong obtuse or refuse, 
f to lin. or sometimes ljdn. long. Flowers large, pink, in long erect pedunculate 
racemes. Bracts ovate or lanceolate. Pedicels shorter than the calyx. Brac- 
teoles close to the calyx and often as long as its tube. Calyx densely cottony- 
white, 3 to 4 lines long, the teeth short. Standard fin. diameter, with 2 
prominent erect plate-like calli above the claw ; wings shorter ; keel incurved, 
obtuse, not so broad as in S. galegifolia. Pod inflated, membranous, attaining If 
to 2in., on a stipes of f to fin. — Bot. Mag. t. 4416 ; S. grandiflora, R, Br. in App. 
Sturt Exped. 11. 
Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in F. v. Mueller’s Census Austr. Plants. 
The precise form and proportions of the teeth of the calyx and bracteoles prove too variable to 
admit of distinguishing, even as constant varieties, the two forms described by R. Brown. — Benth. 
2. S. galegifolia (Galega-leaved), R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, iii. 327; 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 217. Darling Pea. A glabrous perennial or undershrub, with 
erect flexuose branches, sometimes under 1ft., sometimes ascending or even 
climbing to the height of several feet. Leaflets 11 to 21 or rarely more, oblong, 
obtuse or emarginate, mostly 4 to 8 lines long. Stipules small, reflexed. Racemes 
pedunculate, exceeding the leaves and sometimes twice as long. Flowers rather 
large, deep red in the original variety. Pedicels rarely longer than the calyx, 
with minute bracteoles near the top. Calyx glabrous, 2f to 3 lines long, the lobes 
acute, short or nearly as long as the tube. Standard 6 to 8 lines diameter, with 
2 oblique or almost longitudinal plate-like prominent callosities above the 
claw ; wings shorter ; keel broad, obtuse. Style subulate, acute, not indexed at 
the end, bearded longitudinally without any terminal tuft. Pod much inflated, 
membranous, 1 to 2in. long, on a stipes varying from 2 to 6 lines. — DC. Prod. ii. 
271 ; Vicia galegifolia, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 319 ; Colutea galegifolia, Sims, Bot. 
Mag. t. 792 ; S. Oshornii, Moore, in Gard. Comp. t. 65, copied into Lemair. Jard. 
Fleur, t. 304. 
Hab.: Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown ; Moreton Bay, Fraser ; Wide Bay, Bidwill, Leichhardt ; 
Peak Downs, F. v. Mueller ; Mantuan Downs and Balonne River, Mitchell ; Burdekin River, 
Fitzalan; plains of the Condamine, Leichhardt. 
The species varies with light purplish-pink flowers, S. coronillcefolia, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 
28; DC. Prod. ii. 271; Bot. Reg. t. 1725; and with white flowers, Bot. Reg. t. 994; S. albiflora, 
G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 245 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1642. The differences in the length of the stipes 
of the pod do not, as had been supposed, coincide with the differences in the colour of the flower. 
— Benth. 
This and other species of the genus are said to be poisonous to stock. 
3. S. brachycarpa (short-fruited), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 217. A perennial, 
glabrous or nearly so, with the habit of 8. galegifolia, but much smaller and more 
slender. Leaflets numerous, oblong, mostly narrow, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. 
Stipules small. Racemes on long peduncles exceeding the leaves. Flowers 
small, apparently purple or red. Pedicels about as long as the calyx. Calyx 
scarcely above 1 line long, broad with short acute teeth. Standard about 5 lines 
diameter, with the oblique almost longitudinal plate-like appendages of 8. 
galegifolia, and the wings and keel also similarly shaped, but the style is only 
very slightly bearded longitudinally and has the dorsal tuft of hairs immediately 
