Swainsona .] 
XLIII. LEGUMINOSiE. 
403 
7. S. procumbens (procumbent), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 46 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 220. Glabrous or the young shoots and foliage slightly silky, or sometimes 
pubescent or hirsute, with procumbent ascending or erect stems of 1 to 3ft. 
Leaflets 11 to 21 or more, varying from oblong or almost linear and J to ^in. 
long to lanceolate or linear-acute and above lin. long. Stipules herbaceous, 
rather large. Flowers large, fragrant, violet or blue, in a loose raceme on a 
peduncle often attaining 1ft. Bracts often as long as the pedicels ; bracteoles 
lanceolate, shorter than the calyx-tube. Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes at 
least as long as the tube, ciliate inside. Standard in the ordinary form above 
lin. broad, deeply emarginate, without callosities, the claw very short ; wings 
shorter, narrow, slightly twisted ; keel much incurved, produced into a long 
obtuse spirally twisted beak. Style very long and slender, spirally twisted with 
the keel, the slender tip sometimes hooked but not involute. Pod sessile, above 
lin. long, acute, turgid, very coriaceous, often incurved, the seminal suture either 
depressed or slightly prominent. — Cyclogyne swainsonioides, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. 
Austr. 397 ; C. procumbens, F. v. M. in Linnaea, xxv. 393 ; S. violacea, Henders. 
Illustr. Bouq. t. 19. 
Hab.: Plains of the Condamine, Leichhardt; near Ipswich, Nernst ; and many other southern 
localities. 
Var. (?) minor. Leaflets shorter, broader, and more frequently hirsute. Flowers smaller, the 
keel less twisted. Pod shorter and more turgid. — Wimmera, Dallachy. This Baron Mueller 
has named as a species (S. oncinotropis, F. v. M., Melb. Chem. and Drugg., Oct. 1884), and 
as he says that it is usually found associated with S. procumbens in its many southern 
habitats, it probably may be also found with it in Queensland, and the Baron’s description will 
assist in its identification. 
8. S. oncinotropis (referring to curved keel), F. v. M. Melb. Chem. and Drugg., 
Oct. 1884. Procumbent, ascendent, pubescent. Leaflets rather small, 11 to 25, 
cuneate, obovate, or oftener ovate-lanceolate, occasionally some ovate-obcordate, 
mostly short-pointed. Stipules rather large, herbaceous, almost dimidiate- 
cordate, but pointed. Racemes short. Flowers rather small. Pedicels downy, 
hardly as long as the calyx. Bracts nearly as long, membranous, broadish. 
Calyx outside scantily grey-bairy ; lobes long as the tube, much narrowed 
upwards. Petals all dark-violet. Standard without any callosities ; wings 
shorter than the other petals ; keel almost cyclically curved, nearly flat, obtuse. 
Style rather long, almost capillary, much curved, bearded only on the inner side 
towards the summit. Pod sessile, somewhat downy, cymbous-ellipsoid, pointed. 
Seeds pale-brown, not shining. 
Hab.: Southern localities ? 
9. S. phacifolia (Phaca-leaved), F.v.M. in S. Austral. Reg. 1850; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 221. A perennial, with ascending or erect stems, often exceeding 
lft., and sometimes much branched, usually hoary or white with short hairs, 
giving it sometimes a silky or almost mealy appearance. Leaflets usually 7 to 
11, linear or narrow-oblong, acute, rather obtuse or emarginate. Stipules broad, 
especially the upper ones, which are often toothed. Flowers few in the raceme, 
on long peduncles. Calyx hoary or rarely with black hairs, nearly 3 lines long, 
the lobes acute or subulate-acuminate, usually about as long as the tube. 
Standard thin at the base, with a broad short claw and without any callosities ; 
keel much incurved, but obtuse ; wings as long as the keel. Ovary sessile, villous; 
style very rigid, flattened in the lower portion, distinctly hooked, inflexed, or 
almost involute at the end. Pod narrow-oblong, J to nearly 1 in. long, often 
incurved, the upper suture slightly indented. — S. stipularis, F. v. M. in Linntea, 
xxv. 393. 
Hab.: Southern inland localities. 
This species sometimes resembles some specimens of S. phacoides, but has no callosities what- 
ever on the vexillum ; it is more nearly allied to S. lesser tiifolia (S. colonies), but the indumentum, 
the large stipules, and larger flowers, give it a very different aspect. The keel is also much more 
curved, and the broad rigid style is peculiar. — Benth. 
