Swainsona.] 
XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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Flowers (purple ?) small, rather numerous, in erect racemes much longer than 
the leaves. Pedicels very short. Bracteoles minute. Calyx shortly pubescent, 
with a few small black hairs, scarcely above 1 line long, the teeth very short. 
Standard about 8 lines diameter, without callosities, the claw very short ; keel 
obtuse. Style much curved, but not involute at the end, with a small tuft of 
hairs at the top behind the stigma, besides the longitudinal beard of the genus. 
Pod sessile, ovoid or nearly globular, 3 to 5 lines long, much inflated, more or 
less incurved, the base of the style much so, the seminal suture slightly intruded. 
Rab.: Rockhampton, Dallachy ; Connor’s River, Bowman ; and inland localities. 
15. S. Fraseri (after C. Fraser), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 224. A tall species, 
often attaining 5 or 6ft. Leaflets 11 to 21 or more, distinctly petiolulate, ovate 
or oblong, very obtuse, mostly f to fin. long, green on both sides. Flowers 
violet-purple or nearly white, rather small, numerous, in long loose racemes. 
Calyx glabrous or slightly hairy, nearly 2 lines long, the teeth rather longer than 
in S. laxa, but not exceeding the tube. Standard about 5 to 6 lines diameter, 
without callosities ; wings shorter than the very obtuse keel. Style incurved, 
with a very conspicuous tuft of hairs on the top behind the stigma, and a few 
short hairs on the inner side. Pod inflated, membranous, acute, above 1 in. long, 
on a stipes much longer than the calyx. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, C. Stuart, F. v. Mueller ; Brisbane River. 
16. S. laxa (loose growth), B. Br. in App. Sturt Exped. 18 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 224. Apparently a rather tall species, with terete branches, glabrous or 
the young shoots slightly silky. Leaflets 11 to 21, distinctly petiolulate, from 
broadly ovate to oblong, very obtuse, rarely above fin. long, and often very small. 
Stipules broad and falcate. Flowers yellow, rather small, in long loose racemes 
flowering from near the base. Bracts very small. Pedicels short, with minute 
bracteoles below the calyx. Calyx glabrous or slightly hairy, If line long, the 
teeth acute, shorter than the tube. Standard about 5 lines diameter, without 
callosities ; wings much shorter ; keel nearly as long as the standard, very obtuse. 
Style not involute, bearing a prominent tuft of hairs round or behind the stigma, 
especially at the back, besides the longitudinal beard of the genus. Pod glabrous, 
inflated, acute, fully fin. long, on a stipes usually shorter than the calyx-tube. 
Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant by F. v. Mueller. 
38. GLYCYRRHIZA, Linn. 
(Sweet root.) 
(Clidanthera, R. Br.) 
Calyx-lobes equal or the 2 upper ones shorter and more united. Petals narrow ; 
standard ovate or oblong, nearly sessile ; keel shorter, obtuse or almost acute, 
the petals scarcely cohering. Upper stamen free or slightly cohering with the 
others in an open sheath ; anther-cells confluent at the top, the alternate smaller 
anthers opening deeply in 2 unequal valves. Ovary sessile, with 2 or more 
ovules ; style incui-ved, glabrous, with a terminal stigma. Pod ovate, oblong or 
shortly linear, flattened or turgid, glandular, muricate or rarely smooth, inde- 
hiscent or opening tardily in 2 valves. Seeds not strophiolate. — Herbs, with the 
root often sweet. Leaves unequally pinnate or rarely 3-foliolate, without 
stipellae. Stipules narrow, membranous, deciduous. Flowers blue-violet, white 
or yellowish, sessile or very shortly pedicellate, in axillary racemes. Bracts 
narrow, very deciduous. Bracteoles none. 
The majority of the species are from the E. Mediterranean region, and temperate and sub- 
tropical Asia ; and one is found in extratropical S. America. The Australian species is endemic, 
although nearly allied to some of the Mediterranean ones. The exceptional anthers first 
