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 COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN STURT. 323

Desc. Ilcrba, vel suffrutex, erecta^ bipcdalis, glabriuscula. Ramiili aiigulati. Tolia cum iinpari pinnata, 4-5-juga; foliola opposita, laiiceolata, subtus glandiilis crebris j)arvis nianifestis, niarginibus scabris. Si)ica3 dcnsac, multiflorcC. Calyx 5-fidus, pai'uiu inaequalis, acutiis, extiis glaiidulis dense coiispersus. Corolla : Veonllum lamina oblonga sub- conduplicata ncc cxplanata, basi simplici absque auriculis ; ungue abbreviato. Ala vexillo paulo breviores, carinam aequantcs, laminis oblongis, auriculo baseos brevi. Carinm petaJa alis conformcs. Stamina diadelpha, simplex et novemfidum ; antlierae subrotundae v. reniformes, valvula ventrali anthera dimidio minore subrotunda. Ovarium hispidum ovulo reniformi. Legumen basi calyce sube- marcido cinctum, ecliiuatum. Semen renifornie, absque stropliiola ; integumeiito duplici. Embryo viridis ; cotyle- dones obovatae, accumbentes.

Obs. This plant, which in some respects resembles cer- tain species of Glycyrrhiza, appears to be not un frequent in the southern interior. It was found in one of the early expeditions of Sir Thomas Mitchell, and Mrs. (Capt.) Grey observed it on the flats of the Murray.

7. Swain SON A {(/randijlord) sufFruticosa pubescens, foliis 8-10-jugis inexpansis incano-tomentosis ; foliolis oblongis obtusis retusisve : adultis semiglabratis : rachi subincana, racemo multifloro folium superante, bracteolis lanceato- linearibus acutis aequantibus tubum calycis albo-lanati [75 quinquefidi : laciniis acutissimis longitudine fere tubi, vexillo bicalloso.

Loc. " Common on the rich alluvial flats of the Murray and Darling." D. Sturt.

Obs. This plant is, perhaps, not specifically distinct from S. Greyana, Lindl. Eot. Kcgist. 1846, tab. ^Qi, of which the figure is a good representation of S. grandiflora in every respect, except in the form and proportions of the teeth of the calyx and lateral bracteae. In these points it exactly agrees with complete specimens, for which I am indebted to Mrs. Grey, from the banks of the Murray, and ^Ir. Eyre's station (Moorundi), about 98 miles from Adelaide, where it

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