25. Sutherlandia frutescens. R. Br. Shrubby. Stem erect, twiggy. Leaves stalked, alternate, impari-pinnate, many-yoked; pinnules on short petioles, oblong, obtuse, emarginate, silky. Flowers racemose, peduncled, axillary, scarlet. Legume ovate, scarious, inflated.
A fine showy shrub, which, on account of its beautiful scarlet flowers, is a horticultural ornament, and cultivated as such in our gardens. It grows wild in hilly parts all over the colony. According to Thunberg (Travels, vol. I., pag. 160), the roots and leaves of this plant, when dried and pulverised, are of use in diseases of the eye.