H a b . Common in grassy and beatliy places tlironghout th e Colony.— (FI. Oc t. N o v .) (v. v.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia and N ew Sou th W a le s. (Cultivated iu E ngland.)
This, though often prostrate, is sometimes erect, and has then the hahit of B . glaberrima, from which it differs
conspicuously in the single-flowered pedimcles, wliich do not form corymhs, but are aggi-egated, generaRy at the tips
of the branches, iuto corymb-like heads. I t is much more difficult to distinguish it from B .f lo r ilm d a by general
characters, but it is a far more slender, gi-aceful plant, w ith much more slender, ffiiforin, glabrous leaves, and the flowers
are less villous, and comparatively rarely lateral.— Stems 6 inches to 2 feet high, spaiingly branched, slender, glabrous
below, silky towards the tips. Leaves as variable in size as tliose of B . glaberrima, and quite like them.
P eduw le and calyx viRous or silky ; lobes of the latter blunt.
Gen. V I I . P U L T E N Æ A , Smith.
Calyx campanulatus, basi bibracteolatus, semiquinquefidus, subæquabs v . subbilabiatus. Vexillum
rotundatum, alas oblongas superans. Carina recta, obovata v . oblonga. S tam in a 1 0 , libe ra; filamentis
n u d is. Ovarium sessile, 2 -o vu la tum . S ty lu s deciduus. Legumen ovatum, compressum, v . subturgidum.
S em in a strophiolata.— Erutices ; foliis a lte rn is, simplic ibus, in teg e rrim is v . apice bilobis ; stip u b s scariosis,
ra r iu s 8 •, \'Q.^oxt?,ctxiCia te rm in a li v . a x illa r i ; s o lita r iis c a p ita tisv e ; bracteis « canu#« ü. 0 .
One of tbe largest genera of Austraban Leguminosce, and found in no other part of the globe ; about seventy
species have been discovered, chiefly on the extratropical eastern side of AustraUa, only one tropical species being
known.— Shruis, often small and Heath-Uke, never arborescent. Leaves alternate, entire or lobed at the apex, simple,
with searious stipules or none. Inflorescence in short capitate corymhs or heads, or soUtary. Calyx with two smaU
bracts at tbe base, campanulate, equal or two-Upped, five-lobed. Standard orbicular. Wings oblong. Keel straight.
Stamens ten ; filaments free, glabrous. Ovary sessRe, witb two ovules. P o d compressed or turgid, short. Seeds
without a strophiolus.— The sections o f this genus are those proposed by Bentham, and are provisional only.
(Named in honour o f B r . W. Pulteney, a botanical author.)
S 1 . C a p it a t æ .— . terminal heads, rarely solitary, surrounded with searious bracts,
or none.
1 . Pixltenæa daphnoides (Smith, in An n . B o t. i. 5 0 2 ) ; erecta, virgata, 5-pedaIis, ramulis angulatis
sericeis, stipubs parvis ovatis, fobis obovato-cuneiformibus costa p ercurrente mucronatis u trinque glaberrimis,
floribus dense capitatis, p edice lbs b asi bracteis scariosis suffultis, calyce sericeo-villoso.— A n d r. B o t. R ep . t. 9 8 ;
Sims, B o t. M a g . t. 1 3 9 4 ; B r . H o r t. K ew. ed. 2 . iii. 1 8 ; B C . P ro d r . ii. 1 1 0 . {Gunn, 1 8 5 .)
Var. /3. o b co rd a ta ; fobis brevioribus.— P . obcordata, A n d r. B .R e p . A 5 7 4 ; B r .H o r t. K ew . ed. 2 . iii. 1 8 .
Hab. Var. /3. obcordata, n o t uncommon in various parts o f tbe Island.— (FL Oct. N o v .) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . Var. a . N ew South W a le s and South-eastern Austraba. (Cultivated in E ngland.)
An erect shrub 5 -6 feet high, the largest o f the genus, flowering abundantly, and very handsome. Branches
erect, slender, striated, angled, süky, as are the petioles. Leaves 4 - 1 inch long, obovate-cuneate, shortly petiolate,
with a stout midrib fonning a strong exeurrent point, deep green above, pale beneath. Stipules ovate, smaR, red-
brown, searious. Flowers in terminal heads ; buds surrounded with searious oblong deciduous scales, that are sUky
at the back. Pedicels short, with imbricating broadly-ovate searious brown braets at the base. Calyx shaggy
with silky silvery hairs ; bracteoles Hnear, shorter than the ealj-x-lobes. Corolla variable in size and colour, Standard
bright yeRow, about 4 iucb across. Wings usuaUy deep purple.— I have united P . obcordata w ith the P . daph-
noides, Sm., of which it is undoubtedly only a southern form, with generaRy rather shorter leaves, Gunn remarks
that it is tender in Tasmania, and that the young shoots o f plants in his garden are annuaRy frostbitten.
2 . Pultenæa stricta (Sims, B o t. Mag. t. 1 5 8 8 ) ; erecta v . decumbens, virgata, 1 -2 -p ed a lis, ramulis
sericeo-pubescentibus, fobis obovato- v . bneari-oblongis rarius subcuneatis costa percurrente mucronatis
utrinque glaberrimis, floribus 3 - 5 capitatis, pedicelbs basi bracteis scariosis suffultis, calyce sericeo-villoso.
— L o d d . B o t. Cab. t. 9 7 4 ; B C . P ro d r . ii. 1 1 1 . {Gunn, 4 7 1 .)
H a b . A bundant in various loca litie s; often in moist peaty soil.— (FL N o v . D e c .) {v. v.)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A much smaRer species than P . obcordata, seldom more than 2 feet high. — Stems ereet or decumbent ;
branches pubescent or silky, slender, twiggy. Leaves small, 4 inch long, variable in shape, obovate or oblong or
almost cuneate-obovate, never so cuneate as in P . obcordata, mucronate at the blunt or acute tip ; petioles very
short ; stipules minute. Flowers in terminal few-flowered heads, which are surrounded when young with searious
concave brown bracts. Pedicels very short ; flowers Hke those of P . obcordata, but smaRer. Pods compressed,
mucronate, twice as long as the calyx, with a sHghtly curved upper margin and very convex lower one ; valves and
margins silky. Seeds one or two, obliquely ovoid, blunt.
3 . Pultenæa subumbellata (Hook. B o t. Mag. 3 2 5 4 ) ; erecta (rarius decumbens), ramulis g racibbus
virgatis sericeis, fobis sparsis imbricatisve linearibus bneari-oblongisve acutis obtusisve n on mucronatis
coriaceis planis v. marginibus incurvis utrinque glaberrimis, capitulis terminalibus densifloris, bracteis
paucis parvis orbiculatis deciduis, bracteobs a calyce distinc tis, legum ine globoso villoso, valvis crassis.—
L in d l. B o t. R eg . t. 1 6 3 2 .
Var. a ; fobis bneari-oblongis subacutis planis avenus v. uninerviis inferne (sicco) fu scis superne pallidis.—
.Sori M?ag. I. c. {Gunn, 1 3 7 , 1 8 6 , 2 1 6 .)
Var. ß . a lp in a ; parvula, caule procumbente, ramis brevibus ascendentibus, fobis parvis subimbricatis.
{Gunn, 3 1 9 .)
H a b . Abundant in m o ist situations, generally on banks o f rivers inundated in winter. Var. ß . On
the We stern aud other mountains, ascending to 4 0 0 0 f e e t ; common.— (EL Sept. N o v .) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Austraba. (Cultivated in E ngland.)
An extremely abundant and pretty Httle plant, forming miniature thickets, 1 -3 feet high, along the margins
of streams, covered with a profusion o f bright golden-yeUow blossoms.— S tem terete, erect, procumbent in var. ß,
slender, twiggy, silky towards the tips. Leaves without stipules, numerous, scattered or imbricating, suberect or
rarely recurved, shortly petioled, Hneai-oblong or oblong, rarely somewhat obovate, acute or blunt, never mucro-
natc, quite glabrous, flat or mai-gins a Httle incurved, not keeled below, 4 - 4 inch long, 4 inch in var. ß ; the upper
with dRated petioles, wliich become converted into the bracts. Capitula terminal, o f six to ten sessile flowers. Pedicels
very short indeed, surrounded by a few pale, small, orbicular, tomentose and ciHated bracts. Calyx lillous, rarely
glabrous. Flcweis extremely variable in size and depth o f colour, the largest 4 inch long. Pods smaR, 4 inch
long, globose, villous ; valves hard and woody.— This is one o f the very variable plants o f the Island, and I doubt
whether the foUowing is distinct fi-om it, although it looks quite so.
4 . Pultenæa selaginoides (Hook, fil.) ; glaberrima, erecta, virgata, fobis parvis subimbricatis ob ovato
lanceolatis acutis crasse coriaceis concavis marginibus incurvis dorso carinatis, capitulis terminalibus
densifloris, bracteis oblongis parvis calycibusque glaberrimis. {Gunn, 1 9 5 4 .)
H a b . Eastern parts o f the Island, St. Paul’s River, Avoca, Gunn.
This is a peculiar-looking plant, aud veiy different in aspect from any state o f P . suhumbellata with wliich I
am acquainted, and yet I cannot but fear that (as Mr, Gunn suggests) it may be a variety o f that. It forms a
small, slender shrub, everywhere perfectly glabrous. Old branches witb white bark, scarred witb the prominent
insertions of the faUen leaves.—Leaves numerous, unifonn iu size, erect, imbricating, very thick and coriaceous,
obovate-lanceolate, acute, very concave, keeled at the back. Flotcers as in P . subumbellata, but smaUer, with smaO,
oblong, more coriaceous bracts, and a coriaceous, perfectly glabrous calyx.