5 . Pultenæa pimelioides (H o ok , f il.) ; erecta, virgata, ramulis sericeis glabrisve, foliis stipulatis
coriaceis lineari-lanceolatis oblongo-linearibusve acutis margimbus incurvis dorso subcarinatis, capitulis
terminalibus densifloris plurimis bracteis basi brunneis scariosis imbricatis, bracteolis tu b o calycis insertis
lanceolatis integr is bifidisve. {Gunn, 4 6 7 .)
H a b . Northe rn parts o f th e Island, R ock y Cape and Woolnorth, in w e t sandy soil, Gunn.— (FI. Oct.)
An erect shrub, 1 - 2 feet high, more robust in habit (according to the specimens from two localities only) than
either of the two preceding.— Branches fascicled, slender, twiggy, silky towards the tips. Stipules small, ovate,
acute. Leaves generally spreading or recurved, i inch long, linear or linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute or
acuminate ; upper surface pale, concave, with incurved margins ; lower dark brown, obscurely keeled. Floicers in
very dense heads, smrmmded at the base with many small, imbricating, coriaceous, daik brown bracts. Calyx very
süky. Flowers deep ocbi-eous-yellow, but probably variable in colour, small ; standard 4 inch long.
This species is best distinguished from P . subumbellata by the longer, narrower, more acute leaves, with more
incurved margms, the more persistent and prominent stipules, and by the numerous, hard, persistent, searious, imbricating
bracts, which form a cone in the bud. It is v e iy nearly related to P . dentata, Lab., in the inflorescence,
but in the absence o f fruit its nearest affinity cannot be decided.
6 . Pultenæa Gunnii (B en th . A n n . M u s. Y in d . ii. 8 2 ) ; erecta v . decumbens, ramulis h isp id is p u besc
entibus cinereisve demum glabratis, stipulis parvis, foliis parvis ovatis ovato-oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve
marginibus recurvis supra glabris subtus pubescente-püosis glabratisve, capitulis terminalibus pauci- v.
plurifloris, bracteis brevibus subimbricatis v. subnuUis, bracteolis setaceis calyci insertis, legum ine oblique
ovato acuminato compresso pubescente. {Gunn, 1 3 3 , 6 6 8 , 1 9 5 3 .)
V a r ia i in signiter :— ha b itu erecto v . decumbente ;— ramis erectis patentibusve, brevibus elongatisve,
glabratis v . dense pube scente-püosis f o l i i s magnitudine, colore, forma, dispositione (erectis p a tentibusve), '
pagina inferiore glabrata v . subse r ic eo-pube scente;—p e tio lo brevissimo v . sub g ra c ili;— denique c a p itu lis
plur i- V. paucifloris dense v. lasifloris, bracteatis v. subebracteatis, floribus subsessüibus v. gracüe pedice lla
tis. (Tab. X I I I .)
Yar. a . e r e c ta ; major, folds 4—4-polHcaribus.
Yar. ^ . p r o s t r a t a ; minor, foliis ovatis 4-4-poUicaribus.
H a b . Abu n d an t th roughout the Colony in m o ist soü, Lawrence, Gunn, etc. Yar. On the mountains
ascending to 2 - 3 0 0 0 fe e t.— (FI. Oct. N o v .) {v. v.)
An exceedingly common and variable plant, much resembling at first sight P . subumbellata, but readüy distinguished
from it and its immediate allies by the recurved margins o f the leaves, which are generally pubescent
beneath, as also by the very different pods.— A small shrub, 1 - 2 feet high. Branches erect or decumhent ; upper
slender, pubescent-püose, tomentose or glabrous. Leaves numerous, patent or suberect, ovate or ovate-lanceolate
or oblong-lanceolate, acute or blunt, convex above, margins recurved, lower surface generally vUlous or püose, rarely
glabrous, 4 - i hich long ; in var. S much smaUer, ovate, nearly sessüe, blunt, 4 - 5- “ ich long. Flowers in tenninal
heads, few or many, crowded or lax ; pedicels very short or slender. Bracts minute, imbricated, red-brown, searious,
rarely absent. Calyx villous, its lobes sharp ; bracteoles placed on the tube. Corolla very variable in size and
eolonr, 4 “ 4 inch long. Pods compressed, obliquely ovate-acuminate; valves pubescent.— P l a t e X III. Fig. 1, 2,
and 3, leaves; 4, flower; 5, standard; 6, ala; 7, keel; 8, stamen; 9, ovary; 10, longitudinal section o f ovary;
1 1 , valve o f pod, and seed; 12, seed ; 13, embiyo :— all magnified.
7 . Pultenæa dentata (Lab. N o v . H o ll. i. p. 1 0 3 . t . 1 3 1 ) ; fruticulus scoparius, caule brevissimo,
ramis suberectis gracilibus apice sericeis, fo liis acieularibus v . an gu ste linearibus acutis puberuhsve dorso
concavis enerviis su p em e concavis v . marginibus ad costam involutis, capitulis terminalibus densifloris,
bracteis plurimis imbricatis exterioribus late ovatis mucronatis intim is lobatis, bracteohs tubo calycis in sertis
bifidis cuspidatis apice dentatis, legum inibus la te ovatis acuminatis compressis, valvis pubescentibus.
semimbus ovoideis o rbiculatisve pallidis n itidis.— ZJC. P ro d r. ii. 1 1 3 . P . argentea, A . Cunn. in P ieU . N . S. W.
3 4 7 . {Gunn, 4 6 7 , 7 9 4 , 7 9 5 , 7 9 6 .)
Hab. Nor th ern parts o f the Isla n d : Rocky Cape, W oolnor th, and Hampshire H ills, L awrence, Gunn,
etc.— (F I Oct.)
Dist r ib . N ew South Wales.
T1ÜS agrees so well in most respects with Labülardière’s figure and description that I can hardly doubt its
being his plant, though that is described as coming from “ ten-a Van Leeuwyn;” the bracteolæ on the calyx are
omitted, and the seeds are described as dark-coloui’ed.— A small, Heath-like species, with a very short stem, and
many slender, why, erect or ascending branches, 6 -1 8 biches long, süky towards tbe tips. Stipules minute, ovate-
subulate. Leaves erect or recuiwed, very narrow and slender, acicular or linear, 4- f inch long, glabrous or sUghtly
puberulous, acute or acuminate, concave in front or channelled, the margms involute to the costa, concave at the
back. Flowers in dense tenninal heads, smaU, closely invested with numerous dark-brown, imbricating, ovate-acute
bracts (as in P . pimeleoides). Bracteoles attached to the tube o f the calyx, split or toothed, generally bifid, with
cuspidate lobes and a central awn. Pods small, compressed, ovate, acuminate.
8 . Pultenæa prostrata (Benth. MSS.) ; parvula, prostrata, diffuse ramosa, ramis tenuibus, ramulis
ascendentibus sericeis, stipulis subulatis, foliis acieularibus sericeo-villosis glabratisve obtusis teretibus antice
medio sulcatis, floribus solitariis terminalibus multibracteatis, bracteis imbricatis sericeis calyce æquilongis
obtusis bifidis, bracteolis basi calycis insertis ovato-lanceolatis amplis calyce sericeo æquilongis.— P . polyota,
M iill. MBS. {Gunn, 6 7 2 , 195Ü.)
H ab. P la in s near Ross, Gunn.
Dist r ib . South-eastern Australia.
A small, prostrate plant, forming depressed patches a foot broad, süveiy-gi-ey from the white süky pubescence
on the branches, etc.— Stems woody, much divided. Branchlets slender. Stipules small, subulate. Leaves alternate
or fascicled 011 short lateral branchlets, 4 - 4 incli long, acicular, rather thickened upwards, blunt or acute,
almost terete, channelled down the front, convex at the back, more or less pubescent or silky. Flowers solitary,
tenninal, enclosed in many imbricating pale brown, süky, bifid or variously lobed bi-acts. Calyx veiy süky, ivith
two ovate, scaiious bracteoles inserted at its base, and neaiiy as long as itself. Flowers 4 inch long.
bracteate heads; bracts often becoming leafy. Stipules conspicuous,
to the branches.
§ 2 . P a o L iF E RÆ (Benth.).—Flowers in ten.
giving a
9. Pultenæa Hibbertioides (Hook, fil.) ; robusta, humilis, molliter püosa, caulibus procum-
bentibus lignosis, ramis ascendentibus suberectisve molbte r patentim pilosis, stipulis subrecurvis lanceolato-
subulatis squarrosis, fo liis plurimis bneai-i-acerosis acumiuatis scaberulis et patentim pilosis glabratisve
medio antice cauahculatis dorso convexis, capitulis terminahbus paucifloris multibracteatis, bracteis brunne
is scariosis dense imbricatis lanceolatis fissis lacerisve, calycibus membranaceis parce pilosis, bracteohs
apice pedicelli insertis lanceolatis calyce æquilongis, legum ine oblique elliptico-ovato apice subattenuato
acuminato subcompresso villoso, semine ovideo paUido. {Gunn, 1 0 5 4 .)
Hab. In large patches, twelve mües from Georgetown, ou tb e road to Launceston, Gunn.— (FI. N o v .)
Dist r ib . Soutb-eastern Australia.
A short, robust species, nath woody, prostrate stems, aud many suberect or ascending branches, 1 2 -1 8 inches
long, covered ivitli soft, spreading, white, wooUy hairs, and brown, searious, subidate, recmwed stipules, 4 inch
long. Leaves spreading, curvbig, aciciUav, 4 inch long, 4 hue broad, geuerally rough, and also pilose, sometimes
quite glabrous, convex at the back, deeply chamielled down the front, acute or acumbiate. Heads termnial, surrounded
by tbe leaves, which overtop them, hard, conical at the base from tbe number of imbricating, red-brown,
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