blunt ears near the base, not near the length of the slender unguis.
Stamens 10, distinct, ascending: filaments unequal in
length, smooth, shorter than the style: anthers 2-lobed, attached
by their back to the filaments: pollen pale yellow. Ovarium
sessile, smooth. Style ascending, hairy on one side. Stigma a
simple blunt point.
Our drawing of this handsome and delightfully fragrant species
was made in May last, at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley,
Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, from a plant that had been
lately raised from seeds received from Mr. C. Frazer, who collected
them in New South Wales. We have ascertained it to be
the species described by M. Decandolle, having compared it
with specimens from Sieber in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium; we
also from the description believe it to be the same as described
by Sir J. E. Smith, in the Transactions of the Linnean Society,
but it does not agree so well with the description in the Hortus
Kewensis, which is also named Shining-leaved Pultensea, whereas
ours is a dull glaucescent leaved plant.
The present species is certainly a very desirable plant for
every Greenhouse and Conservatory, both by its handsome bushy
growth, and its abundance of bloom, which is so exquisitely
sweet-scented; it is also of free growth, and only requires protection
from frost, thriving well in an equal portion of light
sandy loam and peat, and may be increased by seeds, or young
cuttings planted in pots of sand under bell-glasses, will strike
root freely.
The genus was named by Sir J. E. Smith, in honour of
W. Pulteney, M.D. author of several works on Botany and
Agriculture.
1. Calyx. 2. Vexillum. 3. The two Wings. 4. Keel. o.^The G. The smooth Ovarium, terminated by the Style that is hairy on1 0o dnies tsinidcet ,S taanmd etnhse.
blunt simple Stigma.