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LEGUMINOSiE. XXVIL Gastrolobium. XXVIIL Euciiilus. XXIX. Pulten^ea. 



Tivo-lohed'lesixeA Gastrolobium. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1803. scabrous from tubercles on the upper surface, but silky beneaiL 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ending in a short mucrone, and with the margins recurved. Ij. 



Cult. A pretty plant when in flower. For its culture and G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. P. scabra, 

 propagation see Pultence'a. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2, vol. 3. p. 18. P. deltoidea, Sieb.pl. 



exsic. nov. boll. no. 388. Flowers yellow, with a purplish keel 



XXVIIL EUCHFLUS (from £v, eu, well or good, and veiXoc, f^^^» scahra {^leh. pi exsic nov. boll. no. 386.) branches 



cheilos, a lip; well-lipped, the upper lip of the calyx is very and cdyxes clothed with hairy down, not with adpressed vl. 



large). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed.' 2. vol. 3. p. 17. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 110. 



LiN. SYST. Dec&ndria^ Monogynia. Calyx profoundly 5- 

 cleft, bibracteolate at the base, bilabiate ; lobes of the upper lip 



Carina length of 



Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves a little larger than 



those of the species. 



Two-lohedAe2i\edi Pultenaea. 



Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



(Rudge 



ovate and large, of the lower one setaceous. ^**..«« *v,..^wx -* « .,, i ■ - i 



Ovary 2-seeded, pedicellate. Style subulate, ascend^ ^o^Ner^ axillary and termmal ; 



wmgs 



ing. Stigma simple. Legume compressed. Seeds strophio- 

 late, with the lobes of the strophiola entire behind. — An Aus- 



emargmate 

 pilose. Tj 



FL April, May. Clt. 181/. 



An. trans. 11. p. 300. t. S3.) 

 leaves obovate, and appearing 



curved back, 



in consequence of the point 



Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. 



being 



tralian shrub, with opposite, simple, minutely-stlpulate leaves. 

 Flowers axillary, pedicellate, 

 ceous bractcoles at their base. 



1 E. obcorda'tus (R. Br. 1. c.) T2 . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south-west coast. Ker. bot. reg. t. 403. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. t. 60. Branches terete, canescent. Leaves obcordate 



Stipulas subulate, dilated into a membrane. Leaves apparently 

 PedTceirfurn^^^^^^ 2 seta- ^^^^\ ""^^^/ ^ microscope. Branches villous. 



P. lanata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. boll. no. 420. 



Ovary pilose. 



i?w5/7/-haired Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



uuL. y^^ti. t. uv. jL^iain^ii^a Lcictc i;aui:5ijciiu xjcctvcs uucuructLc ^ ^' ^ncurva'ta (Cuug. In Field's ucw south walcs, p. 346.) 



or wedge-shaped, villous beneath. Flowers yellow, with a pur- J)p^f^^ ^^, flowers terminal, and are, as well_ as the^ branchej 

 plish keel. 



06corc/a/e-leaved Euchilus. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



Cult. A very elegant plant when in flower. For its culture 

 and propagation see Pultencea. 



XXIX. PULTENiE^A (in honour of William Pulteney, M.D. 



author of a view of tlie writings of Linnaeus, and various other 

 works of merit). Smith, ann. bot. 1. p. 501. Lin. trans. 9. p. 

 215. Ii. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 17. D. C. mem. leg. 

 V. prod. 2. p. 110. 



Lin. SYST. Dcc^ndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate 

 (f. 24. a.); lips equal in length, bibracteolate at the base ; brac- 

 tcoles sometimes adhering to the tube. Ovary sessile (f. 24. c?.), 

 2-seeded. Style subulate, ascending (f 24. e.). Stigma simple. 

 Strophiola of seed with the lobes cut behind. — Small neat Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, with simple alternate leaves. Stipulas usually 

 concrete between the leaves. Flowers yellow, usually disposed 

 in heads at the tops of the branches. 



villous ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, concave, incurved. ^ 



Fl. March June. Clt. 1803. Native of New Holland, on the margins of peat bogs, on King's 



Table Land. A slender shrubby plant. 



Incur ved-leaved Pultenaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Sb. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



6 P. RACEMULosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 111.) flowers axillar}', 

 forming a leafy raceme ; leaves obovate-elliptic, obtuse, smootli 

 beneath, but scabrous above; branches hairy-pubescent. ^'". 

 Native of New Holland. The leaves appear full of dots under 

 a microscope, hardly 2 lines long. Like P.ferruginea, but dii* 

 fers from it in the disposition of the flowers, as well as from all 

 the rest. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. hoU. no. 594. 



Racemulose-Rowered Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



7 P. PARviFLORA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 399) heads 

 terminal, few-flowered ; leaves obovate-cuneated, almost vein- 

 less, glabrous, younger ones clothed with adpressed villi, as well 

 as the branches, all terminating in a short, callose, somewhat t«- 



curved point. ^ . G. Native of New Holland. Stipulas ru- 



long. 



fous, oblong, membranous, adpressed, a line or more 



Sect. I. Hymenota (from v/x»?r, hymen, a membrane, ovq 

 b)TO£^ ous otos, an ear ; in reference to the membranous stipulas). 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 110. Stipulas setaceous, scarious or membra- 



Leaves 2-3 lines long. 

 Small-fl^ 



Fl. April, July. Clt. 1824. 



Sh. 



1 to 3 feet. 



8 P. STRi'cTA (Sims, bot. mag. 1588.) heads of flowers <Jf 

 nous, upper ones usually concrete or dilated. Bracteoles con- minal ; leaves obovate, mucronate, quite glabrous; stem straigMi 



' '" Native of Van Diemen? 



forming to the upper stii)ulas. 



1 P. DAPiiNoiDES (Smith, 1. c.) heads of flowers terminal ; leaves 

 obovate-oblbng, flat, quite glabrous, smooth, 3 times longer than 

 broad, ending in a pungent mucrone. Ij • G. Native of New 



calyxes and legumes pilose. 

 Land. Lodd. bot. cab. 974. 



b. G. 



Straight Pultenaea. 



Holland, on the eastern coast. Andr. bot. rep. 98. Wendl. flowers terminal, roundish, and with 



Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. Sh. ItoSft- 

 9 P. ELLi'pTicA (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 240.) heads oi 



along tne 



hort. herrenh. 3. t. 17. Sims, bot. mag. 1394. Leaves nearly 



oblong ones 



con* 



an inch long. 



Daphne4\ke Pultenaea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



branches; stem straight; leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong, 

 cave, rather pilose ; stipulas 2, joined in one ; bractcas an 

 calyxes membranous and ciliated; legume glabrous. .'^V.' 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Rudae i" ^^^ 



2 P. OBcoRDATA (Andr. bot. rep. t. 574.) heads of flowers trans. 1. t. 24. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 394. P. tuberculat* 



terminal ; leaves cuneate and obcordate, retuse, flat, quite gla- 

 brous, smooth, scarcely twice longer than broad, ending in a pun- 

 gent mucrone. Tj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land and 

 New Holland, on the south coast. Leaves half an inch loner, 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 18. 



Oicor(fa/e-leaved Pultenaea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1808. Sh, 

 1 to 3 feet. 



3 P. bi'loba (R. Br. in bot. mag. 2091.) heads terminal, few- 



Pers. ench. 1. p. 454. 



Var. /3, ohlongifoUa (Sieb. 1. c. no. 397.) leaves oblong. 



Elltptic-\eii\ed Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



10 I 



flowers 



Sb. 



leet. , f 



\ PLUMosA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 385.) heads w 

 xii^vtcia terminal, roundish; stem straight, clothed with veK J 

 villi between the leaves; leaves oblong, concave, veinless, lo 



flowered ; leaves cuneiform, dilated and 2-lobed at the apex» clothed with silky velvety villi. ^2 . G. Native of New 



