LEGUMINOSiE. XXIX. Pulten^a. 



123 



knd. Stipulas brown, membranous, erect, adpressed. Like P. minal, few-flowered; leaves linear, retuse,mutic, flat, glabrous; 



elhptica. 



Feathered Pultensea. 



bracteas a little longer than the calyx. I? . G. Native of New 



Holland, on the eastern coast. Ker. bot. reg. 378. Sims, bot. 



nov. holl. no. 398.) heads mag. 2081. Stipulas minute. Bracteoles inserted in the middle 



Fl, April, Jul. Clt. 1 824. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



IIP. THYMIFOLIA (Sieb. pi. 



of flowers terminal, roundish ; stem branched, and rather villous ; of t1ie tube of the calyx. 



leaves elliptic-oblong, rather concave and veinless, stalked, for 



the most part glabrous, floral ones clothed with soft villi, oval, 1 to 2 feet. 



-fte/w.se-leaved Pultenaea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1789. Sh. 



18 P. capitella'ta (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 413.) licads 

 of flowers terminal, imbricated with bracteas, villous ; leaver 



and on longer petioles. ^ • G. Native of New Holland. Calyx 

 clothed with silky, long, white hairs. 



*. Thyme-leaved Pultensea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Sh. cuneated, rather acute, glabrous above, and canescent from ad- 

 1 to 3 feet. ^ pressed villi beneath. }} • ^* Native of New Holland. Flowers 



12 P. iiypola'mpra (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 396.) heads broader and heads smaller tlian in P. linophylla. 



of flowers terminal, leafy, protruding beyond tlie branches, and 



somewhat 



verticillate ; leaves elliptic-oblong, stalked, rather Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



CapiteUate-Qow,eYcd Pultensea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823, 



acute, usually S-nerved, shining below, and glabrous on both 



surfaces: 



floral ones ciliated, with long white hairs. 

 Native of New Holland. 



h. G. 



Stipulas bro\^n, membranous, longer 

 than the petioles, pressed to the stem, hiding the branches. Con- 

 sistence and form of leaves very like that of Eutdxia myrti^ 



fol 



Brlghtlsh Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 



to 3 feet. 



13 P. villi'fera (Sieb. pi. exsic. no. 396.) flowers axillary or 

 subcapitate at the tops of the branches ; leaves lanceolate- ob- 

 long, acuminated, somewhat 3-nerved, shining beneath, bearing 1 to 3 feet. 



19 P. linophy'lla (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 248.) bracteas 



shorter than the few-flouered terminal head ; leaves linear, with 



edges and mucrone recurved, silky beneath ; stipulas shorter 



than the petioles; calyxes villous. ^,' . G. Native of New^ 



Holland, on the eastern coast. Schrad. seft. hannov. S. t. 18. 



P. glaucescens, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 417. Stem much 



branched. Leaves half an inch long. 



■ Var* /3, amcena (Sieb. 1. c. no. 414.) branches more loose; 

 heads few-flowered. 



Flax-leaved V\\\iQr\dddL. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1789. Shrub 



long white hairs on the margins. 



^ 



Native of New Hol- 



land, near Port Jackson. Leaves rusty. 



Hair-lcaring Pultenaea, Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub leaves linear-oblong, concave and glabrous above, but canescent 



20 P. cane'scens (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 346.) 

 heads many-flowered ; bracteas a little shorter than the calyx ; 



1 to 3 feet. 



beneath, as well as the bracteas and calyx ; stems tufted. ^ . G. 

 14 P. POLYGAL-iiFOLiA (Rudge in Lin. trans. 11. p. 303. t. Native of New Holland, on the Blue Mountains, in barren 

 25.) flowers axillary and terminal ; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, woods on the verge of swnmps. 



mucronulate, concave above, and glabrous, rather pilose beneath, 

 as well as the calyxes ; stipulas lanceolate-subulate, adpressed ; 



Canescent Pultenaea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1822. Sh. 1 ft. 

 21 P. polifolia (Cung. 1. c.) heads many-flowered ; leaves 



branches and branchlets clothed with rusty villi ; bracteas su- ovate-lanceolate or oblong-linear, mucronate, with revolute mar- 



bulate, shorter than the calyx. 



^ 



land, in the neighbourhood of Sydney. Sweet, fl. aust. 37. 



Poly gala-leaved VnXtenB^dL. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



15 P. fle'xilis (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 248.) racemes ter- 

 minal, rather leafv: leaves 



G. Native of New Hoi- gins ; branches and heads of flowers villous ; bracteas a little 



leafy ; leaves obovate-linear, mucronate, 

 glabrous above, and rather glaucous ; calyx glabrous on 

 outside, bibracteate at the base, with the segments ovate, a 

 and ciliated 



flat, 

 the 



; stipidas setaceous, 

 longer than the petioles. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Sweet, 

 fl.^ austr. t. S5. Dillwynia teu- 

 crioides, Sieb- 1. c. no. 423. 



FIG. 24. 



-jc- • 



24.) 



(f- 



Flexile Pultenaea. FL April, Ju. 

 Clt. 1801. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



16 P. EUCHiLA (D*. C. prod. 2. 

 p- 112.) flowers axillary and race- 

 niose; leaves cuneate-linear, ob- 

 tuse, pale beneath, and 1 -nerved, 

 glaucous above, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, as well as the branches 

 and calyxes ; upper lobes of calyx 

 ovate, obhquely and bluntly api- 

 culated ; stipulas and bracteas 

 small and setaceous. 



tive of New 



Holland. 



G. Na- 



Calyx almost hke that of Euchilus. 



Corolla and style of Pultencea. Pedicels length of calyx. Dill- 



^vyma cunekta, Sieb. pi. exsic^nov. holl._422. 



Well-lipped Pultensea. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



17 P. RETu'sA (Smith in 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



shorter than the calyx. Tj , G. Native oi New Holland, on 

 bushy hills. 



Po//«w^-/ea^;e<i Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



22 P. MiCRorny'LLA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 418.) 

 flowers axillary and somewhat capitate at tlie tops of the branches ; 

 leaves linear and somewhat cuneated, terminated by a short, 

 callous, somewhat incurved mucrone, glabrous above, but clothed 

 with minute, pressed pubescence beneath as well as the caly 

 branches hoary from adpressed down. ^ . G. Native of New 

 Holland. 



Small'leavedV}j\\.eT\£e^. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



23 P. PALEA^CEA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 246.) heads ter- 

 minal, few-flowered ; bracteas membranous, very much acumin- 

 ated, exceeding the calyx ; leaves linear, glabrous, with revolute 

 margins, ending in a recurved point ; stipulas concrete, membra- 

 nous, somewhat sheathing. Ij • ^* Native of New Holland, 

 on the east coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 3. t. 291. 



Chaffy Pultenaea. FL May, July. Clt. 1789. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



24 P. ARISTA TA (Sieb. pi, exs. nov. holl. no. 283.) heads of 

 flowers terminal ; leaves linear, convolute, nerveless, scabrous 

 from tubercles beneath and ciliated at the base, bracteate at apex, 

 and each as well as thecalycine lobes ending in a stiff bristle ; 

 calyxes villous. T2 . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 

 crowded, erect. Stipulas long, subulate, and are as well as the 

 bristles fuscous. 



ylnwerf-leaved Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



Z5 P. echi'nula (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 384.) heads of 

 flowers terminal ; leaves crowded, rather incurved, terete, and 



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