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LEGUMINOS^. XXIX. Pulten^a. XXX. Daviesia. 



subulate, mucronate, scabrous from tubercles, with one furrow 35 P. stenophy'lla (Cung. mss.) heads few-flowered, {er- 



above, floral ones bearing long hairs. l2,G. Native of New minal; leaves linear, mucronate; 

 Holland. Stipulas subulate, permanent, black, and stiff, parti- 



the old heads, in which they appear like spines. 



on 



cularly 



Stipulas and bracteas crowded. 



villous; branches villous. ' Tj 



N arrow - 

 1 to 3 feet. 



stipulas numerous ; caljx 

 Native of New Holland. 

 Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



Small prickly Pultenaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823. Shrub SQ P. staphyleoides (Cung. mss.)flowers sessile, solitary, ax- 



illary ; leaves ovate, acute, stiff, ending in a pungent mucrone. 



1 to 2 feet. 



26 P. AROENTEA(Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 347.) reflexed, rather villous beneath when young, but only at the 



heads terminal, villous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, mutic, acute, 

 rather concave above and glabrous, but silvery beneath. ^2 . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on hills at Cox's River. 



edges in the adult state ; stipulas twin, linear ; branches pubes- 

 cent or villous. Tj . G. Native of New^ Holland. Habit of 

 Sprengelia incarnata. 



^;/t-^ri/-leavedPulten8ea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub Staphijlea-like V\x\iei[x?edi. Fl. April,JuL Clt.1824. Sh.lft, 



1 to 2 feet. 



27 P. procu'mbens (Cung. 1. c.) branches prostrate, stipula- 

 ceous ; racemes leafy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, rather 



Sect. II. Phyllota (0uX\ov, phyllon^ a leaf, and ovr wror, 

 ous o!oSy an ear ; in allusion to the twin leafy bracteas). D. C. 

 concave above, ending in a refracted mucrone, but villous be- - prod. 2. p. 113. Stipulas wanting. Flowers bearing oppo- 

 neath as well as the calyxes. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, site or twin, leafy bracteas at the b^se, which are usually longer 

 on exposed hills on the western interior. Allied to P, villbsa, than the calyx. Pods unknown. 



A reclining shrub. 



Procumbent Pultcnaea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Sh. pr. 



28 P. YESTiTA (K. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol, 3. p. 19.) 

 flowers axillary ; leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronqte, glabrous, 

 with inflexed margins ; stipulas imbricate, ciliated ; calyxes and 

 bracteas awned. h% G. Native of New Holland, on the 



Perhaps a proper genus 

 S7 P. a'spera (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 408.) flowers 

 axillary at the tops of the branches, disposed in terminal, capi- 

 tate, leafy spikes ; bracteoles length of calyx ; leaves linear, 

 with revolute margins, smoothish above but scabrous beneath 

 from tubercles, without stipulas ; branches and calyxes puber 



cent. Tj . G. 



southern coast. 



Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast 



Shrub, 



Bracteoles oval-oblong, glabrous. Lobes of calyx acute 



Clothed Pultensea. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1803. PL 1 to 2 ft. with the habit oi Dillwyniafloribunda. 



29 P. DENTA^TA (LabiU. nov. holl. 1. p. 103. t. 131.) heads of 

 flowers terminal ; bracteas rather orbicular, toothed, length of 

 calyx ; leaves linear, tubercled, glabrous ; stipulas distinct, mi- 

 nute. T2 . G. Native of New Holland in Van Leuwin's Land. 

 Legume ovate, acuminated, gibbous. 



7'oo//u J-bractead Pultensea. Shrub 1 foot. 



Rough Pultenaea. 

 38 



Fl. April, July. Clt. 1 824. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 

 P. coMosA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 407.) flowers 

 axillary, disposed in a somewhat terminal leafy spike; bracteoles 

 longer than the calyx ; leaves exstipulate, linear, with revolute 

 margins, scabrous from tubercles above, but clothed beneath 

 with adpressed pubescence as well as the calyxes and branches. 



SO P. junipe'rina (Labill. 1. c. t. 130.) flowers axillary and »2 . G. Native of New Holland. Shrub almost with the habit 



terminal ; bracteas entire, hardly longer than the pedicels ; leaves oi Abtus virgata. 



linear, somewhat triquetrous, acuminated, pungent, glabrous ; 

 stipulas subulate, a little longer than the petioles. T2 . G. Na- 

 tive of Van Diemen's Land and New Holland. Leaves 3 or 4 

 lines long. 



Juniper-like Vnhensea. Fl. April, Ju. Clt.1824. Sh. 2 to 8 ft, 

 31 P. TENUiFoiiA (R. Br. in hot. mag. t. 2086.) heads ter- 

 minal, usually 2-flowered ; fruit lateral ; leaves linear-subulate, ^ . G. Native of New Holland. 



Clt. 1825. Sh.lto3ft. 



mutic, concave alK)ve and convex beneath, and are as well as 



the branches rather pilose, 

 on the southern coast. 



I2 . G. Native of New Holland, 



Tufted Pultensea. Fl. April, June. 



39 P.squarr6sa (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 406.) flowers 

 axillary, disposed in a leafy terminal head ; leaves exstipulate, 

 linear, acute, with revolute margins, scabrous from tuberc 

 above, young and floral ones villous and mucronate ; bracteol 

 longer than the calyx ; lobes of calyx ending in spiny mucrones. 



Squarrose Fuhensea. Fl. April, July. Ch.l825. Sh. 1 to3^ 



40 P. pHYLicoiDES (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 405.) n^ 

 terminal, roundish ; leaves linear, bluntish, with revolute mar 



Flne-lcaied Pultena?a. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1817. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. gins, scabrous from tubercles above, but pubescent ^^"^^^.V^ 

 S9. P. viLLosA (Smith, in ann. hot. 1. p. 503.) racemes leafy ; the nerves and on the branches ; bracteoles length of calyx ; lo 

 leaves linear-oblong, pilose beneath as well as the branches and of calyx short, bluntish. 1} . G. Native of New Holland. 



calyxes. 

 Sims. 



Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Phylica-Uke Pultensea. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. 1 to 3 J- 



hot. mag. 9G7. Stipulas setaceous, length of petioles. 41 P. ca'ndida (Lodd. bot. cab. 1236.) flowers axillary* ^*^^ 



small ; leaves linear, obtuse, crowded, beset with long ^^^^^'^ 

 well as the branches, giving the whole plant a y^h^^^ _^^. ilnff 



Leaves spreading, 2-3 lines long. Flowers pure yellow. 



Villous Pultenaea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



Z3 P. stipula'ris (Smith, 1. c. et nov. holl. spec. t. 12.) heads aspect. Tj . G. Nati've of New South Wales. Flowers} 



many-flowered ; bracteas about equal in length to the calyxes ; tinged with red. 



leaves linear, flat, acute, younger ones ciliated; stipulas 2 joined fT/i/'/e-leaved Pultensea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. 



in one, which is bifid at the apex, flat, imbricate, much longer 1 to 2 feet. ^ 



than the petioles. \ . G. Native of New Holland, on the Cult. Pultence'a is a genus of elegant small shrubs ; t^ 



Shrub 



eastern and southern coast. 



oides, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 3S2. 



Curt. hot. mair. 435. 



p. protae- 



,S^/pM/ar Pultenaea. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1792. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



34 P. PEDUNCULA^TA (Hook, bot. mag. 2860.) pedicels axil- out into a border or'^ conservatory. 



succeed best in an equal mixture of loam, peat, and san , 



gs root readily in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass pi ^ 

 over them. The species shew to most advantage when pi 



cuttm 



lary, twin, elongated ; stipulas setaceous, twin at the base of 

 the leaves ; leaves linear-lanceolate, flat, and are as wdl as the 

 branches clothed with adpressed pili. ^2 • G. Native of New 

 Holland. A weak shrub. Flowers yellow, but with the keel 

 and edges of calyx reddish. 



XXX. DAVIFSIA (in honour of the Rev. 

 F.L.S, a Welsh botanist). Smith, in Lin. trans 

 p. 255. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 20. 



Hug 



4- p 





Lin. 



SYST. 



/y/aMed-flowered Pultensea. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh.lft. less, 5-toothed 



r. m hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. ^. p. ^^' * ^^t- 



Dccdndria, Monogynia. Calyx ^"S^'^J' ^ ^ 

 , somewhat bilabiate. Carina shorter tnan 



