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PULTENAA StTipuLaris. SCALY PULTENAA. 
and Order. : 
ECANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Generic Charaéer. : 
Cal, quinquedentatus, utrinque appendiculatus. Cor. papilio- 
nacea, alis vexillo brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare dif. 
permum, Stee Bex gee 
Specific CharaGer. 
PULTENZA fipularis foliis linearibus mucronulatis fubci- 
7 jiatis, ftipulis folitariis binerviislaceris, Smith | 
~ as Bot. New-Holland, t 35° 
— fee” - ™ 
The name of Pultenea has been given to this genus by > 
Dr. I. E. Smits, in honour of Wa. Puttenty, M. D. of 
Blandford in Dorfetfhire, whofe various writings have fo effen- 
tially contributed to the introdu€tion and eftablifhment of 
Linnean Botany in this country, and to the promotion of the 
ufeful arts conneéted with Botany, more efpecially Agriculture. 
It takes the name of /ipularis, from its ftalk being covered 
with fcale-like ftipula. = : oe 
Seeds of this {pecies having been introduced to this country 
with fome of the firft produétions of New-Holland, the plant 
has flowered in feveral colle@tions near town; we firft faw it at’ 
_ Mr. Barr’s, Nurferyman, Ball’s-Pond, near Newington-Green. 
_ It is but feldom, however, that this {pecies can be brought to 
bloffom, or even be kept alive here for any length of time, if 
treated in the way that greenhoufe plants ufually are ; poffibly it 
would fucceed better with a warmer regimen. ae 
It flowers in April and May, and is to be raifed only from — 
imported feed, | ee 
