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PULTENZA SUBUMBELLATA, SUBUMBELLATE 
: PuLTEN AA. PN the 
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Class and Order. _ ts 2 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Lecuminosa. ) 
Generic Character. 
‘al. 5-fidus, lobis subequalibus in labia dua dispositis ; 
basi bibracteolatus, bracteolis interdum tubo adnatis. Ova- 
rium sessile, dispermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. 
~ Stigma simplex. Strophiola seminis lobis posticis incisis. 
—Frutices Australasict. Folia simplicia, alterna. Stipule 
sepe concrete, intrafoliacee. Flores flavi, sepius in ca- 
pitula terminalia congesti. DC. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Putrenza subumbellata ; foliis sparsis lineari-oblongis ob- 
tusiusculis glabris, floribus terminalibus umbellato- 
capitatis, calycibus hirsutis. 
i. 3 
Descr. A low shrub, with nearly erect, wavy branches, 
of which the younger ones are clothed with patent hairs. 
Leaves about half an inch long, linear-oblong, upon an 
excessively short, downy petiole, glabrous, with a very 
obscure midrib, rather obtuse at the point, the lower ones 
on the branches generally nearly erect and somewhat im- 
bricated, the upper ones patent, and sometimes almost re- 
flexed. Flowers collected into a somewhat umbellate head, 
and standing out horizontally, so that on looking down 
upon the flowers you see nothing but the standards. Calyx 
very hairy, in two lips, the upper with two, the lower with 
three obtuse teeth. Vexillum obovate, attenuated at the 
base, almost keeled on the back, bright orange, with a pale, 
oblong spot on the back at the base, surrounded Ye a 
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