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PuLTENiEA BILOBA. L.OBED-LEAVED 

 PuLTENiEA. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogyma, 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-tidus, labiis proportionatis, bibracteatus (bracteis 

 saepius ipso tubo insidentibus). Cor. papilionacea. Germcn 

 sessile, dispermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. Stigma 

 simplex. Strophiola seminis lobis posticis incisis. 



Specific Character. 



Pulten'jEA biloba ; capitulis terminalibus paucifloris, foliis 

 cuneiformibus apice dilatato-bilobis supra tuberculato- 

 scabris subtus sericeis, mucrone brevi marginibusque 

 recurvis. Brown Mss. 



Pultenvea scabra ; capitulis foliis subulato-linearibus supra 

 concavis subtus convexis setaceo-mucronatis margine 

 recurvis supra scabris subtus villosis, stipulis setaceis 

 recurvis. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 18. 



Descr. Stem shrubby, branched; branches patent, clothed 

 with white branched hairs : branchlets short, alternate, 

 subequal, bearing from two to four flowers, in a terminal 

 capitulum. Leaves wedge-shaped, ciliated, divided at the apex, 

 into two lobes with a short recurved mucro between them, 

 tubercular on the upper surface, and silky on the under, 

 with recurved margins. Stipules deciduous, black, patent. 

 Calyx campanulate, with a five toothed border ; teeth acute, 

 lengthened : bractes (appendixes of Smith) two, lanceolate, 

 attached to the upper part of the tube of the calyx. Corolla 

 papilionaceous : vexillum suborbiculatc, cmarginate, subcon- 

 nivent, golden yellow. Alee smaller, oblong, of the same 



colour. 



