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slender peduncles shorter than the leaves, with one or two small 

 narrovv bracteoles inserted about 1 line below the calyx. Calyx 

 about Ih lines long, sparingly hairy as well as the peduncles, the 

 lobes rather longer than the tube, the two upper ones united 

 higher up. Petals all yellow, on short claws, the standard broad, 

 about half as long again as the calyx, longer than the lower 

 petals, the keel obtuse, about as long as the wings. Ovarium 

 pubescent, shortly stipitate, the ovules two in all ovaria examined. 

 Pod narrow-ovate, nearly glabrous, pointed by the persistent base 

 of the style. Ripe seeds smooth and shining, not strophiolate. 



Top of Jilliby Jilliby Ranges, near Wyong (J. L. Boorman, 

 November, 1897, December, 1898, January, 1899). 



The hitherto single representative of the genus Gastrolohinm 

 in N.S. Wales (G. grandijloruvi, F.v.M.) is a desert plant, and 

 differs widely from our coast plant, which is more nearly allied to 

 the W. Australian G. spinosum, Benth., though bearing no close 

 relation to any described species. In general appearance it more 

 resembles Daviesia squofrrosa, Sm., and PultenKa ternata, F v.M., 

 but the shape of the pods removes it from the genus Daviesia, 

 and the absence of the characteristic bracteoles from Pultencea. 

 The inflorescence seems at first sight to remove it also from the 

 genus Gastrolobium, but the single flowers show a distinct 

 tendency to a racemose inflorescence and may be considered as 

 reduced racemes All the numerous specimens brought by Mr. 

 Boorman from the locality where it abounds are shy-flowering, 

 with only a few scattered flowers in the axils. 



PULTBN^A CaMPBELLI, n.sp. 



A small shrub, about 2ft. high, with erect scarcely spreading 

 slightly pubescent branches. Leaves very shortly petiolate, erect 

 or not much spreading, linear to linear-lanceolate, with incurved 

 margins, about 4 to 5 lines long, finely pointed but not pungent, 

 equally green on both sides; stipules linear-subulate, aj^pressed, 

 brown, small and deciduous. Flowers few in small terminal heads, 

 with scarcely any bracts. Bracteoles adnate to the base of the 

 calyx, scarcely longer than the calyx-tube, linear-subulate, with two 



