440 DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF PULTENAiA. 



As the leaves of this species are mostly in whorls or decussate^ 

 it is allied to the species placed by Bentham under Section III. 

 EucHiLtis, of this genus. In this division the species are classified 

 according to the convexity, concavity, or flatness of the leaves, 

 and this species having convex leaves with recurved margins 

 similar to those of P. cordnta and P. rotundifolia, I think in 

 botanical sequence it should be placed after P. aspalathoides, and 

 thus it would form a connecting link between the Sections 

 AciPHYLLUM and Euchilus, (B. F1. II. p. 109), as it resembles 

 the P. aspalathoides of the former section in its terminal heads of 

 flowers, and also somewhat in the size and shape of its leaves. 



It differs, however, from that species in having convex, opposite 

 leaves and not concave alternate leaves, and the standard is also 

 smaller. 



Its most characteristic difference from P. ohcordata and other 

 species of this group is the shape and size of the leaves, but other, 

 wise it resembles them in its opposite whorled leaves. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



PuUencea Deanei. 



Fig. L — Flowering twig. 

 Fig. 2. — Bvid (enlarged). 

 Fig. 3.-Calyx „ 

 Fig. 4.— Standard ,, 

 Fig. 5.— Keel ,, 



Fig. 6.-Wing „ 



