112 • XL. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Pultenm. 



Calyx about 2 lines. Bracteoles inserted on the tube at its 



base 74. F.fasciculata. 



Calyx under li lines long. Bracteoles close under the calyx . 75. P. tenuifolia. 



(P- laxUi Kunze, in Linnsea, xvi. 319, from a specimen raised by Lebmann from Austra- 

 lian seed, is insufficiently described to be recognizable. It is said to be near P.Jlexilis^ but 

 the characters ^ven are very different.) 



(P. crassifolia, Lodd., P. eiiofhora^ Lodd., and P. incarnata^ j\Iacl?ay, enumerated ia 

 Steud. Nomcncl. ed. 2^ are unpublished garden names, referring probably to some of the 

 above species.) 



Sect. I. Eupulten.'ea. — Leaves alternate, with recurved or revoliite mar- 

 gins. Ovary quite sessile, except in T. conferta, 



Tbis section may be compared in foliage to Aoius and others of the preceding genera, ia 

 which the tendency of the margin is always to be recurved, instead of incurved as in the 

 fourth and fifth sections and in the three succeeding genera. Where the leaf is nearly flat, 

 the difference is more observable in the withered leaf j but even when fresh or pressed quite 

 flat it is generally indicated by the under surface being paler or more hoary, instead of being 

 deeper coloured than the upper one. When the leaf is terete, it is grooved on the under 

 instead of the upper side. The summit of the leaf is sometimes incurved although the mar- 

 gins may be recurved. 



1. P. daphnoides, W'endl. BoL Beoh, (1798), 49, and in TIorL Eer- 

 renh i. 17. An erect shrub of 3 to 6 ft., the branches .virgate, slightly an- 

 gular, minutely silty-pubescent or hoary. Leaves cuneate-oblong, rounded 

 or rarely tmncate at the end, with a minute point, | to 1| in. long, or in the 

 southern varieties shorter and broader, flat, glabrous or with a few hairs along 

 the midrib above, pale or silvery underneath. Stipules minute. Flowers 

 shortly pedicellate, in dense terminal sessile heads, usually shorter than the 

 last leaves, which form an involucre round it. Bracts ovate, imbricate, the 

 outer ones short and persistent, the inner ones often 3 lines long and deci- 

 duous. Bracteoles small, linear, inserted about the middle of the calyx-tube. 

 Calyx silky-hairy, 2^ to nearly 3 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, shorter than 

 the tube, the 2 upper ones broader. Petals deciduous ; standard nearly 

 twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals shorter, the keel obtuse. Ovary 

 villous. Style slightly thickened towards the base. Pod obliquely ovate, 

 acuminate or mucronate, flat, about 3 lines long. — Andr. Bot. Kcp. t. 98; 

 Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 247 ; DC. Prod. ii. 110 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1394; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. ] 143 ; Hook. f. FL Tasm. i. 86. 



. S. VTales. Port Jackson, iJ. Brown, Sieher, n. 419, FL MixL n. 537, and others; 

 Twofold Bay, F. Mueller, 



Victoria. Common on barren ranges, F, Mueller, 



Tasmania. Port Dalrjuiple and Kent's Island, R, Brown ; not uncommon in various 

 parts of the island, /. D. Hooker, 



S. Australia. Along river banks, Whitta^er. 



Var. ohcordata. Leaves shorter (mostly i to f in. long) and broader, more truncate, with 

 a more prominent point. P. ohcordata, Andr. Bot. Ptep. t. 574 ; DC. Prod. ii. HO. f*^ 

 this form belong the majority of the Tasmanian specimens. 



2. P. stricta, Siim, in Bot. Mag. /. 1588. An erect or decumbent 

 shrub of 1 to 2 ft., with slender scarcely angular branches more or less silky- 

 pubescent. Leaves obovate oblong or cuneate, obtuse with a small usually 

 recurved point, 3 to. 4 lines .or rarely \ in. long, flat or nearly so, glabrous 

 above, pale and often silky-pubescent underneath, especially when young. 



