114 -3LL. LEGUM1N0S.E. [Pultenm, 



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imbricate, the inner deciduous ones 2 lines long, 2-lobed, but otherwise entire, 

 ciliate. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube, oblong, very concave or keeled. 

 Calyx silky-villous, 3 lines long ; lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper 

 ones much broader and united above the middle. Standard twice as long as 

 the calyx ; lower petals shorter. Ovary villous, tapering into the style. Pod 

 only seen young. 



■ Victoria. Along springs and rivulets in the Grampians, and amongst rocks on Mount 



Abrupt, F, Mueller, 



Var. elaliory F. Muell, Tall, with elongated slender branches. Leaves narrow,— Yowata 



river, and foot of Mount \Yilliaui, F, Mueller, ■ 



5. P. pycnocephala^ F, Muell, Herb. Branches and underside of tlie 

 leaves silvery-white with a soft dense silky-pubescence. Leaves broadly 

 obovate, obtuse or with a short recurved point, 3 to 4 lines long, coriaceous, 

 glabrous smooth and shining above, the inarg-ins slightly recurved. Stipules ap- 

 pressed, nearly 1 line loug. Flowers in dense globular heads, sessile above the 

 last leaves. Bracts imbricate, broad, densely covered with silky hairs, except a 

 narrow margin. Calyx sessile, nearly 4 lines long, very silky, the lobes 

 nan'ow, acute. Bracteoles naiTow-cuneate, shortly 3-toothed, veiy silky out- 

 side, inserted at the very base of the calyx or close under it and nearly as 

 long. Petals not half as long again as the calyx, mostly persistent after 

 flowering. Pod sessile, acuminate, oblique, much Hattenecl, very silky, about 

 as lonof as the calvx, 



N. S. "Wales. Bluff Mountain, New England, C. Stuart, An elegant species allied to 

 P. mi/rfoides, but distinct in indumentum, as well as in the shape of the leaf. 



6. P, myrtoideSy A. Cunn. ; BentJi. in Ann, Wien, Mas, ii. 81. A tall 

 shrub, with virgate terete branches, usually silky-pubescent. Leaves nariw- 

 oblong, often more or less cuneate, obtuse, with a very minute point, \io% iw- 

 long, flat or the margins recurved, glabrous above, pale and sometimes silky- 

 pubescent underneath. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, closely pressed, about 1 

 line long. Flowers numerous, nearly sessile in dense globular terminal heads, 

 sessile within the la^t leaves, which are however rarely so long as the flower^' 

 Bracts imbricate, ovate or lanceolate, silky-hairy at the edges. Bracteoles lu- 

 serted on the calyx-tube, broadly oblong or ovate, very concave and keeled, 

 almost boat-shaped, 1 to 1^ hnes long. Calyx silky-pubescent, 2i hr^'^ 

 long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united above the 

 middle. Petals persistent till the fruit is ripe. Standard nearly twice as 

 long as the calyx ; lower petals nearly as long, the keel obtuse. Ovary vil- 

 lous ; style flattened at the base. Pod ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 4 

 ]ines long. 



Queensland. Islands of Moretou Bay, -4. Cunningham^ Fraser ; in the Cypre^^- 

 Piue country, Leichkardt, 



7. P. mucronata, F. MudL Fragm. i. 8. An erect or diffuse shrub, of 

 2 to 6 ft., loosely villous with few spreading hairs. Leaves oblong or narrow- 

 elliptical,' mucronale, mostly about \ in, long, flat or with recurved margin^* 

 not coriaceous, green but loosely hairy above, hoary-pubescent and loosej 

 villous underneath. Stipules rather long and appressed. Flower-heaas 

 dense and sessile above the last leaves, but all past flower in our spcclmtii^^' 





