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Bracts imbricate, broad, silky- villous, 2-lobed. Bracleoles linear-setaceous, 

 inserted on the calyx-tube. Calyx about 2 J lines bug, the lobes fme-poiuted, 

 tlie 2_ upper ones rather broader and more miitcd. Petals uot seen. Pod 

 acumuiate, rather longer the calyx. 



Victoria. Granite hills, Tutter's Eange, and May-Day Hills, F. Mueller. 

 fored Yf^!^*^^*" ^"'"^^ Range, Wurth, the specimen small, and in leaf only, and there- 



The species may possibly prove to be a broad-leaved variety of P. poUfolia. ' 



8. P. polifolia, A. Cunn. in Field. N. S. TFales, 3-1-6. A shrub with 



erete virgate branches, more or less villous when young, with soft spreading 

 liairs._ Leaves linear, obtuse, with a fine straight or recurved point, the 

 margins recurved or revolute, in some specimens all under i in., in others 1^- 

 m long, glabrous or rarely hairy above, hoarv underneath, aiul often hirsute 

 Jilli long hairs, especially on" the midrib. Stipules rather long, appressed. 

 flowers numerous, in dense terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves, 

 j^racts broad, im])ricate, softlv villous, the inner ones 2 lines long and bifid. 

 Jirarteoles very concave, keefed, inserted on the calyx-tube. Calyx 3 lines 



ong softly villous ; lobes finely acuminate, shorter than the tube, the 2 upper 

 ones broad and united at the base. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; 



ower petals shorter. Ovary hirsute, tapering into the style. Pod 'very 

 wilique, acuminate, longer than the calyx.— P. rosmariufolia, Liudl. Bot. 

 J'g- t. 1584 (the West Australian origin a mistake) ; P. mucronata, Lodd. 

 jjot. tab.t. 1711 ? (from the figure) ; P. rosmarl " " "" " " " "" 



'^^- 4 (with the pubescence rather more silky). 



^ • S. "Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Jf'oolls ; brushy hills, Blue Mountaias, 

 • 'mningham ; Dividing Range, between Naiigatta and Bondi, E. B. Sfiarpe. 



cuni ^* P®*^**^^^is, A. Cumi. ; PejitJi. iu Ann. JFien.Mus. ii. 82. A pro- 

 %\qI^ °^ straggling shrub, with numerous ascending branches, hirsute with 

 floral ^P''^"^^'"» haii-s. Leaves on remarkably long petioles, those of the 

 poii t iT '^'^^^^ attaining 3 or -4 lines, linear, obtuse, with a short recurved 

 abov ?!> * "^" ^°"°' ^^^'^ margins revolute, often sprinkled with a ^ew hairs 

 or *^' !""'^^' ^'*'e liirsute, espcciallv the midrib. Stipules with spreading 

 lastT^^'^^ fine points. Flowers in dense terminal heads, sessile within the 

 i„ '^'^y^s- ^i-acts few, besides the stipules of the floral leaves. Bracteolcs 

 aboi t Q r '^ tlie middle of the calyx-tube, linear-subulate, ciliate. Calyx 

 2 JJ ^'"'^s long, hirsute; lobes acuminate, rather longer than the tube, the 

 lobfV tt, ^^^^^ united to the middle. Petals not much longer than the calyx- 

 «ubi / f ^^^^ dark-coloured. Ovary very silky-villous, tapering into the 



ifolia 



Q^eensla 



Style. Pod not seen. 



nd. 



Brisbane riyer, A. Cunningham, F.Mueller; Burnett river, F. Mueller. ^ 



or (li;a • P^^^**=ea, WiUd 



i{xZ\T^^^ branches, silky-pubescent when young. Leaves linear, with fine 

 ah(^v! ?" ^'^^^J'ved points and revolute margins, i to | in. long, glabrous 



in 



„ tb iiiacts imbncate, glabrous, scarcely ciiiate, corapieieiy cover- 



° ^ '^'Jlyxes, the inner ones 3 to 4 lines Ions- Bracteoles inserted on the 



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