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Pultenm.] XL. leguminos.e. 123 



teoles inserted on the calyx-tube, linear or snbnlate, shorter than the lobes. 

 Calyx villous, 3 to 3|- lines long, the lobes subulate-acumiuate all longer than 

 the tube, the 2 upper ones broad falcate and united at the base, the lower 

 ones narrow. Petals rather longer than the calyx. Ovary sessile, villous 

 with a few long hairs, tapering into a subulate style. Pod ovate, rather ob- 

 tuse, turgid, shorter than the calyx.— P. epacridea, T. Muell. Fi-agni. iv. 21. 



rX.S. "Wales, High ranges of the interior, Fraser ; ArG:jle county, M.' Arthur ; 

 Murray river, A . Canyiingham, 



Victoria. Scrubby and stony riJges between the Broken and Ovens rivers, Mount 

 Pleasant and I\Iount Hunter, F. Mueller. 

 Ihis species is one of those which connect Euchilus with Coslophi/llum, some specimens 



^^ ^' proamhens da^^h vQ^^Mihlt it iu habit, but the calyx is very different. It is also 

 "early allied to F. kumllis. 



Section IV. Ccelopiiyllum. — Leaves all alternate, either flattened but 

 more or less concave in withering, or with involute margins, or darker-coloured 

 underneatli than above, or linear-terete and channelled on the upper side, the 

 margins never recurved, although the end of the leaf may be so, 1- or 3-nerved 

 w quite neiTeless, without transverse veins or reticulations. Calyx-lobes 

 iieany equal or the 2 upper ones large. Ovary sessile. 



Some species of this section (especially P. urodon, P. eiichila, P. humilis, etc.) have the 



TVf ^"^^"'"''' ^^^ ^^^ '^^^^s 3re all alternate. A few species arc nearly allied in habit 



Ma character to Latrohea diosmifoUa, but have the calyx less regular, and the bracteolcs 



lose under the calyx. Those with liucar-terete or subulate leaves approach Billwyma in 



iLe"^? i ^^^'^^ "^ *^^ presence of stipules, and iu the bracteoles close under or aduate to 



ralyi^ besides that the standard is not so broad as it usually is in that genus. 



. 29. P. altissima, Z Mudl. Herb. A tall glabrous shrub, almost grow- 



jng into a small tree. Leaves linear-cuneate, obtuse, rarely above \ in. long, 



ffluch narrowed at the base, concave above, faintly 1-nerved and Often darker 



fo oured underneath. Flowers small, several together in little terminal ura- 



^,:"'^'= /^f^eraes, rarely exceeding the last leaves. Bracts minute. Pedicels 



ner shorter than the calvx. Bracteoles very small, ovate, close under tiie 



3iyx, but scarcely adnate to it. Calyx about 2 lines long, glabrous, the lobes 



',7s as the tube, rather obtuse, the 2 uiiner ones a little broader. Standard 



"ot twice as lotig. Ovary glabrous. 



Wale 



Twofold Bay and Upper Genoa river, I. Mueller. 



shr I I **^®vata, BmtTt. A glabrous, much-branched, rather 

 ohn f ^°^"-" branches slightly angular. Leaves on rather long 

 ovate or broadly cuneate, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines long, concave, darker- 

 liMerueath. without any prominent midrib. Stipules very small Flowers 

 I ermmal heads or umbels. Bi-acts very small. Pedicels rarely 1 hue long. 



slender 



Leaves on rather long petioles, 



-coloured 



"rteoles under the calyx or rather below it, small, ovate, obtuse. Calyx 

 thanV '°'' ^""«= glabrous or minutely ciliate ; lobes all obtuse, rather longer 

 gSt ^''^^' ^^^ 2 upper ones rather broader and united at the base. Ovary 



^™us, tapering into a subulate style. Pod not seen. 



Inatl '^^^^' ^•'"■go Brush, Argyle countv, Backhouse. 11,,. +i,nf 



may ' ^ "°^^'"-^ I ^^"^ni"ed 1 unilbinily found 2 ovaries or distinct carpels but hat 

 to the oM '°"''""^ i" Ihe species The b?actcolcs in this as in P. urodon are not so clo e 

 hZf^ '' "' °^'^" rultemcas, yet not so distant from it nor so small as ui Edaxia and 



