Pul{en{sa.] XL. LEGUMiKoSiE. 137 



lines long. Flowers axillary towards tlie ends of the brandies^ forming at 

 first an oblong leafy head, the floral leaves distinctly petiolate with broad 

 Iract-like stipules. Bracteoles inserted close under the calyx, linear or lanceo- 

 late. Calyx broad and membranous, about 2^ lines long, lobes all lanceo- 

 late, rather shorter than the tube, ciliate with long hairs. Standard above |- 

 in. long, lower petals rather shorter. Ovary mixed with a few long hairs, 

 tapering into a subulate style. Pod ovate, rather turgid, scarcely exceeding 

 tlie calyx.^Rudge, in Trans. Liun. Soc. xi. 302, t. 24 ; DC. Prod, ii. 111 ; 

 F. lubercidata^ Pers. Syn, i. 434 (from the short diagnosis) ; P. hjpolampra^ 

 Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. Ill ; Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 194, 



H. S. IVales. . Port Jackson, M. Brown, Sieber, n. 394, 396, and 397, and FL MixL 

 n- 591, and others. 



Var. thijmifoVia. Leaves and flowers smaller, but not otherwise differine: from the com- 

 mon form.— P. thymlfoHa, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. IIL—Port Jackson, Sieber, n. 398, and 

 Fl. MuL u. 590^ ami others. 



68. P. subspicata, Be}dh. A low procumbent or diffuse much-branched 

 sl^mb, the branches gkbrous or hirsute with long hairs. Leaves linear or 

 linear-oblong, obtuse or with a minute point, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, rather 

 rigid, concave, glabrous or ciliate with a few long hairs. Stipules ^apprcssed 

 or slightly spreading, those of the floral leaves large and broad. Flowers al- 

 most sessile in the upper axils, often forming ovoid leafy heads or short spikes. 

 Bracteoles inserted close under the calyx, broad, 2-lobed, with or without a 

 t^entral point or lobe. Calyx about 2i lines long, the lobes longer than tlie 

 Jube, lanceolate-subnlate, the 2 upper ones broad at the base. Standard 

 twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals shorter. Ovary with a few hairs ; 

 style dihited downwards. Pod not seen. 



N. S, Wales, Vicar^^ ao2ces, Bptoe ; near Yass, BaMouse. This species is aHied 



to -P. vMfera aud P. elLtlca, with the habit of P. humiHs, and bracteoles different from 



any. ^ ' 



C9. p. viUifera, Sleb. in DC. Prod. ii. 111. A large erect shrub, the 



ranches loosely villous. Leaves often crowded or clustered on the smalJer 



'^racches, oval-elliptical or lanceolate, i to f in. long, acute or tapering uito 



an almost pungent point, rather rigid, flat or concave, luore or less hirsute or 



"'•ate with long hairs, usually 3-ncrvcd underneath, the petioles more distinct 



f«n in most species, often above 1 line long. Stipules lanceolate, loose, 



W of the floral leaves much longer and bract-like. Tlou'ers nearly sessile 



f I5ie upper axils or clustered on the short bruuches, sometimes with one or 



^■0 leafless stipular bracts. Bracteoles inserted close under the calyx, lancco- 



f'- C^alyx 2 lines long ; lobes acuminate, rather longer than the tube the 



f^^Pper ones rather broader at the base and often shortly united. Standard 



^ice as long as the calvx, lower petals rather shorter, all of the same colom. 



^;^')- villous ; style filiform. Pod ovate or oval-oblong, shortly acuminate, 



about 3 lines long. 



5.J'-S. Wales. °Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, Siekr, n. 390, and Fl. MuL n. 

 Jf-Canrntiff/iam, aud others. 



imcus, narrow- 

 horter broader 



W i V ?''*/'«^'>. I^eaves usually under i in., bromlly ovate in some siiea 

 Cs '" ''*''"■'• Calyx shorter than in the northern specimens, with ?! 



*• Australia. Port Lineoln, E. Brown, F. Mueller; Eucouuter Bay, IfMclmL 



