

PuUen^ea.] XL. leguminos.^. 139 



73. P. canaliculata, F. Muell. in Trans. Fid. Inst. 119. A much- 

 branched shrub, with the habit nearly of P. mollis, but the pubescence closer 

 and more hoary or almost silky, and the flowers not capitate. Leaves about 

 \ m. long, narrow-linear, terete or slightly dilated upwards, obtuse, concave 

 or channelled above by the involute margins, softly hoary-pubescent or almost 

 si!ky-piibescent_ on both sides. Stipules narrow, pubescent. Flowers sessile 

 in the upper axils, forming short leafy spikes or heads, without any bracts ex- 

 cept the stipules of the floral leaves. Bractcoles inserted close under the calyx, 

 linear or filiform. Calyx villous, about 3 lines long ; lobes all rather broad, 

 subulate-acuininatc, rather longer than the tube. Petals dark^coloured ; stan- 

 dard not twice as long as the calyx ; wings and keel rather shorter. Ovary 



hirsute, tapering into a subulate style. Pod ovate-oblong, shorter than the 

 calyx. 



Victoria. Cape Otway, F. Blueller ; Cape Nelson, AUitt ; Corner Inlet, Wilhelmi. 



S. Australia. MoilTlt T.nftv Wl,;il^l-a,- ■ T;.,^„iinfn.. R.iir P Mu^/f^r 



Mount Lofty, Whitlaker ; Eucouuter Bay, F. Mueller. 



arger 



Ihc species dilTcrs from P. tenuifolia in its longer and thicker leaves and much Ji 

 flowers. ■' ° 



74. P. fasciculata, Benth. in Ann. Wicn. Mm. \\. 82. A. prostrate or 

 diffi . . ? 



of 

 th 



amuse much-branched shrub, with the silvery-grey appressed pubescence 

 ^•prodrata, but a very different inflorescence. Leaves linear-terete wi— 

 Short fine points, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long, channelled above with the in- 

 volute margins, usually sprinkled with short silky haii-s, but sometimes gla- 

 oi'ous or nearly so. Stipules subulate-acuminate.' Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 pearly sessile, with a single small broad lobed bract at their base. Bractcoles 



nserted on tlie (;alyx at its base, subidate-acuminate. Calyx silky-pubescent, 

 "out 2 hues long ; lobes subulate-acuminate, as long as the tube,, the 2 up- 

 per ones broader and more united. Standard fully twice as long as the calyx ; 

 oj^er petals shorter. Ovarv villous ; style subulate. Pod ovate, acute, 

 "ther flat, not longer than the calyx.— Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 92. 



Victoria. Cobbcras mountains, at an elevation of 5000 ft., F. Mueller. 

 5 t. Q A^f^*****- Summit of the Western Mountains and Arthur's Lake, at an elevation of 

 to 3000 ft., Lau-re»ce, Gunn. 



sfinti '^'f "-'^ '* ^'^'■y n«"»ly allied to P. ienulfoUa, but the bractcoles appear to be con- 

 ^'""y '"^'"»te to the base of the calvx. 



m 



,7^- P. tenuifolia/ i?. Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 2086. A small prostrate 



"nib, the slender branches and foliage softly pubescent or villous. Leaves 



airow-hnear or terete, obtuse or scarcely acute, 2 to 4 lines long, concave or 



"aiinelled above by the involute margins. Stipules acuminate. Flowers 



wmary or 2 together, sessile on the smaller branchlets and often shorter than 



^ne surroundhig leaves. Bracts broad, bifid, acute, "twice as long as the calyx. 



rncteoles inserted under the calyx, ovate or oblong, or sometnues there are 



/"•acts besides the floral leaves and then the bractcoles are leafy and 2-sti- 



Lj I* '^ pubescent, 1^- lines long; lobes nearly equal, subulate-acumi- 



Jie, io,ig(,r tha n the tube. Standard about 2 lines long ; keel short, obtuse y 



cuminatc. Ovary villous, very short ; style slender. Pod very obliquely 



'^^^^ not 2 lines long, the valves thin.— i)C. Prod.ii. 113 ; Mcissn. in II. 



t T ?;/; ^^'' •'• 200 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasra. i. 02 ; P. Candida, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 



• ^^^^ ? from the fi-nire. 



