212 H. B. Williamson: 



twice," " lower petals shorter " — tliis, by the way, is included in 

 the description of the genus — " keel dark cohmred," etc., to feel 

 iiow unimportant these parts are in determining a species of the 

 ^enus. The fact that so many species of Pultenaea have been 

 described in, the absence of pods seems to show that these are non- 

 essential, though in the case of a plant without stipules, and with 

 the bracteoles well away from the calyx tube, the examination of 

 ripe seeds would be necessai-y to determine the genus. 



Section EUPULTENAEA. 

 Pultenaea e/aphnoieles, Wendl. 



Varies much in foliage, the normal plant having leaves cuneate- 

 •oblong, Avith a fine straight joint. Flowers in dense terminal 

 heads, and bracteoles well up on the calyx 



var. ohcordata Bth. has truncate leaves witli a prominent point. 

 Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia. 



var. parvi flora, n.v. 



This has been placed under daplmoides and retusa, and among 

 doubtful forms. It differs from the type in having cuneate-oblong 

 leaves 4 to 6 lines long without a point, margins fiat or slightly 

 incurved, mid-i ib obscure alwve. 



Upper Murray district, C. French, Junr., 1886. Wildflower 

 Show, 1919, no loc. 



Pultenaea sfricfa, Sims. 



A smaller shrub than P. daplmoides. witli smaller leaves, ovate- 

 oblong, with recurved margins, and a small recurved point. Bracts 

 numerous, glabrous, deciduous, with rounded point, outer ones 

 bifid and shorter. Bracteoles high on the calyx, usually glabrous. 

 I can find no constant variation from the type in var. incurvata, 

 Ewart, from Frankston. 



Pultenaea Maiden ii. Header. 

 This differs from P. stricta in its long-pointed hairy bracteoles, 

 fixed near the base of the calyx. The lower lobes are narroAv, longer 

 than the tube, and almost setular pointed. The leaves are cuneate, 

 thin and often conduplicate. Its nearest affinity is P. largifloreiis, 

 F.v.M. — the broad-leaved form from South Australia — from 

 "which it differs in having narrower cuneate leaves and a very dif- 

 ferent calyx. It should retain specific rank. 



