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LEGUMINOS^E. XXVII. GASTROLOBIUM. XXVIII. ELCIIILUS. XXIX. PULTEN^A. 



Tn'o-lobed-\ea\-ci\ Gastrolobium. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. A pretty plant when in flower. For its culture and 

 propagation see Pultence'u. 



XXVIII. EUCHrLUS (from en, en, well or good, 



cJieilos, a lip ; well-lipped, the upper lip of the calyx is very 

 large). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 17. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 110. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx profoundly 5- 

 cleft, bibracteolate at the base, bilabiate ; lobes of the upper lip 

 ovate and large, of the lower one setaceous. Carina length of 

 wings. Ovary 2-seeded, pedicellate. Style subulate, ascend- 

 ing. Stigma simple. Legume compressed. Seeds strophio- 

 l.ite, with the lobes of the strophiola entire behind. An Aus- 

 tralian shrub, with opposite, simple, minutely-stipulate leaves. 

 Flowers axillary, pedicellate. Pedicels furnished with 2 seta- 

 ceous bracteoles at their base. 



1 E. OBCORDA'TUS (R. Br. 1. c.) Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south-west coast. Ker. bot. reg. t. 403. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. t. 60. Branches terete, canescent. Leaves obcordntu 

 or wedge-shaped, villous beneath. Flowers yellow, with a pur- 

 plish keel. 



Oicordote-leaved Euchilus. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



Cult. A very elegant plant when in flower. For its culture 

 and propagation see Pultenaea. 



XXIX. PULTEN^A (in honour of William Pulteney, M.D. 

 author of a view of the writings of Linnaeus, and various other 

 works of merit). Smith, aim. bot. 1. p. 501. Lin. trans. 9. p. 

 245. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 17. D. C. mem. leg. 

 v. prod. 2. p. 110. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate 

 (f. 24. .); lips equal in length, bibracteolate at the base ; brac- 

 teoles sometimes adhering to the tube. Ovary sessile (f. 24. rf.), 

 2-seeded. Style subulate, ascending (f. 24. e.). Stigma simple. 

 Strophiola of seed with the lobes cut behind. Small neat Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, with simple alternate leaves. Stipulas usually 

 concrete between the leaves. Flowers yellow, usually disposed 

 in heads at the tops of the branches. 



SECT. I. HYMENOTA (from vjujp', liymen, a membrane, one 

 fciroj, ous otos, an ear ; in reference to the membranous stipulas). 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 110. Stipulas setaceous, scarious or membra- 

 nous, upper ones usually concrete or dilated. Bracteoles con- 

 forming to the upper stipulas. 



1 P. DAPHNOIDES (Smith, 1. c.) heads of flowers terminal ; leaves 

 obovate-ublong, flat, quite glabrous, smooth, 3 times longer than 

 broad, ending in a pungent mucrone. J? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the eastern coast. Andr. bot. rep. 98. Wendl. 

 hort. herrenh. 3. t. 17. Sims, bot. mag. 1394. Leaves nearly 

 an inch long. 



Daphne-like Pultensea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



2 P. OBCORDA'TA (Andr. bot. rep. t. 574.) heads of flowers 

 terminal ; leaves cuneate and obcordate, retuse, flat, quite gla- 

 brous, smooth, scarcely twice longer than broad, ending in a pun- 

 gent mucrone. Tj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land and 

 New Holland, on the south coast. Leaves half an inch long. 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 18. 



Oicorrfate-leaved Pultenaea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1808. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



3 P. BI'LOBA (R. Br. in bot. mag. 2091.) heads terminal, few- 

 flowered ; leaves cuneiform, dilated and 2-lobed at the apex, 



scabrous from tubercles on the upper surface, but silky beneath, 

 ending in a short mucrone, and with the margins recurved. fj . 

 G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. P. scabra, 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. IS. P. deltoidea, Sieb. pi. 

 exsic. nov. holl. no. 388. Flowers yellow, with a purplish keel. 



f'tti: p, scabra (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 38C.) branches 

 and calyxes clothed with hairy down, not with adpressed villi. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves a little larger than 

 those of the species. 



Tn<o-lobed-\ea.ved Pultensea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1817. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



4 P. FERRUGI'NEA (Rudge in Lin. trans. 11. p. 300. t. 23.) 

 flowers axillary and terminal ; leaves obovate, and appearing 

 emarginate in consequence of the point being curved back, 

 pilose. fy . G. Native of New Holland, near Port Jackson. 

 Stipulas subulate, dilated into a membrane. Leaves apparently 

 dotted under a microscope. Branches villous. Ovary pilose. 

 P. lanata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 420. 



AVs/y-haired Pultensea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



5 P. INCURVA'TA (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 346.) 

 heads of flowers terminal, and are, as well as the branches, 

 villous ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, concave, incurved. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the margins of peat bogs, on King's 

 Table Land. A slender shrubby plant. 



/HcwrmZ-leaved Pultenaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



6 P. KACEMULOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 111.) flowers axillary, 

 forming a leafy raceme ; leaves obovate-elliptic, obtuse, smooth 

 beneath, but scabrous above ; branches hairy-pubescent. 1? . G. 

 Native of New Holland. The leaves appear full of dots under 

 a microscope, hardly 2 lines long. Like P.ferrugmca, but dif- 

 fers from it in the disposition of the flowers, as well as from all 

 the rest. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 594. 



Racemulose-fiovtered Pultenasa. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



7 P. PARVIFLORA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 399.) heads 

 terminal, few-flowered ; leaves obovate-cuneated, almost vein- 

 less, glabrous, younger ones clothed with adpressed villi, as well 

 as the branches, all terminating in a short, callose, somewhat re- 

 curved point. 1? . G. Native of New Holland. Stipulas ru- 

 fous, oblong, membranous, adpressed, a line or more long. 

 Leaves 2-3 lines long. 



Small-flowered Pultensea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



8 P. STRI'CTA (Sims, bot. mag. 1588.) heads of flowers ter- 

 minal ; leaves obovate, mucronate, quite glabrous ; stem straight ; 

 calyxes and legumes pilose. fj . G. Native of Van Diemen's 

 Land. Lodd. bot. cab. 974. 



Straight Pultensea. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



9 P. ELLI'PTICA (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 246.) heads of 

 flowers terminal, roundish, and with oblong ones along the 

 branches; stem straight ; leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong, con- 

 cave, rather pilose ; stipulas 2, joined in one ; bracteas and 

 calyxes membranous and ciliated ; legume glabrous. fj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Rudge in Lin. 

 trans. 1. t. 24. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 394. P. tuberculata, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 454. 



Var. ft, oblongi/olia (Sieb. 1. c. no. 397.) leaves oblong. 

 Elliptic-leaved Pultena. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



10 P. PLUMOSA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 385.) heads of 

 flowers terminal, roundish ; stem straight, clothed with velvety 

 villi between the leaves ; leaves oblong, concave, veinless, lower 

 ones nearly glabrous, superior ones, especially the floral ones, 

 clothed with silky velvety villi. Jj . G. Native of New Hoi- 





