Zeguminosa.] flora of Tasmania. 87 
sericeo-pubescentibus, foliis obovato- v. lineari-oblongis rarius Ulhcmilfisfal Oosta porcurnnte mucronatis 
utrinque glaberrimis, floribus 3-5 capitatis, pedicellis basi brarteis scariosis sutl'ultis, calyce smm>-vilK»s»». 
—Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 974; DC. Prodr. ii. 111. [Gunn, 471.) 
Hab. Abundant in various localities j often in moist peaty soil.— (Fl. Nov. Dei 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
A much smaller species than P. obcordata, seldom more than % feet high. - - Atom « net n iVwmriWBl j 
branches pubescent or silky, slender, twiggy. leaves small, \ inch long, variable in shape, obovatc or oblong or 
almost cuneate-obovate, never so cuneate as in P. obcordata, mucronate at the blunt or acute tip; 
short; stipules minute. Flowers in terminal few-tlowered lu ads. which are surrounded when \ount: with scarious 
concave brown bracts. Pedicels very short ; flowers like those of P. obcordata, but smaller. /'- 
, twice as long as the calyx, with a sliirhth curved upper margin and ven convex lower one : valve? and 
Seeds one or two, obliquely ovoid, blunt. 
ambellata (Hook. Bot. Mag. S2S4); erecta (rarius decumbens), ramulis graci- 
libus virgatis sericeis, foliis sparsis imbricatisvc linearibus liin-ari-nblongisvc acutis obtusisve non mucronatis 
coriaceis planis v. marginibus incurvis utrinque glalierniiiis, capitulis tcrminalibns densiiloris, bractcis 
paucis parvis orbipulatis deciduis, braeteolis a palyee distiuctis, leguminc glob..~ 
Undl.Bot.Beg. t. 1632. 
Var. a; foliis lineari-oblongis subacutis planis aveniis v. uniticrviis inferne I'sicro fnscis snpprne pal- 
m B .—Bot. Mag. I e. {Gumm, 1:57, 186, M«.) 
(Gunn, 319.) 
Hab. Abundant in moist situations, generally on banks of riv( rs inundated in winter. 
the Western and other mountains, ascending to 4000 feet; common.— (I'l. Sept Nov.) (r. p.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
An extremely abundant and pretty little plant, forming miniature thickets, 1-3 feet high, along the margins 
of streams, covered with a profusion of bright golden-yellow blossoms. — Stems terete, erect, procumbent in var. &. 
slender, twiggy, silky tow ids the tips. Leaves without stipules, numerous, scattered or imbricating, suberect or 
rarely recurved, shortly petioled, linear-oblong or oblong, rarely somewhat obovate, acute or blunt, never mucro- 
nate, quite glabrous, flat or margins a little incurved, not keeled below, ±-4 inch long, i inch in var. ■ the upper 
with dilated petioles, which become converted into the bracts. Capitula terminal, of six to 1 
very short indeed, surrounded by a few pale, small, orbicular, tomentose and ciliated bn 
glabrous. Flowers extremely variable in size and depth of colour, the largest j inch 
long, globose, villous; valves hard and woody. — This is one of the very \. 
whether the following is distinct from it, although it looks quite so. 
4. Pultenaea selaginoides (Hook, fil.) ; glaberrima, erecta, virgata, foliis parvis subimbricatis ob- 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis crasse coriaceis concavis marginibna incuma a terminahbns 
densitloris, bractcis oblongis parvis palycibusque glaberrimis. Gk,i >, l'.O !. 
Hab. Eastern parts of the Island, St. Paul'- I. 
This is a peculiar-looking plant, and very different in aspect from any ftate of P. wbumbeUata with which 1 
am acquainted, and yet I caimot but fear that (as Mr. Gunn suggests) it It forms a 
small, slender shrub, everywhere perfectly glabrous. Old branches with w - prominent 
insertions of the fallen leaves.— Leaves numerous, uniform in size, erect, imbricating, ven thick 
obovate-lanceolate, acute, very concave, keeled at the back. Flowers as in P. subumbellata, but smaller, with small. 
oblong, more coriaceous bracts, and a coriaceous, perfectly glabrous calyx. 
