88 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Leguminosa. 
5. Pultenaea pimelioides (Hook, fil.) ; erecta, virgata, ramulis sericeis glabrisve, foliis stipulatis 
coriaceis lineari-lanceolatis oblongo-linearibusve acutis marginibus incurvis dorso subcarinatis, capitulis 
terminalibus densifloris plurimis bracteis basi brunneis scariosis imbricatis, bracteolis tubo calycis insertis 
lanceolatis integris bifidisve. (Gunn, 467.) 
Hab. Northern parts of the Island, Kocky Cape and Woolnorth, in wet sandy soil, Gunn. — (Fl. Oct.) 
An erect shrub, 1-2 feet high, more robust in habit (according to the specimens from two localities only) than 
either of the two preceding.— Branches fascicled, slender, twiggy, silky towards the tips. Stipules small, ovate, 
acute. Leaves generally spreading or recurved, \ inch long, linear or linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute or 
acuminate ; upper surface pale, concave, with incurved margins ; lower dark brown, obscurely keeled. Flowers in 
very dense heads, surrounded at the base with many small, imbricating, coriaceous, dark brown bracts. Calyx very 
silky. Flowers deep ochreous-yellow, but probably variable in colour, small ; standard \ inch long. 
This species is best distinguished from P. subumbellata by the longer, narrower, more acute leaves, with more 
incurved margins, the more persistent and prominent stipules, and by the numerous, hard, persistent, scarious, im- 
bricating bracts, which form a cone in the bud. It is very nearly related to P. dentata, Lab., in the inflorescence, 
but in the absence of fruit its nearest affinity cannot be decided. 
6. Pultenaea Guxraii (Benth. Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. 82) ; erecta v. decumbens, ramulis hispidis pu- 
bescentibus cinereisve demum glabratis, stipulis parvis, foliis parvis ovatis ovato-oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve 
marginibus recurvis supra glabris subtus pubescente-pilosis glabratisve, capitulis terminalibus pauci- v. 
plurifloris, bracteis brevibus subimbricatis v. subnullis, bracteolis setaceis calyci insertis, legumine oblique 
ovato acuminato compresso pubescente. (Gunn, 133, 668, 1953.) 
Variat insigniter : — habitu erecto v. decumbente j — ramie erectis patentibusve, brevibus elongatisve, 
glabratis v. dense pubescente-pilosis ;— foliis magnitudine, colore, forma, disposition (erectis patentibusve), 
pagina inferiore glabrata v. subsericeo-pubescente ;— peliolo brevissimo v. subgracili; — denique capitulis 
pluri- v. paucifloris dense v. laxifloris, bracteatis v. subebracteatis, floribus subsessilibus v. gracile pedicel- 
latis. (Tab. XIII.) 
Var. a. erecta ; major, foliis ^-i-pollicaribus. 
Var. £. prostrata ; minor, foliis ovatis f-i-pollicaribus. 
Hab. Abundant throughout the Colony in moist soil, Lawrence, Gunn, etc. Var. j3. On the mountains 
ascending to 2-3000 feet.— (Fl. Oct. Nov.) (*. v.) 
An exceedingly common and variable plant, much resembling at first sight P. subumbellata, but readily distin- 
guished from it and its immediate allies by the recurved margins of the leaves, which are generally pubescent 
beneath, as also by the very different pods. — A small shrub, 1-2 feet high. Branches erect or decumbent ; upper 
slender, pubescent-pilose, tomentose or glabrous. Leaves numerous, patent or suberect, ovate or ovate-lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, acute or blunt, convex above, margins recurved, lower surface generally villous or pilose, rarely 
glabrous, }~\ inch long ; in var. /3 much smaller, ovate, nearly sessile, blunt, -£— £- inch long. Flowers in terminal 
heads, few or many, crowded or lax ; pedicels very short or slender. Bracts minute, imbricated, red-brown, scarious, 
rarely absent. Calyx villous, its lobes sharp ; bracteoles placed on the tube. Corolla very variable in size and 
colour, i-i inch long. Pods compressed, obliquely ovate-acuminate; valves pubescent.— Plate XIII. Fig. 1, 2, 
and 3, leaves ; 4, flower ; 5, standard ; 6, ala ; 7, keel ; 8, stamen ; 9, ovary ; 10, longitudinal section of ovary ; 
11, valve of pod, and seed; 12, seed ; IB, embryo -.—all magnified. 
7. Pultenaea dentata (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. p. 103. t. 131) ; fruticulus scoparius, caule brevissimo, 
ramis suberectis gracilibus apice sericeis, foliis acicularibus v. anguste linearibus acutis puberulisve dorso 
concavis enerviis superne concavis v. marginibus ad costam involutis, capitulis terminalibus densifloris, 
bracteis plurimis imbricatis exterioribus late ovatis mucronatis intimis lobatis, bracteolis tubo calycis in- 
sertis bifidis cuspidatis apice dentatis, leguminibus late ovatis acuminatis compressis, valvis pubescentibus, 
