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pungent point, concave above, or flat with incurved mar-ins. often pilose nt the hack --The /'. giKirtfui. Mullcr, 
seems to be a nearly allied plant. differing con-picuoush in the abseiu-. . :' 
§ 3. Laxiflor.e (Bentb.). — Flowers solitary, generally axillary ami teatttni, rith v or no l,racls. 
12. Pultenaea diffusa (Hook, fil.) ; fruticulus ericoideus, caulibus difTusis procombentibm, ramulis 
gracilibus puberulis, stipulis minimis, foliis breve petiolatis patulis v. n-curvis brcvibus | 
lineari-oblongis acutis glal ulis subtus costa crassa llava, llnrilms axillarilms pcdiccllatis, 
pedicello folio breviore basi bractea parva oblonga obtusa concava sutl'ulto, i-alvce camptnnlato bilabiato 
basi bracteolis parvis ovatis acutis subdentatis aucto, vexillo orbiculari. [Chum, 1-70, 797.) 
Hab. Sandy plains, etc., in various localities, \Voolnorth, Hampshire Hills, Hobarton, ami Port 
Arthur, Milllgan, Backhouse, etc.— (Fl. Nov.) (v. v.) 
A very anomalous species, intermediate in character between Dilhnjtiia and I'ultriuru, resembling lYdhrynia 
cinerascens more than any other Ta-unanian plant, but differing from that lviiu- in the hracteohr ln-inir placed on 
the calyx, in the broad base of the calyx (which is however equally broad in 1 the orbicular 
standard not being broader than long: it differs from Viilleihra in the mure obvioush two-lipped calyx.— A diffuse, 
-lender, small shrub. Stewu terete, prostrate or procumbent, with onn 
small, on slender pedicel-. -Imrter than the Iea\es. Jirart at the base of the pedicel minute. C»!;/.r 2 lines lorur, 
two-lipped ; lips with short broad teeth. Bracteoles short, appressed to the base of the e.ibx, ovate, toothed, acute. 
Keel shorter than the wings. Ovary pubescent. Slylr thick, ned from the ba-e nearly to the middl 
Fig. 1, front, and 2, back view of leaf; .'i, transverse section of ditto ; t, flower ; 5, vexillum ; 0, carina ; 7, ala ; 
8, stamen ; 9, pollen; 10, ovary ; 11, vertical section of ovary: — all magnified. 
13. Pultenaea pedunculata (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 8869) ; fruticulus humilis depressus, ramulis 
gracilibus divaricatis pubescenti-tomentosis, stipulis subulatis, foliis parvis anguste lineari-lanceolatis planis 
acuminatis pungentibus marginibus subrecurvis scaberulis subtus glabris v. pilosis costa prominula, floribus 
soUtariis, bracteis paucis subulatis, pedicellis foliis longioribus gracilibus appresse pilosis, calycis lobis lan- 
ceolato-subulatis, bracteolis basi calycis insertis subulatis.— P. Diemenica, Turn 
Mosc. 1853, p. 277. {Chum, 673.) 
Hab. Common in sandy plains near Hobarton, and probably throughout the Island, 0a 
(v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
8HpmJe» irabul 
both surfaces. Pedicels twice as long as the leaves. Brmdeotet tabulate. fl afra fo c a l narrow and acuminate. 
Flower* small. 
14. Pultenaea humilis (Benth. MSS.) ; fruticulus humilis, caule brevi robusto, ramis erect is validis. 
ramulis tomentosis, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, foliis subimbricatis linearibus lineari-oblongis elliptico-ob- 
longisve obtusis in petiolum brevem attenuatis, margimbus incurvis superae glabris dorso sericeo-pilosis, 
capitulis multifloris foliosis proliferisve villosis, bracteis lanceolatis acuminato-subulatis sulcatis scariosis, 
