92 FLORA OF TASMANIA. \Leguminom . 
floribus pedicellatis, calycis tubo brevi lobis elongatis lineari-subulatis patentim pilosis, bracteolis basi calycis 
insertis anguste linearibus pilosis. (Gunn, 671.) 
Hab. Epping Forest, near Campbell-town, and Snake Banks, twenty-five miles from Launceston, on 
the road to Hobarton, in sandy soil, Gunn. — (Fl. Nov.) 
A very distinct species, short and robust for the size of the leaves and flowers. — Stem very short, woody. 
Branches 6-10 inches high, stont, erect or ascending, covered with spreading or subimbricatcd leaves, villous at 
the tips. Stipules conspicuous, lanceolate-subulate, acuminate, red-brown, furrowed. Leaves narrowed into very 
short petioles, ±— |. inch long, generally elliptic-oblong, sometimes linear, or ovate, blunt, concave, with incurved 
margins, silky on the convex back. Flowers large, deep orange-yellow, almost hidden by the leaves, collected into 
heads. Bracts numerous, like the stipules. Pedicels tomentose, short. Calyx with a short conical tube, and long, 
\ 1 y narrow lobes, covered with soft, spreading hairs. Bracteoles like the calyx-lobes, and as long as 
the calyx. — This differs considerably from any other Tasmanian species, and is more nearly alii, d to the Australian 
P. elliptica and P. villifera. 
15. Pultenaea tenuifolia (Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 2086) ; fruticulus prostratus humilis sericeus diffuse 
ramosus, ramis brevibus elongatisve velutino-pubescentibus villosisve, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, foliis fasci- 
culatis sericeo-pilosis lineari-subulatis obtusis supra concavis canaliculars ve subtus convexis, floribus latera- 
libus v. ad apices ramulorum brevissimorum terminalibus solitariis parvis sessilibus, bracteis parvis lanceo- 
latis, bracteolis basi calycis insertis calyce aequilongis anguste lineari-lanceolatis, leguminibus parvis calycem 
paulo excedentibus late oblique ovatis acuminatis subturgidis villosis.— DC. Prodr. ii. 113; Benth. Ann. 
Mu$. Find. ii. 82. P. Candida, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1236. {Gunn, 1055, 308?) 
Hab. On sandy lands near the sea: Circular Head, Woolnorth, and Georgetown, Gunn.— (FL Sept.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
A small decumbent or prostrate plant, resembling P. prostra la KO&JP.fiuciculata to a certain / 
etc.— Brandies woody, ascending or prostrate; braaehktt densely villous with white silkj hairs. Stipules conspi- 
cuous, ovate-lanceolate, with subulate tips, membranous. Leaves very shortly petioli <l, '-.' inch lone spreading, 
often fascicled on short lateral branchlets, narrow, acicular, soft, blunt, grooved above, eoneave on 
covered with soft silky hairs. Flowers small, sessile, sunk amongst the leaves. BracU small, similar to the stipules. 
Calyx-lobes acute, rather long; bracteoles inserted at its base and as long as itself, linear-lanceolate. Corolla \ inch 
long.— This species should perhaps be referred to the section with P. prostrata, the flowers being terminal" on 
very short lateral branches, but the fruit is evidently lateral. 
16. Pultenaea fasciculata (Benth. in Ann. Mus. Yind. ii. 82) ; fruticulus diffuse ramosus erectus 
v. ramis ascendentibus, ramulis argenteo-sericeis glabratisve, stipulis setaceis conspicuis, foliis acicularibus 
teretibus pungenti-mucronulatis antice canaliculars appresse sericeis glabratisve, floribus axillaribus sessili- 
bus, bracteis paucis stipulasformibus v. nullis, calyce campanulato sericeo, lobis brevibus, bracteolis basi 
tubo insertis tubo multo brevioribus, legumine oblique ovato acuminato pubescente. (Gunn, 308.) 
Hab. Summit of the Western Mountains, and Arthur's Lake, elevation 2-3000 feet, Lawrence, Gunn. 
— (Fl. Jan. Feb.) 
Distbib. Cobboras Mountain, South-east Australia, Miiller. 
A remarkably distinct little species, with the habit of P . tenuifolia, but differing wideh in the rough leaves 
with pungent apices, and in the bracteoles of the calyx being very short, as also in the more lateral Bowers and 
fewer bracts.— Stem prostrate, glabrous or more or less silvery with silky app* n<picuous, 
lanceolate-subulate, sometimes squarrose. Leaves i inch Ion-, acicular, terete, grooved down the front, glabrous or 
covered with appressed silky hairs. Calyx campanulate, very silky aud shining. 
