PLATE DLXXIV. 



PULTENiEA 



RD ATA 



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Inversely Heart-leaved Pultencea. 





CLASS X. ORDER L 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx quinque-dentatus, utrinque appendicu- 

 lar. Corolla papilionacea, alis vexillo 



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Legu 



mum. 



Cup five-toothed, with an appendage on each 

 side. Blossorfi butterfly-shaped, with the 

 wings shorter than the standard. Pod of 

 one cell, with two seeds. 



See Pultenaea Daphnoides, PI. XCVJII. Vol IT- 



SPECIFIC , CHARACTER. 



Pultenjea foliis obcordatis, mucronatis, niti- 



dis. 



Pultenjea with inversely heart-shaped leaves, 

 mucronated, and shining. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. The vexillum. 



3. One of the wings. 



4. The two petals of the keel. 



5. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified 



6. Seed-bud and pointal. 



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Tim „„nd„c,ip, species of Poltensa is a native of New Holland, and was discovered on Van Diemen', 



yc low flowers, and smgnlarly obcordate leave, and is a handsome addition ,o the genua Pultensa, of 

 W ^1 ' W ^f T" T ■"' haVi " S " ,eUV ° K * -Pondages on the enp, the principal (a.thongh 

 nan "^frt 3t Ch °" a *"™ "* !»«• Oo, drawing wa, made from a specimen commu- 



nrcated by A. li. Lambert, esq. with whom i, has flowered for the firs, time in this country. 



