PLATE XCVIII. 



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ULTEN^A 



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HN 



DES. 



Daphne-like Piiltenaa, 



CLASS 



X. 



ORDER 



I. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNU. Ten Chives. One Pointal 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, campanu- 

 la turn, utrinque appendiculatuni; ore quin- 

 quedentatOj acuto. 



CoKOLLA papilionaceaj pentapetala, 



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Vexillu77i fub-cordatum; ereifluiii. 

 Al^e oblongae, vexillo breviores. 



Carina dipetala, petalis alls conformibns. 





Emfalement, Cup of one leaf, bell-fhaped, 



having an appendage on each fide} the 



mouth five-toothed, iharp. 

 Blossom. Butteriiy-fiiapcdj five petals. 



Stamlanl nearly heart-fliaped, upright. 



Wiv^s oblons:, lliorter than the ftandard. 



Ktcl two petals, which are like thofc of the 



Stamina. Filamenta decern, diftinda, aflur- 

 gentia, longitudhie carlnae. Antherae fim- 

 plices, minimae. 



PiSTiLLUM. Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus 

 fubulatus, magnitudine et fitu ftaminuin* 

 Stigma acutum^ recurvatum. 



Pericarpium. Legumen fubrotundum, apice 

 mucronatum, uniloculare, bivalve. 



Semina duo, fub-rotunda. 



wings. 



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Chives. Ten threads, diltin6l, turned up at the 

 ends, the length of the keel. Tips fimple, 

 very fmall. 



Pointal- Seed-bud oblong- egg-fliaped. Shaft 

 awl-fliaped, the fize and fituation of -the 

 chives. Summit lliarp-pointed andrecurved. 



Seed-vessel. Shell nearly round, with a fharp 

 pohit on the end, of one cell and two valves. 



Seeds two, roundifh. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Pultenaea foliis alternls, obovatls, glabris, niucro- 

 natls; floribus terminalibus, capitatis. 



Pultenaea with alternate leaves, inverfely egg- 

 fliaped, fmooth> with a Iharp point at the 

 ends; flowers terminate the branches grow- 

 ing in hei:ds. 



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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Cup, with its two appendages, magnified. 



2. The Standard of the RIofTom, 



3. One of the Wings of the BlolTom. 



4. The two Petals of the Keel. 



5. The Chives and Pointal, natural fize. 



6. The fame, magnified. 



7. The Pointal. 



8. The fame, magnified. 



9. A half-ripe Secd-vefTel, with the Cup remaining attached, 



magnified 



From the number of fpecies of this genus of plants, already in Britain, we may conclude, that it i* 

 one of the moft extended in New South Wales; twelve diftina ones have already flowered, drawings 

 of moft of them we have, which will be brought forward in due courfe. Dr. Smith, in the third No. 

 of Nevv Holland Botany, has named this tribe of plants after Dr. R. Palteney, F. R. and F. L. S. of 

 Blandford, Dorfetfliire; well known for his Sketches of the Progrefs of Botany in England. But there 



been 



Je name of Dr. Pulteney, he had, by his excellent life of Linn^us, Infured his own to live for ever. 



Pultenaeas 



hatat, as are few plants from that countr, to U,ole of any other. This fpedes u-as firft raifed in ) 7S2, 

 hout"!; 'T *,?'„' '"'='"1"''" ""= '■^■'"= y^'-- >>« did no. flower till ■ 7BS. It i, a hardy green- 

 ^ at i 'd " f Jr , V°""'"° ''°'-" ""= ""'"'" °' ^^"y ■' b"' "« Moffom - of fltort duration. Sandy 

 Sth n, or fro™ r?, "''''T'i ■'"'' "' '""'"=''''= '' ''""^"«'5. "^i*" f'™ ^d^. •-■hich fometimes ripen 



r^ant in th^H- h ?' '' T a-'" '""^ ""' *"' *■'= "»■>* "f May. The drawing was made from 

 plant ,n the Hibbertian colkaioo at Clapham, thU year. 



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