102 H. B. Williamson: 



PULTENAEA D'AlTONII, Sp. nOV. 



Frutex UO-80 cm altus, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis lineari-cyli7i^ 

 dricis supra canaliculatis subclavatis obtusis divaricatis 4-6 mm longis 

 apice paululum recurvis minute patenti-hispidis, stipulis latiusculis 

 subulatis recurvatis, floribus axillaribus apice ramulorum inter latas 

 stipulas foliorum floraliuin confertis, bracteolis foliis similibus ad 

 basin calyce affixis latas stipulas scariosas gerentibus, calyce 8 'mm 

 longo pilis patentibus pubescente lobis tubo longloribus, superioribus 

 falcatis latioribus et conjunctioribus, ovario sericeo-villoso, stylo usque 

 ad medium villoso, legumine non viso. 



Shrub to 3 ft. high, with terete, much spreading, somewhat cla- 

 vate, minutely-hispid leaves, and with a calyx with much falcate 

 upper lobes and leafy bracteoles fixed to the base of the calyx, and 

 provided with broad scarious stipules. 



This plant has been placed under P. tenuifolia R. Br. from which 

 it differs in its divaricate, blunt, and somewhat clavate leaves not at 

 all fascicular as in tenuifolia. Flowers are not terminal or two to- 

 gether, or enclosed by bracts. Bracteoles are leafy and stipulate, 

 which is not the case in the typical tenuifolia of Brown. The calyx is 

 very different, being twice as large, with falcate upper lobes. P. 

 tenuifolia has a calyx with almost equal lobes which, when not glab- 

 rous, are beset with long, straight white hairs (Port Linco-ln speci- 

 men, Griffith). 



In foliage the plant has a marked resemblance to P. teretifoUa 

 (above). 



It is nearest to P. laxifiora, Bth. var. pilosa, Williamson, having 

 the same calyx and bracteoles, but there are no bracts except the 

 broad stipules of the floral leaves, and the flowers are sessile in 

 dense clusters, and the leaves divaricate, and hispid with short hairs. 



Between Nhill and Goroke, N.W. Victoria, St. Eloy D'Alton, Oct. 

 1897. 



This species is named after Mr. St. Eloy D'Alton, whose records 

 of many years' collecting in the North West of Victoria are a. 

 valuable addition to the Botany of that State. 



PULTENAEA PROLIFERA, Sp. UOV. 



Frutex erectus circiter 60 cm altus ramulis pubescentibus, foliis 

 linearibus margine incurvatis vel Uneari-cylindricis supra canalicu- 

 latis 8 mm longis patentibus incurvatis minute hispidis, stipulis 

 subulatis, floribus singulis vel binis sessilibus apice ramulorum bre- 

 vissimorum, fructibus lateralibus ob proliferum incrementum ramu- 

 lorum juvenum, bracteis 4-5 imbricatis latis appressis minute pilosis 

 bifidis lobis obtusis interioribus calyce aequilongis, bracteolis oblongis 

 calyce aequilongis infra tubum affixis eumque fere cingentibus, calyce 

 4 mm longo subglabrescente membranaceo lobis ciliolatis acutis in- 

 ferioribus tubo aequilongis superioribus brevioribus, vexillo et alia 

 flavis, carina atro-rubra. ovario sericeo-villoso, stylo tenui, legumine 

 lato-ovato villoso. 



A shrub to 2 ft. high, somewhat like P. mollis Lindl. in foliage, 

 but with leaves hispid with minute hairs. Like P. tenuifolia R. Br.^ 



