212 H. B. Williamson : 



twice," " lower petals shorter " — tliis, by the way, is included in 

 the description of the genus — *' keel dark coloured," etc., to feel 

 how unimportant these parts are in determining a species of the 

 ^enus. The fact that so many species of Pultenaea have been 

 described in. the absence of pods sccms to show that these are non- 

 essential, though in the case of a plant without stipules, and with 

 the bracteoles well away from the calyx tube, the examination of 

 ripe seeds would be necessary to determine the genus. 



Section EUPULTENAEA. 

 Fultenaea daphnoides, Wendl. 



Varies much in foliage, the normal plant having leaves cuneate- 

 oblong, with a fine straight point. Flowers in dense terminal 

 heads, and liracteoles well up on the calyx 



var. ohcordata Bth. has truncate leaves with a prominent point. 

 Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia. 



var. parviflora^ n.v. 



This has been placed under daphnoides and retusa, and among 

 doubtful forms. It differs from the type in having cuneate-oblong 

 leaves 4 to 6 lines long without a point, margins flat or slightly 

 incurved, mid-] ib obscure above. 



Upper Murray district, C. French, Junr., 1886. Wildflower 

 Show, 1919, no loc. 



Pidtenata strict a. Sims. 



A smaller shrub than P. daphnoides, with smaller leaves, ovate- 

 oblong, with recurved margins, and a small recurved point. Bracts 

 numerous, glabrous, deciduous, with rounded point, outer one^ 

 bifid and shorter. Bracteoles high on the calyx, usually glabrous. 

 I can find no constant variation from the type in var. incurvata, 

 Ewart, from Frankston. 



Fultenaea Maidenii, Reader. 



This differs from P. stricta in its long-pointed hairy bracteoles, 

 ^fixed near the base of the calyx. The lower lobes are narrow, longer 

 than the tube, and almost setular pointed. The leaves are cuneate, 

 thin and often conduplicate. Its nearest affinity is P. largiflorens, 

 F.v.M. — the broad-leaved form from South Australia — from 

 which it differs in having narrower cuneate leaves and a very dif- 

 ferent calyx. It should retain specific rank. 



