220 H, B. Williamson : 



than the tube, wliich distinguishes it from P. altissinia, and witb. 

 small ovate-orbicular braeteoles fixed below the calyx. 

 Moona Kiver, Walcha, N.S.W. 



Paltennea jHihacea Willd. 



A species with linear leaves, long, scarious stipules, and dense- 

 terminal heads much covered with long imbricate bracts. The- 

 calvx is silky, and braeteoles are ovate, and are fixed on the calyx 

 tube. Port Jackson, var. obtusata, Benth, has broader cuneate, 

 leaves; var. sericea, Benth, the form common near Melbourne, has 

 long, silky, white, scarious stipules and bracts. 



Var. robusta, n.v. from Queensland (Gympie, Wellington 

 Point), is a robust plant, differing only from var. sericea in hav- 

 ing much larger leaves and floweis. 



Piiltenaea W iUiamsoni , Maiden. 

 z= p. paleacea, var. Williamsoni. 



Ihis plant must now be referred to P. paleacea. It is of stronger- 

 and more robust growth, though of the same habit. The braeteoles 

 are certainly wider and longer than in P. paleacea, but they are not 

 constantly fixed at the very base of the calyx, being often just 

 above the base. There are specimens from Wellington Point, Q., 

 J. Wedd, which match the Victorian specimens in every respect, ex- 

 cept that the braeteoles are smaller, and are fixed rather higher on. 

 the calyx tube. 



From P. stricta this plant is far removed by its habit, its re- 

 markably large stipules, its large leaves, its large persistent bracts,.. 

 and the shape and position of its braeteoles. 



Strathbogie, Vic, A. W. .Vroland, Nov., 1904. 



Wellington Point, Q., J. Wedd. 



Pultenaea sfipularis. Smith. ' 



A showy New South Wales species, easily distinguished by its. 

 straight, linear leaves, and very long stipules, calyx lobes, bracts- 

 and braeteoles, tlie two last-named being liirsute with long hairs. 



Port Jackson, Blue Mountains, N.S.W. 



Pultenaea gl<ihra, Benth. 



A New South Wales species, with leaves like those of P. dentata, 

 and with few bracts. It can readily be distinguished by its pecul- 

 liar calyx, and the absence of all hairs. Tlie calyx has nearly equal! 



