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Leaves flat or concave. 

 Leaves blunt. 



Flower-heads dense ,. &. P. suhumhellata. 



Heads loose or dispersed 11. P . selaginoides. 



Leaves pointed. 



Leaves prickly .. 9. P.juniperina. 



Leaves soft... 10. P. fmmilis. 



Leaves terete or with, closely incurved margins. 

 Flowers in dense terminal heads. 



Leaves smooth, stipules small ... ... ... 7. P. dentata. 



Leaves hairy, stipules long 8. P. hibbertioides. 



Flowers few. 



Leaves blunt 12. P. prostrata. 



Leaves acute. 



Flowers axillary, solitary IS.. P. fasciculata. 



Flowers terminating short lateral branches ... 14. P. tenuifolia. 



1, P. DAPHNOIDES, Wend. Erect, 2 to many feet, leaves obcordate or obcuneate 

 -with a minute point, f -1 inch long. Flowers bright yellow, the keel black, about 

 I inch long, numerous, in a dense terminal head. 



Very common; also in South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales 

 Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



2. P. STRICTA, Sims. Very similar in general habit and details to the last, 

 only all parts are smaller, and the leaves are oblong, rarely approaching an 

 obcuneate form. 



Common in numerous situations throughout the Island ; also South Australia, 

 Victoria, and New South Wales. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



3 P. GUNNii, B. A small, sub-erect, much-branched shrub. Leaves variable 

 in shape, mostly ovate narrow-oblong to lanceolate, convex, 2-3 lines long. 

 Flowers few together, in the terminal axils or forming a terminal head, yellow 

 and purple, about \ inch in diameter. 



Common in heathy country ; also in Victoria and Kew South Wales. Fl. 

 spring and summer. 



Var. bcBckeoides. Leaves orbicular, convex, about 1 line long. On dry 

 hills. 



4. P. PEDUNCULATA, IT. Prostrate, spreading 2 or 3 feet. Leaves lanceolate, 

 pointed, the margins slightly recurved, 2-4 lines long. Flowers mostly solitary, 

 on rather long slender stalks, about j inch in diameter, yellow, with a dark keel. 



Common throughout the Island ; also South Australia, Victoria, and New 

 South Wales. Fl. spring and summer. 



5. P. DIFFUSA, S. A small decumbent and ascending shrub. Leaves linear, 

 the sharply recurved margins closely adnate, about 3 lines long. Stipules none. 

 Flowers pale yellow, solitary in many of the terminal axils. The bracteoles 

 rather large. Pod about 2 lines long, oblong, hardly flattened. Phyllota diffusa, 

 F. V. M. 



George's Bay ; and said to occur in other parts in sandy situations. This plant 

 is intermediate between PultencBa and Phyllota, and perhaps nearer the latter. 

 Fl. Sept. 



6. P. SUBUMBELLATA, H. A Small, erect, slightly -branched shrub. Leaves 

 spathulate or narrow, oblong, blunt, flat or concave, semi-erect, l-\ inch long. 

 Stipules minute. Flowers yellow, with purple-black keels, many together, in 

 •dense terminal heads. 



Very common in heaths at all altitudes ; also in Victoria and New South 

 Wales. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



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