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erecta, angustato-linearia, longa circiter quartam partem unciae, 

 concava. StipulaB absunt. Flores circiter viginti in capitulo ter- 

 minali. Bracteolae parvae, lineares, insertae fere sub calyce, 

 sed disjunctae, dense ciliatae albis capillis. Calyx pilosus, 

 circiter sesquilineam longus. Petala flava praeter vexillum 

 nubilum; vexillum circiter altero tanto longior quam calyx est; 

 carina et alae nonnihil breviores. Stamina disjuncta. Ovarium 

 dense pilosum. Fructus non vidimus. 



An erect shrub up to 2 feet high, usually single-stemmed, with 

 slender nearly terete branches, the young ones covered with 

 appressed white hairs, the adult ones quite glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, erect, narrow-linear, about J inch long, concave, the 

 upper ones occasionally almost terete and channelled above, the 

 lower ones often broader with less incurved margins, approaching 

 to narrow-lanceolate, obtuse or somewhat acute, glabrous and 

 equally green on both sides, shortly petiolate, without any 

 stipules. Flowers very shortly pedunculate, up to 20 together in 

 terminal heads within small densely hairy involucral bracts. 

 Bracteoles small, linear, inserted close under the calyx but free 

 from it, densely ciliate with white hairs. Calyx about 1J lines 

 long, reddish, covered with white hairs, the two upper lobes 

 broader and united higher up. Petals yellow, except the dark- 

 coloured standard, the standard about twice as long as the calyx, 

 keel and wings rather shorter. Stamens all free. Ovary densely 

 hairy, with a short style hooked at the top. Fruits not seen. 



We have little doubt that this species is correctly placed with 

 Pultencea, but still the question whether it should not rather be 

 referred to Phyllota may be left open until ripe seeds are 

 obtained. The two genera are distinguished by the following 

 characters : — 



Phyllota. — Stipules usually absent, rarely minute. Stamens 

 more or less united at the base with the petals or to each other. 

 Seeds without strophiole. 



Pultencea. — Stipules usually conspicuous, rarely absent. 

 Stamens free. Seeds strophiolate. 



