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CALLISTACHYS. 



Gen. Char. (JDecandria Monogynia.) Calyx two-lipped ; stan- 

 dard erect, keel and wings drooping; style incurved; stigma 

 simple ; pod stalked, woody before ripening. 



The plants have fine spikes of flowers, and the name is 

 derived from beautiful and spike. C. ovata, lanceolata, and 

 linearis have yellow flowers, and longifolia has reddish straw- 

 coloured flowers ; the latter is from the Swan River ; C. re- 

 tusa is another, which grows three or four feet high, with 

 each branch producing a head of deep yellow flowers. They 

 are very handsome greenhouse shrubs, w r hich flower very 

 freely ; the soil should be loam and peat ; cuttings readily 

 take root, or seeds may be sown. 



PULTENJSA. 



Gen. Char. (Becandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-cleft, with even- 

 sized lips, two-bracted ; ovary sessile, two-seeded ; style awl- 

 shaped, ascending ; stigma simple. 



Named after Dr. Pulteney. There are many species of 

 these pretty New Holland shrubs, which may be introduced 

 with advantage into the greenhouse ; the flowers are yellow, 



