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XLIII. LEGUMINOSjE. 
[Pultenaa. 
shortly 3-toothed, very silky outside, inserted at the very base of the calyx or 
close under it and nearly as long. Petals not half as long again as the calyx, 
mostly persistent after flowering. Pod sessile, acuminate, oblique, much flattened, 
very silky, about as long as the calyx. 
Hab.: Between Stanthorpe and the N. S. Wales border. 
An elegant species allied to P. myrtoides , but distinct in indumentum, as well as in the shape 
of the leaf. — Benth. 
3. P. myrtoides (Myrtle-like), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 81, 
and FI. Austr. ii. 114. A tall shrub, with virgate terete branches, usually silky- 
pubescent. Leaves narrow-oblong, often more or less cuneate, obtuse, with a 
very minute point, + to fin. long, flat or the margins recurved, glabrous above, 
pale and sometimes silky-pubescent underneath. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 
closely pressed, about 1 line long. Flowers numerous, nearly sessile in dense 
globular terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves, which are however rarely 
so long as the flowers. Bracts imbricate, ovate or lanceolate, silky-hairy at the 
edges. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube, broadly oblong or ovate, very 
concave and keeled, almost boat-shaped, 1 to 1J line long. Calyx silky- 
pubescent, 2^ lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united 
above the middle. Petals persistent till the fruit is ripe. Standard nearly twice 
as long as the calyx ; lower petals nearly as long, the keel obtuse. Ovary 
villous ; style flattened at the base. Pod ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 4 
lines long. 
Hab.: Islands of Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser; in the Cypress Pine country, 
Leichhardt. 
4. P. polifolia (Polium-leaved), A. Cunn. in Field. N.S. Wales, 346 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 115. A shrub with terete virgate branches, more or less villous 
when young, with soft spreading hairs. Leaves linear, obtuse, with a fine straight 
or recurved point, the margins recurved or revolute, in some specimens all under 
Mn., in others ljin. long, glabrous or rarely hairy above, hoary underneath, and 
often hirsute with long hairs, especially on the midrib. Stipules rather long, 
appressed. Flowers numerous, in dense terminal heads, sessile within the last 
leaves. Bracts broad, imbricate, softly villous, the inner ones 2 lines long and 
bifid. Bracteoles very concave, keeled, inserted on the calyx-tube. Calyx 3 
lines long, softly villous ; lobes finely acuminate, shorter than the tube, the 2 
upper ones broad and united at the base. Standard not twice as long as the 
calyx ; lower petals shorter. Ovary hirsute, tapering into the style. Pod very 
oblique, acuminate, longer than the calyx. — P. rosmar ini folia, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1584 (the West Australian origin a mistake); P. mucronata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 
1711? (from the figure); P. rosmarinifolia, Endl. Nov. Stirp. Dec. 4 (with the 
pubescence rather more silky). 
Hab.: North Coast Railway Line. 
5. P. petiolaris (long petioles), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 82, 
and FI. Austr. ii. 115. A procumbent or straggling shrub, with numerous 
ascending branches, hirsute with short spreading hairs. leaves on remarkably 
long petioles, those of the floral ones often attaining 3 or 4 lines, linear, obtuse, 
with a short recurved point, ^ to fin. long, the margins revolute, often sprinkled 
with a few hairs above, the under side hirsute, especially the midrib. Stipules 
with spreading or recurved fine points. Flowers in dense terminal heads, sessile 
within the last leaves. Bracts few, besides the stipules of the floral leaves. 
Bracteoles inserted above the middle of the calyx-tube, linear-subulate, ciliate. 
Calyx about 3 lines long, hirsute ; lobes acuminate, rather longer than the tube, 
