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[. Pultenaa . 
truncate, or shortly tapering, the midrib produced into a more or less pungent 
point, from 2 or 3 lines to fin. long, and usually rather broader than long, flat or 
concave, often 3 or 5-nerved at the base. Stipules small. Flowers in the upper 
axils on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines. Bracteoles subulate, inserted on the base of the 
calyx Calyx above 3 lines long, the lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper 
ones broad, falcate, acute, united above the middle, the lower ones lanceolate- 
subulate. Petals nearly of equal length, twice as long as the calyx ; keel large, 
almost hood-shaped, very obtuse. Ovary sessile, glabrous, tapering into the 
flattened style. Pod ovate, turgid, about 3 lines long. — Spadostyles Cunninghamii, 
Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 81 ; Gastrolobium Huegelii, Henfr. in Gard. Mag. 
i. with a fig.; Aotus cordifolius, Lindl. and Paxt. FI. Gard. i. 76, not of Benth.; 
Spadostyles ternata, F. v. M. First Gen. Hep. 12 ; Pultencea oxalidifolia, A. Cunn. 
in Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 
Hab.: Ranges about Helidon. 
The normal form with large leaves and flowers. 
Var. pubescem. Branches more or less pubescent. Leaves broad but with long pungent 
points. Pedicels very short. Hab.: Logan River, Rev. B. Scortechini. 
Var. euspidata. Branches slender, pubescent. Leaves small, tapering into pungent points. 
Pedicels slender, as long as or sometimes longer than the calyx. — Oxylobium spinosum, DC. 
Prod. ii. 104; Euchilus cuspidatus, F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Viet. ii. 68. Hab.: Burnett and 
Brisbane Rivers, F. v. Mueller; Wide Bay, Bidicill ; Ipswich, Nernst; very common in southern 
Queensland. Flowering about August. 
10. P. echinula (rough), Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 112 (spelt echinata in Spreng. 
Syst. Cur. Post. 173) ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 127. Apparently a straggling shrub, 
the older branches denuded of leaves and tuberculate or echinate with the remains 
of their petioles. Leaves crowded on the younger branches, often incurved, 
linear-terete, almost subulate, mucronate, rarely exceeding |in., channelled above 
by the involute margins, often tuberculate outside and sometimes hirsute with 
soft hairs. Stipules rather long. Flowers in dense heads, sessile within the last 
leaves, with few bracts besides the stipules of the floral leaves. Bracteoles 
inserted under the calyx, oblong or lanceolate. Calyx 2| lines long, glabrous or 
hirsute ; lobes lanceolate, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Standard not 
twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary villous ; style 
subulate. Pod not seen. — Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 196. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, Fraser. 
11. P. parviflora (small-flowered), Sieb.; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 132. Branches 
numerous, slender, pubescent, with greyish appressed hairs ; leaves oblong- 
cuneate, obtuse, 1 to 2 or rarely 3 lines long, concave, or with incurved margins, 
darker-coloured underneath with a slender midrib, glabrous or sprinkled with a 
few hairs when young ; stipules appressed. Flowers few, small, in the upper 
axils ; bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube near its base, linear-subulate, ciliate, 
2-stipulate. Calyx about 2 lines long ; lobes acuminate, longer than the tube, 
the two upper ones broad ; falcate and united at the base. Ovary hairy at the 
top ; style dilated downwards. The leaves on the Queensland plants longer 
and more hairy than those of the other colonies. 
Hab.: Caloundra, J. Wilson. Flowering about September. 
12. P. setulosa (bristly), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 132. Apparently procumbent, 
with silky-pubescent branchlets. Leaves linear, terete or trigonous, channelled 
above, mucronate, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long, glabrous or silky pubescent. 
Stipules appressed, with long, fine, erect or spreading points. Flowers axillary, 
nearly sessile, forming leafy heads or clusters at or below the ends of the 
branches. Bracts none besides the floral leaves. Bracteoles linear, inserted on 
the base of the calyx-tube, often 2-stipulate. Calyx 3 to 3f lines long, slightly 
