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PULTENALA retusa. 
Ohbtuse-leaved Pulteneea. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. VI. Pariiionacez. 
Brown gen. rem. in Flind. voy. 2. 552. 
_PULTENZEA. Cal. 5-fidus, Jabiis proportionatis, bibracteatus (brac- 
teis seepids ipso tubo insidentibus). Cor. papilionacea. Germ. sessile, di- 
spermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. S#ig. simplex. Strophiola semi- 
nis lobis posticis incisis. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 17. 
P, retusa, capitulis terminalibus, foliis linearibus retusis muticis planis 
glabris, bracteis calyce pauld longioribus. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 
3.18. 
Pultensea retusa. Smith in ann. of bot. 1.502; et in trans. linn. soc. 9. 247. ; 
Willd. enum. 1. 438. 
Fruticulus erectus, strictiusculus, ramis villosis, foliosis, foliorum decurst 
angulatis, ramulosis, ramulis summitate et medio ramorum laxits sparséque 
congregatis, axillaribus, ascendentibus, aptce floriferis, totis appressé foliosis. 
ol. sparsa, rigida, crassiuscula, obscuré viridia, glabra, cuneato-linearia, 
retusa, mutica, subsemuncialia; petioli breves, teretes, rugulosi:. stipule 2 
Scarioso-membranacea, fusco-rubentes, petiolo (cui intis utrinque appresse ) 
reviores, subulata. Fores capitati: capitula pauci-(subgquinque ssf “sub- 
Sessilia, pariim exsuperantia folia involucralia: gemmarum floralium squamz 
Persistentes, plures, parvule, rvigide, sphacelate, ustulato-spadicee, oblato- 
ovate, concave, extus subsericee, pedicellis breviores, imbricato-ambientes. 
edicelli crassi, scricei, erecti, breviores calyce. Cal. duplo brevior corolla, 
tubulosus, membranosus, pallidus, sericeus, equabilitér 5-dentatus, dentibus 
acuminatis triplo circa brevioribus tubo. Bractew medio tubi calycint utrinque 
insert, lanceolato-lineares, spadicee, calyce pauld altiores, sericeo-ciliate. 
Cor. flava, glabra, + partem uncie parm excedens. 
A genus belonging to the decandrous division of the 
Papilionaceous plants of New South Wales, the large pro- 
Portion of which, in relation to the diadelphous division of 
the same, forms a striking anomaly in the vegetation of those 
regions. 
The species was introduced by Sir Joseph Banks in 1789; 
but has not been figured in any work we are acquainted 
With. The drawing was taken from a sample remitted in 
April by Mr. Herbert from his collection at Spofforth; where 
it is cultivated in the greenhouse. 
A small upright shrub: branches villous, leafy, angular; 
branchlets axillary, upright, flowerbearing at the end. 
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