DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx quinque-dentatus, utrinque appendiculatus. Corolla papilionacea, alis vexillo brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare, dispermum.
Cup five-toothed, with an appendage on each side. Blossom butterfly-shaped, with the wings shorter than the standard. Pod of one cell, with two seeds.
See Pultenæa Daphnoides, Pl. XCVIII. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pultenæa foliis obcordatis, mucronatis, nitidis.
Pultenæa with inversely heart-shaped leaves, mucronated, and shining.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The vexillum.
3. One of the wings.
4. The two petals of the keel.
5. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
6. Seed-bud and pointal.