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RHAMNE.E. XVI. Ceanotiius. XVII. Willemetia. XVIII. Pomaderris. 



10 C. sERPYLLipoLius (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 154.) leaves 



cymes corymbose, crowded ; calyxes and pedicels villous ; leaves 



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Native of New Hoi- 



small, elliptical-ovate, obtuse, serrulated; branches filiform, de- elliptical-oblong, quite entire, coriaceous, smooth above, clothed 

 cumbent; panicles axillary, stalked, few-flowered; flowers con- " ' " 



glomerated.^ Tj . H. Native of Florida, about St. Mary's. 

 Flowers white. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Red-root. Shrub decumbent. 



with hoary-velvety villi beneath. 



land. Leaves acutish. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Pkyllircea-Uke Pomaderris. Fl. May, June. 

 Shrub 2 to C feet. 



Clt. 1818. 



11 C. BuxiFOLius (Willd. in Schult. syst. 7. p. 62. t. 615.) 2 P. lani'gera (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1823.) cymes somewhat 



leaves ovate-elhptical, obtuse, glandularly-serrulate^^ panicled, woolly ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, coria. 



^^^^^^^ velvety above, rusty and w^oolly beneath. T2 . G. Native 

 of New Holland, on the eastern and southern coast. Ceanothus 

 laniger, Andr, bot. rep. t. 569. Pomaderris obsciira, Sieb. pi. 

 exs. nov. holl. no. 216. Flowers pale-yellow. 



smooth ; nerves covered with adpressed hairs on the under sur- 

 face ; branches round, smooth, w^ith a few scattered spines ; 

 racemes solitary on the short branches. T? . G. Native of 

 Mexico, in woods, near Real del Monte. Flow^ers w^hite. 

 Box-leaved Red-rcot. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



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Cult. Small neat shrubs, with large red roots; hence their rufa, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 214 and 209. 



P. ferruginea and P. viridi 



English name. They will thrive well in any common garden 



soil, and are proper shrubs for the front of shrubberies. They 3 to 6 feet. 



Wool-hearing Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1806. Sh, 



are increased by layers or by seeds. The greenhouse species 



3 P. ELLi'pTicA (Labill, nov. holl. 1. p. 



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or those natives of Mexico only require to be protected from somewhat umbellate, hoary and velvety ; leaves elliptical, ob 



frosts during winter. 



Young cuttings of these will root if 



planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



tuse, smooth above, clothed with very short, white tomentum 

 beneath. 



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Native of New Holland at Cape Tan 



Diemen. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1510. Flowers cream-coloured. 



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Clt. 1805. 



XVII. WILLEMETIA (in honour of C. L. Willemet, author Elliptical-leaved Pomaderris, 



of Herbarium Mauritianum). Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 63. Shrub 6 feet. 



Ceanothus spec. Lin. and other authors. 4 P. di^scolor (Vent. malm. 



Lix. SYST.^ Pentdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx urceolate (f. 6. lately- corymbose, many-flowered, hoary and velvety from very 



~ short, scarcely manifest hairs; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 



nated, smooth above, but clothed with short, white dow^n beneath. 



cymes 



F. rf.), with the tube adnate to the ovary (f. G. F. e.) at the base, 



but free at the top, with a 5-cleftlimb (f. 6. F. «.). Petals 5, 



cucullate, sessile (f. 6. F. 6.). Stamens inclosed in the petals ; T? • G- Native of New Holland. P. acuminata, Link, enum 



anthers ovate, 2-celled. Disk very thin, incrusting the tube of ^^5. P. malifolia and P. discolor, Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 



the calyx. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled. Style simple, trigonal, ^08 and 213. Flowers w^hitish. An intermediate species 



Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit unknown.— A quite smooth shrub, with between P. elltptica and P. intermedia^ but hardly distinct from 



erect branches, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, serrated, feather- t^^ former. 



nerved leaves, and small white flowers, which are disposed in 7>ro-co/owrec?-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1814. 



few-flowered, terminal or axillary panicles. 

 1 W. Africa^'a (Brogn. 1. c.) Tj 



of Good Hope. Ceanothus Africanus, Lin. spec. 284. — Pluk. 

 phyt. t. 126. f 1. "* ■ 



Native of the Cape 



Shrub 8 feet. 



5 P. iNTERME^DiA (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 210.) cymes 

 corymbosely-panicled ; calyxes and pedicels velvety-villous ; 



Branches purplish when ripe. 



Seb. thes. 1. t. 22. f. 6. Leaves shining, leaves elliptical, acuminated at both ends, smooth above, but 



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Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1712. Shrub 6 ft. Flowers pale-yellow. 



hoary and velvety beneath. ^ . G. Native of New Holland. 



Cult. An elegant shrub. It will succeed well in an equal IntermediateVomaAexxh. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1825. Sh. 6ft. 



mixture of loam and peat, with a little sand, and young cuttings ^ P. ANDROMEDiEFOLiA (Cuning. in Field's new south wales, 



will root readily if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass P- 351.) leaves oval-lanceolate, smooth above, but clothed beneath 

 placed over them. 



POMADE 



derris, a skin ; in allusion to the peculiar membranous covering 

 to the capsule). Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 61. D. C. prod. 2. p. 33. 

 '^ ' p. 64. — Pomatoderris, Schult. syst. 5. 



Brogn. mem. rhamn. 



no. 985. — Pomatiderris, Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 60. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx with an adnate 

 tube, and a 5-cleft (f. 6. E. «.), somewhat spreading limb. 

 Petals 5, flat, unguiculate, somewhat cordate, or wantino-. Sta- 

 mens exserted (f. 6. E. b.) ; anthers ovate, 2-celled(f. 6. E. i.). 

 Disk wanting. Ovary half adnate, 3-celled. Style trifid, rarely 

 diverging (f. 6. E. c). Fruit half inferior (f. 6. E. g.), tricoc- 

 cous ; coccida each with a broad perforation at the base on the 

 inside. Seeds each furnished with a short stalk (f. 6. E. ^.). 

 — Erect, branched shrubs, more or less covered with starry 

 down. Leaves entire or serrated, villous on both surfaces, or 

 smooth on the upper surface, feather-nerved. Flowers disposed 

 in axillary or terminal, corymbose, or in expanded corymb-like 

 panicles, flowering from the base to the apex, for the most part 

 yellow or cream-coloured. 



* Flowers 5-petalledy disposed in corymbose cymes. 



with white down ; corymbs terminal, crowded ; flowers with 

 petals ? Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on rocky parts of 

 the Blue Mountains. Fiow^ers pale-yellow. ■ 



Andromeda-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Shrub 4 ft* 

 7 P. LEDiFOLiA (Cuning. 1. c.) leaves oval or elliptical, smooth, 

 silky-white beneath ; corymbs few-flowered, terminal ; stems 

 ^^'^r'gy- ^ • G. Native of New Holland, upon rocky hills at 

 Cox's River. Flowers pale-yellow, 



Ledum-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 ft- 



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Flowers 5-petalledy corymbose , or racemosely-panicled. 

 iseeds each furnished with a smaller perforation at the base tha^ 

 the rest of the species. Petals scarcely unguiculate^ 



8 P. GLOBULOSA (G. Dou, in Loud. hort. brit. 84.) leaves 

 obovate, quite entire, downy beneath, as well as the flowers and 

 branches ; peduncles axillary, corymbose ; capsules opening from 

 the base to the top. T2 . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. Ceanothus globulosus, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p- 

 61. t. 85. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Globular-fxmted Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. I8OS. 

 Shrub 8 feet. 



9 P. spathula'ta (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 8*-) 

 _ ^ /d- 1 1 1 « leaves oblong-obovate, somewhat spatulate, obtuse, quite entire, 



1 P. PHYLLiRiEoi DES (Sieb. pi. cxs. nov. hoU. no. 215.) downy beneath, as well as the branches and flowers ; racemes 



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