RHAMNE^. XVIII, Pomaderris. XIX. Cryptandra. XX. Bartlixgia, XXI. Solekantiia. 



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somewhat panicled ; capsules opening from the base to the top. gate at the tops of the branches or solitary, erect, or pendulous, 



calyculated at the base with 5 small imbricate scales (f. 5. D. d.), 



1 C. pyramida^lis (Brogn. mem. 1. c.) branchlets pubescent, 



erect, pyramidal ; leaves obovate-oblong, quite entire, smooth ; 



Spatulate-leayed Pomaderris. FL April, June. Clt. 1826, stipulas setaceous ; flowers solitary, erect ; fruit o])long, rather 



^ . G. Native of New Holland, in Van Lewin's Land. Cea- 

 nothus spatulatus, LabilL nov. hoU. 1. p. 60. t. 84. Flowers 

 pale- yellow. 



Shrub 6 feet. 



10 P. Wendlandia^na (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 84.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, smooth above, clothed with rusty 

 down beneath ; panicles terminal and axillary. ^2 . G. Native 

 of New Holland ? Ceanothus Wendlandianus, Schvdt. syst. 5. 

 p. 299. Habit of P. elliptica. Fruit unknown. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. 



pendulous. T? . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers white. 



Pyramidal Cryptandra. Fl. May, July. Shrub 1^ foot. 



2 C. ERiciFOLiA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. Rudge, in Lin. trans, 

 soc. 10. p. 294. t. 18.) stem somewhat silky at the apex ; leaves 

 linear, rather remote, acute, smooth ; heads of flowers terminal; 

 bracteas silky, toothed ; style pilose. ^2 . G. Native of New 

 Holland, about Port Jackson. C. capitata, Sieb. pi. exs. nov. 



Wendland's Pomaderris. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1810. Sh. 10 ft. holl. no. QQ. Flowers white, silky on the outside. Leaves 2-.'} 

 HP.? capsula'ris (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 84.) lines long. 



leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated, serrated ; capsules 3-valved, 

 dehiscent. Tj . G. Native of the island of Tait in the South 



S 



lowish. 



Heath-leaved Cry^^iandixa, Fl. May, Jvd. Clt. 1821. SIi.2fi. 

 3 C. ama'ra (Smith, in Rees' cycl. Rudge, in Lin. trans. 



Ceanothus capsularis, Forst. prod. 112. Flowers yel- 10. p. 295. t. 18. f. 2.) stem ratlier hoary at the apex; leaves 



Capsular Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 6 feet. 



dense, spatulate, obtuse ; heads of flowers terminal ; bracteas 



Native of 



entire, and are as well as the style smooth. 



Tj. G. 



* * * 



Flowers apetalous^ panicled^ or racemose. 



New Holland, about Port Jackson. C ericsefolia, Sieb. pi. 

 exs. nov. holl. no. G7. Flowers white. 



Bitter Cryptandra. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Shrub 2 ft. 



4 C. spine'scens (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. G8.) smooth ; 



12 P. ape'tala (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 52. t. 87.) panicles 

 racemose, many-flowered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, branches spiny ; leaves oblong, obtuse, tapering a little to the 

 irregularly serrated, smooth above, or scabrous from starry down, base ; flowers usually solitary ; bracteas brown, scarious, a little 



toothed, short ; calyx covered with pressed, hoary-pubescence 

 on the outside, b . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 



clothed with hoary starry down beneath, with rather prominent 

 nerves, f^ . G. Native on the western coast of New Holland, 

 at Cape Van Diemen. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Apetalous Pomaderris. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1803. Sh. 6 ft. 



13 P. a'spera (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 211.) panicles 

 racemose, elongated ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, irre- 

 gularly serrated, and scabrous from starry down, clothed with 

 downy, hoary, starry villi beneath. ^i • Gr. Native of New 

 Holland. Flow^ers greenish-yellow. Very like P. apetala and 

 hardly distinguishable. 



Jiough Pomaderris. 



(Sieb 



May 



Tj. G. 



white. Habit of Condalia. 



Spiny Cryptandra. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 824. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 

 Cult, See Willemetia for culture and propagation, p. 38. 



XX. BARTLFNGIA (in honour of C. Bartling, who, witli 

 Wendland, wrote an ingenious dissertation on Diosma). Brogn. 

 in mem. rhamn. p. 66. 



LiN. SYst. Pentdndria, MonoQiinia. Calyx furnished with 



Ju. Clt. 1825. Shrub 6 ft. 2 bracteas at the base, with a subhemispherical tube, and a 5- 



^ __sic. nov. holl. no. 212.) pani- cleft limb; segments twice as long as the tube, oblong, ob- 



cles few-flowered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth above, but tuse, villous inside, imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, roundish, 



soft, downy, and velvety beneath from simple rather silky hairs, small, scale-formed, flat, inserted in the base of the calyx (peri- 



with scarcely prominent nerves. Tj , G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the eastern coast. Calyxes woolly. Flowers greenish- 

 yellow. ^ .y b 



Privet-like Pomaderris. Shrub 4 feet. 



). Stamens 10, 5 opposite the petals, 

 and 5 opposite the segments of the calyx, these last are longest ; 

 filaments filiform, short ; anthers ovate-roundish, 2-celled ; 

 cells opening laterally by a longitudinal chink. Disk wanting. 



15 P. PHYLiciFOLiA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 120. Link. enum. Ovary compressed, furrowed on one side, somewhat lanceolate, 

 !• p. 232.) panicles racemose, leafy; leaves linear, rather sea- 1-celled, l-seeded(or 2-seeded ?) ; ovula fixed to the furrowed 



brous above, hoary and downy beneath, with the middle nerve 

 rather prominent. " ^ ^^* ''^^ ™ 



greenish-white. Stigma 3-4.cleft. Tube of calyx ^, , 



with white oval lobes. 



PAw/ica-/eared Pomaderris. Fl.May,Ju. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 ft. 

 Cw?^ Pomaderris is a beautiful early flowering genus of 

 shrubs. For culture and DroDacration see Willemetia. n, 38. 



side. Style short, awl-shaped. Stigma small, simple. This 



Native of New Holland. Flowers genus should probably be removed to Rosacece after Chrysohd- 



lanus. 



1 B. obova'ta (Brogn. 1. c). Tj 



. G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Cryptdndra obovata, Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 129. 

 Stem smooth ; leaves alternate, stalked, obovate, thickish, 

 smooth ; heads few-flowered ; bracteas entire. Calyx smooth. 

 Flowers white. 

 XIX. CRYPT A'NDRA (from fcpuTrroc, cryptos, hidden, and ObovateAe^ved Bartlingia. FL May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh.2 ft. 



o^'yjp avSpoc, aner andros, a male ; in allusion to the stamens being 

 hidilm by the petals). Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 217. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 38. Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 65. 



Lin. syst, Pentdndriay Monogynia. Calyx coloured, cam- 



ff ^ n ' ^'^^^^^ ^^* ^* ■^- ^- *')• ^^^^^^ ^^^"' cucullate, sessile 

 Y' 5. D. e.). Stamens enclosed : anthers 2-celled. Disk want- 



Cult. See Willemetia for culture and propagation, p. 38. 



XXI. SOLENA'NTHA (from aiSkr^v, solen, a tube, and 

 avBoQi anthos^ a flower ; in allusion to the petals converging into 

 a tube). 

 Stamens enclosed ; anthers 2-ceiled. Disk want- Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. 



^g- Ovary half-adnate, 3-celled. Style simple. Stigma tri- cleft. Petals 5, conniving into a tube, deciduous. 

 aentate. Capsule half inferior, tricoccous, crowned by the thers 5, 2-celled, each inserted under a scale. Ovary 2-lobed. 

 JT^liT^^c * <^alyx. Seeds each furnished with a short fleshy 

 r 1-1. "^^^^' heath-like, much-branched, erect shrubs, with 



Calyx permanent, 5- 



Disk? An- 



igiate branches, or short spreading branches, rarely spiny, 

 aves small, quite entire, smooth, scattered. Flowers aggre- 



A stifi'-branched spiny shrub with oblong-Ianceolatc, some- 

 what serrated leaves, scattered and in fascicles. Flowers axil- 



lary and lateral, white. 



1 S. SPINOSA. h , 



Native of New Holland, on rocky 



