40 



RHAMNE^. XXII. Tetrapasma. XXIIL Tricocephalus. XXIV. Phylica. 



hills, Cox's River. Crypt^ndra spinosa, Cuning. in Field's 

 south wales, p. 352. 



new 



Spiked Tricocephalus. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 ft. 

 3 T. ? elli'ptica; leaves opposite, elliptical, or somewhat 



and 



>S/;m2/ Solenantha.^ Fl. Ap.Ju. Clt. 1826, Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ovate, thick, hard, hoary-villous beneath, concave; stipulas 

 Cult. See Cryptdndra for cvdture and propagation. ovate, concave ; peduncles axillary ; heads of flowers hoary and 



velvety. Iq . G. Native of St. Helena, on the tops of the 

 mountains, where it is called Wild-olive. Pliylica elliptica, Roxb. 

 in Beats, app. 316. Flowers white. 



Elliptical-leayed Tricocephalus. Shrub 4 feet. 

 4 T. RAMosissiMA ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute, shin- 

 ing above, hoary villous beneath, w^ith revolute edges ; stipulas 

 awl-shaped ; flowers axillary, almost sessile. Tj . G. Native 

 of St. Helena 



XXII. TETRAPA'SMA (from rsTpag, tetras, four, 

 fTKETrarrpa^ skepasma, a veil or hood ; in allusion to the four 



Lin. syst. 



stamens) 

 Mono 



^jnia. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 

 4, cucuUate, inserted between thesegmentsof the calyx. Anthers 

 4, inclosed within the petals. Stigma 3-lobed. Ovary 3-celled. 

 A rushy, shrubby plant, with brachiate strong thorns. 



1 JU NCEA, 



h 



Native of New Holland, at Cox's River, 



Bathurst, and on the banks of the Macquarie. Flowers pro- 

 bably white. 



Rushy Tetrapasma. Shrub. 



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



FIG. 7. 



on the middle mountains, w^here it is called 

 Wild-rosemary. Phylica rosmarinifolia, Roxb. in Beats, app. 

 316. but not of Lam. P. ramosissima, D. C. prod. 2. p. 34. 

 Flowers white. 



Much-branched Tricocephalus. Clt. 1810. Tree 12 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs will grow well in sandy peat, and young 

 cuttings will strike root freely in a pot of sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them. 



XXIV. PHYXIC A (from ^uXXt/co^, phyllicos^ leafy ; 



in 



Lin. gen. no. 266, 

 D. C. prod, 2. p. 34. 



allusion to the curious evergreen foliage). 

 Lam. ill. t. 127. Gsert. fruct. 1. t. 24. 

 Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 68. 



LiN. SYST. Pentdndriaj Monogynia. Calyx with a subcy 

 lindrical tube, adnate to the ovary below, but free at the apex 

 5-cleft (f 7. B. 6.). Petals 5, cucuUate (f. 7. B. c. d.). Stamens 

 inclosed (f. 7. B. c). Anthers ovate or kidney-shaped, 2-celled 

 or 1 -celled. Disk hardly distinct (f. 7. B. /.), covering the 

 tube and segments of the calyx. 

 3-celled. 



» 



Style simple. 



Stigma 



Ovary inferior (f. 7. B. ^.)» 

 3-lobed or 3-toothed (f. I 



XXIII. TRICOCETHALUS (SvomQpilrpixoQ^thrixtrichos, 



B. 2.), in some entire. Fruit inferior (f. 7. B. A.), crowned by 

 the whole of the small permanent calyx (f. 7. B. i.), tricoccous 

 (f. 7. B. A.). Seeds propped by a short fleshy stalk (f. 7. B.A.)' 



Jiair, and /.f^aXf , kci^hale, a head ; in allusion to the hairy heads —Much branched, heath-like shrubs, with 

 of flowers). Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 67.— Phyiica, species of branches, scattered. 



authors. 



Lix. sYST. Pentdndria, Mono 



erect, fastigiate 

 linear, exstipulate leaves with revolute 



edges, having the lower surface villous, and the upper smooth 

 Calyx with a short or pubescent. Flowers capitate or spicately-capitate, girded by 



urceolate tube (f. 7. E. «.), adnate to the ovary at the base, but short, villous, or longer feathery-pilose bracteas (f. 7. B. a.) 



free at the apex, liaving 5 long, bristle-like segments (f. 7. C. 6.). 



Petals wanting or bristle-like. Stamens 5. Anthers kidney- ,.^ 



shaped, 1-celled. Disk hardly distinct, covering the tube and mem. rhamn. 1. c. 



Sect. I. Ericoides (plants with the habit of Erica). Brogn. 



Segments of the calyx ovate, acute, erect, 

 or spreading a little, rather woolly on the outside. Petals 

 ^ . . //• ^ ri " X o 1 roundish, concave, arched, cucuUate. Anthers kidney-shaped 



terior tricoccous (f. 7. C. c.). Seed propped by a short fleshy with confluent cells, or 1-celled, 2-valved. Stigma usually 3 



^^i'JJ^*- \^^-^0'— S^^^^^ lobed or 3-toothed. Leaves shining above, short, needle 



ol Good Hope, with fastigiate, downy branches. Lower surface shaped. Flowers crowded, in dense spherical heads. 



segments of the calyx. Ovary inferior, 3-celled (f. 7. C. d.). 

 Style simple, short. Stigma rather 3-lobed. Fruit half-in- 



» 



£• 



of leaves villous, upper surface smooth, with convolute edges, 



on short petioles, stipulate or exstipulate. Flowers capitate ; _ „ 



heads elongated (in T. spicata) or spherical, as in T. stipularisy small, downy, 

 very downy. 



1 T. sTiPULARis (Brogn. 1. c.) leaves alternate, lanceolate- 



1 P. PARviFLORA (Lin. maut. 209.) leaves awl-shaped, acute, 

 scabrous, somewhat pilose ; branches panicled ; heads of flowers 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in 



sandy places. Petals white. 



linear, acutish, smooth above, hoary-velvety beneath, with revo- 

 lute edges ; stipulas awl- shaped ; heads of flowers terminal, 

 sessile. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on sandy 

 hills. Phylica stipularis, Lin. mant. 208. Wendl. coll. t. 32. 

 Spreng. berl. mag. 8. p. 104. t. 8. f. 3. Young branches hoary- 

 velvety. Bracteas short, naked, usually bifid. Flowers white. 

 I'ar. ft; leaves broader, somewhat cordate at the base. 



2 P. 



ll-Jlowered 



^ 



Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1790. Sh.2ft 



leaves linear-lanceolate 



ERICOIDES (Lin. spec. 283.) 

 bluntish, spreading, smooth, downy beneath ; branches some- 

 what umbellate ; heads of flowers hemispherical, Ij . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy fields. Comm. hort- 

 amster. 2. t. 1. 



Sims. hot. mag. t. 224. 



8. p. 103. t. 8. f. 1. Flowers pure white. 



Flowers white. 



Stipular Tricocephalus. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1786. Sh. 3 ft. 



Spreng. in berl. mag- 

 Clt. 1731. Sh.Sft. 



Heath-like Phylica. Fl. April, Sept. ^... ..^.. 



3 P. GLABRA T A (Thuub. fl. Cap. 2. p. 77.) leaves lanceolate, 



^ r«, ^ /!> -1-1X1 , acute, spreading, somewhat scabrous above but downy beneath; 



2 1 . sncA Tus (Brogn. mem rhamn. 1. c.) leaves cordate, branches smoothish ; heads of flowers globose, woolly. ^ • C. 



oblong, acuminated, erect, smooth above, hoary beneath ; spikes 

 ovate-cylindrical, downy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Phylica spicata, Lin. fil. suppl. 153. Lam. ill. t. 127. 

 f, 8. P. pinea, Thunb. fl. cap. ? Flowers white. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Smoothed Phylica. 

 4 P. 



May 



Shrub 3 ft 



Clt, 1817. 



leaves linear, acute, 



ACERosA (Willd. enum. 252.) xc«*^o .»,^«., - 



-downy-villous beneath ; branches in whorls ; heads downy, ftv*> 



