42 



RHAMNE^. XXIV. Phylica. XXV. Soulangia. 



Tj. G 

 white. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on hills. Flowers 



pentagonal, fleshy. Ovary adnate to the tube of tlie calyx (f. 7, 

 D. e.), and equal in length to it, 3-celled. Style simple, short 



Lanceolate-leayed Vhyhca. Fl. April, May. CIt. 1790.Sh. 3 ft. rather conical, rarely trifid at the apex, crowned by a 3-toothed 



^ 25 P. viLLosA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 83.) leaves linear, spread- stigma or by 3 stigmas. Fruit inferior (f. 7. D. L), marked above 



mg, lower ones^smooth, rather rovigh,^^upper ones smaller; by a large areola (f 7. D. h. A.), tricoccous. Seeds propped by 



„ . T, r^ VT_.: ^ .1 Q^p^ ^^ ^ gl^^^.^^ ^^^.^j^^ fleshy stalk (f. 7. D. e. ?'.). — Much branched 



Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Fi//ow5 Phylica. Fl. May, July. Qt. 1790. Shrub 2 feet. 



shrubs, with alternate, exstipulate, quite entire, short stalked, 

 ovate, cordate, or lanceolate, rarely hnear leaves, which are usually 



26 P, cyli'nurica (Wendl. coll. 1. t. 7.) leaves linear-lanceo- smooth above and villous beneath. Flowers in the axilla of 

 late, stngosely-villous, white beneath, erect, but at length spread- the leaves or bracteas, solitary, spiked, or panicled, clothed with 

 mg, floral ones erect, imbricate, very villous ; flowers in spikes. short down. 



8. 



Spreng. bcrl. mag. 

 p. 104. t. 8. f. 5. P. pubescens, Lam. ill. t. 127. f. 2. 



Flowers greenish-yellow. 



C^//»c/r?ca/-headed Phylica. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. ? Sh, 2 ft. 



"f Species doubtful whether they belong to this section. 



7 P. imbe'kbis (Lin. mant. 209.) leaves linear, blunt, sca- 

 brous, downy beneath ; heads of flowers pubescent, "^ . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. — Seb. mus. 2. t. 49. P. 



brunioides, Lam. ill. no. 2G20. Flowers white. 



07 



/■v 



Beardless Phylica. Shrub 2 feet. 



(Wendl ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^_ __...__ 



acerose, erect, papillose, hairy, floral ones downy ; flowers dis- flowers in loose racemes at the tops of the branches, intermixed 



1 u^„ T r* XT„._- ^ .1 .o n ^ , ^^,j^l^ bracteas. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope 



1 S. axilla'ris (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, spreading, with revolute edges, smooth above, hoary 

 beneath ; flowers in the axillae of the upper leaves, on short 

 pedicels, the whole constituting a leafy spike. T^ . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica axillaris, Lam. ill, no. 

 2615. Spreng. berh mag. 8. p, 104. t. 8. f. 4. P. rosmarini- 

 foha, Willd. enum. 253. but not of Lam. Flowers white. 



-4a:i//a?'?/-flowered Soulangia. Fl, May, June. Clt 1812. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



2 S. ole^folia (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, mucronate, acute, coriaceous, flat, spreading, covered, 

 with hoary down beneath, but smooth above or pubescent; 



posed in terminal spikes. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers white. 



Paptllose-leaveA Phylica. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 ft. 



" (V 



P. oleaefolia, Vent. malm. no. 4. obs. 2. 



cab. t. 323. 



Olive-leaved Soulangia. 



P. spicata, Lodd. hot. 



Flowers white. 



P. oleoides, D. C. prod. 2. p. 36, 



Clt. 1800. Sh. 3 ft. 



May 



ceolate, scattered, flat, somewhat villous above, but velvety and 3 S. thymifolta (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves Ian- 



cloth-like beneath ; branches slender, elongated, decumbent. ceolate, acuminated, spreading, smooth above, but hoary beneatl 

 T?. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. •- - - - - .. .. _ . . , 



Probably identical with the followin^r. 



Z)aY/rica^ecZ-branched Phylica. Shrub decumbent. 



with rather revolute edges 



flowers sessile, disposed in heads 

 at the tops of the branches. T2 • G. Native of the islands in 



„^ „ , ,^ ^ - tlie Antarctic sea. Phylica thyraifolia, Vent. malm. t. 57- 



oO F. LEDiFQLiA (Desf. Cat. hort. par. 1801. p. 203.) leaves Flowers white. 



scattered, oblong, acuminated at both ends, flat, spreading, shin- Thyme-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 3 ft. 



vng above, covered with hoary down beneath, as well as the 4 S. paniculVta (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves ovate- 



branchlets. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The lanceolate, acuminated, spreading, shining above, downy white 



spikes of flowers are terminal and involucrated w ith bracteas, beneath : " ' ' ^ • - - - - - - 



according to Lher. 



Ledum-leaved Phylica. 



M 



Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 ft. 



31 P. TRicHOTOMA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 82.) leaves trigonal, 293. Flowers white. 



flowers disposed in leafy, terminal, panicled racemes. 

 T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica paniculata, 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 1112. Phylica myrtifolia, Poir. diet. 5. ?• 



obtuse, smooth ; stem trichotomous, hairy ; heads of flowers 



Paw/c/^c?-flowered Soulangia. 



terminal, hairy, about the size of a pea. ^ . G. Native of the Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



May 



Clt. 1817. 



Cape of Good Hope, in fields, but rare. 



Trichotomous-stemmed Phylica. Clt. 1818. Shrub 3 feet. 



32 P. GLOBosA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 87.) leaves ovate, con- 

 cave above, smooth, imbricate ; heads of flowers terminal, glo- 



5 S. BuxiFoLiA (Brogn. mem. 



^_ _ .) leaves ovate, 

 coriaceous, spreading, smooth above, but covered with hoary 

 down beneath ; flowers in heads at the tops of the branches. 



^ ^, ' o- c- -• Native of the Cape of Good Hope. * Phylica buxifolia, 



bose, about the size of a pea. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Lin. spec. 283. Wendl. coll. 1. t. 26. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 848. 



- ... -^ ... - * ' 6 S. cordaVa (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves cordate^ 



f^L":' linear-lanceolate, widi revolute edge^^ smootlnsh,but downy ovate, coriaceous, acute, mucronate, smooth above, but covered 



. _..n i„ T_ ^ Native of with hoary down beneath; heads of flowers small, axillary* 



Good Hope. 



G/o6o5e-headed Phylica. Shrub 2 feet. 



33 P. ATRA^TA (Licht. in Schult. syst. 5. p. 490.) leaves cor- 

 v.-te, linear-lanceolate, with revolute edges, smo< 

 beneath; heads terminal, villous, woolly. ^2 



the Cape of Good Hope, on mountains. Flowers white. Branch- 

 lets clothed with dark villi. 



/)a/Z;-branched Phylica. Fl. May, July. Slirub 3 feet. 



Cult. Handsome shrubs, requiring the same treatment and 

 culture as that recommended for TrichocephaluSy p. 40. 



XXV. SOULA'NGIA (in honour of Soulange Bodin, a nur- 



rhamn. p. 70. — Phyhca, 



Burm. afr. 119. t. 44. f. 1. Flowers greenish. 



Box-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1759. Sh. 6 ft. 



cordata, Lin. spec. 283. 

 white. 



near Paris). Brogn. mem. 



seryman 

 species of auth 



LiN. SYST. Pentdndriaj Monogynia. Calyx with an obconical 

 tube adnate to the ovary (f. 7. D./.)> 5-cleft. Petals 5, cucul- 

 late (f. 7. D. c). Stamens inclosed in the petals (f. 7. D. c.) ; 

 anthers kidney-shaped, 1 -celled. Disk epigynous (f. 7. D, c/,), 



stalked. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica 



Comm. proel. p. 62. t. 12. Flowers 



CorJafe-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1789. Sh.6ft- 



7 S. PEDicELLA TA ; Icavcs liuear-lanccolate, rather erect, pu* 



bescent above and hoary beneath with revolute edges, especially 



when driedj flowers on pedicels in the axillse of the leaves, the 



whole forming a terminal leafy corymb. I? . G. Native of the 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers white. 



Phylica pedicellata, D. C. prod 



P 



.36. 



PedicellatC'^ov^^xedi Soulangia. Shrub 4 feet. 



8 S. reclina'ta 



white 



u o. ittui^iiNATA ; leaves lanceolate, recHnate, silky, »"'*; 

 beneath, bearded at the apex ; flowers stalked in the axillse of 



I- 



