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PoMADERRIS BETULINA. BIRCH-LEAVED 
PoMADERRIS. 
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Class and Order. 
PentranpriaA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord —Ruamnea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. semi-adherens, 5-fidus. Pet. 5 squamiformia, con- 
cava, rarius nulla. Stamina lobis cal. alterna iisque brevi- 
ora, in petalorum cavitate juniora abscondita. Discus 
nullus. Stylus brevissimus, triqueter. Stigmata 3. Cap- 
sula 3-cocca, 3-sperma, cocculis interne planiusculis fora- 
mine maximo per membranam tenuem tardius solutam 
clauso instructis. Semina erecta—Arbuscule aut Frutices 
e Nova Hollandia orti, foliis alternis subtus incanis, habitus 
Ceanothi ad quoad Genus valde accedit.. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Pomaperris* betulina; florum capitulis subpaniculatis, foliis 
ovalibus obtusis superne glabriusculis penninerviis 
subtus ferrugineo-lanatis, floribus apetalis. Cunningh. 
Pomaperris betulina. Cunningh. MSS. 
Descr. A slender, much branching shrub, the old branches 
dark-gray and glabrous, the younger ones clothed with 
rusty down. Leaves numerous, shortly petiolate, oval or 
rene scarcely an inch long, obtuse, slightly attenuated 
at the base, coriaceous, the margins slightly revolute, dark- 
green and nearly glabrous above, with impressed, pennated 
_ * nerves, 
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* Towa, a covering, and depp, a skin, on account of the peculiar membra- 
nous covering to the capsule. ‘ 
