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POMADERRIS ELLIPTICA. OVAL-LEAVED 

 POMADERRIS. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. turbinatus, 5-fidus. Vet. 5, fomicata, flaminibus oppofita. 

 Cap/, cocculis tribus, membrana operculatis. 



Specific CharaRer and Synonyms, 



POMADERRIS elliptica § foliis ovalibus fubtus tomentofis, 

 floribus paniculatis fubumbellatis, calicibus laevibus. 



POMADERRIS elliptica,- foliis ovalibus fubtus tomentofis, 

 florum capitulis fubumbellatis paniculatis. Labillard. Nov. 

 Holl. 1. p. 61 • /. 86. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. v. 2. p. 23. 



CEANOTHUS difcolor. Ventenat Hort. Malmaif. 58., 



Descr. Stem fhrubby with upright ftiff branches. Leaves 

 oval, more rounded at the bafe than at the point, quite entire, 

 or fometimes a little undulated at the margin : petioles three or 

 four times fhorter than the lamina, tomentofe and white under- 

 neath, of a dufky green above. Stipules two, fubulate, inferted 

 within the petiole, deciduous. Flowers in a fomewhat umbel- 

 formed panicle, axillary, and terminal. Calyx top-fhaped, of a 

 pale yellow colour, fmooth, border five-cleft, finally revolute. 

 Corolla five-petaled ; petals clawed, concave, with a crifped 

 margin. Stamens ereft, equalling the petals, dntbers oblong, 

 incumbent. Germen half- inferior. Style deeply three-cleft. 

 Stigmas capitate. The Fruit we have not feen. 



M. Ventenat, whofe plant we fee no room to doubt being 

 the fame with ours, confiders it as belonging to Ceanothus, 

 and does not fuppofe it to be the fame with Pomaderris 

 fllipticaol Labielardiere. 



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