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Phebalium!] xxviii. uutace.e. 



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3. P. lachnoides. A, Cumu in Field, N.S. JFales, 332. A tall heatli-like 

 shrub, glabrous or the branches niiuutely steHate-pubescctit. Leaves crowded, 

 narrow-lmoar, obtuse or scarcely mucronate, rarely exceeding ^ in., the marnns 

 revolute, glabrous above, hoary underneath. Flowers on short axillary pedi- 

 cels, usually crowded near the ends of the branches. Calyx very sliort. 

 Petals 2 to 2^ lines long, glabrous, valvate. Stamens not exserted; liiaments 

 hiiforra, glabrous ; anthers not apieulate. Ovary glabrous, with long terrni- 

 Dul appendages to the carpels. Style glabrous. 



• N. S- ^Vales. Barren rocky situations in the Blue MonntainSj A. Cunningham, 



4. P. phylicifolium, F. MnelL in Trans. Vict. Inst. i. 33. A dwarf, 

 robust, diffuse shrub, j^labrous or the branches and under side of the leaves 

 ninuitely stellate-pubescent. Leaves crowded, linear, obtuse, under ^ in. 

 long, the margins revolute. Flowers pale-yellow, usually 2 or 3 together 

 xn shortly pedunculate umbels, all axillary but crowded towards the summit 

 of the branches. Calyx \Qiy short. Petals about 2 lines long, valvate, 

 Stnmens exserted ; filaments filiform, glabrous ; anthers not apieulate. Ovary 

 pubescent, the terniimd appendages of the carpels short and obtuse; style 

 gial)rous. Cocci glabrous, ovate, minutely beaked. — Uriosfemon jj/i^licifolius^ 



F. MuelL Fragm. i. 105. 



Victoria, Suznmits of the ^lunyans:, Cobberas, MlUa-MItta, and other mountains, at 

 an elevation of 4000 to 0000 ft., F. Muener. In PL Vict. i. 128, i\ Mueller unites this 

 with P. devtatnm as an alpiue variety; but, without having seen any intermediate spcci- 

 '"ons, I do jj(j^ /^.^j jusrified in eornbitiiiig iy^Q forma so diiTereut in habit aud foliage, as well 

 ^ m some minor characters. 



5. P. dentatum, Sm. in Rees, Cycl, xxvii. A tall shrub with elongated 

 branches, hoary when youug with a iniuute stellate pubescence. Leaves 

 linear, obtusc/uiostly \\ to 3" in. long, the margins recurved and often 

 nnnutely and remotely glanduhu'-toothed, rafluT coriaceous, glabrous and 

 sniooth above, hoary underneath with a stellate tomentum, tlic midrib 

 proudnent. Flowers^ in short nmbel-like racemes, axiliaiy aud pedunculate, 

 '>nt always much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels almost glabrous, 2 to 3 

 lines long. Calyx very small Petals about 2 lines long, valvate. Longer 

 stamens sliglitlv exserted; filaments filiform, glabrous. Disk very small. 

 ^^^*^ry glabrous. Cocci nearly orbicular, shortly beaked. Seeds black 

 ^^nd shining.— P. salicifoUum, L Juss. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Hist. Par. ii. 134, 

 t- 12; Uriosiemon umbidlatus, Turcz. in Bull Mosc. 1849, ii. 15 ; F. MuelL 

 i^^agui. i. 104. 



N. S. "Wales- Port Jackson, i?. Brown and others. 



'- P, Ralstoni, Bentli. A tall shnib, perfectly glabrous, the young 

 "I'anches angular. Leaves naiTOw-oblong or linear, obtuse and notclied 

 01' 2-lobed at the end, 1 to 1^ in. long, tlie margins recurved and entire, nar- 

 rowed into a sliort petiole, of a rather firm consistence, pale underneath. 

 I'lowers green or reddisli, 3 to 5 in a terminal shortly pedunculate refl(>xed 

 luiibel Calyx small. Petals narrow, valvate, fidly 3 lines long, less open 

 than in any other species. Stamens n)neh exserted; filaments subuIat^^ gla- 

 brous. Ovary glabrous, on a very short broad disk. Cocci short and broad, 

 with a very short o]>tuse beak. Seeds smooiXx.—Eriodenion Rahloni, F. Muell. 



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