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344 XXVIII. RUTACE^. [rhebaliitm. 



the branches covered with scurfv scales mixed with a minute stelhite pubes- 

 cence. Leaves very shortly petiohite, oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines long, flat, 

 coriaceous, glabrous and smooth above, silvery-white underneath with scurfy 

 scales often mixed with a minute pubescence, the midrib not prominent. 

 Flowers yellow, iu terminal sessile umbels shortly exceeding the leaves and of 

 "the size of those of P. squamulosum, scurfy-scaly outside as well as the pedi- 

 ■ccls. Calyx-lobes triangular or lanceolate, ns loug as or longer than the tube. 

 Petals, stamens, and ovary of P. sqitanmlosum, 



'■ "W. Australia, Drummond^ n. 13. 



21, P. filifolitim, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1852, ii. 159. An erect vir- 

 gatcly -branched shrub, hoary all over with minute scurfy scales, or the young 

 branches nist-coloured. Leaves narrow-linear, almost terete, obtuse, -|- to 1 

 in. loug, whitish and scurfy-scaly on both sides. Flowers few, on rather 

 ■long terminal pedicels. Calyx-lobes broadly triangular, as long as the tube. 

 Petals, stamens, and ovary of P. sguaimdo-sum. Cocci broad, marked with 

 deep transverse wrinkles. 



W- Australia, Lrummond, Uh ColL n, 178; 5/A ColL n. 206; /. S. Rye. 



^, 22. P. BiUardieri, A. Juss. in Mem, Soc. Ilht. Nat Far. ii. 134. An 

 / erect shrub or small tree, the branches angular and clothed with small brown 

 scurfy scales. Leaves oblong, lanceolate or linear, obtuse or acute, rarel^^ 

 under \ in. and often 3 in., or in very luxuriant specimens 4 or 5 in. long, 

 entire, coriac<!ous, flat or with recurved margins, glabrous above, silvery-wlule 

 underneath with minute scales, Flowers in axillary coiynibs, shortly pedun- 

 cidate, but always shorter than the leaves ; peduncles and pedicels thick and 

 scaly. Calyx small, lobed. Petals about 2 lines long, glabrous, slightly iin- 

 ■bricate, with inflexed valvate tips. Stamens exserted ; filaments often hairy 

 in the lower portion. Ovary glabrous. 'Cocci small, broad, with a very sliort 

 beak. Seeds shining. — Hook. f. Fl Tasm. i. 63; Eriosiemon squameuB, 

 Labill. PL Nov. Holl. i, HI, t. 141 ; P. Muell. Fragm, i. 104, and PI. Vict. 

 i. 129 ; P. retusum. Hook. Jouru. Bot. i. 254, and Ic. PL t. 57 ; P- elatum, 

 A. Cunn. in Field, X. S. Wales, 331 ; P. elmagnolde^, Sieb. PL Exs. 



H. S. TVales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, 72. Broicn, Sieher, n. Ill, an^ 

 others; northward to Hustings river, BecUer, and Clarence river, (?. Moore; sonthward to 

 Iliawara, Backhouse. 



Victoria. Damp forest-valleys near Apollo Bay, towards Cape Olway, and near the 

 ..sources of the Ravwou river, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Port Dairy rnple, R, Broian ; abundant throughout the colony in damp 

 woods, /, D, Hooker. 



23. P. argenteum, Sm. in Fees' Cycl, xxv-ii. A tall, stout, erect sluul), 

 J the younger hniuchcs nnyular and covered with white scurfy scales. Leaves 

 / lanceolate, acute or ohtuse, 2 to 3 or soinctimes 4 in. long, entire, flat, nar- 

 rowed at the base, glabrous on botli sides when full grown" sprinkled undcr- 

 , neath when young with a few scurfy scales. Flowers larger than in most 

 __ species, in small axillary or tenninal simple or conipoiuul cymes, much shorter 

 than the leaves, the whole inflorescence as well as the calyx and petals densely 

 covered with silvery-scurfy scales. Calyx-lobes about as long as the tube. 

 Petals 2| to near 3 lines long, valvate. Stamens shorter than the petals, 

 glabrous. Ovary densely scaly. Cocci truncate, with short divergent beaks. 



