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XXXVI, -RHAMNEJE. [Pomaderris 



The eenus is confined to Australia and New Zealand; the Australian species are all cu- 

 demic and from the eastern and southern districts, with the exception of two which ai'C 

 also found 'm New Zealand. 



Flowers with petals. 



Calyx-tuhe turbinate, at least half as long as the lobes. Cocci 

 opening by an operculum below the middle. 

 Leaves mostly ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 3 in. long. Panicles many- 

 flowered. 

 Leaves hoary or toraentose above, softly tomcntose underneath. 



Calyx about 2 lines long, very villous ....... 1. -P. Janigera. 



Leaves glabrous or sparingly scabrous-pubescent above, densely 

 ferruginous, tomentose underneath. Calyx 1 to li lines, 



long, softly haiiy 2. P.fermginea. 



Leaves somewhat coriaceous, glabrous above, very white nn- 



denieath. Calyx l^ines long, silky -hairy ^. P, grandis. 



Leaves ovate, and obtuse or oblong-elliptical, often above 2 in. 

 long, glabrous above, white underneath. Panicles many- 

 flowered, Calyx 1 to 1| lines, closely tomentose or hairy . 4. P. elliphca^ 

 Ix!aves firm, rarely above I in. long. Panicles small and com- 

 pact. Cdlyx o( F. eliipdca , 5. P, phillt/reoides. 



Calyx-tube exceedingly short. Cocci opening by their whole inner 

 face. Leaves small. Panicles compact. 

 Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular. Calyx hoary. Petals broad . 6, P. vacciniifoha. 



Leaves obovate or broadly oblong. Calyx silky. Petals very 



narrow 7- P. wj/rtilloides. 



Leaves uarrow-oblong. Calyx silky. Petals narrow . . , , 8, P. ledifoha. 

 Flowers without petals. 



Cymes rather loose; numerous in much-branched panicles. 

 Calyx stellate-tomentose or hoary, with a very short tube. 



Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, irregularly creuatc and rugose . . . 9. P. apetala, 



leaves ] to 2 in. long, ashy-whltc, not rugose 10. P. cinerea. 



Calyx softly hairy, with a turbinate tube. 



Leaves mostly obtuse, scabrous above, often crenulatc and 



rugose 11. T . 'prunifoUa, 



Leaves mostly acute, smooth above, quite entire 12, P. ligmirina. 



Cymes condensed into heads, in oblong pauicles. Calyx-tube veiy 



short / .... 13. P. beiuVma^ 



Cymes loose, few, in close corymbs. Leaves obcordate or bifid. 



Calyx-tube turbinate 14. P. olcordata^ 



Cymes loose, usually few-flowered, axillary, or in narrow, oblong, 

 or raceme-hke panicles. Calyx-tube very short. 

 Leaves ovate, obovate, or broadly oblong, flat. 



Leaves thick, 4 to 1 in. long, white or cottony underneath . 15. P. racemosa. 

 Leaves i to 1 in. long, loosely pubescent and scarcely white 



uudcrueath 16. P. suhrepanda. 



Leaves under \ in,, obovate, white underneath . . \ \ ! 17. P. elachophgU^f' 

 Leaves linear or oblong, the margins revolute. Flowers very 



small and numerous , \^ p phnlicifoHa. 



1. P. lanlgera, Sum, Bot. Mag, L 1823. An erect liranchiug shrub, 

 nearly allied to P. elUpUcn, with wliich it is united by F. IVfuellcr, differing 

 chiefly in the leaves softly tliotigh minutely tomentose on the upper side, 

 and the larger more villous flowers. Leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, the 

 under side as well as tlie young branches clothed \vith a soft velvety tomen- 

 tum often rust-coloured. Pauicles often larger and less corymbose tban in 

 P. elliptica. Calyx about 2 lines long, very densely and softly hairy, the 



