422 xxxv^. RHAMNE^. [Pomaderrk. 



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Victoria. Port Phillip, R. Brown ; on the coast from Wilson's Promontory to the 

 Mnrray, Buchan river in Gipps' Land and in the Murray desert^ 1\ Mueller. 



Tasmania. N. coast about the mouth of the Taraar, Lawrence, Gann, C. Stuart, 



S. Australia. ^lemory Cove, R. Brown ; from the Murray river to Spencer's Gulf 

 and inland to Lake Torrei;s, F, Mueller, 



The species is very variable, the following being the three principal forms observed : 



a. Leaves very scabrous on the upper surface and rather large ; flowers rather large and 

 Dumerous. — P, oraria, F. Mueli. and Reissek, iu Linnsea, ixix. 268. 



b. Leaves quite glabrous above ; flowers rather large and few. 



<?. Leaves slightly stellate- downy above; flowers small and usually numerous, — P. pani- 

 culosa, F. Muell, and Reissek, in Linnsea, xxix. 269. 



16. P. subrepanda^ F, Muell, ^ Reissek^ in Lhincea^ xxix. 267. Brandies 

 slender, the tomentum of the young- ones and under side of the leaves close, 

 stellate, and white or rust-coloured. Leaves oval or oblong, seldo}n 1 in. 

 long and usually ^ to f in., entire or slightly and in'egularly toothed, gla- 

 brous above with impressed veins. Cymes few-flowered, often reduced to 1 

 or 2 flowers, in short loose thyrsoid compound racemes in the upper axils, 

 forming oblong leafy terminal panicles. Buds globular. Calyx stellate- 

 toraentose, about 1 line long, the tube very short. Petals none. Ovary very 

 villous. Styles short, with almost capitate stigmas. Capsule ovoid, scarcely 

 1 line long, the free part longer than the adherent base. Cocci membranous, 

 opening by a longitudinal slit, or at length by nearly the Avhole inner face. 

 F. iruelL Fragm. iii. 74. 



Victoria. Yarra Yarra river and Porcst CrecTc, T. Mueller, The foliage is very nearly 

 that of some specimeus of P. prunifolia, but the flowers and fruit are quite distinct. 



17* P. elachophylla, F, Muell. Fragm, ii. 131. A tall shrub, Avith 

 numerous slender divaricate branches, rather loosely stellate-tomeutose. 

 ■Leaves broadly obovate, very obtuse, rarely \ in. long, and often under 3 

 lines, entire, glabrous above or sprinkled with a few minute stellate hairs, white- 

 tomentose underneath. Cymes few-flowered or reduced to 1 or 2 flowers iu 

 the upper axils of the smaller branches, forming loose leafy racemes or naiTow 

 thyrsoid panicles. Buds globidar. Calyx stellate-tomeutose, about I hue 

 long, the tube very short. Petals none. Styles short, club-shaped. Young 

 capsule hairy, the free part much longer than the adnata calyx-tube. 



Victoria- On the river Tyers, an affluent of the Latrobe river, F, Mueller; Upper 

 Taira river, E. B, lleyne, 



18, P, phylicifolia, Lodd, BoL Cab. t. 120. A heath-like shrub 

 with numerous erect brandies, densely villous or rarely only stellate-downy. 

 Leaves linear or narrow-oblong, nearly sessile, seldom above \ in. long, tlic 

 margins usually much revolute so as often to conceal the under smface, 

 which bears a .close white tomentum, whilst the upper side is liiorc or 

 less scabrous with short simple or stellate hairs j more rarely the leaves nre 

 broader and nearly flat. Flowers small and few, in little loose cymes in the 

 upper axils, scarcely longer than the leaves, but veiy abundant along the 

 smaller branches, and the upper ones forming thyrsoid leafy panicles. Calyx 

 globular, densely pubescent or villous, scarcely 1 line diameter. Petals none. 

 Capsule ovoid, hirsute, about 1 line long, scarcely obtuse, the free part longer 

 than the adnate base. Cocci membranous, opening by the whole inner face. 



■DC. Prod. ii. 34; P. ericifolia. Hook. Joum. Bot. i. 257; Hook. f. Fh 



