86 AMPELlDACE^i 



Pomaderris lanigcra 5/^5, Bot. Mag. t. 1823 : IX ^ i. 

 A shrub with softly woolly branches, thick, lanceolate 

 leaves very tomentose below, and wide terminal panicles 

 of long stalked very woolly flowers. Petioles J^ inch, 

 densely tomentose as are all the young parts. Leaves 

 lanceolate : acute or obtuse, 2 to 5 inches, rounded at 

 the base, thick, closely tomentose on the upper and 

 much darker side ; densely so with brown hairs on the 

 under : nerves many. Panicles 2 to 5 inches, bracts small, 

 and early caducous : pedicels /^ to ^ inch. Calyx tube 

 lined up to the acute sepals by the thin disc, very woolly. 

 Petals as long, obovate clawed. Stamens half as long 

 again : anthers large. Ovary three-celled : style three- 

 branched. Fruit of three bony cocci, which separate 

 from the central axis dehiscing at the inner angle : 

 embryo flat, radicle pointing downwards, t. 66. Fyson 

 540, 1047. Bourne 1271. 



Only where planted. 



The stamens move one at a time from the petals to which each is at 

 first attached towards the style and shed pollen on the stigma. A good 

 instance of a special mechanism for ensuring self-pollination. BoL Mag, 

 I.e. 



AMPELIDACE/E. 



VITIS Linn, F.B.I. 43 I. 



Grape-vine. 

 The Vines are slender woody plants which climb up 

 trees by the help of tendrils placed opposite some of the 

 leaves. Their flowers are small and in much-branched 

 panicles also placed opposite leaves ; and are distin- 

 guished from those of almost all other families, except 

 the RHAMNEiE, by the stamens being opposite not 

 alternate to the petals. The fruit is a berry with three 

 or four seeds which differ slightly in shape in different 

 species, and are therefore of systematic value. 



