﻿Gunmance. 



N. O. Rutacese, 



TAB. LVIL 



Phebalium retusum. 



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l^oliis oblongo-lanceolatis apice retusis supra nitidis punctatis 



subtus argenteo-lepidotis, pedunculis axillaribus brevibus 



2 — 3-florIs, filamentis basi pubescentibus. 

 Phebalium retusum. Hook. Bot. Jour?i. p. '254>. Comp. to Eof. 



^ag, V. l.jD. 2T6. 

 Hab. Van Dieman's Land, Mr. Scott, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. 



Gunn {n. 455). 



A glossy shrub, having its rigid leaves clothed with silvery 



scales on the underside, which give it the appearance of an 

 J^lccagnm. It is quite different from the P. Billardieri, Adr. 

 ue Juss. {Eriostemon sguameum, Labill.) a native of the same 

 island (n. 454. of Mr. Gunn's collections).— Each fruit consists 

 of 5 carpels, united at the base; 2 or 3 being frequently abortive. 

 ■I he perfect ones are wrinkled ; they burst open into two valves 

 oy a longitudinal fissure and exhibit an ovate seed, situated 

 witbin an ovate 2-valved arillus, to which it is attached by a 

 sbort and broad podosperm. 



Fig- 1. Flower. / 2. Pistil. / 3. Stamens. / 4. Fruit. 

 /• 5. Arillus, including the seed. / 6. Seed :— magnified. 



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