RUTACE^E. XVII. DIPLOL^NA. XVIII. PHEBAUUM. XIX. PHILOTHECA. 



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land, on the western coast in Endracht Land, in the sand. Heads 

 of flowers 2 inches in diameter. 



Great-lowered Diplolaena. Shrub 4 feet ? 



2 D. DAMPIE'RI (Desf. 1. c. t. 20.) leaves obovate-oblong, 

 emarginate, green, and smooth above, hoary beneath. T? . G. Na- 

 tive along with the preceding. Dampier, voy. 4. p. 141. t. 3. f. 3. 



Dampier's Diplolaena. Shrub 4 feet? 



Cult. These singular shrubs, none of which have as yet been 

 introduced into our gardens, will perhaps grow freely in a mix- 

 ture of sand and peat ; and ripened cuttings will probably strike 

 root, if planted in a pot of sand with a bell-glass placed over 

 them, without heat. 



XVIII. PHEBALIUM (from ipiftaXir), phibalee, a myrtle; 

 habit of plants). Vent. malm. no. 102. D. C. prod. 1. p. 719. 

 Andr. Juss. in mem. THUS. 12. p. 479. Eriostemon, spec. Labill. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-tooth- 

 ed (f. 123. a.), permanent. Petals 5, spreading (f. 123. b,~). 

 Stamens 10 (f. 123. d. c.), the 5 opposite the petals shortest; 

 filaments smooth, filiform or awl-shaped ; anthers versatile. Style 

 5-furrowed, smooth, terminated by an equal or broader 5-fur- 

 rowed stigma (f. 123. a. e.~). Carpels 5 (f. 123./.), capsular, 

 girded by the calyx; carpels 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Ovaries smooth 

 or densely clothed with scales or hairs, calyptrate. Trees, but 

 usually shrubs, with alternate, simple, subovate or linear leaves, 

 entire, or a little crenated, full of pellucid dots. Flowers corym- 

 bose, terminal, and axillary ; pedicels bracteate. Flowers small, 

 yellowish. Divers parts of plants covered with scales or starry 

 down. Petals in the bud valvate. 



1 P. CORRE/EFOLIUM (Andr. Juss. in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 

 vol. 2. t. 10.) leaves lanceolate, ovate, scabrous above, but 

 clothed with starry down beneath ; peduncles axillary, tern. 

 T? . G. Native of New Holland. P. ov&.tum, Sieb. pi. exsic. 



Corruea-leaved Phebalium. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



2 P. HEXAPE'TALUM (Andr. Juss. in mem. soc. hist. nat. vol. 

 2. t. 11. f. 1.) leaves oblong, obtuse, clothed with starry hairs 

 on both surfaces ; peduncles terminal, crowded ; flowers 6-pe- 

 talled, 12-anthered. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Six-petalled Phebalium. Shrub 4 feet. 



3 P. SQUAMULOSUM (Vent. malm. t. 102.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, scaly beneath, as well as the flowers ; flowers ter- 

 minal, umbellate ; stamens exserted. T? G. Native of New 

 Holland, on mountains on the eastern coast. Eriostemon lepi- 

 dotum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 322. 



Scaly Phebalium. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1 824. Shrub 3 feet. 



4 P. A'NCEPS (D. C. prod. 1. p. FIG. 123. 

 720. Andr. Juss. 1. c. t. 12. f. 



2.) leaves spatulate-lanceolate, 

 smoothish, obtuse, young ones co- 

 vered with scales on both sur- 

 faces, adult ones nearly naked ; 

 flowers terminal, corymbose, scaly; 

 stamens not exserted. Pj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the east- 

 ern coast. Eriostemon anceps. 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 164. 



Two-edged Phebalium. Shrub 

 4 to 5 feet. 



5 P. BILLARDIE'RII (Andr. Juss. 

 in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. vol. 2. 

 p. 12.) leaves lanceolate, quite en- 

 tire, covered with rufous or silvery 

 scales beneath ; branches angular ; 



peduncles axillary, trifid, 3-flowered ; stamens exserted. 

 Native of New Holland. Eriostemon squammeum, Labill. nov. 

 holl. 1. p. 111. t. 141. .P. eleagnoides, Sieb. pi. exsic. 



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Jj.G. 



La Billardier's Phebalium. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 5 to 7 feet. 



6 P. ELEAGNIFOLIUM (Andr. Juss. in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 

 vol. 2. t. 11. f. 2.) leaves linear, blunt, with rows of dots above, 

 and covered with rufous silvery scales beneath ; peduncles ter- 

 minal and axillary, umbellate ; stamens exserted. fj . G. Native 

 of New Holland. P. anceps, Sieb. pi. exsic. 



Eleugnus-lcaved Phebalium. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



7 P. SALICIFOLIUM (Andr. Juss. in mem. soc. hist. nat. vol. 2. 

 t. 12. f. 1.) leaves linear-lanceolate, crenated, covered be- 

 neath with starry powdery down ; flowers axillary, umbellate ; 

 stamens exserted. 1? . G. Native of New Holland. 



Willow-leaved Phebalium. Clt. 1 824. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



8 P. PHYLICOIDES (Sieb. pi. exsic. in Spreng. syst. app. p. 

 164.) leaves linear, short, obtuse, rough, revolute beneath; 

 branches straight, hispid ; flowers in terminal fascicles ; stamens 

 exserted. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. P. diosmeum, 

 Andr. Juss. in mem. soc. hist. nat. vol. 2. t. 11. f. 3. 



Phylica-like Phebalium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



9 P. AU'REUM (Cuningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 331. 

 with a figure,) leaves linear-oblong, narrow, obtuse, a little emar- 

 ginate, revolute, covered with rusty scales beneath ; corymbs 

 terminal and lateral ; peduncles and branchlets rusty. Jj . G. 

 Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Mountains, in bleak 

 exposed situations. Shrub branching. Flowers golden. 



Golden Phebalium. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 ft. 



10 P. LACHNOIDES (Cuningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 

 332.) leaves scattered, linear, even, hooked, acutish, white be- 

 neath, with revolute edges ; flowers axillary, disposed in heads 

 near the extremities of the branches. T? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, in bare rocky 

 situations. A tall, handsome shrub. Flowers yellow. 



Lachneea-like Phebalium. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



IIP. ELA'TUM (Cuningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 331.) 

 leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, silvery be- 

 neath ; corymbs axillary, divided, stalked ; branches covered 

 with rusty scales. Jj . G. Native of New South Wales, on 

 shaded declivities in the vicinity of Spring Wood. A slender 

 arborescent plant. Flowers yellow. 



Tall Phebalium. Clt. 1825. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. An equal mixture of sandy loam and peat is the best 

 soil for the plants belonging to this genus, but care must be 

 taken not to over water them ; they delight in an airy situation, 

 and not to be crowded among other plants. Cuttings will strike 

 root freely in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass placed over them, 

 without heat. 



XIX. PHILOTHFCA (from ^t\s, psilos, [error ^(Xoc,] 

 smooth, and S'qKi), theke, a sheath ; in allusion to the tube of 

 the stamens being smooth). Rudge in Lin. trans. 11. p. 298. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 721. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 480. t. 

 21. no. 23. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 5, unguiculate. Stamens 10, the 5 opposite the petals shortest, 

 all a little shorter than the petals, flat, joined from the base to 

 the middle into a smoothish tube, but hairy in the free part ; 

 anthers heart-shaped, oscillatory, each furnished with a short 

 appendage at the apex. Style 5-furrowed, somewhat spindle- 

 shaped, hispid, terminated by a capitate 5-furrowed stigma. 

 Fruit of 5 1 -seeded carpels, joined together on the inside. 

 Heath-like shrubs, with alternate, linear, short, simple, dotted 

 leaves, which are somewhat umbricate, and convex beneath. Pe- 

 duncles solitary, axillary or terminal, 1-flowered, furnished with 

 minute scale-like bracteas. 



1 P. AUSTRA'LIS (Rudge in Lin. trans. 11. p. 298. t. 21.) 



