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RHAMNEJ&. XVI. CEANOTHUS. XVII. WILLEMETIA. XVIII. POMADERRIS. 



10 C. SERI'YLLIFOLIUS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 154.) leaves 

 small, elliptical-ovate, obtuse, serrulated ; branches filiform, de- 

 cumbent ; panicles axillary, stalked, few-flowered ; flowers con- 

 glomerated. J?. H. Native of Florida, about St. Mary's. 

 Flowers white. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Red-root. Shrub decumbent. 



11 C. BUXiFOLirs (Willd. in Schult. syst. 7. p. 62. t. 615.) 

 leaves ovate-elliptical, obtuse, glandularly-serrulated, 3-5-nerved, 

 smooth ; nerves covered with adpressed hairs on the under sur- 

 face ; branches round, smooth, with a few scattered spines ; 

 racemes solitary on the short branches. Tj . G. Native of 

 Mexico, in woods, near Real del Monte. Flowers white. 



Box-leaved Red-rcot. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Cult. Small neat shrubs, with large red roots ; hence their 

 English name. They will thrive well in any common garden 

 soil, and are proper shrubs for the front of shrubberies. They 

 are increased by layers or by seeds. The greenhouse species 

 or those natives of Mexico only require to be protected from 

 frosts during winter. Young cuttings of these will root if 

 planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



XVII. 'SVILLEMETIA (in honour of C^ L. Willemet, author 

 of Herbarium Mauritianum). Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 63. 

 Ceanothus spec. Lin. and other authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolate (f. 6. 

 F. rf.), with the tube adnate to the ovary (f. 6. F. e.) at the base, 

 but free at the top, with a 5-cleft limb (f. 6. F. a.). Petals 5, 

 cucullate, sessile (f. 6. F. b.}. Stamens inclosed in the petals ; 

 anthers ovate, 2-celled. Disk very thin, incrusting the tube of 

 the calyx. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled. Style simple, trigonal. 

 Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit unknown. A quite smooth shrub, with 

 erect branches, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, serrated, feather- 

 nerved leaves, and small white flowers, which are disposed in 

 few-flowered, terminal or axillary panicles. 



1 W. AFRICA'NA (Brogn. 1. c.) Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Ceanothus Africanus, Lin. spec. 284. Pluk. 

 phyt. t. 126. f. 1 Seb. thes. 1. t. 22. f. 6. Leaves shining. 

 Branches purplish when ripe. 



African Willemetia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1712. Shrub 6 ft. 



Cult. An elegant shrub. It will succeed well in an equal 

 mixture of loam and peat, with a little sand, and young cuttings 

 will root readily if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass 

 placed over them. 



XVIII. POMADE'RRIS (from /ia, poma, a lid, and 

 tlerris, a skin ; in allusion to the peculiar membranous covering 

 to the capsule). Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 61. D. C. prod. 2. p. 33. 

 Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 64. Pomatoderris, Schult. syst. 5. 

 no. 985. Pomatiderris, Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 60. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an adnate 

 tube, and a 5-cleft (f. 6. E. .), somewhat spreading limb. 

 Petals 5, flat, unguiculate, somewhat cordate, or wanting. Sta- 

 mens exserted (f. 6. E. 6.) ; anthers ovate, 2-celled (f. 6. E. &.). 

 Disk wanting. Ovary half adnate, 3-celled. Style trifid, rarely 

 diverging (f. 6. E. c.). Fruit half inferior (f. 6. E. g.), tricoc- 

 cous ; coccula each with a broad perforation at the base on the 

 inside. Seed's each furnished with a short stalk (f. 6. E. g.). 

 Erect, branched shrubs, more or less covered with starry 

 down. Leaves entire or serrated, villous on both surfaces, or 

 smooth on the upper surface, feather-nerved. Flowers disposed 

 in axillary or terminal, corymbose, or in expanded corymb-like 

 panicles, flowering from the base to the apex, for the most part 

 yellow or cream-coloured. 



* Flowers 5-petalled, disposed in corymbose cymes. 

 - 1 P. PHYLLIR^OI'DES (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 215.) 



cymes corymbose, crowded ; calyxes and pedicels villous ; leaves 

 elliptical-oblong, quite entire, coriaceous, smooth above, clothed 

 with hoary-velvety villi beneath. 17 . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Leaves acutish. Flowers pale-yellow. 



PliylUrcea-like Pomaderris. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 2 to G feet. 



2 P. LANI'OEEA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1823.) cymes somewhat 

 panicled, woolly ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, coria- 

 ceous, velvety above, rusty and woolly beneath. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland, on the eastern and southern coast. Ceanothus 

 laniger, Andr. bot. rep. t. 569. Pomaderris obscura, Sieb. pi. 

 exs. nov. holl. no. 216. Flowers pale-yellow. 



1'ar. ft; leaves smooth above. P. ferruginea and P. viridi- 

 rufa, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 214 and 209. 



Jt'ool-bearing Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1806. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



3 P. ELLI'PTICA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 61. t. 86.) cymes 

 somewhat umbellate, hoary and velvety ; leaves elliptical, ob- 

 tuse, smooth above, clothed with very short, white tomentum 

 beneath. lj . G. Native of New Holland at Cape Van 

 Diemen. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1510. Flowers cream-coloured. 



Elliptical-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1805. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



4 P. DI'SCOLOR (Vent. malm. t. 58.) cymes somewhat umbel- 

 lately-corymbose, many-flowered, 'hoary and velvety from very 

 short, scarcely manifest hairs ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, smooth above, but clothed with short, white down beneath. 

 1? . G. Native of New Holland. P. acuminata, Link. enum. 

 235. P. malifolia and P. discolor, Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 

 208 and 213. Flowers whitish. An intermediate species 

 between P. clliptica and P. intermedia, but hardly distinct from 

 the former. 



T}vo-coloured-]ea.ved Pomaderris. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1814. 

 Shrub 8 feet. 



5 P. INTERME'DIA (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 210.) cymes 

 corymbosely-panicled ; calyxes and pedicels velvety-villous ; 

 leaves elliptical, acuminated at both ends, smooth above, but 

 hoary and velvety beneath. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Flowers pale-yellow. 



Intermediate Pomaderris. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1825. Sh. 6 ft. 



6 P. ANDROMED-EFOLIA (Cuning. in Field's new south wales, 

 p. 351.) leaves oval-lanceolate, smooth above, but clothed beneath 

 with white down ; corymbs terminal, crowded ; flowers with 

 petals ? Jj . G. Native of New Holland, on rocky parts of 

 the Blue Mountains. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Andromeda-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Shrub 4 ft. 



7 P. LEDIFOLIA (Cuning. 1. c.) leaves oval or elliptical, smooth, 

 silky-white beneath ; corymbs few-flowered, terminal ; stems 

 twiirgy. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, upon rocky hills at 

 Cox's River. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Lcdum-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 ft. 



* * Flowers 5-petalled, corymbose, or racemosely-panicled. 

 Seeds each furnished with a smaller perforation at the base than 

 the rest of the species. Petals scarcely unguiculate. 



8 P. GLOBULOSA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. 84.) leaves 

 obovate, quite entire, downy beneath, as well as the flowers and 

 branches ; peduncles axillary, corymbose ; capsules opening from 

 the base to the top. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. Ceanothus globulosus, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 

 61. t. 85. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Globular-fruited Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub 8 feet. 



9 P. SPATHULA'TA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 84.) 

 leaves oblong-obovate, somewhat spatulate, obtuse, quite entire, 

 downy beneath, as well as the branches and flowers ; racemes 



