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somewhat panicled ; capsules opening from the base to the top. 

 Jj . G. Native of New Holland, in Van Lewin's Land. Cea- 

 nothus spatulatus, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 60. t. 84. Flowers 

 pale- yellow. 



Spatulate-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



10 P. WENDLANDIA'NA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 84.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, smooth above, clothed with rusty 

 down beneath ; panicles terminal and axillary. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland ? Ceanothus Wendlandianus, Schult. syst. 5. 

 p. 299. Habit of P. elliptica. Fruit unknown. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. 



Wcndland's Pomaderris. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1810. Sh. 10 ft. 



IIP.? CAPSULA'RIS (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 84.) 

 leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated, serrated ; capsules 3-valved, 

 dehiscent. Tj . G. Native of the island of Tait in the South 

 Seas. Ceanothus capsularis, Forst. prod. 112. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. 



Capsular Powaderris. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 6 feet. 



* * * Flowers apetalous, panicled, or racemose. 



12 P. APE'TALA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 52. t. 87.) panicles 

 racemose, many-flowered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 irregularly serrated, smooth above, or scabrous from starry down, 

 clothed with hoary starry down beneath, with rather prominent 

 nerves. Fj . G. Native on the western coast of New Holland, 

 at Cape Van Diemen. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Apetalous Pomaderris. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1803. Sh. 6 ft. 



13 P. A'SPERA (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 211.) panicles 

 racemose, elongated ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, irre- 

 gularly serrated, and scabrous from starry down, clothed with 

 downy, hoary, starry villi beneath. ^ . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers greenish-yellow. Very like P. apetala and 

 hardly distinguishable. 



Rough Pomaderris. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Shrub 6 ft. 



14 P. LIGUSTRINA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 212.) pani- 

 cles few-flowered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth above, but 

 soft, downy, and velvety beneath from simple rather silky hairs, 

 with scarcely prominent nerves. Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the eastern coast. Calyxes woolly. Flowers greenish- 

 yellow. 



Privet-like Pomaderris.* Shrub 4 feet. 



15 P. PHYLICIFOLIA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 120. Link. enum. 

 1. p. 232.) panicles racemose, leafy; leaves linear, rather sca- 

 brous above, hoary and downy beneath, with the middle nerve 

 rather prominent. ^ . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 greenish-white. Stigma 3-4-cleft. Tube of calyx pubescent, 

 with white oval lobes. 



Phylica-leaved Pomaderris. Fl. May.Ju. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 ft. 

 Cult. Pomaderris is a beautiful early flowering genus of 

 shrubs. For culture and propagation see Willemetia, p. 38. 



XIX. CRYPT A'NDRA (from /,-ptnn-oc, cryptos, hidden, and 

 avrtp avSpos, aner andros, a male ; in allusion to the stamens being 

 hidden by the petals). Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 217. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 38. Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 65. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx coloured, cam- 



?anulate, 5-cleft (f. 5. D. a. &.). Petals small, cucullate, sessile 

 F. 5. D. e.). Stamens enclosed ; anthers 2-celled. Disk want- 

 ing. Ovary half-adnate, 3-celled. Style simple. Stigma tri- 

 dentate. Capsule half inferior, tricoccous, crowned by the 

 permanent calyx. Seeds each furnished with a short fleshy 

 stalk. Small, heath-like, much-branched, erect shrubs, with 

 fastigiate branches, or short spreading branches, rarely spiny. 

 Leaves small, quite entire, smooth, scattered. Flowers aggre- 



gate at the tops of the branches or solitary, erect, or pendulous, 

 calyculated at the base with 5 small imbricate scales (f. 5. D. </.). 



1 C. PYRAMIDA*LIS (Brogn. mem. 1. c.) branchlets pubescent, 

 erect, pyramidal ; leaves obovate-oblong, quite entire, smooth ; 

 stipulas setaceous ; flowers solitary, erect ; fruit oblong, rather 

 pendulous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers white . 



Pyramidal Cryptandra. Fl. May, July. Shrub 1|- foot. 



2 C. ERicirbuA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. Rudge, in Lin. trans, 

 soc. 10. p. 294. t. 18.) stem somewhat silky at the apex ; leaves 

 linear, rather remote, acute, smooth ; heads of flowers terminal ; 

 bracteas silky, toothed ; style pilose. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, about Port Jackson. C. capitata, Sieb. pi. exs. nov. 

 holl. no. 66. Flowers white, silky on the outside. Leaves 2-3 

 lines long. 



Heath-leaved Cryptandra. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1821. Sh. 2 ft. 



3 C. AMA'RA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. Rudge, in Lin. trans. 

 10. p. 295. t. 18. f. 2.) stem rather hoary at the apex ; leaves 

 dense, spatulate, obtuse ; heads of flowers terminal ; bracteas 

 entire, and are as well as the style smooth. 5j . G. Native of 

 New Holland, about Port Jackson. C. ericsefolia, Sieb. pi. 

 exs. nov. holl. no. 67. Flowers white. 



Bitter Cryptandra.- Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Shrub 2 ft. 



4 C. SPINE'SCENS (Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 68.) smooth ; 

 branches spiny ; leaves oblong, obtuse, tapering a little to the 

 base ; flowers usually solitary ; bracteas brown, scarious, a little 

 toothed, short ; calyx covered with pressed, hoary-pubescence 

 on the outside, fj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 white. Habit of Condtilia. 



Spiny Cryptandra. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 824. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 

 Cult. See Willemetia for culture and propagation, p. 38. 



XX. BARTLI'NGIA (in honour of C. Bartling, who, with 

 Wendland, wrote an ingenious dissertation on Diosma). Brogn. 

 in mem. rhamn. p. 66. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx furnished with 

 2 bracteas at the base, with a subhemispherical tube, and a 5- 

 cleft limb ; segments twice as long as the tube, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, villous inside, imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, roundish, 

 small, scale-formed, flat, inserted in the base of the calyx (peri- 

 gynous or hypogynous). Stamens 10, 5 opposite the petals, 

 and 5 opposite the segments of the calyx, these last are longest ; 

 filaments filiform, short ; anthers ovate-roundish, 2-celled ; 

 cells opening laterally by a longitudinal chink. Disk wanting. 

 Ovary compressed, furrowed on one side, somewhat lanceolate, 

 1 -celled, 1 -seeded (or 2-seeded ?) ; ovula fixed to the furrowed 

 side. Style short, awl-shaped. Stigma small, simple. This 

 genus should probably be removed to Rosacece after Chrysobd- 

 lanus. 



1 B. OBOVA'TA (Brogn. 1. c.). ^ . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Cryptandra obovata, Sieb. pi. exs. nov. holl. no. 129. 

 Stem smooth '; leaves alternate, stalked, obovate, thickish, 

 smooth ; heads few-flowered ; bracteas entire. Calyx smooth. 

 Flowers white. 



Obovate-leaved Bartlingia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh. 2 ft. 



Cult. See Willemetia for culture and propagation, p. 38. 



XXI. SOLENA'NTHA (from au>\i,v, solen, a tube, and 

 avQoQ, anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the petals converging into 

 a tube). 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent, 5- 

 cleft. Petals 5, conniving into a tube, deciduous. Disk ? An- 

 thers 5, 2-celled, each inserted under a scale. Ovary 2-lobed. 

 A stiff-branched spiny shrub with oblong-lanceolate, some- 

 what serrated leaves, scattered and in fascicles. Flowers axil- 

 lary and lateral, white. 



1 S. SPINOSA. \i . G. Native of New Holland, on rocky 



