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RHAMNE^E. XXII. TETRAPASMA. XXIII. TBICOCEPHALUS. XXIV. PIIYLICA. 



hills, Cox's River. Cryptaudra spinosa, dining, in Field's new 

 south wales, p. 352. 



Spiny Solenantha. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1826. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See Cryptandra for culture and propagation. 



XXII. TETRAPA'SMA (from rtrpaj, telras, four, and 

 T7ra<7^a, skepasma, a veil or hood ; in allusion to the four 

 hooded petals veiling the stamens). 



LIN. SYST. Tctrftndria, Monogynia, Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 

 4, cucullate, inserted between the segments of the calyx. Anthers 

 4, inclosed within the petals. Stigma 3-lobed. Ovary 3-celled. 

 A rushy, shrubby plant, with brachiate strong thorns. 



1 JU'NCEA. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, at Cox's River, 

 Hathurst, and on the banks of the Macquarie. Flowers pro- 

 bably white. 



Rushy Tetrapasma. Shrub. 



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



FIG. 7. 



XXIII. TRICOCE'PHALUS (from 6pi rp< x f> thrix triclios, 

 hair, and (/>aXt, kephale, a head ; in allusion to the hairy heads 

 of flowers). Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. G7. Phy'lica, species of 

 authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pent&ndrin, Monogynia. Calyx with a short 

 urceolate tube (f. 7. E. .), adnate to the ovary at the base, but 

 free at th* apex, having 5 long, bristle-like segments (f. 7. C. &.). 

 Petals wanting or bristle-like. Stamens 5. Anthers kidney- 

 shaped, 1 -celled. Disk hardly distinct, covering the tube and 

 segments of the calyx. Ovary inferior, 3-celled (f. 7. C. rf.). 

 Style simple, short. Stigma rather 3-lobed. Fruit half-in- 

 ferior, tricoccous (f. 7. C. c.). Seed propped by a short fleshy 

 stalk (f. 7. C. d.). Small, heath-like shrubs, natives of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, with fastigiate, downy branches. Lower surface 

 of leaves villous, upper surface smooth, with convolute edges, 

 on short petioles, stipulate or exstipulate. Flowers capitate ', 

 heads elongated (in T. spicata) or spherical, as in T. stipularis, 

 very downy. 



1 T. STIPULA'RIS (Brogn. 1. c.) leaves alternate, lanceolate- 

 linear, acutish, smooth above, hoary-velvety beneath, with revo- 

 lute edges ; stipulas awl-shaped ; heads of flowers terminal, 

 sessile. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on sandy 

 hills. Ph/lica stipularis, Lin. mant. 208. Wendl. coll. t. 32. 

 Spreng. berl. mag. 8. p. 104. t. 8. f. 3. Young branches hoary- 

 velvety. Bracteas short, naked, usually bifid. Flowers white. 



Far. ft ; leaves broader, somewhat cordate at the base. 

 Flowers white. 



Stipular Tricocephalus. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1786. Sh. 3 ft. 



2 T. SPICA'TUS (Brogn. mem. rhamn. 1. c.) leaves cordate, 

 oblong, acuminated, erect, smooth above, hoary beneath ; spikes 

 ovate-cylindrical, downy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Phylica spicata, Lin. fil. suppl. 153. Lam. ill. t. 127. 

 f, 3. P. pinea, Thunb, fl, cap. ? Flowers white. 



Spiked Tricocephalus. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1 774. Sh. 2 ft. 



3 T. ? ELLI'PTICA ; leaves opposite, elliptical, or somewhat 

 ovate, thick, hard, hoary-villous beneath, concave ; stipulas 

 ovate, concave ; peduncles axillary ; heads of flowers hoary and 

 velvety. Tj . G. Native of St. Helena, on the tops of the 

 mountains, where it is called Wild-olive. Phylica elliptica, Roxb. 

 in Beats, app. 316. Flowers white. 



E///ptic(il-\ea.\ed Tricocephalus. Shrub 4 feet. 



4 T. RAMOSISSIMA ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute, shin- 

 ing above, hoary villous beneath, with revolute edges ; stipulas 

 awl-shaped ; flowers axillary, almost sessile. Jj . G. Native 

 of St. Helena, on the middle mountains, where it is called 

 Wild-rosemary. Phylica rosmarinifolia, Roxb. in Beats, app. 

 316. but not of Lam. P. ramosissima, D. C. prod. 2. p. 34. 

 Flowers white. 



Much-branched Tricocephalus. Clt. 1810. Tree 12 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs will grow well in sandy peat, and young 

 cuttings will strike root freely in a pot of sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them. 



XXIV. PHY'LICA (from ^XXucoc, phyllkos, leafy; in 

 allusion to the curious evergreen 'foliage). Lin. gen. no. 266. 

 Lam. ill. t. 127. Gsert. fruct. 1. t. 24. D. C. prod. 2. p. 34. 

 Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 68. 



LIN. SYST. Pent&ndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a subcy- 

 lindrical tube, adnate to the ovary below, but free at the apex, 

 5-cleft (f. 7. B. &.) Petals 5, cucullate (f. 7. B. c. rf.). Stamens 

 inclosed (f. 7. B. c.). Anthers ovate or kidney-shaped, 2-celled 

 or 1-celled. Disk hardly distinct (f. 7. B. /.), covering the 

 tube and segments of the calyx. Ovary inferior (f. 7. B. g.\ 

 3-celled. Style simple. Stigma 3-lobed or 3-toothed (f. 7. 

 B. i.), in some entire. Fruit inferior (f. 7. B. k.), crowned by 

 the whole of the small permanent calyx (f. 7. B. i.), tricoccous 

 (f. 7. B. A.). Seeds propped by a short fleshy stalk (f. 7. B. L). 

 Much branched, heath-like shrubs, with erect, fastigiate 

 branches, scattered, linear, exstipulate leaves with revolute 

 edges, having the lower surface villous, and the upper smooth 

 or pubescent. Flowers capitate or spicately-capitate, girded by 

 short, villous, or longer feathery-pilose bracteas (f. 7. B. a.). 



SECT. I. ERICOIDES (plants with the habit of Erica). Brogn. 

 mem. rhamn. 1. c. Segments of the calyx ovate, acute, erect, 

 or spreading a little, rather woolly on the outside. Petals 

 roundish, concave, arched, cucullate. Anthers kidney-shaped, 

 with confluent cells, or 1-celled, 2-valved. Stigma usually 3- 

 lobed or 3-toothed. Leaves shining above, short, needle- 

 shaped. Flowers crowded, in dense spherical heads. 



1 P. PARVIFLORA (Lin. mant. 209.) leaves awl-shaped, acute, 

 scabrous, somewhat pilose ; branches panicled ; heads of flowers 

 small, downy. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in 

 sandy places. Petals white. 



Small-flowered Phylica. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1790. Sh. 2 ft. 



2 P. ERICOIDES (Lin. spec. 283.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, spreading, smooth, downy beneath ; branches some- 

 what umbellate ; heads of flowers hemispherical. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy fields. Comm. hort. 

 amster. 2. t. 1. Sims. bot. mag. t. 224. Spreng. in berl. mag. 

 8. p. 103. t. 8. f. 1. Flowers pure white. 



Heath-like Phylica. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1731. Sh. 3 ft. 



3 P. GLABRA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 77.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, spreading, somewhat scabrous above but downy beneath ; 

 branches smoothish ; heads of flowers globose, woolly. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Smoothed Phylica. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1817. Shrub 3 ft. 



4 P. ACEROSA (Willd. enum. 252.) leaves linear, acute, 

 downy-villous beneath ; branches in whorls ; heads downy, few- 



