RHAMNEJE. XXIV. PHYLICA. XXV. SOULANGIA. 



>; . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on hills. Flowers 

 white. 



Lanceolate-leaved Phylica. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3ft. 



25 P. VILLOSA (Tlnmb. fl. cap. '2. p. 83.) leaves linear, spread- 

 ing, lower ones smooth, rather rough, upper ones smaller ; 

 flowers in racemose spikes. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers white. 



I'illous Phylica. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1790. Shrub 2 feet. 



26 P. CYLI'NDRICA (Wendl. coll. 1. t. 7.) leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, strigosely-villous, white beneath, erect, but at length spread- 

 ing, floral ones erect, imbricate, very villous ; flowers in spikes. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Spreng. berl. mag. 

 8. p. 104. t. 8. f. 5. P. pubescens, Lam. ill. t. 127. f. 2. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Cylindrical-beaded Phylica. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 2 ft. 



f- Species doubtful whether they belong to this section. 



27 P. IMBE'RBIS (Lin. mant. 209.) leaves linear, blunt, sca- 

 brous, downy beneath ; heads of flowers pubescent. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Seb. mus. 2. t. 49. P. 

 brunioides, Lam. ill. no. 2620. Flowers white. 



Beardless Phylica. Shrub 2 feet. 



28 P. PAPILLOSA (Wendl. coll. 3. p. 5. t. 71.) leaves linear, 

 acerose, erect, papillose, hairy, floral ones downy ; flowers dis- 

 posed in terminal spikes. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers white. 



Papillose-leaved Phylica. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 ft. 



29 P. DIVARICA'TA (Vent. malm. no. 57. obs. 2.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, scattered, flat, somewhat villous above, but velvety and 

 cloth-like beneath ; branches slender, elongated, decumbent. 

 Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Probably identical with the following. 



Divaricated-branched Phylica. Shrub decumbent. 



30 P. LEDIFOLIA (Desf. cat. hort. par. 1804. p. 203.) leaves 

 scattered, oblong, acuminated at both ends, flat, spreading, shin- 

 ing above, covered with hoary down beneath, as well as the 

 branchlets. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The 

 spikes of flowers are terminal and involucrated with bracteas, 

 according to Lher. 



Ledum-leaved Phylica. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 ft. 



31 P. TRICHOTOMA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 82.) leaves trigonal, 

 obtuse, smooth ; stem trichotomous, hairy ; heads of flowers 

 terminal, hairy, about the size of a pea. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in fields, but rare. 



Trichotomotts-stemmed Phylica. Clt. 1818. Shrub 3 feet. 



32 P. GLOBOSA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 87.) leaves ovate, con- 

 cave above, smooth, imbricate ; heads of flowers terminal, glo- 

 bose, about the size of a pea. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Globo'-e-headed Phylica. Shrub 2 feet. 



33 P. ATRA'TA (Licht. in Schult. syst. 5. p. 490.) leaves cor- 

 date, linear-lanceolate, with revolute edges, smoothish, but downy 

 beneath ; heads terminal, villous, woolly. 1? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, on mountains. Flowers white. Branch- 

 lets clothed with dark villi. 



Z)arA:-brariched Phylica. Fl. May, July. Shrub 3 feet. 

 Cult. Handsome shrubs, requiring the same treatment and 

 culture as that recommended for Trichocephalus, p. 40. 



XXV. SOULA'NGJA (in honour of Soulange Bodin, a nur- 

 seryman near Paris). Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 70. Phylica, 

 species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. PentAndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obconical 

 tube adnate to the ovary (f. 7. D./l), 5-cleft. Petals 5, cucul- 

 late (f. 7. D. c.). Stamens inclosed in the petals (f. 7. D. c.) ; 

 anthers kidney-shaped, 1 -celled. Disk epigynous (f. 7. D. rf.), 



pentagonal, fleshy. Ovary adnate to the tube of the calyx (f. 7. 

 D. e.), and equal in length to it, 3-celled. Style simple, short, 

 rather conical, rarely trificl at the apex, crowned by a 3-toothed 

 stigma or by 3 stigmas. Fruit inferior (f. 7. D. i.), marked above 

 by a large areola (f. 7. D. It. k.}, tricoccous. Seeds propped by 

 a short, thick, fleshy stalk (f. 7. D. e. j.). Much branched 

 shrubs, with alternate, exstipulate, quite entire, short stalked, 

 ovate, cordate, or lanceolate, rarely linear leaves, which are usually 

 smooth above and villous beneath. Flowers in the axillre of 

 the leaves or bracteas, solitary, spiked, or panicled, clothed with 

 short down. 



1 S. AXILLA'RIS (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, spreading, with revolute edges, smooth above, hoary 

 beneath ; flowers in the axillae of the upper leaves, on short 

 pedicels, the whole constituting a leafy spike. Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica axillaris, Lam. ill. no. 

 2615. Spreng. berl. mag. 8. p. 104. t. 8. f. 4. P. rosmarini- 

 folia, Willd. enum. 253. but not of Lam. Flowers white. 



Axillary-flowered Soulangia. Fl. May, June. Clt 1812. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



2 S. OLE^FOLIA (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, mucronate, acute, coriaceous, flat, spreading, covered 

 with hoary clown beneath, but smooth above or pubescent ; 

 flow-ers in loose racemes at the tops of the branches, intermixed 

 with bracteas. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 P. oleaefolia, Vent. malm. no. 4. obs. 2. P. spicata, Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 323. P. oleoides, D. C. prod. 2. p. 36. Flowers white. 



Olive-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 3 ft. 



3 S. THYMIFOLIA (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, spreading, smooth above, but hoary beneath, 

 with rather revolute edges ; flowers sessile, disposed in heads 

 at the tops of the branches. T? . G. Native of the islands in 

 the Antarctic sea. Phylica thymifolia, Vent. malm. t. 57. 

 Flowers white. 



Thyme-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 3 ft. 



4 S. PANICULA'TA (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, spreading, shining above, downy white 

 beneath ; flowers disposed in leafy, terminal, panicled racemes. 

 T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica paniculata, 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 1 112. Phylica myrtifolia, Poir. diet. 5. p. 

 293. Flowers white. 



Panicled- Rowered Soulangia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1817. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5 S. BUXIFOLIA (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 36.) leaves ovate, 

 coriaceous, spreading, smooth above, but covered with hoary 

 down beneath ; flowers in heads at the tops of the branches. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica buxif olia, 

 Lin. spec. 283. Wendl. coll. 1. t. 26. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 848. 

 Burm. afr. 119. t. 44. f. 1. Flowers greenish. 



Box-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1759. Sh. 6 ft. 



6 S. CORDA'TA (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71.) leaves cordate, 

 ovate, coriaceous, acute, mucronate, smooth above, but covered 

 with hoary down beneath ; heads of flowers small, axillary, 

 stalked. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica 

 cordata, Lin. spec. 283. Comm. prael. p. 62. t. 12. Flowers 

 white. 



Cordate-leaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1789. Sh. 6 ft. 



7 S. PEDICELLA'TA ; leaves linear-lanceolate, rather erect, pu- 

 bescent above and hoary beneath with revolute edges, especially 

 when dried ; flowers on pedicels in the axillae of the leaves, the 

 whole forming a terminal leafy corymb. T? . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Phylica pedicellata, D. C. prod. 2. p. 36. 

 Flowers white. 



Pedicellate-fiowered Soulangia. Shrub 4 feet. 



8 S. RECLINA'TA ; leaves lanceolate, reclinate, silky, white 

 beneath, bearded at the apex ; flowers stalked in the axillae of 



