26 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



1. POMADERRIS. 



Calyx-tube adnate to the pistil, lobes 5. Petals often absent. Stamens -witfa 

 rather long filaments, not enclosed in the petals. Ovary half superior. Fruit 

 capsular, and protruding from the persistent calyx. 



Confined to Australia and New Zealand. 



Leares exceeding 2 inches, broad, flat. 



Leaves smooth above. Flowers light yellow. Petals 



present ... ■ 1. -P. eUiptica. 



Leaves wrinkled above. Flowers greenish. Petals 



absent 2. P. apetela. 



Leaves seldom exceeding ^ inch. Petals absent. 



Leaves | to 1 inch, flat. Calyx 1 to 1| line long ... 3. P. racemosa. 



Leaves about J inch, flat. Calyx about f line long... 4. P. elacophyUa. 



Leaves about \ inch, linear, margins revolute ... h. P. phylicifolia. 



1. P. ELLIPTIC A, Lab. A. tall shrub or small tree, the young branches and the 

 veins of the_ leaves covered with rusty stellate hairs, intermixed with simiple 

 white ones. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, 1 to If inches broad, ovate, smooth above, 

 and densely covered below with white hairs, the margins wavy. Flowers light 

 yellow, in terminal corymbose panicles. Calyx about \\ inch long, white 

 externally, with minute stellate hairs, smooth within, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 about twice as long as the tube. Petals nearly orbicular, concave, on slender 

 claws in typical specimens, but variable and sometimes abortive. 



Common in many parts ; also in New South Wales and Victoria. Fl. Oct.-No 7. 



Var. ferruginea. Leaves rather longer in proportion to their breadth, and 

 the down on the under side much more velvety, and usually ferruginous. 

 P. ferruginea. Hook. ; P. lanigera, Sims. 



2. P. APETELA, Lab. A shrub or small tree, attaining in favourable situations 

 20 feet or more, the young branches and the under side of the leaves covered 

 with closely matted stellate hairs. Leaves shortly stalked, broadly oblong, 2-4 

 inches long, rough and wrinkled on the upper side, the rib and veins prominent 

 beneath, the margins irregularly crenulate Flowers small and very numerous, 

 in loose, thyrsoid panicles. Calyx IJ line long, with stellate hairs on the 

 outside, the lobes much longer than the tube. Petals none. 



Very common ; also in New South Wales, Victoria, and Soath Australia. Fl. 

 Oct.-Nov. 



3. P. BACEMOSA, Hooh. A small, much-branched shrub, the stems and under 

 sides of the leaves covered with stellate hairs. Leaves small, ovate, butvariable, 

 about I inch long. Flowers seldom numerous, in a panicle, or reduced almost to 

 a simple cyme. Calyx \-l\ line long, with stellate hairs on the outer surface. 

 Petals none. Styles cleft to the middle, with club-shaped stigmas. 



The species is very variable. North Coast, about the mouth of the Tamar, 

 Fingal ; also in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 

 A specimen gathered at Fingal by Aug. Simson was identified in error by 

 von Mueller as P. subrepanda, F. v. M. 



4. P. ELACHOPHYLLA, F. V. M. A Small shrub of erect habit, but much 

 branched, covered with brown, stellate hairs that are not as densely matted as 

 in most species. Leaves broadly obovate, rarely J inch long, smooth above and 

 covered with stellate hairs beneath. Flowers in loose thyrsoid panicles. Calyx 

 about I line long, covered on the outside with stellate hairs, the tube very short 

 Petals none Styles short, club-shaped. Toung capsule hairy, the free part 

 much longer than the part enclosed in the permanent calyx-tube. 



Near Longley. Found also in Victoi'ia. Fl. early summer. 



