298 
AUSTRALIAN PLANTS. 
BOTANICAL NAME. 
COMMON NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Pomaderris 
ligustrina 
Sieber 
obcordata 
Fenzl 
‘‘Privet-like Pomaderris” (evergreen shrub, 4 to 5 ft.), 
f. pale yellowish—Vic. and N.S.W. 
“Two-lobe-leaved Wild Hazel” (evergreen shrub, 3 ft.), 
f. pale yellowish—Vic., S. and W. Aust. 
phillyrseotdes 
Sieber 
“Phillyrea-like Pomaderris” (evergreen shrub, 3 ft.), 
f. pale yellow—N.S.W. and Q’land. 
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phylicifolia 
Loddiges 
“Tauhimi”* (evergreen shrub, 1 to 4 ft.), f. pale yel¬ 
lowish—Vic., N.S.W., Tas. and N.Z. 
prunifolia “Plum-leaved Pomaderris” (evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 
A. Cunningham ft.), f. pale yellow—Vic., N.S.W., and Q’land. 
racemosa 
Hooker 
“Raceme-flowered Wild Hazel,” or “Hazelwood” (ever¬ 
green shrub, 6 to 8 ft.), f. pale yellowish—Vic., 
N.S.W., S. Aust., and Tas. 
subrepanda “Box-leaved Wild Hazel” (evergreen shrub), f. pale 
Reisseck and yellowish—Vic. 
F. v. Mueller 
vacciniifolia “Bilberry-leaved Pomaderris” (evergreen shrub, 3 to 4 
Reisseck and ft.), f. pale yellow—Vic. and N.S.W. 
F. v. Mueller 
Fornax umbel lata 
Solander 
“Umbel-flowered Pomax” (herbaceous perennial)—F. 
Rubiciceae —Vic., N.S.W., Q’land, S. and W. Aust. 
Pongamia glabra 
Ventenat 
“Karum Oil-tree,” or “Poonga Oil-tree” (evergreen 
tree), f. white—F. Leguminosae —Q'land, N. 
Aust., Trop. Asia, and Pacific Islands. 
Poranthera 
corymb os a 
Brongniart 
,, ericoides 
Klotzsch 
,, microphylla 
Brongniart 
Portulaca oleracea 
Linnaeus 
“Corymb-flowered Poranthera” (perennial), f. white— 
F. Euphorbiaccae —Vic. and N.S.W. 
“Heath-like-Pornnthera” (perennial), f. white—Vic., 
S. and W. Aust. 
“Small-leaved Poranthera” (annual), f. white—Vic., 
N.S.W., Q’land, S. and W. Aust., and Tas. 
“Common Purslane,” or “Pigweed” (annual), f. yel¬ 
low—F. Port ul (tecac —Vic., N.S.W., Q’land, N. 
S., and W. Aust., Europe, etc. 
Positionia australis 
Hooker fil 
“Sea-side Mud-weed” (aquatic perennial) — F. 
Naiadaceae —Vic., S. and W. Aust., and Tas. 
Potamogeton 
acutifolius 
Link 
,, Cheesemanii 
A. Bennett 
“Acute-leaved Pond Weed” (aquatic perennial)—F. 
jyfaiadaccae —Vic.., N.S.W., S. Aust., Europe, and 
Asia. 
“Cheeseman’s Pond Weed” (aquatic perennial)—Vic., 
Tas., and N.Z. 
coloratus “Coloured Pond Weed” (aquatic perennial)—Vic., 
Hornemann Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
crispus 
Linnaeus 
,,, lucens 
Linnaeus 
“Curled-leaved Pond Weed,” or “Water Caltrops” 
(aquatic perennial)—Vic., N.S.W., Q’land, S. and 
W. Aust., Europe, etc. 
“Shining Pond Weed” (aquatic perennial)—Vic., 
Europe, Asia, etc. 
