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mofae, (rhamni , Juff.) Generic characters—Calyx: com¬ 
mon receptacle of the trustifications collecting the flowers 
into a diflc. Perianthium proper, one-leafed, five-cleft, 
turbinate, mouth villofe, permanent. Corolla : none. 
Scalelets five, acuminate, one at the bafe of each divifion 
of the calyx, converging. Stamina: filaments five, very 
fmall, inferted under the fcalelet; antherse Ample. Piftil- 
lum : germ at the bottom of the corolla; (tyle Ample; 
ftigma obtufe. Pericarpium : capfule roundifh, three¬ 
grained, three-celled, three-valved, crowned. Seeds fo- 
litary, roundifh, gibbous on one fide, angular on the other. 
EJfential CharaSer. —Perianthium five-parted, turbinate; 
petals none, but five (tales defending the ftamens; cap¬ 
fule tricoccous, inferior. There are now twenty fpecies 
known. 
1. Phylica ericoides, or heath-leaved phylica: leaves 
linear, in whorls. This is a low bufhy plant, feldom ri- 
fing more than three feet high ; the (talks are fhrubby 
and irregular, dividing into many fpreading branches, 
fubdividing into (mailer ones. The young branches are 
clofely belet with (hort narrow acute-pointed fertile leaves, 
of a dark green, and continuing all the year. At the end 
of every fhcot, the flowers are produced in fmall clutters 
fitting dole to the leaves; they are of a pure white, begin 
to appear in the autumn, continue in beauty all winter, 
and decay in l'pring. Capfule ovate-globular, crowned 
with the permanent, white, villofe, acuteiy-five-toothed 
calyx; (kin membra'naceous, (lightly ftriated, black; (hells 
cartilaginous, thin, convex on one lide, angular on the 
other, opening elaltically by the inner angle. Seed one in 
each cell, faltened to the bottom of it, of an oBiong 
f'pheroidal form, ferruginous, (Saining, having a thick 
fungous white umbilicus at the bafe. It grows naturally 
at the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was firft brought 
to the gardens in Holland : but it alfo occupies large 
trabts of ground about Lilbon, in the fame manner as 
many lands in England are with heath. It was cultivated 
in 1731 by Mr. Miller. The flowers are (lightly odori¬ 
ferous. 
2. Phylicalanceolata, or lance-leaved phylica: leaves 
1'cattered, lanceolate, tomentofe underneath; heads ter¬ 
minating, hirfute. Found at the Cape of Good Hope by 
Thunberg. 
3. Phylica bicolor, or two-coloured phylica : leaves li¬ 
near, pubefcent; common calyxes Ihorterthan the corolla. 
Stem determinately branched : branches rod-like, rufef- 
cent, white-pubefcent. Leaves fcattered, lanceolate-li¬ 
near, like thofe of the yew-tree, revolute at the edge, 
fpreading, fubpubefcent, white-tomentofe underneath. 
Common calyx (horter than the corolla, netted-veined, 
with lanceolate fcales having a red keel, with hairs on the 
outfide the colour of red wine; the corolla has white 
hairs. 
4. Phylica capitata, or downy phylica: leaves linear- 
lanceolate, villofe;' brables woolly, heads terminating. 
This, as well as the preceding, is a native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. If it be the fame with the pubefcens of the 
Kew Catalogue, it was introduced by Maffon in 1774; 
and flowers here from February to April. 
5. Phylica eriophoros, or pale-flowered phylica: leaves 
linear, lomewhat hairy, tomentofe underneath, rolled 
back at the edge ; heads terminating; flowers tomentofe. 
This alfois a native of the Cape, and was introduced at 
the fame time by Maffon. It flowers in November. 
6. Phylica-plumofa, or woolly-leaved phylica: leaves 
linear-awl-rtiaped; the uppermolt hirfute. This has an 
ered (hrubby ftalk, which riles near three feet high, 
covered with a purplifii bark, and here and there forne 
white down upon it. Flowers collebted in fmall heads at 
the end of the branches, white, woolly, fringed on their 
borders, cut into fix acute fegments at top. Cultivated 
by Mr. Miller in 1759. It flowers from March to May. 
7. Phylica villola, or villofe-leaved phylica: leaves li¬ 
near, the upper ones villofe; flowers in racemes. Native, 
as the reft are, of the Cape of Good Hope. Found there 
by Thunberg. 
8. Phylica imberbis, or beardlefs phylica : leaves linear, 
obtufe, rugged ; flowers terminating, pubefcent. Leaves 
compreffed a little, rugged with minute dots, fomewhat 
hirfute, fpreading. Flowers folitary, fertile, the fize of 
a pea. 
9. Phylica ftipularis, or ftipuled phylica: leaves linear, 
ftipuled; flowers five-horned. Stem proliferous, naked 
or fomewhat rugged from the fallen leaves. Leaves fcat¬ 
tered, avvl-fliaped, roundifti, even, fpreading, channelled 
underneath, or with revolute margins. Heads of flowers 
with a many-leaved calyx of naked, obovate, two parted 
fcales, interwoven with wool. It differs from P. ericoides, 
by the horn-lhaped fegments of the corolla, longer than 
the yellow corolla itfeif. Introduced from the Cape in 
1786, by Maffon. 
10. Phylica pinifolia, or pine-leaved phylica : leaves 
acerofe, flat on both fides, very fmooth ; flowers panicie- 
racemed. Plant a fathom in height, with (cattered 
branches, bifid or by threes at top, round elongated, 
finooth, purple; raceme panicled with flowering branches 
at top. Leaves feflile, an inch or more in length, frequent, 
almolt like thole of the fpruce-fir, blunt, even, quite en¬ 
tire, veinlefs, flexile, pale at the bafs. Inflorefcence much 
refembling that of Ph. racemofa. 
xi. Phylica cordata, or heart-leaved phylica: leaves 
cordate-ovate, fpreading 5 Item proliferous. This differs 
from Ph. buxifoiia, in having the leaves not ovate, but 
cordate, drawn to a very fine point at the tip. The (tern 
is proliferous, and the heads are not lateral. 
12. Phylica dioica, ordicecous phylica: leaves cordate; 
flowers dicecous. Scales of the calyx rough with glaucous 
grey hairs ; corolla with white hairs. It varies with re¬ 
volute-linear leaves. Found at the Cape by Burman. 
13. Phylica buxifoiia, or box-leaved phylica: leaves 
ovate, fcattered, and by threes, tomentofe underneath. 
This rifes with a (hrubby erebt ftalk five or fix feet high; 
when old, covered with a rough purplifii bark, but'the 
younger branches have a woolly down. Leaves thick, 
the fize of thofe of the box-tree, veined, fmooth, and of a 
lucid green on their upper fide, but hoary on their under; 
they have (hort foot-ftalks, and (land without order on 
the branches. The flowers are collebted in fmall heads 
at the ends of the branches; they are of an herbaceous 
colour, and make no great appearance. It was cultivated 
in 1759 By Mr. Miller, and flowers during a great part of 
the year. 
14. Phylica fpicata, or fpiked phylica: leaves oblong, 
cordate, acuminate, tomentofe underneath ; fpikes cylin¬ 
drical ; flowers the length of the brabtes. This differs 
from all the reft by its inflorefcence, or head of flowers 
elongated into a villofe lpike. Introduced in 1774 by 
Maffon. It flowers in November and December. 
15. Phylica callofa, or callous-leaved phylica; leaves 
oblong, cordate,acuminate, hairy, tomentofe underneath; 
flowers in a fort of head. This is a very diftinbt fpecies 
from Ph. cordata, with which it agrees in the form of the 
leaves. Introduced with the preceding by Maffon. It 
flowers in March and April. 
16. Phylica paniculata, or panicled phylica: leaves 
ovate, mucronate, fmooth above, Alining, tomentofe un¬ 
derneath ; racemes leafy, panicled. This approaches to 
Ph. callofa, but differs from it in not having the leaves 
rugged above, and the flowers racemed and panicled. 
17. Phylica imbricata, or imbricate phylica ; leaves cor¬ 
date-ovate, fmooth j flowers in racemes. Found at the 
Cape by Thunberg. 
18. Phylica racemofa, or racemed phylica: leaves ovate, 
fmooth ; flowers Ample ; panicle racemed. Stem five feet 
high, (hrubby. Leaves alternate, cluttered, like thofe of 
Penaea mucronata. Perhaps it may be of a diftinbt 
genus. ’ . 
19. Phylica parviflora,orfmall-flowered phylica: leaves 
a. awl- 
