Refugium Botanicum.| [April, 1870. 
TAB. 196. 
Natural Order RHAMNACER. 
Tribe RHAMNE. 
Genus Pomaperris (Lab. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. p. 61, t. 86—7). Flores 
pedicellati vel rarius subsessiles, bracteis deciduis. Calycis tubus 
ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, seepius deciduus vel reflexus. 
Petala 5 vel nulla. Stamina 5, filamentis elongatis, antheris 
oblongis, petalis haud inclusis. Discus tenuis vel inconspicuus, 
apicem ovarii ad basin calycis cingens. Ovarium plus minus 
distincte inferum, stylis 3 longe coalitis. Capsula e tubo adnato 
calycis exserta, apice trivalvis, coccis crustaceis vel membranaceis 
nune operculo lato vel tota facie interiore, nunc rarius subbival- 
vatim, dehiscentibus. Semina ovoidea. Frutices australienses 
ramis et foliis infra hirsutis floribus seepissime paniculatis.— Benth. 
et Hook. fil. Gen. Plant. 1. 381. 
P. vaccin1@FOLiIA (Retssek et F'. Muell. Linnea, xxix. 226). Ramis 
griseo-puberulis, foliis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis parvis obovatis 
integris emarginatis supra glabris infra diutine albido-pannosis, 
paniculis densis ramis cymosis, calycibus argenteo-sericeis dentibus 
lanceolatis tubo perbrevi multoties longioribus, petalis subplanis 
lacteis unguibus lamina rhomboidea crenata subequantibus, ovario 
semisupero dense albo-sericeo, coccis membranaceis per totam 
faciem dehiscentibus. — Ff’. Muell. Fraym. ii. 71; Benth. Fil. 
Austral. 1. 419. 
A native of Victoria (Australia). 
A low copiously-branched shrub, with slender terete finely 
eray-downy chesnut-coloured branches. Leaves thickly scattered, 
opposite or alternate, shortly stalked, oblong or obovate, the 
largest half an inch long by more than half as broad, the edge 
quite entire but the apex slightly emarginate, texture sub- 
coriaceous, the upper surface dark green, the lower permanently 
matted with close white tomentum, the veins slightly ferruginous. 
Panicles copious, terminal on the spreading branches, half to 
three-quarters of an inch thick, the lower branches corymbose, 
subtended at the base by leaf-like bracts. Buds globular, finely 
white-silky, the lanceolate cream-coloured divisions of the calyx 
many times exceeding the tube. Petals cream-coloured, shorter 
than the sepals, the rhomboidal crenate nearly flat blade about 
equalling the claw. Ovary half-emergent, densely white-silky, 
