Pomaderris. | RHAMNACEAE. 5D5 
So far this has been confused with P. Edgerley?, from which, however, it can be 
readily distinguished by its taller and more fastigiate habit, and by the longer and 
narrower leaves, which are quite glabrous on the upper surface, whereas those of the 
true P. Edgerleyi have the upper surface densely covered with short stiff bristles. As 
Hooker specially mentions the “ scabrid” leaves in his description of Edgerley's plant 
(see Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 46) there can be no question as to its identity. 
4. P. Edgerleyi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. ( 1864) LO@P "A small straggling 
or procumbent shrub, 2-4 ft. high, rarely more. Branchlets, under-surface 
of leaves, petioles, and inflorescence densely clothed with loose ferruginous 
stellate tomentum. Leaves shortly petioled, }-1 in. long, obtuse at both 
ends, oblong or broadly oblong ; upper surface conspicuously scabrid with 
short and stiff bristly hairs. Flowers (not seen quite expanded) in terminal] 
and axillary cymes; apparently very similar to those of P. rugosa. Kipe 
cocci not seen——7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 91 (in part); Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 100 (in part). Pomaderris (‘) sp.-Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 
(1853) 46. 
Norru Istanp: Hills between Parengarenga Harbour and Spirits Bay and the 
North Cape, 7. Kirk! T. F. C.; hills flanking the sea-coast from Aratapu to 
Dargaville, abundant, 7. F. C., Colonel Boscawen / near Waipu, 7. Kirk; inland 
from Whangarei, Hdgerley. Sea-level to 500 ft. November—Decem ber. 
In my account of the preceding species (P. rugosa) I have pointed out the 
differences between the two plants, which appear to me to be sufficiently ample to 
justify their separation. 
5. P. phylicaefolia Lodd. Bot. Cab. (1818) t. 120.—A small heath-like 
shrub 1-4 ft. high ; branches densely villous, spreading or erect, fastigiate. 
Leaves small, of very young plants 4-%in. long, oblong or ovate, obtuse, 
flat, hairy on both surfaces; of older plants §-41n. long, nearly sessile, 
spreading, linear or linear-oblong, grooved down the middle and scabrid 
with short white hairs above, margins revolute to the midrib, concealing 
nearly the whole of the villous under-surface. Flowers minute, in small 
axillary cymes slightly longer than the leaves, very abundantly produced. 
Calyx small, densely pubescent, lobes spreading. Petals wanting. Capsule 
ovoid, hirsute ; cocci opening along the whole length of the inner face.— 
Benth. Fl. Austral. i (1863) 422; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 43, 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 92; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 100. 
P. ericifolia Hook. in Lond. Journ. Bot. i (1834) 257; A. Cunn. Precur. 
(1839) n. 578; Raoul Choix (1846) 50; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 46. 
P. amoena Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 258. 
| + 7 ( 14 ay) 72... 
Norra Isnanp: North Cape to Otaki and Cape Palliser, plentiful in open 
country, ascending to over 2000 ft. Tauhinu. November—December. Also 
found in Victoria and Tasmania. 
2. DISCARIA Hook. (4%, 
Much-branched rigid shrubs or small trees, with opposite often spinous 
branchlets. Leaves opposite or fascicled, sometimes wanting. Flowers 
axillary. Calyx membranous, free or adnate to the ovary at the 
base; limb campanulate, 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, hooded, often wanting. 
Stamens 4-5; filaments short. Disc adnate to the base of the calyx-tube, 
annular. Ovary more or less sunk in the disc, 3-lobed, 3-celled; style 
slender; stigma 3-lobed. Drupe (or capsule) dry, coriaceous, 3-lobed, 
endocarp separating into 3 2-valved crustaceous cocci. Seeds with a 
coriaceous testa. 
Species about 16, mostly natives of extra-tropical and alpine South America, with 
1 species in Australia and another in New Zealand. 
