Yar. a . g la b r a ; fo liis subtus glabris parce punctato-pannosisve 1 unc. lo n g is an gu ste e llip tico-ob lon gis.
— C. Lawrenciana, Eooh . I. c. C. Sclilechtendahlii, B eh r. in L in n a a , 1 S 4 7 , 6 3 0 {Jid. M ü lle r ) . C. leu co -
clada, L in d le y in M itc h e ll’s J au rn . e t Ann. Sc. E a t . ser. 2 . xv. 5 8 . C. glabra, L in d l. I. c. {Gnnn, 1 5 3 .)
Var. ß . f e r m g i n e a ; foliis subtus albo- v . rufo-tomeutosis pauuosisve 1 - 3 u n c . lo n g is.— C. ferruginea,
E o o k . Comp. B o t. M a g . 2 7 6 , Ic . P L t. 3 . {Gunn, 4 5 7 .)
Hab. Abundant tb roughout th e Co lon y ; var. a in th e northern parts, Lawren ce , e t c .; var. ß chiefly
in th e southern districts, Gunn, B ackhouse, etc .— (FI. J u n e to A u g u st.) (u. v .)
Dist r ib . South-eastern Australia.
An erect, generally slender shrub or small tree, 4 - 1 2 feet high, v e iy variable in liabit {Gunn). Young hrancJiea
covered witb ferruginous down. Leaves l - l - g inch long, generaUy longer and narrower than in either o f the preceding
species, linear-oblong or elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, hlimt, beneath glabrous or dotted with woolly hairs
or densely covered with white or rusty tomentum, narrowed at the base into the petioles, which are rather slender
and 4 inch long. Pedicels slender, curved, and as well as the short cup-shaped calyx densely tomentose with
femiginous down. Calyx teeth short, remote. Corolla pendulous, 1 - 1 4 hich long, green or white, with straight
lobes. Stamens much exserted.
Gunn rightly remarks'(in his notes) that the C. ferruginea is only the southern state o f C. Lawrenciana, with
often larger leaves and rufous tomentum on their under surface. I t is probably a common South Australian
plant, and I have examined what resembles a dry comitiy glabrous form of it, from King George’s Sound; but it is
impossible to determine these plants from single specimens.
4 . Correa specio sa (Andr. B o t. E ep . t. 6 5 3 ) ; ramulis pannoso-tomentosis, foliis patentibus cle-
fle sisv e ovato- v . oblongo-cordatis oblongisve obtusis builatis margimbus recurvis subtus p annoso-tomentosis
(rarius glabr is), floribus p en d u lis, corolla cylindracea, p etalis coalitis, staminibus subexsertis.
Yar. a ; fo liis ovatis obtusis subtus fe rrugineo-tomentosis, floribus supra medium rubris.— C. speciosa,
K e r . B o t. R eg . t. 2 6 ; Sims, B o t. Mag. t. 1 7 4 6 ; L o is . E e rb . Am . 3 0 9 ; B C . P ro d r . i. 7 1 9 ; E o o k . Journ.
B o t. ii. 4 1 7 . {Gunn, 6 6 3 .)
Yar . ß - , foliis ovatis ovato-cordatisve minus tomentosis v . subtus glabris.— Jou rn . B o t. 1. c. {Sieber,
2 3 9 .)
Yar. 7 . v ir e n s ; foliis ovato- v . oblongo-cordatis subtus pannoso-tomentosis glabratisve, floribus viri-
dibus.— C. virens, Sm ith , E x o t. B o t. ii. 2 5 . t. 7 2 ; B C . P ro d r . i. 7 1 9 ; E o o k . J o um . B o t. 2 5 3 , Comp. B o t.
M a g . 2 7 8 . C. viridiflora, D o i. Dep. 4 3 6 . C. reflexa. P m . i. 4 1 9 . Mazeutoxeron reflexum,
Lah. Toy . Ü. 6 6 . t. 1 9 . {Gunn, 1 5 2 , 1 0 3 6 .)
Yar. B. n um m u la r ia fo lia ; foliis confertis parvis rotundato-cordatis ramulisque pannoso-tomentosis,
floribus minoribus. {Gunn, 1 9 4 5 .)
Hab. Yar. a . Georgetown, e t c . ; most common in tb e northern parts. Yar. 7 . Abundant throughout
the Colony. Yar. B. Flinders’ Islan d , Backhouse.— (FI. all th e winter.) {v. v.)
Dis t r ib . N ew South Wales and S outh-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A small shrub, 2 -5 feet high, o f rigid growth, very variable in size and habit.— Leaves generally deilexed,
shortly petioled, oblong or ovate-cordate, or more rarely rounded, or (most rarely) cUiptical-oblong, with recurved
margms and a huUate upper surface, rarely flat, wrinkled or smooth above, below glabrous, or generally more or
less densely covered with white, greenish, or rufous tomentum, which is dense or floccose, and the same extends to
the peduncles, petioles, and branchlets. Flowers always pendulous, green and bright red in tlie drier northera
parts o f the Colony, green in the southern, rarely yellow. Calyx hemispherical, truncate, obscurely four-toothed.
Corolla I - I 4 inch long, cylindrical, the petals all united. Stamens exserted.— Gunn rightly remarks that C. virens
is nothing but the southern form of C. speciosa, which is always more tomentose in the southern parts o f the Colony.
The character o f the flowers being erect, as given by De CandoUe and others, is erroneous. Tlie var. 5. nummularics-
fo lia is evidently a starved form from exposed places; it strongly resembles states o f C. Backhousiana.
Gen. I I . P H E B A L IU M , Vent.
Calyx 4 -5 -fid n s . P e ta la 4 - 5 , imbricata (rarius valvata). S tam in a 8 , sub disco hypogyno in se r ta ;
Ovaria 4 - 5 (rarius 2 ) , disco inserta, lepidota v. pilosa. S ty lu s 1 , teres v. angulatus ;
? simplici, capitato. Capsula 2 -5 -c o c c a . Semen 1 , ovatum, testa Crustacea, umbilico ventrali.
Embryo axi albuminis carnosi, gracilis, teres, radicula supcra.— Erutices pubescentes, tomentosi v . lep id o ti,
glcmdulosi ; foliis a lte rn is, glanduloso-pvAictatis ; fioribus a x illa rih u s, subcymosis v . p a n ic u la tis .
An extensive Australian genus, containing upwards of thirty species, aU extratropical, and mostly natives of
the West Coast. One species is a native o f New Zealand.— Glandular, pubescent, scaly or püose, suflhiticose or
shrubby plants, with alternate glandular leaves, and flowers in axiUmy cymes or panicles. They are often best distinguished
from Eriostemon by the more slender glabrous filaments. Calyx quadrifld or quiuquefid. P eta ls four or five.
Aamens eight, inserted ou a hypogynous disc; filaments glabrous. Ovaries four or five, rarely fewer, lepidote or
pilose. % 7 eou e , terete or angled. simple, capitate. Cap««?« o f two to five cocci. solitary, ovate,
with a crustaceous testa. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. (Name, that of the ily r tle , and inapplicable.)
1 . Phebalium Biliardieri (Adr. Ju ss. Mem. Soc . H ist. N a t. Paris, ii. 1 3 4 ) ; frutex erectus, ramulis
m sco-lepidotis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis oblongo-linearibusve acutis obtusis re tusisve subtus albo-lepidotis,
cymis axillaribus 3 -5 -flo r is v. ternatim multifloris.— Eook. Comp. B o t. Mag. i. 2 7 7 . P . elæagnifolium,
Sieber, P L Exsicc . n. 1 1 1 . Eriostemon squamea, L a b . Nov . E o li. i. 1 1 1 . t. 1 4 1 . {Gunn, 4 5 4 .)
Yar. r e tu sum ; minor, foliis minoribus densioribus apice retusis.— P . retusum, Eo o k . Cornp. B o t.
Mag. i. 2 5 4 , I c . P L t. 5 7 . {Gunn, 4 5 5 .)
Hab. Abundant tlu o n g b o u t the Colony in damp woods. Yar. /3. In drier places, L a b illa rd ie re , etc.
— (El. Oct. N o v .) {v. V.)
Dist r ib . N ew South Wales.
A smaU tree or shmb, 4 - 1 0 feet high, conspicuous for its stroug smeU, silvery under sui-face of the leaves,
and numerous small white and pink flowers.—Leaves 1 -3 inches long, lanceolate, ovate or linear-lanceolate ot
linear-oblong, sharp, blmit, retuse, or almost bifid at the poiut ; under surface covered densely with appressed
süveiy or rufous scales. Flowei-s smaU, 4 ineli across, in lepidote cymes, which are reduced to three-flowered
peduncles, or ternately branched aud many-flowered. Ovules superimposed, ascending; micropyle upwards. Fruit
smaU, of four or more glabrous, wrinkled, obovate-cuneate cocci, 4 inch long.
The F . retusum is certainly only a variety of F . Billardiei-i grondng in more open places. The Australian
specimens have generaUy smaUer flow-ers, but not constantly so.
2 . Phebalium montanum (Hook. I c . PI. t. 5 9 ) ; frnticulus depressus glaberrimus, ramulis cica-
tricatis foliosis, foliis carnoso-coriaceis teretibus superne canaliculatis obtusis grosse impresso-punctatis,
floribus subsolitariis inter folia nidulautibus, calycis lobis brevissimis.— Eook. Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 5 . {Gunn,
2 8 3 .)
Hab. H igh e st parts o f th e W estern Mountains, Arthur’s Lakes, e tc ., elev. 8 5 0 0 - 4 5 0 0 fe e t, Lawrence,
Gunn.— (El. Dec .)
A very singular species, quite unlike the foi-mer and folloiviiig, forming a depressed shrub, that Ues prostrate
on the ground, and sends out straggling woody branches over stones, etc.— Branches 6 -8 inches long, much
divided, tuberculated with the scars of fallen leaves, tenninal ones pubescent. Leaves crowded on the branches,
4 -4 inch long, spreading, cylindrical, with a deep groove down the upper surface, blunt, covered with glandular