Gen. H I . P O M A D E ß E IS , L a b .
F lores ebracteati. Calyc is tubus ob con icu s ; lim b i lobis patulis, medio carinatis. F e ta la 0 v . 5 , u n -
gmculata, parva, cuculiata. S tam in a 5 , p e talis n o n inclusa, filamentis erectis filiformibus. Ovarium 3 -
loculare, vertice idlloso. S ty lu s plerumque trifidus, lob is 3 divergentibus ; stigmatibus capitatis. Capsula
calyce semiadnato inclusa, 3 -c o c c a ; coccis u t in C ryptan dra, sed facie ventrali infra medium late aperta,
indehisc eutibus ; semina u t in C ryp tan d ra .— Erutices v . arbores p a r v a ; foliis a lte rn is, s tip u la tis ; floribus
I have under Cryptandra pointed out the differences between that genus and the present. There are at least
twenty species o f Pomaderris known, chiefly inhabitants of the extratropical parts o f Eastero Australia : two of these
are natives of New Zealand also ; and a third, from the same coast, is the only other that has heen found out of
Australia. (Name from napa, a coveriny, and beppis, the shin ; in allusion to the ripe capsules being loosely invested
by the tube o f the caljTC.)
1. Pomaderris elliptica (Labill. N o v . H o ll. i. 6 1 . t . 8 6 ) ; to ta cinereo-velutina, foliis petiolatis
e llip ticis utrinque obtusis v . apice subacutis su p em e glabris subtus albidis, cymis densifloris paniculatis,
calycibus pedunculisque incano-velutinis pilosisque, p etalis spathulatis u n guiculatis, stigmatibus globosis
se ssilib u s.— D C . F ro d r. ii. 3 3 ; FL N . Z eal. i. 4 6 ; HooJc. Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 6 , ii. 4 2 0 . {Gunn, 4 4 0 .)
H a b . Common, e specially in th e northern part o f th e Islan d , L a b illa rd ie r e , etc.— (El. Oct. N o v .)
{v. V.)
D i s t r ib . N ew Sonth W a le s. No rth ern Islan d o f N ew Zealand.
A large shimb, 6 -8 feet high, much branched and spreading, covered with blossom in November.— Branches
stout, densely covered with yellowish or reddish tomentum. Leaves 2 -3 inches long, oblong or ovate-oblong,
blunt or shai-p, coriaceous, flat, veined and glabrous above, rounded at the base, densely covered ivith white or
reddish appressed down; nerves beneath distinct. Petiole inch long, (fyoeés terminal and lateral, copious,
mauy-flowered, 2—1 inches across. Branches and branchlets densely tomentose ; pedicels and calyx downy, and also
covered with silky long hairs. Flowers 4 inch across, yellowish or yeUowish-white. Stamens longer than the calyx ;
filaments erect ; anthers Hnear-oblong.— There is possibly some confusion between this species and the foUowing,
which is very nearly aUied indeed, aud possibly not specifically distinct ; this, which grows chiefly in the northern
parts of the Colony, has süky hairs on the calyx, as well as an appressed down : the following, which is more
abundant in the southern parts, has no silky hairs, only the tomentum, which is more lax and furfuraceous. Labü-
lardière describes tbe calyx as püose, by which be perhaps means tomentose, for he gathered his specimens in the
southern part of the Island. Ventenat’s P . discolor appears to me to he the following, though Planchón (who first
pointed out their differences to me) refers (in Herb. Hook.) Ventenat’s discolor to Labülardière’s elliptica. The
figure in the ‘ Botanical Magazine’ (t. 151 0 ) quoted by De Candolle under P . elliptica, Lab., is not sufficiently
exact to satisfy me as to which it represents. Fenzl, Plant. Hiigel. p. 21, refers De Candolle’s discolor and the
Bot. Mag, elliptica to multifiora of Sieber, and retains both elliptica, Lab., and discolor, Yent., as distinct.
2 . Pomaderris discolor (Yen t. Malm. t . 5 8 ) ; omnia p . eïlip ticoe , sed pedicellis calycibusque fur-
furaceo-tomentosis n on p ilo sis.— L G . P ro d r . u. 3 3 . P . malifolia, Sieber.
H a b . Common, especially in the southern parts o f th e Islan d , Gunn, e tc.— (El. Oct.) (i?. «.}
D i s t e i b . N ew S ou th W a le s. (Cultivated in England.)
So simüar to the P . e lliptica (under which I have pointed out its differences) as to require no detaüed description.—
Fruit tmbinate, about 4 inch long, half immersed in tbe persistent calyx-tube. Cocci three, crostaceous,
mucronate, with a large opening extending in front from above the middle to the base.
3 . Pomaderris ferruginea (Fenz l in E n . P lan t. H ü g e l. 2 1 ) ; ramulis cymis foliisque subtus molliter
tomentosis et pilosis, fo liis ob longo- v. elliptico-lanceolatis subtus albo- v . rufo-tomentosis, cymis terminalibus
multifloris laxis densisve, calycibus sericeo-villosis, stylo trifido.— Sieh. P I . Exsicc. 2 1 4 , 2 0 9 . {Gunn, 4 4 0 ?)
H a b . Flinders’ Island, in Bass’ Straits, Gumn.
D i s t r i b . N ew South Wales.
Very similar indeed to P . elliptica, but the branchlets, cymes, and leaves beneath are covered more or less
with long soft hairs, and the cymes are generally more lax, and smaller. The flowers appear to be tbe same,
except that the calyx is villous. Gunn’s specimens are indifferent, and in fruit only; the leaves are broader,
blunter, and the tomentum beneath more appressed and whiter tban in Australian specimens, being thus as it
were intennediate between P . elliptica and P . j
4 . P o m a d e r r i s a p e t a l a (Lab. N o v . H o ll. i. 5 2 . t. 8 7 ) ; frutex erectus, ramulis foliisque jumoribus
dense furfuraceo-lanatis v. appresse tomentosis, fo liis ovato-lanceolatis oblongisve p e tiolatis acutis irregulariter
dentatis basi rotundatis superne glabris scabridis ve l rugosis subtus dense lanatis nervis prominulis,
cymis paniculatis foliosis lanatis, calycibus steUato-pubesceutibus, petalis 0, sty lis supra medium distinctis.
— Eooh. Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 6 , ii. 4 2 0 . P . aspera, Sieb. P I . E xsicc . 2 1 1 ; B C . P ro d r . I. c.
Var. a ; foliis lanceolatis superne glabris subtus ramulisque den se appresse albo-tomentosis. {Gunn,
1 2 6 .)
Var. /3 ; foliis oblongis v. ob longo-lanceolatis superne glabris rugosisve subtus rufo-tomentosis ramulisque
floccosis. {Gunn, 1 0 4 0 .)
Var. 7 ; foliis oblongis obtusis supra scabridis rugosisque, subtus ramulisque albo- v. niveo-tomentosis.
{Gunn, 1 0 3 9 .)
H a b . Abundant throughout th e Island. Var. a . Everywhere. Var. On the banks o f th e Derwent
above Hobarton. Var. 7 . N o r th Coast.— (El. Oct. to De c .) [v. v .)
D i s t r i b . N ew South W a le s and South-eastern Australia.
An extremely common and vaiiable shrub, 3 - 6 feet high, more or less covered on the branches, petioles,
imdcr surface of the leaves, and cymes with an appressed or rarely floccose, dense, white or rufous tomentuui,
mixed with steUate hairs.— Leaves petiolate, varying fr-om oblong to lanceolate-ovate, always rounded at the base,
acntc, coriaceous, 2 -5 inches long, toothed or nearly enthe ; upper surface glabrous and smooth or puhescent,
scabrid and rugose iiith impressed nerves, tliat are generaUy very prominent on the under surface. C^mes numerous,
many-flowered, abundant towards the terminations of the branchlets, and together foiming a cymose
panicle, its branches and branchlets densely covered with white or buff-coloured furfuraceous or appressed tomentum.
Calyx-tube obconic, tomentose, and covered iiitb steUate hairs, or rarely nearly glabrous ; segments spreading.
Fetals none. Stamens exserted. Anthers oblong. Shjle rather short, cUvided above the midcUe mto three capitate
spreading stigmata, woolly at the base. F n d t small, obconic, half sunk iu the persistent lower half of the calyx-
tube. Cocci white, crustaceous, as iu F. elliptica, but liai'dly acute. ■ Seed lenticular, compressed.
5. Pomaderris racemosa (Hook. Journ. B o t. 2 5 6 ) ; apetala, foliis parvis (4-pollicaribus) petiolatis
ovato-oblongis utrinque rotundatis inferne ramulisque ferrugineo- v . albo-tomeutosis integerrimis crenatisve,
cymis parvis axillaribus lateralibusque paucifloris furfuraceo-tomentosis.— Comp. B o t. M a y . i. 2 7 7 .
H a b . Lau n ce ston ? Lawrence, Gunn.
Apparently a smaU shrub, of whose habit aud locaUty I have no particulars.—Branches slender, erect, densely
covered with rufous or white tomentum. Leaves petiolate, f inch long, elliptical or ovate-oblong, obtuse, rounded
at both ends, coriaceous, entire or toothed, with a deep central channel, and the lateral nerves marked by parallel
depressed lines, glabrous above, beneath and along the margins tomentose or fm-furaceous (as are the branches).
Stipules subulate. Cymes small, axillaiy, ten- to twenty-flowered, w'hen in flower scarcely longer than the leaves,
leafless ; peduncle elongated after flowering. Calyx-tube obconic, lobes spreading. Fetals none. Stamens exserted ;