Pomaderris
(from poma, a lid, and derris, a skin; alluding to the membranous covering of the capsule). ORD. Rhamneae. A genus comprising eighteen species of greenhouse, evergreen shrubs, natives of the Southern or Eastern regions of Australia, or of New Zealand. Flowers pedicellate, in small, umbel-like cymes, usually forming terminal panicles or corymbs, or rarely solitary in the axils of the leaves; calyx five-lobed, deciduous or reflexed; petals concave or nearly flat, or none. Leaves alternate, penniveined; under surface, as well as the branches, white, hoary, or rusty with tomentum, often mixed with, or concealed by, silky hairs. The species thrive in a compost of peat and sandy loam. Propagation may be effected by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, cut to a joint, dried at the base, and inserted in sand, under a glass. P. andromedaefolia (Andromeda-leaved). A synonym of P phillyreoides. P. apetala (apetalous).* Victorian Hazel. fl. greenish, small, and very numerous, in loose, oblong, thyrsoid panicles, leafy at the base; calyx stellately hairy; petals none. June. l. petiolate, ovate-lanceolate or broadly oblong, obtuse or rarely acute, 2in. to 4in. long, irregularly crenulate, glabrous, but rough and much wrinkled on the upper side; principal veins very prominent beneath. h. 3ft. to 6ft. 1803. SYN. P. aspera. P. aspera (rough). A synonym of P. apetala.
P. betulina (Birch-like).* fl. pale yellow, nearly sessile, in dense, globular heads, solitary or two or three together, on short, axillary or terminal peduncles; calyx densely hairy; petals none. l. oblong or obovate, obtuse, seldom above 1in. long. A slender shrub or small tree, with elongated branches. (B. M. 3212.) P. discolor (two-coloured). A variety of P. elliptica. P. elliptica (elliptic). fl. pale yellow; calyx white-tomentose; petals usually broadly cordate or nearly orbicular, concave, on slender claws, often narrower, occasionally abortive; cymes numerous, in dichotomous panicles. June. l. petiolate, ovate, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acute, usually 2in. to 3in. long, entire or with margins slightly waved, white-tomentose beneath. h. 6ft. 1805. (B. M. 1510.) The variety discolor has the calyx tube less silky-hairy, and the leaves often less obtuse. P. ericifolia (Heath-leaved). A synonym of P. phylicifolia. P. lanigera (woolly). fl. pale yellow; calyx tube half as long as the lobes; petals ovate, concave, on slender claws; panicles often larger and less corymbose than in P. elliptica. April. l. oblong or ovate-lanceolate, the under side, as well as the young branches, clothed with soft, often rusty, tomentum. h. 3ft. 1806. (B. M. 1823.) SYN. Ceanothus laniger (A. B. R. 569). P. ledifolia (Ledum-leaved). fl. pale yellow, few, in small, loose, shortly pedunculate cymes in the upper axils; calyx tube very short; petals narrow, slightly concave. April. l. narrow, oblong, obtuse, about 1/2in. long, entire, glabrous above, white beneath, the margins slightly recurved. h. 2ft. 1824. P. phillyreoides (Phillyrea-like). fl. pale yellow, variable in size; cymes compact, in small, terminal panicles; calyx tube shorter than the lobes; petals similar to those of P. elliptica, but usually narrower. April. l. seldom 1 1/2in. long, oblong or oval, obtuse or acute, entire, firm, glabrous or minutely hoary above, softly white or rusty-downy beneath. h. 2ft. 1818. SYN. P. andromedaefolia (B. M. 3219).
P. phylicifolia (Phylica-leaved). fl. pale yellow, small and few, in little, loose cymes in the upper axils, the upper ones forming thyrsoid, leafy panicles; petals none. April. l. narrow or linear-oblong, nearly sessile, seldom above 1/2in. long; margins much revolute; under surface white-tomentose, upper surface hairy; leaves sometimes broader, and nearly flat. h. 2ft. 1819. (L. B. C. 120.) SYN. P. ericifolia. P. vacciniifolia (Whortleberry-leaved). fl. cream-colour; cymes small, in ovoid, terminal panicles of about 1in. in length; calyx tube very short; petals broad. l. ovate or nearly orbicular, very obtuse, seldom above 1/2in. long, glabrous above, white on the under surface. 1869.