Pomax
(from poma, an operculum; referring to the operculum of the fruit). ORD. Rubiaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, greenhouse, branched, hirsute or glabrous under-shrub. It only differs from Opercularia (which see for culture) "in the simple flower-heads forming an umbel, instead of being united in a compound head" (Bentham).
P. hirta (hairy). A synonym of P. umbellata.
P. umbellata (umbelled). fl. greenish-white, disposed in a terminal, sessile umbel within the last leaves; corolla about 1/8in. long. July. l. petiolate, ovate, elliptical, or lanceolate, mostly under 1/2in. long, or rather more when narrow. h. not more than 1ft. Australia, 1826. SYNS. P. hirta, Opercularia umbellata.