Trymalium
(from trymalia, a perforation; in reference to the small holes at the top of the capsule). ORD. Rhamneae. A small genus (five species) of Australian, greenhouse shrubs, with the habit and deciduous stipules and bracts of Pomaderris, but with smaller flowers and a more slender inflorescence. Calyx limb five lobed to the base; petals five, hood-shaped, entire or three-lobed, but not usually inclosing the anthers; stamens five, the filaments rather short; panicles usually narrow, or the cymes few-flowered. None of the species are particularly ornamental. T. Billardieri is grown in this country. It thrives in sandy loam and leaf mould, and may be increased by cuttings, inserted in a similar compost, under a bell glass. T. Billardieri (Labillardiere's). fl. numerous, in loose, narrow, terminal panicles 2in. to 6in. long. l. sometimes broadly ovate or obovate, very obtuse, 1in. to 2in. long, sometimes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, 2in. to 3in. long, entire or crenate, glabrous or pubescent above, white, hoary, or villous beneath. A tall shrub.