shaped, taper-pointed, nicked, toothed, and covered with white cotton; flowers yellow (?), on an axillary, solitary, oneflowered stalk, twice the length of the leaf-stalks; capsules ten to thirteen, blunt, velvety.-Blume.

37. Thick Mulberry-leaf (A. crassifolium, L'Heritier). A stove shrub, two feet high, from Hispaniola: leaves eggoblong, heart-shaped, rather three-toothed, hoary; flowers yellow, on foot-stalks the length of the leaf-stalks; capsules nine to ten, two pointed, two-seeded. Sida tricuspidata, Cavanilles.-L'Her. Stirp. I., p. 125, T. 60. Sida crassifolia, D. C. Sp. 161.

Var. a. Cottony Mulberry-leaf (A. tomentosum). A native of America, having its branches three or four-sided. Cav. Discr., 104.

38. Bourbon Mulberry-leaf (A. exstipulare, Cavanilles). A stove shrub, two feet high, from the Island of Bourbon : leaves egg-oblong, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, cottony, without leaf-scales (stipula); flowers yellow, on solitary footstalks shorter than the leaf-stalks; capsules thirty, awnless, one to three-seeded.-Cav. Diss. II., p. 56, T. 14, f. 2.

39. Sea-green Mulberry-leaf (A. glaucum, Cavanilles). An evergreen stove shrub, three feet high, from Senegal in 1824 leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, coarselytoothed, and covered with hoary grey cotton; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on foot-stalks, upper ones longer, lower ones shorter, than the leaf-stalk; capsules twelve to fifteen, blunt, beset with seven glandular hairs, one to threeseeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida glauca, D. C. Sp. 159. Cav. Icon., p. 8, T. 11.

40. Globe Mulberry-leaf (A. globiflorum, Hooker). A stove shrub, five feet high, from the Mauritius in 1825 leaves on long stalks, heart-shaped, toothed, tapering much at the tip; flowers, in November, large, cream-coloured, globose, on stalks as long as the leafstalks; capsules ten; propagated by seed or by cuttings in common garden earth. Sida globiflora, Bot. Mag., 2821.

41. Beardless Mulberry-leaf (A. imberbe, De Candolle). A stove shrub, two feet high, from Guadaloupe and St. Domingo leaves heart-shaped, acute, nicked, white and velvety, upper leaves nearly without foot-stalks; flowers yellow, on solitary foot-stalks, three times longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules twelve to thirteen.

42. Mauritian Mulberry-leaf (A. Mauritianum, Jacquin). A stove shrub, three feet high, from Mauritius in 1789 leaves heart-shaped, roundish, taper-pointed, toothed, cottony beneath; flowers, from July till September, orangecoloured, on foot-stalks longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules thirty; three-seeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida planiflora, Cavanilles.-Jac. Icon. Rar. I. T. 137. Sida Mauritiana, D. C. Sp. 135.

43. Small-flowered Mulberry-leaf (A. micranthum, St. Hilaire). A stove shrub, two to six feet high, from Brazil leaves heart-shaped, taper-pointed, toothed, cottony beneath; flowers large, in clusters; capsules twelve, four to nineseeded. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. I. p. 208.

44. Small-seeded Mulberry-leaf (A. microspermum, Cavanilles). A stove shrub, two feet high, native country unknown leaves roundish, heart-shaped, acute, rather nicked; flowers yellow, on solitary foot-stalks, shorter than the leaf-stalks; capsules twelve to thirteen, two to threeseeded, each ending in two fringed beaks; seed very small. Cav. Diss. I., p. 29, T. 13, f. 4.

45. Soft-haired Mulberry-leaf (A. mollicomum, Willdenow. An evergreen stove shrub, four feet high, introduced in 1816, native country unknown: leaves egg-oblong, heartshaped, unequally toothed, three-toothed, soft, cottony; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on foot-stalks shorter than the leaf-stalks; capsules nine, bulged, two-seeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida coricea, Cavanilles.-D. C. Sp. 162.

46. Very soft Mulberry-leaf (A. mollissimum, Cavanilles). A stove shrub, four to five feet high, from Peru in 1789: leaves large, roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, toothed, velvety; flowers, in June and July, primrose yellow, on foot-stalks, commonly two-flowered, shorter than the leaf

stalks; capsules eleven, three-seeded, of the same length as the ten-angled calyx; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida cistiflora, L'Heritier; Sida mollissima, D. C. Sp. 149-Cav. Diss. II., p. 49, T. 14, f. 1.

47. Mountain Mulberry-leaf (A. montanum, St. Hilaire). A stove shrub, four feet high, from Rio Janeiro: leaves heart-shaped, taper-pointed, toothed, covered with spreading down above, cottony and pale beneath; flowers purple, axillary, solitary or in pairs; capsules ten, from four to nine-seeded.-St. Hil. Fl. Bras. I. P. 207.

48. Round Mulberry-leaf (A. orbiculatum, De Candolle). An evergreen, greenhouse shrub, three feet high, from China in 1820: leaves egg-oblong, round, rather kidney-shaped, toothed; flowers, in June and July, yellow, on foot-stalks longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules thirteen, two-toothed; propagated by cuttings in common garden earth.

49. Few-flowered Mulberry-leaf (A. pauciflorum, St. Hilaire). A stove shrub, four feet high, from Brazil: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, unequally toothed, velvety; flowers red, axillary, solitary; capsule velvety twelve to thirteen horned, four to nine-seeded.

50. Long-stalked Mulberry-leaf (A. pedunculare, Humboldt). A stove shrub, four feet high, from South America: leaves roundish, egg-oblong, deeply heart-shaped, taperpointed, toothed, hairy above, hoary beneath; flowers purple, on solitary, very long foot-stalks; petals bent backwards; capsules twenty, three or four-seeded.

51. Softest Mulberry-leaf (A. permolle, Willdenow). A stove evergreen shrub, four to eight feet high, from South America in 1817: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taperpointed, unequalled nicked, cottony; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on axillary solitary flower-stalks, upper ones somewhat clustered; capsules nine to ten, beaked, three-seeded; propapated by seed in common garden earth. Sida permollis, D. C. Sp. 153.

52. Petiolar Mulberry-leaf (A. petiolare, Humboldt). A stove shrub, four feet high, from New Granada: leaves on long foot-stalks, roundish, deeply heart-shaped, taperpointed, doubly-toothed, soft, downy above, white cottony beneath; flowers white, on axillary foot-stalks, one flowered; capsules eleven, three to four-seeded.

53. Downy Mulberry-leaf (A. pubescens, Cavanilles). A stove shrub, three feet high, from St. Domingo: downy; leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, angularly nicked, cottony; flowers whitish, on foot-stalks longer than the leafstalks; capsules fifteen, abrupt, two-toothed, three-seeded.— Cav. Diss. I., p. 33, T. 7, f. 6.

54. Fair Mulberry-leaf (A. pulchrum, Colladon). An ornamental stove shrub, one to two feet high, from the island of St. Martha in 1826: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, unequally toothed, rather three-lobed at the tip; flowers, in July and August, very elegant, yellow, with a dark centre, on solitary one-flowered foot-stalks; capsules ten to thirteen, awnless, three-seeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida pulchra, Coll. Hort. Rip., p. 129. T. 34.

55. Reflex Mulberry-leaf (A. reflexum, Cavanilles). A stove shrub, four feet high, from Peru in 1799: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, nicked, and cottony; flowers, in July and August, large, scarlet, on single footstalks, longer than the leaf-stalks; petals wedge-shaped, bent backwards; capsules twelve, three-seeded; propagated by cuttings in common garden earth. Sida retrorsa, L'Heritier. Cav. Diss. I., p. 36, T. 7 and 6, T. 195, f. 1. D. C. Sp. 127.

56. River-bank Mulberry-leaf (A. rivulare, St. Hilaire). A stove shrub, three feet high, a native of Brazil: leaves heart-shaped, oblong, blunt, toothed, cottony; flowers red, in umbels; capsules ten to twelve, three-seeded.

57. Rusty Mulberry-leaf (A. rufescens, St. Hilaire). A stove shrub, three feet high, from Brazil: rusty; leaves egg-oblong, lance-shaped, blunt at the base, taperpointed at the tip, toothed, smooth above, cottony beneath; flowers yellow, in bundles; capsules thirteen to sixteen, four to nine-seeded.-St. Hil. Fl. Bras. I., p. 205, T. 42.

Var. a. Crowded Mulberry-leaf (A. confertum, St. Hilaire): leaves lance-shaped, somewhat line-like, and crowded.

58. Terminal Mulberry-leaf (A. terminale, Cavanilles). A stove shrub, three feet high, from Monte Video: leaves egg-oblong, heart-shaped, deeply nicked, cottony; flowers yellowish and rose-coloured on the exterior; clusters terminal, and furnished with flower-scales (bractea); capsules ten to twelve, awnless, three-seeded.—Cav. Diss. I., p. 29, T. 6, f. 6, et T. 195, f. 2.

59. Umbelliferous Mulberry-leaf (A. umbelliferum, St. Hilaire). A stove shrub, seven feet high, from Brazil: leaves heart-shaped at the base, abruptly taper-pointed, velvety above, and hoary beneath; flowers purplish, in umbels, on the tops of long flower-stalks; capsules twelve to thirteen, three-seeded, with an equal number of beaks.

60. Bladdery Mulberry-leaf (A. vesicarium, Cavanilles). An evergreen stove shrub, three feet high, from Mexico in 1822 leaves egg-oblong, heart-shaped, toothed, rather threetoothed, white beneath; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on foot-stalks twice the length of the leaf-stalks; capsules ten, awnless, five-seeded; propagated by cuttings in common garden earth. Sida vesicaria, Cav. Diss. II., p. 55, T. 14,

f. 3.-D. C. Sp. 158.

61. Vine Mulberry-leaf (A. vitifolium, Cavanilles). A greenhouse shrub, six feet high, from Chili: leaves heartshaped, five to seven-lobed; lobes taper-pointed, toothed, cottony beneath; flowers large, rose-coloured, on foot-stalks longer than the leaf-stalks, branched and umbelled; capsules nine, each two-awned at the tip, and six-seeded.-Cav. Icon. T. 428. Sida vitifolia, D. C. Sp. 163.

3. Herbs.

62. American Mulberry-leaf (A. Americanum, Linnæus). A stove annual, six feet high, from Jamaica in 1733 leaves heart-shaped, oblong, undivided, cottony; flowers, in July and August, large, yellow, on foot-stalks shorter than the leaves; capsules twelve; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida Americana, D. C. Sp. 138.

63. Asiatic Mulberry-leaf (A. Asiaticum, Linnæus). A stove annual, two feet high, from the East Indies in 1768: leaves heart-shaped, egg-oblong, toothed, velvety; flowers, in July and August, small, yellow, on foot-stalks longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules twenty, woolly, three-seeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth.

64. Avicenna's Mulberry-leaf (A. Avicenna, Gærtner). A hardy annual, three or four feet high, from India in 1596: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, cottony; flowers deep yellow, on stalks shorter than the leaf-stalks; capsules fifteen, abrupt, hairy, two-beaked, three-seeded. Sida Abutilon, Linnæus.-D. C. Sp. 139.

65. Curled Mulberry-leaf (A. crispum, Linnæus). A stove annual, one foot high, from Carolina in 1726: leaves heart-shaped, taper-pointed, nicked, rather cottony; flowers, in July and August, small, white, on solitary foot-stalks longer than the leaf-stalks, and when in fruit bent backwards; capsules twelve to thirteen, three-seeded; fruit bulged, awnless, and wavedly curled, with a hairy kernel; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida amplexi caulis, Lamarck. Sida crispa, D. C. Sp. 131.

66. Hairy Mulberry-leaf (A. hirtum, Lamarck). A stove annual, three feet high, from the East Indies in 1820: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, toothed, covered with white cotton beneath; flowers, in July and August, pale yellow, on stalks longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules fifteen to seventeen, shorter than the calyx; branches hairy; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida pilosa, L'Heritier. Sida hirta, D. C. Sp. 147.

67. Indian Mulberry-leaf (A. Indicum, Linnæus). An evergreen stove annual, two feet high, from the East Indies in 1739: leaves heart-shaped, somewhat lobed, soft; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on erect foot-stalks three times longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules thirteen to fifteen, rough, three-seeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Abutilum elongatum, Manch.

68. Jacquin's Mulberry-leaf (A. Jacquini, G. Don). A stove annual, four feet high, from Jamaica: leaves heartshaped, undivided, taper-pointed, nicked and downy; flowers yellow, on stalks as long as the leaf-stalks; capsules ten, three-seeded. Sida Abutiloides, Jacquin; Lavatera Americana, Linnæus.-G. Don's Syst. Gard., I. p. 503..

69. Awnless Mulberry-leaf (A. muticum, Delille). A plant one foot high, from Upper Egypt: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, rather taper-pointed, coarsely toothed, soft; flowers yellow, on foot-stalks shorter than the leaf-stalks; capsules twenty-five to thirty, awnless. Sida mutica, D. C. Sp. 137.

70. Poplar-leaved Mulberry-leaf (A. populifolium, Lamarck). A stove or hothouse annual, from two to six feet high, from the East Indies in 1820: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, unequally toothed; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on stalks longer than the leafstalks; capsules eleven to nineteen, three-seeded; stem dark purple; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida Eteromischos, Cavanilles; Sida populifolia, Cavanilles. Lam. Dict. I. p. 7. D. C. Sp. 146.

71. Sonnerat's Mulberry-leaf (A. Sonneratianum, Cavanilles). A stove plant, said to be biennial, two feet high, from the Cape of Good Hope in 1806: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, taper-pointed, toothed, cottony; flowers, in June and July, on solitary stalks longer than the leaves; capsules nine, three-seeded; propagated by seed in common garden earth.-Cav. Diss., I. p. 29, T. 6, f. 4. D. C. Sp. 142.

72. Linden Mulberry-leaf (A. tillæ folium, Fischer). A green-house annual, two feet high, from China and Thibet in 1821: leaves large, heart-shaped, roundish, with a broad recess, taper-pointed, toothed, soft, and downy; flowers, in July and August, yellow, on foot-stalks shorter than the leafstalks; capsules fifteen, hairy, two-awned; propagated by seed in common garden earth. Sida tillæfolia, D. C. Sp. 136.

73. Abrupt Mulberry-leaf (A. truncatum, Cavanilles). A stove annual, two feet high, from St. Domingo: leaves roundish, heart-shaped, abrupt, and blunt at the tip, toothed, cottony; flowers primrose-yellow, on stalks longer than the leaf-stalks; capsules nine, awnless, one or many-seeded. Cav. Diss., I. p. 35, T. 6, f. 7.

and cottony beneath; flowers purple, on solitary, axillary foot-stalks; capsules three-seeded. St. Hil. Fl. Bras., I. p. 204.

77. Grand-flowered Mulberry-leaf (A. grandiflorum, G. Don). A stove shrub, one to two feet high, from Guinea: leaves heart-shaped, lobe-toothed, roundish, on very long leaf-stalks; flowers large, yellow, solitary, one-flowered stalks; capsules numerous.- -G. Don, Syst. Gard. I. p. 504.

78. Ibarran Mulberry-leaf (A. Ibarrense, Humboldt). A stove shrub, six feet high, from South America: leaves on long stalks, roundish, deeply heart-shaped, taper-pointed, nicked, toothed, hoary above, white beneath; flowers pale yellow, on axillary two-flowered stalks; capsules threeseeded.-Sida Ibarrensis, D. C. Sp. 143.

ham). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, about five feet high, from New Holland in 1818: branches smooth, shining, diffuse; leaf-scales permanent; leaf-stumps line-like, sickle-shaped, stiff, sharp-pointed, alternate, and clustered; flowers, from March to June, yellow; heads of flowers axillary and solitary; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.-Field's N. S. Wales, p. 343.

4. Two-flowered Acacia (A. biflora, R. Brown). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, from New Holland in 1803 branches hairy; leaf-scales permanent; leafstumps triangular, one-ribbed, the upper margin having one gland-bearing tooth; heads solitary, on short foot-stalks, two-flowered; flowers, from March to July, yellow; propagated by seeds in sandy peat.-D. C. Sp. 4.

5. Brown's Acacia (A. Brownei, Steudel). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, about six feet high, from New South Wales in 1796 : branches smooth and shining; leaf-scales small, temporary; leaf-stumps line-like, awlshaped, sharp-pointed, pungent, distant, spreading; flowers, from March to August, yellow; heads solitary, on stalks shorter than the leaf-stumps; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat. A. acicularis, R. Brown, not Willdenow; A. juniperina, Sieber, No. 463.-D. C. Sp. 11.

6. Deceiving Acacia (A. decipiens, R. Brown). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, three feet high, from New Holland in 1803 : branches smooth and shining; leafscales temporary; leaf-stumps triangular, and somewhat trapezoid, the upper margin having one acute gland-bearing tooth; flowers, from March till June, yellow; heads manyflowered, usually solitary; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat. Bot. Mag., 1745. D. C. Sp. 3.

7. Delta Acacia (A. deltoidea, Cunningham). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, from three to six feet high, from New Holland in 1824 leaf-scales needle-shaped, in pairs; leaf-stumps axe-shaped, smooth, ending in a thorn, many-ribbed; branches downy; flowers in solitary heads, on foot-stalks which are longer than the leaf-stumps; propagated by cuttings in sandy loam.-Cunn. MSS.

8. Axe-shaped Acacia (A. dolabriformis, Wendland). A greenhouse, ornamental, evergreen shrub, about five or six feet high, from New Holland in 1818: branches somewhat | angular; leaf-scales temporary or wanting; leaf-stumps linelike, rather sickle-shaped; propagated by cuttings in sandy loam.-Wendl., No. 38. D. C. Sp. 2.

9. Urchin Acacia (A. echinula, De Candolle). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, from three to six feet high, from New Holland in 1824: branches hairy; leafscales bristle-shaped, permanent; leaf-stumps line-like, awlshaped, pungent, sharp-pointed; flowers from March to July; heads of flowers solitary; the flower-scales (bractee) ending in a thorn-like bristle, each longer than the corolla; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat. A. juniperina, Sieber, No. 447.D. C. Sp. 12.

10. Genista-leaved Acacia (A. genistifolia, Link). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, about three feet high, from New South Wales in 1825: leaf-stumps linelike, awl-shaped, pungent, close together; leaf-scales minute, thorny; flower-stalks solitary; flowers, from March to August, yellow; heads of flowers solitary; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.-D. C. Sp. 9.

11. Spear-leaved Acacia (A. hastulata, Smith). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, from three to six feet high, from New Holland in 1824 : leaf-scales bristlelike, erect, permanent; leaf-stumps smooth and shining, rhomboid, with a central rib, the upper margin having one gland, bearing a blunt tooth; flowers from April to June; heads solitary, three or four-flowered; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.-D. C. Sp. 5.

12. Juniper-leaved Acacia (A. juniperina, Willdenow). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, about six or eight feet high, from New Holland in 1790; branches downy; leaf-scales bristle-like, permanent; leaf-stumps linelike, awl-shaped, rigid, sharp-pointed; flowers, from March to June; heads of flowers solitary; propagated by cuttings

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in sandy loam. A. ulicifolia, Wendland; A. verticillata, Sieber.-Bot. Cab., 398. D. C. Sp. 10.

13. Ribbed Acacia (A. nervosa, De Candolle). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, from three to six feet high, from New Holland in 1824: leaf-scales permanent; leaf-stumps egg-oblong, terminated at both ends, one central rib, and with rib-formed entire margins; flowers, from April to June, yellow; heads usually in pairs, on footstalk five or eight-flowered; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.-D. C. Sp. 6.

14. Bird Acacia (A. Ornithophora, Sweet). An evergreen, greenhouse, ornamental shrub, from four to eight feet high, from New Holland in 1824: branches hairy; leafscales permanent, somewhat shorter than the leaf-stumps, which are obliquely-oblong, spear-shaped, one-ribbed, ending in a hooked beak at the tip; the whole leaf-stump like the outline of a bird; flowers, from April to June, on footstalks, in heads, solitary or in pairs, and numerous; propa gated by cuttings in sandy peat. Sweet's Flora Austral., 24. 15. Paradoxical Acacia (A. paradoxa, De Candolle). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, from three to six feet high, from New Holland leaf-scales tending to become thorny and permanent; leaf-stumps obliquely-oblong, lanceshaped, entire, waved, and one-ribbed; branches smooth and clammy; flowers, from April to June, solitary, in heads five to eight-flowered; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat. A. undulata, Willdenow.-D. C. Sp. 7.

16. Dagger-leaved Acacia (A. puginiformis, Wendland). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, about six feet high, from New Holland in 1818: branches smooth and shining; leaf-scales very acute and small; leaf-stumps linelike and rounded; flowers, from March till July, yellow ; heads of flowers solitary, on stalks three times shorter than the leaf-stumps; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.— Wendl. Diss., No. 26, T. 9. D. C. Sp. 13.

17. Trapezoid Acacia (A. trapezoidea, De Candolle). A shrub, four or six feet high, from New Holland in 1810: leaf-scales temporary; leaf-stumps irregularly trapeziumlike, having on the upper margin two blunt gland-bearing teeth; flowers, from March to June, yellow, in heads, axillary, usually solitary, without flower-stalks; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat. Considered by some as a variety only of A. decipiens.-D. C. Sp. 3, var. B.

2. Flowers collected into globose heads, with a solitary head on each flower-stalk; flowers yellow; leaf-scales not thorny, but either small or wanting, and generally remaining only for a time.

18. Two-edged Acacia (A. anceps, De Candolle). An ornamental, evergreen shrub, about five feet high, from New Holland in 1820: branches angularly two-edged; leaf-stumps inversely egg-oblong, entire, one rib in the middle; flowers, from April to June, in single heads; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.-D. C. Sp. 26.

19. Brunian Acacia (A. Brunoni, or A. Brunioides, Cunningham). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, about three or four feet high, from New South Wales in 1824 : leaf-stumps disposed in something like whirls, crowded, very short, flattish, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed ; flowers, from April to June, yellow, on stalks double the length of the leaf-stumps; propagated by cuttings in sandy peat.-Cunn. MSS.

20. Reed-leaved Acacia (A. calamifolia, Sweet). A shrub, about four feet high, from New Holland in 1823: leaf-stumps thread-shaped, flattish, spreading, ending in a small sharp point, bent inwards at the top; flowers, in June, yellow, solitary, on stalks much shorter than the leaf-stumps. A. uncinata, Bot. Cab.-Bot. Reg., 839. D. C. Sp. 31.

21. Spoon-leaved Acacia (A. cochlearis, Wendland). An ornamental, evergreen, greenhouse shrub, four to six feet high, from New Holland in 1818: leaf-stumps line-like, spear-shaped, many-ribbed at the base, somewhat covered with long soft hairs, entire, and sharp-pointed; flowers, from April to June; pod four to eight-seeded; propagated by