| + | Abrophyllum (Greek combination signifying delicate-leaved). Saxifragaceae. An endemic monotypic genus of New S. Wales: tall, handsome shrub: lvs. alternate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate and acuminate, to 9 in. long, somewhat toothed: fls. small, yellowish, in dichotomous corymbose panicles terminating the shoots or arising from the upper axils; petals, stamens and calyx-lobes 5: fr. a 5-celled ovoid berry. A. ornans, Hook, f., was intro. to Calif, in 1911 by Franceschi. |