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LAMBERTIA fonnosa 

 JRed-flowered LamherUu, 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



NaU ord> PROTE^. Jussieu gen- 78. Div, L 



FroteacejE. Brown in trans, linn, ioe^ 10, 1ft, Meqa. 

 Dw. IL Fructus dehiscens. Sahdiv. A. VNILOCt/lARIS. Ovanwn 

 dispermum. Fructus quanddque moaospermus. Anti^er^ exsertae, apicibus 

 corolla rcvolutis. GlmtdnhB hypogynie 4, distiDct^^ v- coonatae. involu* 

 crum coloratum, deciduun]» uni-mtilttflonim^ recep^ulo piano, Semina 

 mar^nata. Stigma subulabim. 



LAJBERTIA. Car, tubulosa^ 4-lida; laciniis spiralit^r rerolutis^ stanu- 

 nifcris. FoUiculus coriaceo-ligneus, Involucrvm 1'7*.iloruiQ. Hecept* epa^ 

 leatum. Brawn in Hart. Kew^ ed. % 1. 211. 



Fnitices puicherrimi, ramis verticiliatis. Folia terTia, ^^it^ integerrima, 

 Involucra terminalia, solitaria, colaratut in plerisque ^-fiora^ rarb \-Jiofa. 

 FoUicuIi subcuneaH^ apice kinc cuspidati ind^ bicomet^ v* ntutici, quanddque 

 echinati. Brawn prod. 1.386. 



Ij. formosa, involucris 7-floris: foliotis interioriobus coroUam sequantibus, 

 stylis pilosis^ folliculis hiQc cuspidatis; ind^ bi^orn'^us^ foliis Uneari- 

 lanceofatia cuspidato-mucronatis margine revolutis, ffrown in linn* irans, 

 10. 188- 



Lambeitia formosa. Smith in linn, trans* 4. 228. t. 2o. Andrewg*s repasit. 

 69. Cavan. ic. 6. 32. t, 547. Brown prod, 1. 3^7, Bart. J{ew. ed. 2, 

 1. 211. Persoon sgn. 1* 116. 



Frotea nectariDa. WendL sert. hannav. 4. 5. t, 21. 



An australian genus, originally proposed by Sir James 

 Smith from the present species, to which Mr. Brown has 

 added three others, discovered by himself. 



Formosa^ the only species we believe in our gardens, 

 was introduced by Messrs* Lee and Kennedy^ of the Ham- 

 mersmith nursery, in 1788. It is cultivated in the green- 

 house, where it flowers from June to August. 



The masterly drawing has been liberally communicated 

 for the use of this work by Mr, Lambert, for whom it was 

 done by Mr. Ferdinand Bauer. 



The following is the vension of Mr. Bfov^'s description 

 of the genus. 



Involucres coloured, terminal, solitary, l-7-flowered 

 (generally 7- seldom 1 -flowered), deciduous. Corolla tuba- 



