C 3908 ) 
LASIOPETALUM MACROPHYLLUM. LARGE- 
LEAVED LASIOPETALUM. 
SEK KKK EERE EERE EERE EEK 
Class and Order. 
PenTanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—By7Trneriacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx persistens. Petala 5 glanduliformia. Filamenta 
5 libera. Anthere intus poris 2 dehiscentes. Ovarium 1, 
3-loculare, loculis biovulatis. Capsula 3-valvis, septis val- 
varibus, dehiscentia loculicida. Semina strophiolata laci- 
niata.—Stipule o. Folia lineari-lanceolata integerrima. 
Inflorescentia cymosa oppositifolia. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
LastopetaLum macrophyllum ; foliis deltoideo-ovatis triner- 
viis, bracteis tribus lanceolato-ellipticis, segmentis ca- 
lycinis intus glabris, ovario 5-loculare. Graham. 
LasioperaLum macrophyllum. Graham. 
This new and very distinct species was raised from New 
South Wales’ seeds, transmitted to the Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, in July, 1835, by the late Mr. Ricuarp Cun- 
nincuaM. Ithas been kept in the greenhouse, and flowered 
freely for the first time in May, 1841. 
Descr. Shrub erect. Stem robust, (in the specimen 
described, which is still growing freely, five feet high,) bark 
brown, cracked, rough; branches, and especially the young 
twigs, covered closely with light coloured tomentum mix 
with stellate, rusty pubescence. Leaves (five to seven inches 
long, two and a quarter to three inches broad) petiolate, 
deltoideo-ovate, slightly cordate at the base, green and — 
hispid above, densely covered with a white ptcsie ie 
mix 
