( 4023 ) 



LOMATIA ILICIFOLIA. HOLLY-LEAVED 

 LOMATIA. 



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Class and Order. 



Tetrandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Proteace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium irregulare, foliolis distinctis secundis. Sta- 

 mina apicibus cavis perianthii immersa. Glandule hypo- 

 gynae 3, secundse. Ovarium pedicellatum, polyspermuin. 

 Stylus persistens. Stigma obliquum, dilatatum, subrotun- 

 dum, planiusculum. Folliculus ovali-oblongus. Semina 

 apice alata; ala marginata, disco evasculoso. — Frutices. 

 Folia alterna, in plerisque divisa v. dentata, rarius integer- 

 rima, quandoque in eodemfrutice varia. Racemi terminates, 

 interdum axillares, elongati, laxi, nunc abbreviati, corym- 

 bosi, paribus pedicellorum unibracteatis. Flores ochroleuci. 

 Involucrum nullum. Seminis nucleus farina sulphurea con- 

 spersus. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lomatia ilicifolia; foliis ovatis oblongis elliptico-lanceola- 

 tisve spinoso-dentatis reticularis, adultis glabnusculis, 

 racemis elongatis, perianthiis pilis appressis, pistillis 

 glaberrimis. Br. 



Lomatia ilicifolia. Br. Prodr. \.p. 390. Suppl.p. S3. 



(«.) ovata; foliis oblongo-ovatis, racemis termmalibus et e 

 summis alis. Br. Suppl. I. c. 



(3.) glabrata; foliis elliptico lanceolatis, racemis termma- 

 libus, petiolis ramulisque adultis glabns. Br. I. c. 



(y.) axillaris; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, petiolis ramulis- 

 que pubescentibus, racemis axillanbus. Br. I. c. 



(i.) pinnatifida; foliis non raro pinnatifidis. ( lab.noslr. 



4023.) A .. 



Apparently 



