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LiOMATlA TINCTORIA. DYEING LoMATIA. 



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Class and Order. 

 Tetrandria Monogyma. 



( Nat. Ord. — Proteace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium irregulare foliolis distinctis secundis. Sta- 

 mina apicibns cavis perianthiis immersa. Glandulce hypo- 

 gyna? 3, secundae. Ovarium pedicellatum, polyspernuim. 

 Stylus persistens. Stigma obliquum dilatatum snbrotun- 

 dum planinsculum. Folliculus ovali-oblongus. Semina 

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

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

 rima, quandoque in eodem frutice varia. Racemi terminates, 

 mterdum axiliares, elongati, laxi, nunc abbreviati, corym- 

 bosi, paribus pedicellorum unibracteatis. Flores ochroleuci. 

 Involucruin nullum. Seminis nucleus farina sulphurea 

 conspersus. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lomatja* tinctoria; foliis pinnatifidis bipinuatifidisve (raro 

 indivisis) »labris, pinnnlis linearibns distichis unirier- 

 vibus subaveniis obtusiusculis mucronulatis, racemis 

 elongatis glabris indivisis. Br. 



Lomatia tinctoria. Br. in Linn. Trans, v. 10./?. 199. Prodr. 

 FL Nov. Holl. p. 389. 



Embothrium tinctoriiun. Labill. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 31. t. 

 42, 43. 



Tricondylus tinctorius. Knight and Salisbury, Prot. 122. 



A native of Van Dieinen's Land, and introduced thence 

 % the late Mr. Allan Cunningham to the Royal Gardens 



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* So named by Mr. Brown from *«/*«, a border; because the seeds are 

 terminated by a bordered ring. 



