Tas. 4377. 
~ ANOPTERUS ecuanpu.osus. 
Glandular-leaved Anopterus. 
Nat. Ord. Saxtrrace®.—HeExanpria DiGynia. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus turbinatus imo ovario basi adnatus, lobis 6 brevibus 
acutis persistentibus. Petala 6 lobis calycinis alterna, calyci inserta. Stamina 
6, cum petalis inserta, iis alterna et breviora. Stylus brevis. Stigma bifidum, 
Capsula oblonga, 1-locularis, bivalvis, valvulis ab apice ad basin dehiscentibus. 
Placenta ad earum margines. Semina ovata, compressa, ala superne aucta.— 
Arbuscula glaberrima. Folia alterna ramis opposita, ovali-oblonga, utringue 
attenuata, subsessilia, coriacea, calloso-dentata. Racemi simplices 1-4 sudbtermi- 
nales, Flores interdum {fidi. DC. 
Anoprerus glandulosus. 
Anoprerus glandulosus. Labill. Nov. Holl. v.4. p. 86. t.112. De Cand. Prodr. 
v.4. p.6. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 133. 
A truly handsome evergreen shrub, native of Van Diemen’s 
Land, and introduced to the Royal Gardens of Kew by Ronald 
Gunn, Esq. We have hitherto treated it as a greenhouse 
plant; but in the milder parts of England, near the coast, it 
would in all probability bear the open air all the year round, 
perhaps, even about London, if trained to a wall having a good 
aspect. Its season of flowering (winter) would be unfavourable 
to the blossoming in such a situation; but the fine dark green 
foliage, not much unlike that of Photinia serrulata, is at all 
times a recommendation. . 
Descr. A shrud, with us two to three feet high, with stout, 
terete branches. eaves chiefly at the extremities of the new 
shoots, obovato-lanceolate, shortly acuminated, tapering below 
Into a short petiole, persistent, dark green, penninerved, calloso- 
Serrate, the young ones glanduloso-ciliato-dentate. _ Racemes 
longer than the leaves, axillary, at first covered with large 
membranous, coloured, deciduous Jdracts.  Pedicels single- 
flowered, an inch and more long, with one or more small deci- 
duous, subulate bracts. Calyx deeply six-partite; segments 
ovate, acute, persistent. Corolla of six, erecto-patent, concave, 
JUNE Ist, 1848, 
