Tas. 7698, 
LOMATIA tonerrorta. 
Native of South-Eastern Australia, 
Nat, Ord. Proteace2.—Tribe EmBoturize. 
Genus Lomatia, Br. (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 183.) 
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Lomatia longifolia; fratex v. arbuscula fere glaberrima, ramulis novellis et 
inflorescentia minute strigillosis, ramis gracilibus, foliis 4-8 poll. longis 
sessilibus v. breviter petiolatis linearibus et lineari- v. oblongo- anceolatis 
acuminatis basi acutis remote dentatis supra lete viridibus subtus 
pallidis glaucescentibus, nervis distantibus tenuissimis, costa subtus 
prominula, racemis apices versus ramulorum numerosis axillaribus et 
terminalibus foliis brevioribus v. longioribus erecto-patentibus multi- 
laxifloris, rhachi gracili pedicellisque }-3 poll. longis viridibus, perianthii 
pol]. expans. pallide albi virescentis segmentis fosaritap patenti- revo- 
utis apicibus ovato-dilatatis, antheris parvis late ovatis sessilibus, 
glandulis hypogynis 3 globosis, ovario ellipsoideo glaberrimo, stipite 
curvo elongato, stylo stipite breviore decurvo, stigmate dilatato peltato 
trigono, folliculo pollicari stipitato decurvo gibboso oblongo-lanceolato 
glaberrimo tenuiter coriaceo polyspermo,.stylo persistente, seminibus 
oblongis imbricatis ala nucleo longiore. 
L. longifolia, Br. in Trans. Linn. Soe. vol. x. p. 200. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 442. 
Meissn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 447. Benth. Fl. Austral. vol. v. p. 537. 
Emporurium myricoides, Geertn. f. Fruct. vol. iii. p. 215, t. 218. 
E. longifolium, Poir in Lam. Dict., Suppl. vol. ii. p. 551, 
TRICONDYLUS myricefolius, Knight, Proteac. p. 122. 
Lomatia longifolia is an evergreen shrub, or small tree, 
attaining the height of twenty to twenty-five feet, with 
very variable foliage. It is a native of New Soutk Wales, 
from the neighbourhood of Sydney westward to the Blue 
Mountains, and southward to Two-fold Bay, near Cape 
Howe. It has also been found by F. Mueller on the King 
River, Mitta-Mitta and Buffalo ranges of the Victoria 
Alps. According to Lindley (in the “ Botanical Register,” - 
quoting Sweet’s “‘ Hortus Britannicus ”) it was introduced 
into England in 1816. It has long been in cultivation in 
the Royal Gardens, Kew, where it flowers, in the Temperate 
House, in July. | 
Descr.—An erect shrub or small tree, glabrous, except 
the young parts, which bears a scattered, ferruginous, 
deciduous, appressed pubescence; branches _ slender, 
Frsrvary 1st, 1900, 
