Tab. 7906. 



CALOTHAMNUS bupjsstius. 



Native of Western Australia. 



Nat. Ord. Myrtace.e. — Tribe Leptosperme.ic. 

 Geiins Calothamnus, Labill. ; (Benih. & JJoolc.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 706.) 



Calothamnus rwpestris ; frutex sempervirens, robustus cortice brunneo 

 priraum pubescente simul pilis paucis longis tenuissimis instructo, foliis 

 confertis spiraliter dispositis pollicaribus acicularibus strictis v. incurvis 

 rigidis teretibus primurn pilis longis ut iu ramia parce instructis cito 

 glabrescentibus glaberrimis pungentibus, fioribus in ramulis sessilibus 

 fasciculatis v. breviter spicatis, calycis i poll, longi albo-villosi hemi- 

 spherici crassi tubo brevi basi libero rotundato rarao non immerso, lobis 

 4 ovatis obtusis coriaceis, petalis 1-4, £ poll, longis ferj orbicularibus 

 concavis subtrilobis, disco intus papilloso, staminnm, phalangibus Ij polli- 

 caribus filamentis perplurimis infra medium in laminam late lineamm 

 coccineam confluentibus, antheris lineari-oblongis aurei?, capsula glabres- 

 cente fere globosa vel ellip^oidea §-r$ poll, longa lignosa haud immersa, 

 calysis lobis 2 oppositis tantnm auctis incurvis more psittaci rostrum. 



0. rupestris, Srhauer in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. vol. xxi. p. 26; Lehm. Plant. 

 Preiss. vol. i. p. 152. Benth. Flor. Austral, vol. iii. p. 179. 



Of the genus Calothamnus, which consists of twenty- 

 two species, all restricted to S. Western Australia, only 

 one has been previously figured in this work, namely, G. 

 qnatlrifidus, R. Br. (Bot. Mag. t. 1506), which appeared in 

 i8 12. One other species, G. villosus, R. Br., is known to 

 have flowered in Europe, and it is figured in the Botanical 

 BegisteVj t. 1099. Five are cultivated in the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, including rupestris and quadrifidus. I am 

 indebted to Mr. R. I. Lynch for the specimen of G. rupes- 

 tris here figured, which flowered in the Cambridge 

 Botanical Gardens in March of the present year. The 

 plant from which it was taken was obtained from Berlin 

 in 1896, and is about four feet high, and as broad across 

 the branches. Its brilliantly coloured stamens are a con- 

 spicuous feature, and Mr. Lynch informs me that they retain 

 their beauty for nearly, if not quite, three weeks. James 

 Drummond first discovered this, and several other species 

 of the genus, in the Swan River district. It is very 

 doubtful whether G. pinifolius, F. Muell., can be accepted 

 as a distinct species, because the characters relied upon 

 are inconstant. C. rwpestris is generally described as 



July 1st, 1903. 



