( 1810 ) 



Leptospermum grandifolium. Large- 

 leaved South-Sea Myrtle. 



Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-fidus, semi-superus. Petala 5 unguiculata, stami- 

 nibus longiora. Stigma capitatum. Caps. 4- vel 5-locuIaris. 

 Semina anaulosa. 



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Specific Character and Synonym. 



Leptospermum grandifolium ; foliis Ianceolatis utrinque an- 

 gustatis mucronatis, calycibus villosis : dentibus coloratis, 

 bracteis gemmaceis persistentibus. 



Leptospermum grandifolium; foliis Ianceolatis mucronatis 

 subquinquenervibus subtus pubescentibus, calycibus vil- 

 losis : dentibus membranaceis coloratis. Smith in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. v. 6. p. 299. 



Many of the leaves on the lower parts of the shrub and on 

 the sterile branches exceed an inch and a half in length and a 

 third of an inch in breadth. The size of the flowers too 

 exceeds that of any other species of Leptospermum. Our 

 friend Sir James E. Smith has remarked the great similarity 

 that exists between this plant and Fabricia laevigata; a 

 resemblance which struck us so forcibly, that, before we 

 discovered that it had been already described, we intended 

 giving- it the name of fabricioides. The leaves differ so much 

 with respect to pubescence, that little use can be made of this 

 character, the older ones being quite naked, whilst the young 

 ones are villous on both sides, as are the branches that bear 

 them ; nor are the number of nerves more to be depended 



upon. 



