336 



^' 



J 



LEUCOTHAMNUS Lindley, Swan-River Bot. 

 in App. ad Bot. Reg. p- XIX. No. 86. Endl. 



gen. No. 5824 ^ Meisn. gen. pag. 344. 



IjencotliainiiiiiS montaniiisi Lindley! 1. €• 



Thomasia macrocarpa Steiulel ! in Lelim. Plant. Preiss. 



T- 1. p. 235- No, 18. (An etiam Hu-el niss? in Endl. Nov. 

 stirp, Dec. 1. p. 32. No. 40. (1839.)^ 



llab. In Novae Hollaiidiae ora austraU - occulentali , in Swan -River Colonia, 

 Drunimondl Collect, 1. No. 380! (speciinina florigera). Inter fragmenta rupium ad 

 jugum montlum Darling's range, liaud procul a cataracta ad ostiiim fluniinis Cygno- 

 rum, d. 9. Aug. 1S39, Preiss! (Herb, Preiss. No. 1654! specimina fructifera.) 

 V. s, 



S[iecinieii aatlienticum Thomasiae 7)iacrocarpae ^ in horto Hiigeliano 

 cultuni, non vidl, et quum descriptio cL Endlicheri 1. c. cum nostris speci- 

 uuiiibus spontauels non omnino conveniat, q«\]>pe quae non Iiabeant /o/i^ 

 trinerma^ sed penninervia, nee calycem expansum diajnetro semipolljcartf 

 sed diametro pollicaii, equideni suspicor, plantam Iliigelianam e£ Preissutnam 

 sive Drummondianam esse species dlvcrsas, praesertim quum ^^ovarii funda 

 alamineo semiimmcrsi^^ mentio non facta sit. ftua caussa conunotus ue- 

 scriptioneni nostrae planfae fnsiorem elaboravi. 



Frutex 2-3-pedalis, teste cl. Preissio, tomento densissiino, stellate velu- 

 tinus. Trimciis teres, canescens, sive demum glabrescens, fusco branneus, 

 j'amosns. Rami, praesertim novelli, tomento stellato duplici, cujiis siiperius 

 ferrugineum, tomentoso-liispidi, teretes. Folia petiolata, (petiolo polVicari 

 vel paullo breviore, tomentoso, erecto-patenti,) subcoriacea, late rotundato- 

 ovata , ( speciuiina Drummondiana ) , sive late ovata , ( specimina Preis- 

 siana), basi profunda cordata, apice obtusa, irregulariter an;;ulato-den- 

 tata, niargine crispa sive leviter undulata, penninervia, nevvis subtus pronu- 

 nnlis, supra tomento stellato Lirta, subtus densissime stellato-velutina, cme- 

 vea, (specimina Drummondiana), sive subflavescentia, (specimina Preissiaiia), 

 1-3-poUicaria, basi V2-iy2 pollices lata, (imbo plerumque reflexo. Stipu^^^ 

 sessiles, dimidiato-ovatae, obtusae, basi valde inaequales, profunde semicor- 

 datae, latere exteriore prope basin subincisae, erectae, cauli appressae, >^ 

 Hn. longae, !>-5 lin. circiter latae, indumenio foliornm vestitae. Kacerni op- 

 positifolii, folio lons;iores, '2-3.polUcares; rAacAi dense tomentosa, basi longe 

 nuda, apice 2-5-flora; floribus secundis, nutantibus, magnis, brevissime pedi- 

 cellatis; pedicellis vix Ifneam longis, densissime velutlnis, basi apiceque 

 bracteatis; braciea basilari ovata sivelineari, utrinque attcnuata, i'^ '*"■ 

 longa, fiicie glabriuscula, dorso dense velutina; bractea hypocalyeina caly- 

 cem dimldium subsuperante, eique appressa, demum raro reflexa, 3-partita; 

 lacinils late ovatis, acutis, subaequalibus, uninerviis, 4 lin. circiter lon2iS 

 3 lin. latis, facie glabriusculis, dorso dense stellato-tomentosis, incanis, (sp.^' 

 cimina Drummondiana), sive utrinque incano-tomentosis, (specimina Prei^ 

 siana). Calyx campanulatus, petaloideus, maximus, expansus drametrui" 

 pollicare interdum superans, membrajiaceus, pallide violaceus, ultra medHH 

 profunde 5-partitus; laciniis ovatis, acutis, medio tenus carina media, jo"?'" 

 tudinali, atro-purpurea, supra medium evanescente sive divisa instructis, J,^" 



conspicitur, nee, ut cl. Lindley descripsit, libera); sterilia alterna, raemm'^ 

 nacea, plana, basi vaUle dilatata, ferruginea, uninervia, nervo discolort 



