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25. PLAGIANTHtJS Lampem^ Booth Mss. 



P. Lampenii ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis basi trinerviis serratis subtus farinoso-to- 

 mentosis, racemis laxis nutantibus petiolo mult6 longioribus, petalis ciliatis 

 calyce longioribus, stylis tubo staminum multo brevioribus. 



" This plant was raised about five years ago, by the 

 Rev. Robert Lampen, Vicar of Probus, near Truro, from 

 some seeds which had been sent him from Van Diemen's 

 Land, of which it is believed to be a native. It seems to be 

 sufficiently hardy to endure the common winters of Cornwall, 

 and in the course of a few years I have no doubt of its being 

 found well suited for sheltered situations, and an interesting 

 addition to our collection of hardy evergreens. Specimens 

 of it were first communicated to me by Mr. Lampen in 

 November, 1836, and again in 1837, from one of which I 

 have prepared the accompanying figure and description. 



" A handsome, upright, branching, leafy shrub, attain- 

 ing the height of six or eight feet, and flowering in great 

 profusion from November till February. The branches are 

 small and round, and, together with the leaves, are more or 

 less densely covered with short, hoary, stellate pubescence, 

 which gives them a roughish brown appearance. Leaves on 

 short foot-stalks, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, varying 

 from four to five inches in length, and from half an inch to 

 an inch in breadth, attenuated towards the base, sharply and 

 regularly serrated ; of a deep green above, hoary beneath, 

 and strongly reticulated, with a prominent midrib, and a 

 single vein on either side of it, extending from the base to 

 about a third the length of the leaf. Flowers produced on 

 short, axillary, leafy panicles ; small and numerous, of a 

 pale yellowish tinge almost white. Pedicels short, round, 

 and slender. Calyx 5-toothed, acute, pinkish inside at the 

 bottom. Petals five, roundish oblong, much longer than the 

 calyx, narrowing downwards, and overlapping one another 

 so as to make the flower somewhat funnel-shaped, with the 

 outward edge a little recurved. Filaments united about 

 the length of the petals, divided into several parcels at 

 the extremity, with large, yellow, roundish, one-celled 

 anthers. Styles two small stumps, scarcely so long as the 

 calyx."— W. B. Booth. 



I am obliged to Mr. Booth for the above memorandum 



