Mr. Brown, on the Troteacea of Jus»leu. 197 



Oreocallis grandifiora.-^- 



Enibothrium grandiflorum. Lam. Enct/c. Botmi. 2. p. 354.* 



Illmt. Gen. 1. p. 244. v. 1283. mild. Sp. PL 1. p. 538. 

 Enibothrium emarginatum. Flor. Periiv. et C/iil. p. 62. f. 95. 

 IIab. In Peiuvia; montibus ; in collibus frigidis Provinciae 

 TarmsE. Flor. Periiv. I. c. 



34. TELOPEA. 

 Embothrii species. Smith. Salisb. 

 CiJAR. Gen. Ca/^/j: irregularis, hinc longitudinaliter fissus, inde 

 quadrifidus. Stamina apicibus concavis calycis immersa. 

 Glandula hypogyna unica, subannularis. Ovarium poly- 

 spermum, pedicellatum. Stylus persistens. Stigma obliquum» 

 clavatum, convexum. Folliculus unilocularis, cylindraceus. 

 Semina apice alata, aid hinc iramarginati inde vasculosd 

 nervo obliqufe recurrenti. Involucrum (racemi v. corymbi) 

 imbricatura, deciduum. 

 Habitus. Frutices ramis determinatis. Folia sparsa, dentata v. 

 Integra. Racemi terminales, corymbosi, paribus pedicellorum 

 unibracteatis. Flores coccinei. 



Etym. TTjXuwo? qui e longinquo cernitur, quod de his frutici- 

 bus, floribus coccineis speciosis valet. 



In this genus, as well as in Lomatia, and perhaps in all those 

 with an indefinite number of seeds, an extremely thin black- 

 brown crust is interposed between the ripe seeds, exactly 

 corresponding with them in size and form, and which is pro- 

 bably the remains of a fluid matter that had separated them 

 in the unripe state. 



The most important characters distinguishing this genus from 

 Lomatia, seem to be the single semiannular or nearly cir- 

 cular gland, the cohering calyx, and the vascular wing of 



the 



