Proleacea.] FLO ra OF TASMANIA. 
Gen. X. TELOPE \ 
Mores dense corymbosi, involucrati. Perianth in in irregularis liinr longitudinaliter fissum, unilabiatum, 
labio 4-fido lobis concavis antheriferis. Anthem sessiles. Glandula hypogyna mitlHIIwkril 
stipitatum, multi-ovulatura ; stylo filiformi, persistente; stigtnate oblirpio, com. 
eylindrnceus, 1-locularis, pellicula serainibus interposita. &w/;w apico alata, truncata v. mi 
immarginata, raphe bicruri.— Frutices ; ramis tmbperUeill 
rim is dentatisve ; racemis tcrmintdibus : lloribus geminath. per , -/■/<. 
The only two known species are very conspicuous and singularh beautiful pla w\-. 
inhabits the mountains near Port Jackson, and the other those of Tasmania. The Tnsmaniau T. truncata is a 
shrub, 6-10 feet high, with robust, pubescent brandies. leaves very coriaceous, spreading, narrow, bmar-obovate 
or obovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, pubescent beneath, narrowed into a short peii..l. . 
of blossoms 2-3 inches across, crimson, loaded with honey. F/otcrr* densely eon mbose. with numerous imbri- 
cating, acuminate, silky bracts at the base of the peduncles. Perianth about 1 inch lout:, irregular, one-lipped, lip 
quadrifid. Capsule woody, \l inch Ions:, linear-obovate. curved, terete, minuteh pub -e, nt, terminated with the 
persistent, woody style. Seeds numerous, winged. (Name from i y X— n t, mm „/ g mmm .• from tfc 
inflorescence.) 
(Br. Prodr. 3S8) ; ramulis pubescent ibus, f.diis nnguste linean-obovatis ,,h- 
integerrimis v. rarius paucidentatis subitis pubesreniibus demum glabraiis, 
corymbo depresso, bracteis brevibus in DC. Vr«dr. xiv. H«b Kmbotlirium trunca- 
tum, Za£. JV<w. Soil, i. 32. (G«»», 175.) 
Hab. Abundant in cool, humid, mountainous regions, eh v. 2-)ntiii feet. 
(Colonial name, "Warratau.") 
Gen. XL LOMATIA, Br. 
Flores racemosi. Perianthium 4-phyllum, unilabiatum, irregulare, foliolis distinctis MCUnd 
subsessiles. Glandula hypogynae 3, secundse. Ovarium stipitatum, multi-ovulatum ; stylo persistente, fili- 
formi ; stigmate obliquo, dilatato, planiusculo. Follieulus ovali-oblongus, teres v. compressus, bivalvis, poly- 
spermy, pellicula seminibus interposita. Semina apice v. utrinque alata: raphe mar g ina l !, alim cingente. 
— Frutices r. arbusculse; foliis alter nis, plerisquc pinnai ' rarm ; ra- 
cemis termnaltbus axillaribusque ; floribus ochrolevcis, ge% i 
nuelc< > farina svlphurea consperso. 
A small genus of about seven species, confined to So I 
America. — Small or large shrubs or small trees, with afternsi 
lets, all turned in one direction, with concave tip-. ' !i^, ' , ' h . v l w " 
1. Lomatia polymorpha (Br. Prodr. 3S9) ; frutex, ramulis pubescenti-toracntosis, I 
Hneari-lanceolatis obtusis acutisve integerrimis dentatisve ovato-laneeolatisve siiiuato-i..b:iti«= pinnaliridisv- 
junioribus utrinque senioribus subtus rxxio- v. griseo-tomentosis demum glabratis, racemis brevibus tenm- 
nalibus tomentosis, pedicellis perianthium subaequantibus. — Br. Linn. Trans. x. I 
Prodr. xiv. 448. Embothrium tinctorium, lab. Ft. Xov. Holt. i. 31. t. 42. (Groin, 1241.) 
