TELO'PEA SPECIOSIS'SIMA. 
MOST SHEWY TELOPEA. 
DICOTYLEDONEZ. 
Natural division 
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NATURAL ORDER, PROTEACES, 
MONOCHLAMYDER, Artificial o} 
OF to which pcnieiomracang 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant =} OF LINNEUs, 
No. 71. 
ENUS. Tetorea. R. Brown. Pertanturium irregulare, hine longitu. ~ 
dinaliter fissum inde 4-fidum. Sramrna apicibus concavis perianthii immersa. 
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ris. 
tum. Sryuvs persistens, Sricma obliquum, clavatum, convexum. FouicuLus 
unilocularis, cylindraceus. Semina apice alata, ala hinc immarginata inde 
ulosa, nervo oblique recurrente. Invotucrum (racemi vel ae ae imbri- 
eatum, deciduum. Brown, Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandiz I, p. 388. 
SPECIES. Tetoprsa sreciosissima. Foxtts cuneato oblongis inciso-den- 
tatis venosis cum ramulis involucrisque glaberrimis. Ibid. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, TELOPEA. PERIANTH irregular, be- 
ing sometimes longitudinally split, sometimes 4-cleft. Stamens hid 
in the concave points of the perianth. GLaNp hypogynous, single, 
subannular. Ovary many-seeded, stalked. Sry .e persistent. Stic- 
ma oblique, club-shaped, convex. FOovLicie one-celled, cylindrical. 
Seeps winged at the apex, wing sometimes immarginate, sometimes 
vascular, the nerve obliquely recurrent. INvoLucre (whether of the 
raceme or corymb) imbricated, deciduous. : 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, TELOPEA SPECIOSISSIMA, A 
Survs, which in its native country becomes 8 or 10 feet high, with 
definite branches, which are simple, round, and wand-like. Leaves 
scattered, exstipulate, oblong, wedge-shaped, obtuse, toothed or incised, 
from 4 to 8 inches long, attenuate at the base, smooth, veined, green 
on the upper surface, lighter almost glaucous beneath. FLOwERs 
forming a terminal raceme, which from the aggregation of the flowers 
has a capitate appearance, surrounded by an involucre of numerous 
lanceolate veined leaves, of the richest crimson, somewhat downy on 
the upper surface. Each flower pedicellate, with one bract to each 
pair of footstalks. Srpaxs of the perianth cohere at the base, except 
ReVERERCE TO THE DissECTIONS. 
1 Chee , With the pistil y liberated. 2,Seedvessel and seed. 3, Single seed, with its wing. 
