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tTie Cliinere. They were formerly governed by tlieir own 

 fovereigns, but upon fubmitting to tlie emperor of Chiwa 

 they obtained peculiar privileges. Thefe people are well 

 made, and inured to labour. They have a peculiar lan- 

 guage of their o«-n, and a mode of writing which fcems to 

 be the fame with that of the bonzes of Pegu and Ava. 

 Thefe cunning prielts have acquired an influence over the 

 L.0-I0S in tlie wellcrn part of Yun-nan, and have intro- 

 duced among them the worfliip and religious ceremonies of 

 their country ; and they have even induced them to build 

 large temples of a different architeclure from that of the 

 Chmefe. The princes of the Lo-los are ablolute matters of 

 their fubjedls, and have a right of punidiing them, even 

 by death, without waiting for the anfwer of the viceroy. 

 Thefe princes have many ofBcers and men under their com- 

 mand ; and their militia is compofed of cavalry and infantry, 

 who are armed with bows and lances, and fometimes muf- 

 kets. The iron and copper mines which are lodged in their 

 mountains, enable them to make their own armour. Thefe_ 

 mountains alfo abound with mines of gold and filver. The 

 drefs of tlie Lo-los confifts of plain drawers ; a velt of cot- 

 ton hanging to their knees, and a flraw hat ; tlieir legs are 

 bare, and they wear only fandals. The women have a long 

 robe, covering the whole body down to the feet, above which 

 they tie a fmall cloak that reaches no further than the girdle. 

 In this drefs they appear on horfeback, at marriage cere- 

 monies, or when they pay vifits, accompanied by the females 

 in their train, who are alfo on horfeback, and by feveral 

 domed ics. Grofier. 



LOLPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 

 Jyenagur ; 15 miles S.S.E. of Jyepour. 



LOM, a town on the E. coaft of the ifland of Gilolo. , 

 S.lat".'o'i6'. E. long. i28«. 



LOMABLEM, or Lomblem, an ifland in theEail In- 

 dian fea, about 120 miles in circumference. S. lat. 8" 18'. 

 E. long. 123° 56'. 



LOMATIA, in Botany, from Mixv., a harder, becaufe 

 the feeds are terminated by a bordered ring. Brown Tr. of 

 Linn. Soc. v. 10. 199. Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 3S9. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. i. 212. — Clafs and order, fe/rariilria 

 Monogyn'ia. Nat. Ord. Proteacex, .lufT. Brown. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. none. Cur. Petals four, irregular, dif- 

 tinfti oblong, obliquely twilled toward one fide ; their fum- 

 mits dilated, concave, bearing the ftamens. Nectary three 

 glands at one fide of the bafe of the ftalk fupporting the 

 germen. Slam. Filaments four, extremely fhort, in the hol- 

 lows of the petals ; anthers roundifh, funk in the faid hol- 

 lows. P'lji. Germen fuperior, ilalked, half-ovate, ere£l ; 

 flyle permanent, incurved ; lligma oblique, dilated, roundifh, 

 nearly flat. Perk. Follicle ftalked, half-ovate, coriaceous, 

 crowned with the ftyle of one cell. Seeds many, imbricated 

 in two rows, elliptical, comprefTed, with a terminal bordered 

 win^r, whofe difk is without veins. 



EfT. Ch. Petals four, irregular. Stamens funk in the 

 cavities of the Hmb. Three glands, on one fide, at the bafe 

 of the flalk of the germen. Stigma obhque, flattifh. Fol- 

 licle coriaceous, of one cell. Seeds many, with a terminal 

 bordered wini'. 



Eight fpecies of this genus, fome found in New Hol- 

 land, others in South America, are defined by Mr. Brown. 

 They are " ihrubs, with alternate leaves, which are in many 

 cafes divided or toothed, rarely entire, fometimes various on 

 the fame individual plant. Clutters terminal, fometimes 

 axillary, elongated, loofe, occafionally fhort and corymbofe ; 

 their partial flalks in pairs, with one common bradtea to each 

 pair, riowers yellowifti-white. Involucrum none. Nucleus 



of the feed bcfprinklcd with rulphiir-colonrej powder." 



Brown. 



I. \.. ftlaifol'ia. Cut-leaved Lomatia. Sims in Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1272. (Embothrium filaifolium ; Sm. Bot. oF New 

 Holl. 23. t. 8. E. herbaceum ; Cavan. Ic. v. 4. 58.1. 3S4.) 

 — Leaves doubly pinnatifid, very fmooth ; fegments linear, 

 v/edge-fhaped, or lanceolate, acute, pointed, reticulated with 

 veins. Clutters very fmooth, elongated, fimple or divided. 

 — Native of light fandy fields and heaths, on the eatt coad 

 of New Holland, near Port Jackfon. It is faid to have 

 been fent to Kew garden, by fir .Tofcph Banks, in 1792. 

 We firft faw it in flower at MefTrs. Grimwood's, Kenfing- 

 ton, in the fum.mer of 1793, where it was kept in the flove ; 

 but the fhelter of a greenhoufe is fuflicient- It is propa- 

 gated either by feeeds or layers. The whole plant is ver^ 

 rigid and fmooth, three or four feet high, but little branched. 

 Lenves dark green, with various, more or left compound, 

 decurrent fegments, much refembling fome of the umbelli- 

 ferous tribe. Flo-wers white, inodorous, in long, terminal 

 clutters, whofe ttalks have occafionally a redditti tinge. 

 Fruit about an inch long. Everj part turns quite black in 

 drying. See Embotiiuium. 



2. L. tin^oria. Colouring Lomatia. Labill. Nov. Holl. 

 V. I. 31. t. 42, 43 — Leaves once or twice pinnatifid, or un- 

 divided, fmooth ; fegments peftinate, fingle-ribb"d, almod 

 veinlcfs, bluntifli, pointed. Clutters elongated, fmooth,- 

 unbranched. — Gathered by Labillanliere and Brown in hilly 

 places and fields at Van Diemen's land. The Jlem is fi.-c 

 feet high. Leaves very various, ufually very neatly pinna- 

 tifid, with numerous, parallel, linear-lanceolate, fometimes 

 fubdivided, fegments ; more rarely undivided, (lightly notched 

 at the tip. Clujlers loofe, with fewer flowers, on longer 

 ftalks than the former. The fulphur-coloured powder which 

 covers the feeds, is faid by Labillardiere to give out a rofe« 

 coloured dye to water. 



3. h.ferruginea. Rutty Lomatia. (Embothrium ferru- 

 gineum ; Cavan. Ic. v. 4. 59. t. 385.) — Leaves doubly pin- 

 natifid, downy ; fegments ovate or lanceolate. Clutters 

 ihorter than the leaves. — Gathered by Louis Nee at St. 

 Carlos de Chiloe, South America, in places occafionally 

 overflowed by the fea, flowering in February. Therein 

 is ten or twelve feet high, rarely ftraight ; its branches 

 downy. Leaves doubly pinnatifid, acute ; the down of the 

 young ones rutty, of the old ones grey. Petei/i red within ; 

 yellowifh-green without. 



4. L. polymcrpha. Various-leaved Lomatia. — Leaves 

 linear-laneeolate ; entire, toothed, or pinnatifid ; downy, 

 like the branches and flower-ftalks, beneath. Clutters co- 

 rymbofe, terminal. Corolla fomewhat hairy. Piftil very 

 fmooth. — Gathered on the fouthern hills of Van Diemen's 

 land, by Mr. Brown, who conceives this fpecies to liave 

 been confounded by Labillardiere under our fecond, when 

 he fays " the leaves of that are fometimes befprinkled at 

 their back with Ihort rufous down."'- Two varieties of L. 

 polyni'jrpha are indicated ; one whofe leaves are undivided, 

 their downinefs grey, and their feed-veflels but half an inch 

 long; the other with generally cut or pinnatifid leaves, 

 rutty underneath, and their feed-veflTels near an inch ia 

 length. 



5. L. UicifcUa. Ilex-leaved Lomatia. — " Leaves oblong- 

 ovate, acute, with fine fpinous teeth, reticulated, quite 

 fmooth, as well as their footllalks. Clutters elongated, 

 terminal.'' — Native of barren fields at the fides of bills on 

 the fouthern coaft of New Holland, near port Phillip, where 

 Mr. Brown gathered it, after the flowers were fallen. 



6. L. longifdia. Long-leaved Lomatia. (Embothrium 

 myrigoidcs J Gasrtn. v. 3. 21 j. t. aiS-.' Br}) — Leaves' li- 



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