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CALOTHAMNUS villosa. 
Villous Calothamnus. 
POLYADELPHIA ICOSANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Myrracex. 
CALOTHAMNUS Labillardiére. — Staminum phalanges (4-5) petalis 
opposite: (aliquee nunc connate v. steriles). Anther@ basi inserte integer- 
rime. Capsula 3-locularis polysperma, connata et inclusa calycis tubo 
incrassato basi adnato (ramo). Brown in Hort. Kew. iv. 417. \ 
C. villosa; floribus 5-fidis, phalangibus distinctis eequalibus polyandris, foliis 
adultis fructibusque villosis. Brown l.c. Link. enum, 2. 274. Spreng. « 
syst. 3. 338. 
Frutex humilis, compactus. Rami teretes, cicatrizati, hirtt. Folia jili- 
formia, villosa, densissimée imbricata.. Flores sessiles, congesti. Ovarium. 
subrotundum, calyxque albo villosa. Petala subrotunda, rubra, ciliata. 
Staminum phalanges polyandri, atrosanguinet, petalis multoties longiores. 
A native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where 
seeds were collected and sent to the Royal Garden at 
Kew, in 1803, by Mr. Peter Good. It is a fine hardy 
greenhouse plant, producing its rich crimson flowers in 
August and September. It grows well, but slowly, in peat, 
loam, and sand; and young cuttings root pretty freely in 
sand, under a bell glass, care being taken to keep the 
inside of the glass dry. 
Calothamnus is beautifully distinguished from Melaleuca 
by having its anthers attached to the filament by their 
base, and not by their middle; and from Beaufortia by the 
apex of the anthers being entire, not bifid with deciduous 
lobes. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in 
August 1825. ; 
