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Calothamnus (Greek, beautiful bush). Myrtaceae. Australian shrubs (more than twenty species) somewhat similar to Callistemon but more graceful in habit; evergreen greenhouse subjects, and hardy out-of-doors in California.
Calothamnus (Greek, beautiful bush). Myrtaceae. Australian shrubs (more than twenty species) somewhat similar to Callistemon but more graceful in habit; evergreen greenhouse subjects, and hardy out-of-doors in California.
Leaves long, alternate: fls. showy, usually red, in lateral clusters; stamens united in bundles opposite the petals; anthers erect, attached by the base, oblong or linear; cells parallel, turned inwards, opening by longitudinal slits. For cult., see Callistemon.
Leaves long, alternate: fls. showy, usually red, in lateral clusters; stamens united in bundles opposite the petals; anthers erect, attached by the base, oblong or linear; cells parallel, turned inwards, opening by longitudinal slits. For cult., see Callistemon.
C. rupeatris, Schau. Evergreen shrub, the branches densely covered with needle-like small lvs. : fls. in small clusters on previous year's growth; stamens with crimson filaments and yellow anthers. B.M.7906. j Burtt Davy.
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