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[pet]als downy. Petals of a greenish color within, broad at the base, & continuing the same breadth for above 2 thirds of their length, then they taper to a point. Styles sometimes reflected.
The best shrub as yet known in the colony for basket making, Nov 1802.
Leptospermum montanum
Leaves on short footstalks, oblong, very small, scattered, loosely tiled, without any nerves, with glandular dots. Flowers solitary, terminating the little branches. Calyx pubescent, Petals white, tinged with pink Stamens about 20, equal in length with the teeth of the calyx. Style cylindrical, shorter than the stamens, Summit headed Leaves when brushed smelling of camphor.
a shrub; bark of a loosish of an alive color. It is often affected with dead buds. Oct 1802