Lomatia dentata R.Br.

Seeds of this, the third Chilean lomatia, were sent home by H. F. Comber under his number 987 but there is no record of any garden plant from this source. It was reintroduced in 1963 by means of cuttings taken from a bush about 8 ft high growing near Lake Pangipulli in Osorno province. A plant from this sending, raised at Kew, is now growing at Wakehurst Place, Sussex, 11 ft high and 6 ft wide in 1984. Its flowers are greenish white, not pure white as on the wild plant from which the cutting was taken. L. dentata is very distinct from L. hirsuta in its toothed leaves and pure white flowers. It is unlikely to be as hardy.