scientific name of the genuscontaining the flower called the Waratah (q.v.),from the Greek taelowpos, `seen from afar,' in allusion(as the author of the name, Robert Brown, himself says) tothe conspicuous crimson flowers. The name has been corruptedpopularly into Tulip, and the flower is often calledthe Native Tulip.
1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 110:
«The beautiful crimson flowering shrub, with dark greenrhododendron-like leaves, which grows in the upper regionof Mount Wellington. . . . The generic name is derived from telopos, seen at a distance. It has been corruptedinto tulip tree, to which it bears not the least resemblance.»