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point, white with a purple keel down the back ; inner
leaflets obovately-ob ong, slightly emarginate, narrowed
at the base, 3 or 4 times larger than the outer ones.
Stamens 3 ; filaments slightly connected at the base,
flat, tapering upwards; anthers sagittate, 2-celled.
Style short, smooth. Stigmas 3, flat, tapering to a
^% h e present subject is a native of New Zealand,
where seeds of it were collected by Mr. John
Richardson, who disposed of them and numerous
other seeds of new and very rare plants from that
country and New Holland, to Mr. Colvill, and plants
raised from them are now in Mr. C.’s collection ; many
of which have flowered. There are now in flower
Baronia serrulata, a new species of Podolohium, and
a beautiful new plant from King George’s Sound, we
believe a new species of Callistachys. Many other
interesting plants from the same collection we expect to
see flower this season, which, we presume, will still vex
Billy Aiton, and his staunch radical friend old
Cobbett ! ! , , j
Several plants of the present species were planted
out in the open ground last Spring, where they have
remained to the present time, and have received no
injury from the Winter, but are growing as freely as
those that have been protected in a greenhouse ; the
one from which our drawing was taken, flowered in
April, but from the appearance of the plant we suspect
it will bloom at various seasons. It grows freely in a
rich light soil, and may be increased by dividing at the
root, or by seeds.
Mr. Brown was so obliging as to favour us vvith a
sight of a drawing from a native specimen ; in this the
plant was much stronger, the flowers larger, and the
panicle 4 times the size of ours, so that it will become
a handsome plant when of larger growth.
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1 Outer leaflet of the Perianthium, sliowing its fringed point. 2. Inner
ditto, showing its narrow base. 3. The 3 Stamens spread open, showing their
slight connection at the base. 4. Style terminated by 3 flat spreading Stigmas.