6, equal, inserted into the mouth of the tube, the united
bases of the filaments apparently constituting the lining of
that organ, the free portion very short, glabrous, flat, and
dilated towards the hase. Anthers linear, blunt, slightly
recurved, bilocular, orange, five times longer than the free
portion of the filaments, the cells attached along the inside,
and opening lengthways. Ovafium globular, 3-celled,
slightly adherent to the tube of the perianthium, the ovules
numerous in each cell, attached to a longitudinal placenta.
Style slender, filiform, glabrous. Stiyma capitate, projecting
considerably beyond the mouth of the tube.
This singularly beautiful 'species of Anigozanthos was
raised in the garden at Whitmore Lodge, Berks, the seat of
Robert Mangles, Esq. from seeds brought from Swan River
by Sir James Stirling, the enterprising governor of that
colony, by whom they had been presented to Mr. Mangles.
The greater length of the anthers, and the capitate stigma,
essentially distinguish it from the rest of the genus.
We are indebted to Mr. Donald Mackay, Mr. Mangles’
intelligent gardener, for the following particulars relative to
its culture.
“ The seeds were sown in August, 1833, and the young
dants were potted off, and kept in an airy part of the green-
louse during winter. Early in the spring they were repotted,
and in April they were planted out in a border composed
of maiden loam, leaf mould, and bog earth, in equal
proportions, with a slight mixture of pounded chalk, in which
the plants were found to thrive amazingly, shewing flower at
the age of ten months. I have tried them in bog earth alone,
the same as we use for Heaths, but it will not do for them.
A cold frame will protect them well enough in the winter.
The slugs are fonder of it, than of any other plant that I am
acquainted with.” The plant affords offsets freely, and is
therefore easily multiplied.
The generic name is compounded of avL-ffw to elevate, and
avOos a flower, from its flowers being elevated on a naked
stem.—D. Don.