pointed, at first green, then becoming red, tipped with green, the
nerve in the centre, of the darkest red. Stamens 8 , filaments
hispidly hairy, obtuse a little below the insertion of the anther,
the anther inserted by the back to a slender short thread. Car-
pella 4, connected into a four-lobed ovarium, hairy in the furrows
and at the top, terminated by a short capitate Stigma. purple glossy Style, and
Our drawing of this handsome Shrub was made last month,
from a plant about six feet high, and branched all the way to the
bottom, at the Nursery of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, where it
was raised, we believe, for the first time in this country, from
seeds sent home by Mr. W. Baxter. It was first discovered by
A. Menzies, Esq. on the West Coast of New Holland, and was
described from his specimens in the eighth volume of the Linnean
lSaomceienttye’ds TPrraensisdaecntito nosf, thbayt SSiorc iJe.t yE.. Smith, the late and much
Several species of this handsome genus have at last been
introduced to this country, where the B. pinnata was for a long
time the only solitary species; there are yet many other species
to be introduced, that are already known, and doubtless numerous
others that have not been yet discovered. The present species
thrives well in a mixture of one third light sandy loam, and two.
thirds peat, and requires the protection of a Greenhouse or
Conservatory in Winter; and young cuttings, planted in sand,
under bell glasses, will strike root.
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