2 -lobed, the lobes divided and spreading at the base. Ovarium
sessile, densely clothed with long white woolly hairs. Style dark
purple, very hairy, bent like a bow before the fertilization of the
stigma, it then becomes loose and ascends, at last becoming
nearly erect. Stigma crowning the style, facing backwards, depressed,
but slightly convex in the centre, of a glossy green, enclosed
in the hollow points of the perianthium before the anthers
burst, which occasions its liberty.
This pretty little plant is a native of the mountains in the vicinity
of Port Jackson, N e w South Wales, and has been introduced
to our collections several years since 5 thoug it s 1 re
mains rather scarce; it forms a neat little bush, and its singular
flowers are produced in abundance nearly all the year, 1 ^
nearly related to G. mucronulata, but is readily distinguish
by its more glossy leaves, which terminate in a long taper pom
those of G. mucronulata being blunt with a short mucro.
Our drawing was taken last Summer from plants nt the Nursery
of Mr. Joseph Knight, of the King’s-road, where it thrives wel
in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat, and is well worth a
place in every collection. Ripened cuttings, planted in san , un er
hand-glasses, in a cool situation, strike root readi y ; it some-
times, also, ripens its seeds.
*** S * and broad Stigma.