woolly at the base, and pubescent upwards; lamina concave,
also pubescent or sericeous, and tipped with some brown glossy
rigid hairs. Stamens 4, inserted in the hollow points of the
laciniae: anthers linear: pollen pale yellow. Style smooth,
exserted. Stigma rigid, acute.
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this fine plant, we
are obliged to Mr. J. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, who was
so kind as to send us fine flowering specimens of it; and we
have observed that the different species of this genus and of
Banksia flower more freely at his Nursery than we have observed
them in any other collection; some of them also perfect
their seeds there. The plants of those genera are very magnificent,
but are not cultivated so generally as they deserve to be,
chiefly owing we believe to their supposed difficulty of cultivation
and propagation; of this we have given full details in our
Botanical Cultivator, the third edition of which is now on
sale. “ They thrive best in an equal mixture of light turfy
loam, peat, and sand; the more sandy the soil is, the better
they will thrive. The pots must be well drained with potsherds,
which should be broken very small, as the roots are very fond
of running amongst them. Ripened cuttings taken off at a
joint, and planted in pots of sand, without shortening any of
the leaves, will root freely, if placed under hand-glasses, but
not plunged; as soon as rooted they should be potted off, as
the sand will injure their roots if they stay too long in it; they
should then be placed in a cold frame till they have taken fresh
root, and must be hardened to the air by degrees. August and
September is the best time for putting in the cuttings, many of
which will be rooted by Spring.”
The present species is a native of Lewins Land, on the
south coast of New Holland, and was introduced to this country
in 1805, where it blooms in the Winter and Spring, and
still continues a scarce plant. The genus was named by Mr.
Brown in honour of Mr. Jonas Dryander, a skilful and accurate
Botanist.
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