long and rigid, spreading, upper ones shorter and softer, and
bending inwards: limb 4-cleft, the lacinise spreading, ovate,
obtuse. Stamens 2, inserted in the mouth ments of the tube: fila
smooth and slender, attached to the back of the anthers
rai ulimttle above the base: pollen of a bright orange colour. Ova
smooth, producing the style on one side. Style smooth,
exserted. Stigma capitate, fimbriate.
Our drawing of this splendid plant was taken at the Nursery
of Mr. J. Mackay, who informs us that it was presented to him
by W. T. Aiton, Esq. from His Majesty’s Botanic Garden at
Kew, where it was first introduced by Mr. Allan Cunningham,
His Majesty’s Collector. Mr. Mackay has also raised young
plants of it since, from seeds sent by Mr. Henchman’s Collector,
who informs him that he gathered them on the hills near
King George’s Sound; and observes that he was never more
pleased than with the sight of them, the sides of the hills being
quite red with them when in bloom.
A hardy Greenhouse plant; and, like the rest of the genus,
it succeeds well in a light sandy peat soil, and a little light loam
may be added to it, to give it more substance; the pots must
be well drained, that it may not get sodden with too much
moisture; the best way of increasing it is by seeds, which will
ripen plentifully, if pains be taken to fertilize the stigmas with
the pollen when in bloom; it may also be raised from young
cuttings, planted under bell-glasses, in a mixture of sand and
peat; the glasses to be wiped occasionally, to keep them from
damping.
The generic name is derived from m/ufa fat, probably from
the plants growing in fat peaty soil.
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