and tapering upwards, the points recurved, inserted in the back
of the anthers, which are two-lobed: pollen cream-coloured. Ovarium pyramidal, smooth. Style smooth, longer than the
stamens. Stigma capitate, fimbriate.
Our drawing of this handsome species was taken at the
Nursery of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, in June last, where a large
plant of it was entirely covered with its singular and beautiful
flowers. The plant was presented to Mr. Mackay by Mr. Aiton,
from His Majesty’s Botanic Garden at Kew, where it was raised
from seeds sent by Mr. Allan Cunningham, who gathered them
on the shores of King George’s Sound, in New Holland. It was
first introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew, in 1803, from
the south coast of New Holland ; but we believe it was again
lost from our collections, until-introduced afresh by Mr. Cunningham.
It is a soft wooded small Shrub, and is deserving a
place in every Greenhouse or Conservatory, as it makes a grand
appearance when covered, as Mr. Mackay’s plant was, with its
elegant striped yellow flowers. It is a hardy Greenhouse plant,
and we believe would succeed well in the open ground, by the
side of a wall facing the south, so as to be protected with a mat
or some other covering in severe frosty weather, thriving well
in a light sandy soil, or an equal mixture of light turfy loam,
peat, and sand, will suit it extremely well; the pots in which
it is planted to be well drained, that the wet may pass off readily,
as it is apt to become sodden with too much moisture in Winter.
It strikes readily from cuttings, planted under bell-glasses, either
in sand or mould; or if planted under hand-glasses, in the open
air, in Spring, they will root readily.
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