yellow. Ovarium densely clothed with long shaggy wool. Style
smooth, a little longer than the stamens. Stigma capitate, 'flattened,
very slightly 2-lobed.
This is certainly a very different species, both from P .fulvum
and P. revolutum, and we believe there are others still distinct
in some of the collections about London that belong to this di-
vision of the genus, and are not yet published; the present species
we believe to be the strongest grower of the three, as the
plant from which our drawing was made was a stout bushy
shrub, thickly clothed with leaves, w'hich are larger and much
flatter than either of the others to which it is related, the panicle
of flowers is much larger, and the flowers of a different form;
the only collection in which we have yet seen it, is the Comtesse
de Vandes’, at Bayswater, where our drawing was taken last
Summer: the specimen represented in our plate is much stronger
than that published by Mons. Bonpland, which is a weak
specimen; the present plant continued to flower from the middle
of June until the latter end of July, and each flower continues
expanded for several days. It thrives well in an equal
mixture of sandy loam and peat, and only requires protection
from severe frost. Like P .fulvum, it may be propagated by
seeds; or cuttings, planted in pots of sand, and placed under a
hand-glass, will strike root freely; or it may be grafted or inarched
on some of the other sorts. It is a native of New Holland,
but we are not certain of what part.
The plant of P .fulvum, from which our drawing was made
last Spring, is now again in full flower, and has been ever since
the beginning of January.
1. Calyx. 2. Corolla spread open, to show the 5 Stamens,with the petals. 3. The tomentose Ovarium, terminated by the Sthtyalte , araen da lstelirgnhattley two-lobed Stigma.