connected, afterwards split up to the bend. Stamens 4, inserted
in the hollow points of the lacinise : anthers two-lobed : pollen
straw-coloured. Ovarium sessile, densely clothed with long
white hairs. Style purple, densely hairy, at first bent like a bow,
until the stigma is fertilized by the pollen, which then becomes
loosened and ascends. Stigma bent a little backward, oblique,
depressed, convex in the centre, of a glossy green colour, inclosed
in the hollow points of the perianthium until the anthers
burst and discharge their pollen, which and sets it at liberty. then makes more room
The present pretty plant is a native of the neighbourhood of
Sydney in New South Wales, and has been frequently introduced
to our collections, but has never become very common,
as it is rather more tender than some of the other species. It is
nearly related to G. acuminata, but the leaves in that species
are taper-pointed, instead of being blunt, besides other distinctpiroense^
n t.that is also a much more free growing plant than the
Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in the
King’s-road, Chelsea, last Summer, where we observed it in
bloom at various times, from April to August. It requires the
protection of a good Greenhouse in Winter, and thrives best in
a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, the greater portion
being of sandy peat. Ripened cuttings, taken off at a joint,
and planted in sand under hand-glasses, strike root freely.
point1s.. T^ h2e. Ttwhoe utwppoe rl olawceinri soen oesf ,t hael sPo erwiainthth ituhme , Swtaimthe tnhse iSntsaemrteends iinns etrhteedir inp otihnetisr. c3o. nOvveaxr Siutimgm calo. thed with long hairs, terminated by the purple hairy Style, and lare6o