pubescent. Style smooth, very slender, extending beyond the
stamens, jointed a little above the tube, the upper part a little
thickened. Stigmas 3, flat, broadly wedge-shaped, serrulate,
the points slightly bent downwards.
The present handsome and abundant flowering species, is
generally confused with P. glauca in our collections, but is
readily distinguished from that species by its long scapes and
jointed style; we have given it the name proposed by Dr. Sims,
who suspected it to be different from P. glauca.
Our drawing was made from plants at the Nursery of Mr.
Mackay, at Clapton, where they were raised from seeds sent
by Mr. W. Baxter, who collected them on the South Coast of
New Holland. It is a very free growing plant, and nearly hardy,
requiring nothing but the covering of a mat, or a little hay or
straw thrown over it in severe frosty weather: a plant of it has
been growing in a warm border of our garden all the Winter,
without sustaining the least injury; it succeeds well in any light
sandy soil, or a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand,
will suit it very well; it is readily increased by dividing at the
root, or by seeds, which are sometimes produced.
1. One of the bractes that encloses the flower. 2. Tube vested of the three large segments. 3. The three small taper-pooinft ethde s epgemriaennttsh.i u4m. T dhie
three Stamens connected at the base. 5. The pubescent Ovarium. 6. The jointed
Style. 7. The three Stigmas.