the back of the anthers. Ovarium pubescent, 5-celled. Style
smooth, thickening upwards. Stigma capitate, slightly two-
lobed.
For the opportunity of giving so fine a figure of this elegant
plant, we are obliged to Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury-hill, who
sent us fine specimens of it in full bloom in July last, and in
whose collection it was first raised from seed. It is a native of the
South coast of New Holland, and is a valuable acquisition to
our Greenhouses, both from its beauty and the delightful fragrance
of its flowers. Mr. Brown included it in the genus D r a -
c o p h y l l u m , but made it with two other nearly related species a
distinct section or subgenus, to which he gave a proper name,
which we have adopted; and as they are so very different both
in habit and character from the true species of D r a c o p h y l l u m , we have thought it best to give them as a distinct genus.
The present species requires the same treatment as S p r e n -
g e l ia and E p a c r is , to be potted in sandy peat soil, the pots to
be w ell drained with potsherds that the wet may pass off readily,
as nothing is more injurious to them than to be sodden with
moisture: young cuttings, planted in pots of sand, under a bell-
glass in Autumn, will strike root readily.
The generic name is derived from o^r/vow, to connect or bind
together, and rojuoe, a slice or section.
1. The two Bractes, with a leaf at the base. spread open to show the insertion of the 5 Stame2n.s .C al4y.x .T h3e . pTuubbesec oenf tt hOe vCaoriruomlla, terminated by the Style and slightly two-lobed Stigma.