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base, just above which it divides into numerous slender 

 flexile branches, towards the ends of which the flower- 

 stalks are produced from the axils of the leaves, sometimes 

 drooping, at others upright. When placed in the bark-bed 

 of the hot-house it grows with great luxuriance, and may 

 be led along a trellis-work to a great length in all direc- 

 tions. The bloom is of a deep orange-scarlet colour, about 

 ail inch lone; with the diameter nearly twice as large as 



that of a crow-quill, beginning to appear about February 

 and continuing for some weeks in succession. This is orna- 

 mental, and approaches that of coccinea; but differs at first 

 sight by its very remarkable limb, a part which seems not 

 to have been correctly made out by Vahl in his dried plant, 

 a duplicate of which he has sent to the Banksian Herbarium. 

 The side-lobes of the leaves are sometimes horizontally divari- 

 cate, at others convergent, but scarcely ever confluent with 

 the middle one; and are sometimes indented, sometimes 

 rounded and entire at their lower angle or earlet. — We 

 have not beard, that it lias yet been multiplied in any 

 way; nor that it has produced seed. — Our drawing- was 

 made at the botanic establishment of the Lady 

 mentioned above, at Bays water, in February last. 



we 



have 





a The calyx removed from the corolla, b The corolla dissected longitu 

 diually, to show the position of the stamens, c The pistil. 





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