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head into distinct filaments, four or five of which project 

 from each small green and nearly unseen corolla. The 



foliage is harsh, of a dull opaque green; each leaf about halt' 

 an inch long and the third of one broad. The pollen issues 

 from the inner side of the cells from below, to within the 

 fork of the anther. 



Discovered by Mr. Brown. Introduced by Mr. Good in 



requiring a mixture of loam 



1803. 



A greenhouse plant ; 



and peat-mould to grow in. 



Our drawing, the first published of any species of this 

 genus, was made in February last, from a plant that flow- 

 ered at Mr. James Dickson's, nurseryman in Acre-lane, 

 leading from Clapham to Brixton. 



a An entire flower, h One of the fire stamlneous shafts bearded at the 

 base within, c A petal of the corolla. rfThe pistil with its hirsutely 

 crowned germen. e An entire anther, with part of the filament: magnified. 

 /The same as it bursts and ejects the pollen. 





