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shrub, with hard leaves. The plant we saw, was about three 

 feet high, and leafless below the branches. Spontaneous 

 specimens of both longifolia and viridiflora are preserved in 

 the Banksian Herbarium. 



Thrives in* peat-earth, and requires to be kept in the 

 greenhouse- 



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a The calyx sheathed at the base by imbricate bractes. c The pistil with 

 the 5 small scales under the germen. d The germen and hypogynous 

 scales : magnified, b The corolla dissected vertically, so as to show its 



pubescent interior, and the insertion of the filaments. 













