Luteum, if really distinct, is certainly very near to pur- 

 pureum. The chief differences we perceived, consisted in 

 the foliage of luteum being contemporaneous with the in- 

 florescence, while in purpureum it does not appear till long 

 after the decay of the flower; in the anthers of luteum be- 

 ing nearly equal to the naked part of the filaments, in pur- 

 pureum twice shorter ; in the interstamineous sinuses of the 

 coronal web being unindented in luteum, in purpureum bi- 

 dentate ; in the segments of the limb of the corolla in luteum 

 expanding wider and being narrower than in purpureum, 

 where the flower is altogether smaller. Could we have 

 compared fresh plants of the two, perhaps other marks of 

 distinction might have occurred. 



The three species as yet known are natives of New Hol- 

 land. The present was observed by the party who per- 

 formed the late expedition to the south-west of the colony, 

 beyond the Blue Mountains. The two others by Mr. 

 Brown. 



The drawing was taken from a plant that flowered in 

 the fine collection of Mr. Griflin, at South Lambeth. It 

 ripened its fruit, of which a representation is given in the 

 annexed plate. The seed was about the size, colonr, 

 and consistence of a largish pea, at the period we saw it. 

 The seed-vessel consisted of a thin sphacelate membrane. 



A greenhouse plant. 



