reader is referred to the Natural System of Botany, page 
118. ed. 2. 
It will be a half-hardy perennial, and may no doubt be 
propagated by cuttings of the woody base of its stem, if it 
should not produce seeds. The pink tips to the spikes of 
white flowers are striking enough before the flowering is too 
much advanced. 
Hitherto only two species of Stackhousia have been men- 
tioned ; namely, S. viminea of Smith, and that now de- 
scribed. Characters of three others in my herbarium are 
given below. | 
Fig. 1. in the dissections of this plate represents the 5 
petals adhering in a tube, except just at the base where they 
separate ; fig. 2. is the calyx split open, with the fleshy dis 
lining its tube, and the 5 stamens, of which 2 are alternately 
shorter than the others; fig. 3. is the ovary, with the style 
and 3 stigmas. 
3. S. obtusa ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis, spicis cylindraceis (brevibus?) 
et corolle laciniis obtusis, staminibus inequalibus, coccis . . . .. , bracteis 
acuminatis calyci squalibus.—— Van Diemen’s Land (Gunn, 462.)-— 
Very near S. monogyna. 
4. S. muricata; folis linearibus carnosis obtusis, racemis gracilibus aphyllis, 
pedunculis ternis, corolle laciniis linearibus obtusis, staminibus . . . ++ ; 
coccis truncatis muricatis inzequalibus, bracteis obsoletis. Port Jackson. 
Flowers very small. 
5. S. nuda ; aphylla? ramis filiformibus apice racemum pauciflorum gerentibus, 
pedunculis 3-4-nisve, corolla laciniis acuminatis, staminibus equalibus, 
coccis. ..., , bracteis obsoletis. New Holland. Flowers not half the 
size of the last. Whole plant apparently leafless. — 
