by his intelligent gardener, Mr. Pratt, who informs me that 
it was imported from Holland by Messrs. Low and Co. Mr. 
Pratt kept the plant in a pot in a cold frame, which accounts 
for its small size. When in its natural state it grows from 
three to four feet high, and the snow-white plume of flowers 
is alone two feet long. 1 have no doubt that it is perfectly 
hardy. 
The name of bearded has been well applied to this 
species by Dr. Wallich, in allusion to a cluster of long stiff 
hairs which forms at the base of every petiole, both principal 
and secondary. This peculiarity is represented in the plate: 
but when the plant attains its natural dimensions the 
bearded character becomes much more conspicuous. 
Fig. 1. is a flower magnified; fig. 2. is a section of the 
ovary lengthwise, shewing the insertion of the stamens, and 
the absence of a torus. 
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