petals, whose back ends in a sharp point. The bracts ` 
are always hard, green, and somewhat leafy, even when 
the plant is in fruit. 
4. B. Backhousii (Gunn, mss.); foliis rigidis apice serratis, 
floribus conicis longé racemosis subcorymbosis, petalis 
ovatis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis pedicellis 
duplo brevioribus.— — Van Diemen's Land, on the banks 
of the Mersey river.—— Flowers apparently similar to 
those of B. grandiflora, but their colour is unknown. 
The flower-stalks are very long and slender, and give 
the inflorescence a tendency to become corymbose ; they 
are at least twice as long as the bracts, which are them- 
selves very long and slender. 
9. B. Cunninghamü ; folis patulis subdebilibus omnind 
integerrimis levibusque, floribus conicis apice inflatis 
subumbellatis pendulis laciniis omnibus acutis, stamini- 
bus exsertis, bracteis rigidis foliaceis pedicellis breviori- 
bus.—-—NVew Holland; locality unknown — The inflo- 
rescence is that of Blandfordia nobilis. The flowers 
are very much larger than in any of the above species, 
of a more uniform reddish colour externally, except at the 
upper end of the petals, where yellow appears. The 
long filaments carry the anthers visibly beyond the limb 
of the flower. 
Bl. marginata should be treated as a greenhouse plant, and 
potted in sandy loam and peat well mixed together. Being an 
inhabitant of wet places it naturally requires a good supply of 
water during the summer season, and air at all times when 
the weather is favourable. * In winter it should be kept on 
some airy shelf near to the glass where it may be much 
exposed to the sun. It may be abundantly increased from 
seeds, or by dividing the root.stock. 
Fig. 1 represents a flower split open; 2,a longitudinal 
section of the ovary. 
