“ closely imbricated ”, and by the relative length of the segments 
of the corolla with the tube. If I am not greatly deceived, it is 
the present. Leschenaultia which is spoken of by Mr. James 
Drummond at p. 369 of vol. iii. of Hook. Journal of Botany, as 
found on the banks of the Salt Hill River, and near Mr. Hall’s 
residence on the Avon, Swan River Colony, “ with bright scarlet 
flowers, about two feet high, and yellowish-green leaves”’: and then 
he speaks of the same species, at p. 371 of the same volume, as 
varying much in the colour of its flowers “ producing rich dark 
purple inflorescence, also light purple, lilac, white, blood-red, bright 
scarlet, pink, rose-coloured, and through every possible interme- 
diate shade of purple and scarlet.” “It is curious,” continues this — 
indefatigable botanist, “to observe the great variety that prevails 
in the colour of the flowers of the same species, in many plants of 
this country.” Handsome as is the var. stricta, it is far exceeded 
by the true splendens, which is of a more bushy character and 
the whole surface is literally covered with its brilliant blossoms, 
continuing a long time in perfection. The two kinds were exhi- 
bited at the Exeter Horticultural Show in August of this year, 
and we are much mistaken if anything more brilliant or more 
deserving of attention could be seen at that or any other recent 
exhibition of the kind. There is a tenderness and delicacy, too, 
in the foliage, which contrast admirably with the rich colour of 
the blossoms, of which there were, on the 2nd of August, more 
than three hundred expanded on one plant ! 
Descr. A shrub from one to two feet high, copiously branched, 
bushy and spreading in a, erect and with somewhat virgate 
branches in 8. Leaves numerous, scattered, rather distant, 
patent and generally reflexed, filiform, slightly grooved on the 
upper side, apiculate. lowers in terminal corymbs, each of 
from three to five or six flowers, on all the numerous branches. 
Calye without bracts: the segments linear-subulate, almost as 
long as the tube of the corolla. Corolla of the richest scarlet 
(without and the tube pale), the segments nearly equal, about the 
length of the ¢ube, broadly cuneate, bifid with a recurved mucro in 
the sinus: within, towards the base of the tube, is a hairy ring. 
Stamens, with the filaments, glabrous. Style glabrous : stigma 
two-lipped, oblique with a short pencil of hairs at the bend. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Portion of the tube of the corolla. 3. Flower with the 
corolla removed >—magnified, 
