Tas 4263. 
STENOCARPUS Cunnincuamt 
Mr. Cunningham's Stenocarpus. 
Nat. Ord. ProrEAcrEs#.—Tertranpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char, Perianthium irregulare, foliolis distinctis, secundis. Stamina api- 
cibus cavis foliolorum immersis. Glandula hypogyna unica, semi-annularis. 
Ovarium pedicellatum, polyspermum. Stylus deciduus. Stigma obliquum, orbi- 
culato-dilatatum, planiusculum. Fodliculus linearis. Semina basi alata '|—Frutices 
glaberrimi. Folia alterna integerrima. Umbelle azillares v. terminales, pedun- 
culate. Flores ochroleuci, (v. aurantiaci). Br. 
STENocaRPUS Cunninghami ; foliis amplis obovato-lanceolatis integris sinuatis 
pinnatifidisve, umbellis compositis, floribus sericeo-aurantiacis. 
AGNostus sinuatus. 4//. Cunn. Loudon Hort. Brit. p.580. (name only). 
So long ago as 1828 the lamented Allan Cunningham dis- 
covered this plant on the banks of the Brisbane River, Moreton 
Bay, with other interesting novelties, described by him in the 
Ist vol. of the Botanical Miscellany: such as Grevillea robusta, 
Oxleya xanthoxyla, Custanospermum australe, Gyrostemon attenua- 
tum, Acrostichum grande, &c., &c. Not, however, meeting with 
the subject of our present plate in flower, he took no further 
notice of it in his Journal than to remark (as I am kindly in- 
formed by Mr. Heward) that “it is a slender tree, of most 
remarkable habit ; with leaves large, from the extremities of 
the branches, glossy and lobed, or laciniated ;—without flower 
or fruit. No. 193.” Had he seen its blossoms, elegantly ar- 
ranged in candelabrum-like umbels, clothed with the most vivid 
orange-scarlet silky pubescence, he would assuredly have ranked 
it among the most important of his numerous additions to the 
Australian Flora. Two rooted plants were sent home and culti- 
vated with great care by Mr. Smith, (from which all others in the 
country have had their origin), but although they have attained 
a height of 16 feet, he has never been rewarded by seeing them 
blossom ; nevertheless he rightly suspected the tree to belong 
to the family of Proteaceae. ‘This idea is confirmed by some fruits 
(destitute of seeds) which I received in 1843 from T. Bidwill, 
Sq-, Who gathered them in the same locality; and from this 
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