Ta, 5979. 
GREVILLEA PULCHELLA. 
Native of South-Western Austraha. 
Nat. Ord. Proreace®.—Tribe, GREVILLER. 
Genus GrevitiEa, R. Br.; (Benth. Fl. Austral., vol. v. p. 417). 
GreviLLEA (Conogyne) pulchella ; frutex ramulis foliisque glanduloso-pilosis, 
foliis lineari-oblongis pinnatifidis, segmentis 7—11 cuneatis 2—3-fidis, 
lobis trjangularibus pungentibus, racemis terminalibus axillaribusve 
sessilibus v. breviter pedunculatis, rachi pubescente, bracteis parvis 
ovatis caducis, pedicellis brevibus, perianthii glabri stricti limbo ovol- 
deo, toro recto eglanduloso, ovario stipitato glanduloso, stigmatis cono 
angusto basi dilatato. . 
GREVILLEA pulchella, Meissn. in Plant. Preiss., vol. i. p- 553, et in DC. 
Prodr., vol. xiv. p. 389; Benth. Fl. Austral., vol. v. p- 484, 
Awapenta pulchella, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. x. p. 1675 Prodr. p. 
374. 
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A native of Western Australia, near the Swan River, where 
it was discovered by Robert Brown, and has been collected 
by many succeeding investigators. It forms a very elegant 
evergreen bush, well suited for green-house culture, ae uh 
in early spring and continuing in flower for several et 8. 
The specimen figured was raised from seed sent to Mr. Wilson 
ats from Australia, and wee in the Temperate 
House of the Royal Gardens in April last. 
Derscr. A dietdse spreading shrub, two to three Sane 2 
more or less sparsely hairy, the hairs often glan - 
Branches very slender, zigzag, terete, leafy. Leaves py ) 
three inches long, sessile, spreading, rigid, linear-oblong, 
pinnatifid or almost pinnate; pinnules seven to thn Let 
cuneate or oblong quadrate, inserted by @ broad decurre : 
base, 2-3-fid at the apex,: lobes triangular, pungent, re 
or less hairy, rigid, margins recurved, dark green * Vi 
paler beneath, upper quite entire, lowest pat close 
JULY Ist, 1872. 
