Tab. 5837. 

 GREVILLEA pbbissii. 



Preisss Grevillea. 



Nat. Ord. Proteace^e. — Tetrandria Monogtnia. 



Gen. Char. — Perigonium tetraphyllum v. quadripartitum, irregulare ; 

 laciniis subspathulatis, secundis, revolutis. Antherce 4, laciniarum apicibus 

 concavis immersae. Glandula hypogyna unica, dimidiata. Ovarium sessile v. 

 stipitatum, uniloculare, biovulatum; stylus adscendens, stigmate obliquo 

 depresso v. subverticali conico. Folliculus coriaceus v. ligneus, unilocu- 

 laris, dispermus. Semina marginata v. apice brevissime alata. — Frutices v. 

 arbores per omnem Novam Hollandiam observati, pabe dum adest medio affixa. 

 Folia alterna, indivisa v. pinnatifida bipinnatifidaque, glandulis cutaneis hypo- 

 genis v. rarius amphigenis. Spicse nunc elongates racemosce nunc abbreviated 

 corymbosce v. fasciculiformes ; pedicellis germinatis, raro pluribus, paribus 

 fasciculisve unibracteatis. Perigonium rubicundum v. fiavum, in nonnullis oblique 

 insertum. — En dl. 



Grevillea Preissii ; ramulis tomentosis, foliis glabrescentibus subbipinnatis 

 segmentis breviter filiformibus confertis subtus sulcatis, racemis termi- 

 nalibus sessilibus multifloris patentibus secundis, perianthio glabriusculo 

 apice revoluto, glandula hypogyna crassa depressa, ovario longe stipitato 

 glabro stylo apice breviter clavato disco stigmatifero laterali, fblliculo 

 turgido lasvi. — Benth. MSS. 



G-revillea Preissii, Meissner in DC. Prodr. v. 14, p. 371. 



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Amongst the many beautiful hard-wooded plants of Western 

 Australia, none exceeds this for the elegance of its foliage 

 and sparkling colour of its flowers, which are most copiously 

 produced ; and it has further the advantage; not common to 

 the other members of the genus, of being capable of successful 

 cultivation in a small pot, which merit, together with its 

 being a very early flowerer, will recommend it to the culti- 

 vators of green-house plants. 



The seeds from which the plant was raised of which the ac- 

 companying drawing was made, were presented to the Koyal 



mat 1st, 1870. 



