comparison of it with the dried specimens of others in the 

 Herbarium, has convinced me that much remains to be 

 done towards determining and defining accurately the 

 available materials of this curious genus. N. Miersii forms 

 a shrub in the Palm House of the Royal Gardens. It was 

 received from the Eoyal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh 

 in 1886, and flowered in October, 1890.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Vertical mesial section through flower ; 2, portion of staminal 

 corona; 3, stamen; 4, ovary; — all enlarged. 



