South Wales, which appear, under some modification by climate, iden- 
tical with the common British individuals of those genera; others, — 
forming a very remarkable and well-defined section of the order, are 
absolutely limited to Australia, where their numbers, now amounting to 
nearly fifty species, present, both in structure and habit, another exam- 
ple of those peculiar forms of Australian vegetation, to which we have 
so frequently taken occasion to advert. 
To this latter groupe of Genera—the ProstanTHEREx of Mr. Ben- 
TtHamM—belong Westrinaia and Curropia, the Genus of our present 
plant; of the former we have afforded some illustration, in folios 3307 
and 3308 of this work, and for the opportunity now afforded us of giv- 
ng a figure of the latter, we are again indebted to the liberality of Mr. 
ITON. 
Cuitopi1a was founded by Mr. Brown, on the form of the calyx, 
which is similar to that of Scure.iarta in its earlier state, but it dif- 
fers from that Linnean Genus, in its lower lip being emarginate, or even 
more or less bifid, and in the presence of bracteee near its base; and on 
the structure of the anthers, which are not furnished with spur-like 
appendages as in ProstanTHERA, a Genus with which, however, it 
perfectly accords, in the form of the corolla, and in habit. : 
A shrub of New South Wales, of rare occurrence in that colony ; in- 
habiting barren forests in the vicinity of the Nepean River, whence 
seeds were communicated to Kew Gardens, in 1828. 
_ Forming a handsome hardy greenhouse plant, and flowering freely at 
various seasons, it has proved itself an interesting acquisition to our 
collections. It is not, however, easy of propagation; for it has hitherto 
ripened its seeds very sparingly, and cuttings do not readily strike root. 
Descr. A shrub, in its wild state, from two to three feet high, very 
erect, with numerous, long, upright, slender branches, more or less stri- 
ooh under cultivation, of more diffuse and bushy growth; the branch- 
ets opposite, terete, interspersed sparingly with hairs. Leaves oppo- 
site, half an inch in length, erect-patent, inserted remotely on the branch, 
subsessile, linear, or linear-lanceolate, acute, apex often curved, margin 
subrevolute, smooth, and dark-green above, whitish on the under side. 
Flowers solitary, upon Dedcudes half the length of the leaf, axillary, 
violet-blue. Peduncle with two linear, subulate bracteas near the apex. 
Calyx campanulate, tube short, longitudinally striated, smooth, having 
minute, crystalline bodies interspersed on the surface, bilabiate; upper 
lip entire, bent upwards, margin smooth, base arched, villous ; lower lip 
emarginate, or bifid, margin finely ciliated. Tube of the corolla short, 
inflated, a little longer than the calyx; limb campanulate-bilabiate, 
slightly pubescent on the outside; upper lip bifid, reflexed; lower lip 
divided into three lobes, spreading, the middle segment somewhat larger, 
retuse, and occasionally emarginate. Stamens four, nearly of the same 
length, purple, inserted almost at the base of the tube of the flower, and 
about half its length. Filaments short, smooth; anthers two-celled, 
brown ; cedls parallel, smooth, ecalcarate, or without spur-like processes. 
Pa exserted. Stigma bifid, lobes unequal. Germen four -lobed. 
. Cunningham, 
ee 
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Fig.1. Side-view, and fig. 2 front-view of the Calyx. 3 and 4 Corolla. 
5. Corolla laid open to show the Stamens. 
