eighteen inches high, and covered with flowers, was exhib- 
ited in the Experimental Garden of the Edinburgh Horti- 
cultural Society, in July, 1838. It will be found one of 
the most ornamental species of the Genus. 
Descr. Shrub erect ; bark brown; branches erecto-pa- 
tent, green towards their apex. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
or linear-spathulate, glabrous on both sides, recurved, mu- 
cronulate, middle rib strong, with obscure diverging veins. 
Head of flowers terminal, hemispherical, many - flowered, 
dense. Jnvolucre four-leaved ; leaflets broadly ovate, gla- 
brous on both sides, ciliated, as long as the flowers, which 
are rose-coloured and handsome. Perianth with long, 
spreading hairs upon the lower half of the tube, silky in 
the upper segments of the limb, ovate. Stamens and pistils 
as in the other species of this Genus :—as the plant isa very 
rare one and not my own property, I only felt myself at 
liberty to dissect two flowers. In one of these, from the 
outer edge of a capitulum, I found the germen bilobular, 
and the style terminal between the lobes. It is probable, 
however, that this is an accidental deviation from the 
normal structure, and that it will not be found common. 
Graham. 
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified. 
