appears. Flower (always) reversed. Calya large, obscurely 
two-lipped, with five nearly equal, linear, erect segments. Corolla 
at first orange sprinkled with red, afterwards deep red or blood- 
coloured. Vewillum very small, ovate, reflexed : wings shorter 
than the carina; the latter being very large and (as seen in- 
verted) covering nearly the whole length of the stamens. Sfa- 
mens ten: filaments long, free, equal: anthers oblong. Ovary 
linear-oblong, downy, gradually tapering into a long style. Fruit 
oblong, acuminate, downy, two-valved: in our specimens the 
seeds have fallen out. W. J. H. 
Cutt. As this plant is not yet known to us in a living state in 
this country, we can only infer from its relationship the kind of 
treatment that may be suitable for its successful cultivation. 
Being a native of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, 
it will require the protection of the greenhouse in winter. It 
belongs to a tribe of Leguminose, which in that country gene- 
rally inhabit poor dry soils ; and on account of their appearance 
in the aggregate they compose a great part of what is termed 
bush or scrub, but which, nevertheless, comprehends many of our 
most beautiful greenhouse plants. This species may be expected 
to thrive if grown in rough peat soil, mixed with a portion of 
sharp sand, the pot being well drained so as to prevent the 
chance of the soil becoming stagnant ; care being taken during 
hot weather in summer that it is placed in a shady place, espe- 
cially in such a manner as not to allow the sun to heat the sides 
of the pot, since direct heat from the sun transmitted through 
the substance of the pot proves injurious to the fine fibrous 
roots in immediate contact with it. It is to be observed that 
these precautions are only necessary to plants cultivated in pots ; 
for New Holland plants, when planted in the open ground, 
thrive during our summer without shade; and if the season is so 
far favourable as not to have early frosts, they will continue to 
flourish till Christmas, or later, provided (as in some seasons) 
the thermometer does not fall any night more than two or three 
degrees below the freezing point; for we have observed that 
many New Holland plants (extra-tropical) do not suffer from 
cold so long as there is no actual frost. They appear to luxuriate 
during the cool and most autumnal months of this climate, 
many becoming handsome bushes, much to be regretted when 
at last destroyed by frost. J. 8. 
_ Fig. 1. Vexillum. 2. One of the wings. 3. Carina, 4, Stamens and 
pistil. 5. Pistil :—magnified, . 
