erect and secund, all of them large for the genus and thick, 
subcoriaceous, broad-lanceolate, glaucous, acute, sessile ; lower 
ones more spreading. Jnvolucre of four to six leaves, larger and 
broader than the cauline ones, shorter than the capitulum. This 
latter is two inches and a half across. //owers numerous, dense, 
very pale rose-colour. Ovary (adherent with the base of the 
tube of the calyx) turbinate, quite truncated at the top, hairy. 
Tube of the Perianth slender, long, downy, articulated on the 
truncated summit of the ovary; the segments of the limb ob- 
long, spreading or recurved, ciliated at the margins. Stamens 
and s¢y/e much exserted. Anthers orange. W. J. H. 
Curr. An Australian genus, consisting of slender twiggy 
shrubs, and now numbering above fifty described species. 
The greater number are natives of Van Diemen’s Land and the 
extra-tropical coasts of Australia, many being found at Swan 
River and at King George’s Sound on the south-west coast : a few 
extend northward to within the tropics, and several are natives 
of New Zealand. About twenty species are known to have been 
introduced into the gardens of this country. ‘The first was 
P. linifolia in 1793, followed by P. rosea in 1800; between the 
latter year and 1823, P. drupacea and P. pauciflora were intro- 
duced: the first two, being pretty flowering species, were fre- 
quent inmates in the greenhouse, whereas the two latter, 
having inconspicuous flowers, were seldom seen, except in collec- 
tions where rarity and number of species were desired. In 
1823 we were so fortunate as to raise plants of P. decussata, 
which, on account of its being of neat habit anda free and 
showy flowering species, soon became a favourite with culti- 
vators, but has of late been in some measure superseded by 
its more showy rival, P. spectabilis, which was introduced about 
ten years ago. The species now figured is of recent introduc- 
tion, and, from what we know of it, will turn out to be another 
showy species. It is, like its allies, a greenhouse plant, and 
grows vigorously if planted in turfy peat-soil, containing a little 
Joam, and kept sufficiently drained. Over-watering is unde- 
sirable, especially during dull damp weather in winter and 
spring ; and in hot weather the sides of the pot must not 
be exposed to the direct rays of the sun. It will propagate by 
cuttings, placed under a bell-glass, and treated in the usual 
way, but it has been found to produce the best plants if grafted 
on stocks of P. decussata. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Lower leaves. 2. Flower :—magnified. 
