Tas. 4858. 
‘GEN ETYLLIS ruuipirera. 
Tulip-bearing Genetyllis. 
Nat. Ord. Myrtacem.—Icosanpria Monocynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubulosus, 5-costatus, dimidiatus, inferne ovario adnatus, 
basi carnosus, superius in faucem productus, limbo obtuse 5-dentato ; totus levis, 
v. inferiore parte ovarium corticante rugulosus, vel rugis transverse parallelis in 
marginem liberum cartilagineum productis pluriannulatus. Corolla scariosa vel 
membranacea, limbo calycis adnata; petala 5, concava vel naviculari-carinata, in 
acumen obtusum extenuata, conniventia. Andronitis ultra calycis limbum bre- 
vissimo, brevi, v. longiori spatio monadelpha, inferius inde confluens in laminam 
parieti faucis adnatam. S/aminodia 10, staminibus totidem rite alterna, varie 
configurationis dentiformia, subulata, liguliformia, petaloidea, preefloratione erecta. 
Filamenta staminodiis subeequalia v. longiora, filiformia, prafloratione introflexa, 
antheris duplice serie, altiori et demissiori, fauci applicatis. Anthere globose, 
connectivi simplicis fronti insertze, bilocellatee, locellis subconfluentibus, virgineis 
leviter constrictis, poro postico dehiscentibus. Ovarium calyci omnino immer- 
sum, vertice truncatum laminaque epigyna indutum. Ovula gemina paucave in 
placenta basifixa centrali erecta, anatropa. Stylus exsertus, infra stigma barba- 
. . .—Flores in apicibus ramulorum pauci vel numerost 
capitato-conges latati receptaculiformis areolis sessiles, v. pedicellati, 
bracteis stipati betatis, extimis vero sepe auctis coloratisque imvolucrum 
capituli exhib eolee bine, libere, juxta calycis basin opposite, sessiles, 
membranacee, , floris primordium amplectentes, dein divergentes, 
sub anthesi deci 
GENETYLLIS ¢ulipifera ; foliis plerisque oppositis subsessilibus patentibus punc- 
tatis oblongo-ellipticis obtusis membranaceo-marginatis serrulatis, capitulis 
nutantibus, involucris amplis campanuliformibus albis sanguineo pulcher- 
rime pictis, foliolis latissimis, calycis tubo inferno 10-suleato suleis transverse 
rugosis, staminodiis clavatis apice coloratis parvis. 
GENETYLLIs tulipifera, Hort. 
Hnparome tulipiferum. ‘Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1854, p. 323. 
During the distant excursions so frequently made by the vene- 
rable Drummond in Western Australia to the interior of the 
Swan River Settlement, he spoke with rapture of two species of 
Genetyllis, a8 among the most interesting of his discoveries ; and 
When his specimens were distributed to the European subseri- 
WLY Ist, 1855. 
