We received the fpecimen of this beautiful fpecies of | 
Besterta, from which our drawing was made, from Mr, 
Wooprorp, of Springwell, Hertfordthire, in Auguft laft. 
It is the moft fhewy of any we have féen in this country; but 
the Besterta coccinea, from its’ large {carlet involucrum, 
muft ftill exceed it, Ausret’s B. lutea, which, as appears 
from his own fpecimen now preferved in the Bankfian Her- 
barium, is not that fo called by. Linn aus, very much re- 
fembles this, but has leaves quite entire from the middle 
downwards and a longer tube to the flower. 
Native of Trinidad, and requires the conftant heat of the 
bark-flove. Propagated by cuttings, 
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