purpureo-fuccofo, utrinque fcmen peltato-lenticulare in 

 foveola ferente. G. 

 H/EMODORUM .planifolium. Brown Prod. Fl. Nov, Holh 1. 

 300. 



Desc. Leaves of a dull greyifh green, radical ones nearly a 

 foot in length, about the third of an inch broad ; jlem more than 

 two feet high, with the thicknefs of a fmall quill ; branches lhort, 

 adpreffed ; corolla of a dufky olive green, about half an inch 

 long ; filaments and jiyle crimlbn ; anthers vermillion ; pollen 

 yellow ; germen green, fhining, foon acquiring a reddifh brown 

 colour. Native of New-Holland, where it is found in the 

 neighbourhood of Port-Jackfon. 



Our drawing was made from a fpecimen that flowered lalt 

 November in MefTrs. Lee and Kennedy's Nurfery at Ham- 

 merfmith, and which had been raifed from feeds imported by 

 Mrs. Pater son. A hardy greenhoufe plant. We had no 

 opportunity of examining the ripe feed nor the roots. G. 



