anthers, whose filaments are free at the extremity. Pistils 
five. Germen ovate, gibbous, tapering into a filiform style, 
with an obtuse stigma. Capsule ‘“‘ opening interiorly,” 
containing two seeds, which are roundish, brown, erect, 
and almost, or sometimes wholly enclosed in a membranous 
arillus. 
This exceedingly rare plant blossomed in the Royal gar- 
dens at Kew, in die month of May, 1826, having been 
raised from seeds, gathered, in 1823, by Mr. Artan Cun- 
nincHAM, at King George’s Sound, during the fourth voyage 
of discovery of Capt. Kine. Lasiiarpiere had found it 
previously, in Van in’s Land. 
The plant has much the habit of Himsertia, with which, 
indeed, Sir James Smiru unites it; but it differs from that 
genus essentially, in the polyadelphous stamens. 
The accompanying figure was copied from an excellent 
drawing, in the possession of W. T. Arron, Esq, 
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Fig. 1. Back view of a Flower. 2, Stamens and Pistil, 3. Single cluster 
of Stamens. 4. Pistils. 5. Capsule, scarcely ripe, cut open to shew the 
seeds, — Magnified. 
