and nearly erect. Petals roundish, waved, dotted, shortly 
unguiculate, pure white, turning yellowish, as Sir James 
_ Smiru remarks, when dry. Stamens about twenty, inclined . 
inwards. Anthers orange brown. Lower and inferior part 
of the Germen hemispherical, smooth, upper and superior 
part obscurely five-lobed ; Style rather thick, as long as 
the stamens; Stigma dilated, and five-lobed at the margin, 
umbilicated in the centre. Cells of the Germen five, each 
many seeded ; Ovules ‘linear, curved. . . 
Native of New Holland, whence, according to the Hor-— 
tus Kewensis, it was introduced inte Britain, by Sir Joszrn 
Banks ; in the year 1787. Seeds of the plant, from which 
our figure and description were taken, were brought to this 
country by our friend Dr. Mac Mittan, of Culross. We 
believe, however, that it is not unfrequent in gardens. Its 
flowering season is July, and it makes a very pretty appear- _ 
ance with its pure white flowers, nestled among the pale ~ 
green leaves. 3 : 
The habit of this plant is exceedingly like that of Fasri-_ 
cra levigata, and the flowers scarcely seem to differ in any _ 
particular, but in having only five cells to the Germen. 
Fig. 1. and 2. Flowers. 3. Calyx and pistil. 4. Petal. 5. Germen, _ 
cut through transversely to shew the cells. 6. Ovules, attached to their re- 
ceptacle. 7. Stamen. 8. Style and stigma. 9, Leaf.—All, more or less, 
magnified. ee 
