dense spikes of a full and bright yellow colour. Calyx 
very minute. Corolla cut almost to the base in five deep — 
ovate segments. Stamens very numerous, yellow. An-— 
thers rounded. FPistil: none in the flowers of the specimen — 
here figured. : 
Communicated by W. T. Arron, Esq. from the Royal — 
Gardens of Kew, in April, 1832, to which establishment it — 
was introduced by Mr. Attan Cunnincuam, who disco- | 
vered it on the rocky shores of Macquarrie Harbour, Van — 
Diemen’s Land, bearing fruit, in January, 1819. Its 
nearest affinity is with Acacira Oxycedrus of Sirzer, from — 
which it is distinguished by its broader, shorter, and more 
- constantly verticillate leaves and shorter spikes of flowers. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Whorl of Leaves, 3. Single Leaf :—maganijied. 
