A NEW GENUS OF BAXTERIA. 493 
been botanizing together, and have found a remarkable plant 
belonging to Asphodelee, so nearly allied (in general appear- 
ance, and especially in the foliage) to Xanthorrhea, that I at 
first took it for one of that genus. The seed-vessels and 
seeds, however, which are situated in the axille of the lower 
leaves showed us our mistake. This plant is common in the 
neighbourhood of King George's Sound, about the Settle- 
ments, and from the inconspicuous (or concealed) nature of 
the inflorescence, has doubtless been overlooked as something 
not in flower. The style which remains on some of the 
green seed-vessels, is full 2 inches long and triangular at the 
base. We know nothing of the flowers, as the season for 
them was entirely past." 
Some seed-vessels accompanied that letter; but the seeds 
were immediately sown, without any minute examination, 
and they failed to germinate. A few months after the spe- 
cimens arrived : but these, as described by Mr. Drummond, 
exhibit no flowers, and, what is worse, the capsules are all 
burst, and the seeds have in every instance escaped, even in 
those capsules with the entire style remaining, and where the 
bursting appeared to be but partial. From such specimens 
it might appear presumptuous to represent anything like 
flowers in the accompanying plate; but it will be seen, from 
the harsh and rigid character of the floral envelopes, and even 
of the filaments of the stamens, which are perfectly hard and 
horny, that they have undergone little or no change, in 
passing to the state of over-mature fruit; the very ovary 
and style retain their perfect form in several instances, as 
just observed, even after the escape of the seeds. 
Upon showing these specimens to Mr. Brown, that “ Bo- 
tanicorum princeps" immediately recognised them as a plant 
which he had received from Mr. William Baxter, and which 
it was his wish, on finding it to be a new genus, to dedicate 
to its original discoverer. And surely when the labours of 
Mr. Baxter in the regions where this plant is a denizen, are 
considered, no name can be more suitably given to so re- 
markable a plant. I adopt it with the greatest pleasure, and 
- only regret that I cannot be the medium of making known 
