BOTANICAL INFORMATION. sit: 
with two or three flowering branches from each root ; the 
stems have two or three large leaves which produce flowering 
branches from their axils, the inflorescence is of a beautiful 
cream colour, but frequently marked with orange near the 
mouth of the corolla. 
HawTHORNDEN FARM, 
October 30th, 1839. 
I have been another journey to the Salt River. The fine 
. yellow Grevillea and the pyramidal species were in full 
bloom ; the flowers of the latter are of a greenish colour, the 
most conspicuous part being the stigma, which is quite black; 
the seed-vessels are downy or hairy in both species. I found 
à remarkable black-flowering plant in blossom on the banks 
-. of the Salt River; the habit of this plant, the size and appear- 
. ance of its leaves, closely resemble the Cape Sabea aurea; 
_ the corolla is notched, about the breadth of a sixpence, with 
. five stamens, smooth in the middle, but velvety near the out- 
. Side of the circle, as black as ink ; the flowers are numerous, 
produced singly from the axils of the leaves, the seed-vessels - 
Were not far enough advanced to ascertain their structure, 
but I do not think that they will agree with Asclepiadee, to 
- Which Order the flower bears some resemblance. In this 
. journey I found the beautiful Leschenaultia, which I suppose 
to be L. formosa, producing rich dark purple inflorescence, 
also light purple, lilac, and white, blood-red, bright scarlet, 
pink, rose-coloured, &c., through every possible intermediate 
Shade of purple and scarlet. It is curious to observe the 
great variety that prevails in the colour of the flowers of the 
same species in many plants of this country. In the first part 
9f this journal, I pointed out the gent variety in the colour 
of the flowers of Lobelia is. A pretty annual - 
of the Aries fenes gare yellows and: white | 
plant, like an Anthemis, exhibirs as many hues i in a state of e 
nature, as the China Aster does in a cultivated state. „Most eee 
