* BRUN(3nIA aiistralis. 



Southern Brunonia. 



Nat. ord. Brunomace^. 



BRUNONIA, Smith, Capitulmn iiwolucratum. Cabjx 5-fidus, 4- 

 bracteatus. Corolla monopetala, Infundibuliformis : limbo 5-partito, laciniis 

 2 superioribus altius divisis. Stamina 5, hypogyna. Anthers connat£e. Ova- 

 rium monospermum. Stigmatis indusium bivalve. Utriculus inclusus tubo 

 aucto indurato calycis superne patuli laciniis plumosis. Semen exalbuminosum. 

 Br. Prodr. 589. 



B. australis ; foliis undique scapisque inferne villosls : pilis patulis, calycis laci- 

 niis longitudinaliter plumosis : apice acutiusculo. R. Br. I. c. 590. 



A most interesting new perennial, introduced by Mr. 

 James Backhouse in 1834. The drawing was made from 

 specimens supplied by Mr. Lowe of Clapton, and I have also 

 received it from the Messrs. Backhouses of York. 



In appearance it is very like our wild Scabiouses, but it 

 is delightfully fragrant. It no doubt requires the protection 

 of a frame in winter, and would probably be more at home 

 in such a place, or in a cool greenhouse even during the 

 summer ; and the general neatness of its appearance renders 

 it peculiarly well adapted for such a mode of cultivation. 

 I presume it will be easily increased by partition of the 

 crown of the root. 



Neither the cultivated plant nor my fine wild specimens 

 from Mr. Gunn agree exactly with Dr. Brown's defini- 



* So named by Smith in compliment to Robert Brown, Esq. D. C. L. &c. &c. 

 the present Keeper of the Banksian herbarium in the British Museum, whom I 

 may designate with perfect truth as the most learned systematic Botanist of this 

 or any previous age. 



