reader is referred to the Natural System of Botany, page 

 US.ed.2. 



It will be a half-hardy perennial, and may no doubt be 

 propagated by cuttings of the woody base of its stem, if it 

 should not produce seeds. The pink tips to the spikes of 

 white flowers are striking enough before the flowering is too 

 much advanced. 



Hitherto only two species of Stackhousia have been men- 

 tioned ; namely, S. viminea of Smith, and that now de- 

 scribed. Characters of three others in my herbarium are 

 given below. 



Fig. 1. in the dissections of this plate represents the 5 

 petals adhering in a tube, except just at the base where they 

 separate ; fig. 2. is the calyx split open, with the fleshy disk 

 lining its tube, and the 5 stamens, of which 2 are alternately 

 shorter than the others ; fig. 3. is the ovary, with the style 

 and 3 stigmas. 



3. S. ohtusa; foliis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis, spicis cylindraceis (brevibus?) 



et corollae lacinils obtusis, staminlbus insqualibus, coccis , bracteis 



acuminatis calyci sequalibus. Van Diemen's Land (Gmwm, 4G2.) 



Very near S. raonogyna. 



4. S.muricafa; foliis linearibus carnosis obtusis, racemis gracilibus aphyllis, 



pedunculis ternis, corollse laciniis linearibus obtusis, staminibus , 



coccis truncatis muricatis inaequalibus, bracteis obsoletis. Port Jackson. 



Flowers very small. 



5. S. nuda ; apbylla ? ramis filiformibus apice racemum pauciflorura gerentibus, 



pedunculis 3-4-nisve, corollae laciniis acuminatis, staminibus Eequalibus, 



coccis , bracteis obsoletis. New Holland. Flowers not half the 



size of the last. Whole plant apparently leafless. 



