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* ANIGOZANTHUS flavida. 

 Yellow-haired Anigozanthm. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. H.<emodorace,e. 



ANIGOZANTHUS. Bot. Reg. vol. <23.fol. 2012. 



A. flavida; caule foliisque glaberrimis, paniculae rigidse ramis tomento deciduo 

 vestitis, perianthii limbo subasqualiter patente, antberis apiculo reflexo. 



A. flavida. Redout, liliac. 176. Bot. Mag. t. 1151. Rbmer et Schultes syst. 

 veg. 7. 283. 



Scbwagrichenia flavida. Spreng. syst. veg. 2. 26. 



Caulis sesquipedalis, apice ramosus, tomento deciduo flavescente viridi 

 vel purpurea vestitus. Tomentum florum viridi- luteum, pilis quibusdam 

 purpureis intermixtis. Gynaeceum fere ut in A. Manglesii ; sed ovarium 

 apice liberum, et ovula pauciora. 



This species was along* ago introduced into our gardens 

 from the South Coast of New Holland, where it appears to 

 be of common occurrence ; nevertheless we seldom see it, 

 although a fine showy plant and of very curious structure. 



That form of the species which is here represented, is 

 not precisely the same as what is generally cultivated, and 

 inhabits a rather different country; having been obtained 

 from the Swan River Colony by Robert Mangles, Esq. It 

 is of more robust growth, and instead of being whole- 

 coloured it has a dash of brown-purple on the upper ramifi- 

 cations of the panicle. Neither does it exactly agree with 

 the species in the Botanical Magazine, for it wants the 

 purple lining of the flower, and the dark purple stem there 

 represented. 



The species does in fact vary, in regard to the colour of 



* See Bot. Reg. fob 2012. 



