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XVIII. On the Doryanthes, a new Genus of Plants from New Holland, 



next akin to the j^gave. 



By Jofeph Correa de Serra, LL.D. F.R.S. and L.S. 



Read December 2, 1 800. 



Amongst the various new and interefting plants with which 

 New Holland has of late enriched Botany, none perhaps has an 

 equal claim to public notice with the plant which forms the fubjea 

 of the prefent paper. Its beauty, its Ihape and elegance, and the 

 tenacity of its vital powers, entitle it to particular attention both 

 from the cultivator and the naturalift. 



It was found in the mountainous part of the colony of New 

 South Wales, by Mr. George Bafs, A.L.S. who brought the firft 

 fpecimcns of it laft year to Europe, in the fliip Perl'everance. Other 

 fpecimens, in a high ftate of prefervation, have fince been brought in 

 fpirits by Governor Hunter. From both thefe fources, and a fin- 

 gle flower which came to perfedion at Kew, from a portion of ftem 

 without roots, which had been cut many months before, in New 

 Holland, the following defcription of the genus has been made, and 

 the charadler eftablilhed : 



DORYANTHES*. 



F LO s. 



Cah'x nulliis, nifi fpatlix partiales. 



* From the Greek Aofi/, /^q^a ; Aofumim, Hajlajlorlda. 



E^c 2 Corolla 



