THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 



TKISKIS CJIALYH.W.S. 



the outer bracts, a foot in diameter. 

 The inner petals are pure white and 

 the outer ones have an inclination to 

 pale lemon yellow, which becomes more 

 decidedly emphasized in the radiating 

 bracts. The species is essentially re- 

 pent in its habits, and has been exten- 

 sively introduced as an ornamental 

 creeper on verandahs and trellises 

 throughout the suburbs of Perth and 

 Fremantle, Western Australia. The 

 remarkably fine blossoming example 

 represented by the upper of the two 

 figures here reproduced is one growing 

 in the grounds of the Perth Govern- 

 ment Gardens, which, after scaling 

 a high brick wall on the further side, 

 hangs in flowering festoons over the 

 one presented to view. That this grand 

 spectacular display should be enacted 

 but one night each year, and then for 

 the delectation only of the bats and 

 moths or phenomenally early birds, 









1'KRF.rs KITENS. 



W. SaMle-Kent, Pkoto. 



