No. 897. 
PERSOONTA HIRSUTA. 
Class, Order. = 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Our present subject, which is quite new 
in this country, is a native of New South 
Wales. The flowers are produced with 
us during the months of August and 
September: there are seldom more than 
one or two at a time upon each twig, 
and they do not last very long. The plant 
has much of the habit of a Phylica: it 
should be preserved in a cool airy 
in winter, and moderately watered. The 
soil should be sandy peat, and the pot not 
too large. 
We have not yet succeeded in increasing 
it. The plants of this genus, as far as 
known, are all equally difficult. Seeds ap- 
pear to be the only mode at present of 
multiplying them, and these have not yet 
been matured here from our present species. 
