No. 514, 
LEPTOSPERMUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
Class, Order, 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
A very fine species, a native of Van Die- 
men’s island: it grows to about two feet 
in height: the branches are angular, and 
the leaves, which are obscurely three-nerved, 
have a twist at their insertion, which causes 
them to stand edge-ways. The flowers are 
germen were wanting in some of the flowers 
on our plant. 
It may be increased with facility by 
cuttings, and the soil should be loam and 
peat: during the winter it must be kept in 
the greenhouse, 
