No. 737. 
CALOTHAMNUS QUADRIFIDA. 
Class. Order. 
POLYADELPHIA  POLYANDRIA. 
This plant is a native of New Holland : 
it grows to about the height of three feet or 
more, with spreading branches. The leaves 
are linear, having many minute glandular 
protuberances, which give them a kind of 
roughness: they are of a fine bright green, 
The flowers come out among the leaves, 
but more frequently from the old wood, 
after the leaves have fallen off, usually sur- 
rounding the stem in belts of about two 
inches in depth. The shape of the blos- 
soms is singularly curions, and unlike any 
other plant. Endless are the variations of 
form with which the works of God perpe- 
tually present us. What but an Infinite 
Mind could have contrived such things. 
But every thing in creation is full of won- 
ders, every thing is calculated to excite as- 
tonishment and command admiration. 
Our plant requires defence from frost in 
an airy greenhouse or conservatory. It may 
be increased by cuttings or seeds, and should 
be planted in loam and peat earth. 
