close under them. PETAts five, half as long again as the sepals, 
nearly as broad as long, and slightly emarginate. STAMENS nume- 
rous; the filaments nearly all free to the base, but collected into five 
bunches, alternating with the ovaria, the inner filaments about twice 
as long as the oblong anthers, the outer ones much shorter, filiform 
and sterile. Ovartes five, glabrous, each with two erect ovules, the 
styles nearly as long as the stamens, with an obtuse slightly capitate 
stigma. Seeds unknown to us. 
Popvtar anp GeocrapuicaL Notice. That the plant figured 
under the name of Hibbertia Cunninghamii, t. 3183, of the Botanical 
Magazine, cannot remain in that genus, without a considerable modi- 
fication of the generic character is evident, as the stamina of Hibber- 
tia are expressly given as “qualia” in contradistinction to those of 
Hemistemma, in which, as in the species in question, the external ones 
are abortive, and reduced to filiform rudiments. It is not, however, 
a Hemistemma, as in that genus al] the stamina are inserted on one 
side of the ovaria. The habit and foliage of our plant brings it nearer 
Candollea, and although the stamina are but very slightly connected 
together, yet they are distinctly grouped into five bunches, and it may 
require less change in the character of Candollea, than in that of any 
other genus to include it, provided the seeds are not essentially differ- 
ent. The pedunculate species of Candollea are very ornamental ; 
they have a further claim to a place in the collection of every lover of 
botany, from their association with the name of one to whom the sci- 
ence is so deeply indebted; not only for the herculean labour of his 
* Prodromus” but for the clear, and logical manner in which he has col- 
lected, digested, and expounded the principles of botany, in his nume- 
rous theoretical works. 
Intropuction; WHERE GRowN; CuLture. The plant figured 
in the Botanical Magazine, was introduced by Mr. Allan Cunningham, 
from King George's Sound, to the Royal Gardens at Kew, where it 
flowered, in 1832. Our drawing was made from a fine specimen in the 
greenhouse of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, in June. It should 
be potted in a mixture of peat and loam; and may be obtained from 
cuttings of the young shoots, which quickly strike root under a bell- 
glass. 
Derrvation oF THE NAMEs, 
CanporiEA, named by Labillardiere, in honour of Professor De Candolle of 
Geneva. Cunnincuammr, in honour of Mr, Cunningham. 
YNONYMES. 
Heppertia ConnincHamia, Hooker: Botanical Magazine, t, 3183. 
