lines. Stamens 4, didynamous, attached to the base of the tube. 
FiLraMENTs short. ANTHER nearly round, 2-lobed,extrose. Stigma 
capitate, 2-lobed. CapsuLe 2-celled. 
Porutar anp GeocrapnicaL Notice. On the southern coast of 
New Holland this plant was found by Mr, Robert Brown, while attached 
to Captain Flinder’s Expedition sent to explore that region; where 
Labillardiere had previously discovered the Anthocercis littorea. 
Mr. Cunningham has since described the Anthocercis albicans, and 
a fourth species has heen sent from Swan River, by Mr. Fraser to 
Sir W. J. Hooker, who has called it Anthocercis ilicifolia. Thus all 
the species which we at present know belong to Australia, and it is 
probable that if any additional ones should be detected, they will be | 
found in the same portion of the globe. Examples of certain types 
or forms of organization, whether of small extent, as a genus, or of 
larger, such as a tribe, being confined to peculiar regions, are of fre- 
quent occurrence, some of which we have already noticed, such as the 
Epacridacez, a limitation which contrasts strongly with the free and 
extensive range enjoyed by others; for example, that of the Samolus 
Valerandi, which may be found in every quarter of the globe. “If we 
study the physiology of plants” observes Dr. Royle, “as well as the 
circumstances controlling their growth, and the nature of their secre- 
tions, we find that vegetation is much affected by the different physi- 
cal states of the soil a nd atmosphere, as well as by the supply of heat 
and light; hence we may conclude, that there are different sets of 
plants fitted by nature for the particular circumstances in which they 
are placed.” 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CutTure. Introduced to this 
country by seeds sent by Mr. Allan Cunningham, in 1822, to the 
Royal Gardens at Kew, gathered at King George’s Sound. It is one 
amongst the handsomest greenhouse shrubs, and continues long to 
produce a succession of flowers in the early part of summer. Unlike 
many New Holland plants, it does not bear much water. It may be 
propagated by cuttings, and should be potted in peat, loam, and sand. 
Our drawing was made in June, in the Birmingham Botanie Garden. 
Derivation or THE Names. 
Antuocercis, from Av@og ear a it and Kepxic KERKIS,a ray, alluding 
to the radiated manner in et h the segments of the limb of the corolla are 
arranged. ble viscid or ane from the clammy secretion of the 
glandular do 
ca con 
ANTHOCERCIS viscosA. Brown: Prodromus, p. 448. Hooker: Botanical 
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