at the back of the flower, till the anthers cause them to separate. SEc- 
MENTs long, linear, hollow at the apex. Stamens 4, filaments short, 
anthers yellow, kidney-shaped, lodged in the concave pits at the apex 
of each sepal. Ovary stalked, Styx long, slender, curved. SrigMa 
large, obtuse. PrEricarP a coriaceous follicle, cylindrical, smooth, 
recurved, splitting along the ventral suture. S£Eps several, flattish, 
having a long narrow wing attached to the apex. 
PopuLar AND GeocrapHicaL Notice. Of all the splendid pro- 
ductions of New Holland, none surpass the present plant, which liter- 
ally dazzles the eyes of the beholders, when decked in all its brilliancy 
in its native land, where it flowers in October. The name among the 
Aborigines is Waratah, by Europeans it is sometimes termed Tulip 
tree; but this must not he confounded with the Liriodendron or Tulip 
tree of North America. Like some of the Banksias of New Holland, the 
tube of the flower is charged with honey, a property which causes it 
to be still more prized by the natives. It is not uncommon in the vales 
on the east coast of New Holland, near Port Jackson, in stony places, 
particularly when somewhat shaded. See Bennet’s Wanderings in 
New South Wales. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTurRE. It was introduced 
many years ago, by living plants, sent from Sidney Cove, to the Dow- 
ager Lady de Clifford, Nyn Hall, near Barnet, Hertfordshire. The 
plant from which our drawing was made flowered in the greenhouse 
of W. Moore Esq., of Wychdon Lodge, Staffordshire. This gentle- 
man had a drawing made of the plant, with the use of which he most 
politely favoured us, as well as the flower itself. We know of no other 
instance of its blossoming in this country for several years past. His 
gardener, Mr. Thomas Vickerstaff, informs us that the plant which is of 
a single shoot, 23 feet high, was potted in a mixture of sand, peat, and 
leaf-mould, and was at all times sparingly watered. 
Derivation oF THE NAMEs. 
TeLope, from Ty\w7o¢ a thing seen at a distance, the brilliant head of flow- 
ers rendering the plant visible from afar. a oe superlative of speci- 
osus, most shewy, ees tothe splendour of the fi 
_ Synowymes. 
Ber a Brown: aggre: of Linnean Society, Vol. X. 
EMBOTHRIUM SPECIOSISSIMUM. Smith: New Holland, 19, t. 7. Sims: Bot- 
anical Magazine, 1128. 
EMBOTHRIUM SPECIOSUM, 
gee” Paradisus Londinensis, III. 
EMBOTHRIUM SPATHULATUM; Cayanilles, 
