_ imbricate, coriaceous, striated; the outer one, short and half embracing 
the pedicel; the inner one, twice as long, and folded round so as com- 
pletely to sheath the base of the calyx. Catyx three lines long, green. 
Coro.za red, the standard projecting two lines beyond the calyx, the 
other petals full three lines longer. 
Poputar anp GeocrapnicaL Notice. The Scottia dentata, the 
only species of the genus, is a native of the South Coast of Australia, 
where it was discovered by Mr. Brown, during Captain Flinder’s 
expedition. We are unacquainted with the exact locality, but it does 
not appear to have any extensive range, as it occurs but in few col- 
lections. It is a remarkable genus amongst Genistex, from the form 
of the corolla, and the sheath round the base of the ovary, in both 
which characters it bears a resemblance on the one hand to Brachy- 
sema, amongst Podalyriee, and on the other, to various Phaseolez. 
The stamina and foliage leave, however, no doubt that its nearest 
affinities are with Genisteew, and amongst these with the genera Platy- 
Jobium and Lalage; it has the sheathing bracteole and opposite simple 
leayes in common with both, differing from them chiefly in the form 
of the corolla and calyx. It is an ornamental plant, but perhaps less 
so than many other Australian papilionaceous plants, the flowers 
being too much concealed by the foliage. G 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE Grown; CoLTurE. This plant is said 
to have been first introduced to the garden of Kew by Mr. Peter 
Good, in the year 1803, but it has ever since been a scarce plant in 
our greenhouses. There is a fine specimen in the Horticultural 
Society’s collection, which flowers abundantly under the usual treat- 
ment of South Australian plants. Our drawing was made from a fine 
specimen in the nursery of the Messrs. Knight, of Chelsea. This is 
one of those Greenhouse plants which soon becomes sickly on being. 
placed out of doors during summer, therefore must be kept in the 
greenhouse all the year. It is most successfully increased by layers, 
but may be struck also from cuttings, in sand under a hand-glass. 
Soil—sandy peat and loam. 
DertvaTIoN oF THE NaMEs. 
Scorttia, in honour of Dr. Robert Scott circ Professor of Botany at Dublin. 
Dentata, toothed, in allusion to the le 
NYME. 
pageant DENTATA, a Hortus Kewensis, v. 4, p. 269, De Candolle: Pro- 
dromus, v, 2, p. 
