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B. megastigma. — This pretty greenhouse evergreen shrub 

 is not so showy as the other members of the genus, but should 

 be cultivated by every one on account of its delicious fra- 

 grance. The leaves are pinnate sessile, with three to five 

 narrow linear leaflets ; flowers maroon purple, yellow inside. 

 Native of South-Western Australia. 



B. innnata. — This species belongs to the pinnate section 

 of this genus. The leaves consist usually of three or four 

 pairs of pinnsB, with a terminal pinna, and the leaflets are 

 linear and acute. The flowers are fragrant, pink, produced 

 in April and May. It grows from one to three feet high, 

 and is one of the best for exhibition. Native of Port Jackson, 

 New Holland. 



B. serrulata. — This very handsome plant has smooth, 

 trapeziform, bright green leaves, which are serrulated at 

 the edges, and full of glandular dots. The flowers are 

 rose-coloured and very sweet, produced from the axils of 

 the leaves during May and June. It makes a very hand- 

 some specimen, growing from one to four feet or more 

 high in its native country, which is Port Jackson, New 

 Holland. 



B. tetrandra. — A pinnate species, which is sometimes, 

 though erroneously, named B. microphylla ; the name it is 

 known under is, however, not applicable to the plant, as 

 it has eight and not four stamens. It is somewhat like 

 a dwarf form of B. pinnata, bearing from three to five pairs 

 of leaflets, with a terminal one ; they are linear, obtuse, 

 smooth, and dark green. The flowers are produced singly 

 from the axils of the leaves, and are of a delicate ' pale 

 pink colour, appearing in April and May. Native of New- 

 Holland. 



