uniform colour around the inner side of the throat. Stamens sessile, 
in the apices of the perianth, the lobes divaricate at the base. Ger- 
MEN and its flattened pedicel green, glabrous. Style of the same 
colour Mith the perianth but rather lighter, glabrous, excepting near 
the apex, where there are a few short hairs. Stigma dilated, flat, 
oblique, slightly pointed in the centre, disk prominent on the lower 
side, emarginate. Fruit coriaceous, glabrous, somewhat uneven, nearly 
black when ripe. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. At fol. 153, along with 
some general observations regarding the Proteacese, notice was taken 
of the chief station in Australia for the genus Grevillea. In conformity 
with these observations, the present species, which has been in cultiva¬ 
tion in this country about fifty years, is known to be native in the 
neighbourhood of Port Jackson. It varies considerably in the form 
of its leaves, and the density of the racemes, passing on the one hand 
towards Grevillea dubia, and on the other towards Grevillea linearis. 
The great abundance of Proteacese in the flora of New Holland is 
discouraging to the prospects of the emigrants, which are at present 
crowding to that country from Great Britain, by proving that a large 
proportion of its surface has a barren soil; but the same circumstance 
is consolitary to those persons, by proving that the climate is healthy, 
and destitute of marsh miasmata, so destructive of life in many coun¬ 
tries, upon which the overflowing population of Great Britain is 
annually discharged. 
Introduction; Where grown; Culture. Grevillea sericea 
is said to have been introduced from New South Wales, by Messrs. 
Lee and Kennedy, about the year 1790. It is a handsome growing 
plant, therefore ornamental, even when devoid of flowers; and^ as it 
frequently produces them in the autumn and winter months as well as 
in the summer, it is still the more desirable. It is not commonly seen 
even in first-rate collections, which makes it desirable to bring it again 
under the notice of cultivators. It requires but the usual greenhouse 
treatment. 
Derivation or the Name. 
Grevillea, in compliment to the memory of the Right Honourable Charles 
Francis Greville. 
Synonymes. 
Grevillea sericea. Brown; in Trans. Lin. Soc. 10, 167. Ibid; Prodr. Flor; 
Nov. Holland, 376. Hort. Kew. 1, 204. Rsem. et Schultes, Syst. Veget. 3, 
410. Spr. Syst. Veget. 1,475. 
Embothrium SERICEDM. Willd. Sp. PI. 1. 539. Ibid,Hort. Berol. 142. Smith 
New Holl.25,t. 9, f. 1—4. Andrews’s Repository, t. 100. Pers. Synops. 1,118. 
Bot. Blag. 268 
Embothrium cytisoides. Cavanill. Icon. IV, 60, t. 386, f. 2. 
Lysanthe sericea. Knight and Salisb. Prot. 118. 
Lysanthe cytisifolia. Knight and Salisb. Prot. 119. 
Grab. 
