about half an inch above the spathe ; limb spreading; three 
outer lacinize very broad, nearly as broad as long, nearly equal 
in breadth throughout, notched at the point, a little crumpled, 
faintly striated with numerous lines, and a strong fleshy nerve 
underneath, imbricate from the base to about half their length, 
shorter than the tube: the three inner lacinise very small, wedge- 
shaped, sometimes scarcely perceptible without the aid of a lens, 
Stamens 3, inserted in the mouth : filaments connected into a 
tube, smooth, blue; anthers erect, yellow. Ovarium triangular, 
densely clothed with long white wool. Style capillary, smooth, 
jointed, the first joint extending to the end of the stamineous tube ; 
the upper joint reaching beyond the anthers, thickened below the 
stigmas, yellow. Stigmas 3, flat, dilated at the points, slightly 
deflexed, hollow on the upper side, glandularly pubescent, the 
margins slightly reflexed and densely ciliate. 
This beautiful species is nearly related to P. sericea, but 
differs in its scape, being about the length of the leaves, and clo- 
thed with loose wool all its length, which in P. sertcea is much 
shorter, and clothed with a silky pubescence only above the mid- 
dle; the leaves of this are also broader, and the edges and keels are 
thickly clothed with long white wool ; the stripes on the leaves 
are also equal, not every alternate one smaller, as in P. sericea. 
The present plant was raised from seed, at the Nursery of Mr. J. 
Mackay, at Clapton, where our drawing was made, in June last, 
and it has continued to bloom successively ever since. The seeds 
were collected by Mr. Henchman’s collector, Mr. W. Baxter, on 
the south coast of New Holland, and flowered this Summer for the 
first time ; itis a desirable plant for the Greenhouse or Conserva- 
tory, and would succeed well in a sheltered border, in the open 
air, so as to be covered a little in severe frosty weather: it suc- 
ceeds well in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat, and is in- 
creased by seeds, or dividing at the root. 
The genus was named by Mr. Brown, in honour of his friend 
the late Colonel William Paterson, a celebrated Botanist and Na- 
turalist, many years resident in New South Wales, and by whose 
means numerous plants were introduced to this country. 
PLFS PELL PE PL OL 
A. Tube of the Perianthium. 2, The 3 small inner segments. 3. The three Stamens 
connected into a tube, the anthers distinct. 4. The woolly Ovarium. 5, The joint 10 
the Style. 6. The three broad Stigmas. 
