yellow. Ovarium about half an inch long, bluntly triangular, 
smooth. Style short, smooth, blue, smallest at the base, and 
thickening a little upwards. Séégmas 3, spreading a little, flat- 
tened and widened at the base, furrowed on the upper side, and 
terminated in a blunt fimbriate point. 
Our drawing of this handsome plant was made at the Nursery 
of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, where it was raised from seeds re- 
ceived from Mr. W. Baxter, who collected them near Lucky Bay, 
in New Holland. It is a very free growing plant, succeeding well 
in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, and soon forming a large 
tuft, which, when covered with its handsome blue flowers, makes 
a fine appearance, those continue for a long time in succession, 
there being several flowers in each spathe which expand succes- 
sively, blooming early in the morning, and closing before the mid- 
dle of the day; the only plan to make them hold their flowers 
longer is to place them in a shady situation; the flowers vary in 
size, according to the strength of the plant, some that we mea- 
sured, were rather broader than half a crown. It will succeed 
well planted out in a warm border, so as to be covered with a 
little straw or mats in severe frost, or it may be grown in pots 
which can be protected under frames in Winter, or in the Green- 
house, and will continue in flower from May to July; it is rea- 
dily encreased by dividing at the root. 
The generic name is derived from op9p0¢, morning, and 
av@oc, a flower, from the flowers expanding in the morning, and 
fading before noon. 
1. Two of the Bractes, which are enclosed in the Spatha, and surround the base 
of the flowers. 2. The three Stamens slightly connected at the base, and decurrent 
down the short tube. 3. Ovarium terminated by the Style and Stigmas. 
