long and rigid, spreading, upper ones shorter and softer, and 
bending inwards: limb 4-cleft, the lacinie spreading, ovate, 
obtuse. Stamens 2, inserted in the mouth of the tube: fila- 
ments smooth and slender, attached to the back of the anthers 
a little above the base: pollen of a bright orange colour. Ova- 
rium smooth, producing the style on one side. Style smooth, 
exserted. Stigma capitate, fimbriate. 
Our drawing of this splendid plant was taken at the Nursery 
of Mr. J. Mackay, who informs us that it was presented to him 
by W. T. Aiton, Esq. from His Majesty’s Botanic Garden at 
Kew, where it was first introduced by Mr. Allan Cunningham, 
His Majesty’s Collector. Mr. Mackay has also raised young 
plants of it since, from seeds sent by Mr. Henchman’s Collec- 
tor, who informs him that he gathered them on the hills near 
King George’s Sound; and observes that he was never more 
pleased than with the sight of them, the sides of the hills being 
quite red with them when in bloom. 
A hardy Greenhouse plant; and, like the rest of the genus, 
it succeeds well in a light sandy peat soil, and a little light loam 
may be added to it, to give it more substance; the pots must 
be well drained, that it may not get sodden with too much 
moisture ; the best way of increasing it is by seeds, which will 
ripen plentifully, if pains be taken to fertilize the stigmas with 
the pollen when in bloom; it may also be raised from young 
cuttings, planted under bell-glasses, in a mixture of sand and 
peat; the glasses to be wiped occasionally, to keep them from 
damping. 
The generic name is derived from myer» fat, probably from 
the plants growing in fat peaty soil. 
1, Perianthium entire, to show the hairs with which the tube is clothed. 2. The 
same spread open, to show the insertion of the Stamens. 3. Ovarium, terminated by 
ie? Yaga and fimbriate Stigma, 4, Receptacle stript of the flowers: all a little mag- 
nified. 
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