-li -cleft; lacinize lanceolate, acute, the upper lip not 
eee os deeply divided as the lower one. Vewillum 
broadly obcordate, emarginate, dark orange-coloured, ee a 
yellow spot at the base, which runs down the unguis. Ale or 
wings crimson, about the length of the vexillum, spathulate, 
reflexed, eared near the base, with a very slender unguis. Keel 
broad and flat, acute, eared on each side a little above the base, 
about the length of the wings and vexillum. Stamens 10, dis- 
tinct, attached to the base of the calyx ; filaments smooth, at- 
tached to the back of the anthers, which are 2-lobed, and yel- 
low. Ovariwm silky, clothed with a dense silky pubescence, 
Style smooth, ascending, about the length of the stamens. 
Stigma slightly capitate. 
Our drawing of this handsome new species was taken from 
a plant at the Nursery of Mr. J. Mackay, at Clapton, in April 
last, where it was raised in 1825 from seeds sent by Mr. 
Henchman’s Collector, Mr. William Baxter, who collected 
them in King George’s Sound, and they have now flowered, 
we believe, for the first time, in this country. It is certainly a 
very handsome plant, and will be a great acquisition for the 
Greenhouse or Conservatory, as it grows freely, and produces 
a great abundance of flowers, which last a considerable time in 
bloom; and when the plants become large, they will make a 
grand appearance ; they are now scarcely more than eighteen 
inches in height, so that they begin blooming when very young. 
An equal mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, is the best 
soil to plant it in, and the protection of a common Greenhouse 
or Conservatory in Winter, so as to be protected from frost, is 
all that it will require. The best mode of increasing it will be 
from seed, which will ripen plentifully, if a little pains be taken 
with it to attach the pollen to the stigma when in bloom ; young 
cuttings, planted in sand under bell-glasses, and placed on a 
shady shelf in the Greenhouse, will root readily. 
The generic name is derived from of, sharp, and acGoc a pod, 
the pods having an acute termination. 
1. Bracte, 2, Calyx. 3. Vexillum. 4. The two wings. 5. Keel spread open, to 
show the two ears at the base. 6.'The 10 Stamens, inserted in the base of the Calyx. 
7. Ovarium, terminated by the Style and Stigma: magnified, 
