ds; lamina concave 
lly at the base, and pubescent upwart® ; ; 
zg spibenceat or sericeous, and tipped with some brown glossy 
rigid hairs. Stamens 4, inserted in the hollow points of the 
lacinie : anthers linear: pollen pale yellow. Style smooth, 
exserted. Stigma rigid, acute. 
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this fine plant, we 
are obliged to Mr. J. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, who was 
so kind as to send us fine flowering specimens of it; and we 
have observed that the different species of this genus and of 
Banksia flower more freely at his Nursery than we have ob- 
served them in any other collection ; some of them also perfect 
their seeds there. The plants of those genera are very magnifi- 
cent, but are not cultivated so generally as they deserve to be, 
chiefly owing we believe to their supposed difficulty of cultiva- 
tion and propagation ; of this we have given full details in our 
BoranicaL Cunrivator, the third edition of which is now on 
sale. “ They thrive best in an equal mixture of light turfy 
loam, peat, and sand; the more sandy the soil is, the better 
they will thrive. The pots must be well drained with potsherds, 
which should be broken very small, as the roots are very fond 
of running amongst them. Ripened cuttings taken off at a 
joint, and planted in pots of sand, without shortening any of 
the leaves, will root freely, if placed under hand-glasses, but 
not plunged; as soon as rooted they should be potted off, as 
the sand will injure their roots if they stay too long in it; they 
should then be placed in a cold frame till they have taken fresh 
root, and must be hardened to the air by degrees. August and 
September is the best time for putting in the cuttings, many of 
which will be rooted by Spring.” 
The present species is a native of Lewins Land, on the 
south coast of New Holland, and was introduced to this coun- 
try in 1805, where it blooms in the Winter and Spring, and 
still continues a scarce plant. The genus was named by Mr. 
Brown in honour of Mr. Jonas Dryander, a skilful and accu- 
rate Botanist. ; 
PPPOE OP OR OT OD 
1. One of the bractes of the Involu at . , 
S é , ; crum, showing its bearded sides and point. 
. Ceres aes morise ste 8 Stamens in the hollow pointsof thelacinie, 
> \ e Stamen magnified. 4, Sty ; 
smooth upwards, terminated by an acute rigid Stigma, HORA INE BOP LARS 
