lobed, joined by their back to the filaments: pollen yellow. 
Ovarium smooth and glossy. Style smooth, ascending. Stegma 
capitate. 
Our drawing of this beautiful plant was made last Spring 
at the Nursery of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, where it was raised 
from seeds collected in New Holland by Mr. W. Baxter; we 
have also seen fine specimens of it in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, 
that were collected by Sieber in New South Wales, so that we 
are certain our plant is the same as that described by M. Decan- 
dolle; the spikes of flowers were much longer in Mr. Lambert’s 
specimens, so that when the plant becomes pretty large, it will 
make a splendid appearance, and will be very desirable for the 
Greenhouse or Conservatory, thriving well in an equal mixture 
of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, with the pots well drained 
that the wet may pass off readily, and succeeding best in the 
open air in Summer, and to be removed into the Greenhouse 
in Winter: young cuttings, planted in pots of sand under bell- 
glasses, will strike root freely, it may also be raised from seed. 
The genus was named by Sir J. E. Smith, in honour of C. F. 
Brisseau-Mirbel, author of various works on Phisiological Bo- 
tany and Vegetable Anatomy. 
SUPPLE PE LIP LE LOL? 
1. Calyx, with the two bractes at the base. 2, Vexillum. 3. The two Wings. 
4. The short Keel spread open. 5. The 10 Stamens. 6. Ovarium, terminated by the 
Style, and capitate Stigma. 
