pubescent. Style smooth, very slender, extending beyond the 
stamens, jointed a little above the tube, the upper part a little 
thickened. Stzgmas 3, flat, broadly wedge-shaped, serrulate, 
the points slightly bent downwards. 
The present handsome and abundant flowering species, is 
generally confused with P. glauca in our collections, but is 
readily distinguished from that species by its long scapes and 
jointed style ; we have given it the name proposed by Dr. Sims, 
who suspected it to be different from P. glauca. 
Our drawing was made from plants at the Nursery of Mr. 
Mackay, at Clapton, where they were raised from seeds sent 
by Mr. W. Baxter, who collected them on the South Coast of 
New Holland. It is a very free growing plant, and nearly hardy, 
requiring nothing but the covering of a mat, or a little hay or 
straw thrown over it in severe frosty weather: a plant of it has 
been growing in a warm border of our garden all the Winter, 
without sustaining the least injury ; it succeeds well in any light 
sandy soil, or a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, 
will suit it very well; it is readily increased by dividing at the 
root, or by seeds, which are sometimes produced. 
PLLIP LIE GI PLE LIES? 
1. One of the bractes that encloses the flower. 2. Tube of the perianthium di- 
vested of the three large segments. 3. The three small taper-pointed segments. 4. The 
three Stamens connected at the base. 5. The pubescent Ovarium. 6. The jointed 
Style. 7, The three Stigmas. 
