first green, then becoming red, tipped with green, the 
annie a centre, of the darkest red. Stamens 8, filaments 
hispidly hairy, obtuse a little below the insertion of the anther, 
the anther inserted by the back to a slender short thread. Car- 
pella 4, connected into a four-lobed ovarium, hairy in the furrows 
and at the top, terminated by a short purple glossy Style, and 
capitate Stigma. 
Our drawing of this handsome Shrub was made last month, 
from a plant about six feet high, and branched all the way to the 
bottom, at the Nursery of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, where it 
was raised, we believe, for the first time in this country, from 
seeds sent home by Mr. W. Baxter. It was first discovered by 
A. Menzies, Esq. on the West Coast of New Holland, and was 
described from his specimens in the eighth volume of the Linnean 
Society’s Transactions, by Sir J. E. Smith, the late and much 
lamented President of that Society. 
Several species of this handsome genus have at last been 
_ introduced to this country, where the B. pimnata was for along 
time the only solitary species; there are yet many other species 
to be introduced, that are already known, and doubtless nume- 
rous others that have not been yet discovered. The present species 
thrives well in a mixture of one third light sandy loam, and two 
thirds peat, and requires the protection of a Greenhouse or 
Conservatory in Winter; and young cuttings, planted in sand, 
under bell-glasses, will strike root. 
PPP LI PIL LI LOS 
1. Calyx. 2. The eight Stamens, every other one shortest. 3. Stamen more 
magnified, to show the insertion of the anther. 4. The four celled Carpella, termi-— 
nated by the Style and capitate Stigma. 5. The same more magnified, to show the 
hairs in the channels of the Carpella. 
