copper-coloured, eared on one side at the base, with a slender 
unguis on the other. Stamens 10, connected about half way up 
with a longitudinal slit on the upper side: filaments slender, as- 
cending, unequal in length, attached to the back of the two- 
lobed anthers. Ovarum linear, smooth. Style smooth, ascending. 
Stigma a simple point. 
The present pretty species is a native of New South Wales, 
and has been introduced several years to our collections, where it 
has generally been confused either with B. Scolopendria or 
B. rufa, but it is very distinct from both; we have ascertained 
our plant by comparison with Sieber’s specimens, preserved in 
Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium. It forms a handsome bushy plant, 
and is a free bloomer ; and when covered with its handsome flow- 
ers, makes a splendid appearance, flowering from April to June, 
and is a very desirable plant for the Greenhouse, being dwarf, 
and easily cultivated in a small pot; succeeding well in an equal 
mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand ; and young cuttings, 
planted in pots of sand, and placed under bell-glasses, will strike 
root readily. Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Mr. 
Knight, King’s-road, Chelsea. 
1, Calyx, showing the Bractes ou the Pedicle. 2. Vexillum., 3. Wings. 4. Keel. 
5. Stamens, 6, Ovarium, terminated by the Style and Stigma. 
