very slender : lamina concave, densely clothed with long glossy 
brown hairs. Stamens 4, inserted in the hollow of the lamina ; 
anthers linear ; pollen yellow. Style smooth and glossy, rigid 
and of a horny substance, thickest at the base and tapering up- 
wards, straw-coloured. Séégma simple, green, ending in scarcely 
an acute point. 
Our drawing of this handsome plant was taken from fine spe- 
cimens, kindly sent to us, in full flower, by our respected friend, 
Mr. P. M‘Arthur, Gardener to A. Baring, Esq. in whose splen- 
did conservatory at the Grange, it produced its handsome and 
delightfully fragrant flowers, in May last ; the scent of the flowers 
is delicious, having very much the fragrance of ripe peaches or 
apricots, and the plant itself forms a fine evergreen bush, the 
handsome and singular foliage of which always renders it an 
object of attraction ; the plant was first procured from Mr. Mac- 
kay, of the Clapton Nursery, and is one of the rarities that was 
collected by Mr. W. Baxter, on the south coast of New Holland: 
we believe the present plant is the first of the sort that has yet 
flowered from his collection. It is, certainly, one of the most 
desirable plants for the Greenhouse or Conservatory, both from 
its beauty, and the exquisite fragrance of its flowers. It succeeds 
well in an equal mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, with 
the pots well drained with potsherds, that the wet may pass off 
readily. Ripened cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted in — 
sand, under a hand-glass, in a cool situation, without shortening 
their leaves, will root readily. 
PP PF OL PL FL OLLI OS 
1. One of the outer bractes of the Involucrum, terminated in a leafy point. 
2. One of the inner broadish ones. 3. One of the inmost linear ones. 4. Perianthium 
split on one side, showing the Style escaping in a bent direction. 5. The same 
spread open, showing the four Stamens in the hollow points of the segnients, 6, Style, 
terminated by a simple green Stigma. 
