base, just above which it divides into. numerous slender — 
flexile branches; towards the ends of which the flower- 
stalks are produced from the axils of the leaves, sometimes — 
drooping, at others upright. When placed in the bark-bed — 
of the hot-house it grows with great luxuriance, and may — 
be led along a trellis-work to.a great length in all direc- ~ 
tions. The bloom is of a deep orange-scarlet colour, about — 
an inch long, with the diameter nearly twice as large as 
that of a crow-quill, beginning to appear about February 
and continuing for some weeks in succession. This is orna- 
mental, and approaches that of coccinea; but differs at first — 
sight by its very remarkable limb, a part which seems not 
to have been correctly made out by Vahl in his dried plant, 
a duplicate of which he has sent to the Banksian Herbarium. 
The side-lobes of the leaves are sometimes horizontally divari- 
. cate, at others convergent, but scarcely ever confluent with 
the middle one; and are sometimes indented, sometimes — 
rounded and entire at their lower angle or earlet.—We 
have not heard, that it has yet been multiplied in, any 
way; nor that it has produced seed.—Our drawing: was 
made at the botanic establishment of the Lady we have 
mentioned above, at Bayswater, in February last. 
__ a The calyx removed from the corolla. 4 The corolla dissected longitu- 
dinally, to show the position of the stamens. c The pistil. cht, BR 
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