head into distinct filaments, four or five of which project 
from each small green and nearly unseen corolla. ‘The 
foliage is harsh, of a dull opaque green; each leaf about half. 
an inch long and the third of one broad. The pollen issues 
from the inner side of the cells from below, to within the 
fork of the anther. 
Discovered by Mr. Brown. Introduced by Mr. Good in 
1803. A greenhouse plant; requiring a mixture of loam 
and peat-mould to grow in. 
Our drawing, the first published of any species of this 
genus, was made in February last, from a plant that flow- 
ered at Mr. James Dickson’s, nurseryman in Acre-lane 
-Jeading from Clapham to Brixton, ; 
a An entire flower. % One of the five stamineous shafts bearded at the 
base within. cA petal of the corolla. dThe pistil with its hirsutel 
crowned germen. e¢ An entire anther, with part of the filament: eae 
S The same as it bursts and ejects the pollen. ai 
