shrub, with hard leaves. The plant we saw, was about three 
feet high, and leafless below the branches. Spontaneous 
specimens of both /ongifolia and viridiflora are preserved in 
the Banksian Herbarium. 
Thrives in peat-earth, and requires to be kept in the 
greenhouse. * 
a The calyx sheathed at the base by imbricate bractes. c¢ The pistil with 
the 5 small scales under the germen. d The germen and hypogynous 
scales: magnified. 6 The corolla dissected vertically, so as to show its 
- pubescent interior, and the insertion of the filaments, 
