much longer middle Jobe, and the side ones are never 
divided or deeply indented. We have therefore no hesitation 
in separating them. Mr. Brown informs us that there are 
two other species in New Holland, closely akin to these, 
with flowers of the same colour. 
Adiantifolia is a tall climbing greenhouse plant, with a 
smooth branching stem ; branches somewhat angular, green. — 
Leaves alternate, of a lively green, smooth, broader than 
long, 3-lobed, and when the side lobes are indented with 
the appearance of being 5 or more lobed, 3-nerved, not un- 
frequently with several scattered glandular nodules on their 
under surface, reticulately veined, rounded at the base 
lobes obtuse: petiole about twice as short as the blade, bent, 
glandless. Stipules minute, subulate. Tendrils axillary, 
long, spiral. Peduncles solitary, axillary, one-flowered, 
about the length of the petioles but much thicker, round, 
bent, smooth, jointed a little above the middle, furnished 
with three very small subulate, distantly placed bractes. 
Flowers about an inch and half deep, scentless, patent, at 
first of a whitish buff colour, then turning to a kind of — 
brick-red. Calyx thickish, shallowly cupped below, angu- 
larly-torose ; segments narrowishly oblong, deeply keeled, 
with a reflectent margin, and short blunt inbent point. 
Petals of the corolla inserted at the rim of the tube of the 
calyx, about one third shorter than that and nearly twice as. 
narrow, lanceolately oblong, thin, tender, obtuse, patent. 
Crown double, twice shorter than the corolla, equal; outer 
one of upright numerous bristleshaped blunt pointed one- 
ranked yellowish green rays, which stand close to the inner 
crown; inner crown or operculum ovately tubular, plaitedly 
wrinkled, erosely dentate, green, 3 times shorter than the 
column: nectary in the shallow cavity at the bottom of the 
calyx, without any partition. Shaft of the column equal 
to the calyx, green, upright : Jjilaments green filiform, equal 
to the styles; anthers sagittately linear green. Germen 
oblong, smooth, green: styles filiform, green: stigmas ob- 
liquely capitate, green. 
~ Introduced in 1792 by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of the 
Flammersmith nursery. i$% 
The drawing was taken at Messrs. Whitley, Brames, 
and Milne’s, in the King’s Road, Parson’s Green, in July, 
