state in Europe; for although that colour is predominant, yet we have yellow, yellow spotted with brown, and many shades of purple. Of already published species the following will be found the most striking; S. hirsutum, R. Br., whose flowers are as large as those of Lobelia heterophylla, S. pilosum, Lab., S. crassifolium, R. Br., which has a stem two feet high and S. Brunonianum, Benth., a glaucous species with verticillate leaves, and interrupted racemes of beautiful violet flowers. Of the numerous kinds hitherto undescribed, those whose characters are given below are plants exceedingly well worth cultivation.
(128) Stylidium (I. C.) hispidum; foliis linearibus hispidis incurvis apice piliferis, scapo glaberrimo, racemo subramoso corymboso, rachi floribusque glanduloso-tomentosis, sepalis ovatis obtusis.—Flowers white.
(129) Stylidium (I. D.)compressum; scapo compresso articulis 3 verticillato-foliatis, foliis radicalibus linearibus obtusis, racemo cylindraceo glauco simplici, rachi subglandulosâ, floribus glaberrimis.—Flowers bright rose-colour.
(130) Stylidium (I. D.) diuroides; scapo 1-articulato glabro; foliis verticillatis superioribusque sparsis; radicalibus filiformibus obtusis, racemo simplici pyramidato subglanduloso, calycis foliolis basi planis.—Flowers bright yellow, with the purple marking of Diuris maculata.
(131) Stylidium (I. D.) nudum; caule elongato imbricato, foliis spathulatis acutis margine denticulatis, scapo aphyllo, racemo cylindraceo simplici glandulis nigris vestito.
(132) Stylidium (I. D.) caulescens; caule elongato imbricato, scapo extra medium verticillo 1, foliis caulinis spathulatis acuminatis margine denticulatis scapi linearibus, racemo cylindraceo simplici glandulis lutescentibus densè pubescente.—A beautiful pink-flowered caulescent plant, nearly related to the last species, from which it differs not only in the characters above given, but also in the spike being longer and more slender, the ovaries much longer, and the whole inflorescence, instead of being glaucous, covered rather thickly with small glands upon yellow hairs.
(133) Stylidium (H. A.) pychnostachyum; scapo villis acutis piloso, foliis radicatibus spathulatis apiculatis ciliatis, paniculâ densâ cylindraceâ glanduloso-tomentosâ, rachi villosâ, calycibus obtusis.
(134) Stylidium (H. A.) canaliculatum; undique glaberrimum scapo folioso, foliis lincaribus acutis subcanaliculatis, paniculâ pyramidatâ, pedicellis glandulosis.—Flowers small, pale yellow.
(135) Stylidium (Centridium) androsaceum; foliis radicalibus membranaceis ovato-subortundis petiolatis subglandulosis, scapo glabro subglanduloso, cymâ simplici brachiatâ basi diphyllâ, pedunculis pubescenti-glandulosis, ovario glanduloso-scabro, corollæ calcaratæ tubo brevissimo laciniis posticis bidentatis auticis majoribus inæqualiter bilobis, labello parum minore.—A nearly leafless plant, about six inches high, with the aspect of an annual Androsace. It is nearly related to to [sic] S. calcaratum of Brown, and with it, and perhaps S. stipitatum Benth., forms a section of Stylidium, much more distinct from those called Tolypangium and Nitrangium by Endlicher than they are from each other.
