John Lindley

“ S. platyphylla110 is a broad-leaved hairy species, with white flowers of considerable size; but S. squarrosa,111 fasciculata, Benth., and all the others I am acquainted with, are not at all suited to the objects of cultivators. It is among the Leschenaultias and Dampieras that the fine plants of this order are to be sought in this part of the world. Of the former genus five if not six species have already been discovered, all of which are most beautiful plants; L. floribunda, Benth. has dense clusters of blue and red flowers at the end of long branches, and is the least deserving cultivation ”

“ D. triloba,116 a plant allied to D. fasciculata, with multitudes of short axillary spikes of blue flowers, will probably be a gay-looking plant, and D. coronata117 will certainly rival the handsomest of the Cape Lobelias; but all the other species, and there are many, are by no means beautiful objects.
(113) Leschenaultia biloba; foliis linearibus, floribus in corymbo paucifloro laxè aggregatis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, sepalis tubo corollæ vix æqualibus, corollâ extùs glabrâ intùs stuposâ laclniis altè bilobis serrulatis mucrone interjecto, filamentis glabris. ”

“ Dampiera coronata; herbacea erecta, caule triptero paniculate, foliis glaberrimis inferioribus cuneato-lanceolatis incisis dentatisve superioribus linearibus acutis summis subulatis, floribus pedunculatis, ovario hinc gibboso calyce 5-dentato coronato, corollæ pilis nigris arctè appressis. ”