John Lindley

“ Sarotes ledifolia85 is a stiff-branched shrub, with very large flowers apparently of a light blue, and small leaves not unlike those of Ledum angustifolium, but whorled in threes; like the last genus it is remarkable for having a style covered with clusters of long hairs, so as to look like a bottle-brush. Leucothamnus montanus86 is a large bush, of rare occurrence on the mountains, with fine campanulate white flowers, at the base of which grow three leafy hispid bracts; its leaves are heart-shaped, coarsely toothed, and about the size of those of Thomasia solanacea. ”

“ Drummond's collection, and there are five or six fine species of Hibiscus, of which H. lilacinus of the Botanical Register, tab. 2009, is one of the handsomest. An Hibiscus, with peltate leaves, was found by Frazer growing luxuriantly on the beach ”