Brunonia
(named after Robert Brown, the most eminent botanist of his time). ORD. Goodenoviae. A stemless greenhouse perennial herb, with the habit of Scabiosa, downy from glandless simple hairs. Flowers distinct, with a whorl of five membranous bracts; corolla blue, marcescent. Radical leaves quite entire, spathulate; scapes undivided, each bearing one head; head hemispherical, lobate; lobes involucrated by foliaceous bracts. It thrives in a compost of decayed manure, or leaf soil and peat, with a little loam added; thorough drainage is necessary. Propagated by divisions, in early spring, previous to repotting.
B. australis (southern)* is the only species known to be in cultivation. h. 1ft. New Holland, 1834. (B. R. 1833.)