Davidsonia
(named after the discoverer of the plant, who first met with it in a sugar plantation). ORD. Saxifrageae. A remarkably handsome stove plant, with an erect habit, and of apparently easy culture. Propagated by portions of stem, inserted in sand or cocoa-nut fibre, under a bell glass, in bottom heat. D. pruriens (itching).* l. alternate, impari-pinnate, 2ft. long, furnished with pungent hairs; pinnae in five or six pairs, the terminal one about 9in. long; petioles and rachises thickly covered with short stiff hairs, and furnished between and below the pinnae with a narrow, lobate, biserrated, hairy wing. When young, the leaves are of a bright red colour. Australia, 1877.