^ ^ ^ 



spur at the base, about the length of the lower lip ; mouth 

 of the corolla closed ; upper lip broad, ovate, rather convex, 

 divided into four obtuse segments, of which the two lateral 

 ones are rather broader and shorter than the intermediate 

 ones; lower lip about the length of the upper, forming at 

 the base a convex palate, and broadly emarginate at the 

 extremity. Stamina 4, enclosed within the tube, the lower 

 pair the longest, with their filaments twisted at the base, so 

 as to encircle the other stamina and the style; upper fila- 

 ments short and nearly straight. Anthers, of both pairs, ob- 

 long, unilocular, and cohering in pairs. Style short, straight. 

 btigma slightly dilated. Capsule oblong, nearly straight, 

 each valve obliquely truncate at the apex, so as to form 

 nearly a right angle with the other valve, and with a sharp 

 angle at the outer end. ^ 



L 



"When I published a synopsis of the Hemimerideffi in 

 the Companion to the Botanical Magazine, I had not seen 



»i!iT t^f • °^"^.' "? ^^^"^ *<^ P''^^^"t ^Pe"«s ^as described, 

 wi ■ tv T^^'^f '! ■? "y N. affinis which varies much, 

 both in the breadth of the leaves and in the length of the 



Jruit. The cultivated specimens before me have the foliage 

 of my N. affinis^ latifolia from the Uitenhage and Albaly 



founTTn fl? "^' ul^P'l'* °^ N- "ffi"'^ «. ''hich has been 

 STJl neighbourhood of Cape Town . It is possible 



snecimf , 7T^ "'"^ ^^ ^ '^'''™<=* ^P^"^^' !>"* «« ^he wild 



S^^r,t«,f .. -f ^T\ "* °°* «"ffi"«t to determine the 

 C nr!f [ * "'y- ^ h/^^J'^fe^d reducing them all, for 

 ?rL?^7vV°mir"""'" Lehmann's name, Ihich has'the 



BenfhL*'''' Tr^?'°F memorandum I ani indebted to Mr. 



and arowinJl ^ • " ^ ^^^^^ ^''°"*'> •'^t''" spreading, 



* 



nn^^^ivT^^ "^^^^^ ^''^'' ^^^"* *^« ^^^<5Ie of March, and 

 annual^nS. "^^""^^^-^^ ^^ *^-e of common hardy 



uJ\t i* '' ^ ''^"^ i ^^^ P^^^*^ ^^^ ^P^^i 2. of the stamens, 

 looking down upon them ; 3. of a stamen. 



