the L. suffruticosa of Burchell, Trav. vol. ii. p- 226, with the fol- 
lowing characters, “incano-tomentosa, foliis ovato-cordatis apice 
subacutis, &c.” Still more strangely, the Convolvulus of Sprengel 
is made the same as the J. suffruticosa, without any query, 
although Sprengel’s character is a mere transcript from 'Thun- 
berg’s.—After flowering, the stems die down nearly to the tuber. 
Descr. oot a solitary tuber, larger than a good-sized apple, 
subglobose. Stems from six inches to a foot long, slender, sub- 
erect, but feeble and scarcely able to support themselves, woody 
at the base and there more or less divided, glabrous, as is every 
part of the plant. Leaves alternate, nearly sessile, three, four, 
or more inches long, narrow, almost linear-lanceolate, tapering at 
both extremities, frequently recurved, the margins waved, quite 
entire. Mowers large, handsome, from the lower part of the 
stem, each on a short peduncle. Calyx of five broadly lanceolate, 
acuminated, and at the apex somewhat recurved, sepals. Corolla 
large, fine rose-colour: the tude slightly enlarged upwards and ex- 
panding into the broad spreading dims. Stamens five, inserted 
at the base of the tube, included, two long, and three short. 
Filaments subulate, downy at the base. Style included. Stigma 
large, capitate, two-lobed, granulated, 
Fig. 1. Pistil. 2. Section of ovary :—magnified. 
