thei. me of I 



now as highly prized as any plan 

 mam d additions would doubl 



in a few collections from the N una 



that water the richest portic ontinenl 



head-waters of the Nile would also contribute their qti 

 the limited collection ol brought b 



and Grant, tl 

 which in the length of its tails migl ith the well-known 



A. caudaium. 



me thirty years ago the name of Mr. Ilorsfall s excellent 

 father might be frequently met with in the pag< - >>ta- 



nical Magazine,' in connection with <l 



honour of introducing to this country, which the still 



popular Ipomcea Hor i>e cited as not tl irk- 



able. And it is with no ordinary } 1 now dedii 



to the worthy son of a worthy sire the beautiful plant that is 

 figured in t! mpanying and which he I, the 



means of securing to our gardens. — J. B* 



Descr. A terrestrial j ulbous plant, pi a tuft 



of several leaves, which are plicated, \ urp-pointed, and 



from two to three fa by four to six inches broad. & 



radical, twice the length of the Leaves, upright, bearing a; 

 extremity a dense, many-llowered tl tiful 



flowers. Bracts long and pointed, fitting tightly round the 

 scape. Sepals greenish on the outside, but of a purplish brou n 

 internally, an inch long, lanceolate-acuminate, wa the 



edges, bent backwards. Petals much wider than tlu 

 spreading, obtuse, almost square, half the length of th, 

 white, suffused with rose. Lip nearly free, funnel-shaped at the 

 base, slightly three-lobed ; the lateral lol landing 



erect, convex, rounded, green, streaked with rich purplish-erim- 

 son. Epiekil, or centre-lobe of lip, Sunt, of a deep puce 



colour, with three whitish elevated ridges on its disk, and which 

 run down to base of lip. ( If-round, with mem- 



branous ed^ .liters surmounted by a crest composed of 



two short diverging teeth. 



Fig. 1. Reduced view of the entire plant. 2. Front view of the Up 

 luran. 4. Pollen-masses;— all slightly magnified. 



* Our artist was assisted in the preparation of I 

 mg from the pencil of Mrs. HorefeU, which t „ sentatiou 



ol the habit of the plant. 



