a very wide range indeed in South Africa, from the Cape 
district to Grahamstown and Natal. 
The subject of the present plate was raised from seed 
brought by Mr. Watson, sub-curator of the Royal Gardens, 
from the immediate vicinity of Grahamstown in 1887. 
Descr. Whole plant except the corolla shaggy with soft 
hairs. eaves several from the root, four to six inches 
long, spreading, sessile or subsessile, ovate, obtuse, crenate, 
bullate, dark green above, nearly white beneath. Scapes 
several, six to ten inches high, reddish; flowers sub- 
cymosely racemed; pedicels slender and as well as the 
calyx, corolla-tube and ovary glandular-pubescent ; bracts 
small, subulate. Calyx one-sixth of an inch long; seg- 
ments linear, erect. Corolla-tube two-thirds of an inch 
long, slightly recurved, purplish without and within; limb 
as broad, flat, lobes orbicular, white, slightly unequal.— 
w. 1). U. 
Fig. 1, Calyx and ovary ; 2, corolla laid open; 3 and 4, stamens:—al/ enlarged. 
