All the above species were introduced into cultivation by 
the Royal Gardens of Kew; but for that here figured we 
are indebted to the Botanical Gardens of Cambridge, which, 
under the superintendence of Mr. Lynch, are rapidly ob- 
taining a character worthy of the University for their 
botanical interest, as well as their horticultural and educa- 
tional value. 
S. parviflora is a native of the mountainous districts of 
the Cape Colony itself; we have seen herbarium specimens 
collected near Grahamstown by the late Dr. Pappe; at 3500 
feet elevation on Mount Boschberg, by Mr. MacOwan ; and 
near Graaf-Reinet by Mr. Bolus at 3900 feet. In its 
native country it flowers in September to November, and 
at Cambridge it flowered in June. 
Descr. Lootstock very short. Leaves suberect, numerous, 
tufted, five to nine inches long by one and a half to two 
inches broad, sessile, oblong or ovate- or Janceolate-oblong, 
obtuse, crenulate, rugose above from the numerous impressed 
nerves, densely velvety on both surfaces. Scapes longer or 
shorter than the leaves, numerous, slender, hairy ; flowers 
numerous, subpaniculate; bracts small, obovate-oblong, 
pedicels slender, and calyx and tube of corolla glandular- 
hairy. Calyz-segment linear-lanceolate. Corolla white, with 
faint purplish streaks on the three lower lobes; tube three- 
quarters of an inch long, nearly straight, broad but hardly 
inflated ; lobes subequal, rounded, about one-third of the 
length of the tube. Stamens and Staminodes as in the 
Order. Ovary glandular-pubescent. Capsule one and a 
half inch long.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Corolla laid open; 2, calyx and ovary ; 3, stigma:—al/ enlarged. 
