Tas. 4716. 
SANDERSONIA avranrTiaca. 
Golden-flowered Sandersonia. 
Nat. Ord. Lintacr#.—HeExanpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium corollinum tubuloso-campanulatum, subglobosum, 
ore breviter sexfido; basi nectarifera et in cornubus vel calcaribus 6 brevibus 
incurvis extensa. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio omnino inclusa. Filamenta 
subulato-filiformia. Anthere oblonge, filamentorum longitudinem zquantes, ob- 
longo-obtusze, dorso paulo infra medium inserte, versatiles, inverse, biloculares. 
Ovarium liberum, oblongo-ovale, longitudine trisulcatum, trigonum, triloculare ; 
loculis pluriovulatis ; ovudis obovatis biseriatim angulo interiori seu axili longitu- 
dinaliter insertis. Fructus . . .—Herba Natalensis Africe australis, erecta, sim- 
plex ; radice tuberosa ; caule tereti. Folia erecta, alterna, sessilia, lanceolata, an- 
guste acuminata, striata, subdisticha, vel superiora subsecunda. Pedicelli axillares 
in foliis superioribus, solitarii, graciles, curvati, uniflori. Flores nutantes, auran- 
tiact, pedunculis subbreviores. 
SANDERSONIA aurantiaca. 
During a very interesting journey, extending into the in- 
terior of South Africa, from Port Natal to Magalisberg, under- 
taken by John Sanderson, Esq., in 1851, that gentleman, who 
is the honorary secretary of the Horticultural Society of Natal, 
did not fail to make not only a very considerable Hortus Siccus 
of the plants he met with, but he made faithful drawings on 
the spot, of such species as were of peculiar interest, and col- 
lected roots and seeds. The latter were placed at the disposal 
of the Society’s Garden at Natal, and a portion of them was 
liberally shared by Mr. M‘Ken, who has charge of that garden, 
with us at Kew; while the specimens and drawings were 
obligingly presented to me by Mr. Sanderson. Among other 
novelties, which we hope by-and-by to notice elsewhere, was 
the remarkable plant here figured, of which indeed we possess 
tubers, already germinating, but of which the specimens and the 
drawing amply suffice for a faithful representation. It was dis- 
covered on “ Field’s Hill, near D’Urban, and on the Swartkop 
MAY Ist, 1853. 
