both this and our 8. polyanthus came from seeds accidentally 
contained in the Natal earth brought with other plants. 
Duscr. Leaves all radical and pressed close to the earth, 
ovato-oblong, cordate at the base, on rather short petioles, cre- 
nated, downy, reticulate-rugose, crisped, especially at the mar- 
gin, paler and almost tomentose beneath. Scapes several from 
the same plant, erect, downy, purplish below, the rest green, 
bearing two flowers with a bractea at the forking of the pedicels. 
Calyx quinquepartite ; segments linear, below erect, the apices 
patent. Corolla two and a quarter inches long ; ¢wde moderately 
curved downwards, rather broad, gradually enlarging upwards, 
whitish or pale-green, decidedly green below, especially towards 
the throat ; Zim pale lilac, two-lipped; wpper lip of two oval 
lobes, moderately spreading back, lower of three such lobes 
standing forward, and streaked in the inside with broken lines 
or dots of a sanguineous colour. Stamens two perfect; three 
minute abortive ones are represented by capitate glands. Ovary 
long, cylindrical, downy, arising from an hypogynous cup, taper- 
ing into a short narrow style. Stigma of two very short fleshy 
lips, umbilicate in the centre. 
Fig. 1. Pistil :—magnified. 
