their centre, and thefe again for others; fo that in large fpe- 
cimens, a bunch of flowers will fometimes confift of twenty 
or more bloffoms: previous to their expanfion they are beau- 
tiful in the extreme, the body of the corolla is then almoft 
white, the bulbous part at its fummit a deep crimfon, termi- 
nated by a little flame-like point, inclining more toa {carlet, 
which expands into four acute fegments. 
Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered at 
Mefirs. Lez and Kennepy’s, Hammerfmith; we afterwards 
faw at Mr, Witx1ams’s, Turnham-Green, a variety with larger. 
flowers, and leaves more clofely imbricated. 
This fpecies has long fince been defcribed by Monrt, in 
the Swedifh Tranfattions, and more lately in the Supp/. P/. 
of the younger Linnaus, who makes it a native of the Cape 
on the authority of Profeffor Taunperc. : : 
To this country it has been introduced fince the publication — 
of the Hort. Kew. 
Like the ampullacea, it is at prefent fcarcely to be had for 
any price, being rare, and difficult to increafe by cuttings, 
