before been feen in England. It is not above one-third the 

 height of var. a, and is of a more beautiful colour. The 

 leaves of both, from the prominence of their ribs, have the 

 appearance of being thick and bilulcate on each fide and the 

 bottom of the furrows glaucous. Segments modifications of 

 lanceolate bilabiately arranged, the lowefl dependent, all either 

 patent or recurved ; when patent the uppermoft one points 

 ftraight forward, when recurved that is only patent, thus ever 

 differing in direction, all nearly the length of the faux. 

 Scentlefs. Flowers in February and March : (a) was found 

 at the Cape by Thunberg on the fides of mountains, parti- 

 cularly on thofe of Leuweftaart, alfo near Conftantia, and in 

 fome other diftri&s, flowering in our fummer months. The 

 firft variety is become very common, and is one of the earlieft 

 blowers of its family. We fufpeft: our prefent variety to have 

 been produced by feed in Holland, never having yet found it 

 in any herbarium or feen it produced from any bulb imme- 

 diately from the Cape. It is not improbable that the diminifhed 

 ftature may be in fome way connected with the variegation of 

 the corolla, in the fame manner as tulips whilft they blow of 

 a plain colour have a very long fcape, which when, in the 

 language of florifts, the flower breaks, immediately lofes half 

 or two-thirds of its length. We have obferved the fame di- 

 minution of fize in feveral other inftances in this natural order 

 upon the flower becoming variegated. G. 



