Stem fmooth, from eight inches to near four feel high, never 

 branched. Leaves far iheathing, coarfely nerved, pubefcent, 

 and generally edged with a filiform cartilaginous border of a 

 purple colour. Spathes fmooth. Flowers 2 — 8. Faux ob- 

 tufely angular, which characterise is very confpicuous in the 

 larger varieties ; in (y) the bafes of the fc-gments are united 

 and form a cylindrical faux, refembling that of mofl Wat- 

 son 1 as, which we prcfume muft have been the caufe that 

 Lihnjlus (who only faw it in a dried ftate) deemed it a cotv 

 gener of Watsonia (his Antholyza) Meriana. Limb 

 nearly regular but fomewhat unequal. Stamens fhorfer than 

 limb. We have feen many other intermediate varieties, but 

 have, as ufual, only enumerated the mod linking, and fuch as 

 many will probably reckon diftinct. fpecies. Watsonia hu- 

 m'dis, a Handing fynonym to this, is a real Watfonia, and a 

 very diftinct. plant with fmooth leaves. The prefent variety 

 ilowers in May, and fmells very like the flowers of Hawthorn 

 or May. It fcarcely ever blows two years together of the 

 fame fize or colour, varying from a deep purplifh rofe colour 

 to a pale pink nearly white. Much of its beauty depends upon 

 Ikilful cultivation. Mr. Williams, Nurferyman, at Turn- 

 ham-Green, has an exceeding large' variety without the purple 

 edge to the leaves. Is at all times very impatient of moifture. 

 Was moft probably introduced among our Nurferymen by the 

 way of Holland ; we have feen many fpecimens of it among 

 the late Cape arrivals. Our figure was taken at Meffrs. Grim- 

 wood and Wyke's, Kenfington, where it flowered in great 

 perfection. G. 



