demy of Sciences and Inscriptions of Thouloufe, to which he 

 has fince added further explanation, in the thirty-fifth volume 

 of the Journal de Phylique, p. 431. The fpecies that ferved 

 him for his foundation was Lapeyrousia (Gladiolus, 

 Thanh.) anceps, his comprejfa, the only one known to him, and 

 which he ftates to be an aboriginal of the Ifle of France, 

 adding, that his fpecimen was tranfmitted by Commerson to 

 Thouin, and by the latter to himfelf; thus the miftake in 

 the habitat lies between the three; for it is certainly a native 

 of the Cape, and not of the Ifle of France. The generic 

 name he gives in honour of Picot, then Baron de la Peyrouse, 

 fince Infpe6lor of the Mines of the French Republic and Affo- 

 ciate of the National Inftitute, well known by his works on 

 the Natural Hiftory of the Pyrenees; — not to be confounded 

 with the celebrated but ill-fated navigator, known by the title 

 of Compte de la Peyrouse. 



The fpecies on which we have conflru&ed our generic cha- 

 racter are as follow : Galaxia pit cat a y Jacq. (Ixia betero* 

 phylla, JVilld. our Lapzyrou si a fafciculata) Gladiolus//?/- 

 catusy Linn, Jit. Ixia corymbqfa, Linn. Gladiolus anceps, 

 Linn. fit. Gladiolus fJfifoIius> Jacq. Gladiolus filenoides, 

 Jacq. Gladiolus junceus, Linn. fiL 



The prefent fpecies varies greatly in number of branches, 

 ihicknefs and height of Item, breadth and even crifpature of 

 leaves ; alfo, with white and plain blue flowers. The white 

 variety we have never feen, but know it to be in the collection 

 of Mr. Hibbert. Scentlefs. 



Found by Thunberg in fandy fpots and roads about 

 Swartland, at the Cape of Good Hope. Neither he nor 

 Jacouin obferved its bifid ftigmas, which the former de- 

 fcribes as globular, an appearance they often afllime in a dried 

 Hate. 



Our drawing was taken at the garden of G. Hibbert, Efq. 

 at Clapham. Is as yet an exceeding rare plant. Flowers in 

 May. G. 5 V 



