Our drawing of this very rare and beautiful little plant was 
taken from a {pecimen kindly communicated by R. SALISBURY, 
Ye 
-Efq. by whom the bulbs were received from the Cape. — 
We have given a trivial name in remembrance of Dr. 
Daniet ve ta Rocne, author of a {mall tra, entitled, 
“ Specimen inaugurale fiflens defcriptiones Plautarum aliquot 
“* novarum, Lugd. Bat. 1766,” confined to this natural order, 
of which he has defcribed many Cape fpecies with great mi- 
nutenefs, chiefly from the herbariums of the Dutch, and has 
added five good plates of fuch as he faw flower in the gardens 
of Holland, GG. ee See | 
