Pacnsené enumerates Sur varieties, diflinguifhing them 
by their colours only; (#) white, (@) pale red, (y) blood. 
coloured, (3) purple; thefe we deem to be the following diftine 
{fpecies, viz. (#) our prefent plant, (6) Warsonta ecvifolia, 
(y) Wartsonta tridifolia, @. (2) Watsonta rofea. He adds, | 
that he found them at the Cape of Good Hope, on the fummits — 
of the Table and other high mountains, and on hills below 
the mountains from Cape Town to Houteniqua’s-Land, grow- 
ing among the grafs in fuch abundance that whole hills appeared 
as if covered with a beautiful fearlet carpet. 
Introduced into Kew Garden, by Mr. Masson in 1774. 
A fure blower about July or Auguft, requiring a very deep 
pot. Propagates rapidly by feeds and offsets, and is now one 
of the commoneft of its tribe, known among the nurferymen — 
under the name of Ix1a /ceptrum. Owing to the intimate 
union of the fpikelets with the main {pike it appears as if it | 
began to flower at the middle; but, on examination, will be 
found to begin at the bafe of the primary pike, a as is ufual 
with its CONGEDERS, - G. 
