thickfet, cylindric, conicfilly narrowed towards the fummit. 

 Pedicles fhorter than the corolla, longer than the fmall pale 

 ovate fubiil'ate brafte. Corolla adfeendent, fegments con- 

 verging downwards into a very fhort trigibbous tube, diverging 

 upwards into a retlexed patent campanujate form ; inner 

 ones fubcuneate, rather the longeft. Stamens divergent, fe- 

 parately affurgent, fomewhat longer than the corolla. Stigma 

 obfolete. 



Jacquin compares the fcent of the bloom to May. Blooms 

 about May ; fhould be treated as a hardy green-houfe plant, 

 and kept in a mixture of peat and loam. 



A native of the Cape, from whence the prefent fpecimen 

 was received by Mr. Williams, Nurferyman, of Turnham- 

 Green, who has alfo. a variety with leaves that are not 

 Wittered. G. 



