Desca. Rootftock flefhy, cefpitofely ftoloniferous, faffron- 4 j 
coloured, having very long flefhy fimpte jiéres ; eaves perennial, : 1 
many, diftichly enfiform, naked, 2—3 times fhorter than flem, © 
upwards janceolate, far-acuminate, deeply plicate, downwards © 
petiolately narrowed, convolute, equitant, {heathing, not plicate 3 ; 
fiem 3—4 feet high, upright, brownifh, villofe, geniculately flex- | 
uofe, fheathed at every bend by a fingle {phacelate villous leaflet, t 
terminated by an oblong paniculately compound clofifh raceme t 
of three-flowered, diftant, partial racemes, which, as well as the © 
pedicles, have raées fimilar to the flem-leaflets only fmaller; | 
pedicles fhorter than the diameter of the flower ; corolla deep | 
yellow, pubefcent outwards, perfiftent, hexapetaloufly divided, 
refupinate, fubbilately rotate, but flightly unequal, turbinately 
narrowed at the bafe for a little way ; /egmcents cuneate-oblong, 
with a fhort mucro; the three forming the upper-/ip, are not 
divided entirely to the bafe, but cohere, are upright, and con- 
verge; of thele the middle is the outer, as well as narrowetft, 
has a brown tinge on the outfide, where it is likewife very 
villous; the three forming the lower-lip are parted quite to | 
their bafe, of thefe the two fide ones are parabolic and diva- | 
ricately diftich, the middle one hangs diftin& and is the | 
broadett of the fix ; the fork of the divifion of the two lipsis car- | 
ried on on each fide by two fmall channelled fpouts or gutters | 
as far down as the pedicle, whence a honied liquor is difcharged, 
and the flower appears bicalcarate at the bale; filaments fub- © 
ulately filiform, fhorter than corolla, ftanding between the © 
germen and difk of the corolla, aflurgently defleéted, divergent, — 
pointing forwards ; axthers brownifh-yellow, oblong, incum-— 
bent; //yle about the length and fhape of filaments, inclining — 
Jaterally beyond them; /igma fimple; germen fuperior, fmall, 
turbinately round, triquetral, villofe ; cap/fule veiled, mem-— 
branous, cordately roundifh, fharply or fubalately triquetral, — 
{ubtrilobate, terminated by the femiperfiftent ftyle; /ceds one 
in each cell, dark brown, obovate, or from round narrowed | 
downwards, flightly compreffed, fhaggy with pliable chaffy | 
excrefcencies, fixed by a fhort umbilical cord to the internal | 
angle of each cell. The flowers are ephemeral; fcentlefs; | 
fucceffive; fmaller than thofe of either paniculata or hirfuta. G. © 
From the Cape of Good Hope; now common in our | 
greenhoufes, where it thrives with little care; flowers about _ 
July. Our drawing was made at. Mefirs. Lez and Ken- | 
NeDyY’s. Introduced by Mr. P. Mituer, in 1755. : 
