and half acrofs, above a foot long; Stem central, cylindric, — 
not tapered ; raceme cylindrical, about the length of the coma, — 
or tuft of leaves that crowns it, thefe are in feveral rows lan- — 
ceolate, of the fame nature but many times f{maller than the — 
root-leaves; draéfes fhorter than flowers; corolla fomewhat 
nodding, greenifh, fix-parted, rotately patent, turbinately 
contraéted at the bafe ; /egments equal, oval-oblong, mutually — 
diverging ; filaments conne&ted together downwards by a fhort © 
ftaminilegous coronet or web, which is adnate to the lower 
" part of the corolla, from a broadifh bafe gradually attenuated, — 
fubulate, patently diverging, incurved, rather lower than feg- 
ments; Germen round-ovate, tritorofely trigonal; Style the — 
jength of the ftamens, whitifh, fubulate-filiform, upwards 
hooked-incurved ; Stigma fimple, a terminal inconfpicuous— 
point ; Cap/ule roundifh, trigonal, angles fulcate ; Seeds many, © 
about nine in each cell. : 
Raifed in Chelfea Gardens, by P. Mrixer, from feeds re- 
ceiyed from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1760. Blooms in 
the autumn ; did not appear to us to have any kind of fcent. 
Communicated by Mr. Satissury, of the Botanic Garden, 
Brompton, G,_ | 
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