Segments obovate-oblong, neatly equal; or the outer ones fome- 
what broader; fi/aments twice fhorter than thefle, divergent, 
compreffed-fubulate, nearly equal, thofe oppofite the inner 
fegments membranoufly dilated at their bafe with a toothlike 
appendage on eath fide; axihérs pale yellow, linear-oblong, 
incumbent, balancing, Joculaments parting at each end; pifil 
about equal to the flamens ;_germex of a yellowith green, ovate, 
tapering, obtufely trigonal, obfoletely trifulcate ; _/y/e about the 
length of this, triquetral-fliform, ending in an incon{picuous 
fubpubefcent fubcapitellately enlarged figma ; cap/ule oblong, 
tapered, triquetral, obtufe, trifulcate, angles obtufe, the length 
of the fegments; /eeds many, angular, oblong, black. ‘The 
bloom has no fcent. o 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Our drawing was made 
from a plant, that bloomed this fummer, at Mr. SarispuRy’s 
Botanic Garden, Brompton, G, 
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