blackifh green ; corolla fcentlefs, of a uniform deep blue colour, 

 an inch or more in diameter ; filaments whitiih; anthers yellow ; 

 ftyle and jligmas deep blue; capfule of the circumference of a 

 common quill, an inch and half long, columnar, rounded- 

 trigonal, three-furrowed, crowned by the perfiftent hardened 

 fpirally-twifted decayed corolla. 



This very rare piant has been in the poffeffion of MefTrs. 

 Whitly and Brame of Old-Brompton, for many years 

 paft ; but has never bloomed with them till July laft, although 

 it has grown luxuriantly in their greenhoufe and formed large 

 tufts. Eafily propagated by parting the roots. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, where it was found byTHUNBERG; 

 but has never before (as far as we can difcover) bloomed or 

 even been cultivated in any European garden, or figured in 

 any botanical work. G, 



Specierum Enumeratio. 



cyanea. Supra tab, 458. Vahl. Enum. 2. 123. 

 pufilla. Supra tab. 1231. (Mor/ea). Vahl I.e. 154. 

 melaleuca. Nobis in Ann. of Bot. 1. 236. — Ic. Plant. Cap. Cod. 



Bank/ian. (Moria). Vahl. I.e. 153. 

 capitata. Supra tab. 605. caerulea. Vahl. I.e. 124. 

 fpiralis. Nobis in Ann. cf Bot. I.e. Vahl. I. c. 124. (Mor^a). 

 Supra tab, 5.50. G. 



