part becomes woody and' naked ; leaves fhortifh in proportion 

 to the ftem, thick, fucculent, brittle, very fmooth, convex at 

 the back, deprefied on the upper fi.de, marginal teeth cartila- 

 ginous, generally whitifh, rather diftant but regular ; floiver- 

 fialk branched, from one to three feet high j in young iierile 

 plants the upper leaves converge more remarkably than 

 in old flower-bearing ones; in the winter they are fometimes 

 clouded with a purplifh-brown tint ; corolla bright deep fcarlet 

 with a greenifh brim. Blooms from July to December. Should 

 be kept in the dry ftove. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Propagated by fuckers and feeds ; from which lad Miller. 

 has railed the plant, but did not find it vary in the extraordinary- 

 way that Linn.j5.us fuppofed. 



Our drawing was made at Mr. Salisbury's Botanic- 

 Garden, Sioane-Square. G. 



E R RA T A. 



No. 1045, !• *3» P n **■ cujus ungues imo fcrobiculati, melliferij" l*g* " irnis 



unguibus fcrobiculo mellifero cxfculptis j" 

 No. 1091, 1. 23, fro ** appifta" lege " appafta." 

 No. 1261, U 24, after " each" add " other." 





