woody ; cauline leaflet fpathaceous about an inch long, ufually 

 iterile ; fpathc about two inches long, outer valves fphacelate 

 and reddifh at their point ; corolla near two inches long, vel- 

 low, purple veined on the outride. As we had no opportunity 

 of infpefting the living plant, we are uncertain whether the 

 ftamens have united or feparate filaments, or if the outer ungues 

 have the fmall melliferous cavity at their bafe, fo ufual in this 

 genus; Th un berg calls the flower imberbis t but he has more 

 than once overlooked this character, which is far lefs con- 

 fpicuous here than in Iris, and is fometimes not to be afcer- 

 tained without the aid of a glafs. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, where it was found by Thunberg on hills below the 

 Duyvelfberg and Lcwekop. We have to thank Sir Joseph 

 Banks for his very liberal permiffion to copy the original 

 drawings of this plant, as well as of Aristea Melaleuca, Mor.ea 

 Jpicata and the curled-leaved variety of crifpa, which two laft 

 will appear in the next fafeiculus. G. 



