Root fibrous, perennial ; root-Jheatbs membranous fphacelate, 

 Ihort ; leaves perennial, 3 — 4 inches high, 2 — 3 lines broad ; 

 Jlem annual, about a foot high, ftriate ; corclla three inches or 

 more in diameter ; Jlyle twice fhorter than the larger fegments ; 

 anthers about equal to filaments, upright, yellow. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, where it was found by Thunberg 

 on and near the Paarleberg, growing among the bufhes. 



Introduced by Mr. MASioa into Kew Gardens, where it 

 flowered in 1788. A greenhoufe plant of great beauty. G. 



