colour variegated with white. «Corolla very like that of mixta, 
but the ale are tipped with purple, and the appendices of the 
carina are much more brilliant. The germen in this f{pecies, 
in mixta, in Heifleria, and probably in the whole feétion, ex- 
cept P. Chamebuxus, is terminated with four tooth-like proceffes. 
This chara€ter, together with the want of the petal-like expan- 
fion of the calyx, feem to us to have been fufficient to reftore 
Linn z£us’s original genus of HeisTerta. 
The fynonym always quoted from Tuunsere is rendered 
doubtful, by his defcribing the leaves as being folitary, fili- 
form, and acute ; which terms are in no refpeé applicable to 
our plant. 
A hardy greenhoufe fhrub; native of the Cape of Good- 
Hope. Flowers almoft throughout the year. Introduced in 
1791. Communicated by Mefirs, Loppiczs and Son. 
