carmine colour on the infide with a yellow bottom, from whence 

 iffue feveral dark-red rays; external fegments yellowifh without, 

 and marked with five parallel vertical feathery ftripes of a 

 black-red colour, nearly as in fome of the fpecies of Crocus. 

 Differs from any other known to us, by the fhortnefs of its 

 filaments relatively to the anthers, as well as the roundnefs of its 

 leaves ; its ftigmas are alfo unufually fhort. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was introduced into our 

 gardens fome years back by Mr. G. Hibbert. 



The drawing was taken from a plant that flowered in 

 Mr. Knight's greenhoufe, King's-Road, Fulham, and which 

 had originally been obtained from Mr, Hibbert's collection. 



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