leaves in our plant were clothed with rather a soft pubescence, 

 but the older ones were very rough, being- covered with elevated 

 points, each terminated with a stiff hair. The colour and 

 size of the flowers vary so much in different specimens that 

 no inference can be drawn from them. As there is nothing; 

 like silkiness in the foliage, we must think the synonym 

 quoted from Thunberg to be dubious ; and Plukenet's 

 figure, usually quoted as a synonym, ought undoubtedly to be 

 excluded. 



Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by 

 Messrs. Colville and Son, in the King's-Road ; together 

 with another variety with flowers of nearly a peach-blossom 

 colour, without any admixture of blue. Native of the Cape 

 of Good-Hope. Flowers in May and June. Propagated by 

 cuttings or seeds. Requires protection from frost. The soil 

 best suited to it appears to be a sandy loam with a slight ad- 

 mixture of peat. Cultivated by Philip Miller, in 1759, in 

 the Chelsea Garden, from whence there is a specimen pre- 

 served in the Banksian Herbarium, evidently the same variety 

 as the one here figured. 



