difference in the stems ; but, in this respect, our plant does 

 not seem to us to differ materially from Masson's figure. 

 The colour of the flower varies from dark purple to almost 

 black; and also in the number and situation of the gold- 

 coloured specks. 



Our plant was far less brightly spotted on the underside 

 than is represented in Masson's figure, and in Jacquin's 

 these spots were entirely wanting. Neither were the nerves, 

 so marked on the upper surface of the laciniae of the corolla 

 in Masson's drawing, at all visible in our plant, nor are they 

 seen in Jacquin's figure. This shows how dangerous it is 

 to frame the specific characters from drawings only, as 

 Willdenow has done throughout this genus. 



Our drawing was taken at Messrs. Whitley, Brame, 

 and Milne's Nursery, at Pulham. 



Flowers in June. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, 

 growing among the shrubs in the sandy districts beyond 

 Platte-Kloof. Requires the same treatment as the rest of 

 the genus. 



