Of the astonishing number of Exicx brought from the 
Cape of Good-Hope, there are few species more beautiful 
than the one here given, being of upright growth, and; in | 
the season, generally covered with a profusion of blossoms. 
It varies considerably in the breadth of the leaves, which in 
some specimens are oval, in others nearly linear ; they grow 
by threes, but so close together as to appear at first sight 
more numerous. The leaflets of the calyx are large, oblong, 
obtuse, and recurved at the upper extremity, in the full- 
grown flower, only half the length of the tube of the corolla, 
but as they are expanded before the corolla is fully grown, 
they sometimes equal it in size, and, if examined in that state 
only, this species might readily be ‘supposed to belong to the 
division of calycine, in the late Mr. Dryanper’s excellent ar- 
rangement of this extensive genus. At the base of the calyx | 
are four bractes similar to the calycine leaflets, but only about 
half the length, making what has been ealled a double calyx. 
In the beautiful and accurate figure, by Mr. Baver, in his 
« Delineations of Exotic Plants, cultivated in the Royal Gar- 
den at Kew,” the anthers are entirely included within the tube 
of the corolla, which in our specimen were exserted, and being 
of a black-purple colour, add by the contrast to the beauty of 
the flower, but at the same time tend to puzzle the arrange- 
ment, by making the species appear to belong to the division 
of Macrostemones. But in alt the plants of that division 
the anthers are naked, which in our plant are awned, the 
awns or spur-like appendages having serrulate margins. | 
The species was named by Professor Tuunsere and the 
younger Linnzus, in honour of Lady Ann Monson. 
Inireduced in 1787, by Mr. Francis Masson. Flowers 
most part of the spring and summer. Our drawing was taken 
several years ago, at the late Mr. Grimwoop’s.. 
