As far as can be determined by such figures, Knipuorr’s Z. 
jfuloum seems to be the same as ours, but the spinous stipules 
and fruit are wanting. Burman’s figure; our @, is a good 
representation of our plant, as far as regards the flowers, 
leaves and spines, but the fruit is represented and described as 
being sulcate, oblong and very acute. Di ..enius’s plant 
has globular fruit much smaller than ours, and oblong petals 
narrowed towards the base and incised at the tip, very like 
our Z. insuave. Commelin’s figure, our 3, represents the 
petals obcordate and the fruit sharp pointed ; but the latter 
in his description is said to be round and compressed at both 
ends, in the form of a Dutch cheese. 
Our plant has a square fruticose stem ; leaves conjugate 
and sessile : leaflets obovate, mucronate, fleshy, smooth, as 
_ well at the margins as elsewhere, four weak spine-like stipules, 
sometimes split at the apex, obovate petals, quite entire, but 
corrugate at the tips and spotted with red at the base; Nec- 
tartes ten scales, surrounding the germen and attached to the 
base of the filaments ; Germen globular with five depressions 
at the apex: style erect, acute, persistent; fruit large, egg- 
shaped, smooth, 5-celled, pendulous. 
Our drawing was made several years ago at Mr. Len’s at 
Hammersmith, and the same species has been since commu- 
nicated by Mr. Barr of the Northampton Nursery, Newing- 
ton-green. At present we fear it is lost. 
Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Requires the protection 
of the greenhouse. Flowers all the summer. Cultivated by 
the Ducugss or Beaurort in 1713. 
