in Ceylon by Konig, and is both erect and annual. We 

 are informed by Mr. Anderson that our plant is certainly 

 a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Otherwise we should 

 have entertained some doubt whether it might not be a 

 variety of the alata of Labillardiere and Brown, which is 

 stated by the latter to be a very polymorphus species. 



An herbaceous perennial, easily propagated by its creep- 

 ing roots. Requires to be protected from frost by a 

 greenhouse or pit. 



