highly indebted to the friendship of this learned Botanist,, 

 for enabling us to establish the genus of this very rare 

 plant. 



Meerburg's figure, above quoted, which was pointed out 

 to Mr. Brown by Mr. Aiton, represents the flower much 

 larger than in our specimen, with the segments elongated 

 to a very narrow point. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope, requiring to be 

 protected from frost, and more particularly from damps. 

 Communicated in blossom in June last, by Mr. Joseph 

 Knight of the Exotic Nursery in the King's Road. 



