wonderful defence, offering- points in every direction. Calyx 

 squarrose : leaflets imbricate, armed with spines in the same 

 manner as the leaves, except that the interior ones have the 

 terminal spine erect and their margins naked, the exterior 

 leaflets have a black gland at the base of the marginal spine. 

 Radius bright yellow, many flowered : florets narrowed at 

 both ends, emarginate, 5-nerved, barren : disk flat, yellow : 

 florets 5-cleft, erect, fertile : anthers and style bareiy pro- 

 truded. Seeds without pappus, immersed in the deep cells 

 of the receptacle, which, having a bristly margin, give, at 

 first sight, the appearance of a pappus. 



The genus Gorteria, as constituted by Linxjeus, contain- 

 ing many plants which have but slight affinity to each other, 

 has been divided by later botanists into several. Cullumia 

 was established by Mr. Brown, and " dedicated to the 

 honour of the late Sir John Cullum, Bart, an elegant and 

 accomplished scholar and botanist, as well as of his brother, 

 the present Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bart. F. R. A. and 

 L. S. an excellent British botanist, one of the most ardent 

 cultivators of this lovely science, whose friendship alone can 

 be more valued than his various and extensive information." 

 Sir Jas. Edw. Smith in Rees's Cyclopadia. 



Introduced in 1774 by Mr. Francis Masson. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, growing at the summit of the Devil's 

 mountain. Requires the protection of the green-house in 

 winter. Flowers in Mav and June. Communicated by 

 Messrs. Loddiges and Sons. 



