species, has the foliage of F'. appendiculata, yet a decided 
stem. The subject of the present plate is a large branch- 
ing plant, and, in the greenhouse of Mr. Nem, produced 
flowers in succession during the greater part of July and 
August. It was first raised by Mr. Menziss, Halifax, York- 
shire, from seeds sent from Chili. 
Descr. Stem erect, two feet and a half high, rather 
shrubby, succulent and slightly downy above, round. 
Leaves lyrate, waved, downy on both sides, bright green, 
semi-amplexicaul, decurrent for a little way, lobes blunt, 
waved, toothed. Peduncles axillary and terminal, greatly 
elongated, round, downy, branched ; the branches spring- 
ing from the axil of a diminished leaf. Raceme spiked, 
erect, very long and handsome. Pedicels rising from the 
axils of lanceolate, entire bracteas, and rather shorter than 
them, downy, spreading when in fruit. Flowers sub-erect. 
Calyx four- to five-cleft, as long as the peduncle, downy, 
persistent. Corolla of four or five petals, spreading, more 
than twice as long as the calyx. Petals spathulato-oblong, 
lilac-coloured, darker in the centre. Stamens eight to ten, 
equal to the calyx in length, alternating with an equal 
number of much shorter sterile filaments. Stigma four- to 
five-lobed, sessile, peltate, spreading, attached to the apex 
of a central column, lobes blunt. Germen oblong, four- to 
five-sided, four- to five-celled, deeply furrowed between the 
lobes, which project upwards in acute angles around the 
stigma ; ovules very numerous ; receptacle central. Cap- 
sule elongated, erect, septicidal. Seeds oblong, testa re- 
markably wrinkled. Graham. 
Tam sorry that I cannot concur with my valued friend, 
Dr. Granam, in considering this species of Francoa differ- 
ent from F, appendiculata. My own observations lead me 
entirely to believe that they are mere varieties of the same 
species. 
