numerous prominent veins. Scapes, several from the same 
root, from a finger’s length to a span high, cylindrical, pur- 
plish-brown, downy above the middle, bearing two, small, 
subulate, opposite bracteas, single-flowered. Flower large, 
handsome, drooping. Calyx five-partite ; segments erect, 
linear, often recurved at the extremity. Corolla infundibu- 
liform, three inches long, the twbhe downy, almost white, 
the limb cut into five unequal, very obtuse lobes, of a deli- 
cate pale blue, inclining to purple, the lower lobe having 
three, the lateral lobes each two, dark purple lines. Sta- 
mens two, perfect, antheriferous, the spreading, two-lobed 
anthers meeting and apparently connected together, just 
beneath the stigma: there are besides two pedicellated 
glands, or abortive stamens. Germen linear, attenuated 
into a short style: Stigma capitate, obtuse, divided at the 
back into two short, transverse, downy lips. Capsule sili- 
quiform, terete, spirally twisted, downy, purple, one-celled, 
two-valyed ; each valve bearing a central, longitudinal 
receptacle, spreading into two plates, so that the transverse 
section somewhat resembles the letter T’, the plates reflexed 
at the margin, and there bearing the many minute, oblong, 
brown seeds. 
For this, one of the most beautiful inhabitants of our 
stoves and warm greenhouses, we are indebted to the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, to which place it was introduced by Mr. 
Bowie, His Majesty’s collector in Southern Africa. _Speci- 
mens and seeds were gathered in the district of Knysna, 
upon the estates of Grorcr Rex, Esq. after whom its dis- 
coverer wished the plant to be named. So abundantly 
does it produce seed, that new individuals come up a8 
weeds in the neighbouring pots, and a succession of flowers 
may be obtained at almost every period of the year. 
et 
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Fig. 1. Capsule, nat. size. 
