ceeding the calyx in length: the limb of five, spreading, 
linear-oblong segments, of which the outer one is the 
longest. Stamens four, inserted within the tube, of which 
two are protruded. Filaments glabrous, thickened up- 
wards. Anthers transverse, one-celled, yellow. Style ex- 
serted : Stigma simple. 
Of the twenty-one species of the Genus Sznaco, de- 
scribed by M. Cuoisy in his Mémoire sur la Famille des 
Selaginées, one only is characterized by having a three- 
partite calyx, namely S. ciliata: but that is abundantly 
distinguished from our present plant by the different foliage, 
the long spikes of slender flowers, and the ciliated leaves, 
calyx and bracteas. 
S. Gillii is an elegant little shrub, for the possession of 
which our Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted to Mr. 
Beck of the Cape of Good Hope. The seeds were gathered 
in the interior of Southern Africa by Dr. Gitt, to whom I 
have dedicated the species. 
ued 1. Flower. 2. Bractea. 3. Calyx, 4. Stamens and Style.—Mag- 
nified. 
