spur at the base, about the length of the lower lip ; mouth 

 of the corolla closed ; upper lip broad, ovate, rather convex, 

 divided into four obtuse segments, of which the two lateral 

 ones are rather broader and shorter than the intermediate 

 ones; lower lip about the length of the upper, forming at 

 the base a convex palate, and broadly emarginate at the 

 extremity. Stamina 4, enclosed within the tube, the lower 

 pair the longest, with their filaments twisted at the base, so 

 as to encircle the other stamina and the style; upper fila- 

 ments short and nearly straight. Anthers, of both pairs, ob- 

 long, unilocular, and cohering in pairs. Style short, straight. 

 Stigma slightly dilated. Capsule oblong, nearly straight, 

 each valve obliquely truncate at the apex, so as to form 

 nearly a right angle with the other valve, and with a sharp 

 angle at the outer end. 



" When I published a synopsis of the Hemimeridese in 

 the Companion to the Botanical Magazine, I had not seen 

 the seed-catalogue, in which the present species was described, 

 and I had included it in my N. affinis which varies much, 

 both in the breadth of the leaves and in the length of the 

 fruit. The cultivated specimens before me have the foliage 

 of my N. affinis fi latifolia from the Uitenhage and Albany 

 districts, and the capsule of N. affinis a, which has been 

 found in the neighbourhood of Cape Town. It is possible 

 that each variety may be a distinct species, but as the wild 

 specimens I have seen are not sufficient to determine the 

 point satisfactorily, I have preferred reducing them all, for 

 the present, to one under Lehmann's name, which has the 

 priority over mine." 



For the foregoing memorandum I am indebted to Mr. 

 Bentham. The plant is a hardy annual, rather spreading, 

 and growing from nine to twelve inches high. It flowers 

 from June to August. 



The seeds may be sown about the middle of March, and 

 under the same circumstances as those of common hardy 

 annual Linarias. 



Fig. 1. is a view of the palate and spur; 2. of the stamens, 

 looking down upon them ; 3. of a stamen. 



