4 
There seems, however, to be a distinctive character in the form of the ‘ 
buds, not in a young state, but when nearly full grown, which should 
always be e noted, 
On the above grounds I am inclined to refer several forms, hitherto 
considered as species, which only differ from each other in colour and 
va Saban m specimens, uvless very carefully dried and the markings’ 
ned, they cannot ay sped disting ished by any character 
that { is invariable-—N. E. Bro 4 
§. picta, J. Donn, Hort. Cantab. ed. 3, p. 43 (1804), sh only ; Bot. 
Mag. t. Lape —S. anguinea, Jacg. Stap. t. 37; } Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 828. & 
Orbea anguninea, Haw., O. eta » 6, and O. oy oodfontiaa 
Haw. (?), Suoe. Plant. Suce. pp. 41-42 (1812). 4 
Has.? Barkly (Nos. 23 and 59 ?). 
Sir Henry Barkly found me SHANA: in the Botanic Garden ab 
Cape Town; its native habitat is unknow O. Woodfordiana is not 
described by Haworth, but I refer it tert on account of a note 
odfordiana own Th or 
coro on segments are Siihae bifid or 3-toothed at their k aan, and vary 
in a 
,, 5, {tisules, J: Donn, Hort, Cuntab. ed. 3, p. 43 (1804) Jacg. Stap. 
Has. Breede River. Barkly, ‘¥. Bain.’ 
I refer this specimen to 8. trisulca with some little doubt, as I har 
being flat in 8. trisulca and pointed in S. variegata. The annulus and 
corona, however, very closely eae eieed Poste of 8. trisulea, under 
which I at present place it.—N. E. Bro 7 
Jacquin’s work is dated 1806 on the title-page, but. was issued in five parts arts, and 
thes part contain ing this plate could not per ve been issued until 1812 or later, as 
Haworth’s Synopsis is quoted for this pla: | 
