FLOWERS. 17. 



species not so common lias crimson flowers ; one 

 I measured was thirteen inches in diameter. 

 Then there is a handsome crimson flower with 

 spiky loaves (Lapeyrousia grandiflora) ; a small 

 white and gold iris (Iris compressa), also with 

 spiky leaves ; and a, lovely orange and red lily 

 (Gloriosa virescens) is very common every- 

 where. This has a tendril at the end of each 

 leaf, so it hooks itself on to everything near it, 

 growing to a great height if supported by other 

 plants, but flowering close to the ground in the 

 open. Another very handsome lily (Crinum 

 Forbesianum) has large bell - shaped flowers 

 striped with crimson and white, the crimson 

 stripe varying very much in width, so that some 

 blossoms are almost all white : some bulbs have 

 three heads of flowers with as many as thirty - 

 two blossoms on each stalk ; they are very 

 strongly scented. The leaves trail on the ground, 

 are broad and thick and very long, some measur- 

 ing over three feet in length, by five to six 

 inches across at the base. 



The beauty of these leaves soon disappears, 



