COttONILLA. 



require this difference in their treatment, that they must 

 be kept within doors from October till May, allowing them 

 fresh air in mild weather. 



The Corn-flags must be sparingly watered ; in the win- 

 ter, not more than once a week. The roots should be 

 planted separately, in pots about five inches wide, and 

 should be covered two inches deep. 



Speaking of the great variety of bulbous plants in the 

 Cape of Good Hope, Thunberg observes that many of them 

 diffuse an agreeable odour, particularly towards evening, 

 and in the night, especially some of the species of Ixia and 

 Gladiolus. " The baboons of Table Mountain, 1 ' continues 

 he, " feed upon the bulbs of several plants, which they dig 

 up, peel, and eat. The Gladiolus plicatus appears to be 

 the most favourite plant with those that live near the Cape, 

 for which reason this plant is known also by the name 

 of Baboon. The root is often boiled, and eaten by the 

 colonists." 



Indeed plentiful as these bulbs are, they can ill be spared 

 to the baboons, for many of the Caffres entirely live upon 

 them ; particularly those of the Iris, Ixia, Gladiolus, &c. 

 and a bulb which they call the Hottentot Fig *. 



Many poor creatures pass a great part of their lives in 

 roaming about in the woods in search of bulbs to sustain 

 life. 



CORONILLA. 



LEGUMINOS^E. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



The name of this plant is derived from corona, a crown, of which it 

 is the diminutive ; the flowers crowning the branches in a cluster. 



THE Coronilla Emerus, or Scorpion Senna f, is a native 

 of most parts of the Continent of Europe. The flowers 



* Thunberg's Travels, Vol. I. p. 285 and 287. Vol. II. p. 189. 

 t Italian j ginestra di bosco. (Broom of the Forest.; 



