No. 1356. 
FERRARIA ATRATA. 
Class. Order. 
MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it was brought home by Mr. Syn- 
net. It flowered with us in the month of 
May, and had been planted in a border close 
to the front wall of a hothouse, in sandy 
peat soil. The flower is singular in form 
and colour: its height was about six inches, 
and several are produced in succession from 
the same spathe. It increases, but seldom, 
by offsets from the root, and is likely to 
remain a scarce plant 
