No. 1744. 
VIEUSSEUXIA GLAUCOPIS. 
^" Class. Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A most delicate and beautiful bulbous 
plant, from the Cape of Good Hope. It 
has been known for many years, but has 
always been scarce. It was published by 
Mr. Curtis, in 1791, as Iris pavonia. He 
justly observes, that the delicacy of the 
flower, and the eye-like spot at the base of 
the petals, render it one of the most strik- 
ing plants of the genus. The flowers last 
but a single day, but are followed by others 
in succession from the same spathe. It 
increases slowly by offsets, and seems to 
thrive best when planted in the front of a 
stove, close to the wall, in sandy peat 
earth. 
