No. 1808. 

 GASTRONEMA PALLIDUM. 



Class. Order. 



HEX A NDR I A MONOG YN1A . 



This is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope : it was received in 1829, and flowers 

 in November; the stem is about a foot 

 high, bearing' three flowers. 



It requires the greenhouse protection, 

 and should be potted in sandy peat earth. 

 It appears to increase very slowly. 



