No, 234. 
BONATEA SPECIOSA. ` 
Class, Order, 
GYNANDRIA | MONANDRIA. 
This very rare plant is from the Cape of 
. Good Hope: it flowered with us in the 
month of March. Our learned friend, Mr. 
Brown, first pointed it out to us as the Bo- 
natea of Wilde Orchis Dee : 
Few flowers are more remarkable in their 
structure, or contain more curious appen- 
dages than this. It is truly an astonishing 
production, deserving the minutest exami- 
nation; and irresistibly commanding our ut- 
most admiration of the skill displayed in its 
formation by the Infinite Creator. 
The flowers, at times, are slightly fra- 
grant; andlasta considerable while. We 
have hitherto kept our plant in the stove, in 
a soil composed of sandy peat and loam. 
After flowering, the top decays. The root 
(which is a kind of tuber) does notadmit of 
much increase. 
