No. 866. 
ATRAGENE CAPENSIS. 
Class. Order. s 
POLYANDRIA  POLYGYNIA. 
This beautiful plant is a native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. It usually produces 
a short shrubby stem, and flowers in the 
early part of the spring. 
By some authors itis with good reason 
classed with the Anemones, to which genus 
it has great affinity. 
It requires a warm greenhouse, and can 
obtained from its native country : the soil 
should be light loam. 
