outer ones are very short and the inner ones about half the ae of 
the spathe. Coroxta from two to two and a half inches i in length, 
cylindrical, club-shaped; the tube green, smooth, slightly dilated 
towards the top, where it is darkly coloured; the limb yellow, conni- 
vent, the outer divisions lanceolate, blunt, thick, and downy outside, 
the inner ones rather shorter and smooth, and greenish, with the ex- 
ception of a short, round, yellow tuft at the top. Frvaments short; 
anthers included in the corolla, sagittate, rather longer than the fila- 
ments. Ovary adherent throughout the greater part of its length, 
free at the top. 
PopuLar AND GeocrapuicaL Notice. The Witsenias, remark- 
able among Cape Iridacee by their shrubby growth, attracted early 
the attention of botanical collectors in that rich and interesting country, 
and the three species hitherto known being found at no great distance 
from the capital, in the mountains to the eastward, they have long 
since found their way into our gardens, although the species here 
figured has always remained scarce, especially in flower. The peculiar 
foliage points out at once their analogy to the herbaceous Iridacez, with 
which they agree perfectly in the structure of the flower, thus showing 
that the very natural character of this extensive Order is not impaired 
by so great a difference in the texture and duration of the stem. G. B. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTURE. This handsome plant 
was first introduced by Mr. Masson, in the year 1790, but appears not 
to have flowered until 1815, when Mr. Bellenden Ker gave a detailed 
description of it in the first volume of the Botanical Register. We are 
indebted to the kindness of the Messrs Rollisson, of Tooting, for the 
opportunity of figuring this interesting plant, in whose nursery it was 
wn in the month of April. Hitherto it has not frequently flowered, 
a circumstancce, perhaps, attributable to its being grown under too 
regular a stimulus. A season of rest, accompanied by the privation of 
moisture to a considerable degree, would probably induce a regular 
flowering. It grows freely in sandy peat, mixed with a little loam, 
and may be kept in a cool greenhouse, or even in a cold frame with 
=r protection from frost. 
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Liliacées, t, 245. Botanical Register, vol. 1, t.5 
