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On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



differ, in having very long filaments, with a short style : and 

 this species may at. all times be distinguished by its leaves, 

 which are not falcated, but almost perfectly straight at the 

 point. It requires the same treatment as the preceding 

 species. 



Witsenia Tomentosa. MSS. Witsenia Maura. Decand. 

 in PL Lil. n. 254. cum Ic— Thunb. Nov. Gen. 2. p. 34. cum Ic. 



Many young plants of this superb genus, raised from seeds 

 brought by Mr. James Niven, are now thriving in Messrs. 

 Lee and Kennedy's nursery. It grows wild on the moun- 

 tains near False Bay ; but so near the sea, that it is probably 

 rather impatient of frost ; and should be kept, during our 

 winter, in an airy frame, well exposed to the sun. 



Cleanthe Bicolor. MSS. Aristea melaleuca. Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. n. 1277- cum Ic. Moraea melaleuca. Thunb. Diss, 

 n. 1. t. l.f.3. Moraea lugens. Linn. Suppl. p. 990. 



I received seeds of this rare plant from the Cape of Good 

 Hope last year, which came up plentifully in my library 

 window ; and they differ exceedingly from those of Aristea, 

 as well as the fruit itself. It flowered at Kew in 1788, and 

 should be cultivated in pure sandy loam ; two or three 

 plants, which I potted in a richer compost, have already 

 damped off. 



Aristea Capitata. Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 605. cum Ic. 

 Aristea major. Kenn. in Bot. Rep. n. 160. cum Ic. Moraa 

 caerulea. Thunb. Diss. n.15. t. 2.f. 2. Ixia thyrsiflora. De La 

 Roche Diss. p. 20. 



This is a much more tender species than Aristea Cyanea, 

 and requires more heat to make it flower; for it was culti- 

 vated fiv e years at Mill Hill, where the summer temperature 



