do actually find a fufficient nutriment from the flower 

 itfelf, till the time of their change to chryfalis arrives ; 

 and after the ufual period become complete flies ; and 

 this appears to have been the cafe in an inftance recor- 

 ded by the late Sir John Hill, where feveral larvae of 

 flies are faid to have paffed through all their changes, 

 though nourifhed folely by the flower of this plant. 



It is a native of Africa, and is principally found at 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



