This beautiful species, which was raised from Cape 
seeds by Mr. Colvill, in 1792, has now, we believe, quite 
disappeared from all the collections of this country, al- 
though Mr. Colvill informs me that it grew very freely, and 
that he had once the greater part of a house filled with it ; 
but at that time the Heaths were more in fashion than any 
other plants, so that it got neglected, and at last was lost 
altogether. We have published this figure, to induce col- 
lectors to try to introduce it again to this country, as it 
would certainly be a valuable acquisition. Mr. '^Colvill 
remembers several other very fine species, raised at the 
same time, which have never been published, one in par- 
ticular that flowered with him in large panicles of yellow 
flowers, which he named speciosissimum ; this, as well as 
most of the others, have now disappeared. Our figure 
was copied from an original drawing, done by the late 
Mr. Sydenham Edwards, and now in the possession of 
Mr. Colvill. We have added, at the bottom of our plate, 
a single flower of another very splendid plant, the Gera- 
nium GrenvillicB of Andrews, which has also been lost to 
our collections for some years, and which we propose as a 
distinct genus under the name of Grenvillea. 
Grenvillea. Calyx 5-partitus : laciniis subaequalibus, suprema 
desinente in tubura nectariferum. Corolla 5-petala, irregularis : 
2 superiora multo niajora, longe unguiculata. Filamenta 10, 
basi connata: 4 antherifera declinata apice adscendentia. 
6 sterilia abbreviata subulata recta. 
G. conspicua, acaule, foliis spathulato-ovatis obovatisve grosse cre- 
natis villosisj scapo longissimo subramoso, umbellis multifloris, 
petalis superioribus emarginatis, tubo nectarifero calyce sub- 
triplo longlore. 
Grenvillea conspicua. Swt. hort. brit. p. — , inedit. Supra 262. f. 2. 
Geranium Grenvillia;. Andrews geran. c. ic. 
This fine species is mentioned by Mr. Andrews as a 
native of Africa, near the Namaqua Land, and from thence 
was introduced, in 1810, by the Right Honourable Lord 
Grenville ; we do not know that it ever was for sale at any 
of the Nurseries, and has now entirely disappeared. 
