correct, it is essentially different, and belongs to our 
g-enus Dimacria, as in our plant the 5 fertile stamens 
are nearly of the same length, and the sterile ones are 
curved mwards like a hook ; in his dissection they are 
all represented erect, and two of the fertile ones much 
longer than the others. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs 
ColviU, from a fine healthy plant that had been lately 
imported from the Cape ; it had the appearance of 
being dioecious, as the germens and stigmas were all 
imperfect, consequently it produced no seed • but it 
propagates freely from the little tubers of the roots 
which should be planted in pots in an equal mixture of 
turfy loam, peat, and sand ; the tops of the roots must 
be left a little above the surface, and require no 
water till the wound is dried up; they may then be re- 
gularly watered, and will soon make young plants • 
these should then be transplanted into small pots in 
the same kind of soil, and require the treatment of 
the other tuberous-rooted species. 
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