Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, who was so kind as to 
send it to us about the middle of May, just as the 
flower was expanding. We had long wished for a 
sight of the plant in bloom, but were never gratified 
with it before, and only knew what it was likely to be 
by examining fine preserved specimens of it in Mr. 
Brown's Herbarium, where there are also specimens of 
another species deposited. The size and colour of the 
flower remind us of CEnothera macrocarpa, which it 
much resembles. 
It is rather a difficult plant to preserve through the 
winter, being very liable to be injured by too much 
moisture ; and it cannot bear confinement in too warm 
a temperature, but prefers a dry airy part of the green- 
house, and must be planted in a light loose soil. An 
equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, will suit 
it well, or any other very light earth. Mr. Brown 
was so kind as to examine Mr. Masson's manuscripts, 
to let us know in what kind of soil it grew at the 
Cape ; he mentions having found it growing in sandy 
or gravelly situations. 
a. Calyx, b. The same split open, showing the insertion of the 
Stamens and Pistils, c. Capsule, showing the persistent Stamens, 
with the young plant sprouted from the Capsule, and the root growing 
from below it. All natural size. 
