marked with short branching red lines; lower ones ob- 
long, obtuse, concave at the base, a little connivent, 
of a pale rose colour. Filament's 1 0, connected into a 
tube, every other one bearing anthers. Pollen yellow. 
Germen and Aristce villous. Style flesh-coloured, very 
hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
Our drawing of this neat little species of Hoarea 
was taken from the fine collection of Robert Jeakin- 
son, Esq. where it continued in bloom for a length of 
time with several other curious Cape species; it seems 
to be one of the species that is not so difficult of culti- 
vation as some others: it succeeds well in an equal por- 
tion of loam, peat, and sand; the pots must also be 
well drained with potsherds broken small, as the \oung 
fibres from the tubers are very fond of getting amongst 
them. When the roots are in a dormant state they 
should be kept without water, till they are inclined to 
grow afresh, when they may be planted in fresh pots 
and watered regularly: the best way of increasing them 
is from the little tubers of the roots planted in small 
pots with their tops just above the surface of the mould; 
these require but little water till they begin to grow, 
when they must be transplanted in small pots. Seeds 
are often ripened- which is the best way of getting 
young healthy plaht^. 
