than the calyx, a little flattened on each side. Petals 
5, varying in colour on different plants, some nearly 
white or pale blush, others rose-coloured or light 
purple, upper petals broadly spatulate, subemarginate, 
with a dark spot in the centre, and lines branching in 
various directions, lower petals ligulate, with a stripe 
down the middle of each. Filaments 10, connected at 
the base, 7 spreading round the flower and bearing 
anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Seeds blackish. 
Capsules brown, hairy. Aristae spiral, bearded in- 
wards with long white hairs. Style smooth, pale red, 
shorter than the filaments. Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
Our drawing of this curious little species was taken 
at the nursery of Messrs. Colvill and Son, who raised it 
from seeds received from New South Wales. Willde- 
now, in the Hortus Berolinensis, states it to be native 
of the Cape of Good Hope, but we suspect he has 
been misinformed. The New Holland species differ 
from those of the Cape by their stamens spreading all 
round the corolla; we have as yet only seen two species 
which have flowered in our collections, from that coun- 
try, but Mr. Colvill has raised a third last year from 
seed, which is very different, though apparently of the 
same tribe, but has not flowered. 
The plants of this section succeed best in a mixture 
of sandy loam and peat; they may be increased by 
cuttings planted in pots in the same kind of soil, but 
the best method of increasing them is by seeds, which 
ripen in abundance. 
