leaves and the stamens united in a distinct cup, and in other 
respects quite agrees with the curious plant recently discovered 
by the Rev. H. Whitehead in Namaqualand, which Dr. Harvey 
characterised very shortly before his death (' Cape Genera,* 
2 edit. p. 396) as a new genus, under the name of White- 
headia. 
Tab. 238. — 1, flower-spike, natural size; 2, whole plant, reduced; 
3, upper part of leaf, natural size. 4, vertical section of a flower ; 5, hori- 
zontal section of ovary : both magnified. — J. G. B, 
A ver}^ fine species, with long, glossj^ broad leaves, and pro- 
ducing an elongate closely packed head of green flowers, with a 
tassel of short ovate leaves at the apex. It grows freely, potted 
in rich turfy loam, in large pots, with plenty of drainage. The 
temperature of a cool greenhouse suits it well. — W. W. S. 
