membranaceous margins, and terminated with a sharp 
mucro. Petals large, distinct, nearly orbicular, but nar¬ 
rowing to the base, concave, strongly and numerously 
nerved from the base to the point, nearly double the length 
of the calyx, of a bright lilac colour. Filaments 10, dark 
purple, thickly clothed with long white hairs, each bearing 
a perfect anther: pollen bluish ash coloured. Stigmas 5, 
purple, spreading. 
This fine new species is a native of Nepaul; the one 
from which our drawing was made, was raised from seed 
in our garden, that was procured by Mr. David Don, from 
a specimen in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium that had been 
sent by Dr. Wallich: except G. ibericum, this is the 
largest flowered species that we have yet seen. It thrives 
well in a warm border, in a rich light soil; and if the wea¬ 
ther is very severe in Winter, it will require a little cover¬ 
ing, but must be exposed to the air in mild weather; it 
may be increased by cuttings, planted under a hand-glass 
in Spring, or by seeds, which will ripen, if pains be taken 
to fertilize the stigmas with the pollen when the plant is in 
flower. 
We have named the present beautiful species in com¬ 
pliment to A. B. Lambert, Esq. in whose Herbarium 
there are other species of this genus from Nepaul not yet 
in the gardens; and we may certainly expect many more 
curious species from the same country. 
About the same time that we published a Cape species 
under the name of G. multijidum, a Nepaul species was 
published by the same name in Mr. Don’s Prodromus: 
this may now be named G. Donianum ; acaule, peduncu- 
lis bifloris, foliis profundi 5-partitis: segmentis multisectis: 
lobis linearibus obtusis subtfts pilosis, scapo tetragono ad- 
scendente apice subtrichotomo villoso. Don prodr. p. 20 7. 
sub G. multifidum. 
