Refugium Botanicum. | | february, 1869. 
TAB. 72. 
CU. Cooprert (Baker). igre caulescens, glabra, foliis aggregatis, triplo 
longioribus quam latis dimidio inferiore teretibus, quartc superiore 
cite spathulatim dilatatis, utrinque pallide glauco-viridibus, maculis 
saturatioribus et purpureis, scapis erectis subnudis, floribus 6—10, 
laxe spicatis, calycis dentibus tubum campanulatum equantibus, 
ealyce corolla tubulosa rubra segmentis lanceolato-deltoideis demum 
reflexis quadruplo breviore. 
Cape of Good Hope, imported by Mr. Cooper. 
Glabrous, scarcely at all caulescent. The leaves five to six 
ageregated near the base, oblanceolate-spathulate, two inches 
long by five-eighths to three-fourths of an inch broad three- 
quarters of the way up, the lower half nearly as thick as broad, 
the exterior quarter suddenly spathulately dilated laterally, nar- 
rowed to the apex horizontally, both sides a pale glaucous-green 
with spots of darker green, and towards the edge also of purple. 
Seape about a foot high including the spike, the lower three- 
quarters nearly naked. Flowers six to ten in a lax spike, quite 
sessile, the bracts thick, lanceolate, shorter than the calyx, which 
is one-eighth of an inch deep, with deltoid teeth equalling the 
campanulate tube. Corolla red, tubular, five-eighths of an inch 
deep, the lanceolate-deltoid divisions not reaching a quarter of 
the way down.—J. G. B. 
A small and remarkable species, but little known. It grows 
slowly, and should be kept in a warm, dry, light greenhouse, 
potted im sandy loam and leaf-mould, with good drainage and 
little pot-room. I received it from South Africa, where it was 
discovered on the Zuurberg Range, by Mr. Thos. Cooper, in 
1860.—W. W. S. 
