fe 
lees 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was” 
introduced by Mr. Masson in 1790. ‘Till lately usually 
known among our gardeners by the name of Ornonna 
grandiflora. When the flower has been expanded for some 
time the ray becomes revolute in the circumference, and 
the disk appearing higher and more convex than usual in 
the genus, owing to a greater extension of the styles, it — 
then reminds us of that of some Rupseckias. “A .green- 
house plant, thriving in a mixture of peat-earth and hazel- 
loam. 
"The drawing was made at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley 
Brame and Milne, King’s Road, Parson’s Green. » 
" g A floret of the ray. 3A Horet of the disk: slightly magnified. cA 
rertical section of the: calyx,. showing the receptacle deprived of all the 
florets. ; 
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