correct, it is essentially different, and belongs to our
genus Dimacria, as in our plant the 5 fertile stamens
are nearly of the same length, and the sterile ones are
curved inwards like a hook ; in his dissection they are
all represented erect, and two of the fertile ones much
longer than the others.
Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs.
Colvill, from a fine healthy plant that had been lately
imported from the Cape; it had the appearance of
being dioecious, as the germens and stigmas were all
imperfect, consequently it produced no seed ; but it
propagates freely from the little tubers of the roots,
which should be planted in pots in an equal mixture of
turfy loam, peat, and sand; the tops of the roots must
be left a little above the surface, and require no
water till the wound is dried up; they may then be regularly
watered, and will soon make young plants:
these should then be transplanted into small pots in
the same kind of soil, and require the treatment of
the other tuberous-rooted species.