some slightly branched purple lines from the base,
lower petals oblong, obtuse, pale lilac. Filaments 10,
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange-
coloured. German villous. Style of a pale colour,
slightly hairyon the lower part and smooth on the
upper. Stigmas 5, pale purple, reflexed.
Our drawing of this curious plant, which is considered
a genuine species, was taken, last summer,
from a plant in the collection of R. H. Jen-
kinson, Esq. It has been cultivated m our gardens,
according to the Hortus Kewensis, ever since the year
1789, when it was introduced from the Cape of Good
Hope by Mr. Francis Masson. It makes a pleasing-
variety amongst the other plants of the genus on account
of its finely divided leaves, which are covered
with a shining glutinous matter, like other nearly
related species. Its flowers are also very singular, as
the upper petals of most of them are deeply cleft, so
that they might be .termed forked-petaled. It is a
hardy free-growing kind, and thrives well in a mixture
of loam and peat, or any light vegetable mould. Cuttings
strike root freely, planted in pots and placed in
a sheltered situation.