slightly united at the base, 5 only bearing anthers : the two
lower filaments double the length of the upper one. Style
short. Stigmas 5, reflexed.
This pretty and very distinct species is readily distinguished
from all others by its calyx, which is densely clothed
with long white hairs; it is without gonium ciliatum doubt the Pelar
of Jacquin, the P. auriculatum of Will-
denow and others, but very different from P. ciliatum of
L’Heritier; it varies with white and blush-coloured flowers.
Our drawing was made from plants in flower at the
Nursery of Mr. J. Lee, at Hammersmith, w'ho had lately
received them and several other curious tuberous-rooted
species from the Cape; like the other species to which it
is nearest related, it succeeds best in a mixture of light
turfy loam, peat, and sand, and may be increased by the
tubers of its roots. If planted out in a border of light soil,
in the same way as recommended for several others of the
same nature, it will succeed very well, and will continue to
flower nearly all the Summer; but the roots must be taken
up in Autumn, and preserved out of the reach of frost until
the following Spring, the same as the others to which we
have already alluded.