membranaceous margins, and terminated with a sharp
mucro. Petals large, distinct, nearly orbicular, but narrowing
to the base, concave, strongly and numerously
nerved from the base to the point, nearly double the length
of the calyx, of a bright lilac colour. Filaments 10, dark
purple, thickly clothed with long white hairs, each bearing
a perfect anther: pollen bluish ash coloured. Stigmas 5,
purple, spreading.
This fine new species is a native of Nepaul; the one
from which our drawing was made, was raised from seed
in our garden, that was procured by Mr. David Don, from
a specimen in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium that had been
sent by Dr. Wallich: except G. ibericum, this is the
largest flow'ered species that we have yet seen. It thrives
well in a warm border, in a rich light soil; and if the weather
is very severe in Winter, it will require a little cover-
ing, but must be exposed to the air in mild weather; it
may be increased by cuttings, planted under a hand-glass
in Spring, or by seeds, which will ripen, if pains be taken
to fertilize the stigmas with the pollen when the plant is in flower.
We have named the present beautiful species in compliment
to A. B. Lambert, Esq. in whose Herbarium
there are other species of this genus from Nepaul not yet
in the gardens; and we may certainly expect many more
curious species from the same country.
About the same time that we published a Cape species
under the name of G. multifidum, a Nepaul species was
published by the same name in Mr. Don’s Prodromus:
this may now be named G. Donianum-, acaule, peduncu-
lis bifloris, foliis profundi 5-partitis : segmentis multisectis:
lobis linearibus obtusis subtus pilosis, scapo tetragono ad-
scendente apice subtrichotomo villoso. Don prodr. p. 207.
sub G. multifidum.