This fine Gladiolus from the Cape of Good Hope, we believe, has not flowered, or is to be found, in any other collection than that of the Dowager Lady De Clifford, Paddington; where our drawing was taken in August, this year, 1803. It grows to the height of three feet; and the flowers continue to blow, from four to six at a time in succession, from the base of the spike. It is a hardy bulb, and has every appearance of being a free blower. [Illustration] PLATE CCCXXXVI. ANCHUSA CAPENSIS. _Cape Alkanet._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum oblongum, teres, acutum, persistens. COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindricus, longitudine calycis; limbus semiquinquefidus, obtusus, erecto-patens; faux clausa squamulis quinque, convexis, prominentibus, oblongis, conniventibus. STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, brevissima, in fauce corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, tectæ. PISTILLUM. Germina quatuor. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum, emarginatum. PERICARPIUM nullum; Calyx major, erectus, in sinu continens semina. SEMINA quatuor, oblongiuscula, obtusa, gibba. EMPALEMENT. Cup five-parted, oblong, cylindrical, pointed, remaining. BLOSSOM one petal, funnel-shape; tube cylindric, the length of the cup; border half-five-cleft, obtuse, from erect spreading; throat closed with five small scales, convex, prominent, oblong, converging. CHIVES. Five very short threads in the throat of the blossom. Tips oblong, incumbent, covered. POINTALS. Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit blunt, notched at the end. SEED-VESSEL none; the Cup larger and erect, containing the seeds in its bosom. SEEDS four, somewhat oblong, blunt, hunched. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Anchusa foliis lanceolatis, villosis, callosis; floribus racemoso-paniculatis, cœruleis. Alkanet with lance-shaped leaves, hairy, and callous; flowers grow in bunches nearly panicled, blue. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement, natural size. 2. The same, magnified. 3. The Seed-buds and pointal, natural size. 4. The same magnified. 5. A Blossom cut open, magnified, to shew the scales upon the mouth, with the situation of the chives.