Our drawing was made from a fine plant in the nursery of Mr. Harrison at Brompton. We also observed it in bloom at Messrs. Colville’s; from whom, to complete the dissections, we received a flower, which, although it had been a week in bloom, continued to perform its diurnal evolutions (in a glass of water) of rolling up and expanding for nearly a week longer--but only from eleven till one in the day:--a shorter time, most probably owing to its being kept in a room whose northern aspect prevented the exhilarating rays of Phœbus from approaching. It was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by G. Hibbert, esq. about the year 1804, and considered as biennial. [Illustration] PLATE DXXIV. LACHNÆA BUXIFOLIA. _Box-leaved Lachnæa._ CLASS VIII. ORDER I. _OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX nullus. Corolla quadrifida; limbo inæquali. Semen unum, sub-baccatum. CUP none. Blossom four-cleft; border unequal. One seed, nearly berried. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. LACHNÆA foliis ovatis, glabris, glaucis: floribus in capitulis globosis: corollis albis, odoratis. Caulis teres, longissimus. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. LACHNÆA with ovate, smooth, glaucous leaves. Flowers in globular heads. Blossoms white, and sweet-scented. Stem round, and very long. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A blossom spread open. 2. The seed-bud and pointal. 3. The flower-receptacle. This fragrant species of Lachnæa is the L. buxifolia of Lamarck, and the Gnidia filamentosa of Linnæus; but certainly not a Gnidia, as it wants the four small inner petals, the distinguishing feature and most essential distinction between those two genera. Our figure delineates a plant in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. that was upwards of five feet high; and interspersed amongst some fine bushy shrubs, its compact flowers and delicate glaucous foliage gave it a picturesque appearance. [Illustration] PLATE DXXV. PODALYRIA HIRSUTA. _Hairy Podalyria._ CLASS X. ORDER I. _DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX sub-bilabiatus, quinquefidus. Corolla papilionacea. Alæ vexilli longitudine. Legumen ventricosum, polyspermum. EMPALEMENT nearly bilabiate, five-cleft. Blossom butterfly-shaped. Wings the length of the standard. Pod ventricose, and many-seeded. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. PODALYRIA foliis simplicibus, hirsutis, ovatis vel oblongis: corollis magnis, purpureis, plerumque simplicibus: pedunculis longis: ramis teretibus, pilosis. PODALYRIA with simple, hairy leaves, ovate or oblong. Blossoms large and purple, mostly single. Footstalks long. Branches round and hairy. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.