Volume 3 — PLATE CLXIV. GALAXIA GRANDIFLORA. Large-flowered Galaxia.

CLASS XVI. ORDER I.

MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. Threads united. Three Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Spatha univalvis. Corolla monopetala, 6 fida, tubus filiformis. Stigma multipartita.

Sheath of one valve. Blossom one petal, 6-cleft, tube thread-shaped. Summit many divisions.

See Galaxia ovata, Pl. XCIV. Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Galaxia foliis canaliculatis, acuminatis, arcuatis; corolla magna, lutea, folia æquantia.

Galaxia with channelled leaves, tapered to the point, and arched; blossom large, yellow, and the length of the leaves.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The sheath of the blossom.

2. A Blossom spread open, with the Chives attached.

3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the summit detached, magnified.

The figure of this delicate little bulb was taken from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection, which had been imported in the last, and flowered in February this year 1801. It is a tender plant, and the roots are very subject to decay after flowering, for which reason, they should be removed from the pot before the leaves are quite decayed. Mr. Allen informs us he has kept it, in the greenhouse, with the other Cape bulbs, planted in light sandy peat earth.