P L A T E CLXIV.
G A L A X I A GRANDIFLORA.
Large-flowered Galaxia.
CLASS XVI. ORDER I.
MONADELPUIA TR1ANDRIA. Threads united. Three Chives.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R.
S P Ä T H A a n i v a l v i s . Corolla rnonopetala, 6 f
t u b u s filifonnis. Stigma m u l t i p a r t i t a.
S H E A T H of one. v a l v e . Bloffom one petal, 6-cIeft,
t u b e thread-fliaped. Summit many divifions.
See GAX-AXIA OVATA, PI, X C I V . V o l . I I.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
Galaxia foliis c a n a l i c u l a r s , a c u m i n a t i s , a r c u a t i s;
corolla m a g n a , lutea, folia a c u a n t i a.
Galaxia w i t h channelled leaves, tapered to the
p o i n t , and arched; bloffom large, yellow,
a n d t h e l e n g t h of the leaves.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1 . T h e flieath of the bloffom.
'1. A Bloffom fpread open, with the Chives attached.
3 . T h e Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the fummit detached, magnified.
T H E figure of this d e l i c a t e l i t t l e bulb was taken from a p l a n t in t h e H i b b e r t i a n Collection, which had
been imported in t h e la ft, and flowered in February this year 1801. It is a tender plant, and the
roots a r e very fabject to decay after flowering, for which reafon, they fliould be removed from the pot
before the leaves are q u i t e decayed. Mr. Allen informs us he has kept it, in t h e greenhoufe, with
t h e o t h e r Cape bulbs, planted in l i g h t fandy peat earth.