ANTHOLYZA TTJBULOSA. nr.M.v***.
Tubular Antholyza. striped ft o we red Far.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TR1JNDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
C O R O L L A tubulpfa,
fula infera.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER
gularis, recúrvala. Cap- BLOSSOM tubular, irregular, and bent backward.
Capiule beneath.
See A N T H O L Y Z A RINGENS, PI. X X X I I . Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Antholyza floribus tubulofis, fubcylindraceis;
fcapo dillicho, folds lanceolato-cnlilonuibus,
breviore.
Antholyza with tubular, nearly cylindrical flowe
r s ; flower-ftem with the bloflbms pointing
two oppofite ways, leaves between lance
and fword-fliaped, fhorter.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Bloflbm of a variety, differing in the palenefs, and fize of the flowers, and
w i t h o u t variegation.
2. The Enipalemeut.
3. A flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits, one Summit magnified.
T H I S fine fpecies of Antholyza was received by Meffrs. Grimwood and Wykes, Kenfington, from the
Cape of Good Hope, in t h e year 1 7 9 6 ; they poffefs three varieties, and we mould have been happy
t o have given a bloflbm of the third, but, it was out of flower before our drawing was taken, which
was, in the end of J u n e , tins year. It is a hardy bulb, and increafes freely, either by the feed, or
from the root, and ihould be planted in fandy peat, with a fmall m i x t u r e of loam.