its flowers so seldom, that there are few persons who have 

 seen them. Even Mr. Herbert, to vhom every thing 

 relating to this tribe of plants is familiar, appears to know 

 its blossoms only from a specimen in Mr. Lambert's 

 Herbarium. 



The subject from which this figure was taken, flowered 

 in the Conservatory of J. H. Slater, Esq., of Newick Park, 

 near Uckfield, in 1825. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Herbert 



be grown 



moderately light 



recommends 



the neck of the bulb being kept above ground, and 



sharp white sand placed in contact with the bulb. In the 



the 



appear; the roots should at that 



be well watered, and removed to a hothouse, where they 

 ought to remain as long as they continue to grow. After- 

 wards they should be kept quite dry, but not too hot. 



* 



Leaves ovate-oblong, varying in size, spreading, fringed 

 with long ciliee, smooth on each side, covered with little 

 blood-red gouts on the under side. Scape about 6 inches 



50 to 60 flowers, which 



high 



Umbel consisting of from 



of a dull purple, and seated on long, rigid, 3-quetrous 



peduncl 



middle of the 

 ascending dir^ 



vules m each cell 2 or 3, attached 



the 



by their taper bases, and having an 



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