Tas. 6816. 
EKUCOMIS sicoror. 
Native of Natal. 
Nat. Ord. Lit1acem.—Tribe ScrnuEx. 
Genus Evcomis, L’ Herit ; (Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 813.) 
Evcomis bicolor; bulbo globoso tunicis membranaceis brunneis, foliis productis 
5-6 oblongis pedalibus immaculatis membranaceis margine undulatis, pedunculo 
cylindrico immaculato foliis breviori, racemo denso oblongo, pedicellis flore 
subeequilongis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis, come foliis 30-40 ovatis margine 
crispatis interdum purpureo tinctis, perianthii segmentis oblongis _pallide 
viridibus margine purpureis, staminibus alte perigynis perianthio distincte 
brevioribus filamentis lanceolato-deltoideis purpureis antheris oblongis minutis, 
ovario ovoideo, stylo ovario equilongo. 
_E. bicolor, Baker in Gard. Chron. N. S. vol. x. (1878), p. 492. 
The alliance of this new Hucomis is close botanically 
with the well-known FH. undulata, but for horticultural 
purposes it is a decided acquisition, because, whilst in all 
the species already introduced the flowers are a uniform 
green, here the segments of the perianth and the stamens 
are a bright purple. It was discovered by Mr. Christopher 
Mudd, the son of the late curator of the Cambridge 
Botanical Gardens, in Natal, and sent home by him to 
Messrs. Veitch, with whom it flowered for the first time in 
the autumn of 1878. Our drawing was made from a plant 
which was presented to Kew by our indefatigable corre- 
spondent, J. Medley Wood, Esq., of Inanda, Natal, which 
remained in flower fora long time during the winter of 
1883-4 at the cool.end of the new range of houses which is 
devoted mainly to Cape heaths and Cape bulbs. ~ 
Descr. Bulb globose, about a couple of inches in diameter, 
with brown membranous tunics and copious fleshy root- 
fibres. Produced leaves five or six, contemporary with 
the flowers, oblong, sessile, suberect, about a foot long, 
three or four inches broad at the middle, crisped towards 
the margin, unspotted. Pedunele cylindrical, terete, un- 
May Ist, 1885. : 
