Tab. 43:35. 
TRITONIA AUREA. 
Golden Tritonia. 
Nat. Ord. Iride^.—Triandria Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Rerianthium coroUinum superum subcampanulatum v. tubulosum, 
limbo sex-fido regulari v. subbilabiato, laciniis basi callosis. Stamina 3, infra 
faucem perigonii inserta, subsecxmda: Jilamenta tiliformia: anthera versatiles. 
Ovarium ovatum, teretiusculum, trilociJare. Ovula pliirima, in loculorum an- 
gido centrali biseriata. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata 3, ligidaria, angusta, cona- 
plicata, Integra v. breviter bifida. Capsula coriacea, subclavata, trigibba, tri- 
locularis, loculicido-trivalvis. Semina plurima subglobosa.—Herbae Cape^ises-, 
rhizomate bulboso-tuberoso, foliis collateralibus exsertis, caule junceo, tereti, gr^ili, 
simplici v. ramaso, floribus spicatis, scepius resupinatis. Endl. (sub Monbretiara.) 
Tritonia aurea ; scapo ancipiti-compresso bialato foKoso apice paiuculato, foliis 
panicula brevioribus lineari-ensiformibus costatis striatis, bracteis spatlusque 
integerrimis subherbaceis, periantliii toti aureo-crocei tubo limbo patentissimo 
subaequali paulo breviore laciniis oblongo-ovatis, staminibus laciniarum 
longitudine, capsula subglobosa abortu trisperma. 
Tritonia aurea. Pappe, MS. in Hook. Herb, mm ic. et descr. 
I am indebted to Dr. Pappe, of Cape Town, for an excellent 
drawing by Mr. Villett, and dried specimens, obtained also by 
Mr. Villett, from the district of George, Cape of Good Hope, ot 
this new species of Tritonia. Of all the genus this is the most 
beautiful, and, happily, it has been introduced to ow gardens 
probably from the same source (Mr. Villett) by our friend 1 r. 
James Backhouse, of the Nursery, York. It seems easy ot 
cultivation and a profuse flowerer, remaining a long time 111 grea 
beauty. A bed of it would be a far more striking object than 
the gaudy Gladiolus psittacinus for the colour of the blossom 
is much more brilliant, and for such a pui’pose it wi prove a 
great acquisition. . , i j- 
Descr. Bulb rather large, subglobose, striated, brown, sending 
out offsets from clefts in the sides. Scape a foot and a halt to 
two feet high, leafy below, naked or only bracteated, and 
panicled above, compressed, two-\Hnged. Leaves distichous, 
long, but shorter than the scapq, narrow, linear, cnsiform, 
NOVEMBER 1st, 1847. 
