( 3555 ) 
TULBAGHIA VIOLACEA. VIOLET-FLOWERED 
TULBAGHIA. 
KER KEKE EEE ERE KEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanprta Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Litiscez. Lindl. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha bivalvis, multiflora. Corolla urceolato-infundibu- 
liformis; tubus cylindricus, erectus ; limbi lacinie 6, pro- 
funde, zquales, lanceolate, patentes. Corona (vel Necta- 
rium) e foliolis 3 distinctis vel in tubum connatis, fissis, 
equalibus, carnosis. Stamina 3 in fauce tubi, 3 intra tubum. 
Anthere subsessiles, ovate. Stylus teres, tubo multo bre- 
vior. Stigma turbinatum, depressum. Capsula ovata, tri- 
gona, trisulca, trilocularis ; valvulis3 emarginatis. Semina 
humerosa, oblonga, obtusa, compressa, corrugata. Lam. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Turpaeuta violacea; foliis lineari-ensiformibus numerosis, 
floribus patulis, tubo gracili limbum superante, peri- 
anthio interno triphyllo. Harv. 
Turpacuia violacea. Harv. MSS. 
This beautiful plant, a native of Southern Africa, flow- 
ered in the Ludwigsburg garden, at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; but its exact lneabee was not known to Mr. Har- 
VEY, to whom we are indebted for the drawing and descrip- 
tion here given. The roots were immediately derived from 
the Government Gardens, the plant having been sent some 
years previously to Lady Frances Cote. 
_Descr. Root? Leaves several, sheathing at the base, 
Six to eight inches long, one fourth of an inch wide, linear- 
ensiform, plane, or obsoletely grooved, obtuse, quadrifari- 
ous, glabrous, coriaceous and rigid, bright gree . Seape 
