VELTHEIMTA) ;GLAUCA (var. foviies rubescenti-pur- 
‘pureis). Graucous-Leavep VELTHEIMIA (red- ~ 
purple- -flowered var.) 
a aiuiash aks ese eae asked 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynta. 608 ad 
( Nat. Ord.—Liuacez, ) | 
Generic Character. 
Corolla monopetala, sitiiadrédconataiiseee limbo: bonded 
simo erecto-patulo, 6-dentato, regulari, laciniis subequa- 
libus... Filamenta medio tubi adnata, inde libera, inclusa; 
Stylus subulato-filiformis declinatus, stigmate cuspidato. 
Capsula diaphano- -membranacea, trialata, subovattet a 
lis 5b monospermis. Semina obovata. — 
| Specific ‘Character and Syoleghie™ 
VELTHEIMIA* glauca ; foliis lato-la nceolatis patentibus dee 
tis undulatis glaucis, perianthii limbo nna inten at 
Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. v. 1. p. 40. t. T7. > : 
Vetruemr glauca. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 182. ‘Bot. 
Mag. t. 1091. (flore albo.) Spreng: errs wee ® v. Cig 
p. 75. 
Aterris glauca. Art. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 1. p. 485.° 
Var. floribus rubescenti-purpureis.—Tab. nostr. t. 3456. 
VELTHEIMIA glauca. Redout. Pl. Liliac. v. 8. t. 440. 
This Risdairae Cape bulb is worthy of a abi in the 
poses of this Magazine, not only as exhibiting flowers of a 
very different colour from those of the same species repre- 
sented at p. 1091 of this work, but also as showing the true 
form and direction of the leaves, which 1 in the former plate 
of 
a 
* In honour of Fr. Auc. bE VELTHEIM, a German patron of Botany. 
