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ALeTRis Capensis, Wavep-LEAVED 
ALETRIS. 
Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoceynia. 
*- Generic Charaéter. 
- Cor. infundibuliformis. Stamina inferta laciniarum bafi. Cap/. 
3-locularis. = 
Specific Charaéter and § Synonyms. 
ALETRIS capenjis, acaulis, foliis lanceolatis undulatis, {pica 
ovata, floribus nutantibus. Linn. Spec. Plant. p. 456. 
3 Syft. Veget. Murray, p. 336. Burm. Prod. 10. 
_ VELTHEIMIA viridifolia, foliis lanceolatis plicato-undulatis 
_obtufis, dentibus limbi rotundatis reétis. Lzuz. 
Spec. Plant. edit. Willdenow. tom. 2. p. 181. 
Facq. Hort, Sthoend, 1. p. 41 t. 78. 
_. The genus Aletris, nas eftablifhed by Lt vikex. has, by 
_ Gtepirtsca, in the Berlin TranfaGions for 1771, been divided, 
: : and a new genus conftruéted under the name of Veltheimia, 
to which this plant belongs.. But although this alteration has 
been adopted by WittpeNow, in his edition of the Spec. 
Plant. of Linn xus, we neverthelefs adhere to the old name, 
by which it has been long known in our gardens, efpecially as 
we have had no opportunity of examining with care the capfules 
of the different fpecies, from fome difference in which the 
diftin€tion is chiefly drawn. It is a native of the Cape of 
_ Good Hope; flowers from November to April. So ornamental 
_ aplant would probably be more common, were it more eafily 
propagated; but it neither readily perfeéts its feeds, nor is it 
ealily increafed by its roots, Muixter direéts the bulbs to be. 
planted in pots filled with light earth, that they may be fheltered 
In O€ober and through the winter, and in a dry, airy glafs 
cafe, and fparingly watered, till May, when they may be placed __ 
abroad in a fheltered fituation, and may be frequently Watered e 
in warm weather. Introduced in 1768. Ait. Kew. ee 
