inner elliptically lanceolate. Stamens the length of the piftil 

 filaments pubefcent at their bafe, alternate ones ihorter and flcn- 

 derer. Germen an acute prifm, fomewhat attenuated upwards ; 

 ftigmas three adnate feflile, forming an inconfpicuous recurvedly 

 fubtrilobate termination to the germen ; which becomes a ventri- 

 cofely oval, acutely triangular capfule, with flat feeds. The 

 prefent fpecies and Melanthium tintflorum appear to conned 

 thefe two clofely allied fe&ions. — Our drawing was made at the 

 Botanic Garden, Brompton, where the plant flowers in the 

 greenhoufe about May ; the bloom is very fweet and like that 

 of other tulips. Introduced from the Cape into Kew-Garden 

 by Masson, in 1787. It feeds freely and produces offsets ; 

 but is ftill a rare plant with us, though it does not appear 

 to be fo in Holland, from whence it is fometimes received by 

 our Nurferymen under the name of Tulipa perjica ; its bulbs 

 cannot be known from thofe of a Melanthjum, except by their 

 being larger; that of the fmalleft Melanthium refembles 

 that of the largeil Tu lip in every thing but fize. G. 



