twice the length of the ungues. Germen a trigonal deeply 

 trifulcate fliaft, longer than the ungues, ahout half the length 

 of the petals; ftyles continuous, very fhort, fubulate, hooked- 

 recurved, divergent ; fligmas nearly obfolete, but when 

 examined very clofe are perceived to be pubefcent or fome- 

 what pencilled ; filaments adnate to the ungues, equal to about 

 half the length of the corolla; anthers fagittate-oblong, yellow. 

 Capfule coriaceo-membranous, bluntly triquetral, deeply tri- 

 fulcate, as if compofed of three diftincl (hafts, each beaked by 

 its fhort perfiftent ftyle ; feeds many, roundifh. When the 

 plant is very fhort and the leaves luxuriant, it reminds us of 

 Melanthium en comoides. 



Jacquin in his Vragmenta obferves very juftly, that he has 

 found unifiorum to be a fpecific name ill adapted to the plant, 

 indeed the rudiments of a fecond peduncle and flower are 

 perceptible in his own figure in the Icones PI. rar. 



The drawing was taken from a Cape bulb imported by 

 Mr. Salisbury, of the Botanic Garden, Brompton. 



Its flowers have no fcent ; expand during the Summer 

 months; mould be kept with the Ixias and hardier Cape 

 plants in fmall pots of fandy peat-earth, and protected from too 

 much moifture while quiefcent. G. 



