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Drimia Elata* Tall Drimia. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. 



Cor. fexpartita, breviter tubulofo-connivens, longius revoluto- 

 l-eflexa. Stain, infra corollas adnata. Stigm. trilobo-capitatum, 

 vel obfolete triplex. Cjpf. membranacea, verticali-oblonga, 

 Jubtriquetra. Scm. pauca, oblonga'. G. 



Obs. Radix fquamato- vel fubfquamato-bulbofa, magis minufve e terra 

 prominens ; qua nee jincerior dijiwguit genus nota ab HYACINTHO cujus 

 bulbus tunicatus atquefubterraneus. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



DRIMIA data fcapo elato foliis prsecociore ; iftis lanceolato- 

 atque verticali-loratis, concaviufculis, glabris; ra- 

 cemo multilloro, fpicato-oblongo, confertiufculo ; 

 organis conniventer porre6tis. G. 



DRIMIA data. Jacq. 1c. Rar. 2. /. 373. Coll. Supph 38. 

 Willd. Sp. PL 2. 165. 



BULBUS liliaceus vomitorius Capitis Bonae Spei. Breyn.Cent. 

 91. tab. 40. 



A genus eftablifhed by Jacquin. One only of its fpecies 

 appears to have been cultivated in the Kew Gardens, in the 

 catalogue of which, it ftands under Hyacinthus, with the 

 fpecific title of revolutus, and is now the undnlata of this genus; 

 the whole of which is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 was named from the Greek word ^t ( u.ur, the juice of the roots 

 being (as we are told by Jacquin) Co very acrid as, when 

 applied to the fkin, to caufe inflammation and even blifters. 

 The drawing of our plant was taken at Mr. Williams s 

 Nurfery, Turnham-Green, the only place we ever faw it at. 

 Requires the treatment of the hardier Cape bulbs, with which 

 it will flower freely in the fummer months. A very full de- 

 fcription of it is to be found in the Colleclanea of Jacquim* 

 The whole plant is frequently of much greater magnitude 

 than the fpecimen from -which our figure was taken. G. 



