duplo brevioi ibus; corollainfundibuliformi, limbo 

 quam tubus breviore, e cucullato-connivente re- 

 curvatim expanfa, laciniis interioribus a lamina 

 fubcordato-rotunda r'etufa deorfum longinquius 

 unguiculatis, Jateribus bafin verfus in brevem ca- 

 naliculum inflexis ; exterioribus integris, ima 

 bafi foveola guttula coronata mellea chryftalfina 

 impreffis. G. 



GALAXIA ovata. Tbunb. Difl. Nov. Gen. PI. 2. 51. cum ic. 

 Prod. 10. Cavan. 6. 341. /. 189. /. 2. J acq. 

 Coll. 4. 137. Jr. Rar. 2. /. 201. Bot. Rep. t. 94. 

 mild. Sp. PL 3. 583. 



G. grand/flora. Bot. Rep. t. 164. 



IX I A G ataxia. Linn. Suppl. 93. 



Descr. Bulb-tuber about the fize of a large hazel nur, 

 dark brown; the whole plant from three to four inches high; 

 flowers 2 — 3, of a bright yellow colour, with little or no fcent; 

 outer fegments dotted in ftreaks with green ; lafting only from 

 morning until about four o'clock in the afternoon ; filaments 

 two or three times fhorter than the limb ; fligmas of a deeper 

 yellow colour. 



Found by Thunrerg growing in abundance on the hills, 

 near the town, at the Cape of Good Hope. Varies with purple 

 and violet flowers. 



Our drawing was made from a plant imported by Meffrs. 

 Lee and Kennedy, Harnmerfmith, who have alfo a purple- 

 flowered variety. 



Blooms in May; requires the treatment of other Cape 

 Bulbs of this order. G. 



