fcape. But our plant is their Fritillaria regia, in as much 

 as it is the fame with that which they have quoted for it from 

 Dillenius, who was molt probably the authority for their 

 fpecies, and the E. bifolia of No. 840 of this work is their 

 F. nana. It is evident from the original fpecimen in the Bank- 

 fian Herbarium, that the E. regia of the Hortus Kewenfis (not- 

 withstanding the editors have cited the Dillenian plant) is a 

 diftinct fpecies from the prefent, and more nearly allied to the 

 undulataoS. No. 1083; poffibly a mere variety, with broader, 

 blunter, and flatter leaves. L'Heritier's regia, which he took 

 up from a plant in the Kew Gardens, is undoubtedly the fame 

 with undulata, fince he quotes the figure of it given in Hill's 

 Hortus Kewenfis, under the tide of Fritillaria longifolia. 

 We have endeavoured to rectify the fynonymy, but left utidif- 

 turbed the names by which each fpecies is now generally known. 

 The whimftcal title of regia was fuggefted by Dillenius, who 

 hit upon regalis in the way he explains in the following words ; 

 " ceeterum cum coronam habeant botanici imperialem (Fritil- 

 u lariam imperialem), quidni hanc regalem vocemus, cujus ap- 

 " pellationis rationem thyrfuscoronatimdigeitus facile vindicabit." 

 Leaves about a foot long, gradually narrower, outer one at the 

 broadeft 3 — 4 inches over ; fcape 3 — 4 inches high ; flowers 

 herbaceous, fcentlefs j expanding in April and May. Cultivated 

 by Dillenius; and again introduced by Mr. Masson, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, in 1774. 



Our drawing was made at MefTrs. Lee and Kennedy's 

 Nurfery, Hammerfmith. Has been lately reimported by Mr. 

 Niven, and, not being recognized, baptized in fome of our 

 gardens by the name of Niveniana. Petiver's figure, by 

 fome authors attached to nana, is far from certain ; it has been 

 taken from a dried plant without leaves. G. 



NOTES. 



No. 840. Eucomis bifolia. To this the following fyno< 

 nyms mould be added. 



FRITILLARIA nana. Burm. Trod. cap. 9. Linn. Mant. 223. 

 Syji. Veg.ed. 14. 325. 



No. 1083. Eucomis undulata. And to this the following. 



EUCOMIS regia. LHerit. Sert. Angl. 17 ,• (excl. Dill, et Linn.) 



E. regia. 0. Mart. Mill. Did. 



FRITILLARIA longifolia. Hill Hort. Kew. 354. tab. 15. 



