1745 



*TRiTOMA Burchelli 



BicrchelVs Tritmna. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodele/E Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botamj,p. 273.) 



TRITOMA Ker. Link. Perianthmm tubulosum, cplicatum ; limbo 

 brevi 6-dentato regulari. Stamina hypogyna, recta, libera, exserta, alterna lon- 

 giora. Stigma simplex. Capsula cartilaginea, rigescens, ovata, obtuse trigona. 

 Semina biserialia, pluriina, triquetra v. angulata, sibi invicera appressa. — Folia 

 graminea canaliculata. Caulis nullus. 



T. Burchellii ; foliis leetfe viridibus margine laevibiis, racemo oblongo crasso 

 dense, perianthiis clavato-cylindraceis unicoloribus. 



Tritoma Burchellii. Herbert, in Sweet's Hort. Brit. 



Racemus A poll, longjxs, densissimus, et vix angustior, nullo mndo pyra- 

 midatus v. protractus. ¥\ores junior es sanguinei, posted lutei v. potius luteo- 

 aurantiaci unicolores, \l-poll. longi ; limbo 4 lin. tubo apice 3 lin. lato. 



Communicated by the Honourable and Rev. William 

 Herbert in July last. It was originally introduced from 

 the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Burchell, after whom it has 

 been named. 



It is a beautiful perennial plant, and quite hardy. At 

 Spofforth it always flowers before or soon after Midsummer ; 

 all the other species of Tritoma are late flowerers. 



Increased by the offsets, which it throws up in plenty. 



* So named from rpsLQ three, and repvio to cut, because of the leaves ending in 

 three sharp angles. As there was a genus of insects already called Tritoma, when 

 this genus of plants was first proposed, Professor Link would change its name to 

 Tritomanthe ; but there is no end to alterations of this sort. 



