PLATE 568. 



GALTONIA CANDICANS, Dene. (Fl. Cap. Vol. 6, p. 451.) 

 Natural Order, 



Bulb globose, tunicated. Leaves 4-6, lanceolate, fleshy, light green, 2-3 feet 

 long, 1-2 inches broad, quite entire. Peduncle stout, terete, 3^ to 4^ feet long ; 

 raceme lax, 6 to 1 2 inches long, 1 5 to 35 flowered, pedicels cernuus, 1 to 2| inches 

 long; bracts, lower ones oblong acuminate, If inch long, inch wide, upper ones 

 lanceolate and smaller. Perianth 1-1-f inch long, tube oblong, green at base, gra- 

 dually becoming white above, segments 6, a little longer than the tube, three being 

 oblong and minutely thickened at apex, the alternate ones broadly oblanceolate, a 

 little wider and not thickened at the apex. Stamens 6, inserted on the tube a 

 little below the throat, filan.ents subulate, 8-9 lines long; anthers oblong, dorsi- 

 fixed, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, oblong, trigonous, 3-celled, many ovuled. 

 Capsule not seen. 



Habitat : NATAL. Drakensberg, 6,000-7,000 ft. alt., Evans 360 ; sources of 

 Tugela Eiver, McKen 5; Allison; Oliver's Hoek Pass, 5,000 ft. alt., Wood, January. 

 Also on the Witte Bergen, Cape Colony, 7,000 to 8,000 ft. alt., Drege. 



The genus Galtonia is confined to South Africa, and includes 3 species only, 

 viz., G. princeps, which is closely related to the one here described, but smaller and 

 not so ornamental, G. clavata, which so far is only known in cultivation ; it is a 

 native of S. Africa, but the precise locality where it was collected is unknown to 

 us. The genus is named after the late Francis Galton, F.R.S., the traveller and 

 author. G. candicans is not uncommon on the Drakensberg mountains, where in 

 some localities it is found in profusion. It is a highly ornamental species, and was 

 introduced into Europe many years ago, G. clavata having been introduced in 1 88 1 . 



Fig, 1, raceme; 2, leaf; 3, plant much reduced; 4, perianth opened, showing 

 stamens; 5, a stamen; 6, pistil; 7, cross section of ovary ; jigs. 1 fy 2 natural 

 size, remainder enlarged. 



