270 TRICHONEMA. GALAXIA. 



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 TRICHONEMA. 



A pretty family of bulbs, with ixia-like flowers ; natives 

 of the Cape and of the south of Europe. They require the 

 same general treatment as ixias. 



The flowers are red, blue, yellow, purple, or rose, and are 

 produced in spring. 



There are about twenty species, of which we may 

 mention 



T. caulescens, roseum, tortuosum, speciosum, and cruciatum, 

 from the Cape. 



T. bulbocodium, Columnce, and purpurascens, from the 

 south of Europe. 



T. ccelestinum; a native of North America. 



GALAXIA. 



Small bulbs, from the Cape of Good Hope ; generally 

 with large, showy, yellow flowers, and requiring the usual 

 culture of Cape bulbs. Soil sandy peat and loam. 



The species are G. graminea, grandiflora, mucronularis, 

 ovata, and versicolor ; all blooming about midsummer. 



