FoAT ELV. 
PANEROLYZA SPICATA. 
Spike flowered Antholyza. 
CLASS HI. ORDER I. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Biossom tubular, irregular, and bent backward. 
Capfule beneath. 
Corotza tubulofa, irregularis, recurvata. Cap- 
fula infera, 
See Plate XXXII. ANTHOLYZA RINGENS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Antholyza, floribus infundibuliformibus, fpica- Antholyza with funnel-fhaped, fpiked flowers, 
tis, incarnato-pallidis; foliis falcatis, bre- of a pale fleth colour; leaves fcimitar- 
viffimis. fhaped, and very fhort. 
a _ 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Bloffom cut open, to fhew the infertion of the Chives. 
3. The Pointal, (natural fize). 
Tune are few {pecies of this genus but furnith beautiful flowers; this is certainly among the moft 
handfome, from the foftnefs of its colour, and the regularity of the {pike: what adds confiderably to 
its merit, is, that the bloffoms remain a confiderable time before they fall, which unfortunately, is 
feldom the cafe with the flowers of this genus. It was received from the ‘Cape of Good Hope in 
Dalle, fent by J. Pringle, Eiq. of Madeira, in 1794, to Mefirs. Lee and Kennedy of Hammerfmith; 
the drawing was made in the month of June 1797 at their nurfery. Not being eafily injured by damp, 
there is no necetfity for removing it from its pot, as is neceflary for moft bulbs, but to increafe it; 
_ One, oF two young bulbs being annually produced, in addition from the old one. The beft foil is 
a fandy peat, with a {mall Proportion of loam, 
