FLAT E - CLXIV. 
GALAXIA GRANDIFLORA. 
: Large-flowered Galaxia. 
CLASS XVI. ORDER I. 
MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. Threads united. Three Chives. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 
SPATHA univalvis. Corolla monopetala, 6 fida, SHEATH of onevalve. Bloffom one petal, 6-cleft, 
tubus filiformis. Stigma multipartita. tube thread-fhaped. Summit many divi- 
fions. 
See GaLaxra ovata, Pl. XCIV. Vol. II. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Galaxia with channelled leaves, tapered to the 
point, and arched; bloffom large, yellow, 
and the length of the leaves. 
Galaxia foliis canaliculatis, acuminatis, arcuatis ; 
corolla magna, lutea, folia zequantia. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The fheath of the bloffom. 
2. A Bloffom fpread open, with the Chives attached. 
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the fummit detached, magnified. 
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‘Tue figare of this delicate little bulb was taken from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection, which had 
been imported in the laft, and flowered in February this year 1801. It is a tender plant, and the 
roots are very fubje& to decay after flowering, for which reafon, they fhould be removed from the pot 
before the leaves are quite decayed. Mr. Allen informs us he has kept it, in the greenhoufe, with. 
the other Cape bulbs, planted in light fandy peat earth, 
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