PLATE CLXIV. 



GALAXIA GRANDIFLORA. 



Large-flowered Galaxia. 



CLASS XVL ORDER L 

 MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. Threads united. Three Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spatha univalvis. Corolla monopetala, 6 fida, 

 tubus liliformis. Siigma multipartita. 



Sheath of one valve. Bloflbm one petal, 6-cleft, 

 tube thread-fhaped. Summit many divi- 

 fions. 

 See Galaxia ovata, PI. XCIV. Vol.11. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Galaxia foliis canaliculatis, acuminatis, arcuatis; 

 corolla magna, lutea, folia aequantia. 



Galaxia with channelled leaves, tapered to tlie 

 point, and arched; bloflbm large, yellow, 

 and the length of the leaves. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The (heath of the bloffom. 



2. A Bloirora fpread open, with the Chives attached. 



3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the furamit detached, magnified. 



The figure 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 vety fiibjeA to decay after flowering, for which reafon, they ftiould be removed from the pot 

 before the leaves are quite decayed. Mr. Allen informs us he has kept it, in the grcenhoufe, with 

 the other Cape bulbs, planted in light fandy peat earth. 



