PLATE 395. 
TuULBAGHIA vioLAcEA, Harv. (Fl. Cap. Vol VI, p. 407). 
Natural Order, Litiace#. 
Rootstock tuberous. Basal rudementary leaves membranous ; leaves 6 to 10 
or more, linear, erect, membranous and sheathing at base, concave on upper 
surface for nearly the whole length, rounded beneath; green, glabrous; 8 to 12 
inches long, } to} inch broad. Peduncles erect, terete, 1 to 2 feet long, umbel 10 
to 20-flowered ; spathe valves 2, lanceolate from a broad base, membranous, tinged 
with lilac with deeper coloured veins; pedicels 1 to 14 inch long. Perianth 
salver-shaped, tube subcylindrical, very slightly swollen at base, $ to $ inch long, 
segments 6, oblong lanceolate, half as long as the tube; coronal lobes 3, on inner 
segments of perianth at base, truncate, acute or emarginate at apex, | to 1} line long. 
Stamens 6, subsessile on tube of corolla in two series, the upper 3, not reaching to. 
the throat of corolla. Ovary sessile, 3-lobed, lobes rounded; 3-celled, cells many 
ovuled, ovules superposed. Style short thick, stigma capitate. Capsule not seen. 
Habitat: Natau: Not certainly known to us. 
The genus Tulbaghia is quite an African one; 10 species are described from 
South Africa, of which 5, including the above described one are found in Natal, 
the only one known to be confined to Natal being 7’. natalensis, Baker, which was 
described in the present work Vol. I., plate 29, while “two or three species occur 
in the mountains of Tropical Africa.” Tubers of this plant were given to the 
Gardens by Mrs. Todd of Maritzburg ; it was said that they had been found near 
Byrnetown, but we were not quite sure of this; the species was gathered in 
Kaffrarian Mountains, by the late Mrs. Barber, and is also found in Cape Colony, 
but we have not met with it in Natal. It is rather a pretty plant, and worth 
cultivation, but it has the rather unpleasant garlicky odour which is also possessed 
by other members of the genus. 
Fig. 1, corolla opened, showing insertion of stamens, and coronal lobes; 2, 
pistil; 3, cross section of ovary ; all enlarged. 
