Hefugium Botanicum.] 
[March, 1871. 
TAB. 259. 
Natural Order Liliace^. 
Tribe CONANTHERiE. 
Genus Cyanella, Linn. 
C. LUTEA (Linn. Suppl. p. 201), var. rosea (Baker). Glabra, semi- 
pedalis vel pedalis, foliis radicalibus 4 — 8 liiiearibus coriaceis 
semipedalibus undulatis, scapis simplicibiis vel plus minusve 
ramosis, racemis laxe 6 — 12-floris, bracteis linearibus, pedicellis 
arcuatis infimis flore 2 — 3-plo longioribus, perianthii segmentis 
lanceolatis semiuncialibus roseis rubro-veuosis subsequilongis, infe- 
riori paulo latiore, antheris 5 sterilibus arcuato-ascendentibus 
singulo sterili deflexo duplo brevioribus. — C. rosea, Ecklon, MSS. 
A native of Cape Colon}^, collected by Mr. Tlios. Cooper. 
Bulb a hard globose tuber, half an inch thick, with a few 
fibrous coats. Leaves four to eight, clasping tightly the base of 
the scape for an inch to three inches, linear, glabrous, coriaceous, 
persistent, four to six inches long, two to three lines broad. 
Scape six to twelve inches long, often simple, but when luxuriant 
paniculatelj^ branched. ^ Central raceme laxly six- to twelve- 
flowered, two to three inches broad. Bracts linear-acuminate, 
three to six Imes long. Pedicels arcuate-ascendmg, the lowest 
twelve to eighteen lines long. Perianth pale rose with deeper 
veins, six to seven lines deep ; the divisions lanceolate, the lowest 
a little broader than the rest. Stamens six, perigynous, the five 
upper ones ascending, sterile, the lower one wdth an anther twice 
as long as the others. Ovary adhering to the base of the 
perianth. Capsule globoso -triquetrous, three to four lines long, 
with about four seeds in each cell. 
Tab. 259. — 1, complete flower ; 2, one of the small anthers ; 3, the 
single large anther ; 4, pistil ; 5 , horizontal section of ovary : all mag- 
nified.— J. G. B. 
A very pretty pink variety of Cyanella lutea, collected in South 
Africa by Mr. Thos. Cooper, and under whose careful manage- 
ment the plant flowered from which the figure was taken. A cool 
greenhouse treatment, like that given to an Ixia, seems to suit it 
we\l—W. W. S. 
