TRITELEFA LAX'A. 
LAX-UMBELLED TRITELEIA. 
Class. 
TRIANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ASPHODELACEi^;. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
California. 
2 feet. 
June &. July. 
Perennial. 
in 1832.? 
No. 765. 
Triteleia is derived from the Greek treis three, 
and TELEios complete, in allusion to the perfectly 
ternary arrangement of the several parts of the 
flower. 
This ornamental plant is so very different from 
any that we usually see in common cultivation, 
that we are glad to introduce it to notice. For the 
opportunity too, of doing so, we feel much obliged 
to those spirited nurserymen, the Messrs. Pope of 
Handsworth, whose search after valuable plants is 
unceasing. 
Its bulbs were first obtained from California, by 
the London Horticultural Society, and in mention 
made of it in the Botanical Register, it is said No 
plant can be more easy to cultivate, it will grow in 
common garden soil, but prefers such a mixture of 
peat, loam, and sand, as is found in a border for 
American plants; it appears to be perfectly hardy, 
and if allowed to remain undisturbed, it will propa- 
gate itself by offsets as well as by seeds. It seeds 
very freely, and will soon become common.” It will 
be very gratifying to see so handsome a plant in 
general cultivation. 
192 
Bot. Beg*. 1685. 
