its flowers so seldom, that there are few persons who have 
seen them. Even Mr. Herbert, to vhom every thing 
relating to this tribe of plants is familiar, appears to know 
its blossoms only from a specimen in Mr. Lambert’s 
Herbarium. 
The subject from which this figure was taken, flowered 
in the Conservatory of J. H. Slater, Esq., of Newick Park, 
near Uckfield, in 1825. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Herbert 
recommends it to be grown in a moderately light loam, 
the neck of the bulb being kept above ground, and a little 
sharp white sand placed in contact with the bulb. In the 
autumn the leaves appear; the roots should at that time 
be well watered, and removed to a hothouse, where they 
ought to remain as long as they continue to grow. After- 
wards they should be kept quite dry, but not too hot. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, varying in size, spreading, fringed 
with long ciliz, smooth on each side, covered with little 
blood-red. gouts on the under side. Scape about 6 inches 
high. Unmbel consisting of from 50 to 60 flowers, which 
are of a dull purple, and seated on long, rigid, 3-quetrous 
peduncles. Ovules in each cell 2 or 3, attached to the 
middle of the axis by their taper bases, and having an 
ascending direction. . 
J. L. 
