Plate 822 - Drimia Elata

N°822 11ULL sublery i Library No syd Edwards del Pub by TCurtis st Geo: Crefcent Mar. 1.1805.

ESansom sculp [822] DRIMIA ELATA.

TALL DRIMIA, ************ Class and Order. vandi.

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cor. fexpartita, breviter tubuloso-connivens, longius revoluto- reflexa. stam. infra corollæ adnata. stigm. trilobo-capitatum, vel obsolete triplex.

Capf. membranacea, verticali-oblonga, fubtriquetra.

Sem. pauca, oblonga.

G.

OBS.

Radix fquamato- vel fubfquamato-bulbofa, magis minufve e terra prominens; qua nec sincerior diftinguit genus nota ab HYACINTHO cujus bulbus tunicatus atque fubterraneus.

G. specific Character and synonyms.

DRIMIA elata fcapo elato soliis præcociore; iftis lanceolato- atque verticali-loratis, concaviufculis, glabris; ra- cemo multifloro, spicato-oblongo, confertiufculo; organis conniventer porrectis.

G.

DRIMIA elata.

Jacq.

Ic.

Rar. 2. t. 373.

Coll.

Suppl. 38.

Willd. sp.

Pl. 2. 165.

BULBUS liliaceus vomitorius Capitis Bonæ spei.

Breyn.

Cent. 91. tab. 40.

A genus eftablished by JACQUIN.

One only of its species appears to have been cultivated in the Kew Gardens, in the catalogue of which it stands under HYACINTHUS, with the specific title of revolutus, and is now the undulata of this genus; the whole of which is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was named from the Greek word deus, the juice of the roots being (as we are told by JACQUIN) so very acrid as, when applied to the fkin, to caufe inflammation and even blifters.

The drawing of our plant was taken at Mr.

WILLIAMS'S Nurfery, Turnham-Green, the only place we ever saw it at.

Requires the treatment of the hardier Cape bulbs, with which it will flower freely in the summer months.

A very full de- fcription of it is to be sound in the Collectanea of JACQUIN.

The whole plant is frequently of much greater magnitude than the specimen from which our figure was taken.

G

N°822 11ULL sublery i Library No syd Edwards del Pub by TCurtis st Geo: Crefcent Mar. 1.1805. ESansom sculp [822] DRIMIA ELATA. TALL DRIMIA, ************ Class and Order. vandi. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Character. Cor. fexpartita, breviter tubuloso-connivens, longius revoluto- reflexa. stam. infra corollæ adnata. stigm. trilobo-capitatum, vel obsolete triplex. Capf. membranacea, verticali-oblonga, fubtriquetra. Sem. pauca, oblonga. G. OBS. Radix fquamato- vel fubfquamato-bulbofa, magis minufve e terra prominens; qua nec sincerior diftinguit genus nota ab HYACINTHO cujus bulbus tunicatus atque fubterraneus. G. specific Character and synonyms. DRIMIA elata fcapo elato soliis præcociore; iftis lanceolato- atque verticali-loratis, concaviufculis, glabris; ra- cemo multifloro, spicato-oblongo, confertiufculo; organis conniventer porrectis. G. DRIMIA elata. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 2. t. 373. Coll. Suppl. 38. Willd. sp. Pl. 2. 165. BULBUS liliaceus vomitorius Capitis Bonæ spei. Breyn. Cent. 91. tab. 40. A genus eftablished by JACQUIN. One only of its species appears to have been cultivated in the Kew Gardens, in the catalogue of which it stands under HYACINTHUS, with the specific title of revolutus, and is now the undulata of this genus; the whole of which is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was named from the Greek word deus, the juice of the roots being (as we are told by JACQUIN) so very acrid as, when applied to the fkin, to caufe inflammation and even blifters. The drawing of our plant was taken at Mr. WILLIAMS'S Nurfery, Turnham-Green, the only place we ever saw it at. Requires the treatment of the hardier Cape bulbs, with which it will flower freely in the summer months. A very full de- fcription of it is to be sound in the Collectanea of JACQUIN. The whole plant is frequently of much greater magnitude than the specimen from which our figure was taken. G.