1. The Empalement. 2. A Floret of the circumference. 3. The Pointal of the foregoing. 4. A Floret of the centre (magnified). 5. The Chives and Pointal of a floret of the centre (magnified). 6. The Shaft and Summit of the same (magnified). The singular merit of this pretty greenhouse plant, is, that its blossoms are still to be seen through the whole year; and is kept with as little care, as is required for any. It is with ease, and certainty, increased by cuttings, put in about the month of May; or by seeds, which it sometimes perfects by being kept from the rain in autumn. It is a plant known by name, to most botanists; but has not been introduced to us, till the year 1794, when it was received in seeds from the Cape, at the nursery Hammersmith; where it has flowered, these two successive years, and where our figure was taken. [Illustration] PLATE XCIV. GALAXIA OVATA. _Oval-leaved Galaxia._ CLASS XVI. ORDER I. _MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA._ Threads united. Three Chives. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Spatha univalvis, membranacea, connivens. COROLLA monopetala, supra; tubus filiformis, longus, erectus, apice paullulum ampliatus; limbus sexpartitus; laciniis obovatis, patentibus. STAMINA. Filamenta tria, in cylindrum conata. Antheræ ovatæ. PISTILLUM. Germen inserum, obtuse triangulare, glabrum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paullo longior. Stigmata tria, filiformi-multipartita, patentia. PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblongo-subcylindrica, trisulca, trilocularis, trivalvis. SEMINA plurima, globosa, minima. EMPALEMENT. Sheath of one valve, skinny, and closing. BLOSSOM, one leaf, above; tube thread-shaped, long, upright, the upper part a little widened; border divided into six parts; segments inversely egg-shaped and spreading. CHIVES. Three threads forming a cylinder. Tips egg-shaped. POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, obtusely triangular and smooth. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Three summits, each divided into a number of small threads, and spreading. SEED-VESSEL. Capsule of an oblong, and almost cylindrical shape, with three furrows, three cells, and three valves. SEEDS numerous, globular, and small. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Galaxia foliis ovatis margine ciliatis; corollis longissimis, arcuatis, flavis. Galaxia with egg-shaped leaves, fringed at the edge; blossoms very long, bowed, and yellow. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Sheath. 2. A Flower cut open, to shew where the threads are fixed to the tube of the blossom. 3. The Chives with the Pointal inclosed, the Blossom cut away. 4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.