Dilatris
(from dilato, to open wide; referring to the opening of the flower). ORD. Haemodoraceae. A genus of greenhouse herbaceous plants, containing a couple of species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple or yellow, corymbose or panicled; perianth petaloid, externally downy, superior, six-parted, the segments erect, persistent. Leaves radical, equitant, ensiform, rigid, sheathing at the base. For culture, see Anigozanthus. D. corymbosa (corymbose). fl. purple; corymb level-topped, hairy. h. 1ft. 1790.
D. viscosa (clammy). fl. blue; corymb level-topped, villous, viscid. h. 9in. 1795.