Galaxia
(from gala, galaktos, milk; referring to the juice). ORD. Irideae. A genus of two or three species of very pretty greenhouse bulbous plants, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers, perianth funnel-shaped, with a slender terete tube, and a six - parted, equal limb of oblong, wedge-shaped, spreading segments. Leaves linear or rather broad, sheathing at the base. The species will succeed out of doors, planted in a warm, sheltered spot, if afforded some slight protection in winter; it is, however, safer to grow them in pots, in a cool greenhouse. They are of easy culture in sandy peat, with a little fibry loam added. Propagated by offsets.
G. graminea (grass). fl. light yellow; spathe one-valved, one-flowered. July. l. linear, filiform, dilated at base. 1795. Plant almost stemless. (B. M. 1292.) G. ovata (ovate).* fl. dark yellow; spathe one-valved, one-flowered. May to September. l. oblong. 1799. Plant almost stemless. (B. M. 1208.)