Sandersonia
(named in honour of John Sanderson, Honorary Secretary of the Horticultural Society of Natal). ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a pretty, tuberous-rooted, erect-growing herb, with simple, leafy stems. For culture, see Gloriosa.
S. aurantiaca (orange-coloured).* fl. orange-coloured, showy, nodding, on axillary, solitary, ebracteate pedicels; perianth persistent, urceolate-globose, slightly inflated, with a short, six-cleft mouth, and having six short horns or spurs forming nectariferous cavities at the base; stamens six, hypogynous, much shorter than the perianth. l. lanceolate, with a sometimes cirrhose acumen; upper cauline and floral ones similar, or the uppermost ones smaller. h. 1 1/2ft. Natal, 1852. (B. M. 4716.)