P L A T E CCCL.
L A C H E N A L I A PUSTULATA.
Rough-leaved Lachenalia.
CLASS VL ORDER L
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
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ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CofiOLLA fexpetala, infera; petalis tribus infera;
petalis tribus interioribus longioribus.
Stamina eretta. Capfula fub-ovata, trialata.
Semina globoià.
BLOSSOM 6-petals, beneath; the three inner
petals the longeft. Chives ere£t. Capfule
nearly egg-fliaped^ three-winged. Seeds
globular.
See LACHENALIA PENDULA, Pl .XLI . Vol.1.
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Lachenalia foliis geminis, lanceolato-linearibus,
denfe facie puftulatis; fcapo reclinato;
floribus fub-campanulatis, albo-virentibus.
Lachenalia with leaves in pairs, linearly-lanceihaped,
thickly covered with pnftules on
the face; ftena bent downwards; flowers
rather bell-ihaped, of a whitifli green.
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower.
2. The fame, cut open, with the Chives in their place.
3. The Pointal.
THE drawing, from which our figure of this fpecies of Lachenalia was taken, was made from a plant
communicated by Ifaac Swainfon, Efq. from his Botanic Gardens, Twickenham,-Middlefex;
where it is ftiil in flower, this prefent month of January, 1804; and where we believe it is only to
be met with at prefent in this kingdom. It is one of the largeft growing plants of the genus, the
leaves when in a foil it approves attaining the length of eighteen inches, or more. It is as hardy as
any of the tribe, very fragrant, eafily preferved, increafing freely by the root, and flowering with
certainty when the bulb has become of a fufficient fize. It grows beft in a mixture of light loam
and peat, about two-thirds loam, and one of peat.
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