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L A C H E N A L I A ROSEA.
Rofe-colour ed hnchenalia.
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C L A S S VL ORDEE L
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 6-partita, infera ; petalis tribus interioribus
longioribus. Stamina erefta.
Capfula fabovata, trialata. Semina globofa.
BLOSSOM 6-divided, beneath; the three inner
petals the longeft. Chives ereft. Caplule
nearly egg-fliaped, three-winged. Seeds
globular.
S e e LACHENALI A PENDULA, PL X L I . Vol . I.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
I.achenalia foliis binis, lanceolato-hnearibus,
obtufis; petalis interioribus longioribus:
fcapo laevi filiforme; corollis rofeis.
Lachenalia with two leaves between, lance and
linear-fliaped, obtufe; the inner petals the
longeft; flower-ftera fmooth and thread-
Ihaped; bloffoms rofe-coloured.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Bloffom cut open, ihewn from the infide, the Chives in their place,
2. The fame, ihewn from the outfide.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, natural fize.
T H I S plant we believe to be perfeftly new to Britain, and in no other colledion, at prefent, than
that of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clapham; where the drawing of our figure was taken in May, 1802; and
to which it had been added, the preceding year, by Mr. Niven, from the Cape of Good Hope.
I t is a tender bulb, and rather impatient of moifture; increafes by the bulb; iliould not be removed
from its pot but to give it freih earth, and is fond of a light, loamy foil. It is without fcent.
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