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L A C H E N A L I A REFLEX A.
EeJlexed-Jlowered Lachenalm,
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C L A S S VL ORDER L
IIEXANDRIA 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; pelalis tribus interioribus
longloribus. Stamina erefla.
Capfula fubovata, trialata. Semina globofa.
BLOSSOM 6-divided, beneatli; the tliree inner
petals the longeit. Chives erea. Capfule
nearly egg-fliaped, three-winged. Seeds
globular.
S e e LACHENALI A PENDULA, PL. X L [ . Vol. 1.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Lachenalia foliis ovato-lanceolatis, plurimis ;
petalis equalibus, aeutis, reflexis^ mbro
punflatis ; gerraine pedicillato, fubglobofo.
Lachenalia with leaves between egg and lance-
(haped, numerous ; petals equal, pointed, reflexed,
and dotted with red fpots; feed-bud
with a foot-ftalk, and roundifli.
-REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the Petals, which are divided to the bafe, with its chive.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, natural iize.
3. The fame, magnified.
T H I S curious Lachenalia, for fuch it mufl be confidered, (hough in many parts widely different frora
Its congeners, is a native of the Cape of^Good Hope, and was received from thence in the year
1798, by J. Vere, Efq. of Kenfington Gore; in whofe colledion, we believe, it is only to be found
and where our drawing was taken in the month of June 1801. It is a tender bulb, and requires a'
confiderable degree of heat to make it flower, and does not appeal to have any tendency to increafe
although, Mr. Anderfon informs us, he has tried it in various lituations and foils to that end
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