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L A C H E N A L I A FLAVA.
Yellow-Cowered Laclienalia.
C L A S S VI. ORDE R I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 6-petala, infera; petalis 3 interioribus
longioribus : stamina erecta ; capsula subovata,
trialat* : semina globosa.
BLOSSOM 6-petalled beneath; the three inner
petals the longest: chives erect: capsule
nearly egg-shaped^ three-winged : seeds
globular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
LACHENALIA foliis geminis, lanceolatis : scapo
erecto, colore cinereo-caeruleo in modum
marmoris variato : coroUis flavis, sub-pendulis,
sub-cylindraceis, cum limbo petalorum
interioram permagno et expanso : tria
pétala exteriora angusta, et apice vircscentia.
LACHENALIA with leaves in pairs, and lanceshaped
: flower-stem upright, and of a
slaty-colour obscurely marbled; blossoms
yellow, nearly hanging down, somewhat
cylindrical, with the border of the inner
petals very large and spreading: the three
outer petals are narrow, and greenish at the
point.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
3. The seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.
THIS Lachenalia may be regarded as a perfectly new species, there not being a figure of it extant, nor
is it enumerated in the Species Plantarum of Willdenow. We were at first inclined to have called it
rino-ens, from the wide-gaping character of the mouth of the flower: but as so many of this genus
have received a specific title in reference to their colour, the appellation of flava in the present instance
will doubtless be generally as well accepted. The figure was made, from the only plant that has as
yet flowered in this country, at the nursery of Mr. Williams of Turnham Green, who informs me that
he has had the plant three or four years, but has found it difficult to flower, aad slow of increase.
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