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P L A T E CCCCLX.
L A C H E N A L I A SESSILIFLO RA.
Sessiie^/^owered La c h e n a l i a .
CLASS VI. ORDER L
H E X A N D R I A MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 6-petala, infeVa ; petalis 3 interioribus»
longioribus : stamina erecta : capsula subovata,
trialata : semina globosa.
BLOSSOM 6-petaled beneath; the three inner
petals the longest: chives erect: capsule
nearly egg-shaped, three-winged : seeds
globular.
LACHENALIA. sessiliflora : fohis geminis, lanceolatis
: scapo erecto, semi-pedali : floribus
prope apices confertis, purpuréis : petalis
exterioribus cuneatis ; interioribus duplo
longioribus, angustis, truncatis.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
L A C H E N A L I A with sessile flowers : leaves bypairs
: stem upright, half a foot high ;
flowers grow crowded together near the top,
and are of a purple colour.: the outer petals
are wedge-shaped : the inner ones twice the
length, narrow, and appearing cut off at
the end.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
2. The inside of the same.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
T H I S Lachenalia is perfectly new, an attraction tliat may counterbalance its want of speciosity. From
the total absence of footstalks to the flowers we have derived its unoccupied specific title. Professor
Jacquin has figured many handsome species of this genus not yet introduced to this country, and
amongst the number two equally sessile with our plant, but in no other particular resembling it.
From a drawing made for the collection of G. Hibbert, esq. in 1803 our figure was taken; since wiiich
period we have not seen any vestige of the plant, and therefore imagine tliat, like many other Cape
bulbs, it is lost to us for the present: but it probably may soon reappear amongst the frequent importations
we are in the constant habit of receiving from that inexhaustible botanic mine.
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