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LACHENALIA pallida. ^, 



Straw-coloured pale-flowered Xiachenaiia, 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord* Asphodbli. Jussieu gen. 51* Div. 11 L Floret spicati* 

 Kadix bulbosa. Corolla basi tubulosa, 



LACHENALIA. Cor. infera, scxdivisa, oblato-v^ q^lmdrico-campa- 

 nulata, laciniis 3 exterioribus brevioribus obiongis calycino-conntventibua 

 caruncula externa infra apicem, interioribus 3 alternis supr^ rotundato^ 

 dilatatis patulis. FiL basi laciniarum coroUaa inserta, subassurgentias 

 anth. incumhentes. Stylus subassurgentdr porrectus : *%. simplex. Caps. 

 merabranosa, subtrilobo'trigona, S-loc, S-valv. Talvia medio septiferis: 



sem. biseriata, plura in loculo, globosa* 



Bulbus tunicatusj fol. l-plurima, ambieniia^ suhcamosa^ ienera^ linearia 

 ad latO'Ovata. Scapus^ carnosus* Flores erectO'Sjncati c. racetnosi^ undi^ 



?rue sparsL In Scilla proxima ^corollarum lacinia conformes atque csqui^ 

 ongcB^ organa recta. In Drimia corolla reflexa et €equali$^ stamina recta. 

 Collineat Massoniam ^pusilld sua. 



L. pallida^ corollis campanulatis, petalis 3 interioribus lon^ioribus, floribus 

 brevissirnd pedunculatis horizontalibus, foliis ' linean-oblongis scapo 



longioribus, Hort. Kew. I. 4^60. 

 Lachenalia pallida. ThunLprod. 64.. RedoutS liliac. 22. WiUd. tp.pl. % 



172. Hort. Kexti. ed. 2- 2. 285. 

 Lachenalia mediana. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t* 392, coU. 3. 242. 

 ctl flore pallido subcserulescente. 

 /3) flore pallido sublutescente. 



FoL binuy 9-uncialza v. pedaUa, erecto-recurva, gkira, lucsda^ semuncmm 



"ne convoluta-vamnosa. Scapua glaucescens. Racemua 



nft 



pedicellia pluri^s brew>ribus 



corotldf bracteis late ovaio-acumnalis, breoibus. Cot. | um:us pauIo 

 superans, oblonga, cylindraceO'Campanulata^ suburceolata ; lac. 3 extenorea 

 i circiter brevioresy obtusissimce carunculd externd viridi tnjra aptcem, sub- 

 qarinatce, una summa sublongior conspicuius carinata^ 8 interiores smthulato- 

 obovat^e, pallidzores, tenuiores, carina supri obsolete virente, una subangusttor 

 emarginaia. Stam. conniveniia, subiequalia corolla: pollen luteum. trerni. 

 mHde, oblongum, subconicum^ rotundate hexagonum suku S aUerms pro- 

 Jundius impressis. 



A genus closely akin to Scilla: differing chiefly m 

 having the three alternate outer segments of the coroUa 

 shorter than the three inner, which last have also a dilated 

 blade, and by the stamens and style being sUghtly bowed, 

 as in Aloe-. About 30 species are known, all natives of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Some of them are very ornamental: 

 indeed we do not know a handsomer plant than the spotted 

 leaved variety of ILachbnalia quadricolor, which, when 



