Tas. 5992. 
LACHENALIA TRICOLOR, VAR. AUREA. 
Native of South Africa. 
Nat. Ord. Lin1ace#,—Tribe, Hyacintuex. 
Genus, Lacuenatta, Jacq. ; (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 401). 
LacHENALIA (Eulachenalia) tricolor ; foliis binis 6—9 pollicaribus }-} poll. 
latis lineari-oblongis loratisve subacutis herbaceis concoloribus v. 
maculatis, scapo foliis longiore, racemo stricto 6-18-floro, floribus laxis, 
bracteis parvis deltoideis, pedicellis inferioribus }-} poll. longis, peri- 
anthio 3-1 poll. longo xquali tubuloso basi gibbo, foliolis exterioribus 
in tubum connatis dorso infra apicem obtusum gibbis, interioribus 
exterioribus duplo longioribus e basi lineari-spathulatis staminibus 
inclusis, : 
LACHENALIA tricolor, Thunb. Flor. Cap. Prod. p. 64; Flor. Cap. p. 827; 
Bot. Mag. t. 82; Redouté Lil. t. %; Kunth. Enum, vol. iv. p. 290; 
Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 404. 
: quadricolor, Jacq. Ic. t. 396; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 148; Bot. Mag. t. 1704. 
L. luteola, Jacg. Ic. t. 395; Redouté Lil. t. 297. 
Puorarum aloides, Linn. Suppl. p. 205. 
Yar. aurea; foliis maculatis, scapo gracili rubro purpureo-variegato, 
floribus aureis cereaceis. L. aurea, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1856, p. 404, 
et 1872, p. 290, Ze. n. 109. 
A singularly graceful and bright-coloured plant, well de- 
Scribed in the Florist and Pomologist, whence an extract is 
Siven in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, signalling Mr. Barrons 
_ Success in cultivating this and other species of this lovely 
genus. L. tricolor, according to Mr. Baker’s determination, 
18 a very variable plant, and includes as forms Z. quadricolor,, 
L. luteola, Jacq., and L. aurea, Lindl., of which the last, that 
how figured, is by far the most elegant, and is further re- 
Markable for its bright colour and the waxy texture of its 
flower. Tt flowered in the Royal Gardens in March of the — 
Present year from bulbs. 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1872, 
