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LACHENALIA GLAUCINA. GLAUCOUS-FLOWERED 
LACHENALIA. 
SEK KR KKK KEKE KEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AspHopELE2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla 6-petala vel 6-partita, campanulato-cylindrica et 
campanulata ; petalis 3 interioribus longioribus, extimis 
subcalycinis magis acutis. Stamina erecta, basi petalorum 
inserta. Anthere incumbentes. Stylus subulatus, stigmate 
simplici vel obsolete trifido. Capsule 3-alata vel ovato- 
olay cee 3-locularis. Semina plura, globosa, biseriata. 
acq. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
LAcHENALIA glaucina ; foliis geminis oblongis, floribus ses- 
silibus, petalis interioribus duplo longioribus apicibus 
patulis obtusis, stylo staminibusque paulo longioribus 
Inclusis. 
Lacnenauia glaucina. Jacq. Coll. Suppl. p- 39. Ic. Rar. 
t.391. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 284. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 78. i : 
(«.) flore pallide cerulescenti, scapo foliisque immaculatis. 
(8.) flore lilacina, scapo foliisque maculatis. 
A very handsome species of LacHENALIA, for the pos- 
session of which the Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted 
to Baron Lupwic, of the Cape of Good Hope. There are 
two varieties, of which the principal figure here given re- 
resents the original species of Jacquin, with spotless 
eaves and scape, and which, with us, has the palest and 
bluest flowers (always changing, however, to lilac as they 
fade): while the other has its leaves and scape eau 
