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Lachenalia Pendula. Pendulous 



Lachenalia. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characlcr. 



Cor. 6-partita. Pclala 3 extcriora difFormia. Cap/. 3-aIata: 

 loculamenta polyfperma. Sent, globofa receptaculo affixa. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



LACHENALIA pendula ; foliis binis ovato-lanceolatis ereais, 

 corollis cylindraceis cerriuis breviter pedun- 

 culatis: petalis externis parum brevioribus, 

 fpica companion. 



LACHENALIA pendula. Willd. Sp. PL t. 2. p. 180. Hort. 

 Kew. 1. p. 461. Tbunb. prod. 64. Jacq. it* 

 rar. 2. t. 400. Collect. 3. p. 239. Bot. fapV* 

 pi. 41. Ejufque Recenf. 62. 



PHORMIUM bulbiferum. Cyrilli Neap.fqfc. 1. p. 35. '• 12 * 



Though fomewhat lefs brilliant in the colour of its flowers 

 than the quadricolor, No. 588, this fpecies, from its more com- 

 pact growth, forms a no lefs defirable plant. Flowers in April 

 and May. Propagates eafily by offsets from its bulbs. We 

 are told in Hort. Kew. that it was introduced into the royal 

 colleBion by Mr. Masson, in 1774 ; but fince this time it has 

 been frequently imported both from Holland and immediately 

 from the Cape. Our figure was drawn from a fpecimen M 

 the collection of Edward Woodford, Efq. at Vauxhall. 



In Jacquin's figure the colours are not exaQly the farne 

 as ours, and the whole plant is more {lender. We were fa- 

 voured, by Mr. Williams, of Turnham-Green, with a fpeci- 

 men more refembling this of Jacquin's, which we fuppote w 

 be a mere variety of our plant. 



