C 735 ] 

 Lachenalia Angushfolia. Narrow- 

 Leaved Lachenalia. 



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C/tf/jr and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynu. 



Generic Character. — Fid. N u ' a - 5S8. 

 Corolla nunquam hexapetala, G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



LACHENALIA angujlifolia ,- foliis numerofis, craffi-s, cana- 

 liculato-remkeretibus, fubulathn attenuati.?, 

 extimis circa fcapum brcviorem projee'lis j 

 racemo conferto, cylindraceo, pedicelli* 

 capillaribus corolla crateroideo-campanulata 

 duplo brevioribus. G. 



LACHENALIA angujlifolia. J acq. ic. rar. 2. /. 381. Coll, 

 Suppl. 47. IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 173. 



Root a fmall tunicated bulb. Leaves numerous, thick, 

 fleftry, femicylindric, linear-fubulate, depreffed or (lightly 

 channelled, longer than the fcape, round which the outer ones 

 are laxly recumbent ; fcape comprefled-round, 4 — 6 inches 

 high, fpotted; raceme cylinder-fhaped, clofely 12 — 20-flowered; 

 bracles membranous, ovate, concave, acute, decurrent, twice 

 fhorter than the capillary pedicles, thefe again twice fhorter 

 than the corolla, which is fix-parted, bowl-fhaped or campa- 

 nulate with an ample rounded bafe, outer fegments ovate, 

 rather acute, broader, but at the fame time fhorter, marked 

 upwards on each furface with a longitudinal brownifh ftain ; 

 inner obovate-oblong ; ftamens even with thefe, gently incurved, 

 conflex ; anthers ere€l, hung inwards from their backs, of a 

 colour between vermilion and brown ; ftyle equal to the 

 ftamens, rather curved. Stigma obfolcte; germen green, 



trigonal- 



