t 745 ] 

 Lachenalia Purpurocerulea* Purple- 

 Blue Lachenalia. 



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4 M | Vf ♦ ♦ It ♦ ♦* $ ♦ ♦ * $ I 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Vid. N um - 588. 



Obs. Corolla ei Aloes ftmilllma, ejus lochia verofunt libera extlma* 

 que breviores, nee aquales atque obiter connata ; filamenta quoque no7inihil 

 adnata, nee libera, neque infertionem fuam ad juniluram germinis et corolla 

 habentla. Amba in eo ultra analoga, quod habeant corollas tarn regulares 

 quam Irregulares et fubbilabiatas cum organis ajjiirgentibus. Habitu equidem 

 longius recedunt. G. 



Specific Charafter and Synonyms* 



LACHENALIA purpurocarulea foliis fubbinis, fublanceolads ; 

 fcapo craflb ere£to ; raccmo multifloro, con- 

 fertiore, cylindraceo-fpicato, faftigiante ; 

 corolla adfeendente, e curtato-cylindrica 

 reflexo-campanulata, parum inaequali ; fta- 

 minibus figillatim affurgentibus, divergenti- 

 bus, longioribus. G. 



LACHENALIA purpurocarulea. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. /. 388. 

 Coll 5. 63. mild. Sp.PI.2. 177. Bot. 

 Rep. t. 251. 



(a) foliis puftulatis. 



(|3j foliis laevibus. 



Bulb tunicated, deprefled-fphaerical, whitifh. Leaves ge- 

 nerally two, oppofite, from convolute upright bafes flatly lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, recumbent, and, except at the lower part, 

 very thickly befet with fmall blifter-like weals on the upper 

 furface. Scape upright, round, thick, twice fhorter than the 

 leaves. Raceme fpike-formed, many-flowered, fparfe, rather 



thickfet, 



