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Lachenalia bifolia. Cowled two- 

 leaved Lachenalia. 



Generic Characler. — /7d? A? 7 '- 745, 854, et 993. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



LACHENALIA bifolia : (flos media longitudinis ; ) attenuatis. 

 cartilagineo-marginatis, nervofo-ftriatis, exteriore deorfurn 

 cucullato-vaginante, fcapum fuperante, interiore aliquoties 

 mmore, convoluto-concavo ; racemo remoto-multifloro ; 

 pedicellis flore duplo brevioribus, braaeam ovato-acumi- 

 natam fubfuperantibus ; corolla nutantc, curtim cylindrica, 

 bafi tubulofo-conftricta, laciniis interioribus rotundo-obtufis 

 bilabiato-patulis, exterioribus una quarta circiter breviori- 

 bus; ftaminibus lacinias interiores aequantibus, declinato- 

 affurgentibus. G. 



Seems to be intermediate between unifolia and pallida 

 (mediana Jacq.), differing from the former, in having two leaves 

 inftead of one, far fhorter pedicles in proportion to°the flower, 

 and a corolla not ventricofely campanulate j from the latter, in 

 the form and relative proportions of the two leaves, by longer 

 pedicles, and a more open-mouthed corolla; from both^m 

 colour of the inflorefcence. But as we did not fee the plant 

 in bloom while under the hand of our draughtfman, we can 

 fpeak with little confidence of its other differences, indeed with 

 but little of its being really diftinft from pallida. There is a 

 Lachenalia rofea in the BotanifVs Repofitory that comes 

 near to this and pallida; but which, according to our judgment, 

 can fcarcely be a variety of either. 



