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Lacehnalia racemosa. Starch- 



Lachenalia. 



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Generic CharacJer. — VideN :s - 745, 854, 993. 



Specific Chamber and Synonyms. 



LACHENALIA racemqfa ; (flos medi<e magmludinis *) foliis 

 trinis, lorato-lanceolatis, in feme vaginantibus, a fupino 

 puftulatis, fcapo brcvioribus ; racemo numerofo, laxo, 

 ere&o ; braQeola pedicellis pluries breviore ; pcdicellis 

 ereclis, filiformi-complanatis, flori fubsequalibus longiori- 

 bufve; corolla nutante, curtim cylindrico-campanata, imo 

 gibbofa; laciniisextimisparabolicis, fub tertiam brevioribus, 

 dorfo proxime infra apicem callo notatis ; internis patulis, 

 fpathulato-ligulatis, planis, binis fummis recurvo-divaricatis 

 apice rotundatis faepius denticulatis, infima convoluto-con- 

 cava protenfiore ; ftaminibus imo corollae fundo infixis, 

 iacinias internas aequantibus, declinatis ; antlieris incum- 

 bentibus, fagittato-ovatis ; germine fubulato-trilobo, eliip- 

 tico; ftylo Iacinias cxtimas aequante, triquetro-fctaceo, cur- 

 vulo, cufpide ftigmatofa fimpliciflima. G. 



Approaches very near to the pujlulata of No. 817 of this 

 work, but has three leaves inftead of two, and which are fhorter 

 than the fcape, as well as of a broader lanceolate fhape than in 

 that; the corolla is of clear white, and has a ftrong Icent, pre- 

 cifely refembling that of the Starch-Hyacinth (Muscari 

 r acemofum) ; but in pujlulata has no Icent, and is of an opaque 

 greenifh white colour ; here the pedicles are as long or longer 

 than the flower, in that nearly four times (horter; here the ouier 

 j e gments of the corolla are a full third fiiorter than the inner, 

 ! n lnat fcarcely a fourth ; here alfo the lowermoft inner fegment 

 js remarkably narrowed ; and the flyle fcems to be generally 

 shorter than in that ; but this lad is a very uncertain character, 

 ° r rather none at all. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 rom whence it has been lately imported, by the honourable 

 /•Herbert, with whom it flowered laft May, in his collec- 

 tion at Mitcham. (7, 



