426 uiL1acez (Baker). [ Lachenalia. 
6. L. orchioides (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 460; edit. 2, ii. 284); bulb 
globose, 4-1 in. diam.; leaves usually 2, lorate, suberect, smooth, 
often spotted, an inch broad, clasping the base of the stem ; peduncle, — 
including the inflorescence, 4-1 ft. long, often spotted; spike 1-6 in. 
long, about an inch in diam.; flowers all permanently ascending ; 
bracts small, deltoid-amplexicaul ; perianth oblong, about % in. long, 
2 in. diam., white, yellow, red, or blue; tube campanulate ; outer 
segments oblong ; inner ;},—} in. longer, spreading at the tip; stamens 
and style included. Jacg. Collect. iii. 241 ; Ic. ii. 16, t. 390 ; Thunb. 
Prodr. 64; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 327; Willd. Sp. Plant, ii. 172; 
Gawl, in Bot. Mag. tt. 854 and 1269; Tratt. Archiv. t. 154; Roem. 
et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 603; Kunth, Enum. iv. 284; Baker m 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xi. 405 ; Saund. Ref. Bot. t.171. L. pulchella, 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 284. L. mutabilis, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. 
2, 4.129; Lodd. Bot. Cab.t.1076 ; Kunth, Enum. 285. Hyacinthus 
orchioides, Linn. Sp. Plant. 318. Phormium hyacinthoides, Linn. 
fil. Suppl. 204. Muscari orchioides, Miller, Dict. edit. viii. No. 5. 
Orchiastrum Aitoni, virentiflavum, pulchellum, and mutabile, Lemaire 
in Ill. Hort. ii. Mise. 100. 
South AFRICA: without locality, Masson! Forster! Zeyher, 1695! 4287! 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury, Bachmann, 485! 2062! Cape Div. ; near Cape 
Town, Bolus, 2839! Table Mountain, MacGillivray, 475! Simons Bay, Wright! 
Tygerberg, Pappe! Brak Fontein, near Matroos Bay, Ecklon and Zeyher, 41! 
Tulbagh, Pappe! Caledon Div.; between Zwartberg and Ganse Kraal, 1000- 
2000 ft., Zeyher, 4286! Swellendam Div. ; on dry hills by Breede River, Burchell, 
7478! mountain ridges by the lower part of Zonder Kinde River, Zeyher, 4289! 
Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 1337! Galpin, 228! 
WestzEn ReGion: Little Namaqualand ; near Ookiep, Morris in Herb. Bolus, 
5803! Scully, 86! 
The most striking named colour-forms are atroviolacea (hyacinth-blue), virenti- 
eoed psoas heed and mutabilis (inner segments dull yellow, tipped wi 
-brown). 
7%. L. glaucina (Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 59; Ic. ii. 16, t. 391); bulb 
globose, about 1 in. diam.; leaves usually twa, lorate, smooth, often 
spotted, about an inch broad, clasping the base of the stem ; stem 
2-1 ft. long including the inflorescence; spike moderately dense, 
many-flowered, 1-4 in. long; flowers all permanently erecto-patent ; 
bracts minute, deltoid; perianth oblong-cylindrical, }-$ in. long, 
} in. diam., white, red, yellow, or tinged with blue ; inner segments 
4-¢ in. longer than the outer, spreading, especially the lowest ; 
stamens and style reaching the tip of the inner segments. Willd. 
Sp. Plant. ii. 171; Tratt. Archiv. t. 155; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 603 ; Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3552 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 284; 
Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xi. 405, LL. sessiliflora, Andr. Bot. Rep. 
t. 460. L. pallida, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. tt. 1350 and 1945; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 284; Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 170, and 
Journ, Linn. Soe, xi. 405, non Ait. Orchiastrum glaucinum, 
Lemaire in Ill, Hort. ii. Mise. 100. 
Coast ReGion: Table Monntain, Ecklon, 448! near Cape Town, Bolus, 4600! 
Stellenbosch, Sanderson, 950! by the Berg River, aint Paatt, Drége, 1492b! 
