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Lachenalia—continued. 
house, if arranged in masses, than when isolated as single 
pots or pans of plants. Each of the bulbs, if strong, will 
produce from one to four flower-spikes, and these keep in 
excellent condition, in a cool house, for nearly two months. 
When flowering is over, the plants should be placed in 
the full sun, to insure a thorough ripening; and when the 
leaves die away, the bulbs may be stored, and kept quite 
dry until starting time returns. Provided the following 
primary and important points are followed, the successful 
culture of Lachenalias becomes an easy matter: Prepare 
a rich, open soil; apply but little water in winter, until 
growth is somewhat advanced, but give plenty after- 
wards; admit all possible light and air, and, at the same 
time, avoid draughts and the use of fire heat, except that 
necessary for excluding frost and dispelling damp. 
sateen’ — 
L. anguinea ( t) fA whitish, ; 
racemes about t flowered ; scape spotted. A 2 
solitary, ———— 6in. ts — 
to 
(L. & P. F. G. ii. 179.) 
L. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). A synonym of L. contaminata. 
L. aurea (golden). A synonym of L. tricolor lutea. 
L. bifolia (two-leaved). A synonym of L. isopetala. 
March. 
— — chan- 
ayn 1774. (B. M. 14017 STR L angustifolia 
„È. M. 735) 
L. fistulosa (fistular). “ft. fragrant; calyx white, tinged with sky- 
blue; sepals brown at tip; petals w white, edged with —— 
spike loose, 2in. long ; scape as long as the leaves. l. two, lanceo- 
late, fleshy, unguiculate, 4in. long, Sin. broad. 1884. 
L. fragrans (sweet-scented).* (fl. reddish; very fragrant ; racemes 
about twenty-flowered. May. l. two, oblong-ovate, green. h. 6in. 
1798. (A. B. R. 302.) 
(milky-green). A. white, more or less tinged with 
ow or red, sub-spicate. May. i. two, rarely — fleshy- 
, often 
J— 1795. (B. M. 3552.) — 3 sessilifolia (A. B. R. 
L. isopetala (equal-petaled white, or more or less tinged 
with red. Fama lt es lorate-lanceolate, 
acute, 6in. to Sia. long. A. 4in. — 8in. 1804. Syns. L. bifolia 
(B. M. 1611), D. rosea (A. B. R. 296.) 
L. lilacina (lilac).* * about twenty in an oblong ; calyx 
bright lilac, blue at oa colour, ray ayia reading : $ 
sepals ovate-oblon, in. long, ved, mote 
“ gros falcate, 4in. —E jin. — 
L * (shining). A. white, tinged with yellow or red, sweet- 
scented ; racemes ten to fifteen-flowered. April. J. two, fleshy- 
herbaceous, lanceolate, Sin. to Gin. long; Hw. broad, smooth, 
h. din, to bin. 1798. (B. M. 1372.) Syn. L. pallida (B. R. 287), 
L. mutabilis (changeable). A synonym of L. orchioides. 
{ : ate * This isa very handsome hybrid, having 
numerously disposed in long- racemes. 
with red-brown. 
broad. 1884. 
ervosa A 
tubular-campanul 
i. two, fleshy - J 
nerved, smooth, or are Å i 
(B. M. 1497.) m : 
odoratissima (very sweet-scented). 
= sepals white, with a green tip; petals 
w ina — dense 
very spreading a 
the tips; scape shorter than the leaves. l two, lanceolate, fal- 
cate, fleshy, blistered over the face, 6in. long, in. to jin. broad. 
1884. 
orchioides (Orchis-like). jl. whitish or yellowish, or more or 
less tinged with red or blue, su —— fragrant, closely set on 
a spotted ope 9in, —— April and Ma L. two, or rarely — 
lance , fleshy-herbaceo' dark. greets “often } wi 
ans 4 3in. to 9in. high, often s 
l us margins ; scape tted. 
ia his ——— —— variation in the colouring 
of its apm (B. M. 854, 1269; Ref. B. 171.) — L. mutabilis 
(S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 129; L. EC "1076), L. pulche 
(pale). A. whitish, or more or less —— with a 
su — May. l two, fleshy- — — hn 6in. oh 
rtilagino’ us margins. * 
rea — han a large variety of L. glaucina, (B.R. 1350, 
— iS nel Bi) B. 170.) 
L. —— synonym of L. lucida. 
ng).* jt. of a deep purple, red, and yellow 
colour, apes tin. ‘ln — and — set on the stout and 
spotted scape, i. erect, lorate-lanceolate, dark green, 
sometimes rightly —— A. 4in, to Yin. 1789. A strong- 
i: Sowing and very handsome species ; ete we the largest and 
iest of the whole genus. TA. B. R. 41; B. M. 590.) 
Vol. IT. 
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Lachenalia—continued. 
—— A ym of L. or 
purpureo-coorulea ‘ate -blue).* tt * ——— 
— =. ——— ee © — — 
jin. broad. ak to in. 1789. 74 b R. 251; » Gin. fo = 
L. whitish, —— 
pustulata (blistered). 
ite Gn the leaves. —— 
B.M.8 17.) 
L. quadricolor (four-coloured). A synonym of L. tricolor. 
—— (yellow). A synonym of L. tricolor lutea. 
racemosa (raceme-flowered). whitish, slight] 
red; racemes twelve to twen — — slightly spotter 
May. L — rarely three, fl -herbaceous, 
blistered. h. 3in. to 4in. 1811. (B. M. 1517.) : 
L. rosea (rosy). A synonym of L. isopetala, 
L. ahe prk damer ps f. ruby-red, tube-shaped, on a thickly- 
scape bin. Se l. , in twos, 
tly h. Qin. 1 (B. M. 993.) This species has 
two ìes, tigrina a, in which the flo 
pale Gar ae in w e wers are of a 
L. serotina (late-flowering). A synonym of Dipcadi serotina. 
eiermer aaa A synonym of L. glaucina. 
EE, spoiled, witi il pupie Aa T (E, — 
i sf, iutem Gellow)* This is a fon a form with e 
“pies stone ints — — - 
h. 4in. to 15in. 1795. (B. M. 766.) 
. White, tinged with violet and 
SE. 170 pou — — yie 
biatch or spos 
L. violacea —— 
Par ong, Liin. broad, : tin — 
n. n. 
one i in. — * h. over lft. 1795. 
—— (from P — referring to the 
downy clothing of the- flower-heads). ORD. Thymelacee. 
A genus of eighteen species of greenhouse evergreen 
shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in 
terminal heads, frequently surrounded by bracts; perianth 
coloured, tubular, four-cleft. Leaves opposite or ‘scattered. 
Lachnæas thrive in a sandy-peat soil, and require æ 
somewhat sheltered and shady situation. Propagated, in 
spring, by cuttings of short young shoots, placed in — 
under a bell glass. 
L. buxifolia (Box-l * /l.-heads white, woolly. May to 
L oval, —— — * 2ft. 1800.” (B. M. 1 1657). July 
L. b. .-heads white, many May to July. 
wi Sater lip, ovale h. 2ft. 1800. (B. M. 1658.) 
— semasorenentn cto, — white, clustered. — June 
and July. t. loose. 
L, eriocephala (woolly-headed). hoat white, solitary, woolly, 
eres Sere — h. 2ft. 1795. B 
rea (p smooth. June and — 
——— ore Pore A Nae 
‘LACHNANTHES (from lachne, down, — anthos, a 
in allusion to the woolly flowers). Syns. 
Gyrotheca and Heritiera (of Gmelin, not of Aiton). . Red- 
root. Orp. Hæmodoraceæ. A monotypic genus. The 
species is a half-hardy, marsh or aquatic, herbaceous 
perennial, the roots of which yield a red dye. It thrives ` 
in a peat and loam compost, and may be ine:vased by 
‘dividing the roots, in spring. 
L. tinctoria (dyer’s). A. dingy yellow, within — woolly, 
disposed in a dense, compound, terminal cyme. July. 
, clustered at the , and scattered on the — ‘which ; 
airy above. k. lift. Southern United States (iù sandy 
—— 1812. 
- LACHNOSTOMA (from lachne, wool, and stoma, a 
— in allusion to the bearded corolla throat. Syns. 
Chthamalia, Thatia, Pherotrichis, Orv. Asclepiadee. A 
genus comprising about sixteen species of stove or 
greenhouse, twining or prostrate, pubescent or villous, 
shrubby herbs, inhabiting tropical, and the warmer parts 
of North, America. Flowers often rather small; cymes 
contracted, two or few-flowered, or rarely umbellately 
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