LACHENA'LIA TRI'COLOR. 



THREE-COLOURED LACHENALIA. 

 Class. Order. 



HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



ASPHODELEJS. 



No. 21. 



The term Lachenalia was derived from the name 

 of Wernerius de la Chenal, an eminent botanist of 

 Switzerland. Tricolor, three-coloured, from the 

 presence of three colours on the flowers, but these 

 have very little permanency. They change consi- 

 derably as the flowering advances. 



Many bulbous plants possess a singular mode of 

 reproduction, in the formation of little buds or bulbs 

 on their flowering stems, which admit of separation ; 

 and, being properly treated, grow to perfection. 

 The bulb-bearing lilly (lilium bulbiferum,) and 

 tiger lilly (lilium tigrinum) are familiar examples of 

 this peculiarity. 



A still more singular occurrence is stated by Sir 

 J. E. Smith; who says that he has had scaly bulbs 

 form even on the flower stalk of the Lachenalia tri- 

 color, whilst lying for many weeks between papers 

 to dry, which on being put into the ground became 

 perfect plants. 



The production of a viviparous progeny, under 

 such circumstances, is well calculated to remind us 

 that no means are too difficult to be employed by 

 the Almighty for the preservation of an individual 



