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5. Lachenalia Pendula ; Pendulates Lachenalia. Corollas 

 cylindrical, the three inner petals longer, entire ; flowers 

 peduncled, pendulous. Scape upright, round, the thickness 

 of a goose-quill; leaves oblong-lanceolate, succulent, a span 

 long. Native of the Cape. 



6. Lachenalia Viridis ; Green-flowered Lachenalia. Corol- 

 las cylindrical ; the three outer petals very long, awl-shaped. 

 Bulb roundish. The whole plant inodorous and smooth; 

 corollas entirely green. Native of the Cape. 



7. Lachenalia Orthopetala. Corollas funnel-form, tubular; 

 the three outer petals a little shorter, bluntish ; flowers erect, 

 subpedicelled. Bulb round, whitish ; leaves generally four, 

 about a foot long, flaccid; flowers upright, on short pale 

 pedicels, inodorous, about thirty, the upper ones abortive ; 

 antherse purple ; germen green. Native of the Cape. 



8. Lachenalia Pustulata. Corollas cylindrical, the three 

 inner petals one-fourth longer than the outer, blunt; flowers 

 erect, subsessile; leaves lanceolate-linear, pustuled. Bulb 

 roundish. Native of the Cape. 



9. Lachenalia Violacea. Corollas cylindrical, three-sided, 

 the three inner petals reflex, a little longer than the outer ; 

 flowers pendulous, peduncled ; leaves oblong, spotted on the 

 back. Bulb roundish, white, larger than a hazel-nut. The 

 whole of the plant is smooth ; flowers small, drooping, smell- 

 ing like Rue. Native of the Cape. 



10. Lachenalia Patula. Corollas bell-shaped; inner petals 

 spreading or reflex, longer than the outer ; flowers erect, 

 peduncled ; leaves linear-lanceolate, shorter than the scape, 

 unspotted. Bulb roundish, brown, the size of a pea. The 

 whole plant is smooth ; corolla, filamenta, and style, white. 

 Native of the Cape. 



11. Lachenalia Punctata. Corollas tubular, incurved; 

 inner petals a little longer than the outer, the lowest a little 

 shorter than the two others ; flowers nodding, peduncled ; 

 leaves lanceolate-linear, dotted. Bulb roundish, white; scape 

 ten inches high, shining, with red and pale spots all over it, 

 few-flowered at top ; flowers elegant, inodorous ; corolla 

 whitish, the outer petals thickly spread, with red dots all 

 over both surfaces. Native of the Cape. 



12. Lachenalia Hirta. Corollas bell-shaped, peduncled; 

 leaves-linear, rough-haired. Native of the Cape. 



Lachneea ; a genus of the class Octandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one- 

 leafed, permanent; tube long and slender; border four- 

 parted, unequal ; the upper segment the smallest, the other 

 three segments reflex, the middle one larger. Corolla: none. 

 Stamina: filamenta eight, setaceous, upright, nearly the 

 length of the flower; antherse simple. Pistil: germen 

 ovate; style filiform, inserted into the side of the germen, 

 length of the stamina ; stigma headed, hispid. Pericarp : 

 none; fruit in the bottom of the calix. Seed: single, ovate, 

 obliquely acute. Observe. This genus differs from Pas- 

 serina only in having an unequal calix. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Calix: none. Corolla: four-cleft, with an unequal 

 border. Seed: one, like a berry. The species are, 



1. Lachnaea Eriocephala; Woolly-headed Lachnaa. Heads 

 solitary, woolly; leaves imbricate, in four rows, linear, convex. 

 Flowers large, and white, in terminal solitary heads. A 

 green-house plant, flowering all the summer. Native of the 

 Cape. 



2. Lachnsea Purpurea; Purple-flowered Lachn&a. Leaves 

 opposite, imbricated, in four rows, obtuse, keeled under- 

 neath ; segments of the calix smooth. Flowers large, rose- 

 coloured or light purple : the tube of each flower is white, 

 with a woolly tuft at its base. Gathered at the Cape. 



3. Lachnaea Glauca ; Glaucous-leaved Lachnaa. Leaves 



scattered, elliptical, glaucous ; segments of the calix downy 

 on both sides. Flowers white, fragrant. Native of the Cape. 



4. Lachnsea Conglomerata; Cluster-headed Lachneea. 

 Heads clustered; leaves lax, cylindric, truncate, in four rows. 

 Native of the Cape. 



Lads; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix and Corolla: none. Sta- 

 mina: filamenta very many (forty) capillary, winged on both 

 sides below, inserted into the receptacle, which is girt with 

 twelve spines ; antherse oblong, bifid at the base, acute, 

 incumbent. Pistil: germen oblong, angular, striated ; styles 

 two, incurved ; stigmas obtuse. Pericarp : capsule ovate, 

 eight-streaked, one-celled, bivalve. Seeds : very many, very 

 small, affixed to a free ovate receptacle. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Calix and Corolla: none. Filamenta: winged 

 on both sides below. Receptacle: girt with twelve spines. 

 Capsule: ovate, eight-streaked, one-celled, two-valved, many- 

 seeded. The only known species is, 



1. Lacis Fluviatilis. Stems branching, decumbent; 

 branches cylindrical, rough to the touch. The Caribbees 

 call this plant mourerou. It is a native of Guiana, and 

 has been found only on the rocks of the great cascade of 

 the river Sinemari ; it is attached to the rocks by packets of 

 small fibres, and, except the flowering branches, is entirely 

 under water. 



Lacistema ; a genus of the class Monandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: ament common, imbri- 

 cated on all sides, columnar; scales one-flowered, ovate, con- 

 cave ; two small linear squamules being placed at the sides 

 beneath the corolla, within the scale. Corolla: one-petalled, 

 four-parted; tube none; divisions lanceolate, sharp, suberect; 

 nectary one-leafed, rotate, entire, smaller than the corolla, 

 concave. Stamina: filamenta single, situated in the middle 

 of the nectary with the germen, upright, incurved above the 

 middle over the germen, bifid at the top ; antherse minute, 

 roundish. Pistil: germen globose; styles two, very short, 

 recurved ; stigmas simple. Pericarp : berry foot-stalked, 

 obovate, oblong, one-celled. Seed: single, oblong, ESSEN- 

 TIAL CHARACTER. Calix: scale of the ament. Corolla: 

 four-parted. Filamenta: bifid. .Berry: pedicelled, one- 

 seeded. The only species yet described is, 



1. Lacistema Myricoides. Stem arborescent; branches 

 round, somewhat knotty, ash-coloured, naked, smoothish, 

 spreading, branched ; branchlets greenish, leafy, smooth ; 

 leaves alternate, ovate, acuminate, smooth, somewhat wrinkled 

 with very minute transverse veins, four inches long; berry 

 black, and soft, the size of a currant, sweet, insipid. 

 Observed by Rolander in Surinam, and by Swartz in Jamaica. 



Lacluca; a genus of the class Syngenesia, order Poly- 

 gamia ./Equalis. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: common 

 imbricated, cylindric ; scales very many, sharp, membrana- 

 ceous on the margin. Corolla: compound imbricated, uni- 

 form ; corollets hermaphrodite, very many, equal ; proper 

 one-petalled, ligulate, truncated, four or five toothed. Sta- 

 mina: filamenta five, capillary, very short; antherae cylin- 

 dric, tubular. Pistil: germen subovate ; style filiform, 

 length of the stamina; stigmas two, reflex. Pericarp: none; 

 calix converging, ovate-cylindric. Seeds: solitary, ovate, 

 acuminate, even, compressed. Down : capillary, on a long 

 stipe, attenuated below. Receptacle: naked. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: imbricate, cylindrical, with a mem- 

 branaceous margin. Receptacle : naked. Seeds: even, with 

 a simple, stipitate down. The species are, 



1. Lactuca Quercina; Oak-leaved Lettuce. Leaves runci- 

 nate, toothletted, acute, ^ven underneath; stem smooth. Root 

 perennial, fleshy. In i's whole habit it approaches nearer to 





