PLATE 



CIV, 



LACHNiE A 



t 



CE 



Woolly-headed Lachn^a 



H ALA 



CLASS 



YIIL 



ORDER 



I. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Eight Chives. One Pointal. 



Calyx, Perianthium monophyllum, perfiftens; 



tubo longo, tenui; limbo quadripartito, in- 



aquali ; lacinia fumma retrofrada, minima ; 



laciniis reliquis tribus ere6lls; intermedil 



majore. 

 Corolla nulla. 



Stamina. Filamenta 0^0 capiUaria, ereaa, 



longitudine ferme floris. Antherae fmi- 

 plices. 



PxsTiLLUM, Germen ovafum. Sty! 



germinis lateri infertus. Stigma capitatura' 

 tifpldum, 



Pericarpium nullum. Frudus in fundo calycis. 

 Semen unicum, ovatum. 



GENEBIC CHARACTER. 



formis 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, remaining; tube 

 long, flenderj border of four divifions, un- 

 equal} the upper fegment appearing broke 



J- 



back, and fmall; the three other fegments 



are upright} the middle one the largeft. 

 Blossom none. 

 Chives. Eight hair-like threads, upright, al- 



moft the length of the flower. Tips 



limple. 

 Pointal. Seed bud egg-fliaped. Shaft thread- 

 ' Ihaped, fixed into the fide of the feed-bud. 



Summit a hairy knob. 

 Seed-vessel none. The fruit is in the bottom 



of the 



cup 



Seed one, egg-fhaped. 



Lachnaea capitulis folitariis, lanatis^ foliis 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



drifariam imbricatis. 



i qua- 



Lachnsea with little bunches of flowers grow- 

 ing folitary and woolly; leaves are tiled on 

 the flem, forming four regular angles. 



1. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



rPwf ""'^'"^ -^T' °^ ^^' ^^^^ches, which inclofe the fmall heads of flowers 



2. A Flower, magnified. 



3. 



4. 



ThrsTeTbudTnd p"'"T' '''' *° "^'^ ^^^ -^-^-" «f '^^ Chives. 

 Ane aeed-bud and Pomtal, magnified. . 



the Hon. Wm Hen Irbv'^frr'^ h^^^"\ ^^] *^^^" ^''""' ^ ^P^^cimen raoft obligingly communicated by 

 near Windfor, Bucks The^e jt '"*^ extenfive collection at the Parfonage, Famham Royal, 

 L. Congloraerata has not as yet flow H !i ^^' ^^*^^'"^°' ^^^h us, remained in obfcurityj as the 

 thefe five reaK. aK^.,. „.t.: ,^ owered, and the L. Eriocephala was not in our colleaions till within 



it 



flowered thi, ^^„,, ..<•-. v.u • ' 



and contiBoes to flowlr "from M^rdi^ mTT^ '^^ ^^^ ^^^"'' ^^^^' ^^ propagated with eafe by cuttings, 

 oves; but 5t i« t-^^, f.,r..„ ., f*^^ . Auguft. A mixture of neat anH ln3m T5 the foil it rooll 



approve 



