PLATE CCXCIX. 
TACHENALIA REFLEX A. 
Reflexed-flowered Lachenaha. 
CLASS Vi... ORDER I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIZ, | Six Chives. One Pointal. 
“ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
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Corotua 6-partita, infera; petalis tribus inte- Bossom 6-divided, beneath; the three inner 
rioribus longioribus. Stamina erecta. | petals the longeft. Chives ere&t. Capfule 
Capfula fubovata, trialata. Semina glo- | - nearly egg-fhaped, three-winged. Seeds 
bofa.. globular. 
See LACHENALIA PENDULA, PI]. XLI. Vol. I. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Lachenalia foliis ovato-lanceolatis, — ; | Lachenalia with leaves between egg and lance- 
petalis equalibus, acutis, reflexis, rubro fhaped, numerous ; petals equal, pointed, re- 
punétatis ; germine pedicillato, bia | flexed, and dotted with red fpots; feed-bud 
bofo, with a foot-ftalk, and roundith. : 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1; One of the Petals, which are divided to the bafe, with its chive. 
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, natural fize. 
3. The fame, magnifi 
Tas -_.. et — . mutt be confidered, though in many parts widely different from - 
: Tie oe Vans : ape of Good Hope, and was received from thence in the year 
1798, by J. Vere, Efq. of Kenfington Gore ; in whofe collection, we believe, it is only to be found, 
and where our drawing was taken in the edb th of June 1801. It is a tender bulb, and requires @ 
— Me of heat to make it flower, and does not appear to have any tendency to increafe, 
ise Anderfon informs us, he has tried it in various fituations and foils to that end, 
