﻿PLATE DXXIV. 



LACHN^A BU XI FOLIA. 



Box-leaved Lachncea. 



CLASS VIII. ORDER I. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One PointaL 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Calyx nullus. Corolla quadrifida ; limbo in- II Cup none. Blossom four-cleft j border unequal, 

 aequali. Semen unurn, sub-baccatum. II One seed, nearly berried. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Lachnjea foliis ovatis, glabris, glaucis : flori- ji Lachnjea with ovate, smooth, glaucous leaves, 

 bus in capitulis globosis : corollis albis, Flowers in globular heads. Blossoms white, 



odoratis. Caulis teres, longissimus. and sweet-scented. Stem round, and very- 



long. 

 Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. II Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



THE PLATE. 



1. A blossom spread open. 



2. The seed-bud and pointal. 



3. The flower-receptacle. 



This fragrant species of Lachnaea is the L. buxifolia of Lamarck, and the Gnidia fllamentosa of Lm- 

 naus; but certainly not a Gnidia, as it wants the four small iuner petals, the distinguishing feature 

 and most essential distinction between those two genera. 



Our figure delineates a plant in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. that was upwards of five feet 

 high; and interspersed amongst some fine bushy shrubs, its compact flowers and delicate gtaucous 

 foliage gave it a picturesque appearance. 



