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LACHENALIA SESSILIFLORA. 
Sessele-flowered Lachenalia. 
CLASS VI. ORDERTI. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Coroxxa 6-petala, infeta; petalis 3 interioribus Biossom 6-petaled beneath; the three inner 
longioribus : stamina erecta : capsula sub- petals the longest: chives erect: capsule 
ovata, trialata : semina globosa. nearly egg-shaped, three-winged : seeds 
globular. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
LacuENnatta sessiliflora: foliis geminis, Jan- Lacuenarta with sessile flowers: leaves by 
ceolatis: scapo erecto, semi-pedali: flori- pairs: stem upright, half a foot high: 
bus prope apices confertis, purpureis : pe- _ flowers grow crowded together near the top, 
talis exterioribus cuneatis: interioribus duplo and are of a purple colour; the outer petals 
longioribus, angustis, truncatis, are wedge-shaped :. the inner ones twice the 
length, narrow, and appearing cut off at 
the end. 
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. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A flower spread open. 
2. The inside of the same. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
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Tuts Lachenalia is Perfectly new, an attraction 
that may counterbalance its want of speciosity. From 
the total absence of foo: f 
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me species of this genus not yet introduced to this country, an 
Sngst the number two equally sessile with our plant, but in no other particular resembling 't. 
ection of G, Hibbert, €sq. in 1803 our figure was taken ; since which 
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tstalks to the flowers we have derived its unoccupied specific title. Professor 
_ Jacquin has figured many 
probably may soon reappear amongst the frequent impor- 
* receiving from that inexhaustible botanic mine. 
