PLATE CIV. 



LACHNIA ERIOCEPHALA. 



Woolly-headed Laclin<za. 



CLASS VIII. ORDER I. 

 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, pcrfiflens; 



tubo longo, tenui; limbo quadripartito, in- 



xquali; lacinia fumma retrofra&a, minima; 



laciniis reliquis tribus erectis; intermedia 



majore. 

 Corolla nulla. 

 Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, erecta, 



longitudine ferme floris. Anthers fim- 



plices. 

 Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, 



germinis lateri infertus. Stigma capitatum, 



hifpidum. 

 Pericarpium nullum. Frudtus in fundo calycis. 



Semen unicum, ovatum. 



SPECIFIC 



Lachnaea capitulis folitariis, lanatis; foliis qua- 

 drifariam imbricatis. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, remaining; tube 

 long, ilender; border of four divifions, un- 

 equal; the upper fegment appearing broke 

 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 

 fimple. 



Tointal. Seedbud egg-fhaped. Shaft thread- 

 lhaped, 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. 



CHARACTER. 



Lachnxa with little bunches of flowers grow- 

 ing folitary and woolly; leaves are tiled on 

 the Hem, forming four regular angles. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The terminating Leaves of the branches, which inclofe the fmall heads of flowers. 



2. A Flower, magnified. 



3. A Flower cut open, natural (ize, to fliew the infertion of the Chives. 



4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, magnified. 



The figure of this curious new plant was taken from a fpecimen moil obligingly communicated by 

 the Hon. Wm. Hen. Irby, from his valuable and extenfive colleaion at the Parfonage, Farnham Royal, 

 near Windfor, Bucks. The genus Lachnsea has hitherto, with us, remained in obfcurity; as the 

 L. Conglomerata has not as yet flowered, and the L. Eriocephala was not in our colleftions till within 

 thefe five years; about which time it was introduced by Meff. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. It differs but little in habit from Panerina Grandiflora, and until it 

 flowered this year, was confidered as a variety of that plant. May be propagated with eafe by cuttings, 

 and continues to flower from March till Augult. A mixture of peat and loam is the foil it molt 

 approves; but it is \ery fufceptible of damps. 



