LACHENALTA, 

 OR CAPE COWSLIP. 



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APE COWSLIPS niv cliildren 

 oF the g-reafc family of lilies, 

 or, to put the matter in less 

 familiar terms, they are mem- 

 bers of the hyaeinth and seilla 

 section of the order Lilnice/c. 

 They are hulbous plants, of 

 somewhat flesliy texture, 

 making large, thick leaves, 

 which are often handsomely 

 spotted, and a head of flowers 

 that are tubular, pendent, 

 apparently furnished with a 

 calyx. These resemljle liya- 

 cinths sufficiently to justify 

 the association in the minds of 

 those \^ho have not studied 

 the detads of structure that 

 determine the elassilication. 

 But even in the view of the 

 unlearned a lachenalia is some- 

 what of a curiosity, and the question may properly arise, 

 What is the meaning of the apparent calyx? for a lily and 



the relation of a lily should have no such thing. The 

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