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Base of the flowers red, centre portion yellow, and apex green, 

 these colours merging into a pale yellow-green as the flowers 

 wither. 



2. L. tricolor, var. quadricolor. — This is the plant figured in 

 the Botanical Magazine, table 1097, and in Andrew's Botanist's 

 Bepository, table 148. In habit it resembles L. tricolor, the 

 leaves being similar and quite as large, and spotted. The flowers 

 are well shouldered out from the stem, and there is a considerable 

 amount of green in the outer perianth segments. The points of 

 the inner segments are also spread back considerably as in tri- 

 color, and pale red in colour. In growth it is somewhat dwarf er 

 than L. tricolor, and the habit is stiffer. It is rather a delicate 

 plant. 



3. L. tricolor, var. quadricolor maculata. — This is the Lache- 

 nalia superba of gardens, and L. tricolor, var. superba wouldihe a, 

 much preferable name to that now affixed to ii ; it would dis- 

 tinguish the plant from the preceding variety, and save much 

 confusion. It is a much more slender plant than L. tricolor or 

 L. tricolor, var. quadricolor, and the flowers are more brilliantly 

 coloured, and longer and narrower, the mouth being more closed. 

 Leaves long and narrow, about 12 inches by f , of a glaucous grey 

 colour both above and beneath. The inflorescence is as long as 

 the leaves. Scape slender, unspotted. Flowers long, about If 

 inches, slender, hanging close to the scape, not shouldered out as 

 in the preceding variety. The ends of the inner segments are 

 rich purple, this colour extending as far on the interior face of 

 the segments as on the exterior. It is almost the first Lachenalia 

 to flower, in fact, sometimes it flowers before Lachenalia pendula. 

 It is figured in the Botanical Magazine, table 588. 



4. Lachenalia tricolor, var. Warei. — This is said to be a seed- 

 ling raised by Mr. Ware. It is a pretty variety almost inter- 

 mediate between L. tricolor and L. tricolor quadricolor, the 

 reddish purple colour on the ends of the inner segments being 

 confined to a narrow band. Its habit is thaV of the variety 

 quadricolor. 



5. L. tricolor, var. luteola. — Here again there is endless con- 

 fusion between L. tricolor, L. tricolor luteola, and L. tricolor 

 aurea. Typical L. tricolor is called L. tricolor luteola, and L. 

 tricolor luteola passes for aurea. It differs only from L. tricolor 

 in having the fully opened flowers pure yellow, with slight red 



