LAC 
by Cepede as well as other naturalists among the lizards, 
which it is faid to refemble in internal conformation. It 
is a native of Greece, the fouthern parts of Siberia, and 
doubtlefs of many other parts of Europe and Afia, though 
it feems to have been but recently known to naturaliits. 
Dr. -Pallas, who difcovered it in the fouth of Siberia, hav¬ 
ing been its firlt defcriber. It is found of the length of 
near three feet, and fo perfectly refembles the general 
form of a large fnake, that it is not without a near infpec- 
tion that it is afcertained to belong to the race of lizards; 
being furnished merely with a pair of very Short and fome- 
what acuminated proceftes by way of feet, Situated at a 
vaft distance from the fore parts of the body, nearly on 
each fide the vent: the proceSTes have no divisions or toes, 
but feem to form one Simple projection, with a Slight in¬ 
denture only. The head is rather large, and covered with 
large fcales: the fnout rather taper ; the upper jaw fome- 
what projecting over the lower: the mouth moderately 
wide: the ears very confpicuous: there is no appearance 
of neck; the body tapering in the moSt gradual manner 
from the head to the end in the tail, which is longer than 
the body, and terminates in a point. The whole animal 
is covered with longitudinal rows of moderately-large 
fcales with emarginated tips, and fo difpofed as to form 
fo many prominent or carinated lines along the furface, 
in confequence of which a tranfverfe feftion of the body, 
in any part, prefents a multangular outline. Along each 
fide of the body, from the head to near half the length of 
the tail, runs a deep continued furrow or channel. The 
colour of this lizard is a pale chefnut or ferruginous above, 
and pale yellow-brown beneath. It is Singular that an ani¬ 
mal of fo large a fize Should fo long have remained unknown 
to fyftematic naturalills. Two very Sine fpecimens were 
broughtfrom Greeceby thelateDr.John Sibthorp,profeSTor 
of botany in the univerfity of Oxford. The animal fre¬ 
quents moiSt and Shady places, and appears to be of a 
harmlefs character. It is represented at fig. 14, 
LACER'TA, the Lizard, one of the new constella¬ 
tions of the northern hemifphere, added by Hevelius to 
the 48 old ones, near Cepheus and Cailiopeia. This con¬ 
stellation contains, in Hevelius’s Catalogue 10 Stars, and 
in FlamSteed’s 16. 
LACER'TA, a foothfayer in Domitian’s age who ac¬ 
quired immenfe riches by his art. Juvenal. 
LACER'TA,/. in old records, a fathom. 
LACER'TUS, /. in anatomy, the arm from the elbow 
to the wriSl. 
LACES'SION, / [from lacejfo, Lat. to provoke.] The 
aCt of provoking to anger. Not much vfed. Cole. 
LA'CEWOMAN, /. A woman that fells lace. 
LACFOD'ERY, mountains of Ireland, on the eaSt Side 
of the county of Kerry, where it joins the counties of Li- 
meric and Cork : twelve miles eaSt of Tralee. 
LACH'A. See Olimpo. 
LACHANOP'OLIST,/. [from >m^uvoh, Gr. an herb, 
and nu>\io, to fell.] A feller of herbs. But not ufed. Cote . 
LACHA'NtSM, / A pot-herb of any kind. Phillips. 
LA'CHAS, a town of South America, in the audience 
of Quito: fixty miles north of Quito. 
LACHAWAN'NOCK, a mountain in the north-weft- 
ern part of Pennfylvania, in North America. 
LACHAWAN'NOCK, a townihip in Luzerne county, 
Pennfylvania, 
LACHE, a river of Thuringia, which runs into the 
Elbe one mile north of WeifienSee. 
LACHE, f. [from lafcher, Fr. to loofen; or lafche. 
Slothful.] In our laws. Signifies Slacknefs or negligence; 
as it appears in Littleton, where laches of entry is a negleCt 
in the heir to enter; and probably it may be an old En¬ 
glish word ; for, when we fay there is laches of entry, it is 
the fame as if it were faid, there is lack of entry ; and in 
this Signification it is ufed Litt. 136. No laches Shall be 
adjudged in the heir within the age; and regularly laches 
■Shall not bar either infants or femes covert for non-entry 
.fir claim to avoid defcents; but laches Shall be accounted 
VOLs XII. No. 8x1, 
LAC 65 
in them for non-performance of a condition annexed to 
the Slate of the land. Co. Litt. 146. The law alfo deter¬ 
mines, that in the king there can be no negligence, or 
laches ; and therefore no delay will bar his right. Co. 
Litt. 90. 
LACH'ELA, a town of Sweden, in EaSt Bothnia : thir¬ 
teen miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Wafa. 
LACHEL'LO, a town of France, in the department of 
the Sefia nine miles weft-fouth-weSl of Vercelli. 
LA'CHEN, a town of Swillerland, in the canton of 
Schweitz, on the fouth fide of the lake of Zurich. Near 
it are fome mineral fprings, and in the environs are found 
crySlals and petrifactions: eight miles weft of Utznach. 
LACHENA'LIA, /. [from Werncrus de Lachenal, of 
SwiSTerland, who published Specimen Obf. medicarum. Baf. 
1759. 4 t0 - an d Obfervationes botanical in vol. iv. ACt. 
Helv.] In botany, a genus of the cIrSs hexandria, order 
monogynia, natural order of coronariae, (afphodeli, JuJf.) 
The generic characters are-—Calyx : none. Corolla : pe¬ 
tals fix, ereCted into a tube, oblong, connate at the bafe, 
unequal; the three exterior ones Shorter, often callous at 
the tip. Stamina: filaments fix, awl-Shaped, upriglit, 
growing to the bafe of the petal, and of the fame length 
with them ; anthers oblong. Piftiilum : germ fuperior, 
fubovate; Style awl-Shaped, length of the Stamens; Stigma 
Simple. Pericarpium: capfule iubovate, three-winged, 
three-celled. Seeds feveral, globofe, affixed to the recep¬ 
tacle.— EJfenlial CharaElcr. Corolla fix-parted ; the three 
outer petals difform ; capfule three-winged; cells many- 
feeded ; feeds globular, affixed to the receptacle. 
Species. 1. Lachenalia orchioides, or fpotted-leaved la- 
clienalia: corollas bell-fhaped, the three inner petals long¬ 
er; flowers fefiite, leaves lanceolate, Shorter than the fcape. 
Bulb roundiSh, whitish. The wholeof the plant is fmooth. 
Leaves ufually two from the bulb, from fix inches to a. 
foot in length, one always much narrower than the other; 
SharpiSh, thick, fpreading at top, flattiffi, Sheathing and 
channelled at bottom, rough and cartilaginous at the edge, 
dirty green, marked with lines on the infide, and having 
dufky Spots fcattered over them. Scape round upright, 
pale green with duSky fpots, commonly longer than/he 
leaves. Flowers almolt upright, the upper ones in the 
fpike abortive: outer petals white with green tips; inner 
p.ale yellow; antherae yellow. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
2. Lachenalia pallida, or pale-flowered lachenalia: co¬ 
rollas bell-Shaped ; the three inner petals longer; flowers 
on very Short peduncles, horizontal: leaves linear-oblong, 
longer than the fcape. Bulb roundiSh, flatted a little, 
the fize of a hazel-nut. Root-leaves two, a foot long 
and more, acute, channelled and Sheathing at bottom, flat 
at top, linear-lanceolate, almoft equal in length, one near 
an inch in width, the other much narrower, deep green 
on both fides, unfpotted, Shining, quite entire, and not 
rough about the edge. Scape round, Shining, pale green, 
unfpotted, almost upright, weak. Raceme upright, three 
inches long, with about twenty flowers, fomewhat remote, 
and inodorous. Jacquin named it mediana , becaufe he 
fuppofed it to be an intermediate fpecies between orchioides 
and pallida. It feems however to be the fame with the 
latter. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
3. Lachenalia contaminata,or mixed-coloured lachenalia: 
corollas beil-fhaped; the three upper petals longer; flow¬ 
ers peduncled ; leaves linear, awl-Shaped, channelled. 
Leaves fmooth, with duSky red fpots Scattered over the 
upper furface, longer than the fcape. Scape upright, Se- 
mi-cylindric, fcarcely a fpan high, with dirty red fpots. 
Found at the Cape by MaSTon, and introduced in 1774. 
4. Lachenalia tricolor, or three-coloured lachenaiia s 
corollas cylindrical, the three inner petals twice the length 
of the others, emarginate ; flowers peduncled, pendulous. 
Leaves two, radical, lanceolate, like thofe of the common 
white lily, thin, not flelhy, duSky-Spotted on the upper 
furface. Scape round, like that of the garden hyacinth, 
fcarcely a foot high 3 almoft comofe with the abundance of 
