6G LAC LAC 
awl-(haped braftes that fpring out below the upper rudi¬ 
ment's of flowers. It varies with yellow, faffron-coloured, 
blood-red purple at the tip, and greenifh-yellow, corol¬ 
las ; alfo in the proportion between the inner and outer 
petals; and in the breadth of the leaves. Mr. Curtis re¬ 
marks, that it is only at the middle period of its flower¬ 
ing, that the three colours which give this plant its trivial 
name are very diftinguifhable; for, as it advances, the 
brilliant orange of |he upper flowers dies away. The 
fpots alfo on the leaves, as it advances into bloom, become 
lefs confpicuous. Jacquin obferves, that in his luteola, 
which is probably not different from this, fcarcely two 
plants in a hundred had fpotted leaves. Native of the 
Cape. 
5. Lachenalia pendula, or pendulous lachenalia: corol¬ 
las cylindrical; the three inner petals longer, entire; 
flowers peduncled, pendulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
fucculent, even, a (pan long. Scape upright, round, the 
thicknefs of a goofe-quill, a little longer than the leaves, 
having a few reddifli fpots above the middle. Found at 
the Cape by Mafl'on, and introduced in 1774. 
6. Lachenalia viridis, or green-flowered lachenalia: co¬ 
rollas cylindrical; the three outer petals very long, awl- 
fhaped. Bulb roundifli, of the fame form and fize as the 
garden hyacinth. The whole plant inodorous and fmooth. 
Leaves few, linear, a foot long, fliarpilh, quite entire, 
keeled. Scape (lender, round, folitary, fuberecff, green, 
about the length of the leaves, terminating in a long ra¬ 
ceme. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
7. Lachenalia orthopetala, or ftraight-petalled lachena¬ 
lia : corollas funnel-form-tubular; the three outer petals 
a little fliorter, bluntifh; flowers ere« 5 f, fubpedicelled. Bulb 
-roundifh, whitifli. Leaves generally four, a foot long, 
flaccid, about four lines wide at bottom, awl-ffiaped above 
the middle; thickifli, channelled, acute, fmooth, with 
dulky obfolete fpots on the lower furface. Scape half a 
foot high, round, pale brownifh, red, upright, ending in 
a many-flowered upright fpike. Flowers upright, on 
fliort pale pedicels, inodorous, about thirty, the upper 
ones abortive. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
8. Lachenalia puftulata, or puftuled lachenalia: corol¬ 
las cylindrical; the three inner petals one fourth longer 
than the outer blunt; flowers erect, fubfeflile; leaves lan¬ 
ceolate-linear ; puftuled. Root-leaves two, fmooth, un- 
fpotted, acute, quite entire, almoft a foot long, flaccid, 
reclining on one fide, channelled and embracing at the 
bafe, flat above, revolute towards the end, from the mid¬ 
dle to the tip having raifed round fcattered puftules on 
the upper furface. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
9. Lachenalia violacea, or violet lachenalia : corollas 
eylindrical-three-fided ; the three inner petals reflex, a lit¬ 
tle longer than the outer; flowers pendulous, peduncled; 
leaves oblong, fpotted on the back. Bulb roundifli, 
white, larger than a hazel-nut. The whole of the plant 
is fmooth. Root-leaves two, oppofite, lharpifti, thick, 
fpreading, quite entire, flieathing at the bafe and toge¬ 
ther forming a cylinder, marked with lines, fpotted all 
over the back, thofe on the pale (heath ferruginous, the 
upper furface unfpotted, almoft a foot long with the (heath, 
one only half the width of the other. Scape a foot and 
half high, round, having oblong brownifti fpots fcattered 
over it, afcending. Flowers fmall, drooping, three-fided 
with the bafe flatted, having the fmell of rue : outer pe¬ 
tals green; inner, with the filaments and ftyle, violet; an- 
iherae rufous. Native of the Cape. 
jo. Lachenalia patula, or fpreading lachenalia : corol¬ 
las bell-lhaped ; inner petals fpreading or reflex, longer 
than the outer ; flowers ereft, peduncled ; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, fliorter than the fcape, unfpotted. Scape a 
fpan high, round, almoft upright, green obfcurely varie¬ 
gated with ferruginous fpots, racemed and many-flowered 
at top. Native of the Cipe. 
11. Lachenalia pundata, or dotted lachenalia: corollas 
tubular, incurved 3 inner petals a little longer than the 
outer; the loweft a little fliorter than the two others; 
flowers nodding peduncled; leaves lanceolate-linear, dot¬ 
ted. Root-leaves two, fliarpifti, channelled, quite entire, 
upright, half a foot long, having bay-brown fpots fcat¬ 
tered over them on both (ides, dulky blood-red on the 
back, glaucous-green on the upper furface, whitifli at the 
bafe with red dots and fpots. Scape ten inches high, 
round, upright, (hining, with red and pale fpots all over 
it, few-flowered at top. Native of the Cape. 
xa. Lachenalia hirta, or rough lachenalia: corollas bell- 
lhaped, peduncled ; leaves linear, rough-haired. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope, where it was obferved, with 
feveral others not yet defcribed, by Thunberg. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants muft be preferved 
with other Cape bulbs in a warm border covered with 
glades, or in a dry ftove, or glafs-cafe. They will moftly 
bear forcing, and their flowering may he baftened by be¬ 
ing kept warm in the ftove. They are increafed by ofF- 
fets from the bulbs, or by feeds, when they produce any. 
LACH'ESIS, f. [from Gr. to meafure out by- 
lot.] In mythology, one of the Parca, or Fates. She 
preflded over futurity, and was reprefented as fpinning 
the thread of life, or, according to others, holding the 
fpindle. She generally appeared covered with a garment 
variegated with liars, and holding Ipindles in her hand. 
See Parc.'f.. 
LA'CHISH, [Heb. one that goes.] In ancient geogra¬ 
phy, a city fouthward of the tribe of Judah. Euf^bius 
and St. Jerome tell us, that in their time there was a vil¬ 
lage called Lachijk, feven miles from Eleutheropolis, fouth¬ 
ward. Sennacherib befieged Lachifli, but did not take it. 
From thence it was that he lent Rablhakeh againft Jeru- 
falem. Here king Amaziah was (lain by his rebel fubjefls. 
LACH'LADE, a village near Warrington in Lancalhire, 
remarkable for the richnefs of its foil, on which clover 
and the fined grades naturally fpring. The women here 
fpin thread for fail-cloth, the men weave it; the children 
make bone-lace. It has a handfome modern-built church. 
LACHMANGUR', a town of Hindooltan, in Mewat; 
five miles north of Macherry. 
LACHNiE'A, f. [from Gr. woolly or hairy, j 
In botany, a genus of the clals oftandria, order monogy- 
nia, natural order of vepreculse, (thymelasre, JuJf.) The 
generic characters are—Calyx : perianthium one-leafed, 
permanent; tube long and (lender; border four-parted, 
unequal; the upper fegment the fmalleft; the other three 
fegments reflex ; the middle one larger. Corolla : none. 
Stamina : filaments eight, fetaceous, upright, nearly the 
length of the flower; anthers Ample. Piltillum : germ 
ovate; ftyle filiform, inferted into the fide of the germ ; 
length of the ftamens ; ftigma headed, hifpid. Pericarpi- 
um: none; fruit in the bottom of the calyx. Seed Angle, 
ovate, obliquely acute. This genus differs from Paflerina 
only in having an unequal calyx.— EJfential CharaElcr. 
Calyx none; corolla four-cleft, with an unequal border; 
feed one, like a berry. 
Species. 1. Lachnasa eriocephala, or woolly-headed 
lachnasa: heads folitary, woolly; leaves imbricate, in four 
rows; linear, convex. 2. Lachnaea conglomerata, or 
clufter-headed lachnaea : heads cindered ; leaves lax, cy- 
lindric, truncate, in four rows. Thefe are both (hrubs, 
and natives of the Cape of Good Hope. The latter was 
introduced here in 1773, by Meftrs. Kennedy and Lee. 
LACHNOSPER'MUM, f. [from the Gr. "ha-gy-n, wool, 
and feed ; on account of the woollinefs which in¬ 
verts the feed.] In botany, a genus of the clafs fyngene- 
lia, order polygamia-sequalis, natural order compofitae dif- 
coideae, Linn, (cinarocephalas, JuJf.)—EJfential CharaEler. 
Receptacle hairy ; feeds inverted with hairs ; calyx cylin¬ 
drical, imbricated. 
Lachnofpermum ericifolium, a (ingle fpecies, the Stae- 
helina fafciculata of Thunberg. It is a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. The branches of this (hrub are divari¬ 
cated, rigid, and downy. Leaves very fmall, about half 
a line; 
