Refugiuu Botanicum.] [January, 1870. 
TAB. 170. 
Natural Order Linraces. 
Tribe HyacinTHEA. 
Genus LacHENALIA, Jacq. 
Li. PALLIDA (Ait. Kew, i. p. 460). Foliis geminatis lanceolatis falcato- 
patulis carnoso-herbaceis 4—6-plo longioribus quam latis, scapo 
tereti erecto foliis equante, floribus 12—30 erecto-patentibus sub- 
dense spicatis, perigonio tubuloso pollicari 4-plo longiore quam 
crasso, laciniis interioribus spathulatis ore patulis exterioribus tertia 
excedentibus, staminibus mox perigonio equantibus. — Kunth, 
Enum. iv. p. 284; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1850. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Bulb round, white, tunicated, under an inch in thickness. 
Leaves two, clasping the base of the stem, lanceolate, fleshy in 
texture, four to six inches long by an inch broad at the middle, 
a moderate not glaucous green, not at all or only very faintly 
spotted with deeper green, much paler on the lower surface, 
spreading and flat above the clasping base. Scape terete, erect, 
four to six inches long, usually more or less blotched with 
reddish purple. lowers twelve to thirty in a moderately dense 
spike two to four inches long by nearly two inches broad when 
fully expanded, the uppermost few barren and dwarfed. Bracts 
lanceolate, membranous, three to four lines long. Perianth an 
inch deep, cut down to a shallow cup, the outer divisions about 
half an inch long, greenish, gibbous on the back below the point, 
the inner divisions reaching two to three lines beyond the outer 
ones, spathulate with spreading points, whitish or in the speci- 
men figured yellowish or not unfrequently with a decided pink 
tinge. Stamens slightly declinate, at last quite as long as the 
inner divisions. Style three or four times as long as the oblong 
ovary. Ovules about a dozen in a cell. 
Tab. 170.—1, separate flower; 2, inner and outer petal, with two 
stamens; 3, pistil; 4, horizontal section of ovary: all magnified.—J. G. B. 
A neat little bulbous plant, which should be cultivated in a 
cool pit or greenhouse, placed, while growing, as near the light 
as possible. A mixture of sandy loam and peat suits the plant 
well. It requires but little pot room, but should have plenty of 
water while growing, after which a season of rest in a moderately 
warm place is necessary for the health of the plant.—W. W. S. 
