In the young state of the plant, the leaves are less harsh, appear rather scolloped than lobed, and much resemble in shape those of the Maiden-hair Fern, or Adiantum Capillus-veneris; whence the trivial name, adiantifolia, which it bears in most collections. But, as there can be no doubt of our present plant being that designed by Forster, in his Prod. flor. insul. austral. No. 326; of Cavanilles in his Dissertationes classis Monadelphiæ, Diss. 10. p. 457; and as lastly quoted by Willdenow, in his new Sp. Plant. Tom. 3, Part 1, p. 620; we have, without hesitation, adopted the specific title it there bears. As an addition to the very few handsome climbing plants fit to decorate the trellis-work of our modern greenhouses, or conservatories, this plant must be considered as a great acquisition; as the growth is rapid, the foliage of a fine green, and the flowering abundant.
Our figure was taken from a plant in the conservatory of the Hibbertian collection, Clapham common.[Pg 15]
PLATE CCXCVI.
LACHENALIA ROSEA.
Rose-coloured Lachenalia.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.