WACHENDORFIA VILLOSA.

Villose Wachendorfia.

CLASS III. ORDER I.

TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla sex-petala, inæqualis, infera. Capsula trilocularis, supera.

Blossom six-petalled, unequal, beneath. Capsule above three-celled.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Wachendorfia, foliis lineari-ensiformibus plicatis triplinerviis, cauleque villosis, floribus paniculatis.

Wachendorfia, with the triple-nerved plicated linear-sword-shaped leaves, and stem villous; and panicled flowers.