CURTIS’S

Botanical Magazine;

OR,

FLOWER-GARDEN es

IN WHICH

The most Ornamental Forrten Prants, cultivated in the Open

Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately

represented in their natural Colours.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according

. to thie. celebrated Linn vs; their Places of Growth,

and Times of Flowering ;

Together with the most approved Methods of Cu.ture.

A WORK

Intended for the Use of such Lapis, GentiLemen, and Ganpeners, as wish

to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate.

By JOHN SIMS, M.D.

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CRASSULA VERSICOLOR. CHANGEABLE

CRASSULA.

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Class and Order.

PentTanpria PEnrAGyNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 (nunc unguibus coalitis),

Squame 5 nectarifere ad basin germinis. Capsule 5.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

* Frutescentes.

Crassuta versicolor; corollis tubulosis, foliis imbricatis

lanceolatis concavis cartilagineo-ciliatis basi connato-

vaginantibus, floribus umbellatis. |

Crassuxa versicolor ; erecta, ramosa, foliis oblongo-lanceo-

latis cartilagineo-denticulatis basi connato-vaginanti-

bus, umbellis geminato-multifloris, Bot. Reg. 320.

Crassuta versicolor. Burchell Mss.

Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, branched. Leaves imbri-

cate, lanceolate, hollowed especially towards the base,

connate, sheathing, edged with minute cartilaginous cilia,

Flowers in umbels at the extremities of the branches.

Calycine leaflets subulate, one third shorter than the tube

of the corolla. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a long tube,

formed by the adherent, but separable claws of the petals :

limb shorter by half than the tube, five cleft: segments

somewhat recurved, bright red on the outside, and white

within, except a red margin, which gradually extends

nearly over the whole. The flowers are sweet-scented in

the evening.

This species, on account of the tubular corolla, belongs

to De Canpoxte’s genus Larocuea adopted by eager

and Haworrs, also by Scuutres in the new edition of the

Systema Vegetabilium. But as this tube is made simply

by the adhesion of the claws of the petals, which are more

or less separable in all, and in Crassuna jasminea (supra

2178) with quite as longa tube, are not at all connected,

except at the upper part, this circumstance seems hardl

sufficient to found a genus upon. Jussieu refers all the

tubular species of Crassuta to CoLyLepon. 3

CrassuLa versicolor is a native of the Cape of Good

Hope, whence it was introduced by Mr. Burcuett on his

return from his travels in that country, and is indeed a

very valuable acquisition to our gardens, as it flowers freely,

and requires only to be protected from frost and from

damps. Flowers most of the summer. Communicated by

ern Knicut of the Exotic Nursery in the King’s

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ANDROMEDA AXILLARIS, ®& FINE NOTCHED-

LEAVED ANDROMEDA.

Class and Order.

DecAanpriA Monoaeyntia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata: ore 5-fido. Caps. 5-locu-

_laris: valvulis dissepimento contrariis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ANDROMEDA axillaris ; foliis perennantibus ovato-lanceo-

latis spinuloso-serratis subtus ferrugineo-punctatis,

racemis axillaribus_ sessilibus suberectis, antheris

muticis.

AnpromepA axillaris ; foliis oblongo-ovalibus basi acutis

brevi-acuminatis cartilagineo-serratis lucidis glabris

coriaceis, racemis spicatis axillaribus sessilibus squa-

moso-bracteatis undique confertifloris, corollis cylin-

draceo-ovatis, antheris muticis. Pursh Fl. Amer.

Sept. 1. p. 292.

Anpromepa axillaris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 613. Hort.

Kew. ed, alt. 3. p. 54. Nuttall Gen. 1. p. 265.

Anpromepa axillaris, @. foliis lanceolatis versus apicem

serrulatis coriaceis, racemis axillaribus solitariis bre-

vissimis. Lam. Encycl. 1. p. 157. Ejyusdem var. «. est

A. Catesbei (supra 1955.)

(B.) foliis lineari-lanceolatis longissimis. Pursh l. c.

Anpromepa axillaris and Catesbei have been often con-

sidered as varieties of the same species, and, as both vary

considerably in the form of the leaves, they may sometimes

approach so near as to render it not ‘easy to decide to which

Species some individuals belong, or at least not from the

foliage

foliage alone ; but we believe that our present plant in all

its varieties may be generally distinguished by its shorter,

more erect, and more clustered racemes. In A. Cateshb@ei

the racemes are longer, more or less cernuous, and are

furnished with longer and more pointed bractes. We must

not conceal however, that the accurate botanist Mr. Nutrra..

is decidedly of opinion that A. axilaris and spinulosa (our

Catesbai) form but one species. To us however our present

plant, which we take to be variety 8 of Pursn’s axillaris,

appears to be evidently distinct from the one we have

given above, No. 1955, under the name of A. Catesbei.

Native of Carolina and Georgia, and though considered

as hardy, is liable to be killed by our winters when severe.

Flowers from May to August. Communicated by Joxn

Waker, Esq. of Arno’s Grove.

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BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA. PAPER-

Mueerry TREE.

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Class and Order.

Dia@cia Trerranpria.

Generic Character.

Masc. Amentum cylindraceum. Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. 0.

o» _ Fem. Amentum globosum, e receptaculis cylindraceo-

~ clavatis compositum. Cal. 3- s. 4-dentatus, in apice recep-

taculi. Stylus lateralis subulatus. Sem. 1. calyce tectum.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Brovssonetta papyrifera. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 372.

Bot. Repos. v. 8. t. 488. bre. es

Brovussonetia. Vent. Regn. veg.3. p. 547. te

Papyrius japonica. Lam. Encycl. Bot. 5. p. 5. Ejusdem

Ill. Gen. t. 762, i Pigs ey

eee es ; foliis palmatis, fructibus hispidis. Sp.

. 1399. ge a

Morvs sativa, foliis urtice mortue, cortice papyrife

Kempf. Amen. 471. t. 472. Pee eee

Morus Beg oe sativa japonica. Seb. Thes. 1. p. 44.

t. .

The Paper-Mulberry tree is a shrub of but caged 3

but, both in Japan and in the South-sea islands, is of the

utmost importance for economical purposes. In Otaheite,

as we are informed by Captain Cook, in his relation of his

first voyage, the finest and whitest cloth worn by the chiefs

and principal persons of the island is entirely manufac-

tured from the inner bark of this tree by a simple process

of beating ; and in Japan the same species is cultivated in

reat quantity, for the purpose of making paper of gtr

kinds, by a process in which the bark is reduced to a pulp,

to be afterwards spread into sheets of greater or less thick-

ness, upon similar principles, though by different contri-

vances, to what are used in the manufacture of European

paper, except that it appears that the Japanese employ

vegetable mucilages only, and neither animal gluten nor

alum, which is probably the reason that their paper is more

bibulous than ours. A full description of the Japanese

process for making paper from the Paper-Mulberry may

be seen in Kamprer’s amenitates, which has been trans- —

lated into several of the Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

of the day. : :

In young plants the leaves are more or less divided into

lobes, but in adult shrubs they are generally entire, as

seen in our plate, in which the upper figure represents a _

flowering branch of the female, and the lower one of a

male plant. This tree has been long cultivated in our

gardens ; poe the Hortus Kewensis before 1751, by

_Perer Coxtutnson, Esq. It appears by M. Porrer’s account

in Lamarcx’s Encyclopédie that it had been long cultivated

also in the Paris gardens, but that the male plant only was

known, till M. Broussoner, in his travels, met with the

female in some garden in Scotland, and transmitted cuttings ©

of it. The fruit being from that time known, it was found

not to belong to the genus Morus, though nearly allied to

it. M. L’ Hererier gave it the name of Brovssoneria;”

but his unfortunate death prevented its publication, till —

adopted by Venrtenat, in his Tableau du Régne Végétal.

Native of Japan and the South-sea islands. Flowers

from February to September. Propagated by layers,

cuttings, or seed. Communicated by Joun Waxxer, Esq.

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Sprget1A ANTHELMIA. ANNUAL Worm-

| GRASS.

KEKE EREREEREEEE

Class and Order. :

Prentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. infundibulifermis. Caps. didyma, 1-locularis, poly-

sperma. a

Specific Character and Synonyms.

SPIGELIA Anthelmia ; foliis inferioribus oppositis ; superio-

ribus quaternis, floribus spicatis secundis. R. et P.

Flor. Perwo. v. 2. p.9.— :

Spigeuia Anthelmia; caule herbaceo, foliis summis qua-

ternis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 824. Amen. Acad. 5.

p. 133. t.2. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Vegetab. 4. p. 190.

ANTHELMENTHIA quadrifolia spicis terminalibus et e centro

frondis. Browne Jam. 156. t. 37. f. 3.

—e a fructu testiculato. Plum. Gen. p.

= 2 ;

Arapasaca Brasiliensibus dicta planta. Marcgr. Bras. 46.

ELIOTROPIUM Brasilicum Herbe Paridis folio. Petiv.

Gazyph. tab. 59. f. 10.—Catal. 589. |

The Spigeuia Anthelmia is a plant of considerable

eflicacy for the cure of worms, and febrile diseases sup-

posed to arise from the presence of worms. It was first

brought into notice by Dr. Patrick Browne, in his Civil

and Natural History of. Jamaica ; but it does not seem to

have been ever much in use in this country ; but another

species A. marilandica (supra n. 80.) under the name of

Indian Pink, was at one time in considerable vogue. There

2 be no doubt that these plants are very efficacious

: remedies,

remedies, but whether from the unpleasant narcotic effects —

which they sometimes produce, especially on the eyes, or

some other cause, they seem now to be very much neg-

lected ; though the root of the Spigetia marilandica is still

retained in the College Materia Medica.

Native of the West Indies and the continent of South

America. Requires the heat of the stove, or a hot-bed,

and being an annual is propagated only by seeds. Flowers

in July. Cultivated by Mitter in 1759. Communicated

by Mr. Witxiiam Anverson from the Chelsea garden.

NV 2360.

Del Pub. by S Gurtis Wabrorth. Nov. 11822.

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Hoventa putcis. Swerer Hoventra,

Class and Order. e

Prentranpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

| ta 5-partitus, persistens dentibus deciduis. Petala 5,

_ convoluta, stamina obyolventia. Caps. 3-locularis, 3-valvis;

Joculis 1-spermis.

Specific Name and Synonyms:

Hovenra dulcis. Thunb. Jap. 101. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p.

1141. Lam. Ilustr. Gen. t. 131. Encyel. Bot. 3. p.

138. Roem. et. Sch. Syst. Veg. 5. p. 429. Bot. Reg.

t. 501. et in Appendice, vol. 7. . Sg

Sicxu vulgo Key. Pyrus fructu ramoso, vasculo seminali

summo fructui insidente tricoceo et tripyreno. Kempf,

Amen. p. 808. t. 809. |

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Hovenra dulcis is cultivated in Japan and China for the

sake of its very singular sweet jruit, as in common lan-

guage it is called, though, it does not afford any covering

__ to the seed, as most fruits do; but no more does the com-

_ Mon strawberry, the succulent, eatable boa of which is the

enlarged receptacle, on the outside of which the seed is

affixed. So in this plant, after the flowering is over the

ranched foot-stalks of the flowers increase in size, become

ucculent and contain a sweet pulp which Kamprer com-

pares to the taste of our Burgamot pear. To the suc-

cient extremities of this branched foot-stalk, the capsule

boadice e three seeds in three cells is attached by a short

pedicle. :

_ For specimens of this very rare plant we are indebted to

Our friend Mr. Lameerr, in whose greenhouse, at Boyton,

_ at flowers freely ; but the fruit has not, as yet, come to any

of maturity.

It appears from the specimens preserved in the Lam-

bertian Herbarium, that there is a considerable variety

with regard to the pubescence and the serrature of the

leaves, and Mr. Don remarks that as the trees advance in

age they become smoother and the leayes deeper serrated.

In a specimen from China, in the same collection, the

branches, and in degree, the leaves also are clothed with a

rust-coloured pubescence, and grow more zig-zag than in

the Japan plant. Perhaps this may be a distinct species.

Flowers in July.. Communicated by Ayimer B. Lampert,

Esq. from his collection at Boyton.

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Iris FurRcATA. Forxkep Iris.

SKE KEE KER EEK

Class and Order.

TRIANDRIA MonoeyniA.

Generic. Character.

Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis, alternis conni-

ventibus. Stigmata 3, petaliformia. -

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Iris Jurcata ; (barbata) foliis ensiformibus scapo bifurco

bifloro brevioribus, germine trigono trisulco. M. B.

Flor. Taurico-Caueas. v. 3. p. 42.—Cent. Pl. rar.

Ross. 2. t. 51. Roem. et Sch. Syst. veget. 1. p. 462.

Lepech. it. 1. p. 300. Georgi it. 1. p. 196.

Tris biflora; m.B. Fl. Taurico-Caucas. v. 1. p. 31. Ex-

clusis synonymis, preter Pallasii et forsan Schmidtii-

In the third volume of that excellent work, the Flora —

Taurico-caucasica, Marscuatt A Bieserstern considers this

species as distinct from the biflora, to which he had at first

referred it. From the last named species it is distinguished

by its never having a three-flowered, though it varies with

« one-flowered scape; by its peduncled, not subsessile

flowers; by the reflexed lacinia of the corolla not being

narrower than the upright; and by the three-cornered, not

rounded germen.

It is upon Dr. Fiscuer’s authority that we give this as

the Iris furcata of Marscuau.; for not having had an

opportunity of examining the plant ourselves, we could

not have decided whether to refer it to that species or to

biflora. The second volume of the Centuria plantarum

rariorum Rossicarum, if published, is not, we believe, as

yet arrived in this country. 3 :

Native of Northern Caucasus, where it grows very com-

mon in the open pastures. A hardy perennial. Flowers

pons Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea

rden, :

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TETRAGONIA EXPANSA. Hornep TETRAGONIA

or New ZEALAND SPINACH.

Class and Order.

IcosaANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 3- s. 5-partitus. PetalaO. Drupa infera, nuce 4- s.

8-loculari. : 3

Specific Character and Synonyms. S

Trrraconta expansa ; herbacea, foliis ovato-rhombeis,

fructibus quadricornibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1024.

Hort. Kew. ed: alt. 3. p. 211. De Cand. Plantes

grasses. t. 114. J. Anderson in trans. Horticult. Soe.

ow. 4. p. 488. ;

Trrraconta expansa ; herbacea, ramis expansis elongatis,

foliis parabolicis, floribus plerumque solitariis, fructu

cornuto.. Murray in Comment. Goetting. 1783. p. 13.

t. 5. Scop. Delic. Insubr.. 1. p: 32. t. 42

TrrRagonia expansa; foliis subcordatis ovatis punctatis,

floribus axillaribus solitariis. Thunb. in Lin. Soc.

Trans. 2. p. 335.

Terraconia halimifolia ; herbacea, papulosa, foliis elliptico-

rhombeis petiolatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris

subsolitariis, fructu cornuto. Forst. Prodr. n. 223.

Forst. Plant. esc. p. 67. n. 37. ;

Tetraconia japonica; foliis subcordatis ovatis punctatis,

floribus axillaribus solitariis. Thunb. Jap. 208.

Terraconia cornuta. Gertn. fruct. 2. p. 483. t. 179. f-3.

Demipovia tetragonoides. Pall. enwn. Hort. Demidorf. —

p- 150. t. 1. teste Willd. ;

Tetraconta expansa would certainly claim little notice

for its beauty, but at the same time, it is a plant of some

hotoriety, having been discovered by the late Sir Joserx

Banks in Queen Charlotte’s sound, New Zealand, in pare

Coox’s first voyage to the Pacific Ocean; at a time wheit

from its esculent qualities, it was in no ordinary degree

acceptable, and more especially at'Tongatabu in the Cap-

tain’s second voyage when its virtues were better known.

The first account of this plant being cultivated as an —

esculent herb in Europe, is given by Count D’Ourcues in

the Annales d’Agriculture for September 1819. In the’

Fourth Volume of the Transactions of the Horticultural

Society is a dissertation on the advantage of cultivating this

plant, as a substitute for summer Spinach, by Mr. Joun

Anperson, gardiner to the Earl of Essex; from whose

account it may be gathered that it is a very valuable

acquisition to the culinary garden, being by most persons

preterred to Spinach, and affording a more ready succes-

sion in the hot months, when the latter is with great

difficulty kept in order for supplying the table, from its

running so speedily into flower. :

It is not very tender, resisting at the latter end of the

year a greater degree of frost than what will destroy Po:

tatoes, Nasturtiums, and other tender annuals. It is to be

first raised ina melon frame, and planted in the open air

after the middle of May, in a richly manured bed. But to.

procure seeds by which, being a annual, it is only to be

propagated, Mr. Anperson recommends some of the plants

to be raised in poor ground or confined in pots, as is

practised to procure seeds from the Ice plant.

Communicated by Joun Water, Esq. of Arno’s Grove,

Pub by S borticWalworth. NovllG2).

J iurtis Del.

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STATICE £GypTIACA. Eoyprian Turirt.

Jhebsisisioloisbikibilistatekekelak

Class and Order: ,

PentranpriA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal, 1-phyllus, integer, plicatus, scariosus. Petala 5. -

Sem. 1, superum.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

STATICE egyptiaca; caule herbaceo, foliis radicalibus alterne

pinnatifido-sinuatis, corolla laciniis intermediis linea

ribus, perianthio communi bicorni. Viviani. Hort. di

Negro. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 334. n. 41. Schultes Syst.

Veg. vol. 6. p. 796. |

STATICE egyptiaca ; foliis radicalibus sinuatis lyratis ; su-

perioribus lineari-lanceolatis decurrentibus, floribus pa-

niculatis fasciculatis, bracteis majoribus coriaceis apice

bispinosis, calyce 10-denticulato, denticulis quinque

rie setaceis, corolla inclusa. Delisle Egypt. t. 29.

Statice egyptiaca, Scannagatta Hort. Bonon. 1813. Biroli

Hort. Taurin. 1815. Configliacchit Hort. Mantuan.

1816. Campana Hort. Farrar. 1820. teste Dom. Webb.

Gata

Descr. Radical leaves sublyrate, sinuate-pinnatifid,

mucronate, very minutely ciliate. Stems several, flattened,

winged at the upper part, the wings somewhat elongated

beyond the division, forming a sort of ear on one side.

Peduncles about five-flowered broadly winged: wings

elongated on each side into unequal horns. Bractes green,

recurved at the point. Calyx superior, white, scariose,

funnel-shaped ; border i0-clelt : alternate segments filiform,

Corolla yellowish, caducous, shorter than calyx, 5-petaled :

‘petals wedge-shaped, Stamens short, included.

This

This species has a near affinity with Srarice sinuata, but

the calyx of the latter being of a bright blue and the corolla

white, that has much the advantage in point of beauty.

The Catalogues of the Italian gardens, which serve’ to

show the dates of its cultivation there, are quoted on the

sole authority of Mr. Wess. .

Native of Egypt. Communicated by P. B. Wenz, Esq. |

by whom it was introduced into this country.

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ARDISIA PANICULATA. PANIcCLED ARDISIA.

EK KEKE KEKE KEE KEES

Class and Order.

PentanpriaA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. hypocrateriformis: limbo reflexo. ©

Anthere magne, erect. Stigma simplex. Drupa supera,

I-sperma.

Specific Characier and Synonym.

Arpisia paniculata ; fruticosa, foliis cuneato-oblongis sub-

sessilibus integerrimis reflexis, paniculis terminalibus

ovalibus alterne decompositis. Bot. Reg. 638. Roxb.

flor. Ind. Mser.

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This species of Arpvista is probably the finest of the

whole genus, growing into a small tree, with large reflexed

foliage, and bearing oval-shaped panicles of rose-coloured

flowers at the extremities of the branches. These remain

a long time in bud, and are perhaps handsomer in that

State than when the flowers are fully expanded, being of a

more intense colour before, than after, expansion. Like

Most of the genus, as we are informed by Dr. Roxguren,

it continues covered for a great part of the year with

blossom and fruit at the same time. |

We have never seen this plant any where but in the

collection of the Comresse pe Vannes, at Bayeswater, where

it came into flower for the first time in March last. _

Native of Chit in the East Indies. Requires to

kept constantly in the stove.

— =~

—— =

_ The separate figures represent,

The Calyx. nen ,

The Corolla and Anthers; the former not thoroughly expanded.

The Germen and Style. ;

Anther attached to a segment of the corolla. :

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ELICHRYSUM PROLIFERUM. PROLIFEROUS

EVERLASTING.

KEKE REE ERE KEKE RE

Class and Order.

SyYNGENESIA PotyGamMIA SUPERFLUA.

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. -Pappus poss vel plumosus. Cal. im-

bricatus, radiatus : radio colorato.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ELicurysum - proliferum; fruticosum, ramosum, diffusum,

proliferum, foliis subrotundo-ovatis glabris convexis

arcte imbricatis, floribus sessilibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3.

Pp. 1905. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 22. |

Euicurysum proliferum ; caule ramosissimo argenteo-tomen-

toso, ramo omni ramusculis crebris foliatura obesa mi-

- Nuta loricatis obsito. Bot. Reg. 21. es

Xrrantuemum proliferum; caule fruticoso prolifero, flori-

bus sessilibus, foliis granulato-subrotundis imbricatis

obsoletis. Sp. Pl. 1202. Berg. Cap. 272. Lam. En-

cycl. 3. p. 237. n.8. Bot. Repos. 374.

ERANTHEMUM africanum, imis Gnaphalii foliis, supernis ve-

ro cupressinis teretifoliis, flore maximo Persice colore.

Pluk. Amalth. 213. t. 449. f. 4. ee

Eucurysum abrotani femine foliis. Breyn. Prodr. II. 28.

t.17. f. 1. Seb. Thes. 2. t. 89. 7.6. quoad figuram.

Caruiwa Xeranthemoides africana, abrotani femina foliis.

Breyn. Prodr. 1. p.205

Carpuvs Xeranthemos. — Ra. ‘Suppl. 198.

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_ The beauty of the flowers, in the general sense of the

Word, consists in the whole genus in the rays of the Calyx,

Which are persistent and variously coloured. In the pre-

‘ent species the rays’are of a bright crimson, especially os

the

the outside, on which acount, their brilliancy is seen to the —

greatest advantage before the flower is fully expanded.

But those who have seen the flowers of ELicurysum eximiwm

will hardly agree with Breynius in calling it the Queen of

all syngenesious plants, an expression by which he pro-

bably meant to flatter Mynheer Huyprexoorer, who first

introduced it into the European gardens. As an everlasting

flower however, for dried bouquets, it certainly stands

very high. The shrub is very remarkable too for its foli-

age, if foliage it can be called, which Linnavs himself

was at a loss whether he should call branchlets or leaves ;

we should consider them, as the former, clothed with

minute imbricated leaves. ‘The whole of the stems are

covered with a white cottony tomentum.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Introduced in 1789.

Flowers all the Summer. Requires to be kept in the most

airy part of the greenhouse, being, like all cottony plants, —

very liable to be injured by damps.

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THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA. BLUE-FLOWERED

THUNBERGIA.

KEKE KEE EEE KEE REE

Class and Order.

Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. duplex; exterior Spatha diphylla: interior 12-

entata, nunc deficiens. Cor. tubulosa : limbo subregulari.

vaps. globosa, rostrata, 2-locularis, 2-valvis.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Tuunsercia grandiflora ; perennis, scandens, foliis angu-

loso-cordatis, ealyce interiore nullo, antheris barbatis

. calcaratis. Roxb. Fl. Ind. Or. inedita. Bot. Reg. 495.

__ Descr. Stem climbing, shrubby. Leaves opposite pe-

tioled, angular-cordate. Calyx a two valved spathe ;

valves ovate, roughened with small black points, oblique,

with the upper margins straight, and closely appli _to

one another, sometimes slightly coherent ; lower margins

rounded, separate. Corolla large, bright blue, streaked.

Tube conical, contracted upwards, then largely dilated

Into a bell-shaped faux, vaulted on the upper side,

and convex on the lower: Limb 5-lobed : lobes rounded,

Spreading, two upper ones erect : lower one somewhat the

rgest. Stamens 4: longer pair much curved at the bot-

tom: shorter pair compr , gibbous. Anthers oblong,

rded, spurred. Germen superior, conical, seated on a_

lobulated annulardisk : Style the length of the stamens :

St concave. —

ative of Bengal, growing in uncultivated places, in

the neighbourhood of Calcutta, and’ flowering in the rainy

Season. Requires to be kept in the stove. May be pro-

pagated by cuttings.

Our drawing of this beautiful plant was taken at

aringay House, the seat of Epwarp Gray, Esq. in whose

Stove it grows luxuriantly, and flewers freely.

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JUSTICIA PEDUNCULOSA. LONG-STALKED

AMERICAN JUSTICIA.

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‘Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel subregu-

laris. Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis: dissepimentum valvis

contrarium : retinaculis seminum uncinulatis. —

Specific Character and Synonyms.

oO Calyce simplict, corollis bilabiatis ; labiis divisis ;

B. Dianthere.

Justicia pedunculosa ; spicis axillaribus, floribus confertis,

pedunculis elongatis alternis, foliis lanceolatis. Roem.

et. Sch. Syst. Veg 1. p. 154. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept.

1. p. 13. Nuttall Gen. 1. p. 11. eee

Justicia americana; cum charactere jam citato. Vahl.

Symb. 2. p. 15.—Enum. 1. p. 140. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1.

p. 92. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 38...

Justicia pedunculosa ; herbacea, caulibus erectis simpli-

cissimis ; foliis erectis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque an-

gustato-acutis, spicis alternis longissime pedunculatis

conferte paucifloris. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 7.

Justicia linearifolia. Lam. Encyel. n. 40.—Suppl.n. 45.—

Mlustr. n. 52. et Ge oP

IANTHERA americana ; spicis solitariis alternis. Lin. Syst.

Veg. 63.

Dianruera ensiformis. Walt. Fl. Carol. p. 63.

RATIOL# affinis floridana, floribus et capsulis in spica brevi

longis pedunculis e foliorum alis prodeuntibus innixis.

Pluk. Amalth. p. WA. t. 423. f. 5.

‘ees

Justicia belongs to the natural order of Acanthacee.

several of the species, the two cells of the — are

istinct, _

distinct, one being placed above the other on the same fila-

ment, or each filament bears two one-celled Amnthers;

and upon this ground, Linnaus established his genus

Diantuera. But, it has been found, that. this separation

of the cells of the anthers takes place so very partially, that

it is not in many cases possible to draw the line, on which

account both genera have been again united. Jussrev, in

the 9th volume of the Annéles du Muséum, has divided

this too extensive genus, from the different form and mode

of bursting of the capsules; by which he separated a

portion of the species under the name of Dicrrerera, which

division has been adopted by Roemer and Scuutres in

their Systema Vegetabilium. The very great number of the

species certainly makes a division much wanted; but it

would be desirable that characters should be found in some

measure independent of the capsules, as these are so rarely.

perfected by plants under cultivation. 7

The species here figured has been generally known by —

the name of americana ; but, as there are other North-

American species, and Micuaux’s name of pedunculosa has —

been adopted by Pours and Nurraxt, and by the authors

of the new Systema Vegetabilium, we have thought it

better to use one so appropriate, than one not exclusively

applicable. _ -

Except Piuxener’s figure, no representation of this spe-

cies has been before published.

Native of North America, growing in bays and slow-

flowing waters of the rivers St. Laurence, Oswego, Ohio, —

Kenhaway, &c. When once established in standing water, —

increases freely by its creeping roots, and resists our |

winters very well ; being in its native climate subjected to

much severer cold. No other species in the whole genus —

has been hitherto cultivated in this country in open air.

_ Our drawing was made from specimens communicated —

by Mr. Rosert Brown, from Lady Banxs’s garden a —

Spring-Grove, where it has been long cultivated. ae

The separate figures represent,

1. The Corolla. — 2. The Calyx.

Weddell

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Lurter.

( 2368 )

RiBeEs MULTIFLORUM. Lone sprkep CurRANT.

Class and Order.

- Penranpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

_ Petala 5. et Stamina calyci inserta. Stylus bifidus. Bacca

polysperma infera. |

Specific Character.

Rises multiflorum ; foliis quinquelobis cordatis subtus

tomentosis, racemis longissimis cernuis, staminibus

calyce rotundato longioribus.

Rings multiflorum ; racemis spicatis pendulis, petalis ob-

- longis, bracteis flore brevioribus. Schultes Syst. Veg.

5. p. 493. ex Kitaibel.

Descr. Stem erect.. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate, crenate-

dentate, rugose, tomentose underneath. Petiole the length

of the lamina, ciliated at the base. Racemes of flowers

cernuous, many-flowered, 4 inches long; pedicles shorter

than the flower: bractes shorter than pedicles, ciliated.

Segments of the calyx rounded, reflexed, green, sometimes

brown at the apex. Petals minute, wedge-shaped, rounded

at the point, inserted into the sinuses of the calyx. Fila-

ments erect, a little longer than the calyx : anthers two-

lobed, whitish. Germen inferior, globular. Style deeply

bifid, now and then trifid. The fruit we have not seen, as

none came to maturity in the Fulham garden.

The leaves smell like those of the common, and have

none of the peculiar odour of the black currant. We see

ho reason to doubt our plant being the same species as

described by Scuunrss, though he seemed to think that

his plant might be the same with spicatum of Rosson, from

Which ours differs not only in the long cernuous ipa or

t ;

_ and stamens.

but particularly in the length of the stamens, and the deep

divisionof the style; in both which characters, it seems also

to differ from all the other European species.

Scuutres received specimens. of his mudtifora from

M. Kirrarwer, who found it in Croatia. He describes the

petioles as being the length of the leaves (25 inches) and

hairy ; the width of the leaves frequently exceeding the

length; the pedicles of the lower flowers as long as the

reflexed calyx; the filaments capillary, smooth, and some-

thing longer than the calyx ; characters which agree well

with our plant, but not at all with spzcatum. Our plant

was introduced by Mr. Howe, who writes that “he found it

near the iron foundery between Brzaza and Ludwikuwka,

and on the extensive mountainous estate of his much re-

spected friend M. pp Margowskxt, a benevolent encourager

of the arts, at the foot of the Gurgulat, on the chain of the

Carpathian mountains, and in some other places ; but it is

found only on the northern aspect of high mountains,

above the first region, but where the Haze and Sameucus

racemosa are still seattered.”” He never could find tbe fruit;

which he attributes, to the numerous birds of passage that

cross these mountains towards Greece at the season the

fruit is ripe. |

Mr. Howe saw the same, or a nearly related species, in

Dr. Hosrs’ garden in Vienna, which he was informed came

from Hungary. This was probably Kiramet’s plant.

~ Communicated by Messrs. Wurrzey and Co. of the Ful-

ham nursery, where it flowered freely in the open ground,

in May last, but produced no fruit. May be propagated

by cuttings, and seems to require no particular care.

The separate figures represent,

1. A flower opened and displayed, to show the insertion of the petals

2. The germen with a trifid style, but which is more usually bifid,

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ALOE ACINACIFOLIA. GREAT SCYMITAR-

| LEAVED ALOE.

KEKE EEK KEREEEE

Class and Order. —

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. erecta, ore patulo, fundo nectarifero. Filamenta

receptaculo inserta.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ate acinacifolia ; acaulis, foliis distichis acinaciformibus,

-angulis cartilagineis aculeatis, floribus racemosis pen-

dulis. Jacq. Eelog. t. 31.

Aube acinacifolia ; foliis erecto-patulis, latiusculis, spiraliter

distichis, inequaliter triquetris, acinaciformibus, su-

perne concaviusculis, subtus convexis, apice acutis ;

atroviridibus, ‘albido-serialiter-maculatis glaberrimis, |

‘hitidis ; margine interrupte cartilagineis, basi og

_ -Timis, apice denticulatis. Pr. de Salm. Dyck. :

~~ Rais. 23. ;

Gasrerta acinacifolia. Haworth Suppl. Pl. Succul. p. 49.

‘—

_ The genus Atée has by some botanists been separated

~ lito four genera, viz. Atée, Gasterta, Haworruia, and

tera; but, as this separation has not been adopted in

the Hortus Kewensis, and we have not studied the subject

sufficiently to judge of its accuracy, we prefer preserving

‘ the original genus ; although the great difference in the

habit of many of the species, renders it very probable

“at 'such a division may be made with propriety and

Advantage.

, The present species belongs to Gasterta of Duvat and

Awortu, to the section curviflore of the Prince pz Sam

Res and to the second section of Axée in the Hortus

ewensis (corollis curvatis basi ventricosis). =

7 : ur

Pe ae ee ¥

Our Swing was taken, in July 1821, from a plant,

perhaps the only one that has flowered in England, in the

collection of Mr. Hircnin, in Norwich. The leaves were

nearly two feet long, the scape three feet and a half, two

feet of the upper part of which were covered with the pen-

dulous flowers, an inch.and half Jong, curved, ventricose |

~ ‘ x .

a little above the base.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Requires to be

kept in the greenhouse or dry-stove in the Winter months.

The outline figure is a diminished representation of the whole plant;

the coloured figures of apart of the raceme of flowers, and the superior

portion of a leaf, . — r ms

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( 2370 )

Sepum spurtum. Bastarp Sepvum.

i i es a

Class and Order.

Decanpria PEnTAGyNia.

Geneyic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Sguame nectarifere 5, ad

in germinis. Caps. 5. a

Specifie Character and Synonyms.

Sepum spuwrium; foliis cuneiformi-obovatis antice crenatis

' pubescentibus ciliatis ; radicalibus fasciculatis, corym-

composito, petalis lanceolatis. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 1.

p. 352. et 3. p. 312. !

Sepum spurium; foliis subrotundo-obovatis planis basi

cuneatis apice crenatis margine cartilagineo-muricatis,

caulibus repentibus, ramis floriferis erectis, cyma diva-

ricata. alld. Enum. p. 484.

Anacampseros ciliaris. Haworth Succul. p. 112?

ANAcampseRos minor repens flore purpureo. Buxb. Cent. 5.

p. 33. ¢. 61. f. 2.

—

Sepum hybridum, spurium, and ibericum appear to be

very nearly allied, and all belong to the first section of the

Senus, the Planifolia, Anacampseros of Ray and 'Tourne-

Fort, as well as Haworru ; but the first is described by

maRrck as having yellow flowers. Ibericum of Sreven

spurium may perhaps be. mere varieties of each other ;

and

but in tbericum the cauline leaves are described as oppo-

site, and the margins roughish, but not ciliated ; differing

our plant in the former character, and agreeing with

it in the latter; in which the leaves were only slightly

See

ughened with a cartilaginous margin, and could not be _

wate be ciliated.

* lary SCHALL V. Breserstein has remarked the great simi-

_ “arity of Sepum spurium to the Crassuza crenata of Drs-

FONTAI?

FONTAINEs in the Anndles du Museum, v. 11. p. 445. t. 46.

which certainly very much resembles our plant, except in

the number of stamens being only five, in the cauline

leaves being opposite, and in the eolour of the flowers,

which are described as white. ,

Though our plant does not correspond with the specific

character, in the single circumstance of the leaves not

having ciliated margins, we do not hesitate to refer it to

SEpuM spurium; the more especially, as it agrees well with

the figure quoted from Buxsaum, and bears the strong

resemblance to Crassuna crenata of Desronraines insisted

on by Marscwatt. <=

Sepum spurium does not occur in the last edition of

Arron’s Hortus Kewensis. Native of Caucasus; growing

on the rocks about the hot springs of the Constantine

mountain, and abundantly near the summit of Mount

Beschtan. A hardy perennial, well adapted to ornament

rock-work. Communicated last October from the Botanic

Garden at Bury St. Edmunds, by N. Hopson, Esq.

N2371.

Pub. by. L berks Witworty Jan 11823. Wide E

( 2371.)

Cistus Barrevieri. RosemMary-Leavep

Cistus.

~ Class and Order;

PotyanprrA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 5-petala. Cal. 5-phyllus : foliolis duobus minori-

bus. Capsula. | fee

Specific Character and Synonyms.

F**8* Stipulati suffruticosi.

Cistus Barrelieri ; fruticulosus, foliis oppositis lanceolato-

linearibus margine revolutis mucronulatis, stipulis

binis subulatis, racemis terminalibus, corollis calyce

angulato majoribus, gon it

ELIANTHEMUM Sarrelieri; suffruticosum, stipulatum, cau-

libus rigidis erectis, foliisconfertis lanceolato-linearibus

revolutis obtusis yillosis, pedunculis villosis, petalis

calyce majoribus. Tenore prodromo della Flora Napo-

litana, p. xxxj. Synops. nov. plant. p. 47.

Heviantnemum Barrelieri. Gussone Cat. Hort. Duc. Calabr.

Caamzcisrus luteus imis serpilli foliis. Barrel. ic. 440.

Obs. 522. eae 3 - “as

erect luteus Thymi foliis, polyanthos, seu major.

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Cnarac’ rs In each species :— _ Pinoy tedic z

1. Whether the trunk is arborescent, fruticose, suffruti-

ose, annual or perennial, ficclel adt To 4vitey

2. Whether the stems are erect or decumbent.

3. Leaves opposite or alternate, and of what form.

4. Stipules two or none.

5. Peduncles one-or many-flowered, and with or without

bractes.

6. Shape of petals.

7. Capsules 5-celled or 3-valved.

8. Calyx equal or unequal.

Cistus Barreliert is an upright small branched shrub,

with opposite linear-lanceolate, revolute leaves, not unlike

those of Rosemary, by nomeans crowded together, or in

fascicles, terminated with a very small mucro ; short petioles

with two small, erect, subulate stipules to each. The

branches end in a raceme of a few yellow flowers on

longish footstalks, red at the lower part, and after the

flowering is over, much reflected with a single small oval

bracte at the base of each. Calyx oval, pointed, the two

outer leaflets small, spreading, green, and might be called

bractes rather than parts of the calyx; the three inner ones

connivent, reddish, and persistent ; with the ciliate nerves

so raised, as to make the calyx appear angular. Petals

rounded, not emarginate. Stamens not half the length

of the petals. Style the length of the stamens: stigma

capitate.

Linnazus united Tournerorr’s genera Cisrus and He-

LIANTHEMUM. Jussieu and most modern botanists have

Hf separated them, but as they remain united in the

ortus Kewensis, and we have already published some

species of HetianrHemum under the name of Cisrus, we

still continue the Linnean euee etiou, contenting ourselves

with the sections into which the genus is divided ; if they

are to be separated, this species will belong to Het1anrHeE-

MUM. --

The synonymy is particularly difficult to be ascertained.

Tenore quotes tab. 443 of Barreier; but tab. 440 of the

same author is certainly much more like our plant, which

we have therefore quoted, adding the former as dubious. -

We are indebted for the communication of this plant,

and generally for the synonymy, to P. B. Wess, Esq. who

raised it from seeds given him by Professor Pinzo of

Palermo, author of a Pugillus rariorum plantarum Sicilia,

and is doubtless Trenorz’s species. It is distincuished from

some other nearly allied species, chiefly by its upright

growth. 3

Native of the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples, and

of Basilicata. It will probably require ‘0 be protected

from frost. Flowers in September and October.

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Loasa nitida ; prostrata, foliis cordato-lobatis dentatis supra

nitidis; superioribus sessilibus, pedunculis axillaribus.

Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 581. Juss. in Anndles du Mus. 5.

p. 25. t.2. f. 2. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1177.

The genus Loasa first occurs in Apanson’s Familles des

Plantes ; but the characters were better ascertained by

Jacauin in his Observationes Botanicz ; from whose autho-

rity only, it appears to have been inserted into the twelfth

edition of Linnaus’s Systema Nature, where the ortho-

graphy is changed to Loosa, perhaps by an error of the

press only; but continued in the future editions, and by

Scureser in his Genera Plantarum; the original spelling is,

Owever, restored by Jussieu, Lamarck, and WiLLDENow.

he name is supposed to have been given by Apanson, in

onour of some unknown Spanish botanist.

The genus was at first added by Jussieu to his natural

order of Onagre; but has been since raised by him into a

Separate family, under the name of Loasex, containing,

besides the present genus, only Menrzexis, its near ailinity

With which was remarked by Jacquin. 5

Our plant, which was communicated by our kind friend

Mr. W ee ee ee oe

the one published in the Botanical , Register,, No. 667,

under the name of Loasa éricolor. By a comparison both

} parison

with the figure and description of mitida in the Anniles —

above quoted, and with a <n Bae eh in the Lam-

bertian Herbarium, we have very little doubt of its -

ing to that species, It-is) remarkable for

dark shinin the upper surface of the leaves.

The whole genus has probably more or less of the sting-

ing quality of the common nettle. Of the virulence of the

present species we have ourselves had personal experience,

the effects of a puncture at the end of the thumb being

felt, not continually indeed, but at intervals, especially on

first rising in the morning, for six days. The sensation was

chiefly a bettitieg heat in the part, not accompanied with

the intolerable itching that sometimes follows the sting of

a nettle. A tender annual. Propagated by seeds which

should be sown on a hot-bed in the Spring. Native of

Lima, in Peru, according to Domsey, where it grows among

the rocks. Mr. Waxker raised it from seeds received from

urtis Dei, Pub.by,f. burtis Wabrorke . Tan 11823,

(2873 oe

NEMOPHILA PHACELIOIDES. - ARKANSIAN

NEMoPuILA. ;

_ Class and Order. ,

“Pentanprra MORGGTRIL ee

GendrieGharavter:

Cal. inferus, persistens, 10-fidus: laciniis alternis. re-

flexis. Cor. campanulata, 5-loba: lobis emarginatis.

Nectarium foveole 10 ad marginem faucis. Stam. brevia.

Anthere lunate. Caps. unilocularis. | Sem. 4, unum supra

alterum receptaculis duobus parietalibus inserta.

Specific Name and Synonym. |

Nemopuina phacelioides. Barton Fl. Americ. 61. Z |

~——

Descr. Root EES Stem ae i procumbent,

_ branched. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid : segments obtuse,

slightly scabrous, margins minutely ciliate; lower ones

10 small purple coloured hollows with a pubescent —

Margin, surrounding the mouth of the tube; but we did

not observe any hollows at the insertion of the filaments.

round-oval. le erect. Stigma bifid. Capsule

| ¢-celled, with two parietal fleshy receptacles affixed by a

°ngitudinal dorsal axis only, the sides being unconnected,

eac

See

each bearing on its internal surface, two oval seeds, one

above the other. By abortion one or two of the seeds are _

sometimes wanting. ur 2rioOowan

Not having ourselves sufficiently examined the germen ;

and capsule, we are: indebted ‘to ‘our friend Mr. Rosenrr

Brown, for our account of this organ*. This celebrated

botanist, in his invaluable prodromus, speaking of the

natural order of Boracinez of Jussieu, has remarked, that

the capsular gave Hypropariiom, Puaceia, and Exusi

eae this natural, order, with the same characters, |

ving only given a slight reference to Mr. Brown’s obset

+ oe 3 es *

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- ACHANTA MOLLIs, 4. Loprp-LEavep Woot.y

ACHANIA.

Class and: Order. JugG 10 |

Monapetrnia PoLyanpRia. > |

Generic Character.

Cal. duplex : exterior polyphyllus. Cor. convoluto-clausa.

Stigmata 10. Bacca 5-sperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Acuanta mollis» foliis tomentosis, foliolis calycis exterioris

patulis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1™ 2. p. 459.—ed. II” 4.

p. 233. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 839. Pers. Syn. 2. p.

259. Bot. Repos. 452. Thomps. Bot. displ. t. 5.

Bot. Reg. 11.

Matvaviscus mollis. Lam. Encycl. 4. p. 1.

(«.) foliis lobatis. Bot. Reg.l.c. —

(8.) foliis indivisis. ‘Thomps. Bot. displ. L. c.

tees

At No. 2305 of this work we have given a figure of

Acuania Malvaviscus, with which Acuanta mollis agrees

very much in form and habit; but is at once distinguished

by the soft woolliness of its leaves, so different from the

rough feel of the former. There are said to be two varie-

_ es of this species, one with entire, the other with undivided

leaves; but, we doubt, whether such differences are per-

Manent, leaves of both, and intermediate forms, sometimes

ccurring on the same plant. ie ee :

These plants very rarely produce fruit, as cultivated in

Our stoves; so that we were particularly gratified on

receiving specimens both in flower and with ripe fruit

™m our friend Mr. Waker. ae

The berry of Acuanta Malvaviscus is represented by

Professor Swartz, in his Flora Indica, as having a oe

surface,

surface, internally divided into five one-seeded cells, and is ,

described to be of a yellow colour. In our plant the berry

is remarkably different; being composed. of five distinct,

though coherent seeds, covered by a pulpy substance, with

a scarlet external covering. .

Professor Swartz ee the name of Acnanza to this

genus, derived from the word ayavys, not gaping, because

the flowers never expand.

Native of South America and the West India islands,

and requires to be kept in the stove. Propagated by

cuttings. Flowers in August, September, and October.

N 2395.

Pub by S Curtis Walworth. J an1 1927. Wed ddl Je-

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Class and Order.

PotyapetpHia PoLyannpRiA.

- Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Filamenta in’ 5 phalanges

basi connata. Capsula supera. , MAS

Specific Character and Synonym.

Hypericum uralum, fruticosum, 5-gynum ; foliis ellipticis

mucronulatis glabris nitidis, floribus terminalibus sub-

corymbosis, foliolis calycinis ovalibus obtusissimis, pe-

talis limbo orbiculatis, ramis ancipitibus. Don Mss.

Hypericum uralum. Hamilton Mss.

Descr. Stem shrubby, upright, branched, round, from

a foot and a half to two feet high, covered with a rough

brownish bark. Branches numerous, spreading, two-edged ;

the younger ones purplish. Leaves oval, or oval oblong,

opposite, spreading, sessile, mucronulate, smooth, green

on both sides, shining above, an inch or more in length,

and seameally half an inch in breadth. Peduncles cylin-

drical, 1-flowered, 3 or 5 together, arising from the summits

_ Of the branches, stnooth, and furnished with one or more

pairs of lanceolate acute bractee. Flowers large, golden,

about an inch in diameter. Leafits of the calyx oval,

Siooth, entire, rounded at the top. Petals nearly or-

bicular, oblique at the base, with the inner margin un-

ual, twice longer than the calyx. Stamens numerous,

Collected at the base into 5 bundles, half the length of the

Petals. Styles 5, erect, shorter than the stamens. Stigmas

recurved, spreading .

This elegant species of Hypericum is a native of Upper

pal, where it was first discovered by Dr. Francis

. Hamipron

Hanstrow (formerly BucuaNan). It has also beet found

in that country by Dr. Waxticu’s collectors.

I was at first melined to. consider it the same as the

Hyrericum patulum of Taunpere’s Flora Japonica; but an

examination of specimens-of that plant in the Lambertian

Herbarium proves them to be different. Tuunsere’s plant

has cylindrical: branches} the leaves: ferrugineous under-

neath with their margins revolute, and the stamens shorter

than the styles. The specific name of our plant is derived

from Urala Swa, an appellation by which it is known to

the Nawars, or originalnatives of Ne

Swa, in the Nawar tongue, signifies a flower. Don.

This very handsome and)seemingly hardy shrub, for

the above account of which we are indebted to Mr. Davin

Don, was coramunicated in Oetober last, by Messrs. Wunt-

LEY, Brame, and Mine, of, the Fulham Nursery; who

raised it from Nepal seeds.

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Class and Order.

Dianpria Dieryntra.—Vahl. Gynanpeta Dianprisa.—Lin.

Generic Character.

Cor. 0. Cal. 2-dentatus. Sem. unum, crusta calicina

corticatum. Lam.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

GunnerA perpensa ; foliis reniformibus dentatis scapo fruc-

tifero brevioribus, scapo petiolisque levibus. Lin.

Mant.121. Vahl. Enum. 1. p. 308. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.

p. 148. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 223. Persoon Syn.

i. p. SU.

Gunnera perpensa ; scapis fructiferis foliis altioribus, racemo

laxiusculo. Lam. Encycl. 3. p 61.

Perrensum blitispermum. Burm. Prodr. Cup. 26. :

— africanus, calthe palustris folio. Herm. Lugdb.

Buirvum africanum, calthe palustris folio, caule nudo eubi-

z= spicam pedalem sustinente. Pluk. Alm. 68. t. 18.

. 12.

. Botanists have not been at all agreed under what class

i the sexual system to arrange this plant. Linnzus, fol-

lowed by Wittpenow and the Hortus Kewensis, placed it

in Gynandria; Tuunnere, Van, and Persoon in Diandria ;

MaRcK, in Diecia; our individual specimen, as was

Observed to us by Mr. Kent, certainly belongs to Monecia.

The American species, which have not been introduced into

our gardens, may not belong to the same genus, or, if they

do, may, like some other genera of the natural order of

Urticarie, to which Guwxera belongs, be one dicecious,

nother moneecious, and a third hermaphrodite, or poly-

Samous.

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GERANIUM WaALuicniaANum. ©WaALLIcn’s

CRANE’S-BILL.

Class and Order. ;

Monapetru1A DecanpRIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus, Cor. 5-petala, regularis. Nect. glandule

5, melliferze, basi longiorum filamentorum adnate. Arilli 5,

monospermi, aristati, ad basin receptaculi rostrati; aristis

nudis simplicibus, (nec spiralibus, nec barbatis).

** Pedunculis bifloris, oie ~

Geranium Wallichianum; pedunculis elongatis bifloris,

foliis 5-lobis utrinque cauleque sericeo-villosis: seg-

mentis laté cuneato-ovatis inciso-dentatis, stipulis laté

ovalibus obtusis, caule adscendente angulato. Don.Mss.

Grrantum Wallichianum. Don in Sweet’s Geraniacee t.90.

‘reer

Descr. Root perennial, cespitose. Stems many, as-

cending, angular, purplish, nearly simple, from a span to

two feet high, which, together with the whole plant, are’

thickly cloathed with soft villous hairs. Leaves cordate, —

5-lobed, hoary. and silky, especially underneath; the

radical ones on very long nearly filiform petioles, those _

of the stem opposite, on shorter petioles, of which the

"ppermost are only 3-lobed. Peduncles long, axillar

cylindrical, 2-, rarely 3-flowered, twice longer than the

rks ES apa furnished at Pa 2 A ee all biti

rarely trifid) bractes. Leafits of the calyx 1c

oblong, nerved, ending in - awl-shaped point.

broad, obcordate, purple, marked with numerous

ves.

veins. Stamens and Pistills black. Filaments and Styles

very hairy. Stigmas long, filiform, smooth, revolute.

A showy species, not inferior.in beauty to G. Ibericum.

Native of Gosainsthan, one of the snowy peaks of the Hima-

laya or Emodus, the loftiest chain of the Nepalese Alps,

which may be justly regarded as the Cordilleras of the ancient

continent. It has been raised in several of the collections

in the vicinity of the metropolis from seeds sent by Dr.

Watticu, by whose collectors it was first athercil It

appearsto be perfectly hardy, and promises to bea valuable

acquisition to our flower borders. I have been induced,

from an examination of recent specimens, to make some

little alteration in the specific definition given by me in

Mr. Sweer’s Geraniacee. The form of the stipules is an

important character in this tribe of vegetables. Don.

e are indebted for the above account of this interesting

species to Mr. Davin Don. Our drawing was made from

a specimen, communicated by our friend ALEXANDER

Mactray, Esq. secretary to the Linnean Society, who

raised it in his garden at Tilbuster Lodge, near Godstone,

from seeds sent him by Dr. Wituicu.

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_ Hepycnium rlavum. Yentow Garuanp-.

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Class and Order.

Monanpria Monoeynua,

Generis | Character. 3

Anthera cduiplex: Fuam. genicullatum, extra antheram’

ton elongatum. Stylus filamento longior, filiformis, tena-

cissimus, im suleo co anthere receptus. Es and

8 Dag 9 8eil Jus 105 ; ie iO}

uviot . Speetfie Character and Synompn.\

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Hepycurum flavum ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis apice elom=

ape subtus pubescentibus, corollz laciniis linearibus,

bello altius retuso.

Hepycuium flavum, Wallich in Roxb. Flor. Ind. 1. p. 31.

,, Descr. Root tuberous. Stems erect, two or three feet

__ high, rather stout. Leaves lanceolate, very fine pointed, pu-

: bescent and pale underneath (Waxxicn says smooth on both

_ Sides). Sheaths slightly pubescent, with an upright stipula

_ Nearly and inch and half long. Spike terminal, solitary,

_ Sect, oblong, imbricated, six or eight inches long. Flowers

_ Numerous, yellow, very fragrant. Exterior Bractes oblong,

_ vate, obtuse, concave, two-flowered. Internal Bractes

‘uch smaller, diaphanous, involving the tube of each co-

olla. Calyx superior, half the length of the tube (nearl

—*Siong. Watt.), opening obliquely, margin of the mou

‘futire (2- or 3-toothed. Waiut.). Tube of corolla slender,

ager than the exterior bracte ; lacinie, all five linear ; the

Wo interior ones broader than the rest, deeper coloured,

btuse, and not withering so soon; labellum, or sixth la-

‘Sila, erect, lar, , obcordate. Filament linear, and, with

the two-lobed anther, about the length of the labellum,

Germen hairy, 3-celled ; ovules many. Style filiform, en-

closed within the filament, and received in the groove within

the lobes of the anther. Stigma exserted beyond the anther,

funnel-shaped, with a bearded margin. (UENO Tags

Native of the vallies amongst the Hills near Silhet in

Bengal, where it is called by the natives Karria-rirvam.

Our drawing was taken from a specimen sent by the

Hon. and Rev. Wittram Hersert from Spofforth; who

informs us that it is equally hardy with Hepycnrum corona-

rium, and that the whole genus; as far as he has tried, will

live through the winter in the greenhouse, or out of doors.

in front of the stove; but they require in the summer a great

deal of water and some artificial heat to bring them into

flower.

Mr. Herserr transmitted another specimen, which he

considered as the true Hepycuium flavum of the Flora,In-

dica; but..we could find no specific difference whatever,:

the whole plant of the latter was smaller and of humbler

growth ; the spike less ; the flowers smaller, and of a fuller

yellow colour; but in the pubescence of the foliage, and all —

the other characters, we could not discover any difference,

and are constrained to consider them as mere accidental

Varieties... Bict ; rayvems

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ScHIZOPETALON WALKERI. WALKER’S

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Class and Order.

TETRADYNAMIA S1iiqvosa.

Generic Character.

Cal. cylindracens, basi equalis, clausus. Petala ovata in-

See Pinnateida. Stigmata gibbosa, approximata. Cetera

sunt.

Specific Name.

Scuizopetaton Walkeri.

Although we can give only a very imperfect generic

sakes" yet, from the very chile ken of the

petals, perhaps quite a solitary instance in the natural order

of the crucifere, we venture to announce this curious plant,

a8 anew genus of that family. 7 .

It grows with a rather feeble, assurgent stem. Lower

leaves four or five inches Iong, sinuate-pinnatifid, scabrous

On both sides and at the margins, distant. Peduncles ax-

illary, solitary, but collected into a receme at the top.

Calyx cylindrical, with an equal base, and connivent. Pe-

tals spreading, flat, the Zamina cut into regular segments.

As we have never seen the seed vessels, even in an ro

State, tolerably perfect, our description must necessarily

very defective; but as it may be very long before other

Specimens of this plant may come under our notice, we are

unwilling to miss the opportunity of publishing it. Should

it hereafter be found to unite with any known genus, our

;ame, derived from the form of the petals, must of course

. Sven up as a generic, but may still be retained as a

trivial one

It was raised from seeds, received from Chili, by Joun

Waker, Esq. and flowered in November. Is probably

2 annual or biennial. :

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ASTRAGALUS STIPITATUS. BRoApD-sTIPULED

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Class and Order. ou

Draverpnra Decanpeia.

Generic Character.

_ Legumen plerumque biloculare, gibbum. -Semina bise-

rialia. | A is ei Ri Gs ue

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AsrracAtus stipulatus ; foliolis multijugis, oyali-oblongic.

obovatisve mucronulatis glabris, ‘stipulis max mis foli-

_ aceis, spicis tenuifloris, leguminibus compressis gla~

bris stipitatis cernuis. Don.Mss, 5,

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_Descr, Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, upright,

Tounded, smooth, striated, two'to thréé feet high. Leaves

_ temote, pinnated, five to eigh inches long ; eaflets dis~

tant, in from eight to sixteen pairs, opposite, oval-oblon

_ F obovate, on short footstalks, five to six lines long, an

_ Wo to three broad, quite entire, bright green and smooth

on both sides, mucronulate ; terminal one elevated on a

_ Much longer footstalk than the rest. Stipules very large,

_ leafy, broadly elliptical, obliquely cordate at the base,

Sometimes three ings long, and an inch and half wide.

Petioles and rachis*rounded, smooth, plain, and oeey

channelled above. Spikes issuing from the axille of the

faves, many-flowered, on a straight, smooth, cylindrical |

peduncle, generally longer than the leaves. Flowers

_ Scattered on very short pedicels, younger ones erect,

older ones me je Bractee very small, linear, mem-

fanous, pointed, shorter than the calyx. Calyx tubular,

' smooth,

smooth, 5-toothed, two upper teeth ovate, acute; three

lower ones lanceolate; pointed, longer than the upper.

Corolla greenish-white, tinged with red; vexillum oblong,

reflexed, obtuse, slightly notched, narrowed at the base:

ale stipitate, widened into an oblong lanceolate pointed

lamina, furnished towards the base, on one side, with a

small ear-like appendage: carina cucullate, obtuse, shorter

than the ale, biauriculate, stipitate. Pod completely two-

celled, eight- to twelve-seeded, oblong, flattened, mucro-

nate, smooth, drooping, stipitate at the base.

This species of Astragalus was discovered by Dr. Francis

Haminron, in 1802, at Gorasan, in Upper Nepal. It has

since been met with by Dr. Watuicu’s collectors on the

Himalaya Alps. Dr. Watticn suspected it to be a new

species of Galega; but a careful examination proves it to

belong decidedly to the genus in which we have placed it.

The broad leafy stipules and the stipitate pods are the dis-

tinguishing marks of this species. In general appearance

it somewhat resembles the common Astragalus glycyphyllos.

In the Lambertian Herbarium, are specimens of two other

new species, natives of the Nepalese Alps. Don.

_ This new Astracatus was raised at the Fulham nursery,

in the spring of 1822, from seeds, given by Rosert Henry

Jenkinson, Esq. and being planted out in the open ground

flowered in September and October. Mr. Mitne informs

us, that he thinks it will prove to be hardy.

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valve covered by the dissepiment. 3

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N 2381

T.brertis Ded. Pub.byS.Gurtis. WelworthFeb 11823 Weddell fe

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BoLTONIA GLASTIFOLIA. WOAD-LEAVED

Bo.ronlia.

Class and Order

SyNGENESIA PotyGAmiA SUPERFLUA.

Generic Character.

Cal. imbricatus. Recept. favosum. Pappus setis pluri-

bus : duabus oppositis elongatis. 3

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Borronia glastifolia; foliis inferioribus serratis, floribus

breviter pedunculatis, seminibus obcordatis alatis

puberulis: aristis pappi duabus ipsorum longitudine.

Michaux Fl. Boreali-Amer. 2. p. 132. Pursh Flor.

Am. Sept. 2. p. 561.

Borronia glastifolia ; foliis inferioribus serratis. L’Herit.

Sert. Angl. p. 27. Willd. Sp. Pl.3. p. 2163. Hort.

Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 101.

‘ees

___We have very great doubt whether there are really two

_ Species of Boxronia. Nor, if there are two species, can

We certainly determine to which our plant should be re-

ferred, so inadequate are the descriptions given to ascertain

the difference. If the short character adopted from

Hererier, in the Hortus Kewensis and WitLDENow, can

be depended upon we are sure to be right; and the defi-,

hition given by Micuavx corresponds very well; but from

the observation of this author, ‘se Botronia asteroides, he

‘eems to be doubtful whether both species may not belong

to one and the same; or, at least, he says, they altogether

4gree in habit, foliation, and colour of the flowers.

We have examined the Banksian and Lambertian herba-

riums,

riums, which contain specimens referred to both species,

without being able, to satisfy OURenYES of ree? real pen:

mination.

It has perhaps bedn owing to the difficulty of deciding

to which species our plant belongs, that it has so commonly

gone by the name of Boxronta /evis in our nurseries.

Our drawing was made from a specimen communicated _

4 the Botanic Garden at add St. Edmunds, in Novem-

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' ~ Class and Order. ee

Trranpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 0. Cor. infera, tubulosa, limbo sexfido, r wulari ;

corona triphylla in fauce. Caps. trilocularis, polysperma.

Smiru in Lan. Soc. Trans. 10. p. 2. /

Specific Character.

Bropixa ixioides s corone foliolis subulatis.

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Descr. Root a roundish bulb-tuber. Leaves linear.

Convex on the outside, and somewhat concave within.

Scape rounded, longer than the leaves. Spathe (or Bractes)

two valved, erect, bearing three or four flowers on longish

peduncles, which come out one at a time, and are of long

duration. Corolla tubular, inferior : tube three-sided-cylin-

drical, green: limb deeply divided into six ovate spreading

cme nearly equal, (the three inner ones rather the

smallest) obtuse, margins serrulate ; colour greenish, tinged

with violet. Nectarium or crown three awl-shaped seg~

ments, green with a dark purple point, inserted into the

faux of the tube o posite the internal lacinie. Anthers

three, yellow ; sessile within the tube. Germen top-shaped,

Superior. Style short, erect. Stigma capitate. _

he genus Bropiaa was first established by Sir James

Dwarp Samira, in the tenth Volume of the Transactions

of the Linnean Society, where he has recorded two y Aine

the grandiflora and congesta, and distinguishes the first b

the leaflets of the corona or nectary being undivided, whic

‘re bifid in the second ; but the present species having. oe

these parts undivided, it becomes necessary to add the term

lanceolate to the character of the former.* The president

refers this genus to the first section of Jussiev’s Narcissi, the

Asphodelee of Brown ; with which family it agrees, in

having the leaflets of the corona opposite to the inner

lacinie.

Our plant was communicated by Joun. Wanker, Esq.

from his collection at Arno’s Grove, Southgate. Native of

Chili, in South America. Flowers in October.

* The three known species ofthis genus may be now thus characterized =

1. B. grandiflora; coronz foliolis lanceolatis indivisis.

2. B. congesta; coronz foliolis bifidis.

3. B. ixiotdes ; coronz foliolis subulatis.

NV 2383.

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_ AZALEA PONTICA, var. ALBIFLORA. THomp-

son's WHITE-FLOWERED PONTICK AZALEA.

KKK REE EKER EE EEEEE

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

oe : panulata. Stamina receptaculo inserta. Caps. ©

Specific Character and Synonyms.

_ AzatEa pontica ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis pubescentibus

ciliatis, pedunculis terminalibus fasciculatis calycibus-

= hirsutis. Flor. Taur. Cauc. 1. p. 144. et 3. p.

_ Auaxza pontica ; foliis nitidis lanceolatis utrinque glabris,

ee racemis terminalibus. Schreb. Act. Nov. Upsal. 1. p.

. 92. Pall. Ross. 2. p. 51. t.69. Lin. Sp. Pl. Append.

1669. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 830. Bot. Mag. supra n.

433. ubi petenda cetera synonyma.

(8) albiflora ; floribus albis luieo tinctis.

‘ees

This elegant variety of AzALEa ica was communi-

ia by Mr. oe Bete: Gearnnan at Mile End, in

It is quite as fragrant as, and we think more agreeabl

_ than the common sort, and has the advantage of pes

_ ("cing its leaves more early, so that the flowers are

*ecompanied with much more foliage.

‘€ refer to the former account at No. 433, for a more

~ steed description and history of the species ;_ but must

vB € that the excellent botanist, Councillor Marscuan,

‘“IEBERSTEIN, doubts very much the truth of what is =

reco

recorded on the authori of Mr. Anr Hony Hove, respecting

the abundance of these {plants meses. ng about Otschakow, —

t pro a ° Spits hg by te ‘the oney site = guns ohilte

owers,/and soldtin« zy i one allied, arsine 2

and also of the trees sometimes pons, mt height of —

twenty feet. We le ae from the Flora 'Tauric o-Caucasica 4

that it is : 12 ountains, |

but rarely ascends sito the hi ber # regions, ceasing to ap-

pear at the elevation at which 4] e. coop eee begins.

_Ahardy shrub. Flowers in May.

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. : SPINDLE-TREE.

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_ Class and Order.

Prentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 5-petala. Caps. 5-gona, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, colo-

rata. Sem. calyptrata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Evonymus latifolius ; floribus plerisque pentandris, cortice

levi, ponaeeailis filiformibus teretibus multifloris.

Hort. Kew. ed. I 1. p. 273.—Ed. alt. 2. p. 28.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1131. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 243.

R Schmidt Arb. t. * ats Austr. 3. p. wi pctalie

Lonymus latifolius ; floribus plerisque quinqu > l

| ovalibus ite sapeiiaram acute osis aleformi-

= Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 572. Dec. Flor. Fr. 4. p.

-: si

Evoxymus europeus, @. latifolius. Lin. Sp. Pl. 286.

Evonymus latifolius ; poem lateralibus ; petalis sub-

rotundis ; fructibus alatis. Scop. Carn. 1. p. 165.

Hall. Hist.* n. 830.

Evonymus latifolius. Clus. Hist. 1. p.56. Bauh. Pin. 428.

Bauh. Hist. 1. pars alt. p. 202.

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—

Evonymus Jatifolius was considered by Lannaus as only

a variety of europeéus ; from which, however, not only in the

‘ize and colour of the leaves, but in the greater comparative

ea ——

* By = error of the press in HALLER’S L epereg from Fons .

it «1, petalis is changed into patulis, and then to make some of sense 0

ithe word Soliis in ealded, thus changing the character into “ pedunculis

‘ralibus patulis, foliis subrotundis !”

length of the peduncles, which are also more cernuous ; in

the flowers having, for the most part, five, more oval, petals,

and five stamens ; and in the angles of the capsule before

bursting being more acute and wing-like. It grows to a

considerably larger tree than the common sort; and the

wood is applied to the same purposes, and especially

adapted to turner’s work.

A hardy shrub. Flowers in June and July. Native of

the Southern parts of Europe. First established as a dis-

tinct species by Scorott, in his Flora Carniolica, confirmed

by Dr. Sotanper in the Hortus Kewensis, and since gene-

rally adopted. Communicated, both in flower and fruit,

by Jonn Waker, Esq.

pat

Pub.by Slurtir, Walworth . Wedel, Se.

( 2385 )

Higiscus mMiniTaris. Muixirary Hipiscuvs.

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Class and Order.

MonapenputaA PoryanpRia.

Generic Character.

Cal. duplex: exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Caps.

5-locularis, polysperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Hisiscus militaris ; glaberrimus, foliis tri-lobo-hastatis acu-

minatis serratis, corolla tubulato-campanulata, capsu-

lis ovatis acuminatis glabris, seminibus holosericeis.

Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. p. 456.

Hieiscus militaris; foliis glabris trilobis acuminatis serratis,

caule herbaceo simplicissimo. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 808.

Hiniscus militaris ; foliis serratis hastatis acutissimis, flori-

bus pho er pulcherrimis, petalis bifidis. Cav. Diss. 6.

Pp. a. t. 198. Ff 2. Zs d

Hiaiscus levis ; fs oh glaber, pedunculis solitariis ar-

_ ticulatis unifloris. Scop. Del. Insubr.3. t.17.

Hiiscus levis; glaber, herbaceus, foliis trilobis serratis

acutissimis, unculis axillaribus. Lam. Encycl. 3.

p30. ©. 4B, 22 2

-Hniscus virginicus ; foliis inferioribus cordatis acuminatis

serratis ; superioribus hastatis levibus, floribus subtu-

bulosis incarnatis. Walter Fl. Carol. 177. ;

Hiniscus hastatus ; glaberrimus, foliis hastatis serrulatis,

corolla tubulato-campanulata carnea majuscula, cap-

sula glabra oblongo-ovoidea acuminata, seminibus

holosericeis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 45.

Hietscus riparius ; foliis hastatis serrulatis, capsula ovata

acuminata glabra. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 254.

‘ees

Hiniscus militaris is a asitve of the banks of rivers in

Louisiana and the Western parts of Pensylvania and Caro-

lina, where it flowers in August and September. It is ty

by Pursu to have purple flowers ; but the flowers of all the

olsnts of this species, in the collection at Spofforth, from

whence our specimen was taken, are invariably white, with

a red centre. The outer calyx varies with eleven, twelve,

or thirteen segments. It is a tolerably hardy herbaceous

plant, enduring the English winter often in the open border;

but its flowers will not come to perfection without artificial

heat. It should be kept in a pot, which may be preserved

in the greenhouse during the winter, and removed into the

stove in spring. W. H.

N 2386.

Thetir Del. / Pb. bY. S.furtic Wabvorth Marth.1 1223. Wedded.

( 2386 )

Oxais LopatTa. LoBrep-LEAVED Woop-

SorREL. |

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Class and Order.

Decanpria PenTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala unguibus connexa. Stam. in-

equalia: 5-breviora exteriora, basi connata. Caps. angulis —

dehiscens, 5-gona.

Specifie Character.

~ Oxanis lobata ; ecititis: scapo unifloro petiolis longiore

foliis ternatis: foliolis bilobis, radice tuberoso.

This pretty little yellow-flowered Oxauis, is a native of

‘Chili, in South-America. We cannot find that it has hereto-

fore been any where described. There is another tuberous-

_ Tooted species, native of the same country, mentioned by

_ Mouwa; but that is caulescent. Raised from seed by —

Joun Waker, Esq. and communicated to us in flower, in

October 1822. Our figure represents the whole plant.

J.tu rtis Dil ;

Pub byS.GurtiWabrorth. WE March 1.1923. Wedsdall.fe-

( 2387 )

LOBELIA PYRAMIDALIS. Brancny LOoBeE.ia.

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monocyrnia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe-

rentes. Capsula infera, 2- s. 3-locularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Losenia pyramidalis; levis, foliis lanceolatis serrulatis

longé acuminatis ; supremis linearibus attenuatis, ra-

cemis foliosis paniculatis, laciniis calycis subulatis

corollam subequantibus, caule erecto ramoso.

Lozenia pyramidalis. Wallich in Asiat. Res. XIII. p. 376.

Lozenia stimulans. Hamilton Mss.

Gite

Descr. Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, upright,

branched, three or four feet high, leafy, rounded, purple,

smooth, about the thickness of a goose-quill. Branches

many, spreading-erect, simple or divided, disposed in a

Pyramidal form, marked, as well as the upper part of the

stem, with several narrow obtuse angles from the decurrent

_ mid-ribs. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, thin, veined, finely and

closely serrated at the margins, three to seven inches long,

_ 4nd about half an inch or one in breadth, smooth on both

_ Sides, somewhat narrowed at the base, and tapering towards

the extremity into a long narrow point; those near the top

of the stem and branches, linear and tapering: the veins and

mid-rib purplish underneath. Racemes many-flowered, leafy,

isposed ina panicle. Flowers alternate, unilateral, on foot-

stalks shorter than the bractes, which are linear, pointed,

minutely serrulate, nearly the length of the pedicels. Seg-

ments of the calyx very long, linear, pointed, very minutely

‘errulate, smooth, almost equal the length of the corolla.

Corolla

Corolla \urid-purple, about the size of that of Lobelia

cardinalis: segments lanceolate, acute. Filaments united

above, free below, and ciliated. Anthers dark blue, hairy.

Style filiform, smooth. Stigma two-lobed : lobes rounded,

entire, concave underneath.

This fine species of Lobelia is a native of Upper Nepal,

and the mountainous district of Sylhet in the Eastern division

of Bengal, where it flowers, according to Dr. Waxticu, in

the early part of the season. It is called Atia Chao in the

Kasi language, and is made use of as a stimulant by the

Natives of Nepal. Dr. Waxuicu has certainly been misled

by the dried specimens, in attributing to this plant white,

or pale violet flowers. In the Lambertian Herbarium are

many fine specimens of this, as well as of two other Nepal

species. This plant will prove a valuable addition to our

collections. Its tall, purple, branchy stems, adorned with

numerous racemes of shewy purple flowers, render it a con-

spicuous object. Don.

Communicated by Messrs. Wurttey, Brame, and MInE,

of the Fulham Nursery, where it was raised from

received from P. A. H. Jenkinson, Esq.

by S. Gurtis Wabworth March ] i823.

( 2388 )

TULIPA SUAVEOLENS, var. B. LATIFOLIA.

Cxiaramonp Tui.

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Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 6-petala, campanulata. Stylus nullus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Tuxipa suaveolens ; caule unifloro pubescente, flore erecto

petalis obtusis glabris, foliis ovato-lanceolatis. Welld.

Sp. Pl. 2. p. 97.

a.) —- ; foliis approximatis. (Supra 839.) Redoute Lil.

efe

(8.) latifolia ; foliis remotis, caule altiors.

‘eee

- ©his early Rs screxier sweet scented Tulip, corn by the

florists under the name of Claramond, is ogee to be a

variety of Tuxspa suaveolens, or the Van Toll, but grows

_ taller, has wider and more distant leaves. Like ag last

_ Mentioned, we believe it is constant in its habit and colour,

a will bear forcing. In the open ground it flowers in

ay.

N2390

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Pub. by. S Gur tir Wal worth. MV: arch.11823.

Wedd fo. |

( 2389 )

ANAGALLIS LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED

PIMPERNEL.

He obbibbsiokokekekakak

Class and Order.

PENTANDRIA Monoeynia.

Generic Character. .

Corolla rotata. Capsula circumscissa.

Specific Character and. Synonyms.

_ Awacatuts latifolia; caule compresso, foliis amplexicaulibus

nervosis obtusis, petalis orbiculatis integerrimis.

ANAGALLIs latifolia ; foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus, cauli-

bus, compressis. Sp. Pl. 212. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 823.

Persoon Syn. 1. p. 173. n. 8. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1.

p. 317. Meerb. Icon. 1..t. 22. Kniph. Cent. 12. n. 8 ?

Lomeey hispanica latifolia, maximo flore. Towrnef: Inst.

x .

_ Anacarus latifolia is distinguished from A. Monelli (su-

pra n. 319) by having broader, more obtuse and nerved

faves ; by the petals being more orbicular with quite en-

lite margins and crowded closer together ; by the calycine

_ Segments being too short to appear in sight, as they do in

the last-named plant ; and by the stem appearing flattened

¥ two of the angles being much larger and more obtuse

the other two. :

he synonym of Barrenrer (ic. 584,) as is observed b

_ M. Porrer, does not belong to this species, but to verticl-

lata of Lamarck and Attion1, which does not, however,

“Ppear to us to differ from A. Monelli.

An annual. Native of Spain. Cultivated by Mr. Pa.

LER, in 1759. Flowers in July. | :

TAs D al.

Put by. f Gurtic Walworth. arch] 1823.

( 2390 )-

CyNANCHUM NIGRUM. ‘BLACK-FLOWERED

CyNANCHUM, |

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Dieynia.

Generic Character.

Asclepiadea. Masse Pollinis leves, 10, pendule. Coro-

na staminea duplex: exterior 10-partita: laciniis alternis

os Cor. subrotata. Folliculi leves. Sem. comosa.

ROWN.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

_ Cynancnum nigrum; caule superne volubili, corollis bar-

batis, pedicellis umbelle simplicis pedunculo communi

vix longioribus, corona sation. Brown Asclep.

Mem. Wern. Soc. p. 48. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 78.

Schultes Syst. Veg. 6. p. 103. :

ANCHUM nigrum; caule superne subvolubili, foliis ovatis

basi barbatis. Persoon Syn 1. p. 274.

LEPIAs nigra; foliis ovatis basi barbatis, caule superne

subvolubili. Lin. Sp. Pl. 315. Willd. 1. p. 1269.

Fabr. Helmst. 254. Decand. Fl. Frang. 3. p. 668.

Asctepras nigro flore. Bauh. Pin. 303. Lob. ic. 630. f. 2.

_ Vinceroxicum flore nigro. Cam. Epit. 560.

_Mr. Brown, in his account of the natural order of Ascle-

_Piadee, published in the Transactions of the Wernerian

lety, has limited considerably the genus Cynancuum,

and has divided it into sections, which, he observes, may

Probably be considered hereafter as distinct genera.

Our present plant belongs to his fifth section, containit

also C. Vincetoxicum, and a nearly allied species whic

he calls C. medium. a

It must be observed, that our plant is not the Cynancaum

migrum of Cavanittes and WuLLpENow, now Gono-

Logus niger, but is generally known by the old name of

AscLepias nigra, though it has been long ago observed to

belong rather to Cynancuum than Asciepias, and will yet,

not improbably, revert to Piiny’s name Vinceroxicum.

A hardy perennial. Native of the south of Europe.

Flowers from June to August. Communicated by A. Mac-

LEaY, Esq. from his collection at Tilbuster Lodge, Surry.

Nem,

Pub by.J barbs -Walworth March 1182).

Jot

( 2391 )

CRASSULA ALBIFLORA. WHITE-FLOWERED

CRASSULA.

Class and Order.

PENTANDRIA ‘Penracynia.

| Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 (nunc unguibus coalitis).

Squame 5, nectarifere, ad basin germinis. Capsule 5.

Specifie Character.

* Frutescentes.

Crassuta albiflora ; foliis carnosis ovatis acuminatis paten-

tibus cartilagineo-ciliatis, corymbis compositis termi-

nalibus, corolle tubo calycem vix equante.

Descr. Stem shrubby, rounded, pubescent. Leaves

_ decussate, spreading horizontally, stem-embracing, fleshy,

ovate-acuminate, se Ba pire nously-ciliate. Flowers

White, sweet-scented, terminal, in a trichotomous corymb. »

orolla h rateriform; tube shorter than the calyx :

limb spreading: lacinie oval, becoming revolute at the

Point. Stamens 5, the length of the corolla, alternating

With the lacinie. Anthers red-orange before the pollen is

discharged, afterwards brown. Pistils 5, very spreading.

Stiemas simple, brown. 7

_ _ We believe this very handsome Crassuza to be an unde-

Scribed species. It has a near affinity with coccinea and

*ersicolor, but is very distinct from both.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in July.

Communicated from the Fulham nursery, by Messrs. Warr-

“ty, Brame, and Minne. |

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( 2392 )

BrRoMELIA SYLVESTRIS. NARROW-LEAVED

Wip Pine-Apr ce.

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Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 3-fidus, superus. Petala 3. Squama nectarifera ad

basin petali. Bacca 3-locularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Bromewia sylvestris ; foliis ciliato-spinosis apice longe

attenuatis, racemo terminali composito: racemulis é

basi bractearum vaginante vix emergentibus.

Bromenia sylvestris. Willd. Enum. Suppl. p. 16. Link

Enum. 1. p. 308. i

Although Wiiipenow has recorded the Bromenia syl-

vestris by name only, without any description whatever,

and Linx has only added, that its leaves are like those of

Bromexia Pinguin, only narrower, yet there can be little

doubt but that our plant is the species meant by these au-

thors, because Mr. Anprrson received it from Mr. Orro,

the inspector of the royal botanic garden at Berlin, under

name. Before coming into flower it is not distinguish-

able from Mr. Linpuey’s Bromesa fastuosa, except by the

leaves bein elongated to a much slenderer termination ;

ut when the flowering stem shoots up they are at once

distinguished by the length of the branchlets of fastuosa

Which, in our plant do not protrude beyond the upright

sheathing bases of the bractes. A similar inflorescence

May be observed in DiLLentus’s hips of B. Pinguin, which

Seems to differ from our plant only in the ter rigidity

and size, and more upright position of the leaves.

drawing was go a at the Apothecaries’ botanic

Sarden, at Chelsea, in July last.

N 2393,

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Push, by, S, artic Walworth April 21823, Wedd.

( 2393 )

Cactus Opuntia. Common DwarF

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Class and Order. |

IcosanpRiA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

__ Cal. 1-phyllus, superus, imbricatus. Cor. multiplex.

__ Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma.

Sect. 1V. Opuntiz, compresse, articulis proliferis.

Specific Character and Synonyms. —

Cactus Opuntia; articulato-pro! ifer, laxus, articulis ovatis,

spinis setaceis. Sp. PL 9. ed. Willd. 2. p. 943.

Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. V78. Knorr. Thesaur. 1.

tab. F.a. Kniph. Cent.8.n.19. Dec. Plant. Grass.

Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. 2. p. 23.

Opuntia foliis ovatis compressis, spinis setaceis. Hail.

Hist. n. 1099. °5 en ae ee

Orunt1 vulgaris; reptans, prostrata, articulis ovatis, spinis

uniformibus numerosissimis piliformibus. Haworth

Succul..p. 190. s. =

eens

dividing them according c

tions. Haworra has again separated them into as many

distinct genera. | ,

Cactus Opuntia is a native of America, and, although’

how indigenous in many parts of the south of Europe, and

in Barbary, was probably originally brought from thence.

This species is sufficiently hardy to bear our os ;

; without

without protection, provided it is planted in a dry soil. It —

is well suited to ornament rock-work, in which situation,

in the Chelsea garden, the plant from which our drawing

was taken has stood several years.

Flowers in June and July. Propagated by the articu-

lations. Cultivated by Gerarp in 1596. Communicated

by Mr. AnpErson.

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(2804. ).

HyoscyAMUS NIGER. 8. ANNUA. ANNUAL

Buiack HeEnpane.

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Class and Order.

PentanpriA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. infundibuliformis, obtusa. Stamina inclinata. Caps.

operculata, bilocularis. 3 aviict

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Hyoscyamus niger ; foliis amplexicaulibus sinuatis, floribus

sessilibus. Sp. Pl. 257.—ed.Willd. 1. p. 1010. Sm.

Flor. Brit. 1. p.254. Engl. Bot. t. 591. Woodv. Med.

Bot. 1. t.52. Pollich Pal. 1. p. 223. Svensk. Bot.21.

Hyoscyamus vulgaris et niger. Bauh. Pin. 169.

(a.) radice bienni.

(8.) radice constanter annua.

This plant has been cultivated in gardens both here and

on the continent, as the reticulatus; but is certainly not

the Syrian plant described by Cxustus in his Stirpes panno-

nice, under the name of Hyoscyamus peregrinus, the seeds

of which were communicated to him by Bernarp. Paxup.

Frisivs, on his return from his travels in Egypt and Syria,

by the name of Benze, which is the true reticulatus of

INNZUS. 3 2

Our plant appears to us not to be specifically different

from the common Henbane ; but Mr. Anperson of the

Chelsea garden thinks it certainly is; observing, that it is

Constantly annual, while the former, even under cultivation,

'S as constantly biennial. But Sir James E. Surru describes

Yoscyamus mger as having an annual root; so that we

| _ Must own we have our doubts whether we have done right

in considering it even as a variety. There seems, however,

to bea considerable difference in the descriptions of H. niger

by different authors, and in the Systema Vegetabilium of —

Roemer and Scuuttes, a doubt is expressed, whether the

English and Swedish plants are the same species as the

southern continental. The description of Potxicn corres-

ponds with our plant. The flowers, he says, ‘are an inch,

often an inch and a halfin diameter, beautifully painted with

purple reticulated veins, and having a dark purple faux.

It is this last character, that Ciusius particularly uses to

distinguish the common Henbane from his peregrinus, the

reticulatus of Linnzus, the latter having not a purple, but

a white centre. :

HenspaneE has been known from ancient times as a poison-

ous plant ; but in modern practice, is nevertheless found to

be an efficacious, and, with proper caution, a safe remedy.

Native of Great Britain, and most parts of Europe.

Flowers in June and July, and ripens its seed in August

and September. Communicated by Mr. Anperson, from

the Botanic garden, Chelsea.

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( 2395. ).

PerRILLA Ocymorprs. BALM-LEAVED

PERILLA.

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Class and Order.

Dipynam1a GyMNoSPERMIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus (in fructu auctus, turgescens) : lacinie suba-

quales: inferiores demum elongate. Cor. bilabiata: lab.

sup. subfornicatum. Stam. distantia. Stylus apice bifidus.

Sem. orbiculata.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Peritta ocymoides. Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 533. Willd.

Sp. Pl. 3. p. 83. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 390. Per-

soon Syn. 2. p. 120. Smith in Rees’ Cycl.

Meuissa maxima ; foliis ovato-oblongis serratis utrinque

acutis basibus mucronato-glandulosis, spicis secundis.

Arduin. Spec. 2. p. 28. t. 13. ce

Mentaa perilloides ; racemis secundis lateralibus. Lam.

—— Eneyel. 4. p. 112. 2.18. Saltem quoad descriptionem.

_,,Descr. Root annual. Stem upright, two or three feet

high, square, with rounded es and excavated sides,

» branched. Leaves opposite, ovate - acuminate,

Coarsely serrate, rugosely veined and y uuderneath,

toughish above. Petioles long, channelled, hairy. Ra-

yomes axillary and terminal, often compound. ‘Bractes

lanceolate. gg re looking one way, white, very small.

Yx five-cleft half way down: segments nearly equal.

Corolla very small: upper-lip concave. Stamens distant.

Style 1, divided at the tip. As the fruit ripens the calyx

‘such increased in size, the tube becomes very turgid,

the lower segments are more lengthened than the

| upper.

upper. Seeds quite globular, and white before they are

ripe. The whole plant smells strongly aromatic.

Our plant was raised by Messrs. Wuirtey, Bramez, and

Mine from Nepal seeds, and, there is no doubt, is the

Peritxa ocymoides of Roxpuren, which was brought from

Nepal to the Calcutta garden, by Dr. Hamurron (late

Bucuanan). It is.also the same as the specimen preserved

in the Banxstan Herbarium, from the plant introduced to

the Kew garden by Mons. Ricuarp, and described by La

Marck in the Encyclopédie Méthodique, under Menta

perilloides, but since referred to Pertixa, in the Supple-

ment, by Mons. Porrer.

Neither have we any doubt but that our plant is the

same species which Arpurno has described and figured,

though it did not show the upper segment of the calyx so

much shorter than the rest; as appears in his figure, and

both Roxsures and La Marck, describe the style as single.

On this account we have attempted to give a new gener

character, which is at least more applicable to. the only

plant now known under the name of Peritia ocymoides.

foieticD i Bub.by 5 Guctis Walworth tyoil 11573. Weddell Je

( 2396 )

BERBERIS FASCICULARIS. FAscicuLATED

BarBerry.

Class and Order.

Hexanprta Monoeynta.

Gencric Character.

Cal. 6-phyllus. Petala 6: adungues glandulis 2. Sty-

lus 0. Bacca 2- pluri-sperma. )

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Berseris Jascicularis ; ramis inermibus, foliis impari-pin-

natis: foliolis quinquejugis ovatis dentato-spinosis,

racemis aggregatis filamentis denticulatis.

Bergerts pinnata; foliis pinnatis spinoso-dentatis. La-

gasca Gen. et Spec. p. 14. 0,179.

ERBERIS pinnata ; ramis inermibus, foliis impari-pinnatis

foliolis quadri-aut quinque-jugis ovato-oblongis den-

tato spinosis sessilibus, racemis axillaribus geminis,

| ; "Ist? hexandris. Hub. et Bonpl. nov. gen. et sp.

Manonta fascicularis ; foliis 4—5-jugis cum impari, jugo

inferiore ad basin petioli approximato, f ol i : ovato-

lanceolatis repando-dentatis, dentibus utrinque 4—5,

racemis_ erectis confertissimis, Decand. Syst. Veg.

ir, J¥at.. 2. SS ee 5 : , :

This fine evergreen shrub flowered at pogo, for the

first time in this country, in February last. r. LAMBERT,

whose friendly communication we owe the specimen

_ “ent him by the celebrated Spanish botanist Lacasca 3; So

_ that there can be no doubt of its being the species described

by him, and consequently the Manonia fasicularis of De

_ YANDOLLE. Whether’ Humsoxpr and Bonpianp’s plant

ftom which our drawing was made, raised it from seeds

is the same is not quite so certain, though it most probably

is, and the small number of racemes described and figured

by them has been perhaps owing to their specimen being

taken from the lower part of the branch.

We were much inclined to think, that our plant was the

same species as Berseris Aguifolium of Pursn ; but it is

described as an upright shrub five or six feet high; whereas

the latter is said to be an under shrub, about a foot high,

with procumbent branches, producing abundance of scions.

_ By the advice of our friend Mr. Rosert Brown, we have

not adopted Nurraui’s name of Maunonza, because there

does not seem to beany constant generic characters by which

the pinnated-leaved Barberries can be separated from the

simple-leaved. Indeed, the simple leaf in the common

Barberry, and all the other species belonging to the same

section, being articulated with the petiole, proves, accord:

ing to this excellent physiologist, a naturally compound

nature, just as the leaf of the Jasmine, which is more

usually compound, becomes in several species simple; but

still shows its compound nature by its articulation with the

petiole; there is therefore no more reason on this account

to separate the pinnated-leaved Barberries from the simple-

_leaved, than there is to divide the Jasmines with simple,

from those with compound leaves. Nurratn and_

‘Canvoze have erroneously adduced the want of glands at,

the base of the petioles as a distinguishing character, a3 _

Mr Brown finds that these exist in all the known species,

though varying in size, and sometimes, as in our plant,

nearly concealed by the breadth of the flat filament.

only other character of importance in the attempt to estab-

lish Manonza as a distinct genus, is the teeth on the fila-

ments, which Mr. Brown finds are present in three of the

pinnated-leaved species, but entirely wanting in two;

viz. glumacea and nepalensis. Another argument against

separating the pinnated-leaved Barberries from the simple-

leaved is afforded, by the circumstance that in Dr CA%-

poute’s third section of the genus BreRBeris are rec

two species, one from Tournrrort’s, and the other from

an ee apts which have compound leaves;

im which the petiole is terminated with a spine inst

of ~~ leafletssit ov | = re

ative of New Spain, whence it was brought to the

Madrid garden, by M. Neg. It is not Fraprobable that this

shrub may hereafter be found to be sufficiently hardy '

bear our winters in the open ground, pe? nthe

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Crinum Aucustum. Sratrety Crinum.

KEKE KEKE EEE EEE EEE EE

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character —Vide Supra No. 2292.

Sectio 1. Patentes. Subd. 1. Nutanics.

Specifie Character and Synonyms.

‘Crinum augustum; bulbo. columnari purpureo, foliis lance-

olatis margine levi, umbella 20—30-flora pedunculata,

floribus suaveolentibus extis roseo-rubescentibus, in-

tis striatis, tubo saturatissimé colorato, filamentis ‘as-

__ Surgenter curvatis, stylo filamentis breviore. '

‘Crinum augustum. Roxb. Mser. ee a

[pene augustum. Ker Journ. Sc. et A. saan:

CRINUM augustum. Nobis in Appendice. p. 22 et 47.

Ckivum amabile, @. augustum. Bot. Reg. 679. —

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Descr. Bulb columnar, oblong-ovate, seven inches high,

r wide, reddish purple. Leaves above three feet long,

‘1a smooth margin, channelled, four inches wide, less

ute than those of C. amabile, ending in a red point.

ape flattened, above an inch wide, two feet six inches

1, $reen stained with purple. Spathe divided, about

“lnches long, green stained with purple. -Peduneles an

eS" ormore long, at first deep red, becoming greener.

Germen oblong, at first very deep red, becoming greener.

: ube curved, eep red, about three and half inches long.

Limb four and half or five inches long, without, lake colour-

“0, the margins of the petals fading to white; within, white

“ttiped with pink: the widest petals an inch wide. Filaments

"ved upwards, red ; the longest at least one and half inch

than the limb. Style deeper red, like the tube in

Pur, shorter than the filaments. Stigma minute, deep

_ Anthers and pollen yellow. Bractes numerous, white,

Ped with red. Ovules indistinct ; often but one perfect,

ow). Seren... Mowers fragrant. leg vara ar

This splendid plant is supposed to be a native of Mau-

ritius, from whence it was sent to Dr. Roxgure at Calcutta;

but it may be doubted whether it is indigenous in that

island, as no bulbs of it have since been received from

thence. It is,very closely allied to.C. amabile ; nor. does

there appear to be any decided botanical distinction between

the two species; excepting that the style, which in C. ama-

bile is much longer than the filaments, appears to be inva-

riably shorter than the filaments in C. augustum. C. au-

gustum is of humbler growth; its flowers shorter, but ofa

brighter colour ; their fragrance very different from that of —

amabile, and less powerful ; the points of its leaves less

acute; its filaments of a paler red, differing from the colour

of the style. Our specimen had sixteen flowers. Roxpuré

describes the scape to be of a blackish purple, bearing from

twenty to thirty flowers, ten or eleven inches long.

augustum, though a little inferior in size, is by mo means

inferior to C. amabile in beauty. W. H.

_P.S._ Since this article was prepared for the press, 2 —

figure of C. augustum has been published in the Bot. Reg.

under the title of C. amabile, @ augustum. We have re-

tained Dr. Roxsure’s name, because, although the affinity

is great, it is separated from C. amabile by precisely the

same features as C. speciosum from C. insigne, whieh has

been erected into a distinct species, under the name of

AmaryLLis insignis, in the Bot. Reg. We have already

stated (see Appendix, p. 47), that in a revision of the gens

C. augustum might. properly be considered. a variety of

amabile, brevifolium of toxicarium, canaliculatum and @&

altatum of pedunculatum, longifolium of lorifoliwm, et

sifolium of defixum, and insigne of speciosum. It ®

erroneously stated in the Bot. Reg. that augustum bs

yellow and amabile purple pollen. -'The pollen of both

orange; the anthers bemg purple before their invers!o!

We suspect that no species of Crinum will be |

dark-coloured pollen. W. H.

CORRIGENDUM.

‘In the Specierum enumeratio (vide No. 2121, p. 6, /. ult.) —

. Crinum Yucceeides, read Crinum Broussoneti var. Yuccwides- Up

examination of the inflorescence of this plant, we have no hesitation i#

greener; oe amass merely — ty of C. Broussoneti ; bulb zs —

ore deli paler green; flower shorter; ipes stronger; "#

me delicate ; preferring less water. WW, Seg sae stripes

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MARANTA ANGUSTIFOLIA. NARROW-LEAVED

MARANTA.

KKK EERE EERE EERE REE E

Class and Order.

Monanpria Monoaynta.

Generic Character.

Anthera simplex filamento adnata: Stylus petaliformis.

Stigma subtrigonum. Sem. |. : oe

Specific Charactér and Synonyms.

Maranta angustifolia; culmo nodoso, foliis lanceolatis

basi angustatis, panicula flexuosa, bracteis internis

coloratis, calycibus ovatis. ;

Maranta graminifolia. Ruiz et Pavon, m herbario Lam-

berti. — et

This undescribed species of Maranta, which flowered in .

the Botanic garden, belonging to the iA of Apothe-

caries, at Chelsea, in July 1822, was raised from seeds

received from Trinidad. ‘Though not mentioned in the

Flora Peruviana of Ruiz and Pavon, a specimen of the

same species collected in Peru, by these celebrated Bota-

nists, and ticketed by them with the name of gramini/olia,

is preserved in the Lambertian Herbarium; but as the

leaves can hardly be compared with those of European

grasses, we have preferred calling it angustifolia.

Maranta angustifolia is a much smaller plant than

arundinacea; the swelled joints of the culm are more

evident, being not concealed by the sheaths of the foot-

stalks; the leaves are not only much smaller, but are

narrowed at the base, which in arundinacea are rounded,

and often cordate; the flowers grow in a lax, zig-zag

panicle; the inner valve of the spathe or bracte is, like

the corolla, of a pale blue colour, the calycine leaflets are

oval, not, as in arundinacea, lanceolate. a

Both species, in our climate, require to be cultivated in

e stove. Communicated by Mr. ANDERSON. ins

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) AMARYLLIS CYRTANTHOIDES. CyRTANTHUS-

LIKE AMARYLLIS.

Je Hoiokeaekabokae

Piss unt Order:

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

_ Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi

inserta, declmata, ineequalia proportione vel directione.

Specific Character.

AMARYLLIs cyrtanthoides ; spatha multiflora, pedicellis cer-

nuis, corollis infundibuliformi-campanulatis, genitali-_

bus strictis exsertis, foliis loratis obtusis. ee

lies

This handsome plant, belonging to the natural order of

Amaryllidee, appears not to have been hitherto described.

’ It seems to us that it cannot be well united to any of the

Senera formed by Mr. Hersert, out of the old genus

_ Amaryziis, and perhaps from the straight stamens and

_ Style might be properly considered as distinct from any ;

but not having had any opportunity of examining the plant

itself, we think it best, at least for the present, to arrange

_ it under Amarytuis. a

Mr. Herserr has united AMaryLuis advena (supra 1125),

a native of the same country, (with which this plant, Mr.

INDLEY thinks, has some affinity) to Hrpeastrum ; but

Sate cyrtanthoides wants altogether the characters

OF that genus. 7 4

;. . Ove cravink was taken at the Horticultural Society’s

_ arden in February last. The bulb, as we are informed

_ by Josrpu Sagine, Esq. was received from Chili, last spring,

_ Under the name of “ Narcissus-like bulb’. It formed part

fa collection of seeds and bulbs presented to the society,

by Mr. Francis Pace, of Charing Cross.

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'Fraverta Contraversa. Broap-teAvep ~

Class and Order. ig Ss

Syncenesia Poryegamia SeGREGATA.,

< Generic Character. ;

fy ¥

Calyculus 2_5-phyllus, 2—5-florus. Cal. communis im-

bricatus, squamis inequalibus.- Flosculus tubulosus: unus

Seplus ligulatus. Pappus 0.- Recept. nudum.

Specific Character and Synonyms. >

Fraverra contrayerba ; foliis subpetiolatis lanceolatis tri-

nerviis mucronatis, floribus corymbosis. Persoon Syn.

2. p.489. Willd. Enum. p. 941. |

Mitteria contrayerba ; foliis subpetiolatis lanceolatis tri-

nerviis mucronato-serratis, floribus terminalibus fasci-

— Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2329. Hort. Kew. ed.

alt. 5. p. 1627 4 ig te

Mitieria cotth Z ba; caule sulcato, ramis oppositis de-

cussatis, fois lacoltis serratis, floribus glomeratis.

| Cav, He. 1. p, 2. t. 4. ee

_ MMLLERIA contrahierba ; foliis oblongo-lanéeolatis triner-_

viis, floribus dense fasciculatis subcorymbosis termi-

nalibus. Lam. Encycl. — x,

‘Vermiruea Ruiz and Pavon Prodr. Fl. Per. p. 114. t. 24.

UPAToRIoIDEs salicis folio trinervi, flore luteo, vulgo con-

trahierba. Feuill. Peruv. 3. p. 18. t. 14. s

ES Soe es

Fraverra was established as a genus by J USSIEU, but |

Cavaniries afterwards uniting it with the genus Milleria,

'S opinion has been generally followed, till the authors of

_ “tora Peruviana determined it to be generically sees

[ _ This

This plant was first described by Father Frurtziz, who

found it near the City of Conception in Chili. He remarks

that the natives prepare a bright yellow dye by boiling it

in water. The Peruvians according to Ruiz and Pavon

use a decoction of the herb for destroying the worms

that breed in sores, whence its name of Centrayerba which

signifies vermifuge.

Mitreria angustifolia of Cavantties, if it be not the

same species, which is very probable, certainly belongs to

this genus.

Native of Peru and Chili. Flowers in the stove from

July to October. Introduced by Arcuisatp Menzizs, Esq.

Communicated by Joun Waker, Esq. of Arno’s Grove.

Pil-by 5 Goartir Walworth. Miwy.11223. é

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STAPELIA BARBATA. BEARDED STAPELIA.

KKK KEK KEKE KK EERE

Class and Order.

Penranpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Asclepiadea. Nect. duplici stellula tegente genitalia.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Sect. I. Corollis decemdentatis ; alis nullis ; rostris gibbosis ;

ligulis coalitis in scutum humile. (Hrurnue Brown).

A. Fauce simplict. _

Stareuia barbata; corollis campanulatis intus punctatis,

foris impunctatis, dentibus majoribus cuspidatis, ramis

strictis tetragonis. Jacq. Stap.

APELIA barbata ; corollis decemdentatis: laciniis majori-

bus lanceolatis acuminatis scabris clavato-barbatis,

pedunculis corolla brevioribus, ramis subtetragonis

erectis basi floriferis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1293.

Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 95. .

Stapetia barbata ; ramis pluribus tetragonis pentagonisque

confertis suberectis, dentibus ramorum acutis subpa-

tentibus, corolla campanulata decemfida, laciniis acutis

subpatentibus. Masson Stap. p. 11. t. 7.

Hevrnia barbata ; corolla campanulata, fauce subclausa,

: Setis clavatis rufis: ligulis oblongis rhombeis retusis,

staminibus subulatis undatim subuncatis. Haworth

Succul. p. 31. Schultes Syst. Veg. 6. p. 8.

‘eee

We have before given four species of this division, which

tank under the genus HeurniA of Brown; No. 506, lenti- -

Sosa ; No. 1662, reticulata; No. 1227, campanulata ; and

No, 1661, clavigera ; the last is erroneously given under

the name of campanulata. 'The two last mentioned es

our present one barbata are so very nearly re aie

that though recorded as distinct by the best authority, by

Jacquin, Haworrn, and in the Hortus Kewensis, may be

thought by some to be only varieties of one species.

The flowers of Srapetia barbata, smell less offensively

than most of the other species ;. the corolla is smooth, pale,

and of nearly a uniform colour ‘on the outside, except

that the tube. is obscyrely streaked, but within the limb

is roughened by raiséd spots, and’by scattered glandular,

somewhat clubbed hairs. .The branches are straight, and

have sometimes four, more frequéntly five, and now and

then six angles,

Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, whence it. was intro-

duced into this country by Mr. Francis Masson in 1799.

Flowers most part of the summer. Communicated by

N. S. Hopson, Esq. from the Botanic Garden at Bury

St. Edmunds. 7 :

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ERIGERON BELLIDIFOLIUM. PLANTAIN-

LEAVED ERIGERON.

BEEK KEEEE EEE REE

Class and Order.

SyncENesiA Potyeamia SupERriva.

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. Pappus pilosus. Cor. radii lineares,

angustissime. : |

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ERIcERoN bellidifolium ; hirsutum, incanum; foliis radicali-

bus obovatis subserratis ; caulinis paucis distantibus

lanceolatis integerrimis, caule subtrifloro, radiis elon-

gatis. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 2. p. 532.

Exiceron billidifolium ; foliis radicalibus obovatis serratis ;

caulinis lanceolatis integerrimis, caule subbifloro, radio

disco longiore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1958.

ERicERon pulchellum ; hirsutum, subincanum, foliis radica-

libus oblongo-obovalibus sive cuneato-oblongis subin-

tegris ; caulinis paucis distantibus semiamplexicauli-

bus, floribus majusculis: radiis numerosis, elongati

eat albidis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p.

— «

Drscr. Radical leaves several, wide-obovate, obtuse,

- U§ose-veined, coarsely serrate from the middle upwards,

rough, with rigid hairs on the upper surface, hairy along

the course of the veins underneath. Cauline leaves distant,

tongue-shaped, somewhat undulate, quite entire. Stem

“rect, hairy, streaked, simple, branching out at the upper

Part into from three to five long, hairy, one-flowered pe-

duncles, Bracte one or two, small, subulate; but little

distant from the flower. Calyx hemispherical : leaflets

ibulate, imbricate. Ray many-flowered, linear, pale blue,

°nger than the flat yellow disk. : fe

In its native soil, the stem is frequently only one, two

or three flowered, with much shorter peduncles, and smaller

radical leaves than in the cultivated plant. Native of

North America, in shady woods, principally throughout

the mountains, from Canada to Carolina, where it is known

by the name of Poor Robin’s Plantain.

Not inserted in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis.

A hardy perennial. Communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq.

from the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds in Septem-

ber 1822.

Prub.by. JS. Gurtis Walwro- th, May l1se3,

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CENoTHERA opoRATA, 6. SwEET-scenTED

CENOTHERA, ey

Class and Order. |

Octanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 4-fidus, tubulosus: Petala 4. Caps. 4-locularis,

4-valvis, cylindrica, infera. Sem. nuda.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

(Enotuera odorata; foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis

denticulatis planis; caulinis undulatis utrinque vil-

losis, petalis obcordatis tubo calycis longioribus.

(Enoruera odorata; foliis lineari-lanceolatis denticulatis

undulatis pubescentibus glaucis, caule hirto. Jacq.

Icon rar. 3. t. 456. Collect. Suppl. p. 107. Pers.

Syn. 1. p. 408. n. 12. Bot. Reg. 147.

Gnornera undulata; foliis lanceolatis undulatis glabris.

__ Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 342.

(a.) caule, nervis foliorum, calyce, germineque rubentibus.

(8.) Seti nervis foliorum, calyce, germineque virentibus.

ER.

Descr. Stem two feet high, hairy, but little branched.

Radical leaves linear lanceolate, slightly dentate-sinuate,

rigid, smooth or minutely villous. Cauline leaves half

stem-embracing, dentate-sinuate, undulate, villous on both

Sides. Germen sessile, cylindrical, villous, eight-streaked.

Calyx: villous: tube cylindrical: segments of the border

hering, reflexed, armed with a small soft mucro, inserted

a little below the apex, as described by Jacquin. Petals

obeordate, longer than the tube of the calyx. Stamens

shorter

shorter than the petals. Style longer. Stigma fleshy, 4-

cleft: in one instance the divisions were again divided

halfway down. Capsule-sessile, cylindrical, streaked, pu-

bescent, two inches long.

There is a considerable difference in the degree of vil-

losity in different plants, and also in the undulation of the

leaves. It is a yery desirable species, both on account of

the size of the flowers, which in one of our specimens,

measured three inches in diameter when fully expanded,

and its very fragrant odour.

First raised in Europe in 1790, from seeds collected in

Patagonia, which came into the hands of Sir Joseru Banks

by purchase, and were through him, communicated to Jac-

guin, who first published a figure of our plant in his Icones

plantarum rariorum. 7 :

A hardy perennial of easy culture. Flowers most of the

Summer. Propagated readily by seeds. Communicated

by Messrs. Wuittey, Bramgs, and Minne, of the Fulham

ursery.

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ScIZANTHUS PINNATUS. "WHING-LEAVED

ScHIZANTHUS.

KERR EEE EEK EERE KER EE

Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

_ Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, resupinato, labio supe-

riore 5-partito ; inferiore 3-partito. Stam. 4: duo sterilia.

Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Scnizanruus pinnatus. Rutz et Pav. Prodr. p. 4. Fi.

Peruv. 1. p.13. t=. 17. Vahl Enum. 1. p. Vi1. Roem.

et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 137.

(@eeecees

Descr. Stem erect, branched at the upper part, rounded:

branches covered with glandular hairs. Leaves interrupt-

edly pinnate: pinne pinnatifid : leaflets unequal, larger

one denticulate, smaller entire. Bractes generally two at

the base of the petiole, looking one way ; lower ones incised

at the base ; upper ones quite entire. Petiole one-flowered.

Calyx five-cleft: segments broadest towards the apex.

_ Cor. one-petaled. bilabiate : upper-lip 5-cleft : lacinie

- Sear the upper one obovate, spotted at the base ;

e rest irregularly incised: lower-lip 3-cleft; the two

lateral lacinie sickle-shaped, truncate ; lower one chan-

nelled, deeply emarginate. Filaments two, sterile, inserted

into the upper lip, two fertile, inserted into the lower lip :

anthers blue. Germen superior, ovate. Style longer than:

stamens, coloured ; stigma simple, whitish. _ Se

Upon comparing our plant with the figure given of it in

the Flora Peruviana, we were inclined to consider itasa

distinct species ; but upon comparing our drawing with the

, 2 specimen

specimen of ScurzanTuls pinnatus in that work, we find the

resemblance so near, that we cannot venture to consider

them as distinct.

This very curious plant flowered, for the first time pro-

bably in Europe, im the collection of Joun Watxer, Esq.

in March last, which, and the preceding month are said to

be its season of flowering in Chili, of which country it is a

native. a"

eh? ah, Ax bby. f, Burts. Walworth: May.

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CALCEOLARIA SCABIOSHFOLIA. ScaAptovus-

LEAVED SLIPPER-WORT.

Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character. -

Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata: labium inferius’ infla-

tum, calceiforme. Caps. semibivalvis, valvulis bifidis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cateroraria scabiosefolia ; foliis inferioribus pinnatis ; su-

perioribus pinnatifidis, trilobis simplicibusque. Roem.

et Sch. 1. p. 187.

Catceoraria heterophylla. Willd. Enum. 1. p. 29. ad ca-

lum pagine ; nec Ruizii vel Vahlii.

Catcronaria pinnata ; foliis pinnatis, caule dichotomo ra-

dicante. Fi. Perwv..1. p. 14. t. 19. & a.

—— foliis seabiose vulgaris. Feuill. Peruv. 3.

p. 12. t. 7. ee cee

‘tees

Descr. Stem rounded, hairy, especially at the upper

part. Leaves opposite, with connate petioles, pinnate: pin-

n® sometimes confluent: young leaves hairy, adult ones

Smooth. Peduncles hairy, subcorymbose, one-flowered.

Calyx 4-parted: leaflets round-oval, acuminate, ciliate.

Corolla 2-lipped: upper-lip very short, concave hooded :

wer-lip very large, nearly orbicular, flattened, with a

arrow opening. Stamens two: Filaments with two arms

attached to the corolla by the middle: one arm bears a

one-celled anther, concealed under the hood of the upper-.

lip, the other sterile arm is exserted. Germen pubescent,

ilocular : Style conical, a little curved. Stigma simple.

many, affixed to a central receptacle. i

‘We have no doubt but that this is the Catcrotarta pin-

nata of the Flora Peruviana, but appears to be very differ-

ent from the pinnata of Hortus Kewensis, figured in this

work, at No. 41, whatever allowance is made for the great

variety of forms assumed by the leaves ; which induced

Witipenow to give it the name of heterophylla; a name

already applied to another species. f3

Raised from Chili seeds, by Joun Watxer, Esq. and

_ communicated by him, in flower, in March last. Appears

to be biennial.

Fig. 1. Represents the calyx and pistillum,

2. A front view of the corolla.

3, A side view of the same, shewing the sterile arms of the filaments.

623.

WEPLD bat Crete, Wadwarth Fie 2.

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BANKSIA LATIFOLIA. BroaD-LEAVED

BankSIA. —

Ge ee eo oe ss Os

Class and Order.

Terranpria Monoeyrnia.

Generic Character.

Cor.1-petala. Stam. apicibus concavis corolla immersa.

_ Squamule hypogyne. Folliculus ligneus, 2-locularis :

loculis 1-spermis ; dissepimento libero, bifido. Amentum

flosculorum paribus tribracteatis. Br.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Banxsta latifolia ; foliis obovato-oblongis spinuloso-ser-

ratis basi acutis subtus costatis reticulatis cinereo-

tomentosis, coroll2 unguibus sericeis: laminis glabri:

caule fruticoso. Brown in Lin. Soc. Transac. 10. p.

208. Prodr. 394. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 217.

| Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. AAI.

Banxsta Robur. Cavan. ic. 6. p. 29. t. 543.

Banksia Dilleniafolia. Knight et Salisb. Prot. 113.

Banxsta uncigera. Knight et Salish. Prot. 112.

Gis a

_M. Cavantures describes this shrub as a tree thirty feet

high, in which he is followed by Mr. Sattssury; but we

are informed by Mr. Brown, in his Prodromus, that it is

_ only a low shrub, growing plentifully _in_the marshes

_ Rear Sidney, New South Wales. This mistake respecting

ts height originated with Mr. Neé, whose observations,

however, wi regard to altitude, texture, and utility of

its timber, belo * Mr. Brown observes, to Banksia serrata,

At the time of the publication of Arron’s Hortus Kew-

it appears not to have flowered in this country. In

~ fine conservatory belonging to Enwarp Gray, Esq. at

ngay House, where our drawing was taken, it flowered

last August

N2a01

Waid”

Pub. by, S Crertis Wie we rth. Jiars. 2.) B23.

(2407 ys

NERINE PULCHELLA. Pate'pink Nerine: -

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Bulbus subrotundus. Folia bifaria, angusta, hiemalia,

estate depereuntia. Scapus altus, sub-precox, autum-

nalis, Umbella sub-20-flora. Flores inodori. Pedunculi

sub-erecté divaricati. Germen breve, rotundaté trigonum,

pedunculo directé continuatum, vel (corolla difformiore)

declinatum, 3-loculare, loculis 2-14-spermis. Corolle

tubus nullus, lacinie sub-equales, undulate, anguste,

patentes, usque ad germen divise, basis medio infra fila-

mentorum junctionem, eis adherentes. Filamenta versus

basin latiora, gibbosa, et in nectarium liquore sepe reple-

tum coalescentia; alterna longiora, nisi casu irregularia ;

breviora corolla laciniis exterioribus adherentia. Stigma

trifidum, superne fimbriatum. Capsula trilocularis, tri-

sulca, trivalvis, difformis plerumque et seminibus imma-

turis disrupta. Semina parva, carnosa, integumento viridi

ton separabili, compressione angularia, parte exteriore

rotundata et aliquando sub-purpurascentia. W. H.

Specifie Character and Synonyms.

Nerine pulchella ; foliis glaucis, scapo bipedali, corolla

sub-difformi, pallidé subrubescente, rubro striata,

loculis circiter 8-spermis. |

Nerine pulchella. - Nobis in appendice, p. 19.

Descr. Bulb tinged with purple and green. Leaves

above half an inch Wide, glaucous. Scape in our specimen

tWo feet three inches. Flowers about seven, a little dis-

‘orted. Corolla very pale pink, striped with-red, the

colour

colour brighter in the bud. » Style and filaments white,

curved. Spathe reddish. Cells about 8-seeded. This

ies has been confounded, in the nurseries near London,

with Humilis (supra 726), a very distinct plant, with short

scape, bright red flowers, and narrow green leaves; but it

approaches nearer to flexuosa. Its peduncles are much

ongated as the flowers decay. The whole genus are

natives of South Africa. The warmer the bulbs are kept

during their season of rest, when left dry, in the summer,

the more certainly will they bloom. W. H.

Reference to the Figure of the Dissection.

a. Section of the flower, shewing the gibbous union of the filaments,

which characterises the genus Nerine.

) ( 2408 )

ScILLA AM@:NULA. FEW-FLOWERED SqUuILL.

Class and Order.

Buckie ab asleden

Generic Character. — ;

_ Cor. 6-petala, patens, decidua. _Filamenta filiformia.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ScinLa amenula; scapo quinqu-angulo, racemo trifloro,

pedunculis nutantibus, corollis campanulato-patulis,

bracteis brevissimis. Horn. Hort. Hafn. p. 331.

Scuta azurea. Goldbach in Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Scrut.

Mosq. 5, p. 125.

Scinta ameena. Redouté Lil. t. 130. nec. t. 298.

cernua; scapo paucifloro, floribus lateralibus nu-

tantibus campanulatis, pedicellis coloratis brevissimis,

bracteis minimis. Flor. Cauc. t. 3. p. 266? exclusis

synonymis omnibus preter Horneman et Goldbach.

‘Cee

ca.

We have little doubt but that Scizua amena (Bot. Mag.

No. 341), sibirica (No. 1025) and our present plant, are

three distinct species. The latter has an ovate bulb with

brown integuments, generally three leaves, at the time

‘Of flowering scarcely two inches long, erect, divergent,

ceolate. Scapes three or four, from the same root, an-

» twice as long as the leaves, bearing from one to

ee blue flowers. Corolla stellately patent. Filaments

Subulate, longer than the germen, not half the pis

of the petals. Anthers oblong, blue with n pollen.

‘an orbicular, obscurely trigonous. Style shorter

the Stamens. Stigma simple.

of eta sibirica differs from amenula in its greater number

leaves, which are broader upwards, and curved —

the

the end; it bears more flowers, which are more eernuous

and do not open so wide, but remain more campanulate.

The synonymy of these plants is extremely confused,

Repovté’s Liliacez, t. 298 is quoted in the Flora Caucasica,

as a synonym of cernua, though it certainly represents the

amena of the Botanical Magazine. In this work there are

iwo figures under the name of ScinLa amena ; the other

tab. 130, apparently represents our present plant, differing

little, except in its greater number of leaves.

If Scitxa cernua of the Flora Caucasica be the same spe-

cies, itis very common throughout all middle Russia, where

spontaneous specimens bear generally one or two flowers,

very rarely three.

- Communicated in March last. by Mr. Anperson of the

Chelsea garden, who raised a number of plants from seeds

sent by Mr. Orro of the Berlin garden, under the name

of Scinza amenula.

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( 2409 )-

ITEA VIRGINICA. VIRGINIAN ITEA.

JHE ebbek

Class and Order. |

Pentanpria Monoeyrnia.

Generic Character.

Petala longa calyci inserta. Caps. 1-locularis? 2-valvis,

margine introflexo seminiferis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

{rea virginica ; foliis ovatis acutis serratis. Willd. Sp. Pl.

l. p. 1146. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 37. Trew.

Ehret. 55. t.95. L’Heret. Stirp. 1. p. 138.

Itza virginica ; foliis oblongis serratis, spicis pubescen-

tibus. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 171. Michaux

Fl. Amer. Bor.1. p. 157.

Diconanera. Mitch. Gen. n. 5.

Irea virginica forms a handsome shrub, which seldom

exceeds five or six feet in height. It has been observed

not to thrive well in a dry gravelly soil. :

The Cyrinza of Linxzus has been joined to this genus

by L’Hererier, which is followed in the Hortus Kewensis,

and by WitipENow and most modern botanists; but M.

Ricnarp, in Micnavx’s Flora of North America, will not.

allow the propriety of this union. This author also refers

Iza to the ert order of Sax1FRAGEZ, not to the Ruopo-

3 ra of Jussrev, notwithstanding its having a single

Yle,

Cultivated in this country as long ago as the year

1744, by Arcuisatp, Duke of Argyle. Flowers from June

to August. Propagated by layers. Communicated by

Joun Watxer, Esq. Arno’s Grove.

Freel 1823. weaae”

( 2410 )

AGERATUM sTRICTUM. UprRIGHT

AGERATUM.

sesseerealeiesksiedese ak sede ae

Class and Order.

SyncenesiA Poryeamia AXQuALs.

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. Pappus paleis 5, subaristatis. Cal.

oblongus, duplici foliorum serie. Corollule 4—s. 5-fide.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Aceratum strictum; caule erecto simplice scabro, foliis

cordatis rugoso-venosis inaqualiter serratis, peduncu-

lis coloratis.

We believe that this plant has not been hitherto noticed

in any publication, and we regret that our memoranda

concerning it, and specimen have been lost. All that we

know respecting it is, that it was communicated by Messrs.

Warrtey, Brame, and Mine of the Fulham Nursery, in

November 1821; and that it was raised from seeds re-

ceived from Dr. Watuicn of Calcutta, and marked as

coming from Nepaul. It is probably an annual, and not

having much beauty to recommend it, has not been pre-

served.

Pub, by S. artic Walwo rth, Tene. p 1823.

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Wedd. So

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PiITcaAIRNIA STAMINEA, ~ Lone-

STAMENED PITCAIRNIA.

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 3-partitus, inferus, persistens. Petala 3; squama

nectarifera ad basin petalorum (nunc deficiens). Stigmata

3, contorta. Caps. 3, introrsum dehiscentes. Semina

alata, aut utrinque in setam longam terminata.

Specific Character.

Prrcarrnia staminea ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis,

laciniis corolla revolutis, staminibus corolla longio-

ribus.

Pircarrnia staminea. Lodd. Cab. 773.

te, a

. Descr. Leaves \inear lanceolate, two feet long, sharp

_ pointed, quite entire, with a smooth margin. Scape rising

from the centre of the leaves, four feet long, jointed, with

a leaf-like bracte at each joint, smaller and smaller in

ascending, terminating in a pyramidal raceme of flowers, a

foot and half long. A lanceolate bracte, at the base of each

peduncle, grows shorter and shorter at each flower, till

_ it becomes very minute. Peduncles horizontal, alter-

_ hate, one-flowered, lower ones am inch and a half long.

Calyx 3-leaved : leaflets acute, erect; embracing the base

_ of the corolla very tight, and only one-third of its length.

Petals three, linear, two inches long, conniving into a

cylindrical tube, revolute at the points only. Stamens six,

rxserted. Filaments nearly twice the length of the petals,

mto the base of which they are inserted. Anthers

erect, linear, fixed by the base to the extremity of the

ent. Germen superior, conical, three -sided, oe? -

: H on ce vt

celled. Style the length of the stamens: stigmas three,

spirally twisted together and revolute.

This fine plant appears to us not to have been hitherto

described. It is a native of South America, whence it

was sent by Sir Tuomas Harpy to Lady Campsett, and

given by her Ladyship to Messrs. Wuirtey, Brames, and

Mine, of the Fulham Nursery, in whose stove our drawing

was taken, in January, 1823. , s

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Pub.by S bartic Walworth. Fuly.1i823. Weta’

( 2412)

VESTIA LYCIOIDES. BOX-THORN-LIKE

VESTIA.

Class and Order.

Prnranpria Monoernia.

Generic Character.

Cal. campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Cor. ivifundibuliforiis;

tubo calyce triplo longiore. Stigma capitatum. Caps. 2-

locularis, 4-valvis. Sem. nuda. Embryo rectus . .

Specifie Name and Synonyms.

Vesta lycioides. Willd. Enum. 1. p. 208. Don in Edinb.

Phil. Journ. No. 14. Bot. Reg. 299.

_ Canrua ligustrifolia. Juss. in Ann. du Mus. Hist. Nat 3.

p. 118. e¢. 15. p. 341. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 366.

_ Peripnraemos feetidus. Ruiz. et Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2. p.17.

t. 132. Exclusa figura capsule, que pertinet ad

Cantuz vere speciem. Don.

UEVILLGUEVILL. Incolis.

= \

The genus Cantu, to which our plant has been referred

y Jussieu and other botanists, belongs to the natural

Order of Polemoniacee; but Mr. Rosert Brown, in the

Botanical Register (No. 299) has referred Vest1a to the

Solanee ; the justness of which arrangement has been

Since confirmed by Mr. Davin Don, from an examination

ofthe fruit. This able young botanist has likewise pointed

Out its near affinity to Cesrrum, a genus also belonging

to the family of Solanee.

here is only one species of Vesta at present known,

fora full description of which we refer to Mr Don’s observa-

_ Hons on the natural family of plants called Polemoniacee,

Published in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, for

_ October 1822,

It is entirely on the authority of Pavon’s specimen now

in the Lambertian Herbarium, that the synonym from

the Flora Peruviana is added, for the figure cited from

that work is so incorrect, especially from the addition of

the capsule of a true Cantua, that we should not have

thought it intended for our plant. It was most probably

owing to this error as Mr. Don remarks, that Jussreu was

led to unite it with his Cantua.

This handsome, but ill-scented, shrub is a native of Chili

in South America. Is generally treated as a greenhouse

plant ; but, if the winter prove mild, will do very well

without protection. Mr. Jos. Knrexr in the King’s Road,

Chelsea, had a very fine plant, which stood in the open

air through the winter of 1721—2, flowered and produced

fruit the following summer, but the severe frost of 1722—3

destroyed it.. It is readily propagated by cuttings.

Flowers in. April, May, and June... Communicated by

Avimer Bourke Lampert, Esq. from his collection a

Boyton, in April last. ;

N 2413,

Llurtie. D2. j

Pub ly. Jf. bertiy', Walworth. Fuly 21922" weed ete :

(2413 )

Lupinus MICROCARPUS, Ski EPO DED

| Lue. |

a ec ee oe ce

Class and Order.

DiapEetpHiA Decanpria.

Generic Character.

Cal. 2-labiatus. Anthere 5 oblonge; 5 subrotunde.

Legum. coriaceum, torulosum, compressum.

Specific Character.

Lupinus microcarpus; foliis digitatis, calycibus verticillatis

inappendiculatis: labio superiore emarginato inferiore

bifido ter breviore, leguminibus rhombeis hirsutis _

dispermis. |

‘Slee

Descr. Stem branched. Leaves digitate: leaflets 9-10,

lanceolate, hairy on the under surface, smooth on the

upper : petioles twice the length of the leaflets, pubescent.

Stipules subulate. Peduncle terminal. Flowers blue, in

a verticillate spike: whorls six-flowered. Bractes small,

hairy. Calyx inappendiculate (unless the bractes, which

are distinct from the calyxes, are to be called appendices)

bilabiate ; upper-lip much the shortest, emarginate ;

lower-lip bifid. Vexillum oblong. Ale equalling the

vexillum: Carina monopetalous, sharp-pointed. Anthers 10,

five oblong, and five orbicular. Style the length of the

Stamens. Stigma capitate. Legume small, rhomb-shaped,

mucronate by the persistent style, hairy: seeds two, varic-—

_ §ated with black lines and dots.

we .

This species of Lupin is a native of Chili. It has not

we believe been heretofore described ; and differs from all

the Known species by its small two-seeded pods. We

regret however that we did not receive these time enough

to be added to the engraving.

Raised from seeds by Jonn Waker, Esq. of Arno’s

Grove. It flowered in April, and appears to be annual.

BRAERS shone.

Nea.

Weadede-

"a Pub. by. 5. Gertis Walworth. Fuly.t 2223.

( 2414 )

HyoscvAmMvs ORIENTALIS. ORIENTAL

HENBANE.

KEK EEE ERKEKEE EKER EE

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. infundibuliformis, obtusa. Stam. inclinata. Caps.

operculata, bilocularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

‘Hyoscyamus orientalis ; foliis deltoideo-ovatis repandis,

calycibus fructus tumidis, genitalibus exsertis. Bieb.

Fl. Taur. Cauc.1. p. 164. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4.

p. 312. ae

Hyoscyamus orientalis Beta folio, tuberosa radice. Tournef.

Cor. p. 5. ex autopsia Herb. Tournef. M. v. Bieb.

Hyoscyamus orientalis is very nearly related to physa-

loides (supra No. 852) but is different; the leaves are more

Pointed, and repand, and after the plant has flowered they

Srow to a very large size, having much the appearance of

those of the Bete. The flowers are shorter than those of

A. physaloides, but the calyx, stamens, and style are longer

_™ proportion; they are not of so dark a purple colour and

More sonipicnousld veined. MarscHatt v. BrepersTEIN

also remarks that the root descends deep between the clefts

i the rocks, and forms a germinating head the size of the

fist, uneven from the buds being mixed with the remains of

former stalks and petioles.

A hardy perennial. Indigenous in Iberia and about the

acidulous spring at Narzana. Flowers in April. Propa-

Sated by seeds. Communicated by A. B, Lampert, Esq

from his collection at Boyton.

M2415,

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OXALIS ROSEA. Crimson OXALTIS.

KEKE EEE EEE EERE

Class and Order.

DecanpriA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. -Petala unguibus connexa. Stam. ine-

qualia: 5 breviora exteriora, basi connata. Caps. angulis

dehiscens, 5-gona.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Secr, 7. Foliis ternatis, pedunculis multifloris ;

caulescentes.

_ Oxatis rosea; caule erecto, ramoso, pedunculis longissimis,

floribus subumbellatis ante expansionem cernuis,

foliolis obcordatis sessilibus. :

Oxauis rosea; caule erecto, foliolis obverse cordatis, pe-

dunculis divisis racemosis. Jacg. Oxal. n. 5. p. 25.

\LIs rosea ; caule erecto ramoso folioso, pedunculo foliis

multo longiore bifido racemoso, foliis ternatis: foliolis

: obcordatis sessilibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 802.

Oxys roseo flore erectior vulgo Cuxié. Fuillée obs. 2.

Pp. 735. t. 23.

‘=e

Oxatis rosea has been hitherto known to botanists only

by the description and figure of Frurtiéz, with which our

Plant accords in too many respects to allow us to consider

_ las a distinct species, though he describes the flowers as

emg of a pale red colour with darker streaks extending

only half way along the petal ; but it is not improbable

_ ‘hat the colour may vary in intensity in different individuals ;

: and in the inflorescence, stem, foliage, and especially the

| extraordmary

Sees ;

extraordinary length of the peduncles, the two plants per-

fectly-accord.

Fruiuée describes it to be an annual plant, and observes

that the Indians use it, in addition with other plants, to dye

different colours; but this is perhaps only on account of

the oxalic acid it may contain in common with the other

species of the genus, and not from any colouring matter

in its composition.

Native of Chili, growing in wet places along the sides

of ditches. Communicated in April last, by Joun Watxer,

a of Arno’s Grove, who raised it from seeds sent from

Chili.

Nrai¢.

Publby. J. Curtis. Walworth. Fily.I1 423.

co ae )

LIMONIA PARVIFLORA, SMALL*©FLOWERED

LIMonNIA.

Class and Order.

~Decanpria Monoeynia.

seal “

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Drupa 3-locularis. Sem.

4 solitaria.

Specific Charaeter.

Livonia parviflora ; inermis, foliis bijugis: foliolis ag wee

lanceolatis integerrimis, corollis campanulatis, baccis

oblato-spheroideis obliquis.

This species of Lrmonia, though nearly allied to penta-

_ phylla, appears to differ in having more lanceolate leaves,

but more especially in the campanulate form of the corolla,

_ the petals being erect, and only spreading a little at the

_ points. The fruit in our plant approaches to a globular

form, a little flattened, and considerably oblique. This

bliquity is probably owing to one of the seeds only com-

g to maturity, which compresses the other two cells into

Small space, and throws the insertion of the style to one

_ Side, though in the germen the style occupies the centre.

Native of China, whence it was sent to the Horticultural

iety, at whose recent, but nificent establishment,

at Chiswick, our drawing was taken in March last ; at

_ Which time it had both flowers and ripe fruit. Cultivated

4 the stove,

Put by J furtis. Walworth. July.11227 .

Widael? Je:

: ( 2417)

.* 4

Acacia pirrusaA. AWL-LEAVED ACACIA.

Jdeeieibichinbikikishk

Class and Order.

Poryeamsa Monarcra.

Generic Character.

Hermarurop. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida vel 5-pe-

tala. Stam.4—100. Pist.1. Legum. bivalve.

: ae Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. s. 5-petala, Stam.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Sect.1. Foliis simplicibus.

Acacia diffusa; foliis linearibus uninerviis curvatis pun-

genti-mucronatis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis folio

brevioribus, capitulis globosis.

Acacia diffusa ; ramis procumbenti-diffusis glabris, foliis

linearibus uninerviis acumine obliquo, spinula margi- |

nis inferioris continua preefixis; stipulis minimis cadu-

cis; capitulis subgeminis globosis. Bot. Reg. 634.

The genus Acacia is referred by Jussieu to his natural

order of Lecuminosa; but Brown, in Flinder’s Voyage,

Bol. 2. p. 551, has established a family of Mimosee, con-

Sistine of Linnaus’s Mimosa, divided by Witpenow into

five genera, together with ApEnANTHERA and Prosopis.

_, Mr. Brown observes, that * nearly the whole of the

Australasian species belong to Acacia of WILLDENow, as at

7 ae constituted, and that nine-tenths of them belong to

_ Als first division, having what he calls simple leaves, but

- Which are in reality aphyllous, the dilated foliaceous foot-

Stalk performing the functions of the true compound leaf,

Which is produced only in the seedling plant, or occasion-

allyin the more advanced state, in particular circumstances,

where plants have been injured. The great number of

species

species of AcactA having this remarkable property in Terra

Australis forms one of the most striking peculiarities of its

vegetation ; nearly a hundred species have been already

observed. But though the leafless Acacie are thus nume-

rous and general in Terra Australis, they appear to be ‘

very rare in other parts of the world.”

Acacia diffusa is supposed to be a native of the newly 4

discovered country beyond the Blue Mountains, in New

South Wales. Introduced by Messrs. Convitie of the

King’s Road. Is an ornamental greenhouse shrub. Flow-

ers in April. Communicated by Jonn Wanker, Esq.

‘

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Weddell Se.

Piboby.S. Bertin Walworth. July 2

( 2418 )

CALCEOLARIA CORYMBOSA. CORYMBOSE

SLIPPER-WORT.

KEKE KK EEE EE KEK EE

Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynta.

Generie Character.

Cor. ringens, inflata. Caps. 2-locularis, 2-valvis. Cal.

4-partitus, equalis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

) CALCEOLARIA corymbosa; foliis radicalibus ovatis corda-

tisque petiolatis bicrenatis, caulinis cordatis semiam-

plexicaulibus. Flor. Peruv. 1. p. 14. t. 20. f. 5.

Persoon. Syn. 1. p.15.n.6. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg.

1. p. 181. ubi Cavanilles errore citatur.

‘Sens

. Desc. Stem simple, erect, square, hairy, without leaves

_ at the lower part. Radical leaves petioled, ovate some-

_ umes cordate, obtuse, doubly crenate, white underneath,

_ Tugose-veined, hairy. Cauline leaves distant, opposite,

_ half-stem-embracing. Flowers in a corymbose panicle, on

4 long slender aged Calyx four-leaved : a ovate,

_ Spreading. Cor. bilabiate : upper lip very small: lower-lip

_ large, inflated, with a small opening, where it is marked on

: the inside with red lines. Filaments inserted at the base’

_ of the upper lip, very short : anthers 2-lobed : lobes diva-

_ fcate, one concealed under the upper lip, the other project-

ed beyond; both fertile. Germen round: style very short.

we is beautiful species of Calceolaria is a native of Chili,

‘ and was raised from seeds, sent from that country, by Mr.

j\"ALKER, at his seat, Arno’s Grove, Southgate, where our

drawing was taken in May last. It is supposed to be

‘nmnual, and consequently to be propagated by seeds only.

sick, Calyx with pistil, b. Corolla dissected longitudinally to shew the

Nai 9.

Fub. by. S Gertie Walworth, Arug. 1.1823.

(- 2419 )

ORNITHOGALUM GRAMINEUM. GRASs-

LEAVED STAR OF BETHLEM. ~

KKEEEEEEREEEEE EER EE

Class and Order.

Generic Character.

Cor. 6-petala, erecta, persistens, supra medium patens.

Filamenta basi dilatata. Caps. trilocularis. Sem. subro- —

tunda, nuda.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

OrnitHocaLum gramineum; scapo angulato foliis linearibus

altiore,. floribus umbellatis, pedunculis erectis, petalis

ovatis acutis striatis.

_Lio-Narcissus polyanthos, albus, Phalangii flore. Feuill.

—— Observ. v. 3. p. 30. t. 217

‘ees

This plant has not, as far as we can discover, been

hitherto described, except the one quoted from Fruriz

_ bethe same, which is doubtful, from the linear reflexed

_ Spathe represented in his figure. It appears to have a near

aflinity with Anium striatum (No. 1095 and 1524); and

also to Atrium inodorum (No. 1129,) both of which plants

being quite destitute of the garlicky scent, having a two-

_-Valved spathe, and filaments dilated at the base, appear to

us to belong rather to Ornrrmocatum than to Attium. We

__ believe the same observation might be extended to Arurum

_ subhirsutum (No. 774, erroneously there named ciliatum).

The name of Jxioides seemed so appropriate to our plant,

that we were at first much inclined to think it might be

_ that species, a native of California, of which we know no

more than the character given in the Hortus Kewensis, not

having been able to find any specimen of it; but the fila-

ments being there described to be forked, bearing the

anthers in the middle, we are constrained to consider the

two plants as specifically distinct.

Our present subject is a native of Chili, and was raised

from seeds which came from that country, by our friend

Joun Warker, Esq. Flowers in May. Is probably hardy

enough to bear our climate in the open air provided the

bulbs are protected from frost. i

( 2420 )

_ GERANIUM MACRORHIZON. LoNG-ROOTED

CRANES-BILL.

Soko ek seceok le

Class and Order.

Monavetruia Decanpria.

Generic Ofeinctee

_Cal.5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, regularis. Nect.Glandule

5, mellifera, basi longiorum filamentorum adnate. Arilli

5, monospermi, aristati, ad basin receptaculi rostrati; aristis

_ hudis, simplicibus (nec spiralibus, nec barbatis).

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Geranium macrorhizon ; pedunculis bifloris, calycibus

globoso-inflatis, petalis = foliis quinquelobis

dentatis, caule dichotomo illd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 699.

Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 185.

Geranium macrorhizon ; pedunculis bifloris, calycibus

inflatis, petalis integris, pistillo longissimo, scapo

dichotomo. Mant. 343. Jacq. Collect. 1. p. 258. Ic.

rar. 1. t. 134. fig. mala.

Geranium macrorhizon ; foliis oppositis quinque-lobatis,

calycibus inflatis sphericis rubris, pistillo declinato

longissimo. Cav. Diss. A. p. 212. t. 85. f. 1.

Grranrum batrachioides odoratum. Bawh. Pin. 318. Moris.

Hist. p. 514. Sect. 5. t. 16. f. 15.

ERANIUM macrorhizon. Hort. Hystt. 1. Ord. vern. t. 25.

Geranrum batrachioides alterum, longius radicatum. Lod.

te. 1 2.660, 7 1. Dod. pempt. p. 63. f. 3. Ger.

emend. 942. f: 4. |

: ‘Semen

Radical leaves peltate (that is, the footstalk is inserted

_ Within the margin of the leaf), five-lobed ; posterior lobes

divided

divided half-way down, all of them coarsely toothed: teeth

rounded, and terminated with a small mucro, strongly

veined ; cauline leaves three-lobed. Stem dichotomous, —

somewhat longer than the leaves. Peduncles 1—4-flow- |

ered. Calyx globular, inflated: segments acuminate. Petals

obovate, quite entire, beautifully netted-veined. Stamens

5-10, Style lengthening very much after deflorescence,

arched at the top. Stigmas 5, dark purple. Nectarial

glands green, persistent after the fall of the flower. The

Arilli are simple, not-spiral, and naked. The whole plant

except the flower is covered with short hairs, which are

longer on the under. side of the leaf in the course of the

veins. It diffuses an agreeable scent when rubbed. :

- In habit this species approaches nearest to anemonefo-

lium, and as in that, the lower part of the stem becomes

frutescent when protected from frost.

Native of Italy. A hardy perennial. Propagated by

seeds, or by parting its roots in the autumn. Flowers in

May and June. Cultivated in the English gardens in

Lobel’s time; before 1576 ; but is at present not so com-

monly met with as it deserves to be, from its beauty and

easy culture. ASS

Fub.by. 5 Gortis. Walworth A 3 11827

enemas

( 2421 )

ALSTROEMERIA PULCHRA. Fair

ALSTRCEMERIA,.

EEKKKKERE KEKE ERE EK

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynta.

Generic Character.

Cor. 6-petala, subbilabiata: petalis interioribus basi

subtubulosis. Stamina declinata. Germen inferum, 3-6-

angulare. \ 3

Specific Character.

Aisrramerria pulchra; caule erecto, foliis lineari-lanceo-

latis, pedunculis sub-umbellatis involucratis trifloris,

pedicellis tortuosis, petalis exterioribus obcordatis

mucronatis,

‘eee

In the species plantarum of Lixnavs only three species

Of Atsrra@:merra are recorded: in the Flora Peruviana

uz and Pavon have described twenty-three, and given

sures of nearly the whole, yet our present plant does not

appear to have been included among them, except it may

be their Ligtu, which we have ~before observed appears

€ different from what is now so denominated. va

f the species which have been introduced into this

‘ountry there is no one exceeds, or, as we think, altoge-

‘r equals in beauty, the present plant. It approaches

Nearest to Pelegrina, but can hardly be considered as a

‘Variety of that. In habit and characters it seems interme-

late between it and pulchella (No. 2353.)

of ative of Chili. Communicated by Joan Waxxer, Esq.

¢ Amo’s grove, Southgate, whose assiduity has been lately

tine with particular success in rearing so many beau-

~ ‘id rare plants from that country.

( 2492 )

PuLMONARIA MOLLIS. Sort LuNG-wort.

KEKKKKKKEKKE REE ERK

Class and Order.

PentanpriA Monoeynta. —

Generic Character.

Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce pervia. Cal. prismatico-

pentagonus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

A. Calyces longitudine tubi corolle.

Putmonarta mollis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis

pubescenti-tomentosis decurrentibus ; radicalibus pe-

tiolatis, calycibus tubo sublongioribus. Hornem.

Hort. Hafn. p.179. Roem. et Sch. 4. p. 53.

Putmonarra mollis. De Cand. Fl. franc. Suppl. p. 420.

: — synonymo Pollichii. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 4.

PuLMonARIA vulgaris y. Lin. Sp. Pl, 194. Willd. 1. p. 768.

Kniph. Cent. 1.n.72. Knorr Thes. 2. t. P. 2.

PULMONARIA II. non maculoso folio. Clus. Hist. 2. p.169.

‘Sees,

Pumonaria mollis is very nearly allied to angustifolia, the

chief differences observed by authors being the proportion-

ately greater length of the calyx, broader sinuses of the

‘cinie of the corolla, and the softer more silky pubescence

of the leaves ; but Mr. Jonn Denson, the very intelligent

“urator of the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds, informs

's, that these two plants are remarkably different in their

Wot’ of growth ; angustifolia sending out its flowering

Stems horizontally, close to the ground, and even when the

°wers open being only moderately assurgent, whereas the

of mollis are in all their stages quite erect.

= hardy perennial. Native of the Pyrenees, particularly

N Mount Llaurenti, in shady places. Communicated by

'S. Hopson, Esq. to whose exertions the Bury garden

if) : ° é ‘

Wes its existence and progressive advancement.

N 2423.

Pilly 5. hortic. Walworthe. Awe 11827. Woda 4

(2423+)

, ERYSIMUM LANCEOLATUM 6. MINUS. SWEET-

SCENTED ALPINE Hepce-Mustarp.

See ebskek

Clasé and Order.

TrerRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA.

Generic Character.

_ Sihqua tetragona. Semina immarginata. Cotyledones

Incumbentes. Sizgma capitatum, nunc emarginatum lobulis

patentibus. Calyx clausus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Erysimum lanceolatum ; foliis inferioribus lanceolatis den-

tatis; superioribus sublinearibus integris, unguibus

calyce longioribus: laminis orbiculato-obovatis, sili-

quis erectis, stigmate subsessili. De Cand. Syst. Veg.

Nat. 2. p. 502. ss

(2.) ee caule simplici aut ramoso, pedali, rigido.

ew. Ee.

CuEIRANTHUus erysimoides. Lin. Sp. Pl. 923. Jacq. Fi.

Austr. t. 74.

:) minus ; caule subsimplici, interdum multicauli: subad-

scendente. D. C. l. c. s

Ervsimum diffusum. Bot. Reg. 388. exclusis synonymis.

CurRawraus alpinus. Lin. Mant. 93? Flor. Lapp. ed.

Smith, p. 224? :

Enysimum alpinum. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 200. ;

HEIRANTHUs decumbens, C. firmus, et C. pumilus.

| Schleich. plant. sicc.

| Levcorum angustifolium, alpinum, flore sulphureo. Tourn.

ES Inst. 222. Allioni Specim. p. 44. t. 9. f.2.et 3. |

EUcolum, sive Kerri alpinum flore sulphureo odoratis-

Simo, Joncg. Hort. p. 72. ex Allioni. . c. :

Hesprris foliis elabris linearibus lanceolatis obiter dentatis.

all. Hist. 449. ¢. 14.

ErysimMum

Erysimum lanceolatummajus and minus appear to us to

be rather distinct species than varieties, but we do not

yenture to deviate from the authority of Dz Canpouzz,

particularly as all authors agree that these plants are ex- |

tremely subject to variation. From the Curtrantuus alpinus

of Jacquin our plant differs in beg ascendent, not erect. —

’'The pubescence both in the cultivatéd and wild state is |

simple, not bipartite; the flowers are much larger and—

most charmingly fragrant, which in Jacquin’s plant are

described to be without scent ; the claws of the petals in —

our plant are much longer than the calyx, but in the other

only equal to it.. The figures quoted from Axzion1 are

good representations of our plant in its native state; under

cultivation it is sometimes branched, but is always of

humble growth, never “upright-and from one to three feet

high.” From its delicate sulphur-coloured flowers, as well

as their charming fragrance, it is a plant well worth a place

in the flower-garden, and is particularly adapted for orna-

menting rock-work. :

Native of the Alps both in the south and north of Europe.

Flowers in May and June. Communicated by Messrs.

Wuittey, Bramss, and Mixyz, of the Fulham Nursery.

N 2424

Wadd Je-

Pub. by f. hurtis. Walworth. ar cael

stan Se a ee oN

( 2424.),

CENOTHERA TENELLA, SLENDER-

-TWIGGED QCENOTHERA,

SSE HEH OOO

Chfltand Orden: es

Octanpria MonoeyntA.

Generic Character.

Caps. 4-locularis, 4-valvis, infera. Sem. nuda.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Exornera tenella ; ramis flexilibus, foliis lanceolato-

spathulatis aggregatis, stylo staminibus _ breviore,

calycis tubo brevissimo.

OTHERA tenella ; caule herbaceo erecto, foliis ovato-

oblongis, antheris alternis subsessilibus. Cav. Ic. 4.

Pp. 66. t. 396. f. 2.

nornera tenella ; foliis oblongo-obovatis, capsulis cylin-

dricis curvatis. Flor. Perwo. 3. p. 80. t. 316. 7. 6.

OTHERA Romanzovii. Don. in Bot. Reg. 562? Hornem.

Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 1. p. 133? Link. Enum. Hort.

‘See

(nornera tenella was first described and figured by

AVANILLEs ; but his figure being very inaccurate, the

authors of the Flora Peruviana thought it necessary to give

thother representation of it, but likewise taken from a

ed specimen. be |

'. Don, to whom we are indebted for pointing out to

> that our plant was the tenella of Ruiz and Pavon, con-

‘iders it to be the same species which has gone under the

€ of Enoruzra Romanzovii; but if so, the former. Lp

: as

has the right of priority, as well as being more appropriate,

The figure of the latter in the Botanical Register repre-

sents a much stouter growing plant, but this may have —

been owing to the difference of soil, and to its being treated

as a hardy annual. Our plant had the appearance of being —

suffruticose, as tenella is described to be in the Flora —

Peruviana. |

Raised from seeds sent from Chili, at Arno’s grove, the

seat of Joan Waker, Esq. by whom it was communicated —

in flower, in May last. ~

Pa i cantata a a

NV paps.

Wiad

Rib.by.S. futlis Walwwrth Ang #71823, j

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( 2425 )

HyAcINTHUS AMETHYSTINUS. AMETHYST-

COLOURED HYACINTH.

Jeb bbe

Class Be Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

{

Generic Character:

Cor. campanulata, 6-fida. Port 3 melliferi Germinis,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Hyacinravs amethystinus ; corollis campanulatis semisex-

fidis basi cylindricis. Hort. Ups. 35. Sp. Pl. 454.

Willd. 2. p. 167. excluso synonymo Pallasii. Hort.

Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 282. Redouté Lil. VA.

Hyacinraus hispanicus. Lam. Encyel. 3. p. 191. n. 5.

Yacinruus oblongo ceruleo flore minor. Bauh. Pin. 44.

Rudb. Elys. 2. p. 27. f. 8.

YACINTHUs minor hispanicus. Clus. Append. altera, cum

tcone. HKyusdem Cur. poster. p.35. —

YACINTHUs minor hispanicus angustifolius. Bauh. Hist.2.

Pp. 587. cum icone Clusii.

‘—eeeeemen:

The Hyacmvrius amethystinus of M. Lamarck is not this

nt, but the H. patulus of Desronrarnes, and Sci1a

Patula of De Cannoitz; so the amethysiina of Pautas is

“pallens of Marscuat v. BrepersTEIN. —

Though cultivated by Pate Mixer in 1759, it is still

very rare plant. Native of Spain and Italy. Flowers in

’y and June. Communicated by Mr. Anpgrson, curator

of the Apothecaries’ botanic garden, Chelsea.

ain

( 2426 )

Sprr#A BELLA. Comey Sprrma.

Class and Order. |

IcosanDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. | Petala 5. Capsule polysperme.

Specific Character.

Srirza bella; caule fruticoso, foliis ovatis acutis argute

Serratis subtus tomentoso-albidis, paniculis termina-

libus foliaceis. —

‘See

Descr. A shrub of humble growth ; branches somewhat

angular, hairy towards the extremity. Leaves oval, acute,

finely serrate, entire at the base, smooth on the upper, and

whitish-tomentose on the under surface. Petioles short,

channelled, and ciliate. Flowers bright purple in a terminal

Panicle, intermixed with leaves. Peduncles pubescent.

lyx inferior, cup-shaped, with the five segments of the

rder reflexed. Petals five, orbicular, quite entire. Sta-

mens much less numerous than in salicifolia. Filaments

- Inserted in the edge of the cup of the calyx. When the

ower first expands, the filaments are bowed inwards im-

Mersing the anthers within the cup of the calyx. Nectary

‘row of yellow glands within the filaments. Germens five,

®onical. Styles very short. Stigmas simple.

The glandular nectary and the immersion of the anthers

Within the cup of the calyx is perhaps common to all the

tuticose species; we find the same organization in Srirza

Salicifolia and hypericifolia. The glands exist also in 8.

ulmaria ;

ulmaria; but the cup of the calyx in that species is much

too small to contain the very numerous anthers.

This undescribed shrub promises to be a great acquisi-

tion to our gardens, the brillianey of its flowers and deli- —

cacy of its foliage rendering it altogether beautiful.

Supposed to’ be native of Nepal, being raised at the |

Fulham nursery, from Nepal seeds, presented to Mr. Minne

by Roserrt Henry Jenkinson, Esq. together with above

three hundred other kinds from the same country. Flowers

in May. Appears to be hardy.

The outline figure represents a vertical section of the flower a little

magnified, shewing the insertion of the stamens, the glandular nectary, and

the pistils, of which last only two of the five are seen.

Pub.by 5. Gorts .Wabwarth. Sid 12

(2427...)

- Maenouia acuminata. Brive Maeno or

CucumBER-T REE.

KKK KEE EEER EERE

Class and Order.

4 x

Potyanpria Poryeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal, 3-phyllus. Petala 6-9. Capsule bivalves, imbri-

cate. Sem. baccata, pendula. :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

~ Macnoura acuminata ; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis.

Spec. Pl. 756. Willd. 2. p. 1257. Hort. Kew. ed.

alt. 3. p. 331. Lam. Encycel. 3. p. 674.

Macyotia acuminata ; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis

__ subtus pubescentibus. Persoon. Syn. 2. p. 93.

AGNOLIA acuminata; foliis ovalibus acuminatis subtus

pubescentibus, petalis obovatis obtusiusculis. Pursh.

Amer. Sept. 2. p. 381.

Maenoria flore albo, folio majore acuminato haud albi-

ante. Catesh. Car. Append. p. 15. t. 15. Gronov.

Virg. Ato. p. 82. |

Siete

The first account that Mr. Caresry received of this plant

Was from a specimen sent hizn by Mr. Crayton from Vir-

$mia, being a branch of the only tree known in that

_ Country ; and it was probably from this dried specimen,

that the figure in his Natural History of Carolina was

taken; and it appears to us that the flower was made out

ftom one of Maenouia glauca, prc, Pg! unlike that of

Sur plant. Caressy informs us, that Mr. Joun Bartram of

Pensylvania afterwards met with several in that country,

: “ ee * some

some of which, on the north side of the Sesqtehannah

river, were above a hundred feet in height. The wood, he

, has a fine grain, is very. tough, and of a fine oran

co our, and is used by the Indians for making bowls. The

tree is deciduous, and one of the hardiest of ‘the tribe.

Native of Pensylvania, and the forests of New York.

Introduced in 1736, by Perer Coxuinson, Esq. Flowers

in May and June. Communicated by Joun WALKER, Esq.

of Arno’s Grove, Southgate,

crsememaig corer amin itl

Bisb. by. 5. Guptig Watworth fo 1.1222.

Tivortr Deb.

( 2428 )

~Txora rosea. Rost-cotourep Ixora.

Ss es as oO on On a OO ON OR OR

Class and Order.

Terranpria Monoeynta.

Generic Character.

Cor. 1-petala, infundibuliformis, lonza, supera. Stamina

supra faucem. Bacca 4-sperma (2-sperma Roxb.)

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ixora rosea ; foliis oblongis acutis subsessilibus, st

rotundato-ovatis acuminatis, corymbis supra-d

positis trichotomis terminalibus, laciniis coroll

neatis acutis.

Ixora rosea ; foliis subsessilibus oblongis acutis basin

angustatis cum sinu obsoleto, subtus villosis ;

ipulis,

ecom-

#@ cUu-

versus

cymis

supra-decompositis amplis laxis, terminalibus et in

latere exteriore ramorum axillaribus : limbi laciniis

oblongis, cuneatis acutis. Bot. Reg. 50. Wallich in

Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 398.

Ixona rosea. Lodd. Cab. 729.

(ees

We are informed by Dr. Watticu, in the work above

Loted, that this fine shrub is a native of the hilly parts on

€ borders of Bengal, about Silhet, whence it was intro-

duced into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, in 1815, by

Mr. M. R. Smiru.

“This shrub,” Dr.Wat1icu observes, “ is exceedingly ele-

Sant, on account of its large round corymbs, which for

eight months in the year are produced in constant succes-

‘on. The colour of the flowers is a pale pink, gradually

‘coming reddish as they grow old, beautifully contrasting

With the shining dark green leaves.” There is in Roxburgh’s

Flora Indica, a detailed description of the species.

Our

Our drawing was made from a plant, communicated by

Messrs. Loppices and Sons, in February last; and we re-

ceived a specimen of the same species from Mr. Brooxgs,

of Ball’s Pond, in August 1820.

It is a very free flowerer in our stoves, and if it should

approach the same perfection in the artificial heat as it

arrives at in the open air in a tropical climate, we may

expect, as the plants grow older, that they will produce

much larger heads of flowers.

Requires to be kept constantly in the stove. Is a

gated by cuttings. Should be potted in rich loam with a

mixture of peat earth.

+ os oye at:

{iC

Fabby l Courts Wabwenrth, Jon L198.

—

peers

;

( 2429 )

ViTIS RIPARIA, mascula. MALe sweet-°°

SCENTED VINE.

KEE KEKE EKER EE EERE ER

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Petala apice coherentia, emarcida. Bacca 5-spertha,

supera. ! at ond

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Vitis riparia; (dioica) foliis inequaliter inciso-dentatis

breviuscule trifidis, petiolo, nervis margineque pu-

bescentibus. Michaux. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 231. Pursh.

Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 169.

Viris incisa. Jacg. Schenb. 4. t. 427.

Vitis odoratissima. Donn Cantab. ed. 9. p. 71.

: a

The American species of vine, according to Micuavux,

are all diecious, that is, the male and female flowers are

on distinct trees. ‘The plant from which our drawing was

taken being male, of course produces no grapes. Mr. Pursu

temarks that the female plants are seldom found north of

the Patowmac river, though the males extend very far

beyond it. This observation reminds us of an analogous

fact respecting the hop ; the male of which are found in

almost etary hedge in some parts of this country, whilst

the females we believe are seldom seen with us except

under cultivation. The stems of this vine are finely grooved

and later in the season, have a reddish brown tinge on the

Parts exposed to the sun. The leaves have a very broad

Sinus at the base, are slightly divided into three lobes, the

‘erratures are unequal and terminated with a soft mucro,

they are smooth on the upper surface, but on the —

side,

side, though more shining than on the upper, have their

interstices between the veins filled with a very fine greenish

tomentum, and are hairy along the nerves. or larger veiis,

and round the margins, and also along the petioles. The

tendrils are long, and divided towards the extremity, which,

on the flowering branches represented in our figure, of.

course are not. seen, for being produced in the vine by

abortive peduncles, when these bear flowers, no tendrils

appear. The peduncles are opposed to the petioles, and

bear compound racemes, on which the flowers grow several

together from the same point, forming a number of little

detached umbels.

Jacquin’s Vitis incisa, is referred by Pursu to his cor-

data ; his figure, however, evidently represents our plant,

which we think must be Micnavx’s riparia. /

Native of North America. Introduced, we believe, by

the late Mr. Lyons, at whose sale our plant was bought by

Mr. Watxer, under the name of odoratissima, but Mr-

CHAUX’s name riparia has the right of priority. The flowers

have a very sweet scent, which Pursu compares to that of

Mignionette, It is hardy, and like other vines readily pro

pagated by cuttings. | 7

Me 2E5a 7

, by #ti

» s ves MCR PEGS

Aw MIS ER FF y sits ete f ;

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wid dat Se.

Poh. by.J, Gurtio. Walworth Sep 11823.

( 2430 )

Pyrus Ame LaNcuHier. ALPINE Pear.

Seek

Class and Order,

TcosaNDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Pomum dieain Sloculare

polyspermum. | ) :

Specific Character and gsagiebe

Prnvs Amelanchier ; foliis subrotundo-ellipticis acutis sub-

tus pubescentibus, floribus racemosis, petalis lanceo-

» latis, germinibus' subvillosis, calycinis segmentis gla-

Brg Wi. Sp. Pl.2. p. 1014. Hort. Kew. ed, alt.

-nisp.

Pyrus Amelanchier ; inermis, folie ovalibus obtutis oorendva

») subtus tomentosis calvescentibus, ran pe og Takara bas

subulatis seooeiuia, 3 racemo sunpiacP ifloro, petalis

sublinearibus. Lin. Suppl. p. 256. . Pe Smith. in, Rees

Cycl. in loco. Oi ANG! 4

Pravs foliis ovatis serratis, pn a tomentosis, ealvescen-

» tibus. ‘Hall. Heat) n. 1095.

“Amelanchier ; inermis, foliis ovalibus. serratis,

' cauliculis hirsutis. Sp. Pl..685. _ Jacg, Austr, 3. p

5b. t. 300. Schmidt. Arbor. t..85. . Mull. Athy ks 178,

ut fichi “Mart. Mill. Dict:n.4,.. beavis 1a

Anoxra rotundifolia. . Persoon., Syn. 2. p . 39.

AMELANCHIER. » » dandley Pemateme Lin. Soe ‘Trans, v. 13,

op. 100.

Rett ahipe are ag Crants. Austr. ed, Sf fase. 2, 4 She <

Vrris Inga ILL. Clus. Hist. 1. p- 62..

Aunt effigie serie folio minor.

Ametancurer. Lob. Ic. 2. p. 191. /- : Barrel. ic.

Diospyros. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 15. Raj. Hist. 14614

This

This is a very elegant shrub when in flower, and still

mare so in fruit. When the leaves first come out in the

ring they are covered with a white cottony pubescence,

which falls off from their upper surface as the leaves attain

their full growth, and by the time the fruit is ripe, nearly

disappears. altogether. The fruit is at first green, then

red, and, when ripe, black, and contains a juicy sweet

pulp.

Our list of synonyms will shew how much authors have

differed in their ideas to what genus it should be referred.

Lannus at first made it a Mesprivs, but in the Supplemen-

tum Plantarum it was placed under Pyrus; Cranrz referred

it to Sorsus. Prrsoon added it.to his genus Aronii.

Mr. Linpteyr, the last author that has published on the

subject, following, Mepicus, considers AMELANcHIER to form

a distinct genus, containing, besides the present plant,

Pyrus Botryapium, ovalis, and cretica. The chief cha-

racter he adduces to establish the genus, is the ovarium

being ten-celled, with one seed in each cell. But the value

of this character appears to be considerably diminished,

by the author’s own observation, that the dissepiments

dividing the cells of the ovarium are spurious, rather than —

real dissepiments, and are “ quickly obliterated by the

ywth of the ovula: so that the ripe ‘fruit does not differ,

in this respect, from the rest of the order.’’ But.in so natu-

ral a family as the Pomaeea, or first section of the Rosaees

of Jussrev, it will be ever difficult to assign proper limits

to the genera. Sir James Epwarp Smira perceiving how

inadequate the number of ‘styles. was to distinguish one —

genus from another, has thought it best to reduce the

whole order to two genera, viz. Mrsprzus and Pyrus: Mr.

Linptey, on the other hand, divides the Pomacs into

twelve, which he has defined with much ability; =

Pyrus Amelanchier is a hardy ornamental shrub, easily —

propagated by the young scions, which plants, that have

been raised from seeds, put forth from the roots ; but it Is

not unusual Ca them upon other stocks, which, how-

ever, do not make so handsome plants as those raised from

seeds. It is a native of the South of Europe, where It

grows among the rocks in subalpine regions. Commu- —

nicated by Joun Waker, Esq. of Arno’s Grove. bie

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_ Eryranina. carrera, Cape Ervrarina. .

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Generic Character.

Calyx bilabiatus. Cor. vexillum longissimum, lanceo-

latum. Legumen torulosum.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Eryrurina caffra; caule arboreo, ramis petiolisque spi-

nosis, foliis ternatis rhombojdeis acuminatis inermibus,

calyce quinquedentato. 2 a

Eryrurina caffra; foliis ternatis inermibus, foliolis obtusis,

caule: ecco aculeato. Thunb. Prodr.121. Willd.

Sp. Pl. 3. p. 914.

Duscr. Rootstock gouty. Stem erect, woody, rough-

ened by the vestiges of fallen leaves. Branches green,

armed with recurved prickles. Petioles alternate, hori-

zontal, armed with a few distant prickles, longer than the

leaves which are ternate, rhomb-shaped, acuminate with

an obtuse point: the lateral leaves are attached to the

petiole by very short fleshy pedicels, the terminal one is car-

red a good way forward by the prolongation of the common

petiole, to which it is attached in the same way. ‘There

are two glands at the base of each pedicel. Peduncles

axillary, longer than the leaves, erect, rounded, studded

With white linear warts. Flowers in a subverticillate spike,

of the most inimitable brilliant scarlet, fading to purple.

The half whirls about five-flowered. Calyx five-toothed,

bilabiately arranged, the lower tooth much the longest.

exillum an inch and half long, when displayed, papier 5

e quite

quite entire, or only obsoletely emarginate, but naturally

the sides are folded together, only opening a little near the

upper extremity, streaked, broad-seymitar-shaped. Ale

and Carina very minute and entirely concealed by the base

of the vexillum. Stamens diadelphous 3 : filamenis scarlet

towards the extremity.. Anthers incumbent, scarcely ex-

serted. Germen linear. Style a little longer than the

stamens.

This beautiful shrub is a native of southern Africa, and

flowered for the first time, we believe, in this country in

the Count pg Vannes stove in July last, where our drawing

was taken, we have heard that it has also flowered this

summer at Wormleybury. No figure, has to our knowledge,

been hitherto published of this very beautiful species.

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.. Arum rracicum. Iratran Arum.

Classand: Order.

: Manecia PoOLYANDRIA.

Generic Character.

__ Spatha monophylla, cucullata. Spadix supra nudus,

inferne femineus, medio stamineus.

| Specific Character and Synonyms.

Arum ztalicum + acaule, foliis albo-venosis hastato-sagit-

tatis: lobis auriculatis divaricatis, spadice clavato

spatha breviore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 484. Hort. Kew.

ed. alt. 5. p. 309. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 574. n. 18.

Arum italicum ; acaule, foliis-sagittato-hastatis : auriculis

divaricatis, spadice ree luteolo. Lam. Encyel 3.

p. 9.—et De Cand. Flore frang. 3. p. 152.

RUM italicum ; foliis hastatis acutis, petiolis longissimis

spatha maxima erecta. Mill. Dict.

Arum venis albis italicum maximum. Tourn. Inst. 158.

Arum venis albis. Bauh. Pin. 195. Raj-Hist. 1209.

Arum maculatum, y. Mart. Mill. Dict. |

Arum folio lato atro-viridi margine albicante cincto, sparsis

maculis albis variegato. Sabbati Hort. rom. 2. t. 75.

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Arum italicum has been frequently confounded with the

RUM maculatum, or common Cuckow-pint; yet, if any

tolerable figure had ever been given of it, this mistake could

hardly have been made. The whole plant is nearly double

the size; the leaves are not only larger and veined with

White, but the posterior lobes go off at nearly right angles

from the footstalk, or are hastate, not sagittate; the spathe

'S very large, of a yellowish pale green colour, at first erect,

afterwards rolled back at the point; germens nearly glo-

ular, aggregate, sessile, occupying about an inch of Sa

base of the spadix, a short distance above these isa ring

of sessile anthers, occupying about a quarter of an inch,

and both above these, and between them and the germens,

about an equal space is occupied by filiform cirri or sterile

stamens ; the upper part of the spadix is club-shaped, as in

the common Arum, but always of a pale yellow colour. |

‘It was in this species that M. Lamarck observed an

extraordinary degree of heat, amounting almost to burning,

in the spadix, at a certain epoque; probably that, when

the fecundation of the germens takes place. This high tem-.

perature continues only for a few hours, and when several

spadices come from the same root, the heat is evolved from

each, in succession, as they arrive at the proper epoque,

while the rest remain at the same temperature as the sur-

rounding atmosphere. This observation is said to have

_ been confirmed by DesFonTaInEs. Peete

We are not informed, however that the fact was proved

by the thermometer ; and, if not, itis possible that some

pungent vapour might occasion the sensation of heat in the

fingers, without cabs increasing the temperature of the

surrounding air. We hope some of our readers may be .

induced to attend to this curios phenomenon.

A hardy, perennial. Native of Italy and Spain, and the

south of France. Communicated by Joun Waxxer, Esq.

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PHAYLOPSIS LONGIFOLIA. LoNG-LEAVED

PHAYLOpsis.

KEKE KEE KEE EEE ERE

Class and Order ;

Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. —

Generic Character. :

Cal. ineequalis, lacinia dorsali maxima. Cor. ringens:

labio superiore minimo bifido. Ovarii loculi 2-spermi.

Aruxitema Brown Prodr. p. 478. Micr:

obs. p. 39, i

Specific Character.

PHAYLOopsIS longifolia ; caulibus erectis, foliis oblongo- _

ovatis acuminatis reflexis, spicis axillaribus brevibus

laxiusculis, lacinia calycis dorsali corolla longiore.

Rite,

Mr. Rorert Brown, in his invaluable Prodromus, p. 478,

has observed, that Jussieu has very properly separated

Ruetiia Blechum and Blechioides from Ruewtia, restoring

the original name of Buecuum, first given to the genus by

t. Patrick Brown, in his history of Jamaica; but, at the

Same time, this excellent botanist has remarked, that J Us-

‘kv’s Birecnum anisophyllum ought not to be joined with

genus, on account of its having very unequal calycine

_ Segments, an ovarium with two-see ed cells, a capsule with

€ segments of the dissepiment spontaneously separable,

aid a different inflorescence; he consequently proposed

the establishing itas a new genus, under the name of

THEILEMA, but has since satisfied himself that WiLLDENOW’s »

HayLopsis, though not accurately defined by him, is the

_ Same genus; this name has therefore the right of priority.

Ruenuia imbricata of Forskéhl, and some other species,

latives of India and of Africa, belong to this genus; but

hot having had an opportunity] of examining the plant

itself,

R NTHUS Wi endland

itself, we are not able to determine whether it belong to a

species already discovered, or should be- considered as

quite new. It differs from Biecuum anisifoliwm of Jussieu

in having an upright, not a diffuse stem, and lax, leafy,

not compact strobiliform spikes.

The seed was transmitted from Sierra Leone to the Hor-

ticultural Society by their collector, Mr. Gzorer Don, and

our drawing was made at their garden in March last.

Being a tropical production it must of course require to be

preserved in the stove.

The outline figures represent,

1. A magnified dissection of the Corolla, shewing the insertion of the

Stamens.

2. The Pistil.

3. The Calyx.

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PROSTANTHERA LASIANTHOS. ViILLOUS-

FLOWERED PROSTANTHERA. _

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Class and Order.

DipynamMia GYMNOSPERMIA,

Generic Character.

_ Calyx bilabiatus: fructds clausus, tubo striato, labiis

indivisis. Cor. ringens, galea sexibifida, labii inferioris

en media majore, biloba. Anthere subtus calcarate.

ROWN. : & ‘ :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

| PRosTANTHERA lasianthos ; foliis lanceolatis dentato-serratis

glabris, racemis paniculatis, corollis utrinque hirsutis,

calcare longiore febuiih bis superante. Br. Prodr. Nov.

Holl. 508. Bot. Reg. 143. |

Prosranruera lasianthos ; foliis lanceolatis serratis, pani-

culis axillaribus terminalibusque, corollis _hispidis.

Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 18. t. 157. |

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Descr. .A tallish shrub: branches opposite, square.

aves petioled, lanceolate, dentate-serrate, dark green

°n the upper, glaucous and dotted on the under surface.

Panicles of flowers terminal and axillary. Bractes subu-

late, minute. Pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx bila-

late: lips undivided persistent, closing when in fruit.

Cor. bilabiate : upper-lip shorter, vaulted, emarginate :

wer-lip 3-cleft ; the intermediate segment longest, two-

lobed, with the lobes divaricate. Faux somewhat dilated,

Marked within with blood-red spots. Stamens four, didy-

lamous, inserted by pairs within the faux: anthers purple

bilocular, both lobes bearded at the base with a pencil of

“airs, one of them terminating in a spur, with a bristly

point,

point, more than twice the length of the anther. Germens

four, orbicular: Style ascending with bifid stigma.

Of this genus belonging to the natural order of Labiate,

Mr. Brown has recorded in his Prodromus thirteen species.

Native of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s island.

Flowers in June and July. Requires the protection of the °

greenhouse.

We were favoured with the specimen of this beautiful

shrub, from which our drawing was taken, by our friend

Epwarp Gray, Esq. in June last, when it flowered for the

first time after having been in his fine conservatory about

seven years.

The outline figures represent,

1. The Pistil. This ought to have shewn the four separable germens.

2. The Stamen with the long spur from one of the lobes of the anther,

somewhat magnified,

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Iris NEGLECTA. HornemAn’s Iris.

Class and Order

TRIANDRIA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata petali-

formia.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Iris neglecta ; caule multifloro foliis altiore, corolle laciniis

erectis integerrimis, deflexis subemarginatis. Horn.

Hort. Hafn. 1. p. 55. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg.1. p.

461. Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 58.

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Descr. Stem many-flowered, taller than the ensiform

leaves. Spathes sheathing, imbricated, one to each flower.

Germen six-angled: angles rounded. Tube of corolla but

little longer than the germen ; reflexed lacinie bearded,

“iolet-coloured at the margins, white streaked with violet

in the middle, very obtuse, sometimes emarginate : erect

ones broad-oval, pale blue, quite entire, incurved, termi-

nated in a claw. per lip of the stigma deeply divided,

acute. ES ; eS

The native country of this handsome and agreeably

Scented Iris is unknown. It was first taken up asa distinct

species, by Profess ORNEMAN. Itisa oe perennial.

Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden, —

June last. :

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SALVIA NUTANS. Noppine SAGE.

Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. inequalis. . Filamenta transverse pedicello affixa.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Sarvia nutans ; foliis cordatis inequaliter basi excisis

grosse crenatis, caule subaphyllo, spicis nutantibus

ebracteatis.

Satvia nutans ; foliis oblongo-cordatis grosse crenatis,

caule subaphyllo, spicis florentibus pendulis, calycibus _

hirtis. Willd. Enum. p. 45. : :

Satvia nutans; foliis cordatis inequaliter basi excisis,

caule subnudo spicis ante florescentiam cernuis. Sp.

Pl. p. 39. Flor. Taur-Cauc. 1. p. 23.

Satvia nutans ; foliis cordatis obsolete quinquelobis erosis,

caule subrotundo, racemis nutantibus. Willd. Sp.

Pl. 1. p. 151. Eftling Salv. n.47. Vahl Enum. 1. p.

Satvia nutans; foliis oblongo-cordatis, caule sim] licissimo

subaphyllo, racemis florentibus pendulis. aldst. et

Keit. Hung: 1. p. 63. t. 62. Room. et Sch. Syst.

‘ Vag: 1. >. QA6. ‘teccay RES Le

Satvia caule nudo, spica florente pendula. Hall. Comm.

Goett. 1. p. 210. t. 11. le

_ The leaves of Satvia nutans are very subject to vary ;

in our plant they were undulated, somewhat sinuate,

coarsely crenate, and, as seems common to the species,

unequally excised at the base, one side being considerably

larger and more uneven than the other; but in some cases

they are so much incised, as to become variously lobed,

im so much that Marscuauy van Biegers'rein considers both

hastata and betonicefolia as mere varieties of this; but if

_ the latter has coloured bractes, this character seems quite

sufficient to remove it from nutans ; pendula is likewise

suspected to be only a variety. Except one or two pair

of generally imperfect leaves the Stem is aphyllous, ob- —

tusely 4-cornered, pubeseent. Calyx striate, bilabiate,

hairy. Corolla violet-blue: galea oblong, compressed,

inclosing the stamens and pistil: lower-lip 3-lobed: middle

lobe crenate, concave, lateral ones straight ; but from the

nodding of the spike the flowers are reversed. The arms

of the filaments are unequal, the shorter one bearing an

— the longer a perfect anther. Stigma exserted,

ifid. —

__-A hardy perennial. Native of Russia, Hungary, and

Galicia. Flowers from June to September. Introduced

in 1780, by the Chevalier Panzas. Communicated by —

Mr. Joszru Knienr of the exotic nursery, King’s Road,

who is always ready to give his assistance to the promo-—

tion of science. :

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PoLyYGALA AMARA. Bitter MILK-wort.

KKEKE KKK EKER ERE EERE

Class and Order.

DiApDELPHIA OcTANDRIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus: foliolis duobus aleformibus, coloratis.

_ Legumen obcordatumn, biloculare.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Potyeata amara; floribus cristatis racemosis, alis caly-

cinis trinerviis obtusis corolla longioribus, caulibus

erectiusculis (erectis), foliis obtusis, radicalibus obo-

vatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 872. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4.

Re, amara; floribus cristatis racemosis, caulibus

erectiusculis, foliis obtusis; radicalibus obovatis. Sp.

Pl. 987. Jacq. Austr. 5. p. 6. t. 412.

Potyeata Amarella foliis circa radicem sparsis obovatis

magnis. Crantz Austr. 438. :

Poryeata buxi minoris folio. Vaill. Paris. 161. t. 32.

caine vulgaris, foliis circa radicem rotundioribus, flore

ceruleo, sapore admodum amaro. Bauh. Pin. 215.

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The common Polygala is so very variable a plant, and

is found with leaves sometimes so broad and rounded at

the point, that it has been frequently mistaken for our

Present plant, which has been sometimes supposed to be

a mere variety of P. vulgaris. But whatever difficulty

there may be in finding good distinguishing characters,

the taste will at once decide the species, for all the varie-

ties of vulgaris when chewed, are slightly acrid, hardly

hardly any bitterness ; but the leaves of amara when

chewed soon give out an intense bitter, which is very

durable. We suspect therefore that Vamuant’s plant,

always quoted as a synonym of amara, is only a variety of

vulgaris, as he describes the taste to be mucilaginous with

but little stypticity and bitterness. Besides Poryeata

amara is a much smaller plant with larger radical leaves, —

the stems are quite simple and erect, the flowers and seed

vessels smaller. We have specimens of this species from

Austria, which exactly agree in appearance with our

drawing. :

A hardy perennial. Native of Austria in subalpine

regions. Introduced in 1773, by Drs. Prrcarrn and Fo-

THERGILL. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the

Chelsea garden, in June last.

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POLYGALA corDIFOLIA. HEART-LEAVED

MILKWorT.

KEKE KEKE EEE EER KKERERE

Class and Order.

Dispetpu1A OcranpriA.

Generic Character.

Cal, 5-phyllus : foliolis duobus alawformibus, coloratis.

Legumen obcordatum, biloculare.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Potyeata cordifolia; fruticosa, cristata, foliis cruciatis ob-

longo-ovatis mucronatis erectis' glabris internodiis

longioribus margine reflexis, floribus subumbellatis.

Potyeata cordifolia; floribus cristatis, racemo terminali,

caule fruticoso, ramis pubescentibus, foliis cordatis

mucronatis oppositis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 885.

Potyeata cordifolia ; floribus cristatis, foliis cordatis gla-

bris. Thunb. Prodr. 120. 2

Potyeata fruticosa; floribus cristatis subumbellatis, foliis

oppositis cordato-lanceolatis acutis, caule fruticoso.

Berg. Cap. 183.

Potyeata latifolia. Bot. Reg. 645?

‘<_essmeen

-Decr. Shrubby: Branches rounded, pubescent, divided

at the upper part into several short branchlets, terminated

with a few flowers, collected into a sort of umbel. Leaves

Opposite crosswise, oblong-ovate, cordate, mucronate,

erect, with recurved margins, pale green, villous under-

neath. Peduncles erect, with several small concave bractes :

Pedicels shorter than the flower. Calycine outer segments

three, the upper one smallest; the wing-shaped segments

large, shewy, oblique, mucronate, greenish, streaked on

the outside, bright purple within. Carina of one petal

with a white branched pencilled appendix below the point.

Stamens eight. Filaments all united at the base. Style

. curv

curved. Stigma furnished with a glandular, two-lipped

appendix.

Bererus’s accurate description of this plant leaves us

no doubt but that it is his fruticosa, always quoted as a

synonym of cordifolia, otherwise the definitions of Wut1-

DENOW and T'HUNBERG are too imperfect alone to ascertain

the species; and we do not find-any specimen of P. cordi-

folia in the Banksian Herbarium.

It differs from oppositifolia by the erect, not reflexed

leaves, by the flowers being larger and more collected

together. The intensity of colour in this and the related

species varies, especially according to the degree of light

they are exposed to.

A greenhouse shrub. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March to August. Communicated by Mr.

JoserH Knicut, of the exotic nursery.

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PROTEA LEVIS. Smootu Protea.

So oe a ee so

Class and Order.

TerranpriA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

_Petala 4, quorum 3 superne coherentia. <Anthere api-

cibus concavis corolle immerse. Nux supera, undique-

barbata, stylo persistente coronata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Prorea levis; caulibus nanis decumbentibus, foliis elon-

gato linearibus levibus aveniis marginibus (ex desic-

catione ?) recurvis, mvolucro hemispherico : bracteis

obtusis subsericeis, calycibus, (petalis) subuncialibus

muticis. Brown in Lin. Soc. tr. 10. p..91. Roem. et

Sch. 3. p. 352. Poir. Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 4. p. 562.

n. 96. 4 .

Eropenprum longifolium; caule decumbente : foliis 2-3

lineas latis, 5-8 pollices longis, lineari-lanceolatis,

_ acutiusculis, adultis levibus, supra concavis: bracteis

ultimis retusis. Salish. et Knight Proteée. p.46. _

Protea longifolia. Salisb. Parad. Lond. 37. io ie

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Descr. Stem decumbent, smooth. Leaves secund, a

span long, two or three lines broad, acute, pale green,

smooth, flat towards the base, somewhat concave upwards,

margins smooth, not thickened, recurved when dried. In-

volucrum sessile, erect, hemispherical. Bractes very obtuse,

somewhat silky while young, minutely ciliate. Claws of

the petals (calyx Br.) smooth externally with woolly mar-

gins; limb villous. ;

Mr. Brown took up his Protea l/evis from a specimen

in the Banksian Herbarium, collected at the Cape by Mr.

Francis Masson, and by his friendly assistance we are

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enabled to determine our plant to belong to that species.

It was called longifolia by Mr. Sarissury, a name already

occupied by a very different species, of which there are

three varieties figured in the botanist’s repository.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers, in the con-

servatory, in May. Introduced from the mountains of

Lange Kloof, by J. Nevin, Mr. Hisserr’s collector. Upon

the breaking up of this gentleman’s valuable collection

the plant came into the possession of Mr. Kniceur, at whose

nursery, in the King’s Road, our drawing was made several ,

years ago by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps.

RAUWOLFIA TERNIFOLIA. 'THREE-LEAVED

s Ravuwo.rla.

RRR KER EEE REE RR

Class and Order.

PentranpriA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Contorta. Cal. minimus, 5-dentatus, persistens. Cor.

infundibuliformis, tubo cylindrico basi globoso; fauce

esquamata, barbata. Germina 2, comnata basi annulo hy-

pogyno cincta. ‘Styli 2, connati. Stigma subcapitatum.

Drupe due, connate, uniloculares, monosperme.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ravwotria ternifolia ; foliis verticillato-ternis oblongis a-

cuminatis glabris, floribus interpetiolaribus subcorym-

bosis. Kunth Syn. Pl. equinoct. 2. p. 298. Humb.

et. Bonpl. Pl. Aiquin. 3. p. 131.

Ravworria ligustrina ; foliis ternis oblongis acuminatis

glabris, racemo terminali, ramis dichotomis. Herb.

Willd. Roem. et Sch. 4. p. 805.

Ravuwotrta ternifolia is one of the plants collected in

South America by those learned and indefatigable travel-

lers Messrs. Humgoxipt and Bonpranp, and described, but

not figured, in their Plante equinoctiales novi orbis. Our

drawing was taken at the garden of the Horticultural Soci-

ety in July last, from a plant sent to the Society by Mr.

Carry from the Botanic Garden at St. Vincent’s, in the

West Indies.

Being

to be kept in the stove in this country. Be

The outline figures represent,

1. A flower magnified.

2. The corolla laid open ‘to shew the insertion of the stamens and the

bearded faux.

3. The pistil; shewing the glandular body on which the germens or

ovaries are situated, the united styles, and stigma.

INDEX.

bb which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Fifticth

Volume are alphabetically arranged,

| eri.

2417 Acacia diffusa.

2374 Achania mollis. g

_ 2410 Ageratum striettn

2369 Aléc acinaci olia

2491 Alstroemeria pulchra.

2399 Amaryllis cyrtanthoides,

2389 Anagallis latifolia.

2357 Andromeda axillaris, 6.

2364 Ardisia paniculata.

2432 Arum italicum.

2380 Astragalus stipularis.

2383 Azalea pontica var. albiflora,

2406 Banksia latifolia.

2896 Berberis fascicularis.

_ 2381 Boltonia glastifolia.

2382 Brodiwa ixioides.

- Bromelia sylvestris.

2358 Broussonetia papyrifera.

2393 Cactus Opuntia.

2418 Calceolaria mbosa.

2405 scabioszefolia.

2371 Cistus Barrelieri.

2391 Crassula albiflora.

2356 versicolor.

2397 Crinum augustum.

2390 C one anchum nigrum.

hrysum proliferum.

Sice Erigeron bellidifolium.

2423 Erysimum lanceolatum, 8.

2400 Flaveria Col he.

2420 Geranium mee

2377 wallichianum,

2376 Gunnera p aes

2378 Hedychium

2385 Hibiscus militaris,. seme

2360 Hovenia dulcis. od

2425 Hyacinthus amethystinus.

2394 Hyoscyamus niger, 8. annua.

talis. ©

2414 —- orien

2375 Hypericum uralum,

| Pl.

| 2361 Iris furcata.

| 2435 ——~ neglecta.

2409 Itea virginica.

2366 Justicia pedunculata.

2428 Ixora_rosea.

2416 Limonia.parviflora.

2387 Lobelia pyramidalis.

2372 Loasa nitida.

2413 Lupinus microcarpus.

2427 Magnolia acuminata.

2398 Maranta angustifolia.

2373 Nemophila phacelioides.

2407 Nerine pulchella.

2403. Enothera odorata, 8.

2424 — tenella.

2419 Ornithogalum gramineum.

2386 Oxalis lobata.

2415 rosea.

2395 Perilla ocymoides.

2411 Pecans. orangiiolie

2433 Phaylo

2437 Polys a a

2438 —_——- cordifolia.

2434 Prostantheéra lasianthos.

2439 Protea levis.

2422 Pulmonaria mollis.

2430 Pyrus Amelanchier.

2440 Rauwolfia ternifolia.

2368 Ribes multiflorum.

2436 Salvia nutans.

2404 Schizanthus pinnatus.

2379 Schizopetalon Walkeri.

2408 Scilla amenula.

2370 Sedum spurium.

2359 Spigelia anthelmintica.

2426 Spirea bella.

{| 2401 Stapelia barbata.

2363 Statice egyptiaca.

2362 Tetragonia expansa.

2366 Thunbergia og ge

2388 Tulipa suaveolens, 8. latifolia.

2412 Vestia lycioides,

2429 Vitis riparia.

INDEX.

In which the English Names of the Plants contained in the Jj

Volume are alphabetically arranged.

Fr.

2417 Acacia, Awl-leaved. at

2374 Achania,_Lobed-leaved woolly.

2410 Ageratum, Upright.

2369 Aloe, Great Scymitar-leaved.

2421 Alstreemeria, Fair.

2399 Amaryllis, Cyrtanthus-like.

2357 Andromeda, Fine notched-

leaved.

2364 Ardisia, Panicled.

2432 Arum, Italian.

_ 2380 Astragalus, Broad-stipuled.

2383 Azalea, Thompson’s white.

2406 Banksia, Broad-leaved.

2396 Berberry, Fasciculated.

2381 Boltonia, Wood-leaved Bolto-

nia,

2382 Brodiza, Ixia-like.

2371 Cistus, Rosemary-leaved.

2420 Cranes-bill, Long-rooted.

2377 ———~ Wallich’s.

2356 Crassula, Changeable.

2391 ~White-flowered.

2397 Crinum, Stately.

2363 Currant, Long-spiked.

2390 Cynanchum, Black-flowered.

2402 Erigeron, Plantain-leaved.

2431 Erythrina, Cape.

2365 Everlasting, Proliferous.

2400 Flaveria, Broad-leaved.

2378 Garland-Flower, Yellow.’

2423 Hedge-Mustard,Sweet-scented

' Alpine,

2394 Henbane, Annual-black.

_ 2414 —Oriental. *

2385 Hibiseus, Military.

2360 Hovenia, Sweet.

2425 Hyacinth, Amythyst-coloured.

2361 Iris, Forked.

2435 ——Horneman’s,

2393 Indian-Fig, Common dwarf.

2409 Itea, Virginian.

2367 Justicia, Long-stalked Ameri-

can. sts

”

2428 Txora, Rose-coloured.

2416 Limonia, Small-flowered.

2426 Spi

2384 Shi

2387 Lobelia, Branchy. ~ Se

2372 Loasa, Shining-leaved.

2432 Lung-wort, Soft. vane

2413 Lupin, Small-pedded. — be

2427 Magnolia, Blue, or Cucumber.

tree. ma

2398 Maranta, Narrow-leaved. _ 2

2437 Milk-wort, Bitter. ves

2438 —--Heart-leaved.

2373 Nemophila Arkansian.

2407 Nerine, Pale-pink. a

2403 Cinothera, Sweet-scented.

2424 ———-___-Slender-twiggeil. _

2358 Paper-Mulberry-Tree.

2430 Pear, Alpine. 4

2395 Perilla, Balm-leaved.

2392 Pine-Apple, Narrow-lea

Wild.

2411 -Pitcairnia, Long-stamened.

2433 Phaylopsis, Long-leaved.

2389. Pimpernel, Broad-leaved

2434 Prostanthera, Villous-flo

2439 Protea, Smooth. oe

2440 ee Three-leaved.

2436 Sage, Nodding. — Z

2404 Schizanthus, Wing-leaved.

2379 Schizopetalon, Walker's.

2370 Sedum, Bastard. “4

2418 Slipper-Wort, Corymbose,

2405. —__-——~--Scabious-

bad

pindle-tree, Broad-leav

2362 Spinach, New-Zealand.

2401 Stapelia, Bearded. —

2375 St.John’sWort, Myrtlete

2419 Star-of-Bethlem, Grass-

2408 Squill, Few-flowered. .

2363 Thrift, Egyptian,

2366 Thunbergia, Blue-flower

2388 Tulip,.Claramond,

2412 Vestia, Box-thorn-like,

2429 Vine, Sweet-scented. —

2359 Worm-grass, Annual.

2386 Wood-sorrel, Lobed-!

2415 ——+ ——--Crimson.