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CURTIS’S

BOTANICAL MAGAZINE;

Flower Garden Displayed:

In which the most Ornamental Forrren Pants cultivated in the Open Ground,

the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented and coloured.

To which are added,

THEIR NAMES, CLASS, ORDER, GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERS,

ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF LINNZEUS;

Their Places of Growth, Times of Flowering, and most upproved

Methods of Culture.

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By Sir WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K. H.

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AveustT |], 1842.

( 3880 )

CyrrTocuiLum macutatum. Sporrep Cyr-

TOCHILUM.

Class and Order.

GynaAnpriA Monanpr,ia.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipvez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala \ateralia patula libera. Labellum planum, ob-

longum, sepius unguiculatum, integrum vel margine den-

tatum, apice angustatum, basi tuberculatum villosum aut

pluries lamellatum. Lindl. Sert. Orchid.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cyrrocuitum maculatum; pseudo-bulbis ovatis compressis

subangulatis diphyllis basi foliosis, foliis late ligulatis

acuminatis striatis apice oblique emarginatis, scapo

ramoso, bracteis brevissimis squameformibus, sepalis

petalisque carnosis obovato-lanceolatis acutissimis, la-

bello membranaceo oblongo apiculato utrinque den-

tato lamellis duabus ad basin et corniculo utrinque,

alis columne falcatis integerrimis. Lindl.

Cyrrocuitum maculatum. Lindl. in Miscell. n. 39.April.

Sert. Orchid. t. 25. Bot. Reg. 1838. t. 44.

(G.) foliis angustioribus, labello ad_basin 4-lamellato, cor-

niculis nullis. Hook. supra tab. 3836.

Having already given a description, in our Table above

quoted, of a variety of this species of CyrrocHiLuM, We —

scarcely need dwell upon the structure and markings of —

this the type of the species, characterized by the very —

distinct horn-like processes of the labellum. This differ-

ence in the labellum, with the large panicle and larger

blossoms, at first led to an opinion that the two might be

specifically —

VOL. XV. B

specifically distinct. The specimen was derived from the

same source as our var, 8, namely, from the Woburn Gar-

dens, to which the plants were sent by Mr. Parkinson. It

is really a splendid species.

Fig. 1. Column and Lip :—magnified.

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( 3881 )

GoLDFUSSIA GLOMERATA. CLUSTERED

GoLDFUSSIA.

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Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—AcanTHACES. )

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus, subequalis. Corolla infundibuliformis,

limbo 5-fido, obtuso, equali. Stamina inclusa, didynama,

humiliora spe brevissima reflexa. Anthere mutantes ;

locelli in connectivo uncinato glanduloso obliqui, ovati,

membranacei. Stigma simplex, subulatum, altero latere

crenatum. Capsula sexangularis, bivalvis, a dissepimento

solubilis, loculis infernis dispermis. Semina discoidea, reti-

naculis subtensa.—InFLoREscENTIA: flores paucz in capitulo,

bibracteolati, bracteis deciduis ; rarius spicati, spica post de-

lapsas bracteas magis elongatt. Capitula pedunculata, pe-

dunculo simplici vel diviso. Frutices, foliis penninerviis

curvinerviis, nervis omnibus apicem patentibus, nec vero

attingentibus. Nees.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Goxprussia glomerata ; foliis ovato-subrotundis cuspidatis

basi obtusis inequalibus inaqualiter grosse dentato-

crenatis multiplinerviis spicisque axillaribus oppositis

solitariis globosis brevissime pedunculatis hirsutis,

bracteis lanceolatis integerrimis interioribus capitu-

lum superantibus, caule fruticuloso hirsuto. Nees.

Goxpruss1a glomerata. Nees von Esenbeck, in Wall. Plant.

As. Rar. 3. 87. Botanist, 155.

This ornamental plant flowered in the stove of the

Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in autumn, 1840. It is a

native of the mountains of Sylhet.

Descr.

Descr. Shrub erect. Specimen described two feet high,

branched ; branches spreading, round, swollen at the joints ;

bark pale brown, slightly warted; twigs zigzag, green,

glandulose, pubescent ; hairs unequal, spreading, or sub-

reflexed. Leaves petioled, spreading, sharply and un-

equally serrated, dark green above, pale below, hairy on

both sides, the hairs on the upper side springing from

tubercles ; wide, those which are opposite very unequal to

each other ; the larger (three and a half to four and a half

inches long, one and three quarters to two and a half inches

broad) ovate, acuminate, very unequal at the base, rib

slightly excentric, veins oblique with small transverse reti-

culations, vezns prominent on the lower surface; the smaller

leaves similar in structure and on the surface, but many

times smaller, transversely subrotundo-kidney-shaped ; pet?-

oles short, stout, compressed dorsally, covered with pubes-

cence similar to that on the twigs, which they encircle at

their origin. Inflorescence tufted, axillary, bracteated :

bracts lanceolate, serrated, erect. Calyx 5-partite, seg-

ments resembling the bracts, and like them covered with

harsh pubescence. Corolla (nearly two inches long, an

inch and a quarter across when expanded) funnel-shaped;

finely glanduloso-pubescent on the outside, wrinkled but

glabrous within, and on the lower side in the throat having

two rows of short, ragged tubercles ; tube curved, subcy-

lindrical and colourless in its lower, dilated and lilac in its

upper part, ventricose below, somewhat flattened above;

limb five-lobed, the lobes emarginate, spreading, the lowest

the longest. Stamens didynamous, included, laid along the

lower side of the corolla. Style laid between the two rows

of tubercles on the corolla, rather longer than the stamens,

bifid, one of the segments very short. Graham.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Bractea. 2, Corolla laid open. 3. Pistil :—magnified.

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CALLISTACHYS LINEARIS. RED-FLOWERED

CALLISTACHYS.

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Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Lereuminos4. )

Generic Character.

Calyx bilabiatus, labio sup. bifido, infer. tripartito. Cor.

vexillo erecto et petalis carinz demissis inter se equalibus

longiore. Stam. disco inserta! Stylus incurvus. Stegma

simplex acutum. Legumen stipitatum lignosum apice de-

hiscens, junius multiloculare septulis transversis demum

evanidis, polyspermum.—Frutices Australasict. Folia ver-

ticillata aut sparsa, integra, subtus sericea. Racemi termi-

nales, conferti. Calyces et fructus villosissimi. Flores

lutet. De Cand.

Specifie Character and Synonyms.

Cauustacuys linearis; foliis elongatis linearibus mucro-

natis reticulatis margine revolutis, racemis laxiusculis

terminalibus. Benth.

Caxurstacnys linearis. Benth. in Hugel, Enum. Plant. Nov.

Holl. p. 27.

Canuistacuys sordida. Graham MSS.

This species is interesting as presenting an unusual co-

lour in the Genus, but its blossoms greatly disappointed the

expectations raised by the name, “ Crimson Callistachys,”

under which it had been received at the garden of the

Caledonian Horticultural Society. It flowered there in

October, 1840, and has no pretensions to beauty. It was

received both at the establishment mentioned, and at the

Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mr. Low of ia

1839, and was raised by him from seeds received from Mr.

Drummonp at Swan River * settlement, Australia.

Descr. Shrub erect; branches long and slender, gla-

brous, excepting towards the extremities, where there are a

few appressed hairs. Leaves (four to six inches long) scat-

tered, ovato-linear, the lowest by much the broadest, en-

tire and revolute in the sides, glabrous above, with ap-

pressed somewhat silky hairs below, having a strong middle

rib channelled in front, and numerous oblique veins. Petz-

oles short, round. Stipules subulate, erect, persisting.

Racemes solitary, terminal : rachis slightly hairy, somewhat

angled, and like the branches thickly covered with small,

dark green spots. Flowers numerous, pedicellate ; pedicels

solitary, scattered, short, spreading, silky, rising from the

axil of an obovato-acuminate, caducous bract. Calyx nearly

thrice as long as the pedicel, silky, bilabiate ; ips nearly

equal in length, the upper having two blunt, short, slightly

divaricated teeth, the lower cut to its base, with three

ovato-acuminate, inflected segments. Corolla about one-

third longer than the calyx, of a dirty purple colour; vexdl-

lum subrotund, auricled at the base, without any callosity ;

claw greenish-yellow ; ale rather shorter than the vexillum,

and of darker colour, falcato-oblong, with an incurved

auricle as long as the claw on the upper edge, and a short,

straight tooth, farther from the claw on the lower ; keel

equal in length to the ale, blunt, its petals cohering only

in the middle, its claws distinct. Stamens included, some-

what unequal, nearly as long as the keel, free, glabrous ;

Jilaments colourless ; anthers yellow ; pollen pale. Pistil as

long as the stamens ; stigma terminal, minute ; style subu-

late, glabrous; germen silky, stipitate, surrounded by a

callous ring, into which the calyx and corolla are inserted,

unilocular in every stage examined. Graham.

* It was first found by Mr. Fraser in the Swan River colony, and sub-

sequently by Mr. CoLiz, at Freemantle.—Ep.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx with Stamens and Pistil. 3. Pistil: mag-

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STYLIDIUM CILIATUM. CILIATED-LEAVED

STYLIDIUM.

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Class and Order.

GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Srty.ipiez. )

Generic Character.

Calycis limbus bilabiatus. Cor. irregularis 5-fida, laci-

nia quinta (labello) dissimili minore sepius deflexa, reli-

quis patentibus interdum geminatim coherentibus, Co-

lumna genitalium reclinata duplici flexura. Anthere bi-

lobe lobis divaricatissimis. Stigma obtusum indivisum,-

Capsula bilocularis septo superne interdum incompleto.—

Herbe aut suffruticult. Folia aut radicalia rosulata aut

secus caulem sparsa, interdum basi attenuata. Pili sepius

apice glandulosi. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Sryuipium ciliatum ; foliis linearibus ciliatis apice piliferis,

scapo floribusque pilis luteis glandulosis vestitis, rachi

villosissimo, panicula pyramidata. Lindl.

Sryuivium ciliatum. Lindl. in Swan River Bot. p. xxviit.

: Sryzipium setigerum. De Cand. Prodr. v.71. App. p. 782.

In Professor Linptey’s valuable “ Sketch of the Botany

of the Swan River Colony,” he states that “ of the singular

Order Styxip1eH (chiefly composed of the present Genus, )

the Swan River colony produces a greater proportion than

any other settlement, he himself possessing not less than

forty of its well-marked species; while Baron Hucen de-

scribes others with which he is unacquainted ; and by far

the larger part of these he considers well worthy of cul-

tivation.” Our own Herbarium, so rich in this family, will

amply

amply confirm this statement of Dr. Linpiry. One of the

species he describes is now in cultivation by Mr. Lowe of

Clapton, and to him we are indebted for the beautiful spe-

cimen here figured. It is extremely different, especially in

the colour of its flowers, from any species yet introduced to

our greenhouses.

Descr. Root fibrous, but we presume, perennial. Leaves

almost all springing from the top of the root, rosulate, very

densely imbricated, the lower ones spreading on the ground,

the inner ones nearly erect, all of them linear, compressed,

ciliated, and tipped with a hair-like point. Scape with a

few small, scattered, nearly appressed leaves, everywhere,

as well as the pedicels, calyx, and outside of the corolla,

clothed with long, spreading hairs, tipped with a brown,

viscid gland. Panicle many-flowered. Ovary oblong.

Calyx-segments of the same shape. Corolla and column

yellow, exhibiting the usual structure of the Genus.

Fig. 1. Side view, and fig. 2, front view of a Flower: magnified.

388A

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( 3884 )

PENTSTEMON CAMPANULATUS. BELL-

FLOWERED PENTSTEMON.

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Class and Order.

DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—ScropuHuraRinE&. )

Generic Character.

Cal. pentaphyllus aut 5-partitus, bractea solitaria dis-

tante. Cor. ventricosa, bilabiata. Stamina didynama, ru-

dimento quinti filiformi sepius barbato. dntheré sejuncte

sepius glabre. Caps. ovata, bilocularis, bivalvis, poly-

sperma. Semina angulata. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Pentstemon campanulatus; glaber, caule herbaceo, foliis e

lata basi lanceolatis acuminatis serratis sessilibus sum-

mis ovatis, pedunculis bracteatis bifloris racemosis seu

fere paniculatis, floribus subsecundis, calycibus serra-

tis, corolle fauce hirsuta, filamento sterili apice cla-

vato hirsuto longitudine staminum.

PentstEMon campanulatus. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 228.

Cuetone campanulata. Cav. Ic, v. 1. t. 29. Andr. Bot.

Rep. t. 49. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 813.

(8.) angustifolia; foliis angustioribus.

Cuetone angustifolia. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. Am.

C173. |

Sent from Mexico to the rich collection at Woburn,

whence the specimen here figured was communicated by

Mr. Forses in the autumn of 1839. The plant is not of

recent introduction to our gardens, for it was figured by

Anprews in an early part of his Repository, though that

plate represents a very narrow-leaved variety. It is with

that variety that Dr. Linptey’s Pentstemon pulchellus fa

eg.

Reg. t. 1138) has the greatest affinity. It is a very orna-

mental species, but, probably, rather tender. At Woburn

it is, we believe, cultivated in the greenhouse.

Descr. Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, rounded,

glabrous. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, broad at the

base, much acuminated and strongly serrated from the base

to the very apex; gradually, towards the upper part of the

stem, the leaves become smaller, and, in proportion, broad-

er, till at length they constitute ovate bracteas. From the

axils of these leaves the bracteated peduncles arise, each

generally with two branches, and two rather large, hand-

some flowers, which are subsecund. Thus the inflorescence

may be called a compound raceme, or a narrow panicle.

Calyx of five serrated segments. Corolla rose-purple, pale

beneath, narrow at the base, the rest of the tube campanu-

late, inflated below, the limb spreading, of five roundish

lobes: the faux hairy. Sterile filament equal in length

with the fertile ones, clubbed at the apex and hairy ; all

of them included.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Stamens and sterile Filament: magnified.

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( 3885 )

Epipgnprum GranAmi. Dr. GRAHAM'S

EPpIDENDRUM.

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Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcnibDE. )

Generic Character.

Sepala patentia subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia v.

angustiora rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum

cum marginibus column omnino vel parte connatum ;

limbo integro y. diviso; disco sepius calloso, costato v.

tuberculato ; nune in calear productum ovario accretum et

euniculum formans. Columna elongata; clinandrio mar-

ginato sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis.

Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe

(Americane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudo-bul-

boso, nune elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime

venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi

vel paniculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

Epienprum (Excycuum) Grahami ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis

diphyllis, scapo terminali, racemo plurifloro, perian-

thio patente, sepalis lato-linearibus, petalis spathulatis, —_ c

labello trilobo basi longe bilamellato, laciniis latera-

libus ovatis acutis, intermedia rotundata crispata, co-

lumna apice utrinque dente obtuso, anthera profunde

sulcata.

For this very pretty species of EprpenpRuM, belonging to

the group Encycuium, I am indebted to Dr. Granam, who

sent me the specimen here figured in the autumn of 1840.

I cannot find any described species with which it cor-

responds.

responds. It was received at the Edinburgh Botanic Gar-

den from Mexico, and well deserves a place in every col-

lection of Orchideous Epiphytes.

Descr. The pseudo-bulbs are ovate, nearly smooth, pale

sreen, about the size of a pigeon’s egg, bearing two, broad-

ly-linear or almost ligulate, somewhat obtuse and coriace-

ous leaves. Scape a foot and a half high, about as thick as

a crow’s quill, bracteated, bearing from eight to ten rather

large flowers in a lax raceme. Perianth much spreading,

yellowish-green, tinged with brown ; sepals nearly equal,

broadly-linear, rather acute. Petals equal to them in

length, spathulate. Lip deeply three-lobed, with two long

white, prominent lamelle at the base, the side lobes yellow,

ovate, acute, vertical, or almost convolute, so as to embrace

the column, the middle one very large, nearly orbicular,

waved at the margin, white, beautifully streaked with red.

Column semiterete, having, on each side above, an obtuse

tooth. Anther-case with a deep furrow in the middle.

Fig. 1. Column and Anther. 2. Labellum magnified.

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GESNERIA BULBOSA.. BULBOUS-ROOTED

GESNERIA,

KEK EK EK EK EK EEE KER EK

Class and Order.

DipyNnaMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—GesneriAceE2. )

. *

Generic Character.

Calyx ovarii basi adnatus, limbo 5-partito libero. Co-

rolla tubulosa; limbo 5-lobo, lobis nunc in labia duo dis-

positis, nunc subequalibus. Stamina 4 didynama, cum

quinti rudimento. Anthere juniores coherentes. Stylus

filiformis, stigmate capitato aut bilobo. Glandule peri-

gyne 2ad 5. Capsula coriacea, bivalvis, valvis convexis,

placentis 2 parietalibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia,

—Herbe perennes, radice tuberosa, rarius frutices. Caulis

simplex aut opposite ramosus. Folia opposita aut verticil-

lata, dentata. Pedunculi simplices uniflori, aut ramosi mul-

tiflori, axillares aut in thyrsum racemumve terminalem dis-

positt.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Gesnerta bulbosa ; pubescenti-villosa, caule erecto tereti,

foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis ovato-ellipticis basi

cordatis serrato-crenatis, cymis multifloris ex axillis

foliorum supremorum in thyrsum terminalem amplum

dispositis corolla vix brevioribus, calycis lobis latis

brevibus, corolla cylindracee basi 5-gibbose labio

superiore longe productiore.

Gesneria bulbosa. Gavwl. in Bot. Reg. t. 343 (not Hook. in

Bot. Mag. t. 3041.) De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 529.

We figured at t. 3041 of the Botanical Magazine, under

the name of GesneriA bulbosa, a species closely resem-

bling it in most of the important characters, but which has

since

VOL. XV. c

since been distinguished under the name of G. Suttonz,

chiefly on account of its one-flowered peduncles. We now

represent the true G. bulbosa, with many-flowered cymes,

from a specimen received from Joun Attcarp, Esq., who

imported it from Brazil, and in whose stove it flowered

magnificently in October, 1840.

Descr. Tuber large, rounded. Stem erect, herbaceous,

simple, about two feet high, downy. Leaves opposite,

on short petioles, large, broadly ovato-cordate, crenately

toothed, thick and downy on both sides. Panicle ter-

minal, ample, crowded, consisting of a considerable number

of opposite cymes, each cyme bearing on a short, common

peduncle, six to ten or more splendidly-coloured, scarlet

flowers. Bracteas small, nearly cordate, entire. Calyx five-

cleft, the segments broad and rather short, and covered

with a red, glandular tomentum. Corolla three inches

long, rich scarlet, tubular, enlarged upward, contracted

just above the base, the very base inflated with five lobes

or protuberances, the whole corolla covered with a fine

down. Stamens inserted in the base of the tube ; filaments

arched upwards and meeting ; anthers slightly cohering in

the form of across. Germen nearly half free ; the lower

half imbedded in the tube of the calyx, downy and red.

Glands two, yellow. Style downy. Stigma broad, obtuse,

very slightly two-lobed.

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( 3887 )

TuLIPA TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED

TULIP.

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Class and Order.

HexanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Li4cez. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium inferum, campanulatum, hexaphyllum.

Stylus nullus. Semina plana.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Tutra tricolor; bulbo solitario, caule unifloro subdiphyllo,

foliis oblongo-linearibus, petalis acutis, Interioribus

latioribus basi ciliatis, filamentis supra basin barbatis

alternis longioribus pistillo parum brevioribus, cap-

sula triquetra, mucronata. Ledebour.

Tura tricolor. Ledeb. Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. Alt. Ilust. t. 135.

Ibid. Fl. Altaica, 2. 33. Graham, in Edin. New Phil.

Journ. January, 1836.

Tuxipa patens. Agardh, in Schult. Syst. Veget. 7. part. 1.

p. 384.

This species has, during several years, flowered in April

in the interesting collection of bulbous-rooted plants at

Carlowrie, the seat of Davin Fatconer, Esq., who has been

long remarkable for the success with which he cultivates,

and the liberality with which he distributes, many hardy

plants of great beauty and interest.

Lepezour notices the near relationship of the present

plant to Turrea biflora, and, I confess that, had it not been

for his authority, the native individuals which I have re-

ceived from himself and from Dr. Fiscuer, with the culti-

vated specimens of Mr. Fatconer, and the native ones <

Ot tll

T. biflora which 1 owe to Dr. Fiscuer, and those grown in

the Botanic Garden here, might have left me in doubt

whether they should be considered more than varieties.

Among my own specimens, the distinction seems to rest

chiefly on all the parts of the flower in Tuxra biflora being

smaller, the petals less pointed, and the outer more nearly

equal to the inner in breadth, and rather longer than they.

I have had no means of judging as to the ripe fruit; the

germen seems alike in the two. Tutrpa tricolor is a native

of dry, stony places on the sides of the Altai mountains.

T. biflora is from Astrachan.

Descr. Bulb ovate, about the size of a filbert, covered

with a brown skin. Stalk glabrous, erect, green, longer

than the leaves. Leaves (five inches and a half long, three

(or more) lines broad) two in the specimen described and in

all the native specimens which I have seen, the upper one

the narrowest, glabrous, glaucous, and slightly channelled

in front, green and somewhat keeled behind, subacute and

callous at the apex. Flowers suberect. Petals lanceolate,

acute ; outer petals narrower and rather shorter, greenish on

the outside, within white, and yellow at the base, every-

where glabrous, striated ; inner petals (an inch and a quarter

long, five lines broad) white, yellow at the base, ciliated at

the claws, everywhere else glabrous, striated with faint,

diverging lines, the middle rib being green. Stamens alter-

nately longer, all about half as long as the petals, yellow;

filament subulate, flattened, broadest above the base, and

there hairy on the outside, narrower and nearly colourless

below ; anthers oblong, erect, nearly equal in length to the

shorter filaments ; pollen yellow, granules oblong. Pistil

scarcely exceeding in length the shorter filaments, three-

sided, pyramidal ; stigma of three obscure lobes. Ovules

numerous, imbricated. Graham.

Fig. 1. Sepal. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil: magnified.

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BIGNONIA SPECIOSA. SHOWY-FLOWERED

BIGNONIA.

KEKE KER EEEEEEERERES

Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Bienontscez. )

Generic Character.

Cal. campanulatus, integerrimus, repandus vel subden-

tatus. Cor. campanulata, limbo bilabiato, 5-lobo. Fila-

mentum 5 sterile. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula silique-

formis, bilocularis, dissepimento valvis parallelo. Semina

transversa, biseriata, membranaceo-alata.

Specific Character.

BienontA speciosa ; foliis binatis cirrhiferis foliolis obovato-

oblongis lucidis, pedunculis terminalibus bifloris, sta-

minibus pistillisque inclusis.

This is a very ornamental species, when trained along

the roof ofa stove. A plant was received at the garden of

the Caledonian Horticultural Society from Woburn Abbey

in November, 1839, and flowered in April and May, 1841.

It had been imported under the name here adopted from

Mr. Tweepie at Buenos Ayres, having been found by him

in Uraguay.

Descr. Stem long, straggling, woody, climbing. Leaves

petiolate; petioles (four lines and a half long) opposite,

spreading wide, bearing at the apex two leaflets, and hay-

ing a long, simple cirrhus between these ; leaflets (about —

three inches long, an inch and a half broad) undulate, ellip-

tical, glabrous, shining, bright green, reticulate, on two —

slightly unequal, partial petioles, less than half the length —

of the general petioles, midrib_prominent behind ; petzole,

cirrhus,

cirrhus, and one of the leaflets occasionally wanting, when

the other leaflet is attached to the branch by its partial

petiole only ; leaves when very young, as well as the young

branches, the general and partial petioles, covered with

short, soft pubescence. Stipules several, lanceolate, slightly

coloured, scattered upon the common petiole, caducous.

Flowers large and handsome, geminate, terminal, erect,

pedicelled, the one expanding rather before the other.

Peduncles (one inch long) erect, parallel. Calyx campa-

nulate, green, glabrous, with six (five ?) shallow sinuosities,

alternating with an equal number of long, subulate or fila-

mentous teeth. Corolla (nearly three inches long, and two

across when fully expanded) covered within and without

with short pubescence; éube compressed dorsally, having

three longitudinal plaits below, yellowish on the outside, of

brighter yellow within, and streaked with lilac ; limb bila-

biate, two-thirds lobed, lilac, paler on the outside, and

having darker veins within, obes blunt, undulate, the upper

reflected, the lower longer reflected towards the apex, the

two outer of the three repand. Stamens colourless and gla-

brous, the outer reaching to about the middle of the tube,

the two others more than half as long, forming two arches

by the approximation of the anthers, the lobes of which are

divaricated; pollen pale yellow, abortive stamen more than

a third of the length of the shortest pair, subulate and

waved. Pirstil rather longer than the longest stamens ;

stigma bilamellate, the lamellae subequal, crenulate, and

slowly excitable by being touched ; germen pale yellow,

slightly furrowed on two sides, minutely warted, every

other part of the pistil glabrous, bilocular ; dissepiment in-

serted opposite to the furrows. Ovules numerous, Graham.

Fig.1. Stamens. 2, Calyx and Pistil. 3. Ovary :—magnified.

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PERNETTIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. NARROW-LEAVED

PERNETTIA.

KKK KEE EEE EEE EE EEE

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Enricine#. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla hypogyna, ovata, limbo 5-fido.

Stamina 10, ime corolle inserta, inclusa. Filamenta sub-

ulata. Anthere dorso mutice, apice bifida, lobis biaris-

tatis. Sguamule hypogyne 10, basi connate. Ovartum

5-loculare, loculis multiovulatis. Stylus simplex. Stigma

obtusum. Bacca globosa, 5-locularis, placentis angulo

centrali adnatis. Semina plurima, testa crassa.—Frutices

parvi sempervirentes. Folia alterna serrata. Flores nu-

tantes, precipue albi. Endl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Pernertia angustifolia; erecta ramosa, ramulis minutis-

sime puberulis angulatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, mu-

cronato-acuminatis remote serratis glabris 1-nerviis,

pedicellis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio dimidio

brevioribus glabriusculis nudis, basi ima tantum brac-

teolatis. Lindley.

Pernerria angustifolia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Ann. 1840.

t. 63.

We received this plant at the Botanic Garden Edinburgh,

from Mr. Cameron of the Botanic Garden at Birmingham,

who has a greater number of the species of this Genus than

would be found in any other collection, were it not for the

liberality of the establishment which he superintends. It

has repeatedly flowered freely with us without any a

cular

cular treatment, and is believed to be a native of Valdivia,

introduced, probably, by Mr. Cumine.

Descr. Shrub erect, branched, glabrous; twigs red.

Leaves scattered, narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, spreading,

and arched backwards, dark green above, paler below, per-

sisting, coriaceous, distantly tooth-serrated along the whole

of the edge which is callous, midrib conspicuous behind on

account of its subdiaphanous appearance there, but obscure

in front, lateral veins very obscure. Pedicels axillary, soli-

tary, single-flowered, collected and often crowded towards

the extremities of the shoots, about half as long as the

lower leaves, longer than the diminished upper leaves,

white, glabrous, cased at their origin by several adpressed,

imbricated, oval scales. Flowers cernuous. Calyx per-

sisting, white, glabrous, 5-partite, tumid at the base, seg-

ments of the lamb ovate, adpressed. Corolla white, sub-

orbicular, about three times as long as the calyx, its limb

consisting of five, ovate, reflected teeth. Stamens half as

long as the corolla, from the base of which they arise, alter-

nately longer, the shortest about as long as the calyx ; fila-

ments white, dilated into a circular base; anthers brown,

opening by two pores, each of which has two short, erect,

awns, from its outer edge. Hypogynous gland green, ten-

lobed. Pistil scarcely longer than the stamens ; germen

green, subglobular, obscurely lobed, five-locular; style

stout, erect; stagma blunt. Graham.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and Germen. 3, Stamen:—magnified.

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ONCIDIUM MONOCERAS. ONE-HORNED

ONCIDIUM.

KEKE EEE EERE EERE REE EK

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuineEz. )

Generic Character.

Labellum explanatum, lobatum, basi tuberculatum. Pe-

tala patentia (2 antica nune connata). Columna alata.

Masse pollinis 2, postice biloba ; medio affixe processu

communi stigmatis. Br.

Specific Name and Character.

Oncipium monoceras ; pseudo-bulbo oblongo compresso

suleato uni-bifolio, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceis

nitidis, floribus paniculatis, sepalis (viridibus) lanceo-

latis inferioribus coadunatis, petalis obovato-spathu-

latis, labello trilobo disco cornu elongato sursum cur-

vato, columna gracili elongata aptera.

This is one of the many species of small-flowered Oncipra

which, at first sight, seem to have little that is beautiful or |

singular to recommend them; but which, when carefully ex- _

amined, will be found to possess a very remarkable structure —

in the flowers. The present exhibits on the upper side of

the disk of the labellum a solitary horn, curved upwards,

and almost as long as the lip itself. It was sent by Mr.

Hunt from Rio Janeiro to His Grace the Duke of Beprorp, _

in September, 1839, and it flowered in great perfection in-

January of the following year, when the specimen here

figured was sent tous by Mr. Forzes. This is not, indeed,

the only specimen we are acquainted with furnished with

this horn-like process from the lip: we possess the drawing

of another species, which flowered at Glasgow in the autumn

of last year, sent from the Organ Mountains by Mr. Garp-

nER, which has a horn very similar to this: but it is in other

respects very different, especially in the presence of two

blunt, horn-shaped processes on the column.

Descr. Pseudo-bulb three inches long, oblong, com-

pressed and furrowed. Leaf one, or, probably, more fre-

quently, two, five to six inches long, oblong, lanceolate,

coriaceous, glossy. Peduncle from the base of the pseudo-

bulb, soon branching into a panicle. Flowers small. Se-

pals lanceolate, green, the two lateral, or lower ones, com-

bined almost to the apex : the upper one erect, leaning, as

it were, against the column. Petals narrow obovate, waved,

yellow blotched with rust colour. Lip three-lobed, yellow,

blotched with red in the disk ; the lateral Jobes small, nar-

row, intermediate one narrow at the base, but gradually

widening so as to become transversely rhomboidal, notched

at the apex: at the base of the disk is a sharp, transverse,

elevated ridge, and within a long, subulate, curved horn,

pointing upwards. Column green, slender, elongated, quite

destitute of wing, acute at the point. Anther-case small,

lodged in front a little below the point.

Fig. 1. Posterior view of a Flower. 2. Anterior view of ditto: magnified.

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PuysiIANTHUS AURICOMUS. GOLDEN-HAIRED

PuysiIANTHUs.

SERRE EE EK EK REEE

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Diaynta.

( Nat. Ord.—AscLepIaDE&. )

Generic Character.

Cor. campanulata, tubo inflato-ventricoso, limbo 5-fido

connivente. Columna fructificationis inclusa pentaphylla,

foliolis tubo stamineo insertis, deinde corolle adnatis,

sursum liberis cucullatis. Anthere membrana terminate.

Pollinis masse decem, cereacee, compresso-clavate, in

cruribus retinaculi deflexis pendula. Stigma biapiculatum.

Semina comosa. Martius.

Specific Name and Character.

Puystanruus auricomus; caule volubili piloso, foliis obo-

vatis acuminatis basi cordatis, floribus umbellatis pe-

dunculo petiolis multo longiore, stigmate inappendi-

culato. Graham.

I first saw this handsome climber extending across the

rafters from end to end of a stove in the garden at Hales, ©

near Liverpool, the seat of Biacxsurn, Esq., in Octo-

ber, 1837. It was covered with blossom, each flower re-

maining long in perfection. I could not ascertain from

whence it had been imported, but it is certainly identical

with Garpner’s wild specimens collected in the province of

Ceara, Brazil. A cutting from the Hales plant flowered in

the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in October, 1840; but it

will never be seen in the same perfection as at Hales, unless,

as there, it be planted in a border under glass, not kept in

a pot.

Descr. Stem woody, with milky juice, twining, densely

covered with spreading, harsh, yellow hairs. Leaves (three

to four and a half inches long, two to two and three quar-

ters broad) petioled, obovate, acuminate, cordate at the

greatly

greatly narrowed base, hairy on both sides, the hairs on the

midrib being longer than the rest and like those on the

stem, entire, undulate, rather paler below than above ; pe-

tiole about one-fifth part of the length of the leaf, chan-

nelled above, spreading, very hairy on the back. Peduncles

lateral in reference to the petioles, half as long as, or equal-

ling the length of the leaf, hairy, umbellate ; flowers ex-

panding in succession ; bracts involucrate, ovato-lanceolate,

acuminate, deciduous; pedicels about one-third of the

length of the peduncle, less hairy. Calyx 5-partite ; seg-

ments ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly hairy, conni-

vent, veined. Corolla (an inch and a quarter long, an inch

and a half across) perfumed, white, somewhat fleshy, funnel-

shaped, having a very few erect hairs near the throat, every-

where else glabrous ; tube longer than the calyx, swollen

below, and having five gibbosities alternating with the

segments of the calyx, scarcely angled above, faintly mark-

ed with greenish veins on the outside; limb five-parted,

segments ovate, spreading and reflected. Crown of five

linear-oblong, green, flat, fleshy segments, erect in the

tube of the corolla, to which they are adpressed, in their

lower half adherent by their backs, and alternate with

its gibbosities, shorter than the tube. Stamens mona-

delphous, opposite to the lobes of the crown, and subsessile

upon a fleshy mass on the inside of the base of each of these,

each terminated by an ovate, thin and colourless, membran-

ous appendage, which is spread upon the side of the stigma

alternately with small, dark purple, rhomboid glands, which

are split vertically on the outer side, and have suspended

from them, by short, straight arms, two flattened, elliptical,

yellow pollen-masses, which are lodged in cavities on the

inside of the base of the membranous appendages. Each

starmen has two yellow, cartilaginous spwrs, involute in the

edges, and projecting downwards by the side of the short,

stout, herbaceous filament, into cavities alternating with the

fleshy masses on the inside of the segments of the crown,

from which the stamens arise, so that in each cavity there is

a spur from two adjoining stamens ; and as the glands are

immediately above these spurs, the pollen-masses from each

_ belong to two stamens. Stigma large, white, angled upon

the sides from the indentation of the stamens, rounded on

the top, without any appendages. Styles two, short, erect,

parallel, yellow. Ovules very numerous, slender, attached

to large receptacles from the inside of the germen. Graham.

Fig. 1. Crown. 2, The same laid open. 3, Stamen. 4. Pollen-masses. 5. Pistils:

magnified.

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Sipa (Agutiton) Beprorpiana. Doke or

Beprorp’s Sipa.

KEE EEE EEE EEE EEE KKK EEK

Class and Order.

MonapeEtpuia Poryanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Matvacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice mul-

tifidus. Carpella capsularia 5—30 circa axim verticillata,

plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, mono- aut oligo-

sperma, apice mutica aut aristata. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Sipa (Anuriton) Bedfordiana ; subarborea, ramis teretibus

glabris, foliis profunde cordatis acuminatis serratis gla-

bris longe petiolatis 7-nerviis, pedunculis axillaribus

solitariis vel 2 erectis longitudine foliorum infra caly-

cem articulatis, calyce pulverulento-pubescente brevi-

urceolato basi truncato intruso fere ad medium quin-

quefido laciniis acuminatis reflexis, petalis concavis

erecto-patentibus imbricatis brevi-unguiculatis latis-

sime suborbiculatis pictis, ovariis tomentosis, stylo

multifido, fructibus pubescentibus.

A small tree, about fifteen feet high, discovered in the

Organ Mountains* of Brazil by Mr. Garpner, in May,

1837, and thence sent to his friends and patrons in this

country, among others to the most distinguished and most

munificent of those patrons, His Grace the late Duke of

Beprorp, in whose collection, now inherited by the present

; Duke,

* It is No. 320 of Mr. GARDNER’s Brazilian Collection.

TOL. XV. D

Duke, its large and truly beautiful flowers were expanded

in November, 1840. I have thought it worthy to bear the

name of this illustrious family, and to commemorate thereby

the services rendered to Botanical science by the present

possessors of Woburn, under whose auspices the collection

of plants is maintained with undiminished splendour.

It will be at once seen that this belongs to the ABuTILON

group, or Genus, as it is now almost universally considered,

of Sipa, and that its affinity is with Sma picta, figured

by us in the number of the. Magazine for October, 1840,

(Tab. 3840,) but from which it is abundantly distinct, espe-

cially in the form of the calyx and petals.

Descr. A small tree, with rounded, glabrous branches.

Leaves also glabrous, the older ones of very large size, the

others smaller, all of them deeply cordate, acuminate,

bluntly dentato-serrate, seven-nerved, the principal nerves

united by numerous transverse ones. Peduncles as long as,

or longer than the leaf. Stipules small, subulate, soon

deciduous. Peduncles from the axils of the younger leaves,

and about equal in length with those leaves, solitary, or

more frequently two together, erect, furnished with a joint

(whence the flower often falls before it has ripened fruit),

glabrous. Calyx clothed with minute pulverulent down,

short and broad, urceolate, truncated and even indented at

the base where the peduncle is inserted, contracted at the

mouth ; cut nearly half-way down into five, reflexed, acute

segments. Petals large, handsome, yellow, richly veined

with blood colour, broadly rotundate, concave, erecto-

patent, imbricating with the edges, suddenly contracted

into a short, broad claw, which has a glandular depression.

Stamens about equal in length with the corolla: anthers

numerous. Ovaries densely woolly. Style divided from

below the middle into a number of slender, filiform

branches, each tipped with a capitate, yellow stigma. Fruit

(as in the native specimens gathered by Mr. GARDNER)

large, of many compressed, downy carpels or follicles.

———

Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Ovaries: magnified.

( 3893 )

MARIANTHUS CHRULEO-PUNCTATUS. Brus —

. SPOTTED MARIANTHUS.

KEKE KEE EEE EEE EEE EE

Class and Order.

PentranpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Prrrosporez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx minimus, quinquepartitus, laciniis equalibus. Pe-

tala 5, equalia, spathulata unguibus linearibus basi conni-

ventia, apice campanulato-patentia. Stamina 5, hypogyna,

adscendentia ; anthere ovate, obtuse, basi emarginata in-

serta, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovartum declinatum,

oblongum, compressum, biloculare. Ovula in loculis plu-

rima, biseriata, anatropa. Stylus filiformis subfalcatus, ova-

rio continuus; stigma capitatum. Fructus..... Hugel.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Mariantuus* ceruleo-punctatus ; ramis pubescentibus fili-

formibus longissimis volubilibus, foliis brevi-petiolatis

evanescente villosiusculis inferioribus spathulatis bre-

vissime acutis grosse serrato-dentatis aut pinnatisectis

superioribus oblongis utrinque acutis integerrimis, pe-

dunculis solitariis pubescentibus in apice ramulorum

oppositifoliis corymbosis 7—19 floris, floribus pallide

violaceis, foliolis calycis pilosis, corolla petalis oblongis

acutissimis 3 superioribus medio expallentibus ceruleo-

punctatis, antheris ceruleis. Link, Klotz., et Otto.

Marrantuus ceruleo-punctatus. Link, Klotz. Sch. et Otto,

Icon. PL Rar. Hort. Reg. Bot. Berol. p. 28. t. 12.

Drummond Swan River, Pl. No. 3, in Herb. Hooker.

This very curious and interesting plant flowered in the

stove of Mr. Cunnincuam’s Nursery, Comely Bank, Edin-

burgh, in March, 1841, I believe for the first time in Britain,

and very soon after it flowered in the greenhouse of the

Royal

* Iam unacquainted with the derivation of this word. Probably, how-

ever, it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, on account of the pure whiteness

of the blossoms of the first discovered species.

Royal Botanic Garden. These were weak specimens ; and

neither from them, nor even from the Berlin figure quoted

above, could I have had any idea of the beauty of the spe-

cies. The specimen in Sir Witt1am Hooxer’s Herbarium,

however, from which in part the accompanying figure is

taken, shows how very ornamental the plant will be as soon

as the best mode of cultivating it shall be ascertained. Both

Mr. CunnineHam’s specimen, and those which we possess in

the Botanic Garden, were obtained from Mr. Lowe of

Clapton, who informs me that he raised it in 1839 “ from

seed received from Mr. Witt1am Morison of the Swan

River Settlement, and marked Sottya, or BiLLarpIERA sp.,

from the Darling range of Mountains.” The Clapton

nursery is distinguished by many seedling novelties from

the same settlement.

Descr. Stem slender, woody, branched, twining, having adpressed

pubescence. Leaves (two inches long, half an inch broad) nearly ses-

sile, scattered, spreading, green, paler behind, covered on both sides with

long, subappressed, somewhat deciduous hairs; the upper lanceolato- —

elliptical, entire, the lower spathulate, inciso-serrated; midrib channelled

in front, prominent behind, veins oblique, seen chiefly behind, slightly

reticulated. Stipules none. Peduncles solitary, opposite to the upper

leaf, elongated, erect, umbellato-cymose, many-flowered, slightly covered

with adpressed pubescence ; pedicels rather shorter than the peduncle,

several of them simple, others irregularly divided, erect, slender, swelling

a little at the apex. Bracts placed at the origin of the pedicels, subu-

late, hairy, reflexed, caducous. Flowers erect, irregular. Calyz five-

sepalous, sepals resembling the bracts, imbricated, subequal, linear-sub-

ulate, diverging at the apices, green, covered on the outside with long,

spreading hairs, deciduous. Corolla irregular, lilac, paler on the out-

side, pentapetalous, hypogynous, glabrous, alternating with the sepals,

unequal, the lowest the longest, each striated with three nerves behind,

imbricated ; claws converging into a tube, edges inflated; Jimb spreading,

slightly reflexed, Jamine spathulato-lanceolate, apiculate, four of them

ascending, the whole of the lower half of the two upper, and, generally,

half the breadth of the lower half of the two next sprinkled on the

inside with oblong, dark lilac spots. Stamens five, all fertile, alternate

with the petals, and half as long as them, hypogynous; filaments

nearly colourless, ascending, glabrous, swelling a little in their lower

half; channelled on both sides, the lowest the longest; anthers dark

lilac, bilocular, reflected at the apex, lobes diverging at the base, attach-

ed in the sinus, bursting by two elongated slits, which finally extend

along the front to the base of the lobes ; pollen-granules oblong, of dark

lilac colour. Pistil shorter than the stamens, nearly straight; stigma

minute, of two at length spreading teeth ; style subulate, scarcely as-

cending ; germen green, oblong, glabrous, shorter than the calyx, slightly

furrowed on two sides, bilocular, raised upon a short, tumid footstalk.

Ovules numerous, ovato-kidney-shaped, attached in the sinus by a short

cord to an inconspicuous, central placenta. Graham.

—<——

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Flower with the Petals removed. 3. The same, with the Calyx

removed. 4, Pistil. 5. Fruit. 6. Section of Fruit. 7. Seed :—magnifted.

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( 3894 )

ElypocALYPTUS OBCORDATUS. OpBcORDATE

HiveocALYPTUus.

KKK ERE EEE EE

Class and Order.

DiapELpHiA DEcANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminos#. )

‘Generic Character.

Calyx breviter 5-lobus, basi intrusa. Stamina mona-

delpha. Legumen compressum, lanceolatum.—Frutex gla-

berrimus, foliis trifoliolatis, floribus purpureis.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Hypocatyprus* obcordatus.

Hypocatyrrus obcordatus. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. p.

570. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 135.

Crorararta cordifolia. Linn. Mant. 266.

Spartium sophoroides. Berg. Cap. 198.

An extremely pretty and very desirable Cape plant, of

which, so far as I know, no figure exists in any publication.

Yet it was introduced to our gardens by Masson in 1790,

and requires only the ordinary culture of Cape plants and

the shelter of a greenhouse to induce its flowering, and then

continues some time in perfection. It bloomed in May and

June in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where our figure was

drawn. Exon and Zeyner give it as an inhabitant of

Caxepon, and I possess fine specimens from the Prussian

Botanist,

* So called from ixo, beneath, and xaAurrw, to veil. Named from a

covering to the unopened flower, observable in most of the species so

called by THUNBERG, but which are now referred to Popatyria. The

— does not seem applicable to the only species that remains in the

enus.

Botanist, the late Mr. Munn, who gathered them both in

flower and fruit on rocks near a stream at Kochman’s Kloofs

in October.

Descr. Our plant constitutes a shrub, one or two feet

high, with virgate, angular branches, copiously leafy.

Leaves trifoliolate, coriaceous, glaucous, obcordate, retuse

and mucronate, glabrous, nearly sessile on a short petiole,

penninerved, with a pair of small, membranous, deciduous

stipules at the base ofthe petiole. Flowers terminal, at first

corymbose, crowded, then lengthening into a many-flower-

ed raceme, upon a toothed rachis, on the teeth of which the

hairy pedicels are, as it were, articulated. Each pedicel has

a pair of small, appressed bracteas. Calyx cup-shaped,

singularly truncated and indented (intrusus) at the base

where the pedicel is inserted, cut into five blunt, unequal

teeth at the mouth, hairy. Flowers reddish-purple. Vex-

allum subrotundate, emarginate, with a short claw, reflexed,

its sides bent back; on the lower disk is a large, yellowish-

white four-lobed spot. Ale obovate, spreading in their

lower margins, almost connivent with the upper. Carina

acuminate, the point rising above the margins of the ale.

Stamens monadelphous, with a fissure above. Filaments

free for a considerable way below the oblong anthers, ten.

Ovary linear, containing many ovules, and acuminated into

a long, slender, style, with an obtuse stigma. The pods,

which I have only seen on native specimens, are erect, two

to three inches long, flat, coriaceous, glabrous, obscurely

reticulated, brown, furnished with a thick margin at each

onge: and terminated by the long, persistent, subulate

style,

Fig. 1. Flower, from which the Corolla is removed. 2, The Vexillum.

3.3. The Ale. 4. The Keel. 5. Pistil:—magnified.

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Bossit4#A TENUICAULIS. SLENDER-STEMMED

Bossi@a.

SRK KEE EEE EEE EE

Class and Order.

DiApDELPHIA DecanpRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos2#. )

Generic Character.

Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore majore semibifido ob-

tuso. Stamina omnia connexa. Legumen plano-compres-

sum pedicellatum polyspermum, margine utroque incras-

satum. Semina strophiolata—Frutices Australasict. Rami

sepe compressi. Folia nulla aut simplicia alterna. Flores

flavi, carina sepe purpurea aut fusca. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Bossima * tenuicaulis ; ramis teretibus diffusis filiformibus

foliisque ovatis subacutis rigidis mucronulatis adpresse

pubescentibus. Graham in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. June,

1840.

This plant was raised at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh,

from Van Diemen’s Land seeds, sent by Mr. Cooper, gar-

dener at Wentworth House, in April, 1836, and produced

its rich and lively blossoms for the first time, in the green-

house, in March, 1840. It seems to flower abundantly.

Descr. Shrub procumbent ; branches long, slender, strag-

gling, round, leafy. Leaves subsessile, ovate, subacute,

mucronulate, dark green above, paler below, rigid, denticu-

late and recurved in their edges, having adpressed pubes-

cence

_* So named by VENTENAT in memory of M. BorsstEv-LAMARTIN-

1£RE, who perished with the unfortunate La PEYROUSE, in his voyage

round the world.

cence on both sides, slightly bullate above, middle rib and

reticulated veins prominent below. Stipules filiform, mar-

cescent, reflected. Flowers solitary, axillary, pedunculate,

crowded into pseudo-spikes at the extremities of the

branches. Peduncles rather shorter than the leaves, with

two minute, sub-opposite bracteole above the middle.

Calyx glabrous, keeled along the upper side, bilabiate ; the

upper lip divided into two broad, rounded lobes, each with

a tooth at its outer edge ; lower lip of three small, revolute,

ovate, acute teeth. Corolla (seven lines across) handsome ;

vexillum reflected, slightly revolute in its sides, kidney-

shaped, notched, yellow, behind and in the throat streaked

with red; claw obconical ; ale half as long as the vexillum,

elliptico-obovate, yellow streaked with red, claws very

slender ; keel as long as the ale, boat-shaped, blunt, dark

red, its petals only connected with each other in the middle,

and there slightly, claw slender and colourless. Stamens

monadelphous, included within the keel ; tube slit along its

upper part, pale red ; anthers ovate, yellow ; pollen pale

orange-coloured. Pistil as long as the stamens, stipitate,

glabrous ; germen compressed laterally ; ovules about three.

Graham.

P| 1. Calyx. 2. Vexillum. 3. One of the Ale, 4, Carina:—mag-

nified,

( 3896 )

OXALIs LASIANDRA. DoOWNY-STAMENED

W oop-SorrREL.

SKK KEKE EEE EERE

Class and Order.

DecanpRIA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Oxa.ivEz. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis liberis aut basi coalitis. Petala

5. Stamina 10, filamentis basi breviter monadelphis, 5

ext. alternis brevioribus. Styli 5 apice penicilliformes aut

capitati. Capsula pentagona oblonga aut eylindracea.—

Herbe perennes, caulescentes, stipitate aut acaules, foliis

variis sed nunquam abrupte pinnatis, D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Oxauts lasiandra; foliis omnibus radicalibus dentatis, folio-

lis 7—9 oblongo-spathulatis parce pilosis apice inte-

eerrimis, scapo folia superante umbellato multi- (20-)

floro, sepalis lineari-ellipticis obtusis apice striis qua-

tuor confluentibus, staminibus inequalibus longiori-

bus dentatis stylos divergentes duplo superantibus.

Graham.

This singular species is a native of Mexico, but I do not

know from what part of that territory it was introduced,

though, from its construction, I do not doubt that it is a

native of the table land. It approaches most nearly to

Oxauis decaphylla, or perhaps to O. Hernandesii, if these

two be distinct from each other ; it differs from these, how-

ever, in the entire leaflets, the number and appearance of

the hairs upon their surface, the number of flowers in the

umbel, their colour, the spotting at the apex of the sepals,

and in the unequal stamens. We received it at the Royal

Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from the Garden at Berlin, in

November,

November, 1840, under the MSS. name adopted. Mr.

James M‘Naz tells me it is there cultivated in the open

ground, forming an edging to the walks. With us, it

flowered in the greenhouse, and continued in beauty during

many weeks. At Berlin, in the open air, it was not above

nine inches high, with us more than twice as much.

Descr. Leaves all radical, digitate ; petioles round, red,

pretty densely covered with long, spreading hairs, termi-

nating in an abrupt, somewhat callous apex ; leaflets seven

to nine (three inches long, one broad), springing from

callous bases around the edge of the apex of the petiole,

elliptico-spathulate, quite entire at the apex and edges,

undulate, rather coarsely veined, of dark green, and dis-

tantly sprinkled with long, spreading hairs above, below

paler spotted with crimson and glabrous, except on the

strong middle rib and veins, where there are hairs rather

more numerous but shorter than on the upper surface of

the leaf. Scapes rather larger than the petioles and twice

as tall, paler red or greenish, fistulous only at the base,

tapering towards the apex, having hairs similar to those

on the petioles, but scarcely so numerous, umbellate, many

(about twenty) flowered. Bracts formed into an involucre

of several unequal, diaphanous scales. Flowers large and

handsome, developed in succession, crimson, especially on

the inside, and where the petals overlap each other, the

exposed part of the outer side being paler than the rest.

Sepals linear- elliptical, blunt, green, covered externally

with glandular hairs, and having at the apex four orange-

coloured lines, which coalesce upwards. Petals nearly

thrice as long as the sepals, with very fine, glandular

pubescence on the outside, obovate, entire, attenuated and

greenish at the base, cohering above their insertion. Sta-

mens ten, unequal, the shorter simple and about as long as

the styles, the longer toothed on the outside, covered with

glandular pubescence, and scarcely exceeding the length

of the sepals; anthers yellow, elliptical, attached by the

middle, turned outwards, and bursting longitudinally. Pis-

ail everywhere glabrous and green: germen oblong, of five

lobes ; styles short, stout, furrowed on their inside, divari-

cated from their origin ; stigmas large, warted. Graham.

Fig. 1. Sepal. 2. Stamens, including the Pistil. 3. Portion of the Sta-

mens :—magnvfied.

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( 3897 )

PLEUROTHALLIS PICTA. PAINTED PLEURO-

THALLIS.

SEK KKK KK EK KEE EERE EE EK

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcnibEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala conniventia, subequalia; lateralibus vel omnibus

connatis. Petala minora. JLabellum liberum cum co-

lumna subparallelum, integerrimum, petalis diflorme. Co-

lumna elongata, aptera, libera, cum ovario continua. An-

thera apice membranacea. Pollinia 2, nunc materie pul-

verea ad apicem coherentia.—Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate

repente filiformi. Caules filiformes, monophylli, sepius

vaginati. Flores axillares, solitarw, vel fasciculati, vel ra-

cemosi, herbacei vel fusct. Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

PLEUROTHALLIs picta ; folio oblongo coriaceo caule vaginato

racemoque longiore, spatha diphylla, racemo_pluri-

floro, sepalis reflexis inferiore trilineato extus basi vil-

loso duobus superioribus ultra medium unitis maculatis,

petalis columna longioribus ovato-lanceolatis, labello

_ ovato carnoso velutino-maculato obtuso intus basi pro-

funde canaliculato, clinandrio dentato, anthera ova-

rioque pubescenti-tomentosis.

A very pretty Mexican Epipnyre, allied to our PLevro-

THALLIs peduncularis, (Journ. of Bot. v. 3. Tab. 9,) and to

Dr. Linptey’s P. strupifolia, (Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. n. 3,)

but, as we think, abundantly distinct from both. It was

introduced from Mexico by Mr. Parkinson to the collection

at Woburn, whence Mr. Forges sent the accompanying

flowering specimen in June, 1839.

Descr.

Descr. Stem four or five inches high, covered for nearly

its whole length with a pale brown, striated sheath, and ter-

minated by a solitary leaf, six to eight inches long, oblong,

coriaceous, obtuse. From the base of this leaf and within

a two-leaved, membranaceous, ovato-acuminate spatha,

arises the raceme, or rather spike, of several curious-looking

flowers. The ground colour of the flowers is purplish

cream colour. The sepals nearly equal, narrow-ovate, the

lower one reflexed, with three dark purple streaks, extend-

ing the whole length of the outside (where it is hairy below),

within having three short streaks at the base. Upper sepals

united to above the middle, erecto-patent, externally dark

purple, within spotted with purple tufts of velvety hairs.

Petals small, erect, a little longer than the column, ovate,

each marked with two streaks. Lip longer than the petals,

ovate, obtuse, narrow at the base, with a deep furrow,

densely marked with small, confluent spots. Column cream-

coloured, with purple streaks, winged above. Clinan-

drium toothed. Anther-case deep red, velvety. Column

downy.

Fig. 1. Flower, front view. 2. Back view of ditto. 3. Flower with the

Sepals removed. 4. Column and Lip. 5, Anther-case. 6. Pollen-masses:

—magnified.

( 3898 )

EpipENDRUM CALOCHEILUM. BEAUTIFUL-

LIPPED EPIDENDRUM.

KKK EEE EEE EE EERER EES

Class and Order.

GynaAnpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuE2. )

Generic Character.

Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis aqualia

vel angustiora rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Label-

lum cum marginibus columnz omnino vel parte connatum,

limbo integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato vel

tuberculato ; nunc in calear productum ovario accretum et

cuniculum formans. Columna elongata ; clinandrio mar-

ginato sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa 2—4-locularis.

Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe

(Americane) epiphyte; caule nune apice vel basi pseudo-

bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, raris-

sime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicatt, racemosi, corym-

bosi vel paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

Eprpenprum (Encycuium) calocheilum ; pseudo-bulbis ovato-

oblongis apice diphyllis, foliis ensiformibus obtusis

coriaceis obsolete striatis panicula elata multiflora bre-

vioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongo-spathula-

tis uniformibus patentissimis, labello libero suborbi-

culari profunde trilobo basi carinato, lobis lateralibus

late ovatis intermedio latissimo lineato margine undu-

lato crispato, columna superne hinc ala obtusa.

This is another of the many fine Orchideous plants, for

the possession of which the Woburn Collection is indebted

to the unwearied exertions of Mr. Skinner in Guatemala.

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VOL. XV. E

It was sent by that gentleman in October, 1839, and flow-

ered in the stove in the same month of the following year.

Nothing can well be more beautiful than the colouring and

marking of the upper side of the labellum.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs four to five inches long, between

ovate and oblong, compressed, furrowed, when young,

clothed with membranous, striated scales, terminated by

two sword-shaped, coriaceous, faintly-striated eaves, which

are obtuse at the point. Peduncle or scape from the base

of a young pseudo-bulb, two feet and more long, bearing a

copious, spreading peduncle of many handsome, large-sized

flowers. Sepals and petals uniform, spreading horizontally,

linear-obieng, spathulate, rather acute, the sides bent back;

the colour yellow-green with a dull purple blotch below

the apex. Labellum shorter than the perianth, broadly, and

in its outline almost orbicular, deeply three-lobed, free from

any union with the column, except just at the base: the

two side lobes moderately spreading, yellow veined, the

veins reddish at the base, where there is a deep carina or

fold; the middle lobe large, broad, very obtuse, deep

yellow, singularly waved and crisped at the margin, beau-

tifully marked with, as it were, beaded stripes, dichotomous

and terminating within the margin. Column yellow-green,

speckled with red, above, on each side, having a short,

obtuse wing. Anther-case deep-yellow, somewhat hemi-

spherical, but with a deep, broad furrow down the middle.

Pollen-masses as in the Genus.

Fig. 1. Column. 2. Labellum —magnified,

( 3899 )

SALVIA CONFERTIFLORA; var. 8. THICK-

= FLOWERED SAGE.

KK EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EEE

Class and Order.

DianpriA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Laziarz. )

Generic Character.

Calyx bilabiatus, \abio superiore integro v. 3-dentato, in-

feriori bifido. Corolla bilabiata, labio superiori erecto for-

nicato vel falcato, inferiori patente trifido. Stamina fertilia

2, sub labio superiori ascendentia. Filamenta brevissima,

tubo inclusa. Anthere dimidiate ; connectivo elongato

filiformi incurvo, postice sepius clavato, rarius anthere lo-

culum alterum gerente. Stylus apice bifidus, lobo superi-

ore sepius breviore. Achenia sicca. Benth.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Sanvia confertiflora ; caule fruticoso, ramis rufo-tomentosis,

foliolis petiolatis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis crenatis,

basi cuneatis in petiolum subdecurrentibus supra ru-

gosis adpresse pubescentibus subtus dense tomentosis, —

floralibus, nanis ovatis longe acuminatis reflexis vel

deciduis, racemis elongatis, verticillastris crebris multi-

floris calycibus ovato-tubulosis tomentoso-lanatis, la-

bio superiore integro dentibusque labii inferioris ovatis

acutis, corollis calyce dimidio longioribus extus aureo-

lanatis, tubo exserto ventricoso, labiis abbreviatis,

superiore recto inferiorisque lobo medio integro, con-

nectivis postice breviter productis dilatatis deflexis

longitudinaliter connatis, stylo glabro. Benth.

— Saxvia confertiflora. Pohl, Pl. Brasil. Ic. 2. p. 134. t.

190. Benth. Lab. p. 276. Lindl. Bot. Reg. vol. 25,

t. 29. |

(y.) foliis magis acuminatis, corollis longioribus coccineis.

An extremely beautiful Brazilian Sage, at least the vari-

ety here represented is of that character. Pont, the ori-

ginal discoverer (among shrubs in the Serra d’Kstrella and

in the Padre Correa, Brazil) and describer of this plant,

distinguishes two states of it; the one corollis flavidis, the

kind he figures, and the other corollis rubellis. But the

blossoms of our Satvia are of a much more beautiful colour

than even the latter name would indicate: these corollas

are likewise longer, more protruded from the calyx, and

the leaves are more acuminated than in his figure. It was

discovered in the Organ Mountains of Brazil, and by him

sent to the Glasgow and other Botanic Gardens, where

it has flowered during the autumnal months; and though

able to bear the open border in the summer months, yet

it comes to greater perfection in a warm greenhouse.

Descr. Plant three to four feet high, shrubby, every-

where more or less pubescenti-hirsute. Stem quadrangular,

thickened and reddish at the angles. Lower leaves very

large, six inches and upwards long, all of them ovate, peti-

olate, acuminate, coarsely serrated, wrinkled, beneath to-

mentose and pale. Raceme spiciform, very long, composed

of numerous whorls of rather small and nearly sessile, bright-

red flowers. Calyx deeply tinged with red, densely clothed,

as is the corolla, with velvety hairs or tomentum. Corolla

more than twice as long as the calyx, clavate, shortly two-

lipped, very obtuse ; lips nearly equal, both of them very

concave ; upper one entire, lower cut into three incurved

lobes, of which the middle one is the longest and entire.

Anthers with the clubbed apex of their connectivum con-

joined.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open :—magnified.

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MorMopEs PARDINA. LeEoPpARD-sPOTTED

MormMopeEs.

Class and Order.

GyNANnDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. )

Generic Character.

Sepalum superius fornicatum angustum; lateralia con-

formia reflexa. Petala latiora conformia, erecta. Label-

lum selleforme, ascendens, trilobatum, subcuneatum, api-

culatum, cum columna articulatum. Columna semiteres,

mutica; gynizus longus angustus; clinandrium postice

acuminatum. Pollinia 4, per paria connata, caudicule

crasse affixa, glandule carnose crasse adherenti.—Habitus -

Cataseti. Lindl,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Mormopss pardina ; pseudo-bulbis turbinatis, foliis striatis

4-plo brevioribus ; racemo nutante multifloro foliis bre-

viore, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus ovato-lanceo-

latis acutis conniventibus, labelli trilobi lobis late-

ralibus acutis decurvis intermedio elongato acuminato.

Bateman.

Mormopes pardina. Bateman, Orchid. Mex. et Guatem.

tab. 14. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. v. 24. p. 93. n.

176.

(B.) eo ae floribus concoloribus. (Nobis supra Tab.

3879.)

To the spotted state of this plant, the type indeed of the

Species, we alluded at our Tab. 3879, where the var. uni-

color is described. The present has a much more lively

and showy appearance, the blossoms being everywhere

more or less spotted with deep blood-coloured dots: but

being in other respects similar, it is needless for us to

repeat the description there given. Both were received

from Mr. Forsers, having been reared in the rich collection

at Woburn Abbey.

Fig. 1, Column and Labellum :—magnified.

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TITHONIA OVATA. OVATE-LEAVED

TITHONIA,

KKK KR EEE EEE EEE

Class and Order.

SyNGENESIA SUPERFLUA.

( Nat. Ord.—Composir® SENECIONIDES. )

Generic Character.

Capitulum multifloram heterogamum, fl. radi ligulatis

neutris, disci hermaphr. 5-fidis. Involucrum 2—3 seriale,

squamis ovatis basi intus striatis subcallosis apice foliaceo

appendiculatis obtusis. Receptaculum convexum, paleis

lanceolatis membranaceis achenia plus minus amplectenti-

bus. Corolle disci tubo brevissimo, fauce inflata multi-

nervia. Styli rami subulati hispidi exserti revoluti. Ache-

nia radii obcompressa seu triquetra, pappo brevissimo parco,

disci subtetragona compressa levia, pappo l-seriali squa-

mellis pluribus denticulatis, et in omnibus aut saltem in fl.

centralibus setis 1—2 ex angulis fructus majoribus ortis

coronata.—Herbe annue ex America Aquinoct. Folia

alterna serrata triplinervia. Rami apice pedunculiformes

l-cephali subnudi. Corolle crocee seu flave. DC.

Specific Name and Character.

Tirnonta * ovata ; foliis oppositis ovatis acutis triplinerviis

serratis, pedunculis subcorymbosis, involucri squamis

imbricatis ovatis obtusis glabriusculis, acheniis com-

pressis bialatis facie dorsoque acutangulatis, pappi

paleis 4 alternatim majoribus serratis vel integris.

I am totally at a loss to refer this to its proper Genus,

and have only placed it provisionally in that of _——

* So called from Tithonus, the favourite of Aurora, on account of the

golden colour of its flowers :-—“‘ couleur d’ Aurore,”

it is a strong-growing plant, raised in the open air by Mr.

Guover of Manchester, from seeds imported from Mexico

by his friend Mr. Leeps. It blossoms in the autumn, a

season, when flowers that can give gaiety to our open

borders, are peculiarly acceptable.

Descr. Stem tall, rounded, branched, hairy, the branches

opposite, from the axils of the foliage. Leaves opposite,

sessile, the bases (scarcely a petiole) amplexicaul, ovate,

acute, serrated, triple-nerved, rough to the touch and

wrinkled with numerous, reticulated veins, paler beneath.

Peduncles short, terminal, sometimes solitary, at other

times arranged in a sort of corymb of few capitula. Florets

deep orange-yellow: those of the ray ligulate, female, the

ligule elliptical, nerved, notched at the apex: the tubular

portion slender. Young achenium obovate, compressed,

two winged, and with two angles ; wings and angles termi-

nating in chaffy, lanceolato-acuminate, more or less ser-

rated scales. Palee of the receptacle also clothed with

acuminated, chaffy scales. Florets of the disk perfect. Co-

rollas tubular, five-lobed. Achenia nearly as in the ray,

but with the angles less prominent and less acute. Pappus

nearly the same. Branches of the style spreading, much

longer than the anther tube.

Fig. 1. Floret of the Ray. 2. Ditto of the Disk, with a Scale of the

Receptacle. 3. Scales of the Pappus :—magnijfied.

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STROBILANTHES SESSILIS. SESSILE-FLOWERED

STROBILANTHES.

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Rve viacex. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis herbaceis. Corolla hypogyna,

infundibuliformis, tubo sensim transeunte in limbum cam-

panulatum, quinquefidum, laciniis equalibus v. subequa-

libus, obtusis v. emarginatis. Stamina 4, corolle tubo

inserta, inclusa, didynama; anthere biloculares, loculis pa-

rallelis. Stylus simplex ; stigma subulatum, incurvum, v.

involutum, Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovulatis. Cap-

sula subunguiculata, tetragono-columnaris, bilecularis,

tetrasperma, loculicide bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis v.

dissepimento soluto. Semina discoidea, angulata, retina-

culis uncinatis subtensa.—F rutices v. rarius herbe, in Asia

tropica crescentes ; foliis oppositis ; spicis axillaribus v. ter-

minalibus, plus minus densis; bracteis foltaceis v. foliaceo-

membranaceis, persistentibus v. caducis, bracteolis parvis v.

rarius nullis; floribus majusculis, ceruleis v. albis. Endl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

SrropiLANTHEs * sessilis ; herbacea hirsutissima, caule erecto

quadrangulari, foliis sessilibus ovatis acuminatis crena-

tis, spicis axillaribus oppositis terminalibusque bracteis

ovatis cuspidatis. Nees.

SrropitanrueEs sessilis. Nees von Esen. in Wall. Pl. Asiat.

Rar. 3, 85.—Herb. Wight. n. 1946.

This plant, whose blossoms are very handsome, was raised at the |

Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds sent by Dr. Lusx, from Bom-

bay, in 1833, and flowered in the stove for the first time in October,

1839; but much more freely in April, 1841. I suspect there is a 2

mistake in the opinion, that the species was first discovered in the -

‘southern part of the Peninsula of India. The idea has been suggested

* So called from erpoGsr0s, the cone of a Pine, and asbos, a flower, from

the imbricated bracteas at the base of the flowers resembling a Pine-cone.

by its existing in the Herbarium of Dr. Wicut; but this is not suffi-

cient evidence. I am convinced Dr. Wicur had it in very sparing

quantity, because he most liberally distributed his duplicates; I partook,

through his great kindness, very largely of them; but I have no spe-

cimen of this plant. Further, Nees von EsEnBECcK observes, that Dr.

Wiceut gives no locality for the species; and, lastly, I find it stated in

Graunam’s “ Catalogue of Plants growing in Bombay and its vicinity,”

p. 163, that two supposed new species of the Genus had been sent by

Mr. Law to Dr. Wicut, I think it probable that one of these is our

plant, and therefore, that the neighbourhood of Bombay is the only

part of India where it has yet been observed. I have compared my

plant with Dr. Wicut’s specimens, now in the possession of Dr.

Arwort, and find them to be identical. The specimens are numbered

1946, not 38, as quoted by DE CanDoLLe.

Descr. Perennial. Stems (one foot six inches high) numerous,

herbaceous, simple, erect, four-sided, very hairy ; airs very unequal in

length, spreading, acute. Leaves opposite, decussating, spreading wide,

subsessile, cordato-ovate, subacuminate, crenato-repand, with a little

deflected callosity in each notch, wrinkled, concave above, where the

are darker than below, covered with harsh hairs on both sides, midd

rib and reticulated veins very prominent below, channelled above.

Capitula shortly pedunculate, terminal, or in axils of the upper leaves,

ovate, strobuliform. Bracts resembling diminished leaves, but less

wrinkled, narrower, erect, slightly coloured. Flowers solitary and ses-

sile, in the axils of the bracts, expanding in succession from below

upwards, and several at a time. Calyx rather shorter than the bracts,

five-partite, bilabiately compressed, pale green, hairy; segments lanceo-

late, subequal, the odd one superior, hairs glandular. Corolla funnel-

shaped, rather more than twice as long as the bracts, lilac, closely cover-

ed on the outside with short, glandular pubescence, and within the tube

having many long hairs; tube cylindrical and narrow for about half the

length of the bract, or about one-fifth of its own length, above this in-

flated, this portion being also cylindrical when fully expanded, but previ-

ously compressed dorsally ; mb five-lobed, subspreading, /obes short,

round, or emarginate, subequal, much broader than long, folding irregu-

larly, convolutely imbricated, the odd lobe inferior. Stamens four didy-

namous, included, inserted above the contracted portion of the tube, and

applied along its upper side, the longest about two-thirds of the length

of the corolla, and having their filaments hairy, the shorter half the

length of the free portion of the others, their filaments glabrous, and

connected at the base by a narrow, transverse, erect ridge, in the middle

of which rises a small point, the rudiment of a fifth stamen ; anthers

large, bilocular, approximated in pairs, blunt, /obes parallel, opening along

the front ; pollen abundant, granules oblong. Pistil rather longer than

the longest stamens; style hairy, swollen and geniculate towards the top;

stigma subulate, and having a remarkable ridge along the upper side,

leading to an elongated depression towards the knee of the style, both

the ridge, which seems a free, thin, double membrane, and the depres-

sion being most conspicuous in the unexpanded flower ; germen seated

on an orange-coloured disk, oblong, green, glabrous except at the apex,

where there are some short, glandular hairs, unilocular. Ovules two on

each side of the incomplete dissepiment, ovate, compressed. Graham.

Pig. 1. Calyx including the Pistil. i i

4. Patil, wi at g the Pis' 2. Lower portion of the Corolla laid open. 3, Stamen.

4. Pi ypogynous Gland. 5. Stigma. 6. Ovary and hypo us Gland. 7, Ov

vertically, and 8, transversely laid open, © Drain: < edicts ge

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CHORIZEMA SPECTABILE. SHOWY

CHORIZEMA.

SKK KKK EKER EERE EEE

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminosz. )

Generic Character.

Calyx semi-5-fidus bilabiatus, labio superiore bifido, in-

fer. 3-partito. Corolla carina ventricosa alis breviore. Sty-

lus brevis uncinatus. Stigma obliquum obtusum. Legwmen

ventricosum, l-locul., polyspermum, sessile aut subsessile.—

Suffrutices Australasici. Folia alterna simplicia sinuato-

dentata aut integra. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cuorizema * spectabile; foliis sparsis elliptico-lanceolatis

obovatis vel cuneatis planis integerrimis vel apice re-

tusis mucronatis utrinque adpresse pilosiusculis, race-

mis paucifloris terminalibus axillaribusque, calycis

labio superiore bifido obtuso; stigmate capitato.

Graham. :

Cuorizema spectabile. Lindley in Bot. Reg. Miscel. May,

1841, et Tab. 45. 3

This plant was raised in the nursery garden of Messrs.

James Dickson & Sons, Edinburgh, in 1840, from a ere

ion

* De Tuts derives this word from xapfw to separate; because the fruit is

distinctly separated into two equal parts. IfSMITH’s derivation is correct,

in the ninth volume of the Transactions of the Linnzan Society, (see un-

der our Tab. 8607) the word ought to be Chorozema, with the e short :

but LABILLARDIERE expressly writes it Chorizema; and Sir JaMEs SMITH

himself, in a subsequent publication, gives the preference to DE THEIS’

- derivation, though he thinks it rather alludes to the free or separated sta-

mens, than to the splitting of the fruit. . x

tion of seeds received from New Holland, but it was not

known in what part of the country they were gathered. It

flowered in the greenhouse at that establishment in March

and April, 1841. We learn from Dr. Linptey, above quot-

ed, that the species is a native of the Swan River Colony.

Descr. Sem branched, very slender, twining, wiry,

with a few adpressed hairs. Leaves scattered, spreading,

elliptico-lanceolate, obovate or cuneate, flat, entire in the

edge or retuse at the apex, mucronate, slightly sprinkled

with adpressed hairs on the dark green upper surface, rather

more closely below where the colour is somewhat lighter ;

midrib prominent below, channelled above; petioles short ;

stipules subulate, erect. Racemes few-flowered, terminal

or axillary, pedicels short, springing from the axils of leaves

reduced to the size and appearance of the stipules, which

remain by their sides at the lower flowers, at the upper the

bracteas are shorter and ovate (from their union with the two

stipules ?). Calyx bilabiate, with very few adpressed hairs,

bibracteolate at the base ; lower lip three-partite, segments

lanceolato-ovate ; upper lip bifid, segments blunt, diverging.

Corolla smaller than in CHorozema ovatum; vexillum sub-

rotund, retuse in the centre, orange-coloured, with an ob-

long, yellow spot in the throat, reflected, claw obconical ;

ale darker and more red, about the same length as the

vexillum, spread horizontally, their upper edges overlap-

ping, cultrate, claw linear, tooth short and blunt ; keel pale-

yellow, much shorter than the ale, blunt, its petals coher-

ing only for a little way in the middle. Stamens free, in-

cluded within the keel ; filaments colourless; anthers pale-

yellow. Pistil rather shorter than the stamens; sé¢gma

capitate ; style glabrous ; germen shortly stipitate, silky :

ovules several. Graham.

Fig. 1. Stipules. 2. Flower. from which the Corolla is removed. 3.

Vexillum. 4. One of the Ale. 5. Carina. 6. Ovary. 7. Fruit invested

by the Calyx :—magnified.

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ARCTOSTAPHYLOS NITIDA. SHINING ARCTO-

STAPHYLOS, or BEAR-BERRY.

KKK KEE KEKE KEE EEE EEE ERE

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Enricacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus persistens. Corolla ovato-urceolata,

ore 5-dentato revoluto brevi. Stamina 10 inclusa, filamen-

tis basi subdilatatis sepius piloso-ciliatis, antheris compres-

sis apice biporosis lateraliter biaristatis, aristis reflexis.

Ovarium globoso-depressum squamis 3 carnulosis cinctum.

Stylus brevis. Stigma obtusum. Bacca (seu drupa bac-

cata) globosa, 5-rarius 6—7-imo 10-locularis, loculis 1-sper-

mis !—Suffrutices fruticesve. Folia alterna sepius persis-

tentia, integra aut denticulata. Racemi terminales bracte-

ati. Corolle albe aut rubre. Fructus rubri aut nigri.

DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ArctTostapHytos* nitida; erecta, fruticosa, cortice decidua,

foliis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis acutis argute den-

tatis basi angustatis utrinque ramisque glaberrimis

subtus albo-glaucescentibus, racemis paniculato-ramo-

sis rachi pedicellisque pilosulis.

Arsutus discolor. Hook. Ic. Plant. v. 1. t. 29.

Arcrostapuytos discolor. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7.

This extremely beautiful shrub was raised by J. T.

Mackay, Esq., at the Dublin College Botanic Garden, atte

* From apxro; a bear, and crapvdn, grape or berry:—the same as our

English word Bear-berry. :

VOL. Xy.

seeds sent to him five years ago from Mexico, e regione fri-

gida, and flowering specimens were transmitted to us in

May, 1841. A more desirable plant has not been intro-

duced for a long time to our collections, and we have great

hopes it may prove hardy. Certainly the slight protection

of a frame will defend it from our severest cold.—It was

found at Toluca by Anprieux, and is n. 262 of his collec-

tion.

Descr. A graceful shrub ; with glabrous, erect branches,

clothed with shining, pale brown bark in the older portions,

and there deciduous ; yellow-green tinged with red in the

younger ones. Leaves alternate, on short, reddish petioles,

from four to five inches long, coriaceous, oblong-lanceo-

late, acute at both ends, dark-green above, pale and glau-

cous beneath, the margins closely, though unequally, glan-

duloso-serrate, penninerved, the nerves conspicuous on both

sides. From the apex of a branch, and generally from the

axil of two annotinous shoots, a rather copious compound,

or paniculated, many-flowered raceme arises, the branches

patent, hairy, the flowers secund and pendent. Pedicels

about two lines long, hairy, thickened upwards, the hairs

slender and glandular at the apex. Bracteas subulate, red,

shorter than the pedicels. Calyx of five deep-red, spread-

ing, ovato-acuminate teeth. Corolla almost pure white,

urceolate, pubescenti-hirsute, the limb with five blunt,

spreading teeth. Stamens ten, erect, half the length of the

corolla. Filaments much dilated above the base. Anthers

tawny, each cell opening by a pore at the apex, and at the

back of the pore is a reflexed awn. Germen_ globose,

thickly set with green tubercles, and surrounded by 4

fleshy, obscurely ten-toothed disk. Style thick, longer

than the stamens. Stigma obtuse, green. mere

Fig. 1. Flower with its Pedicel and Bracteas. 2. Corolla laid open to

show the Stamens and Pistil. 3. Single Stamen. 4, Pistil and Disk.

Section of the Ovary :—magnified.

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KReEYSIGIA MULTIFLORA. MANY-FLOWERED

KREYSIGIA.

Se KKK KK RK EEE EERE

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—MeE.antuace2. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium 6-phyllum, petaloideum, patens, quale,

deciduum, foliolis, estivatione involuta, basi utrinque glan-

dulosis. Stamina 6, receptaculo inserta. Anthere postice.

Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis biovulatis. Semina abortione

solitaria.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Kreysiaia* multzflora.

KreysiciA multiflora. Reichenb. Icon. Exot. v. 3. p. 11.

Tab. 229. Don, in Linn. Trans. v. 18. p. 522.

Triptapenta Cunninghamia. Don, in Proceed. of Linn.

Soc. n. 5. p. 46.

A very pretty, half-hardy, herbaceous plant, with the

habit of Srrepropus, a native of the Ilawara district in New

South Wales, where it was discovered by the late Mr.

Arian Cunnincuam, and introduced to the Royal Gardens

of Kew in 1823. It bears its pleasing rose-coloured flowers

in the summer months: they continue in perfection for

some time, and are then succeeded by the somewhat pear-

shaped fruits.

Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect, flexuose. Leaves alter-

nate, distichous, ovato-acuminate, striated, amplexicaul @

the

_ * So named by REICHENBACH, probably in compliment to some

Botanist of the name of KREYSIG.

the base. From the axils principally of the lower leaves

arises the peduncle, bearing an imperfect umbel of from

generally two to three rays, with a small, three-leaved a-

volucre at the base of the rays. Perianth rose-coloured, of

six spreading, oblong, obtuse sepals, white at the base, and

having there on each side, three short, fleshy filaments, each

terminated by a yellow, globose gland. Stamens six, in-

serted on the receptacle, white. Filaments subulate. An-

thers oblong. Germen globose. Style very short. Stig-

mas three, linear. Capsule globoso-pyriform, with three

le angles, three-celled: each cell with one perfect

seed.

Fig. 1. Sepal with its Gland. 2. Stamens and Pistil. 3. Section ofa

Capsule. 4. Capsule :—magnified.

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Ecurnocactus corynopes. MAny-FLow-

ERED EcHINOCACTUS.

KKK KEK KEKE EEE EEE EERE

Class and Order.

IcosANDRIA Monoeynlia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacrez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosa imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in tubum

brevissimum concreta, exteriora involucriformia, intima pe-

taliformia. Stamina numerosa, calyci affixa, inequalia,

intima brevissima, filiformia, antheris oblongis. Stylus

cylindricus, subfistulosus, apice multifidus. Bacca sepalo-

rum reliquiis subsquamata, rarissime levis. Cotyledones

parvule.—Frutices simplicissimi carnosi, ovatli aut globosi,

melocactoidei aut mammillarieformes, aphylli, costati aut

tuberculati, costis tuberculis confluentibus quasi formatis,

dorso aculeorum fasciculos gerentibus. Cephalium sew spa-

dix nullus. Flores e fasciculis aculeorum ad apicem costa-

rum orti, similis floribus Cerei, sed tubo vix supra recepla-

culum elongato.— Pfeiff.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ecuinocactus corynodes ; depresso-globosus basi attenua-

tus obscure viridis 16-angularis, vertice impresso, sinu-

bus angustis acutis, costis acuatis crenatis, areolis im-

mersis junioribus albis villosissimis tandem nudis,

aculeis exterioribus 9 patentibus nascentibus rubris

dein fuscescentibus centrali 1 erecto subulato brunneo

reliquos non superante omnibus rectis rigidis. Pfeiff:

Ecurnocactus corynodes. ‘ H. Berol.”— Pfeiff. Enum.

Cact. p. 55.

«* EK. rosaceus, Sellowianus.” Hort.

From the rich collection of Cacrez in the Royal Botanic

Garden of Kew, where it flowers during the summer

: months,

months, when its copious bright sulphur-coloured flowers

with the red eye (the cluster of stigmas) give it a beautiful

and showy character.

PreirrerR, who seems alone to have described this spe-

cies, remarks that the young and adult plants are very

different ; the former being of a deeper green; with the

areole crowded; the aculei longer, more rigid, and brown.

The adult he describes as three to four inches in diameter,

two to three high: the areole six to eight lines long, dis-

tant: the aculei five to six lines long—Our plant is of

larger dimensions than that now specified, as seen by our

figure. The form is subglobose, but depressed at the top,

and narrowed at the base : the colour a rather deep some-

what glaucous green. The sides are cut into about sixteen

deep, vertical furrows, and as many prominent, crenated

ridges. The crenatures are from half to three quarters of an

inch apart, and in them is lodged a tuft of dense white wool,

which is nearly obsolete in the lower crenatures. From

these woolly crenatures arise the aculei, which are in num-

ber from seven to nine, spreading, rigid, five to six lines

long, pale brown, deeper at the base, having besides a

central, erecto-patent one, generally of an uniformly deep

brown colour, and about equal in size to the rest. Flowers

several from the crown of the plant, rich sulphur yellow,

two inches in diameter, when fully expanded. Tube exter-

nally shaggy with brown wool. Petals in two or three

rows, spathulate, crenate and almost laciniated towards the

apex. Stamens numerous, pale yellow, crowded around

the style. Stigma with the rays erect, bright scarlet.

Fig. 1. 2. Front and side view of an Areola, with Aculei,

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FRANCISCEA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED

FRANCISCEA.

SKK EEK KEKE EEE EEE EEE

Class and Order.

DipynamMiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Scroravutarin2. )

Generic Character.

Calyx persistens, inflatus, campanulatus, quinquedenta-

tus: dentibus equalibus. Corolla hypocrateriformis ; lim-

bus quinquepartitus subequalis: lobis rotundatis repandis,

margine incumbentibus, tubus apice inflatus, incurvatus.

Stylus apice incrassatus. Stigma bilobum. Capsula ovata,

bilocularis, bivalvis, valvulis impartibilibus. PoAd.

Specific Name and Character.

Franciscea latifolia ; ramis brevissimis patentibus, foliis

lato-ellipticis subacutis, bracteis lanceolato-acuminatis

calycibusque glabris, floribus paucis subracemosis ter-

minalibus. PoAl.

The Genus Franciscea was established by Pout in honor

of Francis the First, Emperor of Austria; and from the great

beauty of many of the species, and eminently so of this, it is

well worthy of bearing so illustrious a name, and that ofa

sovereign who was so distinguished a patron of Botany.

We have already figured one of the species at Tab, 2829

(F. Hopeana, or more properly, F. uniflora) of this work :

but that and the present species, handsome* though they

* Our figure was taken from the first flowers the plant produced ; but Mr.

MoorE now writes me in a letter, dated Glasnevin, Oct. 4, 1841 ; Tom

glad to state, that I think the glowing descriptions given of this plant, =

be, are yet far inferior to the F. hydrangeeformis and some

others. All are natives of Brazil. The present one inha-

bits Tijuca, near Rio Janeiro, according to Pont, whence

living plants were introduced to the Botanic Garden of

Schenbrunn. Our native specimens in the Herbarium are

from South Brazil, gathered by Mr. Tweepie; and from

the same source, through the medium of the Earl of Arran,

were derived the seeds which produced the plant here

figured, and which were raised by Mr. Moore at the Glas-

nevin Botanic Garden, near Dublin. To him I am indebted

for the drawing here published. The plant quite accords

with Pout’s figure and description, except that the calyx is

larger and more inflated in our specimens. Nothing can

exceed the brilliant violet-purple of the blossoms. It is

cultivated in the hothouse ; but it would probably succeed

equally well in the greenhouse.

by the Earl of ARRAN and TWEEDIE will be fully realized. My large plant

is in fine condition and showing abundance of flowers, having from two to

four together; and I do not despair of seeing from thirty to forty blossoms

upon it at one time during the ensuing month. I have kept it cool and

rather dry in an airy greenhouse during the summer, finding it nearly

deciduous and requiring a little rest. Shortly I shall remove it into a cool

stove, where I cannot doubt it will flower freely.”

IIO8.

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LASIOPETALUM MACROPHYLLUM. LARGE-

LEAVED LASIOPETALUM.

SEK KKK EERE EERE EERE EEK

Class and Order.

PenTanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—By7Trneriacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx persistens. Petala 5 glanduliformia. Filamenta

5 libera. Anthere intus poris 2 dehiscentes. Ovarium 1,

3-loculare, loculis biovulatis. Capsula 3-valvis, septis val-

varibus, dehiscentia loculicida. Semina strophiolata laci-

niata.—Stipule o. Folia lineari-lanceolata integerrima.

Inflorescentia cymosa oppositifolia. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

LastopetaLum macrophyllum ; foliis deltoideo-ovatis triner-

viis, bracteis tribus lanceolato-ellipticis, segmentis ca-

lycinis intus glabris, ovario 5-loculare. Graham.

LasioperaLum macrophyllum. Graham.

This new and very distinct species was raised from New

South Wales’ seeds, transmitted to the Botanic Garden,

Edinburgh, in July, 1835, by the late Mr. Ricuarp Cun-

nincuaM. Ithas been kept in the greenhouse, and flowered

freely for the first time in May, 1841.

Descr. Shrub erect. Stem robust, (in the specimen

described, which is still growing freely, five feet high,) bark

brown, cracked, rough; branches, and especially the young

twigs, covered closely with light coloured tomentum mix

with stellate, rusty pubescence. Leaves (five to seven inches

long, two and a quarter to three inches broad) petiolate,

deltoideo-ovate, slightly cordate at the base, green and —

hispid above, densely covered with a white ptcsie ie

mix

mixed with rufous, stellate pubescence below, especially

along the ribs and veins, undulate, obscurely sinuated,

when young tomentum and pubescence alike on both

sides, three-nerved, and often with a small additional nerve

on each side, reticulately veined, the nerves and veins pro-

minent below. Corymbs opposite to the leaves, digitate,

the branches flat during full flowering, before and after this

period connivent. Flowers arranged alternately along the

branches of the corymb, shortly pedicellate, cernuous, se-

cund, so as to form a flat, continuous surface looking down-

wards. Bracts three, lanceolato-elliptical, at the apex of

each pedicel, and adpressed to the outer side of the flower.

Calyx five-partite, alternate with the bracts ; segments ovate,

acute, with seven parallel nerves on the inside, where they

are greenish-white. Petals minute, purple, elliptical, un-

dulate, alternate with the segments of the calyx. Stamens

five, opposite to the petals ; filaments nearly colourless,

thrice as long as the petals, and about one-third of the

length of the calyx ; anthers purple, about half as long as

the filaments, to which they are attached by the back, the

face being turned outwards, linear, with an inconspicuous

connective, bursting by two pores at the apex. Pistil

about as long as the filaments ; stigma inconspicuous ; style

straight, erect, and this with the inside of the calyx are the

only parts attached to the corymb which are glabrous, every

other portion being more or less densely covered with light

tomentum and rufous stellate pubescence; germen glo-

bular, densely covered with harsh, stellate pubescence,

which here is of a pinkish colour, five-locular ; cells gla-

brous within, and containing several ovules attached to

central placente. Graham.

Fig. 1. 2. Back and front view of a Flower. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil. 5.

Ovary cut through transversely. 6. Ovule :—magnified.

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PREPUSA HooKeERIANA. SCARLET AND

WHITE-FLOWERED PREPUSA.

Class and Order.

HexanpriaA Monoeynis.

- ( Nat. Ord.—GenTIANEZ. )

Generic Character.

Calyx laxe campanulatus, coloratus, sexfidus, ad suturas

alatus. Corolla hypogyna, tubo brevi cylindrici, limbo

campanulato sexfido, decidua. Discus hypogynus carno-

sus, corolle tubo adnatus, persistens. Stamina 6, corolle

fauci inserta : filamenta qualia, anthere erecte, immutate,

longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium uniloculare. Ovula

in placentis suturalibus plurima. Séylus filiformis, rectus ;

Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula unilocularis, bivalvis. Se-

mina plurima, minima,—Frutex Brasiliensis ; rams erectis

fastigiatis ; foliis decussatis, superne congestis; racemis

terminalibus foliosis ; floribus speciosis, luteis.

Specific Name and Character.

Prerusa * Hookeriana; herbacea, cespitosa, foliis radica-

libus lineari-spathulatis subcarnosis uninerviis, caulinis

subconnatis, calyce campanulato maximo inflato 6-

angulato colorato. Gardner. BS

This.is one of the very many novelties which reward-

ed Mr. Garpner’s indefatigable researches during his five

years’ travels in Brazil. He had the good fortune to bring

home living plants of it, which have been sent to the Bo-

tanic Gardens of Kew and Glasgow and other establish-

ments. Our figure is, however, made in Brazil from recent

native specimens, by Miss E. Duruam, and we shall here

give Mr. Garpner’s own description, drawn up on the |

! : nS

* From spaeca, conspicuous, showy, according to Martius; from the

_ noble blossoms which the individual species bear, few being more orna-

mental in the eminently beautiful natural family to which the plant belongs.

living flowering plant at the same time. ‘“ This beautiful

species of Prepusa inhabits the summit of the Organ Moun-

tains, at an elevation of 6,857 feet above the level of the

sea; growing in large patches in moist, exposed places,

flowering in March and April. It is the third species of

the Genus which has been detected*, and was one of the

many discoveries that resulted from a visit of six days to

the summit of the Organ Mountains in the month of March

of the present year (1841); and it is with much pleasure that

I dedicate it to my kind friend and patron Sir W. J. Hooker,

as the most lasting memento I can offer him for his first

suggesting my voyage to Brazil—his liberal assistance in

enabling me to undertake it—and his unremitting kindness

during my absence in directing my attention to such places

and objects as were most likely to advance that Science to

which we are both so devotedly attached.”’

Descr. Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, from a foot

to a foot and a half high. Radical leaves opposite, linear,

spathulate, apiculate, somewhat fleshy ; one-nerved, about

three inches long, and nearly half an inch broad. The

flowering stem, which is of a pinkish purple colour, has

from two to three pairs of cauline leaves, which are small

and of a linear form, and somewhat connate at the base.

Flowers large, nodding, generally from three to five in num-

ber, arising from the axils of the two upper cauline pairs of

leaves. Calyx large, much inflated, membranaceous, of a

paler colour than the stem, hexangular, with the angles

very prominently marked at the base, six-toothed ; teeth

apiculate. Corolla, with the exception of the limb, includ-

ed. The two upper thirds of the tube are urceolate, the

lower very much contracted ; and the whole is of a pale

purple colour. The limb, which is of a yellowish-white

colour, is spreading and six-lobed ; lobes obovate, apiculate.

Stamens six, arising from the bottom of the utricular portion

ofthe corolla. Filaments filiform. Anthers versatile, oblong,

two-celled. Pollen yellowish. Ovary placed on a short

gynophone, cylindrical, one-celled, many-seeded. Seeds

attached to four parietal placenta, which are formed by the

incurved margins of the two carpels of which the ovary

consists, and which stand right and left to the axis of

inflorescence. Style filiform. Stigma bilamellate-—Organ

Mountains, Brazil, April, 1841.

te a wommene 2

* The first is the original species, P. montana, Marv. Bras. tab. 190 :—

the second is the P. connata, Garpn. in Hook. Ic. Plant. v. 8. t. 225,

All are remarkable for their large and very showy flowers.

Fig. 1. Corolla. 2. The same laid open. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil :—magnified. sae

nies

( 3910 )

CATTLEYA CRISPA. CRISP-FLOWERED

CATTLEYA.

EK KERR EEE EERE

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcutex. )

Generic Character.

Sepala membranacea vel carnosa, patentia, equalia. Pe-

tala sepius majora. Labellum cucullatum columnam in-

volvens, trilobum vel indivisum. Columna clavata, elon-

gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera

carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis.

Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis —Herbe epiphyte

(Americane ) pseudo-bulbose. Folia solitaria vel bina, cort-

acea. Flores terminales, speciosissimi, sepe e spatha magna

erumpentes. Landl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cartieya crispa ; sepalis lineari-obovato-lanceolatis acutis,

petalis latioribus oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis crispis,

labelli indivisi limbo ovato acuminato quam maxime

undulato-crispato, pseudo-bulbis subcylindraceis angu-

latis, spatha magna foliacea. Lindl.

Carrieya crispa. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1172. Gen. et Spec.

Orchid. p. 116. =

Drawn at the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew, where this

truly handsome species flowered in July, 1841. It is a_

native of Brazil, and has now been sent home by many

Collectors from that fertile region, and seems to have been

first introduced to our gardens by Sir Henry CHAMBER

Layne, Bart., in 1826. It may be numbered among:

most beautiful of a highly beautiful Genus.

VOL. XV. E

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, elongated, clavate, cloth-

ed with membranous sheaths, and bearing a large, solitary,

coriaceous leaf at the extremity. From the axil of that

leaf proceeds a large, compressed, sheathing, yellow-green

spatha, with an oblique mouth, through which the spike, of

five or six large, handsome, and fragrant flowers emerges.

Sepals oblong, spathulate, their margins revolute, but not

crisped, white or cream-colour, with a faint, purplish tinge.

Petals also spreading, about equal in length with the sepals,

but much broader, and the margins, especially in the upper

half, singularly waved and crisped. Lip standing forward,

recurved at the apex, oblong, acute, three-lobed, the lower

or side-lobes rounded, white, yellow at the base and streak-

ed with red, the middle or terminal one ovate, acuminate,

the margin rich red-purple with deeper purple veins, all of

them remarkably waved and crisped. Column and anther-

case, &c., as in the Genus.

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OPUNTIA MONACANTHA, ONE-SPINED

Opuntia; or Prickly Fig.

SKK KKK EEE EER EREEEEE EK

Class and Order.

IcosanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacrtea. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosa, ovario adnata foliiformia, summa plana

brevia, intima petaliformia obovata, expansa, tubo supra

ovarium nullo. Stamina petalis breviora, filamentis tenui-

bus, tactu subirritabilibus. Stylus cylindricus, basi con-

strictus. Stigmata 3—8 erecta crassa. Bacca ovata, apice

umbilicata, tuberculosa, sepius spinifera. Embryo subspi-

ralis, teretiusculus. Cotyledones semiteretes, germinantes

foliacez, plane, crasse. Plumula parva.—Fratices, trunce

ramisque cylindricis aut compresso-articulatis, articulis ova-

tis aut oblongis, fasciculos aculeorum aut setarum, ordine

quincunciali seu spirali dispositis, gerentibus. Folia subulata

sediformia, caducissima sub quoque fasciculo juniore. Flores

e fasciculis aut marginibus articulorum orti, flavi, rubri aut

albi. . Fructus minuti vel magni, virides, flavi aut purpurei,

sepe ficiformes, edules, plerumque secundo vel tertio anno

maturescentes. Pfeiff:

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Opuntia monacantha; erecta elata, articulis obovatis erassi-

usculis glaucis, spinis subsolitariis subyalidis flavo-

fuscis ad basin setis copiosis brevibus flavescentibus,

petalis fulvo-aurantiacis, ovariis pyriformibus viridibus

fasciculis setarum flavarum sparsis.

Opuntia monacantha. “ Willd. Enum. p. 34 (sub Cacto).

Salm-Dyck, in litt.” De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. £72.

(excl. Syn. De Cand. Pl. Grass. n. 137. cum tab. 2.)

Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. p. 164. ( excl. Syn. Bot. Reg. t.

= V1B6:) %

Cacrus Opuntia Tuna. De Cand. Pl. Grass. cum Ie. - : :

: ich:

Rich as our gardens are in CacTEe®, and much as these are

prized by cultivators on account of the singularity of the

forms of some and the exquisite beauty of the blossoms in

others, it is greatly to be lamented that the synonymy of

those that are described is so faulty, and that so many are

ill characterized ; every collection possessing many similar

species under different names. With the opportunities we

peculiarly enjoy, it may be expected that these difficulties

in the way of a correct nomenclature will be obviated,

although we almost despair of such an object being accom-

plished but by the help of good figures, of which, thanks to

our excellent assortment of species in the Royal Gardens of

Kew and the kindness of our friends, we are already in pos-

session of a considerable number.

The present individual, especially, requires illustration.

It is not uncommon in our stoves, and, at Kew, flowers rea-

dily during the summer months; and with us, and probably

at other places, it has borne the name of Opuntia Tuna; it

being unquestionably the Cacrus Opuntia Tuna of Dr

Canpotte (as regards his figure). This differs from the

real Tuna of Dittenius, among other characters in its

generally solitary spines. On this account it would appear

that Wit.pEnow distinguished it by the name of mona-

cantha, which Dre Canpotte himself, in his ‘‘ Prodromus,”

has adopted ;—but he has referred, inadvertently, it would

seem, to his “ Plantes Grasses,” n. 137 cum Tab. 2, which

is his Cacrus coccinellifer (the Opuntia Tuna of Mutter and

Preirrer). Premrer, on the other hand, quotes rightly

the C. Opuntia Tuna of “ Plantes Grasses,” with its glau-

cous articulations and nearly solitary spines; but he unfor-

tunately adds the synonym of O. monacantha of Ker in

Botanical Register, tab. 1726, which is a perfectly distinct

plant from the original one of De Canpotte, having differ-

ently-shaped articuli, of a bright, yet deep yellow-green

hue, and strong, solitary spines, apparently quite destitute

of the fascicles of sete at their base.

It will be observed, that the spines of the present species,

_ though usually solitary on the disk of the joints, are often

geminate, or even fasciculate, at the margin.

The colour of the flower of our plant is deeper than the

figure of De Canpotze, but that appears to be the only

difference between them. The species is supposed to be a

native of Brazil.

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( 3912 )

OncipDIUM ORNITHORHYNCHUM. BirpD’s-

BEAK QONCIDIUM.

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuive&. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata ; late-

ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. La-

bellum maximum, ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum.

varié lobatum, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum. Columna

libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo-

cularis, rostello nunc abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato.

Pollinia 2, posticé sulcata, caudicula plana, glandulé ob-

longa.—Herbe epiphyte, nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia cori-

acea. Scapi paniculati vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores

speciosi, lutei, sepis maculati, raro albi.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Oncip1um ornithorhynchum ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis diphyllis,

foliis ensiformibus recurvis scapo paniculato brevior-

ibus, sepalis lineari-oblongis undulatis reflexis omnino

liberis, labelli panduriformis lobis lateralibusacutis in-

termedio bilobo, crista e lamellis 5 crenatis apice ros-

tratis constante, columne alis cuneatis dentatis, stig-

mate longe rostrato. Lindl. »

Oncip1wm ornithorhynchum. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen.

Am. v. 1. t. 80. Lindl. Gen. et Spec. Orchid. p. 204.

Batem. Orchid. Mex. et Guatem. t.4. Lindl. Bot. Reg.

1840, ¢. 10. et Miscell. n. 95.

This graceful and curious plant is a native of Mexico and

Guatemala, growing on mountains of considerable eleva-

tion, and was first made known to this country by G. U.

SKINNER,

Skinner, Esq., who sent living plants to Mr. Bateman.

Its drooping panicles of numerous rose-coloured flowers are

exceedingly beautiful, and they are moreover fragrant.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, oblong, compressed, smooth,

clustered, partially sheathed at the base, green, bearing

two linear-lanceolate, somewhat membranous leaves at the

summit, From the base of the pseudo-bulb the scape

arises, but soon becomes drooping, a foot or more long,

imcluding the panicle of graceful flowers, of a beautiful

rose colour. Sepals spreading, linear-oblong, waved, as

well as the petals, which are also spreading and oblong,

but broader than the sepals. Lip deflexed, three-lobed,

the side lobes spreading, acute, (between them is a yellow

crest of five, crenate laminz,) the middle lobe dilated,

rounded, and emarginate at the point. Coluwmm short, white

at the base, swollen and yellow below the concave stigma,

above, on each side, furnished with a large, fan-shaped,

crenate wing ; clinandrium rostrate, and the hemispherical

anther-case terminates in a long beak corresponding with it.

Pollen-masses two, obovate, attached to a long, filiform,

caudicle. :

Fig. 1. Column. 2. Lip. 3. Pollen-mass:—magnified.

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STYLIDIUM RECURVUM. RecuRVED

5: STYLIDIUM.

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Sryuipiez. )

Generic Character.

Calycis limbus bilabiatus. Corolla irregularis 5-fida,

lacinia quinta (labello) dissimili minore sepius deflexa,

reliquis patentibus interdum geminatim coherentibus. Co-

lumna genitalium reclinata duplici flexura. Anthere bilobe

lobis divaricatissimis. Ségma obtusum indivisum. Cap-

sula bilocularis septo superne interdum incompleto.—Her-

be aut suffruticuli. Folia aut radicalia rosulata aut secus

caulem sparsa, interdum basi attenuata. Pili sepius apice

glandulosit. DC.

Specific Name and Character.

Stytipium recurvum; caule ramoso, foliis apice ramorum

confertis subulatis recurvis marginibus basin versus

membranaceis, pedunculis confertis subcymosis sub-

terminalibus, germine lineari. Graham.

I first saw this species in the nursery of Mr, Cunninenam,

Comely Bank, near Edinburgh, where it flowered in a frame

in May, 1840. In the month following, we received it at

the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mr. Henperson’s

nursery in the Edgeware-road, and at the same time from

Mr. Jackson, Nurseryman, Kingston, Surrey. It is indigen-

ous to the neighbourhood of Swan River, Australia, and in

the arrangement of the species should stand near Styxipium

breviscapum. . : oe.

Descr. Stem (in the specimens described six inches

high) suffruticose, slender, much branched in tufts, = :

there

there sending down long wiry roots, glabrous, red, almost

incased in leaves. Leaves numerous all along the branches,

but much crowded, and spreading in a stellate form at their

apices, subulate, mucronulate, arched backwards, shining,

somewhat rough, of deep green colour, with a membranous,

colourless, ragged border on each side near the base. Pe-

duncles crowded from the apex of the branches, pubescent,

cymose. Calyx five-partite, unequal, persisting ; segments

elliptical, concave internally, pubescent on the outside. Co-

rolla (nine lines across in the greatest diameter) five-cleft, in

the unexpanded bud yellow on the outside, reddish-orange

within ; tube glabrous and shining, pale green, twisted ;

limb spreading, flat, salmon-coloured and glabrous in front,

eae in the throat, white and glanduloso-pubescent be-

ind; lip recurved, small, ovate, of nearly uniform reddish-

colour, turgid and shining, having at its base two erect

teeth white or greenish and tipped with red : other segments

of the limb elliptical, the pair most distant from the lip

being the largest. Column flattened, green and twisted

immediately above the germen, of an uniform brown tinge

in front beyond the first flexure and green behind, beyond

the second flexure (which forms a right angle) green both

in front and behind, but edged with brown, and having a

whorl of spreading, crystalline, moniliform, partly-colou red

hairs at the apex. Anthers green, bursting along the front,

and then reflexed in two parallel lines across the column of

fructification ; pollen abundant, granules small, greenish-

white. Stigma rounded, villous. Germen linear, trigon-

ous, equal at the apex, distinctly furrowed along two sides,

more obscurely along the third, pubescent, the hairs as well

as those on the peduncle, pedicels, and calyx, short, spread-

ing, glandular. Graham.

Fig. 1. Front, and 2. side view of a Flower :—magnified.

( 3914 )

OPUNTIA DECUMBENS. DercuMBENT OPUNTIA;

or Prickly Fig.

KEKE KEK EEE EE EKER EE

Class and Order.

IcosanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—CactTeEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosa ovario adnata foliiformia, summa plana

brevia, intima petaliformia obovata, expansa, tubo supra

ovarium nullo. Stamina petalis breviora; filamentis tenui-

bus, tactu subirritabilibus. Stylus cylindricus, basi con-

strictus. Stigmata 3—8 erecta crassa. Bacca ovata apice

umbilicata, tuberculosa, sepius spinifera. Embryo subspi-

~~ s flavidi

This plant has been for Ke time an inhabitant of the 2

Cactus-House in the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew, whee |

. the

the flowering specimen was drawn in June, 1841. If we

are correct in referring it to the O. decumbens of PFEIFFER

(of which there cannot reasonably be a doubt), it is a native

of Mexico; but that author puzzles us in saying, that the

flowers are “ rubri,” whereas in our plant they are of a

decided, and not deep, yellow colour. He further adds,

that the articulations are in the German collections always

unarmed, though he describes them, perhaps from the notes

of Karwinsk1, as spinous. That author (Karwinsx1) speaks

of the spots of the articuli as being red, whereas they truly

are, (according also with Preirrer’s statement, ) of a deeper

green than the rest of the articulation.

Descr. Our plant is about two feet in length, disposed

to be decumbent, of a lively green, the articulations obo-

vate, thick, but much compressed, at and below the areolz

having a deep coioured, oblong spot: the areole composed

of small pulvinate tufts, with one or two small spines often

recurved, but at the base of the articulation is generally a

solitary, acicular spine, about three-fourths of an inch long.

Flowers three to four together. Ovary an inch or more

long, green, Petals spreading, obovate, waved, yellow :

Stamens and stigma also yellow.

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( 3915 )

BorRONIA CRENULATA. CRENULATED

Boronlta.

Foie si aie che ahs she akc se a Ska oka Sk cs cs ks kc sk Sc, Sc

Class and Order.

OcranprRiA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Rouracez, )

Generic Character.

Calyx, 4-fidus persistens. Petala 4, ovata persistentia.

Stamina 8, rarius 4 sepalis opposita antherifera, 4 altera

abortiva, filamentis ciliatis incurvis. Stylz 4 erecti approx-

imati aut inter se coaliti. Carpella 4 bivalvia introrsum

connata in capsulam 4-lobam 4-loc. Semzna in loc. sub-

solitaria ovata compressa. Embryo rectus in albumine car-

noso, radicula infera.—Frutices Nove Hollandie. Folia

opposita. Pedunculi axillares. Flores sepius purpuras-

centes. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Boronia crenulata ; glabra, foliis obovatis crenulatis mar-

ginatis internodia superantibus basi cuneatis integer-

rimis, floribus solitariis, axillaribus, sepalis ovatis sub-

acutis ciliatis, filamentis lanatis, alterius longioribus

apice dentatis. Graham.

Boronia crenulata. Smith Trans. Soc. Linn. 8.284. D 8

Prodr. 1. 721. Sprengel, Syst. Veget. 2.215. Lindl.

Bot. Reg. 1838, tab. 12.

This very pretty plant flowered in the greenhouse of the

garden of the Caledonian Horticultural Society in Septem-

ber, having been communicated by Messrs. LoppicEs at

Hackney. It had long been known as a native of King

George’s Sound ; but has only recently been received into

cultivation in this country. :

Descr. Shrub (two feet six inches high in the specimen

described) erect; branches slender, erect; twigs shortly

villous.

villous. Leaves (half an inch long, a quarter of an inch

broad) numerous, evergreen, coriaceous, distichous, erect,

presenting one edge outward, longer than the internodes,

obovate, obscurely triplinerved, alike on both sides, dark

green, having a cartilaginous, crenulated border. Flowers

axillary, solitary, on peduncles which are much shorter

than the leaves, and concealed by one or two pairs of small,

opposite, sheathing, subacute, adpressed, green, imbricated,

slightly ciliated scales. Calyx of four leaflets, similar to the

scales of the peduncle, but larger and more obviously cili-

ated. Petals four, ovate, coriaceous, red, more than twice

as long as the calyx. Stamens eight, alternately longer,

all much shorter than the petals ; filaments woolly, and the

longer ones swollen upwards, and toothed on the back

below the anthers ; anthers ovate, bilocular, attached to the

filament by the back, bursting longitudinally on the inner

side. Pistil rather shorter than the stamens ; stigma incon-

spicuous ; style stout, erect, tapering, furrowed on four

sides, green; germen green, ovate, four-lobed, four-celled ;

ovules two in each cell. Graham.

Fig, 1. Flower, from which the Petals are removed. 2. Petal. 3. Ovary

and Disk. 4.5, Stamens. 6. Leaf:—magnified.

Which Del!

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( 3916 3917 )

NELUMBIUM spEciosuM. SacreD BEAN oF

Inp1a; deep rose-coloured var.

SEK KKK KEE KEE KEE EEE

Class and Order.

PotyanpriA PoryeyniA.

( Nat. Ord —Nymrnaacen.—Netumeiacez. Lindl.

Torr., and Gray..)

Generic Character.

Carpella plurima distincta 1—2-sperma monostyla toro

elevato obconico superne profunde foveolato immersa. Se-

mina in quoque carpello solitaria exarillata exalbuminosa.

—Herbx Nympheas omnino emulantes. Flores ampli, roset

aut flavi. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Netumsrom speciosum; corolla polypetala, antheris ultra

loculos in appendicem clavatam productis. D C.

Nexumsium speciosum. (For the Synonyms and history of

the plant see tab. 903 of this work : but to the Synon-

yms may be added) De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 114.

Spreng. Syst. Veget.2. p. 634. Wight, Ill. of Ind. Bot.

vol. 1. p. 27.

(s.) floribus intense roseis.—( Tab. nostr. 3916, 3917.)

(y.) floribus albis. Wight, Ill. of Ind. Bot. vol. 1. p. 27.

tab. 9.

Were not this an acknowledged variety of the well

known Netumsium speciosum of Eastern India, already

figured at tab. 903 of this work, chiefly, indeed, depending

on the deeper colour of the blossom, it would still be

deserving of another representation ;—for, assuredly, that

already given affords no adequate idea of the size and

beauty of this truly magnificent flower. The opportunity

of making this delineation was kindly granted us at Syon

Gardens, so eminently rich in the vegetable products of

the East Indies. There this plant flowered in great perfec-

tion during the months of July and August, 1841, and

the blossoms were succeeded by fruit which promised to

come

VOL. Xv. H

come to maturity. The luxuriance and the free blossom-

ing of this specimen were attributed by the very skilful gar-

dener to the water in the cistern being frequently changed,

while the cistern itself was placed in a damp stove, suited

to Palms and Orchideous epiphytes. In this situation, the

petioles rose to the height of four and five feet, crowned

with their ample foliage, and the peduncles to the height of

six feet, terminated by their equally ample blossoms.

The colour of the petals is usually a pale (but not dingy,

as represented in our tab. 903) rose colour. Here the hue

was much richer and deeper. Sometimes the flowers are

white, as exhibited in Dr. Wieur’s “ Illustrations of Indian

Botany ;”’ and not seldom, as shown in Chinese drawings

and on porcelain from that country, are they white, tipped

and streaked with rose colour.

On our visiting Syon Gardens a second time, in company with

Baron HuGEL, when the fruit had almost come to maturity, that dis-

tinguished Botanist and Traveller observed that, in that state, the nuts

are generally eaten in Hindostan at the dessert, and have an agreeable

flavor, not unlike that of Filberts. Dr. Wicur also remarks that, both

in the East Indies and in China, the creeping root-like stems and nuts

are used as food. The leaf and flower-stalks, too, he tells us, abound in

spiral tubes, more loosely combined and perhaps stronger than the same

vessels in most other vascular plants. These, in the southern provinces

of India, are extracted with great care, by gently breaking the stems and

slowly drawing apart the ends. Long pieces of the spiral filament are

thus uncoiled. From these filaments are prepared those wicks, which,

on great and solemn religious occasions, are burnt in the lamps of the

Hindoos, and placed before the shrines of their gods. Similar wicks

are formed of the spiral tubes of some of the NympHmas, but are not

thought so sacred.

Of the N. speciosum, Dr CaNDOLLE makes two varieties :—}.

Tamara , Staminibus exterioribus sterilibus apice dilatatis alatis obcor-

datis, appendice ex emarginatura orta; a native of Malabar;—and 9.

cum, petalis interioribus vix externis minoribus obtusis, the N.

aspicum of Fiscu. MSS., and a native of the embouchures of the

Volga, near Astrachan. Judging from this character, as well as from

Specimens in the Herbarium, received from Dr. Fiscuer, this latter

does not seem to be different from the plant here figured.

For an accurate description and classical history of this plant, we

refer, with great satisfaction, to the description’ accompanying the

figure at tab. 903 of this work. Of its close affinity with NELUMBIUM

oe (Bot. Mag. tab. 2753,) we have already spoken, in describing

t plant : I may further add, after a careful examination of the two

species, that the anthers of N. speciosum are terminated by an appen-

dage very little different from that of N. luteum ; and that, except in

the colour of the blossoms, and the more muricated petioles and pedun-

‘ag 4 re: the two can scarcely be distinguished by any

__ Tas.3916. Very reduced drawi F por.

Gis Gs wena or chaprail wing of the Plant. Tab. 3917. Flower and por.

Glazenwed Essex Jian? . 1842

J. Curtis

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( 3918 )

STUARTIA PENTAGYNA. FIve-sTYLED

STUARTIA.

SEK KKK KKK KEE EE EEE EE

Class and Order.

MonapELPHIA PoLyANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord. —TrrnstR@MIACEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala 5, magis minusve ad basin unita, 1-bibracteata.

Petala 5—6 ad basin unita. Staminum tubus brevissimus

cum basin petalorum adnatus. Styli 5, filiformes, liberi, vel

in unum coaliti. Capsula sublignosa, 5-locularis, 5-valvis.

Semina 2 in quoque loculo, submarginata.—Frutices Ame-

rice septentrionalis precipue im regionibus Australibus.

Folia ovata membranacea decidua. Flores magni solitartt

axillares sessiles ochroleuct.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Sruartia* pentagyna ; foliis ovatis acuminatis grosse ser-

ratis, sepalis lanceolatis, petaloram marginibus undu-

lato-crenatis, stylis 5 liberis, capsulis pentagonis.

Sruartia pentagyna. L’Heérit. Starp. t. 74. Willd: Sp.

Pl. v. 3. p. 840. Smith, Ex. Flora, t. 101. Pursh,

Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 452. Elliott, Carol. 2. p. 178... ;4ae

et Gray, Am. v. 1, p. 224.

Mazacnopenpron ovatum. Cav. Diss. 5. t. 158. Mich.

Am. v. 2. p. 43. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 528. Lindl.

Bot. Reg. t. 1104. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 126.

Weare glad to find our friends Drs. Torrey and Gray

agree with Sir James Smrrx in uniting the Genus Maracno-

? DENDRON

* So named in honor of Joun StuaRT, Marquis of Bute, a great patron

of Botany in his day. Se

DENDRON With StuartiA, for nothing can be more evident, as

the latter author remarks, than that these two plants must

form one natural Genus. Indeed, he continues, their seve-

ral varieties so closely approach each other, that the greatest

practical Botanists have been in the habit of confounding

them as one species. This species, an inhabitant of the

mountains of Carolina and Georgia, seems to have been

among us first cultivated at Kew, long before 1785, when

Sir James Situ received the specimens which he figured

in the “ Exotic Flora.” Our specimens are derived from

the same source. The bushes have a truly beautiful ap-

pearance, with their large, cream-coloured blossoms resem-

bling those of a fine single white Rose, or even more like

those of a Mespiwus, the outside tinged with bright red. It

flowers in July and August, and seems quite hardy: yet it

is not common in gardens.

Descr. A shrub, eight to ten feet high, much branched ;

the young branches, petioles, and often the foliage, deeply

tinged with red. Leaves alternate, on red petioles, which

are three-fourths of an inch long, ovate, acuminate, strongly

veined, and generally deeply serrated with sharp teeth, the

margin often red. Flowers axillary, solitary, large. Calyx

of five deep, oblongo-lanceolate segments, stained with

bright red. Petals six in our specimens, one generally rather

smaller than the rest, and deeply stained with red on the

back, all of them rounded, very concave, much waved, and

crenulated at the margin, united at the base by means, as

it were, of the short, staminal tube; this tube separates into

a great number of filaments. Anthers rounded, orange.

Germen ovate, hairy, five-angled, and terminating in five

styles, shorter than the stamens.

_ Fig. 1. Portion of the Staminal Tube, with the base of a Petal. 2. Pis-

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Class and Order.

PoLyANpDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—RanuncuLacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-sepalus, deciduus, colorato-petaloideus ; petala

5 superne hiantia bilabiata, labio exteriore magno plano,

interiore minimo, deorsum producta in calcaria totidem cava

apice callosa inter sepala exserta. Ovaria 5. Capsule

totidem erecte oo-sperme stylis acuminate, D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Aguitecia Mexicana ; glabra, calcaribus patenti-rectis lon-

gissimis limbo quintuplo longioribus, sepalis lanceola-

tis petalorum limbo duplo longioribus, staminibus lon-

gissime exsertis stylos 3—5 excedentibus.

This, the finest of the Genus AquiLeciA yet known to us,

(if we except, perhaps, the A. cerulea of Torrey,—A. ma-

crantha, Hoox. et Arn., Bot. of Beech. Voy. t. 82.,)—was

sent to Woburn Abbey, by G. U. Skinner, Esq., from

Guatemala ; a country much to the South of any which had

been previously supposed to produce a species of Colum-

bine. North America reckons four species, A. Canadensis,

L.,—A. formosa, Fiscuer,—A. cerulea, Torr.,—and A.

brevistyla, Hooker. All these are northern plants, or at

least not known in the extreme South of the United States,

nor further South on the Pacific side than Monterey in

California. .

A. Skinneri proves to be perfectly hardy, having survived

the severe winter of 1840-41 in the open ground at —

and flowering in great beauty during the’summer and au-

tumn of 1841. Its nearest affinity is with A. Canadensis

(Bot. Mag. tab. 246.)

Descr. Root perennial. Leaves mostly radical, glau-

cous, on long petioles, biternate ; the leaflets petiolulate and

cordate, deeply three-lobed, the lobes variously incised, the

teeth or segments blunt and rounded. Stem two to three

feet high, panicled above, and bracteated ; bracteas linear-

subulate, leafy. Pedicels curved, so that the flowers are

drooping. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, keeled,

reen, erect with regard to the axis, more than twice as

ong as the limb of the petals. Petals with the limb yellow-

green and rounded, prolonged at the base into a very

long, nearly straight, hollow, tubular, lively red spur, com-

pressed, but gradually attenuated into a slight, curved,

clubbed extremity. The great length of this spur, nearly

two inches, essentially characterizes the species. Stamens

numerous, much protruded, so that the base of the calyx is

near the centre of the flower. Germen with broad, mem-

branous, crisped wings. Styles 3.—After flowering, the

young fruit-bearing flower-stalks become erect.

Fig. 1. Petal; seen from within; nat. size. 2. Pistils ;—magnified.

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Class and Order.

SynGcEnesiA AUQUALIS.

( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. )

Generic Character.

Capitulum multiflorum homogamum, Receptaculum e-

bracteolatum. Involucrum floribus equale cylindraceum,

squamis subimbricatis lineari-acuminatis subfoliaceis. Co-

rolle graciles, tubulose, 5-dentate. Anthere basi setifere.

Stigmata longa apice obtusa appendice acuta forte aucta

(Cass.). Achenium subcylindricum hispidum, areola late-

rali, stipite gracili e centro alyeolorum orto insidens. Pap-

pus paleis 5 longissimis 1-seriatis basi concretis longe plu-

mosis.—Herba Nove Hollandie, glabra, annua. Folia al-

terna amplexicaulia lineari-semilanceolata integerrima acu-

minata. Capitula ad apices ramorum aphyllorum solitaria.

Flores flavescentes. Invol. subaraneosum.

Specific Name and Character.

Popvotueca * gnaphalioides ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, in-

yolucro imbricato conico corollis breviori, squamis in-

zequalibus exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis herbaceis ex-

trorsum glanduloso-pubescentibus introrsum lanatis,

jnterioribus linearibus scariosis. Graham.

This very distinct species was raised at the nursery garden

of Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, Edinburgh, in ts 5

* Name derived from mes, modo, a foot, and Snxa, a fruit or capsule, in

allusion to the stalk of the fruit.

1841, from a collection of Swan River seeds, communicated

the year before by Mr. Murray, Lintrose. It flowered

abundantly in July and August, but ripened no seed. It

has, however, been struck from cuttings by Mr. Ketty, the

intelligent superintendant of Messrs. Dickson’s establish-

ment.

Descr. Annual. Stem much branched at the base ;

branches generally subdivided at the top, glanduloso-pubes-

cent, enlarged like an obverse, hollow cone under the capi-

tula. Leaves scattered, lanceolato-linear, smaller upwards,

glanduloso-pubescent on both sides, three-nerved, the mid-

dle rib strong, the edges reflexed. Capitula solitary, ter-

minal. Jnvolucre (an inch and a half long) conical; scales

adpressed, imbricated; the outer ones herbaceous, ovato-

lanceolate, acute, glanduloso-pubescent on the outside,

woolly within; the inner ones linear, coriaceous, glabrous,

except at the apex where they are woolly, and where some

of them are herbaceous and lanceolate. Receptacle convex,

tubercled, without hairs or chaff. Flowers yellow, longer

than the involucre, and forming upon its apex a spheroidal

head. Corolla tubular, glabrous ; tube very slender, dilated

at the apex ; limb five-partite, spreading, segments ovate,

blunt. Stamens included, inserted below the dilated por-

tion of the tube; anthers with some soft, waved hairs at

their base, and ovate, subacute, free appendages at their

apex. Germen white, oblong, hairy, with an oblique,

oblong pit at the base, from the centre of which is protrud-

ed a slender but short and firm thread, by which it is attach-

ed to the outside of the base of the corresponding conical

tubercle on the receptacle. Style exserted, bifid; its seg-

ments revolute. Stigmas blunt. Pappus of five scales,

united at the base, much attenuated, nearly as long as the

tube of the corolla, plumose. Graham.

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Class and Order.

GynanpriA MonanpRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipbeEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala et petala equalia, libera, patentia. Labellum tri-

lobum, lobis lateralibus auriformibus basin columne am-

plectantibus, intermedio patente elongato sepalis conformi,

cristis nullis. Columna elongata, clavata, semiteres. An-

thera terminalis, bilocularis, septo medio bipartibili, et

hine bivalvis, valvis anticis et posticis medio septiferis.

Pollinia 4, incumbentia, (8) ad basin materie granulosa

coherentia.—Herbe supra arbores repentes rhizomate des-

titute, sed pseudo-bulbis semper e latere apicis sue sobolife-

ris. Racemi multiflori e latere pseudo-bulborum, basi vagt-

nati, Stigma labio superiore ovato producto. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Orocuitus * fusca; pseudo-bulbis elongatis fusiformibus,

foliis lineari-lanceolatis, sepalis petalisque obtusis.

Lindl. .

Orocuitus fusca. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 1967. Gen. et

Sp. Orchid. p. 35.

Broveutonia? amena. Wall. in Ic. Bibl. Anglo-Indice.

n. 642.

A very singular, but by no means showy, epiphyte ; an :

inhabitant of the trunks of trees in Nepal, and by Dr.

tia Wa tticu

* Name derived from es, wros, an ear, and xeA0¢, a dip; in allusion to the

little ear-like appendages at the base of the Lip.

Watticn introduced to the stoves of this country. Our

plant flowered at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, February,

1841.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs elongated, compressed and some-

what fusiform, proliferous, and thus creeping, as it were, by

means of fibres from the joints, and these are frequently

clothed at the base with large, brown, sheathing scales.

The upper or younger pseudo-bulbs are terminated by two

linear-lanceolate, more or less recurved, very acute or

almost acuminated Jeaves. From the extremity of a series

of young pseudo-bulbs, tipped with two young leaves, the

almost sessile spike, or raceme, originates. This is pendent

and has many small pale-coloured flowers ; each subtended

by a rather large, linear, concave bractea. Sepals spread-

ing, linear, white, or with a faint tinge of flesh-colour.

Petals similar to them, but narrower. Lip three-lobed, the

base very concave, with a small lobe, or tooth, on each

side; the middle one long, deflexed, linear, acute, white,

resembling the petals or sepals, contracted at the base. Co-

lumn brown, elongated, nearly terete, but a little thickened

and curved upwards. Anther-case placed in front of this, a

little below the apex, hemispherical. Pollen-masses four,

united by a granulose substance.

Fig. 1. Flower, (from which the Sepals are removed, ) with the Bractea.

2. Pollen-masses, anterior and posterior view —magnified.

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CEREUS CHRULESCENS. BLUE-STEMMED

CEREUS.

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Class and Order.

IcosANDRIA Monoeynlia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacrtea. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosissima imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in

tubum elongatum concreta, exteriora breviora calicinalia,

media longiora colorata, intima petaliformia. Stamina nu-

merosissima cum tubo concreta. Stylus filiformis, apice

multifidus. Bacca areolata, sepalorum reliquis squamata

aut tuberculosa. Cotyledones acuminate.—Frutices car-

nosi, subglobosi vel elongatt, stricti, articulati vel repentes,

axi ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis verticalibus,

spinarum fasciculos gerentibus vel inermibus, regulariter

sulcati. Anguli seu ale nunc plurime, nunc paucissime,

rarius due tantum, et tune rami compresso-alati imermes.

Flores ampli e spinarum fasciculis lateralibus trunci aut

ramorum vetustiorum, aut crenis angulorum orti. Fructus

oviformes, plerumque anno sequente maturescentes, edules.

Pjeiff

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cereus cerulescens ; erectus apice attenuatus cerulescens

8-angularis, costis obtusis crevatis, areolis approxima-

tis, aculeis acicularibus e tomento_nigro bicoloribus

albis aut nigris, exterioribus sub-12 radiantibus, cen-

tralibus 3—4, summo spe validiore, alabastro cla-

vato, flore amplissimo, petalis undulato-dentatis.

Cereus cerulescens. “ Hort. Dyck. p. 335.” Pfeiff. Enum.

Cact. p. 85. ee

Cereus (thiops. “ Haw. Phil. Mag. 1830, p. 109 ?”

In July, 1841, the specimen of this Cereus, about four

feet in height and nearly three inches in the thickest dia-

; meter

VOL. XV. I

meter of its unbranched stem, produced its truly splendid

flowers, which do not appear to have been known to any

author. In point of magnitude and delicacy of structure,

the blossoms are equal and even superior to those of the

far-famed C. grandiflorus.

When we look at the strange forms of the stems of many

of this curious tribe of plants, and the grandeur and beauty,

whether of form or colour, of the blossoms of others, we

cannot wonder that this family should become favourites

with the cultivators of the present day ; when, thanks to

our extended commercial intercourse with South America,

every year, 1 might almost say, every month, brings to

light new forms among this singular race. Perhaps no

limited portion of the New World can exhibit to the eye

such assemblages of Cactex as are now to be met with in

many collections in England and upon the continent. It

has been, we cannot doubt correctly, said, that Great

Britain, at this time, possesses more Cedars of Lebanon

than Mount Lebanon itself can exhibit; so with equal

justice we believe may this country boast the possession of

more Cacrex than fall to the lot of any single empire or

republic in all the Western World, which portion of our

globe alone is known to yield native species. That vast

continent has supplied our gardens, from the temperate

parts in North America to the southern extremity of Chiloe.

France and Holland and the Royal Garden of Berlin, are

known to cultivate these plants on an extensive scale: but

it would be strange if our vast commercial intercourse did

not place our own collections at the head of the list; and

we believe that it may with truth be asserted, that the

garden at Woburn Abbey possesses the finest general

collection of Cacrem, in point of number and size of the

spseiniens ; while that of the Rev. Mr. Wiuiams at

endon is unrivalled for Merocacrs and Ecuinocacti ; and

that of Mr. Lamzerr, of Boyton House, Wiltshire, will

bear the palm in Crrer and Opuntiz. This collection,

which, be it observed, is one of the first that was formed

on an extensive scale in this country, Mr. Lampert has

recently presented to the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew ;

thus conferring a national benefit on the country, and

(united as it is with a very rich collection already possessed

by the Royal Gardens) ‘at the same time elevating our

Cactus collection to the first rank among those of Kurope.

Descr. Our plant of Cereus c@rulescens exhibits an

unbrauched stem of about four feet in height, of a singu-

| larly

larly blue or glaucous colour, with about eight deep

furrows, the ridges prominent, obtuse, notched; the areoles

rather close, bearing dense tufts of dark-coloured down,

and from ten to twelve spreading, black, or black and

white, acicular or subulate, strong aculei, and two or three

central ones, of which one is longer and stronger than the

rest. Flowers of very large size spring from an areole of

the ridges. Bud clavate, seven to eight inches long,

glabrous, clothed with olive or reddish-green scales, which

pass upwards into sepals. Petals spreading, white, spath-

ulate, acute, their margins crisped and serrated. Stamens

exserted, forming a circle around the style and the long,

many- (about twelve) rayed stigma.

Since the above was written, and indeed while the proof sheet is

still in type, science has had to deplore the loss of this distinguished

and venerable Botanist. Feeling his end approaching, Mr. Lampert

expressed the most earnest desire to be removed from his town resi-

dence in Grosvenor Street to Kew, where he had, in a declining state

of health, passed the previous summer and autumn, that he might be

near that Botanic Garden, in the prosperity of which he had always

taken (as proved by the above-mentioned munificent donation) such a

lively interest, and where he was sure of meeting with the attentions

which his condition required, at the hands of a few devoted friends.

In that retired Hamlet, and under the roof of a most kind and devot-

edly attentive family, he breathed his last, without any apparent suffer-

ing. The writer of this brief notice, who had been onored with his

friendship, and encouraged in the pursuit of Botany by his notice, for

a period of thirty years, had the mournful satisfaction of witnessing

his departure, on the 10th of January, 1842, in the eighty-first year of

his age. An abler pen, it is hoped, will record the valuable services

which Mr. Lampert rendered to science for a protracted series of years,

during which he amassed one of the most valuable botanical libraries

and richest Herbaria that has ever been formed by any private

individual.

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MVYANTHUS DELTOIDEUS. ‘'TRIANGULAR-

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Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcutvez. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium explanatum. Sepala libera, equalia, latera-

libus paululum ascendentibus. Petala conformia angusti-

ora, sepalo supremo supposita. Labellum planum, obova-

tum, 3-dentatum sepalis brevius. Columna erecta, teres,

basi bicirrhosa, postice ad cardinem anthere longe pro-

ducta. Anthera et pollinia Cataseti—Epiphyta, Cataseti

omnino vegetatione. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Myanraus deltoideus; labello imberbi sagittato triangulari

angulis posticis rotundatis dentatis apice dilatato cal-

loso margine recurvo basi tuberculato. Lindl.

Myantuus deltoideus. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1896.

A native of British Guiana, and first cultivated, it would

appear, by Ricuarp Harrison, Esq., of Liverpool. I am

indebted for the specimen here represented to CHARLEs

- Horsratt, Esq., of that town. It is a most distinct species

of the Genus, or subgenus, as it is, perhaps, with more pro-

riety, to be considered, of Caraserum. The lip hasa very

‘s remarkable structure.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovato-oblong, furrowed,

- the old ones naked, the younger ones clothed with the stri-

~ ated, sheathing bases of the leaves. Leaves four to five,

oblong, membranous, striated, attenuated at the base,

at the point. Scape from the base of the pee

bulb and from within the sheath of the lowest leaf, a foot or

more high, zigzag among the flowers. Sepals spreading,

narrow- lanceolate, green, spotted with purple. Petals

erect, lying within the upper sepal, of the same shape as

the sepals, but paler, yellower green, and with more distinct

spots. ip shorter than the sepals and petals, triangular,

deflexed, cordate at the base, and deeply saccate in the

disk, the apex toothed, with the middle tooth cuspidate.

The colour is yellow-green, spotted with purple: the base

purple with darker transverse streaks. Column acuminated,

at the base furnished with two cirrhi, as is the anther-case.

Pollen-masses as in the Genus.

Fig. 1. Flower, from which the Sepals are removed. 2. Pollen-masses:

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Mimuuus rosEus; (hybridus) var. Maclainianus.

Mr. Mactatin’s hybrid var. of the RosE-coLourEp

MonKEY-FLOWER.

KEKE EEE EEE EERE EEE

Class and Order, &c.—(See Tab. 3353.)

Beautiful as are the now well known species of Mimutus

from California, M. roseus and M. cardinalis, this, we think,

exceeds them both in the size and rich colouring of the

flower ; and we cannot doubt but when it shall be in more

general cultivation, it will become a great favourite. We

have seen it growing at the Horticultural Society, but our

fine flowering specimen was received in June, 1841, from

Mr. Fereuson, the Curator of the Belfast Botanic Garden,

under the name of M. Maclainii; Mr. Mactain, Florist,

Harold’s Cross, near Dublin, having reared it by crossing,

as we believe, M. roseus with some other species.

Mr. Mactain has bestowed much pains on producing

new varieties of several highly ornamental Genera of

plants, and, in the present instance, has proved very suc-

cessful. He informs us, that this plant succeeds best when

own in rich light compost, a pan of water being placed

under the pot, and kept in the bark stove. The flowers do

not bear much exposure to the sun. Mr. Mactatn’s collec-

tion is rich in seedling hybrids of Canczotaria, Petunia,

Versena, and PELARGONIUM.

Fig. 1. Corolla laid open. 2.3, Stamens. 4. Calyx including the Pistil :

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Diegirauis LuTEA, >. fucata. SMALL

YeELLow Fox-cLove; purplish-flowered var.

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Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—ScropuvunarineEg. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis subinequalibus. Corolla cam-

panulata, limbo 4-fido. Stamina declinata. Anthera 2-

partite. Capsula acuminata, valvis introflexis dissepimen-

tum formantibus. Spreng.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Dieirauts* lutea; foliis lanceolatis dentatis glabris, racemo

secundo, corolla glabra, laciniis ovatis barbatis, lacinia

superiore bifida, bracteis inferioribus flore longioribus.

Dierrauis lutea. Linn. Sp. Pl. 867. Jacq. Vindob. 2. p.

AZT. t. 105. Willd. Sp. Pl. 7. p. 285. Ker, Bot. Reg.

t. 251. Reich. Ic. Bot. t. 151. Spreng. Syst. Veget.

2. p. 789. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 0.4. p.29. Lindl.

Digit. p. 23. tab. 23.

Dierrauis parviflora. All. Ped. 1. p. 70. De Cand. Fl. Fr.

3. peosTt: |

(B.) micrantha; sepalis corolla subequalibus. Lindl. 1. c.

p. 23.

D. micrantha. ‘‘ Elm. Mon. 46. t. 2.”

(y.) hybrida, floribus majoribus pallidis, caule erectiore.

Lindl. l. c. p: 23. tab. 24.

D. hybrida. “ Salv. Nuov. Bull. 3. 337. tab. 6.”

D. purpurascens, 6, 3. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 5. p. 411.

(2.)

* From digitale, a thimble, which the flowers of the common species

somewhat resemble.

(0.) fucata; floribus majoribus fusco- (vel potius viridi-)

purpureis, caule erectiore. Lindl. l. c. p. 23. tab. 25.

—Tab. nostr. 3925.

D. fucata. ‘ Ehr. Beitr. 7. 151.”

D. purpurascens, y. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 5. p. 411.

That the Dierraxits lutea is a very sportive plant is clear

to every one who has been in the habit of observing it in

the South of Europe, and that, in gardens, all the individuals

of the Genus are apt to hybridize, is equally certain; so

that Dr. Linptey has probably not erred in referring the

fine plant of which we here give a figure, taken from the

Royal Botanic Garden of Kew, to that species. Whether

the D. purpurascens of Rorn (Linpt. Digit. tab. 20) be

distinct from lutea, may also admit of doubt. The present

variety seems to differ from it only in the notched (not

entire) upper lip or segment of the corolla.

The present plant is really a great ornament to our

parterres, reaching a height of four or five feet, and bear-

ing a succession of flowers for many weeks during the

summer months.

Descr. Stem erect, simple below, but when luxuriant,

among the flowers throwing out many erect, floriferous.

branches, Root-leaves spathulate, the rest oblong- or

ovato-lanceolate, sessile aud even cordate at the base, ser-

rated, strongly veined. Racemes very long, of many secund

flowers, subtended by lanceolate, acuminated bracteas,

which below are almost as long as the flowers themselves.

Pedicels short. Sepals ovato-oblong, acute. Corolla dingy

yellow-green, tinged with blush above; the twbe swollen all

round at the base, and inflated below towards the apex ;

lacinie four, rather obtuse, the upper one notched or biden-

tate, the mouth is beset with long, delicate hairs. Stamens

included. Anthers spotted with red.

_ Fig. 1. Corolla laid open :—magnified.

Witch Del?

as uence

( 3926 )

ONCIDIUM PUBES; var. flavescens. Downy-coLUMN-

ED Oncipi1um ; yellow-flowered var.

KKK KEKE KEE EK EK EEE EK

Class and Order.

GyNAnpDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivex. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata: late-

ralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia. La-

bellum maximum, ecalearatum, cum columna continuum,

varié lobatum, basi tuberculatum vy. cristatum. Colwmna

libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilo-

cularis, rostello nune abbreviato, nunc elongato rostrato.

Pollinia 2, posticé sulcata, caudicula plana, glandula ob-

longa.—Herbe epiphyte, nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia cort-

acea. Scapi paniculati, vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores

speciosi, lutei, sepius maculati, rard albi.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Oncipium pubes; bulbis subcylindricis monophyllis, foliis

lanceolatis nervosis, panicula simplici multiflora sub-

secunda, sepalis 4 fasciatis, inferiore breviore bidentato,

labello pandurato lobis lateralibus angustissimis, cris-

ta superne bicorni, columnz alis linearibus obtusis,

apice antheraque bicorni pubescentibus. =)

Oncipium pubes. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1007. —

Different as the flowers of this plant appear at first sight

from those of Oncip1um pubes as figured in the Botanical

similarity exists only in colour ; and I have the authority of

Dr. Linptey himself for considering it specifically the same.

The original species has the sepals of a much greener tinge,

and the middle lobe of the ip margined with red. Itisa

native

native of Brazil: first detected there by Mr. Doveras, and

since found in the Organ mountains by Mr. GarpNner, whose

flowering plant, grown in the Glasgow Botanic Garden,

is here represented. It blossomed first in October, 1839.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, nearly cylindrical, fur-

rowed, but not deeply, bearing at the extremity a solitary

leaf, which is lanceolate, obscurely nerved, somewhat cori-

aceous, acute, almost acuminate. Scape slender, rising from

the base of a pseudo-bulb, and, including the panicle, a foot

ormore long. Sepals and petals pale yellow-green, banded

with orange, oblongo-spathulate, concave: the two inferior

sepals combined into one, shorter than the upper and emar-

ginate. Lip panduciform, bright yellow, near the base

blotched with orange-red: the side-lobes are very narrow,

almost linear, channelled beneath: the middle one nearl

orbicular, of an uniform yellow colour, (not bordered with

red, as in the plant figured in the Botanical Register).

Near the base, the disk is crested with orange-red tuber-

cles, and furnished with two projecting horns. Column

pale yellow, downy above, and with a projecting, linear,

obtuse wing on each side. Anther-case hemispherical, with

two recurved horns at the lower margin, downy. Pollen-

— two, with a long, slender caudicula and a minute

gland.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Lip. 3, Column. 4, Pollen-masses :—magnified.

3927, VI

Wt Fitch del! See, ae a 22 xo

Fitch det Pub, by 3. Curtis, Glazenwood, Esser, Fee¢llsb2.

( 3927 )

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PUNGENS. SHARP-POINTED

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Or BEAR-BERRY.

KKK EEE EE EEE EEE EE

Class and Order.

DecanpriA MonoeyniA.

_ (Nat. Ord.—Enricacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus persistens. Corolla ovato-urceolata, ore

5-dentato revoluto brevi. Stamina 10 inclusa, filamentis

basi subdilatatis sepids piloso-ciliatis, antheris compressis

apice biporosis lateraliter biaristatis, aristis reflexis. Ova-

rium globoso-depressum squamis 3 carnulosis cinctum.

Stylus brevis. Stigma obtusum. Bacca (seu drupa bac-

cata) globosa, 5 rarius 6—7 imo 10-locularis, loculis 1-

spermis !—Suffrutices fructicesve. Folia alterna sepius

persistentia, integra aut denticulata. Racemi terminales

bracteati. Corolle albe aut rubre. Fructus rubri aut

nigrt. ier

- ‘Specific Character and Synonyms.

ARrcTosTAPHYLOS pungens ; erecta, ramulis racemis foliisque

junioribus tenuissime velutinis, foliis ovalibus oblon-

gisve coriaceis mucronato-pungentibus utrinque acu-

minatis coriaceis integerrimis, racemis brevibus termi-

nalibus, bracteis acuminatis. ~

Arcrostapuytos pungens. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. 3. p.

836. tab. 259. De Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 584. Benth.

Pl. Hartw. n. 91. Andr. Pl. Exsicce. n. 261. Hart-

weg, Pl. Mexic. n. 91. —

Seeds of this plant were sent from Mexico by Mr. Bratr,

to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and the plants raised from

them produced flowers in February, 1841, from — our

gure

figure was taken. Humsoxpr detected it first in elevated

laces about Moran and Villalpando. Anprieux found it

mn Oaxaca, and Hartweec at Zacatecas. Although there is

no question that our plant is the same with the A. pungens

of Humsoxpt and Kunru, yet it may admit of great doubt

if that species be distinct from the Arsurus tomentosa of

Pursn and Hoox., Bot. Mag. tab. 3320; one of the forms

of the var. 8, there noticed, and which variety we consider-

ed the southern state of the plant. Certainly our Califor-

nian variety, noticed in the Botany of Beecury’s voyage, is

identical with the Mexican pungens. Its chief character-

istics are the absence of hairs on the stems and petioles and

the smaller size of leaves, which are more acute, more

obtuse, or cordate at the base. Hitherto it has been

treated as a greenhouse plant ; but probably, this, as well

as the more northern A. tomentosa, will be found to bear

our winters with impunity in the open air.

Descr. Our plant has attained a height of a foot and a

half, is much branched ; the branches rounded ; the younger

ones green and downy, the rest glabrous. Leaves an inch

to an inch and a half long, elliptical, spreading, coriaceous,

single-nerved, quite entire, acute at the base, almost acu-

minate and pungent at the point. Racemes short, eight to

ten-flowered, terminal, drooping. Calyx of five deep, con-

cave, fringed, greenish-white segments. Corolla urceolate,

white, tinged with greenish-rose colour, with five short,

spreading teeth. Stamens ten. Filaments subulate, hairy,

contracted at the base. Anthers with two pores, and

oO long, flexuose awns. Ovary on a gilan-

Fig. 1. Flower with Bracteas, 2, F] laid 3. Cal d

Pistil 4. Stamen :—magnified. ( Reetiiee reese ©

At Tas. 3904, for “ ARcrosTaPHyLos nitida,” read “ ARCTOSTA-

hice discolor.” The former name was written at the time when

Ha plant was supposed to be the A. nitida of Mr. BentTHAM, (Plant.

artw. n. 483,) and omitted to be altered afterwards.

Sean ae gg resersn ~

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IGLS

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( 3928 )

Puarsitis Learitr. Mr. Lear’s GAyBINe.

KKK KKK EEE EEE EEE EERE

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeyntia.

( Nat. Ord.—ConvoLtvuLAcez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla campanulata, aut campanu-

lato-infundibuliformis. Stylus 1. Stigma capitato-granu-

ye hes Ovarium 3-rarius 4-loculare, loculis dispermis.

hors.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Puareitis Learii; radice tuberosa, foliis cordatis acumi-

natis integris trilobisque pilosis undique viridibus,

cymis multifloris capitatis, pedunculo foliis longiore,

sepalis bracteisque linearibus acuminatis adpresse pilo-

sis. Lindl.

Puarsitis Learii. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 56.

Ipomza Learii. Paxton, Mag. of Bot. v. 6. p. 267.

The splendid specimen here figured of this most beauti-

ful plant is from the greenhouse of Mr. Curris at Glazen-

wood nursery, and the drawing from the pencil of Miss

Grorciana Curtis. It is a native of Buenos Ayres, and

was sent by Mr. Manpevitze, our minister in that country,

to the Hon. W. F. Srraneways, who have thus jointly the

honour of introducing one of the most ornamental of plants

to our greenhouses and conservatories.

By the older writers this plant would be referred to the

ill-defined Genus Irpomza. But Moencn, as M. Cuoisy

remarks, had long observed that many Ipomzas, not unfre-

quent in our gardens, (for example, 1. Nil, hederacea, pur-

purea, &c.,) which have the most striking analogy in habit,

might be distinguished by the name of Convolvuloides, dis-

tinguished by an ovary of three cells, each of two -—

: is

VOL. XV. K

This name, however, being untenable, Cuorsy proposed

the present one, in allusion to the beauty and variety of

colours * displayed in the greater number of the species;—

and, certainly, which shine pre-eminently in this.

At Mr. Knieur’s, Nursery, King’s Road, Chelsea, a fine

plant of this, forty feet in length, produced no less than

sixty thousand flowers, expanding successively, from three

to eight hundred a day.

The species of the Genus are mostly of American origin.

Puarsitis Nil (see our Tab. 188.) ‘is, indeed, universally

distributed throughout the tropics; P. hispida and hede-

racea are equally found in the old and in the new world ;

and P. insularis is a native of the Polynesian islands.

Descr. Stems long, climbing, hairy, but the hairs decid-

uous. Leaves alternate, varying extremely in size and in

shape :—from three to four or five inches long, all of them

cordate, acute ; some entire, others more or less deeply cut

into three, broad lobes, hairy on both sides, especially be-

neath, where they are paler. Peduncles axillary, longer

than the leaves, hairy, bearing a cyme of several flowers

accompanied by linear-lanceolate bracteas. Calyx hairy,

or almost silky, of five unequal, erect, linear-lanceolate

sepals. Corolla large, very beautiful; the whole, when in

bud, lilac; when expanded, the tube, which is long, nearly

straight, and angular, is lilac; the limb, which spreads

rather suddenly and horizontally, is four to five inches

across, and of a rich violet blue, with five purple rays. Sta-

‘mens unequal, inserted near the base of the tube, and quite

included within it. Ovary surrounded by a five-lobed disk

orcup. Style as long as the tube. Stigma capitate, gra-

nulated.

ig. 1. Calyx. 2. Pistil and lower part of the Tube of the Corolla, with

the Stamens: slightly magnified. part of the Lube of the Vorola, Wi

Lab. by 8. Curtis Clasenmood Essee Ma! 1. 1842

IGG,

ning ree

( 3929 )

CATASETUM ABRUPTUM. BLUNT-LIPPED

CATASETUM.

KKK EEE EEE EEE

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpris.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivez. -)

Generic Character. —

Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum, Se-

pala et petala subequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum,

nudum, ventricosum vel explanatum, fimbriatum; sub apice

saccatum obsolete trilobum. Colwmna erecta, aptera, libera,

apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, antice

truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba vel sulcata ; caudicula

maxima nuda demum elastice contractili ; glandula cartila-

ginea subquadrata.—Herba terrestris vel epiphyta; caulibus

brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia base

vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales ; Flores speciosi, race-

mosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

Carasetum abruptum; pseudo-bulbis oblongis compressis

vaginis foliorum tectis, foliis lato-lanceolatis, racemo

oblongo nutante, perianthio compresso-globoso, peta-

lis sepalisque subrotundo-ellipticis arcte imbricatis,

labello magno carnoso trilobo lobis lateralibus abrup-

tis intermedio (seu apice) breviter producto truncato

emarginato. |

From the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, whence it was

kindly sent by Mr. Moors, who received it from Brazil,

through the favour of Doctor Gogarty. It blossomed first

with Mr. Moore, in September, 1841, and again in

ber of the same year. ay

gan:

At first sight a very great similarity will be recognised

between this and Caraserum luridum, Lindl. and Bot. Mag.,

t. 3590. It is possible it may be a variety; at the same

time, the greater depression of the whole perianth, and the

different form of the lip are very obvious peculiarities,

and such as I think will entitle this to rank as a species.

In C. luridum the two side lobes of the lip run down

gradually into the apex or middle lobe, which is also con-

siderably prolonged and reflexed. In our plant the side

lobes are very distinct and abrupt, presenting a vertical

edge towards the middle lobe or apex, which is, moreover,

very short. In other respects the description of one will

serve for that of the other.

Fig. 1. Section of the Labellum, exhibiting the abrupt edge of one of

the side Lobes and the shortness of the middle Lobe, together with the

Column and Anther-case:—slightly magnified,

We Fite Me hi hg

Fuh. by S.Curtis Glarenwood Esser Ma! 7], 1842.

Swat St

C 3930 )

GasTROcHILUS PULCHERRIMA. HANDSOME-

FLOWERED GASTROCHILUS.

SEEK EEE EEE EEE EK

Class and Order.

Monanpria Monoeynia.

(Nat. Ord.—Scrraminez. )

Generic Character.

- Calyx tubulosus, hinc fissus. Corolle tubus elongatus,

filiformis, limbi lacinie. exteriores equales patentes, interi-

ores laterales latiores, basi cum filamento in tubum conna-

tz; Jabellum maximum, saccatum. Filamentum lineare,

ultra anthere mutice loculos connectivo longiores haud

productum. Ovarium inferum, triloculare. Ovula in lo-

culorum angulo centrali plurima, horizontalia, anatropa.

Stylus filiformis ; stigma capitato-convexum. Capsula ;

Herb Indice, acaules vel caulescentes ; radice repente vel

fibroso-ramosa, tuberibus subsessilibus fasciculatis, spica

ria radicali vel terminali imbricata, floribus nutantibus. Endl

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Gastrocuitus* pulcherrima; foliis lanceolatis subsessilibus,

| spica terminali secunda, tubo corolla incluso. Wall.

4 Gastrocuitus pulcherrima. Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. v. 1.

; p. 22. tab. 2. gs i

A native of Rangoon in the East Indies, where it flowers

in August, and our plants in the Royal Botanic Garden,

sent by the kindness of Dr. Wattica, blossom at the same

season. Their blossoms are very handsome and pera

Bi and,

ee Tacnp, the abdomen, and xpi, a lip; from the inflation of the larger

‘Jobe of the corolla or lip. :

and, at first sight, give the idea of some Orchideous plant.

But it is truly one of the Scrramineg, allied, as Dr. Wa-

LicH well observes, on the one hand to ALPINIA, and on the

other to Kampreria: with the former it agrees in habit,

and in its naked anther; with Kampreria in having the

lobes of the perianth disposed in two alternating rows. It

requires the heat of a stove, and seems to thrive well with

the same treatment as is given to Orchideous plants.

Descr. Root creeping, fleshy ; throwing up, besides the

leafy stems, rounded tubers, marked with circular rings.

Stems a foot to a foot and a half high, below sheathed with

leafless scales, above with the bases of the leaves, which are

auriculated. Leaves five to six inches long, broadly lance-

olate, acuminate, pale beneath. Costa prominent below.

Veins oblique. Spike of Flowers arising from the axil of

the upper leaves, and closely imbricated in a distichous

manner with green, lanceolate scales or bracteas, from:

whence the flowers issue, three or four at once, and con-

tinue to appear in succession for a considerable length of

time. Calyx tubular, cleft above on one side, and bluntly

three-toothed. Corolla white, or cream-coloured, the larger

Segment with a rich, sanguineous spot with two white

streaks. Tube slender, singularly curved at the apex, so

that the limb is drooping, and six-cleft; the lacinie conni-

vent in two rows, exterior of three equal appressed linear-

oblong segments, inner of three unequal ones, of which two

are short and unequal, and the lower one, or labellum,

large, concave, convolute at the base, and then accrete

with the stamens. Filament short. Anther large, oblong.

Ovary oblong. Style about as long as the anther, Stigma

convex, elevated a little above the anther.

Fig. 1. Flower, from which the Labellum and the three outer segments

of the Corolla are removed. 2. Inner view of the upper portion of the

same. 3. Ovary and Calyx magnified.

B hitch det?

Lub.by §.Cartis Glarenwood Essex Ma? LIS#2

393T

SWAT OG

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OREODAPHNE BULLATA. BLISTERED

MounrTain-LavureEu.

Class and Order.

E\NNNEANDRIA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Lavrinez. )

Generic Character.

Hermaphrodite vel dioice aut polygame. Perianthium

sexpartitum aut sexfidum, subequale; limbo demum evan-

escente. Stamina novem; anthere oblong in filamentis

angustis ; locelli quaterni per paria unus super altero positi,

antherarum trium interiorum reversi. Staminodia quarti

ordinis vel nulla, vel subulata aut saltem minus completa.

Bacca perianthii tubo in cupulam profundam crassamque

converso truncatoque magis vel minus immersa.—Inflores-

centia paniculata vel racemosa, plerisque densa, multis etiam

brevis et thyrsoidea, axillaris, in quarto subgenere umbellu-

lata. Nees.

oe ee

: pers

Bic amma

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Orroparune* (Ceramornora) bullata; foliis ellipticis aut

oblongo-ellipticis basi acutis in petiolum longum late

canaliculatum desinentibus apice acutato-obtusis arcte

reticulatis subtiliterque venosis glabris axillis venaram

costalium inferiorum subtus excavatis ciliatisque supra

grosse bullatis, racemis infra gemmam axillarem et

terminalem racemoso-confertis paucifloris pubescenti-

scabris, perianthii laciniis tubo longioribus glabris,

staminodiis capitatis. Nees.

OreEopapune bullata. Nees Laurin. p. 449.

Laurus bullata. Burchell, Trav. v. 1. p. 72. note.

A native of Zwellendam district, Cape of Good Hope,

' and, in reality, the only plant belonging to the old Genus

E Laurus which is found in Southern Africa; for it was

| through

* So called by NEES Von ESENBECK from dpos @ mountain, and degra, Lau-

rel,—or Mountain-Laurel, because many of the species inhabit mountains.

through a mistake in our Journal of Botany, vol. iv. p. 418,

(as explained in the erratum, same vol. p. 436,) that another

species is described as inhabiting that region (Laurus Bow-

tet*), that species proving, on further investigation, to be

a native of Moreton Bay, in Australia. It is this, of which

we now give a representation, that was sent by Mr. Bowie

to the Royal Gardens of Kew as the “ African Oak,” of the

colonists, and is so spoken of by Barrow in his “ Travels in

Southern Africa.” It is, therefore, not improbable that the

“ African Oak” of tropical Africa is also a species of Laurel,

as the acute Mr. Brown’s investigations have, independent

of the fact now related, led him to conjecture.

Another name, given to our tree (for such a size it must

attain, though I do not find the dimensions of the trunk any-

where described) in the Cape colony, is the Stink-hout

(Stink-wood). Speaking of Cape Town, Mr. Burcuett

says, “ Beams and floors of the Teak-wood of India are not

uncommon ; but the greatest part of the timber used in

building, and, indeed, for every other purpose, is the Geel-

hout, (yellow-wood) (a species of Popocarrus,) and the

Stink-hout (Laurus bullata). The latter is a handsome

wood and resembles Mahogany both in colour and quality.

Chairs, tables, and other furniture, are made of it.—It is,

therefore, well worthy of being transplanted to other of our

colonies, enjoying a climate similar to that of the Cape.”

Descr. A tree. With us, treated asa greenhouse plant

and only grown in a pot, the stem has not attained a greater

height than four or five feet; the branches clothed with

brown, smooth bark, the younger ones tinged with red.

Leaves alternate, coriaceous, elliptical, entire, acute, rather

obtuse at the base, and, what is a striking feature of the

species, having at the axils of two or more of the lower costal

veins on the underside, seg pits or hollows ciliated at their

edges, and exhibiting on the upper side corresponding ele-

vations, whence the specific name is derived ; their colour is

olive, or brownish-green. Peduncles from the side of the

branch beneath the petiole: about as long as the leaves,

ring a raceme of flowers, moderately small and destitute

of fragrance. Pedicels with minute bracteas. Tube of the

perianih short ; limb of six spreading, ovate, concave, green

segments. Stamens nine ; the three interior opening out-

wards, all of them by means of four valves. Glands of the

outer stamens, or staminodia, large, capitate. Germen

ovate. Style tapering. Stigma peltate.

* L. australis, All. Cunn. ; which name it ought to retain.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Stamen. 3. Pistil :—magnified.

Glazervood Essex. Mart LI.

Lub by S Curtis

( 39382 )

OXALIS LASIOPETALA. HAIRY-PETALED

W oop-SorrReEL.

SRK KKK KEKE KEKE

Class and Order.

DecanprRiA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Oxa.ipez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis liberis aut basi coalitis. Petala

5. Stamina 10, filamentis basi breviter monadelphis, 5

ext. alternis brevioribus. Styli 5, apice penicilliformes aut

capitati. Capsula pentagona oblonga aut cylindracea.—

Herbe perennes, caulescentes stipitate aut acaules, folis

variis sed nunquam abrupte pinnatis. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

, Oxauis lasiopetala; radice tuberosa, foliolis obcordato-

bilobis supra glabriusculis subtus pubescentibus, scapo

plurifloro, petalis calycibusque extus pilosis, sepalis

apice bipunctatis, stylis erectis strictis stamina exce-

dentibus.

Oxaus lasiopetala. Succ. Monogr. Oxal. d’ Amérique, n. ee

Spreng. Syst. Veget. cur. post. p. 184.

bs ing, and to him we are indebted for the plant here figured.

It blossoms readily in the greenhouse, and its copious

: On the American individuals of this Genus, Zuccarint,

who first described the present plant, has published a

=e Monograph.

Monograph. When his work appeared in 1825, the num-

ber of species amounted to seventy-seven, and thirty new }

ones have since been added, making the total amount of z

one hundred and seven Wood-Sorrels, found in South

America alone. Zuccarint is of opinion that the bulbs of

Oxatis do not belong to the roots, but to subterranean

stems, and they exist of very various sizes, from the

offsets or elongated stoloues of O. stricta, to the large

tubers of O. crassicaulis. These differences depend wholly

on the number, thickness, aud approximation (or the re-

verse) of the scales, which, when fleshy, form by their close

position, bulbs, analogous to those of Aturum. The roots i

themselves are branching and fusiform ; they may exist a8

singly, as in O. conorhiza; or spring from a bulb-bearing <e

rhizoma (O. papilionacea) ; or be mingled with the bulbi- a

ferous rhizomas, as may be observed in O. crassicaulis. ea

_ The position of the leaves in this Genus is such, that the

ninth leaf covers over the first, after three spiral turns.

When the internodes are elongated, the leaves become

closely grouped together, and some authors have even erro-

neously termed them verticillate leaves (ex. O. distans, hedy-

saroides, &c.)

he arrangement of the stamens in Oxanis also presents

a striking peculiarity. The longest, or internal stamens

are alternate with the stigmas and petals, and opposite to

the sepals, with which again the short or outward stamens

arealternate. It might be supposed, strictly speaking, that

one row of stamens, intermediate between the petals and

the shortest stamens, becomes regularly abortive ; and this

Seems the more probable, because the filaments of the

longer stamens bear teeth which might be considered as

the rudiments of the absent series.

In Oxatis tetraphylla, however, the shorter filaments bear analo-

gous teeth, so that it would appear as if there had existed, outside of

them, a row of stamens opposite to the sepals, which would bring the

primitive number of stamens in this Genus up to twenty-five, of which

fifteen become constantly abortive, while ten are perfect.

Descr. foot elongated, tuberous, and nodose, or bearing knots or

teeth, with thickish scales. Leaves radical, numerous. Petioles long,

terete, glabrous. Leaflets large, obcordate, with a deep notch. Ledun-

cle elongated, terminated by a cyme of many bright-coloured flowers.

elliptical-lanceolate, acute, with deep orange-coloured spots at

apex of each. Petals deep rose-colour, oblique. Stamens with the fila-

Styles united into a long ovate tube, glabrous, five longer than the others. _

perfectly erect, approximate, much longer than the stan

globose. Capsule oblong-acuminate, with five sharp angles

_ Fig. 1. Flower, with the P Bi

Pistil. 5. Capsule. . ‘fed. removed. 2. Petal. 3. Stamens and +

* W. Pitch ey,

2. red * * ¥;

Lub.by S.Curtis Clavempeod Essex Ma” 7 1842 Swan Je

( 3933 )

ACACIA PLATYPTERA. BROAD-WINGED

ACACIA. —

SRR KERR RK KE EERE

Class and Order.

Potyeamia Moneccia.

( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. )

Generic Character.

Flores polygami. Calyx 4—5-dentatus. Petala 4—5,

nunc libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stamina

numero varia 10—200. Legumen continuum exsuccum

bivalve.—Frutices aut arbores, habitu et foliatione valde

varie. Spine stipulares, sparse aut nulle. Flores flavi,

albt aut rarius rubri, capitati aut spicati, decandri aut poly-

andri, eleutherandri aut monadelphi, petalis 4—5 liberis

coalitisve constantes. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Acacia platyptera ; capitulis in pedunculo solitariis, stipulis

minimis subpungentibus, phyllodiis bifariam decurren-

tibus pilosis apice recurvo-mucronatis; nervo unico

centrali, margine superiore dente unico glandulifero,

internodiis linearibus longissimis. Graham.

Acacia platyptera. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Miscell. 1841, n. 10.

This beautiful Acacia compensates for the absence: of

leaves in the quantity and rich yellow colour of its heads

of flowers. It was obligingly sent from Oakfield, Chelten-

ham, by Mrs. Wray, who had obtained seeds of it from the

Swan River settlement. That lady rightly judged it to be

the A. platyptera of Dr. Linpiey; though we received,

about the same time, another and nearly allied Swan River

species from Dr. Granam, under that name, but which will

soon be figured in this work as A. ertoptera of that gen-

tleman.

A. platyptera appears to have first blossomed with Messrs.

Lucomgs & Pince of Exeter; and since also with Messrs.

Low of Clapton, as well as at Oakfield and Edinburgh ; so

that it may be considered a peculiarly free flowerer, and a

most desirable greenhouse autumnal blossoming plant.

Descr. Stems, in reality, slender and almost filiform,

throwing out spreading, alternate branches, which, as well

as the stem, are all winged with comparatively broad, flat-

tened, green expansions, rather thickly hairy, and marked

with obscure, oblique nerves in the older portions. Phyl-

lodia scarcely an inch long, and gradually smaller upwards.

These are so completely decurrent into the wings as to

represent only large, oblique teeth, with a sharp, recurved

mucro, and a nerve passing obliquely from the base to the

apex. Stipules small, subulate, deciduous. The copious

younger branches are clothed at short distances with deep

yellow, pedunculated, globose heads of flowers. Peduncle

about as long as the head of flowers, always arising from

the axil of a phyllodium. Each minute flower has an

ovate, ciliated bractea at the base. Calyx deeply five-cleft,

ciliated. Corolla campanulate, deeply five-cleft. Stamens

very numerous. Ovary oblong, glab : Style long,

ats A rTP ince at a I dea

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil:—magnified.

‘

C 3934 )

GLOXINIA SPECIOSA; var. macrophylla, variegata.

Rovexr Groxinta ; large variegated-leaved var.

KEK KEK EEE EE EEE EKER EE

Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—GeEsNERIACES. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus imo ovario adnatus ; limbus 5-fidus aut 5-

partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis aut campanulato-sub-

ringens, hine postice ad basin gibba, aut subcalcarata, tubo

ventricoso, limbo patulo subbilabiato, lobis 5 rotundatis.

Stamina 4 didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthere cohe-

rentes. Glandule 5 perigyne. Stylus in stigma orbicula-

tum concavum subinfundibuliforme abeuns. Capsula 1-

locularis bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bilobis, seminibus

numerosis oblongis.—Herbe aut suffrutices, species Aus-

trali-Americane, plereque Brasilienses. Folia opposita, in-

terdum radicalia, petiolata, crenata. Flores ampli axillares

aut radicales, pedicellati, sepius nutantes. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

GxoxiniA speciosa ; caule abbreviato aut subnullo, foliis

subradicalibus longe petiolatis puberis hirsutisve ova-

libus eblongisve crenatis, pedicellis petiolo longioribus

1-floris, calycis 5-partiti lobis acuminatis, corolla ven-

tricosa.

Guoxinia speciosa. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 28. Ker, Bot.

Reg. t. 213. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1937. De Cand.

Prodr. v. 7. p. 534.

(B.) albiflora ; corollis albis. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3206.

(y.) macrophylla; foliis majoribus albo-variegatis. (Tab.

nostr. 3934.) as

This really superb variety of the well-known Groxin1a

speciosa was sent to the Messrs. Verrcu, Mount Radford

, Nursery,

VOL. XV. L

Nursery, Exeter, by their collector, from the Organ Moun-

tains of Brazil. It produced the noble cluster of blossoms

here represented in September of the same year, when it

was exhibited at the Horticultural Society, and gained the

certificate of merit.

Not only are the flowers much more conspicuous than in

the ordinary state of the plant, and more richly coloured,

but the foliage also, is much larger, and mottled with pale

whitish-green about the veins, which considerably enhances

the beauty of the whole object.

Apri } 1642

nd, Essex.

Lub. by S Curtis, Glarenwou

€ 3935 )

CoLocasia ODORATA. FRAGRANT INDIAN-

KALE.

KKK EK EE EEE ERE KEE KEKE

Class and Order.

Monecia PoryanpriA.

( Nat. Ord.—Arorpez. ) ©

Generic Character.

Spatha recta v. cucullata. Spadix interrupte androgy-

nus, antheris rudimentariis infra v. etiam supra stamina,

appendice sterili clavata v. acuminata. Anthere bilocu-

lares, plurime, connectivis conoideis, truncatis, sessilibus v.

substipitatis verticillatis adnate discrete, loculis contiguis,

apice poro communi apertis. Ovaria plurima, conferta,

liberalia, unilocularia. Ovula in loculis subsena, placentis

parietalibus tribus prope basin affixa, erecta, orthotropa.

Stylus brevissimus; Stigma subcapitatum. Bacca —

Herbe Indice ; rhizomate tuberoso v. caulescente ; foliis

simultaneis, peltatis, pedunculis subsolitariis, v. ex eadem ax-

ila pluribus abbreviatis, vaginatis. Endl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Coxocasta odorata; caudice elongato, foliis cordatis longe

petiolatis nervis prominentibus lobis rotundatis, spa-

dice clavato medio staminifero, infra et supra, (usque

ad apicem) staminibus abortivis tecto, spatha cymbi-

formi breviore.

Catapium odoratum. Roxb. MSS. (fide Lindl.)

Catapium odorum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 641.

Conocasia odora. Brongn. in Nouv. Ann. du Mus. v. 3. p.

145. t. 7.

What is wanting in colour to this plant is amply com-

pensated by its arborescent character, noble foliage, and

powerful fragrance. In the specimen from which our draw-

ing was taken, and which blossoms annually in the stove nag

the

the Glasgow Botanic Garden, the stem, or caudex, is full

six feet high, the petioles springing from the top of this are

not less than two feet long, and then bear a blade measuring

three feet or more in length. The whole appearance of the

plant is truly tropical. It is a native of Pegu, and was first

described by Dr. Roxsuren, and introduced to the stoves of

this country, by Lord Carrnarvon, at Highclere. The

juice is powerfully acrid ; but whether the foliage and roots

are eaten like those of other species of the same Genus,

Corocas1a Antiquorum (Catapium Colocasia) C. esculenta,

&c., I have no means of ascertaining.

It has been long known that plants of this natural family

(Arowez) evolve a considerable degree of heat at certain

intervals during the flowering state. Lamarck appears first

to have made this discovery in 1777, upon the Arum Itali-

cum. Other observations were made by Senesier, Desron-

TAINES, GMELIN, Bory de St. Vincent, Hersert, THEODORE

de Saussure, and Scuuures, and the result of their remarks

was, at different periods, laid before the public. But M.

Apotpre Broneniarr, in the third volume of the Nouvelles

Ann. du Muséum d’Hist. Nat., has detailed the most exact

experiments, instituted upon the species of Conocasia now

before us. These were made in the spring of 1834 on a

finely developed plant, grown in the earth of the stove,

and which had produced four flowers in the space of a

month. ©

“The first flower began to expand on the 4th of March ;

but it was not till the 6th that the escape of pollen from its

anthers commenced, and the increase of temperature on the

spadix was perceptible to the touch. A very small ther-

mometer, when applied to the flower, indicated a tempera-

ture in the air of 23° centigrade, while the spadix, close to

the fertile stamens, was 26°, and the club, formed by the

abortive stamens, was 30°, the difference being seven de-

ey The heat of the flower gradually diminished, and in

oatiog oF its temperature was the same as that of the

. = It is remarkable, however, that while all the other Aroi-

vem that have been examined on this point, appear, when

the heat has once disappeared, never to regain it, the plant

under consideration exhibited the same increase of tempe-

rature at the same hour (two p. m.) of the following day,

and for four days: it continued, though with salisidby

diminishing intensity, to present a similar phenomenon,

when ‘the flower finally faded. Another blossom having

appeared

all

appeared shortly after, 1 adopted many precautions which

should enable me to watch its progress. I procured a very

delicate thermometer, applied it accurately to the most

sensible parts of the flower, and protected the bulb, by folds

of flannel from the influence of the circumambient atmo-

sphere, and by a paper shade from the rays of the sun.

Another thermometer was suspended in the stove not far

from the plant, to give the temperature of the stove.

* For six days a striking increase of heat took place in the

flower, attaining its maximum about four o’clock in the after-

noon, and totally ceasing during the night and early morn-

ing. The greatest difference between the temperature of the

flower and the general atmosphere of the stove was eleven

degrees ; and as in the first blossom which was examined, so

the central portion of the club of abortive stamens was the

part which exhibited this heat most powerfully ; next, the

base of that club; and then the stamens which were

fertile.”

Another highly interesting circumstance is connected with

this beautiful and striking plant: it is comparatively easy

to observe the mode in which its pollen-tubes penetrate the

tissue of the stigma. If the pistils be examined after the

flower has faded, it will be seen that the stigmas are covered

with a thick layer of pollen, and that a portion of these

smooth spherical granules of pollen have given birth to

membranous tubes, of greater or less length, which, pene-

trating between the utricles which constitute the papilla of

the stigma, enter, more or less deeply, into the substance

of this organ.

It may be asked whether these pollinary tubes are pro-

longed into the ovules, as is the case in the Orcuipez ; or

whether they lose themselves in the substance of the stigma?

And this is a point which still remains in doubt. It is a

certain fact, that in many ArormpEz, the ovary presents,

after fertilization, some filaments, which, proceeding from

the style, do fill up, in part, the cavity ; but these filaments

may be a prolongation of the conducting tissue as well as of

the pollen-tubes.

The organs of vegetation in this plant also possess some

very curious peculiarities of structure. The geminate pe-

duncles in the axils of its enormous petioles exhibit, as do

those petioles and the nerves of the leaves, numerous cylin-

drical cavities, which, to the naked eye, appear as if coated

with shining points. When examined under a microscope,

these points are seen, both by transverse and longitudinal

section,

section, to be so many prominent cells, forming a kind

of short bristles, each enclosing a bundle of raphides or

small acicular crystals, which are laid close side by side.

These crystals are here, as is constantly the case, enclosed

within prominent utricles, and may be easily extracted

from them ; but what is very remarkable, is, that the adjoin-

ing cells which form the rest of the substance between these

cavities, never present any of those crystals which abun-

dantly coat all the cavities of the plant.

The foliage of this plant is the seat of a waxy secretion,

which, though scanty in cultivated individuals, yet is pro-

duced in considerable quantities, when this and some other

ARoIDEz# grow in a genial and native climate. This secre-

tion is formed exclusively on the lower face of the leaf, and

Is confined to the axils of its principal nerves, where the

cellular tissue produces it, and from which points this waxy

substance extends sometimes over nearly the whole inferior

surface of the foliage. In the cultivated plant, it only exists

in areal scales, at the utmost not larger than the human

nail.

_ Descr. Caudex four to six feet high, and four to six

inches in diameter, marked with the scars of the fallen

leaves, and crowned with ample, cordate, petiolated foliage.

From the axils of these leaves the short flower-stalks appear

in pairs. Spatha a span long, contracted below the middle,

then expanding into a boat-shaped membrane. . Spadix

shorter than the spatha, club-shaped : the base clothed all

round with nearly globose, green pistils, (the female flow-

ers,) crowned with the broad nearly sessile stigma. Then,

for about two inches the circumference is occupied with

hexagonal, elongated, abortive stamens, above these with

numerous perfect stamens (fig. 1 and 2). The large, club-

bed, fleshy apex, marked with numerous sinuosities, is

clothed with stamens still more imperfect than those below

the perfect ones, and which seem to have run together in

one fleshy mass.

Fig. 1.2. Stamens. 3. Pistil: magnified.

Fub. by S Curtis Clarenwood: Essex Apr! 1 1842.

Fitch. del?

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( 3936 )

Hisiscus CAmeronr. Mr. Cameron’s

Hisiscus.

KEKE EERE EEE EEE EE EER

Class,and Order.

MonapetruiA PonyaAnpriA.

( Nat. Ord.—Matvacea. )

Generic Character.

Calyx cinctus involucello sepius polyphyllo, rarius foli-

olis paucis aut inter se coalitis. Petala hinc non auriculata.

Stigmata 5. Carpella in capsulam 5-locularem coalita, val-

vis intus medio septiferis, loculis polyspermis aut rarius

Il-spermis. DC,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Hisiscus Cameroni; frutescens inermis, foliis cordatis 5-

lobis grosse serratis, lobis acutis basi contractis, invo-

lucelli foliolis sub-9 minutis subulatis, calyce maximo

inflato quinquefido 10-costato, petalis oblique cuneatis

truncatis, columna staminea petala superante.

Hieiscus Cameroni. Knowles et West, Fl. Cab. n. 82.

Mr. Cameron, the able Curator of the Birmingham Bo-

tanic Garden, whose name this beautiful plant deservedly

bears, had the good fortune to rear it from seeds sent from

Madagascar by the Missionaries, I possess a very fine

native specimen, gathered many years ago by the late Dr.

Lyaut in the same island, and marked “ Hzbiscus, n. sp.”

It is indeed a remarkably well-defined species, whether we

consider the leaves, the involucre, the calyx, or the corolla.

It flowers readily, and for a long period during the summer

months, and in that season flourishes in the greenhouse ; but,

in the winter, it is best kept in the stove. Hitherto it has

not produced seed, but is increased by cuttings, and a young

pliant

plant thus raised, presented to the Royal Gardens of Kew by

Mr. Cameron, soon produced its lovely blossoms.

Descr. Judging from my native specimens, it would

seem to constitute a rather tall shrub when arrived at ma-

turity, the young flowering shoots green and succulent.

Leaves petiolate, heart-shaped, deeply five-lobed, the sinus-

es very obtuse, the lobes acute, coarsely serrated, narrowed

at the base, thus making the sinuses very broad as well

as obtuse. Peduncles axillary, solitary, single-flowered,

about as long as the petioles, thickened upwards. Calyx

large, somewhat inflated, deeply five-lobed, the lobes acu-

minate, five-ribbed, reticulated between the ribs, jointed on

the top of the peduncle. Jnvolucel scarcely any, reduced to

about nine small, subulate, spreading leaflets. Corolla

spreading, of five large, obliquely cuneate petals, truncated

at the apex, with one angle obtuse, the other acute, veined

and waved, of a cream-colour tinged with rather deep rose,

and a rich purple spot just above the short claw. Staminal

tube very long, cylindrical, red-purple, longer than the

Free portion of the filaments spreading, white, as

well as the anthers. Branches of the style five, exserted

beyond the staminal tube, curved, red, and bearing each a

red, capitate stigma. Ovaries five, combined into one, of a

narrow ovate form, and thickly downy.

Fig. 1. Involucre and Ovary.

W Fitch del?

_.. Lub by S. Curtis Glarenwood Essec Apr! 1 1E#

(. 3937 )

CatTasetum WaAtesir. Mr. Wat.e’s

CATASETUM.

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Class and Order.

GyYNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Se-

pala et petala subequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum,

nudum, ventricosum vel explanatum, fimbriatum; sub apice

saccatum obsolete trilobum. Columna erecta, aptera, libera,

apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, antice

truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba vel sulcata ; caudicula

maxima nuda demum elastice contractili ; glandula cartila-

- ginea subquadrata.—Herba terrestris vel epiphyta; caulibus

brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia basi

vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales ; Flores speciost, race-

most, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

Carasetum Wailesii ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, perianthiis

ovatis compressis conniventibus, sepalis petalisque a-

cuminatis, labello subconico-cucullato, ore contracto

integerrimo, antheris hemispherico-compressis umbo-

natis umbone subtus squamifero.

The strange forms exhibited in the different parts of the

flower of the several kinds of Caraserum have often attract-

ed notice. Inthe present instance, the most striking pecu-

liarity is to be found in the anther-case, which, instead of

being carried out into a very long point or beak, is singu-

larly short and flattened, in the centre of which is an umbo

or elevated tubercle, and beneath this, a pretty large, mem-

branaceous, spreading scale. Whetlier this be simply a

sport

sport of Nature, or a permanent character, indicating a truly

distinct species, 1 will not take upon me to say: the con-

.Stancy of this mark in all the flowers would lead to the

latter conclusion ; and I have dedicated the species to G.

Waites, Esq., of Newcastle, a most enthusiastic lover and

student of Natural History, and particularly of Horticulture

and Botany. His collection of Orchideous plants is con-

siderable, and the present individual is one of many that

he has introduced from Honduras, through the kindness of

G. U. Skinner, Esq.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs and leaves much resembling those

of the well-known Caraserum tridentatum. Scapes radical,

a foot or more tall, bearing a raceme of six to eight large,

greenish-white flowers. These flowers, as seems to be com-

mon to the Genus, have the ovaries straight, that is, not

twisted ; so that the /abellum is uppermost. The sepals and

petals connive and point downwards, and are tipped with

yellow-brown. Lip conico-cucullate, green, brownish at

the edge, the mouth contracted, quite entire and involute :

there are two very short lobes at the base which are a little

fringed. Column large, green, with two long and strong,

deflexed sete. Anther-case depressed, with an umbo, and a

spreading scale partly concealing the umbo.

Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Column, 3. Anther-case. 4. Pollen-masses: more or

less magnified.

Pub by 5 Carts Glacenwoud E ssexdgrl 1842

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Oxauis Marti4na. Dr. Martius

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Class and Order.

DeEcANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Oxatipez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis liberis aut basi coalitis. Petala

5. Stamina 10, filamentis basi breviter monadelphis; 5 ext.

alternis brevioribus. Stylz 5 apice penicilliformes aut capi-

tati. Capsula pentagona oblonga aut cylindracea.—Herbe

perennes, caulescentes, stipitate aut acaules, foliis rartis sed

nunquam abrupte pinnatis. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Oxauis Martiana; radice tuberosa, foliolis obcordato-bilo-

bis hirtis subtus copiose villosis, scapo plurifloro, pedi-

cellis ramosis, petalis calycibusque extus pilosis, sepa-

lis apice bipunctatis, staminibus stylos curvatos supe-

rantibus.

Oxauis Martiana. Succ. Monogr. Ox. Am. n. 2.

Oxauis urbica. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mérid. 1. p. 128.

Oxauts floribunda. Link. et Ott. Abbild. Gew. t. 10.

(8.) scapis pedicellisque patenti-pilosis.

Oxauis bipunetata. Grah. in Bot. Mag. t. 2781.

This pretty Oxauis, which is a native of the Argentine

Republic of South Brazil, and was sent us by Mr. Moore,

from the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, is in many respects so

closely allied to O. lasiopetala, figured at our tab. 3932,

that we are glad of an opportunity of pointing out the

differences. These consist in the glabrous leaves of O.

lasiopetala, and in the long erect styles which are consider-

ably protruded beyond the longest of the stamens. A

variety of our present plant is indeed already figured in this

publication,

publication, the O. bipunctata of Dr. Granam, in which

the scapes and petioles are clothed with patent hairs. ‘This

species is equally worth cultivating with the O. lasiopetala,

to which we have already referred, and is rendered very

ornamental by its copious and many-flowered scapes. _

Descr. Leaves all radical, on long flexuose petioles,

ternate ; leaflets large, obcordate, approaching to trian-

gular, with a rather deep but sharp sinus. Scapes radical,

slender, flexuose, longer than the leaves, and bearing

a rather ample cyme of deep, purple rose-coloured flowers.

The branches of the cyme are slender, filiform, flexuose,

more or less spreading, and more or less elongated, with a

small bractea at the base. Calyx of five elliptical erect

sepals, bearing two small orange-coloured glands at the

tips. Petals cuneate oblique, a little hairy at the back.

Filaments ten, united for about one-third of the way from

the base into an angular, rather fleshy tube; of the free

portion, five of the filaments are very short, and a little

spreading, five much longer, quite erect. Anthers short-

oblong, yellow. Ovary oblong, with five obtuse angles ;

styles five erecto-patent, hairy ; stigmas dark green, dilated,

and umbilicate. Jmmature fruit oblong, one-third longer

than the calyx, with five acute angles, and tipped with the

short remains of the five styles.

Fig. 1. Calyx with the Stamen and Pistil. 2. Petal. 3. Stamens and

Pistils removed from the Calyx. 4. Portion of the Stamens. 5. Pistil.

6. Immature Fruit :—all more or less magnified.

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ACACIA DIPTERA; 8. erioptera. Two-wine-

ED Acacia; downy var.

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Class and Order.

Potyeamia Monazcia.

( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosaz. )

Generic Character.

Flores polygami. Calyx 4—5-dentatus.. Petala 4—5,

nunc libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stamina

numero varia 10—200. Legumen continuum exsuceum

bivalve.—Frutices aué arbores, habitu et foliatione valde

varie. Spine stipulares, sparse aut nulle. Flores flavi,

albi aut rarius rubri, capitati aut spicati, decandri aut poly-

andri, eleutherandri aut monadelphi, petalis 4—5 liberis

coalitisve constantes. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Acacia diptera; glaucescens, stipulis minutis v. obsoletis,

phyllodiis parvis lanceolatis incurvo-falcatis longissime

bifariam decurrentibus mucronatis eglandulosis, nervo

margini superiori arcte approximato, pedunculis sim-

plicibus v. hine inde racemosis, capitulis multifloris.

Benth.

Acacia diptera, Lindl. Bot. Reg. App. p. xv. (non Humb.

and Bonpl.) Benth. Mimos. in Hook. Lond. Journ.

Bot. ined. Hook. Ic. Pl. v. 4. t. 369.

(G.) erioptera (Graham) ; velutino-pubescens, alabastris

ovato-pyramidatis angulatis (Tab. nostr. 3939).

This plant we received, in 1840, at the Edinburgh

Botanic Garden, from that of Glasgow, where it had been

raised from Swan River seeds, sent over by Mr. James

Drummonn. It has flowered sparingly with us during the

autumnal months. It will be at once seen that this is very

similar

similar in habit to the A. platyptera (see our tab. 3933.) ;

but that species is readily distinguished by the hairs with

which it is clothed being less uniform, and some of them

more harsh; by the stipules being subspinescent ; by the

phyllodia having their solitary nerve near the centre, and

their having a gland on their upper edge, similar to that on

Acacia alata; by the mucro with which they are termi-

nated being recurved ; and by the capitula being smaller

and of deeper yellow. In Acacia alata (Bot. Reg. t.

396.) the terminal mucro is straight and much more rigid

and pungent than in either of thé species now described.

Descr. Stem much branched from the bottom (the

whole plant in the specimen described being about four feet

high). Branches long, diffused, winged in two rows,

internodes long, linear, Stipules very minute, soft, ciliated,

deciduous. Phyllodia decurrent, densely covered with

short soft hair, having a single merve passing near their

upper edge, and terminated by an incurved soft mucro,

entirely without gland or tooth, excepting the mucro at the

extremity. Capitula solitary, on short peduncles. Flowers

of an uniform pale yellow, and everywhere glabrous.

Calyx five-cleft, segments ovate. Corolla twice as long as

the calyx, five-partite, segments ovate, concave. Stamens

thrice as long as the corolla; anthers rather deeper yellow

than the rest of the flower. Pistil scarcely longer than the

stamens ; stigma minute, capitate ; germen slightly pinkish.

Graham.

. Fig. 1. Flower and Bractea :—magnified.

( 3940 )

GESNERIA Zesprina. MoTTLE-LEAVED

GESNERIA.

Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—GeEsNERIACEA. )

Generic Character.

Calyx ovarii basi adnatus, limbo subinzqualiter 5-partito

libero. Corolla tubulosa ima basi 5-gibberosa aut aqua-

liter subtumida, limbo 5-fido, lobis nunc in labio duo dispo-

sitis, nunc subequalibus. Stamina 4, ime corolle adnata

didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthere juniores, cohe-

rentes. Stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato aut bilobo.

Glandule perigyne 2—5 circa ovarii basin. Capsula cori-

acea 1-locularis bivalvis, valvis convexis, placentis 2 parie-

talibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia.—Herbe peren-

nes, radice tuberosa; rarius frutices, caulis simplex aut

opposite ramosus. Folia opposita aut verticillata dentata.

Pedunculi simplices uniflori aut ramosi multiflori, axillares

aut in thyrsum racemumve terminalem dispositi. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Gresneria Sebrina; caule tereti erecto pubescente, foliis

oppositis longe petiolatis cordato-subrotundis, racemo

terminali erecto, bracteis subulatis involutis, pedicellis

simplicibus longissimis erectis, corolla nutante, seg-

mentis brevioribus. Graham.

GesneriA Zebrina. Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, vol. 8.

No. 96. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. (1842) ¢. 16.

Even in this beautiful Genus, the species now described

must be looked upon as eminently attractive, both on ac-

count of its colour and its shape. We received it from Mr.

Low of Clapton, who, again, had been indebted for its pos-

session

VOL. XV. M

session to the Botanic Garden of Ghent. In the Edinburgh

Botanic Garden, and at Mr. Cunnineuam’s Nursery, Comely

Bank, it flowered profusely in the end of September and in

October.

Our drawing, handsome as it is, can give but an imper-

fect idea of the beautiful mottled and velvety foliage, and

the rich scarlet and yellow of the copious and gracefully

drooping flowers. At the time that Dr. Granam’s specimen

was communicated to us, we had the privilege of seeing a

charming plant of this species blossoming in great perfection

in the damp Orchideous stove of Mrs. Lawrence of Ealing

Park :—an atmosphere certainly, in which the GEsNERIzZ

flourish better than I have seen them in any other situation.

Probably such a climate is analogous to that of the native

country of the Gesnerim, most of which come from Brazil,

though the precise locality of this is not known.

_Descr. Root tuberous, Stem (including the raceme, two feet and a

half high in the specimen described) round, erect, stout, branched ; and,

as well as the whole plant exclusive of the flowers, densely covered with

unequal, spreading, simple pubescence. Leaves (six inches long, five

and a half broad) opposite, petiolate, ovato-subrotund, slightly cordate

at the base and slightly pointed, and reniform and somewhat oblique,

thick and velvet-like, three-nerved, reticulate, pale beneath, full green

above and darker along the nerves and veins, which are strongly promi-

nent below, the reticulations flat, the lateral nerves generally divided at

the base ; petioles nearly as long as the leaves, the lower spreading, the

upper suberect, deeply channelled above. Raceme terminal; pedicels

simple, four inches long, erect, rounded, tapering a little upwards,

Springing from the axil of a small, subulate, involute, green, coriaceous

bract.. Flowers suspended very gracefully from the apices of the pedi-

cels. Calyx green, persisting, spreading previous to the fall of the

flower, afterwards connivent over the germen. Corolla (an inch

and a quarter long above, an inch and a half below) campanulate, ven-

tricose_ below, compressed laterally, glanduloso-pubescent externally,

and there of a brilliant red colour, except a broad yellow stripe along

the lower side ; on the inside, yellow, glabrous, and sprinkled with red

spots which are largest on the inside of the lower part of the tube,

smaller and more crowded on the limb, of which the lobes are sub-

patent, blunt, unequal, the two lateral ones being rather the largest,

om the two upper the smallest, and least yellow. Stamens arising

} ‘us the cartilaginous base of the corolla, included; anthers oblong,

cells being in front of a broad, cartilaginous connective, and becom-

co-herent as in the Genus; pollen white, granules very minute ;

abortive filament short and subulate. Pistil as Tai as the upper lip;

stigma concave, compressed dorsally, villous on the outside ; style

_ Stout, pubescent, filiform ; germen pubescent, half-superior, this upper

ae being surrounded at its base by the erect, lobed edge of a thin,

nite disk ; ovules numerous. Graham.

sti

—_

Fig. 1. Stamens. 2. Pistil. 3. Annular Gland upon the Ovary.

zenwood Essex May l 1838.

Fab by Slurtis. Gla

- KEwh Das

Swan Se.

( 3941 )

LanTANA SELLoviANA; @. lanceolata. Mr.

SeLLtow's Lantana; long-leaved var.

SEK KK REE EKER EKER EKER

Class and Order.

DipynaAMiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—VeERBENACES. )

Generic Character.

Calyx brevissimus, obsolete dentatus. Corolla tubulosa,

limbo inequaliter quadrilobo. Stamina inclusa. Drupa

baccata, l-pyrena, pyrene 2-loculari, 2-spermo, rima loculis

interposita. Spr.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Lantana Selloviana ; foliis subsessilibus ( petiolatisve )

ovatis acutis rugosis piloso-scabris, capitulis subglo-

bosis involucris cordatis capitulo minoribus. Link et

Otto.

Lantana Selloviana. Link et Otto, Ic. Pl. Sel. t. 50. Hook.

Bot. Mag. t. 2981. Cham. in. Linn. v. 7. p. 126.

Lieria Montevidensis. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 751.

(G.) foliis majoribus lanceolatis. (Tab. nostr. 3941.)

The present plant was drawn from specimens, raised from

seeds that had been sent from Monte Video by Mr. T weenie

some years ago, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, under the

persuasion that it was a new and undescribed species ; but

a more accurate examination, and a comparison with

numerous specimens from Monte Video and the Argentine

Republic, have led to theConclusion that it ought to be

considered as a variety of Lantana Selloviana. CHamisso,

indeed, in the “ Linnza,’’ above quoted, mentions two

forms of this species, which, at first sight, might be consi-

dered distinct : but our’s agrees with neither of them. ae

chie

“

chief distinction, however, rests on the larger and longer

foliage, and narrower leaflets of the involucre. In other

respects they quite accord.

he present plant is equally worth cultivation with the

ordinary variety. In the summer it sueceeds well in the

greenhouse, and continues long in blossom.

Fig. 1. Flower and Leaflet of the Involucre. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid

open :—magnified.

Wr 4 er , : . Wa? JS

Witch def buh. by S. Curtis. Glavenwood. Essex. May 1842.

( 3942 )

CATASETUM GLOBIFLORUM. GLOoBE-

FLOWERED CATASETUM.

RK KEKE EERE KKK KKK KEK

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipea. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Se-

pala et petala subequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum,

nudum, ventricosum vel explanatum, fimbriatum ; sub apice

saccatum, obsolete trilobum. Columna erecta, aptera,

libera, apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis,

antice truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba vel sulcata ;

caudicula maxima nuda demum elastice contractili ; glan-

dula cartilaginea subquadrata.—Herbe terrestres vel epi-

phyte ; caulibus brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum ves-

tits. Folia bast vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales. Flo-

res speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati.

Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

Catasetum globiflorum ; spica elongata multiflora, perian-

thio globoso, sepalis petalisque subconformibus oyatis

acutis concavis arctissime imbricatis, labello hemi-

sphezrico-globoso, ore contracto oblongo inferne dila-

tato basi columne longitudine denticulato, columnz

brevis setis rectiusculis.

A most distinct and well-marked species ofa very varia-

ble Genus. I am indebted to Mr. D. Moore of the Glas-.

nevin Botanic Garden for specimens, from the stove of that

valuable establishment, which had been received from Bra- __

zil in 1840. Dr. Gogarty, now a resident medical prac-

titioner at Rio, sent this beautiful plant to the es |

arden ;

Garden; and to the same gentleman the collections of the

Royal Dublin Society and the Zoological Gardens in

Dublin are likewise indebted for many valuable contri-

butions. Mr. Moore informs me that one specimen pro-

duced no less than fifteen of these singular flowers.

Descr. The pseudo-bulbs of this species, together with

the foliage, seem to be very similar to those of most of the

other described Catasera. The spike of flowers is from a

foot to a foot and a half high. Ovaries long and pedicelli-

form, scarcely twisted. The entire blossom represents very

nearly a depressed globe ;—the sepals ovate, acute, very

concave, imbricated, mottled with purplish dingy brown.

The two petals are similar in size and shape to these, but

concealed by their closer lapping : and they are pale green,

spotted with purple-brown. Lip very concave and ventri-

cose, approaching to slipper-shaped, with the mouth singu-

larly contracted, oblong, dilated towards the apex, the

base elevated, obscurely denticulated and enclosing the

column ;—the colour is pale green, richly spotted with

deep purple towards the margin, and dotted with red near

the apex. Column short, semicylindrical, pale yellow-

green spotted with deep purple, and including the anther-

case, not longer than the margin of the labellum. Sete

long, purple, nearly straight.

Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Column. 3, Pollen-masses.—magnified.

( 3943 )

GLoxINiaA sPEcIOsA; var. Menziesii. Rovau-

~LEAvED Groxtnt4 ; Mr. MENzIEs’ var.

KKK KKK KEE KE REREREKEEK ;

Class and Order.

DipynaAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—GeEsNERIACE. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus imo ovario adnatus ; limbus 5-fidus aut 5-

partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis aut campanulato-sub-

ringens, hinc postice ad basin gibba, aut subcalcarata, tubo

ventricoso, limbo patulo subbilabiato, lobis 5 rotundatis.

Stamina 4 didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthere cohe-

rentes. Glandule 5 perigyne. Stylus in stigma orbicula-

tum concavum subinfundibuliforme abeuns. Capsula 1-

locularis bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bilobis, semi-

nibus numerosis oblongis.—Herbe vel suffrutices, species

Australi-Americane, plereque Brasilienses. Folia oppo-

sita, interdum radicalia, petiolata, crenata. Flores ampli,

axillares aut radicales, pedicellati, sepius nutantes. DC.

Specific Name, &c.

Groxin1a speciosa. (For Specific Character and Synonyms,

see our Tab. 3934 of the present volume.

(y.) Menziesii ; floribus pallide violaceis intus copiose punc-

tatis. (Tab. nostr. 3943.) )

While our artist was engaged in drawing the splendid

variety of Guoxin1a maculata, figured at Tab. 3934 of

this volume, and which was deposited by Mr. Verrcn, at

Mr. Cuanpier’s Nursery, Vauxhall, he was struck with

the beauty of another kind, scarcely less worthy of cul-

tivation, in Mr. Cuanpxer’s collection, where it is known

under the name of Guioxinsa Menziesii. It is the one

here

here represented, in which the tube of the corolla is white

or cream-coloured, with a tinge of purple :—the limb much

_ paler than the usual state of the plant ; while, withinside,

the almost white throat is elegantly marked with copious

purple dots.

( 3944 )

ALSTREMERIA PSITTACINA; var. Eremboildti

(hybrid.). AtstrRamERIA; Mr. EremBovucpr’s

hybrid variety.

SKK ERE EEE EEE EEE EEE

Class and Order.

‘ Hexanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—AMARYLLIDEZ. )

Generic Character.

Perigonium corollinum superum, sexpartitum, subcam-

panulatum, regulare v. subbilabiatum, /olzola interiora an-

gustiora, duo basi subtubulosa. Stamina 6, imo perigonio

inserta ; filamenta erecta v. declinata ; anthere ovales, erec-

te. Ovarium inferum, triloculare. Ovula in loculis pluri-

ma, horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus filiformis, directione

staminum ; stigma trifidum, lobis replicatis. Capsula ob-

longa y. globosa, tri-sexcostata, trilocularis, loculicido-

trivalvis v. rarius baccata indehiscens. Semina in loculis

plura subglobosa, horizontalia ; testa membranacea, rugo-

sa; rhaphe immerso wmbilicum basilarem chalaze apicali

tuberculiformi jungente. Embryo axilis, albumine carnoso

dimidio brevior, extremitate radicularit umbilicum attin-

gente.—Herbe in America Tropica et Australi extra-tropica

indigene, radicibus tuberoso-fasciculatis ; caule folioso, erec-

to, scandente v. volubili; floribus terminalibus umbellatis.

Nees ab Esenbeck.

Specific Name, &c.

Atstrameria psittacina. (See our Tab. 3033 for Specific

Character and Synonyms. )

Var. Erembouldti (hybrida)—(Tab. nostr. 3944.)

Communicated in July, 1837, by Dr. Granam from the

Edinburgh Garden, under the name of AtstrameRiIA Erem-

bouldti,

bouldti, with respect to which, I am favoured with the fol-

lowing remarks, by the Hon. and Very Rev. Mr. Herserr.

* T understood, from the first, that AtstramEeria Erem-

bouldit was raised in Germany between A. psittacina and

pulchra, or Hookeriana, and I see no reason to doubt the

fact. ALstR@MERIAs impregnated by the pollen of another

species are very apt to produce strong pods, which disap-

point the cultivator by proving empty; but, occasionally,

they contain one or two seeds. Three plants of A. aurea,

var. Valparadisiaca, by A. pallida, have been raised at

Spofforth, but have not yet flowered, and do not Tow so

freely as the mother plant. A. Erembouldti is not a free

plant. A strong tuber planted out amongst other AtstrRa@-

MERIAS at Spofforth did not vegetate. A very vigorous pot

full of it in flower was exhibited at Chiswick last summer

(1839), by Mr. Barcuay’s gardener, who is very successful

in cultivating this Genus.”

( 3945 )

MAXILLARIA CUCULLATA. HoopeEp

MAXILLARIA,

SERRE KEK KEK KKK EKER EEK

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipEa. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium connivens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia,

cum basi columnz connata. Petala subconformia. La-

bellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta

columne articulatum. Colwmna semiteres aptera. Anthera

subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. integra, caudi-

cula brevi glandula transversa.—Epiphyte (Americane)

pseudo-bulbose, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia spicata v.

coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. terminales, uni-

v. multiflort. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Maxitraria cucullata ; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus compressis

monophylilis, folio lato scapis longiore, vaginis imbri-

catis inflatis, bractea cucullata ovario longiore, sepalis

ovatis acuminatis erectis, petalis conformibus paulo

minoribus, labello oblongo carnoso trilobo petalorum

longitudine, lobis lateralibus nanis intermedio elon-

ato obtuso apice incrassato apiculato, callo disci

spathulato loborum lateralium longitudine. Lind.

Maxitraria cucullata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, ¢. 12.

Said to be introduced to our gardens by Mr. Hencuman,

from tropical America. It seems to have first flowered with

His Grace the Duke of Devonsuire. Our specimen blos-

somed at Kew, in September, 1841; the plant having been

received from Messrs. Loppices of Hackney. It presents

some

some slight discrepancies from the plant of Dr. Linptey, the

scapes being much shorter (thus not having the Trigoni-

pium-like habit with which Dr. LinpLey compares it), and

the sheaths of the scape, especially the upper one, are

much less inflated, so that it scarcely deserves the name of

“ cucullata,” given on account of the hooded appearance

of the upper sheath, or bractea, just beneath the flower.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs tufted, oblong-ovate, compressed,

smooth, partially surrounded by jagged membranes, termi-

nated by a single, linear-oblong, coriaceous, dark green

leaf. Scapes radical, in our specimens, about four inches

long, terete, one-flowered, jointed, and clothed at the joints

with membranous, greenish sheaths, cleft on one side about

half-way down, the uppermost one, or bractea, is larger,

more inflated, and includes the base of the flower. Peri-

anth of a greenish-chocolate colour. Sepals oblongo-lance-

olate, very acute, spreading. Petals of nearly the same

shape, but smaller than they, and less green, connivent

over the column. Lip jointed on the base of the decurrent

column, where it forms a kind of blunt spur, recurved, ob-

Jong, three-lobed, dark chocolate colour: the side-lobes

small, the middle-lobe elongated : at the base of the lip, on

the disk, is a spathulate, fleshy excrescence.s Column flat-

tened. Anther-case hemispherical. |

Fig. 1. Flower, with the Sepals removed, 2 Column. 3. 4. Pollen-

masses :—magnified.

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Pub. by S Curtis Clarenwocd Essex June’ 1842

—

( 3946 )

LuctLiA GRATISSIMA. Fraqgrant Lucu.ia.

Class and Order.

PentanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Rvsice#. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus turbinatus ; limbus 5-partitus, laciniis line-

ari-subulatis equalibus deciduis. Corolla hypocrateri-

morpha tubo calyce duplo longiore vix superne dilatato,

limbo expanso fere 5-partito, lobis obovatis obtusissimis.

Anthere oblong, ad faucem subsessiles subincluse. Stig-

mata 2 carnosa. Fructus capsularis (Bacca? ex Sweet)

obovato-oblongus nudus cicatrice apice notatus bilocularis,

septicido ab apice ad basin dehiscens. Placenta elongata

demum a dissepimento libera. Semina minuta dense sur-

sum imbricata, ala membranacea dentata, ad basin brevis-

sima, apice latiore—Arbuscula Aszatica. Rami teretes

pubescentes. Folia elliptica acumine brevi, petiolata, supra

glabra, subtus in nervis villosa. Stipule utrinque solitarie

basi late apice cuspidate petiolo longiores. Corymbus ter-

minalis multiflorus, ramulis oppositis, ultimis apice trifloris.

Corolle rosee carnosule. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Lucunia* gratissima ; foliis ellipticis acuminatis multiner-

viis supra glabris subtus nervisque villosis, laciniis

calycinis lanceolatis acutis, corolla lobis rotundatis.

-Lucunta gratissima. Sw. Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 145. De Cand.

Prod. v. 4. p. 358.

Cincuona gratissima, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 31. Fi.

Ind. 0. 2. p. 154.

Mussanpa Luculia. Ham. in Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. —

* So called by Mr. SWEET, it would appear, from Lucule Swa, the

Naware name.

VOL. XIV. 3 L

It is impossible, says Dr. Watticn, to conceive any thing

more beautiful than this tree, when covered with its numer-

ous rounded panicles of pink-coloured, very fragrant, large

blossoms. It is a native of Nepal and Silhet, in the former

country growing in great abundance on Nag-Urjooro and

some of the other smaller hills in the valley ; also at Bechi-

ako and Koolakan; it delights in exposed, rather naked

situations, flowering, according to the locality in which it is

found, nearly the whole year through.

I can well conceive that the plant deserves this praise, from what I

saw of it, ina comparatively small specimen, in the greenhouse of Mrs.

Marryart, at Wimbledon; and still more so from the account with

which Mrs. Wray has favored me of the individual from which the

specimen here figured was taken.

“The plant of Lucuxra from which the drawing was made, had

been cultivated by us in a pot for two years, and with tolerable success ;

but observing it to look very sickly, I determined to try the experiment

of putting it into a large box, of which there are several, fitted at the

back of a house, intermediate between the greenhouse and stove, and

designed for climbers. This was done in March, and the plant soon

began to show, by its vigorous shoots, how well this change of treat-

ment suited its nature. By the month of October, it had attained a

height of six feet and a half, each shoot being terminated by a head of

flowers, similar to what was sent to you; the larger bunches, of which

there were twenty-four, measuring two feet in circumference, besides

thirty smaller ones.

“ T am inclined to believe, that the atmosphere of a stove is too hot

and close, and that of the greenhouse too cold and damp, considering

the late season at which the Lucutra flowers ; whereas, in the place to

which it was removed, we frequently give fire heat by day during

autumn, thus allowing air to be admitted at the same time, and the win-

dows to be opened without detriment from the external cold. The soil

in which it grows consists of a mixture of loam and leaf mould. Iam

not aware that any other peculiar management is required, except daily

syringing during its growth, to destroy the red spider, to whose attacks

it is extremely liable.”

, Descr. small éree, in its native country about sixteen feet high.

Bark thin, brownish, uneven. Branches opposite ; while young, red-

dish and downy. Leaves opposite, spreading, ovate-oblong, acute at

the base, acuminate at the point, four to six inches long, somewhat

Conaceous, glabrous, villous on the ribs beneath. Petiole rounded,

short. Stipules lanceolate, with a long point, half an inch long, very

deciduous. Panicles large, terminal on the numerous branches, with

te ramifications, bearing numerous linear, deciduous bracteas.

ers numerous, large, showy, ve fragrant, of a beautiful pink or

rose colour, forming an almost rounded mass upon the panicle. Germen

inferior, obovate, downy. Calyz-segments longer than the germen,

erect, lanceolate, unequal, green tinged with red, deciduous. Corolla

salver-shaped : the tube slender, longer than the calyx ; the dimb spread-

ip Of five deep, rounded, close-placed lobes, imbricated in estivation.

S"amens inserted into the tube: the yellow anthers projecting a little

beyond the tube. le fili ; ipartite, mceluded

Riki ths tanc. Style filiform. ‘Stigma large, bipartite, m

Fub by S Curtis Glaxenwoad Essex. dine LIS FS

WV Fitch det

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RHODODENDRON ANTHOPOGON. BEARDED

RuHODODENDRON.

KEKE KEKE EE ER EK EEE KEK

Class and Order. !

DecanpriaA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 4-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, rarius cam-

panulata aut rotata, nunc regularis, semper 5-loba. Stamina

10 (rarius abortu 6—9) corolla non adnata, ante et inter

lobos sita, sepius declinata exserta. Anthere poris 2 termi-

nalibus dehiscentes. Capsula 5-locularis 5-valvis, aut 10-

locularis 10-valvis septicido-dehiscens. Semina axi colum-

ne angulo adnata, compresso-scobiformia subulata.—Fru-

tices rarius arbores. Folia sempervirentia petiolata integer-

rima. Flores in corymbos terminales dispositi. Alabastra

floralia squamosa, Corolle conspicue purpuree albe vel

flave. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

RuopopenpRon anthopogon; ramulis pubescentibus ferru-

gineo-lepidotis, foliis sempervirentibus ellipticis sub-

tus dense lepidotis demum ferrugineis, capitulis stro-

biliformibus, floribus pentandris, calyce 5-partito

segmentis oblongis, corolla hypocrateriformi, limbo 5-

partito segmentis subrotundis fauce lanatis, staminibus:

inclusis. Graham.

Ruopopenpron anthopogon. Don, Fl. Nepal. 153. Wall.

Cat. No.'759. Royle, Illust. t. 64. DC. Prodr. v. 7.

p. 725. Graham in Ed. Phil, Journ, Sept. 1841.

The Countess of Rosstyn has taken great pains to form,

at Dysart House, an unusually extensive collection of the

different species and superb varieties of RuopopEenpron, and

placed there, under the judicious management of the gar-

dener, Mr, Buair, they thrive and flower in a manner oni

tainly

tainly not surpassed in any collection in Britain. Among

these, the rare species now described forms a dense bush.

It was obtained from Messrs. Loppices five years ago, and

_ during each of the last three years it has flowered in the open

border abundantly in April, and partially in August. It isa

native of the Himalaya mountains, and extends, as we are

informed by Dr. Royzz, along the range from Nepal to

Cashmere, never descending lower than 9,000 feet above

the level of the sea, but rising to an elevation exceeding

14,000 feet, with the last remains of woody plants.

De Canpotte notices the conflicting statements, regard-

ing the number of stamens, by different authors. The

number may vary, but I am quite certain that in the blos-

soms of the individual which I examined there were uni-

formly five. The native specimens which I possess from Dr.

Watticu have no perfect flowers. The cultivated plant

differs from Dr. Royze’s figure in being of a much paler

colour, in the segments of the corolla being far broader,

overlapping, and undulate, and in the bracts being rusty

rather than yellow.

Descr. Shrub (in the specimen described fifteen inches high, eigh-

teen inches in diameter) much branched, compact; branches pubes-

cent, and covered with brown scales. Leaves (an inch and a half long,

half an inch broad) collected towards the extremities of the branches,

petiolate, elliptical, entire, coriaceous, evergreen, mucronulate, densely

covered below with scales, which, at first, are pale green, but soon

become rusty, glabrous, dark green and shining above, having a strong

middle rib, and a few oblique, sparingly reticulated veins channelled

above ; petiole erect, rounded on the back, channelled in front, scaly

like the branches. Capitula terminal, encased by a few large, ovate,

keeled, rusty, ciliated bracts, the dilated petioles of leaves, of which the

diminished laminz are seen upon the apices of some of the leaves ;

similar bracts, but rather smaller and less keeled, are repeated on the

outside of each pedicellate flower in the capitulum, and on each side at

the base of every pedicel there is an elongated, narrow, spathulate bract,

stretching a little way beyond the calyx. Calyx as longas the pedicel,

- five-partite, the segments green, elliptical, tomentous at the edges, the

three outer the larger. Corolla yellowish-white, salver-shaped ; the

tube cylindrical, curved outwards, three to four times as long as the

calyx, glabrous ; limb very oblique, five-partite ; Jobes subrotund, over-

lapping, undulate, shorter than the tube, glabrous, without nectary ;

a oa, by € “yee tuft ; white wool, which extends — half-

way do e tube. Stamens five, h ous, erect, included, longer

than the calyx ; filaments slender, palin; sathers adnate, erect, swel-

ling upwards, opening by two pores at the apex, without awns ; pollen

white, granules minute, round. Pistil shorter than the stamens; stigma

Capitate, obscurely lobed, green, covering the oblong apex of the stout,

compressed, clavate style; germen five-lobed, five-celled, the dissepi-

ae opposite to the stamens, which lie in the furrows between the

lobes." Ovules numerous, upon lin tral hich proj

their edge into the cells. "2s gage ROMRTIEP YP, 2 cal

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FucusiA INTEGRIFOLIA. ENTIRE-LEAVED

Fucusia.

SEK KKK EEE EEE EEE EK

Class and Order.

OcranpriA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Onacrari®. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens, superne productus

in tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim

deciduum. Petala 4 summo tubo inserta lobis alterna, ra-

rius 0. Stamina 8. Ovarium glandula urceolata corona-

tum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacea ob-

longo- aut ovato-globosa 4-locularis 4-valvis polysperma.

—Frutices. Folia sepius opposita. Pediculi axdlares 1-

flori, interdum ad apices ramorum racemosi. Flores septus

nutantes, rubri rarius albi, interdum 5-fidi 10-andrt. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Focusia integrifolia ; caule sepe prostrato radicante, foliis 2

ellipticis oppositis ternisque acuminatis subdentatis —

glabris subtus purpurascentibus, stipulis transversim

oblongis carnosis deflexis apiculatis, apiculo sphace-

lato, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, laciniis

calycinis acuminatis petala cuneata duplo exceden-

tibus, bacca oblonga. :

Fucusia integrifolia. Cambass. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid.

v. 2. p. 213.

FucustA affinis. Cambass. l. c. 2. p. Sit.

Fucusia pyrifolia. Presi. Symb. Bot. v. 2. p. 19. t. 65.

Foucusta radicans. Miers in Lindl. Bot. Reg. Suppl. 1841.

p. 78

Mr. Miers has the merit of making this beautiful Brazi-

lian Fucusta known to Botanists of this country and to.

cultivators, by the introduction of it to our greenhouses —_

the Organ mountains. Plants have likewise been liberally distributed

by him, and we owe the specimen here figured to the kindness of our

good friend, Mr. Fercusoy, who sent it from the Royal Botanic

Garden Belfast, in the month of October, 1841. Native specimens are

amongst the earliest of Mr. GARDNER’s Brazilian Collections (n. 375),

and he has there remarked, “ This plant is very common in the Organ

mountains. I have not met with it lower than 3,000 feet above the ele-

vation of the sea, but from that altitude, to about 6,000 feet, it abounds.

In the Virgin forests it is most common by the sides of streams, climb-

ing up the stems of the large trees, and flowering among the branches. I

have seen it reach to a height of forty or fifty feet, giving the trees to

which it has attached itself, the appearance of being Fucustas them-

selves. At an elevation of 5 to 6,000 feet it loses its climbing habit, and

becomes a bush, varying from two to four feet high.”—In this latter

state it must have a good deal the appearance of F. macrostemma, which,

Dr. Lixypiey observes; the flowers considerably resemble. The leaves,

however, are much larger, and the stipules afford a very important

character. Four species of Brazilian Fucustm are described by

CAMBASSé&DES, in St. Hitarre’s Fl. Bras. Merid., two of which we

may with safety be considered the same as that here figured,

although the rooting character is not mentioned. Mr. Miers, in his

obliging communication to us (as well as Dr. Liyptey), lays much

stress on the petals being scarcely longer than the tube of the calyx, and

on the coalescing of the segments of the limb; but these characters do

not exist in Mr. GARDNER’S native specimens.

The rooting character of Mr. Miers’ plant induced him to give the

name of radicans to this species; but our growing plant does not ex-

hibit this property, and Mr. Garpver, writing from Pontrilas House,

while on a visit to Mr. BenrHam, says, “ I have been making a careful

comparison of my species from the Organ mountains with Pout’s

drawing and description of F. pyrifolia, as well as with F. integrifolia

and F. affinis of Campassépus, in which I was assisted by Mr. Ben-

THAM, and we have both come to the conclusion, that they are all one

and the same species, for there is no character by which to distinguish

them. Indeed, CAMBASSEDES says, he believes his affinis to be only a

variety of integrifolia, and PursH remarks of his species that it resem-

bles affinis, The climbing and rooting propensities are, I know, from

osetvations made on the plants whence my specimens were obtained,

only called forth under peculiar circumstances.

The Fucusta pubescens and montana of Camp. in St. Hit. Fl. Bras.

Merid. Tab. 134 and 135, have smaller leaves than the present species,

and more toothed, and seem scarcely distinct from each other. To one

orother of them may, assuredly, be referred the QueLusia regia, Vell.

Fl. Flum. v. 4. tab. 6.

Descr. The habit of the plant, and the rooting character of the stem

Ps “pia above. The leaves are opposite in our specimens, but as.

wt. GARDNER informs us, frequently ternate, from three to five inches

ng, elliptical, obtuse or subcordate at the base, acuminate and toothed

towards s the extremity, glabrous, except in the nascent foliage, deeply

ie Baap te Purple beneath, and on the midrib and petiole, which latter

an inch long, grooved above. Flowers of a beautiful crimson.

Stamens much protruded. Ovary and young fruit oblong.

Fig. 1. Stipule. 2. Portion of thas : ——

us. the Root drawing and

specimens sent by Mr. Miers Sear ote Oe es :

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BERBERIS NERVOSA, STRONG-NERVED

BarBerry.

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—BerserivEz, )

Generic Character.

Sepala 6 squamis 3 extus stipata. Petala 6 intus biglan-

dulosa. Stamina edentula. Bacca 2—3-sperma. Semina

2, rarius 3 ad basim lateraliter inserta, erecta, oblonga,

testa crustacea, albumine carnoso, cotyledonibus foliaceis

ellipticis, radicula longa apice capitellata.—Frutices, folds

primariis abortivis et in spinam sepius mutatis, secundariis

in axillis fasciculatis. Flores in omnibus flavi. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Berzenis nervosa ; foliis elongatis 5—6-jugis, jugo inferiore

a petioli basi distante, foliolis ovato-acuminatis repande

spinoso-dentatis basi 3—5-nerviis, racemis elongatis,

filamentis 2 dentatis.

Berzeris nervosa. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. 1. p. 219. t. 5,

(excl. the flowers, which belong to B. Aquifolium.)

Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p.29. Torr. et Gray, N. Am.

FA. v4 p.dl.

Manonia nervosa. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. 1. p.202. De Cand.

Prodr. v. 1. p. 108.

Berseris glumacea. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 120.

Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1425.

Manomia glumacea. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 109.

One of the many beautiful plants, now a great ornament

of our gardens and shrubberies, for which we are indebted

to the late enterprising Doueias. He sent seeds of it

the

the Horticultural Society in 1822, whence it has been libe-

rally distributed. It bears its bright yellow, copious spikes

of blossoms, which are beautifully nestled in the foliage, in

the very early spring. Our figure was made in 1841, at the

Glasgow Botanic Garden, from plants reared from seeds

sent from the Columbia by Mr. Totmre. It is common in

shady pine forests on the coast of the Pacific, from N. lat.

40° to 49°, but is not found East of the woody country that

skirts the coast.

I retain the original name of Mr. Pursu ; for, although

he erred in representing the flowers of B. Aquifolium (sepa-

rate indeed from the leafy branch) on the same plate with

the foliage of B. nervosa, there can be no question of the

identity of his plant.

Descr. B. nervosa forms a beautiful evergreen shrub, of

low stature, but bearing many short branches clothed with

long pinnated foliage. These branches have numerous

large, imbricated, lanceolate, acuminate, and pungent

brown scales or stipules, and similar scales clothe the base

of the peduncles. Leaves varying much in length, from six

inches to a foot: the petiole below is for some inches

naked, the rest having from three to six or seven ovate,

sessile, acuminated, harsh, rigid leaflets, with an odd one,

strongly nerved, the nerves three to five from the very base,

the margins repando-dentate, the teeth sharp and unequal,

almost spinulose. Racemes four to five inches long, two or

three from one point, clothed with densely placed, bright

yellow flowers, from the apex almost to the base. Pedicels

very short, each subtended by a small, deciduous bractea.

Sepals unequal, three outer ones small, and often tinged

with red, three inner larger, all ovate, Petals equal, oval,

two-toothed at the apex, and with two small glands near

the base. Stamens with a tooth on each side below the

anther, as in this ““ Manonra”-group of Berseris, but which,

as well as the glands of the petals, are, unfortunately,

omitted by the artist, an omission not detected till it was

too late to have it corrected.

Fig. 1.2. Front and back view of a Flower. 3. Petal and Stamens:

magnified (the teeth of the Filament and the Glands of the Petal are,

through carelessness, omitted).

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PiMELEA SPECTABILIS. SHowy Pimevea.

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Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynia.

( Nat, Ord.—TuyMeELEz. )

Generic Character.

_ Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua-

mata. Stamina duo fauci inserta lacinils exterioribus oppo-

sita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum.—Frutices. Folia

opposita, raro alterna. Flores capitati, terminales, foliis

involucrantibus se@pe dissimilibus, interdum connatis, rarius

spicati vel axillares, quandoque dioict. Perianthii tubus in

plerisque medio articulatus, articulo inferiore persistenti. Br.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Pimexta spectabilis ; foliis oppositis lineari-oblongis acutis

sessilibus uninerviis glaucis ramisque glaberrimis, capi-

... tulis terminalibus multifloris, perianthii limbo sericeo

.:., tubo piloso, involucri foliolis late ovatis acutis utrin-

que glabris subcoloratis capitulum equantibus.

Pimetea spectabilis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Append. p. 4l.

This beautiful species was received at the Botanic Gar-

den, Edinburgh, in 1839, from the rich collection of Mr.

Low of Clapton, and flowered abundantly, and for the first

time, in the greenhouse, in March, 1841. It was said to have

crimson bracts; but, though blooming in fine clear weather,

there is only a slight reddish tinge perceptible at the extre-

mities; nor has any part of the flower, except the tips of the

unexpanded perianth, the anthers, and germen, the least

roach to colour of any kind. This may cause some

doubt as to the species being identical with P. spectabilis

of Linptey ; which, he says, has pink flowers ; but in other

respects it agrees with the character. In no species in cul-

tivation, nor yet native specimens, so far as | have seen, are

the capitula nearly so large as in this.

Descr.

Descr. Stem woody, erect ; bark brown, and marked

by the fallen leaves. Branches long, straggling, and pen-

dulous in the cultivated specimen, which is, perhaps, pre-

ternaturally luxuriant, for in a native specimen in Sir

Wittiam Hooxer’s Herbarium they are erect and shorter,

and the whole plant does not exceed sixteen inches in

length—the cultivated one described is exactly one foot

more, the branches subverticillate, the lower ones being

one foot long, the upper three inches, everywhere, as well

as the stem, glabrous. Leaves opposite, narrow, linear-

oblong, gradually broader towards the extremity of the

branches, acute, mucronulate, glaucous, glabrous, indis-

tinctly veined ; midrib channelled below, flat above. Capi-

tulum terminal, very large ; involucre much broader than the

leaves, and (in the specimen described) of a paler colour,

occasionally slightly reddened at the apices, cordate-ovate,

acute. Pedicels short, hairy. Perianth equal to the invo-

lucre, white, before expansion reddish at the apex, every-

where hairy except on the inside of the tube; Aairs in the

middle of the tube long and spreading, elsewhere short and

subappressed ; tube striated at its base ; Limb spreading,

Segments ovato-lanceolate, becoming reflexed in the sides,

and afterwards undulate. Stamens at first erect, afterwards

reflected along the limb, than which they are shorter ; fila-

ments colourless, glabrous; anthers pale yellow, linear.

Pistil longer than the perianth, erect ; stigma small, capi-

tate ; style filiform, colourless, oblique upon the apex of the

sermen; germen green, glabrous, keeled on one side..

Ovule solitary, pendulous. Graham.

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EpipENDRUM SKINNERI. Mr. SKINNER’S

EPIDENDRUM.

SEK KEKE KERR KEKE KKK

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipE2. )

Generic Character.

Sepala patentia subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia vel

angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Labellum

cum marginibus columnz omnino vel parte connatum, lim-

bo integro vel diviso, disco seepius calloso costato vel tuber-

culato; nunc in calear productum, ovario accretum et

cuniculum formans. Coluwmna elongata; clinandrio margi-

nato, sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4 locularis.

Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe

epiphyte (Americane), caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo-

bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, raris-

sime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corym-

bosi vel paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Land.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Epipenprum Skinneri; foliis distichis lanceolatis acumina-

tis, caule apice longe aphyllo squamoso, racemo cylin-

draceo multifloro, floribus cernuis, sepalis lineari-lan-

ceolatis, petalis ovalibus (seu ovali-lanceolatis) acutis,

labello ovato-acuminato integerrimo basi callo sulcato

cristato. Lindl.

Eprpenprum Skinneri. Batem. MSS. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t.

1881.

From the rich and well cultivated collection of Dittwyn

Lurwetyn, Esq., of Penllegare, Glamorganshire. It is a

native of Guatemala, and first flowered in this country in

the

the stove of James Bateman, Jun., Esq., who named it in

compliment to Mr. Skinner, its discoverer ; and truly wor-

thy it is to bear the name of a gentleman who has for so

many years, and so unweariedly, exerted himself to enrich

our hothouses with the choicest Orcuipem of one of the

most fertile provinces in tropical America. It is spoken of

as a most free flowering species, if it be but well supplied

with heat and moisture.

Descr. The stems grow in a tufted manner, erect, at

first rounded and leafy, scarcely a foot high, and then ter-

minating in the long, slender peduncle with its beautiful

raceme of flowers. Leaves lanceolate, five to six inches

long, rather fleshy, their bases sheathing the whole stem :

—after flowering the stem swells and becomes a narrow,

elongated pseudo-bulb, clothed with the sheathing bases

of the leaves. Bracteas subulate at the base of the very

slender, pedicelliform germen. Flowers of a rich deep

lilac-purple. Sepals and petals spreading, the former nar-.

row-lanceolate, acuminate, the latter broadly lanceolate,

almost ovate, acute. Lip ovate, acuminate, quite entire,

united with the column, near the middle of the latter, having

a yellow, fleshy crest at the base, with five deep furrows.

Column dilated upwards, with two rounded, obtuse, pro-

jecting wings. Anther hemispherical.

Fig. 1. Lip and Column. 2. Column, from which the Lip is removed :

—magnified,

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PLUMIERIA ACUMINATA. SHARP-LEAVED

PLuUMIERIA.

KKK KEE EKER EEK EK EK EEK

Class and Order.

PrentanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—ApocineEz.)

Generic Character.

Contorta. Calyx quinquepartitus, obtusus, minimus.

Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo longo sensim ampliato ;

limbo quinquepartito, erecto-patente, laciniis ovato-oblon-

gis, obliquis. Filamenta e medio tubi, antheris conniven-

tibus. Styli vix ulli, stigmate duplici acuminato. Folliculi

longi acuminati, ventricosi, patentes aut deorsum flexi, nu-

tantes. Semina numerosa, oblonga, membrane majori

ovate (crenato-dentate) ad basin inserta, imbricata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Piumteria * acuminata; foliis planis cuneato-lanceolatis

acuminatis, cymis terminalibus multifloris, corolle lim-

bi laciniis oblique ovatis obtusis.

PLUMIERIA

* So named in honor of one of the most distinguished Botanists of the

seventeenth century, CHARLES PLUMIER (hence PLumreRra and not

Piumenrta is the right orthography), a French ecclesiastic of the order of

the Minims, who undertook no less than three different voyages to the West

Indies, and was about to be sent on a fourth when he died at Cadiz of

pleurisy in 1704, in his fifty-eighth year. The principal works we have

from him are his ‘‘ Description des Plantes de l’Amérique, a folio, with one

hundred and eight plates a4 outline drawings made by PLUMIER himself;

chiefly consisting of Ferns, Peppers, Aroidez, and Passion-flowers. — This

appeared in 1693, and was followed by his “ Nova Plantarum Americana-

rum Genera,” in quarto, in 1703, and contains one hundred and three new

Genera. The Ferns of his first book were afterwards republished, with

many additional figures, in his great and very useful work, “ Traité des

_ Fougéres, &c., de Amérique, which appeared in 1705, with one hundred

and seventy-two excellent plates. Many of his drawings were half a century

after his death published by J. BuRMANN in the “ Plante Americane a C.

Plumier selecte et a J. Burmanno edite, in fol., 1755.” It would appear

also that Father PLumieR, in the ‘‘ Journal des Sciences” in 1694, first

showed that the Cochineal was of animal and not vegetable nature. See

_ Sir James E. Smiru’s Memoir of PLumrer in Rees’ Cyclopedia, for much

‘more interesting information relative to this distinguished Botanist and

excellent man.

— \ VOL, XIV. M

PiLumieriA acuminata. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 70.

Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. 2. p. 20.

PiumiertA acutifolia. Potr. Eneyc. Meth. Suppl. II. p. 667.

(according to STEuDEL.)

Prumierta obtusifolia. Lour. Fl. Cochin. v. 1. p. 144.

(according to SreupEt.)

Fos convolutus. Rumph. Amb. vol. 4. p. 85. tab. 38.

Those who have a good stove and sufficient height should

not fail to cultivate this beautiful tropical-looking plant.

The foliage is large and handsome; the flowers copious,

each three inches in diameter, and so deliciously fragrant

that a very large house is scented throughout by a very few

of the expanded flowers, and this scent is retained by the

corolla for some time after it has fallen from the tree.

These blossoms continue expanding in succession upon the

same cyme for a period of many weeks. 'The whole plant

is full, as Dr. Roxpureu says, of a tenacious white juice,

which exudes plentifully on being wounded. It is from

this circumstance, probably, that the French call the spe-

cies of this Genus “ Franchipanier,” Franchipane being

coagulated milk. It flowers throughout the summer months

in the stove of the Royal Botanic Garden, and till late in

autumn. During the winter months even the leaves are

deciduous, and the bare branches are then, it must be ac-

knowledged, very unsightly. It loves heat, and with us

the pot is always plunged in tan.

Great difficulty attends the discriminating the different species of

Promieria: with regard to the present there can be no doubt, of its

being the original plant so named in the second edition of the “‘ Hortus

ewensis.” It is a native of the East Indies, and was introduced to

the Royal Gardens by Sir Josep Banks, in the year 1790.

Drscr. A small tree, from ten to fifteen or twenty feet high,

branched: the branches swollen and very succulent towards the

extremities, and bearing the foliage only at the very apex: below are

the scars of former years’ leaves. Leaves often a foot or more long in

the blade, cuneato-lanceolate, of a rich deep green, acuminate, quite

entire, plane, with numerous parallel nerves, tapering at the base,

there channelled, and gradually passing into a thick, fleshy petiole.

petiole is scarcely two inches long, channelled above, and not un-

frequently near the middle, bearing one on each side, two small, une-

qual, cucullate leaves upon comparatively long petioles, as shown in

our figure. Below the present year’s foliage are the scars from whence

the previous year’s leaves have fallen. From among these leaves, at the —

apex of the branches, arises the petiole, four to five inches long, thick, ss

yur (as is every part of the plant,) soon dividing into 4

large cyme of fragrant flowers. Peduncles and pedicels jointed. Calyx

small, cup-shaped, with five small, blunt, erect teeth. Corolla with a—

rounded, glabrous,

straight tube and five large, spreading, obliquely ovate, obtuse segments,

yellow below, the upper half white: the outside also white or cream -

coloured, faintly streaked with a darker hue. The mouth of thg corolla La

much contracted, and the tube entirely includes the stamens and ptst

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RoNDELETIA ODORATA. SWEET-SCENTED

RonDELETIA.

Class and Order.

PentanpriA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Rupsiaces. )

Generic Character.

Calyx dentibus 5 profundis acutis, persistens. Corolla

infundibuliformis, tubo cylindrico, calyce longiore apice

(sub) ventricoso, limbo plano reflexo laciniis (sub) rotun-

datis (planiusculis). Anthere non prominentes. Stegza

bifidum, (obtusum, Linn.) Capsula subglobosa bacciformis,

calyce coronata, bi- (et 4-) locularis, apice in partes 2 de-

hiscens, polysperma (et solitaria semina). Roem. et Sch.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ronpeetia * odorata; foliis vix petiolatis ovatis aut sub-

cordatis acutiusculis, supra sparse scabris, subtus palli-

dioribus in nervis tantum scabris, corymbis terminali-

bus. DC.

Ronpetetia odorata. Jacq. Amer. p. 59. t. 42. Linn. Sp.

Pl. p. 1671. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. Am. v. 3. p.

394. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 408. |

(8.) floribus flavescentibus. R. odorata. Lindl. Bot. Reg.

t. 1905.

A native, it is said, of Havana, and of Mexico. Our spe-

cimen was communicated by Dr. Granam from the Edin-

burgh Botanic Garden in November, 1841, and its flowers

were truly brilliant and of a vermilion colour, as they are

described

* So named by Father PLuMIER, in memory of WILLIAM RoNnDELET,

a physician of Montpelier; well known for his work on Fishes, and who also

studied Botany in connection with the Materia Medica.

described to be in its native country; so that I cannot but

look upon the plant figured by Dr. Linptey in the Botanical

their colour, as a variety. The fragrance, however, as that

Botanist justly observes, is not very powerful. Its flowers

render it a great ornament in the stove, where alone it can

be cultivated successfully.

Descr. Stem straggling, branched, the branches round-

ed, downy. Leaves in opposite and rather remote pairs,

ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate, entire, waved, upon a

very short petiole, harsh with down above, paler and less

downy beneath, where the down is principally confined to

the nerves. Stipules lanceolato-subulate, green. Corymbs _

terminal, trichotomously compound ; bracteas at the setting

on of the branches, linear - acuminate, hairy. Pedicels

hairy, and the calyx which has a short, obovate, green tube,

and five linear, erect, red sezments, longer than the tube:

within these segments, at the base of each, is a pair of ovate,

dark-brown glands, and a circle of erect, chafly hairs. Co-

rolla bright vermilion, salver-shaped ; the tube narrow,

longer than the calycine segments ; the limb spreading, of

five rounded segments: at the mouth is a bright yellow pro-

jecting ring or cup. Stamens included within the tube :

anthers sessile. Style filiform, as long as the tube of the

corolla. Stigma club-shaped, bifid at the apex.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. The Ovary laid open.

4. Portion of the Mouth of the Calyx, with part of the Circle of Hairs and

of the Glands :—magnified.

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SoLanumM Batpisir; var. bipinnata. Ba.sis’

NiGHTsHADE; bipinnate-leaved var.

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Sotanez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx monophyllus, persistens. Corolla monopetala, ro-

tata. Anthere oblong, apice poris duobus dehiscentes.

Bacca bi- tri- quadrilocularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Soranum Balbisii; caule fruticoso hirsuto aculeato, foliis

pinnatifidis bipinnatisque, laciniis acutis sinuato-denta-

tis, racemis cymosis lateralibus terminalibusque.

(a.) floribus albis, foliis pinnatifidis.

Soranum Balbisii. Dunal, Solan. p. 232. t. 3. f. D. (for the

other Synonyms see our Tab. 2828.)

(B.) floribus purpureis, foliis pinnatifidis. Hook. in Bot.

Mag. t. 2828. es 3

(y.) floribus albis, foliis bipinnatis. (Tab. nostr. 3954.)

Received from the Royal Edinburgh Botanic Garden, by

the favour of Dr. Granam ; to whom the seeds were sent by

Mr. Tweepte from Buenos Ayres. As a species, it is assur-

edly a very variable plant, not only in the form of the foli-

age, but still more so In the colour of the blossoms. These

latter are white or cream-colour ; or pale blue or purple, as

shown in our Tab. 2828. Our present variety has ex-

tremely pale flowers, but the leaves are very much divided,

so as instead of being simply pinnatifid, they are truly bi-

imnate, All the varieties are showy, and well worthy of

cultivation in the stove, or even in a warm greenhouse.

The

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Ovary :—magnified.

The Honorable and Rev. Mr. Hersert has requested us to give

place in an early number to the following

CROCORUM SYNOPSIS.

CORRIGENDA.

Supra 3863 ad calcem. 6. Levigatus. dele In Erymantho nive fusa

statim exortus; et /ege, In insula Cythno (hodie Thermia) et Milonis

parte occidentali juga schistosa tenet.

ADDENDA.

1. -Biflorus. Passim circa sinum Saronicum teste Bory, Voy. d. Mor.

13. Sieberianus. In summo Taygeti jugo nive fusa statim exoritur,

usque ad 6,000 circiter ped. alt. m. Maio floridus.

C. candidus ; Clark Trav., §c., 1812. Foliis lanceolato-linearibus flore

brevioribus, stigmatibus antheras subequantibus profundissimé

multipartitis, radicum tunica fibroso-costata, corolle laciniis ellip-

ticis.—In monte Gargaro m. Martio floridus. Eundem esse cum

croco serits C. lacteus concolor dicto (lageneeflori var.) ex tunicis

fibroso-costatis conjicio.—C, vernus, Clark 7b. in Gargaro inventus

forsan est Sieberianus teste Gay Troadis incola.—C. aureus Clark

2b. forsan Gargaricus. Crocorum millia millia candidorum, viola-

ceorum, et luteorum, in dumetis (forest) inter Bolim et Geridim

seu Gherizam m. Aprili florida tribus predictis in Gargaro forsan

conformia sunt. Ex e& quoque regione forsan C. luteus provenit.—

C. aureum a Sibthorp in Cycladibus, non in Peloponeso, inventus,

neque a Bory in Cycl. occidentalibus repertus, Cyclades occiden-

tales Chium, &c., habitare puto.—C. insularis terram in Corsica

septentrionali schistosam (“ schiste talqueux decomposé.” Rom.)

occupat; flore violaceo, sepalorum colore exteriore variabili ex

luteo pallescente plis minis plumeo-striato, fauce levi numquam

lutescente, magnitudine cormi, foliorum, florum, variabili—C.

minimus var. quedam C. insularis inter minores, nescio qua certa

ratione secernenda, mihi videtur. W. H.

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ODONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE. GREAT OpDoNTO-

GLOSSUM.

KEKE KEKE KEKE EEK EEK

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala \ateralia, patula, libera. Labellum planum, ungui-

culatum, ascendens, limbo reflexo diviso dentato apice an-

gustato, basi concavum crista bilamellata raro fimbriata

sepius antice bidentata auctum. Columna elongata, apice

auriculata aut aptera. Lind.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

OpontocLossum grande; pseudo-bulbis aggregatis ovato-

oblongis compressis ancipitibus diphyllis, foliis lanceo-

latis acutis scapo paucifloro duplo brevioribus, sepalis

lanceolatis lateralibus convexis falcatis petalisque ob-

longis obtusiusculis latioribus subundulatis, labello

subrotundo basi auriculato sepalis plus duplo breviore,

tuberculis basi tribus corrugatis aliisque lateralibus

dentiformibus minoribus, columne tomentose margin-

ibus rotundatis convexis incurvis. Lindl. Bot. Reg.

Misc. 1840. n. 94.

Ovonrociossum grande. Lindl. l.c. Batem. Orchid. Gua-

tem. et Mex. Tab. 2A.

This truly magnificent plant blossomed in September,

1841, in the Orchideous House of His Grace the Duke of

Bedford, pseudo-bulbs having been sent to His Grace’s late

father, and it would indeed have gratified that nobleman had

he lived to witness its extraordinary blossoms. It is first

noticed in the miscellaneous pages of the Botanical Rene

Mr. Bateman, who has given a splendid figure of it, says,

** this noble plant may well be described by its discoverer

(Mr. Sxinner) as among the most magnificent ornaments of

the Orchidaceous Flora of Guatemala: and Mr. BaremMan

himself observes that, “ in brilliancy of colour if it yield to

certain species of Lziia and Carrteya, it must confessedly

be placed at the head of the vast group of South American

VanveE, curious and beautiful though they all be.” Like

the two plants that flowered in Mr. Bareman’s collection,

our’s produced only four blossoms; but that gentleman’s

had soon after attained to a vigour of growth that left little

doubt they will eventually produce the full complement of

flowers, which, in their native specimens, is sometimes not

less than eight :—and as such, that is, bearing eight flow-

ers, he has represented it.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, broadly oval, compress-

ed, nearly smooth, with two large, sheathing, brown, mem-

branous scales at the base, and terminated by two broadly

lanceolate, waved, striated eaves, sprinkled on the under-

side with numerous minute, dark-brown dots. From within

one of the scales at the base of the pseudo-bulb arises the _

scape, about a foot high, bracteated at intervals, and bear-

ing, in the present instance, four large and very handsome

Jlowers, each with a lanceolate, membranous bractea at the

base of the germen. Perianth spreading. Sepals three

inches long, lanceolate, yellow banded with rich ferrugin-

ous spots. Petals about equal in length with the sepals,

but broader, and very obtuse, ferruginous, suddenly be-

coming yellow below, and to, the apex. Lip much shorter

than the sepals and petals, broadly obovate, almost round-

ed, slightly emarginate at the apex, yellow, banded and

spotted with rust colour, at the base having a large, lobed

tubercle, semicylindrical, yellow, downy, with two blunt,

projecting wings, one on each side the stigma. Anther

hemispherical, yellow. Pollen-masses obovate, with a short

stalk and an oblong gland at its base.

Fig. 1. Column and Base of the Lip. 2, Pollen-masses, 3, Anther-

case :-—magnified.

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ZACHYA GLABRATA. SMOOTH-LEAVED

ZAICHYA.

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Class and Order.

DiIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosa. )

Generic Character.

Calyx campanulatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore biden-

tato inferiore tripartito. Corolle vexillum unguiculatum,

late orbiculatum, emarginatum, reflexum, basi biappendi-

culatum, alis longius. Ale oblonge, carine ultra medium

adherentes. Carina incurva, obtusa, alis brevior v. sube-

quilonga. Stamina distincte diadelpha, filamenta vexillari

basi recto inarticulato. Anthere uniformes. Vagina disci

nulla. Ovarium pluri-ovulatum. Stylus brevis, adscen-

dens, superne in stigma subcapitatum, sepius dilatatum, v.

breviter appendiculatum desinens. Legumen oblongo-line-

are, compressum, coriaceum, sutura seminifera incrassata,

intus isthmis cellulosis multiloculare. Semina strophiolata.

—Frutices volubiles. Folia pinnatim trifoliata, foliolis sti-

pellatis. Pedunculi axillares, apice umbellatim multiflori.

Bractez et stipule parve, rarius foliacee, calyces sepius

pilis fuscis villost. Corolla coccinea. Benth.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Zicuya * glabrata ; foliolis tribus cuneatis mucronatis gla-

bris, petiolis caulibusque pilosis, stipulis late ovatis

acutis, bracteis deciduis, pedunculis foliorum longitu-

dine subsexfloris. Lindl.

Zicuya glabrata. Bent. in Legum. Gen. p. 59.

KennepyA glabrata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1838. a

€

* So named in honor of the ‘‘ Countess MoLLy ZicHy-FERRARIS, now

Princess METTERNICH,” by Baron HUGEL.

The old Genus Kennepya is, now, by Mr. Benruam pro-

perly divided into several-Genera, and one of these is the

Zicuya of Baron Hueet, to which belong besides the Z.

Molly, Hueex, on which the Genus itself was founded; the

old Kennepya coccinea, Vent. (Bot. Mag. tab. 2664); K.

tnophylla, Linpu.; K. dilatata, Au. Cunn.; Z. tricolor,

Linvt. ; and the subject of our present plate. They form a

very natural group, and are all natives of New Holland, the

present of the West coast. The seeds have been sent from

the Swan River Settlement, to the Glasgow Botanic Gar-

den, where the plant produced its lively red blossoms in the

early part of summer. It succeeds well in a common green-

house ; but the stems require support.

_ Descr. Stems slender, much branched, procumbent, as

it appears, rather than a climber, hairy as well as the peti-

oles. Leaves trifoliolate, the leaflets obovato-cuneate, re-

tuse, with a mucro, glabrous. Petioles an inch, or an inch

and a half long, having at the base two rather large, cor-

date acuminate, foliaceous stipules ; there are also minute

Stipules at the base of the leaflets. Peduncles hairy, axil-

lary, about as long as the leaf, including the petiole, bear-

ing a somewhat capitate raceme of from four to six or eight

bright scarlet flowers : the vexillum alone having in the

centre near the claw, a wedge-shaped, pale yellow green

spot with a deep red margin around it. Calyx tubular,

nearly equally five-toothed. Ovary gradually tapering

into the subulate style.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Vexillum :—magnified.

( 3957 )

LALIA ALBIDA. WHuITE-FLOWERED LALIA.

SE KKK KK KKK RK KEEKKEK

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA MonanpRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcHipEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala explanata, lanceolata, equalia. Petala majora,

paulo difformia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum,

3-partitum, lamellatum, circa columnam = conyolutum.

Columna aptera, carnosa, antice canaliculata. Anthera —?

Pollinia 8, caudiculis quatuor elasticis—Herbe epiphyte,

rhizomate pseudo-bulbifero. Folia carnosa. Scapi termi-

nales, pauct vel multiflort. Flores speciosi, odorati. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Laua albida; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis

linearibus acutis spica multiflora quadruplo breviori-

bus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis v. subacumi-

natis petalibus latioribus acutis, omnibus apicibus

reflexis fortiter mucronulatis, labelli alte trilobi tricos-

tati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis intermedio duplo

majore subrotundo obscure apiculato reflexo. Lindl.

Lau albida. Batem. in Bot. Reg. 1839. Misc. n. 4.

Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839. |

Dr. Linptey speaks of this as the only Lzxia yet dis-

covered with white flowers. It is a native of Mexico, and,

according to the authority just mentioned, it has been

sent to Europe from Oaxaca by Count Karwinsxi; and

Mr. Harris purchased it of a French Collector who visited

this country some years ago. Our plant blossomed in the

Orchideous House of the Royal Gardens at Kew, in

January 1842. It is a graceful but not a showy species,

and has the merit of being delighttully fragrant.

Descr.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, several growing together,

about the size of pigeons’ eggs, and not unlike them in

shape, being almost exactly ovate; furrowed and somewhat

wrinkled in age. The younger ones are narrower and

small, and clothed with large, membranous scales, bearing

at their summit two linear-lanceolate, acute, somewhat

coriaceous leaves. Peduncle or Scape from the top of the

bulb, and twice or thrice as long as the leaves, slender,

bearing a raceme of three to five fragrant white flowers.

Sepals lanceolate, spreading. Petals similar to them but

broader ; all very acute, almost mucronate. Lip broad-

oblong, three-lobed ; side lobes small, erect, middle one

large, roundish, ovate, reflexed. There are three erect

lamelle running nearly the whole length of the lip, yellow-

ish, dotted with brown at the base. Column also dotted

with brown at its inner base.

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ALSTRGEMERIA NEMOROSA. WoopLAND

ALSTROEMERIA.

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Amary L.ipe. )

Generic Character.

Germen ovulis suberectis sexcostatum (superne 12-angu-

lare 12-costatum) ; perianthium sexpartitum laciniis quater

disparibus, petalis duobus erectis imo porrecto ; filamenta

ubi matura recurvata, glandulis in disco deciduis inserta,

laciniarum basi vix adnata tardits distincto, petaléna basi

acuté ovali sepalina ultra-semicirculari discum signantia ;

anthere basi affixa; stylus recurvus; capsula oblongo-

rotunda acuté operculata sexcostata valvis crustaceis septi-

geris dissilientibus axe ab ima parte trifariam disrupto, cos-

tarum dimidio inseparabiliter pedunculo adherente ; semz-

na subrotunda testa tuberculata difficulter separabili, hilo

levi chalazé circulari, endopleuré ab albumine corneo

inseparabili.—Plante occidentales ; caule (quod novi) erecto

folioso vel squamato; pedunculis 1-plurifloris bracteatis ;

radice tuberosa palmata. Herbert.

Specific Name and Character.

ALsTR@MERIA nemorosa; caule subrubescente glabro, foliis

glabris subquinqueuncialibus 14—1,-latis, involucri

foliolis et pedunculorum bracteis folia simulantibus,

pedunculis 4—5-uncialibus 2—3-floris, germine gla-

bro, perianthio circ. 13 unc. aureo marginem versus

subminiato, sepalis subsemunciam latis margine su-

erne crenato rotundato (cum acumine brevi) inferne

undulato dense ciliato, petalis angustis acutis rubro

obscure notatis, imo minore pallidiore, seminibus vix

rotundis rugosis vix tuberculatis obscure badiis cha-

laza prominente hilo breviter apiculato. W. H.

Austrameria nemorosa. Gardn. MS. Herb. Braz. n. et

VOL. XV. P

This showy Atstramerta first flowered in the winter of

1841-2, in the greenhouse of Messrs. Verrcu and Son of

Exeter, and a specimen was sent to the Editor. The roots

were found in the Organ mountains of Brazil, by Messrs.

Verrcu’s collector, at an elevation of about three thousand

feet. One of the plants, having been set in the open bor-

ber, has endured the winter, as well as A. aurea, and was

moved in the spring ; but in consequence of having been

planted out late, the fower-stem produced in the autumn

was cut by frost.

It was found to conform exactly with specimens in

Sir W. J. Hooker’s Herbarium, gathered by Mr. Garpner

im the Organ mountains of Brazil, and named by him

nemorosa, having been probably found in wooded and

shady places. It is distinguished from the A. aurea of the

island of Chiloe, and from the Valparaiso yellower variety,

by the appearance of the seeds, which are less round and

tuberculated ; by the greater breadth of the leaves, and

shorter flower, a freckle or two on the lowest petal, and by

the undulation and more dense ciliation of the base of the

segments of the perianth, especially the sepals; but it is

certainly very closely related to it, and as Valparaiso is ten

degrees of latitude distant from Chiloe, it is evident that

A. aurea occupies in its varieties a wide range of country.

The production of flowers in the winter by A. nemorosa,

seems to mark a very different habit ; but it may have been

merely the consequence of Mr. Verrcn’s treatment. W. H.

fam indebted to the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester

for the above specific and valuable remarks on this fine

AtstramertaA. To me, however, I must confess that its

almost campanulate and nearly regular flowers, the mark-

ings of the petals and sepals, the shape and size of the

leaves, and the colour, indicate a species quite distinct from

A. aurea, as they do from every other individual of the

Genus with which I am acquainted, and a most important

acquisition it most undoubtedly is to our gardens.

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PrimuLa DENTICULATA. Purpte Nepau

CowsLIpP.

Class and Order.

PenTANDRIA Monoeyni.

( Nat. Ord.—Primutacex. )

Generic Character.

Flores subumbellati, involucrati. Calyx tubulosus, 5-

fidus seu 5-dentatus, persistens. Corolla tubulosa, fauce

vel nuda vel glandulosa, limbo 5-lobo. Capsula apice 10-

dentata, polysperma. Spreng.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Primuta denticulata ; foliis oblongo-spathulatis undulatis

reticulatim rugosis denticulatis subhirsutis glutinosis

margine revolutis, umbella densa multiflora, corolle

limbo plano lobis bifidis.

Primvta denticulata. Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 2. p. 109. £. 114.

Flora Ind. ed. Wall. v.1.p.17. Spreng. Syst. Veget.

v. 1. p. 574.

This is another of the many interesting plants which Mr.

Verrcu has so successfully introduced and reared, and for

which he obtained the certificate of merit from the Horti-

cultural Society of London. The seeds were received from

the North of India, having been among those of late so ex-

tensively and liberally distributed by the Directors of the

Honorable the East India Company, through the medium

of Dr. Royre. It is a native of the mountains bordering on

Silhet, and of Nepal, and is particularly abundant in the

vicinity of Katmandu, and in Gossain-Than: where no

doubt it makes the pastures glow with a purple tint, as does

its allied species, P. farinosa, in the West of Yorkshire.

Dr. Watuicn bas remarked that, in Porrer’s Supplement

to the “‘Encycl. Botanique,” the station given for it is

« Chillongo on the coast of Africa,” instead of Chittigong

in Upper Nepal,” as stated by Sir James Smirn, in “ Exotic

Botany,’ where it is first described and figured from a

drawing made in India. Mr. Verrcn has succeeded in rais-

ing and flowering it in the greenhouse, and probably when

it shall be more increased and planted in the open air, it

will succeed there as well as our European Primulas. It

has flowered in March,

Descr. Its root is perennial, consisting of several thick,

fleshy fibres. While young, “ it bears on the top of this

root a number of large, oval, concave, acute, closely imbri-

cated, rose-coloured, membranous bracteas, which em-

brace all the tender parts, and even the imperfectly-formed

umbel. As the plant advances in age, most of these dis-

appear.” (Watuicu.) Probably these are what may be

observed at the base of our plant; but they are leafy at the

margins. The leaves themselves are oblong-spathulate,

two to four inches long, waved, wrinkled with the tightly

reticulated nerves, the margins revolute, and sharply tooth-

ed ; petiole broad, reddish. Scape solitary from the centre

of the leaves, scarcely a span high, bearing a dense, almost

lobose umbel of purplish-lilac flowers. Pedicels short.

alyx cylindrical, deeply cut into five lanceolate, erect,

brownish-green segments. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube

and mouth yellow: the limb flat; the lobes obcordate,

deeply cleft. Anthers nearly sessile, inserted at the infla-

tion on the top of thetube. Ovary globose: style short ;

stigma capitate.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open; magnified.

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CATGIWOOLA

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PuHAjus MacuLATus. Sporrep-LEAvED

Puagsus.

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala et petala subequalia, patentia, libera. Labellum

sepius cucullatum, cum basi columne adnatum, calcara-

tum, integrum vy. trilobum, sepius supra carinatum lamel-

losum v. cristatum, Columna erecta, cum ovario continua,

semiteres, marginata, elongata. Anthera 8-locularis. Pol-

linia 8, subequalia.—Herbe terrestres (Asiatice ), caules-

centes v. acaules, foliis latis plicatis. Scapi radicales.

Flores speciosi. Land.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Puasus maculatus; caulescens, foliis ovato -lanceolatis

acuminatis maculatis, sepalis petalisque oblongis ob-

tusis, labelli trilobi lobis apice plicato-crenatis, late-

ralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato obtuso multo

minorfbus, calcare recto oblongo obtuso.

Puasvus maculatus.. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n.

3748. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1803. Lindl. Gen. et Sp.

Orchid. p. 127.

Buierta flava. Wall. in Bibl. Anglo-Ind. Ic. 1147. (fidi

Lindl.)

Buiet1a Woodfordii. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2719.

(@) minor ; foliis totus viridibus.

At tab. 2719 of this work may be seen a representation

_ of this plant, from a drawing communicated by Mr. Arron,

but which gives so imperfect an idea of the beauty of this

3 Species, that I am sure our readers will not regret the

_ appearance of the present figure. I was further led .~

the error of considering it a native of Trinidad, and com-

municated by Sir Ratpa Wooprorp to the Royal Gardens

of Kew. It is, like all its congeners, of Indian origin, and

our present drawing was made from one of the many fine

plants sent to Kew by Dr. Waxticn, and which flowers more

or less copiously all winter through. It would be included

in Breria of Brown and other authors; but it differs from

the true Bueriaz in having a spur to the lip, and that lip

connate with the base of the column, not articulated upon it.

Like some other yellow-flowered plants, (the PRimuLACEE

for example) the bractea and flowers become of a deep

verdigris green in decay. Another circumstance worthy

of remark is, if the flowers, or indeed any part of the |

plant, be chewed in the mouth, no taste whatever is per-

ceived, nor any effect observed, till after the lapse of several

minutes; when a very sensible and pungent heat is pro-

duced upon the tongue and lips, similar to that experienced

after chewing the acrid leaves of some of the AromDEz.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs ovato-rotundate, as large as one’s

fist, clustered ; and bearing leafy stems, clothed with the

sheathing bases of the leaves. Leaves three to four,

broadly-lanceolate, membranaceous, striated and plicated,

dark, glossy green, with numerous scattered whitish spots,

paler beneath. Scape radical, two or more feet high,

terete, glabrous, jointed, and bearing at the joints sheath-

ing scales. Flowers in a large terminal raceme, of a pale

but rather bright yellow, destitute of scent. Bracteas

membranous, as long as the germen, withering and becom-

ing black-green, while the flowers are still in perfection.

Sepals and petals erecto-patent, obtuse, slightly concave ;

the former tipped with green. Lip erect, the apex

recurved ; the whole is rather longer than the perianth,

very broad, but carinated, the sides turned up and involute,

so as to include the column, three-lobed, the base running

down into an obtuse spur nearly half the length of the

gerinen ; the lobes orange, and giving the appearance of a

crest from the waved and crenated margins. Column white,

incurved, grooved in front, and hairy. Anther hemispher-

ical. Pollen-masses eight. :

bane Flower, from which the Sepals and Petals are removed. 2. Colamn

ur. 3. Inside view of the Anther-case. 4. Pollen-masses +~all more

or less magnified.

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net aE POOL OES.

( 3961. )

HABRANTHUS PRATENSIS; var. quadriflora. |

Merapow Hasrantuus; four-flowered var.

SHEESH HEHEHE

Class and Order.

HexanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—AMARYLLIDEZ. )

Generic Character.

Germen medio constrictum; tubus equalis. Filamenta

declinata, fasciculata, recurvata, quaterna longitudine.

Stylus declinatus, recurvatus. Semina cumulata, compla-

nata, nigra.—Flos sub sole patentior. Herb.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Hasranraus pratensis ; foliis linearibus dorso rotundatis,

scapo bipedali vel ultra 2—4-floro, perianthio coccineo

infra luteo, tubo brevissimo, limbo biunciali subcam-

panulato inequali, dentibus sex epigynis plus minus

serratis.

Var. 1. triflora, foliis glaucis. Placea pratensis. Poeppig,

Fragm. Syn. p. 5.

Var. 2. quadriflora, foliis vix glaucis. a

Hasrantuvs pratensis. Herb. Amer. p. 159. W. H.

This bright-coloured flower seems evidently referable to

Hasrantuus pratensis. It differs from the description of

Dr. Porrric only in having the leaf not decidedly glaucous,

the flowers four instead of three, and teeth irregularly ser-

rate which he describes as serrate. It is the only Haprantuus

we have seen with decidedly dentate processes. Those pro-

cesses must have led Dr. Pogprie to call it Placea, a Genus

then only known by Miers’ name without any published

definition, except a notice by Dr. Linpiey that it was fur-

nished with remarkable processes. Pxacea ornata has been

since

since figured and described (Bot. Reg. 1740, p. 50), and the

Genus differs from Hasranruus, amongst other things, in

the form of the anthers, tube less expanded, perianth wide,

the divarication of the two lowest segments, and the remark-

able crown composed of six keeled, emarginate processes

narrowed towards the base. Dr. Porprie’s plant flowers in

ris or of Antuco, in South Chili, in November.

Sent by Mr. Verrcn, of Exeter; also by Brinczs to Mr.

Bevan, from Valdivia. Flowered in May 1842, in the

open air.

Fig. 1. Flower with the Perianth removed, showing the epigynous Teeth

or Scales. 2. 3. 4. Scales removed from the Flower —magnified.

IOV,

silt.

AN Witch elt Pub by S Curtis Claxenmood Esse tug LIF 2

( 3062 )

ASPASIA EPIDENDROIDES. EPIDENDRUM-LIKE

ASPASIA.

SKK KKK KEKE ERE EKER

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanppria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuIvEz.)

Generic Character.

Perianthium patens, equale. Sepala lateralia libera; su-

premum cum petalis basi connatum. Labellum oblongum,

concavum, ecalcaratum, obsolete 4-lobum, cum columna

semi-connatum. Colwmna labello parallela, semiteres, mar-

ginata. Anthera.—Pollinia 2, pyriformia, postice sulcata,

caudicula plana cuneata, glandula parva.—Herbe epiphyte

caulescentes, pseudo-bulbose. Folia subcoriacea. Spice

radicales, breves. Flores mediocrt. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Aspasta epidendroides ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis ancipitibus,

sepalis lineari-oblongis acutis, petalis obtusis concavis,

labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis, inter-

medio crenulato emarginato. Land1.

Aspasta epidendroides. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 139.

We have already figured one species of Aspasta (A. varie-

gata) at Tab. 3679 of this work. The present is that upon

which the Genus is founded, and our specimen was age |

communicated in the early spring of 1842, from the ric

collection of Orcurpem at Penllegar, by its possessor,

Dittwrn Lurwettyn, Esq. About the same time it blos-

somed in the Orchideous-house of the Royal Botanic Gar-

dens of Kew, and, since, much more luxuriantly, at Mrs.

Wray’s of Oakfield, Cheltenham. It is an inhabitant of

Panama and Columbia, and has frequently been sent by

Mr. SKInNER from Guatemala.

Descr.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs broadly oblong-oval, compressed,

ancipitate, lengthened out at the base, and there sheathed

with leafy scales. From the summit of the pseudo-bulbs

spring two broadly lanceolate, subcoriaceous leaves.

Scape from the base of the pseudo-bulb, and, in our speci-

mens at least, shorter than the leaves, scaly, bearing a

spike of several flowers. Sepals oblong, greenish, banded

with brown, spreading, the two lower ones reflexed; the

upper one broader upwards, springing from the back of the

column. Petals spathulate, greenish-brown. Lip, with

its lower portion, or claw, united to the column; the la-

mina spreading, large, broadly oval, three-lobed, crenate,

white, the centre dashed with dark purple, and marked

with five elevated rays: lateral lobes rounded, smaller than

the terminal one which is also rounded. Column white,

stained with purple. Anther terminal, hemispherical.

Pollen-masses pyritorm, curved.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Anther-case. 3. Pollen-masses —magnified.

7 —

TLS OULAENWOOC

FIC.

pile tea ee Ree a.

( 3963 )

ECHINOCACTUS TENUISPINUS. SLENDER-

SPINED ECHINOCACTUS.,

KKK KEKE EKER ERKEK EEK

Class and Order.

Icosanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacte2. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosa imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in tubum

brevissimum concreta, exteriora involucriformia, intima

petaliformia. Stamina numerosa, calyci aflixa, inzqualia,

intima brevissima, filiformia, antheris oblongis. Stylus

cylindricus, subfistulosus, apice multifidus. Bacca sepalo-

rum reliquiis subsquamata, rarissime levis. Cotyledones

parvulea.—Frutices simplicissimi carnosi ovati aut globost,

melocactoidet aut mammillarieformes, aphylli, costatt aut

tuberculati, costis tuberculis confluentibus quasi formatis, —

dorso aculeorum fasciculos gerentibus. Cephalium seu spa-

dix nullus. Flores e fasculis aculeorum ad apicem costarum

(ita quidem, ut in «:eolis noviter é€ vertice erumpentibus

florum origines jam conspicut sint) ort, similes floribus

Cerei sed tubo vix supra receptaculum elongato. Pfeiff:

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ecuinocactus tenuispinus ; depresso-globosus 12—14 cos-

tatus subglaucus, costis obtusis sinubus acutis, areolis

albis tomentosis immersis, aculeis gracilibus 12—18

quarum 3—4 duplo longioribus, floribus congestis,

petalis (flavis) apice serrulatis acutissimis.

Ecuinocacrus tenuispinus. Link et Otto m Verhandl. des

Gart. Vereins fiir Pruss. tab. 19.

Ecurnocactus Ottonis. 8. tenuispinus. Pfeiff. Enum. Cact.

p. 47.

Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew ; where,

it must be confessed, that the flowers are very eae to

ose

those of E. Ottonis, of which Dr. Preirrer makes it a

variety :—but, on the other hand, the form of the plant,

a much depressed globe, is quite different from that of

E. Ottonis, as may be seen by our tab. 3117, where that

species is represented. The spines, too, are here much

longer, and the native country of the two is very differ-

ent ;—E. Ottonis being an inhabitant of Mexico, while E.

tenuispinus is stated by Preirrer to come from South

Brazil.

It flowers in July, and makes a pretty appearance with

the copious bright lemon-coloured flowers, large in propor-

tion to the size of the plant, and the red stigmas in the

centre.

IN D BX,

In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Fifteenth

Volume of the New Serres (or Sizty-cighth of the Work) are

alphabetically arranged.

—~—

Pi. | Ft

3939 Acacia diptera; @. erioptera. | 3946 Luculia gratissima.

3933 — platyptera. 3893 Marianthus ceruleo-puncta-

3958 Alstroemeria nemorosa.

3944

sittacina; var.

Erembouldti (hybrid).

3919 Aquilegia Skinneri.

3904 Arctostaphylos nitida.

3927 pungens.

3962 Aspasia epidendroides.

poem Berets nervosa.

onia speciosa.

3915 Eoin Se inlain.

3895 Bossiea tenuicaulis.

3882 Callistachys linearis.

3929 Catasetum abruptum.

3942 lobiflorum.

3937 ——_———- Wailesii.

3910 Cattleya crispa.

3922 Cereus cerulescens.

3903 Chorizema spectabile.

3935 Colocasia odorata.

3880 Cyrtochilum maculatum.

3925 Digitalis lutea, 3. fucata.

3906 Echinocactus corynodes.

3963 — tenuispinus.

3898 Epidendrum calocheilum.

3885 Grahami.

3951 Skinneri.

3907 Franciscea latifolia.

3948 Fuchsia integrifolia.

3930 Gastrochilus pulcherrima.

3886 Gesneria bulbosa.

3940 zebrina.

3934 Gloxinia speciosa; var. macro-

phylla, variegata.

3943 speciosa; var. Men-

ziesii.

3881 Goldfussia glomerata.

3961 Habranthus pratensis ;-va7. .

quadriflora.

3936 Hibiscus Cameroni.

3894 Hypocalyptus obcordatus.

3905 Kreysigia multiflora.

3941 sperms Selloviana; 8, lanceo-

ata.

3908 Lasiopetalum macrophyllum.

3957 Lelia albida.

3953 Rondeletia

. =: Mg.

3945 Maxillaria cucullata.

3924 Mimulus roseus; (hybridus)

var. Maclainianus.

3900 Mormodes Sarai

3923 Myanthus deltoideus,

3916 Nelumbium speciosum.

$917 Ibid.

3955 Odontoglossum grande.

3890 Oncidium monoceras.

3912 ornithorhynchum.

3926 pubes; var. flaves-

cens.

3914 Opuntia decumbens.

3911 - monacantha.

3931 Oreodaphne bullata.

3921 Otochilus fusca.

3896 Oxalis lasiandra.

3932 lasiopetala.

3938 ——-- Martiana.

3884 Pentstemon campanulatus.

3889 Pernettia angustifolia.

3960 Phajus maculatus.

3928 Pharbitis Learn.

3891 Physianthus auricomus.

3950 Pimelea spectabilis.

3952 Plumieria acuminata.

3897 Pleurothallis picta.

| 3920 Podotheca gnaphalioides.

| 3909 Prepusa Hookeriana.

3959 Primula denticulata.

3947 Rhododendron anthopogon.

odorata.

3899 Salvia confertiflora ; var. 8.

3892 Sida (Abutilon) Bedfo ani

3954 Solanum Balbisii ; var. bipin-

nata.

3902 Strobilanthes sessilis.

3918 Stuartia pentagyna-

3883 Stylidium ciliatum.

3913 ———— recurvum.

3901 Tithonia ovata.

3887 Tulipa tricolor.

3956 Zichya glabrata.

END E X,

In which the English Names of the Plants contained in the Fifteenth

Volume of the New Serizs (or Sizty-eighth of the Work) are

alphabetically arranged.

= ae

#7.

3933 Acacia broad-winged.

3939 two-winged, downy var.

3944 Alstroemeria, Mr. Erembouldt’s

hybrid. var.

3958 woodland.

3927 Arctostaphylos, sharp-pointed ;

. or Bear-berry.

3904 shining ; or

Bear-berry.

3962 Aspasia, Epidendrum-like.

3916 Bean of India, sacred; deep

: rose-coloured var.

3917 Ibid.

3949 Barberry, strong-nerved.

Bignonia, showy-flowered.

3915 Boronia, crenulated.

3895 Bossiea, slender-stemmed.

3882 Callistachys, red-flowered.

3929 Catasetum, blunt-lipped.

3942 lobe-flowered.

3937 Mr. Wailes’

3910 Cattleya, crisp-flowered.

3922 Cereus, blue-stemmed. -—

3903 Chorizema, showy.

3919 Columbine, Mr. Skinner’s.

3959 Cowslip, purple Nepal.

3880 Cyrtochilum, spotted.

Echinocactus, many-flowered,

slender-spined.

3898 Epidendrum, beautiful-lipped.

3885 -_—

3951 —

Dr. Grahams.

pear . Mr. Skinner’s.

y-wort, triangular-lipped.

3925 Fox-glove, nial yellow 5 pur-

plish-flowered var.

Franciscea, broad-leaved.

3948 Fuchsia, entire-leayed.

3930 pean ce handsome-flow-

ered. ;

3928 Gaybine, Mr. Lear’s,

Gesneria, bulbous-rooted.

-mottled-leaved.

3934 Gloxinia, rough; large varie-

gated-leaved var.

- rough-leaved; Mr,

enzies’ var,

~ 3881 Goldfussia, clustered.

3961 Habranthus, meadow; four-

_ __ flowered var,

3936 Hibiscus, Mr. Cameron's,

3894 Hypocalyptus, obcordate.

Pi.

3935 Kale, Indian, fragrant.

8905 Kreysigia, many-flowered.

3941 Lantana, Mr. Sellows’ ; long-

leaved var.

3957 Lelia, white-flowered.

3908 Lasiopetalum, large-leaved.

3946 Luculia, fragrant.

3893 Marianthus, blue-spotted.

3945 Maxillaria, hooded.

3924 Monkey-flower; Mr. Maclain’s

hybrid var. of the Rose-

coloured.

3900 Mormodes, Leopard- spotted.

3931 Mountain-Laurel, blistered.

3954 Nightshade, Balbis’, bipinnate-

leaved var,

3955 Odontoglossum, great.

3912 Oncidium, bird’s beak.

8926 downy-columned ;

yellow-flowered var.

-——— one-horned.

3914 Opuntia, decumbent; or Prick-

3911

ly Fig. ne

—— one-spined; or

Prickly Fig.

3921 Otochilus, brownish-flowered.

3884 Pentstemon, bell-flowered.

3889 Pernettia, narrow-leaved.

3960 Phajus, spotted-leaved.

3891 Physianthus, golden-haired.

3950 Pimelea, showy.

3897 Pleurothallis, painted.

3952 Plumieria, sharp-leaved.

3920 Podotheca, cudweed. :

3909 Prepusa, scarlet and white-

flowered.

3947 Rhododendron, bearded.

3953 Rondeletia, sweet-scented.

3899 Sage, thick-flowered.

3892 Sida, Duke of Bedford’s.

3902 Strobilanthes, sessile-flowered.

3918 Stuartia, five-styled.

3883 Stylidium, ciliated-leaved.

3913 - recurved,

3901 Tithonia, ovate-leaved.

3887 Tulip, three-coloured.

3896 Wood-Sorrel, downy-sta-

mened.

3938 Dr. Martius’.

3932 hairy-petaled.

| 3956 Zichya, smooth-leaved.