CURTIS’S

BOTAN ICAL MAGAZINE;

Flower Garden Displayed:

In which the most Ornamental Fore1en PLAnTs 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 LINN£US;

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

Methods of Culture.

CONDUCTED

By SAMUEL CURTIS, F.L.S.

By Sir WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H.

LLD. F.R.A. and L.S. Vice President of the Linnean Society, and

Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew.

VOL. XVII.

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LuUXEMBURGIA CILIOSA. FRINGE-LEAVED

LUXEMBURGIA.

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Class and Order.

MonapDeEtreuiA PoLYANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—SavvacEsiEz. )

Generic Character.

Calycis sepala 5 subineequalia caduca. Petala 5 inequa-

lia. Anthere hypogyne subsessiles lineares tetragone

apice biporose in massulam concavam secundam coalite.

Stylus subulatus incurvus. Ovariwm trigonum. . Capsula

trivalvis, 1-locularis, oo sperma, marginibus introflexis se-

miniferis. Semina marginata,—Frutices ramosi glaberrimi.

Folia alterna dentata, cuspidata, nervis lateralibus parallels

numerosis, petiolo basi bistipulato, stipulis ciliatis caducis.

Flores terminales, racemosi, lutet. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Luxempureta ®* ciliosa; foliis confertis longe petiolatis ob-

longo-lanceolatis glanduloso-setosis apice longe setoso-

mucronatis, stipulis deciduis, corymbis multifloris, flo-

ribus polyandris. i é

Luxemevrer ciliosa. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 5677. et im

Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 516. -

Precrantuera ciliosa. Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. v. 1.

p. 40.

M. Aveuste pe St. Hizaree characterized and published

this beautiful Genus, under the name of LuxEemsureta,

* nearly

_* So named in honor of the Duke of LuxEMBURG, under whose aus-

pices, its author, M. A. DE St. Hizarre, commenced his botanical

researches in Brazil.

VOL. XVII. B

nearly about the same time that it was taken up by Mar-

Trius and Zuccarini under that of Piecranrnera. The

four species described by Sr. Hinaire (L. speciosa, L,

corymbosa, L. polyandra, and L. octandra) are all inhabit-

ants of Brazil; and ‘ all grow on that chain of mountains

which separates the virgin forests from the discovered

countries; and what is remarkable,” continues Sr. Hinarre,

* is, that this chain, which forms the boundary line between

two such different Floras, presents a vegetation equally

distinct from both.”

Our present species was first detected by Martius in the

Diamond district, province of Minas Geraes; and, subse-

quently, in the year 1841, by Mr. Garner, in moist, peaty

soil, in open places, growing with species of ANDROoMEDA, on

the Organ mountains, at an elevation of 5,000 feet above

the level of the sea. Truly distinct as this species is from

any other, Sreupe, in the last edition of his «« Nomen-

clator,” has, I know not upon what authority, united it,

together with L. polyandra, with L. corymbosa. No one

could do so who has ever seen the two species growing.

It is a truly handsome plant, both in its foliage, which is of

a lively and glossy green, and in its fine corymb of flowers,

ofa pure yellow colour. It requires a moderate stove heat,

and flowers during the summer months, in the- Royal

Gardens of Kew, whither seeds had been sent by Mr.

GARDNER.

Descr. With us it, at present, forms a beautiful shrub,

three to four feet high ; but in Brazil it attains a height of

eight to twelve feet, and is branched. Leaves alternate,

oblong-lanceolate, tipped with a long bristle at the point,

glossy bright green, elegantly and closely penninerved, the

margin glanduloso-serrate, and within the serratures strongly

ciliated all round the margin; the glandular serratures, Mr.

Garpner observes, take their origin from an union of the

primary veins with one which surrounds the leaf, while the

cilié arise from the inoculation of a smaller primary vein

with the lateral branches of the larger ones ; petioles an

inch and more long ; stipules subulate, much ciliated, cadu-

cous. Racemes many-tlowered, terminal, subcorymbose.

Pedicels long, slender, jointed, with a pair of subulate, cili-

ated bracteas at the joint. Calyx of five, unequal, green,

deciduous sepals. Corolla large, of five hypogynous, obo-

vate, spreading petals. Stamens one-sided, of several linear

anthers, united into a concave mass in themselves and by

their short filaments. Ovary soon inclined, as it were, from

the fissure of the staminal mass, trigonal-oblong. Style

- subulate. Stigma simple.

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AERIDES AFFINE. Rose-coLourED AERIDES;

or Air-plant.

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcutpex. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium patens vel clausum. Sepala lateralia, basi

sepius obliqua, cum ungue producto column connata,

Labellum cum ungue columne articulatum, saceatum vel

calcaratum, trilobum; lobis lateralibus nanis; limbo cucul-

lato, aut subulato, aut abbreviato-tumido, aut subfornicato.

Columna in ovarium recumbens, brevis, aptera. Anthera

bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata ; caudicula lata vel

filiformi, g¢landula peltata subrotunda.—Herbe epiphyte

caulescentes. Caules subsimplices, radicantes. Folia dis-

ticha, coriacea, aut subcarnosa. Flores racemosi, vel spi-

cati. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Aeripes* affine; foliis canaliculatis subrecurvis retusis mu-

cronatis, racemis cylindraceis multifloris erectis foliis

equalibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis conformi-

bus majoribus, labello cateris majore ovato membra-

naceo obsolete trilobo, ungue saccato geniculato, cal-

care parvo cornuto lamine supposito. Land.

Arrives affine. Wallich, Cat. n. 7316. Lindl. Gen. et

Sp. Orchid. p. 239. Lindl. Sert. Orchid. t. 15.

Arripes multiflorum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 475.

There is a peculiar delicacy and beauty in the OrcHIDEZ

of the East Indies, and especially in the Genus to jt i

ft e

* So called by Louretro, from ap, air, because of the property these

plants have of living and flourishing, if suspended in the air.

the present plant belongs, which, combined with the diffi-

culty of obtaining them, renders them peculiarly valuable

to the cultivator, and causes them to be eagerly sought

after. ArripEs affine was sent to the Royal Botanic Gar-

dens of Kew by Dr. Wat ica, from the mountains of Nepal,

near Sheopore. It had been previously found in Sylhet by

Dr. Roxsures. Our plant, however, graceful and elegant

as it is, is very inferior to the native specimen represented in

Dr. Linpiey’s splendid “ Sertum Orchidaceum,” from a

drawing in the possession of the Honourable the Court of

Directors of the East India Company. In another respect

too, it differs: the racemes of flowers are there represented

erect: with us, the flowers, and indeed the leaves too, are

drooping. In the Orchideous stove it blooms in April.

Descr. Epiphyte. Roots large, thick, fleshy. Leaves

strap-shaped, distichous, channelled, obtuse, or more fre-

quently notched at the apex. Raceme from the axil of one

of the leaves, pendent, many-flowered. Flowers purplish

rose colour, spotted. At the base of the flowers is a small,

acute bractea. Sepals obovate, obtuse. Petals nearly of

the same shape, but smaller: all of them spreading. Lip

larger than the sepals or petals, ovate, crisped or waved,

the sides curved down: its claw curved at an angle, and

prolonged into an obtuse spur. Column short, bent

backward, semiterete, looking, when surmounted by the

acuminated anther-case, like the head and beak of a bird.

Fig. 1. Lip and Column:—magnified.

Glazemo0d Fisse

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ACROPHYLLUM VERTICILLATUM. Wohuor_-

LEAVED ACROPHYLLUM.

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Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cunontacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, persistens. Petala 5. Stamina 10.

Discus hypogynus minimus. Styli setacei. Capsula glo-

bosa, bilocularis, apice dehiscens; Joculis polyspermis.

Semina minuta, levia.—Frutex Australasicus erectus, ramo-

sus, sempervirens. Folia simplicia, terna, subsessilia, ob-

longo-cordata, acuta, grosse serrata, coriacea, glabra, sub-

tus glauca. Stipule paleacee, persistentes» Flores parvi,

albi, copiosi, verticillati, pedicellati. Capsula membranacea,

apice hians, fere Heuchere. Don.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Acropuyiium * verticillatum.

AcROPHYLLUM Venosum. Benth. :

Catycomis verticillata. Don in Ed. New Phil. Journal, v.

. 793.

Catycomis. Br.

My first knowledge of this plant was derived from speci-

mens, gathered oe the Blue Mountains of New Holland

by Mr. Arran Cunnincuam, who transmitted them to Eng-

land under the name of “ Wetmannia;” a Genus to

which it is, doubtless, nearly allied. In 1830, in the work

Sete ee Se above

Nip

* I presume thus named by Mr. BENTHAM, from axpos, the summit, an

$urre, leaf: from the circumstance of the leaves growing at the apex of the

branches, above the whorls of flowers.

above quoted, under a “ Monograph of the Cunoniacex,”

Mr. Don has given to this plant the generic name of Caty-

comis of Brown, and correctly described its generic distinc-

tions. Catycomis is a name, mentioned by Mr. Brown in

his Botany of Capt. Fiinpers’ voyage as one of five Aus-

tralian Genera of the Natural Order Cunontacexz: but to

us it appears that, by that term, the Genus Catuicoma

(Ayprews), a plant of the same Natural Order, and from the

same country, is intended. And this idea is strengthened by

the fact that, Dr. Sims, in Bot. Magazine, t. 1811, quotes,

under the Catuicoma serratifolia, the Genus Catycomis of

“ Brown in Fiinpers’ Voyage, App. p. 540.” If this be

correct, there can exist no doubt of the propriety of adopt-

ing Mr. BentHam’s more recently described Genus, Acro-

PHYLLUM ; and even should Mr. Brown’s Catycomis be in-

tended as distinct from Caxticoma, the name is assuredly

too near akin to the latter word to render it desirable that

it should be adopted, especially when the two are in the

same Order. The plant is peculiarly handsome; it was

introduced into our gardens by Mr. Arran Cunnincuam,

and with the common treatment of the greenhouse, it

flowers in great profusion during the spring months.

Descr. A shrub, about two feet high, with opposite

branches, and leaves, which are ternate-verticillate, nearly

sessile, oblong-ovate, coriaceous, acuminate, very coarsely

serrated and strongly penninerved, the young ones of a rich

red-purple colour. Flowers smail, in numerous, bracteated,

dense whorls, below the terminal leaves. Pedicels short,

hairy, red. Calyx of five, hairy, spreading, ovate, pale red

sepals. Petals longer than the calyx, spathulate, spread-

ing. Stamens ten, hypogynous. ‘Filaments longer than

the petals (at first incurved). Anthers subglobose, two-

celled, cells opening longitudinally. Germen subglobose,

hairy. Styles two, subulate. Capsule two-lobed, termi-

nated with two spreading, persistent styles, hairy, two-

celled, each cell few-seeded. Seeds ovato-globose, attach-

ed to the dissepiments on each side.

_Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Flower, fully expanded. 3. Pistil. 4, Fruit: nat.

size. 0. The same, magnified, showing the persistent Filaments. 6. Fruit.

7. Capsule cut through transversely. 8. Seed, All but fig. 4 magnified.

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IMPATIENS TRICORNIS. THREE-HORNED

Batsam; or Touch-me-not,

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord. —Baxsaminex. )

Generic Character.

Anthere quinque, nempe tres biloculares, 2 ante petalum

superius 1-loculares. Stgmata 5 coalita. Capsula pris-

matico-teretiuscula elongata, valvis a basi ad apicem ex-

trorsum revolutis. Cotyledones planiuscule. Pedunculi

axillares ramosi multiflori. Capsule glabre. Folia alter-

nu: DEC,

Specific Character and Synonym.

Impatiens tricornis ; annua erecta, foliis alternis lanceolatis

serratis pilosis in petiolum eglandulosum longe angus-

tatis, racemis axillaribus pilosis foliis multo. breviori-

bus, sepalo dorsali oblongo subbilobo sinu cuspidato

dorso in cornu producto, calcare acuminato incurvo,

petalorum lobo altero rotundato altero elongato acuti-

usculo, fructu longo lineari. Landi.

Impatiens tricornis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840. t. 9.

This, like the more striking I. glanduligera, figured in

our tab. 4020, was introduced to the gardens of the Horti-

cultural Society by the Honourable the Directors of the

East India Company, from the North of India, and comes

to perfection equally with that in the open border, where

indeed it seeds itself. The name of “ Three-horned,” Dr.

Lino ey tells us, was given to this species from the presence

of “ the spur, the horn above-mentioned, at the back of the

> ae sepal er petal), and the ape # the wr 7 Fetlses

together forming three conical processes.” These several

horn-like processes are more apparent in the state of the

bud than in the fully expanded flower.

Descr. This forms a much branched, obscurely pubes-

cent herb, three to four feet high, with a very thick, succu-

lent stem, rough and warted in maturity, and much

branched, the stem and branches everywhere glabrous,

striated or furrowed, green. Leaves four to six inches

long, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, much serrated, tapering

into the footstalk, strongly nerved, the nerves sunk above,

elevated beneath. On one side of the base of the petiole

is a large kidney-shaped gland, which is decurrent on the

stem ; and a smaller spherical one on the opposite side.

Peduncle axillary, thickened at the base, bearing a short

panicle, or irregular raceme, of sulphur-coloured, large

flowers. Sepals two, small, spreading, membranous, obo-

vate, mucronate, pale greenish-brown. Petals (according

to De Canpotte) four, of which the upper is broadly

obcordate, pale sulphur-colour, with a green horn at the

back, and a much smaller one in the sinus; two lateral

ones large, obliquely two-lobed, falcate, curved upwards,

spotted with ferruginous dots; lower sepal very large,

cucullate, spotted, ending in a rather long, incurved spur.

Fruit two inches in length, terete, angular.

Fig. 1. Fruit ;—natural size.

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Boronia Fraskri. Mr. Fraser’s

Boronia.

KEE KEKE EER EEK EEE EEE

Class and Order:

Ocranpria 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. Styli 4 erecti approx-

imati aut inter se coaliti. Carpella 4 bivalvia introrsum

connata in capsulam 4-lobam 4-locularia. Semina in loculo

subsolitaria ovata compressa. Embryo rectus in albumine

carnoso, radicula infera (ex Gzrtn.)—Frutices Nove Hol-

landie. Folia opposita. Pedunculi axillares. Flores se-

pius purpurascentes. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Boronia Fraseri; ramis angulatis glabris, foliis pinnatis

foliolis quinis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, pedunculis

umbellatis tri- pluri-floris calycibus petalisque incanis,

staminibus 8 alternis majoribus, filamentis omnibus

superne incrassatis tuberculatis, tuberculis setosis, an-

theris mucronatis. ita, gir 3

Boronra anemonifolia. Paxt. Mag. of Bot. t. 9. p. 123.

This is the handsomest of a very handsome Genus, and

appears to have been introduced to our gardens from New

olland, having been recently figured in Mr. Paxron’s

‘* Magazine of Botany,” under the name of B. anemonifolia,

and it is presumed intended for the plant of that name

published by Atian CuNnnINGHAM ; although, as is the

custom with that Work, which, it must be ap pon iedest

takes away much from its usefulness, no synonym, or refer-

ence, is given. The plant, however, is wholly at variance

with the B. anemonifolia of A. Cunnincuam: nor does it

appear to be a species taken up by any other author ; but

is unquestionably one, of which I find fine specimens in my

Herbarium, from the late Mr. Cuarzes Fraser, which that

indefatigable Botanist collected, and noted as “ Boronia,

a native of ravines on the banks of the Nepean River. _ Its

height three feet. Observed in flower in September.

Rare.”—With us it grows freely in a common greenhouse,

and is readily increased by cuttings; and its deep rose-

coloured flowers are produced in the spring months.

Descr. A shrub, with numerous, opposite, angular,

glabrous branches. Leaves opposite, pinuated ; pinne five,

rarely three, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, jointed upon the

rachis, which is itself channelled, and jointed at the setting

on of the leaflets, not winged. Peduncles axillary, solitary,

or two together, bearing an wmbel of three to six or eight

flowers, in some cases shorter than the leaves, hoary as well

as the pedicels, Calyx small, of four deep, spreading,

hoary, ovate segments. Corolla of four, ovate, spreading

petals, of a deep rose-red colour, downy on both sides, but

beneath more so, and hoary. Stamens eight, inserted upou

the large eight-lobed, fleshy disk of the germen ; all of

them short, and each alternate one still shorter. Fila-

ments thick, fleshy, white, club-shaped: in the upper or

thickened part studded with tubercles in four rows, (fewer

in the shorter filaments) and each of these tubercles has

three or four stellated hairs at the point. Germen nearly

hemispherical, obscurely five-angled, gradually tapering

into a rather short style. Stigma dilated.

Fig. 1. Upper, and 2, under side of a Petal. 3. Calyx with Stamens and

Petals. 4. Shorter, and 5, larger Stamen. 6. Pistil and fleshy Disk :—

magnified.

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PETALIDIUM BARLERIOIDES. BARLERIA-LIKE

PreTALIDIUM.

KEK EKE EER EE KEE EKEKK EEE

, Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Acanruacea. )

Generic Character.

Calyx exqualis, profunde 5-partitus, bracteolis duabus

valvatum inclusus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo sub-

equali quinquefido, Stamina didynama inclusa ; antheré

oblong, sagittate, locellis parallelis equalibus basi arista-

tis. Stigma bifidum, laciniis filiformibus. Capsula basi

brevi spatio compressa asperma, hinc in medio tetrasperma,

Dissepimentum completum, adnatum, persistens. Semina

retinaculis uncinatis subulatis suffulta, ovata, acuta, com-

pressa, immarginata.—Inflorescentia: flores pedunculati,

axillares, solitarti vel in ramulo brevi fasciculum axillarem

_ exhibentes, bracteolis magnis valvatim contiguis, Barleriam

mentientibus. Nees. —

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Peraripium * barlerioides.

_ Perativium barlerioides. Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. v. 3.

Rveruia barleriorides. Roth,Nov. Pl. Sp. ). JIU.

Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 821. n. 21. .

2389. a. 8. | ee | ee

Ruexzia bracteata. Roxb, Fl. I Rv. 3.p. AT. a

‘ a Y . th ie ur te at ions of India, °

This plant inhabits the mountai Pint at Sheikpore

according to Dr. Roxsuren. It w is ae

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* So named, I presume, ines, on account of the very conspicu

ous corolla, port ie?

and Monghyr by Dr. Hamitron; and near Deyre by Dr.

Watticu, to whom the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew

are indebted for a living plant. It requires a stove heat,

and with that treatment blooms readily in a pot, during the’

summer months, when its flowers render it ornamental. It

belongs to the second tribe of Nees von EsEnsBecx’s

Acanruace® which he calls Ruexiies, and constitutes a

Genus, of which the present is the only species yet known

to us.

Descr. With us it forms an upright shrub, with woody

articulated stems, the joints short. Leaves opposite, on

short petioles, ovate, acute, serrated, nearly glabrous,

strongly veined, dark green. Peduncles axillary, one- or

few-flowered, in the latter case racemose, always shorter

than the leaves, bearing immediately below the flower, and

concealing the calyx, a pair of large, cordate, leafy and

_ Strongly veined, entire, bracteas. Calyx cut almost to the

base into five linear-subulate, erect; downy segments, of

which one is a little longer and broader than the rest.

Corolla large, between funnel-shaped and campanulate; the

tube enlarged upwards, white ; the limb of five spreading,

obovate, crenulate lobes, white, within streaked with red-

dish hairs, and in the lower faux clothed with scattered

hairs. | Stamens four, didynamous. Anthers ovate, each

lobe with an awn at the base. Germen ovate, seated, as it

were, on a glandular disk, and having a protuberance on

each side. Style longer than the tube of the corolla. Stigma

of two subulate segments.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Base of the Tube of the Corolla, with the

Stamens. 3. Germen:—magnified.

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CYCNOCHES VENTRICOsUM; var. Egertonidnum.

VENTRICOSE-LIPPED CyCNOCHES, or SwAN-NECK;

Sir Francis Egerton’s var.

TKK KEK KK KKK K KEKE KKK

2 Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

# ( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lateralia lanceolata,

basi paululim sub labello connata; supremo angustiore.

Petala \atiora, falcata, decurva. Labellum liberum, ecal-

caratum, columna continuum, lanceolatum, integerrimum,

ungue abrupto calloso. Columna elongata, arcuata, teres,

apice clavata, auriculis 2 falcatis ad latera clinandrii. _An-

thera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, subpedicel -

lata; caudiculd lineari ; glandulé gross4.—Habitus Cataseti

(sed racemus lateralis). Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

CycnocuEs* ventricosum; sepalis petalisque lanceolatis re-

flexis, labello integro ventricoso acuminato basi callo-

so, ungue brevi, columna arcuata sepalo supremo

duplo breviore. Batem.

Cycnocues ventricosum. Batem. Orch. of Mex. et Guatem.

tab. 5. - fi bP 4 | t :

Var. Egertonianum; sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis

reflexis, labello columna continuo obovato margine

incurvo digitis 5 clavatis utrinque instructo, epichilio

lineari membranaceo digitis vix longiore. Batem.

Crcnocnes Egertonianum. Batem. Orchid. of Mex. et Gua-

temala. :

CycNnocHES

* So called by Mr. LINDLEY, from nvunve¢, 2 SWAN, and yen, a neck, from

the resemblance of the column to the curved neck ofa swan.

VOL. XVII. c

Cycnocnes ventricosum, «, C. Egertonianum. Lindl. Bot.

Reg. 1843, Suppl. 77, with a wood cut.

The concluding plate of Mr. Bareman’s splendid work

on the Orcuipacem of Mexico and Guatimala, with its

accompanying pages, are devoted to a most remarkable

transformation of CycnocnEs ventricosum into that kind of

Cycnocues which had been called C. Egertonianum ; and

a history of their transformation is there recorded. The

same subject is taken up by Professor Linpiey, in the

November number of the Botanical Register, 1843, (Sup-

plement,) and a beautiful wood-cut is given of a portion of

a raceme, bearing the flowers of the two kinds, and inter-

mediate states. There can be no doubt, therefore, of the

propriety of considering them as varieties of one and the

same species ; a conclusion which could not be arrived at by

anything short of such ocular demonstration. In one re-

spect, Mr. Bareman’s figure is still more remarkable, for the

same pseudo-bulb bears two racemes, one of them exhibiting

perfect flowers of C. ventricosum, and the other perfect C.

Egertonianum, as if from the effect of grafting. The

flowers of C. ventricosum (of which a figure is prepared for

this Magazine) are full four inches in diameter, with yellow-

green sepals and petals, and a large, white, undivided lip :

those of our variety will be best understood by an inspection

of the figure. 1 may observe that, in the stove of the

Royal Botanic Garden, where our figures were made, the

respective varieties have hitherto continued constant,

neither of them showing an approach to the other kind.

Fig. 1. Front view of the Column and Lip. 2. Side view of ditto.

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STATICE RYTIDOPHYLLA. RASP-LEAVED,

SuruBBy Sea-LAVANDER.

Class and Order.

PenTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—P.iumsaaine2. )

Generic Character.

Flores spicato-paniculati. Calyx 1-phyllus, plicatus,

subscariosus. Petala 5, subconnata. Stamina basi peta-

lorum inserta. U¢riculus monospermus, calyce inclusus.

Specific Name and Character.

Sratice rytidophylla; frutescens erecta ramosa, caule com-

presso folioso, foliis spathulatis mucronatis glaucis

punctato-scabris, paniculis lateralibus elongatis scabris

basi valde dilatatis, spicis patentibus plurifloris, brac-

teis margine scariosis, calyce colorato basi hispidulo,

limbo 5-lobo serrulato, petalis anguste cuneatis.

A very beautiful species of Srarice, and easily cultivated

as a hardy greenhouse plant; but of its history, I regret

to say, I can get no satisfactory information. ‘The Royal

Gardens of Kew are indebted for the possession of it to_

Mr. Lowe, of Clapton; and it exists in several gardens

under the name of S. Dicksoniana. Mr. Macway, of Dub-

lin, informs me that he raised it from South African seeds,

given him by Mr. Harvey, and that he understood it to

have come from Port Natal. But I find nothing of the

kind among my own specimens from that part of the

country; and although Mr. Harvey is aware that he sig

to Mr. Mackay seeds from the Cape of Good Hope, he hac

no reasoh to suppose that the collection contained any

pm so distant a region as Port Natal. Respecting its —

tive country and introduction we must still remain in

| "doubt ;

doubt ; but there can be no question about the beauty of

the species, or its merits as a standard plant for culti-

vation.

Descr. Stem, in our plant, a foot and a half high,

erect, singularly compressed, bare of leaves below, above

branched and leafy. Leaves four to five inches long, spa-

thulate, mucronate, often recurved, very much dilated, and

amplexicaul at the base, (there streaked with red) glaucous,

and on both sides rough with minute, elevated dots. Pan-

icles large, (for the size of the plant,) lateral, on long

peduncles, which are much branched upwards, the terminal,

or spike-bearing branches, forming corymbs, and patent ;

peduncles and branches rough: bracteas amplexicaul,

those of the pedicels very obtuse, with a broad, coloured,

membranous margin. Calyx with a few hairs at the base

of the tube; the limb large, spreading, five-lobed, five-

nerved, serrated, rose-coloured. Petals narrow, acuminate,

deep rose. Stamens and styles much exserted, and about

equal in length.

Fig. 1. Flower and bracteated Pedicel. 2. Calyx :—magnijfied.

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CALTHA SAGITTATA. ARROW-LEAVED

Fic-Marico.p.

Class and Order.

Potyanpria Potyeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncutace2. )

Generic Character.

Calyx coloratus quinque-sepalus, sepalis suborbiculatis

petaloideis. Petalao. Stamina oo. Ovaria 5—10. Capsule

5—10 (vel 00) compresse patentes I-loculares oo-sperme.

—Herbe perennes glaberrime. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cattua sagittata ; caule repente radicante, foliis basi late

vaginantibus longe petiolatis ovato-sagittatis subacutis

margine sinuato-dentatis auriculis sursum inflexis, se-

palis 8—10, staminibus pistillisque numerosis. J. D.

Hooker. * 4 4

Carta sagittata. Cav. Ic. 5. m. 456. t. 414. Gaud. in

Freycinet’s Voyage Botan. p. 136. D’Urville Fl. des

Isles Malouines in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, 2. 4. p. 615.

—C. multicapsularis. Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks. Forst.

Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 8. p. 324. ve —s

First discovered by Sir J. Banxs and Dr. Soranper in

Success Bay, Terra del Fuego, in 1769; again found at

Port Egmont, W. Falkland Island, by Lupovic Née, who

accompanied the Spanish Navigator, Mataspinas, in his

voyage to South America; and more lately gathered in the

Falklands by Gaupicuaup, after the wreck of Capt. 2 REY-

cinet’s ship, “ L’Uranie,” and by Capt. D’Urvitie in the

voyage of La Coguitte. The specimens from which the

present figure was made, were collected in Hermit’s Isle,

Cape

Cape Horn, where it first attracted the attention of Capt.

Ross, the Commander of the Antarctic Expedition, and was

afterwards gathered abundantly both there and in the E.

Falkland Island by the other officers. The roots from the

former locality were sent home by the Botanist of the Ex-

pedition from the Falkland Islands, where they had been

flowering in November, 1842; and they again bloomed

in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew in the months of

August and September. It is rather as a Botanical curio-

sity, than as an ornamental plant, that this species is here

introduced. It is cultivated in moist bog-earth.

Descr. Roots stout, creeping, branched, densely clothed

with the very broad, membranous, sheathing bases of the

petioles. The leaves are very variable in size, (as is the

whole plant) including the petioles, from one or two inches

to a foot and a half high, according to the moisture or dry-

ness of the locality it inhabits, dark green and shining,

paler beneath, erect or horizontal. Scapes an inch to a foot

long, stout, erect, smooth, and succulent. Flowers an inch

to an inch and a half in diameter, the sepals elliptical

ovate, pale yellowish-green, nerved. Filaments shorter

than the sepals, fleshy, compressed. Anthers small, innate.

Carpels numerous, slightly hairy when young. The flow-

Foe in warm weather, a faint honey-like smell.

Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Ovary :—magnified.

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VERONICA SPECIOSA. SHOWY-FLOWERED

SPEEDWELL.

Class and Order.

*t Diawprra Monoeynia. *

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( NatsOrd.—Scrornunare. )

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» Generic Character.

Calyx 4-partitus, rard 3-partitus. Corolla subrotata. Tu-

bus calyce brevior. Limbus 4-partitus, inzequalis, lobis

indivisis. Stamina 2 antherifera, sterilia, nulla. Capsula

valvis medio septiferis, v. bipartibilis—Herbe vel frutices.

Folia opposita, quandoque verticillata vel alterna, sepeé den-

tata vel incisa. lnflorescentia varia. Calyces ebracteati. Br.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Veronica speciosa ; fruticosa glaberrima, foliis carnosis obo-

vatis fere retusis cum mucrone calloso integerrimis

subsessilibus, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis folio lon-

gioribus, floribus densissime, racemoso-spicatis, pedi-

cellis longitudine calycis bracteis ovato-lanceolatis

pedicello dimidio brevioribus, segmentis calycinis ova-

to-lanceolatis inequalibus, corolla su brotata bilabiata,

labio superiore ovato inferiore tripartito lobo inter-

medio minore. = )

Veronica speciosa. Rich. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. sub Tab.

3461. Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. 1. p. 457.

It is with no small pleasure I here give a figure of this

most beautiful Veronica, taken from a fine flowering speci-

men at Mr. Knieut’s Exotic Nursery, Fulham. The Phe

cies was first described by Mr. Autan Cunnincuam in t He

Botanical Magazine, |. c., and he then took occasion to

remark, “ Of all the plants of New Zealand, w pabe re

Botanists have made us acquainted, we know of none more

to be desired, wherewith to enrich our collections, than this

very remarkable and beautiful Speedwell, judging both

from the fine specimens we have received, and from the

description given of it on its native hills by its discoverer

(Ricuarp CunnincuaM). Since the country around its

locality, at the mouth of the Hokianga River, is now occu-

pied by Europeans, let us hope soon to receive the seeds,

which we may reasonably expect will succeed, as well as

the Criantuus has done, in the open borders ; the elevated

grounds, occupied by our Veronica, being greatly exposed

to the prevalent tempests of its weather-beaten coast, in

nearly the same degree of southern latitude (about 36°) in

which we believe the Cuianruus has lately been found.”

Living plants have been brought over by Mr. Evcertey from

Hokianga, which were purchased by our respected friend,

Mr. Knieurt, in whose Exotic Nursery they have produced

their fine spikes of flowers in the month of September of the

present year ;—and well does the plant deserve the name of

speciosa. It is at present too rare to run the risk of ex-

posing it to an English winter: but it thrives well in a cool

greenhouse, and the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew is in-

ar REN to Mr. Knieur for the possession of this scarce

plant.

Descr. In its native country, this shrub attains to a

height of three to six feet! It is much branched, the

branches stout, the younger ones succulent, often tinged with

purple, and glabrous as is every part of the plant. Leaves

opposite, two to three inches long and two broad, obovate,

fleshy, quite entire, nearly sessile. Peduncles from the

axils of the upper leaves, solitary, bearing a spike of num-

erous, crowded flowers, before expansion, red-purple, after-

wards rich blue purple. Corolla two-lipped ; upper lip

ovate, lower of three deep, ovate, segments, the interme-

diate one the smallest. Stamens two, much protruded, aud

equal in length to the style.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and Pistil :—magnified.

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STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. Copious-

FLOWERING STEPHANOTIS.

Class and Order.

PenranpriA Dicynia.

( Nat. Ord.—AscreprApeE2. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-sepalus, corolla brevior. Corolla hypocrateri-

formis, laciniis obliquis contortis. Corona staminea sim-

plex, 5-phylla, laciniis simplicibus membranaceis erectis

integris, Anthere membrana superate ; masse pollinis ge-

mine, erecte, basi fixe. Stigma conicum acutum. Folli-

cult (ex Du Per. Tu.) duo, horizontales, crassi, acuminati,

seminibus papposis.—Frutices Madagascarienses, volubiles ;

foliis oppositis coriaceis Levissimis ; floribus ternatis v. um-

bellatis, pedunculo communi interpetiolari. Brongn.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

PHANOTIs * floribunda ; foliis ellipticis retusis v. brevi

‘sime acuminato-uncinatis, floribus umbellatis numeé

sis, sepalis ovatis tubo corolla quadruplo breviorib

laciniis corone staminez ovatis antherarum membh

brevioribus. Brongn. ‘ #:

StepHanovis floribunda. Brongn. in Nowv. Amn.

Nat. v. 7. p. 30. — JF ei

Ai Soa

A native of flada gascar, which Mrs. Lawrence had the

gratification of introducing to the stoves of this country ;

and few plants could have been more acceptable. It is a

3 ce so oe graceful

Damn, a crown, and ovs, ores, an ear; from the five ear-

_ -appen-

the staminal crown. a

graceful climber ; and when trained upon a wire globe trel-

lice, with the mass of dark green foliage and the countless

clusters of large white or rather cream-coloured flowers,

as we have seen it in the collection at Ealing Park, few

plants can be more attractive. To add to the interest of

it, the blossoms exhale the most delicious fragrance. Two

other species, SrepHanotis Thouarsti and S. acuminata,

are also described by Bronentart ; and from them ours is

readily distinguished by the copious-flowered umbels, and

the greater size of the corolla. It flowers in the summer

months.

Descr. A climbing shrub, with opposite, elliptical,

coriaceous, dark green, entire leaves, having a short, re-

curved acumen, and pelioles about half an inch long.

Umbels pedunculate from the axil of a leaf, many-flowered,

pedicel an inch in length. Calyx small, five-lobed, spread-

ing. Corolla an inch and more long, white or cream-colour-

ed, hypocrateriform ; tube swelling at the base, limb spread-

ing, of five ovate, obtuse, spreading segments. Staminal

crown of five erect, entire, membranaceous segments. An-

thers terminated by a membrane, under which they are, as

it were, concealed. Pollen-masses erect.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Staminal Crown. 2. Anthers and Pollen-masses.

3. Pollen-masses :—magnified.

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DipLotana Damprert. DAMPIER’S

DipLtovana.

Cinek and Order.

Portyanpria Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Ruraceg. )

Generic Character.

~ Involucrum duplex multifloram, exterius 5-lobum, inte-

rius 10—15-partitum exteriore longius. Flores sessiles in-

volucello calyceve 5-paleaceo instructi. Pet.o. Stam. 10

~ Inferné villosa. Annudus glandulosus ovarium cingens.

Stylus 1. Stigma 5-dent. Carpella 5 bivalvia 1-sperma

trausversé striata. Semina oblongo-cylindracea, hilo late-

rali, feré Correw.—Caules fruticosi ramost. Folia alterna

ovalia punctato-glandulosa, ceterium foliis Corres albe si-

milia. Capitula terminalia pedicellata. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Dirtorzna* Dampieri; foliis oblongo-obovatis obtusis supra

scaberulis subtus stellatim pubescenti-tomentosis, ju-

nioribus subferrugineis. )

Dirtorana Dampieri. Desf: Mem. Mus. 3. p. 449. t. 20.

De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 719. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841,

f. 64. ‘. es ;

A singular Rutaceous plant, with flowers collected into a

capitulum like the Composite, but which, when examined,

exhibit a very different structure. These flowers are fully

\ |

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* So named by Mr. Brown from Sahoo , double, and ypava, a cloak, from

the sos pa or inyolucre, at first sight resembling a calyx and |

corolia, | ‘

produced in the greenhouse in the month of May, and have

a very pretty appearance among the rather gloomy foliage.

It is a native of Western Australia. Dampier appears to

have first discovered it in Hawkes’ Bay, and it is said to be

the plant figured in his voyage, v. 4. t. 3. f. 3. (French ed.)

It was collected during the voyage of Captain Baupin, at

at Terre d’Endracht of the French voyagers, and both

seeds and specimens have been sent by Mr. James Drum-

mond from the Swan River Settlement, from the former of

which our plants were raised at the Royal Botanic Gardens

of Kew. Mr. Attan Cunnincuam named a plant Dr-

PpLOLENA Dampieri, which he gathered at Dirk Hartog’s

Island: but this proves to be the D. grandiflora of

Desrontarnes ; the only other described species. A third

has, however, been found in the Swan River Colony, by

Mr. James Drummonp, which may be called D. angustifolia.*

Descr. A moderate-sized shrub, copiously branched.

The branches alternate, the younger ones clothed with

stellated down. Leaves alternate, oblong, but broader

upwards, entire, the younger ones rusty, the older ones

scabrous above, beneath clothed with dense, stellated down.

Peduncles solitary, lateral, deflexed. Head of flowers

large, drooping : florets numerous, surrounded by a large

double involucre. Calyx of several linear, short scales.

Stamens long, red. Filaments very hairy below. Anthers

yellow. Corolla none. Ovary on a large annular disk, of

five lobes, hairy at the summit. Style longer than the

stamens. Stigma of five small, erect, linear lobes.

Fig. 1. Single Floret. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil :—magnified.

* D. angustifolia (Hoox.), foliis lineari-oblongis marginibus recurvis

supra glabris impresso-punctatis subtus incano-albis. DIPLOL#@NA, n. Sp.

DruMMonD’s first coll. n. 14.

This has much larger flowers than D. Dampieri; and the leaves are

very narrow, with revolute margins.

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MAMMILLARIA TETRACANTHA. Four-spinep

MAMMILLARIA.

z Class and Order.

- IcosanpriA Monoeynia.

» ( Nat. Ord.—Cactes. )

_ Generic Character.

Calycis tubus o

tum juniorem coronantes. Petala 5—25 a calyce vix dis-

tincta, eo longiora et cum sepalis in tubum concreta.

Stamina filiformia pluriserialia. Stylus filiformis. Stigma

3—7-fidum radiatum. Bacca levis oblonga. Semina nidu-

lantia. Cotyledones minute acuminate.—Suffrutices car-

nosi subrotundi aut cylindracei, lactescentes aut succo lim-

pido repleti, aphylli, tuberculis subconicis mammeformibus

spiraliter dispositis, apice spinulas radiantes et tomentum

demum deciduum gerentibus obtecti. Flores inter basin

mammillarum sessiles, sepius in zonam transversam dispo-

siti. Bacca obovata, edulis, -calyce marcescente, demum

deciduo, coronata. Pfeiff.

rio adherens; lobi 5—6 colorati frue-

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Mammitraria tetracantha: subglobosa simplex, axillis la-

natis, mammillis confertissimis gracilibus anguloso-

pyramidatis, aculeis ex areola fere nuda regulariter 4

brevibus rigidis, infimo ceteris paulo longiore, juniori-

bus rubellis apice nigricantibus tandem albidis. P/fedff-

Mammittania tetracantha. “ Salm.” Pfeiff. Enum. Cact.

niet

The plant here figured has long been cultivated in the

Cactus-house of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, under

the above appellation: and it appears sufficiently to acco

with that of the same name published by Preirer, the oaty

~ author,

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author, so far as I can find, who has noticed it. His

description, indeed, seems to have been drawn up from a

young specimen “ four inches high, and three inches and

a half in diameter, with the mammille and aculez small

in proportion;” and the flowers were, probably, unknown

to that author, since he does not mention them. It isa

native of Mexico, but by whom introduced to Europe I do

not learn. It flowers in July.

Descr. Our plant is of a subglobose form, a little elon-

gated, flattened at the top, nearly a span high, and a little

less in diameter, everywhere externally formed of numer-

ous mammille of a conical or pyramidal form, but some-

what angular, between half and three quarters of an inch

long, and about as broad at the base, terminated with a

depression, from which arise four spreading aculei, longer

than the mammille, moderately strong, between setaceous

and subulate, at first brown tipped with a darker colour,

then paler, at length almost white: these are about three-

quarters of an inch in length, but the two lateral ones are

frequently the shortest. The axilla between the mammille

are occupied by a dense mass of white wool, as are the

apices of the young mammilla. Flowers numerous, small,

from the axils of the mammille, crowded about the de-

pressed portion of the plant, bright full rose-colour, paler

in the disk. é

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CLEMATIS MONTANA? var. grandiflora. Moun-

TAIN VirGin’s-Bower ; large-flowered var.

Class and Order.

PoryanpriA Potyeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncuacex. )

Generic Character.

—Incolucrum nullum aut calyciforme sub flore. Sepala

A—8 colorata. Petala nulla aut plana. Anthere lineares

extrorse. Carpella 1-sperma indehiscentia stylo accreto

candata. Semen pendulum.—Caules sepe sarmentosi. ‘Folia

opposita, Radices fibrose, DC. &

Specific Character and Synonyms.

CLEMATIS montana; pedunculis ‘unifloris, involucro nullo,

_foliis ternatis, toliolis ovato- acuminatis inciso-subtrifi-

dis petiolulatis sepalis lato-ovalibus subovatisve.

; ee - montana. Hamilt. MSS. De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 9.

Wall. Pl. Rar, Asiat. 3. p. 12. t. 217. Don, Brit, Fl.

Gard. v. 2. p. 253. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 53.

Crematis anemoniflora. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 192.

(ad grandifionas flags aes Dae / a Nostr.

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2 This" fehlie. lpariety a the” very. Seale Cristie

- montana flowered, in the open ground, in the garden of Mr.

~. Verren of Exeter, : at the same time with the ordinary form

of - plant, of. ‘wipe the blossoms are not half so large.

oth are well y cultivating in gardens, where there i is

: The profusion of large flow-

d By i, and their fragrance, are —

_ Strong’ ree acm ditions Tee s a native of North-

A eras be Y 2 ollected it at Chit-

\ ering in April. Mr...

BiinKWoORTH

Buinkworru gathered it in Kamaon, and Dr. Royte notices

it as prevalent in the Himalayan Mountains, at an elevation

of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet above the level of the sea. In

our country it flowers in early summer, and indeed, through

the month of September. In a few years it ought to

become a very general plant, for it strikes readily from

cuttings, and from layers.

Descr. A large climber, with the habit of our own well-

known Traveller’s Joy, having ternate leaves, and leaf-

lets not very dissimilar in form from that species ; but with

a very different inflorescence, and blossoms, especially in

our variety here given, nearly as large as those of CLematis

florida, The petioles and peduncles spring in axillary clus-

ters or fascicles, and great numbers from one common

point. Leaflets ovate, acuminated, more or less incised,

generally with a lateral incision on each side, forming three

sharp points, sometimes also coarsely serrated, occasionally

entire. Flowers solitary on each peduncle. Sepals spread-

ing large, cream-coloured. Stamens and pistils ereenish-

yellow.

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TACSONIA PINNATISTIPULA. Mrs. Marry-

ATT’S TAcsontIA; or Passion-Flower.

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Class and Order.

Monapetruia PEnTANDRIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Passirtorez. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus longus, limbus 10-lobus, faux membrana

Squamulosa instructa.—Habitus Passiflore. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Tacsonta pinnatistipula ; foliis cordatis ultra medium trifidis

subtus tomentosis lobis lanceolatis serratis, stipulis

pinnatifidis. #

Tacsonia pinnatistipula. Juss. Ann. Mus. 6. 393. Lindl.

Bot. Reg. t. 1536. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 156.

Passirtora pinnatistipula. Cav. Ic. 5. t. 428. Spreng.

Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 39.

Passirtora pennipes. Smith, in Rees’ Cycl. n. 48.

This truly handsome plant is not cultivated so much as

it deserves to be in the greenhouses and conservatories of

this country, considering how long it has existed in our

Collections, and how readily it may be increased by

cuttings. It is a native of Chili, and was introduced by

Mrs. Marryarr of Wimbledon House, about the year 1830.

Nor do we think the trial has fairly been made in the open

air, to ascertain whether it could not at least be made to

flourish during the summer months, by protecting the roots

in winter. The native climate of this Passion- Flower is not

so warm as that of our Passrrtora cerulea. With us, in

the Royal Botanic Gardens, it is trained to the back ee.

of a cool greenhouse, where it flowers in the summer

months. The Banksian Medal was justly awarded to

Mrs. Marryarr for the introduction of this charming

climber.

Descr. A scandent plant, growing to a great length,

and bearing many elongated branches, clothed with woolly

down mixed with glands. Leaves cordate, deeply three-

lobed, above nearly glabrous, strongly marked with

sunken nerves, beneath densely covered with white, copious

wool, as on the petioles; lobes lanceolate, acute, strongly

and sharply serrated. Stipules small, pinnatifid, with

subulate often glandular segments. Pedunceles short,

woolly. Jnvolucre of three cordate, spreading, serrated,

glandular bracteas. Calyx with a cylindrical tube, about

equal in length with the five-lobed, spreading limb, thickly

downy on the outside, the inside almost white; lobes

oblong. Petals five, oblong, rather longer and broader

than the lobes of the calyx, rose-coloured. Ray (corona

jilamentosa) of several spreading, blue filaments, arising

from a ring-like disk at the mouth of the tube of the

calyx. Torus protruded much beyond the mouth of the

calyx. Stamens five ; filaments thickened upwards, bearing

large yellow anthers. Germens obovate. Styles club-

shaped, with thickened stigmas. :

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Class and Order.

PentanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Rusiacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx tubus obovatus, limbus brevissimus 5-dentatus.

Corolla subinfundibuliformis, lobis 5 parvis obtusiusculis.

Anthere incluse. Stigma bifidum, sepius exsertum. Bacca

obovato-oblonga, calycis vestigio coronata, bilocularis, dis-

perma.—Frutices aut Herbe, omnes (7?) ex America, Folia

ovalia acuta petiolata. Stipule utringue bine libere aut

concrete et tunc aut bidentate aut partite. Capitula flo-

rum terminalia aut axillaria sessilia aut pedunculata, brac-

teis 2—8 cruciatim oppositis involucrata. Bracteole seu

palee inter flores. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Crrnartis* Ipecacuanha; caule ascendente simplici, foliis

obovatis acutis integerrimis brevissimis petiolatis gla-

briusculis, capitulo terminali pedunculato solitario, in-

volucro tetraphyllo, radice annulata. ne

Ceruarus Ipecacuanha. “ Rich. Hist. Ipec. p. 21. t. 2.

Hi. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 3. p. 376. Mart. Pl. Us.

Brés. p.6.t.6. Med. Pl. Bras. p. 4. t. 1. et t. 8. f-

1, 2, 3. | |

Crruactis emetica. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 203.

Catuicocca Ipecacuanha. Brot. in Linn. Trans. v. 6. p.

137. ¢. 11. ;

This interesting plant has no beauty to recommend it to cultivation

as an pitemental plant ; but its value in a medicinal point of view will,

Tam sure, render a figure of it acceptable to our Subscribers. The

Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew are indebted to Mr. Maxoy of Liege

for a living plant, which flowered in the stove in January, 1843; and

from it our lowering specimen was drawn: the representation ae

* From xpaan, a head, so called from the capitate flowers, which are

common to the species of this Genus.

root is from Marttus’s excellent plate in the “ Specimen’ above

quoted. The same author has, in his “ Plantes Usuelles du Brazil,”

given some information as to the native country of this valuable herb.

It is found inhabiting the moist and shady forests of various parts of

Brazil, especially the provinces of Pernambuco, Minas Geraes, and

Bahia ; its growth extending as far South as lat. 22°. On the islands

of Parahyba and the banks of two rivers, called Pomba and Xipota, it is

particularly abundant.

To the native Brazilians, who have used it from time immemorial,

we owe our knowledge of the valuable qualities which reside in the root

of Zpecacuanha. Marccraar and Pison were among the earliest to

introduce the drug to Europe, in the time of Louis XIV, when a French

merchant, named GRENIER, brought 130ibs. of it from Spain to Paris,

and trials were made of it in the Hotel Dieu. To Hetverius, who first

ascertained the efficacy of Jpecacuanha for the cure of dysentery, the

French monarch gave the liberal reward of £1,000 sterling. Many

years, however, elapsed, ere Naturalists had any certain knowledge of

the plant which yielded this, the mildest and safest emetic in the whole»

Materia Medica ; for though experience confirmed the praises which

Marceraar had originally passed upon it, yet his description was too

imperfect to convey much information as to its botanical affinities. In

the year 1800, Dr. Gomez brought some flowering specimens to

Europe, which were described and figured by Brorero in the “ Trans-

actions of the Linnean Society” of London, and the name of CEPHAELIS

Ipecacuanha finally secured to the plant by M. Ricuarp of Paris, The

Genus was so called by Swartz: and the specific appellation is that

which the natives of Minas Geraes give to the drug; though, in most

parts of Brazil, it is called Poaya, a name by which they designate

emetics of all kinds. The derivation of Poaya is not very clear ; that of

Ipecacuanha comes from Ipe (bark), caa (plant), cua (scented), and nha

(striped) : thus forming the word “ bark of a scented and striped plant.”

It is unnecessary to say much about the properties of Jpecacuanha,

which is commonly administered as an emetic, and if given in smaller

quantities, produces perspiration, and soothes chronic coughs and ca-

tarrhs. It is also valuable as a digestive tonic, and to remove dysen-

tery; and not being very capable of adulteration, and easily known, it

possesses additional claims to the esteem of medical practitioners; so

that we must deeply regret that, through the carelessness and im-

providence of the collectors, it should be daily becoming more scarce.

Already the plant is entirely extirpated round Rio Janeiro and other

large towns, where it once abounded. Though experiments have

proved that it grows from seed and cuttings as readily as by dividing

the roots, the half-ripened fruits are continually pulled up and thrown

away ; while the progressive destruction of those virgin forests which it

constantly and naturally inhabits, must limit its places of growth. The

culture requires no other care than the shade of trees ; and we would

press upon those who are interested in the continued supply of this

precious remedy, the necessity for raising it extensively in Brazil.

Three kinds of Jpecacuanha are known in commerce, the white, the

grey, and the brown, the two latter sorts being most common; but

MARTIUS assures us that they are produced from the self-same plant,

and that a skilful apothecary, to whom he showed his specimens, de-

tected all three growing together from one root.

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Class and Order.

Prenranpria Monoeynia.

_( Nat. Ord. —Amarantuaces. )

Generic Character.

_Perianthium 5-partitum. Stamina 5, connata in tubulum

subcylindraceum ovario longiorem, apicibus distinctis, cum

v. absque dentibus interjectis. Anthere uniloculares. sy

lus 1. Stigmata 2. Utriculus monospermus, evalvis. Br.

Specific Cha acicy ing Synonyms.

Gompurena pulchella; caule erectiusculo ramoso, foliisque

_ lanceolatis acutis strigoso-hirtis, pedanculis el nips,

capitulis hemispherico-globosis, involucris poly ph yllis,

bracteis 2 int. simpliciter carinatis perianthio superne

calvo triplo brevioribus, tubi staminei segmentis bi-

cuspidatis. Ey BA ate Ok

Gompurena pulchella. Mart. Amaranth, in Nov. Act. Acad.

Nat. Cur. 0. 13. p. 302. Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. post.

well-known Gompt a ; “plobosa (Bot. Mag, t. 2815) ;

but the heads of flowers are much larger, and of a bright-

er, though nie ; and whereas the colour of the

common Globe-Everlasting is due to the eT mee

which are longer than the pale-green flowers, here, the

coloured flowers are much longer than the bracteas, and

give to the heads altogether a different character. It

flowered in July, in Mr. Verren’s greenhouse, and we

are indebted to him for the specimens here figured. It

appears to be an annual; and, in all probability, seedling

plants put out in the early summer, would flourish in

the open ground, and prove a very great additional or-

nament to our flower borders. 3

Descr. Annual? Stems nearly erect, one to two feet

high, branched, clothed with appressed and somewhat silky

hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, very acute, almost

pungently so, two or more inches long, clothed, especially

beneath, with the same kind of hairs as the stem. Peduncles

elongated, monocephalous ; or the head may be more cor-

rectly considered as an aggregation of smaller, sessile heads,

having at the base, a polyphyllous involucre, of which the

leaves resemble those of the stem, except its being shorter

and broader. Of partial bracteas, there are two at the

base of each flower, ovate, carinate, acute, glabrous, and

quite entire. Sepals five, erect, linear, rather acute, full rose-

colour, about thrice the length of the bracteas, glabrous

above, lower down beset with a few long, spreading, hairs.

Staminal tube a long cylindrical membrane, equal in length

with the sepals, six-toothed at the apex, each tooth cut

into two subulate segments, below which, and opposite to

them, the sessile one-celled anthers are inserted. Germen

globose ; style very short. Stigmas two, long, subulate.

Fig. 1. Flower, with two Bracteas. 2. Staminal Tube laid open. 3. Pistil:

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CONVOLVULUS OCELLATUS. PURPLE-EYED~

BIND-WEED.

Class and Order.

Penranpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Convotvu.acez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, nudus, v. bracteis 2 minoribus imbrica-

tus. Corolla campanulata, 5-plicata. Stamina limbo bre-

viora. Ovarium 2-loculare, raro 3-loculare? Joculis dis-

permis. Stylus indivisus. Stigmata 2, filiformia. Capsula

valvata.—Herbe (raro Frutices,) volubiles v. prostrate,

sepius lactescentes. Br.

Specific Name and Character.

Convotvutus ocellatus ; procumbens fruticosus, ramis erec-

tis foliisque linearibus integerrimis sericeo-albidis, pe-

dunculis solitariis axillaribus bibracteolatis unifloris

folio longioribus, sepalis 5 ovatis acuminatis exteriori-

bus sericeis, corolla subhypocrateriformi, capsula bilo-

culari tetrasperma. ,

A very neat Evolvulous-like species of Bind-weed, dis-

covered by Mr. Burke at Macalisberg, in the interior of

Southern Africa, and raised from seeds in the greenhouse

of the Right Honourable the Earl of Drrsy, at Knowsley,

where it produced its pretty white flowers with a purple

eye, in the month of August. I can find no Convotvutus

anywhere described that corresponds with it. Indeed I

Should have referred it to Evotvuxus, but for the style and

stigmas, which are truly those of a Convonyutus. The

corolla is, as it were, intermediate, between those two

Genera, between campanulate and salver-shaped ; scarcely

to be called rotate. 3 ;

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Descr. Shrubby, the lower part especially ; procum-

bent at the base, there bearing many, nearly erect, silky

branches, rather thickly beset with leaves, which are, the

largest of them, scarcely an inch long, sessile, linear, rather

acute, entire, one-nerved, clothed on both sides, but

especially beneath, with copious, appressed, silky, white,

hairs. Peduncles from the axils of the leaves, and longer

than they, but scarcely twice as long, bearing a pair of

small, subulate bracteas above the middle, and a solitary

flower. Calyx of five ovate, acuminated sepals, of which

the three outer are more or less silky on the back. Corolla

scarcely an inch in diameter, with a short ¢ube, a little

longer than the calyx, which gradually expands into a

spreading, five-angled limb; white witha deep red-purple

eye. Stamens five, within the tubular part of the corolla.

Germen globose. Style, including the bipartite séigma,

about equal in length to the stamens. Capsule ovato-

globose, two-celled, surrounded by the persistent calyx.

Cells two-seeded.

Fig. 1. Portion of the Peduncle, Calyx, and Pistil. 2. Fruit. 3, Trans-

verse section of a Capsule :—magnijied.

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Class and Order.

IcosanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacreaz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosissima imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in

tubum elongatum concreta, exteriora breviora calyciualia,

media longiora colorata, intima petaliformia. Stamina

numerosissima cum tubo concreta. Stylus filiformis, apice

multifidus. Bacca areolata, sepalorum reliquis squamata

aut tuberculosa. Cotyledones acuminate.—Frutices car-

nost, subglobosi vel elongatt, stricti, articulati vel repentes,

axt ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis verticalibus,

spinarum fasciculos gerentibus vel inermibus regulariter

suleati. Anguli seu ale nunc plurime nunc paucissine,

rarius due tantum, et tune rami compresso-alati inermes.

Flores ampli e spinarum fasciculis lateralibus trunci aut

ramorum vetustiorum, aut crenis angulorum orti. Fructus

ot a plerumque anno sequente maturescentes, edules.

Specific Character and Synonyms. /

Cereus extensus; longissime articulatus radicans viridis 3-

angularis, angulis repandis obtusis, areolis remotis

nudiusculis, aculeis brevissimis rectiusculis 2—3, setis

Paucis deciduis, flore magno, tubo cylindraceo squa-

mato, squamis magnis coloratis sensim in sepala et

petala transeuntibus. :

Cereus extensus. Salm Dyck in De Cand. Prodr. 3. p.

469. <“ Wendland in Otto’s G. 3. 1836. n. 39. 8.

306.” Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. p. 119.

Cereus squamatus. Pfeiff. (in Otto’s G. 5. n. 48. S.

30.) ?

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This has been long cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gar-

dens of Kew, but had never flowered there, nor was its’

native country known to any one, till, in August, 1843,

my friend, J. Gray, Esq., of Greenock, sent me the splendid

specimen here represented, taken from a plant he had re-

ceived from Trinidad ; thus, at the same tiine, establish-

ing its native country, and giving the opportunity of

making so fine a blossom known to the Botanical world

by a good figure. How needful such figures are, is but too

apparent from the confusion of synonyms, in cases where

we have only recourse left to descriptions. Professor De

Canpotte, who takes up this species from the Prince Ds

Satm Dycx’s letter, doubts if it be not a variety of his

previous species, ‘‘C. coccineus (Satm Dycx in litt.):”

but the “C. coccineus De Canp.,” strange to say, is never-

theless by Preirrer made a var. of the setaceus (SALM

Dycx); while the C. coccineus (Sam Dyck) is placed in a

different division, and retained as a quite distinct species by

Preirrer. This seems to be a very shy flowering species ;

aud if we consider the size and colour of the blossoms, one

of the handsomest of this remarkable Genus.

Descr. A repent, and, probably, a climbing species,

branched, with very long joints, slender in proportion

to their length, about three-fourths of an inch wide,

triangular, rooting, with the angles obtuse repando-sinuate,

the sides plane, the areole on the obtuse angles small,

woolly, and often setose; but the wool and sete are

deciduous. Two to three, and, occasionally, four, very

short and stout dark-brown aculei are implanted in the

areole, scarcely more than two-thirds of a line long.

Flowers. very large, handsome. Tube green, moderately

long, cylindrical, swollen below, beset with rather distant

scales, which are large, triangular or ovate, greenish-yellow,

tipped, and margined with red, then gradually become

larger upwards and longer, insensibly passing into the

sepals, and then again almost as insensibly become the

oblongo-obovate, acute, rose-coloured petals. Stamens very

numerous, the lowermost ones the longest. Anthers sul-

phur-yellow. Style very thick, columnar, longer than the

stamens. Stigma with about fourteen subulate, spirally-

twisted, papillose rays.

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Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuinEx. )

Generic Character.

Sepala et petala subequalia, herbacea, patentia. Label-

lum majus, membranaceum, indivisum, unguiculatum, cum

basi columne accretum. Columna nana, bicornis. Anthera

bilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria caudiculis duobus repli-

catis adnata.—Herba epiphyta, rhizomate repente annulato

pseudo-bulbifero. Folia coriacea. Flores solitarii, termi-

nales, pedunculo vaginato. Lindl.

Specific Name and Synonyms,

Dinema * polybulbon: » Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. U1.

Epipenprum polybulbon. Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1491.

Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 112.

This very pretty plant is a native of Jamaica, and,

according to Linpiey, of Mexico; and is a solitary species

of a Genus which Dr. Linptey separates from Eripenprum

and places near Isocuizus, from which it chiefly departs

by its labellum being large, membranaceous, and extremely

different in appearance from the petals, and in these last

and the sepals being spread, not connivent. It is distin-

Suished from Epmenprvm by its short two-horned column.

Our figure was made from a specimen which bloomed in

the Botanic Gardens of Glasgow some years ago.

Descr.

* So named by Dr, LrnpLEy, I presume, from the two thread-like horns

of the column.

Descr. The stem is slender, creeping, about the thick-

ness of a sparrow’s quill, sending out roots from below,

above bearing several elliptical, small, clustered pseudo-

bulbs, partially sheathed with large scales at the base, and

having at the summit two oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous

leaves, blunt and emarginate at their apex. Flower soli-

tary, peduncled from the axil of the pair of leaves. Pedun-

cle one-third or one-fourth the length of the leaf, clothed

with sheathing scales, tinged with red. Flower large.

Sepals and petals spreading, alike, linear-subulate, pale

greenish-yellow, with a red streak at the base. ip large,

white, cordato-triangular, with a broad unguis. Column

short, white, tinged with red, acute, having two projecting

teeth in front, and crowned with two long, erect, subulate

teeth. Anther-case hemispherical, red. Pollen-masses

four, each plano-convex, in two pairs, with two replicate

caudicles.

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IPoMAA CRASSIPES. THICK-FLOWER-STALKED

Iepomaa; or Bindweed.

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Class and Order.

Prentanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Convotvu.acez. ) a

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, nudus. Corolla campanulata vel infun-

dibuliformis, 5-plicata. Ovarium 2—3 loculare, loculis

dispermis. Stylus indivisus. Stigma capitatum, 2—3-lo-

bum. Capsula 2—3 locularis—Herbe volubiles quence

erecte. Folia indivisa vel lobata, nune pinnatifida. Se-

mina tz quibusdam comosa. Br.

Specific Name and Character.

Ipomxa crassipes ; molliter pilosa, foliis oblongo-lanceo-

latis breviter petiolatis acutis integerrimis, pedunculis

axillaribus solitariis unifloris medium versus bibractea-

tis folio brevioribus superne incrassatis, sepalis valde

inequalibus 3 ovato-acuminatis 2 subulatis, corolle

tubo infundibuliformi limbo patente obsolete 5-an-

gulato. a ,?

Among the many handsome plants, being collected by

Mr. Burke in his extended journey into the interior of

Southern Africa, may be mentioned several ConvouvuLa-

cE®: and of these he was so fortunate as to bring seeds,

which have been reared by Mr. Jenxins, Gardener to the

Earl of Dersy, at Knowsley. The present is one among

them, which flowered iu August, 1843 ; and being, so-far as -

I can find, perféctly new, I have named it, from the pecu-

liarity of having the peduncle thickened upwards. It inha-

bits the elevated country about Macalisberg.

Descr. A climbing plant, with slender stems and

branches, clothed in every part, save the corolla, with

short,

short, soft hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, broad and

cordate at the base, tapering to an acute point at the

apex, quite entire, penninerved, petiolate. Petioles short,

scarcely half an inch long. Peduncles from the axils of

almost every leaf, but shorter than the leaf, solitary, single-

flowered, and sensibly thickened below the calyx, bear-

ing a pair of rather large, ovato-acuminated, sessile,

spreading bracteas, a little above the middle. Calyx of five

unequal sepals, three large, triangular and acute, two

small, subulate. Corolla purple, rather large; the tube

funnel-shaped, the limb spreading, plicate, obscurely five-

angled. Stamens inserted near the base of the tube, two

long and three short, all included. Filaments subulate,

woolly at the base. Anthers linear-oblong. Germen ovate ;

surrounded by an annular disk. Style longer than the short

stamens. Stigmas two-lobed. Capsule globose, four-valved,

four-seeded.

Fig. 1. Base of the Corolla laid open. 2. Capsule and withered Style :

—nat, size. 3, Capsule burst. 4. Seed :—magnified.

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Class and Order.

OctanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Enricacez, )

Generic Character.

Calyx zqualis vel imbricatus, quadripartitus vel rarius

quadrifidus. Corolla hypogyna tubulosa, hypoeraterimor-

pha, urceolata, campanulata vel globosa, limbo brevi rarius

maximo quadrifido, connivente, erecto, patente vel revoluto.

Stamina 8, varius 6—7, disco hypogyno glanduloso inserta.

Filamenta \ibera rarissime submonadelpha, Antheré in-

clusa vel exsertz, terminales, ad insertionem filamenti ap-

pendicibus duabus aristatz vel cristate, vel omnino mutice,

poro orbiculari vel oblongo vel rima longitudinali dehis-

centes. Ovarium quadriloculare rarius 8-loculare, loculis

2-00 ovulatis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum, capita-

tum, vel peltato-dilatatum, sepe breviter 4-lobum. Capsula

4- rarius 8-locularis, loculicide quadrivalvis, dissepimentis

demum fissis partim valvulis, partim columella adherenti-

bus. Semina placentis axilibus aflixa, ovoidea vel com-

pressa, testa adherente reticulata leviuscula vel nitida

rarius in membranam tenuem expansa.—Frutices Huropai

vel maxima parte Austro-Africani, rigiduli, ramosissimi ;

rarius flaccidi. Folia sepissime linearia, acerosa, margin-

thus omnino revolutis et sub folio coherentibus, nonnunquam

latiora, rarius omnino plana, verticillata vel rarius alterna

vel sparsa. Flores in pedicellis unifloris axillares, vel termi-

nales, solitarii, verticillati, capitati vel umbellati, plerumque

cernui. Bractezx in pedicello sepius tres, 2 oppositis, tertia

«fra sitararius deficiente. DC. _ 4

Specific Character and Synonyms. —

Erica Shannoniana; foliis ternis erecto-patentibus longe

linearibus carinato-canaliculatis aristatis ciliatis, =

| eis

teis parvis remotis, sepalis lanceolatis sublinearibusve

acutis, corolla costate tubo oblongo inflato apice in

collum brevem leviter attenuato, limbi laciniis ovatis.

Benth.

Erica Shannoniana. <Andr. Heath. t. 239. Benth. in De

Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 644. Spr. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 185.

Erica Shannoni. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 168.

Eurytoma Shannoniana. G. Don, Dict. Gard. and Bot. v.

3. p. 816.

One of the most beautiful of the South African Heaths,

said to have been found by Masson in mountains at Klein-

rivier, district of Swellendam, and to have been introduced

to our gardens in 1826. Mr. Bentuam observes that hybrid

garden forms connect this with E. jasminiflora, and E.

Irbyana (Bot. Mag. t. 4016). It was sent to us by J. T.

Mackay, Esq., from his well-cultivated collection in the

College Botanic Garden, Dublin.

Descr. A shrub, with slender, flexuose, densely leafy

branches. Leaves in threes, erecto-patent, linear, on a very

short, dilated petiole, plane or slightly grooved above, be-

neath carinate, with a sculptured line on the keel, the apex

having a long awn, the margins ciliated. Flowers in um-

bels ; the peduncles short, with a few leafy bracteas. Calyx

of five linear-lanceolate, erect, appressed sepals, tipped with

red. Corolla glutinous, white, often tinged with red,

greenish below the limb; tube inflated below, tapering

into a narrow neck; limb of four ovate, spreading seg-

ments. Stamens eight; filaments geniculated ; anthers large,

ovato-oblong, curved, opening with long, lateral apertures,

more than half as long as the cells. Germen oblong, con-

tracted at the base. Style filiform, included. Stigma ca-

pitate.

Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Stamen. 3, Pistil:—magnified.

( 4070 )

TeETRANEMA MexXIcANoUM. MEXICAN

TETRANEMA.

BEER EERE ERE EEE EERE KEK

Class and Order.

Dipynamta ANGIOSPERMIA.

Nat. Ord.—Scropuutaris. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, sepalis angustis acutis estivatione im-

bricatis. Corolle distincte bilabiate, labio superiore brevi

plano emarginato, lobis latis patentibus ; inferiore longiore,

patente, trifido. Stamina 4, basi declinata, dein ascenden-

tia, corolla breyiora. Antherarum loculi divaricati. Stylus

simplex ; stigmate subcapitato. Capsula loculicido-bival-

vis; valyulis integris, medio septiferis a placenta demum

libera secedentibus. Semina numerosa angulata. Bentham.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Terranema* Mexicanum. :

Terranema Mexicanum. Benth. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843.

ihe.

PrEntstemon Mexicanus. Hort. 7

A native, it would appear, of Mexico, introduced to our

collections from Belgium, under the name of Pentsremon,

from which Genus Mr. Bentuam has separated the above

name and character. Dr. Linpuey speaks of it as a green-

house plant. In the Royal Botanic Gardens, it is treated

as an inmate of the stove, and in that situation it flowers

from November to May, each plant throwing up several

: flowering

_* From r pan, four, and mpa, a filament ;—four filaments, or stamens, as

distinguishing the Genus from PENTS: [EMON, where, as the name implies,

there are five stamens.

flowering stalks, gay with purple blossoms. Slight as are

the generic distinctions between this and Pentstemon, there

is a something in the habit and aspect of the plant which

distinguishes it to the eye.

Descr. Stem short; so much so that the leaves appear

to be radical: whereas they, in reality, arise alternately

from a thickened stem, one or two inches high, and spread

horizontally. They are oblong, or more frequently obo-

vate, rather acute, slightly convex above, and there dark

green and shining, pale below ; the veins strong, sunken

above, prominent beneath ; the margin sinuato-crenate,

the base tapering into a short, red, dilated petiole. Pe-

duncles (or almost scapes). axillary, erect, longer than

the leaves, numerous, bearing a capitate wmbel of many

drooping flowers. Pedicels short, recurved (in fruit erect).

Calyx cut, almost to the base, into five deep lanceolate,

erect, equal segments. Corolla purple and white mottled ;

the tube funnel-shaped, the limb of two unequal, spreading

lips, the upper one broad bifid, the lower in three deep,

rounded lobes, each with a dark spot at the base. Stamens

four, inserted near the base of the tube; a fifth abortive one

is only represented by a minute tooth or scale. Filaments

curved. Anthers two-lobed. Germen ovate, seated on an

anuular disk, or ring. Style filiform. Stigma incrassated,

two-lipped at the point. Capsule two-celled, many-seeded ;

the seeds arranged upon a large, central receptacle.

Fig. 1. Base of the Corolla laid open. 2. Calyx and Pistil. 3. Germen

and glandular base. 4. Germen cut through transversely.

flowering stalks, gay with purple blossoms. Slight as are

the generic distinctions between this and Pentsremon, there

is a something in the habit and aspect of the plant which

distinguishes it to the eye.

Descr. Stem short; so much so that the leaves appear

to be radical: whereas they, in reality, arise alternately

from a thickened stem, one or two inches high, and spread

horizontally. They are oblong, or more frequently obo-

vate, rather acute, slightly convex above, and there dark

green and shining, pale below ; the veins strong, sunken

above, prominent beneath ; the margin sinuato-crenate,

the base tapering into a short, red, dilated petiole. Pe-

duncles (or almost scapes). axillary, erect, longer than

the leaves, numerous, bearing a capitate wmbel of many

drooping flowers. Pedicels short, recurved (in fruit erect).

Calyx cut, almost to the base, into five deep lanceolate,

erect, equal segments. Corolla purple and white mottled ;

the tube funnel-shaped, the limb of two unequal, spreading

lips, the upper one broad bifid, the lower in three deep,

rounded lobes, each with a dark spot at the base. Stamens

four, inserted near the base of the tube; a fifth abortive one

is only represented by a minute tooth or scale. Filaments

curved. Anthers two-lobed. Germen ovate, seated on an

annular disk, or ring. Style filiform. Stigma incrassated,

two-lipped at the point. Capsule two-celled, many-seeded ;

the seeds arranged upon a large, central receptacle.

Fig. 1. Base of the Corolla laid open. 2. Calyx and Pistil. 3, Germen

and glandular base. 4, Germen cut through transversely.

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SCAPHYGLOTTIS VIOLACEA. VioLet Boat-

Liv.

EKER KKK EEE ERE REE

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcnines. )

Generic Character.

Sepala conniventia, lateralia basi paulo producta cum

pede columne connata labello supposita, supremum lineare

convexum. Petala conformia sed paulo breviora. Label-

dum oblongum canaliculatum cam pede paululum producto

column continuum eique parallelum, margine leviter re-

pandum. Columna marginata. Pollinia 4, teretia, in glan-

dulam cuneatam sessilia.—Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes,

_ nunc pseudo-bulbose in axillis. Folia coriacea, angusta.

lores parvi, axillares, pedunculis dense vaginatis. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Scapnyerorris* violacea ; pseudo-bulbis elongatis cylin-

draceo-attenuatis proliferis vaginatis, foliis binis line-

ari-lanceolatis, floribus solitariis subgeminisve, labello

oblongo trilobo, lobis omnibus obtusis.

Scapuyexorris violacea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1901.

Ctazopium violaceum. Lindl, Nat. Syst. Bot. f. 446.

The Genus Scapnyenorris was established by Pozpric

and Enpuicuer, and five species enumerated, which are

natives of Peru. All are peculiar in habit. Most of

them have strageling stems, bearing pseudo-bulbs. S.

ee co conferta,

* So named by Pogpric and ENDLICHER, from Exagec, a boat, and

Ywrra, a tongue, in allusion to the form of the labellum in some species.

conferta, Porrp. and Enpt., is described and figured as

having no evident pseudo-bulbs, and the present is also

described by Dr. Linotey as having none: but to me it

appears that the articulations of the stem and the branches

are, in reality, narrow, almost cylindrical, pseudo-bulbs,

which are proliferous from between their leaves, S. vio-

lacea inhabits British Guiana, whence our plant was received

by C. S. Parker, Esq., and communicated to the Royal

Botanic Garden of Glasgow. It flowers generally in the

winter season.

Descr. Stem elongated, consisting of a series of joints,

each of which may be considered a long, narrow, cylin-

drical, or only slightly tapering upwards, pseudo-bulb, more

or less clothed with sheathing, rugged scales, and bearing

two leaves at the extremity. New pseudo-bulbs arise from

the axil of the pair of leaves, and so the species increases

in length. Leaves three to four inches long, spreading,

linear-lanceolate. Flowers small, axillary, drooping, pur-

ple, solitary, or two together; the ovary sheathed with

small imbricated scales. Sepals oblong, obtuse, connivent,

the two lower ones united at their base into an obtuse sack

or pouch ; petals smaller, and paler coloured. Lip oblong,

three-lobed, the lateral lobes and terminal one obtuse.

Column semicylindrical, the margin winged on each side.

Anther-case hemispherical. Pollen-masses four, oval, sessile,

seated on a large, white gland.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Labellum and Column. 3. Anther-case. 4. Pollen-

masses :—magnified.

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~Hovutpeti1a BrockienurstiANa. Mr. Brock-

LEHURST’S HouLLETIA.

KEE EERE EE EK EEE EERE

Class and Order.

Gynanpria Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinea. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium patens, sepalis subliberis ; petalis paulo

minoribus, unguiculatis. Labellum cum basi columne

continuum, patens; hypochilio angusto, basi excavato

quasi bilabiato, apice utrinque in laciniam producto, lo-

bulo nano interjecto ; metachilio nullo; epichilio angulari

dilatato cum hypochilio articulato. Colwmna erecta, arcu-

ata, clavata, semiteres, labello paulo brevior, — Anthera bi-

locularis depressa. Pollinia 2, postice \fissa, caudicula

lineari-lanceolata in glandulam acutam elonga ta, nec infixa.

—Herbe epiphyte, pseudo-bulbose, Americe equinoctialis,

Soltis solitariis plicatis. Scapi radicales erecti, apice race-

most. Flores speciosi, luteo-fusci, bracteis parvis nec spa-

thaceis. Lindl. a

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Houttetia Brocklehurstiana ; foliis longe petiolatis, racemo

6-floro, sepalis oblongis pee apice rotundatis,

hypochilii laciniis lineari-lanceolatis reflexis, epichilio

ovato-triangulari subhastato angulis lateralibus acumi-

natis. Lindl. cae eee ego ;

ouLteTIA Brocklehurstiana. Lindl. Sert. Orchid. Tab. 41.

Maxirraria ? Brocklehurstiana. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841,

Mise. n. 27. en eee

‘en

According to Dr. ieee in the Sertum Orchidaceum,

Mr. Bice. of Crumpsall House, Manchester, had the

‘

PO So nae en eo ea the

Credit of originally mtroducing this noble plant eset

VOL. XVII. F

Brazils. It was first flowered by Mr. Brocktenurst, of the

Fence, Macclesfield, after whom it is called. The Generic

name was given, it appears, to a nearly allied, if not

the same, species, by M. A. Bronentarr; in honour of

M. Hovtter, a French gardener, who introduced the

original species to the Jardin des Plantes at Paris, from the

Corcovado of Brazil. A second kind is H. vittata, Bot. Reg.

1841, t. 69, which seems almost too near MaxiLuariA.

The individual, represented here, bloomed at the Nursery

of Mr. Verrcn, in April, 1843; but a much finer flowering

specimen appeared in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew

in November of the same year.

Descr. Pseudo-bulb rather small for the size of the

plant, ovate, deeply furrowed, and more or less clothed

with large, lacerated scales ; upon the top of this bulb is, as

it were, articulated, a large, plaited, broadly-lanceolate,

membranaceous leaf, borne on a long, cylindrical footstalk.

Pedunele from the base of the bulb, two feet and more

high, including the inflorescence, which forms a spike or

raceme of six to eight large, handsome blossoms. Petals

and sepals nearly uniform, elliptic-ovate, fulvous, spotted all

over without, and within, paler on the outside. Lzp of a

singular form, having a-narrow, and rather saccate base,

with two long, subulate horns, directed upwards towards

the column, and which may be considered two lateral lobes ;

while the intermediate, or terminal lobe, is triangular or

trowel-shaped, acute at the apex, the two lower angles

ending each in a soft, short spur. The color of the lip is

variable, yellow spotted with deep purple, sometimes the

terminal lobe is almost wholly purple. Column elongated,

semi-terete, curved forward, yellow spotted with brown or

purple. Anther-case hemispherical. Pollen-masses as in

MAXILLarIA,

Fig. 1. Column and Lip; nat. size. 2. Apex of the Column, with the

Anther-case thrown back to show the position of the Pollen-masses. 3.

Pollen-masses :—magnified.

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Disa GRANDIFLORA. [LARGE-FLOWERED

Disa.

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipes. ) ig

Generic Character.

Perianthium vingens. Sepala libera, xqualia, interme-

dio galeato calcarato vel saccato. Petala minora, erecta,

basi columne adnata. Labellum liberum, filiforme aut di-

latatum, integrum aut multifidam. Colwmna bipartita. An-

thera bilocularis, erecta vel supina, glandulis duabus distan-

tibus nudis, Stigma truncatum vel convexum, disco obscure

trilobum, sepe tuberculiforme, ad basin columne situm.

Semina in pluribus speciebus, (an omnibus ?) atra, crus-

tacea, nitida, testa adherente apice et basi tantum libera.—

Herb terrestres, Capenses, habitu vario, scapo terminali,

uni-multifloro. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Disa grandiflora; caule folioso subbifloro, foliis lineari-

lanceolatis, sepalis late ovatis acutis maximis superiore

galeato supra basin calcare breviusculo pendulo, peta-

lis oblique obovatis parvis, labello nano lanceolato.

Disa grandiflora. Linn. Suppl. p. 406. Sw. Act. Holm.

1800, p. 210. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 2. p.7. Ker, in

Journ. of Sc. v. 4. p. 205. tab. 5. f. 1. Lindt. in Bot.

Reg. t. 926. Sertum Orchid. t. 49. Gen. et Sp. Orch.

p. 847. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 697.

Disa uniflora. Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 348. t. 4. f. 7.

Satyrium grandiflorum. Thunb. Prodr. Fi. Cap. p. 4.

(memes

Of all described terrestrial Orcuipe#, this is unquestion-

bbc ieee pride of Table

ably the most beautiful, the “ well-k

Mountain,” where, Mr. Harvey assures us, that every

stream

stream is literally bordered with it in the month of March,

Sir James Smirn suggests that, the very name Disa, from

Ai, Jupiter, to express a female divinity, was given by

Bureius, “in allusion to the magnificence and beauty of

the flower, exceeding most of its tribe, and to preserve an

analogy with some others of that tribe, Arrruusa, CyPRIPE-

pium, Serapias,”’ &c. Dr. Linpiey represents a group of

specimens of this plant, in the last plate of his “ Sertum

Orchidaceum,” communicated by Mr. Harvey from the

Cape, and of all the splendid flowers in that splendid book,

these are, to our mind, the most so. The stems of those

individual specimens were two feet and a half high, and the

flowers five inches and a half from tip to tip of the expand-

ed sepals. Our flowering plants were short of this size when

they bloomed in the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens of

Kew, in August, 1843. The tubers had recently been im-

ported, and may probably never flower a second time : for

it is well known that no plants are more difficult to culti-

vate for a succession of years than terrestrial OrcHipEs.

In the present instance, it would be scarcely possible to

imitate the native soil and climate. ‘‘ They grow,” says

Sir Joun Herscuet, “ where the temperature is, occasion-

ally, as low as 31°, and also, occasionally, as high as

96°. The habitat is on the margin of pools of standing

water, the drainage of the boggy slopes of the mountain,

where the roots are immersed. These are dry, or nearly so,

in summer. In such localities the plant is of course fre-

quently involved in the dense mist of the clouds, which,

eyen in the hottest months, often cover its habitation for a

week or a fortnight uninterruptedly.” We have, indeed,

much to learn respecting the cultivation of bulbs and tubers

from the Cape of Good Hope; and, as our figure of the

Disa scarcely needs illustration in words, I shall occupy the

remainder of our space in offering some observations on

this subject, from.the pen of one who is thoroughly ac-

quainted with them, in their native mountains and plains,

and whose philosophical mind renders his remarks doubly

valuable. Sir Jona Herscuet thus writes to me, December,

1843, from Collingwood, Kent. “ I have tried, without

success, the plan of exposing dormant bulbs to perfect dry-

ness and much heat, as in their natural condition, where they

are often heated to 100° and 120° Fahr., and the more su-

perficial and smaller species, perhaps, even so high as 150°

Fahr. But the secret seems to lie elsewhere, and I fancy it

is the large allowance of strong sunshine and violent cur-

rents of wind, which they experience in their natural te

whic

which we cannot imitate, here; and which, at the Cape

of Good Hope, often prevail together, for many months

of the year. A dry wind, amounting almost to a storm,

accompanied with cloudless sky and burning sun, by day,

and an almost equally high temperature sometimes occur-

ring at night, (I have seen the thermometer start up thirty

degrees between midnight and three a. m.! the wind rising

as the heat increased) are conditions we have no means of

imitating, The strong sunbeam would be but ill replaced,

In its physiological influence, by double glazing and stove

heat ; and such artificially high temperature necessitates

the stopping of every orifice where free air could enter,

Under these circumstances, it is rather, to me, matter of

wonder that any South African species should thrive, flower

Well, and bear our wet summers and hard winters, than that

it should be found impracticable to bloom many sorts. I

have, for instance, the Trrroma Uvaria throwing up superb

flower-stalks now, which (as I have seen to happen two

years) I expect will continue in progress to their full bloom,

through frost and snow, and without any protection !

“* But I possess species of Basrana, of Graproxus, and of

AntHotyza, which I grew several years at the Cape, with-

out their ever producing flowers, and this, I confess, is, to

me, not a little surprising. The Graproxus to which [ allude,

once only, in Africa, made (out of hundreds of specimens)

one solitary attempt at inflorescence, but it never fairly

expanded ; and a single specimen, also, which I grew in

England, (out of perhaps a hundred) did the same ; but it was

late in November, and the frost killed it, if indeed it ever

would have come to perfection. This Giapioxvus produces

innumerable offsets ; also my two non-flowering species of

AntHoLyza, or (?) Wartsonia, copiously multiply by offsets ;

and I am now trying (but unsuccessfully hitherto) to bloom

them, by destroying the offsets as soon as they appear.

This doubles the growth of the leaves ; but as yet has no

sign of effect on the floral reproduction. |

“On the other hand, my on-flowering Banrana produces

no offsets whatever. ’ " fa

“ None of my species of Satyrium or Disa have blossom-

ed since their first year ; but the few 1 have preserved begin :

to seem more naturalized, and I cherish hopes yet of seeing

them flower.”

——

Fig. 1. Pollen-mass. 2. Upper side of the Column and Lip. 3. Back

view of the same :—magnified.

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( 4074 )

ERICA JASMINIFLORA. FLASK-FLOWERED

HEATH.

KEKE KEE EEE RK KEKE KKEKE

Class and Order.

Ocranpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Enricacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx zqualis vel imbricatus, quadripartitus vel rarius

quadrifidus. Corolla hypogyna tubulosa, hypocrateri-mor-

pha, urceolata, campanulata vel globosa, limbo brevi rarius

maximo quadrifido, connivente, erecto, patente vel revo-

luto. Stamina 8, rarius 6—7, disco hypogyno glanduloso

inserta. Filamenta libera rarissime submonadelpha. _An-

there incluse vel exserte, terminales, ad insertionem fila-

menti appendicibus duabus aristate vel cristate, vel om-

nino muticz, poro orbiculari vel oblongo vel rina longitudi-

nali dehiscentes. Ovarium quadriloculare rarius 8-loculare,

loculis 2-00 ovulatis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum,

capitatum, vel peltato-dilatatum, sape breviter 4-lobum.

Capsula 4- rarius 8-locularis, loculicide quadrivalvis, disse-

Pimentis demum fissis partim yalvulis, partim columella

adherentibus, Semina placentis axilibus affixa, ovoidea

vel compressa, testa adherente reticulata leviuscula vel

nitida, rarius in membranam tenuem expansa.—Frutices

Europei vel maxima parte Austro-Africant, rigiduli, ramo-

Sessimi, rarius flaccidi. Folia sepissime linearia, acerosa,

marginibus omnino revolutis et sub folio coherentibus, non-

nunquam latiora, rarius omnino plana, verticillata, vel ra-

rius alterna sparsa. Flores in pedicellis unifloris axillares

vel terminales, solitarii, verticillati, capitati, vel umbellati,

plerumque cernui. Bractew in pedicello sepissime 3, 2

Oppositis, tertia infra sita rarius deficiente. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Erica Jasminiflora; foliis ternis appressis vel apice squar-

rosis oblongo-linearibus obtusis carinatis glabris, —

eis

teis subremotis, sepalis lato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis,

corolla tubo costato basi inflato apicem versus in col-

lum longe attenuato, limbo amplo. Benth.

Erica jasminiflora. “‘ Andrews, Heaths, t. 26.” (non Salish.)

Benth. in De Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 644.

Erica lageneformis. Salish. Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 6. p. 316.

Erica Aitonia, a, jasminiflora. Klotzsch, in Linnea, v.

10. p. 348.

see 3s jasminiflora. G. Don, Dict. Gard. and Bot. p.

16.

Erica inflata. Hortul. (non Thunb.)

This very handsome Heath was obligingly communi-

cated from the greenhouse of the College Botanic Garden,

Dublin, under the name of E. inflata. The E. inflata of

Tuunsere it certainly is not; but that name has incor-

rectly been assigned to the E. jasminiflora of Anprews, to

which this plant seems decidedly to belong: and were it

not stated that Roxeuren gives it as an inhabitant of the

Cape Colony, I should be disposed to consider it a hybrid

between E. Irbyana or E. Shannoniana and EK. Attoniana.

It has the inflated tube of the two former, and the large

limb approaching to that of the latter.

Descr. A shrub, with flexuose branches. Leaves sub-

squarroso-patent, the upper ones nearly erect, all growing in

threes, shortly petiolated, oblong, or ovato-linear, aristate,

plane above, keeled, and with a sculptured line beneath,

the margin finely ciliated. Flowers umbellate, or rather

cymose, large, handsome, glutinous. Peduncles nearly an

inch long, red, bracteated at the base. Sepals tive, red,

lanceolate, with a green nerve. Corolla white, tinged

with red or blush ; the éwbe much inflated below, tapering

upwards into a rather short, thick neck; the limb com-

paratively large, of four ovate segments. Stamens eight;

Jilaments geniculated : Anthers large, curved, opening by

two oblong slits or pores. Germen oblong, substipitate,

contracted above the apex with five deep, longitudinal

furrows. Style long, filiform, a little exserted. Stigma

capitate.

Fig. 1. 2, Leaves. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil :—magnified.

So.

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( 4075 )

Viscarta ocuLATA. Dark-Evep ViscariA.

Class and Order.

Decanpria PEenTAGyNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Caryopuytiexz. )

Generic Character. J

Calyx ebracteolatus, oblongus, clavatus vel turbinato-

campanulatus, teres vel 5-dentatus. Corolle petala 5, car-

pophori brevis vel elongati apici hypogyné inserta, ungui-

bus linearibus, laminis bifidis, excisis vel subintegris, basi

nudis. Stamina 10, cum petalis inserta ; filamenta filifor-

mia: Anthere biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes.

Ovarium basi quinque-rarissime tri- quadriloculare, septis

circa medium 5, apicem columella centralis sensim deli-

quescentibus, superne uniloculare. Ovula plurima, colu-

mella centrali cum septis connate vel superne libero funi-

culis distinctis inserta, amphitropa. Stylz 5, rarissime 3, 4,

filiformes, intus stigmatosi. Capsula basi quinque, rarius

triquadrilocularis, apice inter stylos simplici eorundem

ftumero in dentes dehiscens. Semina plurima, minuta, re-

niformia, granulata vel tuberculata. Embryo annularis,

albumen farinaceum cingens ; ‘cotyledonibus incunibentibus.

—Herbe Europee et Asiatice amphigee, annue vel peren-

nes, erecte ; foliis oppositis, linearibus vel lanceolatis ; flori-

bus in dichotomiis ramorum alaribus vel in cymulas thyr-

soides vel subumbellatim confertas congestis, roseis vel pur-

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Viscarra* aspera; calycis tubo inferne abrupte et breviter

attenuato angulis clavatis rugoso -crispatis, petalis

emarginatis (basi macula intense purpurea), appendi-

cibus brevibus ovatis, capsula minute a gegen

ae ee

i we =

* So named, I presume, by RéHLING, from the principal species, the

Lycunis Viscaria, of previous authors.

Lycunis aspera. Poir. Encycl. Bot. Suppl. v. 3. p. 537.

Lycunis oculata. James Backhouse in litt.

Lycunis Ceeli-Rosa. De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 386.

Viscaria oculata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, tab. 53.

Professor Linptey and Mr. Backuouse have rightly

judged this to be a distinct species of Lycunis, or, as the

group is now called, Viscaria, from L. Celi-Rosa figured

at Tab. 296 of this work. It is a native of the North

coast of Africa, and seeds were received by Mr. James

Backuovsz of the York Nursery, which produced such beau-

tiful flowers that attention was immediately directed to the

plant, and it has become a great favorite in our gardens.

Native specimens are in my Herbarium from Bové, gathered

at Algiers, and marked (n. 108) without any further note or

comment: and I have, besides, in the Herbarium of Pro-

fessor Govan another native specimen, with his own MS.

remark. “ Diversa forsan ab Acer. Celi-Rosa calycibus

magis torulosis, angulis crispis et veluti calloso-rugosis.

E Numidia.” It was gathered in Barbary by Porrer, and

though doubtful whether it should be considered a species,

or a variety, he gave it the provisional name of aspera,

which should be retained, although that of oculata is per-

haps more appropriate. It will be seen that not only are

the furrows of the calyx in this species wrinkled, as in V.

Celi-Rosa, but the angles themselves are remarkably so, and

puckered transversely: the other characters mentioned by

Dr. Linney are equally constant, the sudden contractiou

of the calyx below the middle, the short notch on the

petals, the fine dark eye at the base instead of the pale and

almost white of the old species, and which gives such a

lively appearance to our plant, the short and broad appen-

dage (corona) to the claws and the dotted capsule. It

ossoms in the summer and autumn months, and may be

treated as a hardy annual: but the late flowers become

paler and smaller in size.

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PHAsto.us LoBAtus. Lopr-LEAVED KipNeEyY-

BRAN,

Class and Order.

DiapeweHiA Decanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. )

Generic Character.

Calyx campanulatus bilabiatus, labio superiore bidentato,

inferiore tripartito. Corolla papilionacea, carina cum sta-

minibus diadelphis styloque spiraliter contorta vel rarius

incurva. Ovarii stipes toro vaginulatus. Legumen com-

pressum aut cylindricum bivalve, intus isthmis cellulosis

subdistinctum polyspermum. Semina hilo ovali-oblongo. —

—Herbe aut suffrutices sepius volubiles. Folia pinnato-

- trifoliolata, foliolis basi stipellatis. Racemi axillares. Pedi-

celli sepius gemini, semper uniflori. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Puasgouus (Eupnaseotus) lobatus; caule herbaceo volubili

tereti, foliolis hastato-trilobis intermedio longe petio-

lulato lobis lateralibus iterum sublobatis intermedio

elongato, pedunculis folium eequantibus multifloris,

petalis (flavis) omnibus subcontortis, carina longissime

acuminata apice dense spiraliter convoluta, stylo lon-

gissimo spiraliter convoluto,

‘The species of Paascoius are very numerous, and at pre-

sent extremely little known; but we trust the labors of Mr.

Benruam in this family will soon tend to their illustration.

That gentleman has pronounced the present to be a distinct

species of the ‘“‘ Eupuasrotus” group. It was raised at the

Botanic Garden of Glasnevin, from seeds sent from Buenos

Ayres by Mr. Tweepie, and flowered in September, 1843.

Native specimens in my Herbarium, also from Mr. Tweenie,

prove

prove that it is a native of Rio Negro, in the Banda

Oriental. It is not remarkable for beauty, but the structure

of the carina and of the style is very peculiar, and renders

the plant deserving of a figure in our Magazine.

Descr. Stem twining and glabrous, as is every part of

the plant. Leaves copious, ternate. Leaflets hastato-trilo-

bate, the terminal one on a long footstalk, the lateral one

almost sessile; the lateral lobes vary much in length and

breadth, and the side ones are often again on the outer

margin obscurely lobed, intermediate lobe always elongated.

Stipules and stipelle rather small, ovate, striated, mem-

branaceous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, many-flowered.

Flowers in dense racemes, yellow. Pedicels short. Calyx

campanulate, as in the Genus, with a pair of ovate, soon

deciduous, striated bracteas at the base. Vextllum and

wings more or less twisted. Keel with an extraordinary

long, narrow, acuminated point, beautiful, and compactly

spirally-twisted, like the shell of a Helix or Trochus. The

style, concealed within this, is spirally-twisted in the same

manner, and many times larger than the germen.

Fig. 1. Keel of the Flower. 2. Pistil :—slightly magnified.

( 4077 )

ACHIMENES PEDUNCULATA. LONG-STALKED

ACHIMENES.

KEKE KEK EERE KEKE KKK KEKE

Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—GesneriAce%. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus lobis lan-

ceolatis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis basi hinc sepe

gibba, limbo plano 5-fido, lobus subequalibus rotundis.

Stamina 4 didynama, antheris non coherentibus. Rudi-

mentum stamin. quinti corolla basi inferne impositum.

Nectarium glandulosum annulare tenue. Stylus in stigma

vix incrassatum obliquum aut subbilobum abeuns. Cap-

sula semibilocularis bivalvis, placentis parietalibus subses-

silibus.—Herbe Americane erecte villose. Folia opposita

aut terno-verticillata petiolata dentata. Pedicelli 1-flores

axillares. Corolle coccinee aut purpuree multo quam Glox-

nie minores. Radices bulbillis squamosis onuste. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Acuimenes pedunculata; caule erecto simplici pubescente,

foliis parum inequalibus petiolatis oblique cordato-

ovatis serratis supra sparse pilosulis subtus ad venas

pubescentibus, pedunculis in axillis supremis folio sub-

longioribus calycibusque pubescentibus, corolla nu--

tante basi gibba. Benth.

Acuimengs pedunculata. Benth. in. Plante Hartw. p. 78.

n. 546. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, iab. 31.

This, again, is one of the many fine new plants introduced ©

to our collections through the instrumentality of the Horti-

cultural Society, by their Collector, Mr. Hartwee. It was

found in shaded, woody places of Santa Maria, =

and is now tolerably well known in our stoves, from the

liberality with which it has been distributed by the Society.

The specimen, from which our figure is taken, flowered

in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, throughout the

summer and autumn of 1843. The stems and foliage after-

wards die down, and the scaly roots are left dry and dor-

mant, to be re-potted in the following spring.

Descr. Stems a foot anda half to two feet and more

high, erect, simple, rounded, hairy, as is, more or less, every

part of the plant, even the corolla. Leaves opposite,

petiolate, ovate, acute, serrated, penninerved. Peduncles

solitary, axillary, opposite, two to three-flowered, with

often a small pair of leaves beneath the lowest flowers, and

two or three lanceolate bracteas. Flowers large, handsome,

drooping, more like that of some GesneriA than of AcHIMENES.

Calyx with the short ovate, glandularly-hairy tube, adnate

with the ovary; the five ovate spreading segments free.

Corolla nearly two inches long ; of a fine and bright red, yel-

low beneath ; the limb in five spreading, rounded segments,

richly spotted with dark red; the tube gradually dilated

upwards. Stamens as in the Genus. Style nearly as long

as the tube. Stigma bilamellate.

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Class and Order.

‘GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipves. )

Generic Character.

Sepala et petala subequalia, patentia, libera. Labellum

sepius cucullatum, cum basi columne adnatum, calcara-

tum, integrum vel trilobum, sepius supra carinatum lamel-

losum vel cristatum. Columna erecta, cum ovario contin-

ua, semiteres, marginata, elongata. Anthera 8-locularis.

Pollinia 8, subequalia.—Herbe terrestres ( Asiatice) cau-

lescentes vel acaules, foliis latis plicatis. Scapi radicales.

lores speciosi. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Puasus bicolor; acaulis, foliis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis,

_ sepalis petalisque (angustioribus) oblongo-lanceolatis

acuminatis, labello cucullato ventricoso integro, limbo

obtuso medio lamellis duabus planis, calcare subulato-

cylindraceo arcuato ovarii longitudine. | :

Puagsus bicolor. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 128. Ser-

tum, Tab. 23. tt, epee : =

‘em

For the noble specimen here represented, I am indebted _

to Dittwyn Luewextyn, Esq., who kindly sent it in July,

1843, from his collection at Penllegare. <a

It is a native of Ceylon, and that is all that appears to be

known of it, from the description of Dr. Linptey (above

quoted), who states that it was discovered in Ceylon by

Mr, Macrag, but when introduced to this country we are

not informed. |

Descr. Root a collection of oblong, prostrate, rooting

tubers or pseudo-bulbs, transversely jointed, with ee

: raqicies.

VOL. XVII. G

radicles. Leaves few, large, lanceolate, (broadly so) acumi-

nate, plaited or striated, tapering into long, broad petioles,

which are sheathed with large, brown, leafy scales, and

these again are striated with nerves like the leaves. From

the side of one of these tubers arises the large, simple

scape, including the flowers two feet long, green, with large,

sheathing scales at the joints. Flowers large, handsome,

forming a spike at the upper extremity of the scape: each

flower having a large bractea at the base, which is oblong,

boat-shaped, acute, deciduous, leaving a large scar at the

base of the ovary. Sepals and petals large, spreading,

nearly two inches long, (the petals narrower), oblong-lan-

ceolate, acuminate ; externally pale yellow-brown, within

deep chocolate-brown, and striated. Lip large, standing

forward: it may be called cucullate, the lower half, or claw,

is convolute round the style, so as to conceal it ; the limb is

large, three-lobed, the lobes rounded, undulate, the side-

ones rose-colour ; the middle one is much the largest, re-

curved, subrotund, nerved at the margin, yellowish-white.

Spur large, subulato-cylindrical, curved upwards. Column

rather short, semicylindrical, with a large stigma. Anther-

case hemispherical, eight-celled. Pollen-masses eight.

Fig. 1. Column, Spur, and Ovary. 2. 3. Pollen-masses. 4. Anther-

case :—all magnified.

ttex platyphylla. Webb et B

t. 68 “a

( 4079 )

ILex PLATYPHYLLA. BroAap-LEAvep

Canarian Hotty.

Class and Order.

Terranpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Inicinez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 4—5-dentatus persistens. Petala 4—5 hypogyna

(ex Kunth), sepalis alterna, hunc libera, nunc basi in co-

rollam rotatam subcoalita. Stamina 4—5, petalis alterna,

hypogyna. Ovarium sessile, 4-loculare, stigmatibus sub-

sessilibus 4—5 nune distinctis nunc in 1 coalitis coronatum.

Bacca 4—5 pyrena, nucleis oblongis apice umbilicatis 1-

spermis. Semen inversum; albumen carnosum. _ Embryo

in apice nidulans.—Frutices sempervirentes, folis sepius

cortaceis, pedunculis multifloris, floribus hermaphroditis, ra-

rassime abortu dioicis aut polygamis. D C.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

{Lex * platyphylla; foliis latis ovatis nervosis spinosis vel

inermibus cuspidatis, petiolis crassis brevissimis, flori-

bus axillaribus numerosissimis fasciculatis vel brevis-

sime cymosis, calyce turbinato laciniis ovatis acutis,

petalis ovatis tenuibus basi attenuatis apice cucullatis,

staminibus peta lis subbrevioribus, filamentis angustis,

antheris oblongis, ovario pyramidato, stigmatibus ses-

silibus, drupis ad apicem columellarum brevium glo-

merato-radiantibus. Wedd. ———

Inex Perado, Hort. Kew. ed. 1, v. 1. p. 169, ed. 2. v. 1.

Pp. 278. CR i ee Ce a

Aguirotium amplissimis foliis ex insulis: gutta ot oma

: ‘Drawn

Alm. p. 38. t. 262.

= ———————

* So called, according to pe Tuéis, from ‘ec or ac, in Celtic, signifying a

sharp point (acute); but this seems a very forced derivation.

Drawn from an old greenhouse specimen in the Royal

Botanic Gardens of Kew, which has gone under the name

of Perado, and supposed to come from the Canary Islands,

but which is also probably the ILex Perado of Hortus Kew.,

ed. 1., stated to be a native of Madeira. Be that as it

may, no such plant is known to inhabit Madeira; and I

have the authority of Mr. Wese himself, for saying it is

his Izex platyphylla, so well figured in his invaluable

Natural History of the Canaries, Botanical portion, above

quoted. According to that author, it grows abundantly at

Aqua Garcia, in Teneriffe, and is introduced into the land-

scape of Wegesand Berruetor, ‘‘ Vue Phytostatique,” tab.

4and tab. 9. The species appears identical with what is

commonly cultivated as Inex Perado; but that seems to be

an inhabitant exclusively of Madeira, and is, probably, the

same as I. Balearica. The present, Mr. Wess considers

peculiar to the Canary Islands. It forms a very beautiful

small tree, with copious handsome, evergreen foliage, and

with more abundant flowers in cymes than is common

in the Hollies. It is in reality quite hardy in this country,

and not at all injured by our severest frosts.

Descr. A pyrainidad tree, of twenty feet in height, ac-

cording to Mr. Wess, with leaves, as in other species of

Inex, extremely variable, generally broadly ovate, approach-

ing to orbicular, thick and coriaceous, quite entire, or

more or less serrated, and of the size represented in our

figure: but sometimes, as in our native specimens from

Mr. Wess and Dr. Fintay, three or four times as large.

Cyme many-flowered, much longer than the thickened

petioles. Pedicels with two small bracts below the middle,

thickened upwards. Calyx-segments ciliated. Lobes of the

corolla very concave, obovate. Stamens shorter than the

lobes. Ovary globoso-pyramidal.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Ovary, 2. 8. Flowers.

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NEMATANTHUS CHLORONEMA. SHorTER-

FLOWER-STALKED NEMATANTAUS.

Seas sfeskeakeokeskeakeskiok be ateakeat

Class and Order.

Dipynamia ANGIOsPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Gesyeriaces. )

Generic Character.

Calyx liber obliquus ultra medium 5-fidus seu 5-partitus,

lobis lanceolato-linearibus su bequalibus, summo paululum

minore. Corolla infundibuliformi -campanulata obliqua

basi postice gibba, fauce patula, limbo equaliter 5-lobo.

Stamina 4 didynama cum quinto rudimentum aut nullo.

Anthere coherentes. Annulus hypogynus et glandula oS:

tica. Capsula pyramidalis coriacea I-locularis 2-valvis,

placentis 2 parietalibus bilamellatis. Semina innumerosa

oblonga.—Frutices Brasilienses simplices aut parce ra a

supra arbores scandentes sepe radicantes, epidermide nit ida,

cinereo-testacea. Folia opposita (altero sepe manore ) petio-

lata crassiuscula oblonga aut ovali-lanceolata utrinque acu-

minata subintegerrima, juniora ciliata. Gemmatio nuda,

foliis complicatis. Pedicelli axillares I-flort solitarti ebrac-

ceali filiformes penduli. Corolle punicee ample. ee

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Nemartantuus chloronema ;peduncniis folium Vix superan-

tibus, segmentis calycinis corolla subtriplo brevioribus.

Nemartanruvs chloronema. Mart. Nov. Gen. Bras. v. 3.

p. 47. t.220. De Cand. Prodr, v. 7. p. 544. )

This is doubtless the N. chloronema of Martius, although

the leaves are broader than in his plant, and I think

different, as a species, from the N. longipes already figured

in the present work, Tas. 4018, senate Tcogniens

as distinct by Mr. Garpner, in the native country.

Martius first detected it in the Organ Mountains, and Mr.

Garpner gathered his specimens in the same place, and

sent home young plants, which first flowered in the Glas-

gow Royal Botanic Garden, in July, 1843, whence spe-

cimens were kindly sent hither by Professor Baxrour.

The chief distinction lies in the relative length of the pe-

duncle and leaves, and of the calyx-segments and corolla

(for, as above intimated, the leaves are variable) ; and the

flowers, it may be remarked, are smaller, and the spread

of the limb less. Any further description is needless.

Together with N. longipes it is well worthy a place in

every stove.

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MAXILLARIA CILIATA. FRINGE-LIPPED

Maxitearnna.

Seok sesbasksak ak eakskobskskobokskalisbeate

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinez. )

Generic Character.

_ Perianthium conniyens, raro patens. Sepala lateralia

cum basi producta columne connata. Petala subconformia.

Labellum trilobum, cucullatum, sessile, cum basi producta

_ columne articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. Anthera

subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia vel integra, caudi-

cula brevi, glandula transversa.—Epiphyte ( Americane ),

pseudobulbose, acaules vel caulescentes. Folia plicata vel

coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares vel terminales, uni-

vel multiflori. Lindl.

Mees iii.

| 2 teagee:

_ Specifie Character and Synonyms.

Maxixrarta ciliata ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis compressis leviter

sulcatis, foliis lanceolatis, scapis unifloris bracteatis de-

flexis, labelli lobis lateralibus oblongis intermedio max-

imo longissime fimbriato. apice appendiculo saccato,

So: : a

calcare brevi conico. —

Maxinrania ciliata. ‘‘ Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Perwo. Syst. p.

221.” Lindi. Bot. Reg. t. 1206.

Denprosivum ciliatum. “ Sw.”

That this is the Maxiniaria ciliata of Linpter, in the Bo- :

tanical Register, there can, I think, be no doubt ; and Dg

probably that author is correct im teferring it to the M_

ciliata of Ruz and Pavon, Peruvian Plant, for it suffi-

ciently accords with their brief character: but the Epien-

pruM Barringtonie of Smrru’s Ic. Picta, (DENDRosIUM, gee

and in Hooxer’s Exotic Flora, to which Dr. Linptey refers

it in his Gen. et Sp. Orchid.,) seems to me to be different.

The latter also there quotes, as a synonym, his Cotax

Barringtonie (Bot. Reg. t. 897.). Butt. 897 is Maxiraria

Harrisonig, a very distinct plant. With regard to Drn-

progiumM ciliatum, I do not find it in Swarrz Gen. et Spec.

Orchid., nor in his Fl. Ind. Occ., though I presume upon the

authority of Swarrz, it is given as a native of Jamaica.

Supposing Ruiz and Pavon’s plant to be the same, it is

found also at Muna and Chinchao, in Peru. It is a graceful

species. Our specimen flowered in the Royal Botanic

Garden of Kew, in August, 1843.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovate, oblong, com-

pressed, the edges obtuse, the sides obsoletely furrowed.

Leaves two, from the apex of the pseudo-bulb, broadly lance-

olate, striated, tapering below. Scapes from the base of the

pseudo-bulb, three to four inches long, pendent, terete,

clothed with pale-coloured, sheathing scales. Flowers

solitary, large. Sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, spread-

ing, externally pale-green, internally with a brownish tinge,

the sepal under the lip with a short conical spur at the

base. Lip shorter than the sepals, almost white, broadly

obovato-spathulate, the two side-lobes oblong, a little

incised ; middle one large, striated with a decurrent lamella

below the middle, beautifully fimbriated at the sides with

long, slender lacinie, contracted below the apex, so that

the very apex forms a concave, slightly fringed, appendage.

Column semiterete, decurrent into the spur of the sepal,

somewhat hairy in front. Anther-case hemispherical.

Fig. 1. Side view ofa Column and Lip. 2. Front view of the same, the

Lip bent back. 3. Upper portion of the Column, or Anther-case, bent back

from the Pollen-masses.—magnified.

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Focusta spLenpens. Spienpip Fucusia.

KEE REE EE EERE EERE

Class and Order.

OcranpriaA Monoeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—Onacrartz. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens, superne productus in

tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim de-

ciduum. Petala 4 summo tubo inserta lobis alterna, rarius

0. Stam 8. Ovarium glandula urceolata coronatum, Sty-

lus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca oblonga aut ovato-

globosa 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma—Frutices. Folia

Sepius opposita. Pedunculi axillares 1-flori, interdum ad

apices ramorum racemost. Flores sepius nutantes, rubri

rarius albi, interdum 5-fidi 10-andri. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Fucusra splendens ; suffruticosa, pubescens, foliis oppositis

ternatisque longe petiolatis ovatis cordatis denticula-

tis acuminatis, pedunculis filiformibus axillaribus soli-

tariis unifloris, ovario cylindraceo, calycis tubo insig-

niter compresso basi ventricoso laciniis triangularibus

acutis petalis ovatis planis patulis longioribus, stamin-

ibus longe exsertis. oe

Fucusia splendens. “‘ Succarini in Flora, 1832. 2. Beibl.

102.” according to Benth. Plant. Hartw. p. 61. n. 460.

Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, t. 67. :

Fucusia cordifolia, 8. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 650. (non Lindi.)

A very handsome Mexican species of a very favourite

Genus, though perhaps not so striking as the name would

lead one to infer. Dr. Linp.ey compares it with F. fulgens

(our Tas. 3801 ), but to us it appears much more nearly

allied to P. cordifolia of BrentHam, in Livpt., Bot. —

1841, t. 70; differing chiefly in the shorter and more com-

pressed tube of the calyx. This compression is very re-

markable, so that, in one direction, the diameter of the

tube does not appear to be half what it is in another: in

both species, too, the calycine segments and petals are

green. F. splendens is a native of Mexico, first described

by Zuccarini, probably from Scurepe and Deprer’s speci-

men; Hartwece gathered it at Totontepeque, at an elevation

of 10,000 feet above the level of the sea: I have native

specimens from Linpen, collected at Chamula; and from

Skinner, obtained, I presume, in Guatemala. It is still, I

believe, treated as a hardy greenhouse plant, growing

vigorously, and flowering early during the summer months;

and probably it may prove sufficiently hardy to bear our

winters: though it would, in all tikelhaod always die

down nearly to the ground.

Dzscr. - A branched, suffruticose plant, with handsome,

delicate, ovato-cordate leaves of a pale-green colour. Pe-

duncles filiform, solitary, axillary, single-flowered. Flowers

drooping. Calyx an inch and a half long, scarlet, tipped

with pale green, remarkably compressed in the tube just

above the swollen base. Petals shorter than the calycine

segments, ovate. Stamens much protruded: Anthers yel-

low. Style longer than the stamens : stigma capitate.

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CATTLEYA SUPERBA. SwupgerB CATTLEYVA.

Class and Order.

GynAnpRIA Monanpria. oe

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. )

Generic Character.

Sepala membranacea vel carnosa, patentia, xqualia.

Petala sepius majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam

involvens, trilobum vel indivisum. Columna clavata, elon-

Sata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera

carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis.

Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis.—Herbe epiphyte

(Americane) pseudobulbose. Folia solitaria vel bina

coriacea. Flores terminales speciosissimi, se@pe e€ spatha

magna erumpentes. Lindl. -_ r

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Specific Character and Synonyms.

CarrLeya superba ; foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis coriaceis

marginatis caule clavato brevioribus, sepalis oblongis

acutiusculis, petalis lanceolatis acutis membranaceis

\ _ duplo latioribus, labelli trilobi cucullati lobis laterali-

~ bus acutis, intermedio transverso plano denticulato

~ €marginato subunguiculato basi venis elevatis rugoso,

~ €allis duobus prope basin. Lindl. :

Carrnrya superba. Schomb. in Lindl. Sert. Orchid. t. 22.

Carrteya Scho burgkii. Loddiges’ Orchid. Cat. n. 434.

* — ; ‘ é

A very splendid species of Cartieya, and a fragrant one.

It was detected in British Guiana, by Mr. Scuompurex,

and by him living plants were sent to Messrs. Loppices,

Where they blossomed in. 1838. Its discoverer remembers

that, “in beauty, odour, and duration, it Is eye : ae

Passed by any Orchideous plant : the odo wae

and evening becoming too powerful

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and its splendid flowers last for two or three weeks.” Our

figure was taken from a fine plant in the Royal Botanic

Gardens, in the month of August, 1843.

Descr. The stem, or pseudo-bulb, is six to eight inches

long, clavate, compressed, at first clothed with sheathing

scales, at length naked, compressed, sulcated, terminated

by two broadly-oblong, spreading, dark-green, coriaceous

leaves, four to five inches long. Peduncle terminal, from

between the two leaves, bearing four or five large, hand-

some, fragrant flowers, the base encased in a compressed

sheath, open at one edge. Sepals spreading, oblong,

rather acute, full rose-colour. Petals resembling them,

except that they are broader upwards, and almost obovate.

Lip remarkable for its deep purple-red colour, paler at the

edges of the side-lobes, and on the disk, where it becomes

yellowish, and is marked with elevated lines. The side-

lobes completely sheath and conceal the white column; the

mtermediate, or terminal lobe is large, obcordate, undu-

lato-crenate at the edge.

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Cereus PirasAya. VARIABLE Cereus;

or PIragAya.

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Class and Order.

Tcosanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacrez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosissima imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in

tubum elongatum conecreta, exteriora breviora calycinalia,

media longiora colorata intima petaliformia. “Stamina

numerosissima cum tubo concreta. Stylus filiformis, apice

multifidus. Bacca areolata, sepalorum reliquiis squama-

ta aut tuberculosa. Cotyledones acuminate.—Frutices

carnost, subglobosi vel elongati, stricti, articulati vel re-

pentes, axi ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis verti-

calibus, spinarum fasciculos gerentibus vel inermibus, re-

gulariter sulcati. Anguli sew ale nune plurime, nunc

paucissime, rarius due tantum, et tunc rami compresso-alatt,

tnermes. Flores ampli e spinarum fasciculis lateralibus

trunci aut ramorum vetustiorum, aut crenis angulorum ortt.

Fructus oviformes, plerumque anno sequente matur scentes,

edules. Pie Z as be ee

9) compre

Temotis albo-tomentosis ctis

gidis hadigeritatt 4—6—8 inzqualibus exterioribus

stellatim patentibus fuscis. :

Crreus Pitajaya. De Cand. Prodr. 3. p. 466.

Cacrus Pita} g. Select. § .

Cereus und

to Pre

Cereus vari

Cactus, &e.

VOL. Xvi. H

This has been long cultivated in the Royal Botanic

Gardens of Kew, under the name here retained, and is a

very handsome species, growing erect, bearing very large,

showy flowers, and with stems of a singularly glaucous-

green tint. There is much difficulty in determining the

synonyms of this Cereus. Preirrer appears to have chang-

ed the old specific name, conferred by Jacquin solely on

account of the variable character, and he has included

under it two figures of Piumiere, which appear to me

extremely different in habit from this plant, and from each

other, and which I have quoted with a mark of doubt :—

and he refers the Cereus undulosus of De Canpotte hither,

which is described as having spines two inches long; while,

on the other hand, he keeps the C. obtusus of Haworrn

distinct, which seems too nearly allied to the present. A

good series of figures alone can well illustrate the species of

this difficult and now extensive family. Our plant is de-

scribed as an inhabitant of Carthagena; but Premrrer adds

Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and the West Indies. Its noble

flowers are produced with us in July, generally expanding

towards evening, and fading in the morning of the follow-

ing day,

Descr. A tall-growing, erect, simple, or branched spe-

cies, with stems three to four inches in diameter, constricted

at very uncertain distances, glaucous, especially the young

shoots, presenting sometimes three, generally four, occasion-

ally five, deep and broad furrows, and as many projecting,

much compressed angles or wings, obtuse at the margin,

and crenato-repand. Areole distant, densely woolly, com-

pact. Spines scarcely half an inch long, straight, stellated,

disposed irregularly in length, four to six or eight in num-

ber, the central one often the stoutest, all of a palish-brown

colour. Flowers large, handsome, showy, from an areola of

the margin of the coste. Tube a span long, widening up-

wards, set with distant, appressed, triangular scales, which

gradually pass into the LsagtSbiod y acuminate, white,

tinged with brownish-green, sepals. Petals numerous,

spreading, (as well as the sepals) white or cream-coloured,

obovato-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply-serrated. Stamens

numerous. Filaments assurgent. Anthers yellow. Stigma

rayed, as in the Genus,

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CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA; variegata. InTER-

MEDIATE CaTTLEyA; variegated lipped.

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala membranacea vel carnosa, patentia, equalia.

Petala sepius majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam

- involvyens, trilobum vel indivisum. Colwmna clavata, elon-

gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera

carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis.—

Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis —Herbe epiphyte _

(Americane) pseudobulbose. Folia solitaria vel bina

coriacea. Flores terminales speciosissimi, sepe e spatha

7 Specific Character and Synonyms. ‘ :

is intermedio crispo rotundato denti-

| rah. in Bot. Mag. t. 2851, (and

| Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3711 (var.

| . latio ‘ibus labelli lobo

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The present one has the elongated pseudo-bulb, the narrow

leaves, and the lamellated labellum of C. intermedia ; but

the sepals and petals are much broader, the middle lobe of

the lip is white, and the lamellz red.

It was sent from Brazil by Mr. Garpner, and flowered

in the stove of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, in

May, 1843.

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PENTAS CARNEA. FLesu-coLourrp

PENTAS.

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord—Rvsiacex. Trib. Hepyormwes. )

Generic Character.

Peyrvas, Benth. Nov. Gen. Calycis tubus brevis turbina-

tus; imbus profunde 5-fidus, laciniis angustis inequalibus,

~~ glandulis ]—2 interdum msinubus adjectis. Corolle tubus

_elongatus ; faux campanulata intus barbata ; limbus patens

_ 5-fidus, laciniis ovatis glabris estivatione leviter imbricatis.

_ Stamina 5 infra faucem inserta: Filamenta brevia: Anthere

_ Iineares. Discus epigynus erassus. Stylus filiformis apice

bilobus. Capsula subglobosa_ apice libera’ acutiuscula,

_ loculicide bivalvis, valvis bifidis. Semina numerosa, Benth,

Specific Character and Synonym.

~ Pewras* carnea; foliis ovatis vel ovali-oblongis acutis basi

cuneatis. pilosiusculis, corolla tubo calyce multoties

_ longiore, styli ramis elongatis, capsule valvulis parte

_ adnata vix brevioribus. Benth. ' ,

SIPANEA carnea. Hortul.

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Our stoves haveAmtely exhibited a fine flowering plant,

under the name of Sipanza carnea, well worthy of general

cultivation. Mr. Makoy, of Liege, I believe, troduced it

_ to England : at Jeast, the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew is

ge We AN i=

3 2 wei) by Mr. BentHam from the quinary

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arrang: he parts of the flower | 2

other Genera of HantonER, to which group this plant belongs.»

indebted for the possession of it to that liberal cultivator.

A slight examination of the flowers and fruit and stipules

will, however, show that it has nothing to do with Sipanea,

and that it is one of the Hepyoripem ;—a new Genus, to

which Mr. Benruam has given the name of Penras, allied,

as that gentleman observes, to Virecra, and to which pro-

bably the Virecra ? elatior, De Canp., Prodr., 4. p. 415,

(Srpanea elatior, A. Ricu.) from Angola belongs, as a new

Rubiaceous plant * of Vocet, gathered at Accra during:

the late unfortunate Niger expedition, undoubtedly does.

So that, although not so stated, there is every reason to

believe the plant is from tropical Africa.

Descr. The plant is about a foot high, scarcely shrubby :

branches all herbaceous, rounded, hairy. Leaves also hairy,

opposite, ovate, or broad-oblong and acuminate, tapering

at the base into a broad, short footstalk. Stipules large,

plurisetose. Flowers in large corymbs of a delicate pur-

plish flesh colour, which, when borne, as is frequently the

case, upon the several branches of one small plant, exhibit

a very lively appearance; and there is almost a continued

succession of them for a great part of the year. Flowers

and fruit, as described in the Generic Character.

* P. parviflora (BENTH.); foliis ovatis v. ovali-oblongis acuminatis basi

angustatis vix ad venas puberulis, corolle tubo calyce 2—3-plo longiore,

styli ramis brevibus, capsule valvulis brevissime liberis.

- Has. Western tropical Africa, near Accra. Dr. Vogel.

The HEpyoris pentandra, Schum. Beskv. Pl. Guin. p. 71. is, probably,

a fourth species of this Genus, or else a Virecta. Benth.

Pig: 2 Flower, with one Segment of the Calyx removed, and the Corolla

laid open. 2. Ovary cut through transversely :—magnified.

Clazenwmood Essex May 1.1844

SS. Cartes

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GREENOVIA AUREA. GoLpEen GREENoviA.

_ Class and Order.

DopecanpriA Potyeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Crassutacez. )

Generic Character.

ge 3

SeEMPERVivum aureum, Chr. Smith in Hort. Berol. p. 57.

Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. p. 60. Link, Enum. p.

20. D C.Prodr. 3. p. Al2.

SEMPERVIVUM ca yciforme. Haw. Suppl. p. 69. Bot. Reg.

tab. 892, “ey,

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The Genus Greenovia was founded in the Phytographia.

anariensis upon the present species of House-leek, discov-

ered originally in the Canary Islands by Cartstran SmirH.

€ name was given in honor of GkEorGE Bettas GREENOUGH,

Esq., the celebrated Geologist and enlightened patron and

Promoter of useful knowledge. As those of BUCKLAND,

DELABECHE,

DELABECHE, and many others, have already been borrowed from the

sister Science, this meed was justly due to one of the fathers of British

Geology, of whose friendship and obliging disposition I have myself

personally a lively recollection.

GREENOVIA is distinguished from SemPERVIVUM, and, indeed, from

all known CrassuLACE, by its deeply immersed ovaries, their anom-

alous placentation, and the position of the ovules, and the not less

unusual dehiscence of the fruit. Its habit is that of the true European

House-leeks, and not of the Canarian forms, Atonrum, AIcHRYSON, and

Petropuyes of the Phytographia.

It is scarcely possible to avoid some error in describing dried speci-

mens of a family so difficult to examine in that state as the CRASsULA-

cEz. This will be the proper place to rectify one of these, and to men-

tion a new species of this Genus, till now confounded with the present

plant. The inspection of living plants of both, sent from the Canaries

with the dried collection in 1830, and preserved since by Mr. Youne,

in his nursery at Milford, near Godalming, has enabled me to do this.

Mr. YounG, indeed, thinks that there is still a third species amongst

the living specimens sent; but this cannot be so easily ascertained at

present. This new species I call GREENOVIA rupifraga, as it grows in

the fissures of naked tufa, which it widens by the increase of its stems.

Its leaves are wedge-shaped and narrow, instead of being rounded and

spathulate as in GREENOVIA aurea, with amuch more prominent point

or tip, formed by the projecting midrib, and their sea-green colour is

much more silvery. A particular description will be given of this plant

whenever it flowers.

The true GREENOVIA aurea inhabits the woody region on the rocks

called Los Organos, in the valley of Orotava, above Aqua Mansa, in

Tenériffe, and on Mount Saucillo in the Grand Canary, where it was

found by DesprEaux. GreENoviA rupifraga is found on that lofty

chain called the Filo de las Canyadas*, which forms the lips of the

great primeval crater of the island, out of which the cone of the Peak

peinee. Its station being thus above even the region of Pines, where

ere is frost occasionally, it is very possible the species will sustain

the winters of England, if planted in a dry spot. Damp must be care-

fully guarded against, as the station which it inhabits being above the

clouds, is as arid as the great Sahara. On the contrary, the beautiful

zone of Laurels, on the outskirts of which the G. aurea is found, drips

with continual moisture from the clonds floating on the surface of the

trade winds, and which are arrested in their progress southwards by the

lofty mass of the island. iu

___ It is probable that Curistian Smiru likewise confounded these two

species, for his habitat of Mount Chiquita belongs to the high region.

_ Inthe plate 36 of the Phytographia Canariensis, the figures have,

unfortunately, been taken indiscriminately from both these plants.

This confusion may be thus rectified, the figures 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 bis, 9,

10, 11, and 12 belong to Greenovia aurea, the remainder, ], 2, 4, 13,

14, and 15, represent GreENovia rupifraga. P. B, Webb.

__ * As the English printing offices do not possess the Spanish liquid n, I insert a

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Bo.popayityum CaLamaria. QuiLL-stEM-

MED BoLBoPHYLLUM.

RK EE EEK KK EEE KEKE EEK

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwea. )

Generic Character.

Sepala erecta, acuminata, subeequalia, lateralibus cum

pede columne connatis et basi obliquis. Petala nana (ra-

rissime sepalis subaqualia). Labellum cum pede columne

articulatum, unguiculatum, sepius integrum, et posticum.

Columna nana, antice bidentata, vel bicornis. Anthera 1-

vel 2-locularis. Pollinia 4, libera, valde inequalia, nunc in

wo connata, nune per paria coherentia, altero cujusvis

paris minuto lobuliformi.—Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate re-

pente pseudo-bulbifero. Folia coriacea, avenia. Racemi

radicales. Lindl. | :

Specific Character and Synonym.

Borsornytium Calamaria ; pseudo-bulbis tetragonis, folio

oblongo plano coriaceo obtuso basi canaliculato, scapo

stricto longissimo apice florido, bracteis membranaceis

emarcidis ovarii longitudine, sepalis anguste triangula-

ribus margine pubescentibus, petalis cornuformibus

subteretibus glabris, labello sessili mobili lineari basi

sulcato margine omni tomentoso supra medium villis

longissimis crinito, columne cornubus falcatis. Lindl.

Bowzoruytium Calamaria. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Suppl. 1843.

p. 70. n. 109. ;

Anex . edingly curious Eripuyre, belonging to the Genus

LBOPHYLLUM, as now defined; but I believe Professor

Linptey has it in contemplation, to constitute a distinct

Genus of this and some others. The flowering specimen

was

was sent to me by Joun Gray, Esq., of Greenock, a highly

successful cultivator of plants, and no less liberal than suc-

cessful. He possesses many advantages in the importation

of plants, by his great mercantile connections abroad, and

loses no opportunity of introducing such as are most worthy

of notice. The present he received from Sierra Leone,

and though not a very showy plant, the beautiful structure

of the flowers, and the rich blood-coloured tuft of hair on

the elongated lip, entitle it to a place in every tropical

Orchideous collection.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs small, ovate, angled and furrowed,

more or less sheathed with scales, each bearing a solitary, ob-

long, coriaceous leaf, about four to five inches long, at the

extremity. Scape a foot or more long, from the base of a

pseudo-bulb, articulated, and partially sheathed with scales.

Spike elongated, crowded, many-flowered, each flower sub-

tended by a broad, acute bractea. Sepals spreading, lan-

ceolate, acuminate, tawny. Petals very minute, subulate,

appressed, one on each side to the column. Lp _three-

lobed sessile and moveable, saccate at the base; the lateral

lobes small, rounded, erect, ciliated, applied to the base of

the column, the middle one very much elongated, linear-

lanceolate, patent, ora little pendent, deep blood-coloured,

ciliated at the margin below, with short hairs, and towards

the apex fringed with very long blood-coloured ones.

Column short, semiterete, with two short, erect, subulate

horns from the apex, longer than the anther. Anther-case

helmet-shaped, crested, two-celled ; Pollen-masses of two

oval lobes, yellow.

Fig. 1. Column and Lip. 2. The same in a different position. 3. An-

ther-case. 4, 5. Pollen-masses :—magnified.

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DrYMONIA puncraTa. SPOTTED-FLOWERED

Drymonia.

Class and Order.

DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Gesneriacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx liber, obliquus 5-phyllus, sepalis imbricatis, 2 in-

terioribus. Cor. obliqua campanulato-subringens basi pos-

tice gibba, fauce patula, labio superiore bilobo, infer. tri-

lobo. Stam. 4 didynama, antheris inter se liberis. Rudi-

mentum quinti nullum. Stigma bilobum. Annulus hypo-

Synus et glandula postica. Capsula baccans ovata coriacea

I-locul. bivalvis, placentis 2 parietalibus bilamellatis, Se-

mina oo fusiformia.—Frutices Australi-Americani scanden-

tes, hinc inde radicantes aut humifusi. Caules teretiusculi

epidermide nitida. Folia opposita petiolata serrata pubes-

_ centia crassiuscula. Pedicelli axillares solitarii 1-flori bre-

viusculi petiolo subequales ebracteati. Corolle ample, fla-

vide aut albe, sepius picte. De Cand. os

Specific Character and Synonyms.

~ Drrmonia * punctata ; foliis ovalibus longe petiolatis serra-

tis pubescentibus ciliatis, floribus axillaribus subsessil -

ibus, sepalis valde inequalibus lanceolato-spathulatis

serrulatis, corolla (purpureo-punctate) limbo patente

fimbriato. = : .

Drymonia punctata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843. Miscell. 77.

Walp. Repert. Bot. 2. p. 716. :

through the medium of their collector, Mr. Hartwec. ‘

* So called by Martius, dpona, from its inhabiting woody places, and

climbing upon trees,

is cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew to great

advantage, in a wire basket, with pieces of wood and turf ;

and suspended from a beam in a moist stove. In such a

situation it thrives admirably, and bears its delicate, yel-

lowish, or almost primrose-coloured flowers, spotted with

purple, copiously. As a species, it is very different from

the D. serrulata, Marr. (bicolor, Linptry, Bot. Reg. 1838,

t. 4.) in the shape and marking of the flower, in the short

peduncle, and especially in the narrow, not cordate, base

of the sepals.

Descr. Subherbaceous, with creeping, hairy, succulent

stems, and opposite, elliptical, fleshy, saccated, hairy, and

ciliated leaves, on long, hairy, foot-stalks. Peduncles

scarcely the third or half-an-inch long, dilated upwards,

axillary, solitary, single-flowered, with two small bracteas

at the base. Calyx deeply cut into five very unequal seg-

ments or sepals, which are between lanceolate and spathu-

late, acute, saccated, hairy. Corolla rather large, pale

yellow, copiously dotted with purple. Tube gibbous at

the base above, dilated upwards, and expanding into a

large, oblique, five-lobed limb ; the lobes rounded, fimbri-

ated. Stamens four: Anthers free. Ovary hairy, ovate,

having at the base a fleshy ring, and a large, emarginate

gland below on the back. Style elongated, downy, as well

as the large, obscurely two-lipped stigma.

Fig. 1. Pistil and hypogynous Ring and Gland. 2. Stigma. 3. -

verse section of the Ovary magnified sea tme: ae

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( 4090 )

LA&ALIA SUPERBIENS. GorGrouUs LALIA.

Class and Order.

Gynanpria Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcninez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala explanata, lanceolata, equalia, Petala majora,

paulo difformia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum,

3-partitum, lamellatum, cirea columnam convolutum. . Co-

lumna aptera, carnosa, antice canaliculata. Anthera—.

_ Pollinia 8, caudiculis quatuor elasticis —Herbe epiphyte,

rhizomate pseudo-bolbophoro. Folia carnosa. Scapi termi-

nales, pauci- vel multiflori. Flores speciosi, odorati. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Lexu1a superbiens ; scapo longissimo multifloro, sepalis pe-

talisque lineari-oblongis obtusis membranaceis labello

longioribus, labelli lobo medio obtusissimo, disco la-

mellis quinque maximis subserratis antice truncatis

aucto, anthere crista biaurita, clinandrio denticulato.

Lazia superbiens. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. 1840, n. 87, et

sub Tab. 62, 1842. Batem. Orch. Guatem. and Mex.

t. 38.

Almost the last plate of Mr. Bareman’s splendid work on

the Orcuinacem, is devoted to the representation of this

Lzua, which, of all gorgeous plants, best deserves the

fame of superbiens. It was one of Mr. Skinner’s many

valuable discoveries among the cooler districts of Guate-

mala, and the following account of it is given. “I first

found,” says Mr. Skinner, “ the Laria superbiens in the

Village of Surupango, planted by the Indians in front of

their doors. This was in 1839; afterwards (in November,

,) I went in search of its true habitat, and after an

excursion of three days, detected it in the barrancas (or gul-

lies) of Sachmarachon, near the town of omnia, aoe

VOL. XVII. i

twenty leagues due North of the city of Guatemala. Here

it exists in immense quantities, the finest specimens grow-

ing out of the crevices of rocks, and sheltered from the

North winds. Some of the plants had bulbs of the height

of twenty-two inches, with flower-stems four yards long,

and bearing upwards of twenty flowers (one, of which I

sent you the dried specimen, had twenty-two). On the

morning on which I made this excursion (November 27),

when I got to the town of Comalapa, the ground was cov-

ered with hoar-frost, the Latias, however, as has been

already mentioned, were usually screened from the North,

and where this was not the case, the plants had a stunted

appearance. 'The name given to this species by the Coma-

lapa Indians is ‘ Coteach-Kiaj,’ meaning simply, ‘ red flower ;’

but by the English who speak Spanish, it was termed ‘ La

verga del Senor San José,’ i. e., ‘the wand of our Lord Saint

Joseph.’ ’— Mr. Skinner’s Letter to Mr. Bateman.

It is from the dried specimen above mentioned that Miss DRAKE

made the beautiful drawing, published in Mr. BATEMAN’S work, and

considering the circumstances under which it was executed, and the

difficulty of making a figure from a pressed flower of an Orchideous

plant, it is surprising how well she has performed her task. In our

case, We have the advantage of a Living plant, and the first and only one

that has yet flowered in this country, which took place in the spring of

this year, in the valuable collection of Mrs. Wray, of Oakfield, Chel-

tenham, who kindly forwarded the noble specimen here figured.

Splendid though it is, it yet falls short in size and in colour of the original

specimen above mentioned of Mr. Sxryner: but there is enough to

entitle it to the name it bears. Looking at the habit of the plant, and

the foliage, and the general form of the yea one does not see at once

how the genus is to be distinguished from CaTTLEYA. “ CATTLEYZ proxl-

mum,” Dr. LinpLry says, “ sed labello postico et polliniis 8 diver-

sum.” Mrs. Wray finds that it succeeds well only in a cool stove, as

is now known to be the case, and foretold by Mr. SKINNER, with many

of the OncuIDEz from Guatemala and Mexico.

Descr. Caudex creeping, terete, as thick as a finger, sending out

white, fleshy fibres, and having pseudo-bulbs five to six or eight inches

long, of an oblong form, furrowed on the surface, more or less sheathed

with scales, and tapering below into a stalk; at the apex bearing one,

or more generally two moderately-sized, coriaceous, oblong, dark-green

leaves. From the inner base of these leaves the scape arises to a con-

siderable length, and, in the present instance, bears a nearly globose

ke of rather closely-placed, large, handsome, purple flowers, beauti-

ully variegated with yellow. Beoale and petals nearly equal, the

latter somewhat broader, all of them spreading, oblong-lanceolate,

rather obtuse, lilac-purple, paler below. Lip resembling that of a

CaTTLEYA, elongated, equal in length with the sepals, the sides and

two side-lobes turned upwards, embracing and almost surrounding the

column, the middle lobe large, broad obcordate, waved and crisped ;

the disk covered with six longitudinal, prominent, crisped lamelle:

the general colour is yellow, with a deep-purple, broad margin ; and the

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Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipex. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, equalia, inter-

medio galeato, calearato vel saccato. Petala minora, erec-

ta, basi column adnata. Labellum liberum, filiforme aut

dilatatum, integram aut multifidum. Columna bipartita

(anthera et stigmate sejunctis). Anthera bilocularis, erecta

vel supina, glandulis duabus distantibus nudis. Stigma

truncatum vel couvexum, disco obscure trilobum, seepe

tuberculiforme, ad basin columnz situm. Semina in pluri-

’ bus speciebus (an omnibus ?) atra, crustacea, nitida, testa

adherente apice et basi tantum libera.—Herbe terrestres,

Capenses, habitu vario, scapo terminali uni-multifloro.

Lindl,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Disa cornuta ; foliis lanceolatis erectis basi cucullatis, spica

multiflora, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis floribus longi-

oribus, sepalis oblongis orbiculatis, galea orbiculata in

calcar infundibulare producta, petalis falcatis supinis

basi auriculatis, labello nano oblongo obtuso velutino.

Lindl.

Disa cornuta. Swartz Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 26. Thunb.

Fl. Cap.p.7. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 349.

Saryrium cornutum. Thunb. Prodr. 5.

Orcuis cornuta. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1330.

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This charming plant was imported from the Cape of

Good Hope, begether with the more splendid Disa grandi-

flora, figured at our Tas. 4073, and other rare OncuivEx,

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in the summer of 1843, to the Royal Gardens of Kew, and

it bloomed during the month of December of the same

year in a cool stove. The plants then died down to the

root, and it is doubtful if we shall succeed in flowering the

same root a second year, so little is understood of the

proper mode of treatment for Cape bulbs and tubers. It is

certain the roots often suffer from being taken up from their

native soil at an improper season; and doubtless, too, we

haye much difficulty to contend with in the change of

seasons they must undergo in our northern hemisphere,

and the want of hot sun to ripen the roots in their dormant

state. There is a charming mixture of green and white

and purple in the flowers of this plant, which contrasted

well with the gay blossoms of the Disa grandiflora that

stood beside it.

Descr. Stem, including the spike, a foot high, green

spotted with red, leafy to the summit: Leaves lanceolate,

erect, or erecto-patent, acuminate, the lower ones sheath-

mg at the base, and there marked with red spots, the

uppermost sessile, and passing gradually into leaf-like

bracteas, of which the ax ones are larger than the

blossoms. Spike four to six inches long, many-flowered.

Flowers moderately large. Sepals dissimilar ; lateral ones

oblong, mucronate, bent down, nearly white, upper or

mtermediate one (galea) very large, rotundato-ovate,

acute, cucullate, violet-coloured with a green edge con-

cealing the column and petals, and terminating behind

in a long, green spur or horn, whence the specific name.

Petals small, oblong, decurved and falcate, with a broad

auricle at the base. Lip small, spathulate, green with a

large, black, velvety spot. Anther erect, two-celled.

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Morina.

Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeyntia.

( Nat. Ord.—Drrsacez. )

Generic Character.

Anvolucellum monophyllum tubuloso-campanulatum fove-

olis destitutum margine spinoso-dentatum. Calycis tubus

ovatus, limbus foliaceus bifidus, lobis oblongis integrisve

bifidis. Corolla longe tubulosa ringens. Stamina 4 nunc

libera didynama, nunc binatim diadelpha. Stigma peltato-

capitatum. Fructus calycis lobis coronatus involucello

cinctus.—Herbe perennes Cardui facie simplices erecte.

Folia oblongo-sinuata dentato-spinosa rarius integerrima.

Flores in foliorum superiorum axillis aggregato-verticillati.

Folia floralia breviora fere palmato-dentato. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Morina* longifolia; foliis valde elongatis oblongis acutis

sinuatis bracteisque cordatis acuminatis spinoso-serra-

tis, spica interrupta, floribus verticillatis bracteisque

villosis, calycis lobis plerumque bifidis.

Moriya longifolia. Wall. Cat. n. 426. De Cand. Prodr.

_ 4. p. 644. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 36.

Moria Wallichiana. Royle, Himal. Bot. p. 245. tab. 55 ?

—_—

A very handsome and a hardy plant, which, few per-

haps, at the first aspect, would suppose to bea congas

* So named by TourNEForT, in honor of M. Morin, a Doctor of

edicine of the Faculty of Paris, of the Royal Academy of Science, who

was passionately devoted to Botany.

with the Fuller’s Teasel: yet such is the case. It is

entirely an Oriental Genus. The original species, found

in the Levant by Tournerort, is, in many respects, nearly

allied to this, but the leaves are decidedly smaller, and the

bracteas much narrower; and both are far more spiny, and

the verticels of flowers are much more distant. The lobes

of the calyx are entire or bifid in both species, and I do

not inany way see how the M. Wallichiana above quoted

of Dr. Royzez, is different from this. That gentleman’s

M. Coulteriana of the same work, seems to have the long

coarse spines of M. Persica. :

Our M. longifolia was discovered: by Dr. Watuicn in

Gossam Than. Dr. Royze found it at Mussooree and on

Choor, as well as on the mountains of Cashmere. I also

possess specimens from Lady Datnovusiz, gathered on

Whultoo, in the Himalayas, at an elevation of 10,673 feet

above the level of the sea. Our flowering-specimens were

kindly sent from the Belfast Botanic Garden, by Mr. Fer-

cuson, in August, 1843.

Descr. Stem herbaceous, stout, striated, hairy upwards.

Leaves very long, especially the lower ones, linear-oblong,

sinuato-pinnatifid, their segments acute, spinoso-serrate ;

they gradually become shorter upwards, and are converted,

as it were, into whorls of large, hairy bracteas, which sur-

round the copious verticels of flowers, and are equally

spinous with the leaves. Involucres on short stalks,

single-flowered, tubular, striated, downy, crowned with

two Jarge and several smaller subulate spines. Calyx

jointed on a short flat pedicel, within the involucre, tubular,

cut below the middle into two broad, ovate, entire or

usually bifid lips. Corolla with a long, curved, white,

slender tube, thrice the length of the calyx, and an irregular,

five-lobed, spreading, deep-rose-coloured limb. Stamens

two, inserted on the upper side of the mouth of the corolla.

Anthers oblong, oblique at the base; these Dr. CouLTErR

considered to be four combined into two: while Dr.

Linptey looked upon a three-lobed gland at the base of the

style, as representing the three missing stamens: but two

of them, in a very reduced and abortive state, actually exist

on the opposite side of the faux to the two fertile ones,

and a little lower down: the lowermost gland is probably

the fifth stamen.

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CERoreGIA OCULATA. OCELLATED

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Class and Order.

PenranpriaA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—AsciepiapeEx. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla tubulosa, basi magis minusve

ventricosa, subinfundibuliformis, limbi laciniis compressis,

ligulatis, erectis, sepius arcuatis apiceque coherentibus,

haud raro ciliolatis ; prafloratione valvata. Corona

staminea duplici serie campanulata vel rotata, 5—10—I5-

lobata, lobis antheris antepositis sepius longioribus, ligu-

latis, apice swpissime approximatis conniventibus. An-

there apice simplices, membrana destitute. Masse pollinis

erecte, rotundate, margine interiori pellucide. Stigma

muticum. Folliculi cylindracei, leves, pergamacei. Se-

mina comosa.—Snffrutices vel potius Herbx perennes Indice

vel Africane, radice bulbosa, erecte, carnose, aphylle vel

Sepius volubiles, foliose ; foliis haud raro carnosulis ; flori-

us paucis aggregatis vel subcorymbosis, virentibus pur-

pureo- vel violaceo-maculatis vel rarius concoloribus lutes-

centibus. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Crropeaia oculata; caule herbaceo volubili glabro, foliis

cordato-ovatis acuminatis hirsutulis ciliatis basi glan-

dulosis, pedunculis patenti-hirsutis 4—6-floris, corolla

tubo basi valde inflato globoso limbo latiore, limbi

segmentis oblongis erecto-conniventibus ciliatis inferne

luteis nigro-oculatis superne intense viridibus, lobis

corone staminee exterioris attenuatis emarginatis, In-

terioris anguste linearibus rectis strictis integerrimis.

ene

Raised in the stove of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,

from seeds sent from Bombay, by Miss Jongs. It is

extremely

extremely handsome, and very curious, as are the Crro-

pra@ias in geueral, in the structure of the flowers, which, in

this case, represent the head of a snake with a green snout,

and eye-like spots above the neck, or narrow part of

the tube. It is in many respects allied to our C. vincefolia

from the same country, but the flowers are larger and

handsomer ; the corollas having a much more inflated base »

free from spots, a very differently marked limb, and a

different form of the corona staminea. It is a ready grow-

ing plant, flourishing in a good heat, and it produces its

flowers in September.

Descr. Stem twining, slender, herbaceous, terete, gla-

brous. Leaves opposite, ovato-cordate, acuminate, slightly

hairy and ciliated, with about four, erect, subulate, fleshy

glands at the base above the leaf-stalk. Peduncles

axillary, purple, clothed with spreading hairs, and bearing

an umbel of from four to six, singularly shaped, and

singularly coloured flowers : the pedicels have subulate brac-

teas at their base. Calyx of five, deep, subulate segments.

Corolla two inches long: tube pale yellow-green, remark-

ably inflated, and globose at the base, so much so that this

is the widest part of the flower, contracted and elongated

in the middle, spotted upwards, then again expanding and

bearing five segments, which are oblong, broader at the

_base, erect, connivent, and coherent at the apices one with

another ; the base yellowish, with large eye-like spots, the

upper portion dark green. Corona double orange-yellow ;

outer one cut into five, erecto-patent, acuminate but emar-

ginate lobes, bearing each three blood-colored spots on the

back ; inner of five, erect and straight, connivent, narrow-

linear segments, thrice as long as the outer ones.

Fig. 1. Double Corona.—magnified.

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BarKERIA SPECTABILIS. Snowy Barkers.

Class and Order.

Gynanpria Monanprlia.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipex. )

Generic Character.

Sepala et petala xqualia, libera, membranacea, paten-

tissima. Labellum planum, integerrimum, nudum, (cune-

atum cum apiculo) columne adpressum. Columna petalo-

idea. Anthera 4-locularis, carnosa, septorum marginibus ©

membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem ligulatis

reflexis, per paria connatis.—Herbe epiphyte, cauli

Jusiformibus carnosis. Folia angusta, membranacea, ne

vosa. Pedunculi longi, graciles, squamati, terminal

apice racemosi. Flores magni, conspicui, nutantes. Line

Specific Name and Character. ie

Barxerra* spectabilis; caulibus 2—3-phyllis, foliis oblongis

coriaceis, racemo laxo multifloro terminali, sepé lis

lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis acu-_

minatis, labello ovato subunguiculato medio longitu-

dinaliter lamellato. f 4 1S

Barkeria spectabilis. Batem. Orch. of Gu

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_ For the opportunity of figuring this lovely plant, —

well as the Laxsa superbiens of the present number, | am in-

debted to the kindness of Mrs. Wray, in whose collection,

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Westcorr, j plimer ede Bark ., of Birmingham, a

Very distinguished and successful cultivator of Orc! id

been, as far as I am aware, alone known to produce its

lovely and most delicate blossoms ; “the secret’? as Mr.

Bateman observes, “ of its success with Mrs. Wray being,

obviously, the comparatively moderate temperature main-

tained in her stove, and which appears to be exactly

adapted to the Orcuipacez of the more elevated districts of

Guatemala.” Baskets filled with moss, or blocks of wood,

are found to be most congenial to the roots of Barkerra ;

—in peat, continues Mr. Bateman, they perish directly.

Descr. Stems, rather than pseudo-bulbs, four to six

inches high, cylindrical, almost as thick as the little finger,

somewhat broader upwards, and there producing two or

three alternate, oblong, coriaceous, dark-green leaves. Pe-

duncle terminal, with a long, brown, sheathing scale at the

base, eight to ten inches or more high, bearing seven to

nine large flowers, of great delicacy of colour and texture.

Sepals spreading, all pointing upwards, lanceolate, acumi-

nate, lilac slightly marked with darker spots. Petals ovato-

lanceolate, acuminate, of the same colour as, and slightly

spotted like, the sepals. Lip large, bent down, clawed at

the base, ovate-acuminate, waved, yellowish, spotted and

tipped with purple, bearing three elevated plates or lamelle

on the disk. Column club-shaped, bent down, as it were,

and applied to the disk of the column, deep lilac with

darker dots, Anther-case small, operculiform. Pollen-

masses four, caudiculate.

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Class and Order.

PoryapetpHia PoxnyanpRiA,

( Nat. Ord.—Loasez. ) Ane a

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus ovario adherens, limbus persistens 5-par-

titus zqualis. Petala 5 lobis calycis alterna _breviter

unguiculato concaya. Sguame 5 petaloidee petalis alterna

bi-, aut trilobe in conum conniventes et basi intus filamentis

2 sterilibus instructe, Stamina oo, exteriora 10 sterilia

cetera in phalanges 15—17-andras petalis oppositas dispo-

sita: antheris erectis bilocularibus. Stylus apice trifidus.

Capsula turbinato-oblonga I-locularis apice 3-valvis calyce

coronata, valvis margine placentiferis, placentis ideo cum

_ Vicina continuis. Semina ovalia ereberrima reticulata.—

Herbe ramose plerumque piloso-prurientes interdum scan-

dentes. Folia alterna aut opposita dentata aut lobata.

Pedunculi oppositifolii axillares aut terminales 1-flori.

Petala flava, rarissime alba. D C. |

Specific Character and Synonyms. —

Loasa Pentlandii ; foliis oppositis elongatis pinnatifidis,

calycis lobis pinnatifidis, appendicibus duabus cla-

vato-filiformibus ad apicem petalorum minorum, stylo

trialato, disco epigyno lobato, fructu turbinato recto.

Loasa Pentlandii. Paxton’s Mag. Feb. 1842. |

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This handsome plant flowered both in the Royal Botanic

Garden, Edinburgh, and in the garden of the Caledonian

Horticultural Society, in May and June, 1843, having

been received from Melville Castle, from whence pond

new or rare plants, sent to the exhibition of the Society,

have attracted much notice and commendation. It is a

native of Peru.

Descr. Stem (three feet and a half high) subligneous, slender,

branched, joints slightly swollen ; cuticle white, cracked, exfoliating at

the base: branches erect, but, as well as the stem, requiring support.

Leaves opposite, petioled, suberect; Jamina (four inches long, one

broad) deeply pinnatifid, dark and rugose above, paler and strongly

veined below, having on both sides long, stinging hairs, rising from

large glands, and short, somewhat roughened hairs on smaller glands,

the former most numerous on the upper, the latter only crowded on

the lower side; segments ovate, blunt, lobed, more and more distant

and less and less connected downwards, till they nearly separate into

distinct pinne ; petiole about half the length of the lamina. Peduncles

(four inches long) round, erect, axillary, solitary, alternate. Calyz-

tube turbinate, adherent, short, having ten prominent, straight, longitu-

dinal ribs ; im rather longer than the tube, reflexed before the flower-

bud has attained its full size, segments acute, slender, pinnatifid.

Corolla (fully two inches across, when expanded) spreading, but not

reflexed ; petals ten, alternately large and small, the larger (one inch

long, and as much broad) alternate with the calyx-segments, and four

times as long as them, of nearly uniform orange colour on both sides,

scarcely clawed, obovato-rotund, boat-shaped in the centre, with broad

spreading sides, which are reflexed in the two lower thirds, much veined,

the veins chiefly in three loose fasciculi placed in the centre, and where

the sides are reflexed; the outside, like the stem, peduncle, and calyx,

having both the forms of hairs found on the leaves, the inner side sub-

glabrous, and having the small hairs only: the smaller petals opposite

the calyx-segments, and scarcely as long as them, cucullate, cartila-

ginous at the base, colourless, nectariferous, having two slender, orange-

coloured threads near the apex. Stamens very numerous, inserted

along with the petals, two, which are abortive, arising within each of

the shorter petals, twice as long as them, subulate, free, and having

concave, crescent-shaped appendages at the base, reflexed into the

shorter petals ;—the other stamens are fertile, and collected in fasciculi

in front of, and half the length of the larger petals, free to the base ;

filaments colourless, slightly tapering upwards; anthers yellow, pollen

granules minute, colourless, connected by threads. Pista shorter than

the stamens ; stigma extended in three narrow lines along the apex of

the style : style only fully developed after impregnation, its apex pris-

matic, with three very prominent angles or wings; germen top-

shaped, with ten prominent, straight, vertical nerves, unilocular, and

covered on the top with a large, green, five-lobed, bifid disk; placente

wee and bifid, covered with very numerous small

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Side, and 3, Front View of the floral

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Class and Order.

OcranpriA Monoeynis.

( Nat. Ord.—Sapinpacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-dentatus. Petala 5 medio intus subvillosa, re-

flexa. Stamina 6—8. Ovarium didymum. Stylus 1. Stig-

mata 2. Carpella 2, indehiscentia, 1-locularia, intus pulposa,

uno szpe abortivo, altero superstite sphzrico coriaceo,

Semen 1. Cotyledones crasse sepe conferruminate.—Arbo-

res, folits pinnatis, fructuum pulpa sepius eduli. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonyms. |

NepHetium * Longan; foliolis 2—5-jugis subcoriaceis inte-

gerrimis nitidis subtus glaucescentibus, panicula laxa

terminali, calyce profunde 5-partito, petalis 5 oblongo-

lanceolatis vix calycem superantibus patentibus esqua-

matis, stam. 6—8 filamentis-pilosis, ovario 2—3-lobo

globoso, fructibus solitariis v. binis globosis subtuber-

culatim rugosis. i

Nepuetium Longana. Cambess. in Mem. Mus. v. 18. p. 30.

Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ins. Or. p. 113.

Kupnoria Longana. Lam. Dict. De Cand. Prodr. 1. p.

611. Spreng. Syst. Veget.2. p. 222. Lindl. Bot. Reg.

f T7295 3

Scyrania Longan. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. p. 270.

Dimocarrus Longan. Lour.—Hort. Soc. Trans. v. 2.

t. 28.

Nepuetium Bengalense. G. Don, Dict. Bot. & Gard. 1. p.

670. :

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* One of the names given to the Burdock, by the ancients, and the fruit

of this has some Sra SF to the capitulum or head of a Burdock.

VOL. XVII. K

This is one of the many fruits of China which one often

reads of, but which is seldom indeed seen in Europe, yet

said to be eaten to a great extent, and ranking, with the

Litchi, among the best fruits of the celestial empire. A

fine cluster of this, represented in the Transactions of the

Horticultural Society, above quoted, ripened at Lee Castle,

Kidderminster, in 1816. For the flower and fruit here

represented, I am indebted to Dr. Granam, who sent them

from the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1841; together

with the following account.

‘This plant flowered abundantly in the Royal Botanic

Garden in May and June, 1841; but, though many fruits

formed, they all soon dropped off.

Descr. Trunk erect, branched, bark grey. Leaves scat-

tered, abruptly pinnate ; common petiole (nine inches long)

swollen at the base, nearly round, slightly scabrous, pale-

brown, glaucous at its origin ; pinne (four inches long, one

and a half broad) in five pairs, unequal at the base, coria-

ceous, pale green, shining and glabrous above, paler and

slightly scabrous below ; middle rib and oblique parallel

lateral veins prominent below, flat above, reticulation ob-

secure. Paunicle large, terminal; rachis and its branches

covered with soft, short pubescence. Bracts minute, de-

ciduous. Flowers perfumed, shortly pedicellate. Calyx

five-partite, covered on both sides as well as the pedicels

with pubescence similar to that on the rachis; segments

ovate, concave, undulate. Petals five, about equal to the

length of the calyx, spathulate, reflexed between the sepals,

pubescent on both sides. Disk large, pubescent, flattened,

lobed, covering the origin of the petals. Stamens eight,

arising from the upper part of the disk near its centre,

rather longer than the calyx ; filaments subulate, spread-

ing, slightly hairy ; anthers ovato-oblong, attached by

the back, near the base; lobes slightly divaricated at the

base ; pollen abundant, granules minute. Pistil pubescent,

shorter than the stamens, in many of the flowers abortive

early ; germen two to four-lobed, shortly stipitate, attached

to the sides of the thickened style, /obes compressed late-

rally, rounded on the back, each with one ascending ovule ;

Stigma two to four-lobed, diverging. Every part of the

flower is pale yellow,—the disk the darkest.— Graham.

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Class and Order.

Ocranpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Tropxote. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus, lobo superiore calcarato. Petala 5

inequalia, 3 inferiora minora aut evanida. Stamina 8 ab

ipsa basi libera. Carpella 3 suberosa reniformia indehis-

centia. Semina magna exalbuminosa. Embryo magnus ;

cotyledonibus 2 rectis crassis. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Tropzotum Lohbbianum ; foliis orbiculatis obscure lobatis

peltatis (lobis mucronulatis) subtus glaucis cauleque

scandente, petiolis pedunculisque pilosis, petalis caly-

cem attennato-calcaratum pilosum superantibus, peta-

lis obovatis, 2 superioribus integerrimis sublobatis, 3

inferioribus minoribus grosse deutatis inferne fimbria-

tis longe unguiculatis.

Troprzotum Lobbianum. Hort. Veitch.

A very desirable new species of Indian Cress, which

justly bears the name here given to it by one of our most

distinguished and liberal cultivators, Mr. Verrca of the

Nursery, Exeter. It was detected by his collector, Mr.

Logs, in Columbia, and sent home in the early part of

1843, and bore its handsome and bright-colored flowers in

November of the same year. Framed upon those wire

trellises, which are now so commonly fixed to garden pots,

it makes a charming appearance with its delicate leaves

and bright flame-colored flowers. es

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Descr. Stem herbaceous, twining, hairy, as is almost

every part of the plant, except the upper side of the leaves

and the petals. Leaves on very long flexuose /ootstalks,

orbicular, obscurely lobed, peltate, the lobes with a soft

mucro at their apex. Veins radiating. Peduncles axillary,

very long, flexuose, and apparently climbing. Calyx

deeply cut into five, ovato-oblong, erect segments ; its base

prolonged behind into a broadly-subulate, nearly straight

spur, tipped with green, and thrice the length of the calyx.

Petals five, orange red ; the two upper ones large, broadly

obovate, obscurely three-lobed at the apex; three lower

ones much smaller, nearly of the same shape, but upon

long claws; the lamina deeply and coarsely toothed ; its

lower part, and the upper portion of the claws, fringed at

the margin.

Fig. 1. One of the upper Petals. 2. One of the lower ones ;—magnified.

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UMBILICUS MALACOPHYLLUS. | SOFT-LEAVED

UMmBILIcus.

Class and Order.

Decanpria Pentaeynta.

( Nat. Ord.—CrassuLacen. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus. Corolle gamopetala campanulata

5-fida, lobis ovatis acutis erectis tubi circiter longitudine.

Stamina 10 corolle inserta. Sguame 5 obtuse. Carpella

5 apice attenuata, stylis subulatis—Herbe Europe austra-

lis aut orientalis indigene. Folia rosulata aut alterna in-

tegerrima aut subdentata. Flores albidi aut flavi, ramosi

nec cymost. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Umrinicus malachophyllus ; foliis arcte dense rosulatis obo-

vatis, spica terminali densissima cylindracea, bracteis

oblongis longitudine florum sessilium patentium.

Umeriicus malachophyllus. De Cand. Prodr, 3. p. 400.

CoryLepon malachophyllus. Pail. It.

A very remarkable succulent plant, native of mountain

rocks in Dahuria, and well calculated for cultivation in a

dry, stony soil, or upon rock-work. It has been for some

years grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in the

open border.

Descr. Leaves rosulate, spreading, but so crowded and

imbricated that, though they spring from a short stem,

they appear to the eye to be radical. They are broadly

obovate in form, obtuse, yet subapiculate, thick and fleshy,

green ogee with purple. From the summit of this short,

thickly fo past stem, arises the long, sessile, thick, rae

drical spike, six inches high, formed of a dense mass of

sessile, or nearly sessile, spreading flowers, each subtended

by an oblong, leaf-like, small bractea, equal in length to

the flower. Calyx deeply cut into five, oblong, acute

segments, little more than half the length of the flower.

Corolla campauulate, cleft one-third of the way down, into

five ovate, acute, nearly erect segments. . Stamens ten,

arising from the base of the corolla, equal in length,

included, five opposite to, and five alternate with, the

segments of the corolla. Pistils five. Germens erect,

ovate, united at the base into a short stipes, each is termi-

nated above by a rather short, subulate style. Stigmaa

mere point.

Fig. 1. Flower and Bracteas. 2. Flower, laid open, so as to show the

Stamen and Pistils :—magnified.

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LALIA PEDUNCULARIS. PEDUNCULATED

LALIA.

EKER REE KKK KEK EK RRR EK

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuipez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala explanata, lanceolata, equalia. Petala majora,

paulo difformia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum,

3-partitum, lamellatum, circa columnam convolutam. Co-

fumna aptera, carnosa, antice canaliculata. Anthera oper-

cularis. Pollinia 8, caudiculis quatuor elasticis—Herbe

epiphyte, rhizomate pseudo -bolbophoro. Folia carnosa.

Scapi terminales, pauci- vel multiflori. Flores speciosi, odo-

ratt. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Lauia pedunculata; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis, folio

oblongo obtuso scapo tereti vaginato breviore co-

rymbo sub-4-floro, bracteis pedunculo pluries brevi-

oribus, sepalis lanceolatis obtusis pedunculo breviori-

bus, petalis ovato-ellipticis obtusis planiusculis, labelli

lobis lateralibus subrotundatis intermedio oblongo

apice rotundato undulato multo brevioribus lineis dua-

bus elevatis.

Leuia pedunculata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842. Misc. p. 9.

Notwithstanding some slight differences in the character,

1 am still of opinion that this pretty Lara is the L. pedun-

cularis of Dr. Linptry in the place just quoted, who notices

its affinity with L. rubeseens and L. acuminata. Our plant

is among the rich collection from Woburn, presented by

Her Majesty to the Royal Botanic Gardens, and had ae

sen

sent to Woburn from Guatemala by Mr. Skinner. It flow-

ered during the autumn of 1843.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, compressed, obscurely fur-

rowed near the margin, more or less sheathed with large

brown scales at the base, and bearing a single, oblong,

obtuse, thick, coriaceous leaf at the extremity. From the

base of this leaf the peduncle arises, a span to nearly a foot

high, slender, articulated and sheathed at the articulations,

five- or six-flowered at the top. Flowers rather small, deli-

cate lilac-rose colour, with a deep purple eye in the centre

of the lip. Sepals spreading, equal, lanceolate. Petals resem-

bling them, but larger and broader. Lip standing forward,

lilac, about equal in length with the sepals and_ petals,

oblong, three-lobed, tapering at the base, with the sides

there inflected, so as to embrace the column: the lateral

lobes acute, spreading; the middle lobe ovate, oblong,

obtuse, even retuse at the apex, waved and striated: the

disk towards the base is marked with an elevated and stri-

ated, broad line, and the colour is deep purple. Column

rather short, semicylindrical, dark red purple, especially in

front. Anther-case hemispherical.

Fig. 1. Lip with the sides laid open. 2. Column ;—magnified.

Curtis Glavenwoad Essex. Joly 1. 18¢¢

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Beconta Meyverit. Mr. MEYER’s BEGonia;

or Elephant’s Ear.

Class and Order.

Monazcia PoLyanpriA.

( Nat. Ord.—Becontacez. )

Generic Character.

Masc. Calyx o. Corolla polypetala, petalis plerumque

4, inequalibus. Fam. Calyx o. Corolla petalis 4—9

plerumque inequalibus. Styli 3 bitidi. Capsuda triquetra,

alata, trilocularis, polysperma. *.

Specific Character and Synonym.

BEGonia Meyerii ; caule erecto elato suffruticoso, foliis

amplis oblique hine basi auriculatis margine obsolete

sinuatis ubique molliter cano-tomentosis, pedunculis

elongatis longissimis pubescentibus, panicula ampla

multiflora, fl. mase. 4-petalis, petalis 2 rotundatis

2 quadruplo minoribus oblongis, foem. dipetalis, petalis

oboyatis, capsula triquetria angulis lato-alatis alis

subzqualibus.

Begonia Meyerii. “ Hort. Berol.”

Of this fine species of Beeonta received from the Berlin

Garden, I regret I know nothing concerning the history ;

nor of what country it is a native; nor can I find it any-

where described. It is given in Steupex’s ‘“‘ Nomenclator,”

ed. 2, as of the ‘Hort. Berol.” It flowers during the

spring and summer. :

Descr. A handsome, tall-growing species, with erect,

branching, stout, and almost woody stems, marked with

the broad scars from the petioles of fallen leaves. Leaves

large, broadly and obliquely ovate, rather thick and fleshy,

with an auricle on one side at the base, pale green, more

or less tinged with red, the margin waved and subsinuate,

the whole upper and under surface and_ thickened

petioles covered with a short and compact, hoary pu-

bescence, or woolly substance. Peduncle very long, axil-

lary, tinged with red, downy, bearing a somewhat close

many-flowered panicle of large, handsome, white flowers.

Male blossoms with four petals; two opposite ones large

and almost orbicular, the two others small and oblong, all

of them spreading. Female flowers of two rather large,

spreading, obovate, white petals. Germen obovate, tri-

quetrous, pale green, the angles furnished each with a

broad white wing, all of about the same size. Stamens

and style and stigmas as in the Genus.

Fig. 1. Section of an immature Fruit :—magnified.

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ERRIOSTEMON BUXIFOLIUM. Box-LEAVED

ERIOSTEMON.

KRER EEE EERE EEE EEK EEK

Class and Order.

DecanpriaA Monoeyni.

( Nat. Ord.—Roracexz. )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-partitus. Petala 5. Stamina 10, filamentis

hispidis ciliatis aut nudis, antheris terminalibus. Stylus

1, brevissimus. Carpella 5 basi coalita. Semina in lJoculis

2 aut abortu solitaria. Embryo subcurvatus, radicula

Jonga.—Frutices vel Arbores, Jolus alternis simplicibus,

floribus axillaribus. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ertostemon buxifolium ; foliis patentibus subreflexis ovatis

obtusis cum mucrone sessilibus, floribus axillaribus

solitariis brevi-pedunculatis, pedunculo infra medium

3-bracteato, calycis brevis lobis 5 acutis, petalis

oblongo-ovatis, filamentis pilosis.

ErRiostemon buxifolium. Sim. in Rees’ Cycl. De Cand.

Prodr. 1. n. 720.

An extremely handsome shrub, native of New Holland,

bearing its large, showy flowers early in the spring, when

so many other Australian plants are in perfection; it

deserves a place in every greenhouse. _

Descr. A moderately-sized shrub, with young branches

green and terete, leafy. Leaves a good deal resembling

those of the Box and about the same size, oval or obovate,

dark green, obtuse, but tipped with a soft mucro at the

apex. Peduncles short, axillary, single-flowered, with

three bracteas in a whorl below the middle. Calyx poate

cut about half way down into five broad and acute lobes.

Stamens ten, inserted below the fleshy ring or disk,

alternately longer. Filaments broad, erect, but slightly

incurved. Anthers short, roundish, each tipped with a soft

mucro, Ovary small, almost conical, striated, sunk into a

double fleshy annulus or disk. Fruz# unknown to me.

Fig. 1. Flower and Flower-stalk, the Petals being removed. 2. Calyx

and Pistil, with the double ring or annulus at the base. 3. Vertical

section of the same. 4. Stamen :—all magnified.

( 4102 )

DrvyaNnvRA FoRMOSA. SpLENDID DRYANDRA.

Class and Order.

Terranpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Proreacez. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium 4-partitum v. quadrifidum. Stamina apici-

bus coneavis laciniarum immersa. Sguamule hypogyne 4.

Ovarium biloculare, loculis monospermis. Folliculus lig-

neus: Dissepimento libero, bifido. Receptaculum com-

mune planum, floribus indeterminatim confertis ; paleis

coufertis, raro nullis. Jnvolucrum commune imbricatum.—

Frutices plerumque humiles. Rami dum adsint sparsi vel

umbellati. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida v. incisa, plante juve-

nilis conformia. Involucra solitaria, terminalia raro late-

ralia, sessilia, foliis confertis, interioris quandoque nanis

obvallata, hemispherica, bracteis adpressis, in quibusdam

apice appendiculatis. Stylus sepe perianthio vix longior. Br.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Dryanpra formosa; foliis elongato-linearibus pinnatifidis,

lobis scaleno-triangularibus muticis planis subtus_ni-

veis, involucris tomentosis, bracteis interioribus line-

ari-oblongis, receptaculo paleaceo. Br.

Dryanpra formosa. Br. in Linn. Trans. v. 10. p. 213. §

3. Prodr. Nov. Holl. p. 397.

‘<__emen

Mr. Brown detected this noble and handsome species of

Dryanpra in Lewin’s Land, on the South shores of Austra-

lia, growing in sterile places, and deemed it worthy of a

figure from the pencil of Mr. Bauer, which was published

in the Linnean Transactions above quoted. The plant

from which our figure was taken is a tree about fourteen

feet high, raised from seeds sent home by Mr. apes na

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South-west Australia, and which, during the spring and

summer months, is richly studded by the orange-yellow

flowers, arising from the copious, short branches, and back-

ed by the dark-green foliage, which spreads in a stellated

manner all around them. This is one of the many noble

Proreacez which forms so striking a feature in the Royal

Botanic Gardens of Kew, and to which those recently sent

over by Mr. Drummonp from the Swan River constitute so

valuable an addition. 7

Descr. A tree, with a crooked trunk, and clothed with

spreading, much divided branches almost to the base.

Leaves copious on the short branchlets, spreading, four to

six inches long, harsh, rigid, subcoriaceous, linear-elon-

gate, pinnatifid for two-thirds of the way to the costa, the”

segments acute, triangular, but unequally so, the upper

side being generally nearly at right angles with the costa,

dark-green above, almost glossy, white with short down

beneath. Heads of flowers nestled among the leaves at the

apex of the short branches, sessile, rather large, globose, of

a yellow-orange colour, but not very bright. Jnvolucre of

many oblong, recurved scales. Receptacle with copious,

linear scales and hairs. Perianth villous, especially below,

cut almost to the base into four extremely narrow, linear

segments, spathulate at the apex and concave, in which the

linear anther is lodged ona very short filament. Style

longer than the perianth. Stigma clubbed, slightly hairy.

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MicrOSTYLIS HISTIONANTHA. SAIL-FLow-

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KEKE KEKE KE KEKE EERE KKK

Class and Order.

GyYNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuines. )

Generic Character.

Sepala patentia libera ; lateralia basi equali, sepius bre-

viora. Petala patentia, linearia y. filiformia. Labellum

patentissimum, cum columna angulum rectum formans,

basi excavatum, sagittatum v. auriculatum, integerrimum

v. dentatum, tuberculis nullis. Colwmna minima, raro

paululum elongata, apice dentibus s. auribus duabus in-

structa. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia,—

Herbe terrestres v. epiphyte habitu Liraris, foliis plicatis v.

membranaceis basi raro incrassatis. Flores herbacei, nune

Jlavescentes v. discolores. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Microstyuis* histionantha; pseudobulbis ovatis vaginatis

diphyllis, foliis lato-ovatis acutis mem branaceis, vagi-

nis elongatis scapi angulati basin involventibus, flori-

bus depresso-corymbosis, sepalis oblongis deflexis an-

ticis basi coadunatis, petalis minutis linearibus revolu-

tis, labello orbiculari obtuso.

Microstytis histionantha. Link, Klotzch et Otto, Ic. Pl. Rar.

Hort. Berol. 1. p. 11. t. 5. :

Mataxis Parthoni? Morren, sur une Nouv. Esp. de Ma-

laxis in v. 5. n. 8 des Bull. de Acad. Roy. de Brux.

cum Te.

A very remarkable terrestrial Orehideous plant, purchased

at a sale of Columbian plants in London, in 1842. It

flowered

——-=

* So named by Swartz from the small style or column.

flowered in the stove of the Regent’s Park Botanic Gardens,

whence a beautiful drawing was sent to us by Mr. J. D.

Sowersy, in November, 1843, shortly after which it

flowered at Kew. It is remarkable in the curious structure

of the flowers, and in these numerous flowers all meeting

together nearly at the same level, so as to form a slightly

concave, even surface, with the blossoms very compactly

arranged, but especially in the centre, while yet in the bud.

Mr. Morren observes on the inflorescence of the same, ora

nearly allied species, ““Ce qui rend cette espéce si interres-

sante, c’est sans aucun doute son inflorescence en épi déprimé

et ombiliqué, Si les pedoncules dans set état de rapproche-

ment se soudaient on obtiendrait évidemment le phoranthe

du Dorstenia, dont l’organagénésie morphologique a été

ramenée depuis long-temps a la sertule ou a |’ombelle

simple. La Mazaxis Parthoni prouve qu’on arriverait

au phoranthe du Dorstenia et de la Figue tout anssi bien

par l’épi.”—Our species seems to differ from that of Mr.

Moreen by the form of the lip, and equally so from the

Microst. excavata of Dr. Linptey, mentioned in the Bot.

Reg. 1838, App. n. 93.

escr. From a broad, ovate or rounded tuber arise two

leaves, ovate and membranaceous, with their sheathing bases

forming a long tube around the base of the much angled

scape. Flowers brownish-green, arranged in a very

compact, concave umbel, gradually opening from the

circumference to the centre. Sepals retlexed, all oblong,

the two front ones co-adnate, especially at the base. Petals

very minute, linear, revolute. Lip large, almost orbicular,

with the sides bent back, obtuse. Colawmn very short, with

obtuse horns.

Fig. 1, 2. Front and side view of a Flower. 3. Side view, with the Lip

ae 4. Anther-case with Pollen-masses, 5. Pollen-mass.—mag-

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ODONTOGLOSSUM PULCHELLUM. ELEGANT

ObDONTOGLOSSUM.

Clase and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivez. )

Generic Character.

Sepala lateralia, patula, libera. Labellum planum, un-

guiculatum, ascendens, limbo reflexo diviso dentato, apice

angustato ; basi concavum crista bilamellata raro fimbriata

sepius antice bidentata auctum. Colwmna elongata, apice

auricnlata aut aptera. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Opontociossum pulchellum ; pseudobulbis oblongis com-

pressis ancipitibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus apice ob-

lique emarginatis, scapo foliis equali ancipiti debili

apice racemifero 6—7-floro, sepalis ovatis acutis, peta-~

lis obovatis acutis subundulatis, labelli trilobi laciniis

lateralibus triangularibus intermedia oblonga subqua-

drata apice recurva, callo baseos carnoso antrorsum

hippocrepisco retrorsum trilobo, columne alis et clinan-

drio laceris. Lindl.

Opontoetossum pulchellum.

t. 48.

Batem. in Lindl. Bot. Reg.

A most delicate and elegant plant, well deserving the

name Mr. Bareman has appropriated to it. It isa native

of Guatemala, introduced we apprehend through the medium

of Mr. Skinner, and it flowered in the stove of the Royal

Botanic Gardens of Kew, in October, 1843.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, oblong or ovato-oblong,

tapering upwards, compressed at the base, having imbricated,

lacerated

lacerated scales, and above bearing two, elongated, linear

leaves, which vary much in length on different pseudo-

bulbs. Scape radical, generally exceeding the leaves in

length, articulated and with bracteal scales at the joints.

Flowers in an oblong, rather lax spike, or raceme, every

part white, except the crest of the labellum and the anthers,

which are yellow, the former spotted with red. Sepals and

petals spreading, ovate or (the petals more especially)

obovate, rather acute, waved. Labellum broadly oblong,

acute, three-lobed, the side lobes short and reflexed, the

middle lobe large and bent back: on the disk, at the base,

is a large, fleshy-colored crest or excrescence, three-lobed

at the side next the column, two-lobed at the opposite one.

Column very short, with a wing on each side, and another

at the back of the anther, all fimbriated or serrated at the

apices. Anther-case hemispherical. Pollen-masses two,

obovate, fixed to a rather large gland.

Fig. 1. Flower from which the Sepals and Petals are removed. 2. 3. Pollen-

masses :—magnified.

( 4105 )

SIPHOCAMPYLUS LANTANIFOLIUS. LANTANA-

LEAVED SIPHOCAMPYLUS.

EKER ERE EEK KEK KER KR

Class and Order.

PrenranpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Losetiacea, )

Generic Character.

Calyx 5-lobus, tubo turbinato aut hemisphezrico. Corolla

tubo superne sepius ventricoso, plerumque recurvo, inte-

gro v. (rarissime) basi fisso et superne solum integro ; lobis

5 tubo brevioribus bilabiatis falcatis, duobus superioribus

Sepe majoribus supra faucem reflexis, inferioribus subbre-

vioribus. Stamina connata, antheris 2 inferioribus apice

barbatis aut (rarius) omnibus hirsutis.—Frutices, suffru-

tices, v. herbe, ex America presertim meridionali, nonnun-

quam scandentes, caulibus ramisque sepius erectis, foliis

alternis aut verticillatis, pedicellis axillaribus, floribus rubris

v. sordide albidis, corollis plerumque pubescentibus, latere

superiore (in Lobeliis abbreviata) paulo majore. Convex-

ttas corolle sursum spectans. De Cand.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

SIPHOCAMPYLUS lantanifolius ; ramis inferne gilabris apice

pedicellisque velutinis, foliis ovatis acutis basi obtusis

breviter petiolatis margine denticulatis recurvis superne

glabris rugosis subtus fusco-tomentosis nervis emmen-

tibus, pedicellis apice corymbosis foliis dimidio brevi-

oribus bracteis lanceolatis hispidis longioribus, calyce

velutino, lobis lineari-acuminatis tubo turbinato longi-

oribus, corolla angusta incurva subvelutina lobis acu-

minatis, antheris glabris, 2 inferioribus apice barbatis,

capsula decemangulari. DC.

Srpnocampyxus lantanifolius. De Candolle Prodr. 7. p.

99. . . .

(8.) glabriusculus ; foliis pedicellis calycibusque vix pubes-

-entibus tr. 4105.

centibus. (Tae. nostr ) §. lantanifolins

S. lantanifolius is a species of De Canvotte, taken up

from specimens collected in Caracas by M. Vareas.

Mr. M‘Koy has obligingly sent us from Liege the plant

here figured, under that name, and it appeared to differ in

no respect from Der Canpotte’s description, save in the

very indistinct pubescence, whence I have preferred to

consider it as a variety. It is a good looking stove plant,

flowering in the early spring months, and is readily

increased by cuttings. :

Descr. A rather weak-growing, but erect shrub, with

many rounded branches, the young ones herbaceous, pubes-

cent. Leaves on short petioles, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate,

dentato-serrate at the margins, from the apex almost to

the very base somewhat wrinkled above, beneath slightly

downy, with prominent veins. The striking peculiarity in

this plant is in the inflorescence which constitutes a many-

flowered corymbose raceme. Pedicels elongated, slender,

each subtended by a linear-lanceolate bractea, much

shorter than the pedicel. Calyx-tube short, turbinate,

sulcated ; the limb of five erecto-patent, broadly-subulate

on ae Corolla four or five times as long as the calyx,

tubular, curved, laterally compressed, constricted above

the base, the limb two-lipped, the lower one cut into three,

reflexed, linear-acute segments, the upper into two straight

ones. Anthers a little longer than the corolla, but slightly

protruded beyond the upper lip.

Fig. 1. Anthers and Stigma :—magnified.

nance

( 4106 )

ASCLEPIAS VESTITA. HAIRY-STEMMED

ASCLEPIAS.,

Si Se es es Os On ON On OR

Class and Order.

Penranpria Dieynia.

( Nat. Ord.—AsciepiapEs. )

Generic Character.

Calyx alte 5-partitus, sepalis ovatis, parvis, patulis. Co-

rolla alte 5-partita, laciniis prefloratione valvata, primo

patulis dein refractis. Corona staminea summo gynostegio

imposita, 5-phylla, foliolis cucullatis, cucullis ovatis v.

superne dilatatis, semper e fundo processum aversum corni-

formem stigmati incurvum emittentibus. Anthere mem-

brana terminate. Masse pollinis compresse, apice atten-

uato affixe, pendula. Stigma depressum, muticum. Fol-

liculi pergamacei, leves y. ramentacei vy. spinis innocuis

onusti. Semina comosa.—Herbe perennes Americane pre-

cipue Am. Sept. Folia opposita, verticillata, raro alterna ;

umbelle interpetiolares. DC.

Specific Name and Character.

Ascteptas vestita; caule herbaceo ramoso crasso hirsuto,

foliis oppositis sessilibus lato-ellipticis subcordatis cori-

aceis glabris mucronatis, pedunculis intra-axillaribus

crassis longitudine foliorum pedicellis floribusque

erectis hirsutis, umbellis multifloris densis hemispher-

icis, corolla lobis reflexis, cucullis carnosis truncatis

subcylindraceo-ventricosis processu corniformi nullo.

A new and well-marked species of Asctepias, for a

Knowledge of which we are indebted to Mr. Verrcn of

Exeter. He received seeds of it, we believe, from the

Southern states of North America, and reared it in the

Sreenhouse, where it flowered in October, 1843. It is

distinguished

distinguished from all the other species with which I

am acquainted by the thick and very hairy stems and

peduncles, by the peculiar form of the cuculli or leaflets of

the staminal crown, and by the absence of the horn-like

processes so common within the cucullus in other species

of the Genus.

Descr. Herbaceous, perennial. Stems straight, erect or

declined, terete, very hairy. Leaves opposite, sessile,

broadly elliptical, coriaceous, glabrous, mucronate. Pe-

duneles solitary, intra-petiolary, about equal in length with

the leaves, bearing a dense hemispherical wmbel of |

numerous, rather large flowers. Pedicels slender, hairy.

Buds purple. Calyx and corolla yellow-green, the latter

with the segments reflexed. Cuculli or leaflets of the

staminal crown, with their margins meeting together so as

each to form a ventricose cylinder, truncated at the apex,

quite destitute of horn-like process within. Anthers with.

the appendage incurved: at their base is an orange ring.

Pistils two.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Leaflet (cucullus) of the staminal

crown. 4. Inside view of an Anther :—magnified.

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EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM. Y o.k-or-Eee

EPIDENDRUM.

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—OrcuineEs, )

Generic Character.

Sepala patentia, equalia. Petala sepalis xqualia, vy.

angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum

cum marginibus columne omnino y. in parte connatum,

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

tuberculato. Columna elongata: clinandrio marginato,

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

4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe (Ameri-

cane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudobulboso,

nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa ; rarissime venis

elevalis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi v. pani-

culati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Epipenprum vitellinum; pseudobulbis ovatis acuminatis di-

phyllis, foliis oblongo-ligulatis acutis basi vaginanti-

bus racemo terminali erecto multifloro brevioribus,

sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis subzequa-

libus patulis, labello lineari apice angustato abrupte

acuto basi calloso et bifoveato semilibero. Land.

Epipenprvm vitellinum. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 97.

Bot. Reg. 1840, ¢. 35.

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Fine pseudo-bulbs of this highly ornamental species were

received from Rosert Situ, Esq., of Oaxaca, Mexico,

Which blossomed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew,

in November, 1843. Karwinski and Harrwee had pre-

viously gathered it in the same country, the latter on the

Cumbre

Cumbre of Tetontepeque, at an elevation of 9,000 feet

above the level of the sea: but this latter plant is mentioned

by Dr. Linney as producing flowers thrice as large as

those figured in the Botanical Register, and which are

about the same as those borne by our plant. Our plant,

however, differs from the figure last quoted in the pale,

almost yellow color of the labellum and column.

Descr. The pseudo-bulbs are clustered, oblong-acumi- ,

nate, compressed, more or less sheathed with scales at the

base, especially when young, bearing from the apex two

or three oblong-ligulate, somewhat coriaceous and sub-

glaucous, obtuse leaves. Scape also from the apex of the

bulb between the leaves, about a foot high, bearing a

raceme of rich and rather large orange-colored flowers,

which retain their beauty for many days, I might almost |

say weeks, in succession. The sepals and petals nearly

equal, all spreading, oblong, acute, the petals rather

broader, especially upwards. Labellum oblong, deflexed

rather acute, with two oblong depressions at the base,

yellow. Column also yellow, semi-terete. Anther-case

sunk in the clinandrium at the top of the column. Pollen-

masses four.

Fig. 1. Column and Lip. 2. 3. Pollen-masses :—magnified.

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SACCOLABIUM GUTTATUM. Sporrep Sacco-

LABIUM.

Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. )

Generic Character.

_ Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala petalis equa-

lia, lateralia sepius majora. Labellum indivisum, calcara-

tum, basi columne accretum. Columna erecta, semiteres,

rostelli subulato. Anthere semibilocularis. Pollinia 2,

subglobosa, caudicula elongata, glandula minuta—Herbe

epiphyte, (Indiz Orientalis), caulescentes. Folia disticha,

coriacea, apice sepius obliqua. Flores axillares, racemosi +

v. solitartt. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Saccotasium * guttatum; foliis longis canaliculatis inequa-

liter truncatis arcuatis racemis cylindraceis densifloris

arcuatis equalibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis duplo angus-

tioribus, lJabelli calcare compresso truncato-conico

intus pubescente, lamina lanceolata inflexa dorso sub-

costata, capsulis oblongis hexagonis. Lind.

Saccotasium guttatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7308.

Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 220.

Saccantuus guttatus. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1443.

Arrives guttatum. ‘ Roxb. MSS.”

Arripes retusum. Sw. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. p. 233.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 130. Spr. Syst. Veget. 3. p. 719.

Limoporum retusum. Sw. Nov. Act. Mps. 6. 80.

Epivenprum retusum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1351.

ANAJELI-MARAVARA. Rheede, Malab. 12. t. 1. D

, r.

* So named by Buume from saccus, a bag, and labium, a lip; in

allusion to the pouch of the labellum.

VOL. XVII. M

Dr. Liypuey has justly remarked of this plant, ‘species

pulchrior omnibus.” Nothing can exceed the delicacy

and texture of the racemes of flowers: and Dr. Roxsurexr

observes, that they are not inferior in beauty to any in

the whole tribe of Orcnwwez. It is a native of the East

Indies, and it appears to have first blossomed in Europe in

the Kew Gardens in 1820. The plant flowers in the spring

months, continuing long in perfection. Our figure was .

drawn in May, 1843. It is cultivated on a portion of

the branch of a tree, to which the roots cling sufficiently

to give it support.

Descr. Stem short and clothed with long, strap-shaped,

channelled, distichous leaves, singularly obliquely truucate,

and, as it were, erose at the extremity. Raceme from the

axil of one of the leaves, sometimes nearly a foot long,

clothed with delicate, white flowers, spotted with purple,

forming a dense, cylindrical mass around the rachis.

Calyx with the upper sepal oval, the two lateral ones

broadly, almost rotundato-ovate. Lip ovato-oblong, suba-

cuminate, furnished at the base with a hollow, cylindrical,

saccate, blunt spur or pouch. Column short. Pollen-

masses with a long, tapering caudicula, and a small

gland at its base.

Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower. 2. Side view of the Column and Lip.

3. Pollen-masses :—magnified.

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Class and Order.

GyNANDRIA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcninesg. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium explanatum, petalis revolutis sepalisque

lateralibus basi connatis sessilibus conformibus. Labellum

Maximum, dilatatum, indivisum, sessile, cum columna levi-

ter connatum, basi lamellatum. Colwmna nana, semiteres,

apice aurita. Pollinta 2, caudicule oblonge adnata.—

Herbe epiphyte, pseudo-bulbose. Scapi uniflori, vaginati,

squamis equitantibus. Flores speciosissimi. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Mitronia* Clowesii; pseudobulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis

ensiformibus angustis erectis scapo longioribus, racemo

paucifloro laxo, bracteis minimis setaceis, sepalis peta-

lisque lanceolatis aqualibus, labelli cordati in medio

constricti_ apice subrotundo acuto basi lamellis 5 ine-

qualibus abruptis quincuncialibus aucta. Lindl.

Mitronta Clowesii. Lindl. Sertum Orchid. :

Ovonrocrossum Clowesii. Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. n, 152.

——_e

A very beautiful Orchidaceous plant, detected by Mr.

Garpner in the Organ Mountains (No. 669 of his Herb.

Brazil), and of which living specimens were also sent by

him to this country. It first flowered with the Rev. Joun

Clowes, at Broughton Hall, in 1839; and from that

specimen,

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* So named by Professor LINDLEY, in compliment to the Right Honor-

able Lord FITZWILLIAM, a distinguished and scientific cultivator of plants.

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specimen, Dr. Linpiey’s figure is given in his splendid

«Sertum Orchidaceum.” With us it has blossomed in

Kew Gardens, and the accompanying drawing was made

in October, 1843.

Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovato-oblong, com-

pressed, smooth, more or less scaly, and somewhat leafy at

the base, bearing two, nearly loriform, subacuminate leaves

at the summit. Peduncle from the axil of a leaf, at the

base of the bulb, a foot long, bearing three to five hand-

some flowers. Sepals and Petals nearly equal, patent,

lanceolate, acuminate, orange, with broad, red-brown,

transverse bands. Labellum somewhat panduriform ;

broad and cordate at the lower half, which is deep rich

purple; then contracted, and again spreading into a

roundish and acute extremity, which is white. At the

base of the labellum, are five abrupt /amelle, three long

and two intermediate ones shorter. Colwmn short, with a

narrow wing on each side.

Fig. 1. Column and base of the Lip. 2. Front view of the Column :—

magnified.

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LomatTia TincToR1A. Dyeing LoMATIA.

Class and Order.

TerranpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Prorracex. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium irregulare foliolis distinctis secundis. Sta-

mina apicibus cavis perianthiis immersa, Glandule hypo-

gyneé 3, secunda. Ovarium pedicellatum, polyspermum.

Stylus persistens. Stigma obliquum dilatatum’ subrotun-

dum planiusculum. Folliculus ovali-oblongus. Semina

apice alata; ala marginata, disco evasculoso.—Frutices.

Folia alterna, in plerisque divisa v. dentata, rarius, integer-

runa, quandoque in eodem frutice varia. Racemi terminales,

¢nterdum axillares, elongati, laxi, nune abbreviati, corym-

bosi, paribus pedicellorum unibracteatis. Flores ochroleuci.

Involucrum nullum. Seminis nucleus farina sulphurea

conspersus. Br.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Lomaria * tinctoria; foliis pinnatifidis bipinnatifidisve (raro

indivisis) glabris, pinnulis linearibus distichis uniner-

vibus subaveniis obtusiusculis mucronulatis, racemis

elongatis glabris indivisis. Br.

Lomaria tinctoria. Br. in Linn. Trans. v. 10. p. 199. Prodr.

Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 389.

Emsorurium tinctorium. Labill. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 31. t.

42, 43.

Triconpyzus tinctorius. Knight and Salisbury, Prot. 122.

eee:

A native of Van Diemen’s Land, and introduced thence

by the late Mr. Arran Cunninenam to the Royal aka

* So named by Mr. Brown from Awpa, a border; because the seeds are

terminated by a bordered ring.

at Kew, where it flourishes and flowers best in a cool frame.

The specific name was given by M. Laniniarpiere in con-

sequence of the rose-coloured dye produced by the mealy

dust, which clothes the seeds, when infused in water. It

flowers during the summer months with us.

Descr. This shrub is said to attain a height of five to

six feet in its native country: with us, two to three feet

seem to be its utmost limit, decumbent below, then erect,

glabrous, as is the plant everywhere. Leaves petiolated,

extremely variable in shape upon the same or upon differ-

ent plants; pinnatifid, or bipinnatifid (rarely undivided) the

segments linear, rather obtuse, but mucronate, all of them,

as well as the rachis and petiole, channelled above. The

upper part of the stem runs out into a long raceme of sul-

phur-coloured flowers, tipped with green, especially in the

bud. Pedicels solitary, or subfasciculate, scarcely an inch

long. Perianth of four spreading, linear-spathulate, revo-

lute sepals: the broad apices hollowed out, and containing

each a sessile anther. Ovary stipitate, with three glands at

the base in front. Style shorter than the stipes, bent down

at an angle, and dilated at the apex into the oblique

stigma.

Fig. 1. Flower -—magnified.

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THOMASIA STIPULACEA, LARGE-STIPULED

TTHomMASIA,.

Class and Order.

PrenranpriA Monoeyni.

( Nat. Ord —Byrrnerices. )

Generic Character.

Calyx persistens venosus. Pet. 5, squamuliformia aut o.

Fil. plerumque basi connata 5 aut 10, Anthere rimis late-

ralibus dehiscentes. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis 2—8-ovu-

latis. Capsula 3-valvis, septis valvaribus, dehisc. loculicida.

num strophiola crenata.—Stipule foliacee persistentes.

Folia ovata lobata utrinque tomentoso-hispida. Inflores-

centia racemosa oppositifolia, bructeis 3-partitis. D C..

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Tuomasia* stipulacea; glabra sed pilis ferrugineis stellatis

hispida, foliis cordatis subhastatis angulatis obtusis

Sinuatis margine recurvis, stipulis magnis foliaceis

petiolatis cordatis subtrilobis latioribus quam longis,

racemis secundis foliis longioribus, calyce basi hispido,

staminibus 5 sterilibus subulatis, petaliso. Lindl. —

Tuomasia stipulacea. Lindl. in Swan Riv. Bot. p. xviii.

note (1839). :

- Macrocarpa? Hugel in Endlich. Nov. Stirp. Decad.

1839,

This fine species with its large purple flowers, seems

unquestionably the T. stipulacea of Dr. Linpiey’s Swan

River Botany, and it is probably the T. macrocarpa of

Hucet

* So named in compliment to the Swiss Botanists, THomas, father and

two sons, of Bex.

Hucet above quoted, but there are some discrepancies tu

the description. It was raised from New Holland seeds,

sent by Mr. Drummonp, in the Royal Botanic Gardens of

Kew, where it bears its copious flowers in autumn.

Descr. A small, bushy shrub, with us two to three feet

high, much branched : the branches downy, and, as well as

almost every part of the plant, hispid with scattered, stel-

lated tufts of rufous, rather rigid hairs, which are often

stipitate. Leaves petiolate, rather large, cordate, some-

times subhastate, rigid, angled, and sinuato-dentate.

Petioles rounded, shorter than the leaves. Stipules large,

leafy, sessile or subpetiolate, broad, nearly cordate, and

frequently trifid. Racemes opposite the leaves, and some-

times longer than they. Flowers secund, large. Pedicels

bracteated. Calyx large, coloured, purple, resembling a

corolla, rotate, subplicate, quinquefid, the segments broadly

ovate, acute, externally, especially near the base, stellato-

pilose with rufous hairs, and at the base having a large

trifid or almost tripartite, hairy bractea. Stamens with

five sterile and five fertile subulate filaments, ciliated at

the margin, united at the base, so as to be monadelphous.

Anthers ovate, hairy ; the hairs deflexed. Ovary depresso-

globose, tomentose. Style filiformi-subulate, glabrous.

Fig. 1. Sterile and fertile Filament. 2. Pistil:—magnified.

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LEPANTHES SANGUINEA, BLoop-coLourrep

LEPANTHES.

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuines. )

Generic Character.

Sepala patula, basi, presertim lateralia, connata. Pe-

tala 2 libera, nana. Labellum apice subbilobum, cum

columna connatum. Colwmna teres, nana aut elongata.

Pollinia 2.—Herbxe epiphyte, caulibus filiformibus, mono-

phyllis, vaginatis, spicis terminalibus, Pleurothallis omnino

habitu. lores parvi, lactescentes v. rubescentes. Lindl.

Specific Name and Character.

Leranrnes* sanguinea ; folio ovato marginato apice triden-

tato, pedunculis aggregatis subunifloris folio pluries

brevioribus, floribus sanguineis, sepalis ovatis glandu-

loso-ciliatis lateralibus semiconnatis, labelli gilandu-

Joso-ciliati lobis lateralibus maximis aleformibus pa-

tentibus intermedio 3-lobo columne appresso.

A native of the high mountains of Jamaica, whence it

Was sent to Kew by our Collector, Mr. Purpre, and 1s

there cultivated ona small portion of the husk of the

Cocoa-nut. It does not seem to be a described species,

but is nearly allied to L. tridentata of Swartz, figured by

Dr. Linney in Bot. Reg., t. 1762; differing from it in the

colour of the flowers, in the latter beg always erect, not

resupinate,

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* So named by Swartz, it would appear, from Am, a scale, or

Sealy covering of the bark of trees, from the little plants vegetating on such

Situations, and asboc, a flower.

resupinate, ciliated all round the borders of the calyx, and

in the much shorter peduncles. It is rather a botanical

curiosity than a Florist’s plant, and forms a striking con-

trast with the majority of Orchideous Eprpnytes.

Descr. Plants minute, tufted, growing among moss on

trunks of trees in their native regions. Stem about three-

quarters of an inch long, erect, clothed with sheathing

scales, slender ; bearing at its extremity an ovate, coriaceo-

membranaceous leaf, with a distinct narrow margin when

seen under the microscope, and, at the apex, three minute

teeth. Peduncles very short, aggregated, arising from the

base of the leaf, but much shorter than it, one or two-

flowered: the flowers minute, erect, of a full purplish

blood-colour, except at the back about the insertion of the

ovary. Sepals ovate, acute, ciliated, the two lateral

(upper ones in the position of the flower) united half-way

up from the base. Petals two, small, red-rose, applied to

the sides of the little column and concealing them, ovate,

downy. Jzp of a singular form: three-lobed, very deep

blood-colour: the side lobes forming two large, oblong,

spreading wings on each side the column and _ petals,

ciliated: intermediate one small, three-lobed, pressed to

the front of the column. Pollen-masses two, club-shaped.

Fig. 1. Single Plant. 2. Front, and 3, Back view of a Flower.

4. Column with Petals and middle lobe of the Lip. 5. Pollen-masses :—

magnified.

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Barteria FLAVA. YELLow BaRLeERIA.

Class and Order.

Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Acanruacez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolo postice et antice (interdum

emarginato) latioribus. Corolla hypogyna, infundibulifor-

mis, tubo brevi v. elongato, limbo conico dilatato, quiu-

quefido, lacinia postica breviore. Stam. 4, corolla tubo

inserta, vix exserta, didynama ; anthere biloculares, line-

ares ; loculis parallelis, muticis, staminum breviorum sepe

minores y. imperfecte. Ovariwm biloculare, loculis bioyu-

latis. Stylus simplex ; Stigma compresso-infundibuliforme,

truncatum., Capsula subunguiculata, acuminato-conica,

bilocularis, tetrasperma v. abortu disperma, loculicide bi-

valvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina ovata, testa floccosa,

retinaculis crassis, concavis subtensa.—Herbe v. fruticuli,

in Asia tropica crescentes ; foliis oppositis, floribus axilla-

ribus v. spicatis, bracteis latis v. angustis bracteolisque sepe

ciliatis v. spinosis, corollis speciosis, ceruleis, albis v. lutes-

centibus, plus minus venosis. _ Endl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Barueria flava; fruticosa, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acumi-

natis integerrimis sub lente strigillosis, spica ovata

imbricata bracteis calycibusque nervosis cillatis, sepa-

lis majoribus serratis antico bifido. ‘

p. 828.

Dusan flava. Vahl, _ 1. .-

usticia Hava. Vahl, Enum. 1. p. lo.

Dianrnera Americana; «. flava. Forsk. Fl. Zgypt. Arab.

p. 9.

Barteria mitis? Ker, in Bot. Reg. t. 191.

A very little known’ plant, as it would appear, and to

which other synonyms might perhaps be added if we had

the opportunity of authenticating them. It is a native of

Arabia, and has been long cultivated in the stoves of the

Botanic Gardens of Kew, where it flowers in the winter

months, and makes a very pretty appearance with its bright

yellow flowers among the large calyces and bracts.

Descr. An erect shrub, with glabrous, articulated, dark-

green branches. Leaves opposite, petiolated, spreading,

or often recurved, broadly sometimes oblong - lanceolate,

acuminate, entire, and when seen under a lens, clothed

with minute, appressed hairs. Spikes terminal, ovate, of

many dense, bracteated flowers. A pair of lanceolate, cill-

ated bracts at the base of each calyx. Calyx large: the

two larger valves, or leaflets, ovate, acute, verved, hairy,

serrated and ciliated, the lower one bifid; the two small

and lateral ones almost subulate. Corolla infundibuliform,

yellow: the tube longer than the calyx: the limb of five

spreading, nearly equal segments. Stamens two, perfect :

Filaments rather longer than the tube. Anthers oblong.

There are besides three minute, abortive, subulate filaments.

Ovary ovate, sunk in a fleshy disk, two-seeded. Style

much longer than the corolla. Stigma purple.

Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil, side view. 2. Front view of the same with the

Bracts. 4, Pistil. 5. Section of Ovary :—magnified.

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Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanprla.

( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuinex. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium explanatum, patens, petalis sepalisque sub-

equalibus. Labellum saccatum, vel obconico-calcaratum,

cum basi columne continuum, subtrilobum: lobo medio

carnoso. Coluwmna crassa, libera, abbreviata, rostello ob-

tuso. Anithera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, oblique biloba,

eaudicula lineari, glandula subrotunda.—Herbe epiphyte

caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea. Spice oppositifolie.

Flores speciosi. Lindl.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Vanpa* teres; foliis teretibus obtusis, racemis bi- (pluri-)

floris folio longioribus, sepalis petalisque suborbicula-

tis parum undulatis patentibus, labello profunde trilo-

bo intus pubescente basi calcare conico, lobis laterali-

bus incurvis intermedio patenti-reflexo apice dilatato

bilobo.

Vanna teres. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 217. Bot. Reg.

¢. 1809,

Nothing can exceed the beauty and delicacy of the

blossoms of this plant, as they appeared in the Orchidaceous-

house of the Royal Botanic Gardens in the early spring of

, continuing too in great perfection for several weeks.

Perhaps it is the most lovely of its tribe, and deficient only

——

‘—eeaenmann

* The Sanscrit name of this plant, or rather of the original species, is

ANDA.

VOL. XVII. N

in foliage, which here can scarcely be distinguished from

the stem either in form or colour. ‘It is a native of trees in

Sylhet, where it was discovered by Dr. Watuicn, who

introduced it to our English gardens, and of the Burmese

Empire, where Mr. Grirrita discovered it. It grows well

with us when attached to a crooked branch, and suspended

im a moist stove.

Descr. Epiphytal: stem rounded, terete, dark-green ;

leaves also terete, elongate, obtuse, dark-green, with a

depressed line on the upper side, the base forming a sheath

round the stem, which is decurrent. Pedicels lateral, with

one or two joints, and a small bractea at the joint, curved

upwards, and bearing five to six large, showy flowers, of

the most delicate waxy texture. Sepals nearly orbicular,

white, with a slight tinge of rose, the upper one erect, the

lateral ones placed under the base of the lip, all spreading.

Petals spreading, nearly of the same shape as the sepals,

slightly contorted at the base, deep rose-colour, with pale,

almost white margins. Lip spreading, or standing forward

at the base, ending in a conical spur ; three-lobed, beau-

tifully variegated with yellow and rose-colour, and spotted

and streaked with red: side-lobes incurved so as to meet

over the column: terminal lobe dilated and bifid, the

whole downy within. Column short. Anther-case hemi-

spherical, with a beak. Pollen-masses iriangular.

ip. 1 Column and Section of the Lip. 2. Column, with Anther-case

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Class and Order.

Icosanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Cacrex. )

Generic Character.

Sepala numerosa imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in tubum

brevissimum concreta, exteriora involucriformia, intima

petaliformia. Stamina numerosa, calyci affixa, ineequalia,

intima brevissima filiformia, antheris oblongis. Stylus

cylindricus, subfistulosus, apice multifidus. Bacea sepalo-

rum reliquis subsquamata, rarissime levis. Cotyledones

parvule.—Frutices simplicissimi carnosi ovati aut globosi,

melocactoidei aut mammillariformes, aphylli, costati aut

tuberculati, costis tuberculis confluentibus quasi formatis,

dorso aculeorum fasciculos gerentibus. Cephalium seu

Spadix nullus. Flores e fasciculos aculeorum ad apicem

costarum orti. Pfeiff.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ecuinocactus concinnus; depresso-globosus glaucescens

sub-10-costatus, costis obtusis sinuato-crenatis, areolis

remotiusculis lanatis, spinis setaceis 8—10 stellatim

patentibus subsetaceis breviusculis unico longiore

validiore paululum decurvis.

CHInocactus concinnus. Hortul. | ;

Ecurnocactus orthocanthus. “Link et Otto.” —Pfeiff.

Enum. Cact. p. 53 ?

This, so far as I can find, has only a name in gardens

and in catalogues. It does not appear in Prerrrer’s useful

“ Enumeratio,” unless it be the E. orthocanthus above

quoted, with the short deseription of which it seems to

accord,

accord, except in not having the longer spine so stout

and so straight, as appears to be the case with that species.

Nothing short of good figures can illustrate the various

forms of the species in this intricate family. We have

cultivated the present individual for some years in the

collection at Kew, where it flowers in March and April.

Descr. The plant is small, two inches high, three, or

three and a-half inches in diameter, globose, but remark-

ably depressed at the top, and even convex there, and

crowded with mammillz, with their woolly and spinous

areole : the sides deeply and regularly costate, the sinuses

acute ; the costa prominent, very obtuse, sinuato-crenate,

about twenty in number. Areole woolly, sending out, in

a stellated direction, eight to ten, slender, acicular or seti-

form, spreading spines, with one longer and stronger, but

still slender, which is curved downwards. Flowers one

or two, generally from the border of the depressed vertex

or summit, large, handsome: the numerous spreading

petals yellow, with a dark-red streak down the centre.

The lower scales or calycine segments are villous.

We aot Pub. by S! Curtis trlaxenwood poe Ot® LIRFF Swen SE

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CHABR#A RUNCINATA. CHANGEABLE-FLOW-

ERED CHABRAEA,

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Class and Order.

SynGenesia ALQuaLis.

( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. )

Generic Character.

Capitulum multiflorum homogamum radiatiforme, involu-

crum campanulatum, squamis oblongis stricte duplice serie

dispositis sed aqualibus et seriem unicum prima fronte

simulantibus. Receptaculum totum epalaceum. Corolle

omnes glabre hermaphrodite bilabiate ; disci lobo ext.

3-dentato, int. bipartito lobis sape subconcretis: radii

labio ext. liguleformi revoluto 3-dentato, int. minore

bipartito. Anthere basi bisetose, apice appendiculate.—

Achenium ovato-cylindraceum erostre papilloso-pilosulum.

Pappus 1\-serialis, paleis basi in annulum subconcretis

equalibus subplumosis.—Herbe Aust.-Americane suba-

caules aut caulescentes. Folia pinnatisecta, segmentis

ulringue 6—9 parvis obtuse et grosse dentatis. DC.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cuasrea* runcinata ; caule ramoso pedunculisque piloso-

glandulosis, foliis caulinis supra glabriusculis subtus

albo-lanatis pinnatifidis, lobis remotiusculis oblongis

acutis integris vel subpinnatifidis, capitulis longe

edunculatis solitariis, involucri hemisphzrici squamis

ator glandulosis, achzeniis sericeo-villosis.

Levcneria runcinata. Gill. et Don Phil. Mag. 1832. p.

389. Hook. et Arn. Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. 1. p. 35.

Cuapraa rosea. De Cand. in Deless. Ic. 4 t. 90.

Perpicium roseum. Poepp. Exs. n. 378.

Lasiorniza rosea. Poepp. 3.2. 216. From

* Thus named by Professor DE CANDOLLE in compliment to Dominicus

Cuausrey, of uae author of a work entitled, ‘‘ Omnium Stirpium

Seiographia, 1666,”

From the garden of the Royal Botanic Society in the |

Regent’s Park, whence it was obligingly sent by Mr. J.

D. Sowersy. It is unquestionably the Leucneria run-

cinata ot Dr. Gitttes, whose specific name we, consequently,

retain, but not satisfied, thongh we follow the lamented

De Canpoute in placing it in Cuasraa, that the present

plant is really distinct from Leucnerta, or even from our

L. senecioides (Trixis senecioides, Exot. Flora, tab. 101).

We observe, indeed, no serrated nembranaceous bracteoles

or inner scales of the involucres, such as are figured in the

Exotic Flora; but in DeLessert’s Icones, tab. 90, at f. 1, is

given a scale of this kind, as ‘“‘squama receptaculi floris

ivolvens.”” We shall hope to have an opportunity of

determining this point by a further examination of living

plants of L. senectoides. Both are natives of Chili, the

present one apparently more particularly of the Andes.

The seeds were sent over by Mr. Brinees, and the plant,

we believe, in several collections. The flowers are fragrant.

Descr. Stems herbaceous, weak, a foot to a foot and

a half high, branched from the root and again above.

Leaves oblong, sessile, subamplexicaul, more or less deeply

pinnatifid, the segments rather distant, ovate or oblong,

lobed, or again subpinnatifid, the segments acute. Flower-

ing branches subpaniculate, at the setting on of the branches

leafy, leaves smaller than the inferior ones, more amplexi-

caul, with more acuminated lobes, almost pungent at the

tips. Flowers moderately large, white, frequently changing

to rose-colour. Involucre tumid, hemispherical, of several

nearly equal, lanceolate, appressed, slightly imbricated

scales. Receptacle punctated. Corolla in two spreading

unequal lips, the smaller one ligulate, revolute ; the tube

hairy externally. Ovary oblong-obovate, silky. Pappus

of several white, feathery sete.

Fig. 1. Receptacle of the Flowers. 2. Floret. 3. Seta of the Pappus :—

magnified,

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Preropiscus specrosus. Snowy

PTreropiscus,

SEK KEKE EK ERK KKKEKEKE

Class and Order.

DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Perpatinez. )

Generic Character.

Preropiscus, ‘'Hook.—Calyx parvus profunde 5-partitus.

Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo patente quinquelobo, lobis

subrotundis subzequalibus. Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa,

prope basin tubi inserta cum rudimento quinti. Filamenta

basi incrassata lanosa : Anthere loculis duobus triangula-

ribus poris oblongis dehiscentibus, per paria cruciatim

approximate. Germen ovatum obliquum, basi dorso glan-

dula incrassata hippocrepiformi : Stylus filiformis inclusus

stamina excedens: Stigma bilabiatum, segmentis subulatis

Serratis, inferiore recurvato. Fructus coriaceus capsularis,

indehiscens? subrotundo-compressus, marginibus lato-bi-

alatus, disco subtuberculatus, bilocularis v. pseudo- 6-locu-

laris, loculis duobus seminiferis ; Semina solitaria pendula

oblonga, tereti-compressa, margine superne producta sub-

ulata, subutriculosa. Albumen nullum vel tenuissimum.

Embryo inversa. Radicula ad hilum spectans, brevis, coni-

cus. Cotyledones oblonge hemispherice.—Herba Africe

Australis, radice tuberosa, foliis oppositis oblongis sinuato-

dentatis, petrolis brevibus utrinque uniglandulosis, floribus

axillaribus solitariis speciosis purpureis.

Specific Name.

Preropiscus* speciosus.

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For our knowledge of this splendid new Genus of plants

the Botanical world is indebted to the Right _—

able

* So named from Tireps;, a wing, and diexos a disk, in consequence of the

broad wings to the disk of the fruit.

able the Earl of Dersy. It was collected in Macalisberg,

by Mr. Burke (now employed on a similar mission in

North-west America, and in California), while engaged in

procuring animals and plants for that distinguished noble-

man, in the interior of Southern Africa. It flowered in

the stove at Knowsley, in May, 1844, and rarely has a

more desirable plant been introduced to our collections.

The tuberous root is large, solitary, quite globose ; the

upper part elevated above the earth, and producing

from its summit a stem, which soon divides into several

erect, rather stout, succulent branches, bearing opposite

leaves, and large, handsome, red-purple flowers in the axils

of those leaves. The mouth of the flower has a circle of

short, downy hairs. The fruit is drawn from dried speci-

mens, brought home by Mr. Burge.

Fig. 1. Base of the Corolla, laid open to show the Stamens. 2. Anther.

3. Pistil. 4. Apex of Style and Stigma. 5. Fruit (nat. size.) 6. Trans-

verse Section of the same. 7. Seed. 8. Vertical Section of a Seed.

9, Embryo :—all but fig. 5 more or less magnified.

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JUANULLOA PARASITICA. PARASITIC

J UANULLOA,

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Sotanacez. )

Generic Character.

_ Calyx amplus carnosus coloratus pentagonus 5-fidus

deciduus, laciniis erectis acutis. Corolla subcarnosa tubu-

losa, tubo infra limbum latiore hinc subinflato, limbo pa-

tente 5-partito, lobis brevibus rotundatis. Stamina 5 tubo

breviora prope basin tubi inserta erecta. Filamenta filifor-

mia. Anthere lineares rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentes.

Ovarium conicum basi annulo magno hypogyno 5-lobo

carnoso cinctum, biloculare ; ovulis numerosis placentis

centralibus affixis. Stylus filiformis tubo breviore ; stigma

oblongum incrassatum apice bifidum. “ Fructus: Bacca

Magni cerasi magnitudine.”—Frutex “ parasiticus,” gla-

berrimus ; ramis teretibus herbaceis. Folia alterna, majus-

cula, carnoso-coriacea, subgeminata, (altero sepius minore ),

oblongo-obovata obtusa petiolata ; flortbus ramos breves ter-

minantibus pendentibus ; pedicellis brevibus crassis ; calyce

corollaque aurantiacis.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

JUANULLOA * parasitica

UANULLOA parasitica. Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Per. 2. p. 47. t.

185. Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 3. p. 106.

LLOA parasitica. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 218.

RUGMANSIA parviflora. Hortul. |

RUGMANsIA floribunda. Hortul.—Paxt. Mag. of Bot. v.

9, with a Sigure. It

Se a an reememeceeancetnonee

* So named by Ruiz and Pavon, in compliment to Seo iio na to

and Don Antonio Uxtoa, two distinguished Spani {the Meridian.

uth America with ConDAMINE, to measure a degree ol the

It will surprise many of our readers, perhaps, to be told,

that this fine plant, known in our stoves, we believe, for

four or five years, and pretty widely dispersed under the

name of Bruemansia parviflora, and B. floribunda, has

nothing to do with that Genus; and is, in fact, one of

the rarest of plants (speaking botanically), a Genus always

spoken of by authors as “ solis Ruiz et Pavonio notum.”

A reference to the figure in the Flora Peruviana of Juan-

ULLOA parasitica will convince any one that the so-called

Bruemansia can be no other than that remarkable ‘‘ para-

site (or rather, I apprehend, an epiphyte), upon the trunks

of trees in woods near Pozuzo and San Antonio de Playa

Grande, in Peru.” It was there discovered by the authors

of that fine work, and well figured by them. Notwith-

standing its parasitic nature, it flourishes freely if planted

in earth, and kept in a moist and warm stove, and recom-

mends itself both by its handsome foliage and its large and

richly-coloured calyces. Our plant flowered at Kew in the

summer months.

Descr, A shrub, with somewhat the habit of Porrianpia,

woody below ; but the young branches herbaceous, terete,

glabrous, as is the whole plant. Leaves alternate, often

geminate, and very unequal in size, from two or three to

five inches in length, somewhat succulent, dark-green,

oval or nearly obovate, obtuse, on short petioles. Flowers

terminal, on short, drooping branches, or they may be said

to be borne in pedunculated, leafy racemes, pedicels short,

thick, especially upwards, often in pairs. Calyx fleshy,

orange, ample, ovate, much larger than the diameter of

the corolla, with five very prominent angles, and five erect

teeth or lobes. Corolla about one-third longer than the

calyx, tubular, but enlarged upwards, most so on one

side, somewhat fleshy, full orange ; the limb of five, short,

spreading, rounded segments. Stamens and pistil as de-

scribed in the generic character. 7

Fig. 1. Corolla, nat, size. 2. Pistil. 3. Section of the Ovary:—mag-

nvfied,

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THUNBERGIA CHRYsops. GOLDEN-EYED

PourpLe THunpereia.

Class and Order.

Dipynam1aA GyMNOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Acanrnaces. )

Generic Character.

Calyx basi bibracteolatus, brevis, cupuliformis, trun-

catus vel pluridentatus. Corolla hypogyna, campanulato-

infundibuliformis, fauce inflata, limbo quinquefido, patente,

subequali. Stamina 4, corolle tubo inserta, didynama ;

anthere biloculares, loculis parallelis, ciliato-barbatis, altero

breviore basi aristato. Ovarium biloculare, loculis bi-

ovulatis, Stylus simplex ; stigma infundibuliforme, trans-

versim bilabiatum. Capsula e basi globosa, bilocularis,

in rostrum conicum angustata, di-tetrasperma, loculicide

bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina globosa, umbilico

forato, annulo late calloso cincta. Embryonis exalbumi-

hosi cotyledones foliacew, conduplicate, radicula bre-

Vissima, infera.—Frutices Indici et Capenses ; foliis oppo-

sttis, cordatis, angulatis ; floribus axillaribus pedunculatis,

solitariis vel racemosis ; corollis speciosis, luteis vel ceruteis,

Jauce plerumque saturatioribus. Nees.

Specific Name and Character.

THunpereia* chrysops ; foliis cordatis angulatis, petiolo

nudo, pedunculis axillaribus brevibus unifloris, calyce

truncato, bracteis ovatis ciliatis, antheris sagittatis basi

glanduloso glandulis pedicellatis, stigmate foliaceo

bilobo, stylo apice barbato. This

Pon taeomvenmee

* So named in compliment to the celebrated Naturalist and Traveller =

that name, the successor of RupBECK and Linnzvus in the Botanica

chair at Upsal,

This most lovely new species of TuunspereiA is one of

the many rarities which Mr. Wurtrretp has, not without

great danger and risk, brought from the interior of Sierra

Leone, to the Right Honorable the Earl of Dersy; and

our stove in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, and many

other stoves we believe in this country, are indebted to his

Lordship for the possession of it. The same gentleman, Mr.

Wairrrietp, has likewise introduced to Knowsley, and

through the same distinguished nobleman to Kew, the curi-

ous Naporeonea Imperialis and the African Teak, or African

Oak, as it is frequently called. Our new Tuunsereis has

the merit of not only being very beautiful, but easily culti-

vated in a stove, readily increased by cuttings, soon

flowering, and bearing a succession of blossoms to com-

pensate for the short duration of each individual one.

_ Descr. Stems climbing, slender, herbaceous, slightly

hairy. Leaves opposite, petiolate, cordate, or sometimes

ovato-cordate, acute, or slightly acuminate, angulato-

dentate at the margin, five or seven-nerved with transverse

veins ; petiole tereti-compressed, not at all winged. Pe-

duncles axillary, solitary, single-flowered, shorter than the

petiole. Bracteas two, large, ovate, appressed to the base

of the flower. Calyx truncated, forming, as it were, a

large, fleshy disk, within the slightly lobed or raised edge

of which, the base of the corolla is inserted. Corolla sub-

campanulato-infundibuliform ; the éwbe yellow, much con-

tracted at the base, widening upwards, and becoming of a

rich purple on the spreading five-lobed limb, of a blue cast

near the mouth, which encircles the full yellow throat (or

eye) of the corolla, whence the specific name. Stamens

four, didynamous, included ; Anthers sagittate, the base of

the lobes with pedicellated glands. Germen green, ovate,

on a large, fleshy disk, besides the disk which fills the short

calyx. Style filiform, as long, or nearly so, as the tube

of the corolla, bearded above. Stigma of two large, leafy,

yellow, plaited lobes.

Fig. 1. Tube of the Corolla, laid open. 2. Stamens, 3, Calyx and

Pistil. 4, Germen, cut through densnseceets —magnified.

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ARISTOLOCHIA ORNITHOCEPHALA. Birp’s

Heap Birru-worr.

KEK EERE EE ERIK RRR

Class and Order.

Gynanpria Hexanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Arisrorocuie®. )

Generic Character.

_ Perianthium monophyllum tubulosum basi ventricosum,

limbo ligulato-extenso. Anthere sex, stigmatis lateribus

adnate. Stigma subsessile, sex-partitum. Capsula 6-locu-

laris, polysperma.

Specific Name and Character.

Aristotocura ornithocephala; volubilis glabra, foliis stipu-

lisque reniformi-cordatis, floribus solitariis maximis,

perianthii tubo inflato obovato globoso, limbo basi

brevi cylindraceo bilabiato, labio superiore lanceolato

acuto deorsum complicato intus dense piloso, inferiore

e basi lineari canaliculato in laminam amplissimam

reniformem reticulatam extenso.

There are few plants which present more striking peculi-

arities of form and structure in their blossoms than the

various individuals of the Genus to which the present plant

longs. Ninety-two species are enumerated by Srevper

in the new edition of his valuable “ N omenclator Botanicus.”

Amongst them is a peculiar group inhabiting Brazil, which

Martius characterizes as having flowers of a remarkably

large size, variegated with dark purple brown, with the

__ tube of the perianth obovate or ventricose, the limb tubular

_ at the base, then two-lipped; the upper lip more or less

elongated, channelled, the lower one, from a very con-

tracted and channelled or cymbiform base, dilated into a

very broad lamina. ‘T'o this division, besides our —_

’

XVII. 0

here represented, will belong the A. galeata, Marr., A.

mbifera, Mart., A. labiosa, Ker, Bot. Reg., and Sims, in

ot. Mag. t. 2545 (excl. syn.), A. Brasiliensis, Marr. (A.

ringens, Link and Orro), and A. ringens, Vaux, (not Link

and Orro). To the A. cymbijfera and A. labiosa, just men-

tioned, {two species certainly very nearly allied to each

other,) our A. galeata bears a great affinity, as well in size

as in general structure ; but may be at once known by the

very narrow (not broad and cymbiform) base of the lower

lip. From A. galeata it may be discriminated by the much

greater size of its leaves and flowers, by the different colour

and marking of the perianth, and especially by the deep

sinus of the great lamina of the lower lip. It was raised in

the Glasgow Botanic Garden from seeds, gathered near

Crato, Brazil, by Mr. Garpner, in September, 1838. Plants

communicated from Glasgow to Mr. Moore at the Glasne-

vin Botanic Garden, produced their curious blossoms in the

stove during the autumn of 1840 and 1841, and from these

specimens our figure is taken. Flowering individuals of

the same plant were kindly sent by Mr. Lirwextyn, of

Penllegar, in May of the following year; also raised from

Garpner’s seeds.

Descr. A large, climbing shrub, with petiolated, large

leaves, in shape between cordate and reniform, obtuse, with

a very broad and deep sinus at the base. Stipules two at

the base of each leaf-stalk, large, cordate, obtuse, glaucous,

the base amplexicaul. Peduncle solitary, single-tlowered,

eight to ten inches long. Perianth very large, dingy

ui ; the tube at the base two inches and three quarters

ong, obovate, inflated, marked with large, black-purple

reticulations, at the upper end, this tube suddenly contracts

and is bent down at an angle, and this may be considered

the base of the limb, which now becomes two-lipped, the

upper lip five inches long, (resembling, with the inflated

tube, a bird’s head and beak,) lanceolate, reticulated, the

sides deflexed, copiously hairy within ;—the lower lip

has a narrow stalk, grooved, linear, two inches long, and

suddenly expands into an immense, reniform, beautiful,

reticulated, waved lamina, four inches long, six broad : the

reticulations beautifully marked with deep purple. Style

or column obovate, six-toothed. ee

Fig. 1. Style or Column, with the Anthers :—magnified.

W. Fitch deft

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Gesneria Garpnenr. Mr. Garoner’s

GESNERIA,.

Class and Order.

Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Gesnericez. )

Generic Character.

Calyx ovarii basi aduatus, limbo subinequaliter 5-par-

tito libero. Corolla tubulosa ima basi 5-gibberosa aut

wequaliter subtumida, limbo 5-lobo, lobis nunc in labia

duo dispositis, nunc subequalibus. Stamina 4 ime corolla

adnata, didynama cum quinti rudimento. Anthere juni-

ores coherentes. Stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato aut

bilobo. Glandule perigyne 2—5 circa ovarii basin. Cap-

sula coriacea |-locularis bivalvis, valvis convexis, placentis

2 parietalibus polyspermis. Semina scobiformia.—Herbe

perennes, radice tuberosa, rarius frutices. Caulis simplex

aut opposite ramosus. Folia opposila aut verticillata den-

tata. Pedunculi simplices uniflori aut ramosi multiflori,

axillares aut in thyrsum racemumve terminalem dispositi.

Species omnes in Amer. Trop. spontanee. D C.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Grsnerta Gardneri; caule erecto, ramis teretibus glaber-

rimis herbaceis, foliis brevi-petiolatis oppositis ellip-

ticis carnoso-coriaceis, utrinque subacuminatis serratis

oblique venosis venis sub lente pilosiusculis subtus

pallidioribus prominentibus, pedunculis solitariis uni-

floris axillaribus folium equantibus, calyce prismatico

semisupero, segmeutis lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla

tubulosa subpubescente, limbo subequali, lobis bre-

vibus patentibus rotundatis, ovario hirsuto, annulo

perigyno 5-lobo.

Gusneria sp. Gardn. se Het, Bese. », 5000. Discovered

Discovered by Mr. Garpner on the Organ Mountains of

Brazil in March, 1841, growing two to four feet high, in

rocky places; and raised from seeds, sent over to Mr.

Mackay, at the College Botanic Garden, Dublin, where it

produced its handsome flowers in July, 1844. It is very

distinct from any species hitherto described, and remark-

able for the thick and fleshy leaves, shaped not unlike

those of the Elm, pale-coloured, and with prominent nerves

beneath.

Descr. Stems erect, herbaceous, rounded, quite gla-

brous, branched. Leaves opposite, very thick and fleshy,

petiolate, elliptical, acute or slightly acuminate at both ex-

tremities, strongly serrated, obliquely nerved, very minutely

pubescent when seen under alens. Petiole half an inch or

more long, terete, flattened above. Peduncles axillary,

solitary, single-flowered, erect, slender, almost as long as

the leaf, glabrous. Calyx five-partite; the tube short,

united with the base only of the ovary, five-angled: seg-

ments subulato-lanceolate, spreading, entire, glabrous.

Corolla tubular, a little curved, slightly widening upwards,

subpubescent: limb of five short, obtuse, spreading lobes.

Stamens four, didynamous, inserted at the base of the co-

rolla, and equal in length with the tube, having a small,

subulate scale, or fifth abortive stamen, between. them.

Germen ovate, hairy, as well as the long style, surrounded

by a glandular disc, or ring, with five nearly equal, obtuse,

erect teeth. Stigma obtuse.

Fig. 1. Base of Corolla, laid open to show the insertion of the Stamens.

= Pistil and annular Disc. 3. Transverse section of the Ovary :—mag-

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Myosotis Azorica. AZzOREAN Mouss-EAk;

or Forget-me-not.

Class and Order.

Pentranpria Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Boraeine. )

Generic Character.

Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla hypogyna, hypocrateri-

morpha, tubo brevi vel calycem superante, fauce fornicibus

clausa, limbo quinquepartito obtuso. Stamina 5, corolle

tubo inserta, inclusa; anthere peltate. Ovarium quadri-

lobum. Stylus simplex ; stigma capitatum. Nuces 4, dis-

tinct, leaves, vel granulate, rugulose, umbilico basilari

receptaculo affixae.—Herbe notissime, in regionibus extra-

~— totius orbis obvie ; racemis simplicibus, ebracteatis.

ndl. ;

Specific Name and Character.

Myosoris Azorica; perennis, caule basi decumbente ramo-

sissimo ubique dense setoso-hirsuto pilis reflexis, ca-

lyce pedicellos erectos subaquantibus profunde in seg-

mentis lineares strictos diviso, fructifero patente pilis

erecto-patentibus setoso, corolle limbo tubum_ vix

equante lobis marginatis. H.C. W.

Specimens, collected in 1842.

ene

This beautiful Forget-me-not is found about waterfalls,

and on wet rocks with a North-east aspect, in the islands of

Corvo and Flores, the most westerly of the Azores. Its

proper habitat appears to be on the mountains ; though it

comes down nearly to the sea shore, following the course

of rocky mountain streams, where the atmosphere 1s kept

humid by the spray of the water. The deep rich blue of its

numerous flowers, and their long succession from the lateral

branches, combine to render this species well deserving of

cultivation provided it can be brought to flourish in the

? drier

drier climate of our gardens. It will require a loose, peaty,

or sandy soil, careful shading from the midday sun, frequent

sprinkling with water, and to be covered with a glass in

hot dry weather.. Under this treatment, a plant of it in my

garden has completely filled with its numerous stems a

square hand-glass, twenty inches to the side, and twenty-

four inches in depth ; and, apparently, it would have grown

larger, had space allowed the free development of the

lateral branches, which are much cramped by the glass. It

will bear some frost, but may likely prove more impatient

of cold than our native species of the Genus. In a Wardian

case it would probably succeed very well.

Descr. Root fibrous. Stem thickly covered with hairs,

mostly bent back so as to point towards the root, decum-

bent at the base, rooting by succulent fibres, which arise

under the insertion of the lower leaves, and along the

angles extending downwards from their points of insertion.

Lateral branches numerous, and, like the principal stems,

terminating in several close racemes of flowers. The lower

portions of the stems apparently endure several years, be-

coming hard and somewhat woody, while the upper por-

tions die back yearly. Leaves very harsh, covered with

strong hairs, which, on the upper surface, point towards the

apex of the leaf; but on the under surface, especially along

the midrib, they are curved back so as to point towards the

insertion of the leaf. Lower leaves spathulate, oblong,

retuse at the extremity, horizontal, or inclined backwards.

Upper leaves more oblong, scarcely retuse, patent. Raceme

subsecund with numerous approximate flowers. Pedicels

erect or curved upwards, about the length of the calyx,

with nearly erect pubescence. Calyx deeply divided into

five linear, straight teeth, with long, erect, or erecto-patent

pubescence, open in fruit. Corolla about equal to that of

M. repensor sylvatica, deep indigo-blue, with a purple tinge

at first, and slightly burnished in the sun ; its lobes propor-

tionably broader than in the European species, obcordate

and emarginate ; tube whitish, about equal to (in some

flowers, rather shorter than) the limb, contracted at base and

top, and nearly closed by the folds of the corolla. Fruzt

quite smooth and shining. In general habit, coming near-

est to M. palustris, but abundantly different from all the

European species

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Section of Calyx, showing the

Fruit. 4. Fruit. 5, Achenium :—magnified.

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ANCECTOCHILUS SETACEUS. FRINGED

ANCCTOCHILUS.

EEK KKK KEKE KE KEEEK

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monoeynia.

( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipacez. )

Generic Character.

Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum cum petalis in

galeam agglutinatum; lateralia patula, basi inzqualia la-

bello supposita. Labellum cum columna basi connatum,

Vventricoso-calcaratum, ungue rigido canaliculato inflexo

fimbriato, limbo bilobo patente. Columna brevis, margin-

ibus membranaceis dilatatis involutis appendiculam bila-

mellatam simulantibus. Stigma basi bicallosum. Pollinia

2, pulverea, subbiloba, caudiculis brevibus, glandula ob-.

longa.—Herbe tropice Asiatice, radice Jibrosa, rhizomate

Jiliformi subterraneo. Caules foliosi. Folia nervosa, disco-

lora, venis sepe auro-micantibus. Flores spicati, laxiusculi,

glanduloso-pilosi. Blume.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Aneecrocuitus * setaceus; subrepens, foliis ovatis velutinis

aureo-reticulatis subtus discoloribus, sepalis extus

ovariisque glanduloso-hirsutis labello medio ad margi-

nes longe fimbriato, apice bilobo lobis oblongis obtu-

sis patentibus, sacco labelli apice bifido. ds hig

Anxacrocninus setaceus. “ Blume, Bijdr. 1.412.” Lindl.

Bot. Reg. t. 2010.

Eearskies Roxburgii. Wall. Tent. Fi. Nep. t. 17.

Four petiolatum. Rumph. Amb. 6. p. 93. t. 41.f- 2.

One

* From avoxros, as is supposed, open, and ers, a dip, in allusion to the

Spreading lip of the flower.

One of the most exquisitely beautiful of all plants in the

hue and marking of its leaves, not to be imitated by art.

Their colour is a rich velvety green, tinged with copper,

and over that appears to be laid an exquisite golden net-

work ; the underside is quite different, of a reddish tinge,

with obscure yellow veins, but all that is most beautiful is

exposed to view. It is a native of damp, shady woods in

Ceylon, Amboyna, and Java, and, probably of the Indian

Islands generally, and if, as I think, there can be no doubt,

the Curysosapnus Roxburgii of Waxticn be the same, also

of Sylhet and Nepal, Our plants, at the Botanic Gardens

of Kew were received from Ceylon, through the favor of

F. Scneer, Esq., and kept in moist earth surrounded by

moss, covered with a bell-glass, they flowered vigorously in

May and June, 1844.

Descr. The habit of the plant is a good deal that of

Goopyrera, and especially G. discolor. Lower part of the

stem creeping, and sending out fibres. Leaves few, wholly

confined to the lower portion of the plant, ovate, spreading,

dark coppery and velvety (from the presence of numerous

little papilla when seen under a microscope) green: and

upon this is stretched the most elegant net-work, as it were,

bracteated. Spike of five to six flowers, of little beauty to

the naked eye, as compared with the foliage, but most cu-

rious when they come to be examined. Sepals ovate, acute,

spreading, green tinged with red, clothed externally, as is

the ovary, with glandular hairs. Petals ovate, forming a

helmet by their union with the upper sepal, white tinged

with red. Lip large, spread open, and hanging, apparently,

downwards, pure white, oblong, grooved, fringed at the

margin with long, white cilie, and terminated by two large,

oblong, obtuse, spreading lobes: at the base of the label-

Inm is a sack or conical pouch, often cleft at the apex.

Column with two conspicuous marginal wings, standing

forward. Pollen-masses two, two-lobed, pulverous, of a

long club-shape, tapering, attached to a gland.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2, The same with the Galea removed. 3. 4. Column.

5. Pollen-masses.

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Ecainocactus Prenrianpt. ReED-FLOWERED

EcuHINocactvs.

Class and Order.

Icosanpria Monoeynia.

( 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

eylindricus, subfistulosus, apice multifidus. Bacca sepalo-

rum reliquiis subsquamata, rarissime levis. Cotyledones

parvule.—F rutices simplicissimi carnosi, ovati aut globos,

melocactoidei aut mammillarieformes, aphylli, costati aut

tuberculati, costis tuberculis confluentibus quasi formatis,

dorso aculeorum fasciculos gerentibus. Cephalium seu spa-

dix nullus. Flores e Jasciculis aculeorum ad apicem costa-

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

culum elongato. P, feu:

Specific Character and Synonym.

Ecurtnocacrus Pentlandi ; globosus vertice umbilicato sub-

12-costatus glaucus, costis elevatis remote crenatis,

sinubus acutis, areolis distantibus albo-lanatis, aculeis

subvalidis aqualibus paululum arcuatis stellatim pa-

tentibus rufo-fuscis, floribus Jateralibus sparsis solita-

ris, tubo calycino-squamoso, squamis oe

petalis sepalisque rufescenti-roseis lanceolatis muc

Natis. :

Ecurnocacrus Pentlandi. Hortul.

In the rich collection of the Royal Gardens of ee ri

of its history, I regret to say, we know nothing. a

aatluitialai ae ls

very pretty species, more remarkable for the rose-red colour

of the flowers, than for any other striking peculiarity.

Descr. Plant nearly globose, sessile, about two inches

across, depressed and umbilicate at the top, deeply marked

with about twelve furrows, which are sharp in their sinuses,

and as many prominent, obtuse ribs: of a glaucous-green

tint. Ribs lobed, or remotely crenate, distantly beset with

pulvinuli or little woolly tufts or areole, from which rise

about six, slightly curved, spreading, rather stout spines,

each half an inch long, ora little more. The flowers are large

in proportion to the size of the plant, and spring from the

sides upon the ribs, solitary, but three or four are expanded

on one specimen at the same time. Calyx-tube green,

becoming yellow above, and beset with small, pilose, and

ciliated scales: limb of the calyx yellow-red upwards and

within. Petals deep rose colour. Stamens numerous,

nearly white,

Fig. 1. Fruit. 2. Side view of the Spines :—magnified.

W. Fitch del® Pub by S. Curtis Glazmmood Essex Nov? LISt# jran~

( 4125 )

STATICE MACROPHYLLA, LARGE-LEAVED

Statice; or Thrift.

Sa a Se os es On on On ORR OR

Class and Order,

PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Pxiumpaginez. )

Generic Character.

Flores spicato - paniculati. Calyx I-phyllus, plicatus,

subscariosus. Petala 5, subconnata. Stamina basi petalo-

rum inserta. U¢triculus monospermus, calyce inclusus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Statice macrophylla; caule fruticoso superne folioso, foliis

amplis obovato-spathulatis obtusis mucronatis subses-

silibus, panicula composita terminali, ramis panicule

alte alatis, pedicellis anguste alatis cuneatis, calycis

limbo crenato-dentato purpureo, corolla alba.

STATICE macrophylla. ‘ Link’ (Steudel), Willd. (Spreng. )

Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 959.

This splendid plant, far superior to the Statice arborea,

or Tree Thrift, of the Canaries in the beauty of its flowers,

Was introduced, we understand, from those islands by Mr.

Smiru of the Botanic Garden of Hull; and it is now much

dispersed among the gardens of this country, where, grown

in a large pot, and kept in the greenhouse, it bears ~

large panicles of purple and white flowers during the

month of April. Mr. Forrest, of the Kensington iegts

exhibited a fine specimen at Chiswick in that month = t

present year. Our figure was taken from the Kew p ae

SPRENGEL gives it as a species of Link: SPRENGEL as --

Wittpenow ; I do not find any character, save that :

Sprencet above quoted. It has no place in Roemer an

ULTES. Descr.

Descr. From an erect, shrubby stem, there spring a few

short branches, clothed with large, obovato-spathulate, ob-

tuse, but mucronated leaves, tapering below into a short

though broad footstalk. From the apex of these branches

the peduncle has its origin, this is a foot or more high, and

forms at the top a large, branching, compound panicle ;

branches compressed, and bordered with broad, flat, or

slightly waved, foliaceous wings, broadest upwards; the

pedicels, or ultimate branchlets, assume a cuneate form, from

the wing narrowing below. Small, ovate, cuspidate brac-

teas are at the base of the ramifications. The flowers are

large (for the Genus), handsome, and two or three arise

together from four or five large, imbricated, sheathing

bracteas, green, with a brown, membranaceous edge.

Calyx with the limb large, spreading, dentato-crenate at

the margin, of a rich, purple-blue colour, with five yellow

radiated lines, like a star. Petals white.

Fig. 1. Flowers and Bractea :—magnified.

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ACHIMENES PiCTA. PAinTep ACHIMENES.

EEE EEE KER EEK KEKE KER

Class and Order.

Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA.

( Nat. Ord.—Gesneriacen. )

Generic Character.

Calycis tubus ovario adnatus; limbus 5-partitus lobis

lanceolatis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis basi hinc

sepe gibba, limbo plano 5-fido, lobis subequalibus sub-

rotundis. Stamina 4 didynama, antheris non coheren-

tibus. Rudimentum stam. quinti corolle basi inferne im-

positum, Nectarium glandulosum annulare tenue. Stylus

m stigma vix incrassatum obliquum aut subbilobum abe-

uns, Capsula semibilocularis bivalvis, placentis parieta-

libus subsessilibus.—Herbe Americane erecte villosa. Folia

opposita aut terna verticillata petiolata dentata. Pedicelli

1-flori axillares. D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Acuimenes* picta; tota hirsuta, foliis oppositis ternisque

cordato-oyatis grosse serratis velutino-hirsutis_ele-

gantissime albopictis, pedunculis solitariis vel binis

axillaribus folio longioribus unifloris, calycis tubo

turbinato laciniis ovatis patentibus, corolle tubo

infundibuliformi limbi lobis rotundatis patentibus

subaqualibus 3 inferioribus minoribus, se hirsuto

vix calyce adnato, glandulis hypogyuis 9.

. | MSS.

Acuimenss picta, Bentham Gee

* A classical friend has suggested that the word should niet =

Written AcH&MENES, a king of Persia, “ bellorum eee - =

Amm.,”” according to LytrLeron, and hence proba ly a . =

original ACHIMENES coccinea, on account of the scarlet co coe a 2

Brown, however, the author of the name, writes it ACHIMENES.

VOL. XVII. F

One of the splendid plants introduced by the Horticul-

tural Society of London from Mexico, and now, from its

dispersion by that useful body, among the greatest orna-

ments of our stoves during the autumnal and early winter

months. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the foliage,

whether we consider the velvety and orange hue of the

pubescence, or the rich deep green of the groundwork,

as contrasted with the milk-like spots and reticulations.

Nor are the flowers wanting in charms; they are copious,

though solitary, from the axils of all of the upper leaves,

yellow, gorgeously tinged and spotted with red. Its treat-

ment is the same as that of other species of AcHIMENES

and Gesneria: and, indeed, appears to me rather referable

to the latter Genus, than to Acutmenes. In habit it is

Descr. Root consisting of numerous, elongated, scaly,

caterpillar-like-tubers. Stems erect, but little branched, a

foot to two feet high, hairy, as is every part of the plant,

even to the outside of the corolla, with rather long, patent

hairs, herbaceous, succulent. Leaves opposite and ternately

verticillate, petiolate, ovato-cordate, serrate, ofa rich velvety

green, mottled and reticulated with white or pale green,

always whitest in the middle. Peduncles one or two from

the axils of the upper leaves, and much longer than they,

single-flowered. Flowers drooping, moderately large. Ca-

lyx almost entirely free; the tube obconical, or turbinate ;

the segments oblong-ovate, spreading. Corolla full yellow,

with rich red above, within streaked and dotted with red :

the tube funnel-shaped, gibbous above: the limb spreading,

of five nearly equal lobes: the two upper, however, the

smallest. Ovary ovate, hairy, with five oblong, fleshy

glands at the base. Style thick, and (as well as the sta-

mens) included: Stigma bifid.

W. Bitch dA*®

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STAPELIA CACTIFORMIS, CACTUS-LIKE

STAPELIA.

Si a eS eo eo no

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia. |

( Nat. Ord.—Ascueprapea. )

Generic Character.

Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla rotata, quinquefida, car-

hosa. Gynostegium sepius exsertum. Corona staminea

duplex ; exterior foliolis y. laciniis integris v. partitis, in-

terior corniculiformibus simplicibus v. bifidis. Anthere

apice simplices. Masse pollinis erect ventricose, mar-

gine hinc pellucido. Stigma muticum. Folliculi subey-

lindracei, leaves, erecti. Semina comosa.— Plante Capen-

S€8, Carnoseé, ramose, ramis aphyllis sepius tetragonis angu-

lis dentatis, flortbus ut plurimum speciosis atro-sanguineo-

Suttatis vel marmoratis et tune nonnunquam odore nauseoso,

Slercorario, D C.

Specific Name and Character.

Srareria (§. Popanrues ?) cactiformis ; caule cylindraceo

simplici undique mammillis areolato, mammillis inferi-

oribus majoribus transversim oblongis superioribus

minoribus subrotundis. angulatis medio puncto de-

presso, floribus ex apice caulis subsessilibus aggregatis

parvis, corolle subrotate laciniis triangulari-acutis,

? e “2 . es

coronz staminee serie externa 5-fida dentibus inter

jectis lobis bifidis laciniis divaricatis.

One of the most remarkable of a very remarkable Genus,

respecting which it is to be regretted that many —

formerly known to our gardens, are lost, and scarcely any

new ones have been received to take their place. ae

the latter, however, may be reckoned the curious Sraperia

Gordoni of Masson, (Scyrantuus Gordoni, Hook. Ic. Plant.

tab. 625) which were detected by Mr. Burke on the Orange

River, and other places in South Africa, and sent to his

employer, the Earl of Dersy, at Knowsley, together with

the subject of the present plate, lately received among a

collection of plants from Little Namaqua-land, from Mr.

Zeyvuer. It flowered in the Royal Botanic Gardens of

Kew, in August, 1844.

Descr. The stem, or, in other words, the entire plant,

has more the appearance of a Mammittarta (among

Cactacge®), or some succulent South African Eupuorsta,

than of a Srapenia, and is obovato-cylindrical, in the

resent instance about five inches and a-half bigh, and two

inches broad, of a glaucous-green color, externally even

mammillate ; mammuille, in the lower and older part of the

stem transversal, oblong; above, in the younger portion,

nearly rotundate and smaller, somewhat angular, as it were,

by pressure: all of them prominent and furnished with a

small central depression. Flowers small, aggregate on the

summit of the stem, nearly sessile, with transverse, red

bands and spots. Calyx deeply five-toothed. Corolla

nearly rotate, but approaching to campanulate, minutely

puckered on the surface; the five segments triangular, acute,

spreading. The general form of the flower and the

structure of the staminal crown in many respects approach

those of Popanrues: but there are differences, and the

habit of the plant is quite at variance with that section or

subgenus of Staperia. The exterior staminal corona has

five principal divisions, with a short intervening tooth ; and

each principal division is forked, or deeply cleft, with the

segments spreading: the horns, or segments of the interior,

are linear-oblong, rather short, and incurved upon the

gynostegium.

Fig. 1, Flower. 2. Staminal Crown :—magnified.

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ARMERIA CEPHALOTES, LARGE-HEADED

Ture, .

Se Ss ie ie ae a os On a Ons Os Os Os Os ON

Class and Order.

PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

( Nat. Ord.—P.Lumpacines. )

Generic Character.

Involucrum tubulosum scariosum reflexum, sepius in

lacinias plures apice fissum. Calyx communis polyphyllus,

foliolis ovatis lanceolatisve ellipticis muticis vel cuspidatis ;

proprius monophyllus, integer, plicatus, scariosus. Corolla

infundibuliformis. Petala basi coalita, inferne angustata.

Filamenta basi connata. Capsula oblonga, membranacea,

evalvis, 5-cuspidata, calyce tecta. Semen 1, oblongum,

funiculo longo pendulum, Receptaculum paleaceum. Roem.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Armeria cephalotes; scapo tereti glabro, bracteis lato-

ovatis mucronato-acutis, calycis dentibus longe mu-

cronato-aristatis, foliis lato-spathulatis tri- quinque-

nerviis,

Armerra latifolia. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 334.

Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 6. p. 774. Spreng. Syst.

Veget. 1. p. 961.

Armerta cephalotes. Link.

SrTaticE eaehaictias Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. p. 383. ed. 2.

v. 2. p. 180. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1523.

ARMERIA fatifotia, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 334.

Statice Armeria, major. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. p. 16. t, 42.

Statice pseudo-Armeria. Murr. Syst. p. 300. Brot. Fl.

Lus, p. 488. Desf. Fl. Atl. 1. p. 275.

This fine and most desirable plant has lately been |

brought into notice as something altogether new to our

gardens,

gardens, having been received from France under different

names. But, though perhaps, long lost to our collec-

tions, it was introduced to the Royal Gardens of Kew so

long ago as the year 1775, by J. Nicnoras de Jacquin:

and was, probably, previously to that time, detected at

Algarbia, in Portugal, by Masson, while collecting for His

Majesty George III. It seems to be a native of several

parts of the coast of Portugal; and also, according to

DesronrainEs, of Barbary also. It is, probably, not hardy

enough to bear the open border; but in a cool green-

house, few plants make a more striking appearance,

flowering in August and September.

Descr. Stems very short, frequently, however, bearing

several flowering, tufts of leaves. Leaves from four to six

inches long, spreading, broad-spathulate, acute, glaucous-

green, three to five-nerved, tapering into a narrow petiole,

which is again a little dilated at the very base. Peduncles

two to three from the centre, or near the centre of the tufts

of leaves, a foot to a foot and a-half long, terete, erect,

moderately flexuose, the apex sheathed by the long tubular

base of the lower bracteas. Heads of blossoms large (two

to three inches wide), handsome full rose colour. Brac-.

teas under the capitulum several, imbricated, broad-ovate,

sharply acute. Flowers crowded. Calyx funnel-shaped ;

the upper half scariose, five-toothed, plicate, each tooth

with a rather long arista. Petals obovato-spathulate,

spreading, clawed. Stamens five, exserted: Anthers pur-

plish. Styles five.

Fig. 1. Flower with one of its Bracteas. 2. Calyx :—magnified.

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LAPLACEA SEMISERRATA. SEMISERRATED-

LEAVED LAPLACEA.

See ce ee

Class and Order.

Potyanpria PEentaAaynia.

( Nat. Ord.—TErnstramiAceg. )

Generic Character.

Calyx pentaphyllus. Corolla 5-polypetala, petalis ple-

ruinque inequilateris. Stamina indefinita libera. Ovariwn

superum, quinque- ad multiloculare. Styli quinque vel

plures, breves, stigmatibus simplicibus. Capsula lignosa,

quingue- ad decemlocularis, quinque- ad decemvalvyis,

Semina in quovis loculo plura biseriata, apice alata. Mart.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Lapiacea* semiserrata; foliis oblongo-subovatis acutis

basi oblique attenuatis superne serratis coriaceis

utrinque glabris, floribus in axillis superioribus soli-

tariis vel aggregatis, petalis 5 ad 8.

Laptacea semiserrata. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. p. 300.

&MocHARIS semiserrata. Mart. et Succ. Nov. Gen. et

Sp. Bras. 1. p. 107. t. 67.

Seibinyi fe aa, in Regensb. Bot.- eit. 1821. p. 299.”

IcKstramia fruticosa. ‘‘ Schkrad. in Goett. Gal. Aug.

1821. p. 710.

A native of various parts of Brazil, where, according to

Marrius, it forms a tree thirty to forty feet in height. Sr.

Hinaire says of it “ Arbor mediocris, v. sepius frutex

ramosus.”’

* So named by Humpotpt in compliment to the distinguished Philoso-

pher and Mathematician, LAPLACE.

ramosus.”” Whatever may be its size in its native country,

it is quite certain that in our stoves, it flowers readily in

the autumn, when not more than a foot high; and recom-

mends itself by its handsome Tea-like evergreen foliage

even more than by its large, delicate white flowers. Mr.

Garpner gathered it in Goyaz, and it is distributed in his

collections as Lapracea, n. 3035. For our living plants

in the Royal Gardens of Kew we are indebted to His Grace

the Duke of Norruumsertanp, and to Mr. Maxoy of Liege.

Descr. A shrub, or small tree, in its native country ; but

with us bearing flowers copiously when not more than a

foot high, much branched. Leaves alternate, oblong,

but approaching to obovate, acute, serrated in the upper

half, entire, and gradually tapering into a short foot-stalk,

the two sides unequal. Peduncles short, axillary, solitary,

or aggregated. Calyx of five imbricated, deciduous, rotun-

date, concave sepals, silky on the outside. Corolla of

five to eight obovate, white petals, silky on the outside,

emarginate at the apex. Stamens numerous. Filaments

subulate. Anthers shortly oval, two-celled. Ovary ovato-

globose, hairy. Styles five, expanding into as many broad,

spreading plates or stigmas.

Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Pistil. 3. Transverse section of the Ovary :—

magnified.

Ln a Pub. by S. Cartis Glaxenwood) Essex Doc™ 1. 194¢ Seance.

( 4130 )

ONCIDIUM TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED

ONCIDIUM.

FEE oraeebbeokekaoaae

Class and Order.

Gynanpris Monanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuinex. )

Generic Character.

Labellum explanatum, Jobatum, basi tuberculatum.

Petala patentia (2 antica nunc connata). Colwmana alata.

Masse pollinis 2, postice biloba, medio aflixe processu

communi stigmatis. Br.

Specific Name and Character.

Oncipium tricolor ; foliis crasso-coriaceis acute triquetris

subcomplicato-acute carinatis, scapo paniculato multi-

floro, sepalis 2 (lateralibus connatis) spathulatis peta-

lisque ovatis unguiculatis undulatis labelli lobis

lateralibus parvis lineari-obovatis intermedio expanso

reniformi-lunato apice emarginato, crista duplici serie,

serie superiore 5-lobo, inferiore trilobo, alis columue

acinaciformibus crenulatis.

A very beautiful and entirely new species, with foliage

resembling that of Oncipium triquetrum (Tab. 3393), aud

Oncipium pulchellum (Tab. 2773), but very different in the

flowers, both as to form and colouring, being elegantly

varied with white and yellow, and blotched with blood-

coloured spots. It was sent to the Royal Gardens of Kew,

in the autumn of 1843, by our Collector, Mr. Purpig, from

Jamaica, and blossomed freely attached to a piece of wood

in March and April of the following year. ae

Descr. Epiphyte. Stemless. Leaves subdistichous,

between fleshy and coriaceous, rigid, triquetrous, geo

with a sharp, deep keel, grooved above. Scape from the

axil of an outer leaf, about a foot long, soon branching

out into a lax, much-divided panicle. Branches slender,

racemose, Sepals spreading: two lateral ones connate,

spathulate: third and petals ovate, unguiculate, waved,

all of them yellow, transversely streaked and spotted

with red. Labellum white; two lateral lobes small,

spreading, linear-obovate ; intermediate one large, limate,

waved. Column short, with a triangular stigma just be-

neath the anther.

Fig. 1, Column and Lip. 2. 3. Pollen-masses :—magnified.

ven 4131 )

BEGONIA RUBRICAULIS. ReEp-scAPED

Breeonia; or Elephant’s Kar.

SR ek okeksksbakekokakoole

Class and Order.

Monazcra Poryanpria.

( Nat. Ord.—Breontacex. )

Generic Character.

Masc. Calyx o. Corolla polypetala, petalis plerumque

4, inequalibus. Fam. Calyx 0. Corolla petalis 4—9

plerumque inequalibus. Styli 3 bifidi. Capsula triquetra,

alata, trilocularis, polysperma.

Specific Name and Character.

Beeonta rubricaulis ; acaulis pubescenti-pilosa, foliis bre-

vipetiolatis oblique cordatis sinuato-lobatis serratis

rugosis basi profunde bilobis, lobis rotundatis imbri-

catis, scapis folio pluries longioribus crassis superne

paniculato-ramosis, floribus speciosis, petalis 5 obova-

tis, fructu turbinato-triquetra, angulis duobus_bre-

vissime alatis tertia ala maxima elongata.

Our stoves are now becoming extremely rich in the

plants of this highly ornamental Genus of plants ; but it is

to be regretted that so many are introduced to our

gardens, without any record of their native countries.

Such is the case of the present species, which we have

received from the excellent Curator of the Birmingham

Botanic Gardens, without name or clue to its origin. I

find no description that will agree with it, and have, there-

fore, given it an appellation significant of the fine red

colour of the flower-stalks, which, together with the glossy

leaves, and large rose-coloured and white flowers, renders

the species peculiarly worthy of cultivation. It is in

perfection during the summer and autumnal —

ESCR.

Descr. Leaves few, the short, fine red petioles rising

directly out of the earth, of an obliquely ovate form, from

four to six inches long, slightly hairy, full and bright

green, wrinkled, as it were, on the surface from the tight-

ness of the reticulated veins; the margins undulate,

sinuato-lobate, and everywhere closely serrated and cili-

ated; the base deeply two-lobed; the lobes rounded,

approximated, and the inner edge of one lapping over

that of the other. Scapes rising up from among the leaves,

reatly longer than they, thick, tapering upwards, hairy,

full and bright red, above paniculato-ramose, with several

large, handsome flowers. Peduncles and pedicels deep red,

bracteated ; bracteas scariose, loose, and soon deciduous,

broad oval. Male flowers rather larger than the female :

each with five petals, of which two are red, blush-coloured,

suffused with a deeper tinge; the three others are cream

colour, scarcely tinged with blush. Stamens and stigmas

yellow. Fruit triquetrous, deep red; two of the angles

with very short margins or wings; of the third, the angle

is produced into a much elongated, somewhat triangular,

obtuse wing, a little curved upwards.

Fig. 1. Immature Fruit :—magnified.

LN DE X;

In.which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Seventeenth

Volume of the New Serius (or Seventieth of the Work) are

alphabetically arranged.

Pi. eee x 3

4077 Achimenes pedunculata. 4072 Houlletia Brocklehurstiana.

4126 —_—___ picta. 4079 [lex platyphylla.

4050 Acrophyllum verticillatum. 4051 Impatiens tricornis.

4049 Aerides affine. 4068 Ipomea crassipes.

4123 Aneectochilus setaceus. 4118 Juanulloa parasitica.

4128 Armeria cephalotes. 4099 Lelia peduncularis,

4120 Aristolochia ornithocephala. | 4090 - superbiens.

4106 Asclepias vestita. | 4129 Laplacea semiserrata.

4113 Barleria flava. _ 4112 Lepanthes sanguinea.

4094 Barkeria spectabilis. _ 4095 Loasa Pentlandii.

4100 Begonia Meyeri. 4110 Lomatia tinctoria.

4131 Begonia rubricaulis. | 4048 Luxemburgia ciliosa.

- 4088 Bolbophyllum Calamaria. | 4060 Mammillaria tetracantha.

2 Boronia Fraseri. | 4081 Maxillaria ciliata.

4056 Caltha sagittata. _ 4103 Microstylis histionantha. j

4085 Cattleya intermedia; variegata. | 4109 Miltonia Clowesii. {

4092 Morina longifolia.

4122 Myosotis Azorica.

4080 Nematanthus chloronema.

- superba.

4063 Cephaelis Ipecacuanha.

Cereus extensus.

4084 Pitajaya. 4096 Nephelium Longan.

e: 4093 Ceropegia oculata, 4104 Odontoglossum pulchellum.

— 4116 Chabreea runcinata. 4130 Oncidium tricolor.

4061 Clematis montana; var. gran- | 4086 Pentas carnea.

4053 Petalidium barlerioides.

z diflora. |

— 4065 Convolyulus ocellatus. 4078 Phajus bicolor.

Cyenoches yentricosum; var. || 4076 Phaseolus lobatus.

Egertonianum. 4117 Pterodiscus speciosus.

_ 4067 Dinema polybulbon. 4108 Saccolabium guttatum.

~ 4059 Diplolena Dampieri. 4071 Scaphyglottis violacea.

4091 Disa cornuta. 4105 Siphocampylus lantanifolius.

i eee grandiflora. 4127 Stapelia cactiformis.

— 4102 Dryandra formosa. 4055 Statice rhytidophylla.

s Drymonia punctata. | 4125 macrophylla.

~ 4115 Echinocactus concinnus. 4058 Stephanotis floribunda.

«4124 Pentlandi. 4062 Tacsonia pinnatistipula.

4074 Erica jasminiflora. 4070 Tetranema Mexicanum.

— 4069 ——- Shannoniana. 4111 Thomasia stipulacea.

_ 4101 Eriostemon buxifolium. 4119 Thunbergia chrysops. —

_ 4107 Epidendrum vitellinum. | 4097 Tropeolum Lobbianum.

3 4082 Fuchsia splendens. _ 4098 Umbilicus malacophyllus.

412L Gesneria Gardneri. 4114 Vanda teres. — |

- 4064 Gomphrena pulchella. | 4057 Veronica speciosa. | 4

- 4937 Greenovia aurea. _ i 4075 Viscaria oculata. 2 B |

TeN. DEX,

In which the English Names of the Plants contained in the Seven-

teenth Volume of the New Serres (or Seventieth of the Work)

are alphabetically arranged.

Pi. |, PL,

4077 Achimenes, long-stalked. | 4079 Holly, Canarian, broad-leaved.

4126 — pointed. 4063 Ipecacuanha.

4050 Acrophyllum, whorl-leaved. | 4068 Ipomea, thick-flower-stalked ;

4049 Aerides, rose-coloured; or | or Bindweed

Air-plant. | 4118 Juanulloa, parasitic.

4123 Ancectochilus, fringed. | 4076 Kidney-Bean, lobe-leaved.

4106 Asclepias, hairy-stemmed. | 1429 Laplacea, semiserrated-leaved.

4051 Balsam, three-horned; or || 4090 Lelia, gorgeous.

7 Touch-me-not. , 4099 - pedunculated,

4094 Barkeria, showy. | 4112 Lepanthes, blood-coloured.

4113 Barleria, yellow. | 4095 Loasa, Mr. Pentland’s.

4100 Begonia, Mr. Meyer's; or Ele-

phant’s Ear.

— red-scaped; or Ele-

phant’s Ear.

4065 Bind-weed, purple eyed.

4120 Birth-wort, Bird’s Head.

4071 Boat-Lip, violet.

4088 Bolbophyllum, quill -stem-

med,

4052 Boronia, Mr. Fraser’s.

4131

4085 Cattleya intermediate, varie-

gated-lipped.

superb.

4066 Cereus, long-stemmed; or

Torch-Thistle.

4084 variable; or Pitajaya.

4093 Ceropegia, ocellated.

4116 Chabrea, changeable-flowered

4054 Cycnoches, ventricose-lipped ; |

or Swan-neck; Sir Francis

Egerton’s var.

4067 Dinema, many-bulbed.

4059 Diplolena, Dampier’s.

4091 Disa, horned-flowered.

4073 large-flowered.

4102 Dryandra, splendid.

4089 Drymonia, spotted-flowered.

4115 Echinocactus, neat. 3

4124 — red-flowered.

4107 Epidendrum, Yolk-of-Egg.

4101 aerate: box-leaved.

4056 Fig-Marigold, arrow-leaved.

4082 Fuchsia, splendid. |

4121 Gesneria, Mr. Gardner’s.

4064 aan large-flow-

e ered.

4087 Greenovia, golden.

— 4074 Heath, flask-flowered.

4069 ——— Lady Shannon’s.

= 4072, Houlletia, Mr. Brocklehurst’s.

| 4081

| 4122

4110

4096

4048

4060

Lomatia, dyeing.

Longan.

Luxemburgia,. fringe-leaved.

Mammillaria, four-spined.

Maxillaria, fringe-lipped.

Microstylis, sail-flowered.

Miltonia, Mr. Clowes’.

Morina, long-leaved.

Mouse-ear, Azorean; or For-

get-me-not.

Nasturtium; or Mr. Lobb’s

Indian Cress. :

Nematanthus, shorter-flower-

stalked.

Odontoglossum, elegant.

Oncidium, three-coloured.

Pentas, flesh-coloured.

Petalidium, Barleria-like.

Phajus, two-coloured.

4117 Pterodiscus, showy.

4108 Saccolabium, spotted.

4055 Sea-Lavander, rasp-leaved,

shrubby.

4105 Siphocampylus, Lantana-leaved

4057 Speedwell, showy-flowered.

4127 Stapelia, Cactus-like.

4125 Statice, large-leaved; or Thrift.

4058 Stephanotis, copious-flowering

4062 Tacsonia, Mrs. Marryatt’s ; or

Passion-flower.

4103

4109

4092

4097

4080

4104

4130

4026

4053

4078

| 4070 Tetranema, Mexican.

4111 Thomasia, large-stipuled.

4128 Thrift, large-headed.

4119 Thunbergia, purple, golden-

eyed. .3,...7

4098 Umbilicus, soft-leaved.

4114 Vanda, quill-leaved.

4061 Virgin’s Bower, Mountain,

large-flowered, var.

4075 Viscaria, dark-eyed.