CURTIS’S

Botanical Magazine;

OR,

FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED:

é IN WHICH

The most Ornamental Forrien Piants, cultivated in the Open

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

represented in their natural Colours,

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

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

to the celebrated Linn aus; their Places of Growth,

and Times of Flowering ;

Together with the most approved Methods of Cunrurc.

A WORK

Intended for the Use of such Lapres, Gentiemen, and Ganpenrrs, as Wisk

to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate.

By JOHN SIMS, M.D.

FELLow or THE Roya anp Linnean Socierigs.

WOL XLVI.

Being the Furth of the New Series.

The Frowers, which grace their native beds,

Awhile put forth their blushing heads,

But, e’er the close of parting day,

They wither, shrink, and die away:

But THESE, which mimic skill hath made,

Nor scorched by suns, nor killed by shade,

Shall blush with less inconstant hue,

—# Which arr at pleasure can renew, _Lioyp.

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M DCCC XIX.

( 2023 )

PAssiFLORA FILAMENTOSA. PALMATE

Passton-F LOWER.

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Class and Order.

MonapetruiA PENTANDRIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petala, calyci inserta.

Nectar. Corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata. °

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Passirtora filamentosa ; foliis palmatis quinque-partitis ser-

ratis, petiolis biglandulosis, involucro triphyllo, foliolis

suborbiculatis serrulatis.

Passirtora filamentosa ; foliis palmatis quinque-partitis ser-

ratis, petiolis glandulosis, involucro triphyllo serrato, filis

corone corolla longioribus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 623.

PassirLora filamentosa ; foliis quinque-lobis serratis, lobis

inferioribus brevioribus, coronis quinque. Cavan. Diss.

10. p. 461. t. 294, —

We received this Passton-rtower at the end of August

last, from Messrs. Loppices and Sons, under the name of

palmata. It appears evidently to be the filamentosa of Ca-

VANILLES and Wiripenow, though the character added by

the latter of having the threads of the corona longer than

the corolla, does not hold good in our plant. ;

It approaches very near to cerulea, from which it differs ,

chiefly in having the lobes of the leaves and the involucrum

serrated, in the greater brightness of the colours of the coro-

na, and in the corolla exceeding considerably the calyx.

Native of South America, and probably of Jamaica. Is

at present cultivated as a stove plant, and appears not to have

een before introduced into this country.

The flowers open in the night, and close about noon the

next day. 3 |

( 2024 )

Arsutus ANDRACHNE. ORIENTAL

STRAWBERRY-TREE,

TRE Re Ree eR

Class and Order, —

Decanpria Monoeyni.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata: ore 5-fido; basi pellucida,

Bacca 5-locularis, : ss

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Arsutus Andrachne; caule arboreo, foliis ovatis integris

serratisque, paniculis pubescentibus erectis, baccis poly-

spermis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt.3. p. 56. Bot. Reg. 113.

Arsutus Andrachne. Sp. Pl. 566. Bieb. Fl. taur. cauc.

1. p. 312. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 617. Duham. arb. .

ed. nov. 1.76. ¢.22. Prodr. fl. grec.1. p. 274.

Anpracune frutescens spica erecta, foliis ovatis integerrimis

et serratis. Hhret in Philos. transact. Vol, 57. p. 114.

t. 6.

Arsutus folio non serrato. Bauh. Pin. 460.

Apracune Theophrasti. Clus. Hist. 1. p. 48. Bauh. Fist.

Vol. 1. part.1. p. 87. Park. Theatr. 1490, f. 2. Raj.

Hist. 2. p. 1577. ,

Lamarcx considered the variety with leaves quite entire at

the margin as a distinct species, but the form of the leaves

differs ‘considerably in different s ecimens, and even on the

Same tree, not only in the niin baine entire or slightly

Serrated, but in approaching more or less to a round-oval, or

to a lanceolate form. _ The most remarkable circumstance in

this species is, that in the spring it sheds the old red bark, and

the young bark is at first green, then turns whitish, and

afterwards to different shades of brown, and finally, on the

“pproach of winter, to a deep red. 1

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It is sufficiently hardy to bear the cold of our ordinary

winters without shelter, but is liable to be much defaced, and

in severe frosts to be quite killed, as happened to a very large

shrub of this kind which stood for many years in the Apothe-

caries Botanic Garden at Chelsea, near the entrance. It should:

never be trusted abroad in frosty weather when young ; and

indeed it always appears much handsomer in the greenhouse

orconservatory. In the late Dr. Joun Fornercit1’s green-

house at Upton, there was one little inferior in size to that

at Chelsea, and much more beautiful, which was sold for

forty pounds, when this valuable collection was brought to

the hammer.

Produces its flowers generally in large terminal erect

racemes, in March, April, and May, but rarely or never

bears fruit with us. Native of the Levant and the Crimea,

growing from the clefts of rocks. Cultivated in Dr. SuHe-

raRD’s garden at Eltham in 1724. Communicated by Joun

Water, Esq.

( 2025 )

THALICTRUM AQUILEGIFOLIUM, y. FORMOSUM.

PURPLE-FLOWERING Mrapow-Rue.

ARS dese

Class and Order.

PotyAnpriA PoLyGyniA.

Generic Character.

Cal.0. Petala 4, seu. 5. Sem. ecaudata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Tuaricrrum aquilegifolium ; fructibus triangularibus pen-

dulis, stipulis amplexicaulibus, staminibus petalis reflexis

caducis longioribus. Supra No. 1818 ubi pete synonyma.

{a,) album ; staminibus albis.

(@.) incarnatum ; staminibus incarnatis. Supra 1818.

Tuatictrrum flore incarnato. Besl. Hort. Eyst. Ord. vern.

PAL fF

Tuauictrum atropurpureum. Jacg. Hort. Vind. 3. t. 61.

(y.) formosum ; staminibus intense purpureis superne dila~

tatis. Heic, No. 2025.

Tuauicrrum petaloideum. Sp. Pl. 771?

After all the pains that the indefatigable Dz Canpoxte has

taken with the genus Tuaticrrum, we have found it very

difficult to decide to which of his species this beautiful variety

should be referred. It does not seem to possess any character

_ by which it can be specifically distinguished from aguzlegifo-

lium, except perhaps the broader filaments ; in which respect

it approaches to petaloideum, the stamineum of the Supple-

mentum Plantarum of the younger Linneus: but this is

described as having a close white panicle, and, what is of

more consequence, sessile fruit. :

In foliage it corresponds with the other varieties of aquile-

gifolium, as also in the fruit being supported on longish pedi-

cles; and the stipulation is precisely the same. The petals

are

are four, and still more fugacious, falling off as soon as suf-

ficiently expanded to admit of the escape of the stamens,

‘ A hardy perennial; flowers in May and June: its native

country unknown to us. Was communicated by Joseru Sa-

BINE, Esq. from his garden at South Mimms, who informs

us that he received it from his friend, the Rev. Joun KeeErTon,

who formerly lived at South Mimms, but now at Bunbury,

in Cheshire,

( 2026 )

NEOTTIA ELATA. TALL NEortza.

TEE ENE Ee eae set se alee ak le ae ale. shee,

Ss Class and Order. :

Gynanpria Monanpria,

Generic Character.

Cor. ringens: petalis exterioribus anticis labello imberbi

suppositis, interioribus conniventibus. Columna aptera. .

Pollen farinaceum. Brown in Hort. Kew. :

Specific Character and Synonyms:

Neorrta elata ; labello obovato emarginato, scapo vaginato,

bracteis flore brevioribus, foliis ovatis petiolatis margine

planis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p.72. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5.

p. 199. Redouté Liliac. 164.

Neormia elata. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800. p. 226.

Neorria minor ; foliis planis, spathis virentibus. Jacq. Col-

lect. 3. p. 172. Ic. rar. 601. Bot. Repos. 376.

Satyrium elatum ; bulbis fasciculatis crassis tomentosis, foliis

radicalibus ovatis petiolatis, caule subnudo, nectario

subtrilobo. Swartz Prodr. 119.

ATYRIUM quintum erectum minus; foliis tenuissimis ovatis,

venosis, radicalibus ; scapo assurgente, subsquamoso, spi-

cato. Brown Jam. p. 324. n. 5 é

The synonym quoted by WittpeNow from Brown’s His-

tory of Jamaica cannot belong to this plant nor to the genus,

none of the flowers of which have “ long spurs ;” but pro-

bably a mistake has arisen from the misprint of the number

two, a synonym of the Orcuts habenaria of Linnxvs, instead

of five, which appears to us to have been most probably the

synonym Swartz meant to have quoted, and which we have

accordingly adopted. =. ae ee

The Neorria elata is not a plant of any great beauty, but

the whole family of Orchidee is more or less interesting, from

the singularly various formation of the parts of fructification.

It is a native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. Requires the

heat of the stove. Blossoms in April, May, and June. In-

troduced in 1790 by Mr. Joan Farreairn. Communicated

by Joun Watxer, Esq. of Arno’s Grove.

( 2027)

CROTALARIA PULCHERRIMA. Mysorg ° ~

CROTALARIA,

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Class and Gindaes

DiapetpHia Decanpria. ©

Generic Character.

Legumen turgidum, inflatum, pedicellatum. Fildmenta

connata cum fissura dorsali. :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Crorararta pulcherrima ; caule fruticoso, foliis obovato-

cuneatis utrinque sericeo-pubescentibus, racemis termi-

nalibus, bracteis calycibusque coloratis, leguminibus

sessilibus oligospermis calyce persistente tectis.

Crorataria pulcherrima. Roxb. Flora ind. inedit. . Catal.

of Bot. Gard. at Calcutta.

The Crorataria pulcherrima is a pretty shrub of low

growth and much branched, bearing its fine yellow flowers

in short terminal racemes, bractes cordate-acuminate ; calyx

five-cleft ; segments unequal, the two upper ones being con-

siderably the largest ; Legumes sessile, enclosed within the

persistent calyx: seeds few, and generally only one comes to

maturity. : a )

Native of Mysore, from whence Dr. Bucuanan sent the

seeds to the botanic garden at Culcutta.

We were favoured with the specimen from which our

drawing was taken by the Honourable Witu1am Herserrt,

from his collection at Spofforth, who informs us that he

raised it from seeds he received from Calcutta, and that his

Plant of four years growth is about three feet high, and

spreads wide, throwing out many branches, and is now more

disposed to increase the number of these than the Re

‘The flowers are produced in the winter only, and the plant

requires much water when in flower, drooping’ whenever the

sun shines powerfully. In the summer it does not seem to

be so thirsty. From Dr. Roxsuren’s manuscripts we learn,

that at Calcutta it blossoms in January, and ripens its seeds

in March.

Mr. Hergerr has received seeds of the same species from

the Mauritius, which produced plants differing in nothing |

from the Calcutta ones, except that the leaves of the former

were longer and somewhat more pointed than in the latter; a

considerable difference, in which respect we observe even in

the specimen from. which our drawing was made.

( 2098 )

Laurus CINNAMOMUM. CINNAMON-TREE.

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Class and Order.

EnneanpriA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 0. Cor. calycina, 6-partita. Neetarium glandulis

tribus, bisetis, germen cingentibus. Filamenta interiora

glandulifera. Drupa 1-sperma.

Specrfic Character and Synonyms.

Laurus Cinnamomum ; foliis trinerviis ovato-oblongis :

nervis versus apicem evanescentibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 528.

2. p. A77. Blackw. Herb. t. 354. Bot. Repos. 596.

Woodv. Med. Bot. 80. t. 27. Gaertn. Sem. 2. 69. Plenck

te. 312.

Laurus Cinnamomum ; foliis suboppositis trinerviis ovato-

oblongis, nervis versus apicem evanescentibus, panicula

terminali. Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 441. Persoon Syn. 1.

p. AAS.

Cinnamomum foliis latis ovatis, frugiferum. Burm. Seylan.

62. t. 27.

Cinnamomum, s. Canella Zeylanica. Bauh. Pin. 408.

Cassia cinnamomea. Herm. Lugdb. 129. t. 655.

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In our account of Laurus Cassia, No. 1636, we have

erroneously stated Mr. Brown’s opinion to be that Laurus

Cinnamomum and Laurus Cassia are generally distinct ; this

learned botanist separates Cimmamomum as a genus from

Laurus, but considers the Cassia and the Cinnamon as spe-

cies of the same genus. )

Laurus Cinnumomum is the tree that produces the faz

famed spice, the true Cinnamon, so generally admired for its

fine aromatic pungent flavour, and held in general estimation

both as an ingredient in cookery and in medicine. ‘a

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We have not ‘quoted either JAcguin or Lovurero in our

synonymy; from a doubt whether the Cinnamon of .Marti-

nique and the wild Cinnamon.of Cochin-China, really belong

to this species or NOE be

We have formerly mentioned the liability of-the leaves of

the Cinnamon to be defaced by the scorching heat of the sun

in our stoves; but this defect.seems to be entirely remedied.in

Mr. Loppers’ new stové, ,heated:-by steam, where the leaves

are continually-in high beauty. ©.)

_ |. ‘Native of the island of Ceylon. in the East-Indies. With

-us.it must:be kept constantly inthe stove. «Flowers in.June,

July, and August, according to the Hortus Kewensis\ from

December to February. Propagated by layers or cuttings..

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( 2029 )

PELARGONIUM DASYCAULON. THICK-STEMMED

PELARGONIUM or Srork’s-Bit.

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Class and Order.

Monapetenia Hepranpeia:

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia suprema desinente in tubulum

capillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem.

Cor. 5-petala, irregularis. Filam. 10, inequalia, quorum

3—6 castrata. Arilli 5, I-spermi, aristati, ad basin recepta-

culi rostrati: aristis spiralibus introrsum barbatis. :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Prtarcontum dasycaulon ; foliis carnosis pinnatis: pinnis

pinatifidis apice truncato-trifidis, caule crasso tuberculato.

Prtarconium dasycaule ; foliis subbipinnatifidis, pinnulis

oblongis obtusissimis apice trifidis, caule senecto ramoso

crasso carnoso pedali. Haworth Succul. p. 309.

This species is too nearly related to PeLarcontum cerato-

phyllum, (Vide No. 315) from which it differs principally

in the leaves being more thickly pinnate, with the pinne

again deeply divided.

{ts native country not certainly known. Is more tender

than most of the Cape caulescent species, and should be kept

in the dry stove in the winter months. Flowers from July

to December. Propagated by cuttings. -Communicated by

Messrs. Witney, Brame, & Mune.

( 2030 )

EPIDENDRUM UMBELLATUM. UMBELLED

EpipENDRUM.

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Class and Order.

Gynanpria Mownanpria.

Generic Character.

Columna cum ungue labelli lengitudinaliter connata in

tubum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masse pollinis

4, parallele, septis completis persistentibus distincte, basi

filo granulato elastico aucte. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Eripenprum umbellatum ; caule simplici, foliis oblongis

subemarginatis, floribus in sinu folii terminalis confertis,

Jamina labelli triloba: lobo intermedio emarginato.

Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6. p. 68. Prodr.121. Willd.

Sp. Pl. 4. p. 117. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 218.

Persoon Syn. 2. p.518. Bot. Reg. 80.

PIDENDRUM difforme ; foliis caulinis oblongis, floribus

terminalibus aggregatis, nectarii tubo longitudine corolla

Jacq. Amer. 223. t. 126.

Descr. Stems simple, assurgent, the lower parts covered

. by the persistent remains of the stem-embracing petioles.

aves alternate, fleshy, oblong-oval, emarginate. Flowers

gtowing in a nearly sessile umbel from the bosom of the

uppermost leaf, green, waxen, sweet-scented. Germen

club-shaped, an inch anda half in length, incurved. Five

petals, spreading nearly equal, internal ones narrowest,

sides revolute. Labellum nearly circular revolute, three-

: middle lobe deeply emarginate ; column straight,

truncated, hollowed at the point, on the under side of which only

itis attached to the labellum: anther a deciduous operculum,

: 4-celled,

A-celled, containing 4 pollen masses which remain attached

to the hollow in the apex of the column, the st¢gma, when the

lid falls off.

This very rare species of Erwenprum was communicated

by Messrs. Loppiezs and Sons, in whose stove, heated by

steam, these plants, considered so difficult to be preserved, are

cultivated with the greatest success. Native of Jamaica.

Flowers in June and July. Introduced in 1793 by the

Jate Vice-Admiral Witiiam Buicu in his Majesty’s Ship

Providence.

Pub. by. $. Curtis. Walworth. Dec. 288,

( 2031 )

GENTIANA CRINITA. JAGGED-FLOWERED

GENTIAN.

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Class and Order.

Pentanpria Dyaynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 1-petala. Caps. 2-yalvis, 1-locularis; Receptaculis

2, longitudinalibus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Gentian crinita; corollis quadrifidis inciso-fimbriatis, ca-

lycibus tetragonis erectis: segmentis alternis marginatis,

foliis lanceolatis, pedunculis unifloris. :

Gentiana crinita ; corollis quadrifidis : laciniis inciso-ciliatis,

foliis lanceolatis acutis, caule erecto tereti. Freclich

Gent. p. 112. ». 44. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1352. Per-

soon Syn. 1. p. 287. . :

GenTIANA crinita ; caule tereti, ramis elongatis unifloris,

foliis lanceolatis acutis, corollis 4-fidis : laciniis obovatis

inciso-ciliatis, plicis interioribus simplicibus. Pursh Ft.

Am. Sept. 1. p. 185.

Gentiana fimbriata. Bot. Repos. 509.

We were favoured with this very beautiful Gentian by

My. Wituiam Kenr, from his fine collection at Clapton, in

August last. |

At No. 639 of this work we have given a figure of a species

of Gentian from Siberia, under the name of eztata ; im our

account of which we mentioned our doubt, whether the

European, Asiatic, and American varieties, might not be

distinct species, we have since been informed by Dr. T.

Fiscuer of Gorenki, that the species there figured is certainly

, GENTIANA

Gentiana barbata, and different from ciliata. The true

GentiAna ciliata, native of the South of Europe, is probably

not (6 be found in America at all; our present plant is indi-

genous to North-America, from New-York to Carolina. The

flowers are considerably Jarger than those of barbata, of a

fine sky-blue, and the petals are covered along the whole

margin with a beautiful waving fringe. .

A hardy perennial. Flowers in August and September.

Propagated by seeds or parting its roots. Introduced in 1804.

We know of no representation of this plant but the one

done from very imperfect seedling specimens with one flower,

in the Botanist’s Repository, which we should hardly have

taken for the same plant, had it not been quoted by Pursu.

( 2032 )

Nerium oporum, y. CARNEUM.

See eae esse ese a

Class and Order.

PenranpriaA MonoGynia.

Generic Character.

Contorta. Folliculi 2, erecti. Semina extremitate supe-

riori comosa. Cor. hypocrateriformis: faux coronata squamis-

quinque, divisis, :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Nerrum odorum ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis ternis, foliolis

calycinis erectis, nectariis multipartitis : laciniis filifor-

mibus. Hort. Kew. ed. I. 2. p. 67. Synonyma supra,

No. 1799 petenda. — ait

Carneum ; floribus carneis, nectariis ad dimidium fere

integris superne laceris: segmentis filiformibus foliis

hineari-lanceolatis.

Nerium flore carneo. Weinm. Phyt. v. 4. t.'155.?

Beturra-Arett Hort. Malab. 9, p. 3. t. 2?

——

The more we consider the varieties of Nerium oleander

and odorum, the more difficulty we find in distinguishing the

species, and we are inclined to think that after all perhaps

Lixnaus was right in considering these plants as mere varie-

ties. Lamarck supposed that he found a specific distinction

in the arista of the anther, being bearded in the latter and

smooth in the former, in addition to the difference in the

corona or nectarium pointed out by Soxanper, in the first

edition of Arron’s Hortus Kewensis ; but we do not find that

this distinction holds good, the termination of the anther being

hairy in both: and if the difference of the corona or nectarium

is sufficient to establish a specific distinction, our plant may

be considered as distinct from both, being more unlike in this

respect

respect to either than they are to one another. This part

in our plant consisted of five strap-like lacinie, quite entire

nearly half-way up, and then uniformly divided inte a filiform

fringe.

The double variety given above (No. 1799) from the

breadth of its leaves and more robust habit, is supposed by

many to belong to the European plant; but its history points

out an Indian origin, and there can be no doubt of its being

the same as the Tsjovanna-Areli of the Hortus Malabaricus*.

The flowers of our plant were delightfully fragrant, more

so than we have observed in any other variety.

Perhaps we ought rather to have considered this as variety

a. of Nerium odorum, which is said to vary in the colour of

its flowers, but on account of the remarkable corona, we.

‘have preferred giving it as a distinet variety: but it remains

‘te be examined. whether this part is constant in the different

varieties or species.

Communicated by Mr. Witiram Kent, of Clapton, who

_— it from cuttings brought to him by a friend from

aris, ;

* In the account of the two first species of Nerium, in Willdenow’s

edition of the Species Plantarum, there are two errors, one of which has

been followed by most succeeding writers. The note to the first species,

- Nerium oleander, belongs to variety @ of the second. ‘I'ab. 1. and 2. of the

Sth volume of the Hortus Malabaricus are misquoted ; tab. 1. belongs ta

variety & tab. 2. to the single variety,

Pub. by. 5 Guartis Walworth, Dec.2.288.

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~ Quisguatis mpica. Innian Quisquanis.

Class and Order,

Decanpria Monoeynia.

_ Generic Character.

Cal. superus: tubo longissimo, 5-fido. Petala 5, fauct

talycis inserta, marcescentia. Stam. 10. in duplici serie.

Drupa 5-angularis.

Specific Name and Synonyms.

Quisquatis indica. Sp. Pl. 556. Rumph. Amboyn. 5. p.

71. t. 38. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 579. Persoon Syn.

1. p/470, Lamarck Il. t. 357. : :

Quisquatis glabra. Burm. Ind. p. 104. 1. 28. f. 2.

Quisguatts pubescens. Burm, Ind. p. 104. t. 35. f. 2.

Upani Malayensibus.

+ ree

The smooth and pubescent varieties of BuRMAN appear to

be the same.

The fanciful name of Quis Qualis was given to this plant

By Roumpuivs, which has been since joined into one word.

he Malays call it Upant. The account which this author

Sives of it is very curious; the young plant, he observes,

grew up into an upright shrub, about three feet high, with

few and irregular branches, and scattered leaves without

order. After six months it put forth from the root a runner

much stouter than the principal stem of the first shrub, which .

climbed up the neighbouring trees, throwing out branches,

Pee in and out in all directions, but ae wee “=

their supporters ; r the appearance of this shoot the

original shrub Mig Baca and finally perished. Before it

divided into branches the leaves of the new shoot grew by

threes, one of which was always a little higher up than the

other two, and towards the top the leaves became more

distant, till they became solitary ; the leayes falling off the

a : | persistent

persistent footstalks changed to thick strong spines. From the

axils of these leaves other branches grew, some with opposite

and. others with alternate leaves ; and from the extreme

branches the flowers are produced in a sort of umbel or cyme,

or solitary from the axils of the upper leaves. oes

The calyx is a very long tube, in the faux of which the

petals are inserted alternating with the segments of the calyx ;

stamens ten, inserted into the tube of the calyx in two rows.

Germen inferior, one-celled, five cornered. When the petals

first expand they are perfectly white, but soon change to a

flesh colour, and finally to blood-red. Rumpnivs observes

that in the morning the flowers are white, reddish at noon,

rose-coloured in the evening, and the next day blood-red.

The changes in our plant were not quite so rapid. elo

Jussieu, in conformity to Linnaus’s opinion, has united

Quisqualis to his natural order of Thymelee@, to which

order it has certainly a near affinity in the one-celled germen,

tubular calyx, and marcescent petals, mserted in the calyx,

having the same relation to it as the squame in Gnidia, &c.

But in the Thymelee the germen is superior, the calyx being

in no part adherent: whereas in Quisqualis the calyx

adheres to the germen. It is perhaps on this account chiefly

that Mr. Brown unites it with his order of Combretacee.

This plant, with some others of the same natural order,

affords, as Mr. Brown has remarked, a strong argument in

favour of Jussrev’s doctrine respecting calyx and corolla.

The natives make great use of this plant. The young

leaves, which have a warm pungent taste like radish, are

eaten raw, either by themselves or mixed with lettuce ; they

likewise enter into various compositions for medical purposes.

The unripe fruit is a very efficacious remedy for worms, and

what is remarkable, the ripe kernel, which is sweet to the taste

like almonds, has likewise the same anthelmintic property.

But it is observed that, though some persons, and among these

Rumpnivs himself, could eat these kernels with pleasure and

impunity, in others they soon produced nausea, followed by.a

_ troublesome hickuping. Native of the East-Indies. Intro-

duced about three years ago by Messrs. Wuitiex, Brame,

and Mitng, in whose stove it flowered in June last for the

first time, and to whom we are indebted for an opportunity

of taking a drawing of it, — Oe ge

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CurcuLIGO LATIFoLIA. BRroAp-LEAVED

CuRcCULIGO.

EREEEK EEE EEE EEE EERE

Class and Order.

HexanpriA Monoeyntia.

Generic Character.

Cor. supera, 1-petala: limbo 6-partito. Bacca polysperma,

corollz parte inferiore persistente coronata. :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Curcviico latifolia ; foliis ellipticis, capitulo sessili, tubo

floris vix longiore limbo. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 253.

Invotucrum. Rumph. Amb. 6. p. 114. t. 53.

For an account of the Genus Curcutico by Mr. Ker, con-

sult No. 1076 of this work, where the Curcutico brevifolia

of Hortus Kewensis is given as a variety of Curcuxico or--

chioides of Roxsurcu; but these plants are now considered

as distinct species.

Rumpnius’s name of Invotucrvum is a translation of the

vulgar Malay name, signifying a wrapper, from the use the

natives make of the leaves to wrap up fruit, fish, or other

articles, which they carry about for sale, or send for presents ;

to which purpose Rumpurus obseryes they are particularly

well adapted, being boat-shaped, narrowed at both ends, soft

and a so that they readily cover whatever is wrapped

In them. =

Native of Amboyna and Poolo Pinang. Requires to be

kept in the stove except in very warm weather. Flowers

most part of the summer. Introduced in 1804 by Mr. Joun

Atten. Communicated by Mr. JENKINS, urseryman,

Gloucester-Place, New-Road. :

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CRASSULA FALCATA. SICKLE*LEAVED |

CRASSULA.

JHE Hee eid

Class and Order.

PenTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Squame 5, nectariferee ad

basin germinis. Caps. 5.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Larocnea falcata. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 337.

A figure of this plant having been given by Mr. AnprEws,

in the Botanist’s Repository, erroneously for Crassula

obliqua, it is generally known by that name in our nurseries.

The eminent botanist M. Decanpotte, in his Plantes

grasses, has separated this species and Crassuna coccinea

from the rest of the genus, and erected them into a new

genus under the name of Rocuea, altered in PrErsoon’s

synopsis to Larocnea, being dedicated to the memory of

M. De La Rocue, author of a monograph on Ixia and Gla-

diolus. This genus has been adopted by Mr. Haworrn,

who has doubtingly added to it three other species, but

as all of them,.as far as appears by the character, differ in

nothing from Crassuxa but in the cohesion of the petals at

their base, and the genus is not taken up in the last edition

of the Hortus Kewensis, we have judged it better to retain

the name given it in the last-mentioned work.

In our specimen the nectariferous scales were quite

obsolete, but as these make part of the character of the genus —

Larocuza, the want of them is probably not general.

eS A Greenhouse

A Greenhouse. shrub, or more properly kept with other

succulents in the dry stove. Native of the Cape of Good

Hope. Blooms at most seasons of the year. Our drawing

was made in December. Flowers very fragrant, much

resembling honey-suckles. Propagated by cuttings. Intro-

duced about the year 1785. Communicated by Messrs.

LoppieEs and Sons.

ERRATA.

No. 381, p. 2019, 1. 21, for “ Prof. James E. SMITH,” read * Sir

JamEs E. SMITH.” iN Aa ea

No, 382, p. 2025, 1. 5, for “ South,” read “ North.”

1. 7, for “ South,” read “ North,”

‘P- 2028, 1. 25, for “ generally,” read “ generically.”

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PLecrrantuus Forskonuta1. Forskounn’s

PLECTRANTHUS.

Fe RE ieee eee eet eae eh ae

Class and Order.

Dipynamia GyMNospPERMIA;

Generic Character.

_ Cal. 2-labiatus, labio inferiore diviso, striatus: fructifer,

basi subtus gibbosus. Cor. lab. superius 3-fidum, lacinia

media biloba : znferius longius, integrum (plerumque conca-

vum). Stamina declinata, filamentis edentulis (nunc basi

connatis) : antheris unilocularibus, imberbibus. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Precrrantuvs Forskohlai; foliis carnosis ovatis rugosis in pe

tiolum decurrentibus: superioribus subintegerrimis, race-

mis verticillatis aphyllis, corollis concoloribus.

Piecrranruvs Forskolei; nectario gibboso, racemis aphyllis,

caule equali. Vahl Symb. 1. p. 44. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3.

p. 169. . Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 425.

Precrranruus barbatus. Bot. Repos. 594. ,

Ocimum hadiense ; foliis ovatis obtusis crenatis villosis flexili-

bus, floribus retrofractis. Forsk. Descr. 109.

- Descr. Stem frutescent at the lower part: branches

herbaceous, obtusely four-cornered, hairy: hairs pointing

upwards. Leaves oval, crenate towards the apex, rugose,

reticulately veined, seven-nerved, smooth on the upper sur-

face, tomentose on the under; fleshy not flexile, continued

down the petiole, which is ciliated. Raceme terminal, a foot

long, verticillated, without bractes or floral leaves. Pedicels

hairy, longer than the calyx. Calyx bilabiate, gibbose at

the base, hairy: upper lip trifid. Middle segment broad,

Found-oyal acuminate, 2 lateral ones very narrow, a

: ciliat

ciliated with glandular hairs : wnder lip bifid, segments nar-

row acute like the lateral segments of the upper lip, but a

fourth part longer. Corolla ringent ; tube refracted, gibbose

above. Upper lip short, three lobed, rounded, bearded :

lower lip canoe-shaped, acute, hairy along the keel, contain-

ing the stamens which are declined ; filaments not toothed,

united half-way, inserted at the entrance of the tube: anthers

4-lobed, one-celled. Pellen globose. During estivation,

that is in the bud, in its unexpanded state, the upper lip is

superincumbent on the lower.

Ocimum scutellarioides of which we gave some account

at No, 1446, is certainly a congener of our present plant,

which is undoubtedly the Piecrranruus Forskohlei of the

Hortus Kewensis ; but we are not quite so sure that it is the

Ocimum hadiense of Forsxont, as he distinguishes that

species by its having flexible leaves, which in our plant are

fleshy and brittle, corresponding better with ForsKont’s

description of the leaves of his Ocimum Zatarhendi, the

flowers of which agree perfectly with those of our Ocimum

scutellarioides, but not with our present plant.

Flowers in October and November. Propagated by cut-

tings. Native of Arabia-Felix and Abyssinia. Introduced

in 1806 by Viscount Varentia, now Earl of Mountnorris,

whose ardour in the pursuit of natural knowledge is well

known. Communicated from the stove of James Vere, Esq.

of Kensington Gore, by Mr. Wittiam Buake, his gardener.

Ons. The leaves are extremely bitter to the taste, the calyxes

aromatic and pungent. ak

When compared with the usual form of labiate flowers, as in the

dead-nettle for instance, — in PLECTRANTHUS Corres-

ponds with the upper in Lamium, and covers the stamens ; in like

manner the Upper lip of the former corresponds in form with the

lower, on which account these flowers are said to be resupinate ;

but this position of parts is natural from the first formation of the

flower, and not as in many of the Orchis tribe, occasioned by the

twisting of the germen or peduncle, by which means the position

of the flower becomes changed from what it was during estivation;

to which change of position some writers seem exclusively to apply

the term resupination. : e reas

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STAPELIA STRICTA, Upricut STapeLia

See te dese ee eka eit ee

Class and Order.

Penranpria Monowynia.

Generic Character.

Asclepiadea. Nectartum duplici stellula tegente genitalia.

Specific Character.

Srapexia stricta ; corolla quinquefida : laciniis ovatis acumi-

natis planiusculis nudis, ligulis obtusis, rostris brevissimis,

ramis tetragonis simplicibus strictis basi floriferis.

Pens —s

There is a good deal of affinity between this species and

divaricata. 'The shape and denticulation of the stems, as well

as the colour of the corolla, are exactly similar, but in other

respects there is great difference ; the lacinie of the corolla

are not ciliated in sérieta, nor rolled back at the margins, nor

so sharp pointed as in divaricata; the peduncles are shorter

than the flower, and grow from near the base, and the

branches are simple and quite erect, in both which characters

it differs widely from divaricata.

It has been sometimes called in our collections StaPELia

rufa ; but has no similarity to the rufa of Masson ; nor do

we find that this species has been recorded by any author.

Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Requires a good green-

house or dry stove. Flowers in Octok +r. Communicated

by N.S. Hopson, Esq. A bbey-H« use, Bury St. Edmunds.

SD 2038.

Wedded 5:

Gurtis Walworth.Jan. 2.2 82 9.

Lub.’ Fe

Dianrnus ARENARTUS, Sanp Pink. —

HAH eek eek ag ae ey

ae Cass anit Order. | 23 |

Decanpria Dieynta.

Generic Character.

Cal. cylindvicus, }-phytlus, basi squamis 4. Pelala 5,

unguiculata. Caps. cylindriea, 1-locularis,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Dianruus arenarius ; caulibus subunifloris, squamis calyci-

nis ovatis obtusis, corollis multifidis, foltis linearibus.

Fl. Suec. 343 384. Sp. Pl. 589. Willd. 2. p- 681.

Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans. 2, p. 296. 7

tee

Sir James E. Sirs, in his remarks upon the genus Dran-

THUs in the second volume of the Transactions of the Linnean

Society, observes, that Linnzvus was the only authority for

this plant, and that the specimen in his herbarium is from

weden. In the herbarium of Sir Josepu Banxs, the only

specimen is from the collection of a Swedish botanist, which

agrees very well with our plant, but is not very perfect. We

have not ventured to add any of the synonyms usually affixed

'o this species, because none of them prabably are correct,

NNEUS, as we are informed by Smrru, erased from his

°wn copy of the species plantarum the synonyms of Bavain

and Cuusius; that of Doponzus he remarks ought also to be

struck out, nor does he find any good reason to depend upon

those of Le Monnier and Sauvaces ; and that of Scopoui,

‘ince added, must certainly share the fate of Crusius’s.

Unwilling to run the risk of misleading with regard to a

2s Species so rare and so little understood by botanists in general,

we have applied to our friend, the president of the Linnean

_ Society, who is always ready to lend his assistance in esta-

: blishing the Linnean species ; and we have had the satisfaction

- Of learning from him that our present subject is certainly the

-SIANTHUS arenarius of Linnxvs, | The

The plant divides immediately from the root into a number

of woody branches, terminated by fasciculated leaves, from

the centre of which a single stem proceeds, bearing seldom

more than two flowers, which are white: the petals are mi-

nutely cut to below the middle, and are marked with a faint

greenish spot, covered with short dark purple hairs.

A a perennial. Flowers in August. Communicated

py Mr. Wiutiam Kent, from his collection at Clapton,

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Diantuus CaRTHUSIANORUM, 6. CARTHUSIAN

Pink.

JHEP REFER Sos

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Dieynta.

Generic Character.

Cal. cylindricus, 1-phyllus: basi squamis 4. Petala D,

unguiculata, Caps. cylindrica, 1-locularis,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Diantuvs carthusianorum ; floribus subaggre, is, squamis

calycinis aristatis tubo brevioribus, foliis inearibus tri-

nerviis. Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans. 2. p. 299.

Diantuus carthusianorum ; floribus su tis, squamis

calycinis ovatis aristatis tubo brevioribus, involucro ob-

n. 409. — pia

a.) flo ribus a ag Pp : ; > ipo

Caryoruyiius montana I. Tabern. 287. ed. Germ. 668.

(B.) floribus aggregatis capitatis, foliis uninervis.

meagan Me

Diantuvus. Carthusi

ALUSTaAO) Unt, - Kniph. Cent. i n. 99.

Dianruus atrorubens, Jacquini ? Ps

Descr. Stems upright, a foot and a half high, simple,

nearly smooth, though some roughness may be felt by the lips.

Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, without evident lateral ~~

bat striated when dry, rough at the margins, pairs more dis-

tant at the upper part of the stem. Flowers collected into a

close capitulum, eight or twelve tegether, but seldom more

than one or two are expanded at the same time. Involucrum

of several oblong oval leaflets, witha membranous margin, and

an awn growing from a little below the point, somewhat shorter

than the capitulum: scales of the calyx ovate, awned, of a

dark purplish rusty colour, shorter than the tube: segments

erect, acute. Claws of the petals very long: lim) wedgze-

shaped, serrated at the tip, of a rich purple colour, larger than

those of the Sweet William.

When we gave the Dranwrnus figured at No. 1775 for the

atrorubens ot Jacquin, we had not seen this plant, which we ~

now think more resembles his figure than that, at least in the

form and colour of the involucrum. Perhaps they may be alk

considered as varieties of Dianruus carthusianorum, of which

species we have no doubt onr present plant is the variety 8 of

the species Plantarum, and as such we find it recorded in the

Banksian herbarium. This variety seems however to be

constant in having the flowers sessile in a terminal capitulum,

and the character of “ floribus swb-aggregatis” applies to the

variety « only, being in no species more perfeetly aggregate

than. in, this, In our plant the leaves are not evidently

3-nerved. ‘Phese characters may. be sufficient to distinguish

it a& a.species.from,variety «; and perhaps. we should. have

done right in applying the name of airorubens to this, rather

than to the one, we have so denominated, which differs from

this in the smaller size and, greater number of flowers in the

sane capitalum; in the involucrum, being: much larger and

Jonger, with the lower leaflets embracing the whole base of

the capituaim, and extending beyond it ; in.all which respects

it recedes from our plant, and agrees with the specimens of

Diasruus ferrugimeus preserved in the Banksian Herbarium.

We hope to have another opportunity of illustrating the varie-

ties of Dianruus carthusianorum, —

._A\hardy perennial or rather biennial, propagated by slips

or by seeds. Flowers in August and September. Communi-

cated by Mr. Jenxrys, from his Botanic Garden, Gloucester

Place, New-Road.

ep emmteentot me

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STEVIA PEDATA. SrVEN-cLEFT STEVIA.

Class and Order.

SynGEnEsIA Potycamia AQuatis.

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. Pappus paleaceus. Cal. cylindraceus

ex simplici foliolorum serie.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Stevia pedata; herbacea, foliis petiolatis digitato-pedatis

integerrimis, pappo paleaceo equali. ens ;

Srevia pedata; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1776. Hort. Kew. ed.

alt. 4. p. 510. Cavan. Ic. 4. p. 33. t. 356.

Hymenoparpus pedatus. Lagasca Hort. Matrit.

Descr. Stem erect, somewhat hispid, branched towards the

top. Leaves alternate, pedate, generally seven cleft: leaflets

linear, quite entire, marginsrevolute. Petiole channelled, trifid

at the point, the middle segment carrying one, the two lateral.

ones generally three leaflets. Flowers grow in a lax corymb,

terminating branchlets mostly 3-flowered. Calyx of a simple

series of carinated leaflets, each embracing a floret. Florets

ali tubular, white, limb 5-cleft, twisted. Anthers dark purple.

Germens angular obconical : Pappus many leaved, membra-

naceous, regular, and even at top: Stigmas white, revolute.

Receptacle honey-combed.

A hardy annual. Native of Mexico. Flowers from July

to the end of September. Introduced in 1803 by Sir James

_E. Smrra. Our drawing was made from a specimen com-

municated by Messrs. Wuirtey, Mitne, and Co. We

received the same also from A. B. Lamrerr, Esq. out of his

collection at Boyton.

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PassIFLORA QUADRANGULARIS. SQUARE-

STALKED PassION-FLOWER.

TREE EE EEE

Class and Grder:

MonADELPHIA PENTANDRIA.

~ Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petala, calyci inserta.

Nectar. corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata.

| Specific Character and Synonyms.

Passirtora quadrangularis ; foliis oblongo-ovatis subcordatis

integerrimis venosis, petiolis sex-glandulosis, stipulis sub-

rotundo-ovatis, involucro triphyllo, caule membranaceo

tetragono. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 608. Persoon Syn. 2.

p. 219. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 148.

PassirLora guadrangularis ; foliis indivisis ovalibus subcor-

datis glabris multinerviis, petiolis sex-glandulosis, caule

membranaceo tetragono, stipulis ovali-oblongis. Hort.

Kew. ed, 1 3. p. 306. Bot. Reg. 14.

PassirLora quadrangularis. Spec. Pl. 1356. Jacg. Amer.

p. 231. t. 148. Swartz Obss. 332. Cav. Diss. 10. p.

453. t. 283. Sowerby in Lin. Soc. Trans.2. p. 21. t. 3.

f. a. Miss Lawrence’s Passion Flower.

Siem winged, 4-sided, climbing. Leaves alternate, oval,

subcordate, smooth, reticulately veined underneath. .Stepules

oblong-oval, oblique. Peétoles channelled, , bearing three

pair of glands. Peduncles solitary, one flowered, opposite the

petiole, with a tendril between them. Jnvolucrum of three

roundish obtuse leaves, overlapping one another at the base,

close to the flower. Calyx or outer segments thick, spongy,

three-nerved, green without and white within. Corolla or

inner segments of the calyx equal to the outer, white without,

: pale

pale red within. Exterior rays of the nectarium longer than

the petals, variegated: middle rays very short, white: infe-

rior ones twice as long, converging round the column.

Filaments spotted: Anthers white: Germen oblong-oval,

white. Styles purplish: Stigmas 3-lobed, large, very white.

(Swartz describes them as black).

Cultivated in gardens in the West-Indies, but whether .

indigenous there seems doubtful. The fruit is as large as a

swan’s egg; its pulp is eaten with wine, either with or with-

out the seeds, and much esteemed for its supposed cooling

quality. From its quick growth and thick foliage, it is well

suited for forming arbours and covered walks, but Jacquin

observes that they are apt to be infested by venomous serpents,

who choose the Passion-flowers, more especially this species

_ and the laurel-leaved, for their abode, well knowing that their

favourite prey, the squirrels, no where more abound, these

animals being fond of these fruits.

Requires the constant protection of the stove, of which it

is one of the greatest ornaments. Propagated by cuttings or

by seeds, which last are seldom produced here. Flowers in

August and September. Communicated by Mr. Buaxe, from

the very curious collection of James Ver; Esq. Kensington-

re.

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CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM. $. CHANGEABLE)

WHITE INDIAN CHRYSANTHEMUM.

SR ee eae se eee

Class and Order.

SyneenesiA Potyeamra SUPERFLUA,

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemisphericus,

imbricatus: squamis marginalibus membranaceis. |

Specifie Character and Synonyms.

Curysanrnemum indicum:; foliis simplicibus ovatis sinuatis

angulatis serratis acutis. Sp. Pl. 1253. Curt. Magaz.

327.

CurysanTHemMuM indicum ; foliis ovatis basi attenuatis trilobis

dentatis, caule ramoso, ramis unifloris. Willd. Sp. Pl.

3. p. 2147. ae ,

Curysantaemum indicum ; foliis subpalmatis sinuato-lobatis

dentatis stipulatis, caule ramoso, ramis unifloris, calycis

squamis rotundatis. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 461.

CurysanrnemumM purpureum. Idem. c. gutane

Anruemis artemisiefolia ; foliis petiolatis sinuato pinnatifidis

dentatis subtus incanis, caule fruticoso. Willd. Sp. PI.

3. p. 2184. Ejusdem Enum. p. 911.

Anruemis grandiflora. Ramatuelle in Journ. d’ Hist. nat .2.

p. 234. — |

Antuemis stipulacea. Moench Suppl. Meth. Pl. 258.

Marrrcarta sinensis, Serune. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 259. t.

of: fF" ¥: ae

Ceeatie Hort. Malab. 10. p. 87. t. 44.

_—"

- At the time the purple Curvsanruemum indicum was

published, no other variety was known in this country ; but

many have been since imported from China. For the

following list of the varieties at present known in our gardens,

: ig ve!

” ee

as well for the communication of the specimen from which our

drawing was taken, we are indebted to Josepy Sazing, Esq.

of North Mimms. ; :

(a.) Purple. Bot. Mag. 327.

(@.) Changeable white. Bot. Mag. 2042.

(y.) Quilled white. Bot. Reg. 4.

(3.) Tasseled white.

(<.) Superb white.

(f.) Quilled yellow.

(n.) Sulphur yellow.

(e.) Golden yellow. Bot. Reg. 4.

(.) Large lilac.

(x.) Buff or orange.

(a.) Rose or pink. .

(«.) Spanish brown.

Witipenow has supposed that the CurysanrHemum

indicum of Linnaus is not the same species with our plant,

but we see no reason to believe that they are distinct. The

chaffy receptacle which is sometimes at least observed in our

cultivated plants, has occasioned it to be ranked with

Antuemis; but the constancy of this character has not, we

believe, been as yet ascertained.

Most of the above varieties seem to be permanent; but

some of them, we are told, are liable to change their colour,

from change of soil and situation ; and the one here figured

has certainly this tendency, and owes the rich colour of the

inner petals to its having been planted in a warm situation,

where it was exposed to a very burning sun; and may there-

fore be expected, under different circumstances, to return

again to its original white. 3

Since our present subject was drawn, and in the hands of

the engraver, we received from Messrs, Barr and Brooxss,

of the Northampton Nursery, a specimen of a newly imported

white variety, which in size and form of the flower far sur-

passes any that we have before seen. It exceeded four inches

in diameter, was extremely double and perfectly formed ; the

liguie quilled at the lower half, and spreading above ; the

petals towards the centre tinged of a lemon colour, shaded off

to a pure white, and contrary to the usual mode, the points

of the petals, except the outer rows, were curved inwards

towards the centre. When fully expanded a few of the per-

fect florets of the disk were exposed to view, the bright yellow

colour of which added to the beauty of the whole: this is the

variety <. in the above list.

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ILEX CHINENSIS. CHINESE Hotty.

Class and Order. |

Terranpria TrrracyniA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 4-dentatus. Cor. rotata. Stylus 0. Bacca 4-sperma.

Specific Character.

Inex chinensis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis marginatis denticula-

tis: dentibus cartilagineis vix pungentibus, corymbis

pedunculatis dichotomis.

Descr. An evergreen shrub, three feet high, but proba-

bly of much loftier growth. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, with

a cartilaginous margin, upper ones quite entire, lower ones

denticulate, especially toward the point: teeth, except a few

at the point, not pungent ; leaves reticulately veined, spotted

with small dark dots which disappear in drying, midrib villous.

Peduncles alternate, both axillary and extrafoliaceous, bearing

small white flowers in compact dichotomous corymbs.

Our drawing was made at Messrs. Matcotm and Sweer’s

nursery, in July 1814, from a plant which we are informed

by Mr. Sweer was imported from China.

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*COTYLEDON CURVIFLORA. BENT-FLOWERED

NAVELWORT.

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Class and Order.

DecanprRiA PEenTAGYNIA,

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala. Sguame nectarifere 5, ad

basin germinis. Caps. 5.

Specific Character.

Corriepon curviflora ; fruticosa, foliis semicylindricis spar-

sis, floribus paniculatis nutantibus, calycibus laxis, tubo

corolle pentagono incurvo.

CoryLepon purpurea ; foliis lineari-oblongis carnosis glabris,

floribus paniculatis. Thunb. prodr. 83 ?

The Corytevon curviflora appears to us to be an unde-

scribed species, unless it should be ‘THuNBERG’s purpurea,

which does not seem very probable, because neither the flowers

nor leaves are of that colour. There is a species figured by

Burmann which has flowers not unlike those of our plant,

_ but which are said to be erect, and the flowering stem is

represented to be pubescent.

The stem is fleshy, rough with the vestiges of former

leaves. From the extremities of the thick branches shoot

straight, rounded, smooth, flowering stems, clothed with

scattered fleshy, linear, semicylindrical leaves, and bearing

a few flowered panicle at the extremity. ‘The peduncles are

twisted in a fantastical manner. Calyx large, lax, of five

unequal fleshy leaflets. Corolla tubular, yellow, streaked

with red: tube above an inch long, curved, somewhat inflated

s upwards,

upwards : Jim not a third part the length of the tube, 5-cleft -

Jacinie acute, reflexed but not rolled back. Filaments

thickened at the base, villous. Styles longer than the

stamens.

Communicated by Messrs. Wuittey, Brames, and Ming,

in October. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, from whence

it was brought two years ago by Mrs. Sruarr, on her passage

from the East-Indies.

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TAGETES TENUIFOLIA. FINE-LEAVED TAGETES

oR Peruvian Maryeoup.

Tee ae eke eee teak oe

Class and Order.

SyncenesiA SuPERFLUA.

Generic Character.

Recept. nudum. Pappus aristis 5, erectis. Cal. simplex,

I-phyllus, 5-dentatus, tubulosus. Flosculi radii 5, per-

sistentes.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Tacetes tenuifolia ; foliis pinnatis, foliolis linearibus serratis,

serraturis inferioribus elongatis, caule paniculato, pedun-

culis alternis unifloris, calycibus clavatis. Willd. Sp.

Pl. 3. p. 2128. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 89.

Taceres tenuifolia; caule ramoso, floribus patulis sub-

corymbosis, pedunculis foliosis. Cav. ic. 2. p. 54.

t. 169.

Descr. Stem branched, erect. Leaves opposite below, alter-

nate above, pinnate, with leaflets very narrow, deeply dentate,

mostly alternate. Flowers in a lax corymb. Peduncles one-

flowered. Calyx simple, tubular, obovate, five-angled, five-

toothed. Radius 5-flowered, tube filiform: limb 2-nerved,

3-toothed, folded back: teeth very obtuse: Germen rough :

Pappus paleaceous. Tube of the florets of the disk filiform :

limb 4-cleft : Receptacle hemispherical, punctate. Taste

of the leaves nauseous with a slight mixture of aromatic.

_ It appears by a specimen preserved in the Banksian herba-

“um, that this species was cultivated by Mr. Witiiam

ALCOLM in 1797, but being an annual and flowering late, it

was

was probably soon lost. Mr. Lamserrr raised it last year in

his garden at Boyton, and sent us specimens of it late in

October. :

To procure ripe seeds, it should, like other tender annuals,

be raised under a frame in the spring, and planted out late in

May. From the delicacy of its foliage it is well suited for

ornamental flower vases, as it lives well in water.

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ARABIS CAUCASICA. F/ARLY-FLOWERING

W aui-Cress.

KEKE ERE EEE EEE EK ER KK

Class and Order.

TETRADYNAMIA SILiQuosa.

Generic Character.

Siliqua linearis stigmate subsessili coronata: valvis venosis

vel nervosis. Semina uniseriata. Cotyledones accumbentes.

Cal. erectus. Brown in Hort. Kew.

Specific Character and Synonym.

ARABIs caucasica ; foliis spathulato-oblongis canescentibus

equaliter grosse dentatis : caulinis sagittato-amplexicau-

libus basi integerrimis. Willd. Enum. Suppl. p. 45.

This species is very nearly related to ARABIS alpina (supra

225), but at the same time is sufficiently distinct, being alto-

gether more canescent, cauline leaves sagittate at the base, and

having only two, or rarely three, equal, coarse teeth, on each

side towards the point, the rest of the leaf being quite entire.

It flowers very early in the spring, and continues to blossom

throughout the summer.

Communicated by Messrs. Wurttey, Brames, and Mite,

of the Fulham Nursery.

3 Gertis Walwerth [email protected]

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CAMELLIA AXILLARIS. AXILLARY-FLOWERING

CAMELLIA,

Sete sete tk ska ae esi aeakae

Class and Order.

Monape.rpuiA PoLyAnpRiA.

Generic Character.

Cal. imbricatus, polyphyllus : foliolis interioribus majoribus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cametuia axillaris ; foliis obovato-oblongis serratis : supe-

rioribus integerrimis, floribus solitariis subsessilibus tetra-

Cametuta axillaris ; arborea, foliis oblongis acutis serrulatis,

pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, calyce 5—6-

phyllo villoso. Roxb. fl. Ind. inedit.

Descr. Flowers solitary, axillary, in our specimen nearly

terminal. Calyzx of five leaves, obcordate, sphacelated at the

tip, imbricate. Corolla five-petaled: petals obcordate, yel-

lowish white, partly crumpled. Stamens very many, yellow :

filaments unequal, connected at the base, falling off with,

and holding the petals together: anthers ovate, versatile.

Germen subglobular, four-celled: style erect, shorter than

the longer stamens; stigmas four, divaricate. Properly in-

deed there are four styles closely approximate but separable

without tearing! The lower leaves are serrate, the upper

quite entire. se

Whether the germen is constantly four-celled, we have not

yet had an opportunity of ascertaining. ae

An evergreen shrub. Appears to be rather more impatient

of cold than the other Camellias, but Mr. Mune thinks it will

succeed very well in a good conservatory.

been several years in the Fulham Nursery, and is

supposed to have been brought from China by Mr. Rozarrs,

and presented by him to Messrs. Wuirtey, Brames, and

Mixing, with other Camenuias. «It flowered for the first time

December last.

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GERARDIA PURPUREA. PurPLE GERARDIA.

Jessie debe aa

Class and Order.

Dinynamia ANGIOSPERMIA.

Generic Character.

Cal, 5-fidus. Cor. Q-labiata: labio inf, 3-partito : lobis

emarginatis : medio bi-partito. Caps. 3-locularis, dehiscens.

we:

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Gerarpia purpurea ; foliis linearibus integerrimis, floribus _

subsessilibus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt.4..p.6.

Gerarpia purpurea ; foliis linearibus. Sp. Pl- 848. Willd.

3. p. 221. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 154. Gron. Virg. ed.

Ato. 93. sta | |

Gerarpia purpurea. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. p. 422. Nuttall

Gen. et Spec. 2. p. 46. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p. 19.

Dierrauis foliis linearibus, floribus remotis. Fl. Virg.

ed. 8vo. 169. ee ae See

Dierrauis virginiana rubra, foliis et facie Antirrhini vulgaris.

: Pluk. Mant. 65. t. 388. | |

Mr. Nurrait has _yery-properly remarked that the above

generic character excludes the American species which ap-

. .

petite the genus Dierrauis. The variety @ of Purss,

r. Nurrant describes as a distinct species under the name

of maritima, and we are not sure that our plant, from its

pubescent pale coloured corolla, does not belong to this.

Gerarpia purpurea seems to be rather a tender than

hardy annual. Native of North-America, from Canada to the

Southern States. There is a specimen collected in the former

country, by Mr. Francis Masson, preserved in the Banksian

Herbarium ; and Mr. Joun Frasmr, to whom we are indebted

for the communication of the plant from which our drawing

3 3 was

was taken, frequently met with it growing in low marsh

' situations from the state of Connecticut to South Carolina,

Seeds collected in Canada would probably produce more hardy

plants than those from a more southern climate. ; |

Introduced to the Kew Garden in 1772, by Dr. Sauer

Martin ; but is very rarely met with in our collections; nor

do we know of any figure of it having ever been given to the

public, except the very imperfect one by Piuxener.

Flowered at Kew in July and August, but our plant did

not blossom till October, too late to expect ripe seeds,

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Ruscus Hyrornytitum.' Broap-teavep

R Burcuer’s-Broom.

BRE RE eee he ee ee

Class and Order.

Diacra Monapetpuia.

Generic Character.

Masc. Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. Nectarium centrale,

ovatum, apice perforatum.

Fem. Cal. Cor. et Nectarium Maris, Styl. 1. Bacca

trilocularis. Sem. solitaria.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ruscus Hypophyllum ; foliis subtus floriferis nudis. Willd.

Sp. Pl. 4. p, 875. Arb. 329. Hort. Cliff. 465.

Fabric. Helmst. 39. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 636. Pallas

Ross. p. 89. sine icone. Desfont. Atl. 2. p. 374. Hort.

Kew. 5. p. 420.

Laurus Alexandrina fructu folio insidente. Bauh. Pin. 305.

Blackw. Herb. t. 194.

Laurus Alexandrina et Chamedaphne. Column. Eephr.

ago 1. p. 164. ¢. 165. £1. Park. theatr. p. 700. Z

. et 2. ; :

Descr. Branches rounded, striate, becoming angular by

drying. Leaves approaching to opposite, ovate, entire, seven-

nerved, with fainter nerves between. Stipules leaf-like, ovate,

half an inch long. Flowers aggregate from the middle of the

leaf, not absolutely naked, having a small lanceolate marcescent

and deciduous ligula at the base of the common peduncle ; the

peduncle is covered with small dry bractes. Corolla six’

cleft ; three of the laciniz broader, refléxed ; three narrower,

erect. Column of united stamens (nectarium of Linneus)

Violet. Stigma globular, scarcely protruded beyond the

stamens, There appeared to us to be at least some perfect. .

anthers, -

anthers, which is confirmed by the perfect maturity of the

fruit upon a solitary plant. Berry spherical, three celled:

each cell containing one seed completely filling its cavity.

By the older botanists Ruscus Hypophyllum and Ruscus

Hypoglossum, were generally confounded, but they were well

distinguished by the accurate figures of Fasrus Cotumna.

Native of Italy and of Russia. Generally kept in the

Greenhouse, where it flowers most part of the summer, bear-

ing ripe fruit at the same time. Communicated by Mr.

Wim Kent, of Clapton.

Weddell Se

NV 2050.

Pith. by & Gertis Walworth. Murch. 1.1639,

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BienontaA veNusta. Comey TrumpetT=

FLOWER.

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Class and Order.

Dipynamia AnciosPERMIA,

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus, cyathiformis. Cor. fauce campanulata, 5-fida,

eto ventricosa, Siligua bilocularis. Sem. membranaceo-

lata,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Bicxonta venusta; scandens, foliis ternatis, cirrhis diphyllis,

- foliolis oyatis acuminatis, pedunculis corymboso-race-

mosis terminalibus, calycibus integris denticulatis.

Bicnonia venusta, scandens ; foliis ‘elabris, inferioribus ter-

natis ecirrhosis, superioribus conjugatis cirrhosis, foliolis,

oblongo-ovatis acuminatis basi inaequilateri-obliquis, pe-

tiolis intus villosis; calyce brevi cylindrico-rotato equali

denticulis quinque teretibus villosis invicem distantibus,

_ peduneulis corymboso-plurifloris. Bot. Reg. 249.

Bienonra spectabilis. Vahl. Symb. 3. p. 80?

. D oa

Descr. Stem climbing, fluted. Leaves opposite, ternate :

leaflets ovate-acuminate, quite smooth. Towards the extre-

mities of the branches the terminal leaflet is converted into a

tendril, either simple or branched at the end. Flowers in

terminal corymbose racemes, mostly drooping, lower pedi-

cles opposite. Calyx very ;

mall in proportion to the flower,

cup-shaped, entire at the margin, except five, small, villous,

rounded teeth. Corolla tubular: tube two or three inches

long, dilated and curved upwards: limb bilabiate, upper lip

bifid, lower lip 3-cleft : laciniee oblong, obtuse, with a villous

margin.

Bt:

margin. Stamens four, didynamous, inserted into the tube:

the longer filaments nearly reach to the point of the lacinia

of the upper tp, the sharia? ones to.their hase only. Anthers

versatile, pent diout being inserted into the filament near to

one end: lobes distinct and finally diverging, bursting late-

rally the whole length. Germen linear, inserted into a fleshy

cylindrical receptacle, Siyle neAny equal to the stamens:

stigma lozenge-shaped, consisting of two plates, which before

efflorescence diverge at the point, but are afterwards closely

applied together.

We do not know that this very ornamental species of Big-

nonia has been any where described, except in the Botanical .

cion that it may be the same, as the Bicnonia spectabilis

of Vaux, a native of the island of St. Croix in the West-

Indies; for as that botanist had only dried specimens to de-

scribe from, he might easily he decetyed in the colour of the.

flower, and the minute teeth of the calyx might escape notice;

in other respects his description, as far as it goes, corresponds

very well with our plant. | :

Native of the Brazils. Communicated by Mr. Witiiam

Smiru, who has' the care of Lord Liverpoor’s garden at

Combe-Wood ; he at the same time informed us, that the

plant was sent from the Brazils to his Lordship by Sir Joun

Beresrorp in 1815: and that it flowered for the first time in

1817. He recommends it to be kept in the dry stove. — |

Feade.S:.

Pub by. 5 Gurtis. Walworth. March.2. 241g.

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HELIANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUs, —

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Class and Order.

SyneenesiA PotyeamiaA Frustranea.

Generic Character.

Recept. paleaceum, planum. Pappus diphyllus, Cal.

imbricatus, subsquarrosus.

Specific Character and Synonym : ah —

ees,

Hevianrnus angustifolius ; caulibus gracilibus px

foliis alternis linearibus margine revolutis, =

Hevianruus angustifolius. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2244.

FAfort.

Kew. ed. alt. 5.p. 129. Pursh fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 572,

Michaux fl. amer. bor. 2. p. 141. Persoon Syn. 2.

p. 476. Meerb. ic. 1. t. 49.

Rupgeckia angustifolia ; foliis oppositis linearibus, integer-

rimis. Sp. Pl. 1281. Willd. 3. p. 2050. Persoon

Syn. 2. p. 4770. :

Coreopsis foliis linearibus integerrimis. Gron. Virg. ed. 1,

p. 181. -Mill. ic. t. 224. Ff. 2.

Fios Soxis marianus, foliis alternis. angustissimis scabris,

| Petw. Mus. 644. |

_ Descr. Stem two feet high, hispid. Leaves alternate,

linear, with the margins rolled back, rough. Peduncles long,

One-flowered, rough. Calyx squarrose; leaflets subequal,

nceolate, acuminate, hairy. Receptacle conical, paleaceous :

palee embracing the florets. Pappus of two bristle-like

Palee. Ray deep yellow, very long in proportion to the

brown-purple disk.

Hewantuus angustifolius and Rupsecxia angustifolia

@ppear to be the same species, one of them ought therefore

r . ee i to

to be expunged. We should have preferred uniting this plant

to the latter ; but both Pursn and the author of the Hortus

Kewensis have arranged it with Herianruus. |

Perennial ; not very hardy. Native of Carolina. Flowers

most part of the summer. Introduced in 1789 by Mr. Tomas

Warson. Communicated by Mr. Anperson, from the Chelsea

Garden, where it was raised from seeds sent by Mr. Nutraut

in 1816.

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Baonorrys ipica. Inp1aN Bazonornys,

TENE EE EEE EEE EE

Class and Order.

PrnranpRia Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 1-petala. Germ. semi-inferum, 1-lo-

culare, liberum, centrale. Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma.

Mesa. Forsx. ge :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Bzxosorrys* indica; fruticosa, foliis petiolatis oblongo-

ovatis acuminatis grosse serratis, racemis plerumque

‘compositis axillaribus terminalibusque.

Bxoxorrys indica. Roxb. Fl. indica inedit. . Hort. Bengahl.

The genus Bzosorrys, established by Forster, was well

described before by Forsxont in his Flora A%gyptiaca,

under the name of Masa, constructed from its Arabic appel-

lation Maas. The double calyx is properly omitted by

‘Roxsureu, being only two small bractes at the bottom of the

calyx, which in our species are either wanting or are not both

close to the calyx.

Jussreu places this genus in his natural order of Erice,

but Mr. Brown has properly arranged it under his Myrsinee

(the Ophiosperma of Ventenat) : he observes that it bears the

same relation to this order, as Samotus does to that of the

Primulacee ; having a germen semi-inferum, and in some

Species five barren filaments alternating with the segments of

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* From Baws, little, and Borges, a bunch of grapes. .

the

the corolla: these seem, however, to be wanting in our

resent plant, which, as far as we observed, has only the five

Fertile stamens opposite to the segments of the corolla, as in

the generality of this order and the Primulacee. The tube of

the corolla is bell-shaped, and the segments of the limb rolled

back laterally, so as to give it the form of a Catherine wheel.

In the botanic garden at Calcutta, we are informed by Dr.

Roxburgh, plants eight or ten years old grow into a small

tree with a trunk the thickness of a man’s thigh. The berries,

according to the same author, are inferior, crowned with the

rsistent calyx, round, smooth, dry, the size of a grain of

black pepper, one-celled, many-seeded, and without valves.

The flowers are produced there in February, March, and

April; in Mr. Wii1iam Kent’s stove at Clapton, to whom

we are obliged for its communication, it flowered in Novem-

ber. Native of Chittagong.

Pf 2053.

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DRACENA FERREA. PurpLeE DRrAGON-TREE,

ele dese ak kkk aka esp ak sk aeciedieaie ae

Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. 6-partita, erecta. Filam. medio subcrassiora. Bacca

trilocularis, 1-sperma,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Dracawa ferrea; arborea, foliis lanceolatis acutis. Willd.

Sp. Pl. 2. p. 157. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 2717.

Persoon Syn. 1. 371.

Dracana terminalis ; herbacea, caulescens foliis lanceolatis.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 157. sug Collect. 2. p. 354. ic. 2.

#448. Redouté liliac. 91. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 372.

Asparacus terminalis; inermis, foliis alternis lanceolatis

petiolatis, racemo terminali composito. Sp. Pl. 450.

Tsrminatis. Rumph. Amb. 4. p. 79. t. 34.

Descr. Stem arboreous, marked with rings, occasioned

by the falling leaves, which continue growing from the ex-

tremity only. The germen is three-celled, with several ovula

Gn each cell, The wood is said to become extremely hard,

from whence it has acquired the name of Iron-wood.

Dracana ferrea and terminalis were long considered as

two distinct species, but are now regarded as the same.

Native of China. Introduced in 1771 by Bensamm

Tort, Esq. Flowers in February, March, and April. Our

hn oF was communicated from the stove of Joun WALKER,

. of Arno’s Grove, Southgate, in February 1816,

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Rosa arvensis, 6. Tur Ayrsuire Rose.

Sh kaha heii |

Class and Order.

IcosANDRIA PotyeyNiA.

Generic Character.

Petala 5. Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus, carnosus, collo coarc- |

tatus. Semina plurima hispida calycis interiori lateri affixa.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Rosa arvensis; fructibus globosis aie” inermibus,

aculeis caulinis petiolorumque aduncis, floribus subcy-

mosis, stylis coadunatis. Smith Compend. Flor. Brit.

p. 78. Flor. Brit. 2. p. 538.

Rosa arvensis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1066. Hort. Kew. 3.

. 259. :

(@.) foliolis quinque, vix septem, calycis laciniis integris

reflexis, ramis biorgyalibus. ae

Rosa repens; germinibus oblongis glabris, pedunculis hispido-

glandulosis, petiolis villosis aculeatis, caule repente.

Willd. Enum. 47? Scop. Carn. 610? Jacq. Fragm.

p. 69. t. 104? :

Desc. Branches four or five yards long when led over a

trellis, and therefore well suited for covering arbours, smooth,

but armed here and there with hooked prickies. Leaves

generally consisting of five, sometimes only three, very rarely

seven leaflets, which are ovate, acute, sharply serrate, the

terminal one larger than the rest: petiole armed with a few

curved prickles, otherwise smooth. Stipules semisagittate

conjoined. Flowers in terminal corymbs. Peduncles

covered with glandular hairs, with two or three lanceolate,

entire, pellucid bractes at the base of each. Germen oval,

smooth; segments of the calyx entire, awned, a little hairy.

Petals white, obcordate. +

In these characters we cannot find any thing to distinguish

this plant from Rosa arvensis ; the extraordinary length of

the branches being probably solely owing to culture.

It has been known some years in our Nurseries, under the

name of the Ayrshire Rose, but upon what grounds it has

been so called is difficult to say, for upon the strictest enquiry,

as we are informed by Sir Joserpn Banks, no Rose of the

kind could be heard of there or in any part of Scotland.

Flowers in June and July.

Communicated by the Right Honourable Sir Joserx

Banks, Bart. from his garden at Spring-Grove.

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GOODYERA DISCOLOR. PURPLE-LEAVED

GOODYERA.

TREE eae ae aie sake ele ake kate.

Class and Order.

GynanpriA Monanpria.

Generic Character.

_Cor. ringens: petalis exterioribus anticis Jabello inferne

gibboso superne indiviso suppositis. Colwmna libera. Pollen

angulatum. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Goopyera discolor ; foliis caulinis ovatis discoloribus subtus

trinerviis, petiolis raginantibus, spica elongata, labello

bilobo contorto.

Goopyera discolor. odd. Cabin. 148.

The stems of this plant when they first spring from the

root lie flat on the ground, and when coming into flower, rise

suddenly into a straight scape furnished at the base with a

few alternate oval leaves, of a dark purplish green on the

upper side, and red purple on the under, with sheathing

petioles. Bractes alternate, rusty-red, canoe-shaped, nearly

the length of the flower. Germen white, striate, villous,

twisted. Petals lanceolate, white, two lateral, spreading

wing-like, three erect, adhering together at their points, look-

ing like one hooded petal. Column erect, free, shaped at the

top like a bird’s head, of a yellow colour, the operculated two-

celled anther forming the beak. Labellum or Nectary clawed,

limb two lobed : lobes divaricate, twisted ; under the claw of

the nectary is a small purselike gibbosity. ve

Said by Mr. Loppices in his Botanical Cabinet to be a

native of Rio Janeiro. Flowers in November, December,

and January. Communicated by Messrs. Barr and Brooke,

of the Northampton N ursery, Newington Green.

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ANARRHINUM BELLIDIFOLIUM. Daisy-Leavep

ANARRHINUM.

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Class and Order.

Divynamia AnciospermiA.

Generic Character.

_ Cal. 5-phyllus. Corolle basis deorsum prominens, necta-

rifera : labium inferius planum palato destitutum : faux pervia.

Caps. 2-locularis, multivalvis, ;

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ANARRHINUM bellidifolium ; foliis radicalibus obovato-lanceo-

Jatis obtusis serratis: caulinis partitis integerrimis.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 3..p. 260. Hort. Reto ed. alt. 4. p. 19.

Persoon Syn. 2. p. 159. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Frang. 3.

p. 595. :

Antrrruinum bellidifolium ; foliis radicalibus lingulatis den-

tatis lineatis: caulinis partitis integerrimis. Mant. 417.

Vahl. Symb; 2. p. 67. Villars Dauph. 2. p- 442.

ANTIRRHINUM foliis imis elliptico-lanceolatis acute dentatis,

_ caulinis capillaribus trifidis. Hall. Hist. n. 342. j

Antirruinun foliis radicalibus spathulatis, duplicato-serratis,

caulinis digitatis, laciniis lanceolato-linearibus inte -

gerrimis, intermedia longiore. Gowan Ilustr. p. 39.

Linarta bellidis folio. Bauh. Pin. 212. Prodr. 106. ¢. 106.

Linaria odorata. Dod. Pempt. 184. Clus. Hisp. ‘349.

Park. Parad. 267. f. 3. Ger. em. 550. f. 2. Lob.

te. 422. f 1. : os

ARIZ Scailiiias similis folio bellidis. Bauh. Hist. 3. p.

549. f.2. Raj. Hist. 758. n. 32.

Osrnis odorata purpurea. Tabernem. Kréuter Buch. 1210.

SJ: 3 et 4.

The genus Awnarruinum was first distinguished from

“NTIRRHINUM by Desronraines, in his Flora Atlantica, and

wae wee ee “ since

since adopted by WittpzNnow, Pzrsoon, and other systematic

writers. The older botanists were sensible that it did not

perfectly accord with the genus Linaria, to which, however,

with Crusius, they generally united it. Lrynavs added it

to his too extensive genus’ of Anrrrruinum, in which he

included Linaria and Orontium of former authors ; but later

botanists are now pretty generally agreed in again separating

the former of these.

The only figure of our plant quoted in the Hortus Kewensis,

is the very erroneous one of Doponaus, which represents

the corolla with a very long spur: Crusrus, Loner, Gerarp,

Parkinson, and TaserN=MoNTANUS, all made use of the same

block or copies of it ; but Caspar Bava, in his Prodromus,

and Jounn Bavuniy, in his Historia, have given original figures

of our plant, and, although the latter is upon a very small

scale, yet both are far better than that of Doponaus. |

Our observation accords with the description of most

botanists, who attribute a minute recurved spur to the corolla,

which both the Baunins described as destitute of any.

It does not seem to have ever had any title to the epithet

odorata, being quite scentless, as has been remarked by almost

every author that has given any description of it since Ciustvs,

who describes it as being.a little sweet-scented (aliquantulum

odorata) in warm climates, though scentless when cultivated

in Germany and Holland.

A hardy annual, or at most biennial. Flowers from June

to October. Communicated by Mr. Wittsam ANDERSON,

from the Apothecaries Botanical Garden in Chelsea.

Our drawing was taken from a weak plant: it sometimes

attains the height of two feet, and is much branched.

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REAUMURIA HYPERICOIDES. HLH yrprRICUM-LIKE

REAUMURIA.

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Class and Order.

PotyanpriA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Caps. 5-locularis, 5-valvis,

polysperma. Sey. Janata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Reaumuria hypericoides ; foliis ellipticis planis. Welld. Sp.

Pl. 2. p. 1250. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 327. Persoon

Syn. 2. p. 85. Lamarck Ilustr. gen. t. 489. 7. 2.

Encycl. Bot. v. 6. p. 85. pe ee

Reaumurtia linifolia ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis lineari-lanceo-

latisque, acutis, planiusculis ; petalis calyce multo lon-

gioribus. Salish. Parad. Lond. 18.

Hypericum alternifolium ; floribus pentagynis, calycibus

foliaceis, caule herbaceo, foliis ovatis alternis acutis.

Labillard. Pl. Syrie Dec. 2. p. 7. t. 10.

Descr. Stem suffruticose, the habit of the plant like a

Salicornia. Leaves fleshy, narrow, tongue-shaped, covered

with glandular dots ; when chewed they have a somewhat

acid briny taste. The leaves grow closer together on the

barren than on the flower-bearing branches. Calyx five-cleft :

segments ovate-acuminate, much shorter than the petals, but

surrounded at the base with several leaf-like bractes, as long

as the petals. Nectaries, two ciliated scales at the base of

the limb of each petal. Filaments purple, inserted below the

germen: anthers blue, curved. Germen superior, globular,

smooth, 5-celled, with many ovula attached to the bottom of

the cell. Styles 5, purple : stigmas simple.

Native of Syria. Introduced about the year 1800, by

Joux Brut, Esq. Flowers from May to August, Commu-

nicated by Messrs, Loppices and Sons.

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NyYMPH&A STELLATA, & Larcer-FLOwERED

STARRED Warer-Lity.

Seek eats

Clas: and’ Order.

Po1yanpria Matic tink.

Generic Character.

Cal. A—b-phyllus, inferus, ~ Petala plurima, germine sub

staminibus inserta. ..Bacca multilocularis, polysperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Nympnaa stellata ; foliis peltato-cordatis integerrimis subtus

coloratis : lobis divaricatis, calyce tetraphyllo petalis

acutis longiore.

Nympnaa stellata ; foliis peltatis integerrimis utrinque glabris,

Hort. Kew. ed. alt. v. 3. p. 294.

Nympuaa stellata ; foliis subrotundis sinuatis subtus purpu-

rascentibus, lobis divaricatis acutis, calyce tetraphyllo

petalis acutis ceruleis longiore. Bot. Repos. 330. :

Nympuxa stellata ;. foliis cordatis integerrimis, lobis divari-

catis acutis, calyce acuto tetraphyllo petalis acutis lon-

giore. Willd. Sp. Pi. 2. p. 1153? ee

Nympuma stellata; foliis ovatis utrinque glabris, floribus

ceruleis, calyce quadripartito, corolla octopetala, stigmate

octo-radiato, staminibus subviginti ; apicibus anthera-

rum foliaceis. Roxb. Flor. Ind. inedit. — |

Casrarta stellaris; folia laminis plus minus repandis, lobis

falcato-acuminatis basi distinctis. Stigma 10-radiatum. |

Salish. in Annals of Bot. 2. p. 72. 7 ts

Crrampet. Hort. Malab. 11. p. 53. t. 27?

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The plant figured in the Hortus Malabaricus, under the

name of Crrameet, from which Wiiupenow took up his

stellata, appears to be in many respects different from our

present

present plant ; we have nevertheless very little doubt but that

the latter isa mere variety of the Nympua stellata of Hortus

Kewensis and of the Botanist’s Repository ; as well as of

Roxsuren’s Flora Indica, not yet published. It differs from

Nympnza cerulea (No, 552) in having smaller leaves, purple

coloured on the under side, with their margins quite entire

and divergent lobes; in the petals being fewer in number,

sharper pointed, and of a paler blue; in having fewer stamens,

and a stigma with fewer rays: though all these organs were

more numerous in our plant than as described by Dr,

Roxsuren. The flowersare entirely destitute of the fragrance

of cerulea,

Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by Mr.

WirtiaM Kent, of Clapton, who informs us that he raised it

from seeds he received from Mr. M* Naz, of Edinburgh. It

grows readily from seeds, and if kept in the cistern of the stove,

blooms most part of the summer; but appears to be only

annual. Native of the East-Indies. Introduced in 1803 by

‘Mr. Wittiam AnpErson, now curator of the Botanic Garden

at Chelsea.

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CoREOPSIS FERULZFOLIA. FENNEL-LEAVED

Coreopsis.

Te REE EE RE RE Re

Class and Order.

Syncenesia PotyGamia FRUSTRANEA.

Generic Character.

_Recept. paleaceum. Sem. compressa, emarginata. Pappus

bicornis. Calyx duplex, uterque polyphyllus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Coreopsis ferulefolia ; foliis bipinnatis, pinnulis lineari-lan-

ceolatis, pinnularum costis latitudine pmnularum. Willd.

Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2251. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 132.

Persoon ES 2. p. 477. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 3.

p. 65. t. 373.

We received the specimens from which our drawing was

taken of this handsome species of Corzorsts from N. Hop-

son, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds. It is scarcely hardy enough

to bear our winters without protection, but if planted out

early in the summer, it will produce its fine y flowers

in the autumn, which will continue till the frost sets in.

— of Mexico, Introduced in 1799 by the Marchioness

UTE.

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JUSTICIA SECUNDA. SIDE-FLOWERING

oJ) USTICIA.

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Class and Order.

Dianpria Monoeynis.

Generic Character.

Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel subregularis,

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

retinaculis seminum uncinulatis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Justicta secunda ; racemis terminalibus compositis ; race-

mulis secundis multifloris, bracteis setaceis, foliis ovato-

oblongis attenuatis. Vahl Enum. 1. p. 133. Hort.

Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 37. SAGE

Justicia secunda ; racemis terminalibus compositis, race-

mulis secundis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis. Vahl

Symbol. 2. p. 7. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 91. Persoon

Syn. 1. p 21. n. 43.

This species is very nearly allied to Justicia lucida

(No. 1014) from which however it differs in the leaves being

thinner, more attenuated towards the point, less undulated

and not shining ; in the raceme of flowers being more com-

pounded, less compact, the partial peduncles much longer,

and the flowers on the branches, which are much paler,

looking one way; in having the upper lip of the corolla not

quite entire, but slightly emarginate, and the lower lip only

obsoletely three-toothed. == :

Native of the West-Indies. Requires to be kept in the

stove. Introduced in 1793, in His Majesty’s Ship, Providence,

by the late Admiral, then Captain, WinuiaM — Flowers

tom October to February. Propagated readily by cuttings.

Communicated by Messrs. WuitLry, Brames, and Mixyg, to

whom it was given by Anruony Hart, Esq. who introduced

\t from the island of St. Christopher, his native country. We

received it also from Mr. Vere’s garden. : :

We know of no previous representation of this species.

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Heuicreres Isora. Nvut-Leavep Screw-

TREE.

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Class and, Order.

Monapeitpuia DopEcANDRIA,

Generic Character.

Cal. tubulosus oblique 3—5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Germen

jongissime pedicellatum. Stylus subquinquefidus. Caps. 5,

uniloculares, polysperme, spiraliter contorte.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Heticrerss Jsora ; decandra foliis ellipticis subcordatis den-

iato-serratis acuminatis scabris subtus tomentosis, floribus

axillaribus, fructu contorto apice subulato. Willd. Sp.

Pl. 3. p. 721. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 239. é

Heuicreres Isora ; foliis cordatis serratis, fructu composito

contorto. Sp. Pl. 1366. Hort. Cliff: 433.

Fructus regis. Rumph. Amb. 7. p. 32. t. 17. f. I.

Isora-Murri. Hort. Malab. 6. p. 55. t. 30.

On comparing our plant with specimens from the East-

Indies, it appears to us to agree exactly with them, and not

with Heuicreres jamaicensis, for which species this plant

has probably been taken, as it has, if we mistake not, been in

our gardens before the publication of the last edition of the

Hortus Kewensis, in which work Heticreres Jsora does not

occur. The figure and description by Van Rhede, in the Hortus

Malabaricus, also agrees well with our plant, but those quoted

as representations both of jamaicensis and baruensis are very

different, having the stipes or column supporting the fructifi-

cation much longer and declined. The leaves of our plant very

much resemble in form and substance those of the hazle-nut ;

when young they are tomentose on both sides, but old leaves

lose their pubescence on the upper surface. The flowers ag

of an orange-red colour ; those of jamaicensis are described

as being white, and are so represented both in Enrer’s and

Jacquin’s figures. In a specimen, according perfectly with

our plant, given us by Dr. Heyne, and brought by him

from the East-Indies, the fruit has the subulate termination

as described. |

Our drawing was taken from a very small shrub, commu-

nicated in blossom in September 1818, by Mr. Jenxins, of

Gloucester-Place, in the New-Road, who raised it from a

cutting taken from an old plant five or six feet high, which

was several years in the Comtesse De Vanpss stove, at Bays-

water, but has since unfortunately perished.

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SALMEA SCANDENS. CLIMBING SALMEA.

JHE SH HE HHH bine

Class and Order.

Syneenesia Poryeamia ALQuatis.

Generic Character.

Calyx imbricatus. Recept. paleaceum, conicum. Filosculi _

tubulosi, hermaphroditi. Semina compressa, biaristata. Ariste

persistentes.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Satmea scandens ; caule scandente levi, foliis ovatis acumi-

natis integerrimis calicibus cylindricis. Decand. Hort.

Monspel. p. 141.

Satmea scandens. Brown in Lin. Soc. Trans. 12. p. 112.

Bivens scandens ; foliis oppositis ovatis acuminatis integerri-

mis, caule scandente fruticoso, floribus oppositis panicu-

latis. Sp. Pl. 1167. Reich. 3.706. Hort. Cliff: 399.

Bivens frutescens. Mill. Dict. ed. 7.

The Brnens scandens of Swartz and su/ffruticosus of

Brown’s History of Jamaica, according to M. Decanpoxte,

belongs to a different species. Satmea scandens has leaves

quite entire, somewhat undulated, but not at all serrated at

the margin. :

Most of the true species of Brens are annual, and perhaps

all of them herbaceous, differing entirely, not in habit only,

but in many of the generic characters from our plant, which

has an imbricated, not an equal calyx; a conicle, not a flat

receptacle ; a compressed, not a square, seed. SaLMEa is @

us intermediate between Bivens, MrLaNANTHERA, and

UPATORIUM, and is named by M. Decanpvoxte in honour of

the Count of Sarm-Dycx, the genus before assigned to him

by CavaniLies being the sameas the SANSEVIERA of THUNBERG.

This plant, though possessing few attractions, having

neither beauty nor fragrance to boast, yet never having been

hefore

before figured, and not being very well understood, appeared

to be entitled to a place in the Botanical Magazine.

Native of Vera Cruz and Carthagena, but perhaps not of

Jamaica,» Communicated by Messrs. Wurttey, Brame’, and

Mixng, of the Fulham Nursery, where it is treated as a stove

plant, and is remarkable forthe rapidity of its growth. They

received it from the Lady of the Right Honourable Cuartes

Lone, of Bromley-Hillns © Ss «=.

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: PsORALEA MELILOTOIDES. MELILOT-LIKE

Psoralea.

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Class and Order.

Drapevruta DeEcANDRIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. longitudine leguminis. Stam. diadelpha. Legumen

monospermum, subrostratum, evalve.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Psoratea melilotoides; herbacea, foliis ternatis : foliolis

lanceolatis mucronatis, racemis terminalibus. Ventenat

Hort. Malm. 94. 2

Psoratea melilotoides; herbacea, parce minuteque pubes-

’ cens : foliis lanceolatis-trifoliatis : spica oblonga ; bracteis

latis acuminatis : leguminibus abbreviato-rotundatis, ner-

voso-rugosissimis. Michaux Fl. bor.-am. 2. p. 58.

PsoraLea . melilotoides; parce pubescens, foliis ternatis :

foliolis lanceolatis, spicis oblongis, bracteis lato-cordatis

longissime acuminatis, leguminibus rotundatis nervoso

rugosissimis. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 475.

Psoratea Melilotus ; pubescens, foliis ternatis lanceolatis,

spica oblonga, bracteis latis acuminatis, leguminibus

subrotundis rugosis. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 347.

Triro.ium psoralioides ; spicis ovatis bracteatis imbricatis,

bracteis cordatis cum acumine flores ceruleos per paria

——— leguminibus rotundatis. Walter Fl. Carol.

p- 184. .

Metiorus psoraloides. Nuttall Plant. Amer. 2. p. 104.

4Metivorus flore violaceo, odore remisso. Clayt. Virg. n.

103. ex Pursh. 3

This plant is said to be an herbaceous perennial, but has

the appearance of a pretty little upright shrub. Branches

hotomous, roughish. Leaves ternate, almost sessile :

leaflets

leaflets lanceolate, pointed, the lateral on short footstalks,

the middle one on longer. Stipules intrafoliaceous, lanceo-

late, erect, pressed close to the stalk. Peduncles very long,

four-sided, terminal. Spikes ovate, lengthening as the flowers :

open. Bractes ovaie acuminate, ciliated, deciduous. Tube —

of the calyx almost globular, 5-toothed : lower tooth longest.

Corolla, as well as the bractes, of a pale violet colour: the

vexillum and ale nearly equal: carina shorter by half, two

petaled, dark purple. Legumen one-seeded.

Mr. Nurratt, chiefly on account of the absence of glands

and the small size of the carina, refers this to TourNEFoR?’s

genus Mexinorus ; but as it has as many of the characters of

Psoratea, and may, as Mr. Noutratz allows, be considered

as a connecting link between the two genera, we rather retain

it in the latter genus, to which it has already been referred by

Micuaux, Prersoon, and VENTENAT.

it does not appear that this very rare plant has ever been,

Known in our gardens till introduced by Mr. Joun Fraser,

of Sloane-Square, to whom we are indebted for an opportu-

nity of giving a drawing of it, as it is not to be found in the

catalogues of the Kew or Cambridge gardens, nor in Mr.

Sweer’s excellent Hortus Suburbanus.

Native of North America, from Carolina to Florida, also

of the open forests of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Is

not sufficiently hardy to. bear our winters unprotected.

Flowers in August, and continues long in blossom.

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LessertTiA puLcHRA. CoMTESSE DE VANDES’

LeEsseRTIA.

Sede sek he ee ea ek eae see

Class and Order.

Didprienra Decanpria.

Generic Character.

Cal. semi-5-fidus. Vesilium explanatum. Carina obtusa.

Stigma capitatum. Stylus antice barba transversa apicis,

postice imberbis. Legumen scariosum, evalve (compressum

vel inflatum). Brown in Hort. Kew.

Specific Character.

Lesserria pulchra ; foliis septemjugis : foliolis ovatis acutis

glabriusculis, racemis axillaribus subcapitatis secundis

pedicellis nutantibus. :

Descr. Stem fruticose. Leaves odd-pinnate ; alternate,

but approximating by pairs: Jeaflets generally seven pair,

with an odd one, ovate, acute, or sometimes obtuse and even

emarginate, minutely ciliate at the edge and along the

midrib, otherwise smooth. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, erect,

embracing the petiole. Peduncle longer than the leaf, axil-

lary, solitary, bearing a subcapitate raceme, with flowers

looking one way. Pedicels curved, with a small lanceolate

bracte at the base of each. Calyx campanulate, covered

with black hairs, with five equal teeth. Vewitl/um spreading,

deeply emarginate, pale red, streaked with bright red veins.

Ale and caring nearly the same length, the latter tipped

with dark purple.

Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Reised at the garden

of the Comtesse pe Vannes, at Bayswater, from seeds re-

ceived from the Cape, under the name of Coturea jisiulosa

the Lessertia perennans of De Canpoute’s Astragalogia and

»rtus Kewensis) from which species it is very different ; nor

can we find that it has been descrived by any author. There

is a specimen from the Cape, preserved in the Banksian

Herbarium, under the name of Coturea pulchella, which,

if not the same, is certainly a very nearly allied species, ‘but

in that the habit is more lax, seeming to be rather herbaceous

than shrubby, on which account we have avoided adopting

exactly the same name.

Not having had any opportunity of examining the seed-

vessel, and having neglected making any memorandum of

the style and stigma, we are not sure that this plant is’

properly a Lessertia, and being certainly shrubby, we felt

inclined to arrange it under Swarnsona ; but as it is a native

of the South of Africa, and agrees in stipulation with Lxs-

SERTIA, we have thought it safest to add it to that genus.

Flowers in May," and requires the protection of the

greenhouse in Winter.

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Prorea AcAuLIS. STEMLESS Protza.

BEBE EE EE EE HH

Class and Order.

Terranpria Monoeynia.

Generic. Character.

Petala 4, quorum 3 superne coherentia. Anthere apici-

bus concavis corolla immerse. ux supera, undique barbata,

stylo persistente coronata. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Protea acaulis ; caulibus abbreviatis, ramis depressis, foliis.

obovato-oblongis marginatis venosis basi attenuatis, in-

volucris hemisphericis inclinatis : bracteis obtusis glabris,

corollis muticis. Brown in Lin. Soc..Trans. 10. p. 89.

Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 192.

Protea acaulis ; foliis oblongis capituloque globoso glabris,

caule decumbente brevissimo. Thunb. Prodr.27. Diss.

n.49. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 529.

Protea glaucophylla ; caule decumbente; foliis 3—5 pol-

lices longis, spatulato-lanceolatis, mucronulatis, utrinque

glaucis, lateribus recurvis: fasciculis nutantibus ; brac-

teis involucri grandibus, brevissime ciliatis. Salisd.

Parad. Lond. 11.

Leucaprenpron acaulon; foliis lanceolatis, floribus subro-

tundis, caule suffruticoso unifloro. Sp. Pl. 135.

L&PIDOCARPODENDRON acaulon, foliis paucis latis, nervo et

marginibus rubris ornatis, fructu parvo. Boerh. Lugd.

2. p. 191. ¢. tabula.

Scotymocepuatvs africanus lauri folio humilis et procumbens.

Raj. Hist. 3. lib. 25. p. 9.

Descr. Stem short, bent down. Leaves obovate-oblong,

veined, rigid, margins cartilaginous and recurved. Bractes

of the Involuerum imbricated, the inner ones longest, smooth

except

except some villosity at the margins, yellowish, tipped with

red. Pappus at the base of the germen reddish brown,

chaffy and bristly. Claw of the distinct petad filiform, twisted :

limb ovate acute, unarmed: anther a little shorter than the

limb. Style subulate, incurved: stigma acute, retained a

long time together with the anther in the embrace of the

etals. |

. The colour of most of the Proteas, both in the leaves and

flowers, is more or less tinged with red according as they are

more or less exposed to sun and air.

This fine specimen of Protea acaulis was communicated

by Messrs. Barr & Brooxes, from their extensive nursery

at Newington-Green, near the end of May in 1818.

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PHYTEUMA BETONICIFOLIUM. BErTONY-LEAVED

Rampion.

JHEP HSHSHeHaSbae

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character. -

Cor. rotata, 5-partita, laciniis linearibus. Stigma 2-,s,

3-fidum. Caps. 2-,s. 3-locularis, infera,

Specifie Character and Synonyms.

Puyreuma betonicifolium; spica oblonga, foliis simpliciter

crenatis : radicalibus lanceolato-cordatis, caulinis lan-

ceolatis, Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 922. Persoon Syn. 1.

p. 194.

Puyreuma betonicifolia ; foliis cordatis oblongis crenatis,

spica oblonga. Villars Delph. 2. p. 518. t. 12. f. 3.

Puyteuma scorzonerifolium ; spica elongata cylindrica, flori-

bus inferioribus remotis, foliis lanceolatis crenatis :

superioribus linearibus. Willd. Enum 215. Villars

Delphin. 2. p. 519. t. 12. f. 2.

We were fayoured with this plant by Mr. Jenxuns, of the

Botanical Nursery, Gloucester-place, New-Road, in July

last, under the nameof P. scorzoneri/olium, but we cannot find

any distinguishing characters between this and the betonici-

folium of Vin it, which latter name we prefer, as having

been adopted by Wixipenow in his Species Plantarum. For

although this author has afterwards taken up scorzonerifolium

also in his Enumeratio, with his characters of which our

plant corresponds, except that the radical leaves are more or

less cordate, while those on the lower part of the stem are

lanceolate, and supported on very long footstalks. Vittars

describes betonicifolium as haying its radical leaves cordate,

: and

and scorzonerifolium as having all the leaves lanceolate ; we

consider both as mere accidental varieties. To the latter

Vinxars applies as a synonym the Payreuma Scheuchzeri of

ALuionT, a very distinct species of which we have before given

a figure (No. 1797).

A hardy perennial, Native of the mountains of Dauphiny,

Flowers in July.

( 2067 )

DIANTHUS FRAGRANS. SWEET-SCENTED PINK.

SEE ea ae ae RSE a eR a aa

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Dieynia,

Generie Character.

Cal. cylindricus, 1 phyllus; basi squamis 4, Petala 5,

unguiculata. Caps. cylindrica 1-locularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Dianruvs fragrans ; caulibus subunifloris, foliis subulatis

rigidis mucronulatis subcanaliculatis, calycibus acutis

pungentibus, squamis ovatis acuminatis adpressis subsenis

tubo ter brevioribus, petalis rotundatis tenuissime multi-

fidis imberbibus. pe f

Diantuus fragrans ; foliis vix $ lineam latis, glaucis, lineari-

attenuatis, integerrimis : calyce cylindraceo ; bracteis 6,

infra medium calycis, petalorum limbo profunde multifido,

imberbi. Salish. in Parad. Lond. 112.

Dianrnus squarrosus ; caulibus subunifloris, squamis calycinis

ovatis acutis brevissimis, petalis multifidis, foliis subulatis

canaliculatis rigidis brevibus recurvis. Marsch. a Bieb.

fi. taur. cauc. 1. p. 331? Centur. 1. ¢. 23.

Descr. Cespitose. Flowering stems assurgent, smooth,

a span high, generally single flowered, with sometimes a

second or third on short footstalks. - Leaves on the flowering

stem about four pair, shorter than the internodes, rigid,

slightly channelled, mucronate, subpungent, smooth : on the

barren decumbent stems much closer together and frequently

recurved. T'ube of calyx cylindrico-conical, with connivent,

subulate, pungent teeth: scales ovate-acuminate, adpressed,

three times shorter than tube: inner pair largest, four in

number, besides the last pair of diminished leaves, frequently

close to the calyx, and giving the appearance of six nes

| nies eta

Petals white, rounded, overlapping one another, finely cut,

recurved. Stamens exserted, shorter than the petals: anthers

white, sagittate. Germen ovate, on a short stipes: ‘styles

the length of the stamens, recurved.

There is no doubt but that our plant is the same species as

is figured under the name of fragrans in the Paradisus Lon-

dinensis ; but we do not believe that it is a native of Austria, -

or the same with Cxusivs’s plant, quoted as a synonym by

Mr. Sauisgury. It does not seem to us that Dianraus

squarrosus, of the Flora taurico-caucasica, differs from our plant

in any respect but what is occasioned by cultivation ; in

Marscuatt a Bresersrei’s figure, in his Century of rare

plants, the leaves are represented as shorter and more

recurved, and the petals less rounded. Could we have been

quite certain of the identity of our plant with squarrosus,

we should have preserved that name, there being a different

species described under the name of fragrans in the above-

mentioned Flora ; especially as the right of priority is uncer-

tain, both being published in the same year. In the cultivated

plant, howeyer, the name of squarrosus is not very applicable,

being given, as we suppose, from the short, recurved, thickset

leaves, on the barren stems, which in our plant are only

partially recurved ; they are also more distant and longer.

-_ Native of Southern Russia. Flowers in June and July.

Communicated by N.S. Honsoy, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds.

~( 2068.)

CENOTHERA GRANDIFLORA, 6. PuBEscentT

GREAT-FLOWERED CHNOTHERA. _

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Class and Order.

Ocranpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

| Cal. 4-fidus, tubulosus. Petala 4. Caps. 4-locularis,

4-valvis, cylindrica, infera. Sem. nuda.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

CEnoruera grandiflora ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, staminibus

declinatis, caule fruticoso. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 2. p. 2.

ed. altera. 2. p: 341. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 306.

CEnornera grandiflora ; caule glabriusculo ramoso, foliis

ovato-lanceolatis glabris, staminibus declinatis. Pursh

: Flor. Am. Sept. 1. p. 261.

(a.) caule, foliis, germinibusque glabris.

(G.) caule et germinibus subpubescentibus, foliis calycibusque —

villosis.

Descr. Stem erect, branched towards the top, woody;

slightly pubescent. Lower leaves ovate lanceolate, narrowed

into a short petiole, crenate-dentate, villous : upper ones not

narrowed towards the base, half-stem-embracing. lowers

very large, yellow, sweet-scented, smelling something like the

Jonquil, but more delicate. Tube of the calyx villous, nearly

twice the length of the sulcated germens. Petals crenate at

- the tip, not so much emarginated as represented in the figure,

being, when fully expanded, more of a truncate than obcordate

form. Stamens and style declined.

7 Except

Except in the slight pubescence of the stem, germen, and

tube of the calyx, and the soft villous leaves, our plant differs

in ho respect from CiNoruera grandiflora, of which therefore

it must be considered as a mere variety.

Native of Carolina. Biennial, scarcely to be considered

hardy, though so marked in the catalogues. Flowers in

August. Communicated by Mr, Witusam Kenr, of Clapton.

( 2069 )

CIMICIFUGA CORDIFOLIA. JH EART-LEAVED

BuG-wort.

Class and Order.

PoryanpRiA TETRAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. A—5-phyllus. Petala 4—8. Caps. 1—5, seu plures,

oblong, sutura laterali dehiscentes, polysperme. Pursh.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cimiciruea cordifolia ; foliis decomposito-biternatis, foliolis

cordatis lobatis serrato-dentatis, racemis virgatim panicu-

latis elongatis, floribus di-pentagynis, germinibus glabris.

Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. p. 373.

Cimicirvea cordifolia. Hort. Kew. Epit. add.

CimiciruGa americana. Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 316.

Nuttall Gen. Pl. Amer. 2. p. 15.

Cimiciruea cordifolia is a large herbaceous perennial,

distinguished from racemosa and fetida by its triternate leaves,

with broad lobate leaflets. It has the nauseous smell of its

relatives, but, when in flower in a large garden, makes a

handsome appearance.

_ Native of Carolina. Introduced in 1812 by Mr. Fraser,

of Sloane-Square. Flowers in June and July. Communi-

cated by Mr. Wittiam Kent, who bought it of the late

Mr. Lyons.

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( 2070 )

CELASTRUS CyMosuUs. COMPACT-FLOWERED

STAFF-TREE.

MMMM ME EE EE a Se ee ale ae

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynta.

Generic Character.

Cor. 5-petala, patens. Caps. 3-angularis, 3-locularis,

Sem. calyptrata.

Specific Character and Synonyms,

CrLasTRus cymosus; spinis nudis, ramis subangulatis, foliis

obovatis serrato-dentatis obtusis, cymis pedunculatis axil-

laribus (folio brevioribus). Soland. Mss. apud Banks.

Cerastrus buxzfolius ; spinosus, ramis angulatis, foliis oblon<

is obtusis crenatis, paniculis axillaribus. Thunb,

rodr.? nec Linnei.

A near relative of Cetasrrus buxifolius, but sufficiently

distinct, having naked spines ; flowers more numerous, in

corymbs much more compact, and shorter than the leaves.

A pretty little greenhouse shrub; native of the Cape of

Good Hope ; communicated by Mr. Sweet, from the Stockwell

Nursery, in July 1815. :

Pub.by.$ Gurtis Walworth.Juntaa dag.

( 2071 )

ANISOMELES MALABARICA. MALABAR

ANISOMELES.

Besesk eke sk ek sk see setae

Class and Order.

Dipynamia GyMNOSPERMIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. labium superius abbreviatum, integrum;

inferius trifidum, lacinia media biloba. Stam. exserta, ap-

——: Anthere breviorum biloculares, lobis parallelis ;

ongiorum dimidiate vel dissimiles. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Ayrsometes malagbarica ; tomentosa, subeglandulosa, caule

incano, foliis Janceolatis subtus rugosis, verticillis multi-

floris, calycibus lanatis : dentibus subulatis tubum equan-

tibus. Brown Mss.

Neveta malabarica ; spicis verticillatis bracteis filiformibus,

- foliis lanceolatis interne integerrimis. Lin. Mant. 566.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 57. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 116. ex-

clusis ubique synonymis ex Morison et Rheede.

Asuca fruticosa, caule fruticoso erecto ramoso tomentoso,

foliis lato-lanceolatis serratis, antheris superioribus sim-

plicibus : inferioribus didymis. Roxb. Fil. Ind. Orient.

med.

Jam Rerry pemererti, nativis:

Descr. Stem shrubby, covered with a white wool, square.

Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate: lower ones subcordate,

rugose underneath, tomentose, soft, whitish. Flowers ver-

ticillate ; peduncles dichotomous. Bractes linear, wooly,

obtuse. Calyx half-five-cleft : teeth subulate, equal in length

fo the tube. Corolla bilabiate : upper lip very small, arched,

shorter than the stamens: lower lip very large, trifid: middle

segment

segment two-lobed, pale purple, spotted at the base: lateral

ones spreading, white. Anthers of the shorter stamens didy-

mous: of the longer hemispherical, hairy, one-celled.

ANIsoMELEs is a genus established by Mr. Brown in his

Prodromus Flore Novz Hollandi#, to which, both Neprra

indica and malabarica of Linnzvs belong. Our plant is very

similar to Antsomees salviefolia of the former author, from

which it is distinguished especially by the form of the calyx,

the teeth of which in the New Holland plant are broad

and scarcely half the length of the tube.

Native of Malabar and Coromandel, and is, as we are

informed by Dr. Roxsures, esteemed a medicine of consi-

derable virtue by the inhabitants. Communicated by Mr.

Wii Kent, of Clapton, in whose stove it flowered In

July.

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ARUM BULBIFERUM. Boure-pearine Arum.

EER EEE ae eee a a a

Class and Order.

Moneecia Poryanpria.

Generic Character.

_ Spatha 1-pliylla, cucullata: Spadix supra nudus, inferne

femineus, medio staminets.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Arum biulbiferum ; acaule; foliis decompositis bulbiferis,

spadice oblongo-ovato spatha oyata obtusa venoso-striata

breviore.

Arum bulbiferum ; radice tuberosa, foliis decompositis bul-

biferis, spatha cucullata spadice cylindrico longiore, nec~

tariis nullis. Roxb. Fl. Ind. orient. ined.

‘ ae a

Native of Bengal. Plentiful in the woods in the neigh-

bourhood of Calcutta, flowering in May. Soon after the

decay of the flowers the leaves make their appearance, and

continue during the rainy season.

The flower was drawn in May 1813; the leaf some weeks

after, in the stove of James Vere, Esq. of Kensington-Gore.

Pub by.5 Gerke Walworth Juner2 br.

( 2073 )

SESELI DicHOoTOMUM. DicHoTomMous Mgeapow-

_ SAXIFRAGE. _ 2

EERE EEE EER EE EER

Class and Order.

~ Prenranpria Monoaeynia.

Generic Character.

Corolle uniformes. Involucr. obsoletum. Involucella po-

lyphylla s. multifida. Fructus ovatus, striatus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

SesELI dichotomum ; caule stricto geniculato, foliolis lineari-

bus fasciculatis umbellis axillaribus subsessilibus, basi

confluentibus, involucellis connato-monophyllis.

Sesexi dichotomum ; foliolis linearibus confertis basi con-

fluentibus, vaginis truncatis, involucellis connato-mono-

phyllis, ramis ramulisque suboppositis caule altioribus.

Marshall a Bieb. Fl. Tauwrico-Cauc. 1. p, 235.

Sesexi dichotomum. Pall. Ind. taur.

Descr. Stem erect, fistulous, jointed. Leaves, radical

and lower cauline, about three inches long, decompound :

leaflets linear, collected in yerticillate bundles, confluent at

the base: petioles completely embracing the stem: upper

ones bearing only a bundle of leaflets at the extremity, which

serves as a sort of general involucre. Umbels axillary, subses-

sile, or on very short footstalks : rays 4—6: of unequal lengths:

partial umbels globose, compact: involucels many-cleft, fleshy,

acuminate, confluent at the base. Floscules white, uniform.

etals persistent, concave, terminated in a subulate, involute

acumen : stamens exserted: anthers globular: seeds striate,

inclosed in the calyx, and crowned with the persistent revo-

lute stigmas. :

We observed on the stent of this plant a few small globules

of a gummy exudation, that smelt and tasted strongly of

ammoniacum, a gum-resin much used in medicine, supposed

to be the product of a species of Heracteum.

This very singular plant was raised by Messrs. Lopprezs

and Sons, from seeds sent by the late Professor Srepuan, of

Moscow, about the year 1811, to whom we are obliged for

the specimen from which we drew up the above description.

We have since received this plant from different collections.

A hardy perennial. Flowers in September and October. |

Native of the chalk hills of Tauria, where it was discovered

by the late Professor Panuas.

( 2074 )

Limonia ARBoREA. Tree Limonia.

SESE AE eae at ae ake ae sie ale ae ake ake :

‘Class and Order.

Dscabiers Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Bacca 3-locularis. Sem.

solitaria.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Limoyta arborea ; inermis, foliis pinnatis bijugis: foliolis

oblongis obsolete serratis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 48.

Lrimonia arborea. Roxb. Corom. 1. p. 60. ¢. 85.

The Limonta arborea is very nearly allied to L. penta-

phylla, and perhaps might with propriety be considered as a

mere variety. In our plant some of the leaves were a little

serrate at the edges, but many of them were quite entire. It

produced terminal as well as axillary panicles, but the ter-

minal one in our plant was accidentally damaged.

Native of the mountainous parts of the Circars in the East-

Thdies, where it grows into a moderate sized tree with a

branching shadowy head. The flowers are admired for their

sweet scent, and the birds are fond of the berries.

Flowers most part of the summer. Our plant was com-

municated by Messrs. Barr and Brookes, in January last ;

but the petals never properly expanded. Requires to be kept

in the stove. Introduced by the Right Hon. Sir Josrrn

a 7. e ° > 7 7 it ai s os

Pub.by.5. Curtis Walworth. Tune.i Bay.

( 2075 )

PirrosroruM FERRUGINEUM. RUSTY-LEAVED

PiTTOsPORUM. ©

Class and Order.

PENTANDRIA Moxoaywta.

Generic Character.

Cal. deciduus. Petala 5, conniventia in tubum. Caps.

2—5-valvis, 2—5-locularis. Sem. tecta pulpa.

Specific Character.

Pirtosporum ferrugineum ; foliis ellipticis acuminatis glabris,

petiolis ferrugineo-tomentosis. Hort. Kew. ed alt. 2.

p. 27.

Descr. Leaves elliptical-acuminate, smooth, veined, shining

on the upper surface, paler and a little villous on the under.

Petiole four times shorter than the lamina, rusty-tomentose.

Flowers white, slightly scented, in a terminal compound

umbel. Peduncles rusty-tomentose: pedicels white. Calyx

5-cleft, spreading, greenish-white, shorter by half than the

tube of the corolla. Petals 5, conniving into a tube, revolute

at their se Stamens 5, scarcely longer than the tube of

the corolla : anthers oval, affixed by the back. Germen oval,

clothed with rusty coloured hairs: s¢yle shorter than stamens :

stigma capitate, green. In so small a germen we could not

be certain of the structure, but it appeared to us to be one-

celled, with a single ovulum in the centre ; it might however

e two-celled with a central receptacle.

Native of Guinea. Requires to be kept in the stove.

Flowers in the winter months. Introduced before 1787 by

the Right Honourable the Earl of Tankervitte. Commu-

nicated by Messrs. Wurrtey, Brame, and Mine. me

We are quite certain that this is the Prrrosporum ferrugi-

neum of the Hortus Kewensis, but it differs considerably in —

its habit from the other species of the genus, which are all

extratropical productions ; and if our observation respecting

the germen is correct, which however we are not confident

of, it can hardly be considered as a true Prrrosrorum.

( 2076 )

JUSTICIA EUSTACHIANA. Sr. EusTatia

JUSTICIA.

Heke eee eke ese eee ek ale

Class and Ghize

Dianpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. simplex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel subregularis,

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

retinaculis seminum uncinulatis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

*** Calyce simplici, corollis bilabiatis, labiis divisis.

Justicia eustachiana ; fruticosa, foliis ovatis acuminatis

subserratis, spicis brevibus subverticillatis, bracteis line«

ari-lanceolatis, antheris parallelis unilocularibus !

Justicia eustachiana, fruticosa, corollis bilabiatis divisis,

foliis oblongis acuminatis, spicis axillaribus terminali-

busque, verticillis remotis subbifloris, bracteis lanceo-

latis. Bot. Reg. 309. ex schedis Solandri apud Banks.

Justicia eustachiana ; dianthera ; foliis lanceolato-oblongi y

pedunculis multifloris, bracteis linearibus apice latius<

culis acuminatis. Jacg. Amer. p. 4. t. 4? ; |

Justicia eustachiana ; spicis axillaribus. terminalibusque,

floribus inferne geminis, superne solitariis, bracteis

cuneatis. Vahl Symb. 2. p. 15? Ejusdem Enum. 1.

_-p.- 144? :

Diantuera eustachiana. Syst. Veget. ed. 14. p. 64?

Sie

In so very extensive a genus, amounting’in the late Pro-

fessor Van1’s Enumeration to one hundred and forty-seven

Species, and to which number many more have been since

added, it is not easy to find discriminating characters within

the

the limits usually prescribed for a specific phrase. It ig

therefore no wonder that much difficulty should occur in ascer-

taining many of the species, without the aid of either figure or

authentic specimen ; for nothing can be determined by the

figure given us by Jacquin, who first established the species,

and there does not appear to have been any specimen of it in

his herbarium. We have reason to believe that our plant is

the eustachiana of the Hortus Kewensis, and being figured

under this name in the Botanical Register, we do not hesitate

to adopt it, though we cannot but entertain doubts whether

the species defined by Vant be the same.

The opportunity afforded us of examining the herbarium

of Sir Josep Banxs has not produced the usual conviction

in our minds. Dried specimens of many of the species of

Justicia are, from their difficult preservation, less satisfactory

than usual ; and from an examination of these, we should

hesitate between spherosperma and eustachiana, or perhaps

should have been induced to have rather referred our plant

to the former, but that Mr. Brown had examined the anthere

of both, and thought that those of the latter agreed in being

unilocular, whilst those of the other were bilocular. :

Several species of Justicia of Vani have, chiefly from this

character of unilocular anthers, been separated into a distinct

genus by Mr, Brown, in his Prodromus Flore Nove Hol-

landie, page 474, under the name of Hypoestes, which, as

he observes, had been long before proposed by the late Dr.

Soanper*: to this genus we suppose that the Justicia

custachiana here figured must be referred. It should be

observed, however; that both Jacquin and Vaut refer their

plant to the section of Dianthere.

ur drawing was taken several years ago from a fine

specimen that flowered in the month of April, in the stove of

the late Right Hon. Cuarrss GREVILLE, at Paddington. Mr.

Wairtey’s plant, figured in the Botanical Register, blossomed

in June; in the Hortus Kewensis, August and September are

stated as its flowering months. .

A straggling growing shrub; native of St. Eustatia and.

Martinico ; propagated by cuttings ; cultivated in the stove.

= —— a.

a aS SCE

* See observations upon this proposed genus, by our friend Mr. KOn1G,

im Annals of Botany, vol. 1, p- 189.

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7 Boe — ' 5 2 a.

Pub by O. Garbeg Walworth June.22825, Wedaell Se

( 2077 )

“LoxpeniaA mintma. Least Logenta.

He eek ek eee ee eae ae sek

Class and Order.

PentanpriA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

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

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

Specific Character.

| Lonerta minima; caulibus prostratis, foliis ovatis crenatis

petiolatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris longissimis,

bracteis ternatis. |

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SS aa One aa

Though nearly related to it, this species cannot be the same

with Losetia minuta, because the latter has no bractes,

whilst our plant has three small subulate ones about the middle

of the peduncle; nor can we venture to refer it to Loprexia

Laurentia, which is represented as being very similar to

minuta, except in being furnished with one or two solitary,

not ternate, bractes. The true Lopenia Laurentia isa native

of the South of Europe, and as figured by Micuent, has very

little resemblance to our minima.

Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Communicated by

we Corvitte, from his renowned nursery in the King’s

oad.

Propagated by parting its roots. Flowers in October.

( 2078 )

Hepycnurum ANGUSTIFOLIUM. NARROW-

LEAVED HEDYCHIUM.

HHH bbbeieieieleest

Class and Order.

Monanpria Monocynia.

Generic Character.

Anthera duplex. Filam. geniculatum extra antheram non

elongatum. Stylus filamento duplo longior, filiformis, tena-

cissimus, in sulco anthera: receptus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Hepycuium angustifolium ; foliis lanceolatis spica stricta,

bracteis imbricatis convolutis multifloris, laciniis lineari-

bus, stamine longissimo, ==

Hepycuium angustifolium. Bot. Reg. 157. Roxb. Fl. Ind.

inedita Coromandel Plants, 3. t. 251.

Hepycuium coccineum. Smith in Rees’ Cycloped. ?

This is a very beautiful plant and also fragrant, though

not altogether of so pleasing a scent as Hepyeu1um corena-

rium. 'The flowers, when first expanded, are of a delicate

light buff, inimitable by art, which changes to a red orange,

but hardly to a scarlet colour ; except the stamen. We

suspect it to be the variety of cogctmeum mentioned by Dr.

Bucuanan, which Sir James E. Smrrn is inclined to think

may be a distinct species.

Native of the eastern parts of Bengal, and, if the same

with Dr. Bucwanan’s plant, of Upper Nepal also. With us

it is the inhabitant of the stove, where it is very ornamental.

Flowers the latter end of the year. Communicated from the

collection of James Vere, Esq. by Mr. Brakg, his gardener,

in November last year.

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ANEMONE PALMATA, y. ALBIDA. . PALgE-

FLOWERED CYCLAMEN-LEAVED ANEMONE.

JHB HSH HSHeekee

Class and Order.

PotyanpriA Potyeyni.

Generic Character.

Cal.0. Petala6—9. Sem. plura.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Sect. Anemonoides.

Anpmone palmata ; foliis reniformibus sublobatis crenatis,

petalis obtusis: exterioribus villosis..

Anemone palmata ; foliis cordatis trilobis, involucris triphyllis

_trifidis, corollis subdecapetalis. Vahl Symd. 3. p. 73.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1277. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 97.

Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 338. Bot. Reg. 200.

Anemone palmata ; foliis cordatis sublobatis, calyce hexa-

phyllo colorato. Lin. Sp. Pl. 758.

Anemone palmata ; foliis rotundatis lobatis crenatis, invo-

lucro multifido, petalis exterioribus villosis majoribus.

Desf. atl. 1. p. 432. :

Anemone palmata ; foliis cordatis suborbiculatis obtuse

8—5-lobis dentatis, involucralibus sessilibus trifidis, se-

palis oO oblongis obtusis. De Cand. Regn. veg.

1. p..199. ;

Anemone palmata. Bot. Repos.172. Brot. Fl. lusit. 2. p.

361.- De ‘Cand. Fl. frang. 5. p. 635. ig se

Anemone cyclaminis seu malve folio lutea. Bauh, Pin. 173. :

Moris. Hist. 2. p. 425. .s. 4. ¢. 25. Hist. 1. p. 626.

Anemone hortensis latifolia simplici flavo flore. -Clus. Hist.

to. 249. 9%. a

Anemones latifolia Clusii. Ger. emac. 376. f.6. Dalech.-

lugd. 846. f: 2. Tabern. ic. 26. Lob. ic. 279. f. 2.

Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 401. f. 1. Barr, ic. 792.

Oripa.

Oriwa. Adans. fam. 459.

(B.) flore pleno.

Ayemone hortensis latifolia, flore flavo duplicato. Hort. Eiyst.

ord. vern. 1. t. 18. fig. 4. Clus. Hist. 1. p. 249. 72.

(y.) minor, glabrior, flore albido. .

ANEMONE palmata. Bot. Repos. 172. Heic. No. 2079.

This plant is in all its parts so much smaller and smoother

than the variety figured in the Botanical Register, as well as

so differently coloured both in the flowers and foliage, as to

fead to a doubt whether it may not be a distinct species. The

leaves of our plant are less distinctly lobed, very slightly vil-

Jous, and of a deep violet colour on the under side, the flowers

on the inside only faintly tinged with yellow ; segments: of

the involucrum much narrower, and with the scape smooth,

except that the latter was clothed towards the top with a

slight bronze-coloured villosity.

The variety figured in the Botanist’s Repository appears to

be the same as ours *.

M. De-Canpoute is doubtful whether the double variety-

mentioned by authors belongs to this species or to stellata,

but an inspection of Cxusrus’s figure, and more especially.

that in the Hortus Eystettensis, leaves no doubt in our minds.

_ Native of Portugal, Spain, Provence, and Barbary.

Flowers with us in April. Is too tender to succeed well with-

out protection from frost. Communicated by N. S. Hopson,

Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds.

peer Le : a fh

,.._, Linnaus, in his Species Plantarum, placed ANEMONE palmata next

to “Hepatica, and considered it as uniting ANEMONE and HEPATICA of

ToURNEFORT into one genus; he afterwards however removed it into

another section, along with corcnaria and hortensis, to which it is undoubt-

edly more nearly related. iit when VAHL says that he cannot perceive

what Linnxus meant “per.calycem hexaphyllum coloratum a flore remo-

tum”, he appears to have pee himself by the omission of the word nec:

LINN #05: says, “ nec a ore remotus”, by which he meant to distinguish

it from the Involucrum. t the outer petals have at least some resem-

blance to 2 calyx is confir id hy Dusronraines, who observes, that the

outer petals are larger and.Villous * calycem mentientes,”

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_ Cametzia Sasangua 8. PaLmer’s Dous.e

SASANQUA:

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Class and Order.

Monapetpnia PoLyanpRrta.

Generic Character.

Cal. imbricatus, polyphyllus : foliolis interioribus majoribus.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cametiia Sasanqua ; foliis obtuse serratis, floribus termi-

nalibus subsolitariis, petalis obcordatis.

Camexuia Sasanqua ; foliis obtuse serratis (petalis) emargi-

natis. Thunb. Jap. 273. t. 30. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.

842. Hort. Kew. ed. alt, 4. p. 235. Powret Encycl.

Bot. Suppl. 2. p. 48.

(«.) flore rubro simplici.

Sasanqua. Kempf. Am. Exot. 853.

(8.) flore incarnato multiplici. Heic. No. 2080.

(y.) flore albo simplici.

Cameniia Sasanqua. Thunb.l.c. Bot. Reg. 12. Staunton

Embassy to China. 2. p. 466. cum figura.

It appears to us that this beautiful shrub must be a variet

of Cametura Sasangua, not of C. japonica. Its foliage is

thinner ; flowers much smaller, and more constantly terminal ;

outer petals wider at the end, often obcordate or emarginate.

Kzmprer’s Sasanqua is described by him as having red

flowers: THunsere says nothing of any red flowered variety,

but describes them as white; in our plant they were of a

delicate blush colour. We suspect that in Tuunsere’s spe-

cific character there is an accidental omission of the word

petalis; as he describes these, but not the leaves, as being

emarginate ; and in his figure, as well as in a specimen from

himself in the Banksian Herbarium, the leaves are all pointed,

as 1n our figure, though somewhat more obtusely so. =

Our drawing, as well es a. ng specimen of the blossom

, Was kindly commun

cated by Mrs. T. PauMer, A

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( 2081 )

PULTEN-EA RETUSA. OBTUSE-LEAVED

PULTENZA.

SHRI MHEIEE

Class and Order.

DecanpriA Monoeynta.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus, labiis proportionatis, bibracteatus (bracteis

sepius ipso tubo insidentibus). Cor. papilionacea. Germen

sessile, dispermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. Stigma

simplex. Strophiola, seminis lobis posticis incisis. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Porenxa retusa ; capitulis terminalibus, foliis linearibus

retusis muticis planis glabris, bracteis calyce paulo lon-

gioribus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt: 3. p. 18.

Purrenza retusa ; foliis linearibus retusis muticis glabris,

stipulis geminis minutis, bracteis ovatis vix longitudine

pedunculorum. Smith in Ann. of Bot. 1. p. 502 & Lan.

Trans. 9. p. 247.

Papilionaceous flowers have mostly ten stamens, but sometimes

all the filaments are united together into one membranaceous

sheath ; more generally nine of the filaments are united, and

one remains distinct. ‘These last gave rise to Linnus’s class

of the Diadelphia, from which, however, he did not separate

the former. But a third set having the filaments distinct to

their base, were necessarily arranged in his system under

Decandria. Of this last division, few plants were known to

Linnzus, and the genus Sopuora, for a considerable time,

almost served as a common receptacle for all such. But the

prodigious number of decandrous papilionaceous plants, dis~

covered in New Holland, soon induced the necessity of

: establishing

establishing new getiera ; in doirig which, Sir James Epwart

Smirx led the way by describing several in his specimen of

the Botany of New-Holland, in the first volume of the Annals

of Botany, and in the fourth and ninth volumes of the Tran-

sactions of the Linnean Society. To these genera, all of

which have been adopted by succeeding botanists, Mr. Rozert

Brown, (who, from his residence in that country and his

situation since his return, has had the greatest opportunities

of studying these plants) has added several more.

Potenza retusa was among the first plants from the

settlement of New South Wales cultivated in our gardens, the

date of its introduction, by Sir JosrpH Banxs, being in the

year 1789; yet no figure of it has, that we know of, been

hitherto published. 3

It may be necessary in order to reconcile the sceming

contradiction in the characters given of this plant by the

two celebrated botanists above quoted to observe, that what

Brown calls bractes, are considered by Smiru as appendixes

of the calyx, and his bractes, which in this species are

minute scales, are situated upon, or more generally at the base

of, the peduncle.

Our drawing was taken several years ago from a_ plant

communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons. Propagated

by cuttings or seeds. Flowers in April and May. Requires

to be protected from frost.

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( 2082 )

Visurnum rucosum. Canary LauregsTINE.

See Tea ae ak aa ae ea RE REE

Class and Order.

PentTANpDRIA T'RIGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-partitus, superus. Cor. 5-fida. Bacca 1-sperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Visurnum rugosum ; foliis lato-ovatis rugosis subtus hirtis,

involucro universali heptaphyllo. Persoon Syn. 1. p.

326. Bot. Reg. 376.

Visurnum Tinus 3. (strictum) foliis ovatis undique hirtis

rigidis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 167. —

It is justly remarked in the Botanical Register, that Per-

soon has wrongly quoted the variety «. hirta of the Hortus

Kewensis asa synonym of this plant instead of 3. stricta, as is

proved by the specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, without —

the aid of which it would not have been easy to decide, and

Persoon has himself marked his quotation as dubious. Vi-

BURNUM Trugosum is a more robust growing plant than any

of the true varieties of Jinus, and has larger, harsher, and

more hairy leaves. 3

It is also more tender, and is usually and we believe properly,

treated as a greenhouse shrub. The flowers are white both

within and without, but the stigma being of a bright rose

colour give them a lively appearance. |

Native of the Canaries. Introduced by Mr. Masson in

1778. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated

by Messrs. Barr and Brooke. of the Northampton nursery.

Weaddi.s vc,

Pub by 5. Gurtis . Walworth. Fuly 1.1025

burtis ed

( 2083 )

GLYCINE SINENSIS. CHINESE GLYCINE,

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Class and Order.

Diaperenia Decanpria.

Generic Character.

Cal. 2Jabiatus. Corolle carina apice yexillum reflectens..

| Specific Character.

GLYCINE sinensis; caule fratescente volubili, foliis impari-

pinnatis : foliolis ovatis acuminatis pubescentibus, racemis

terminalibus ebracteatis multifloris. |

Descr. Stem climbing, shrubby. Leaves odd-pinnate ;

common petiole swelled at the base: leaflets usually’ eleven,

oyate, acuminate, in opposite distant pairs, clothed on both

sides with a thin silky adpressed pubescence, scarcely visible

to the naked eye. | Stipules subulate-at the base of the partial

footstalks.. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, pendulous ;

bractes, if any, very deciduous. Pedicles longer than the

calyx, villous. Cady: villous, campanulate, two-lipped : upper-

lip short, emarginate: under-lip three-toothed, middle’ one

longest. . Flowers papilionaceous, large, shewy. - Vexillum

orbicular, large, reflexed. Ale long and wide, joined toge-

ther at the apex, applied.close to the carina, which is broader

than them. Stamens diadelphous +. Germen linear, ciliated

its whole length along the upper edge : Style quite smooth :

Stigma globular.

Having had no opportunity of seeing the Legumen, it is

hardly possible to ascertain the genus to which this plant

belongs, but it approaches so near to Guycive frutescens of

InNa&us, that we are pretty certain that it must belong to

the same genus ; which is not however a proper Grycine, and

has even been separated from Apios by Mr. Nurraun eee

7 e

the name of Wistrerra. ‘These plants agree in habit, in

the form, number, position, and pubescence of the leaflets ;

in the swollen base of the petiole ; in the terminal many-

flowered racemes; iti the shape of the vexillum; and the

connexion of the ale at the point.

Our plant differs from Giycine frutescens in the greater

length of the raceme ; the larger size and deeper violet colour

of the flowers; in the longer pedicels ; and in the want of

or more deciduous nature of the bractes; in the tube of the

calyx being much shorter; in the hairiness of the germen ;

but scarcely in any other respect that we can discover.

We prefer retaining it under the name of Gtycine at

present, (though neither this, G. frutescens, nor G. Apios,

at all correspond with the generic character) as till the legu-

men shall have been examined, it must be uncertain where

it ought to be arranged.

The specimen of this beautiful climber, from which our

drawing was taken, was communicated through our friend,

Avexanper M’Leay, Esq. from the collection of CHartes

Hameppen Turner, Esq. at Rooksnest-Park, near Godstone

in Surry. The plant was brought from China three years

ago by Captain Wexpanx ; and we are informed by his gar-

dener, Mr. D. M’Leop, was at first kept in the peach-house,

heated to 84°, where it was nearly destroyed by the red spider,

On the heat being reduced to below 60°, the plant was more

vigorous, but still weakly. Early in August the gardener

removed it from the wall of the peach-house, set it in a pot

of vegetable mould, and tied the branches to astick. In the

month of September it lost all its leaves. It was kept all the

winter on the floor, in the coldest and darkest part of the

greenhouse ; in which situation the mould in the pot was

frozen three different times during the winter. In the be-

gining of March it shewed flower-buds, and the plant was

removed to a more favourable situation in the house ; but no

leaves were put forth. till the last week in March, when the

flowers were nearly expanded, The gardener. has propagated

it both by layers and cuttings, and proposes to try how far

it will bear the cold of our climate.

( 2084 )*

‘Erica FASTIGIATA. WaAtker’s Heata.

Class and Order. -

Octanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens : limbo 4-fido. Anthere

ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps.

4—8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. ;

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Erica fastigiata ; antheris muticis, floribus subsessilibus

terminalibus quaternis, bracteis calyci proximis, foltis

patentibus quaternis. oi,

Erica fastigiata, 2. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 395.

Erica fastigiata ; antheris muticis inclusis, corollis hypo-

crateriformibus fasciculatis, stylo incluso, foliis quaternis.

Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 368. Mant. 66. Burm. Prodr. 11,

Reichurd Syst. Pl. 2. p. 183. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 428.

Erica Waikeria, Andrews’s Heaths, Vol. 1.

Erica mundula. Lodd. Bot. Cab.

There is not a little difficulty in settling the species of this

very extensive genus. Our present plant was called, by

Anprews, Erica Walkeria, but was ascertained by the late

Mr. Drvanper to be the fastigiata of Linnzus. We have

before given our reasons for considering E. primuloides,

which this excellent botanist made the variety @ of fastigiata,

as a distinct species, and we still think these reasons sufficient.

ution: emma

* The Plate is, by mistake, numbered 2080,

Erica

Erica fastigiata is’ an upright small shrub, with erect

branches; leaves growing by fours, scarcely half an inch

long, and spreading. The flowers are sessile, and grow by

fours at the extremities of the branches. Calyx consists of

four subulate leaflets, not above half the length of the tube

of the corolla; close to these are three bractes, equal in length

and similar to them, so that the calyx appears to consist of

seven leaflets. ube of the corolla a little inflated at the base

only, being nearly cylindrical upwards, of a greenish white

colour: the border is four-cleft ; lacinie spreading, flat, oval,

white on the interior surface, the exterior more or less tinged

with red. Anthers unarmed, included, dark purple. Stigma

lobular, just appearing above the tube.

» Anprews has figured two other heaths as varieties of this,

which he calls Erica Walkeria rubra and alba; both of

which appear to us to be distinct from, but the Erica mun-

dula of Loppices’ Botanical Cabinet is undoubtedly the same

with, our plant.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Introduced by Mr.

Masson in 1792. Flowers from February to June. Com-

municated by Messrs. LoppicEs and Sons.

( 2085 )

CANNA LUTEA. Yettow Inp1an Reep.

SERIE EEE TEE EE EAE EE

Class and Order.

Monanpris Monoeyni.

Generic Character.

Anthera simplex filamenti margini adnata. Stylus crassus,

claviformis. Stigma obtusum. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. glo-

bosa, numerosa.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Canna lutea ; corolle limbo interiore bifido. Roscoe in Lin.

Soc. transact. 8. p. 338. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 2.

Canna indica, B. lutea. Hort. Kew. ed. I™* v. 1. p. I.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1?

—_ ao flore luteo punctato. Rivin. fl. irreg. monop.

Dr. Roxsuren, in his Flora Indica not yet published,

asserts, that the two varieties of red and yellow CANNA are

exactly similar in the form of the corolla, and that conse-

quently Mr. Roscor’s lutea must be different, as he describes

the interior limb of the corolla as bifid. Our plant agrees

however with the description of the latter botanist, the inte-

rior border or limb consisting, not of three upright laciniz as

in coccinea (No. 454) but of two only, and these are narrower

and sharper pointed. ‘The other parts of the corolla are

nearly similar in both: the external limb consists of three

lacinie shorter than the internal, upright, nearly equal in

size, pointed, with inyolute margins ; which in the present

species are green upwards and purplish towards the base.

The nectarium of Linngzvs is composed of two lacinie ; the

one reflexed, which has been stiled the labellum, or lower lip;

the other, erect and revolute at the point, is called the sa

men

ment, because it bears thé anther on its margin; which

organ when the blossom is expanded is a slender, long, brown

body, attached from its base for, about half its.length .to. the

margin of the filament or upper lip of the nectarium, the

upper half remaining free. The style is a fleshy club-shaped

body, rising far above the anther, rounded at the point, where

it has generally a sphacelated appearance, but has no well

defined stigma. :

In order to understand the true organization of the parts

of fructification, the flower-bud must be examined, as Mr.

Brown so often recommends, long before the expansion of

the corolla, for at the time this takes place the function of

fecundation has been some time over, and the organs are

become effete, and very much changed in their appearance.

{f the flower bud be examined before it is half the size that

it arrives at when the blossom appears, the parts of fructifi-

cation will be found remarkably different from what they are

in an expanded flower. Removing carefully the calyx, the

lacinia of the exterior limb and those of the internal, at this

time very small, there comes in sight a large anther of an

oblong elliptical shape, with a deep groove down the front of

it... A short rounded filament supports this anther, and is

inserted at the posterior part near its base. The style.at this

time is considerably shorter than the anther; is flat and

brought to a thin edge on one side, and is terminated with

a distinct, fleshy, lobular stigma, which is wasted at the

opening of the flower. At the posterior and lower part of the

_ antherand filament, but not extending half way up, is attached

the rudiment of what afterwards becomes the petal-like fila-

ment or upper Jip of the nectarium, now rising far above the

_ anther, and carrying it up on its margin in an effete withered

state ; the style also is extended greatly in length and loses

its stigma. | a |

'_ The above observaticns were made on the flowers of

Canna coccinea, but are doubtless applicable also to Canna

lutea, and probably in degree to the other species.

__ Flowers most part of the year. Communicated by the

Count de VAnpzs. Pecks

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PuLTENZA TENUIFOLIA. FINE-LEAVED

PULTEN@A..

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Class and Order.

DecanpriaA Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus, labiis proportionatis, bibracteatus (bracteis

sepius ipso tubo insidentibus). Cor. papilionacea. Germen

sessile, dispermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. Stigma

simplex. Strophiola seminis lobis posticis incisis.

Specific Character.

Puuren «a tenuifolia; capitulis terminalibus subbifloris, fruc-

tibus lateralibus foliis subulato-linearibus muticis supra

concayis subtus convexis ramulisque pilosis. Brown

‘MSS.

The flowers in this delicate little shrub grow from one to

three at the extremities of the branchlets ; but as these are

proliferous or produce their young shoots from the same

point, as soon as the flowering is over, the fruit becomes

lateral; and as it sometimes happens that this extension of

‘the branchlet takes place before the flowers drop, they will in

such cases appear to be lateral instead of terminal. The

bractee, or appendices of the calyx, are in this species

inserted at the base of the tube, not, as im some others,

at its superior part. The vexillum is nearly orbicular, not

emareinate, yellow within, and streaked with red on the

outside: ale hardly exceeding half the length of the

vexillum, connivent at the upper margin : carina shorter than

_ these. The leaves are very narrow, and are convex on the

under side, the margins bemg curyed inwards instead of

being revolute as in most part of the genus ; and with the

branches and calyxes are covered with soft haus.

Native

Native of the South coast of New Holland, and probably

of Van Diemen’s Island. It was cbserved in seveias parts of

the former by Mr. Brown, to whom we are indebted for

enabling us to settle the species and to distinguish it f om the

vestita of the Hortus Kewensis, under which name we

received it.

Flowers in April and May. Communicated by Messrs.

Wuittey, Brame, and Mixng, from the Fulham Nursery,

nOMaeOOF) }

FEucaLYpTus PULVERULENTA. HEART-LEAVED

EUCALYPTUS.

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Class and Order.

IcosaANDRIA MonoGyNia, -

Generic Character.

Cal. superus, persistens, truncatus ante anthesin fectus

operculo integerrimo, deciduo. Cor. 0. Caps. 4-locuiaris,

apice dehiscens, polysperma.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Evcatyerus pulverulenta ; operculo hemispherico, foliis

oppositis orbiculato-cordatis integerrimis subcucullatis

pulverulentis, pedunculis trifloris axillaribus cum floribus

folio brevioribus.

Eucatyetus cordata ; operculo hemispherico mucronato,

foliis oppositis sessilibus cordatis crenatis. Labill. Nov.

Holl. p. 13. t. 152 ?

Notwithstanding Mr. Brown informs us, that the specimen

‘of LapiLtarpieRe’s plant above quoted, is much less evidently

crenulate than is represented in his figure, yet we can hardly

venture to consider our plant as the same species ; the leaves

being rounder than in that, the common peduncle shorter

than the calyx, instead of being the length of the flower

together with the operculum. Besides that cordata, according

to LABiLLARpiereE is a lofty tree, which we should hardly

expect ours to become, having a weak green stem hardly

able to support itself, and seemingly adapted to grow in

thickets where it might be supported by the neighbouring

shrubs. But we do not put full confidence in these observa-

tions, because the foliage and habit of young plants often

change so materially, when they become arboreous. The

younger leaves are very white on the upper surface but

= green

green underneath, and the colour consisting of a fine white

powder is easily washed or rubbed off, and hence is hardly

seen upon the older leaves.

There are at least three distinct species, known by the

name of glauca in our collections; on which account we have

chosen to call our plant by one better adapted to the nature

of the white colour, which is very like that of Cassine

pulverulenta.

Native of New Holland. Flowers in April and May.

Communicated by Messrs. Barr and Brooxes, of the North-

ampton Nursery.

( 2088 )

TEMPLETONIA GLAUCA. GLAUCOUS-LEAVED

TEMPLETONIA. :

Jddeee HSE ene Heeie

Class and Order.

Drape vpeniA DEcANDRIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. ebracteatus, 5-dentatus : dentibus parum inequalibus.

Carina oblonga. Stam. omnia connexa? antheris uni-

formibus. Legumen pedicellatum, plano-compressum, poly-

spermum. Semina strophiolata.

Specific Character.

Temptetonia glauca ; foliis glaucis bracteis duabus calyci

approximatis, staminibus hypodiadelphis.

The plant from which our drawing was taken was commu-

nicated by Mr. Witiiam Kent, from his curious collection

of exotics at Clapton. It differs from Tempieronia retusa

chiefly in the glaucous colour of the leaves, which are

obcordate-cuneate, slightly emarginate, with a small mucro :

those on the young shoots are yellowish green and not at all

glaucous. The flowers are large, of a deep scarlet colour,

axillary, solitary, on short peduncles, which are furnished

with two concave bractes close to the calyx, but not attached

thereto. These bractes in retusa are described as being

situated in the middle of the peduncle, and, if constant, this

circumstance may afford a good distinguishing character.

The petals are ali nearly equal in length: vexillum oblong-

ovate, emarginate, concave, in our plant not at all reflexed :

alg linear lanceolate: petals of the carina united at the

tip. Stamens, which in retusa are described as monadel-

phous, were not altogether so; one of the filaments being

shorter than the rest, and though slightly united, was easily

separable to the base. Germen linear, pedicled: ovula

several. ‘Style nearly twice the length of the germen.

Native of the South-west coast of New Holland, where it

was discovered by Rozert Brown, Esq. who first established

the genus Trempieronia, Venrenat having referred it to

Rarnia. Flowers in April and May.

Pub. dg 5S Gurtis . Walworth dug * padre

A 2089

( 2089 )

Viola BIFLORA. Two-FLOWERED VIOLET.

Sea RTE ER RR ae a ae

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, postice cornuta.

Anth. coherentes. Caps. supera, 3-valvis, 1-locularis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Vioxa biflora ; caule bifloro foliis reniformibus serratis.

Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1167. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p.

AT. Gmel. Sibir. 4. p. 98. n. 61. Flor. Dan, t. 46.

Decand. Fl. frang. v. 5. p. 808.

Vioxa biflora ; pedunculis caulinis, stipulis lanceolatis, foliis

reniformibus. Scop. Fl. Carniol. n. 1099.

Viora caule debili paucifloro, foliis petiolatis, reniformibus,

obtuse dentatis. Hall. Hist. n. 564.

Vioxa alpina rotundifolia lutea. Bauh. Pin. 199. Bauh.

_~ dat. &. p. 5456, 7. i

Viota montana I™* Clus. Pan. p. 357. Hist. 1. p. 309. f. 2.

Viota flore luteo. Icon. Gesn. en. t. 8. f. 70.

Vioxa alpina rotundifolia minor lutea. Pluk. Phyt. t. 233. f°.

The Vio biflora is a small hardy perennial ; native of the

Alps, of the South of Europe, and of Siberia.

Cxusius mentions his having been informed that this violet

was found in the mountains of the North of England, whence

it has been supposed to be indigenous to this country. And

in SoLANDER’s manuscripts it is said to have been found in the

Welch mountains. This does not however appear to have

been confirmed, for it is not recorded as a British species in

= Compendium Flore Britannice of Sir James Epwarp

MITH.

_ The figure of this plant in the Flora Danica, above quoted,

4s very good; and PiyxeEnet’s is no bad representation nal its

7 it ;

habit ; all the other figures are very indifferent except that

of Gesner, which is not amiss, but is designed from a one-

flowered variety. _

Cultivated by Purzre Mitter, in 1752; yet seems to be

little understood by our collectors, for we have received it

under the names of pubescens and of pusilla. Flowers in

April and May. Communicated by Messrs. Matcotm, from

their extensive collection at Kensington.

( 2090 )

PsoRALEA ARBOREA. ‘TREE-LIKE PsoORALEA.

See a ea a

Class and Order.

DiADELPHIA Drcanpria.

Generic Character.

Cal. longitudine Leguminis. Stam. diadelpha. Legumen

monospermum, subrostratum, evalve.

Speeifie Character.

Psoratea arborea, foliis pinnatis, quinque-jugis; foliolis

lineari-lanceolatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris. folio

longioribus, -bractea monophylla bilabiata calyci hirsuto

approximata. ,

Descr. Stem woody with a smooth bark. Branches

angulated. Leaves pinnate: leaflets from four to six, more

usually five pair, with an odd one, linear lanceolate, smooth,

an inch long, opposite, distant. Sézpules callous, ovate,

recurved. Peduncles axillary, hairy, one-flowered, longer

than the leaf, furnished with a single one-leafed, two-lipped

bracte near the calyx, which is one-leafed, 5-toothed, covered

with black hairs. Corolla papilionaceous : vexdlum large,

reflexed, emarginate. Ale smaller by half, standing forward.

Carina small, incurved. :

Mr. Brake, gardener to James Vere, Esq. raised this plant

from seed sent from the Cape of Good Hope, under the name

of arborea, and says that he has before known it so called in

different collections. We cannot find that it has been any

where described, unless it should be the Levigata of the Sup-

plementum Plantarum of the younger Linnzus, with the

description of which, however, it does not correspond in

several important particulars. From the odoratessima of

Jacquin it differs in the great length of the peduncles, as

well as in the leaflets being fewer in number and longer.

Flowers in May. |

’ N2091

J Curtis Dl Pub.by.5.Gurtis. Wolserth.Aug, 2.2849.

( 2091 )

PULTENZA BILOBA. LOBED-LEAVED

PuLTEN#A.

JESS Hiei ee ie ede

Class and Order.

Decanpria Monoeynta.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus, labiis proportionatis, bibracteatus (bracteis

seepius ipso tubo insidentibus). Cor. papilionacea. Germen

sessile, dispermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. Stigma

simplex. Strophiola seminis lobis posticis incisis.

Specific Character.

Purtrenza biloba; capitulis terminalibus paucifloris, foliis

cuneiformibus apice dilatato-bilobis supra tuberculato-

scabris subtus sericeis, mucrone brevi marginibusque

recurvis. Brown Mss.

Puttenza scabra; capitulis foliis subulato-linearibus supra

concavis subtus convexis setaceo-mucronatis margine

recurvis supra scabris subtus villosis, stipulis setaceis

recurvis. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 18.

Descr. Stem shrubby, branched; branches patent, clothed

with white branched hairs: branchlets short, alternate,

subequal, bearing from two to four flowers, in a terminal

capitulum. Leaves wedge-shaped, ciliated, divided at the apex,

into two lobes with a short recurved mucro between them,

tubercular on the upper surface, and silky on the under,

with recurved margins. Stipules deciduous, black, patent.

Calyx campanulate, with a five toothed border ; teeth acute,

lengthened: bractes (appendixes of Smith) two, lanceolate,

attached to the upper part of the tube of the calyx. Corolla

papilionaceous: vexillwm suborbiculate, emarginate, subcon-

nivent, golden yellow. Ale smaller, oblong, of the aoe

colour,

colour. Carina two-petaled, dark purple. Filaments di-

stinct. Style longer than these: stigma simple.

Putrenza biloba is a very pretty lively little shrub, pro-

ducing from April to July, abundance of golden yellow flowers

with a dark purple keel, ‘It is most nearly allied to Puttenza

seabra of the Hortus Kewensis, from which however it is

very distinct, the leaves of the latter being oblong-wedge-

shaped, and truncated, not dilated into two lobes at the apex,

as in our plant, in which also the stipules are not recurved,

but patent, or sometimes upright.

We are indebted to our friend Mr. Rosert Brown, for

his assistance in determining this species, by whom it was

first discovered in New South Wales. |

Raised from seeds by Messrs. Loppicrs and Sons some

years ago, by whom it was communicated to us.

TF, Curtis Dei, Pub, by. S Gurtis Waiwirth . Sep, a,a8ig ,

( 2092)

CACTUS PHYLLANTHOIDES. RosE-FLOWERED

InDIAN-F ic.

SAR EE TE ae See ae EE a ae

Class and Order,

Icosanpria Monoeynta.

Generic Character.

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

acca 1-locularis, polysperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Cactus phyllanthoides; caulibus compressis foliaceis margine

serrato-repandis, petalis interioribus tubo longioribus.

De Cand. Hort. Monsp. p. 84. n. 41.

Cactus spetiosus ; caulibus articulatis, compressis, foliaceis,

serrato-repandis ; floribus magnis tubo inermi, squamu-

loso. Bonpl. Plantes Nav. et Malm. p. 8. t. 3. Bot,

Reg. 304.

PuHyLLaAnTHos americana sinuosis foliis longis crassis et car-

nosis, Opuntiz in modum florigera. Pluk. Alm. p. 295.

Phyt.-t. 247. f. 5. Synonymon Cacto Phyllantho olim

relatum, sed, ob tubi brevitatem, huc potius pertinens,

stati ro at —

This very beautiful plant is a native of South America,

and was discovered by the celebrated travellers Humpotpt

and Bonrtanp in April 1801, near the small village of Tur-

baco, a few leagues south of Carthagena, at an elevation of

about 390 yards above the sea shore, growing upon the trunks

of old trees.

lt first flowered in Europe in May 1811, and at the same

time, both in the garden of Malmaison, then belonging to

the late Empress Joseruine, and in the Botanic garden at

Montpelier. In the latter place it was described and named

by the Professor of Botany, and subsequently the one which

flowered ai Paris, was described and figured by M. Bonrtann

under

under the name of speciosa. But De Canno.te’s. name of

phyllanthoides having the right of priority, we of course

adopt it, and the more wilinaly. because Wittpenow fad

previously given the name of speciosa to a different species.

M. De Canpoize remarks, that before it flowered this plant

could no way be distinguished from Cacrus Phyllanthus, but

the flower is totally different, that of the latter having a tube

many times longer than the limb, and being of a greenish

white colour, expanding in the night, and diffusing a fragrant

odour; whilst our plait expands in the day time and is

scentless.

Authors generally describe both 4 calyx and corolla, but

we perceive no distinction, unless the calyx had fallen from

all the flowers before we saw,them. To us it appears that

the scales on the tube of the flower gradually enlarge till they

become petals, the internal ones being the longest. The

Jilaments are very many, the length of the flower, and; with

the oval anthers, white. Style equal to the filaments, and in

each of the three flowers of our specimen divided into seven

stigmas. Germen inferior, one celled; ovula many, shining,

attached to the parietes by a cord that half surrounds. the —

ovilum and enters it at its most distant point. <4

e fine specimen from which our drawing was taken, was

liberally communicated by Tuomas Winpman, Esq. of

Layton, in Essex, in May last.

( 2093 )

ConvorvuLtus Torperuum. Tureirn Binp-

Wexrp.

KELLER EEE ERE

Class and Order.

Pentranpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Dor. eaitipiintilate, plicata. Stigmata 2. Caps. 2-lovit-

jaris: loculis dispermis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Convotvurus Turpethum ; volubilis, foliis cordatis angulatis,

calycis foliolis externis maximis carnosis, fructu mflato,

loculis monosperihis, serinibus glabris.

Convorvutus Turpethum ; foliis cordatis angulatis, caule

membranaceo quadrangulari, pedunculis multifloris. 5

Pl. 221. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 201. Willd. 1. p. 859.

Persoon Syn. 1. p. 179. 2.57. hate

Irow#a Turpethum. Brown Prodr. p. 401. Bot. Reg. 279.

‘Turrreraum repens foliis althe& vel indicum. Bauh. Pin.

149. Blackw. Herb. t. 397. fig. ex Hermanno cor-

rupta. ;

Conyonycatl indicus alatus maximus foliis Tbisco ‘nofraihil

similibus angulosis. Herth. Lugdb. p.177. t. 178 & 9.

PeRB ESTE LEP lw ee se eset ere

Desc. Stem climbing, quadrangular: flowering branches

obsoletely angular, lactescent. Leaves oblong-cordate : upper

ones narrowest, variously sinuate and angular; veins on the

upper surface depressed, on the under raised. Peduncles

solitary, axillary, longer than the petiole, furnished near the

middle with two very small ovate bractes, which fall off long

before the flower appears. Calyx of five leaflets, of which

the two outer are much the largest, completely concealing the

others, slightly tinged with purple, succulent and covered =

dark spots on the inside, which shew through and remairt

when the calyx is quite dried, persistent, and in the fruit much

inflated and membranous. Capsule perhaps naturally 4-celled,

as figured and described by Herman, but one, two, or three of

them frequently fail, reducing them at times to the lowest

number. Each cell contains one smooth seed, nor in the

germen could we find more than one ovulum in each cell.

Style divides easily into two parts, or probably into as many

as there are cells. Filaments dilated at the base, or a broad

band runs from their insertion down to the bottom of the

corolla, but connate with it.

We have chosen to retain the old name of Convotvutus

rather than adopt that of Ipomza; not only for the reason

mentioned at No. 1572, but from an apprehension that this

species, with some other analogous ones, will eventually be

separated into a distinct genus, for which the large succulent

calyx becoming in the fruit inflated and bladder-like, the

transparent crown of the capsule and the single-seeded cells

seem to afford sufficient data.

The Convotvetus Turpethum has a very extensive range,

being found in Ceylon, Sumatra, Malabar, Coromandel, New

Holland, and Otaheite, or at least species approaching so near

to each other that it is not easy to distinguish them. ‘There

is however a considerable variation in the appearance of the

_bractew, which in the specimens preserved in HermAn’s

Herbarium, now in possession of Sir JosepH Bangs, and

especially in one from Tranquebar, are membranaceous,

Jarge, coloured, and sometimes remain on till the flower is

nearly expanded; the stems also vary much in the angles,

being more or less winged; in our specimens, which were.

only of the flowering branches, they were not only not at all

Me a but the angles themselves were obsolete.

‘e were favoured with the specimens from which our

drawing was made, in April last, by the Hon. WituiaM

Hersert, of Spofforth.

N 2094.

Weddell. fe

Pubbe 5. Gere Wule th.

BERCKHEYA UNIFLORA. ONE-FLOWERED

Brrckurya. 7

Sek dete feoe deck lee ese ale oe ae ese ae ae

Class and Order.

SyncenesiA PotyGamiaA F RusTRANEA.

Generic Character.

Receptaculum favosum. Semina villosa. Pappus palea-

ceus (nunc setoso-paleaceus ciliatus). Cal. 1-phyllus : foliolis

imbricatis tectus) Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Bercxnera uniflora ; foliis alternis lanceolatis spinoso-den-

tatis subtus tomentosis, caule herbaceo unifloro, calycinis

squamis lanceolatis spinoso-serratis radium subequan-

tibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.2274. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 481.

Rouria monanthos ; foliis ellipticis subtus tomentosis, caly-

cimis foliolis lanceolatis ciliato-spinosis. Thunb. Prodr.

140. Act. Soc. Nat. Serut. Hafn. 3. p. 102. t. 7.

The genus Berckueya was established by Prep. Enruarr,

in honour of J. F. Van Berxury, author of a learned treatise

on the structure of compound flowers, antecedently to the

name of Rouria by Tuunsere, which it has accordingly

superseded.

In one circumstance this plant does not altogether corres-

pond with the above generic character; the leaflets of the

calyx being divided quite to the base, but in other respects it

agrees well. The seeds are sunk in the cells of the recep-

tacle, are covered with long white hairs, and crowned with

a pappus, consisting of a regular row of lanceolate palee,

which are longer than the seed. The interior row of the

leaflets of the calyx are narrow-lanceolate, quite entire, erect,

— and

and armed with an extremely sharp spine: the exterior ranks

are wider, and armed, not at the point only, but at the margins,

with spinous ciliz.

The Berckxneya uniflora is an herbaceous perennial.

Flowers from August to October. Native of the Cape of

Good Hope. Communicated by Mr. Jenkins, from his bota-

nical garden in Gloucester Place, New Road,

’ ‘ \

NV 29E

J. Curtis Det. Pui. ay. S Curtia Walworth. . Sop 2.2026.

( 2095)

CuLLUMEA CILIARIS. CrILIATED CULLUMTA.

| dee eee tak

Class and Order.

SyneenesiA Potyeamia Frustranra.

Generic Character.

Receptaculum favosum. Semina glabra. Pappus 0.

Calyx monophyllus, feliolis imbricatis tecius. Brown.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Couitumra ciliaris ; foliis ovatis glabris imbricatis bifariam

ciliato-spinosis: spina terminali reflexa. Br. in Hort.

Kew. ed alt. 5. p. 137. Bot. Reg. 384.

Berckueya ciliaris ; ioliis ovatis glabris imbricatis margine

et costa media ciliato spinosa, apice spinoso, spina

reflexa. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 2273. Persoon Syn. 2.

p. 481.

Ronria ciliaris ; folfis ovatis glabris bifariam ciliatis ciliis

exterioribus spinagque terminali reflexis. Thunb. Prodr.

140. Act. Soc. Nat. Serut. Hafn. 3. p. 99.

Gorteria ciliaris; foliis imbricatis bifariam ciliatis ; ciliis

exterioribus spinaque terminali reflexis. Sp. Pl. 1284.

Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 3. p. 255.

Carina foliis imbricatis oblongis reticulatis et m aculeum

aduncum desinentibus Burm. Afr. 151. t. 54. 7. 1.

Arractuuis 4. Carduus africanus juteus, atractylidis facie,

extremo foliorum aculeo adunco D. Herman. Raj.

Suppl. 196. |

Arpractyiipis facie aculeosa ethiopica. Pluk. Amalth. 51.

t. 354. f. 3. Seb. Mus, 1. t. 23. f. 1.

Dese:. Stem shrubby : branches closely covered with imbri-

cated oy, ite leaves,terminated witha reflexed, sharp, brown spine,

and havigig their margins ciliated with a double row of spines,

of which. the outer row is reflexed, the inner erect, forming a

wonderful

wonderful defence, offering points in every direction. Calyx

squarrose : leaflets imbricate, armed with spines in the same

manner as the leaves, except that the interior ones have the

terminal spine erect and their margins naked, the exterior

leaflets have a black gland at the base of the marginal spine.

Radius bright yellow, many flowered: florets narrowed at

both ends, emarginate, 5-nerved, barren: disk flat, yellow:

florets 5-cleft, erect, fertile: anthers and style barely pro-

truded. Seeds without pappus, immersed in the deep cells

of the receptacle, which, having a bristly margin, give, at

first sight, the appearance of a pappus.

The genus Gorteria, as constituted by Linnzus, contain-

ing many plants which have but slight affinity to each other,

has been divided by later botanists into several. Cuxnumia

_ was established by Mr. Brown, and “ dedicated to the

’ honour of the late Sir Jonn Cutnum, Bart. an elegant and

accomplished scholar and botanist, as well as of his brother,

the present Sir Tuomas Gery Cutium, Bart. F.R. A. and

L.S. an exceilent British botanist, one of the most ardent

cultivators of this lovely science, whose friendship alone can

be more valued than his various and extensive information.”

Sir Jas. Edw. Smith in Rees’s Cyclopedia.

¥ntroduced in 1774 by Mr. Francis Masson. Native of

the Cape of Good Hope, growing at the summit of the Devil’s

mountain. Requires the protection of the green-house in

winter. Flowers in May and June. Communicated by

Messrs. Loppices and Sons.

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| ( 2096 )

Feruna persica. Persian FEennet-Giant.

Hetesk ee skh eke eae ee ee

Class and Order.

PentTanpriA Dicynta.

Generic Character.

Fructus ovalis, compresso-planus, striis utringue 3.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Feruta persica ; foliis supra decompositis : foliolis multifidis

acutis decurrentibus, umbella primordiali sessili. Willd.

Sp: Pl. 1. p. 1413. Hort. Kew. ed alt. 2 p. 137. Bot.

Repos. 558. Persoon Syn. }. p. 312. n. 13.

pacar Hope in Philos. trans. 2. 75. 1785. p. 36. t.

. & 4. ae

Feruta Assa feetida. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 9. Excluso

Synonnymo Kempferi.

Seeds of the Feruna persica were sent to Patxas from the

mountains of Ghilan in Persia, supposed to be those of the

plant producing the Assa foetida. From these several plants

were raised by the Professor at Petersburgh, and two of these

were sent by Dr. Guturie to the late Dr. Horr, Professor of

botany in Edinburgh, one of which lived and produced seeds,

and from this source probably sprung the plant inthe Apo-

thecaries garden at Chelsea, from which our drawing was

made. Z =e

That this is the real plant producing the Assa feetida,

seems confirmed by the strong smell of that drug which per-

vades the whole herb, and indeed we have picked off small

globules of true Assa foetida that had exuded from the stem.

At the same time it is evident that it is not the same species

as described by the accurate Kamprer. This author, whilst

he allows that the inhabitants of Chorasan and Laristan, the

two provinces famous for this production, believe that their

ee “ plants

plants are of a different kind, convinced himself, by an exami-

nation of both, that there was no real difference between

them : so that it must remain doubtful whether we have yet

seen the true species producing the Assa feetida ; but from our

present greater intercourse with Persia, it is probable that we

shall not be long without more satisfactory information.

It appears from Kamprer’s account that the plants which

produce the drug in abundance, are confined to very limited

districts, and that beyond these, their smell becomes much

less powerful, and is at length so mild, that goats are very

fond of it, and fatten wonderfully upon it. An observation

which does not tend to encourage the expectations entertained

by the late Professor Hope, that this drug might hereafter be

produced in our own country. :

It is a hardy perennial. Flowers from May to July.

Communicated by Mr, Wituiam Anperson, from the Botanic

garden at Chelsea. :

( 2097 )

LimoporuM FALCATUM. FRAGRANT

LimMopoRUM.

TEI EE EE EE EEE EE

Class and Order.

Gynanpria MonanpriA.

Generic Character.

_ Petala 5, subpatentia. Labellum basi antice in cornu

liberum productum. <Anthera terminalis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Limoporum falcatum ; foliis subradicalibus ensiformi-canali-

culatis falcatis, scapis paucifloris, cornu filiformi longis-

simo. Swarts in Nov. Act. Ups. v. 6. p. 79. Waild.

Sp. Pl. 4. p. 126. Persoon Syn. p. 520. n. 10. bot.

Reg. 283. Thunb. Ic. Pl. Jap. t. 6.

= Thunb. Jap. p. 26. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p.

81).

This pretty little plant is also very fragrant. It is a native

of Japan, where, according to Tuunpere, it grows on the

mountains among shrubs ; but as this traveller had no oppor-

tunity of gathering the plants from their place of growth, it must

be uncertain whether it grew on the earth, on rocks, or parasiti-

cally on trees ; by the manner in which it puts forth its roots, if

they can be so called, we should judge that its natural situa-

tion was not on the soil. Our plant was cultivated in the

garden of the Horticultural Society as an air plant, being sus-

pended from the roof of the stove in a basket with only a

little moss in it ; and was communicated by the society’s gar-

dener, Mr. Cuarzes Stracuan, in May last.

It was first cultivated in England by Sir Asranam Hume,

at Wormleybury, who received the plant from the East Indies,

through the late Dr. Roxsuren.

( 2098 )

Orogvus Latruyroipes. Urpricut Birrer-—

VETCH.

Jee eeinieteide

Class and Order.

DiapeLPHia Decanpria.

Generic Character.

Stylus linearis. Cal. basi obtusus : laciniis superioribus

profundioribus, brevioribus. :

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Orozus Lathyroides ; foliis conjugatis subsessilibus, stipulis

dentatis. Hort. Ups. 220. Sp. Pl. 1027, Syst. Veg.

14. p. 661. Willd. 3. p. 1072. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4.

p. 303. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 303. Pall. it, 2. p. 559.

Gmel. Sib. 4. p. 12.

Laruyroipes erecta, folio ovato-acuminato, ceruleis vicie

floribus et siliquis, sibirica. -Amman Ruth. p. 124. n.

1 OE a ae et # :

Linneus first constructed a botanical language upon philo-

sophical principles, by means of which, each idea might be

expressed without any useless words. He carried this so far

that, by his peculiar punctuation alone, he often expresses

what other authors use many words to arrive at. In like

manner the use of capital or small letters was with him never

arbitrary, but expressive of some idea. But of late we observe

that botanists are frequently inattentive to this precision. ‘The

present plant affords an instance of this neglect, which, how-

ever, may perhaps have originated in an oversight of the

great botanist himself. In all late systematic publications, the

specific name is written lathyroides with a small /; which

would signify that the plant in the author's idea was lathyrus-

like. But it appears to us that in this instance Linyzus did

not

not use the ferm as an adjective, but because Messerscumip

had constituted a genus under the name of Laruyroies from

this plant, and that consequently it should have been written |

with a capital Z, Orosus Lathyroides, denoting that it was a

species of Oroxsus that had been called a Larnyrompes ; just

as AntuyLuts Hrinacea denotes, that the plant had been before

called Erinacea by Cxusitus; which had it been written

erinacea, would have been merely an epithet signifying that

it was prickly like a hedge-hog; or as Rumex Britannica

denotes a species of Rumex, supposed to be the herb called

by the ancients Brrrannica, which had it signified British

would have been Gritawnicus. We have observed that the

error might probably arise from an oversight of Linnaus

himself, because as early as in the twelfth edition of the

Systema Vegetabilium, we find it written with a small letter,

lathyroides, which we account fer in this way; Linnaus

in the second edition of the Species Plantarum, the first in

which he made use of trivial, or, as we now generally call

them, specific names, had in all cases used a capital letter for

words ending in otdes, which being, according to his own .

rule of using small letters to all adjectives, evidently wrong,

he afterwards corrected ; and we suppose that in the general

change the present name was inadvertently altered with

the rest.

~The Orosus Lathyroides is a hardy perennial, worthy of

cultivation for the beauty of its flowers. Native of Siberia,

where it is said to be very common on the open hills and

among the herbage. It is easily propagated by parting its

roots or by seeds; yet it is not a plant of very common

occurrence in our gardens. Flowers in June. Cultivated —

by Puicow Mitrer in 1758. Communicated by Messrs. _

Cuanpier and Buckincuam from their extensive collection ~

at Vauxhall.

#7.

o 4 Pub, by, S Grtis Wa brovth. Ocba2 ag.

( 2099 )

Muss2ZNDA PUBESCENS. CHINESE Muss@npDa.

KARIM EEE EEE ERE RE

Class and Order.

Pentanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. infundibuliformis. Stigmata 2, crassiuscula. Bacca

oblonga, infera. Sem. quadrifariam disposita.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Mussznpa pubescens ; ramis foliisque pubescentibus, tubo

corolla multoties longiore laciniis calycinis. Hort. Kew.

ed. alt. 1. p. 372.

Cum Mon ra. Chinese drawings, in the library of Sir

Joseph Banks.

The beauty and singularity of this plant arise from a very

unusual deviation from the ordinary structure ; the free part

of the calyx is divided into very narrow subulate segments ;

in our specimens about half the length of the tube of the

corolla (Dryander says in the Hortus Kewensis many times

shorter). But what is singular is, that in many, but not all

of the flowers, one of these segments, and one only, expands

into an ovate thin leaf or kind of bracte of a very white colour,

veined and more or less tinged with green.

There are several other species of Mussznpa which pro-

duce similar bractes, varying however in form and colour.

Mussanpa pubescens is a native of China and succeeds well

in a good greenhouse. We were favoured with the specimen

from which our drawing was made by Mr. Wittiam Kent,

from his very fine collection at Clapton. Flowers most part

of the Summer. <>:

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CALOSTEMMA PURPUREUM. PURPLE

CALOSTEMMA.

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Class and Order.

Hexanpria Monocynia.

Generic Character.

Cor. supera, infundibuliformis, limbo 6-partito. Nectarium

tubulosum, ore 12-dentato: dentibus alternis subulatis anthe-

riferis. Anthere versatiles. Germen \-loculare, 2—3-sper-

mum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum. Bacca [ Capsula]

spheerica, [—2-sperma. Brown, (mutatis terminis.)

Specific Character and Synonyms.

CaLostEMMA purpureum ; foliis lineari-loratis, nectario sub-

sexfido: laciniis tridentatis, dente intermedio staminifero.

CALosTEMMA purpureum ; scapo florido foliis lineari-loratis

precociore, corone dentibus sterilibus triangularibus.

Brown Prodr. p. 298.

Desc. Bulb roundish, Leaves narrow, thong-like, obtuse,

concavetowards the base. Scape about two feet high, somewhat

flattened, filled with juicy pith. Flowers purple, growing in

an umbel of about sixteen, on pedicles from an inch and half

to half an inch long. Corolla funne!-shaped : tube grooved,

shorter than the limb, which is obovate-concave, obtuse

with a small mucro. Nectarium or crown, tubular, shorter

than the limb, greenish, margin divided into six superficial

Jacinie terminated with three small teeth: the middle one

bearing the filament. The divisions are generally superficial,

‘but sometimes one or more of them extend far down the

nectarium. Stamens hardly equaling the corolla: anthers

ovate. Germen inferior, globular, one-celled with two ovela,

one of which is generally abortive. Style a little longer than

the stamens. Stigma simple. Capsule one-seeded, Seed

large, smooth, oval or spherical.

We were favoured with the plant from which our drawing

was taken by Epwarp Barnarp, Esq. of the Colonial Depart-

ment, who flowered it in July last, at Bexly in Kent, by

setting the pot halfway up in water. The bulb was imported

from New South Wales in 1817 It was discovered in the

expedition to the south-westward from Port Jackson, beyond

the blue mountains, and was sent to Mr. Barnarp, together

witha drawing by Mr. Lewy, under the name of Pancratium

Macquaria, given to it in honour of the Governor of New

South Wales. But Mr. Rosert Brown, had long before found

the same species upon Mount Brown, at the head of Spencer’s

‘gulf on the south-west side of New Holland, and published it

in his Prodromus, as above quoted, under the name which

we have adopted. oS eee |

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( 2101 )

CALOSTEMMA LUTEUM. YELLOW CALOSTEMMA,

Teepe dese eek steele ale ae.

Class and Order. |

Hexanpria Monoeynia.

Generic Character.

Corolla supera, infundibuliformis, limbo sexpartito. Nee-

tartum tubulosum, ore 12-dentato, dentibus alternis subu-

latis antheriferis. Anthere versatiles. Germen 1-loculare,

2—3-spermum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum, Bacca

{ Capsula] spherica, 1—2-sperma.

Specific Character.

Catostemma luteum ; foliis lineari-loratis, nectario subintegra

inter stamen utrumque bidenticulato.

However readily this plant and the preceding are dis-

tinguished by the colour of the flowers, it is not easy to find

specific distinguishing characters. The corolla of luteum

is somewhat larger and less connivent ; but the principal

difference exists in the nectarium, which, at least in the few

specimens that we had an opportunity of examining, had a

margin more entire, not divided into so distinct lacinie, or if

the smaller indentations can be considered as lacini#, the

filament rises from the sinus between the lacinie and not

from the middle of the lacinia as in purpureum. But we

must acknowledge that we have not’ examined a sufficient

number of flowers to be certain that this distinction will

always hold good. If not, the colour of the flowers alone

makes it probable that they are not mere varieties ; for it has

been doubted whether purple flowers ever vary to yellow

in the same species ; the few instances in which this variation

has been supposed to take place being uncertain. There are

six bright crimson spots on the base of the nectarium which

show through the interstices between the outer lacinix. me

: is

This plant was found on the same expedition as the pre-

ceding, and bulbs of both species were sent to the botanical

garden, belonging to the Apothecaries Company, at Chelsea,

by Barron Fictp, Esq. Judge of the supreme court of civil

judicature in New-South-Wales ; where our drawing of the

present plant was taken, and both sorts flowered, under the

management of Mr. AnpErson, in great perfection.

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COMBRETUM PURPUREUM. MADAGASCAR

CoMBRETUM.

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Class and Order.

OcranpriA Monoeynia.

‘Generic Character.

Cal. 4—5-dentatus, campanulatus, superus. Cor, 4—5-

petala, calyci inserta. Stamina longissima. Sem. 1, 4—5-

angulare ; angulis membranaceis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Compretum purpureum; floribus decandris, racemis sim-

plicibus compositisque, foliis ovato-oblongis.

Comgretum coccineum floribus decandris, spicis laxis pa-

niculatis. (Chigonier de Madagascar.) Lam. Encyl. 1.

p. 734. Ill. t. 282. f. 2.

Compretum purpureum ; foliis ovato-oblongis calycibusque

nudis, spicis simplicibus secundis. Vahl Symb. 3. p. 51.

Persoon Syn. |. p. 4.

Comsretum purpureum ; foliis oppdsitis ovatis acutis, racemis

secundis bracteatis, bracteis pedunculo brevioribus, flori-

bus decandris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 319.

Cristaria. Sonnerat it. 2. p. 247. t. 140.

This beautiful climbing shrub is a native of Madagascar,

and was raised from seeds sent from the Mauritius to our

friend Rosert Barciay, Esq.; and flowered in his stove at

Bury Hill in June last, among many other rare plants from

that country.

This species is constantly decandrous, and has five petals

and five wings to the seed-vessel ; for it appears to us to be

a five-winged capsule, containing a single seed about the size

and shape ofa barley-corn, rather than a naked seed with

membranaceous angles.

Our

Our drawing was taken by Mr. Duncomné, did kindly

communicated by Mr. Barcuay, together with a specimen of

the foliage and a seed ; but we had no opportunity of seeing

the flowers. |

This plant was first recorded as a Compretrum by Lamarck,

in the Encyclopedic Botanique, and a specimen of the plant

was given by him to the late Professor Vaux, who changed

the specific name to purpureum : but as there seems to be no

good reason for this alteration, we should have certainly

—. it right to restore the original appellation ; only that

of Vant having been adopted in the popular systems

of WitipENow and Prrsoon, the restoration might’ now

tend to occasion confusion.

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GLYCINE FRUTESCENS. CAROLINA KIDNEY-

Bean-TRrEE.

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Class and Order.

Bisnmewa Decanpria.

Generic Character.

Cal. 2-labiatus. Corolle carina apice vexillum reflectens,

Specific Character and Synonyms.

Guycine frutescens ; foliis impari pinnatis novenis ovatis,

racemis bracteatis, caule frutescente volubili. Wétlld.

Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1067. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 298.

Persoon. Syn. 2. p. 301.

Giycine frutescens ; foliis impari-pinnatis, caule perenni.

Sp. Pl. 1025.

Guycine frutescens ; sarmentis lignosis, foliis impari-pinnatis

erie: leguminibus coriaceis. Michaux Bor. Am.

2: p.. 63.

Guycine fruescens ; foliis impari-pinnatis, caule perenni, spica

terminali alopecuroidea. Lam. Encycel. 2. p. 730.

Aptos frutescens ; volubilis, foliis impari-pinnatis novenis

ovatis pubescentibus, racemis terminalibus bracteatis,

leguminibus coriaceis. Pursh. Flor. Am. Sept. p. 474.

Wisteria speciosa. Nuttall North-Am. Plants. 2. p. 116.

Puasrotorpes frutescens caroliniana, foliis pinnatis floribus

ceruleis conglomeratis. Hort, Angl. 53. t. 15.

Descr. Stem twining, shrubby. Leaves odd-pimnate :

leaflets, in the cultivated plant, more usually eleven, the

lower pair distant from the rest, and sometimes wanting, oval,

acute, quite entire, shining above, pubescent and paler

beneath. Common petiole swoln at the base, half-rounded,

grooved

grooved above: partial petioles short, opposite. Flowers

in terminal, crouded racemes. Calyx gibbous at the base,

bilabiate : upper-lip truncate : lower-lip 3-toothed, subulate.

Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum suborbiculate, emarginate,

spreading, claw cartilaginous, extending into the middle of

the limb : ale shorter, connivent, slightly united at the apex :

carina shorter by half than vexillum, petals sometimes united,

at others distinct, boat-shaped, incurved at the point but not

reflecting the vexillum. Stamens diadelphous. Bractes-

large, enveloping the flower-buds, ovate-acuminate, purple,

extremely deciduous. Legume said to be coriaceous ; seeds

the size of a small kidney-bean, and spotted.

Porsu has united this with Guycinz Apios, (No. 1198)

under the generic name of Apros ; but Nurrat separates it

from Apros and considers it as a distinct genus, to which he

has given the name of Wistera, in honour of the late

Dr. Caspar Wistar, Professor of anatomy in the university

of Pensylvania. We think it best to retain the name by

which it has been generally known, and under which it is”

recorded in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis, though,

it must be allowed, that the genus Grycrnz is at present rather

a heterogeneous compound.

A very ornamental shrub, tolerably hardy, but does not

flower very readily except in favourable situations. There

used to be a very fine plant trained up against the house at

Messrs. LoppicEs and Sons at Hackney, which, in some years,

bore a profusion of flowers. Our drawing was taken from a

Specimen communicated in June last by Tomas W1ILDMAN,

Esq. late of Layton.

Grows naturally in the swamps of Virginia, Carolina, and

the Illinois. Introduced in 1724 by Mr. Marx Caressy.

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Lycunis FULGENS. Fuicent Lycanis.

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| Class and Order.

DecanprRiA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 1-phyllus, oblongus, levis. Petala 5, unguiculata :

Limbo subbifido. Caps. 5-locularis.

Specific Character and Synonym.

Lycunis fulgens ; floribus ternis fastigiatis, petalis quadri-

fidis : laciniis exterioribus subulatis, foliis ovatis hispido-

tomentosis.

FLos consTANTINOPOLITANUS altera et minor species Gesneri.

Dod. Pempt. 178 ?

Descr. Stem simple, erect, rounded, hispid, with the

hairs pointing downwards. Leaves opposite, crossed, ovate,

rough-tomentose. Flowers terminal, sessile, crouded to~

gether, and supported by the upper pair of leaves, smaller

and more acuminate than the rest; in all the individuals that

we have seen, consisting of three only, of a vivid scarlet

colour ; the centre one flowering first, and after that fades,

the two side ones together. Calyx oblong-ovate, ten-angled,

5-toothed : teeth erect. Corolla spread open: petals bifid

more than half way down : lacinie divaricate, toothed at the

apex, with an additional subulate lacinia on each side below

the division. Nectarium, or Corona, ten fleshy oval bodies,

two to each petal surrounding the faux. Stamens scarcely

exserted beyond the corona. les 5, club-shaped, recurved

at the point. Stigmas villous. : : :

This plant has a near affinity with Lycunis chalcedonica,

and should be placed next to it in the system. It may be the

same with the smaller sort recorded by Dopon&us on the

authority

authority of Gesner, which he says is of about half the

height and bears fewer flowers, which are produced the first

year from seed. — .

It is probably a native of Russia, and quite hardy. Raised

in the present year in several gardens about London, from

seeds sent by Dr. Fiscuer from the Gorenki garden,

Flowers in July. Communicated by Mr. Jenxtins from his

botanic garden in the New-Road.

ERRATUM.

No. 2091, 1, 11-14, Dele Putten @A seabra, &c. &e.

In some copies PULTEN XA scabra of the Hortus Kewensis has been

inadvertently added as a synonym of PuLTEN#A biloba, but is a different

Species.

DN Dai x.

tn which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Forty

Sixth Volume are alphabetically arranged.

; ‘ ;

‘Pi.

2056 Anarrhinum bellidifolium.

2079 Anemone palmata.

2071 Anisomeles malabarica.

2046 Arabis caucasica.

2024 Arbutus Andrachne.

2072 Arum bulbiferum.

2052 Bzobotrys indica.

2094 Berckheya uniflora:

2050 Bignonia venusta.

2092 Cactus phyllanthoides.

2101 Calostémma luteum.

2100 — purpureum.

2047 Camellia axillaris. -

2080 —————Sasanqua, @.

2085 Canna indica.

2070 Celastrus cymosus: .

2042 Clirysanthemum indicum, (.

2069 Cimicifuga cordifolia.

2102 Combretum purpureum.

2093 Convolvulus Turpethum.

2059 Coreopsis ferulzfolia.

2044 Cotyledon curviflora,

2035 Crassula falcata.

2027 Crotalaria pulcherrima,

2095 Cullumia ciliaris.

2034 Curculigo latifolia.

2038 Dianthus arenarius,

2089 —

2067 —— fragrans.

2053 ferrea.

2030 Epidendrum umbellatum.

2084 Erica fastigiata.

2087 Eucalyptus pulverulenta.

2096 Ferula persica.

2031 Gentiana crinita.

2048 Gerardia purpurea.

2103 Glycine frutescens.

2083 ——-—- sinensis.

2055 Goodyera discolor.

2078 Hedychium angustifoliuni.

2051 Helianthus angustifolius.

Carthusianorum, 8.

Pi.

2061 Helicteres Isota,

2043 Ilex chinensis.

2076 Justicia eustachiana;

2060 secunda.

2028 Laurus Cinhamomums

2064 Lessertia pulclira.

2097 Limédotum faleatum,

2074 Limonia arborea.

2077 Lobelia minima.

2104 Lychnis fulgens.

2009 Mussznda pubescens:

2026 Neottia elata.

2032 Neriuim odorun, y.

2058 Nymphaea stellata, @,

2068 CEnothera grandiflora.

2098 Orobus Lathyroides.

2041 Passiflora quadrangulariss

2023 ———_—— filamentosa.

2029 Pelargonium dasycaulon.

2066 Phyteuma betonicifolium.

2075 Pittosporum ferrugineums

2036 Plectranthus Forskohlei,

2065 Protea acaulis.

2090 Psoralea arborea,

2063 ———— melilotoides

2091 Pultenza biloba:

2081 — retusa.

2086 ——++— tenuifolia.

2033 Quisqualis indica.

2057 Reaumuria hypericoides:

2054 Rosa arvensis, @.

2049 Ruscus Hypophyllum,

2062 Salmea scandens.

2073 Seseli dichotomum.

- 2037 Stapélia stricta.

2040 Stevia pedata.

2045 Tagetes tenuifolia.

2088 Templetonia glauca,

2025 Thalictrum aquilegifolium.

2082 Viburnum rugosum.

2089 Viola biflora,

INDEX.

In which the English Names of the Plants ccintatieed 3 in the Forty-

Sixth Volume are alphabetically arranged.

Pil.

2056 Anarrhinum, Daisy-leaved.

2079 Anemone, Pale-flowered cy-

: clamen-leaved.

2071 Anisomeles, Malabar.

2072 Arum, Bulb-bearing.

2052 Beebotrys, Indian.

2094 Berckheya, One-flowered.

2093 Bindweed, Turbith.

2098 Bitter-Vetch, upright.

2069 Bug-wort, heart-leaved.

2049 Butcher’s-broom, broad-

leaved.

2100 Calosiemma, purple.

2101 ——- yellow.

2047 Camellia, Axillary-flowering.

vide Sasanqua.

2042 Chrysanthemum, changeable-

white Indian.

2028 Cinnamon-tree.

2102 Combretum, Madagascar.

2059 Coreopsis, Fennel-leaved.

2035 Crassula, "Sickle-leaved.

2027 Crotalaria, Mysore.

2095: Cullumia, Ciliated.

2034 Curculigo, Broad-leaved..

2053 Dragon-tree, Purple.

2030- Epidendrum, Umbelled,

2087 Eucalyptus, Heart-leaved.

2096 Fennel-giant, Persian.

2031 Gentian, Jagged-flowered.

2048 Gerardia, Purple.

Glycine, Chinese,

vide Kidney-bean-

tree.

2055 Goodyera, Purple-leaved.

ag Heath, Walker's,

078 Hedychium, Narrow-leaved,

= Holly, Chinese.

2085 Indian-Reed, Yellow.

2092 Indian-Fig, Rose-flowered.

2076 Justicia, Eustachia,

2060 Side-flowering.

2103 Kidney-bean-tree, Carolina.

2082 Laurestine, Canary. -

2064 ot wines Comptesse de Van-

es.

_ 2097 Limodorum, Fragrant.

2074 Limonia, Tree.

2077 Lobelia, Least.

Fi.

2104 Lychnis, Fulgent.

2045 Marigold, Peruvian.

2025 Meadow-Rue, purple-flower-

ing.

2073 Meadow-saxifrage,

mous.

2099 Mussenda, Chinese.

2044 Navel-wort, Bent-flowered.

2026 Neottia, Tall.

2068 Cnothera, Pubescent .great-

flowered,

2032 Oleander, Flesh-coloured,

sweet-scented.

2023 Passion-fiower, Palmate.

2041 square-stalk

ed,

' Pelargonium, vide Storks-bill.

2036 Plectranthus, Forskohl’s,

2075 Pittosporum, Rusty-leaved,

2065 Protea, Stemless,

2063 Psoralea, Melilot-like, —

Dichoto-

2090 Tree-like.

2039 Pink, Carthusian.

2038 - Sand,

2067 Sweet-scented.

_ 2086 Pultenza, Fine-leaved.

2091 Lobed-leaved.

2081 Obtuse-leaved.

2033 Gubauake Indian.

2066 Rampion, Betony-leaved.

2057 Reaumuria, Hypericum-like.

2080 Sasanqua, Palmer’s double,

2062 Salmea, Climbi

2061 Screw-tree, ts Se

2070. Staff-tree, Com act-flowered,

2037 Stapelia, Uprig’

2040 Stevia, “hevtie ek

2029 Stork’s-bill, Thick-stemmed.

- 2024 Strawberry-tree, Oriental,

2051 Sun-flower, Narrow-leaved,

Tagetes, vide Marigold.

2088 Templetonia, Glaucous-

leaved.

2050 Trumpet-flower, Comely,

2089 Violet, Two-flowered,

2058 Water-lily, Larger flowered

starred.

2046 Wall-cress, Early-flowering.