X^ ,J>^3 )/./C ^^ '^rO EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER: OR, ORNAMENTAL FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY: LiBlt\«T NEW YORK BOTANICAL OAKOBN CONSISTING OF COLOURED FIGURES OF PLANTS AIND SHRUBS, CULTIVATED IN BRITISH GARDENS; ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR l^tstorg, 33£St JWetfioU of 'STaatment in ©ultibati'on, propagation, Src. CONTINUED By JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. L.S. and G.S. PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LOXDOX, &-C. Src. Src. VOL. XVI. viret semper nee fronde caducil Carpitur. LONDON: ^<^- JAMES RIDGWAY, 169, PICCADILLY. J^ ^ 4 Hl.DCCC^XXX. ^ V^.> ^ BOTANIQUE J",.' MIJLE de GKNSVK Vol, l^ LONDON: J. JlOYEt;, TOOK'S COURT, CHANCERY LANE. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF VOLUME III. OF THE NEW SERIES, VOLUME XVL OF THE WHOLE WORK. Folium Acacia albida 1317 Acacia lunata 1352 Acacia uncinata 1 332 Anemone vitifolia 1385 Anomatheca cruenta 1369 Anona laurifolia 1328 Argemone ochroleuca 1343 Astragalus succulentiis 1324 Azalea calendulacea, var. subcupixa 1366 Azalea nudiflora, var. thyrsijiora, . 1367 Banksia littoralis 1363 Banksia undulata 1316 Blackwellia padiflora 1308 Browallia grandiflora 1384 Brunsvigia grandiflora 1335 Cactus Ackermanni 1331 Calceolaria diffusa 1374 Calceolaria Herbertiana 1313 Canna Achiras 1358 Canna lagunensis 1311 Capparis acuminata 1322 Cassia biflora 1310 Cleome speciosissima 1312 Clerodendron hastatum 1 307 Collomia heterophylla 1347 Convolvulus farinosus 1 323 Coreopsis Atkinsoniana 1376 Crassula turrita 1 344 Cuphea Llavea 1386 Dendrobium longicornu 1315 Dendrobium moniliforme 1314 Drimia villosa 1346 Erythrina carnea 1327 Geum chilense, var. ^'r«wrfj//or!. Carina of Laguna. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Cannes:. CANNA. — Suprd, vol. 7. fol. 576. C. Lagunensis ; foliis abrupt^ acuminatis : supremis cordatis inferioribus in basin attenuatis, bracteis maximis oblongis obtusis, floribus luteis limbo interiore tripetalo maculato : petalo altero revoluto integerrimo. Folia inferiora 9 pollices tonga v. majora, utrinque sensim attenuata ; suprema cordata, dimidio minora, magis abrupte acuminata. Bractea infima spathacea, cucullafa, superiores membranacece, nunc rotundatce, trans- versce, scepius oblongce, ovario et caiyce multb longiores, omnibus glaucis. Calyx glducua. Floris limbi interioris petalum revolutum cceteris intensius maculatum. We received specimens of this plant from A. B. Lambert, Esq., in September 1829, with the following note: — "The Canna now sent I believe quite new ; I have only one plant of it raised from seed from Laguna, in Mexico." Upon this high authority we publish it, not professing ourselves to understand the limits or peculiarities of the species of this very difficult and intricate genus. It appears to be principally distinguished from other yellow-flowered kinds by the spots upon the inner limb of the corolla, that which is rolled back being entire, by the very broad mem- branous bracteae, and by the abruptly acuminate apex of the leaves. Being a native of Mexico, it will undoubtedly succeed well in a common conservatory or greenhouse, of which it would be a striking ornament. * See fol. 1231. Lower leaves about 9 inches long, or more, tapering gradually to each end ; the upper cordate, and not more than half the size. Of the bractea, the lowest is spathaceous and cucullate, the upper ones membranous, sometimes rounded, and broader than long, more frequently oblong, and much longer than the ovarium and calyx taken together; all of them glaucous. Calyx glaucous. The revolute petal more deeply spotted than the rest. J. L. M :y-£a^. cl<^- ^u^k/ J ^Aiciyu/iu/ 76 j/ f/'U^^i^r^ ^rM'jUii . 1312 CLEOME^ speciosissima. Shewy Cleome. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA Nat. ord. Capparide;e. CLEOME. — Supra, vol. 12. fol. 960. C. speciosissima ; herbacea inermis, foliis 5-7-foliolatis : foliolis lanceolatis acuminatis pilosis, bracteis ovatis, petalis pedicellorum longitudine. C. speciosissima. Deppe in litteris. Planta annua, C. roseas facie, qua differt prrjecipue foliis pilosis nullis trifoliatis, et floribus majoribus, pedicellis abbreviatis. Raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds sent by Dr. Deppe from Xalapa. It is a tender annual, requiring exactly the same treatment as Cleome rosea, to which it bears much general resemblance, but from which it differs essentially in the larger size and greater beauty of its flowers. Well adapted for planting among other border annuals in the summer, when it will ripen its seeds if the season is favourable ; for a greenhouse it is less suitable, its leaves having little beauty ; but it is always advisable to have a plant or two in reserve under glass to secure seeds, in case those in the open air should fail. Flowers late in the summer. Our drawing was made in October last ; but the plant had been raised only in July, the seeds not having reached England till the end of spring. J. L. * The derivation of this name is unknown. /i,-. 7/ ?//■ /iV;i/ 4^^. 1313 CALCEOLARIA* UerheYtimici. Mr. W. Herbei'Vs Calceolaria. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Scrophularinf.^e. CALCEOLARIA. — Supn), vol. 9. fol. 723. C. HerbertiandL ; caiile fruticoso ramoso, foliis oblongis rugosis crenatis pubescentibus utrinque concoloribus, pedunculis terminalibus corymbosis pilosis, coroUae labello cuneato obtuso. SufFrutex ramosus, 2-pedalis, pilosus. Folia rugosa, obtuse dentata s. crenata, inferioribus nvato-oblongis, obtusis, petiolatis, supremis sessilibus, utrinque concoloribus. Flores lutei, corymbosi ; pedunculi capillares ; calyx parvus, quadrijidus, pubescens ; corolla labello hiflato, cuneato, obtuso, galed parvd, integrd. A branching shrub, about 2 feet high, almost always in flower, producing two distinct crops of blossoms ; the first of which sprouts in the spring, and another in autumn : it will probably prove one of the most ornamental species yet in cultivation. A native of Chile. Our drawing was made from speci- mens communicated by the Honourable and Rev. William Herbert, in honour of whom we have taken the liberty of naming it. It is a half-hardy plant, requiring protection from severe frost in winter, but growing in the summer better in the open air than under a glass. Readily increased by cuttings. J. L. * See fol. 1214. VOL. XVI. .tffi^atP./a. /0'Jt>A 1314 DENDROBIUM* moniliforme. Necklace- stemmed Dendrobmm. GYNANDRIA MONANDIUA. Nat. ord. Orchide^. § Malaxidece. * Dendiobieae. DENDROBIUM. — Suprd, vol. 7. fol. 548. Sect. Caules undique foliosi, versus apicem sensifn incrassati, unde clavati Jiunt. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. of Orchideous Plants, ined. D. moniliforme ; caulibus erectis clavatis ramosis : internodiis tumidis, foliis oblongis oblique emarginatis obtusis, floribus geminatis foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis venosis, labello cucullato acuto con- form i. Fu Ran. Kcempf. amcen. t. 865. Epidendnim moniliforme. Linn. sp. pi. 1352. Dendrobium moniliforme. Sxoartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. Willd. no. 19. Caulis erectus, bipedalis, IcBvigatus, ramosus, internodiis tumidis, pallidr viridibus. Folia oblonga, subdisticha, apice oblique biloba, basibus amplexi- caulibus, brevibus, meinbranaceis. Flores gemini, pedunculo communi insi- dentes, e caule versus apicem erumpentes, dilute rosei, venis rubris picti. Bracteae oblongae, obttisa, rnembranacece, leviter pilosfp. Labelhnn maculis duabus luteis in fauce. A native of China and Japan, from the former of which countries it was introduced several years since by the Horticultural Society. The figure now given was obtained from a specimen that flowered in the collection of William Cattley, Esq., at Barnet, in November last. By this gentleman it has been cultivated with great success, his plants having attained the height of two feet, and being in a state of the most vigorous health. In general it is unhealthy, grows slowly, and never flowers. It is particularly dis- * See fol. 1239. tinguislied by the tumid joints of the erect stem, of which the contractions become when old so considerable, that the stem acquires something the appearance of a necklace. Thunberg describes, in his Flora Japonica (p. 30), an Epidendrum monile, to which he refers the Fu Ran of Keempfer ; but he adds, that the leaves are acute, and the flowers white, which renders it probable that he in- tended some other species. Ksempfer tells us, that it is suspended by the Japanese in baskets before the doors of their houses, in consequence of some vulgar superstition, the nature of which, however, he did not ascertain. Stem erect, 2 feet high, polished, branched, with pale- green, tumid joints. Leaves oblong, somewhat distichous, obliquely 2-lobed at the apex, with short, membranous, stem-clasping bases (petioles). Flowers in pairs, seated on a common peduncle, proceeding from the stem towards its apex, pale rose-coloured, marked with red veins. BractecE oblong, obtuse, membranous, slightly hairy. La- bellum with two yellow spots in the throat. J. L. /J /J. 1315 DENDROBIUM* longicornu. Long-horned Dendrobium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nut. ord. ORCHinEA:. 5) Malaxidece. * Dendrobiese. DENDROBIUM. — Supra, vol. 7. fol. 548. Sect. Caules undique foliosi, cylindracei, scepc penduli. Lind. Gen. et Sp. of Orchideous Plants, ined. D. longicornu ; caulibus erectis hispidis fiexuosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis apice valde obliquis, floribus fasciculatis v. solitariis tenninalibus, bracteis ovatis acuminatis hispidis pedicello multo brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus in calcare longo acuminato connatis, petalis sepalo supremo confonuibus, labello infundibulari ciiciiUato integro dentato basi cum pede columnaj accreto. Dendrobium longicornu. Lindl. in Wallich cat. no. 1997. Arhorum parasiticuin, scepiiis depcndens. Radix constans Jibris cylin- dricis copiosis, carnosis, fasciculatis. Caules plures, graciles, sulcaii, Jlexuosi, semi-pedales seu pedales, guin bipedales, pilis paleiforrnibus copiosis, atris, subdecumbentibus, solubilibus conspersus, aetate glabriores. Folia alterna, bifarit} patentia, interstitiis triplh longiora, linear i-lanceolata, ex- trorsiiin attenuata, apice valde oblique bidentata, dentibus angustis, obtiisis, altera abbreviate ; basi acutiuscida, sessilia, brevissime xiaginantia ; '-j-A-pol- licaria, glabra, obsolete 3-nervia, lineata, planiuscula. Flores magni, albi, hipollicares, inodori, glabri, pauci, terminales, nunc laterales in caulibus aphyllis, suffulti pedunculo carnoso, cylindrico, paleuceo-pilosiilo, cum ovario oblongo-clavato pollices duos emetientibus. Bvactese c??/«, lanceolatce, acutce, carinatcB, pilosulce, ^-unguiculares ad basin pedunculi. Sepala erecto- patentia, lanceolata, acuta, subcarinata ; superius levissime fornicatum ; lateralia columnce adnata, deorsiim valde dilatata, cumque basi columnce producta in calcar longmn infundibulifornie, attenuatum, apice teres, ovarium, cequans. Petala sepalis sid)conformia, infra supcrius subconni- ventia. Labelluni magnum, infundibuliforync, rectum, lamind brevi, ovatd, obtusd, subretusd, ciliato-Jimbriatd ; marginibus obtusis, conniventibus ; disco pupilloso-glajiduloso, lincisque parallelis favis ornato ; basi valde attenuata, dcsineiis in calcar foris. Columna columnar is crassa, antice plana ; inferne * See fol. 1239. sepn/n Intcralia adjiycns ; parte aupcriorc hrcvi Libera, apicc cava lateraliter obtuse bilobatd. Antheia upercularis, conica, obtusa, ope Jili brevissimi postice adfixa, decidua, bilocularis. Pollen pulvereum, Jiavum, inclusum membranuld subtilissiind, divisd in massas duas oblongas, sulco longitudinali mtatas, facile bipartibiles. — VVallich MSS. For the foregoing valuable description of this rare plant we are obliged to our friend Dr. Wallich, by whom it was brought from India in 1828, and deposited in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, by permission of the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company. Dr. Wallich adds : " This fine species is a native of most of the mountains in Nipal, where it blossoms during the rainy season. I have also received it from the late Mr. Smith, whose people found it on the mountains bordering on the district of Sylhet. It thrives well at the Honourable Company's Botanic Garden at Calcutta, into which it has been introduced from these countries." Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in May last. It grows pretty well in decayed vegetable mould, among moss, in the stove. An epiphyte, usually hanging down. Root formed of many cylindrical, fleshy, fasciculated fibres. Stems nu- merous, slender, furrowed, flexuose, 6 inches, a foot, or even two feet long, covered with copious, chaff-like, dark, decumbent, separable hairs, but becoming nearly smooth when old. Leaves alternate, spreading bifariously, thrice as long as the intervals, linear-lanceolate, tapering outwards, very obliquely 2-toothed at the apex ; the teeth narrow, obtuse, unequal ; at the base rather acute, sessile, vi'ith very short sheaths, 3 or 4 inches long, smooth, obsoletely 3-nerved, striated, nearly flat. Flowers large, white, 2 inches long, scentless, smooth, terminal, or some- times lateral, on leafless stems, placed on a fleshy, cylin^ drical, hairy peduncle, measuring, with the oblong cla- vate ovarium, about 2 inches. Bractece 2, lanceolate, acute, keeled, rather hairy, half a nail long, at the base of the peduncle. Sepals erect, spreading, lanceolate, acute, somewhat keeled ; the lateral ones adnate to the column, very much dilated downwards, and, together with the elongated base of the column, produced into a long, funnel-shaped spur. Petals shaped like the sepals, some- what conniving- under the upper one. Labellum large, funnel-shaped, straight, with a short, ovate, blunt lamina, fringed, with a papillose glandular disk, and a few yellow lines on it. This belongs to Dr. Blume's genus Pedilonum. J. L. i < I 1316 BANKS/^'* undulata. Waved-leaved Banksia. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Nat. ord. Proteacea:. BANKSIA. — Supra, vol. 8. fol. 688. B, undulata ; foliis cuneato-oblongis obtusis dentatis undulatis subtus reticu- latis glabriusculis, stigmate cylindraceo sulcato, caule arboreo. Rami cinerei, tomentosi. Folia 4-5-uncias longa, cuneata, obtusa, vix Iruncata, in petiolo sensim attenuata, grossc serrata, undulata, subtus viridia, reticulata, glabra, costd tomentosd. Amenta oblonga, obtusa ; bractese tomentosce. Calyx fulvo-sericeus, stylo multh brevier. Stylus rectus, ascendens, nunquam recurvatus. Stigma oblongum, sulcatum, glabrum. Whether this is any thing more than a variety of Banksia serrata, we cannot undertake to decide. It is certainly not the same as the plant cultivated in our Gardens under that name, differing in the shortness of its leaves, and their very undulated surface. Mr. Campbell, Gardener to the Comte de Vandes, in whose collection it exists, finds it permanently distinct both from B. serrata and semula. It is a fine greenhouse plant, attaining a height of 9 or 10 feet, and flowering in September and October. Branches ash-coloured, downy. Leaves- 4 or 5 inches long, cuneate, obtuse, scarcely truncate, tapering by degrees into the petiole, coarsely serrated, wavy, green beneath. * Named in compliment to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, late President of the Royal Society, — a gentleman who will ever be remembered with gratitude, as the kindest friend, the firmest supporter, the most powerful protector, that has yet been recorded in the history of science. reticulated, smooth, with a downy midrib. Heads of flowers oblong, obtuse ; bractece downy. Calyx fulvous, silky, much shorter than the style. Style straight, ascend- ing, never curved backwards, Stigtna oblong, furrowed, smooth. J. L. / u^/^ J ti«^i4ra^ /^^ O'uccuutiu^t^ JlfrlJ^ / /d5 1. 1317 ACACIA'' albida. Whitish-leaved AcacisL. POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. Nat. ord. Leguminos^t.. § Mimosece. ACACIA.— Supril, vol. 2. fol. 98. Sect. IV. Foliis hipinnatis, floribus in capifula globosa collectis. § 1. Aculeatae. * Aculeis omnibus stipularibus rectis, leguminibus inermibus, staminibus 20 et ultrd. Dec. prodr. 2. 460. A. albida ; spinis geminis abbreviatis, ramis petiolis pedunculisque pubes- centibus, pinnis 6-7-jugis, foliolis 8-10-jugis linearibus acutis, capitulis pedunculatis geminis axillaribus. Our drawing of this plant was made some years since in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from Peruvian seeds. The specimen from which it was taken having been lost, we can give no description of it, except such as might be drawn up from the figure itself. Of this practice, which sometimes occurs, we so entirely disapprove, that we prefer to leave the history of the species openly incomplete. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, very pretty when in blossom ; it bears its heads of bright yellow flowers abundantly in October. ■■ '■■ • / * The xkcckU of Dioscorides (1. 133) appears to have been our Acacia vera ; but he had another plant which he called by the same name, a native of Cappadocia and Pontus, v^hich is believed to have been Spartium spi- nosum. Some of the writers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries fancied the sloe, Prunus spinosa, to have been the Acacia of the ancients. The derivation of the name is not well made out : if we are to credit De Theis, its root is to be traced in the Celtic ac, which signifies a point ; and in that case the name has been invented in allusion to the spines of the plant. The species is very near A. hebeclada of Decandolle, from which it differs in having a larger number of couples of leaves, and no hispidity on its branches, petioles, or peduncles. J. L. iJib ■Ai^-M'^,' -'ku'l/'' / //^ 1318 PENTSTEMON* deustum. Parched Pentstemon. DTDYNAMTA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. ScropiiularinE/T',. PENTSTEMON. — Suprc), vol. 13. fol. 1121. P. deustum; caule subsimplici ascendente glabro, foliis inciso-serratis : radi- calibus ovato-oblongis, proximis spatulatis, caulinis oblongis acutis ses- silibus, supremis subintegris, calycibus glabris, limbi plani laciniis retusis supremis minoribus. P. deustum. Douglas in herb. Hort. Soc. Caulis ascendens, pedalis, v. sesquipedalis, glaber. Folia glabra, radi- calia, longc petiolata, ovata, inferiora spattilata, obtusa; caulina oblongn, sessilia, subamplexicaulia, omnia grosse et incequaliter inciso-serrata. Flores arctt panicidati, ochroleuci, minores, calycibus corollisque glabris. Native of North-west America, where it was found by Mr. Douglas on scorched, rocky plains, in the interior. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in September 1829. A hardy perennial, increased readily by division, and growing well in any common garden soil : it is very near P. confertum and attenuatum, from both of which it differs in its coarsely jagged leaves ; which, however, exhibit that character more in the wild specimens than in the cultivated plant. Ste?/i ascending, a foot or a foot and a half high, smooth. Leaves smooth, the radical ones on long stalks, ovate, the * See fol. 1245. lower spatiilate, obtuse ; the cauline oblong, sessile, some- what stem- clasping, all of them coarsely and unequally cut-serrated. Flowers in compact panicles, pale yellow, below the usual size ; the calyxes and corollas smooth. J. L. Ij/Cf V^#j7^«^j«^^. ^^Jyy.^^^iM^u^a^/ijt::7'JScc^/^/y^^^1i^^^ 1319 GREVILLEJ* punicea. Scarlet Grevillea. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Proteace^. GREVILLEA. — Suprd, vol. 6. fol. 443. G. punicea ; foliis elliptico-oblongis basi subattenuatis marginibus refractis, ramulis floriferis racemoque abbreviato recurvis, barba interiore peri- anthii oblonga dimidium inferius unguium sequante, pistillis uncialibus. R. Brown prodr. 1. 232. ed. Germ. Embothrium sericeum ^. Smith New Hall. 25. t. 9. f. 5. /3. Lyssanthe speciosa. Knight et Salisb. prat. p. 118 ? Grevillea punicea. Brown in Linn, trans, vol. 10. p. 169. Frutex ramosus, ramulis angulatis, pilosis. Folia lanceolata,mucronata, marginibus recurvis, subtils sericea. Flores punicei, extils pubescentes ; calyce barbd longd alba intus vestito. Pistilla glabra. This beautiful species is very nearly related to G. sericea, with which it was confounded by Sir James Smith ; but from which it differs in the greater length of the pistillum, and the much longer beard which clothes the inside of each division of the calyx. We scarcely know a more desirable greenhouse plant. Our drawing was made from a specimen obligingly communicated by Mr. Mackay, of Clapton, in June 1829. Mr. Brown characterises it by the want of a mucro to the leaves ; a circumstance in which it would, there- fore, differ from G. sericea ; but we do not find any varia- tion in this particular between the two plants. A branching shrub, with angular, hairy twigs. Leaves lanceolate, mucronate, recurved at the edges, silky beneath. Flowers deep purple, downy outside ; the calyx clothed internally with a long white beard. Pistillum smooth. * Named in honour of the Right Hon. Charles Francis Greville, a great promoter of Natural History. JC. Ztr^. aU: .^l/^iy J'.g'iUfu.^ /^..^««<,^ ^'fta^./J<^3C': V;%:^. J 320 CAPPARIS* acuminata. Taper-pointed Caper. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Nat. ord. Capparide/E. Trib. II. CapparecB. Fructus subcarnosus indehiscens. Frutices aut arbores. Decand. prodr. 1 , 242. CAPPARIS Unn. — CaZi/x 4-partitus. Pe^aZa quatuor. TorMS parvus. Thecaphorum gracile. Stamina 00. Siliqua subbaccata, stipitata. Frutices foliis simplicibus, integris. Dec. I. c. Sect. 1. Eucapparis. Alabastruni globosum, sepalis ovatis concavis obtusis imbricatis insequalibus. Thecaphorum longum. Species omnes Veteris Orbis aut Novse Hollandiae nee Americae incolae. Dec. * Pedicellis axillaribus solitariis, aut rarius 2-3 ex eodem puncto ortis, floribus polyandris. C. acuminata ; inermis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis glaberrimis, pedi- cellis unifloris solitariis petiolis paulo longioribus. Caulis fruticosus, in olid 3-pedalis, ramis subjiexuosis, glabris. Folia petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, utrinque glaberrima. Flores axil- lares, solitarii, pedunculo petiolo paulb longiore. Sepala 4, ovata, ciliata. Petala totidem, parva, obovata. Stamina longis&ima, incequalia. This beautiful species of Caper was sent from China by John Reeves, Esq. to the Horticultural Society, in whose Garden it blossomed in September 1828. It is a tender greenhouse shrub, with neat foliage, and handsome scent- less flowers, which are not, however, so beautiful as those of the common Caper plant, which is one of the most striking objects we have in cultivation. If this be compared with Cleome speciosissima, figured at fol. 1312, the student of natural affinities, or the mere * Said by Forskahl to take its origin from its Arabic name kahnr, adopted into the Greek and Latin languages. VOL. XVI. D 'casual observer, will have no difficulty in recognising their obvious relationship, especially if the details of fructifica- tion be carefully considered ; but if either of those plants be compared with the Mignonette, it will not be found so easy to reconcile the habit and structure of that plant with such as this ; and a tyro would be tempted to lay aside the study of a natural system, in which such combinations are admitted, as something unintelligible and delusive. We should not only not wonder at such an effect being pro- duced, but should partake in the opinion ourselves. To us it seems, that if the principles upon which a natural system of Botany is founded, are such as to render it necessary to combine Reseda and Capparis, those principles must re- quire reconsideration ; but we think the combination alluded to, for which several eminent Botanists contend, is not reconcilable with even the present state of our knowledge of vegetable comparative anatomy. Stem shrubby, growing about 3 feet high in a pot, with somewhat fiexuose, smooth branches. Leaves stalked, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth on each side. Flowers white, axillary, solitary, their peduncle rather longer than the petiole. Sepals 4, ovate, ciliated. Petals the same number, small, obovate. Stamens very long, unequal. J. L. v-^j -^'ll-^tUZ/'j^-i .'W-'/v^''' J'W_'- y Pl\tU-^- 1321 PACHYPODIUM^ tuberosum. Tuberous Pachypodiurn. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Nat. ord. Apocyne^, PACHYP ODIUM. — Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque esqua- matis ; laciniis limbi 5-partiti sequilateris. Stamina inclusa, medio tubo inserta ; antherm sagittatse, subsessiles. Ovaria duo ; styli 2. SquamcB hypogynse nuUae. Folliculi ovati. Frutices carnosi, spinis infra- •petiolaribus bilohis trilobisve. Folia sparsa. Flores axillares v. ter- minales. V. tuberosum; caule basi tuberosa, spinis rectis subulatis, foliis oblongis subtus tomentosis. ? Echites succulenta. Thunberg. prodr. p. 37. ib. nov. act. Petrop. v. 14. p. 505. t. 9. /. 2. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 1241. RUmer et Schultes, 4. 392. Spreng. syst. 1. 631. Caulis basi sphcericus, tuberosus, IcBvis, ramis teretibus, succulentis, divisis, spinosis : spinis infra folia provenientibus, bi-trilobis, subulatis, planis. Folia sparsa, sessilia, oblonga, obtusa, carnosa, subtiis tomentosa. Calyx inferus, 5-phylbis, foliolis ovatis, acutis, pilosis, imbricatis. Corolla hypocrateri- formis, extas pilosa, tubo medio ventricoso, intus infra antheras piloso ; limbo contorto : laciniis cequilateris, oblongis, obtusis, subunguiculatis : fauce nudd. Stamina medio tubo inserta ; antherge sessiles, sagittatce, longi- tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium didymum, polyspermum. Styli duo. Squanise hypogynce nullce. When Mr. Brown remodelled the order of Apocyne^e in 1809, he pointed out the Echites succulenta and bispinosa, two remarkable Cape planis, which he had had no oppor- tunity of examining, as likely to constitute a distinct genus. In this opinion, the plant now figured shews that he was right. It evidently differs from Echites, in the segments of the corolla being equal-sided, and in the want of hypo- From 7ru,x,v{, thick, and ■xov? ttoJoj , a foot ; in allusion to its succulent stem and swollen root. gynous scales ; and is more nearly allied to Holarrhena, which differs in having its stamens arising from the bottom of the corolla instead of the middle, regularly opposite leaves, and whole habit. This plant offers an exception to the usual position of the leaves in Apocyneae ; they are not opposite, as in the order generally, but scattered irregularly over the surface of the stem ; a circumstance which appears to be owing to the unusually succulent and distended state of the stem. A native of barren, sandy plains, at the Cape of Good Hope. If it is the Echites succulenta, it was found by Mr. Burchell in the Kloof and its mountains ; but upon this point there is some doubt. It agrees with neither the figure nor description of Thunberg, in minor details ; but it has so much general resemblance, that it is very probable they are the same, — allowance being made for Thunberg's loose mode of description. Our drawing was made at Mr. Tate's Nursery, in August 1828. Stem spherical at the base, tuberous, smooth ; branches taper, succulent, divided, spiny. Spines proceeding from below the leaves, 2- or 3-lobed, subulate, flat. Leaves scattered, sessile, oblong, obtuse, fleshy, downy beneath. Calyx inferior, 5-leaved ; leaflets ovate, acute, hairy, imbri- cated. Co7"o//<2 hypocrateriform, hairy on the outside ; the tube inflated in the middle, hairy inside below the stamens; limb contorted ; segments equal-sided, oblong, obtuse, slightly unguiculate ; throat naked. Stamens inserted in the middle of the tube ; anthers sessile, sagittate, opening lengthwise. Ovarium double, many-seeded. Styles 2. Hypoifynous scales none. J. L. lj-2l ^-'iU^h/^ ^yuu'iif // ^a^f f^ 0 L/ ^kc-Ui^/^/. ■t''<3ii'/. /SJt JM6^^^' 1322 CASSIA* austnilis. New Holland Caaskx. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Leguminos,e. § Cassiece. CASSIA. — Supra, vol. 1. fol. 83. Sect. CriAM^ESENNA. Calycis sepala obtusa. Antheree oblongfB biporosse. Legnimina com- pressa dehiscentia suturis subtumidulis, iiitus septis transversis completis aut incompletis inult.ilocularia, loculis non pulposis. Seniina verticalia, seu valvis parallels compressa, ovata, aut subquadrata, latitiidineni leguminis subaequantia, funiculo longiora. Dec. prodr. 2. 493. §. Coluteoidcee ; JrnticoscB, pauci- aut mullifoliolatce. C. australis; foliolis 9-10--(12 ?)-jugis lineari-oblongis glabriusculis obtiisis mucronatis, glandula subulata inter omnia paria, pedunculis tri-quinque- floris foliis brevioribus. C. australis. Bot. mag. 2676. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, sulcatus, pubescens. Folia pilosiusculn, hori- zontalia ; foliolis lO-jvgis, UneaTi-oblonyis, mucronatis, petiole subalato, cjlanduld subulatd inter omnia paria ; stipuias subulatce. Pedunculi axil- lares et terminates, foliin breviores, 3-5-Jiori, Jioi-ibus approximatis. Sepala subpilosa. Petala vitellina, subcsqualia. A native of the banks of the Hastings, in New South 1 Wales, whence seeds are often sent to England. It is one of the handsomest of the genus, and highly deserving of cultivation, as a plant to occupy the open border of a Conservatory. In their native places, Cassias are often among the most beautiful bushes of the forest, covered with myriads of flowers of the richest yellow, and scarcely inferior in the gracefulness of their foliage to the Mimosa itself; yet in * See fol. 1310. our Gardens they are generally unsightly and neglected ; a circumstance which arises entirely out of our bad or imperfect cultivation. We grow them in a pot, where they are suffered to languish ; or, if they attempt to push vigorously, the pruning knife is freely employed to restrain them within such a space as the gardener can afford. They will not bear pruning; they require plenty of space to grow, and encouragement rather than restraint. If a more liberal and judicious management were adopted, many species, particularly this, would amply repay the care of the cultivator. Our drawing was made some time since from a specimen communicated by A. B. Lambert, Esq. Flowers in May and June. The blossoms are fragrant, with a scent like that of a Heliotrope. According to the Botanical Magazine, the pairs of leaves are sometimes 12. . Stem erect, shrubby, furrowed, pubescent. Leaves somewhat hairy, horizontal ; leaflets in 10 pairs, linear^ oblong, mucronate, with a somewhat winged petiole, and a subulate gland between each pair ; stipules subulate. Peduncles axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves, each with 3 to 5 flowers, placed close together. Sepals somewhat pilose. Petals deep yellow, nearly equal. J. L. IJ^J. . a. Mi/!^'- oCeJ J-^'^l^J (Ju{jii^i4^ /^^ ^i6f»e^Ai^J^. /AfJCr. y/Ta^ 1323 CONVOLVULUS* farindsus. Mealy-stemmed Convolvulus. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Con volvulacet!-'.. CONVOLVULUS. — Supra, vol. 3. fol. 222. C. farinosus ; foliis cordatis acuminatis repandis, pedunculis trifloris, caule farinoso. Romer et Schultes species plant. 4. 278. C. farinosus. Linn. Mantiss. 2. 203. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 846. Smith prodr. fl. GrcBc. Sihth. ]. 133. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. 135. C. farinosus ; foliis subsagittatis oblongis acuminatis repandis supra rugosis subtus venosis, pedunculis folio longioribus, calycibus conniventibus, caule farinoso. Spreng. syst. 1. 598. Caules debiles, volubiles, tomentosi. Folia tomcntosa, petiolata, cor- data, V. hastata, v. sagittatu, acuminata, leviter rcpanda. Pedunculi scepius trijiori, foliis nunc longiores, nunc breviores. Bractese subidatce. Sepala glabra, ovata, mucronata. Corolla in genere minima, limbo acute pentagono. Stigmata 2, fliformia. Our drawing of this neat little perennial was made some years ago in Mr. Colvill's Nursery. It represents the upper end of a branch, in which the leaves are merely cordate; but towards the root they become sagittate, or even hastate. The peduncles vary in length, some being shorter, some longer, than the leaves ; the flowers are also either three, or some other number ; the former is, however, most common. A native of Madeira, whence it was introduced to the Kew Garden by Masson, in 1777. Also found by * So called from convolvo, to twine round; in allusion to the most usual habit of the genus. Dr. Sibthorp in the fields and hedges of Mysia, Livadia, and the Peloponnesus, very common. A half-hardy plant, growing out of doors in the summer, but requiring protection from frost in winter. Stems weak, twining, downy. Leaves also downy, on long stalks, cordate, or hastate, or sagittate, acuminate, slightly repand. Peduncles usually 3-flowered, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter, than the leaves. Bractece subulate. Sepals smooth, ovate, mucronate. Corolla very small for the genus, with an acutely pentagonal limb. Stigmas 2, filiform. J. L. NOTE. Mr. Don has obligingly informed us, that Canna lagunensis, fol. 1311, is certainly C. pallida ii Roscoes Scitumineous Plants, t. 19. We regret exceedingly that we have no ready means of access to this costly work, which we believe requires to be collated with the Botanical Register in several other articles. The species having been kindly communicated to us as new by Mr. Lambert, it is to be considered as having beeq published under the high authority of that gentleman rather than our own. 1324 ASTRAGALUS* succulentus. Succulent Milk Vetch. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Leguminos^:. ASTRAGALUS. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 176. I. PuiiPURASCENTES ; stipuHs d petiolo liberis, floribus purpu- rascentibus. § 3. Onobrychoidei ; stipulis a petiolo et inter se distinctis, floribus pur- purasceiitibus dense spicatis capitatisve, vexillis linearibus elongatis, legu- minibus rectis rarii\s falcatis, radicibus perennibus. Dec. prodr. 2. 285. A. succulentus ; decumbens glabriusculus, foliolis ovalibus obtusis, stipulis triangularibus, spicis confertis pedunculatis folio brevioribus. Spreng. syst. 4. part 2. p. 288. A. succulentus. Richardson in Franklin' s journey . Prostratus, tindique leviter pubescens. Folia ascendentia, foliolis \0-\'2-jugis, oblongis, obtusis; stipulis membranaceis, triquetris. Pedunculi ascendentes, ad apicem racemosi, multijiori. Bractese ovatce, acuminutce, scarioscB. Calyx pedicellatus, tubulosus, 5-dentatus, pilis nigris obsitus. Floras purpurascentes. Vexillum oblongum. Originally found by Dr. Richardson in Arctic America, and published by him in the Supplement to Captain Sir John Franklin's account of his memorable expedition. We are not aware that any seeds were brought home at that time. The plant from which our drawing was made came up from seeds collected by Mr. Douglas in the vicinity of the Sascatchewan River, a stream which rises in the Rocky Mountains, in the country of the Arthabascow Indians, in latitude 53° or 54° north, and, after running * The »(rre,^yot.Xo<; of Dioscorides was the Orobus vernus : why a word signifying a vertebral bone of an animal, or a die used for play, was applied to that species, we do not know. due east, empties itself into the northern end of Lake Winnipeg. It is an unpretending, hardy, herbaceous plant, growing freely in peat, among other plants, and flowering in June. Its fruit is not certainly known. We suspect it to be of the same nature as that of Astragalus caryocarpus, figured at fol. 176 of this work; at least there is in Mr. Douglas's collection a fruit of such a kind, which does not appear to belong to any other of his species. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society. Prostrate, with a slight hairiness upon every part. Leaves ascending; leaflets in 10 or 12 pairs, oblong, obtuse; stipules membranous, triangular. Peduncles ascending, racemose at the extremity, many-flowered. Bractece ovate, acuminate, scarious. Calyjc pedicellate, tubular, 5-toothed, covered with a few black hairs. Flowers purplish. Veiil- lum oblong. J. L. I i::>.iij f^ !Jiai^,Ui.i> — ^U^l»^ J (Xui^u.'iUf-^Syi Li:u(U^t^^Ji-a4^.'J^J. li'ia 1325 LOBELIA* purpurea. Purple Lobeli«. SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Nat. ord. Lobeliace;e. LOBELIA. — Supra, vol. 1. fol. 60. L. purpurea ; caule sufFruticoso, foliis lanceolatis serrulatis glabris, floribus racemosis, bracteis ovatis integris, calyce sphaerico : dentibus ovatis acutis, corolla alt^ fissa 5-partita : laciniis parallelis falcatis secundis. Caulis suffruticosus, erectus, glaber, indivisus. Folia coriacea, lanceolata, serrulata, acuta, utrinque glabra ; superiora nunc dilatata, obtusa, apice denticulata, nunc in bracteis subintegris abeuntia. Flores in axillis brac- tearum, racemum terminalem constituentes. Calyx subrotundus, lO-costatus, S-dentatus, dentibus et pedicellis pubescentibus. Corolla amoene purpurea, unciam longa, hinc ulte Jissa, laciniis linearibus, apice conniventibus, fal- catis, secundis. Stamina monadelpha ; tubo apice incurvo ; antherae con- natae, muticce. Capsula bilocularis, apice bivalvis, polijsperm.a, placentis in medio dissepimenti. Stigma bilohum. A native of Chile, where it was found in the neighbour- hood of Valparaiso by Mr. M'Rae, in February 1825. He sent seeds to the Horticultural Society, in whose Garden our drawing was made in August 1828. It is a handsome half-shrubby plant, growing in the open border in the summer, but requiring protection in the winter. It does not ripen its seeds, and can only be increased by cuttings, or division of the crown of the root. Stem half-shrubby, erect, smooth, undivided. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, serrulate, acute, smooth on each side ; the upper ones sometimes dilated, obtuse, with teeth at the end, more frequently passing insensibly into nearly entire bracteae. Flowers axillary, forming a terminal raceme. * See fol. 1200. Calyx roundish, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed ; both the teeth and the pedicel pubescent. Corolla bright purple, an inch long, deeply split on one side ; segments linear, conniving at the apex, falcate, all turned to one side. Stamens mona- delphous, their tube incurved at the apex ; anthers connate, destitute of appendages. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved at the apex, many-seeded, with the placent8e in the middle of the dissepiment. Stigma '2-lobed. J. L. 1J^6 a .)^W,a^ Pu^^jOUd^i^M^ f6g -J-Lea^^i, Jia^ //SS '0: y if:^^.- 1326 LINUM^ mexicanum. Mexican Flax. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. Line^e. LINUM. — Supr^, vol. 14. fol. 1 163. L. mexicanum ; glabrum, erectum, superne paniculato-ramosum; foliis sparsis, ovatis V. ovato-oblongis, acutis, basi rotundatis ; sepalis ovatis, acutis, subciliatis; stylis ad medium connatis ; stigmatibus globosis ; capsulis acuto-mucronatis. Bentham. Linum mexicanum. Humboldt, Bonpl. et Kunth nova genera et sp. pi. 6. p. 39. Dec. prodr. 1 . 424. Our drawing of this rare species of Flax was made in August last, at Mr. Tate's Nursery. It is a very pretty half-hardy perennial, native of woods near Santa Rosa, in Mexico, where it was found by Humboldt and Bonpland. Probably propagated by cuttings. For the following remarks upon this, and some neighbouring species, we are indebted to Mr. Bentham. " The coalition of the styles in this, and several other species of yellow Linums, is a character which appears to have been generally overlooked in the distinction of the species. It is very remarkable in the L. Macrcei (described below), where the style is very long, and only slightly quinquefid at the apex : in the above L. mexicanum, and in the L. africanum Linn. (L. mono- gynum Forst.), and L. repens Hamilt., the styles are connate up to about the middle of their length ; and at the base only in the L. rethiopicum Thunb. (L. africanum Reichb. icon. exot. t. 46, non Linn.), rigidum Pursh, virginianum Linn., and mysurense Heyne. In the L. gallicum Linn., aureum W, et K., setaceum Brot. (L. bicolor Schousb.), luteolum Bieb., nodijlorum Linn., strictum Linn., corymbiferum Desf., maritimuni Linn., glandulosumMcench.., quadrifolium Linn., trigynum Roxb., and tetragynum Colebr., the styles are entirely distinct from their base. * According to De Theis, the Celtic llin, thread, is the origin of linseed, xi\ioy, linum, linen, linnett, and similar words. The use of linum or flax would therefore appear to be of very high antiquity. In the L. glandulosum, lutcolum, nodifionim, and coryvihiferum, the stigmates are not globular, as in most of the species of this genus, but elongated, and scarcely thicker than the styles. I take this opportunity of subjoining the characters of three new species of Linum belonging to Decandolle's first (\.Wi?,io\\, Jloribus Jiavis. L. Macrcei, glabrum ; caullbus basi fruticosis, ramis erectis ; foliis oppositis altwnisve, lanceolatis, acuminatia, rigidis ; sepalis ovatis, acuminatis ; petalis calyce diiplo longioribus ; stylo coroUam subaequante, apice breviter quinquefido ; stigmatibus globosis; capsulis acuto-mucronatis. Flowers of the same size as those of L. maritimum or tenuifoUum. In habit the plant resembles the L. africanum, from which it differs chiefly by the shorter leaves less frequently opposite, and by the conformation of the styles. It was gathered at Valparaiso by Mr. M'Rae, collector to the Horticultural Society. L. mysurense (Heyne MSS. ex Wall. cat. herb. ind. no. 1507), glabrum, erectum; foliis alternis, oblongis, obtusis, basi attenuatis ; floribus paniculato-corymbosis ; sepalis ovatis, acutiusculis, margine subciliatis ; petalis calycem breviter siiperaiitibus ; stylis basi connatis ; stigniatibus globosis ; capstild acuto-mucronata. A small annual, resembling in habit and in the size of the flower, the L. gallicum or L. virginianum, but differing from both by the broader and more obtuse leaves, and by the ovate sepals but slightly acute, not acuminate. The flowers appear to be yellow. — From Dr. Heyne's collection in the East India Company's Herbarium, where it is marked by him with the names of L, mysurense and L. humile. L. tetragynum (Colebr. MSS. ex Wall. cat. herb. ind. no. 150C), glal)rum, fmticosiim, ramosum ; f'oliis elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, serratis, basi attenuatis, petiolatis ; floribus capitato-corymbosis ; pedunculis bracteatis ; sepalis ovatis, l)reviter acuminatis, margine subciliatis; petalis calyce duplo longioribus; stylis 4, liberis; stigmatibus globosis ; capsulis obtusis. A native of Nipal and Sylhet. (Wallich.) Flowers yellow, rather smaller than in the L. trigynum. Inflorescence similar to that of the variety of L. repens, which appears to have been described by Don as L. Cicanobum. The three East Indian frutescent Linums (L. trigynum, repens, and tetragynum) differ from the others by their frutescent stem, large penni- nerved leaves, and by the capsule obtuse or depressed at the top, and less distinctly divided into separate carpella. They might form a good section, though there do not appear to be characters sufficient to distinguish them as a genus. The L. repens has the leaves serrate, and the styles connate to about the middle of their length. It has been figured by Smith (exot. bot. t. 15) as L. trigynum; and I am disposed to consider the L. Cicanobum (Hamilt. in Don prodr. fi. nep. p. 217) as a mere variety, or rather a state depending on the age of the plant. The true L. trigynum is well figured in the Bot. mag. t. 1100. It has the leaves entire, and the styles distinct from the base." J. L. jX'..^ta/c0.iiUi- .fSi^ly J. ,&l4 J (%ie^unuir /Sj) ^■i^actun^ Juf-t//^.' 1329 MAMMILLARIA* pulchra. Handsome Mammillaria. ICOSANDRIA MO NOG YNIA . Nat. ord. Cacte^e Dec. Tribus Opuntiacece ; semina parietibus baccge affixa. MAMMILLARIA Haworth. — Cotyledones nullae. Suffrutkes subro- tundi V. oblongo-cylindrici, crassi, carnosi, absque axe ligneo ; lactescentes (an semper?) aphylli, mammillis spiniferis crebre creberrimeve tecti. Flores axillares, inter maramillarum bases. — Haworth synops. succ. 177. M. pulchra; oblongo-cylindrica, spinis subsenis supernis majusculis patulis fulvis; subquatuordenis eodem spinario inferioribus minutis horizon- talibus niveis. Haworth MSS. Plantae nostrce simplices, perennes, virides, 4-5 unciales, diametro biunciali, apice lanatd, depressd, spinis demum intertextis undique tectce. Mammillae numerosce, ovato-pyramidales, majusculce seu mediocres, in circiter 11-13 ordines concinnt spiraliter confer tuplicat(B. Spinarium (in hoc genere insuper mammillarum apices) tomentosum, sub-20-spinigerum. Spinse subsex apicales, patuli, seu subsemihorizontales, 6-9, lineares, et scepiils aliquantil- lum recurvulantes ; aliceque (spinulae) sub-14: setiformes radianter hori- zontales, vel subrecurvce, et cceteris multoties minores. Flores in hoc genere inter majores rosei, parilm infra plantce apicem, per mammillarum axillas lanato-setuligeras subambienter progredientes. — Pone M. fulvispinam Haw. in Phil. Mag. I. c. cui forsan nimis affinis {sed vix), certe locarem. — Haw. MSS. " This figure represents a remarkable and new species of greenhouse plant, of the most succulent kind, presented, with other Mexican plants, to the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society at Chiswick, by Sir J. Lubbock, in December 1826. A great many of its affinities are now in our Gardens ; and they are so impatient of water in winter, that they succeed best when planted in small pots of light sandy soil, and each plunged into another larger pot, in ■ ^m * So called from mamma, a teat : the whole surface of these plants is ^■covered with projections resembling the teats of an animal. which only, water should be given once a fortnight in winter, and once or twice a week in summer, as occasion requires. They may be increased by seeds, or by decapi- tation in summer, in the usual way, taking special care to dry their wounds properly in some shaded place before planting, and lightly watering them to settle the earth at the time. " M. puldira is a simple, oblong, cylindrical, green plant, with a depressed woolly apex, and almost covered with unequal spines, beautifully and intricately arranged in 11-13 symmetrical, very spiral rows. The mammilkc are rather large, and ovately pyramidal. T\\e flowers are pro- duced, near the summit of the plant, from the woolly axillae of the mammilla', solitarily, but nearly in a row, are rather large in this genus, and of a rosy colour, opening with us in the month of June. " It may be added, that about six of the superior spines are fulvous, and on the apex of each mammilla, and many times larger, though less expanded, than the basal niveous ones, which are about fourteen in number, and like very small setae, elegantly radiating in a nearly horizontal way, or slightly recurving. " This plant will arrange next M. fulvispina, to which it is doubtless very closely allied, but appears both in character and country distinct." — Haiv. We are greatly indebted to Mr. Haworth for the deter- mination of this species, which belongs to a tribe so numerous and little known, that it would have been scarcely possible for a Botanist less skilful in the knowledge of succulent plants, to have discovered whether it had been previously described or not. Mr. Haworth employs the term spinarimn in his specific character, for the corneous place out of which the spines of Cacti proceed, and into which he finds them fitted, as the teeth of animals are into the socket of the jawbone of animals. A very curious structure. J. L. IJJO MJu^ ..9';j^-Af f J^ii^^tt'^uf /e>a Sixv^^t!'^^ jtvn*'/' * cr- /^w. 1330 MIMULUS* propmquus. Dwarf Yellow Monkey-flower. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. SCROPIIULARINEa;. MIMULUS. — Supra, vol. W.fol. 874. M. propinquus ; annuus, undique glanduloso-pubescens, caule decumbente tereti, tbliis ovatis dentatis : supremis sessilibus, pedunculis axillaribus foliis brevioribus pubescentibus, corollse lobis obtusis : fauce pubescente ; tubo calyci sequali. Herba, habitu M. guttati, sed omnibus partibus, prcesertim fioribus, minor. Caules et folia magis carnosa, et undique glanduloso-pubescens. Pedunculi pubescentes, foliis breviores. Calyx carnosus, leviter pubescens, dentibus dudbus inferioribus rotundatis, supremd cceteris majore, demiim subfalcatd. Corolla figurd omninb M. guttati ; sed triplb minor, lobis planioribus, et fauce minus barbatd. Raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds brought from North-west America by Mr. Douglas. It is a hardy annual, flowering freely from May to October, and producing seed in great abundance. Like all its genus, it will always increase by the seeds it naturally scatters upon the soil ; so that a Garden in which it has once been planted is scarcely likely to lose it, unless it be destroyed designedly. It is by no means so handsome as M. luteus, rivularis, or guttatus ; but it is a pretty addition to the species of this very interesting group. The stigma of all the genus offers a beautiful example of vegetable irritability. When at rest its two broad lobes lie apart, their margins being separated by a considerable interval ; but upon touching the stigma with a bristle, or some such body, the lobes instantly collapse with great rapidity. J- L- * So called from f^ty^a, a monkey; in allusion to the resemblance of the flower to the visage of a grinning monkey. Pliny has a mimulus ; but it is not known what he meant. ,^ t^ 1331 CACTUS* (Epiphyllum) Ackermarmx. Ackermann's Meocican Cactus. ICOSANDRIA MONOG YNIA. Nat. ord. CactejE. CACTUS. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 137. Subgenus Epiphyllum Hermann. — CorollcB tubus longissimus, me- diocris, v. brevissimus, sparsim et remote squamulosus, inermis, e crenis ramulorum ortus, inter perpusillas et innocuas spinulas ; limbus (coroUse fugacis) alte multifidus, vel quasi polypetaloideus, rosaceus, aut subinde plus minus elegantissim^ ringens. Suf- frutices Americce calidioris ramosi, graciles, sed vix scandentes ; in scopulos rupesve, vel super arborum truncos ; ramulis alatiin com- pressissimis, tenuibus sed carnosulis, lobato-crenatis, viridibus, IcEvibus, uxi centrali gracili ligneo. Flores solitarii, scepius magni speciosi, albi rosei coccineive, rarius saaveolcntes. — Haworth in Phil. Mag. Aug. 1829. C. (Epiphyllum) Ackermanni ; corolla maxima obsoletissime ringente ante florescentiam assurgente, apice acuto ; quam tubus fere quadruple longiore. Haworth I. c. Facies C. phyllanthoidis, at ratnorum lobi pauciores, obtusiores, et fere auriculiformes ; et in eormn axillis spinulce or dinar ice forte rnagis conspicuce. Flores solitarii, sed numerosi, et afjftnium more directione fere horizontali ; tubo cicm genuine plusquam 2mciali, sordidc viridi, et quasi quinquangulari t decursione squamularum paucarum sen remotarum et calycinarum. Petala imbricata, acuminata, nitentia, inferiora longc minora, canaliculatim cari- nata, apice recurvula ; summa quasi biserialia, semi-expansa, lanceolata, coccinea ; horum ccelum versus oblonga et lanceolata, ccetera terram spec- tantia oblonga et angustiora. Genitalia ut in affinibus, corolla breviora, declinata, rosea, sed apicem versus ciirvatim ascendentia ; stylo hurniliora, stigmatibus circiter septem. — Haworth 1. c. * Theophrastus has a »«xto;, which is the modern Cynara Cardunculus, Cardoon or Chardon, the petioles of which are used as a delicate vegetable : it had no other resemblance to the modern Cactus than in being prickly. Epiphyllum, which signifies " upon a leaf," is a name given long since, under the idea that the stems of these plants were leaves, and that consequently the flowers grew upon leaves. This splendid plant is a native of Mexico, whence a part of a stem was brought by Mr. George Ackermann, in compliment to whom the species has been named by Mr. Haworth. The original stem was given to Mr. Tate, in whose Nursery it flowered in June of last year; and at that time our drawing was made. It subsequently pro- duced fruit about the size of a pigeon's egg, of a dull purple colour, and with a smooth shining skin. Some doubt having been entertained upon the accuracy of Mr. Tate's statement regarding the origin of this species, we think it right to say, that we have examined the plant which is said to have been imported from Mexico, and that we have no doubt whatever that it was really the produce of some foreign climate. We are also authorised to add, that Mr. Haworth, of whose description we have availed ourselves, and by w^hom the species was named, entirely participates in our opinion, and that he is now acquainted with Mexican individuals in two other collections. It is, however, very remarkable, that about the same time that Mr. Tate's imported plant blossomed, our artist was summoned by Mr. Mackay to make a drawing of a seedling raised by Mr, Smith, Gardener to Lord Liverpool, at Combe Wood, which proved so similar to this as to give rise to the doubts above adverted to. We understand the flower of this seedling is rather larger, and its colour deeper red than that of the Mexican plant. It was first brought into bloom by John Brampton, Esq., of Stoke Newington, a gentleman who cultivates a small but very select collec- tion of stove and greenhouse plants. We learn from Mr. Tate, that the young shoots of his Mexican Cactus have a deep red margin, which is not the case with the mules above referred to. This is a most desirable species, excelling in brilliancy of colouring even the well-known C. speciosissimus ; its anthers and stigmata are said by Mr. Haworth to exhibit a beautiful, changeable, rosy, violet appearance. It requires exactly the same treatment as C. phyllanthoides, truncatus, and similar species. J. L. b /JJJ Mi/'c ■•■'1/ Jta.i/'u. '^^/y fS^&*-■ >1W^ ^ ^'u^iy J jicUt^u/tuf /6C/ J^l^a.^i'^^^Ju^/. /^JiCJ- Jm^. 1336 KENNEDY J* monophylla; ?;«r. longiracemdsa. Long-racemed variety of the One -leaved Kennedys. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Leouminos/E. KENNED YA. — Sapnl, vol. 1 1 . fol. 944. K. monophylla; foliolls in apice petioli solitariis glal)ris reticulatis sub- cordatis, stipulis lanceolatis erectis, racemis multifloris petiolo multo longioribus. Dec. prodr. 2, 384. Glycine bimaculata. Bat. mag. 263. Keniiedya monophylla. Vent. malm. 1. 106, &c. Va7\ longiracemosa ; racemis gracilibus foliis longioribus v. subsequalibus, floribus minoribus. For this distinct variety of Kennedya monophylla we are indebted to Mr. Rollisson, of Tooting, by whom it was raised from New Holland seeds. We call it variety, because it is so extremely similar in foliage and general appearance to its prototype, that we cannot believe it to be a distinct species ; but at the same time it must be admitted, that the great length of the racemes, and the colour of the flowers, give it an aspect peculiar to itself. It is a greenhouse plant, of much beauty, propagated readily by cuttings. Mr. Ridgway observed, that it secreted a great deal of honey while in his possession. Flowers in March and April. J. L. * The late Mr. Kennedy, a partner in the celebrated Nursery of Lee and Kennedy, was the j^entleman in compliment to whom this gonns was named by a French Botanist, at a time when a strict correspondence was maintanied between his firm and the amiable and unfortunate Empress Josephine upon Horticultural subjects, while France and England were plunged in a furious and fatal war. Such is the gentle influence of science, which flourishes regardless of foreign convulsions or intestine strife, appearing the more beautiful when surrounded by, and subduing, the fiercer feelings of society. U3' \0, M^i^. W-^ -^■^^^»*^/'^-i^i»^z4^.X4'//^:?^ 1337 POTHOS'' scandens. Climbing Pothos. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Aroide;e. POTHOS. — Spadix undiquc floribus hermaphroditis tecta. Calyx nullus V. tetrasepalus. Stamina definita. Ovarium uniloculare, 1-3-sper- nium ; ovulis ascendentibus v. appensis. Bacca 1-locularis, oligosperma. Herbse v. arbusculse nunc scandentes. P. scandens ; epiphyta, radicans, petiolis alatis foHorum longitudine, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, spathis axillaribus, spadice subgloboso. Ana-Parua. Rheede Hort. malab. 7, 75. t. 40. Appendix dupio folio. Rumph. amhoin. 5. 490. t. 184. /. 2. Pothos scandens. Linn. sp. pi. 1347. &c. &c. &c. A native of various parts of the East Indies, particu- larly Ceylon, and the islands of the Eastern Archipelago : it is not unfrequently seen upon the drawings of the Chinese, when it is usually represented in fruit, with its clusters of deep scarlet berries. It is particularly distinguished by its foliaceous petioles; but it is not improbable that more species than one has this character ; and if so, that now represented, in which the petioles are remarkably short, may be difterent from the genuine Cingalese species, in which the petioles are as long as the leaves, or nearly so, and the spadixes larger. The plant from which our drawing was made was imported from China by Mr. Tate, in whose Nursery it was taken in April last. The flowers are most deliciously fragrant. ^>^^ t * Potha being the Cingalese name of the species now described, it has been applied to the whole genus. The following is the description in the Flora Imlica, 1. 450. of the Indian plant: — " Stems as thick as a slender ratan, often ramous, rooting upon trees in the most shady forests, round, smooth, and less succulent than any other species which I have yet met with, except P. gracilis. Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolate, entire, smooth ; length from two to four inches, breadth about an inch. Petioles most amply winged, so as to be nearly as broad as the leaves themselves, almost as long, equally entire, smooth, and marked with similar veins. Peduncles axillary, solitary, clothed with many small, ovate, bractiform scales, up to the spathe, where they are completely recurved. Spathe boat-shaped, erect. Spadi.v globular, reflex. Calij.v or coral some roundish scales mixed amongst the germs, and of nearly the same length, the exact number to each germ not ascertained. Stamina about four obovate scales to each germ, with two polliniferous pits on the inside, under the retuse apex. Germs many, oblong, 1 -celled, with one, two, or three ovida attached to the bottom of the cell, and immersed in a clear gelatinous liquid. Style none. Stigma an umbili- cated elevation on the apex of each germ. Berries oblong, size of a French bean, red, pulpy, 1-seeded. *See6? solitary, or two conform to the berry." J.L. /J3« '"4>«/ a&i(: >i^ ^ J Qu^^u^a^ /<^ ^Icciu^Mf Jit^/ /li^ Cr. 1338 TILLANDSIyi* stricta. Erect Tillandsiflr. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Nat. ord. Bromeliace^. TILLANDSIA.—Suprt), vol. 2, fol. 105. T. stricta ; foliis canaliculato-subulatis pruinoso-canescentibus, spica multi- flora terminali. Spreyig. syst. 2. 24. T. stricta. Bot. may. 1529. FoWa. recurva, pruinoso-lepidota, lanceolata, acuminata, convoluta, scajio longiora. Scapus strictus, minus lepidotus. Flores amcenc et intense ccerulei, bracteis magnis, ventricosis, oblongis, acutis; inferioribus cuspidatis. Petala apice ovata, acuta, patentia, bracteis mqualia. Native of Buenos Ayres and Brazil ; from the former of which countries it was received by Peter Kendall, Esq., a zealous cultivator of curious hothouse plants, who presented it to the Horticultural Society. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden in March last. This is among the most beautiful of its tribe, and one that is very easily cultivated. Mr. Kendall finds it succeed remarkably well with the following treatment. In June he takes it out of the stove, and suspends it from a wall in the open air, where he leaves it without water, attention, or protection, till the succeeding October ; thus creating a sort of artificial winter. When the time for placing it again in the stove arrives, it is found withered, discoloured, and in appearance half dead : as soon, however, as it is again submitted to heat and moisture, it recovers rapidly, commences a new and vigorous growth, and in the course of a few weeks loses all trace of its previous sufferings. Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1157. assuming a rich healthy vegetation. After throwing out suckers from each side, it shoots up its spikes of bright blue flowers, which begin to open in March, and endure till the end of April : when the period for a cessation of growth draws near, its parts harden, its flowers fall away, and by June it is ready again to undergo the same treat- ment as before. It is no doubt desirable to create an artificial winter or cold season for all tropical plants, if it be possible ; but this is generally impracticable; and, although Mr. Kendall's management succeeds with this, and two or three similar plants from the same part of the southern hemisphere, it by no means follows that it can be applied generally ; on the contrary, we know from experience that Brazilian and West Indian epiphytes of the Orchis tribe are destroyed by it. Leaves recurved, covered with a kind of frost-like scale, lanceolate, acuminate, convolute, longer than the scape. Scape erect, less scaly. Flowers bright deep blue, with large, ventricose, oblong, acute bractea3, of which the lower- most are cuspidate. Petals ovate, acute, and spreading at the end, as long as the bractese. J. L. I I ^JoJ./ I i'. ina/ci. iLei'. j'::ff^a^.A- 1339 PASSIFLORA* ligularis. Strapped Passion-flower. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Nat. ord. Passifloue^. PASSIFLORA. — Supra, vol. 1. fol. 13. Sect. 6. Granadilla. Dec. mem. soc. gen. 1. part 2. p. 435. Prodr, 3. 327. — Anthactinia. Bory de St. Vincent ann. gen. 2. 138. Involucrum sub flore triphyllum, foliolis integris dentatisve non laciniatis. Calyx 10-lobus. Pedicelli uniflori et cirrhi simplices ex iisdem axillis. Dec. * Foliis integris. P. ligularis; involucro sub flore triphyllo : foliolis ovatis serratis, foliis glabris cordatis integerrimis, petiolis glandulas subsex filiformi-clavatas gerenti- bus, stipulis ovato-acuminatis, pedunculis solitariis unifloris. Hooker in hot. mag. 2967. P. ligularis. Juss. ann. mus. 6. t. 40. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth nov. gen. et sp. 2. 12S. Kunth synopsis 2. 433. Decand. prodr. 3. 328. This fine species belongs to a tribe of Passion-flowers, known in America by the name of Granadillas, which they acquired from the Spaniards in consequence of the resemblance borne by their fruit to the Grenade or Pomegranate. The three that are most commonly culti- vated for the sake of this fruit, which is a kind of melon filled with numerous seeds, immersed in a quantity of pleasant subacid pulp, are P. quadrangularis, edulis, and alata ; Passif. laurifolia and maliformis are also sometimes grown, but they are less esteemed. This kind is nearly related to the two first, from which it is known both by the absence of angles or wings from its stem, and by the * The ingenuity of some of the old Botanists discovered in these beautiful flowers an emblem of the passion of our Saviour ; the filamentous pro- cesses were the crown of thorns dripping with blood, and the stamens were the cross. long, thread-like processes proceeding from the petiole ; processes that occupy the place of the petiolar glands so common in the genus, and analogous to the ciliae found upon the leaf-stalk of some Apocyneous plants. The fruit of P. ligularis is said to be eatable, and the size of an orange ; that of P. quadrangularis is frequently three times as large. Hitherto this has been described as a native of Peru : it would, however, seem from the Garden name, P. mexi- cana, under which it was purchased from Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, by Mr. Gordon, of Hafheld, near Ledbury, to be perhaps spread northwards over a large extent of country. The specimens from which the accompanying drawing was taken were obligingly communicated in February by Mr. Gordon, who informs us that the plant grows luxuriantly in the front border of a Conservatory for tropical plants heated by hot water. A leaf of this species is represented by M. Decandolle in his Organographie, t. 39. f. 5. to illustrate a transforma- tion of glands into tendrils. J. L. u:. (" J^Wi^dd^ ^O^a^h/J^Z^. y^f-^ji;.: 1340 JUSTICIyi * quadrangulciris. Square-stalked Justici a. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Acanthace.?;, JUSTICI A. — Siipn), vol. 4. fol. 309. .T. quadrangular is ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis petiolatis subdentatis acuminatis, spica multiflora, bracteis subulatis, corollse fauce ventricosa, antherarum loculis parallelis. J. quadrangularis. Hooker bot. mag. 1340. J. asperula. Wallich MSS. Planta 2-peo?a/is, erecta, caule spithamaeo, ramis rigidiusculis,gracilibus, erectis, supra insertioneni. foliorum valde 7iodoso-ventricosis, angulis 4 tener- rimis, pubescentid asperuld. Folia internodia ccquantia, ovalia, acuminata, deorsum attenuata, marginibus minutiiis repando-subcrenatis, medio con- vexis, 4-pollicaria, atroviridia, suprd nitida, Icevia, subtils costd puberuld nervisque reticulatis scabriuscula. Petioli fere pollicares. Racenii ter- minales, erecti, Q-pollicares, et ultrd, subtetragoni, stricti, pubescentes. Rachis crassiuscula, tetragona. Fasciculi Jiorum mediocriurn decussati, subsessiles. Flores ternati. Bractese subulato-lanceolatcB, acuminatissimce, calycum apices attingentes, oppositce ; inferioribus subfoliaceis. Pedicelli brevissimi, crassiusculi. Lacinice calycis linear i-subulatce, tubum corollcc ex albo dilutissimd carnecB leviter compressum cequayites. Faux cernua, ampla, ventricosa, labio superiore bilobo, inferiore 3-lobo, lobis lanceolatis, acutiusculis. Labium inferius majus, valde deorsilvi prominens, supra con- cavum excavatum et directione lacinice intermedicB hiteo-punctatce. Corolla extus puberula. Antherse purpurascentes, majusculce, dorso puberulce sub ^aZe^l— Wallich MSS. A native of Sylhet, whence it was introduced into the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, in August 1822. With us it forms a small bush in the stove, flowering in October. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 1829. * Named after a Mr. James Justice, a person who was known us a Horticultural amateur at the end of the seventeenth century. Dr. Hooker, in publishing it in the Botanical Magazine^ changed the name of asperula, which he was not aware was one of Dr. Wallich's, into quadrangularis, because he could discover no asperity to justify the former appellative. We follow him in his alteration, as the minute asperity which is visible in dried specimens is such as to be hardly appreciable. A tender stove plant, easily managed in a damp, hot atmosphere, and readily propagated by cuttings. J. L. Dli SJim^ old- ' 16 () j:^^/^/i^ Ju^ I /c3 co?, a purple pigment, and refers to the prevailing colour of the flowers of the genus. The species is named in compliment to the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, whose acquaintance with the beautiful tribe to which this belongs is unequalled. Brought to the Garden of the Horticultural Society, it flowered in the Greenhouse in May 1827, at which time our drawing was made. Having lately had some correspondence with Mr. Herbert upon the subject of the characters assigned to this genus at fol. 928, and further adverted to at fol. 1016, p. 2, we have been led to reconsider the structure of those processes which are there called sterile stamens, and upon which the genus was chiefly founded. Mr. Herbert, to whom we are extremely obliged for his remarks, observes, that " in describing Phycella ignea v. glauca in the Botcmical Magazine, fol. 2G87, he stated his opinion that these bodies were not sterile stamens, but only mem- branous processes ; and that, considering them of less im- portance than we attached to them, he adverted to them in the specific, and not in the generic character, in the persuasion that species would hereafter be found without them." The original species, Amaryllis ignea, upon which the genus was founded, had, as is stated at fol. 928, two subulate processes, proceeding from the base of the three calycine stamens : they were one-third the length of the filaments to which they were attached, and having the position which would be that of additional stamens, sup- posing such to be present, they were described as being so, but sterile. But the glaucous variety does not possess the same structure, hav^ing mere irregular membranous pro- cesses, instead of the subulate bodies of its original. Now, as these two plants are not easily distinguished even as varieties, it is clear that Mr. Herbert was right in esti- mating of little value, with a view to generic distinction, the peculiarity upon which the genus was originally founded. The justness of this decision, to which we were at one time unwilling to assent, is confirmed by the species now described, in which the stamens have no appendages at their base, but are inserted within a fringed annular border ; by a second sent from Mendoza by Dr. Gillies, in which this border is broken up into three faucial scales ; and, lastly, by a third, collected in Chile by Mr. M'Rae, in which there appears to be neither appendages nor border. The character of the genus Phycella will therefore depend upon the convolutely-imbricated perianthium, the declinate style, and the simple thickened stigma ; and not upon the presence or absence of the processes. But while we assent thus fully to the justness of Mr. Herbert's criticism in regard to the value of these processes as a generic distinc- tion, we do not admit the accuracy of his view of their nature. That they are really indications, more or less complete, of a tendency to develope additional stamens, may perhaps be made apparent by a consideration of the structure of other Amaryllideous genera. This order may be said to have normally the same number of stamens as segments of the perianthium, that is to say, two complete whorls ; but at the same time to indicate a strong tendency to the production of another set of stamens between the perianthium and those stamens which actually develope. This is apparent in the cup of Narcissus, in the faucial appendages of Amaryllis calyptrata, and the like, in Mr. Miers' genus Placea, in which six petaloid filaments are superadded to the antheriferous ones, and especially in the genus Gethyllis, in which additional whorls of stamens are constantly completed, so that some of the species are actually polyandrous. It is no argument against the processes of Amaryllidese, whether a cup, or scales, or subulate bodies, or mere glandular projections, being sterile stamens, to say that they do not bear anthers, or to insist upon their variable size and form. These are considerations which can have no weight when contrasted with their uniformity of station, their insensible passage from the most rudimentary state to one of high development ; and finally, with those monstrous Galanthuses, which in forming supernumerary parts between the petals and sta- mens, continually produce a half perfect anther upon their additional floral envelopes. The genus Sphserotele of Presl, to which that author thinks Amaryllis ignea and cyrtanthoides referable, is clearly not the same as Phycella, as might be thence inferred ; but is nearer Chrysiphiala, from which it differs, according to the figure and description, in its stigma, and in the want of a cup. Bulb covered with a deep brown skin, and having a very long subterraneous neck. Leaves linear, recurved, much shorter than the erect, taper scape. Umbel 3-flowered, with two spathaceous bractea^ the length of the peduncles. Perianthium reddish purple, somewhat curved, about two inches long; the segments acute and ringent. Stamens declinate, alternately shorter, inserted at the base of the tube within a fringed ring, without appendages at the base. Style declinate, filiform; stigma simple, thickened. J. L. 3 1342 SENECIO'' lilaciims. lAlac Senecio. SVNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Composite. Trib. Senecionece-ArchetypcB Cassiiii. SENECIO.—Suprii, vol. l.fol. 41. S. lilacinus ; glaberrimus, caule sufFruticoso erecto, foliis semiamplexi- caulibus subdecurrentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi grosse ineequaliter acut^ dentatis, capitulis corymboso-paniculatis, radio maximo (lilacino). Caulis erectus, glaberrimus, suffruticosus, striatus. Folia sessilia, semi- amplexicaulia, ovato-lanceolata, sub-decurrentia, basi incBqualiter acute dentata, apice acuta integra ; inferioribus magis dentatis. Capituli co- rymboso-paniculati, pedunculis hie illic bracteolatis. Involucrum conicum, simplici serie polyphyllum, basi multibracteolatum, foliolis rigidis, costatiSy apice sphacelatis, margine membranaceis. Receptaculum planum, favosum. Flosculi radii y^mnzei, tubo basi clavato, ligulce plance patentis apice denticu- latcB dimidid longitudine . Stylus basi clavatus, tubo inchisus ; stigmata exserta, linearia, glabra, apice obtiisa, epapillosa ; ovarium subcylindricum, teres, pubescens ; pappo capillaceo, scabro. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi, tubulosi, apice 5-dentati, basi clavati. Antherse basi muticce, apice ap- pendiculd ovatd instructcB ; filamento brevissimo, ovato. Ovarium teres, pubescens ; pappus ut in jlosculis radii. Stylus basi incrassatus. Stig- mata linearia, intus sulcata, apice truncata, papillosa. Communicated from the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland at Syon, by Mr. Forrest, in May last. A most lovely shrubby plant, cultivated easily in the Con- servatory, striking freely from cuttings, and vvell adapted for the flovi^er-garden in the summer. Probably a native of the Cape of Good Hope ; but upon this we have no certain information. It is here published under the name by which it was * The Senecio of Pliny was so called because its leaves have gray down, like old men's hair — from senex, an old man. VOL. XVI. G L sent us by Mr. Forrest, appearing to have been hitherto iindescribed. Its nearest affinity will probably be found with S. lanceus of the Hortus Keweiisis, which would appear to be distinct from the plant of the same name figured in the Hortus Schdnbninnensis, which Willdenow called oporinus ; the latter with pale-yellow flowers, and the tips of the serratures of the leaves callous ; the former having the leaves finely and regularly serrated. We presume this forms part of M. Cassini's genus Jacobaea ; and it certainly has little in its appearance to justify its union with Common Groundsel, in the same genus. Stan erect, quite smooth, suffruticose, striated. Leaves sessile, half amplexicaul, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat de- current, at the base unequally and acutely toothed, at the apex acute and entire ; the lowermost more toothed than the rest. Heads in corymbose panicles ; the peduncles with little bracteae here and there. Involucrum conical, many-leaved, in a simple row, with many little bracteae at the base ; leaflets rigid, ribbed, sphacelate at the apex, membranous at the margin. Receptacle flat, honey-combed. Florets of the ray female ; the tube clavate at the base, about half as long as the plane, spreading, toothed ligula. Style clavate at the base, included in the tube ; stigmas ■ exserted, linear, smooth, obtuse at the end, without pa- [)illa3 ; ovarium somevv'hat cylindrical, taper, pubescent ; pappus capillary, scabrous. Florets of the disk hermaphro- dite, tubular, 5-toothed at the apex, clavate at the base. Anthers spurless at the base, with an ovate appendage at the apex ; filaments very short, ovate. Ovarium taper, J pubescent; pappus as in the florets of the ray; style thick- " ened at the base ; stigmas linear, channelled inside, truncate at the apex, with papilla?. J. L. SCt^ hfJ S'Ud^/t^/a^ /6_p S/i:-xa.a:ii^^i^/ /dJi^ 1343 ARGEMONE* mexicana; var. ochvoleuca. Mexican Argemone ; the pale-yellow variety. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. PAPAVERACEa;. ARGEMONE.—Suprd, vol. 15. foL 1264. A. mexicana; annua; foliis spinoso-dentatis maculatis, capsulis calycibusque spinosis. A. mexicana. Linn. sp. pi. and of all others. /3. albijiora; white variety. Bat. mag. t. 2342. y. ochroleuca ; pale-yellow variety. A. ochroleuca. Hort. angl. The Argemone mexicana, a weed in Mexico, whence it has spread to various tropical countries, is a very old inha- bitant of our Gardens as a tender annual. Some years since, a variety with white flowers was obtained and figured in the Botanical Magazine ; and subsequently the kind now represented was procured by Mr. Barclay. It is an annual, like its original, but not so handsome : it is, however, more valued, on account of its greater rarity. We may here remark, that Argemone grandiflora is called by mistake an annual at fol, 1264 : it is a durable and very beautiful perennial. * See fol. 1264. /■>w ^ %-^^ ^ J^iS^i*'*^ /^ .yieca^u^ JUt^ '• /af^'i/' .rlfuA-- 1344 CRASSULA* turrita. Turretted Crassula. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. Crassulace^. CRASSULA Linn. ~ Calyx 5-partitus corolla multo brevior, sepalis planiusculis. Petala 5, stellatim patentia, libera. Stamina 5, filamentis subulatis, Squamce 5, ovatse, breves. CarpeZZa 5, polysperma. Frutices aut herbse, scepissime Capenses. Folia opposita, integerrima aut subcrenata. Flores albi, aut rai'ius rosei.—rDec. prodr. 3. 383. § 8. Turgosese ; herbacecB submidce, foliis plerisque radicalibus, in- fiorescentid spicato-thyrsoided, fioribus nempt verticillato-subsessilibus. Species omnes verosimiliter biennes. Dec. 1. c. C. turrita; foliis radicalibus oppositis connatis quadrifariam imbricatis ovato-oblongis acutis villosis ciliatis, caule subnudo, fioribus verticillatis. Dec. I. c. Crassula turrita. Thunb. prodr. 55. Jacq. hort. schonhr. 1 . t. 52. Haworth suppl. 17. Turo^osea turrita. Haworth revision 16. This remarkable succulent plant is a native of the Karro, at the Cape of Good Hope, where it was originally found by Thunberg. It is still rare in our collections, although it was described eleven years since by Mr. Haworth from the Kew Garden. For our drawing we are indebted to C. Law, Esq., of 4, Nelson Terrace, Stoke Newington Road, by whom a specimen was communicated in May last, from his very rich collection of succulent plants. We regret to learn, that Mr. Law is induced by ill health to wish to discon- tinue the cultivation of this curious tribe, and to desire to * From crassus, thick ; in allusion to its succulent habit. dispose of his collection, which is one of the most interesting in the neisfhbourhood of London. '&■ Usually considered a biennial; but the plant from which the accompanying drawing was taken had been in Mr. Law's possession for four years. Increased by seeds, which it ripens unwillingly, and also by offsets. To Mr. Haworth's very careful description in the work above cited, we find nothing to add, further than that the sepals are so completely similar both in form and texture and anatomical structure to the leaves, that no distinction whatever appears to exist between them. J . JLt. /3/^J cfa^^ J ^Bc^;if^u^x^ /^^ StxMO^ Au^. /. /(fja. jr: M:uii..^ 1345 HABRANTHUS^^ Andersoul Anderson's Habranf/ms. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Amaryllide;e. HA BRANTHUS Hevhert. — German medio constrictum ; tubus oequalis. Filamenta declinata, fasciculata, recurvata, quateina longitudiue. Stylus declinatus, recuivatus. Semina cumulata, complanata nigra. Flos sub sole patentior. — Herbert MSS. H . Andersoni ; bulbo parvo obovato, foliis angustis 5-6-uncialibus, scapo unifloro subrubescente 3-4-unciali, spatha unciali apice diviso, pedunculo l|-unclali, gennine subrubescente, corolla 12-unciali aurea v. cupreu, striis externis et fundo subfusco-rubescente. tubo -i -unciali menibrana intus clauso, laciniis externis imbricantibus, filamentis internis longiori- bus : sumnio brevissimo stylo longiore. — Herbert MSS. Var, «; aurea. Var. /3 ; cuprea. Var. y. obscura ; alabastrum extus aterrimum. Var. ^. brevilimba ; foliis latioribus. " This bright-coloured Habranthus was sent to Mr. Mackay by his collector, Mr. Anderson, with some other species, from Monte Video, in the spring of 1829. The bulbs flowered abundantly in the greenhouse of Mr. Mackay, at Upper Clapton, in April and May 1830; but the flowers do not expand well unless the sun shines bright and warm. They are either golden or copper coloured, with brownish red streaks on the outside, and forming within a dark eye to the flower. The specimens of the golden variety, which seems to be the most plentiful, vary a little in the breadth and colour of the leaves. The upper filament is the shortest of the three shorter, and the lowest is a little the shortest of the three longer filaments. If the weather is cold and gloomy, the flowers do not expand, and the filaments do not acquire their proper posture and proportions ; and in that imperfect state it would be very difficult to decide whether the flower belonged to Habranthus, or the nearly allied * So named from «/3go?, delicate, and «y.^o?, a flower. genus Zcphyraiithes ; but in a suitable temperature it conforms' exactly with the other species of llabranthi. Ilabraiithus has the filaments of four lengths, fasciculate and recurved ; Zephyranthes of two lengths, distant and conniving. Closely as the two genera are allied, we have as yet failed in all attempts to raise a hybrid between them. H. Andersoni produces seed freely here." For the drawing and foregoing account of this plant we are indebted to the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, by whom they were communicated last May. Since the plate was printed off, we have been favoured with another communication from the same gentleman, relating to the form of the seed-vessel; unfortunately, the drawing that accompanied it arrived too late to be introduced into the plate, which we regret the more, because Mr. Herbert is of opinion, that a difference in the form of the capsule goes along with the other generic distinctions of Zephyranthes and Habranthus. " All the capsvdes," he remarks, " of Zephyranthes that I have observed are like those of Z. rosea, represented in the Botanical Magazine as broad or broader at bottom than at top. As far as my observation goes, those of Ha- branthus are turbinate or narrower at bottom. I have now before me the capsules of several varieties of H. Andersoni, and of a variety of Habranthus versicolor, from the same quarter, still more turbinate: the capsules of three new species of Zephyranthes from the same quarter, are all broad at bottom. I propose to call them Zephyranthes flavescens. Floiuer at first straw-coloured, fading to white as it expands. Spathe half as long again as the peduncle, which is about an inch long. Zephyranthes mesochloa. Flower green at bottom, yellowish white, tinged a little rvithout with red. Peduncle nearly tivice as long as the spathe. Zephyranthes acuminata. Nearly luhite. Petals 2^ inches long, but only ^ths wide. Peduncle and spathe of the same length." We have only to remark, that the genus Habranthus has been proposed by Mr. Herbert to comprehend various South American bulbs, including Amaryllis advena and intermedia, figured at folios 849 and 1 148 of this work ; and that it stands upon the authority of that excellent observer rather than upon our own. Reference to the Figure. cc. Golden variety. b. Copper variety. c. Ovarium, tube, and sexual apparatus. d. An outer segment of the corolla of var. u. J. L. f I /J4 0 J^^ J fh^-u'Ut/ /6g IHceaeuUUt/ ':iup / fi'jy. yif'.tH'y 1346 DRlMIA* villdsa. Villous-leaved Drimia. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AsPHODELEiE. DRIMIA Jacq. — Perianthium 6-fidum, campanulatum, limbo reflexo : laciniis apice cucuUatis. Stamina filamentis basi dilatatis, laciniarum basi inserta. Stylus cum ovario continuus ; stigma triquetrum, incrassatum. Capsula 3-locularis, loculis dorso dehiscentibus, semibivalvibus. Semina angulo centrali loculamentorum affixa. D. villosa; foliis oblongis undulatis glaucis villosis serotinis, racemo multi- floro cylindraceo, perianthii limbo obliquo. Folia erecta, oblongo-lanceolata, undulata, pilosa, serotina, glauca. Racemvis nudus, erectus, multifiorus. Bracteolse breves, minimce, ovatce, pedicellis mtdtb breviores. Perianthium sexfidum, tubo campanulato, car- noso, limbo obliquo : laciniis 6, linearibus, non imbricantibus , undulatis, apice cucuUatis, demitm revolutis. Staniina 6, basibus laciniarum inserta, leviter declinata ob obliquitatem limbi; filamentis subulatis, basi dilatatis, in conum conniventibus . Ovarium superum, intrd. tubum perianthii inclusum, triloculare, loculis serie duplici polyspermis ; stylus ovario continuus de- clinatus ; stigma incrassatum, triquetrum. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was received by Mr. Tate, in whose Nursery our drawing was made in May 1826. A greenhouse bulbous plant, flowering before the leaves. It differs from Drimia ciliaris, to which it most nearly approaches, in the much greater breadth of its leaves, which are strongly undulated, and far more villous, and in a greater obliquity of the limb of the perianthium. Those who may hereafter study the genus Drimia will do well to attend to the structure of the capsule, to the * From ^^tfAVi, acrid ; in allusion to the flavour of the leaves. style being intrusc, or continuous with the ovarium, to the obliquity of the limb, and to the number of the seeds; all points very little considered hitherto. Leaves erect, oblong-lanceolate, undulated, hairy, ap- pearing later than the leaves, glaucous. Raceme naked, erect, many-flowered. Bracteolcs short, very small, ovate, much shorter than the pedicels. Perianth 6-cleft, with a campanulate fleshy tube, and an oblique limb ; the seg- ments of which are 6, linear, not imbricating, undulated, cucullate at the apex, finally rolling back. Stamens 6, inserted into the base of the segments, slightly declinate on account of the obliquity of the limb; jilaments subulate, dilated at the base, conniving into a cone. Ovarium su- perior, included within the tube of the perianth, 3-celled ; cells many-seeded, in a double row ; style continuous with the ovarium, declinate ; stigma thickened, 3-cornered. J. L. /'J^-f. jLai' iU^. ^.*^^ J Ju^U^w/ /i 1^ S''^,cuioJ^'jJ^^-y>»diyjfJi/.'/ /6J0 y fi'M- 1350 LACHENAL/v^* pallida. Pale-blue-flowered Laclienal/«. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Asphodelea:. LACHENALIA.— Supra, vol. 4. fol. 287. L. pallida ; corollis campanulatis, petalis 3 interioribus longioribus, flori- bus brevissime pedunculatis horizontalibus, foliis lineari-oblongis scapo longioribus. Hort. Kew. ed. 1.1. 460. L. pallida. Thunh. prodr. 64. Redoute Liliacces 22. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 172. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 285. Rbmer et Schultes syst. veg. 7. 605. /3. minor ; petalis sepalis subsequalibus, racemo paucifloro. L. pallida x. Supra, fol. 314. Rachis angulata, multiflora. Flores sessiles, in axilla bractecB scariosce. Calyx pallida plumheo-cmruleus, laciniis jjctalis multh brevioribus, sub apice viridibus. Petala concoZorct, sed pallidiora. Fo\i>i atrovi7'idia,immaculala. We consider this the type of L. pallida, rather than the smaller variety represented at fol. 314: it agrees better with the descriptions of authors, and is undoubtedly the state from which the definition in the Hortus Kewensis was taken, as we know from the inspection of specimens for- merly obtained from the Garden at Kew by Mr. James Donn, and now in our possession. The supposed variety figured at fol. 287, is altogether another species. Our drawing was made many years ago in the Garden of our late friend, Mr. Griffin, whose fine collection of bulbs is now unfortunately dispersed through so many hands. * Werner Lachenal, a professor of Botany at Basle, is much better known by the beautiful genus that bears his name than by any trace that he has left in the history of science. He died in 1800. that it is no longer possible to trace the fate of any particular species. In the cultivation of the genus Lache- nalia lie was particularly successful. No one who ever saw his Garden in the earlier months of spring can have forgotten the beauty of his greenhouses and glazed pits glowing with hundreds of flowers of L. tricolor, quadricolor, and other richly-coloured kinds, intermixed with the lighter and more graceful blossoms of endless varieties of Ixia and Gladiolus. A Cape bulb, very easily cultivated in a pit from which frost is excluded. J. L. /jy/ ~'-^wt^,c&^. ^^^.^^ J yii.:afru,-ti/^ //^ J-i^^ui,:^ JrJ^. / /^.y(j 1351 l^HLOX^ specid^a. Shewy Phlox. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Polemoni ace.^. PHLOX.— Supra, vol. 1. fol. 68. P. speciosa ; erecta, ramosa, frutescens, glabra, foliis linearibus acuminatis pungentibus basi dilatatis subciliatis margine callosis : supremis alternis, floribus corymbosis, sepalis acuminatis margine membranaceis tubo corollae subsequalibus, laciniis corolltB cuneato-oblongis integris. P. speciosa. Pursh Jl, am. sept. 1. 149. R'umer et Schulles syst. veg. 4. 364. Spreng. syst. 1. 624. Fruticulus pedalis, erectus, ramosus, dumosus, glaher nisi ad marginem baseos foliorum, necnon sepalorum. Folia linearia, acuminata, pungentia, tacfu scabra, margine callosa, unde quasi tricostata : costis duabus mar- yinalibus ; folia superiora alterna. Flores carnei, in ramulis terminales, corymbosi. Sepala d. basi lata membranacea, acuminata, tubi corollce longi- tudine, cequalia, costata, intus tomentosa. Corolla hypocrateriformis, glabra, laciniis limbi planis, cuneato-oblongis, integris. This rare plant was originally described by Pursh, from specimens in Lewis's Herbarium, collected upon the plains of the Columbia. It was afterwards discovered by Mr. Douglas in abundance upon the dry lands of the same district; and from seeds collected by that traveller the solitary individual from which this figure was taken was raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. It is extremely impatient of cultivation. The late incessant rains have nearly destroyed it ; and it is to be feared that it will be soon lost altogether. * The (pAol of Theophrastus, the Agrostemma coronaria of moderns, was so called on account of the flame colour of its corolla. The word itself signifies fire. Pursh describes his plant with a pink or purple eye, like that of Vinca rosea. There was, however, no appearance of this upon the plant that flowered in the Garden ; nor is it discoverable upon Mr. Douglas's wild specimens. P. speciosa is nearly related to the rare P. sibirica, a Dahurian plant, which has never found its way to our Gardens, and which is known by the hairiness of its leaves and stems. There are also two or three other subulate- leaved species, resembling P. Hoodii, all natives of the same part of America, to which P. speciosa bears much resemblance, but from which it is very distinct. A small shrub, about a foot high, erect, branched, bushy, smooth, except at the edge of the base of the leaves and sepals. Leaves linear, acuminate, pungent, rough to the touch, callous at the edge, whence they have the appearance of having three ribs, two of which are marginal ; the upper leaves alternate. Floivers flesh-coloured, ter- minal upon the little branches, corymbose. Sepals with a broad membranous base, acuminate, the length of the tube of the corolla, equal, ribbed, downy inside. Corolla hypocrateriform, smooth ; the segments of the limb plane, cuneate-oblong, entire. J. L. /J/Z . ^ ^^- W: 7u:ta^y/r/iy .■'.:/: /- ,', ' )i '. 1352 ACACIA"^ lunata. Crescent-leaved Acaci«. POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. Nat. ord. Leguminos^. § Mimosece. ACACIA.— Supra, vol. 2. fol. 98. Sect. 1. Foliis deformatis, nempe : foliolis saepiils, prsesertim in planta adulta, abortivis, petiolis dilatatis in Phyllodia mutatis. — Dec. prodr. 2. 448. § 2. Capitato-racemosce, Jloribus nempe in capitula globosa coUectis, capitidis secus peduncidum axillarem racemosis. Stipulce omnium subnullce aut inermes. — -Dec. 1. c. A. bmata ; phyllodiis dimidiato-oblongis obtusis cuspidatis glaucis subfal- catis infra medium ad latus convexius glandulosis, ramisque glabris, racemis phyllodio longioribus. A, lunata. Sieber herb. N. HoU. n. 461. sec Dec. prodr. 2. 452. Lodd. hot. cab. 384. Sweefs fiora australasica 42. A. brevifolia. Lodd. bot. cab. 1235. Rami virgati, angulati, glabri. Phyllodia obionga, obtusa, cuspidata, in petiolo attemiata, valde glauca, glabra, marginata, subfalcata, glanduld parvd in marginem anteriorem infra medium. Capitula 5 v. 6, racemosa. Flores lutei, odorati. This is said to be a very variable species ; and such it appears to be, if we are to judge from the figures that have been published of it, no two of which represent exactly the same state. Mr. Sweet is no doubt right in identifying A. brevifolia and lunata ; and we suspect there would be no great inaccuracy in advancing a step further by uniting both with A. myrtifolia. Their glaucous colour and more falcate leaves seem their principal characteristic. A native of Van Diemen's Island, flowering in April, May, and June, thriving wherever it is protected from frost, and propagated by cuttings. Our drawing was made in * Seetbl. 1317. Mr. Colviirs Nursery many years since. The flowers are very fragrant. Bf^anches weak, spreading, angular, smooth. Phyllodia oblong, obtuse, cuspidate, tapering into the petiole, very glaucous, smooth, margined, somewhat falcate, with a small gland on the inner edge below the middle. Flowers yellow, almond-scented, in heads of 5 or 6 in each raceme. J. L. Note to Collomia lieterophylla,foL 1347. We find we have been anticipated in the comparison drawn between the spiral fibres of the testa of Collomia and the coma upon the seeds of Ascle- piadeae and other plants. Mr. Don has pointed out some remarks by him in Jameson's Journal for January 1829, in which the same opinion is expressed. We had no doubt read this at the time of its appearance and afterwards forgotten it, or we should not have failed to acknowledge the priority of the observation, which, by the way, probably escaped our recollec- tion in consequence of being mixed up with some remarks upon true spiral vessels generally, in which we are less disposed to concur. ^ ") 1353 STERCULIA^ Tragacantha. The Sierra Leone Tragacanth Tree. POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. Nat. ord. Sterculiaces,. STERCULfA.—Suprc), vol. 3. fol. 185. S. Tragacantha ; foliis oblongis cuspidatis integerrimis v. apice trifidis, subtus tomentosis, paniculis axillaribus coarctatis tomentosis, calycis laciniis apice cohserentibus. IS. Tragacantha. Lindley's introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 39. ined. Arbor 40 ? pedes altitudine, ramidis ferritgineis tomentosis. Folia alterna, petiolata, oblonga, cuspidata, scepiiis utrinque rotundata, integerrima, nunc apice leviter trijida v. bifida, suprd glabra, subtiis cum petiolo tomentosa ; tomentum c pilis stellatis. Paniculse dense tomentosce, coarctatce, axillares, nunc foliis breviores, nunc longiores. Calyx campanulatus, tomentosus, rufopurpureus, 5-fidus, laciniis apice cohcerentibus. Stamina generis. Pis- tillum haud vidi. Our drawing of this species was taken in the Hothouse of the Comte de Vandes' Garden at Bayswater, in which it flowered in May last. It is a native of Sierra Leone, where it is known as the Tragacanth tree ; a gum resembUng Gum Tragacanth being copiously exuded by it when wounded. The panicles of flowers are more contracted and shorter in the garden specimen than in our wild ones from Dr. Barry, and they have a tendency to become lobed at the apex : from the latter circumstance it is not improbable that the tree occasionally produces lobed leaves. We have specimens of a plant very nearly the same as this, gathered in Sierra Leone by Mr. George Don, and marked " a tree 40 feet high." Its panicles are much larger and looser, its flowers more funnel-shaped, and their segments without any tendency to cohere at the apex. We, however, dare not decide whether it is a mere variety, or a distinct species. * See fol. 1256. No other Sterculia has been remarked to produce such a gum as that collected from this tree ; but it is probable that many others would yield the same substance, as it seems nothing more than the concrete state of the mucilage, which is so universal in the order, and which is one of the signs of affinity between Sterculiaceae and Malvaceae. Besides its use as a medicinal plant, this species has no particular claim to interest the cultivator, its flowers being far from ornamental, and the foliage being very inferior in beauty to the more common Sterculia Balanghas. It will always require the heat of the stove, where it may be increased, we presume without difficulty, by cuttings. Branchlets downy, ferruginous. Leaves alternate, pe- tiolate, oblong, cuspidate, generally rounded at each end, quite entire, except at the apex, which is sometimes bifid or trifid, smooth upon the upper surface, downy on the under, and upon the petiole ; the down is formed of stellate hairs. Panicles densely downy, contracted, axillary, either shorter or longer than the leaves. Calyx campanulate, downy, brownish purple, 5-cleft, the segments cohering at the apex. Stamens those of the genus. Pistilla not seen. J. L. NOTE. Since the foregoing matter was sent to press, we have received an early copy of the new Ilortns Britannicns of Mr. Loudon, in which we find, p. 392, a Sterculia, mentioned under the name of pubescens of Mr. George Don, which is described as a native of (ruinea, forming an evergreen tree, 20 feet high. Possibly this may be the same as S. Tragacantha ; hut its flowers are said to be white, and the period of its introduction 179'i. The want of description prevents our ascertaining whether this conjecture is well founded or not ; but we think it right to advert to the name. At the same time we may take the present opportiinity of expressing our admiration of the mannei' in which the very extraordinary Catalogue now referred to has been executed. The number of species admitted into it amoimts to 28,565, exclusive of varieties. This, after deducting the flowerless British species, amounting to 26(j3, is a much more extensive list than any that has yet appeared. But it is not on account of the number of its species that it deserve* attention, — as this is a subject upon which some difference of opinion may exist, — it i» the beauty of its type, the excellent arrangement of its matter, the vast quantity of useful gardening information that it contains, and the careful application of the soundest }»rinciples of orthography and etymology to the accentuation and termination of the systematic names, that give it a claim to be considered a classical work in the literature of gardening. Its perfection in the latter respect is due to Mr. Alexander Rowan, whose labour merits the grateful acknowledgment of all readers, and will be found not less useful to the Botanist, who is too apt to overlook such points, than to the Gardener, to whom an accurate guide for writing and speaking a language, of which he cannot be expected ta possess a critical knowledge, is invaluable. It would have been perhaps better, and more conformable to the present state of science, as the Linnean and Natural system of Botany ai-e both introduced, if the former had been made subordinate to the latter. We can, however, apj)reciate, and at the same time admit, the force of the motives that have induced the editor to adopt an opposite plan, which is, after all, of less importance, as there is already a very useful and recent Catalogue by Mr. Sweet, arranged, upon the Natural system. 1354 FACCINIUM* ovatum. Ovate-leaved Bilberry, OCTANDRIA OR DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Vaccinie/e. VACCINIUM.— Supra, vol. 4. fol. 302. Y. ovatum; ramulis hirtis, foliis sempervirentibus ovatis coriaceis lucidis serratis glabris margine revolutis, racemis brevibus axillaribus deflexis, corollis subglobosis .5-dentatis, calycinis dentibus acutis. V. ovatum. Purshfi. am. sept. 1. 290. Spreng. syst. 2. 212. Frutex dense foliosus, sempervirens, pedalis v. bipedalis, ramulis hirtis patentibus, v. recurvis. Folia coriacea, lucida, ovata, acuta, serrata, sub- disticha, breviter petiolata, utrinque glaberrima ; petiolis pubescentibus. Racemi foliis breviores, dejiexi, sub foliis latentes, glabriusculi, bracteis brevibrcs, ovatis, cucidlatis. Ovarium subrotundum, glabrum ; calycis dentes breves, acutce, rubrce. Corolla subglobosa, carnea, 5-dentata ; dentibus brevibus, acutis, medio sanguineis. Baccae pisi magnitudine. A native of the north-west of America, whence it was sent to the Horticultural Society. It is a hardy handsome evergreen shrub, flowering in March and April. The figure represents the state of the plant when about * The lexicographers say this word is of unknov?n meaning. It is not mentioned by Pliny, but is familiar to the classical reader by its occurrence in the Eclogues of Virgil. It is supposed by some that Virgil's Vaccinia nigra were the flowers of Delphinium Ajacis, a plant which has been conjec- tured to be the vxaiv^o? of the Greeks ; and hence it has been thought that Vaccinium itself was nothing more than a Latin alteration of Hyacinthus or Vacinthus. But it is most probable that the Hyacinthus of the poets was Gladiolus communis, on the flowers of which Ai Ai is distinctly marked ; and then the term Vaccinia nigra could not be applied to the Hyacinthus, if it were to Delphinium, as seems really to have been the intention of Virgil, who was no doubt speaking of flowers, and not of fruit, when he wrote " Alba ligustra cadunt, Vaccinia nigra leguntur." two years old from seed ; but it appears from Mr. Douglas's wild specimens that it becomes a bush, at least two feet high, with more upright and stronger shoots, bearing a vast quantity of })ink flowers, which, as in many other Vacci- niums, are hidden from view by the leaves, in consequence of the latter assuming a sort of distichous direction present- ing their surfaces horizontally to the light, notwithstanding the horizontal direction of the branches ; a circumstance which is in strict accordance with the laws of vegetable physiology, but which completely destroys any beauty that the plants would derive from their flowers. To be propagated by layers like the rest of the genus. It requires to be cultivated in shady places, or among bushes; but, while it is much injured by exposure to the uninterrupted rays of the sun, it suffers equally from a total absence of direct solar light ; so that it will not thrive under a north wall. A shrub, covered densely with foliage, evergreen, a foot or a foot and a half high ; the branchlets hairy, spread- ing, or recurved. Leaves coriaceous, shining, ovate, acute, serrated, somewhat distichous, on short stalks, quite smooth on each side ; the petioles pubescent. Racemes shorter than the leaves, deflexed, hidden beneath the foliage, nearly smooth ; the bracteae short, ovate, cucuUate. Ovarium roundish, smooth; teeth of the calyx short, acute, red. Corolla nearly globose, flesh-coloured, 5-toothed ; the teeth short, acute, crimson in the middle. Berries the size of a pea. J. L. /J.^J'. -,>^/ U^u/r»^cif i^. u^xlt//6j S?icuit:i^^4fi/ . 1355 ^cfLLA* plilSibea. Lead-coloured ^Scilla. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nut. Ord. AsPHODELEiE, SCILLA. — Perianthium hexaphyllum, patens, aequale, deciduum (cseru- leum). Stamina eequalia, subperigyna. Stylus filiformis, intrusus, Capsula subrotunda, 4-polysperma, semiuibus subglobosis. S. plumben ; foliis liguljEformibus planis recurvis, scapo erecto tereti pauci^ floro, pedicellis bracteis triple longioribus, laciniis perianthii ovatis car- nosis demum reflexis pedicellis duplo brevioribus. We only know this plant from a drawing made in 1813, in the Kew Garden, by the late Mr. Sydenham Edwards. The bulb had been imported from the Cape. We have long hoped to discover it in some of the rich collections near London ; but after an unsuccessful search we are con- strained to publish it, in the hope that others may be more successful. It seems to be a genuine Scilla, as far as it is possible to. discover any character of distinction between that genus and Ornithogalum, which we may take this occasion to observe, are like a great many other Linnean genera, separated upon account of differences, much more trifling than such as modern Botany usually recognises ; in fact * The trx-lxxvi of Hippocrates and Dioscorides appears to have been the plant now called Scilla maritima, and is of nnknown derivation, unless it is to be traced to the Arabic asqyl, which is the same plant, according to Golius, as cited by De Theis. Some persons think the name originated in the verb c-KvX>.u, to torment; on account of the emetic, or even poisonous properties of the original species when eaten. But this etymology is perhaps over- strained. they are known, as the late President of the Linnean Society has somewhere remarked, by the colour of their flowers rather than by any decided peculiarity of organisa- tion. The natural colour of Ornithogalum flowers is white or yellow, and that of Scilla blue or rose. \ V J I 1356 SALVIA* fulgens. The Cardinal Sage. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Labiate Jussien. (Lindley's introduction to the natural syste7n, p. 239.) Tribe 5. Nepetese Benth. Stiprc), vol. \5. fol. 1289. SALVIA Linn. — Ca Zi/x bilabiatus, labio superiore integro v. 3-dentato, inferiori bifido. Corolla bilabiata, labio superiori erecto fornicato v. falcato, inferiori patente trifido. Stamina fertilia 2, sub labio superiori ascendentia. Filamenta brevissima, tubo inclusa. Anther ce. dimidiatae; connectivo elongato filiformi incurvo, postic^ saepiiis clavato, rarius antheroe loculum alterum gerente. Stylus apice bifidus, lobo superiore saepiiis breviore. Achenia sicca. — Bentham, suprc), vol. 15. fol. 1292. S. fulgens ; caule herbaceo erecto ramoso hirto, foliis ovatis acuminatis cordatis serratis supr^ pilosiusculis subtus pubescentibus, verticillis 4-6-floris distantibus, calycibus pilosiusculis, corollis elongatis. — Kunth synops. 2. 79. S. fulgens. Cav. ic. pi. 1. t. 23. Vahl enum. 1. 237. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 140. Romer et Schultes 1. 231. Spreng. syst. 1. 61. S. cardinalis. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth n. gen. et sp. plant. 2. 301. t. 152. Romer et Schultes, 7. 194. Spreng. syst. veg. 1. 62. Caulis 3-pedalis, pilosus, angulis rotundatis, ad basin petiolorum bical- losus. Folia rugosa, cordata, ovata, crenata, pilosa, longipedunculata. Racemi terminates, piimiim nutantes, bracteis maximis, ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, deciduis inclusi. Verticillastri trifori. Calyx pubescens, coloratus, striatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore integro subrecurvo, inferior e paulh major e , bifido, recto. Corolla intense coccinea, ventricosa, calyce triplo major, galed infiatd villosd marginibus infexis, labio galece subcequali, glabra, triloba; lobis replicatis, lateralibus ovatis, intermedia truncato. Stamina duo, rudimentis duobus miriimis subulatis ; filamenta brevia ; antherse lobus fertilis connectivo recto subulato, sterili cequilongo defexo spatulato jnloso ; horum ope pilorum stamina cohcerent. Ovaria glabra, minima, disco insi- dentia, dente maxima antico carnoso. Stylus apice villosus. Stigma inceqicale, bilobum. The first knowledge we gained of this splendid herba- ceous plant was from a specimen that flourished in July last in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, having * See fol. 1205 VOL. XVI. 1 been raised, in 1829, from seed collected on the mountains of Mexico by Graham, Esq., a gentleman who has enriched our Gardens with several fine things, and who has formed a most interesting herbarium of Mexican mountain plants. About the same time, a plant that had been com- municated by Mr. H. Silverlock, nurseryman, Chichester, produced its blossoms in the same collection. Notwith- standing the unfavourable summer we have just expe- rienced, a summer so cold that the natives of milder climates have scarcely been able to support a feeble existence, and in which the common Salvia splendens has not produced a single flower, this species has displayed its nodding heads of dazzling scarlet in all their native beauty. On this account the Cardinal Sage may be ex- pected to prove a most valuable addition to our autumnal flowers ; for if it succeeds thus well in a summer almost unparalleled for cold, wet, and gloom, what may not be hoped from it in a more genial season ? It grows about 3 feet high, and strikes freely from cuttings. The constitutional difference between Salvia splendens and fulgens is, no doubt, due to the very dissimilar localities they naturally occupy. While the former is a native of Brazil, the latter grows abuncjantly in cold situations be- tween Tolucca and Tianguillo, at an elevation of between nine and ten thousand feet above the sea. Hence, if due allowance is made for the decrement of caloric as we rise in the atmosphere, the station of S. fulgens, although geographically about 20*^ from the equator, is, in point of climate, the same as that of Virginia. It is therefore probable that it will prove capable even of bearing our winters without protection, which would be an excellent quality ; but we are not aware that any person has at present direct experience upon the subject. Mr. Graham's wild specimens have the leaves either nearly green beneath, or densely covered with white down ; hence it is not impossible that the S. pulchella of Decan- dolle may be, as Steudel suspects, the same thing. Forty years ago this was cultivated in the Gardens of Madrid, and yet it has at last found its way to England from the New World before it lias reached us from Spain ! Cavanilles called it by the name here adopted ; and we are obliged, on that account, to abandon the more recent but better name of S. Cardinalis, by which it was described by M. Kunth. The stem is about 3 feet high, hairy, with rounded angles, and two callosities at the base of the petiole. Leaves rugose, cordate, ovate, crenated, hairy, on long- stalks. Racemes terminal, at first nodding, enclosed within very large ovate, acuminate, concave, deciduous bracteae. Verticillastri 3-flowered. Calyx downy, coloured, striated, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, somewhat recurved, the lower rather larger, bifid, straight. Corolla deep scarlet, ven- tricose, three times as large as the calyx ; the helmet in- flated, villous, with inflected margins ; the lip nearly equal to the helmet, smooth, 3-lobed ; the lobes folded back, the lateral ones ovate, with the intermediate one truncate. Stamens 2, with very small subulate rudiments of two others. Filaments short ; fertile lobe of the anther with a straight subulate connectivum ; sterile of the same length, deflexed, spatulate, pilose ; it is by the aid of these hairs that the stamens cohere. Ovaria smooth, very small, seated on a disk with a very large anterior fleshy tooth. Style villous at the end. Stigma unequal, 2-lobed. J. L. \ V 1357 TILLANDSIJ* rosea. Pink-headed Tillandsi«. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Bromeliace^e Jussieu. (^Lindley^s introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 256.) TILLANDSIA.—Supn), vol. 2. fol. 105. T. rosea ; foliis ligulatis acuminatis furfuraceis palentibus, spica ovata soli- taria foliis vix longiore, bracteis ovatis concavis. Our drawing of this undescribed species of Tillandsia was made some years since, from a plant in the possession of the Marchioness of Bath. It flowered in the month of May, but having afforded only a single specimen, we had not an opportunity of examining it in detail. It is, how- ever, distinguished sufficiently by its ovate head of flowers scarcely higher than the leaves, and bright pink bracteee. A native of Brazil. In the second edition of Sweet's Hortus Britmmicus, which is just published, we find the names of five Tilland- sias, with which we are unacquainted ; but this can scarcely be one of them, as they are all stated to be natives of the West Indies, and none of the names are applicable to the species now represented. In the last Number of this pub- lication we observed, in speaking of Mr. Loudon's Hortus Britamiicus, that whatever inconvenience the public might experience from the Linnean arrangement of that work, would be remedied by consulting Mr. Sweet's Catalogue, which is arranged upon the Natural System. At that time we were not aware that the new Catalogue, by the same author, to which we have just referred, was upon the eve of * Supra, vol. 14, fol. 1157. publication. We have since examined it, and find it a decided improvement upon the first edition ; the paper and printing are better, the colour of the flowers and many useful signs indicating general characters of growth have been added throughout; it contains nearly two hundred pages more than before; and, as far as we can ascertain, by taking an average of the pages, it comprehends about 34,000 species and varieties. J. L. U!f8 ie£.cerJ^^-t'£--/-/./dJiP. 1358 CANNA* Achiras Mendoza Canna. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Marantace^ R. Br. — {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 267.) CANNA.—Suprd,vol.7.p.576. C. Achiras; perianthii exterioris foliolis interioribus tribus lanceolatis acu- minatis insequalibus ; interioris triphylli foliolis 2 superioribus maxim^ insequalibus cum inferiore (labello) oblongo recurvato integerrimis, t'oliis ovato-oblongis abrupte acuminatis, caule lanugiiioso. — D. Don in lift. Canna Achiras. Gillies MSS. sec. cl. Don. The specimen from which this figure was taken was communicated in August last by Mr. Lambert. Mr. Don, who is well acquainted with it, has obliged us with his specific character, and the following memoranda. Mr. Lambert remarks, that it is the hardiest Canna he has ever cultivated. " A native of Mendoza, and was raised last year from seeds communicated by Dr. Gillies, who considers it a new species, and calls it Canna Achiras. It is closely allied to Canna lanuginosa Rose. t. 16, which comes from Maranham; but in that, as appears from the figure, the leaves are much narrower and lanceolate ; the intermediate series of the perianth nearly equal, and the two upper foliola of the inner series emarginate. In C. lanuginosa the flowers are also of a more uniform colour, and the intermediate series of the perianth of a deep red. See fol. 1231. Achiras is, we presume, the name by which the species is known in Mendoza. ** Stem from 4 to 5 feet high, clothed, particularly in the young state, with a deciduous woolly down. Leaves oblong-ovate, abruptly acuminate ; the lower ones a foot or more in length, and six inches broad ; the uppermost more ovate, seven to eight inches long and four broad. Flowers mostly in pairs, on short peduncles. Bracts broadly elliptical, concave, rounded at the top, membranous, de- ciduous." ). L. NOTE^O/O/. 1311. Mr. Don informs us, that he is now convinced that Canna lagunensis is distinct from C. pallida of Roscoe. He finds the lip of C. lagunensis uniformly entire, while that of C. pallida is deeply notched. — See note to fol. 1323. i f^Z-A' : VA.-. '. -v-.-..,y // . ^-'.-yji.jU. •"' •/, / 'BSa. /Pa/^. W ■ 1359 RIBES^ divaricatum. Straggling Gooseber?y. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. GrossulacEjE Dec. {Lindley^s introduction to the natural system, p. 54.) RIBES.—Suim), vol. 2. fol. 125. ** Arm AT A. Gooseberries. R. divaricatum ; ramis divaricatis setosis, aculeis 1-3 axillaribus deflexis, foliis subrotundis trilobis inciso-dentatis nervosis glabris, pedunculis trifloris nutantibus, calyce campamUato : laciniis linearibus reflexis tubo duplo longioribus, stylo staminibusque exsertis, baccis glabris. — Douglas in hort. trans, vol. 1 . p. 515. Bot. reg. 1349, in textu. " A robust bush, of erect habit, six or eight feet high, with divaricated branches, the younger ones sparingly and unequally clothed with minute, bristle-shaped prickles, and having one or three, large, strong, deflexed prickles under each bud. The leaves are rounded, 3-lobed, coarsely cut, toothed, smooth, and veiny, about an inch long ; the footstalks somewhat shorter, with a few scattered hairs near their base. The clusters droop below the branches, are 3- or 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves, slender and smooth, with rounded, subamplexicaul bractese. The c^/z/.i' is bell-shaped, yellowish-green, with linear, brownish red, reflected segments, which are double the length of the tube. Pe^«/5 wedge-shaped, white, half the length of the limb. The stamens are exserted beyond the calyx, half an inch long. Style considerably longer than the stamens, semi-bifid, spreading, villous. Berry spherical, smooth, one-third of an inch in diameter, black, pleasant to the taste." * See fol. 1237. *' A common bush on the banks of streams, near Indian villages, on the north-west coast of America, from 45*^ to 52'' north latitude. *' This species flowered last April in the Horticultural Society's Garden. It ranks systematically next R. tri- florum of Willdenow." — Douglas in Hort. Trans. 7. 515. To this account by Mr. Douglas, we have only to add, that it proves a hardy shrub, and increases freely by cuttings. J.L. ^&^/y J^^' I^^ui^^ru/HU^ 'f6^ J^ic^anu^^i^-;/ /. /^ ^icc^uM/^/ (■^' 1362 MALVA* purpurata. Purple Mallow. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. MALVACEiE Juss. {Lindley's introduction to the natural system, p. 33.) MALVA.— Suprd, vol. 4. fol. 296. §1. Malvastrum ; carpella unilocularia monosperma. Dec. * Bismalvse; fioribus purpurascentibus aut albis, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis unijloris, involucro triphyllo, foliis multipartitis, caule herbaceo. — ' Dec. prodr. 1. 432. M. purpurata ; pubescens, ascendens, foliis inferioribus 5-fidis superioribus trifidis : laciniis seepiiis trifidis lobis furcatis obtusis, floribus solitariis, pedunculis petiolis longioribus. Herba perennis, ascendens, ramis diffusis intricatis circulum diametro 2-pedali efformantibus. Rami pubescentes. Folia pubescentia, inferiora 5-partita, superiora 3-partita, laciniis subtrilobis : lobis divaricatim sub- bilobis. Flores solitarii, axiUares, pedunculo petiolo scBpiils longiore. In- volucrumyere obsoletum, e tribus setis deciduis constans. Calyx tomentosus, campanulatus, 5-Jidus, laciniis acutis. Petala purpurea, cuneata, calyce longiora. Carpella monosperma, indehiscentia, inappendiculata, pubescentia. Raised in 1826, in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds collected by Mr. M'Rae in the Cumbre, a pass in the Chilian Andes, in November 1825. In this country it is a hardy perennial, increasing very little by the root, but producing seeds in dry seasons. It flowers in June, and continues in beauty till the frosts of autumn nip it. It requires no particular attention, thriving in any common garden soil. A perennial herbaceous plant, forming a patch about two feet in diameter by its prostrate or ascending entangled An alteration of /^ici>^ux,yi, the Greek name of the Mallow. branches. Branches pubescent. Leaves downy, the lower 5-parted, the upper 3-partcd ; the segments 3-lobed, with divaricate, somewhat 2-lobed divisions. Flowers solitary, axillary, their peduncle generally longer than the petiole. luvolncrum nearly obsolete, consisting of three deciduous bristles. Calyx downy, campanulate, 5-cleft, with acute segments. Petals purple, cuneate, longer than the calyx. Carpella one-seeded, indehiscent, without appendages, pubescent. J. L. 1363 BANKSU* littoralis. Shore Ba7iksm. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Proteace/e Jussien. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 68.) BANKSIA.—Supn), vol 16. /o/. 1316. B. littoralis; foliis elongato-linearibus spinuloso-dentatis basi attenuatis subti!ls aveniis, perianthiis deciduis, folliculis compressis bracteisque strobili apice tomentosis, caule arboreo, ramulis tomentosis. — Broivn in Linn, trans. 10. p. 204. Prodr. 392. Romer et Schultes, 3. 438. Frutex i?i horto orgyalis, ramulis gracilibus purpureo-cinereis villosis. Folia linearia, in petiolo attenuata, apice truncata, spinuloso-dentata prcesertim ultra medium, suprd subtilissime pubescentia, subtils albo-lanata, avenia, costd denudatd. Amentum cylindraceum, calycibus rufis bracteisque sericeis, stylis rigidis, purpureis. i A native of the southern part of New Holland, where it was found by Mr. Brown without flowers. It is now not uncommon in our conservatories, but rarely flowers. Our drawing was made in the conservatory of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon, in March last. If we can judge from our wild New Holland specimens, the species is subject to variation in the denticulations of the leaves. We have what appears to be identical with this, with some leaves altogether entire, and the remainder very slightly toothed. A shrub, growing as high as a man in our conservatories, with slender purple-gray villous branches. Leaves long, linear, tapering to the petiole, truncate, spinous-toothed, * See fol. 1316. VOL. XVI. K especially beyond the middle, with very minute down on the upper side ; white with down, except the naked mid- rib, and veinlcss, beneath. Ametitum cylindrical, with rufous calyxes, which are downy, as well as the bractese and rigid purple styles. J. L. /JO.. J^ct/^/y S' i'U^jyii. tu/ 7£y J-2^j- / /i?^ '-i:^ y/f^^. 1364 MSYlTlNCHlUxM* grandifldrum. Large -flowered Sisyi'incJduxn, TRIANDRIA MONOGVNIA. Nat. ord. Iride;e Jussieu. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 260.) SrSYRINCHIUM.—Supn}, vol. 13. foL 1067. S. grandifiorum ; caule stricto glauco striate foliis erectis vaginantibus longiore, spathis bifloris : foliolis erectis altero floribus longiore, peri- authio pedicello subsequali. S. grandiflorum. Douglas. Perennis, radicibus fibrosis, repentibus. Caulis erectus, striatus, glaucus, siniplicissirmis, palmaris v. paulb idtrd. Folia glauca, inferiora squa- miformia, superiora erecta, basi vaginantia, apice patentia, caule breviora. Spatha erecta, bivalvis, foliolis incequalibus : exteriore linear i-lanceolato, fioribus longiore. Perianthium atropurpureum, striatu7n, filamentis stylisque sanguineis, antheris luteis. This beautiful little herbaceous plant is a native of the North-west of North America, near the great falls of the river Columbia, where Mr. Douglas found it in 1826. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, flowering in May and June, but is at present exceedingly rare, only two or three seeds having grown, and the plants from these increasing very slowly. It appears to love a peat border among bushes. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. A perennial plant, with fibrous, creeping roots. Stem erect, striated, glaucous, quite simple, a span or little more in height. Leaves glaucous, the lower scale-like, the upper * The (ria-ve^ty^iov of Theophrastus appears to have been either the modern Iris Sisyrinchium or Trichonema Bulbocodium, both plants nearly related to this. It was so called because it was sought as food by pigs, or (Tj/S;. erect, sheathing at the base, spreading at the apex, shorter than the stem. Spatlic erect, 2-valved, with unequal leaflets ; the outer linear-lanceolate, and longer than the flowers. Perianth deep purple, striated ; the filaments and styles sanguine, the anthers yellow. J. L. I I M /JO "".^^■^ ■! Aj^'l r-m-^^F., 1365 ^PIRiEA* arisefdlia. Beam-T7'ee-leaved Spiram. ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. Rosacea Jussieu. (Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 81.) SPIRjEA L. — Calyx 5-fidus, persistens. Stamina 10-50 cum petalis toro calyce adhserente Inserta. Carpella 1-00 distincta, rariter basi coalita, breve apiculata, sessilia, raro stipitata. Semina 2-6 suturse internee affixa, exalbuminosa. Embryo inversus, cotyledonibus crassiusculis. Frutices inermes, v. herbee perennantes. Rami alterni. Folia alternay simplicia, raro decomposito-pinnatisecta, nervis pennatis v. ternato-palmatis. Flores albi aut rubicundi nunquam flavi. — Dec. prodr. 2. 541. § Spiraria. Ovaria libera. Torus apice liber, basi tubo calycino con- cretus. Carpella non injiata. — Frutices. Flores hermaphroditi paniculati. Folia serrata exstipulata. — Dec. I. c. S. aricefolia ; foliis ovatis obtusis inciso-serratis subpinnatifidis basi cuncatis subtus tomentosis, panicula multiflora villosa basi divaricata. S. ariaefolia. Smith in Rees, vol. 33. Dec. prodr. 2. 544. S. discolor. Pursh Jl. am. bor. 1. 342. Dec. prodr. 2. 545, Frutex erectus, dumosus, ramis strictis epidermide cinnamomeo-griseo obductis, subangulatis. Folia simplicia, ovaio-oblonga, supra glabra, subtils tomentosa, nunc gross^ serrata, nunc inciso-serrata-, nunc pinnatijida, basi cuneata, laciniis obtusis, serratis ; stipulis obsolefis. Paniculse terminales, multijlorce, densce, ramis inferioribus scepius longioribiis, divaricatis ; ramulis villosis. Calyx rotatus, albus, 5-partitus, laciniis ovatis, villosis, peta- loideis. Petala laciniis calycinis suhcequalia, oblonga, venis tribus in medio. Stamina in disco tubum calycis tegente inserta. Carpella 5, villosa, mono- sper?na, ovulo solitario appenso. A handsome hardy shrub, native of the North-west of North America, where its seed was collected by Mr. Douglas for the Horticultural Society. It was * The shrub called a-7ru^x7x by Theophrastus, and spireon by Pliny, is supposed by some to have been our Spiraea salicifolia, by others Viburnum Lantana. The latter is called by the modern Greeks kM/^x^i'^x ; the former seems to be unknown to them. originally discovered by Mr. Menzies, from whose speci- mens Smith described it in Rees's Cyclopa'dla. S. discolor of Pursh is no doubt the same species, and will therefore have to be expunged. We adopt Smith's name, although the most recent, because there appears to be no meaning in Pursh's. In this country it has as yet been known so short a time in a living state, that it is not possible to state what statuxe it will acquire ; it is, however, probable that it will never exceed 9 or 10 feet in height, if it should become so large. It flowers in June and July, when its large loose panicles render it a handsome object. Quite hardy, and easily increased by cuttings or by layers. This is one of a set of plants, which, if they be con- sidered the type of the genus Spiraea, are distinguished by their oligospermous distinct carpella and exstipulate leaves ; they are nevertheless retained by the most recent Botanists that have examined them, in the same group as Spireea Aruncus, opulifolia, and sorbifolia, — in all which the habit, fruit, and foliage, are decidedly different. We confess it appears to us, that there is little consistency in this, while such genera as Sieversia and Geum, Potentilla and Fragaria, are separated. Surely it would be more conformable to the modern principles of constructing genera, principles that have been well illustrated by M. Decan- doUe's recent work upon Umbelliferse, to consider the old Spiraea made up of several distinct genera; among which Seringe's section Sorbaria, or our Schizonotus, which is to Rosaceae nearly what Nigella is to Ranunculaceae, should be among the first to be recognised. J. L. /30^ S^u^/y Jf j^-^^tira^ /ifj> J^S:d^4^^^;^/r/^*y^. 1366 AZALEA* calendulacea ; var. subcuprea. Copper-coloured Highclere Azalea. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Erice^e Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 182.) AZALEA.— Suprd, vol. 2. fol. 120. A. calendulacea, subnudiflora ; foliis utrinque pubescentibus : adultis hir- sutis, floribus amplis non viscosis, calycis dentibus oblongis, corolla tube hirsuto laciniis breviore. — Suprd,fol. 145, with the synonyms. Var. subcuprea. Gowen in litt. This and the following are a part of the result of some extensive experiments instituted at Highclere, the seat of the Earl of Caernarvon, for the purpose of improving the colours of the American Azaleas by cross impregnation. With what perfect success this attempt has been rewarded will be apparent from an inspection of these figures, and of some others that will appear hereafter, which have been selected from a very considerable number of equally striking- varieties. Mr. Gowen, under whose direction the inter- mixture has been made, has favoured us with the following particulars of these experiments, which are already so important to Horticulture, and which may also throw light upon some physiological questions in which the world is much interested, but which cannot be satisfactorily settled without multiplied observations, conducted with the utmost precision. This was one of those which, it will be seen, were obtained from a variety of Azalea nudiflora, called in the * From u^xxUi;, dry ; either in allusion to the places where the species grow, or to the dry brittle nature of their branches. Nurseries inihcscens, fertilised by the pollen of that Azalea calcndulacea which is known as Lee's triumphaus. Mr. Herbert informs us that the seedlings thus raised are very sterile ; but that he has obtained from one of the best varieties a few seeds which have vegetated. Mr. Gowen's remarks are as follow : — " I have much pleasure in giving you the history of the beautiful seedling Azaleas, which flowered last summer in the Garden at High- clcrc. Lord Caernarvon had long been desirous of raising seedlings from crosses between the high-coloured and late-flowering varieties. To effect this object, I selected for mother plants the Azalea coccinea var. minor, A. coccinea var. major, and a late-flowering variety called by some of the Nurserymen A. rubescens, by others A. autumnalis rubra. The two first-mentioned varieties are in the climate of High- clere, and perhaps throughout England, very unproductive of pollen, rarely seeding when unassisted by art. A. rubescens is somewhat more prolific, but unaided may be reckoned a shy seeder also. " The two A. coccineas were dusted with the pollen of a late- flowering A. pontica for several successive mornings. No care was taken to deprive the plants experimented upon of their anthers, their deficiency of pollen having been ascertained. Many pods swelled, which were found to contain heavy seed ; these were gathered at the approach of winter, kept in a drawer some weeks, and sowed in the first week in January. Of numbers which vegetated, about four hundred seedlings were raised. The A. rubescens was impregnated with the pollen of A. calendulacea var. triumphans, and from this cross about a hundred were raised. Of the first-mentioned four hundred seedlings, perhaps three-fourths are, in foliage, inflorescence, and habit, so like their father, A. pontica, that, though varying much in the tints of the corolla, any person not aware of their origin would reckon them mere seminal varieties of that species, so greatly does its type predominate. Some are very lovely, especially one possess- ing extraordinary merit, which we have named A. pontica versi- color. Generally speaking, they run through many intermediate shades, from orange to the lightest cream colours, suffused with pink in A. pontica versicolor, and are very fragrant. The remaining fourth part of these seedlings take after their mothers inhabit, but their foliage is on a larger scale. The inflorescence preserves little trace of A. pontica, yet varies considerably from that of either of the varieties of A. coccinea. The colours are more lively, and of various tints of crimson, and vivid pink or scnrlet ; and there is in several, particularly in the specimen (A. thyrsiflora) sent to you, a tendency more or less developed to produce flowers laterally. In some the vivid pink and light crimson tints are very beautiful; and there is hardly an individual among them which, a few years ago, would not have been thought an acquisition to the Garden. The seedlings from A. rubescens, by A. triumphans, were never with me the objects of so much solicitude as those just described. They surpass them greatly in magnificence, following generally the type of A. calendu- lacea, and are very late-flowering plants, of many gradations of colour, from pale yellow to orange, salmon-colour, pink, and beauti- ful mixed tints ; they produce large umbels, with expanded corollas are elegant in habit, and hardly to be surpassed in loveliness. Of those which flowered here last summer for the first time, we were able to discriminate sufficiently to give names to about thirty varieties, each ot distinguished beauty or fragrance. NAMES OF VARIETIES. A. Cartonia Govenia polyantha basilissa imperatrix habrantha habropis scintillans chariessa jasminodora sanguinea Herbertiana eugenes euprepes eudiemon calocoryphe calostephane A. calodendron aurotincta aeritincta aurorae pretiosa delicata erythrsea calantha ochroleuca inclyta subcuprea poikeJa regia dictatrix pontica versicolor expansa, and many others," J. L. Ub'' >fe.^^ ,-. 1367 AZALEA* nudifldra ; var. thyrsiflora. The Highclere Scarlet Azalea. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. EricE/E Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 182.) A. nudiflora, subnudiflora ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque glabriusciilis concoloribus, nervo supra lanuginoso subtiis setigero margine ciliatis, floribus amplis non viscosis : tubo laciniis longiore, calycis dentibus brevibus ovali-subrotundis, staniinibus longissim^ exsertis. — Suprd, fol. 120, with the synonyms. Var. thyrsiflora. Gowen in litt. Mr. Herbert considers this a natural seedling of Azalea coccinea. It was raised at Highclere with the last, and is one of the most beautiful shrubs we have yet seen ; none of the varieties formerly cultivated can be com- pared with it for the rich thyrses of flowers with which it is covered. It is referred to in the foregoing account. J. L. * See fol. 1366. ft i L /:io.y j:jt:. ,^/t. ^-i/ ^t/ J. ^tt^t/^vuf /^ .>awY,«$v^ jf^j. fa's 1368 i^UBUS* nutkanus. Nootka Raspberry. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA, Nat. ord. Rosacea; Jussieu. {Introduction to the natural system of hotariy, p. 81.) EUBUS.—Supr(), vol. 6. fol. 461. R. nutkanus ; caule fruticoso erecto flexuoso stolonifero apice glanduloso- piloso basi nudiusculo, foliis 5-lobis insequaliter dentatis, corymbis simplicibus, calycibus subinermibus cuspidatis : laciniis corollse albae sequalibus, stipulis connatis persistentibus. R. nutkanus. Dec. prodr. 2. 566. Frutex oynnino habitu Rubi odorati ; differt ramis magis Jiexuosis minus setosis, imb nisi apice subinermibus , foliis opacis subtiis inermibus, denticulis magis incequalibus, stipulis connatis persistentibus nee deciduis, corymbis simplicibus paucijioris nee panicrdatis , demum calycibus subinermibus cus- pidibus petalis albis (squalibus nee hispidissimis cuspidibus petalis purpureis brevioribus. A native of the North-west coast of America, where it was found by Mr. Douglas, who sent its seeds to the Horticultural Society. It flowers irregularly from May to October, and in a wild state bears much larger flowers than those represented upon the figure, which is, however, a faithful copy of its present garden state. It is propagated readily by cuttings, or by suckers, which it produces in great abundance : its fruit has not yet been seen. In general appearance it is extremely like the common Rubus odoratus ; but if the two plants, as they grow in our Gardens, be compared, they will be found to exhibit the following differences: — Rubus odoratus has straight * According to DeTheis derived from the Celtic rub, red. The classical writers appear to have applied it as we do. stems covered with glandular pubescence, sub-lucid leaves, the denticulations of" which are nearly equal, with all the under surface and petioles covered by glandular pubescence: its stipulae are also distinct and deciduous. But in R. nut- kanus the stems are decidedly flexuose, and destitute of all hairiness or armature, except now and then a weak solitary bristle; its leaves are not lucid, and neither they nor the petioles have any glands ; the denticulations are very unequal ; and the stipulee are persistent and connate by their upper margins, as is shewn in the figure at 1. Add to this, the flowers of R. nutkanus are smaller, and usually appear in threes, while those of R. odoratus form a compound corymbose panicle. R. nutkanus also runs very much at the root, which R. odoratus does not. But in the wild state some of these distinctions disappear. The petioles of R. nutkanus are glandular, and the flowers are as large as those of R. odoratus ; the difl'erence in the denticulations also ceases to be appreciable. Are these plants, then, mere varieties or distinct species ? This can only be answered by going into an inquiry which our limits preclude ; it involves the question of whether the separa- tion of European Rubuses into numerous species has been judicious or not; and within what bounds the specific cha- racters of the genus are to be confined. To us it seems that, if the distinction between the Rubus corylifolius and coesius of English Botanists be once admitted as valid, it is impossible to avoid receiving all the others that have recently been distinguished, unless the characters of species are wholly arbitrary, and not to be determined upon any fixed principles. We have before insisted upon the exist- ence of a wide diflference between Botanical and Natural species, and this appears to be confirmed by daily expe- rience. J. L. --'i'-a/ ja JZ^^ JM^MjUUty ,'Cj-'''iTU^//^^ Ifrf /ca>!. .-//T/^^- 1369 ANOMATHECA* cru^ta. Blood-spotted Anomatheca. TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. luiDEiE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 260.) ANOMATHECA Ker. — Inflorescentia spicata. .Spa^Aa bivalvis, brevis. Corolla tubuloso-sexfida, hypocrateriformis, subirregularis, erecta ; limbus rotatus, laciniis oblongis cuneatis, tubo recto anguste fauciali subbrevioribus. Stamina secunda ; {antheris parallelis). Stigmata angustissima, condupli- cata, bipartita. Capsula ovato-globosa, papilloso-aspera. Semina biserialia, plurima, rotunda. Herba palmaris, v. ultradodrantalis, ortu obliquissimo proveniens, postquam erecta. Bulbotuber ovatuni, exuviis mollibus stupaceo- Jibrosis. Folia collateralia, plura (4-8), gladiata, inferne (i latere interiore axifere tenus excisa, scepe subundulata ; exteriora latiora, subovato-gladiata, scepius falcata. Caulis teres, subjunceus, paniculatus, multijiorus, nudius- culuS, foliis plurimhn longior, ramis ad basin foliolo stipatis, plerumque divisis, Flores remotiusctdi, magnitudine media. Spatha pusilla, sub- herbacea, obtusa. Corollarum lacinise parum incequales, obtusce, deorskm attenutce, roseo-albicantes ; infimse tres macidci dejinitd plerumque notalce. Antlierse oblongce, violacece, contiguce, tubi fauce emicantes. Capsula piso maJ7isculo parum grandior. Semina sinapeos subsimilia. — Ker genera Iridearum, p. 111. A. omenta; limbo bilabiato tubo duplo breviore, maculis ovatis conformibus. Valdt affinis A. juncecB, prcesertim ece in Botan. Magaz. depictce, potius- quam isti grandiori et ramosiori Andreusii ; differ t tamen colore florum intensiore, limbo niagis irregulari omninb bilabiato, et maculis faucis con- formibus, nee intermedid diversd. For this we are obliged to Mr. Tate, of Sloane Street, who communicated it in May last, with the informa- tion, that he had received it several years ago from the Cape, and finds it a very desirable plant, continuing to throw out flowering shoots till late in the autumn. The So called from ciV6fyi.o<; and %koi. ; on account of its frosted capsule. bulbs should be planted in April, when intended as a border flower, and taken up in November. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, and nearly related to Anomatheca juncea, of the same country, from which it differs chiefly in the longer tube of its flower, in the greater irregularity of the limb, in the deeper crimson colour, and in the form of the sanguine spots at the base of the three anterior segments. J. L. I 'j'jcr. ^"^U^aa- J^^JSC.-i^^u^ :..Z.^^.,u/^,:-. '■^yy /^jCf- :/ff^^. 1370 SALVIA* Grahamf Mr. GrahmiPLS Sage, DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Labiat;e Jnssieu. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 239.) SALVrA.—Suprd, vol. 16. foL 1356. Grahami; caule fruticoso erecto ramoso glanduloso-pubescente et bi- fariam piloso, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis crenatis basi cuneatis vel rotundatis tenuissinie pubescentibus, racemis elongatis simplicibus, verti- cillastris remotis 2-6-floris, foliis floralibus ovatis acuminatis ante anthesiii deciduis, calycibus tubulosis striatis glanduloso-pubescentibus : labio «iiperiori integro dentibusque labii inferioris ovatis acuminatis, corolla calyce duplo longiore : tubo basi intiis bidentato sub fauce ventricoso, labio superiori recto, inferioris lobo medio maximo orbiculato emarginato, staminibus corolla brevioribus, stylo exserto apice subtils villoso. — Bentham. " Very nearly allied to S. microphylla of Kunth, which is a low, branching shrub, with much smaller rugose leaves, and smaller flowers. In my wild specimens of both species the verticillasters are biflorous only." — Bentham. We are indebted to Mr. Bentham for the determination of this species, and for its specific character. For its intro- duction to the Gardens of Europe the public is obliged to J. G. Graham, Esq. ; the gentleman from whose seeds the Salvia fulgens figured at fol. 1356 of this work was also raised. Mr. Graham found this species in the neigh- bourhood of the mines of TIalpuxahua, as appears from his Herbarium. The wild specimens have less elongated racemes, and the leaves are much longer than their petiole; while in the garden plant the leaves are usually about the same length as the petiole. * See fol. 1205. VOL. XVI. I L L A sufFruticose plant, about 3 feet high, with erect, branching, purple stems, which are slightly downy all over, but more so upon two of their sides than elsewhere. Leaves small for so large a plant, and compared witii those of many other species, generally stained with dingy purple, ovate, simply serrated, or rather crenate, entire at the base, slightly pubescent on each side. Flowers bright purple, very handsome, about an inch long, including the calyx. This begins to flower in July, and continues in beauty till October : its flowers are not so shewy as those of S; fulgens and splendens ; but the richness of their purple, and their constant succession, amply compensate for infe- riority of size. It should be planted out in the open border in May, and transferred to the greenhouse at the approach of frost; or if cuttings, by which it increases freely, are struck in the autumn, as a provision for another year, the old plant may be abandoned to its fate. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society, where it had been named by Mr. Benthani in compliment to the gentleman by whom it was discovered and introduced. The upper and under surfaces of the leaf of this species abound with spherical particles of concrete oily matter lying in depressions of the surface. We cannot, however, discover that they are secreted in sacs within the tissue of the leaf, or that there is any peculiar provision for their elaboration. The only remarkable circumstance that we have observed connected with them is, that each spherule, when placed in water and slightly bruised, discharges an inconceivable quantity of active molecules. J. L. i saiil through Sternbergia colchiciflora, to which genus our plant has considerable affinity. It is necessary to premise, that we consider Amaryllis lutea to be quite distinct from Sternbergia. It is distinguished by an erect solid scape, an oval flattened germen, a tube and limb continuously funnel-shaped, and filaments conniving and inserted at equal height in the tube. It constitutes the genus Opor- anthus {Bot. Mag. 2606,* and 2636 in mtd,) to which A. exigua and citrina probably belong. To those our present plant has little affinity, having no scape, the ger- men concealed in the bulb, the capsule extruded on a short peduncle, 3-lobed and 3-furrowed, the tube cylindri- cal with a widened mouth, the filaments inserted at alter- nate heights without the tube, and the style concealed in the tube. Sternbergia, including Clusiana with Colchici- flora, which is Kitaibel's type of the genus, has no scape, the tube of the flower being partly subterraneous, the stamens erect, the anthers, according to him, 4-locular (though it is difficult to credit that), the capsule oblong, subtriangular, pushed out of the ground, the seeds round and black. Never having seen the plant, we cannot state what is the insertion of the filaments, &c. From this genus, to which our plant is evidently allied, it differs in having a short, rounded, 3-lobed capsule, seeds flattened like those of Zephyranthes, and probably also in the insertion of the filaments, and other particulars which we know not at present accurately in Sternbergia. It belongs to a dif- ferent hemisphere, and does not flower like Sternbergia at a difi'erent season from the leaves, but its flower just precedes the leaves ; the bulbs, which do not flower, having leaves an inch and a half long at the time of flowering. Sternbergia flowers in the autumn, and pushes its leaves in spring. The stigma of Haylockia pusilla is concealed in the enlarged mouth of the tube." — Herbert. The foregoing observations have been communicated by the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert. We are ourselves unac- quainted with the species. J. L. a Tlie spatlie. b Section shewing the inside of half the flower, the style and stigma, and the insertion of the filaments. c An outer petal and stamen, coloured. d The seed-vessel. e A seed. 1372 _i 720SA* multiflora; u«r. platyphylla. The Seven Sisters"^ Rose. ICOSANDRIA rOLYGYNIA. Nat. ord, RosacEj«e Juss. (^Introduction to the natural system, p. 81.) ROSA.—Suprd, vol. l.fol. 46. Div. SystylcE. Styli in columnam elongatam cohaerentes. Stipulae adnatse. R. multiflora ; ramulis pedunculis calycibusque tomentosis, foliolis moUibus lanceolatis rugosis, stipulis pectinatis. — Rosarum monogr. 119, R. multiflora. Supr(t,foL 425, cum synonymis. /i. platyphylla ; major; floribus versicoloribus. R. Grevillei. Hort. Angl. R. multiflora platyphylla. Red. ros. 2. p. 69. Dec. prodr. 2. This, the most beautiful of all the climbing roses of our Gardens, is a native of China, whence it was introduced some time between 1815 and 1817. For a long period it did not flower, and little importance was attached to it. Since its splendid blossoms have been produced, it has most deservedly become a general favourite. Neverthe- less, it is not so common as might have been expected ; many Gardens, exceedingly choice in the selection of the plants they contain, being without it. This circumstance is probably to be explained by the young shoots being tender and liable to be destroyed by frost, in which case no flowers are produced, the blossoms being always formed upon the twigs of strong two years' old wood. Great care should, therefore, be taken to protect the shoots by mats or straw during the winter. Our drawing was made from a plant growing upon a * This name is said to be derived from the Celtic rhod or rhudd, signi- fying red. I south wall in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where it flowered in a most beautiful manner : but the situation afterwards proved too hot for it, and the plant became sickly. An east or west wall, or open trellis- work, suits it better. It is admirably adapted, on account of its loose rambling habit, to form an ornament to an archway. The Chinese call it the Seven Sisters' Rose, because about seven flowers open at the same time, each varying from the other from a pale rose-colour, through several gradations, to a deep rich crimson. It blossoms from May to September. J. L. 1373 PRATIyi* begonifdlia. Begonia-leaved Prati«. SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Nat, ord. Lobeliace^e Jiiss. {Tntroduction to the natural system of botany, p. 187.) P RATI A Gaudichaud. — Calyx ovario adnatus, limbo libero qiiinque- dentato. Corolla subinfundibuliformis, dorso usque ad basin fisso ; limbo quinquefido patente. Stamina 5 ; Jilamenta superne in tubum connata ; antherce connatse. Stigma bilobum. Capsula calyce carnoso obtecta, bilocularis, indehiscens ; loculis polyspermis. Herbulee pusillce. Caules Jiliformes, ramosi. Folia crassiuscula ; flores axillares, solitarii, pedunczilati, pallid^ rosco-violacei ; pedunculis subbracteolatis. — Gaudich. voyage de I'Uranie ; Botan. p. 456. P. begonifolia ; foliis cordato-orbiculatis denticulatis pilosis pedunculis longioribus, ovariis pedunculisque glaberrimis. Lobelia begonifolia. Wallich in Roxb. flora indica, 2. p. 11.5. Herba perennis, sempervirens. Caules prostrati, radicantes, filiformes, pilosi. ¥oV\SL subcariiosa, orbiculata, cordata, denticulata, utrinque prcesertim subtiis pilosa, pagind inferiore scepiiis discolore. Flores axillares, solitarii, pedunculo glaberiimo petiolo paulb longiore. Ovarium oblongum, glaber- rimum, carnosum, biloculare, polyspermum. Cd\-^c\s foliola lineari-subulata, cequalia, corolld duplb breviora. Corolla decidua, bilabiata ; labio superiors ad basin flsso laciniis subulatis erectis ; inferiore trifldo. Filamenta in cylindrum conniventia ; antherse connatce, glabrae ; duabus inferioribus apice scfam solitariam gerentibus. Fructus indehiscens, carnosus, bilocularis, polyspermus, calyce coronatus. A pretty little plant, found by Dr. Wallich in shady moist places in Nipal, and extremely well adapted for forming neat patches upon rock. It was thus cultivated that we saw it growing at Syon in the collection of his * Named in honour of M. Prat-Bernon, a young naval officer {eleve de la marine de premiere classe), who died on board the French discovery ship, the Urania, in the first part of her voyage. His claims to Botanical comme- moration are not mentioned by M. Gaudichaud. Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Forrest informs us that it bore all the rigour of last winter in a cold frame ; that it was planted out upon the rockwork early in spring, and has been in blossom from April up to the period of the publication of this plate. It grows freely in a mixture of peat and loam, and roots at every joint, perfecting seeds abundantly. Some of the runners were 18 inches Ions'. o The principal difference between Pratia and Lobelia consists in the baccate fruit of the former, accompanied by the peculiar habit of the species now represented. J. L. fi L /J/. H ''Ji*a<^r.c(f /6^ I^i.a^3a^ L2ic^/- /SM yif<'^c 1374 CALCEOLARIA* diiFusa. Spreading Calceolaria. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ScROPHULARiNEiE Jussieu. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 228.) CALCEOLARIA.— Suprd, vol. 9. fol. 723. C. diffusa ; suiFruticosa, procumbens, foliis cordato-ovatis grosse duplicato- serratis petiolatis oppositis ternatisve subtus incanis, floribus terminalibus axillaribusque corymbosis. C. bicolor. Graham in Edin. new philosophical journal, Oct. 1830, p. 366; not of Flora Peruviana. Suffruticosa ; ramis teretihus, diffusis, ylabris, castaneis, ramulis pallida viridibus, levissime pubescentibus. Folia cordato-ovata, opposita v. ternata, mollia, rugosa, duplicato grosse serrata, longe petiolata, pilosa, subtus incana ; petiolo nwnc purpurascente. Flores in corymbis terminalibus axil- larihisque dispositi ; foliis floralibus breviils petiolatis, simpliciter serratis V. infegris. Pedicelli pilosi. Sepala 4, ovata, pubescentia, inferiore an- gustiore et paulb longiore. Corolla labio superiore ovato cucullato obtuso staminibus patdb breviore ; inferiore in superiorem incumbente, sed non in- volvente, apice sulphurea, bast albida, fauce barbatd. Very nearly related to Calceolaria bicolor of the Flora Peimviana, with which it has been identified by our friend Dr. Graham : but if there is to be any faith in figures or de- scriptions, it must, we think, be a distinct species. C. bicolor agrees indeed with this in the colour of its flowers ; but it is described with an erect stem, and is represented as being very hirsute, with the lower lip remote from the upper ; while this has a procumbent stem, with coarsely and doubly serrated leaves, a very little pubescent, strongly cordate, and hoary beneath, with the under lip lying close upon the upper. * See fol. 1214. This was found at Canta, in Peru, by Mr. Crukshanks, where the authors of the Flora Peruviana say that their C. bicolor inhabits ; but we presume that that place abounds in Calceolarias, as we have specimens of two other species, for which we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Crukshanks. A half-hardy plant, growing and flowering beautifully in the open border during the months of July, August, and September; but requiring to be taken up at the approach of the cold season, and kept in a frame during winter. Propagated both by seeds and cuttings. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society. J. L. I /J/y ^%^c^: j'^^yj^^i^j.T.^^/^^ ^i,:<^/^^M^^y /(fjcr ■/^^. 1375 PALAVIJ* rhSmbifolia. Rhomb-leaved Palavi«. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. Malvaceae Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 33.) PALAVIA Cav. — Calyx nudus, 5-fidus. Carpella capsularia, mono- sperma, in capitulum absque ordine aggregata. DifFert jlSida, ut Malope a Malva ; et a Malope ut Sida a Malva. — Dec. prodr. 1. 458. rhombifolia ; foliis rhomboideis lobato-crenatis ad venas sparsim stellato- pilosis pedunculo brevioribus, stipulis subulatis ciliatis viridibus, petalis obovato-cuneatis obliqu^ emarginatis, caule prostrate ramoso parc^ stel- lato-piloso. — Graham in Edin. neiu philosophical journal, Oct. 1830, p. 369. A native of Lima, in Peru, where seeds were collected by Mr. Crukshanks, who presented them to the Horticul- tural Society, in whose Garden the species blossomed in the open border in August, but subsequently perished without yielding seed. Dr. Graham, who obtained it at Edinburgh from the same liberal correspondent, rightly distinguishes it from Palavia moschata, and describes it as follows : — " Annual ? (Certainly.) Stem prostrate, branched, sprinkled very loosely with rather rigid hairs, which are single or stellate. Leaves If inch long, 1^ broad, alter- nate, petioled, soft, bright green above, paler below, rhom- * Named by Cavanilles in honour of " Don Antonio Palau and Verdera, Professor of Botany at Madrid, who has translated the Philosophia Botanica of Linnaeus into Spanish, with notes, and is now occupied with a similar labour upon the Genera et Species; of which the first volume has already appeared, containing the more recent genera and species, along with an accurate description of the plants, and their economical or officinal uses." — Cavanilles in 1785. ^^uy^ ja. J%*^JyJ J:^i^c^^^j^'!^/ti'c^ S^tcca^^u^^^'y /(fJCr 1375 PALAVIJ* rhSmbifolia. Rhomh-leaved Palavi«. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. Malvaceae Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of botany, p. 33.) PALAVIA Cav. — Calyx nudus, 5-fidus. Carpella capsularia, mono- sperma, in capitulum absque ordine aggregata. Differt k Sida, ut Malope a Malva ; et a Malope ut Sida a Malva. — Dec. prodr. 1. 458. P. rhombifolia; foliis rhomboideis lobato-crenatis ad venas sparsim stellato- pilosis pedunculo brevioribus, stipulis subulatis ciliatis viridibus, petalis obovato-cuneatis obliqu^ emarginatis, caule prostrate ramoso parc^ stel- lato-piloso. — Graham in Edin. new philosophical journal, Oct. 1830, p. 369. A native of Lima, in Peru, where seeds were collected by Mr. Crukshanks, who presented them to the Horticul- tural Society, in whose Garden the species blossomed in the open border in August, but subsequently perished without yielding seed. Dr. Graham, who obtained it at Edinburgh from the same liberal correspondent, rightly distinguishes it from Palavia moschata, and describes it as follows : — " Annual ? (Certainly.) Stem prostrate, branched, sprinkled very loosely with rather rigid hairs, which are single or stellate. Leaves \\ inch long, H broad, alter- nate, petioled, soft, bright green above, paler below, rhom- * Named by Cavanilles in honour of " Don Antonio Palau and Verdera, Professor of Botany at Madrid, who has translated the Philosophia Botanica of Linnaeus into Spanish, with notes, and is now occupied with a similar labour upon the Genera et Species; of which the first volume has already appeared, containing the more recent genera and species, along with an accurate description of the plants, and their economical or officinal uses." — Cavanilles in 1785. bold, glabrous, sublobate or deeply and unequally crenate, nearly entire at the base, 5-nerved, veined, the nerves and veins prominent below, channelled above, and both above and below, but especially below, loosely sprinkled with hairs similar to those on the stem. Petioles 1 inch long, rather shorter than the leaves, having a shallow groove along their upper surface, ciliated. Stipulce subulate, ciliate, green, spreading, connivent at the apices. Peduncles 3 inches long, solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves, loosely provided with hairs like those on the other parts of the plant, slightly tapering, jointed near the calyx, but not swollen at the joint. Flowers large, inodorous. Calyx persisting, 5-cleft, green, more hairy, both within and with- out, than any other part of the plant ; tube somewhat fleshy, and lighter coloured than the cordate, ovate, acute, more membranous segments, the edges of which are com- pressed, and prominent in the bud. Corolla three times as large as the calyx, rose-coloured, veined, flat, more than two inches across, and becoming paler when fully ex- panded. Petals ciliated at the base." J. L. i /J ■■p :ria7/'M^. J7u^^JIl^iC^u.ri^ //^ {/ucac^Q^y. /^io', in modern Greek ; a seeming corruption of c-:pxxofiyiXio6, It is a neat, rather handsome species when in flower. It is too tender to be left all winter without protection, but grows freely out of doors in the summer, flowering in July and August. Propagated by cuttings. A shrub with divaricate, nearly taper, branches, which, when young, are hoary and downy. Leaves small, oblong or oblong-linear, obtuse, crenated, rugose, tapering at the base to a short petiole ; the floral ones shorter than the calyx. Flowers somewhat secund, opposite, on short pe- dicels. Calyx campanulate, smooth, veiny, with nearly equal acute teeth. Corolla campanulate, scarcely twice as long as the calyx, smooth, pale blue, the throat very much inflated, the lobes of the limb short, nearly erect, the upper lip bifid, the lower trifid, with the middle lobe emarginate. J. L. VJ^J. i/u 'Kytitut '■i/rM'^ ^60 ^occaaii^fya^ /■ /o3'. ^>^/^. 1383 GREVILLEyi* concmna. Neat Grevillea. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ProteacejE Jussieu. — {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 68.) GREVILLEA.— Suprd, vol. 6. fol. 443. G. concinna ; foliis linearibus indivisis (fruticis juvenilis passim trifidis pinna- tifidisve) margine revolutis : adultis super glabratis ; subter ramisque sericeis pilis appressis, racemis recurvis secundis multifloris, stylis gla- berrimis perianthio sericeo duplo longioribus, stigmate dilatato planius- culo obliquo. R. Brown suppl. prim, prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 18. G. concinna, R. Brown prodr. \.p. 377. Sweet Flora australasica, t. 7. Frutex, ramis cinereo-tomentosis, pariim angulatis. Folia linearia, mar- gine revoluta, mucronulata, scepiils indivisa, nunc apice bifida v. trifida, {in plantdjuniore 3-5-partita), suprd, primum villosa, subinde pilis rar is obsita, demum glabra, subtits dens^ pilosa. Kacemi pedunculati, tomentosi, secundi, recurvi. Calyces rosei, extus sericei, intils impubes. Glandula hypogyna pateriformis. Ovarium villosum ; stylus glaber, apicalis, calyce triplo longiore. A native of the neighbourhood of Lucky Bay, on the south-western coast of New Holland, and of Lewin's Land, growing in barren places. It has been some years intro- duced to this country, and is now occasionally observed in collections of greenhouse plants. It is not particularly distinguished for its beauty. Our drawing was made in Mr. ColvilFs Nursery, in May last. This plant varies very much in the degree of division of its foliage, the leaves being on the old branches either entirely or very nearly undivided, and on the young plant pinnatifid ; a difference so striking, that a person unac- * Seefol. 1319 quainted with the circumstance would scarcely believe specimens in these two states to belong to the same species. The figure above quoted in the Flora Australasica, and the accompanying plate, represent these two extremes. A shrub, with hoary branches, very slightly angular. Leaves linear, revolute at the edge, with a small mucro, generally undivided, sometimes bifid or trifid at the point ; on the upper side villous at first, afterwards clothed with scattered hairs, and finally quite smooth ; on the under side clothed with dense hairs. Racemes pedunculate, downy, one-sided, recurved. Calyces rose-coloured, silky externally, destitute of down internally. The hypogyiious gland pateri- form. Ovarium villous ; style smooth, arising from the end of it, three times as long as the calyx. J. L. /JJ'^. ■Jr-i^. ^. J'Uly .-r^i;/-/.'->v/ ^'1^^ .. : • ^//^ j^^. 7. /ffJ7. .\ ^f^^ 1384 BROWALLIJ* grandifldra. Large -flowered Browallia. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. Solane.e Jussieu. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 231.) BROWALLIA L. — Calyx tubulosus quinquefidus. Corolla hypocra- teriformis ; tubo calycem mullo superante apice inflato ; limbo piano quin- quepartito subsequali : lacinia superiore (?) paulo majore. Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa. Stigma subquadrilobum. Capsida bilocularis bivalvis: valvis apice bifidis : dissepimento valvis parallelo demiim libero : placentis adnatis. Herbse alternifolice, erectce. Flores axillares, ant terminales, ccerulei, violacei, rarius albi.- — ^Kunth synops. 2. 129. B. grandijlora ; caule difFuso ramoso, foliis (cordatis) ovatis acutis, pe- dunculis axillaribus unifloris v. in raceniis terminalibus dispositis, ramulis calycibusqne adultis glabris. — Graham in Jainieson's journal, Dec. 1830. Annua. Caules diffusi, teretes, ramosi. Folia alterna, breve petiolata, cordata, ovata, obscuro-viridia. Racemi secundi, terminales, paucijlori, pedunculis ebracteatis, pubesccntibus. Calyx oblongus, 5-plicatus, 5-dentatus, pallidus, dentibus et costis atroviridibus. Corolla calyce dvplo longior, tubo gracili Jiliformi luteo-pnrpureo apice ampliato, limbo plicato 5-lobo, sub- tBqitali, paululum obliquo : laciniis eviarginatis, pri7num pallide ccEruleo, mox albo, fauce luted. Stamina didynama, superiora arcuata faucem corollce claudentia : Jilarnentis latis, plants, pubescentibus. Antherge lobis subrotundis, altera scepius dejiciente. Discus magnits, carnosus, cyathiformis, ovarii dimidiam attingens. Ovarium biloculare, placenta centrali, carnosd, polyspermd. Stylus Jiliformis, corrugalus. Stigma quadratum, dilatatum, subcucullatum, supra foveolis duabus altis impression. A beautiful little plant, apparently annual, and perhaps to be preserved by cuttings ; at least this is to be hoped, as it has not yet yielded seed in this country. It is a native of Yazo, in Peru, where it vv^as discovered by * " Named by Linnceus in honour of John Browallius, Bishop of Abo, who defended the sexual system against Siegesbeck, in a book entitled Examen Epicriseos, Sfc, Aboce, 1739, 8vo." — London's Enc. of PlanlSf p. 532. VOL. XV r. N I Mr. Cruckshanks, who presented seed of it to the Horti- cultural Society, in whose Garden it flowered from July to November last. The plants of it that were placed in the open ground suffered so much from the constant rain and gloom, that they scarcely opened their flowers; but the in- dividuals in the greenhouse were covered with a constant succession of blossoms, producing a very pleasing effect by their changeable hues, varying from pale pure blue to white, with a deep yellow eye. Most Botanists refer Browallia to Scrophularineee ; an error which Mr. Don has corrected in Jamieson's Journal, without, however, noticing the remarkably large disk in which the ovarium is placed. Neither does Professor Graham, in his elaborate description of the species, advert to this point of structure, which is, nevertheless, very re- markable. We agree entirely with Dr. Graham in the fact that there is a frequent tendency to the abortion of one of the cells of the uppermost anthers ; such was the case in a great many flowers that we examined. The following explanations will render the analysis of the flower in the accompanying figure more intelligible : — 1. Is a view of the upper part of the tube of the corolla, the limb of which has been cut away ; it shews the position of the stamens. 2. Is one of the upper stamens, with one cell of the anther imperfect. 3. Represents one of the lower stamens ; in this the filament is much more slender than in the other, 4. Represents the style and great dilated stigma. 5. Is a view of the ovarium, seated in its cup- shaped disk. 6. Is a view of a transverse section of the ovarium, shewing the ovules and their placentation. J. L. i)8 a Mt/r ua. e^c^"/y / siu^^c,^ /b<^ ^iccadU{i/ ^^f- f^3f- 1385 ANEMONE* vitifdlia. Vine -leaved Anemone. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat.ord. Ranunculace;e /mss. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 6.) ANEMONE.— Supr^y vol. 3. fol. 200. A. vitifolia ; foliis rotundato-cordatis, 5-7-lobis, subtiis cauleque adpresse lanuginosis, radicalibus longe petiolatis ; involucellis subsessilibus tri- fidis ; sepalis ovalibus exti\s sericeis ; pistillis supern^ glabris ; caryo- psidibus pedicellatis, muticis, densissime lanuginosis. — Wall. MSS. A. vitifolia. Buchanan apud Decand. syst. nat. 1. 2?. 211. EJusd. prodr. 1./3.21. Herba erecta, parce ramosa, "2-3-pedalis, basi suffruticosa, dum junior lanugine Candida, adpressd dense vestita, estate glabrior. Radix perpen- dicularis, suhfusiformis, fert lignosa, Jibrillosa, vestigiis frequentibus aridis basium petiolorum squamota. Caulis scepius unicus, nunc duo tresve, tercs^ bis terve subdichotome divisus, basi penuam cygneam, quin digitum minimum crassus, supernc attenuatus, ramique erecti, elongati, graciles, nudi, villis longis, adpressis, subdeciduis obsiti. Folia radicalia plura, erecta, longe petiolata, palmaria, circumscriptione orbiculato-cordata, 6'7-loba, lobis in- cequalibus, acutis, nunc ohiusis, incise- et cuspidato-denticulatis, basis magnis rotundalis, conniventibus, supra nitida, fere glabra, saturate viridia, parum bullata, subttis niveo-tomentosa, vel lanuginosa, multinervia, grosse et pro- minenter reticulato-venosa ; caulina infra divisuras subverticillata, involu- criformia, patentia, breve petiolata, vel subsessilia, incequalia, 5-polUcaria, 3-5-loba, lobis ovatis, subacuminatis. Petioli canaliculati, basi dilatatd amplexantes ; radicates graciles, pedales, sesquipedalesve. Pedunculi ter- minates, teretes, erecti, cylindrici, villosi, scepius tres, aliquandh plures, quorum medii trijidi, medio involucellati , trifiori, reliqui unifiori, 3-5-polli- cares, fructiferi longiores. Involucellum constans foliolis pollicaribus, subsessilibus, trijidis, serratis. Flores magni, patentissimi, diametro fere 2-pollicari, ex albo dilutissimc flavescentes, extus sericeo-villosi, pallide violacei. A\3.ha?,tra globosa, valde sericea. Sepala sex, interdum octo, ovalia, obtusa, fere pollicaria, patentissima, subcequalia, bases interiorum leviter * Anemone, or avii^mri, literally signifies wind-flower, from avif/.o^;, wind. Its origin, they say, was from the tears of Venus ; A/^os poSov t/»ts<, ru, "hi ^oIk^vcc Tiiv A ^U JP,J/-IyJJ^M^f.^^j fS'j J 'r-r.-^.i^' 9^^^ fd'3 fir^-z^.c 1386 CUPHEA* Llavea. Me(vican Two-petalled Cuphea. DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Salicari^e Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 59.) CUP HE A. —Supra, vol. 3. fol. 182. §2. LoNGiFLOR^, caulibus herhaceis aut vix suffruticosis, Jioribus alaribus fere, racemoso-spicatis, calycibus lonyk tubulosis basi fere cal- caratis nee tantum gibbosis, petalis minimis aut nullis. — Dec. prodr. 3. 84. C. Llavea ; caulibus plurimis hispidulis, ramis ascendentibus, foliis subses- silibus ovato-lanceolatis strigosis, pedicellis interfoliaceis erectis, petalis 2 obovatis magnis, cseteris abortivis, staminibus 11. — Dec. I. c. p. 85, no. 13. C. Llavea. La Llave et Lexarsa novorum vegetabilium descriptiones fasc. l.p. 20. Herbacea, perennis ; caules plurimi, erecti, teretes, tactu scabi'iusculi, sesquipedales. Folia opposita, ovato-lanceolata, integerrima, utrinque acu- minata, scabra. Racemi breves, pauciflorce, interpetiolares, ereetce. Calyx villosus, viridis, basi gibbosus, apice obliquus, purpureus, 6-dentatus, ijiflatus. Petala duo oblonga, atropurpurea, undulata, unguiculata ; 4 minima nunc defcientia. Stamina s«p?£^s undena, nunc duodena, flamentis pilosis, longiori- hus exsertis. A native of the mountains of central Mexico, in the neighbourhood of Valladolid, the capital of the province of Mechoacan, where it w^as originally discovered by La Llave, flowering in March and April. It was introduced to this country by Mr. Ackermann, who presented its seeds to Mr. Tate, in whose Nursery it flowered in August last. It is a herbaceous plant, scarcely hardy enough to bear * So named from xy^dBv^oi of Theophrastus appears to have been Lathyrus sativus. retreat, we hail it with more delight than the most gaudy flowers of fashion of the day. Such a one is the Tangier Pea, hardy in constitution, beautiful in form, rich in colour, admirably adapted for every purpose to which a climbing plant is useful, an inhabitant of our Gardens a hundred and fifty years ago, but never now to be seen. For this reason we reproduce it, from a specimen growing in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 1830, where its natural hardihood of character enabled it to brave in se- curity a season that was fatal to many of the beauties of India, Mexico, and North-western America. A native of Barbary. J. L. / /J, '9 M !l{a^^jj. C^u^^ J Uu/^yunii/ i6j /ens 1176 Bignonia Cherere 1301 BUlbergia pyramidalis, var. bicolor 1181 Blackwellia padiflora I.'i08 Brodifca grandiflora 1183 Browallia grandiflora 1384 Brunsvigia ciliaris 1153 Brunsvigia grandiflora 1335 Buddlea heterophylla 1259 Cactus Ackermanni 1331 Calandrinia grandiflora 1194 Calathea grandifolia 1210 Calceolaria diffusa 1374 Calceolaria Herbertiana 1313 Calceolaria ascendens 1215 Calceolaria floribunda 1214 Calochortus macrocarpus 1 152 Camellia japonica, var. punctata 1267 Canavalia bonariensis 1199 Canna discolor 1231 Canna Achiras 1358 Canna lagunensis 131 1 Canna speciosa 12/6 C'apparis acuminata 1322 Caprit'olium longiflorum 1232 Cassia biflora 1310 Castilleja coccinea 1136 Cattleya crispa 1172 Chasmonia incisa 1244 Chelone nemorosa 1211 Chrysanthemum indicum 1287 Clematis chlorantha 1234 Cleome speciosissima 1312 Clerodendron hastatum 1307 Clintonia elegans 1241 Clivia nobilis 1182 CoUomia grandiflora 1174 I'oUomia heterophylla 1347 CoUoniia linearis 1 166 Combretum comosum 1105 Conanthera campanulata 1 193 Conocephalus naucleiflorus 1203 Convolvulus farinosus 1323 Coreopsis Atkinsoniana 1376 Coreopsis aurea 1228 Correa pulchella 1224 Folium Cotoneaster frigida 1229 Cotoneaster laxiflora 13(t5 Cotoneaster microphylla, var. U«a Um 1187 Crassula turrita 1344 CratjBgus cordata - 1151 Cratfegus heterophylla 1'61 Crinum latifolium 1297 Crotalaria verrucosa • 1137 Cuphea Llavea 1386 Cytisus multiflorus 1191 Daphne hybrida 1177 Delphinium Menziesii 1192 Dendrobium anceps 1239 Dendrobium longicornu 1315 Dendrobium moniliforme 1314 Dendrobium chrysanthum 1299 Dendrobium secundum 1291 Digitalis laciniita 1201 Diospyrus Mabula 1139 Dracaena surculosa 1 169 Drimia villosa 1346 Echeveria gibbiflora 1247 Ela^agnus angustifolia 1156 Eriophyllum ciespitosum 1167 Erythrina camea 1327 Erythrina poianthes 124ti Eschscholtzia californica 1'68 Eulophia ensata 1147 Eutoca multiflora H**" Fuchsia microphylla 1269 Fuchsia thymifolia 1284 Gaillardia aristata H?^ Genista procumbens 1150 Gesneria macrostachya 1202 Gesneria rutila 11^8 Gesneria rutila, var. atrosanguinea 1279 Geum chilense, var. giandijiorum 1348 Gilia capitata 1170 Grevillea concinna 1383 Grevillea punicea 1319 Habranthus Andersoni 1''45 Hamelia ventricosa 1195 H aylockia pi; silla 1371 Hedychium coi cineum 1209 Helianthus lenticularis 1265 Heuchera micrantha 1302 Hosackia bicolor 1257 Hosta ca-rulea 1204 Ipomopsis elegans 1281 Iristenax ••• 1218 Isopogon formosus 1288 Jasminum acuminatum 1296 Justicia picta 1227 Justicia venusta 1380 Justicia guttata 1334 Justicia quadrangiilaris 1340 Kfempferia Roscoeana 1212 Kennedya monophylla, var. longiravemosa ■ ■■ • 1336 Lachenalia pallida 13.5(» Lathyrus californicus 1144 Lathyrus tingitanus 1388 Lepechinia spicata 1292 Leucocoryne odorata 1293 Linum sibiricum, var. Lewisii 1163 Linum mexicanum 1326 Liparisalata 1175 Lissanthe sapida 1275 I.oasa ambrosia;foUa 139(» Lobelia longiflora 1200 Lobelia purpurea 1325 Lonicera inxolucrata 11/9 GENERAL INDEX TO THE XEW SERIES Fdliwn Lophanthus anisatus 1282 Lophospermum erubescens 1381 Lnwea berberifolia 1261 Lupinus arbustus 1230 Lupinus aridiis 1242 Lupinus laxiflorus 1140 Lupinus lepiiius 1149 Lupinus littoralis 1108 Lupinus micranthus 1251 Lupinus ornatus 1216 Lupinus plumosus 1217 Lupinus polyphyllur,, var. albiflorus 1377 Magnolia Vulan, var. Soulangiana 1104 Malva purpurata 1302 Malva Munroana 130(j Mammillaria pulcra 132!) Maxillaria ciliaris 120li Microstylis ophioglossoides 1290 Mimulus propinquus 133U Oenothera decumbens 1221 CEnothera pallida 1142 CEnothera vlminea 1220 Ophrys araneifera, var. Hniftafa 1197 Orchis papilionacea 1155 Oxalis tortuosa 1249 Pachypodium tuberosum 1321 Palavia rhombifolia 1375 Paeonia hybrida 1208 Passiflora ligularis 1339 Pentstemon acuminatum 1285 Pentstemon attenuatum 1295 Pentstemon confertum 12G0 Pentstemon deustum 1318 Pentstemon ditfusum 1 132 Pentstemon glandulosum 1202 Pentstemon glaucum 128G Pentstemon pruinosum 1280 Pentstemon pulchellum 1138 Pentstemon Scouleri 1277 Pentstemon speciosum • 1270 Pentstemon triphyllum 1245 Pentstemon venustum 1309 Persea gratissima 1258 Phlomis floccosa 1300 Phlox speciosa 1351 Pholidota imbricata 1213 Phycella Herbeniana 1341 Pimelea humilis 1208 Pleurothallis prolifera 1298 Plumeria Lambertiana 1378 Podolobium trilobatum 1333 Polemonium ca'ruleum, var. pilifenim 1303 Polemonium humile 1304 Polygala oppositifolia, var. majm 1 146 Polygonum injurundum 1250 Potentilla arguta 13/9 Potentilla Hopwoodiana 138/ Pothos scandens 1337 Pratia begonifolia 1373 ToUum Prunus candicans 1 135 Prunus dasycarpa 1243 Pyrus angustifolia 1207 Pyrus grandifolia 1154 Pyrus sinensis 1248 Pyrus spuria 1196 Ree\esia thyrsoidea 1230 Renanthera coccinea 1131 Rhododendron arboreum, var. i-oseum 1240 Ribes cereum 1263 Ribes punctatum 1278 Ribes divaricatum 1359 Ribes sanguineum 1349 Ribes setosum 1237 Ribes tenuiflorum 1274 Rosa multiflora, var. platyphylla 1372 Rosa Ruga 1389 Rubus nutkanus 1368 Ruellia Sabiniana 1238 Sagittaria angustifolia 1141 Salvia involucrata 1205 Salvia fulgens 1356 Salvia Grahami 1370 Scilla plumbea 1355 Scottia angustifolia 1266 Scottia dentata 1233 Sedum t'epa?a 1391 Senecio lilacinus 1342 Serapias cordigera, var. longipetala 1189 Sinningia villosa 1134 •Sisyrinchium grandiflorum 1364 Sisyrinchium odoratissimum • 1283 Sophora velutina 1185 .Sparaxis pendula 1360 Spermadictyon azureum 123.5 Sphacele campanulata 1382 Spirsa ariajfolia 1365 Spiraea chamasdrifolia 1222 Stachys germanica, var. puhescens 1289 Stachys Salvia; 1226 Sterculia lanceolata 1256 Sterculia Tragacantha 1353 .Streptocarpus Rexii 1173 TabernaMnontana densiflora 1273 Tellima grandiflora 1178 Teucrium orchideum 1255 Thermopsis fabacea 1272 Thryallis brachystachys 1162 Tillandsia acaulis 1157 Tillandsia stricta 1.J38 Tillandsia rosea 1357 Trachymene csrulea 1225 Tubpa Oculus solis, var. Persica 1143 Tupistra nutans 1223 Vaccinium ovatum 1354 Verbena Melindres 1184 Viola pripmorsa 1254 Zephyranthes mesochloa 1361 Zinnia violacea, var. coccinea 12i)4 THE END. LONDON : MOVES, TOOK's court, CHANCERY I.ANtt. New York Botanical Garden Library 3 5185 00260 3619