ICONES PLANTARUM. — eeciieaeenan” VOL. III. NEW SERIES, OR VOL, VII, OF THE ENTIRE WORK. ew op NOW PUBLISHING THE LONDON JOURNAL OF BOTANY. SIR W. J. HOOKER, K.H., L.L.D., F.R.A., & L.S. VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, AND DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS OF KEW. Was commenced on the First of January, 1842, and is contiuued Monthly, consisting of fifty-six pages of Letter Press, and two engraved plates. ; 2s. 6d. The years 1842 and 1843, in Boards. Price #1 10s. each. Now ready, Five sheets of Letter-press, with Two Plates Coloured and a Woodcut. Price 4s. NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF THE ANTARCTIC VOYAGE, CONDUCTED By. CAPTAIN JAMES CLARK ROSS, R.N. F.R.S. &c. &c. &c. IN HER MAJESTY’S DISCOVERY SHIPS EREBUS AND TERROR; WITH OBSERVATIONS on THE TUSSAC GRASS OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, BY SIR W. J, HOOKER, K.H. L.L.D. F.R.A. & LS. DIRECTOR OF THE Roya, EROTANIC GARDENS OF KEW. py H 762 ICONES PLANTARUM: Mis v8 FIGURES, WITE BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS, NEW OR RARE PLANTS, SELECTED FROM THE AUTHOR’S HERBARIUM. By SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., F.R.A., AND LS. VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LINNAIAN SOCIETY, MEMBER OF THE IMP, ACAD. NAT. CUR., ETC., ETC., E HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOC, OF tes ETC., ETC DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, KEW. VOL, UI. NEW SERIES, E OR VOL. VIly OF THE ENTIRE WORK. LONDON: HIPPOLYTE BAILLIERE, FOREIGN BOOKSELLER TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AND TO THE ROYAL CAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, 219, REGENT STREET. PARIS: J. B. BAILLIERE, RUE DE L’SCOLE DE MEDECIN®E. 1844. Eee =a < ra on oe ae INDEX TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. IIL., (NEW SERIES), (OR VOL. VII. OF THE ENTIRE WORK }) ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURAL ORDERS, TAB. RANUNCULACER. Ranunculus Sastry, oe me 3 stesciaapens k. fil. 634 =— Piaubyensis, Gerke. - 641 aroliniana, 4. ae - 642 Raemune Jamesoni, Hook. 7 CRUCIFERA, Lepidium rotundum, DC. 609 Stenopetalum? procumbens, Hook. 610 » Endl. . 620 — linear era : 1 draboides, Hook. . 617 Leptenema Li ow Hook. . 692 Cardamine corymbosa, Hook. fil. 686 BERBERIDEA, Berberis Darwinii, Hook. . - 672 CAPPARIDER. Tovaria pendula, R. & P. 664 CARYOPHYLLEE. Stellaria decipiens, Hook. fl. . 680 Schiedea Nuttallii, Hook. : 649-50 PITTOSPORER. Pittosporum rhombifolium, 4. Cunn.621 {TILIACER, Sloanea Jamaicensis, Hook 693-4 ELEOCARPRE, Friesia racemosa, 4. Cunn. . 601 Elzocarpus Hinau, 4, Cunn. . 602 TAB. OXALIDEE. Oxalis lotoides, H. B. K. 661 TROPEOLER, Tropzolum tuberosum, R. & P. 653 ME é Hartighsea spectabilis, ddr. Juss. 615-16 RUTACER. Pachystigma ‘penee ones Hook, 698-9 Melicope ternata, Forst » 603 LEGUMINOSR. Oxylobium ee Hook. - 612 Vigna hirta, Hoo ~. 637 MYRTACER. Eucalyptus maculata, Hook, . 619 spathulata, Hook. . 611 Myrtus pedunculata, Hook hk. fil. . 629 LOASER. Loasa rupestris, Gardn. . - 663 NAGRARIER, Epilobium confertifolium, Hook. Fata : Re - 685 CRASSULACE. Sedum Wallichianum, Hook. 604 UMBELLIFERA. Aciphylla squarrosa, Forst, . 607-8 vi- INDEX. TAB, TAB LORANTHACER. RAFFLESIACER,. Loranthus -scaraser dese 683 a Calliandra, oe, . 644 a — drophithoe) C Golen. Caseariz, A. Berterii, soi, Hoo ke fil. 633 A SS geanagietae ze A. Bla ncheti CAMPANULACER. Cc ula Vidalii, Wat. 684 a an personages eine, Cypripedium caudatum, Lindi. 658-9 GESNERIACER. DIOSCORE. Tene Pesan thy td Dioscorea pusilla, Hook. 678 Com radia calycosa, Hook 689-90 MILACINER. GENTIANER. Callixene prior Hook. fil. . 632 polyphylla, Hook. . 674 Gentiana Grisebachii, Henk. 6 636 Leianthus ciatellare us, 4, 687-8 MELANTHACER, Gentiana bellidifolia, Hook. fil. 635 Tofieldia sessiliflora, Hook. 691 ASCLEPIADER, COMMELINER. Seytanthus oka Hook, . 605-6 ‘Tradescantia onc H.B.K. . 665 —————— Gordoni, Hoo. » 65 — Se BK. . --654 BORAGINER, BURMANNIACEE, Euploca convolvulacea, Nutt. . 65] Apteria setacea, Nutt, : 660 . SCROPHULARINE, LICES. Veronica diffusa, Hook. fil. . 645 Hemitelia ? ae a0k. « 643 a Hook. ———_~——. Hos fieannt Hook. 646 yet Hook, fi, 0. —— siternaus, 2 622 OROBANCHER ? ———~— Gnianensis, Hook. . 648 4 —_ ana, Hook, = G69 Pholisma arenarium, Nutt. . 626 Cyathea Walker, Heo eed 6 ee EUPHORBIACER. pres: |i er a a Preity : oe Euphorbia al Bak : Alsophila crinita, Hook. . Me of : ' wey Hook - 600 Lomaria Colensoi, Hook. 627-8 pikes horeatithcn sheen Hook. 681-2 Fagus fuse ke fl a my tee Hs on -l ——— — Lloe a; —— Cliffo : of. —— a rie Host fi. ‘ Me Hypoderris eon J. Sm, bist — Mensiesi, ood. fi. 652 LGR, arpus oo H 2 : CONIFERR, Rhodoplexi Pr ean, » Harv. oo: ryptomeria Japonica, Tei. “e elaria age Harv +. O14 Podocarpus Purdieana, Hook, | Sea Martensia oe ring, . 697 Aarv. . INDEX PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. III., (NEW SERIES), (OR VOL. VII. OF THE ENTIRE WORK 3) ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. TAB. Aciphylla squarrosa, Forst. . 607-8 Acrostichum Lloense, Hook. 607 —— proliferum, Hook. 681-2 ——-——— Tambillense, Hook. . 656 Alsophila crinita, Hook, . ~~ 6s1 Anemone Jamesoni, Hook. . - 670 Apodanthes Calliandre, Gardn. . 644 Caseariz, A, Berterii, _ A. Calliandre, and A. Blan- chetii, Pott. . « 655 Apteria setacea, Nar: - - 660 Berberis Darwinii, Hook. . Ore Cabomba Caroliniana, 4. Gray... 642 Piauhyensis, Gardn. 641 Callixene parviflora, Hook. fil. . 632 ————— polyphylla, Hook. 674 Campanula Vidalii, Watson Cardamine corymbosa, Hook. fil. 686 Conradia calycosa, Hook. » 689-90 Cryptomeria Japonica, Don, . 66 typtonemia ? Forbesii, Harv 679 Cyathea Beyrichiana, Presi. 623 ——— integra, J. Sm. : . 638 Walker, Hook. . - 647 Cypripedium candatum, Lindi. 658-9 Dioscorea pusilla, Hook. . . 678 rpus Hinau, 4. Cunn. . 602 Epilobium confertifolium, Hook. fil, 685 Eucalyptus maculata, Hook. Euphorbia alata, Hook. < Euploca convolvulacea, Nutt. s “652 Fagus Cliffortioides, Hook. fil. . 673 — fusca, Hook. fil. 630-1 —— Menziesii, Hook. fil. . - 652 =—— Solandri, Hook. fil. 639 Friesia racemosa, 4. Cunn . 601 Gentiana bellidifolia, Hook, fi. 635 Grisebachii, Hook. fil. . 636 Hartighsea spectabilis, 4d.Juss. 615-16 Hemitelia ? —— Hook. - 622 Hostmanni, Hook. . 646 ———-—— Imrayana, Hook. 9 ———— ——- Parkeri, Hook. . s Hypoderris Brownii, J. Sm. —. 675-6 Leianthus umbellatus, Griseb. . 687-8 Lepidium rotundum, De Cand. . 609 Leptonema Lindeni, Hood. 692 Loasa rupestris, Gardn. . 663 Lomaria Colensoi, Hook. fil. - 627-8 Loranthus albiflorus, Hook. - 683 — Se Colensoi, Hook. fil. ~ 633 Martensia elegans, Rene. ee Melicope ternata, Forst. - - 603 Myrtus pedunculata, Hood. fl. 629 . B. K. Oxalis lotoides, H. ein Oxylobium batillum, Hoos. - 612 Pac pteleoides, Hook Pholisma arenarium, Mutt. cpa rhombifoliam, <. Sipeiacshi Sisiewnas Hook. Ranunculus — Hook. fi. Hi + 626 hirsuta, 7.H#.K. «. Tropeolum ieee R&P... Colensoane. N. O. Eleocarpex. — TAB. DCI. FRIgESIA RACEMOSA. A, Cunn. Dioica, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminatis longe petiolatis serratis, racemis compositis axillaribus, ramulis foliisque junioribus_ pubescenti-hirtis, stigmate 4-lobo. Friesia racemosa. 4. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist, v. 4, p. 24. Fi Dicera? serrata. Forst. Prody. n, 227. De Cand. Prodr. 1, p. 520. A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. p. 304. E | Elzocarpus Dicera. Vahl, Symb. 3, p. 67. Han. New Zealand, Shady forests, Northern Island. Sir £4 Banks, A. Cunningham, Colenso, Edgerley, Bidwiil, Sinc at's Dr. Hooker. Middle Island, G. Forster. q The dicecious nature of this plant does not seem to be noticed by any author: yet such is the fact. And at the time the « ecompanying figure was made, I did not possess the female flowers, only the male flowers and fruit. They have, howeve since been brought home by Dr. Hooker ; and exhibit small barren stamens, an ovate germen, seated upon an annular dis with four glands, a tapering, deciduous style, and a four-cl el spreading stigma. In this dicecious character, in the four-cle stigma and in the paniculated flowers, the plant differs from th original Friesia of De Candolle; but it agrees in all othe essential particulars, It forms a shrub or small tree, 12-1 feet high, and is called Mako-mako by the natives, Fig. 1. Male flower. f. 2. The Same, more expandet J 3: Perfect stamen. f. 4, Portion of a fructiferous pani nat. size. f. 5, Fruit; a bacca sicca. £6. The same, cut o transversely, £7, The same, laid open vertically, f. 8. seed laid open, J. 9. Embryo ified, i—magnified NZ = pe Biv Z| w \ Sy ‘ Sie eA Colensoane. N. O. Elzocarpex. TAB. DCII. Exvaocarrus Hinav. A. Cunn. Foliis alternis petiolatis oblongis basi attenuatis coriaceis superne serratis subtus adpresso-sericeis nervis prominentibus, ner- vorum in axillis seepe foveolatis superne bullatis, racemis axillaribus simplicibus, petalis trilobis, antheris apice ineequa- liter bilabiatis, ovario biloculari, loculis biovulatis, drupa ovali monopyrena. Eleocarpus Hinau. A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 4, p. 23. Eleocarpus dentatus. Vahl. Symb. 3, p. 67. Dicera dentata. Forst. Prodr. n. 226, De Cand. Prodr. 1, p. 520. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 303. . Has. New Zealand, Northern Island, Sir J. Banks, A. Cun- ningham, Colenso, Edgerly, Dr. Hooker.—* Hinau” of the natives. Of the genus Dicera of Forster, founded upon the present plant, but to which Forster added doubtfully, the Dicera? serrata, the D. dentata is by Vahl correctly referred to Eleocarpus, and the D. serrata by De Candolle to Friesia (See Tan. DCI.) ; so that the only plant now remaining in Dicera is the very dubious ium tectorum, of Loureiro. Of the plant here figured, Mr. Cunningham has given a very accurate description; but he de- scribes the ovary as 5-celled, which I find to be 2-celled. The solitary fruit I possess is a drupe with one perfect seed. “The wood of the Hinau is remarkable for its whiteness; but it is almost useless, on account of the way in which it splits when exposed either to wet or warmth. Its chief use is that it makes an excellent dye, either a light brown, puce, or dark black, not removable by washing. The natives employ the outer skin of the bark for the purpose of dying the black thread of their garments,”— Yates, Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same, with the petals removed. f. 3. Stamen. £4. Pistil, J. 5. Ovary, cut through vertically. f. 6. The | h j ‘ 6. same, cut through transversely :—magnified, Cunninghamiane. N. O. Rutacee. TAB. DCIITI. MELICOPE TERNATA. Forst. Foliis oppositis petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis obovatis obtusius- culis integerrimis pellucido-punctatis glabris, paniculis axil- laribus trichotomis petiolo longioribus. Melicope ternata. Forst. Prodr. p. 166. Char. Gen. t.28. De Candolle Prodr.1, p.723. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 293. A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3, ‘p. 315. Entoganum levigatum. Sol. Mst. Gertn. Fruct. 1, p. 331, - 68. Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. Sir J. Banks. A. Cun- ningham, Colenso. Of this likewise, an accurate description is given by Mr. | Allan Cunningham in the “ Annals” above quoted. I have, therefore, only to remark here, that it is the type of the genus © Melicope ; and whether or not the M. simpler A.C. and of us— in the Sixth Volume of this Work, Tas. DLXXxy. is of the Same genus, remains to be ascertained by an examination of more perfect specimens than we, at present, possess By Fig. 1. Portion of a leaflet. £2. Flower. f. 3. The same, from which the petals are removed. J. 4. Perfect fruits; nat. size. f. 5. Single fruit. f. 6. The same, the seeds escaping from the cell. f. 7. Carpel laid open. £8, Seed laid open :— magnified. 2 Sake eS | = ‘allichiane. N. O. Crassulacee. TAB. DCIV. Sepum Wauuicnranum. Hook. Radice. crassa elongata subtuberosa multicipite, caulibus erectis simplicibus foliosis, foliis lanceolatis acutis planis carnosis grosse serratis, cyma terminali foliosa, floribus pentameris (flavis). Sedum Asiaticum. Wail, Cat. n. 7329 (not De Cand.) Has. Northern India. Gossain-Than, and Kamoun. Dr. Wallich. The Herbarium specimens of this succulent plant are too imperfect to figure, and therefore I gladly avail myself of a flowering root in the Royal Gardens of Kew, raised from seeds sent by Dr. Royle; and from that the accompanying represen- tation is taken. Eight or ten such erect and simple, leafy stems, arise from the summit of a very thick, woody root, or, more properly speaking perhaps, rhizoma. Leaves scattered, lanceo- late, acute, plane but fleshy, and very coarsely and irregularly serrated. Cyme much branched and leafy, forming a broad, hemispherical-head of yellow flowers, bearing small leaves upon the branches. Calyx of 5 deep segments. Petals 5, lanceolate, spreading. Stamens 10. Hypogynous glands 5, large, emargi- nate. Pistils 5. The habit of this plant is very similar to that of our Rhodiola rosea (Sedum Rhodiola, De Cand.) It is the Sedum Asiaticum of Wallich’s Catalogue n. 7329 (according to my Herbarium); but it is not the plant of De Candolle (the Rhodiola Asiatica of Don), which has « linear-ligulate, entire, obtuse, leaves, and a few-flowered umbel., tacts a f. 2. Calyx, pistils, and hypogynous glands :— Tab DOV Rta? ZY b &2 Curroriane. -N. O. Asclepiadez. TABS, DCV., VI. Scyrantuvus Currorr. Hook. Gen. Cuar. Scytanthus, Hook.—Cal. 5-partitus. ese rotata, tubo -pa brevissimo, limbo maximo dilatato concavo membranaceo nervoso obso- lete 5-lobo, lobis dente aristiformi termi — “sti Fructiftcationis inclusa. Corona staminea duplex; ezteri or quinquefida, lobis rotun- datis erecto-incurvis obtusis bifidis, laciniis denteque in sinu inflexis ; Fs interior pentaphylla, foliolis e basi gibbosa sa oblongis obtusis in summi- tatem columne arcte adpressis, laciniis exterioribus alternantibus. Anthere apice simplices, obtuse. ollinia basi Sti muti utrinque acuminati, tae, _ multangulate ramose eo Bay, West mountains, but sparingly, at sitios ge s Bay, Wes Coast of Africa, Dr. A. B. Curr .N. 1840 _ have already, a the London Journal of Botan tng . 2,p. 166, ‘taken iscovery, by Mr. Burke, on eke banks of the Orange river, South Africn , of that deratum ens; and it was with no small degree of pleasure dat I received from Dr. Curro: ; between two and three inches, the barren . The whole plant is full of Ke h. The s name is = —_ liment to its : oi many: int es i rsa get who has Staminal crown 3 side view, D2 2. The : i 3 ent of th same, seen from above. Pollen "Seen gment of the inner crown, with anther and pollen-masses; f.4 Neo fuss fae NAS A HS hes, \i\ “oN \ —s — SS sal. ae — Z. sae 9 A 2 ( ~t es 9? = “ & ee /4 fi aS j Z atom ee - sa ~ — See if “A : : : : \ & ae i == ANQ _ oo L N ‘ os be = : aN a : iene 3 yi A Stree, Ot : Js: 7 Sb - - =F ' y Z i F ah ire as = — = = : ; io icine Le Se + pam / a y Q Z nf - aie Hie : = ‘ = . Bs n = " “ a 2 en ‘ See een % ‘ t = r / \ Ay y } / ? == — - \ p Bidwilliane. N. O. Umbellifere. TABS. DCVII, DCVIII. ACIPHYLLA sQuaRROSA. Forst. Gen. Cuar. Aciphylla, G, Forst.—Calycis margo 5-dentatus dentibus deciduis vel demum obsoletis. Petala quinque, ovata, acuta, unguiculata, apice acumine inflexa. _ Fructus oblongus, sectione transversali subteres. Mericarpia dissimilia, hine jugis 4, illine jugis tribus, omnibus alte alatis, lateralibus marginantibus. Vallecule et commisura multivitattee. —Herba Ligusticum Aciphylla. Spreng. in Schult. Syst. Veget. 6, p. 554. De Cand. Prodr. 4, p.159. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 274. A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist, 2. p. 212. Laserpitium Aciphylla. Linn, Fil. Suppl. p.181. Forst. Prodr. da i p..22, Han. New Zealand, Middle Island ; Shores of Queen Char- lotte’s Sound; G. Forster. Southern extremity of the Northern Island, in great abundance 3 and the alpine interior ; Mr, Bidwiil. Roratonga ; Mr. Colenso, One of the most remarkable of umbelliferous plants, with a dense flowering spike, often four feet high. Sprengel and De it, “mericarpia tricostata”” In all the its that I haye examined, one other four, or in other words, side of the fruit, 2 on the « fruc correct; the approximate ; out of the five angles or wings. ‘This circumstance, together with a peculiar habit, has induced me to restore the old genus Aciphylla. Fig. 1. Fructified spike, Jf. 2. Lower leaf; nat. size. f. Fruit. £4. The same, Separating. /.5. Transverse section of the mericarps :—maynified Drummondiane N. O. Crucifere. m 2 6 TAB. DCIX. LEpPIpIuM RoTUNDUM. De Cand. Glabrum, bienne, caule erecto basi ramoso, foliis lineari-spathu- latis obtusis, floribus parvis demum racemosis, sepalis obovatis obtusis petala subeequantibus, siliculis orbicularibus plano-convexis lato-alatis profunde angusto-emarginatis, lobis Flores corymbosi, demum, planta fructifera, in racemis elon- gatis extensi, parvi. Pedicelli breves, demum ‘elongati, supe Silicule orbiculares plano-convexe (hinc plane v. subconcave inde convex) latissime alate, apice usque ad loculos anguste profunde emarginate. Stylus liberus sinu brevior. Semen quovis loculo unicum, pendulum, obovatum. Cotyledones ovate, incumbentes. This is quite different from the Lepidium Nove Hollandia, Desy. which is allied to ZL. Piscidium. Fig. 1. Flower. f, 2, Silicula. f. 5. The Transverse section of the Silicula, =f. 7. Se —magnified. , Drummondiane. N. O. Cruciferz, TAB. DCX, STENOPETALUM ? PROCUMBENS. Hook. Annuum, caulibus procumbentibus ramosis filiformibus, foliis sparsis lineari-spathulatis radicalibus rosulatis incisis, floribus minutis, racemis demum valde elongatis, petalis linearibus obtusis subunguiculatis vix calycem superantibus, siliculis orbiculari-ellipticis compresso-planis stigmate sessili ter- minatis, dissepimento nullo, seminibus numerosis, podo- spermis longissimis. Has. Swan River, Australia. Jas, Drummond, (Crucif.. n. 3.) i” parva, annua, fibrosa. Caules plurimi, filiformes, ramosi, © ~procumbentes, spithamei et ultra, Folia glabra, lineari- spathulata; radicalia inciso-dentata ; caulina integerrima, remota. Pedicelli_brevissimi, demum (fructiferi) elongati, gracillimi. Calycis sepala oblongo-oboyata, obtusa, petalis angustis breviora. Stamina 6, didynama. Ovarium orbicu- » planum, stigmate capitato sessili terminatum. Silicula orbiculari-elliptica, compressa, glabra. Dissepimentum omnino nullum. Semina (vix matura) parva. Podosperma longis- sima, filiformia, - 93 and, in a more advanced Stage, the 8, with their stalks, fall away, leaving only the slender thread-shaped ring, tipped with the minute stigma, Fig. 1. Flower, J. 2. Stamens and pistil. f. 3. Silicula. f. 4, Transverse section of ditto. f.5. The Same, from which ie: Tie have separated, J. 6. Seed and seedstalk :—mag- — oat Drummondiane. N. O. Myrtacez. TAB. DCXI. KucaALyptus sPATHULATA. Hook. Operculo cylindraceo obtuso ovario turbinato triplo longiore, foliis lineari-spathulatis acutiusculis minute punctatis, pedun- culis brevibus latis compressis 3-5-floris, floribus brevi- pedicellatis, a Has. Swan River. Jas, Drummond, (Suppl. Coll. n. 20). Frutex ubique glaber. Rami teretes fusci, ramulis angulatis. Folia opposita, bi-triuncialia, lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, basi. attenuata, viridia, obscure uninervia, utrinque sub lente pune- tulata. Peduneuli solitarii, axillares, semiunciam longi, dilatati, compressi, apice umbellatim 3-5-flori. Flores brevi-pedicellati, pedicellis incrassatis sensim in ovarium turbinatum truncatum intense fuscum dilatatis cum, cylindraceum, obtusum, + Operculum (siccitate) pallide fus- numerosa, primum erecta, de ovario triplo longius. Stamin b mum patentia. “Filamenta sub- Incrassata, fulva. Anthere parvee. Stylus rectus, staminum longitudine, Stigma simplex. ' A species of Eucalyptus, not distributed, I believe, in the valuable sets lately sent to his subscribers from the Swan River settlement by Mr. Drummond, but forming part of a supple- mentary set transmitted to the Author. It is very different fro ico with which I am acquainted, or can anywhere fina Fig. 1. Flower, still partiall i q ’ y covered by its operculum, f, 2 Ovary and style ‘magnified, : ee 4 Tab. DCH, A4 SS SSE mi TAB. DCXII. OxyLosium BATILLUM. Hook. Foliis oppositis elliptico-cuneatis apice truncato-retusis coriaceis, Supra glabriusculis impresso-punctatis, subtus arcte reticu- latis mucronatis ramulisque dense pubescentibus, legumine ovato-acuminato hirsuto dispermo. Has. Swan River settlement. Jas. Drummond, (Suppl. Coll. n. 32.) I possess no flowers of this species ; but there can be little doubt of the genus to which it belongs. The leaves are coria- ceous, cuneate but rounded at the base, truncate or retuse at the apex, mucronate, the angles rather obtuse, the margins a little recurved ; the upper side glossy and slightly pubescent, rough with numerous depressions, paler beneath, there closely reticulated, and, as well as the young branches, downy with short dense hairs. Legumes small, chestnut-brown, slightly hairy, 2-seeded. I have named the species Batillum from the resemblance of the leaves to a fire-shovel. Fy. 1; 2. Legume :—magnified. Oe N. O. Alge. TAB. DCXIII. _ Reopvopiexia Preiss. Harv, Gen. Coar. Frons spongiformis, rubra, e filis articulatis, reticulatim connexis, versus superficiem liberis constituta Spherospore spherice, apicibus liberis filoram insidentes, pedicellate perisporio hyalino. Harv. 4 Rhodoplexia Preissii. Harv. MSS. Has. In the Sea. Swan River colony, New Holland. Mr. Preiss, i spongiosa, mollis, nec gelatinosa, irregulariter laciniato-ramosa externa v. superficiaria incurva, lineam longa, Color fusco-ruber. Spherospore omnino Callithamnii. | Fig. 1. Plant: natural size. Jf. 2. Transverse section of a narrow part of the frond. f.3. Small fragment, highly mag nified, to show the capsules, or spherospore. 4 . ; a a SiN if 4 a\\ He Siteiuic N. O. Alge. TAB. DCXIV. SPHACELARIA HORDEACEA, Harv, Fronde tenui-elongata stuposa, ramis alternis crebris apice fasci- culatis subbipinnatis, pinnis pinnulisque spineeformibus ; cap- larum spicis oblongis aristatis (hordeiformibus) terminalibus. Han. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Dr. Sinclai A very curious species of Sphacelaria, allied to S. scoparia, but abundantly distinguished by the spikes of fructification which terminate the branches and ramuli, and under the miscroscope strongly resemble ears of barley or rye. These are composed of thickly set, quadrifarious, setiform ramruli, each with a cluster of 4-5 elliptical capsules at its base, W. H. H. Fig. \. Branch. f. 2. Spike of capsules. f. 3. Ramulus of the spike, with capsules at its base >—magnified, > ee ee Sinclairiane. N. O. Meliacee. TAB. DCXV, DCXVI. HARTIGHSEA SPECTABILIS. Adr. Juss. Foliis pinnatis, foliolis 3-4-jugis cum impari petiolulatis obova- tis integerrimis glabris, subtus discoloribus, racemis compo- sitis paniculatis e ramis vetustioribus pendulis, floribus 5-floris, ovario (fructuque) triloculari, capsula pyriformi-globosa. Hartighsea spectabilis. Ad. Juss. Mém. Mus. v. 19. p. 228. Trichilia spectabilis. Forst. Prodr. p. 33. De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 623. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 306. All. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. p. 318. Has. New Zealand, Bay of Islands. A. Cunningham, Bidwill. Colenso. J. D. Hooker. Wahahé. Dr. Sinclair. A tree, according to Allan Cunningham, 30 to 40 feet high, with large pinnated leaves, the leaflets often unequal at the base, petiolulated, especially the terminal one. Panicle, or compound raceme, large, springing from the older portion of the stem or branch. Calyx of 5 rounded lobes, Corolla of 5 petals, petals, the mouth a little spreading, 10-crenate. Within the mouth are 10 sessile anthers, each with a gland or swelling at the base, and a short crenate cylindrical cup surrounds the ovary, which latter is conical, hairy, tapering into a filiform style, a little longer than the staminal tube. Stigma much dilated and flat at the top. Fruit a 3-valved, 3-celled capsule, each cell containing 2 seeds en- veloped in an arillus. Mr. Bidwill informs me that the leaves of this tree are used instead of hops, and a spirituous infusion _ of them is a stomachic, : Fig. ¥: Flower. f. 2. The same, the corolla spread. /f. 3. Staminal tube laid open, to show the inner cup surrounding the : sing F. = ae ra 5. Ovary and surrounding cup, laid : vertically. J. 6. Transverse section of the ovary : magni- fied. f. 7. Fruit :—natural size, : : rather large, coriaceous, Se eee i 4) s \ Si a eae i Meenas eS Eee * ity ys See PR oh Se i aia AA dag arch) Oi ac aa Drummondiane. N. O. Crucifere. TAB. DCXVII. STENOPETALUM DRaABOIDES. Hook. Annuum parvum pluricaule, caulibus erectis simplicibus parce . ote Re os 4 41 pg, Sa be . foliosis. foltis hi < racemo 4-5-floro, siliculis oblongo-obovatis compresso-planis subtortuosis unilocularibus (dissepimento nullo) minutissime puberuli-granulatis dorso basi obsolete uninervi stylo brevis- simo terminatis, seminibus numerosis, podospermis longis- simis, Has. Swan River settlement, Australia. James Drummond, (Crucif. n. 3.) A small annual plant, (the flowers of which are unknown to me,) with quite the habit of Draba (or Eriophila) verna ; but the leaves and stems are everywhere glabrous. Nor is the fruit in external appearance very dissimilar; larger, indeed, and longer, more coriaceous, becoming sensibly broader above, and slightly twisted ; but within its structure is widely different, the membranous dissepiment, so common to the Crucifere in general, being here wholly wanting, and the numerous seeds being attached to exceedingly long podosperms. In these latter particulars the fruit exactly resembles that of our Stenopetalum procumbens, (Tas. vex. of the present volume), from which, — again, the size of the plant, stouter stem and shape of the fruit, will at once distinguish it. Fig. 1. Silicule. f. 2. Side view of the same. jf. 3. Trans- verse section of the same. 7.4. The same, with the valve removed, /.5. Seed and seedstalk :—magnified. Drummondiane. N. O. Cruciferee. TAB. DCXVIII. STENOPETALUM LINEARE, Br, Annuum glaberrimum erectum parce ramosum, caule solitario, foliis remotis elongatis linearibus integerrimis, racemis fructi- feris longissimis, sepalis lato-linearibus obtusis, petalis calyce longioribus lineari-objongis et attenuatis longe unguiculatis, siliculis valde remotis brevissime pedicellatis erectis oblongis tereti-compressis bilocularibus valvis medio uninervibus, stylo brevissimo, podospermis vix semine Jongioribus. Has. Southern coast of New Holland. BR. Brown, Esq. Swan River settlement. James Drummond, (Crucif. n. 1.) I have reason to believe that this is the original Stenopetalum lineare of Mr. Brown, the species on which the genus was founded; but the fruit is certainly more elongated and more cylindrical than in those species of Stenopetalum already figured in this work, and somewhat at variance with the generic cha- racter as given by De Candolle; “ siticula ellipsoidea, com- pressa. Yet, in other respects, in the erect fruit, in the size of the plant, and in the leaves, it tallies with the description; only it is said of the stem “ seta porcina viv crassior.” Our fruit can scarcely be compared with that of Draba, to which De Can- dolle likens it. Fig. 1. Flower, f. 2. Petal. f. 3. Stamens and pistil. f. 4,5. Silicule. f. 6, Transverse section of the same. /f. 7. Silicula with the valve removed. J. 8. Seed and seed-stalk :—magnified. Backhousiane. N. O. Myrtacez. TAB. DCXIX. EvcaLyptus MACULATA. Hook. Arbor excelsa, trunco maculato, foliis alternis petiolatis lanceo- latis longe acuminatis pellucido-punctatis purpureo-margi- natis, nervis copiosis distinctis oblique patentibus, paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque parce ramosis folio brevioribus, operculo duplici, ext. conico-hemispherico mucronato cupula subangulata breviore, int. (corolla) hemispherico membrana- ceo nifido, Eucalyptus sp. Spotted Gum. Backh. mst. n. 37. Han. Interior of N. Holland. Fraser. Maitland, Liverpool and Newcastle. Backhouse. A large tree, Mr. Backhouse observes, of which the bark falls off in patches, giving it a spotted appearance. The timber is nearly equal to oak, but the sap or outer layers decay rapidly. The lid or operculum is double, inner one membranaceous ; this inner one has justly been considered by Mr. Brown as the corolla, and it here forms an exactly hemispherical glossy membrana- ceous cup, which often continues to adhere after the outer one has fallen away. “The gum from the tree contains benzoic acid.” Backhouse, Fig. 1. Cupula and style :—magnified. Drummondiane. N, O. Crucifere. TAB. DCXX. STENOPETALUM ROBUSTUM. Endl. Erectum virgatum superne ramosum parce foliosum, foliis in- ferioribus interrupte lyrato-pinnatifidis laciniis linearibus subobtusis, superioribus elongatis linearibus integerrimis v. remote ineequaliter dentatis, petalis unguiculatis e lata basi longissime subulatis flexuosis acuminatis, siliculis obovatis nutantibus pedicello longioribus. S. robustum. Endlicher in Hiigel pl. Nov. Holl. p. 4. Has. S. W. Australia, Freemantle (Hiigel). Drummond, (n. 5 and 7.) King George’s Sound, (Mus. Paris.) A slender, twiggy, annual plant, 1-2 feet high. Stems terete, naked or sparingly leafy below, branching upwards, the branches erect. Leaves generally withering before the seeds ripen, rather fleshy, 1-11 inch long, the lower ones more or less divided, bright green and shining, the upper more — or less toothed or quite entire. Flowers at first erect, then drooping, on pedicels which are shorter than the calyx. Sepals” linear-elliptical, rounded at the apex, pale coloured and tipped — with green. Petals orange yellow, their apices paler, or some- — times quite white, the claw very narrow at the base expanding, | and then produced into a slender lamina 4-5 lines lon Shorter Stamens seated on 2 broad glands, having 2 other erect glands — pressed close to the germen, one on each side of them. Ger- ee en os with a broad, sessile stigma, Silicule 2 | > r * * very el, sie cote eee — 3-5 lines long ; stigma | fanieuli. » Seeds about 4, with short or ae rig Advantage of figuring this from living specimen’ age Psy at the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew, in 3 ote a ee were raised from seeds sent by Mr. Drummond. : Pith 5 Se Pet, Same and pis fle Same, the val mete wwe J+ 6. Silicula. f. 7. The ves Separating. jf. 8, The same, the valves re-_ moved. 7.9. Seed magnified, ? q << WE Cunninghamiane. N. O. Pittosporez. TAB. DCXXI,. + PirTroOsPORUM RHOMBIFOLIUM,. A, Cunn. Arbor, foliis coriaceis rhombeo-ovatis basi cuneatis in petiolum attenuatis grosse sinuato-serratis, floribus corymbosis, petalis ellipticis patentibus, ovario basi piloso in stipitem attenuato. Pittosporum rhombifolium. 4. Cunn. MSS. in Herb. nostr. Has. Forests of the Brisbane River, Allan Cunningham. This, according to Mr. Cunningham, to whom we are in- debted for a knowledge of the plant, as well as the possession of it in the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew, attains a height of 60-80 feet. In our greenhouse, cramped in a garden pot, it becomes a flowery shrub, in the course of many years only reaching a height of 4 or 5 feet. The flowers are white, ar- ranged in corymbs, axillary and terminal, at first sight not much unlike those of a Cornus. The germen, or ovary, has tufts of hairs in the broadest part; below that, it gradually tapers into a short stipes, apparent also in the fruit, which is globoso- compressed, 2-celled and bursting open into 2 valves. The species is remarkable for the coarse toothing of its leaves, and the small and densely corymbose flowers, Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Pistil. J. 3. Section of the Ovary :— magnified, f.4. Fruits :—natural size, Lab DXET. iy . - 5 AZ . \ Sof DM gf CLO ZR “\'; SS x e Vo OF 4 ® ——a . x x _ ‘. *, 4 u A @ 4 i] y 2 . = A\ ee 4 ih > —— Se Wallichiane. © N. O. Filices. TAB. DCXXII. HEMITELIA? ALTERNANS. Hook. Inermis, frondibus pinnatis v. bipinnatis, pinnis remotis petiolatis alternis oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceo-membranaceis acumina- tis profunde pinnatifidis segmentis oblongis subacutis vix serrulatis, venis liberis basi furcatis, soris in venulas supra furcaturas (rarius axillaribus) seriatim dispositis inter margi- nem et costam, involucro peltato tenui-membranaceo sub- integro. Hemitelia? alternans. Hook. Sp. Fil. p. 29. Polypodium alternans, Wail. Cat. n. 329. Has. Penang. Dr. Wallich. Lady Dathousie. The Ferns, composing the family or group of Cyatheacee, pre- sent so many forms of fructification, as regards the involucre, that it seems hardly possible to limit the generic distinctions. _ The present does not possess the deep cup of Cyathea, nor the lateral and dimidiate one of Hemitelia. As a species, it is 4 very fine and distinct one, discovered by Dr. Wallich in Penang, — and subsequently by Lady Dalhousie in the same island. The o pinne are very large, deeply pinnatifid, and exhibiting fructifica- _ tions in a line or series between the margin and costa of the Segments. The receptacles produce copious hairs among the capsules, Fig... Portion of a segment of the pinna with sori, showing the veining. f, 2, Sorus, covering the involucre. /.3. Involucre, most of the capsules and hairs being removed from the sorus: — magnified—f. 4, Portion of the stipes: natural size. f SSeS iadioas APP aqoaegy » 4 il 3 ie PPR II nil XQ oso 0Gaha et ESOL LEI Q ODP Sor PPRRAA) ae Sse 3 - Reema me gg Syed ta Oa oasar % " RIGO Ji d , , 7 - LYE —pa\ i PPA aye" pe OE: , . a oO eo Se CY fn a BN
CyaTHeA Beyricuiana. Presi.
Stipite aculeato, fronde bipinnata, rachide et costa subpubescen-
tibus, pinnulis lanceolatis acuminatis ad rachin pinnatitidis,
segmentis lineari-oblongis acutis obscure serratis subfalcatis,
soris copiosis, involucro demum hemispherico amplo.
Cyathea Beyrichiana. Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 55 (name only).
Hook. Sp. Fil. p, 21.
Alsophila stipulacea. Beyrich, Herb.
Has. Brazil; Sellow, Beyrich. Rio Janeiro, Gardner, (n. 135).
This again is a Fern, with as much claim to be placed in
Hemitelia as in Cyathea. Could we see the involucre in its
young state, we should probably find it covering the whole
sorus with a globose membrane: but, in a more advanced stage,
it is quite open on the outer or upper side, towards the margin
of the segment ; but still covering the sorus like a hood. We
shall have occasion to observe a similar structure in the Ceylon
Cyathea Walkere. —(See our Tan. DCXLVII.)
Fig. 1. Lower portion of a primary pinna. /. 2. Upper por-
tion of ditto: nat. size.—f. 3. Portion of a segment, with
sori. f. 4. Sorus: magnified, f. 5. Base of a stipes: nat.
size,
Purdieane. N. O. Conifere.
TAB. DCXXIV.
Popocarpus PurpigEana. Hook.
Foliis lanceolatis superne latioribus obtusis cum mucrone
obtuso basi attenuatis sessilibus utrinque concoloribus, pe-
dunculis solitariis unifloris, drupa receptaculi bifidi longi-
tudine subglobosa apiculo obtuso vix obliquo.
Has. Woods on mountain ridges, on- the estate of Dunrobin
Castle, the property of J. Tasker, Esq. St. Mary in the
East, Jamaica ; at an elevation of about 2,500 to 3,500 feet
above the level of the sea. Wm. Purdie. 3
No one can look at this plant by the side of Podocarpus coria-
cea, (see Lond. Journ. of Botany, v. 1, p. 656, tab. xx1.), whether
in living or dried specimens, without being satisfied of the pro-
priety of considering them two distinct species: yet it is
difficult in words to discriminate them. Both inhabit the same
mountain regions in J amaica, though not at the same elevations :
yet Mr. Purdie was at no loss to perceive their differences ; and
to him, while on a mission as Botanical Collector for the Ro
Botanic Gardens of Kew, we are wholly indebted for our know-
ledge of the present one. Besides the disparity in the form
and size of the foliage, Mr. Purdie says; “ While P. coriacea
only attains a height of 50 feet, and a diameter of 2 feet, this
new kind reaches to 120 feet or more, and is really one of the —
noblest trees in the island. Its growth is rapid. One tree,
felled by the Proprietor, measured 3 feet 6 inches in diameter, _
at 6 feet from the ground; and at 39 feet from the ground, 2 —
i 9 inches, without a branch up to that height. Many of the |
ranches even afford good timber.” Some of the leaves are —
hetween 5 and 6 inches long. s
Fig. 1. Immature fruit :—magnified,
Burkeane. | N. O. Asclepiadee.
TAB. DCXXV.
ScyTantuus Gorponi. Hook.
Corolla margine intusque glaberrima.
Stapelia Gordoni. Mass. Stap. t. 40.
Has. South Africa. Great Namaqua, near the Orange River.
Colonel Gordon, Burke.
The generic character, and some remarks relating to another
species of this genus, will be found at our Tass. pcv, DCVI.
The present is the original species, first detected by Colonel
Gordon, and only known to the public through the figure given
of it in Masson’s “Stapelie,” in 17 96, from a drawing made by
its discoverer. So strange a form of Stapelia did not receive the
credit it deserved from the cultivators of this singular group of
plants ; and by many it was considered an exaggerated, if not a
fictitious representation. Mr. Burke’s recent discovery of it again,
has only proved the correctness of Colonel Gordon’s represen-
tation; and living plants are now in the possession of the Right
Hon. the Earl of Derby, at his seat of Knowsley, Lancashire.
The present is much smaller in every part than the Scytanthus
Burkei, and has the corolla quite glabrous.
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TAB. DCXXVI.
PHOLISMA ARENARIUM. Nutt.
Gen. Cuar. Pholisma Nutt.—Calysx profunde 6-partitus, laciniis
lineari-subspathulatis. Corolla monopetala infundibuliformis,
limbo subregulari 6-lobo, lobis rotundatis plicatis estivatione
imbricatis. Stamina 6, supra medium tubi inserta, inclusa,
uniserialia, equalia, lobis corolle alternantia. Filamenta
brevia. Anthere oblongo-ovatee obtuse, biloculares, loculis
Jongitudinaliter prope marginem dehiscentibus. | Ovarium
superum, subglobosum ad circumferentiam multiloculare,
loculis uniovulatis; ovulis ad angulum internum circa axin
crassissimum affixis. Stylus elongatus crassiusculus inclusus.
Stigma dilatatum, centro depresso, margine lobato-dentato.
Fructus (immaturus) baccatus? loculis et seminibus ut in
ovario. Semina ex angulum interiorem pendentia.—Herba
succulenta colorata in arenosis Californize proveniens, facie
Orobanchis, aphyila. Caulis simplex squamosus. Flores parvi
densissime spicati, ut videtur ebracteati.
Pholisma arenarium. Nutt. mst.
Has. Monterey and St. Diego, California. Mr. Nuttall.
A very remarkable new genus, discovered by Mr, Nuttall,
evidently nearly allied to the equally little known Corallophyllum
of Humboldt and Kunth, and which will probably with
it form a distinct natural order near Orobanchee, but with a
widely different fruit. The two genera precisely accord in their
succulent texture and in the absence of verdure, in the general
structure of their calyx, corolla, pistil and ovary, or young fruit :
but Corallophyllum has a coralloid or fungoid substance, instead
of leaves or scales, an 8-lobed corolla, with 8 stamens, ar-
ranged in two series, and it is an inhabitant of Mexico.
Fig. 1. Flower, before expansion. f, 2. Perfect flower. /f. 3.
The corolla laid open, and pistil. /. 4,5. Stamens. /f. 6. Sec-
tion of ovary. f. 7, 8. Stigmas in different states. J. 9. Tmma-
ture fruit. f. 10, Transverse, and J. 11, vertical section of
the same :—magnified,
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TABS. DCXXVIT, DCXXVIII.
Lomaria Couensor. Hook. fil.
Caudice repente squamoso, frondibus longe stipitatis, sterilibus
lato-lanceolatis integris v. ovato-lanceolatis profunde pinnati-
fidis, laciniis utrinque 2-3 late ovato-lanceolatis terminali
longiore omnibus acuminatis marginatis integerrimis, venis
approximatis fere horizontalibus bi-trifurcatis parallelis apici-
bus liberis clavatis, fertilibus pinnatifidis laciniis lineari-
acuminatis.
Lomaria heterophylla. Colenso in Tasm. Journ. of Nat. Hist.
ined. (not Desvauz).
Has. N. Zealand, Port Nicholson; J. 7. Bidwill, Esq. In
deep woods, near the Lake Waikaré ; W. Colenso, Esq.
Allied to the Brazilian Acrostichum heterophyllum, Raddi, so —
far as the barren fronds are concerned, which are the only ones
figured by that author; yet very distinct in the much longer
stipes, more coriaceous frond, closer and less distinct veins,
and broader and fewer segments. The sterile and fertile fronds,
as will be seen by our figure, are extremely different. They have
been detected by Mr. Colenso as much as 3 feet long. J, D. H.
Fig. 1. Sterile undivided frond. /f. 2. Sterile pinnatifid one.
J. 3. Fertile frond ; nat. size (but small specimens). f. 4. Por-
tion of the sterile frond i—magnified,
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Bidwilliane. N. O. Cupulifere.
TAB. DCX XX.
Fagus rusca. Hook. fil,
Foliis remotiusculis coriaceo-membranaceis perennantibus ovati:
acutis grosse serratis basi cuneatis integerrimis penuinerviis
brevi-petiolatis demum fuscescentibus, floribus Jateralibus
terminalibusque, masc. ternis pedunculatis nutantibus pubes-
centibus, foemineis sessilibus solitariis, cupulis alatis valvarum
dorso basi lamellato-cristatis, fructus angulis lato-alatis apice
subhirsutis dentatis.
Betuloides fusca. Banks and Soland. mss.
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island; Banks and Solander,
1749; Bidwill (masc.); Diefenbach. Wangarei and Poverty
Bay ; Colenso (fem). Hokianga; Edgeriey.
A handsome tree, 40-60 feet high, called “ Hutu? by the
natives. Branches striated, red brown. Branchlets clothed
with minute pubescence. Leaves about an inch long, quite
glabrous, ovate, acute, coarsely, almost incisely, serrated, the base
cuneate entire, between coriaceous and membranaceous, at
length becoming brownish, the nerves conspicuous. Flowers
abundant, lateral and terminal. We possess copious male
Specimens from Mr. Bidwill; in these the flowers are ternate,
pedunculate, drooping. Perianth turbinate, 5-6 toothed, downy
as well as the peduncle. Stamens 5.6 in each perianth. Fila-
ment slightly protruded. Anthers oblong. Female flowers
mostly terminal on short branchlets.
Of the fructiferous plant
(see Tan. DCXXxXI.) we have fine specimens from Mr. Colenso.
_ -*he cupule is about the size of a large pea, with longitudinal
_ _Wings, the — of the valves crested near the base with
transverse lamelle, pubescent. Nut slightly hairy, having 3
longitudinal wings, and toothed at the top
Fig. 1. Peduncle, with male flowers :—~magnified.
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TAB. DCXXXI.
Faeus rusca. Hook. fil.
(Femate PuLanrt, with fruit. See the description, under the
preceding Taz, pcxxx.)
Fig. 1. Fruit. f. 2. Nucule removed from the cupule :—
magnified,
Colensoane. N. O. Smilacinez.
TAB. DCXXXII.
CALLIXENE PARVIFLORA,. Hook. fil.
Caule filiformi ramoso basi repente, foliis remotis distichis
patentibus lineari-ellipticis nervosis acutis subcoriaceis, flori-
bus terminalibus solitariis brevissime pedunculatis bracteatis,
perianthii laciniis ellipticis concavis 3 interioribus paululum
minoribus.
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. At the foot of large
trees in the Beech forest, on the ascent of the mountains
from Lake Waikaré. W. Colenso, Esq.
The genus Callixene, and but one species, has hitherto been
supposed to exist only in the Falkland Islands and in Antarctic
South America; and the discovery of the present in New Zea-
land by Mr. Colenso, is another proof of the singular botanical
analogies that exist between those two very remote countries.
It is even difficult to assign specific differences between the two,
except they are to be found in the much smaller flowers of the
present one, with the unequal sepals,
remote foliage, and the
peculiarities wh
climate. J.D.
and the larger and more _
greater stature of the entire plant ;
. may, however, be due to the better soil and
Fig.1. Flower. f. 2. Stamens and pisti 3
lL ; pistil. f. 3, 4. Sepals.
J-5. Pistil. f. 6. Section of the ovary. /f. 7. Fruit. f. 8.
Section of ditto. £9. Seed :—magnified.
Colensoane. N. O. Loranthacee.
TAB. DCXXXIII.
Lorantaus (DENDROPHTHOE) CoLEnsor. Hook. fil.
Ramis teretibus, foliis obovato-rhombeis coriaceis obtusis petio-
latis subaveniis, pedunculis azxillaribus subquinquefloris,
floribus longitudine fere foliorum, petalis 4, ungue basi dilatato
lamina angusto-ovata 4-plo longiore,
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. Abundant, growing
parasitically on branches of Metrosideros tomentosa, near
Lake Waikaré. W,. Colenso, Esq. ;
For the knowledge of this fine Loranthus, which displays a
profusion of scarlet blossoms, we are indebted to Mr. Colenso.
It is allied*to L. tetrasepalus, (Linn. fil.) of the same country, and
it belongs also to the same section ; but may be easily recognised
by the much larger size of all its parts, by the greater number
of flowers on the peduncle, and the decidedly petiolated leaves.
We possess another (a third) very distinct species, native of
New Zealand. ~
Fig.1. Flower. 2. Petal and stamen. /f. 3. Pistil —
magnified,
Uh DCE.
Colensoane. N. O, Ranunculacee.
TAB. DCXXXIV.
RANUNCULUS MACROPUS. Hook. fil.
Caule elongato erecto gracili glaberrimo parce ramoso, foliis
longissime petiolatis flabelliformibus ternatis, foliolis cuneatis
profunde 2-3 partitis, segmentis apice crenato-dentatis, pedun-
culis oppositifoliis elongatis erectis 1-floris, sepalis 5 obovatis
petala conformia suberecta duplo superantibus, staminibus
paucis, acheniis glaberrimis ovatis in stylo elongato subrecurvo
sensim attenuatis.
Has. Near the Mission Station of Kaupapa, Poverty Bay,
Northern Island, New Zealand; found growing almost en-
tirely submersed in marshy pools. W. Colenso, Esq.
Whole plant about 1 foot long, and but little branched. The
radical petioles are rather thick, succulent, 8-10 inches long,
dilated at the very base. Leaves # inch long by 23-3 broad,
between flabellate and reniform in their circumscription. Stem
about as long as the root-leaves, with 3 or 4 remote, solitary
peduncles, each opposite to a cauline leaf, and longer than its
petiole. Flowers small, the sepals spreading, slightly concave, 3-
nerved. Petals much smaller than the sepals, suberect. Achenia
smooth and glabrous, with rather a long, slightly-curved style.
A very remarkable plant, from the great length of its petioles,
(especially those from the root) and peduncles, and the small-
ness of its petals as compared with the sepals. J. D. H.
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Underside of ditto. f. 3, Head of
carpels, /f. 4. Single carpel :—magnified.
Bidwilliane. N. O. Gentianee.
TAB. DCXXXV.
GENTIANA BELLIDIFOLIA. Hook. fil.
Radice valida fusiformi, caulibus brevibus adscendentibus uni-
floris, foliis spathulatis inferioribus confertis recurvis petiolatis
subenerviis, superioribus brevioribus obovatis obtusis remotis
sessilibus, segmentis calycinis ovato-ellipticis acutis, corolla
late campanulata vy. subrotata profunde 5-fida segmentis ovatis
obtusis, ovario brevi-stipitato.
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. On Tongariro. J. 7’
Bidwill, Esq.
Stems and branches short, and ascending ; the flowering ones
only elongated, 4-5 inches in length. Leaves about an inch
long, apparently rather thick, their apices rounded. Flowers
terminal, solitary ; the calyx is 4 lines long. Corolla 7-8 lines
long, between campanulate and rotate, yellow, and streaked
when dry with darker lines. Anthers from the curving of the
apex of the filament, extrorse after the pollen is emitted.
Ovarium elongated, stipitate; the stigma bilabiate. Allied to
the G. saxosa, Forst. from which, according to the drawing in
the British Museum, it differs in the much smaller size, shorter
leaves, which are broader in proportion, and especially in the
shorter and broader corolla. J. D. H,
Fig. 1. Corolla laid open :—magnified,
Bidwilliane. N. O. Gentianee.
TAB. DCXXXVI.
Gentiana Grisepacutt. Hook, fil.
Annua ? caule erecto gracili e basi ramoso, ramis superioribus
furcatis elongatis ad apices 1-floris, foliis inferioribus petio-
latis spathulatis flaccidis apicibus rotundatis, superioribus
sessilibus ovatis subacutis, floribus erectis, segmentis calycinis
linearibus acuminatis dorso nervosis, corolla rotato-campanu-
lata segmentis elongato-ovatis acuminatis, ovario stipitato.
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. On downs between
Rotuari and the base of Tongariro. J. T. Bidwill, Esq.
A very elegant and distinct species, belonging to Dr. Grise-
bach’s section Antarctophila, to which also Forster’s G. montana
is referrible, as well as the Magellanic species, with which the pre-
sent resembles in habit of growth. Stems cylindrical, slender
below, increasing a little in diameter upwards, a span long.
Radical leaves none, or perhaps withering as the stems elongate ;
cauline ones apparently flaccid, 3 inch long, 2} lines broad, the
Upper 3 inch long. Flowers rather small, terminal at the apices
of the branches, solitary. Calyx narrow at the base, 5-angled,
deeply divided into 5 linear segments, each with a stout, pro-
minent nerve on the back, } shorter than the corolla. Corolla
$ inch long, yellow when dry, subrotate. Anthers as in the G.
bellidifolia. J. D. H.
Fig. 1. Flower,
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TAB. DCXXXVII.
Viena uirta, Hook.
Caule volubili retrorsum hirsuto, foliolis oblongo-acuminatis
hirsutis intermedio petiolulato, pedunculo longissimo 2-floro
glaberrimo, calyce leguminibusque rufo-villosis,
Has. Interior of South Africa. Burke.
This species blossomed in the stove of the Right Hon. the
Earl of Derby, and was raised from seeds sent from the interior
of South Africa by Mr. Burke. The leaves are of a peculiarly
—thin and membranaceous texture, many of the leaflets are 5-6
- “es ions: the stipules are small, ovato-sagittate; the flowers
inch. ‘ely large, vale yellowish-green; the style is densely
modera. —‘ the underside beneath the stigma; the pods 4-5
ciliated on . ~ equally with the calyx and young stems, clothed
inches long, and, ts,
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fruit :—magnified.
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Cumingiane. N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCXXXVIII.
CYATHEA INTEGRA. J. Sm.
Inermis, frondibus 2-3-pinnatis, pinnis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis
pinnatifidis, segmentis lato-ovatis acutis subserratis glabris,
soris plerumque rachin versus, involucris membranaceis pri-
mum hemisphericis apice evanescentibus demum in lobis 4-5
subregularibus patentibus fissis.
Cyathea integra. J. Sm. En. Fil. Philipp.in Hook. Journ. of Bot.
v. 3, p. 419 (name only). Hook. Sp. Fil.v. 1, p. 26.
8. petiolata ; pinnulis seepissime petiolatis. C. petiolata. J. Sim.
l. c. p. 419 (name only).
Has. Amboyna; (Herb. Hook. from P. B. Webb, Esq.) Lucon;
Cuming Herb. Philipp. n. 120.—6, Isle of Mindora, Philip-
pine Islands ; Cuming no. 359.
The pinnules are less deeply divided than any of the species
with which I am acquainted, and might be said to be rather lobed
_ than pinnatifid; so that much of the fructification is placed below
the sinus, between it and the costa, and all the sori are remote
from the costa, as the forking of the nerves is at a distance
m it,
Fig. 1. Portion of a fertile se jac with fruit ; ified.
J. 2. Pinnule of var. 6 :—nat. bys : —
TAB. DCXXXIX.
Facus Sotanpri. Hook. fil.
Ramis nigro-fuscescentibus, ramulis pubescentibus foliosis,
foliis undique subdistichis breviter petiolatis parvis oblongo-
ellipticis utrinque rotundatis margine integerrimo siccitate
recurvo, inferne appresse pubescenti-tomentosis cinerascen-
tibus, floribus (immaturis) ¢ aggregatis sessilibus.
Myrtilloides cinerascens. Banks and Sol. mss. in Herb. Banks.
Has. New Zealand. First discovered, but without flower or
fruit, at Totara Nui, by Sir J. Banks and Dr. Solander, in
1769. Waiwatu; Port Nicholson. J. FT. Bidwill, Esq.
forming a tree 100 feet high. Mount Egmont; Dr. Dieffen-
bach. Tapatahi, a village near the E. coast, forming a tree
30-60 feet high ; W. Colenso, Esq.
Branches slightly warted, of a dark-brown or fuscous black
colour, their apices covered with yellowish, apparently glandular
pubescence. Leaves rather loosely placed, plane and horizontal,
stiff, the petioles 1 line long, pubescent, dark-coloured ; lamina
3-4 inch long, the upper surface scarcely shining, minutely
reticulated, pale greenish-brown when dry ; under surface ash-
coloured with a very closely appressed tomentum, not however
wholly concealing the reticulated venation. Male flowers clus-
tered, 3 or more together, nearly sessile, densely clothed with,
red-brown, shining, imbricating, scariose bractee. Perianth
cup-shaped, about 5-toothed, 5-angled, and 10-nerved; the
teeth somewhat irregular, and often acute, the peduncle very
short and hairy. Stamens 8, red-brown, 7 lin. long, filaments
as long as the perianth. Anthers exserted.
First discovered by Sir J. Banks and Dr. Solander, whose
Ms. name is quoted above. Mr. Dryander, after examining
flowering specimens of a similar but distinct species, brought
by Mr. Menzies from Dusky Bay, altered the name to Cliffor-
ticides oblongata. J. D. H.
Fig. 1. Cluster of flowers, not fully expanded. f 2. Leaf.
f. 3. Portion of ditto, seen from the underside :—magnified.
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TAB. DCXL.
Veronica NivEA. Hook. fil.
Fruticosa procumbens, ramis brevibus, foliis confertis decussatis
patentibus nunc subsecundis ovatis rigidis brevissime petio-
latis inciso-crenatis glabris, pedunculis lateralibus ramos
superantibus, bracteis ovatis calycibusque glanduloso-hirsutis,
racemis corymbosis 4-6 floris segmentis calycinis ovatis,
corollee lobo inferiore bifido.
Has. New Zealand. On Tongariro, a mountain, whose
altitude is estimated at 6,200 feet above the level of the sea.
J.T. Bidwiill, Esq.
A most distinct and well-marked fruticose species of Veronica,
and very alpine in its locality. The stems are, for the size of
the plant, stout, procumbent, 4-6 inches long; the branches
short, ascending, leafy. Leaves closely placed, spreading on four
sides, except when the branch happens to be procumbent, and
then they point upwards, subsecund. Peduncles erect, and, as
well as the bracteas, pedicels and calyces, densely clothed with
glandular hairs. Pedicels 2-4 lines long, the upper ones gra-
dually shorter. Corolla pure white, with the lower lobe bifid
in the flower examined, (possibly by accident). It is of this
Veronica Mr. Bidwill speaks, when describing his ascent of
Tongariro, in his Rambles in New Zealand: “A few patches of
a most beautiful snow-white Veronica, which I at first took for
_ SNOW, were growing among the stones, but they ceased before
I had ascended a third part of the way.”
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CaBoMBA PIAUHYENSIS. Garda.
Glaberrima, foliis natantibus peltatis linearibus, floribus roseis,
antheris extrorsis lineari-oblongis, carpellis 2-3, seminibus
echinatis.
Cabomba Piauhyensis. Gardn. Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 2478.
Has. In the stagnant waters of a large lake at Algadoés, in the
south-west of the province of Piauhy, Brazil. July, 1839.
Much diversity of opinion has existed among Botanists as to the place
which Cabomba, and its ally Brasenia, ought to hold in the natural
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culaceous plants, which ought to constitute a distinct tribe between
Ranunculee, DC., and Helleboree DC. e following reasons.—
Tn the first place, the habit of Cabomba is quite that of the Batra-
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CanomBa Carouiniana. A. Gray,
Foliis natantibus peltatis ellipticis vel lineari-oblongis, petiolis
pedunculisque subpubescentibus, floribus albidis, antheris
extrorsis rotundato-ellipticis, carpellis 3-4 puberulis, seminibus
glaberrimis,
Cabomba Caroliniana. Gray, in Torr. et Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1, p. 55.
Walpers’s Repert. 1, p. 105.
Cabomba Aubletii. Mich. Fl. 1 > p. 206.
Nectris peltata. Pursh, Fl. 1, p. 239 (excel. syn.)
Nectris aquatica, Nutt. Gen. 1, p. 230. Ell. Sketch, 1, p. 416.
(non Willd. ex Torr. et Gray).
Has. In stagnant waters, from Newburn, North Carolina, to
Georgia and Louisiana; Torr. and Gray. New Orleans;
Thos. Drummond, n. 47.
As regards its floating foliage, this species is intermediate
between C. aquatica, Aubl., and C. Piauhyensis, Gardn. From
the former it is distinguished by these leaves being far nar-
rower, and not unfrequently emarginate at one end; by its
much shorter anthers, and less pubescent carpels and pedicels.
From the latter, by its much narrower leaves 3 by its nearly
round, not oblong, anthers ; by its thicker and shorter carpels ;
the Tous, not echinate, seeds; and the pubescent, not
glabrous, petioles and peduncles. G. Gardner.
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TAB. DCXLITII. .
Hemirevia? ParKeri. Hook.
Inermis? frondibus 2-3-pinnatis, rachi costa venulisque pilis
divergentibus obsitis, rachi inter pinnulas alata, pinnulis
sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis ad medium
pinnatifidis subcoriaceo-membranaceis, segmentis ovatis ob-
tusis integris, venulis liberis supra medium fureatis, soris
axillaribus marginem versus, involucro parvo ciliato dimidiato
seepius etate bifido. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 1, p. 32.
Has. British Guiana. C. S. Parker, Esq.
The winged rachis, very distinct in the upper part between the
pinnules, affords a striking character to this species and the H. ?
ianensis ; but the present is easily recognised by its copious
hairs, more abundant sori, and very different involucre, which
I think may be considered entirely that of a Hemitelia, though
in general habit it approaches nearer a true Cyathea or Also-
phila
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TAB. DCXLIV.
APpopDANTHES CALLIANDR&. Gardn.
Bracteis 2-3-seriatis, serici interioris sepalisque basi subconnatis,
sepalis ovato-rotundatis.
Apodanthes Calliandre. Gardn. Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 3639.
AB. Parasitical on the stems of a species of Calliandra, nearly
allied to C.cylindrocarpa Benth., in the Province of Goyaz,
Brazil. 1840.
Planta parva, parasitica, atro-fusca, glaberrima, dioica, uniflora.
—Flos Masc. desideratus.—Flos Fem. actee 6-8, laté
ovate, imbricate. Perigoniwm tetraphyllum foliolis ima basi
connatis, zstivatione imbricatis, subrotundis, basi ovario ad-
herentibus. Pseudocarpium ovatum, sub} tum, uniloculare.
Stylus brevis, cinereus, crassus, conicus. Stiyma truncatum,
sub-4-lobatum. Fructus subcarnosus, indehiscens. Spore
Vol. of the Annales des Sc. Nat. (1824) on a small parasitical
plant, which he found in Guiana, growing upon the stems of
Casearia macrophylla, Vahl., but of which he only obtained
female flowers. In 1834, M. Guillemin constituted the genus
Pilostyles, in the 2nd Vol. of the Nouv. Annal. des Sc. Nat. for a
any with a similar habit to that of Apodanthes, which had
longing to one genus. In the text to the plate, Tas. DcLIII.
of the present Work, I shall give an amended character of the
genus, and a synopsis of the species. G. Gardner.
Fig. 1. Section of a portion of the branch of Calliandra,
with two perfect female flowers. J. 2. Separate flower. /f. 3.
The same, with the bracteas removed. f. 4. Ovary cut through,
hee agg A magnified. (The principal figure exhibits a
ranch of Calliand: a, with the Apodanthus Calliandre growing
parasitically upon it: nat. size. Z
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TAB. DCXLV.
Veronica pirFusa. Hook, fil.
Suffruticosa, caulibus procumbentibus diffusis, ramis elongatis,
foliis per paria remotis patentibus elliptico-ovatis acutis
serratis subsessilibus glabris carnoso-coriaceis, racemis axil-
laribus oppositis longissimis flexuosis, bracteis parvis lineari-
subulatis, pedicellis elongatis calycibusque glanduloso-pubes-
centibus, capsulis orbiculatis segmenta calycina lato-elliptica
paululum excedentibus.
Has. New Zealand. On Tongariro. J. T. Bidwiil, Esq.
A spreading, straggling species, with procumbent stems, its
very long and opposite lateral racemes rising upwards. These
latter are 6-8 inches long, with slender pedicels an inch in length.
Flowers, according to Mr. Bidwill’s notes, blue and white. The
habit is that of our European V. prostrata.
1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil, f. 3. Fruit :—mag-
nifie
Hostmanniane. N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCXLVI.
Hemitevia Hostmannti. Hook.
Stipite ad basin aculeato rachique squamosis, frondibus bipin-
natis, pinnulis oblongis valde obtusis sessilibus ad basin
cuneatis membranaceis pinnatifidis v. ad medium lobatis
superioribus coadunatis decurrentibus, venulis simplicibus
liberis, soris remotis, ad medium venule inferioris inter sinum
v.rachin. Hook. Sp. Fil. v.1, p. 31.
Has. Dutch Guiana. Hostmann, n. 64.
A very distinct and well-marked species, of which I possess a
frond about 4 feet long, including the stipes, which measures a
foot and a half, rich mahogany brown, on one side densely clothed
with long, dark brown, glossy scales, on the other muricated
with short aculei. Pinne remote, the largest a foot long, sessile.
Pinnules pinnatifido-lobate, of a thin and flaccid texture, veins
of each lobe pinnated, only the lowest pair of veinlets bearing
each near the middle a solitary sorus ; so that on the pinnules
_ the sori are distant, and form a line remote from the margin,
half-way between the sinus and rachis. The upper pinnules are
confluent, at first simply combined by a decurrent wing, then
united into a lobed margin, and terminating in a blunt, entire
acumen. The rachis of the pinne is rough and somewhat
scaly, that of the pinnules slightly strigoso-hispid.
Fig. 1. Fertile portion of pinnule. f. 2. Sorus, jf, 3. Invo-
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TAB. DCXLVII.
CyaTHeA WALKER&. Hook.
Inermis, frondibus bipinnatis, pinnulis crassis coriaceis pro-
funde pinnatifidis inferne pinnatis, pinnulis superioribus ad
basin contractis segmentisque oblongis valde obtusis integris
v. parum crenatis, costa inferiore plerumque squamosa,
squamis deciduis, venis copiosis depressis basin et seepe ad
medium furcatis, soris ad furcaturas infimas coste proximis,
involucris magnis opacis ad latus superius solummodo quasi
dehiscentibus in costam reflexis cuculliformibus. Hook. Sp.
Fil. v. 1, p. 24.
Has. Adam’s Peak, Ceylon. Mrs. Col. Walker.
A very well marked species, which we have received from
Mrs. Walker alone. - Stipes and main rachis of a mahogany
colour, flattened and grooved above when dry, naked, or with
small deciduous scales below. Pinnules, as it were, jointed on
the rachis, at the base pinnated, the pinnules being distinct,
contracted at the base, hence elliptical. Texture firm, rigid,
coriaceous, rich brown when dry, paler beneath. Involucres
membranous, but firm, apparently bursting rather unequally,
on the superior half vertically, and thus irregularly 2-lobed ; this.
large, broad involucre, is reflected on the costa, and still covers
in a measure the sorus, on the lower side, as with a hood. My
specimens being advanced in fruit, I cannot certainly say that
the involucre wholly surrounds the sorus when young: it is
probable it does, and that the structure is analogous to that
of C. Beyrichiana, Presl.—I do not look upon it as a dimidiate
involucre, or I should place it in Hemitelia.
Fig. 1. Portion of a pinna, upper side. f. 2. Pinnule, with
fructification, seen from beneath: nat. size. f.3. Segment of
pinnule, with sori. f. 4. Involucre and receptacle :—magnified.
Parkeriane. N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCXLVIII.
Hemitrevia? Guianensis. Hook.
Inermis? rachi costaque inferne subsquamosa strigoso-hispidis,
frondibus 2-3-pinnatis, rachi secundaria conspicue alata pre-
cipue inter pinnulas, pinnulis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis
apicibus productis obtusis membranaceis infra medium
pinnatifidis, segmentis ovatis obtusis integris, venis liberis
ad medium furcatis, soris 2-3 quoque segmento axillaribus
versus marginem sitis, involucro ciliato plerumque ad latus
inferum sori 2-3 lobato. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 1, p. 31.
Has. British Guiana. C. 8. Parker, Esq.
I do not find this anywhere described, nor am I clear that it
should not be placed in Cyathea. In habit and form of the
pinnules, it exhibits the closest affinity with H. Parkeri, Hook.,
but the involucre is dissimilar.
Fig. 1. Portion of a segment with sori. f. 2. Involuere and
Sorus :—magnified.
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TAB. DCXLIX, DCL.
Scurepea Nutra. Hook.
Paniculis amplis ramosissimis, ramis capillaribus elongatis
patentissimis, foliis brevi-petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis obscure
penninerviis, sepalis pedicellisque glabris.
Eucladus suffruticosus. Nutt. Mst
Has. On the rocks of the Parri, Oahu, Sandwich Islands. 7.
Nuttall, Esq., 1834.
This plant possesses the true character of Schiedea, (Cha-
misso and Schlechtendahl) a shrubby genus of Caryophylleous
(or some have it Portulaceous) plants, as far as we can
at present know, peculiar to the Sandwich Islands. It is
extremely different from the only described species, S. ligustrina,
Cham. and Schlecht. in its very ample panicle, smaller flowers,
petioled and penninerved (not strongly 3-nerved) leaves. A
third species exists in my Herbarium, which may be called S.
Menziesii*
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same, _ expanded. /. 3. Petal.
f.4. Pistil. f.5. Capsule, burst open. jf, 6. Seed and seed-
stalk. f. 7. Seed laid open manok
* Schiedea _ Menziesii ; panicula erecta coarctata, foliis sessilibus anguste
—e acuminatis trinerviis, calycibus pedicellisque pubescenti-
tomentosi
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TAB. DCLI.
Evpioca. Nuit.
Gen. Caar. Calyx 5-partitus, persistens. Corolla subrotato-
infundibuliformis, limbo plano plicato quinquangulato, fauce
nuda, genitalibus inclusis. Anthere sessiles, intra aucem
supra stigma conniventes, apice barbate. Ovarium conicum,
integrum, 4-ovulatum. Stylus elongatus, filiformis, deciduus.
Stigma annulatum apice barbatum. Fructus: Drupa exsucca,
tetrapyrena, demum quadripartibilis. Pyrene subtrigone,
dorso convex, monosperme: dissepimento centrali, ut
videtur, nullo—Herba annua Arkansana, ramosa, tota
etiam corolla externe pilis simplicibus incano-hirta ; floribus
axillaribus solitariis ; corolle limbo plicato convolvulaceo. Nutt.
Euploca convolvulacea, Nutt. in Fl. of Arkans. in Ams. Phil,
Tans. V. 5. p. 189.
Has. Sandy plains of the Arkansas, 7. Nudtall, Esq.
A remarkable Boragineous plant, distinguished, as a Genus,
by Mr. Nuttall, to whom I am indebted for the specimens
here figured. That able botanist remarks that its flowers have
an agreeable odour, and open towards sunset as in Mirabilis.
He contrasts the Genus with Arguzia ; and Mr. Bentham has
pointed out its near affinity with Schleidenia, Endl. (Presiea,
Mart. Noy. Gen. Bras. 2, p- 75, t. 164. The resemblance is
very close indeed; but the latter genus has a deeply lobed
corolla, with 5 appendages or little hooked seales in the sinuses,
and 5 tufts of hairs in the tube, filaments to the stamens, a
short persistent style, and a small conical apex to the stigma,
_ instead of a tuft or pencil of hairs,
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Corolla. J. 3. Lower part of the
corolla laid open, showing the stamens and pistil. 7. 4. Stamen.
Sf 5. Pistil. f. 6, Scarcely mature fruit. /. 7. Transverse
section of the same. f. 8, Vertical section :—magnified,
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TAB. DCLII.
Facus Menztesit. Hook. fil.
Ramis brunneis subpubescentibus, ramulis fulvo-tomentosis,
foliis breviter petiolatis subrhombeo-cordatis coriaceis rigidis
grosse duplicato-crenatis venosis, cupulis pedunculatis soli-
tariis 4-partitis fimbriato-squamosis fimbriis apice incrassatis,
carpellis trialatis alis superne falcato-acuminatis stylo per-
sistente longioribus.
Has. New Zealand; Dusky bay, southern extremity of the
group, A. Menzies, Esq. 1791. Banks of the Lake Waikare,
Northern Island, WV. Colenso, Esq., T. Bidwill, Esq.—“ Taivav :
of the natives, according to Mr. Colenso.
Very similar to some of the states of our F. Cunninghami of
Van Diemen’s Land (see Hook. Journ. of Bot. v. 2. p. 152. t-7.)#
so much so that we have sometimes been inclined to consider it
the same: but besides the improbability of the same species of
tree inhabiting islands so very remote from each other, there
are characters that appear sufficient to distinguish them. The
leaf is here more rhomboidal, and more distinctly veined. The
fimbrie of the cupules are more numerous and arise from &
more decided scale; the carpels are broader upwards, and the
wings are prolonged much further above the top of carpel, are
more acuminated, and have, in the axils of these prolongations,
soft spinous processes, a little thickened at the point, which we
do not find in the F. Cunninghami. We are not acquainted
with the male flowers, and indeed we have had only one perfect
fruit to examine,
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TAB. DCLITI.
TROPZOLUM TUBEROSUM. R. & P.
Glaberrimum scandens, petiolis cirrhiformibus, foliis reniformi-
bus 5-7-lobatis subtus glaucis, lobis latis retuso-truncatis glan-
dula triangulari apiculatis, pedunculis longissimis (subspi-
thamezis), calycis limbo erecto-patente in calcar longum
subulato-cylindraceum obtusum apice constictum attenuato,
petalis obovato-rotundatis breviter unguiculatis subzequalibus
calycem paulo superantibus.
Tropeolum tuberosum. Ruiz. et Pav. Fl. Per. 3, p.77, t. 314,
f. 6. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3714.
Has. Peru & Columbia, Ruiz & Pavon, Hartweg, Lobb. Ravine
near Quito, Dr. W.. Jameson.
When the plate of this was prepared I had apputed it it to be
a new species ; so little has it of the luxuriance of the cultivated
plant. I suffer it to pass, however, as being drawn from a
native specimen, from Quito, and from a locality where it had
not been before known to be indigenous.
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified.
Jamesoniane.- N. O. Commelinee.
TAB. DCLIV.
TRADESCANTIA GRACILIS. H. B. K.
Caule adscendente simplici vel ramoso, foliis remotiusculis
brevi-vaginatis cordatis acutis vaginisque ciliatis, pedunculis
solitariis v. ternis ad unum latus pubescentibus, capitulis
(vix umbellis) paucifloris bracteatis, bracteis ovatis peltatis
ciliatis, calycis sepalis apice barbatis, anthers loculis remotis.
Tradescantia gracilis. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 1. p. 261.
AB. Tarqui et Chillo, Quitinian Andes: elev. 8000 feet above
the level of the sea, Humboldt. Morro of Quito, Dr.
W. Jameson.
This has delicate white flowers, with deep purple calyx and
bracteas, and anthers, of which the cells are set very wide apart
by a transverse connectivum like the top of the letter T.
N. O. Rafflesiaceee.
TAB. DCLV.
Avopantues. Poit. Annal. Sc. Nat. 3. 421, ¢t. 26, f. 1.—P110-
styLes. Guill. Nouv. Annal. Sc. Nat. 2. 21, ¢t. 1.—FRostia.
Bertero Msc. Endl. Gen. Plant. n. 725.
AR. Gen. Flores dioici—Masc.: Perigonium my tes
foliolis ima basi connatis, estivatione imbricatis. Synem
columnare, vertice pileolare, papillosum. Anthere infra ver-
ticem sessiles, horizontales, triseriatee, contigue, uniloculares,
apice aperte. Ovarii rudimentum nullum.—Fam. Perigo-
nium tetraphyllum, foliolis basi ovario adherens. Pseudocar-
pium subbaccatum, uniloculare, indehiscens, multiovulatum,
ovulis ad superficiem parietum pseudocarpii affixis. Stylus
brevis, conicus. Stigma truncatum, sublobat m.—Herbule
Americane, atro-fusce. Flores minimi bi-tri- eastebe: e cortice
ramulorum aliorum stirpium prorumpentes ; bracteis bi- vel
tri- eer serie interioris interdum valdé connatis, calycem
simulant
1. Ap, Paes bracteis biseriatis, seriei interioris connatis
4- oo lobis obtusissimis, sepalis discretis rotundatis basi
subcord
Ap. Casearice, Poit. Annal. des Sc. Nat. 3, 422, t. 26, f. 1
Has. In Guiana, on the stems of Casearia macrophylla, Vahl.
2. Ap. Berterii ; bracteis biseriatis, seriei interioris sepalisque
basi aaa sepalis oblongis cbeaaik (Tas. Nosrr.
DCLV.
Pilostyles I Herter, Guill. sah Annal. Sc. Nat. 2. 21, ¢. 1.
Frostia parasitica, Berter
scape : hili, on the sah of an Adesmia. Bertero. Bridges,
3. Ap. Calliandre ; bracteis 2-3-seriatis, seriei interioris sepa-
lisque basi subvonnatis, sepalis ovato-rotundatis. Gardn.
supra t. DOXL
Has. In the Province of Goyaz, Brazil; on the stems of a
species of Calliandra.
4. Ap. Blanchetii ; bracteis 2-seriatis ciliatis, seriei interioris
sepalisque basi subconnatis, sepalis rotundatis ciliatis. (Tas.
Nostr. peiv. B
Has. Serra de Acurua, Brazil; on the stems of an entire-leaved
species of Bauhinia. Blanchet. n. 2861.—G. Gardner.
TAB. DCLV. . Apodanthes Berterii. Fig.1. Female plants ;
nat. size. f. 2, 3. Plants; magn oe jf. 4. Section of a plant.
FS Fin rec section of the ovary ; more magnified.
Tas. peiv. B. Apodanthes Blanchetii. Fi ig. 1. Female ee
nat. size. f. 2. Single plant. /. 3. Section of ditto. fi 4.
Transverse section of the ov ary :-—magnified.
Jamesoniane N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCLVI.
AcrosticuuM (EKLarxoeiossum) TamMBILLENSE. Hook,
Caudice crasso descendente fibrilloso superne copiose squamoso,
frondibus cespitosis subcoriaceis glabris nudiusculis, sterili-
bus oblongo-ovatis tenui-acuminatis basi obtusis rarius
oblique leviter decurrentibus, fertilibus 6-ties minoribus
lanceolatis acutis, venis (utrinque) parallelis obsoletis internis,
stipite frondes vix superante gracili nudo.
Has. Sides of ravines, Tambillo, near Quito. Dr. W. Jameson.
The caudex of this species resembles a true rhizoma, short,
thick, woody, descending, scarcely oblique, clothed with abun-
dant fibres, of which many are 2-4-inches long, branched, black
and hairy; the top of the caudex is nearly an inch wide, and
clothed with a dense mass of shining, dark brown, subulate
scales, from which the stipites spring, several near each other in
a cespitose manner. Sterile fronds 3-4 inches long, with a
finely acuminated point, and a very obtuse base. The fertile
fronds are many times smaller, lanceolate, acute, rather than
acuminate, clothed beneath with pale, yellow brown capsules,
the costa, and often a space on each side the costa bare. Seen
under a microscope, the stipites sometimes, as well as the
fronds beneath, exhibit minute, glandular, brown dots or scales,
not visible to the naked eye.
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TAB. DCLVII.
Acrosticnum (ELarHociossum) Luoenss. Hook.
Caudice repente squamoso, frondibus remotis, sterilibus lanceo-
latis submembranaceis glabris nudisculis basi in stipitem
longiorem parce squamosum decurrentibus apice longe at-
tenuatis margine integris vel obscure crenatis, fertilibus multo
minoribus lato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis, venis obliquis pa-
rallelis internis obscuris
Has. On trunks of tries, Valley of Lloa, El Equador. Dr.
W. Jameson.
An elegant, but small species, remarkable for its long creep-
ing stipes, and the peculiar shape of the fronds. The veins are
more oblique than is usual in Elaphoglossum, and the margin
is often obscurely lobed, or coarsely crenate. The scales are
large, for the size of the plant; on the stipes, and on the frond
are a few smaller appressed ones.
Lobbiane. ; N. O. Orchider.
TAB. DCLVIII, DCLIX.
CypripEDIuM caupatum,. Lindl.
Elatum ferrugineo-pubescens 3-4-florum, foliis. . . . ? Ssepalis lan-
ceolato-acuminatis inferioribus omnino connatis, petalis
lanceolatis in caudam longissimam fere pedalem attenuatis,
labello glabro ore birsuto, stamine sterili obtuso utrinque ala
subtriangulari retusa ascendente apice pilosa, bracteis ad
basin pedicellorum latis complicatis obtusissimis glabris.
Cypripedium caudatum. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 531.
Has. Interior of Peru, Ruiz and Pavon, in Herb. Hook., Mr.
Lobb.
An injured flower is all that was known of this plant when its
necessarily imperfect character was drawn up by Dr. Lindley ;
and that flower was derived from an Herbarium left by Ruiz .
and Payon in Peru, and preserved in my collection. Mr, Lobb
while collecting for Mr. Veitch of Exeter, in the Andes, cast
of Lima, in the far interior, had the good fortune to meet with
it, and sent home dried Specimens, and brought living roots of
it with him as far as Jamaica; but they perished while he
was there confined with a malignant fever. From one of the
two above-mentioned specimens, for which I am indebted to
Mr. Veitch, the accompanying figure was made; but here again
I have to regret the absence of foliage, so that I cannot be sure
it has a scape like the species of Northern India, or, as is most -
likely, a leafy stem like our European and the North American
and other Mexican species. In the latter case, the species
must be a very stately one, for the upper portion, without the
trace of a leaf is more than a foot long, everywhere clothed with
2 Compact ferruginous down except on the bracteas, the lip, and
the inside of the petals and sepals. The lower of the bracteas
is 2} inches long, striated, broadly oval, very obtuse, folded
double so as to embrace the pedicel and the main stalk 3; the
upper Ones are gradually smaller, There are 3 flowers, and a
trace of a fourth, larger than those of any known species, the
structure of which will be better seen by the figure than any
description in words,
Tab. DCOLVIM. DCLLE.
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Purdieane. N. O. Burmanniacez.
TAB. DCLX.,
APTERIA seTacea, Nutt.
Caule gracili ramoso, foliis paucis squamiformibus acutis erecto-
patentibus, perianthio urceolato-tubuloso, laciniis exterioribus
3 late ovatis obtusiusculis, interioribus 3 ligulatis obtusissimis,
Apteria setacea. Nutt. Journ. Acad. N. Sc. Philad, 7, p. 64, t.9,
J. 1. Miers, in Linn. Trans. v. 18, p. 546.
8. mayor ; triplo quadruplo major, subsexflora. A. setacea, Benth.
Pl. Hartw. p. 67, n. 495.
Has. Florida, Nuttall. Savannas, interior of Manchester
County, Jamaica, Mr. Purdie.—B. Among decayed leaves,
— Teotoleingo, in the mountains of Chinantla, Mexico.
weg.
I must confess that while preparing the analysis of this species,
I did not at first Tecognize it as the original Apteria of Nuttall;
but after a most careful comparison with that author’s original
specimens, I am satisfied of its identity, Its structure con-
firms the correctness of Mr, Miers’s figure of a second species of
this genus, A. lilacina, Miers, in a most admirable and profound
paper on a new group of Burmanniacee, published by that gen-
tleman in the 18th vol. of the Transactions of the Linnean .
uniting his genus Dictyostegia with Apteria, (in this Work, Tas.
CcLiv.) which I should never have done, had I then under-
stood the structure of Apteria. A. lilacina, of Mr. Miers,
inches high, and bear as many as 6 flowers upon a stem ; and
they are thrice as large as in the usual state of the plant, but
different in no other respect,
-
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same, with the perianth laid open,
showing the style and stigmas, and the 3 hollow sacs in which
the curious stamens are lodged, f. 3. Sac and stamen :—more
or less magnified,
Jamesoniane. N. O. Oxalidee.
TAB. DCLXI.
OxaALis Lororpes. UH. B. K.
Caule procumbente elongato, ramis pilosis, foliis ternatis, foliolis
obcordatis emarginatis molliter appresso-pilosis margine vil-
losis subtus glaucis, petiolis folio longioribus pilosis, stipulis
adnatis majusculis fuscis, pedunculis subterminalibus elon-
gatis 3-7 floris pedicellisque elongatis pilosis, sepalis oblongis
obtusis membranaceis glabriusculis eglandulosis corolla au-
rantiaca duplo brevioribus, stylis stamina multo superantibus.
Oxalis lotoides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. 5, 2. 491,
Has. Quindiu, eley, of 7200 feet, Humboldt. Andes of Quito,
Dr. W. Jameson, :
Whole plant with a good deal the habit of Lotus. Stems
Jong and decumbent. Leaves singularly glaucous beneath.
Flowers orange yellow with dark streaks.
Gunniane. N. O. Alge.
TAB. DCLXII.
THamnocarpvs. Harv.
Has. Port Arthur. Van Diemen’s Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq.
Frond 3-4 inches high, nearly half a line in diameter, much
substance formed of interwoven, longitudinal, jointed fibres.
The fructification consists of spherospores (or tri-sporous cap-
sules) exactly similar to those of Callithamnion, borne on little
pencils of much branched, confervoid, articulated filaments,
ry
land, the land of puzzles, presenting as it does a frond outwardly
resembling Gigartina plicata or Griffithsia, with a fructification
which is in itself a perfect miniature Callithamnion (/), thus
offering @ new Instance of the justice of Agardh’s remark, that
the lower algee are the organs of the higher.” ‘The only other
magnified. f.4, Ramulus of the pencil, with spheros =
ag f th . pores
highly magnified. J.5. Longitudinal section of stem ; magnified.
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TAB. DCLXITI.
LoaAsA RUPESTRIS. Gardn.
Hispida, caule erecto infra inflorescentiam simplici supra pani-
culato-racemoso, foliis alternis petiolatis ovato-oblongis
sinuato-lobatis grosse dentatis basi cordatis, racemis pedicel-
lisque elongatis, lobis calycis late ovatis acutis, petalis
obovatis obtusis concavis, capsula ovata.
Loasa rupestris. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 2413.
Causancao, nom. vulg.
Has. Rare, in dry rocky places between Cachoeiras and Mar-
maleiro, near the Western boundary of the Province of
Brazil; February, 1839.
Herbacea, hispida, 2-3 pedalis. Caulis erectus, infra foliosus,
supra paniculato-racemosus, aphyllus. Folia alterna, petio-
lata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, sinuato-lobata, grosse dentata,
basi cordata, 4-43 poll. longa, 2-2} poll. lata: petioli 11-23
pollicares. Panicula racemosa. Flores parvi, albi, pedicellati.
Pedicelli 8 lin. circiter longi. Calycis tubus ovario adherens,
limbus persistens 5-partitus zequalis, segmentis late ovatis
acutis petalis brevioribus. Petala obovata, obtusa, concava.
Squame 5, petalis alternze, ovate, concave, trinerves, dorso tri-
sete, truncate, in conum conniventes et basi intus filamentis 2
sterilibus instructe. Stamina plurima, cum petalis inserta,
exteriora 10, sterilia, lineari-lanceolata, ciliata, 1-nervia; in-
teriora fertilia in phalanges 5-18-andras petalis oppositas dis-
posita. Anthere erecte, subrotunde, biloculares. Stylus
simplex. Stigma trifida. Capsula ovata, hispida, calycis
limbo coronata, unilocularis, vertice breviter exserto, trivalvis,
valvis cum nervis placentiferis, tandem liberis, alternantibus.
Semina plurima, obovata, compressa, echinata.
This plant is readily distinguished from all the hitherto
described species of Loasa by its elongated panicle, which
consists of about 5 branches, each forming a raceme of from
10-14 flowers.—G. Gardner.
Fig. 1. Flower. /f. 2. Scales from the flower, with the sterile
stamens :—magnified.
Purdieane. N. O, Capparidea.
TAB. DCLXIV.
TovaRIA PENDULA. R, & P.
Gen. Cuan. Cal. 8-sepalus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis patentibus,
persistentibus. Petala 8, disco elevato carnoso inserta lineari-
oblonga. Stam. 8, disco sersto carnoso inserta, erecto-
tentia. Filamenta subulata. Anthere ovato-sagittatee
antice pilosule, longitudinaliter ad marginem dehiscentes.
tum, disco carnoso parvo impositum, 6-loculare,
multiovulatum ; ovulis minutis dissepimenta tota tegentibus.
Stylus brevissimus, crassus. Stigma dilatatum, 6-lobum,
lobis recurvis, glandulosis. Bacca (vix matura) globosa,
stigmate 6- ie coronata, 6-locularis, polysperma. Semina
parva, reniformia, exalbuminosa? Embryo curvatus.—Herba
Americe Meridionalis, ramosa, glabra. Folia alterna, trifolio-
lata ; foliolis petiolulatis, lanceolatis, anguste acuminatis,
penninerviis, integerrimis. Racemi elongati, terminales, brac-
teati. Flores majusculi, albi. Bacca magnitudine Pruni
avium. Odor totius plante Apii graveolentis.
Tovaria pendula. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. p. 73, p.306. Don
in Ed. New Phil. Journ. 1828.
Bancroftia diffusa. Macfad. Fl. Jam. p. 112.
Has. Woods between Chinchao and Pati, Peru; Ruiz and
Pavon. Jamaica, Moore’s Gap, St. George's; s; Dr. "Macfadyen,
Purdie. Caraccas, Linden, n. 24
My first knowledge of this plant was from specimens sent by
our Collector for the Royal Gardens, Mr. Purdie, from St.
George’s, Jamaica, where Dr. Macfadyen gathered it some years
previously ; and having no means of comparing it with Ruiz
and Pavon’s little-known Peruvian plant, Tovaria, and not find-
ing it to agree with any described genus in books which were
accessible to him, that gentleman constituted of it a new genus,
_ which he dedicated to Dr. Bancroft, and detailed its characters
very carefully. I have since again received the same plant
from the Caraccas.
Fig. 1. Flower. f.2. Petal. /f. 3. Front, and /f. 4. Back
view of a stamen. /. 5. Flowers, with the petals and stamens
removed, A 6. Section of ovary. jf. 7. Scarcely mature
leaves. f. 8. Transverse section of ditto; nat. size. f. 9.
Seed. (f: 10. ‘Section of the same. Jf. 11. Embryo:—all more
or less magnified
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TAB, DCLXV.
TRADESCANTIA HIRSUTA. H. B. K.
Caule ascendente ramoso glabro, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu-
minatis subundulatis subtus preecipue vaginisque hirsutis laxis
margine serrulato-scabris, pedunculis solitariis v. geminis ple-
rumque bifloris, floribus brevissime pedicellatis bracteatis,
sepalis glanduloso-hirsutis petalis (purpureis) duplo minori-
bus, anthere loculis approximatis,
Tradescantia hirsuta. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 1. p. 263.
Has. Mountains of New Grenada, about 6000-7300 feet,
Humboldt, Pichincha, El Equador, 9000 feet, Dr. W. Jameson.
Sent by my valued friend, Dr. Jameson, under the above
name; and it appears quite to agree with the character and
description of Humboldt, It has an extensive range in South
America. The flowers. are large for the size of the plant,
and the petals a very bright purple, which colour is retained
in drying. The anther-cells are approximate, white; the
filaments purple, with copious long white hairs at the base.
Lobbiane. N. O. Gesneriacez.
TAB, DCLXVI.
TRICHANTHA MINOR. Hook.
Gen. Cuan. Calyx semia-inferus? profunde 5-partitus, segmentis
in lacinias 3-5 anguste lineares longissimas profunde fissis,
longe ciliatis. Corolla tubulosa, curvata, hinc subventricosa,
crinito-hirsuta, supra basin constricta, limbo 5-lobo, extus 5-
appendiculatis, appendiculis lineari-clavatis patentibus, cum
lobis alternantibus; /obis rotundatis patentibus, 2 superioribus
paulo minoribus magisque approximatis. Stamina 4, didy-
nama: Anthere per paria connexe. Fructus— ?—Frutices
scandentes Caracasani, radicantes, et, ut videtur, epiphyti, pilosi.
Folia succulenta, carnosa, ovata, sew obovata, penninervia, op-
posita, unico minimo, Flores hirsutissimi, avillares, aggregati.
Pedunculi uniflori.
Trichantha minor ; foliis ovatis acuminatis integerrimis ciliatis
supra glabriusculis subtus hirsutis, corolle tubo tereti,
caule adpresse piloso.
Has. Columbia, S. America. Mr. W. Lobb.
I know of no Genus to which this can be assimilated ; and,
though ignorant of the nature of its fruit, and, from the
paucity of flowers, unwilling to destroy them for analysis, I
venture to constitute of this and the following plant a new
genus, which I have named from the copious and long hairs
with which every part of the flower is covered,
Fig. 1. Hair, magnified.
Lobbiane. N. O. Gesneriacee.
TAB. DCLXVII.
TricHaAntHa MAsor, Hook.
Foliis obovatis acuminatis ciliatis utrinque hirsutis dentato-
serratis, corolla tubo subangulato, caule patenti-piloso.
Has. Columbia, S. America. Mr. W. Lobb.
A very distinct species from the preceding, with much larger
leaves, broader upwards, dentato almost spinuloso-serrate, ©
hairy on both sides, with an angular tube to the corolla, and
patent hairs on the stem. The general habit of the two plants”
is precisely similar, the same texture of leaf, the same deeply —
cut segments of the calyx, and the club-shaped appendages alter-
nating with the segments of the limb of the corolla. In both, —
the hairs are beautifully jointed, when seen under a microscope,
Fig. 1. One of the hairs; magnified,
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TAB. DCLXVIII.
CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA. Don.
Gen. Cnar. Amenta mascula spicata: Squame antherifere,
rotundate, appresse imbricatie, sessiles, Antherarum thece 5,
connate! basi squamarum omnino adnate, antice foramine
amplo dehiscentes. Ovula erecta. Strobili solitarii, globosi,
squarrosi: sguamis e pericarpio 3-6-dentato bracteaque lan-
ceolata acuminata inferne concretis compositis. Semina 4
v. 6, compresso-angulata, vix alata.
Arbor Japonica (et Chinensis) procera, sempervirens. Folia
Jere omnino_ Araucarie Cunninghamii, 5-fariam ordinata,
subulata, viridia, verticaliter compressa, vix pollicaria, Amenta
mascula in spicam terminalem aggregata; foeminea solitaria
globosa.
Cryptomeria Japonica. Don, in Linn. Trans. v. 18. p. 167.
13, f. 1
f.1357. 1
Cupressus Japonica. Linn. Fil. Suppl. p. 421. Thunb. Jap.
- 265.
San, vulgo Sangi. Kempf. Amen. p. 883.
Han. Island of Nipon, and mountains about Nangasaki, Japan.
Kempfer, Thunberg. China (probably Macao), Chas. Millett,
Esq. ; Chusan, Capt. Sir Everard Home, R. N.
My first knowledge of this plant was from a fine specimen,
but without flower or fruit, sent to me by Mr. Millett from Macao.
More recently I have received specimens, with cones, from Sir
Everard Home, gathered at Chusan, and it is from them that
the present figure is made. I do not, however, possess any male
catkins; and my female ones, at any rate seed-bearing scales,
differ considerably from those represented by Mr. David Don:
ve a prominent keel on the under side, and I find but
two seeds attached to each ; and so similar is the general nature
of their strobili to those of Tazxodium, that I should be almost
inclined to place the tree in that genus. The species is unques-
tionably the same as Mr, Don’s, and has probably an extensive
range. The leaves are distinctly seen to be 4-angled, with
@ groove or furrow between the angles, and the base of the
lower angle is singularly decurrent upon the branches.
Fig. 1. Portion of a branch with leaves. f. 2. Scale from a
_ strobilus seen from the back. /. 3. Side view of ditto with one
seed. f. 4. Under side of scale. J. 5. seed :—magnified.
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TAB. DCLXIX.
Hemirevia Imrayana. Hook.
Inermis ? frondibus bipinnatis glabris, pinnulis amplis late
oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis profunde pinnatifidis fere ad
rachin, segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis serratis, soris uni-
seriatis prope marginem fere ad rachin attingentibus, venis
pinnatis, venulis 2-3, infimis spe anastomosantibus.
Hemitelia Imrayana. Hook. Sp. Fil. 1, p. 33.
B. segmentis grosse serratis, Hook. J. c. p. 34. H. serrata, J.
Sm. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Botany, v. 1, p. 662 (name only)
Has. Dominica, Dr. Imray, 1839.—. Jamaica? Wiles ? (Herb.
J. Smith).
At first sight this has a good deal the appearance of H. hor-
rida; but the pinne are far narrower, smaller, 10-12 inches
long, apparently always glabrous, the segments serrated, the
veins much less copiously branched. The H. serrata of J. Sm.
(doubtful as to country) may I think be safely referred to this
species.
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TAB. DCLXXVII.
RANUNCULUS STENOPETALUS, Hook.
Humilis dense ceespitosus glaberrimus, foliis omnibus radicali-
bus longe petiolatis cordatis ternatim sectis, lobis foliolisve
lateralibus ovatis integris vel inzequaliter bifidis, intermedio
obovato-cuneato integerrimo v. tridentato dentibus segmen-
tisque obtusis, scapo folio brevioribus, sepalis 5 rotundato-
. ellipticis concavis, petalis 5 lineari-lanceolatis prope medium
nectariferis, : a
Has. Shores of the Bay of Valdivia, S. Chili, growing within
tide-mark, Bridges, n. 11.
This has a considerable resemblance to R, biternatus of the
Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. figured at our TAB.
ePXCVII, especially in size and general aspect; but in that the
leaves are more compound, with their lobes or leaflets distinctly
petiolulate, and the petals are 6-8. It approaches still nearer
to £. acaulis, Banks and Sol., and Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. Tab. 2,
“from New Zealand and Lord Auckland’s Islands, especially in
the form of the leaves; but that species has creeping or stoloni-
ferous, filiform stems, spathulate petals, and a nectary placed
above the middle of the petal.
Fig. 1. Leaf. f. 2. Flower. /. 3. Outside view of a flower,
showing the calyx, J. 4. Petals ;—magnified.
Bridgesiane. N. O. Dioscoree.
TAB. DCLXXVIII.
Dioscorga PUSILLA, Hook.
Nana herbacea, tubere subrotundo undique fibroso, ramis zi
tentidus diffusis, foliis petiolatis cordatis retusis a ad
7-9-nerviis, pedunculis axillaribus, masc. 3-5-floris, ie
subunifloris vix folium superantibus, flore foemineo basi |
bracteato. Z 686.
AB. About Valparaiso, Bridges, n. 166. Cuming, n. : |
(or 886 ?) lee
Radix: tuber subrotundum, copiose fibrosum. Caulis mr
subpalmaris, filiformis, ramosus 3 Tamis diffusis, vix yee : :
tibus, flexuosis. Folia alterna, petiolata, subr otundo-cor . 4
Pedunculi axillares, solitarii; masc. 2-5-flori, pedicellis elon x
gatis gracillimis,
apice sub ovario
Anthere subrotunde, Ovarii rudimentum nullum ee .
perianthium: supra ovarium abortivum crassiusculum, ie :
draceum : Styli 3 patentes subulati—Fem. Perianthii peer
ovario adnatus, triangularis, elongatus, ni interns ae | BE
limbus 6-partitus ut in masc. Staminum rudimenta ad ae
limbi calycini. Styli 3 lato-subulati, patentes, basi in colum-
nam uniti, ‘i this
The smallest of all the hitherto discovered species of =
extensive genus, and only known to me from the specimens
Fig. 1. Female Plant ; nat. size. f 2. Flower. hes ie
verse section of Ovary. f. 4. Vertical ditto. f. 5. P OFnOn .
male plant. £6. Male flower.—All but f. 1 & 5, magnified.
Forbesiane. N. O. Alge.
TAB. DCLXXIX.
CRYPTONEMIA ? Forsesi, Harv.
Caule cylindraceo cartilagineo dichotomo, foliis exacte renifor-
mibus sessilibus amplexicaulibus horizontalibus fusco-rubris
coriaceis,
Has. Dredged in the Mediterranean Sea, 8 miles off the Island
of Paros in 50 fathom water, Prof. Edward Forbes, 1841.
Stem cylindrical, solid, nearly 3 a line in diameter, at first
simple, about a quarter of an inch long, and expanding at the
apex into a horizontal reniform leaf; then lengthening, by the
growth of the summit through the base of the leaf (which thus
becomes amplexicaul to the new stem,) and expanding into a
new leaf; and so it continues alternately lengthening and
forming new leaves at intervals of froma quarter to half an
inch; each leaf, which at first was terminal, becoming by the
Successive growths of the stem, lateral and amplexicaul. As
the stem advances, it is forked at every second or third leaf, and
this being repeated, an irregularly dichotomous leafy frond is
at length formed. Leaves about half an inch asunder, 1-3 inch
in diameter, exactly reniform, somewhat wavy, coriaceo-mem-
branaceous, thickish, without vein or rib, dull brownish-red,
of a very dense structure, consisting, internally, of a close web of
slender, entangled, somewhat coloured fibres, externally of a
stratum of minute polygonal cellules, Fruit unknown.
The genus to which this very remarkable plant belongs is
extremely doubtful, and probably, when the fruit is known, it
will be found necessary to constitute it the type of a new one.
I refer it provisionally to Cryptonemia, Ag., on account of a
resemblance in the structure of the frond, but its mode of
foliation is altogether peculiar, and the colour reminds us more
of that of the Rhodomelee, than of any species of Cryptonemia.
One drawing is made from a single specimen in the Herbarium
of Prof. Forbes.—W. H. Harvey.
Fig. 1. Leaf, slightly magnified. f. 2. Transverse section of
the same ; magnified.
Hookeriane., N. O. Caryophyllee.
TAB. DCLXXX.
STELLARIA DECIPIENS, Hook. fil.
Glabra, caule decumbente dichotome ramoso, foliis recurvis om-
nibus (etiam supremis) petiolatis obovato-rhombeis acutis
apice callosis carnosulis_ siccitate punctis minutis elevatis
asperis, petiolis subciliatis, pedunculis di-trichotomis (rarius
unifloris) folia plerumque superantibus ad furcaturam pedi-
celloqgue unico medium versus 2-bracteatis, bracteis ovatis
acutis scariosis albidis, petalis 5 bipartitis calycem equan-
tibus interdum brevioribus v. nullis filamentisque ima basi
dilatatis fere hypogynis, stylis 3.
Stellaria decipiens, Hook. fil. Fl. Antarctica, v. 1, p. 7
Has. Lord Auckland’s and Campbell’s Islands; common on
the low grounds, especially in the woods, and near the sea.
Caules tetragoni, e basi valde ramosi, filiformes, 3-5 unc. long
Folia carnosula, 3-5 lin. longa, obovata seu rhomboidea, hine
inde siccitate minute tuberculata. Petioli 1-3 lin. longi, lati-
usculi, Pedunculi folio plerumque longiores, solitarii, raro
uniflori, bifidi seu trifidi; ramis ineequalibus. Petala seepe 0. :
In many respects this agrees with the S. uliginosa, Murr., an
more particularly in the size and arrangement of the inflo-
rescence ; but the stems are always decumbent, the leaves all
petiolate, very patent or recurved, and not at all broader, oF :
ovate, at the base; the callous apices are common to both
species. The peduncles generally bear two pedicels, which have :
a pair of bracts at the base, and a pair on one of the pedicels 5
whereas in S. uliginosa the peduncle is trichotomously divided, —
with the intermediate pedicel only destitute of bracts. The x
styles seem to be constantly three, and the stamens and petals — :
are less decidedly perigynous than in the latter plant. In forts 2
the leaves resemble those of S. media, With.; but the inflo- 2
rescence is very different, and the stem wants the alternate line
of hairs.—J. D. H. 7
Fig. 1. Expanded flower. f. 2. Petal. f. 3. Stamen. fo # —
Pistil ;—magnified, 2
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Falconeriane. N. O. Filices.
TABS. DCLXXXI, DCLXXXII.
Acrostaicum (Campium) proiireruM, Hook.
Caudice repente, frondibus pinnatis, pinnis petiolatis sterilibus
oblongis basi acutis apice acuminatis acumine serrato terml-
nali longissimo sinuato-pinnatifido apice prolifero ae
radicante, fertilibus lineari-elongatis facie superna condupii-
ti
catis,
Has. Bombay, Dr. Falconer. pe
I am indebted to Dr. Falconer for this new Acrostichum,
__ Which he received from Bombay. It belongs to a group having
_ the veins united by transverse arched veinlets which givé
___ Out, from the middle, one or more veinlets ; of these secondary
veinlets the lower ones are free, and the upper ones often unite
: with the transverse veinlets above, and then they anastomos¢ is
__ Sreater or less degree towards the margin. This veining COM
__ Stitutes the Genus Campium of Presl, and we have examples
: i subcrenatum, Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 110
Ic. Fil. t. 221. From those species ours is abundantly
a ie 5 tagaee in general appearance it more nearly resembles
2 erum (Ic. Fil. t. 23); but the pinne are more
; numerous, and the
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TAB, DCLXXXIII.
LORANTHUS ALBIFLORUS, Hook.
Foliis suboppositis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis Co-
riaceis basi in stipitem perbrevem decurrentibus, paniculis
compactis axillaribus folio brevioribus, ramulis trifloris, brac-
teis minutissimis squamzformibus, petalis 6 e basi ad medium
erectis approximatis dein reflexis, filamentis basi liberis, an-
theris ovatis subsagittatis mucronato-acutis dorso affixis, stylo
longitudine staminum apice obliquo.
Has. Andes of Quito, elev. 8500 feet, Dr. W. Jameson.
I do not find this anywhere described. It must, in a recent
state, be a very handsome species, loaded with its copious
panicles of rather large white flowers, shorter, indeed, than the
leaves, but very conspicuous from their number, arising as they
do from the axils of all the upper leaves. The anthers are large
and versatile, or attached by their back to the apex of the
filament,
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TAB. DCLXXXIV.
Campanusa Vipauu, H.C. Watson.
Fruticulosa viscida, foliis imbricatis (seepius in rosulas terminales
confertis) crassis coriaceis glabris spatulato-oblongis crenatis
marginibus revolutis, superioribus sparsis lanceolatis subinte-
gris, floribus racemosis cernuis, lobis calycis brevibus trian-
gularibus, corolla campanulato-infundibuliformi supra basin
contracta, stigmatibus oblongis.
Campanula Vidaliana, H. C. Wats., Ms. (No. 113 of “ Plants
collected in the Azores, in 1842.”)
Has. On an insulated rock off the east coast of Flores, between
Santa Cruz and Ponta Delgada, Capt. Vidal, R.N.
I was indebted to Capt. Vidal for the very few specimens of
this remarkable Campanula, distributed with the other plants
collected by myself in the Azores. Only fragments were ob-
tained ; and I have seen neither the root, nor the fruit more ad-
vanced than the flowering stage. Apparently the generic cha-
racter is that of Campanula, although the leaves and branches
differ widely from those of all the other species known to me;
and more recall to mind some species of Saxifraga or Sempervi-
vum. The branches are dichotomous ; each fork terminating 10
a rosette of leaves, intermediate in texture between coriaceous
and succulent, and a similar rosette is sessile between the forks.
The branch is thickened where these rosettes occur, and ulti-
mately covered with scales formed by their persistent bases.
The flower-stalk shoots up from the tuft of leaves, as in species
of Sempervivum. Several of the flower-buds are abortive, oT
else developed later and irregularly. Corolla white or cream~-
colour, shaded with pink externally —H. C. Watson.
_ Aig. 1. Immature fruit ; slightly magnified. (This, as well 5
most of the figures, is copied from a faithful drawing by Mr.
Watson.) Ed,
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TAB. DCLXXXV.
EpiLopium conrertiFroLium, Hook. fil.
Herbaceum glabrum, caule repente radicante ramoso, ramis
divaricatis decumbentibus teretibus cum lineis duabus oppo
sitis incanis, foliis oppositis valde approximatis subimbricatis
breviter petiolatis oblongo-obovatis obtusis subcarnosis gla-
berrimis remote et obscure dentatis, petiolis margine m-
canis basi connatis subvaginantibus, pedunculis sessilibus soli-
tariis axillaribus, floribus erectis, petalis rubris subpurpurels-
ve ad medium bifidis, ovario glaberrimo, stylo oblique clavate,
capsula lineari-elongata glaberrima.
Epilobium confertifolium, Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. 1, p. 10.
Has. Lord Auckland’s group, and Campbell’s Island: on
grassy banks, and in moist places, abundant.
This little plant occupies the place in these islands that the
E. alpinum, L. does on the European mountains. The two
species are indeed so very closely allied, that we look in vain
for further constant characters than the creeping, and rootings
and much branched stem, the densely crowded, broader and
more obovate leaves, with almost sheathing petioles, and the
deeply bifid petals. The more remarkable points of similarity,
besides the general appearance, are the lines of pubescence 0?
the stem, the sessile or shortly pedunculated ovaria (which in
E. alpinum are however often on longer stalks), the deep colour
of the petals, and the simple clavate stigma, which is here de-
cidedly oblique and gibbous at the base. Very similar species
are found on the Andes of Peru, and in Chili.—J. D. H.
Fig. \. Flower, scarcely expanded. //. 2. Expanded blossom |
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TAB. DCLXXXVI.
CaRDAMINE CoryMBoOsA, Hook. fil.
Hirsutula v. glabra, caulibus perbrevibus rigidis ad basin ra-
mosis, ramis gracilibus flexuosis diffusis parce foliosis, foliis
longe petiolatis pinnatisectis, foliolis 3-5 sub-petiolulatis
rotundatis terminali majore lateralibus remotis seepe minutis,
floribus corymboso-fasciculatis axillaribus v. terminalibus,
corymbis nunc proliferis, pedicellis brevibus demum valde
elongatis, siliquis anguste linearibus in stylum brevem
attenuatis, replo angusto, valvis planis, stigmate minuto.
Cardamine corymbosa. Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. v. 1, p. 6.
Has. Campbell’s Island. On turfy ground near the sea, com-
mon.
This is a small and very distinct species of Cardamine, wiry
and fragile in every part. The stems short, or, rather at once, .
after springing from the collum, divided into spreading, ascend-
ing, filiform branches, with few and small leaves; and with
corymbs, or, more correctly speaking, fascicles of flowers,
which at no period seem to constitute a raceme. Occasionally
even the flower is solitary and axillary ; generally, several rise
together from the side or apex of a stem, subtended by a leaf;
sometimes, a pedicel appears proliferous, running out into a
Stem, and bearing a fascicle or corymb and a leaf at its apex,
so that the inflorescence has little the appearance of that of a
Cruciferous plant. J. D. H.
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Purdieane. N. O. Gentianez.
TABS. DCLXXXVII, DCLXXXVIII.
LEIANTHUS UMBELLATUS, Griseb.
Arborescens, ramulis herbaceis, foliis obovato-oblongis elongatis
acutissimis basi longe attenuatis, petiolis oppositis connato-
vaginantibus, pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus, floribus
umbellatis, umbella bracteis 2-3 amplis involucrata, corollis
infundibuliformi-cylindraceis ore subobliquo, staminibus sty-
loque exsertis.
Leianthus umbellatus, Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. p. 199.
Lisianthus umbellatus, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1, p. 350.
Has. Jamaica. Lofty mountains of St. Jacob’s, Swartz;
summit of the Dolphin Mountain, parish of Hanover, Dr.
Macfadyen, Mr. Purdie.
Frutex seu Arbor insignis, 20-pedalis. Folia numerosa in
ramulos herbaceos, 6-uncialia ad pedalem, coriaceo-membra-
nacea, basi in petiolum longe sensimque attenuata. Peduncult
solitarii, 4 unciales ad spithameam. Umbella 2-3 uncias lata,
8-12-14-flora, involucrata. Involucri foliola 2-3 ampla, umbella
longiora, ovata, acuta, unico sepe minore. Pedicelli brac-
teolati (bracteolis parvis subulatis) breves, 2-3 lineas long}.
Calyx parvu, tubulosus, 5-fidus. Corolla unciam longa, ut
videtur luteo-alba, ore parum obliquo, 5-fido, lobis rotundatis,
acutis, erectis. Anthere exserte, sagittata, apiculate, mar-
gine utrinque dehiscentes. Stigma dilatato-clavatum.
One of the most remarkable of the Gentianee; a tree OF
large shrub, 20 feet high! apparently of great rarity. No one
seems to have gathered it since the days of Swartz, except Dr-
Macfadyen and Mr. Purdie.
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Anther. 7.3. Pistil. f. 4. Stigma :—
magnified.
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Purdieane. N. O. Gesneriacez.
TABS. DCLXX XIX, DCXC.
Conrapia catycosa, Hook.
Fruticosa glabra, foliis oblongis serratis levibus petiolatis basi
acutis apice acuminatis subtus discoloribus, pedunculis axilla-
ribus solitariis unifloris folio sublongioribus, laciniis calycinis
subulatis longissimis corollam obliquam subcampanulatam
superantibus, staminibus styloque longe exsertis, capsula
elongata cylindraceo clavata sulcata. :
Has. Jamaica; Sedburgh, Manchester, Mr. Purdie.
This is a very fine and undescribed species of Conradia
(Mart. not Nutt.) with large flowers, solitary on each peduncle,
remarkable for the great length of the calycine segments, which
much exceed the corolla, and the very protruded stamens and
style. It forms a shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, according to Mr.
Purdie, flowing copiously in December. Leaves 46 inches,
long, firm, but rather membranaceous, glabrous, smooth to the
touch, pale, and sometimes rather rusty beneath, where the
pinnated veins are prominent and darker coloured, and the vein-
lets are reticulated. Petioles an inch or an inch anda half long.
Peduncle rather stout, about as long as the leaf, but including
the flower (for the calyx with the tube often measures 2} inches
longer.) The club-shaped sulcated capsules, with the long per-
sistent segments of the calyx (resembling the legs of some
insect) have a singular appearance.
Lindeniane. N. O. Melanthacee.
TAB. DCXCI.
ToOFIELDIA (IsIDROGALVIA) sESsILIFLORA, Hook.
Glabra, calyculo triphyllo ad basin perianthii, scapo elato rigido
remote bracteato, floribus spicatis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis,
foliis ensiformi-linearibus acuminatis rigidis profunde striatis
marginibus incrassatis pubescentibus.
Has. Caraccas, Linden, April, 1842 n. 410; Andes of New
Grenada, Linden (1842-3) n. 410.
Radix e fibris crassiusculis, rigidis. Folia lineari-ensiformia,
rigida, acuminata, 5-10 uncias longa, 3-4 lineas lata, pun-
gentia, erecta, stricta vel subfaleata, pulcherrime profunde
arcte striata, margine usque ad apicem incrassata, pubes-
centia, basi equitantia, submembranacea. Scapus pedalis, fere
sesquipedalis, basi crassiusculus, superne attenuatus, brac-
teatus ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis, remotis, superioribus
magis approximatis minoribus. Spica oblongo-ovalis, obtusa,
14-16-flora. Flores approximati ut yidetur lutei, majusculi,
omnino sessiles, bracteis tribus ovatis acuminatis calyculum
referentibus basi stipati et bractea majore sub calyculum.
Sepala 6, anguste lanceolata, obtusiuscula, striata, persisten-
tia. Stamina 6, singulo ad basin cujusque sepali. F'la-
menta subulata, glabra. Anthere ovate. Ovarium oblongum,
8-loculare, loculis ut videtur e valvarum marginibus intro-
flexis, marginibus seminiferis. ees:
Nearly allied to Tofieldia frigida (which is surely identical
with Isidrogalvia falcata, Ruiz and Pay. FI. Per. 3, p. 302, f. b.)
but differing specifically in the greater size, in the truly sessile
flowers, and in the thickened margin of the leaves. It is pro-
bable, if we were to compare the ripened fruit of Isidrogalvia
(R. and P.) with that of Tofieldia, we should find the former to be
a distinct genus, as indicated by the larger, rigid, and pungent
leaves, larger and coloured sepals, and general aspect. It is no
doubt the representative of Tofieldia in the southern hemisphere.
Fig. 1. Flower and bracteas, f. 2. Expanded flower. /. 3.
Pistil. /. 4. Section of the ovary :—magnified.
Lindeniane. N. O. Cruciferee.
TAB. DCXCII.
Lertonema, Hook.
Gen. Cuar. Sepala magna, ovalia, erecta, concava, herbacea,
obtusa, margine membranacea. Pefala obovato-cuneata, in
teatt. Bractee folia simulantes. Pedicelli graciles, demum
res cernui, subcylindracei,
magni. Petala in sicco flavicantia. Pedicelli calycesque parce
pilosi, pilis simplicibus vel apice ramosi, in glandulam seu vesi-
culam oblongam impositi.
Leptonema Lindeni.
Has. New Grenada, Linden (1842-3) n. 1433.
Although unacquainted with the mature fruit of this plant, I
can have little hesitation in considering it a hitherto undescribed
flowers which are of a cylindrical form. The large size of the
calyx and corolla are very unfrequent in the natural family to
which the plant belongs. ‘The great length of the filaments of the
stamens and styles, too, is remarkable. The young fruit is
Fig. 1. Flower. f.2. Hairs and gland
ec J2, glands from the calyx. /. 3.
— f 4. Stamens and pistil. f. 6, 7. Pistils. 3 7. Trans-
sik, section of an immature fruit. J. 8. Immature silicula
rigs removed. f.9. Immature seed and seed-stalk :—
Purdieane. N. O. Tiliacee.
TABS. DCXCIII, DCXCIV.
' SLOANEA JAMAICENSIS, Hook.
Foliis (amplis) ovatis acuminatis apicem versus obscure sinuato-
dentatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris pendulis, —
sepalis 4 petalisque 4 minoribus incisis extus subpubescen-
tibus intus velutinis, capsula maxima ex apice profunde
4-valvi lignosa 4-loculari extus setis rigidis longis echinata. a
Sloanea? “The large oval-leafed Sloanea or Brake-axe Tree.
P. Br. Jam. p. 250. F
Has, St. Anne’s parish, Jamaica (P. Browne) Mr. W. Purdie.
Also in the districts of Manchester and Hanover, Mr. W.
urdie. Iron-wood of the colonists (not of Lunan.)
Arbor excelsa. Ramuli rugosi, fusci, glabri. Folia alterna, pe- _
tiolata, 6-8 uncias longa, ovata, rigide submembranacea
acuminata, integerrima, v. apicem versus sinuato-dentata, —
ninervia, reticulatim venosa, nervis venisque subtus pro- —
minentibus, utrinque glaberrima. Petioli 1-14 unciam long}, —
teretes. Stipule parve, ovato-acuminate, valde cada
Pedunculi biunciales, axillares, solitarii, uniflori, penduli, -
medio bibracteolati, bracteis deciduis. Flos majusculus, un- —
ciam latus. Calyx profunde 4-partitus seu 4-sepalus. Sepala —
late ovata subanguste acuminata, coriacea, extus puberule foo
intus cinereo-velutina. Petala 4,cum sepalis alternantia, ee
minora, ovata, subacuminata, parce incisa, sub discum hypo- :
gynum inserta, textura pubescentia calycis. Stamina were A
rosa, petalis breviora, pluriserialia, in toro seu disco ae in
lato elevato punctato yelutino inter ovarii basin et petala sita
Filamenta brevissima, sericea. Anthere lineares, termin a
erecte, puberule, apiculate, biloculares, loculis apice utrinque
poro oblongo dehiscentibus. | Ovarium conicum, 4-localats a
sericeo-setosum. Stylus subulato-filiformis, stamina pear be
Stigma acutum. Fructus: capsula magna subrotun “ae :
fragona, crassa, lignosa, 4-valvis, valvis ex apice fere
basin dehiscentibus, 4-locularis, dissepimentis e centro ' oe
rum, dorso setis longis copiosis rectis echinato. Semina Re
vura in quoque loculo, magnitudine Amygdali semimis; —
_ €X angulo interiore pendentia, arillo carnoso-pulposo ine =
cente tecta. Albumen paucum. S
(For further remarks see our next Leaf.) i
Fig. 1. Section of a rtion of the flower. /. 2. a |
mens and two of the oaths removed. f.3. Pistil. /. 4- Section :
of the Ovary :—nat. size, a
Purdieane. N. O. Tiliacez.
TABS. DCXCV, DCXCVI.
SLoaneA JAMAIcENsts, Hook.
Fruit.
(For a Description and Figure of a flowering specimen, see our
preceding PLATE.) ,
I have ventured to place this fine plant in the genus Sloanea,
as indeed hinted at by Patrick Browne, notwithstanding the pre-
sence of petals, and the anthers opening by pores at the apex,
and the one-flowered peduncles. Indeed the limits of the
genus seem to be very little understood. My specimens of
Sloanea dentata exhibit anthers opening by pores, and in other
respects our present plant has a very close affinity with that. Mr.
Purdie speaks of it as producing one of the hardest of woods,
so hard as to turn the edge of the best tempered axe, and hence
its name of Break-are wood, Iron-wood ; but it is not the Jron-
wood of Lunan, which includes two plants, the Fagara
says he saw but one tree; but he was informed “ it was
_ pretty common in the mountains of St. Anne’s, and esteemed
one of the best and largest timbers in the wood; though so
— hard that it is found a difficult matter even to cut it down,
from thence its common appellation (Brake-axe tree). The
seeds are much coveted by mackaws and parrots, and the kernels
are of an agreeable taste enveloped in a soft mucilage of ;
let colour.” It is singular that nothing has been heard 0
this tree, from the days of Patrick Browne to the present time.
Mr. Purdie, however, in a recent letter from Jamaica, remarks,
“I think it very unlikely that any bird should break or perforate
__ these capsules to obtain the seeds, not only because of its ex-
_ treme hardness, but from the well known instinet of the bird,
Tarely if ever allowing it to attack unripe fruit. I have
_ ‘Rever seen the capsules perforated. As soon as the fruits es
ripe, they burst open and exhibit the delicately flavoured seeds.
hey then fall to the ground and appear imperishable, covering
_ the ground for a great extent at all seasons of the year.
_ _ Fig. 1. Young fruit. £2. Mature fruit, the capsule having
burst. /f. 3. Seed, with its pulpy coat. f. 4. Section of ditto,
Showing the seed itself; nat. size. Jf. 5. Transverse section 0
1owing
_ the seed. /. 6. Vertical section of ditto. £7. Side view of
_ the embryo slightly magnified.
i ee gas ey
”
Tab.
>
ae
Kraussiane. N. O. Alge.
TAB. DCXCVII.
MARTENSIA ELEGANS, Hering.
; : n
microscopically the capsuliferous individuals. M. J. Berkel
margi i
Sporules, and not in that on either surface are placed. Speci-
Priate ettis Plant were distributed with Mr. Browne’s appro-
mate and earlier name of Hemitrema; and we wish we could
have joined 7 Endlicher in adopting it, consistently with — :
imness to Mr, ering. But it was first ublished under the
W.J oes adopted in the Annals of etal History.—
Fig 1. Portion of the
m
the fra Pe $. Smaller portion of J. 2, show
its :
et oye ee x
Purdieane. N. O. Rutacez.
TABS. DCXCVIII, DCXCIX.
Pacuysriema, Hook. Gen. Nov.
Gen. Cuar. Calyx subtriphyllus, sepalis concavis ineequalibus
eestivatione imbricatis, interiore majore petaloideo. Petala
4, libera, subrotunda, concava, alba, impunctata; estiva-
tione imbricativa. Stamina plurima, sub 30, libera, gyno-
phoro ragoso carnoso, majusculo, breviter stipitato, subbi-
seriatim inserta. Filamenta erecta, brevia, lato-subulata.
Anthere ovales, biloculares, antice longitudinaliter de-
hiscentes. Ovarium globosum gynophoro impositum, 8-sul-
catum, velutinum, 8-loculare, /oculis biovulatis, stigmate
magno carnoso irregulariter lobato deciduo coronatum.
' Capsula demum e cocculis 8 (quibusdam abortientibus), stel-
latim dispositis, basi coalitis, abortu plerumque monosper-
mis: epicarpio sicco, subrugoso, dorso carina lata instructo ;
endocarpio cartilagineo, demum soluto. Semen oblique ova-
tum. odospermum majusculum, carnosum, album.—Frutex
seu arbor humilis Jamaicensis, valde ramosus ; ramulis cortice
levi, viridi-fusco tectis. Folia alterna, exstipulata, trifoliolata,
foliolis ovatis breviter acuminatis, integerrimis seu obsolete
serratis, copiose pellucido-punctatis, petiolulatis, in petiolum
articulatis, penninerviis ; pedunculis avillaribus folio sublon-
gioribus, parce subtrichotome ramosis, pedicellis basi bracteatis,
bracteis lanceolatis petiolatis foliaceis. Flores majusculi, ul
videtur, albi, extus puberuli, fragrantes. Fructus maturus ses-
quiunciam diametro.
Pachystigma pteleoides,
a4 On the mountains of Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Mr. Purdie. .
is 1s another remarkable new plant of Jamaica, for the —
ich, in 1844, we are indebted to Mr. Purdie,
oa} Petal £9. Stan, ae a
The same wit) a~ amen- jf. 3. Pistil and gynophore-
oe Short stipes cut through. ra Section
» Seed :—magnified. i
hl .
Purdieane. N. O. Euphorbiacee.
TAB. DCC.
Evruorsia auata, Hook.
Suffruticosa, caulibus erectis di-trichotomis articulatis ramisque
gracilibus compresso-planis utrinque alatis glaucis, articulis
linearibus elongatis, foliis 2 raris terminalibus ovali-rotun-
datis deciduis, floribus solitariis utrinque ad genicula, ple-
rumque 3 terminalibus minutis breviter pedunculatis, pedun-
culis bibracteatis, bracteis in axillo rudimentum floris geren-
tibus, involucri glandulis 5 Squamisque 5 fimbriatis iis alter-
nantibus.
Has. Rocky woody place above Christiana, Manchester, Ja-
maica, growing with the Lagetta lintearia, or Lace-Bark Tree,
Mr. Purdie.
Few plants, as is well known, can be more proteous in appear-
ance than the various species of Euphorbia; but the most un-
usual forms are chiefly confined to Africa, the tropical parts of
the new world producing but few species; though there is found
‘the present very remarkable one, which but for its flowers might
rather be taken for some flat-stemmed articulated Viscum, or an
Epiphylium, among Cactee. Our specimen is about a foot high.
From a fibrous, but ligneous root, arises a short cylindrical
stem, woody at the base, soon becoming herbaceous, glaucous-
green, firm and rigid, branched and jointed ; the branches and
articulations slender, compressed, two-edged with a wing-like
rder. Two small, shortly petiolated leaves, are seen at the
apices of some of the ultimate articulations; but they are
quickly deciduous, and the whole plant is very fragile at the
Joints. Flowers sometimes solitary at the joint, usually three
appear together at the apex, and from between the two leaves :
they are small, purplish-brown. The species is probably
dieecious.
Fig. 1. Apex of a flowering branch. J. 2. Involucre with
flowers. f. 3. The same laid open, showing the fimbriated
scales, male flowers, and a solitary imperfect female flower in
the centre. f. 4. Male flowers removed from the involucre.
f.5. Abortive female flower from ditto :— magnified,
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