CURTIS’S Botanical Magazine : FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED: IN WHICH The most Ornamental Foreren Pants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, -are accurately represented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according to the celebrated Linn aus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering ; _ Together with the most approved Methods of Conrore. Intended for the Use of such Lapirs, GentLEMEN, and GarpENERS, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. By JOHN SIMS, M.D. Frei.tow or tHe Royat anp LinneEAN SOCIETIES. a VOL xl. © Being the First of the New Series. = ‘The FLowers, which grace their native beds, Awhile put forth their blushing heads, But, e’er the close of parting day, They wither, shrink, and die away: But Turse, which mimic skill hath made, Nor scorched by suns, nor killed by shade, Shall blush with less inconstant hue, Which art at pleasure can renew. - LLoyD. London: Printed by Srepuen Coucuman, Throgmorton-Street. Published by Suzerwoop, Nre.y, & Jones, 20, Paternoster- Row; And Sold by the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCCC XVI. . Ni Th: (VE 3 --Crassuna nacrea. Waurre Crassuna. Aah ieede keh eae ek Class and Order. * fie Penranpria Penracynia. | Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala b, ‘Squame 5, nectariferse ad basin germinis. Caps. 5. Naor AS eee es Speke Capel uae Crassuta lactea; caule fruticoso, foliis ovatis basi atte- nuatis connatis integerrimis intra marginem punctatis, cymis paniculeformibus. Hort. Kew. ed. 1 1. p- 396. ed. alt. 2. p.193. Smith Exot. Bot. 1. p. 63. t. 33. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1554. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 62. Plant. Grass. 37. , Crassuta lactea ; foliis obovatis subciliatis albo-punctatis, panicula trifida. Thunb. Prodr. 56. A native of the Cape of Good-Hope, and directed to be ept in the dry stove, as it requires to be protected from a p atmosphere, as well as from frost. As with all other succulent plants, great care should be taken to water it very Sparingly during the winter. A light rich loam with old lime rubbish is recommended as the best soil. ae ca *ropagated by cuttings, which should be laid in a ry Place for a fortnight belies they are planted, that part of their Juice may be evaporated, then put into pots of light sand, and Plunged ‘into a hot-bed, watering them very sparingly, other- yise they will rot. When they have taken root, which will hee about six weeks, they should be gradually inured to the “pen alr, : Introduced by Mr. Francts Masson, in 1774, from the pe. Flowers in September and October. Communicated : by Mr. Grorce Graves, of Walworth, who possesses a very extensive collection of succulent plants. oes Welddl. Sadp ((ATI2 09 > Ecuium rruticosum (@.) minor» Lesser. SHRUBBY VipPerR’s-BUGLOSs. , Class‘and:Oriler - Penranpria Monoeynis. _ Generic Character. — Cor. irregularis fauce nuda. pkehork re Sas Specific Character and Synonyms. Ecuium fruticosum; caule fruticoso, foliis lanceolatis basi - attenuatis villoso-strigosis aveniis, foliolis calycmis lan- ceolatis acutis. Hort. Kew. 1" 1. p. 186. ed. alt. 1. p. 298. Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 781. Mart. Mill. Dict. Ecuium fruticosum ; caule fruticoso, foliis lanceolatis punc- ~ tis piliferis scabris, floribus corymbosis. Berg. Cap. 39. Ecurum fruticosum ; caule foliisque oblongis obtusis seri- ceis, spicis alternis pedunculatis. Thunb. Prodr. 33 ? Ecurum africanum fruticans, foliis pilosis. Commel. Hort. 2. p. 107. t. 54, . (a.) major; foliis sursum latioribus, obtusiortbus omnibus _ seaberrumis. — | Ecuium fruticosum. Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. 1. p. 15. t. 34. (8.) minor ; foliis angustioribus acutis ; superiortbus molliter Ecuium fruticosum. Bot. Regist. 39. ~— pele me There is a considerable difference between our plant and that figured by Jacguin in his Hortus Schoenbrunnensis, the leaves of which are broader, more spathular shaped, and much harsher; the plant is altogether more robust, with smaller flowers ; but we cannot find any characters by which — we can determine them to be specifically distinct ; we have, therefore considered them as varieties only. The young = eaves leaves in our plant were clothed with rather a soft pubescence, but the older ones were very rough, being covered with elevated points, each terminated with a stiff hair. The colour and size of the flowers vary so much in different specimens that no inference can be drawn from them. As there is nothing ~ like silkiness in the foliage, we must think the synonym quoted from Tuunpere to be dubious; and P1iukenet’s figure, usually quoted asa synonym, ought undoubtedly to be excluded. Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by Messrs. Cotvinte and Son, in the King’s-Road ; together with another variety with flowers of nearly a peach-blossom colour, without any admixture of blue. ative of the Cape of Good-Hope. Flowers in May and June. Propagated by cuttings or seeds. Requires protection from frost. The soil best suited to it appears to be a sandy loam with a slight ad- mixture of peat. Cultivated by Pump Miner, in 1759, in the Chelsea Garden, from whence there is a specimen pre- served in the Banksian Herbarium, evidently the same variety as the one here figured. ) RS iffe We , CHRYSUM. ~ he (00177850) ELICHRYSUM SPLENDENS. SHINING Euicurysoum. | JHE HSH HHHib ; Class and Order. Synoenesia Potygamia SuPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recept. nudum, Pappus pilosus yel plumosus, Cal, im- bricatus, radiatus: radio colorato. — Specific Character and Synonym. Exicurysum splendens ; caule fruticoso prolifero: ramulis unifloris, foliis lanceolatis margine reyolutis, sqaamis calycinis splendentibus. e aes XERANTHEMUM herbaceum. Bot. Repos. 487 ? wees a = - gre 5 m9 te The annual Xeranruemums, natives of Europe and the Levant, differing essentially from the Cape shrubby species, in having a chaffy, not naked, receptacle, and a different pappus, the latter have been separated by WititpENow, under the name of Exicurysum, by which they had been known to botanists, till superseded by th system of Linnazvs. This — arrangement has been adopted in the Hortus Kewensis, and consequently all that we have figured under the name of XERANTHEMUM, are to be found there, under that of Ex1- A specimen of the same species as our present plant is preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, under the name which we have adopted. Me oe : From the figure and description of Xerantuemum her- baceum in the Botanist’s Repository, we can‘ hardly think that our plant can belong to the same, although the flowers seem very similar; as the stem of Exicurysum splendens, : though Slender, is shrubby, erect, and branched. The flowers flowers are very beautiful, the outside of the calyx having a meiallic lustre, as if bronzed, and the internal rays being straw-coloured,| shining like satin. If our plant should be found to be the same as herbaceum of the Botanist’s Reposi- tory, the latter name is inadmissible for a species that is truly shrubby. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Introduced by Grorce Hisserr, Esq. about the year 1802, at whose collection at_ Clapham-Common, our drawing was taken several years ago. Communicated also in August last, by Messrs. Loppicrs and Sons ; and is still in flower at this time, the middle of . October. Propagated by cuttings. Likes a light soil with peat mould. ( 1774 ) SALVIA BICOLOR. Two-coLoureD Saez. FHP Hib Class Ba | Order. DianpriaA Monoeynia. Sis Generic Character. Cor. inzequalis. ‘Filamenta transverse pedicello affixa. Specific Character and Synonyms. — Sarvia bicolor ; foliis ovatis eroso-dentatis, floribus nu- tantibus lacinia media labii inferioris corolla concava, Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 136. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 57. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 1. p. 4. t. 7. f Satvia bicolor ; foliis radicalibus cordatis subincisis, cau- linis oblongis subsagittatis inequaliter dentatis, bracteis reflexis calyce brevioribus, pilis calycis glanduliferis. Willd. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 36. i Satvia bicolor ; foliis cordato-oblongis ; ramis _virgatis ; bracteis reflexis ; calycibus nutantibus ; coroll labio in- : feriore intermedio saccato. Desfont. Atl. p. 22. t. 2. Sarvia bicolor; foliis cordato-hastatis, inequaliter dentatis; | spicis nudis prelongis; corollarum barba candida saccata, — Lamarck Ill. n. 300. sie, ae Sarvia bicolor ; foliorum laminis cordato-oblongis, repando- dentatis, hirsutis, rugosis: spicis preelongis, verticillis 6-floris : calycis labio superiore 3-dentato: corolle fauce striata, labii inferioris lobo medio saccato, emar- ginato, oris mox emarcidis: filamentis brevissime stipitatis. Salisbury Parad. Lond. Lig.es::* ct a Saxvia bicolor is a native of Barbary, where it was first discovered by Desronraines. It is a very handsome species, and would be much more so, were it not for the speedy change that takes place in the lower lip of the corolla, which at its _ first expansion is snow-white, but almost immediately begins _ tw fade to a rusty-brown. 3 Th © ‘The structure of the stamens in Satvsa is very remarkable, and makes the essential character of the genus. But thewant of uniformity of language among botanists, in speaking of these parts, is apt to render their meaning not always easily intelligible to students. The filament consists of two parts, connecied together by a joint: the lower portion is upright, ‘and generally very short; the upper portion is much longer, and united to the lower, not at either extremity, but at some determined point between the two, more or less distant from the middle, in different species. This transverse portion is generally curved, and the longer arm ascends and bears the anther at the extremity, while the shorter arm descends and ‘is terminated by a gland. — ware) .., Some authors, when they speak of the filament, mean the lower upright portion only, whilst. others consider the trans- verse-portion as the filament, .and:call the upright a stipes or pedicle. Eriineer, who wrote a monograph on Satvid, Gon- > sidered the transverse .portion as:a part of the anther clon- - gated, separating its two cells and bearing ‘one at each extremity-;- that’ on. the longer ascending arm being always fertile, whilst,that-on the descending arm is sterile: This opinion is rendered the more probable from the circumstance, . that the fertile anther consists of only one cell; and further, that the sterile portion, though more usually only a callous gland, yet, in other cases, shews its affinity to an anther, by bearing a small quantity of pollen. — The proportion in the length of the two arms of the trans- verse portion of the filament, though constant in the same, varies in different species, and would, in Many ¢ases, afford | excellent distinguishing characters. In the present: species, the upper arm is very long, extending nearly the whole length — of the upper lip of the corolla: whilst the lower arm is very shox oand attached nearly its whole length to the-tube of the Gerolla ois ssc. | efor eres ots a _ Ahardy biennial. Propagated by seeds. Introduced in.1793, by the Right Hon. Sir Josep Banxs. Flowers in- May,-J une, and July. Our drawing was made froma living specimen, sent by Mr. Liam BERT from his garden at Boyton. Communi- ALKER from Arno’s-Grove, Southgate. ‘ahs: . - AS SNIPE I Gey ASS NPLATE ASE ae a — resents WS, already established, we are ba 1IFSn. as Chie stihl der. | *Decanpara vc: 2% Generic Character. Cal cylindricus, 1- -phyllas : basi squamis 4, _ Petala b, unguiculata. Caps. yaa 1-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Diantuvus atrorubens ; floribus ; gregatis capitatis, squamis calycinis ovatis aristatis, ws Sagreg ovato aristato longi- tudine capituli, foliis lineari-lanceolatis enerviis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 672. Hort. Kew. edit. alt. 3. p. 78. Diantuus atrorubens ; floribus aggregatis, squamis calycinis ovatis aristatis tubo brevioribus, foliis connatis striatis, Allion. Ped. n. 1545. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 3. t. 467. ‘ARYOPHYLLUS sylvestris, flore rubro plurimo de summo eaule prodeunte. Segu. Veron. 434. 1.8. f. 2. Diantuus oi ack ad epitone ee 2 nee a Pursh By at The name of capitate known in our gardens, is: pr in nothing but a less. intens atrorubens, as figured b. fe enough ; but as it differs ‘colour from ALLioni’s ACG nd this name being are unde: the necessity of retaining it, another example of the inconvenience though less applicable : ur es derived from colour or other qua- arising from giving na lities so inconstant. = Several species of Du them constantly, dicecious. So in our present plant the slamens were pent to be defective the tyles. yerylong and - spreading ; 52 wrnus are occasionally, some of spreading; while, in the one figured by Jacqui, the anthers appear at the mouth of the tube, but no style or stigma is seen. His was a male, ours a female plant. ¥. A hardy perennial, from two to three feet high. Native of Italy and Tauria, growing in dry, open situations. Propa- hag by parting the roots, or by seeds. Communicated by r. Kenr, of Clapton, Introduced in 1802, by Mr. Joun - Hunnemann. : | * d 177 ( 1776 ) Viowa atratca, ‘Tartarian Heart’s-rasr, Cias and Order, . Penranpria Monocynta. Syncenesia Monocamisa. Lin, Generic Character. €al.5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, postice cornuta, Anth. coherentes. Caps. swpera, 3-valvis, 1-locularis. Flos — an Europeis semper inversus. . Specific Character and Synonyms. — Vioxa altaica ; caulescens, stipulis dentato-pimnatifidis sub- lyratis, foliis ovalibus crenatis in petiolum decurrentibus, pore 4 Sgt ea ise SE, petalis undulatis. - ae ; Viota altaica; caulescens glabra ; foliis crassiusculis, ovatis ovalibusve crenatis ; floribus inversis undulatis: petalis rotundatis, transverse latioribus, subreniformibus. Ker — Vioxa altaica. Pallas Herb. apud Lam sas es Descr. Stems very short. Leaves oval, crenate, on long channelled petioles. deeply toothed on the sides, with a broad very obtu: tion. Peduncle axillary, solitary, scape-like, square, much longer than the stem, stout, upright, incurved at the ‘apex, a little below which is a small pair of scale-like bractes eared at the base. Segments of the calyx obtuse at both ends, ob- soletely denticulate. Corolla large, pale yellow ; petals nearly round, undulated, overlapping one another; the three su- perior ones (lowermost in position by the inversion of the flower) have a deeper yellow spot near. the base, from which proceed several unequal blue rays: the two inferior petals are without spot or ray. The spur or nectarium proces irae om, from the back part of the superior petal is a little curved and — tinged with blue at the point. Anthers five, compressed, cohering, ‘membranaceous at the apex. Style short. Stigma green, globular, with an opening at the top, beaded at | the lower part. ‘The whole plant is quite smooth. The shortness of the stem and the strong peduncles, springing up: so near to the root, upon a superficial view, give the ap- pearance of its belonging to the first division, the acaules ; but it really belongs to the third, or such as have pinnatifid stipules and a hollow stigma. There are several specimens of: this plant in Pattas’s ~ Herbarium, now in the possession of Mr. Lampsrrt, which have the name of altaica attached to them in the Professor’s own writing. . It has usually been called uniflora, a species with which it scarcely agrees in any one character; but the circumstance of the flowers coming out so near the root, and more usually only one at a time, has probably occasioned it to be so called by persons, who, little conversant with botanical characters, are satisfied with any name that seems at all applicable. _ Native of Siberia, on the Altaic mountains. A hardy perennial. Propagated by seeds, which it produces freely, or by parting the roots. Communicated by Mr. Knienrt, of the Exotic Nursery, King’s-Road, NV 17] Ww wih eld. fe (. WR) VERBASCUM BIPINNATIFIDUM. CuT-LEAvVED MULLEIN. eee oe Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. _ Cor. rotata, subinequalis, Caps. 2-locularis, bivalvis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Verpascum bipinnatifidum ; foliis radicalibus interrupte bi- pinnatifidis: caulinis serrato-dentatis, ramis divaricatis, floribus axillaribus sessilibus subsolitariis. 4 Verzascum pinnatifidumn ; foliis oblongis: radicalibus bi- pinnatifidis : caulinis pinnatifidis dentatis, caule ramosis-- simo virgato, floribus axillaribus sessilibus. Bieb. Fl. Taurico-Cauc. 1. p. 162. =e | Vergascum pinnatifidum. Vahl Symb. 2. p. 39? Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 1006? Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p.386? vix eadem species ac nostra videtur. — ane : - Pee, eer / ai . ey eee Our plant, which is undoubtedly the same species as de- scribed by Marscuat y. Birserstein, as growing in Tauria, on the sandy shores of the Black-Sea, does not appear to us to be the pinnatifidum of Vaux, taken up by WittpENow, a native of the islands of the Grecian Archipelago ; and certainly has nothing to do with TourNErort’s. Verbascum grecum, Jruticosum, folio sinuato candidissimo, quoted as a dubious synonym of that plant ; as we have ascertained by an imper- fect specimen, gathered by Tournerort himself, preserved in the Banksian Herbarium. Yn our plant the radical leaves are finely divided, lie flat — upon the ground, and perish as soon as the stem rises up to” flower. Phe stem is very much branched; branches rigid, _ wee | / very very divaricate ; cauliné leaves: sessile, half stem-clasping, lower ones more, the upper less deeply toothed. Flowers sessile and, for the most part, solitary. Communicated by Messrs. Loppicrs and Sons, who raised it from seeds received from Cancasus. It is a hardy biennial. Propagated by parting its roots, or by seeds; but it seems doubtful whether these will be perfected in this country. Flowers in July and August. Pub by learhe Walwarth Na 126 ee CoA TBx: Yes .. NICOTIANA QUADRIVALVIS. Missourt Tosacco. | Sede desea ata aba Class and Order. PENnTANDRIA Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo plicato. Stam. inclinata. Caps. 2—4-valvis, 2—4-locularis. : Specific Character and Synonyms. Nicoriana guadrivalvis ; pedunculis solitariis unifloris, cap- sulis quadrilocularibus. es : Nicotiana guadrivalvis ; foliis oblongo-ovatis _ petiolatis, floribus in summitate ramulorum sparsis solitariis, corollis infundibuliformibus, laciniis oblongis acutiusculis, cap- sulis subglobosis 4-valvibus. Pursh Flor. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 141. eo : Descr. Root annual. The whole plant is clammy, being covered with glandular hairs, except the upper surface of the ecthes = is nearly free from: a Leaves Patilery undulate. Flowers solita dunculated, sometim netimes axillary, more frequently Sersee! 2 Calyx divided half-way. Segments lanceolate, unequal, one being constantly longer than the rest. Coroila funnel-shaped, undulated, white with purplish veins. Capsule round-oval, with four deep grooves, four-valved and four-celled. Seeds kidney-shaped, attached to a central receptacle. a. _ This plant is at once distinguished, by its four-celled fruit, — from every other known species of Nicotiana. Mr. Pursn — informs us, that it grows both spontaneously an i on the borders of the Missouri, principally among the ndan and Ricara nations, and that the tobacco pe id cultivated from it is excellant, espécially a very delicate kind, preaey by the Indians from the dried flowers. Communicatéd by our friend A. B. Lamserr, Esq. from his collection at Boyton. Flowers in July and August, and ripens its seeds very rapidly. Introduced by Mr Nu VITAL Jo XN 1779. | (1779) Psipium corpatum. Spice Guava. Icosanpeia Monoeynia. Generic ¢ haracter. — Cal. 5- fidus, su superus. Petala 5. Bacca 1-multi-locularis, polysperma. — =. S 3 Specific Character. Psipium condita = follis sessilibet Bbndao- rotundatis utrin-~ que glabris, pedunculis subunifloris aggregatis. 2 Descr. A tree with straigit rigid branches covered with reddish brown bark. Leaves opposite, sessile, heart-shaped, approaching to round, some quite rounded at the point, others shortly acuminate, smooth on both sides, flesh, , and rigid. Peduncles axillary, imes bran ne base, more generally single, one-flower d with a minute tooth-like bracte at its junction with the germen. Calyx five- leaved : leaflets sori : ‘bicula ve,. green, rigid, — very it fi reg ula Iv in my closel e re lini and, y tid irregular Silk of t so that | few of the flowers appear pe even four of the petals enclosed within one le -caly: A similar irregular bursting of the calyx ma be observ din other species of this genus. Stamens many : filament: short, attached to the persistent base of the calyx: anthers \ ‘roundish. Germen inferior, fleshy, six-celled, many-st e taste aromatic and acid: style longer than filaments : —_—" simple. a Communicated by A. B. Las (BERT, hog from his Collection at Boyton, who — it rom seeds received from ye late. — wes AMES James Toxin, Esq. the produce of a tree, growing in the {sland of St. Nevis, in the West-Indies. Mr. Toxin remarks, that there was only one tree of the kind on the iéland, and that it was known by the name of the Spice Guava; but is totally different from Psip1um aromaticum. Flowers in May, June, and July. Requires to be kept in the stove. | No ( 1780 ) PoLYGALA speciosa. Siwy MIitK-wort. | t. Bea ce re Class and Order. Diapetpita OcranpRia. — SS 2 : a P Y Se ; Generic Character. — Cal. 5-phyllus : foliolis 9 aleeformibus, coloratis. J obcordatum, biloculare. oe Specific Character. Potyeata speciosa ; cristata fruticosa, appendice duplici, -racemis ebracteatis subierminalibus muitifloris, foliis alternis oblongo-cuneatis glabris. - _ Per eee AI On, Descr. Stem shrubby, upright, very little divided, green, v * emarginate, the other dependant, green, glutinous on the underside, where it is stained yellow by the adhering pollen. Fine specimens of this plant from the Cape of Good-Hepe are preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, under the name which we have adopted. These have several terminal ra- cemes ; but a specimen in Mr. Lamperr’s Herbarium, brought from the Cape by Dr. Roxzuren, has only one. The plant, from which our drawing was taken, was com- municated by Messrs. Cuarxes and James Youne, Nursery- men at Epsom, in July last, who raised it from seeds given them by Sir Joun Jackson, M.P. Requires the protection of the greenhouse. | (:A78E. 3 Rivina wumuis. Downy Rivina. - Feds idiaieie Class and Order. Tereaxpera Moxooysua, Generic Character Cor. 4-petala, persistens. Ca 0. Bacea 1- “sperma: semine lentiformi. os specie Chere a feulae ns. Rivina humilis ; racemis ‘simplicibus, floribus. tetrandris foliis pubescentibus.. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 694. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 273. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 1. Rivina humilis racemdsa, baccis puniceis.. Plum. Gen. 48. Rivinta. Hort. Cliff, 35: Jussieu Gen, 84, Rivina humilis. Brown Jam. P. 148. Gertn. Pract. p. 375. t. 77.7. 5. Pizrcea Suede foliis cordats pubescentibus. Mill. Dict. ed. 7. Sotanum barbadense racemosum minus tinctorium. Pluk. Alin. 353. t. 112. f. 2. Moris. Hist. 3. p. 522. n. 23. SoLANoIpEs americana circee Ppliis canescentibus. Tournef. Act: TORS : Amarantuus baccifer cirewee fois. Commel. Hort. 1. p- 127. t. 66. Puyrouacca americana fructi minori. Boerh. p. 70. kh eee a This plant was named Pa Pious. in honour of the celebrated Leipsic Botanist, Ave. Quirinus Rivinus, who flourished in the time of 'Tournerort and Ray. It is an old inhabitant of our stoves, where, when kept free from insects and in a high temperature, it makes a pretty appear- ance; for although the flowers are not very conspicuous, yet being of a good white, when first expanded, they : contrast contrast well with its scarlet fruit; and both are produced — plentifully at the same time, almost throughout the year. — It probably varies in the number of stamens from four to eight, as Mitter, who surely describes our species, attri- butes to it eight. It varies also greatly in the degree of pubescence, being, as is remarked by Linnajus, when very — _ vigorous, of a brightish green, and, when impoverished by — cold, of a hoary appearance. The berries stain paper or linen of a fine red, but fugitive, colour. Muinier mentions a fact, which shews an extra- ordinary penetrating quality in the juice of these berries, — and as this might perhaps be turned to use, in inquiries into the course of the fluids in some plants, we think it | worth recording here, especially as the observation has been — omitted by Professor Martyn, in his edition of Minzer’s — Dictionary. His words are, “I have made many experi-— ments with the juice of these berries to colour flowers, which — have succeeded extremely well. These were made in the — following manner: I pressed out the juice of the berries and — mixed it with common water, putting it into a phial, and — shaking well together, for some time, till the water was | thoroughly tinged ; then I cut off the flowers, which were — just fully blown, and placed their stalks into the phial, and, in one night, the flowers have been finely variegated with red. The flowers which J made the experiments on, were -the Tuberose and double white Narcissus,” We remember — too to have read in some periodical work, that if. the juice of © these berries be added to the water in which white Hyacinths — are blowing, the colour. will rise into the flower in red Native of the West-Indies. Commetin says, he received ha seeds from which he raised his plants from the Hast- ndies. S Cultivated according to Morison, as quoted above from the Hortus Kewensis, before 1699. Communicated by Joun Watker, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove, | ae win haln ce etsatasy Wy ube: ( 1782 ) CisTus L&vires. CLUSTER-LEAVED CistTUvs. JHMM idee Class and Order. - PonyanpRIA Monoeynia. Generic Character. fas Cor. 5-petala. Cal. b-phyllus foliolis 9 ioinoribius: Capsula. | | Specifs Character and Synonym. Cistus levipes ; suffruticosus adscendens exstipulatus, foliis alternis fasciculatis filiformibus glabris, ,pedunculis race- mosis. Sp. Pl. 739. ed. Willd. 2. p. 1190. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.308. Jacg. Vindob. 2. p. 74. t. 158. Cavan. Ie. 2. p. 56. t. ¥73.. Mart. Mill. Dict.n. 15. Cistus suffruticosus, procumbens, foliis alternatim confertis inzequalibus setaceis. Ger. Prov. 394. t. 14. Cistus humilis massiliotica, camphorate tenuissimis foliis glabris. Pluk. Alm. 107. t. 84. f. 6. — Hewianraemum levipes. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Franc. 4. p. 816. a Cistus levipes, calycina, and Fumana, have a very near affinity to each other: levipes is a low under-shrub, which when cultivated in pots, as it usually is with us, always rises _ with straight stems, but so slender as to require support when exposed to the weather. Native specimens have generally an ascending stem. So L | From its abundant, lively, yellow flowers, and uncommon foliage, it makes an agreeable variety ; and it takes up very little room. ye Native of the South of France, and too tender to endure our winters, without the protection of a greenhouse. Flowers from June to August. Cultivated, according to Mr. Arron, — in 1690, in the royal garden at Hampton-Court. Communi- ~~ cated by N. Hopson, Esq. of the War-Office. N? 1783. ate Rusts kos£roxrs (3.) coroNARris. Dousir ROSE-LEAVED BB AMEE. THR eit ae Class and ite Teosanpnra Poixersit,, eres Chane ™ Cal. 5-fidus. Petite sides Baecn ‘Cot spermis. Specific Cheincter Grd ‘syn he Rorvs rosefolius ; fratescens, foliis giimarospittatis terna- ti a sane Mths it Tet 3 ad bea p. om ig 4 (6.) torvtiat 3 Medi agi Side istibtes ae ogg 4 UBUS sinensis. Hort | Sih Stem. shanby,b bien ebed, abu. salle with the petioles, covered with sharp, mosily straight, prickles. Leaves pinnate, for the most part quinate, with the lower pajr more distant ; the upperleaf next the flower always ternate: leaflets ovate-acuminate , doubly serrate, and now and then irregu- larly incised, rugose, green on both sides; when dry, their rugosity nearly disap ppears, and they feel ‘soft from an in- visible villosity ; when viewed through a lens, in this state, they appear covered with minute, shining glands. ‘Stipules subulate. Peduncle solitary, terminal, opposite a ternate leaf. Calyx 5-cleft: segments ovate-acuminate with the point lengthened out into a sort of awn. Petals many, Youndish, emarginate. Stamens many : anthers oblong, lu- nated. Recep tacle globular : styles many : stigmas simple. aa Misrant Bramble, almost rivaling a Rose, was intro-— duced, ‘some years nine, from the Pare of Wales’s-Isiand, in in the East-Indies, by the late Mr. Evans, of Stepney, who devoted almost his whole income to the acquirement of new and rare plants, which he generously distributed among other collectors. ; : Nurserymen usually call it Rusus sinensis, but from what authority it is considered as coming from China we know not. To us it appears to be clearly a variety of Rusus rose/olius, described and figured by Sir James E. Smita ; from which species, a native of the Isle of Mauritius, it appears to differ in nothing but in the size of the flower and multiplicity of its petals. Rusus pinnatus in its foliage very much resembles our plant, except that it has prickles along the midrib of the leaflet ; but its inflorescence is a terminal raceme. Notwithstanding the corolla is so very double, the parts of fructification seem to remain so perfect, that fruit may very well be expected, though we do not find that any has as yet been perfected. 3 3 Is best treated as a greenhouse plant, being impatient of excessive cold or heat. ‘Thrives in any soil; and propagates itself rapidly by suckers, which it puts forth abundantly. - Our drawing was taken at Messrs. Wurriey, Brame, and Miine’s Nursery, at Fulham, in April 1813; our de- scription chiefly from a fine living specimen, communicated by Mr. Wittiam Kenr, of Clapton, last October. So that its season of flowering, under its present management, seems very uncertain, or to have a very long range. an Ni 734. ; Cd MISA) _PxontA OFFICINALIS. SINGLE-FLOWERED Common Peony. Class and Order. Pouyanpnia, Dieta... “sh, Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala b. Syli 0. Capsule Sohal = j Specific Character and Synonyms. Pxonta Sjiniagiias foliis decompositis nudis : foliolis lobatis : Jobis lato-lanceolatis, capsulis rectiusculis tomentosis. Retz. Obs. 3. p. 35. Willd. Sp. ‘Pl. 2. alae Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3p one. Pzon1a foliolis pe Hort. Cliff. 212. Scop. Carn. n. 630. Regnault Bot. Pzonta radice glandulosa, foliis duplicato-pinnatis, pinnis ellipticis et trilobis. Hall. Hist. n. 1187. Ponta femina. Fuchs. Hist. 202. Lob. Ic. 682. 6. Bauh. Pin. 323. Park. Parad. 341. Kniph. Cent. 6. n. 69. a Del. 1. t. R. 3. Blackw. Herb. t. 65. Moris. ast. 3. Pane Hg “i nes — code Vern. Ord. 6. Sf ult. The Common Cua of ime rarder ens now rately ‘occurs with single flowers, In Parxrnson’s time it must have been much . are. paen as he observes, that the double sort . ripe seeds; which, being sown, bring forth some single and, some double flowers. The extremely double varieties whic hy i in our days, have been almost ex- clusively gallivated, rarely, if ever, produce any seed; and - a d by the tuberous roots, that little or ‘id to procuring it, till quite of late, — when | when a sort of rage for Pednies has become prevalent, and seminal varieties are sought after with great avidity. The roots of this species of Pzony were formerly in con- siderable repute, as a medicine, and were supposed to cure epilepsy, convulsions of infants, and many other disorders ; but are at present almost wholly out of use. The Common Prony is very hardy, and will thrive in almost any soil or situation, even under the shade of trees, where few other plants will live. Blossoms in May. and June. Was cultivated in our gardens as long since as the year 1548, according to Mr. Arron, upon the autliority of Turner’s Names of Herbs. Communicated by Messrs. Cuanpier and BuckinGHam, Nurserymen, at Vauxhall, who havé one of the most ex- tensive collections of this genus. Pie (e789) ” Jasminum Sampac (y. TRIFOLIATUM).. ‘Tus Tusean JAsMIne, or Kuppa-Motta. FEHB | | Class and Order. -Drasomns Monoecysra. ; ah Genie Character. - Corolla hrypocrateriformis, 5—8-fi. Bitcett ‘aievten Shhitta solitaria, arillata. : Specific Character and Siphony a Jasminum Sambac ; foliis itis’ simpicibu ellipticis ovatis subcordatisque me mem sranaceis’ opacis, ranvulis pe- tiolisque pubescentibus, laciniis calycinis subulatis. Ffort. Kew ed: i 0. Vp. 8—ed. alt. Vp. 1d Willd! Sp Ph): pe 85 Mart. Mill: Dict. n. 1. Nycranruns' Sambac. Linn. Sp. PU. 8: Mocorwm Sambae. Lam. aye 4 ® 210. —~—HMbastr. 1. 93: inane : Hh. e iad 7 : i = Asinum Sambac. Bot: Regist. ¥. iplipe @ ): he 2 pee lacintis: Sing acutis ‘tio bre: Diadieacte Sambie ; var. flore lend: Bot. Repos. AgT: ey (y.) trifoliatum: ; “flovibus- plenis, laciniis subrotundis’ tubo longioribus, Joliis plerumque ternatis.” Jasminum Sambac. @: trifoliatum! Vall Enum. V. p. 26: — Kuppa-Murra. Hort: Malab. 6. p. 89: t. 59. _ Jasminum indicum mali aurantii bli, flore albo pleno. am= plissimo.. hte ds og 87: 2.30. YTANTHES grandifl our Pye Cock: Ep. 21. Pipte Gi wars ger ———___— We have not thought 3 it nec ary ; to ge a cients now ofiee for more than the ] variety, which we ‘The The Kuppa-Mvutia of the East-Indies differs from the other varieties of the Arabian Jasmine in so many points, that we might have hesitated whether we should regard it as belonging to that species, unless it had been so decided by those Botanists who have had the opportunity of seeing them together in the East, where they are so universally cultivated. The flowers are almost constantly solitary; the calyx is divided into a greater number of segments ; and the leaves, instead of being regularly opposite, almost constantly grow three together at the extremities of the flowering branches, and in other parts indifferently, singly, opposite, or ternate. ‘The flowers of all the varieties are much admired for their exquisite scent, which, though powerful, is said to refresh instead of oppressing the head, as most strong perfumes do. The first account we have of the Kuppa Muxza, was from Van Ruepe, inthe Hortus Malabaricus. It is said by Mitner © to have been in the royal garden at Hampton-Court at the. end of the seventeenth century ; but it was little known in Kurope till it was imported from the East-Indies to the garden belonging to the academy at Pisa, about the year 1691; being, with the common double variety, the only plant that survived the voyage, out of sixteen chests sent from Goa. These, as soon as they were sufficiently recruited, were removed to the garden of the Grand-Duke, where our plant _ was so highly prized, that, though it might have been easily propagated by suckers which it: produced plentifully, these were not permitted to be given to any one, nor were the ordinary visitors of the garden. allowed even to see’ this rarity. 'l'mu1, from whom we borrow this account, thought himself highly honoured by permission to have a representation taken of both plants thirty-four years after their importation. | The above narrative accounts for the name of .'Tuscan Jasmine generally applied to this variety.. Miter, in 1730,- received a plant of it from the Malabar Coast ;. where ‘he supposes it to grow spontaneously. It is, however, very doubtful whether the Jasminum Sambac be a native of. any: part of the East-Indies. It seems most probable that it came orginaly from. Arabia. on Mock canola: weudeeek _ Thrives best in the bark stove, but should be placed in a situation where it may have both light and. air, as well as @ irellis to support it. Propagated by layers, or cuttings; but the latier are said not to strike readily. Communicated by Messrs. Loppicss and Sons, in July 1814. ( 1786 ) «oneal Bai ee CINERARIA AURITA. PURPLE-FLOWERED CiNERARIA HEE REE BE He HR He Class and Order. — .Syncenesia PotyGamiaA SUPERFLUA. : et Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cal. simplex, polyphyllus “equalis, Specific Character and Synonyms. Crxrraria aurita ; (suffruticosa) floribus corymbosis, foliis cordatis subangulatis subtus tomentosis, petiolis basi bi- auritis. L’ Herit. Sert. Angl. p. 26; icone nondum edita. Fort. Kew. ed. 1"* 3. p. 220.—ed. alt. 5. p. 72. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2077. Martyn Mill. Dict. n. 33, , pein jie The Cryerarza aurita is a greenhouse under-shrub, with _ & woolly stem, disposed to climb. The leaves are tomentose on the under side. The flowers grow in large corymbs, and are of brightish purple colour, but much paler than those of _Crveraria cruenta, smaller, and less shewy : they have also _ 4 very disgusting: smell. | . ___ It has a nearer affinity with populifolia than cruenta, from ___ the latter of which it is readily distinguished by the smaller ee leaves, white underneath, with long petioles not winged at the _ Sides, and having a single pair of roundish stipules at the base ; = besides that, the stem of cruenta is herbaceous. From 3 populifolia it is distinguished by the want of several tooth- - 3 like appendices on the footstalk. __ _ Native of the Island of Madeira, where it was found by t. Francis Masson, and was introduced into the Kew Garden in 1790. Flowers in June and July, Communicated by Joun Watker, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove, . Pub. by. S. Curtic. Welwotth Jana. Weddtt$- NS ge er Maren Sympuytum TauricUmM. TacriaN Comrrey. Jee edeesib ieee 7 Class and Order. ou. Prnranpria Monocynia, _ Generic Character... Corolle limbus tubulato-ventricosus : fauce ‘clausa_radiis ‘subulatis. ee Fee las nthe ~ Specific Character and Synonyms. — Sympnytum tauricum ; foliis cordato-ovatis rugosis hirtis, limbo corolla cyathiformi, caule ramoso hispido macu- lato. Sympuytum tauricum ; foliis cordato-ovatis hirtis petiolatis, floralibus oppositis sessilibus, laciniis limbi corolle ob- tusis, caule ramoso. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 183. = 3 Sympnyrum foliis cordatis crenulatis basi ineequalibus petio- . latis. Willd. in N. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Berol. 3. p. 120. ti 6. f. Z. a7, * : ; s : Sympnytum orientale; caule foliisque cordato-ovatis petio- latis hirsutis, summis oppositis sessilibus, corolle limbo - . Gampanulato. M. V. Bieberst. Fl. Taurico-Caucas. 1, Sympnyrum Constantinopolitanum, Borraginis folio et facie, flore albo. Tournef: Corol. 7——Voyage du Levant, v. 1. p. 524. cum tabula. — Descr. Stem herbaceous, scarcely a foot high, hispid and spotted with small reddish dots. Branches very divari- cate. Leaves on very short winged footstalks, ovate, acute, -with a broad base frequently cordate, rugose, margin finely. undulated, so as to give the appearance of being crenulate, villous and hairy along the veins: floral leaves sessile, oppo- site, spreading. Racemes terminal, always two together, _modding. Calyx five-cleft: segments subulate. Corolla — funnel-shaped, funnel-shaped, white : fwbe shorter than calyx: limb cup- shaped: lacinie very obtuse. Nectaries five barren filaments, lance-shaped between the stamens, and a little longer than them. Style oblique, the length of the corolla. This- species differs in many respects from Sympnyrum orientale, in which the leaves are more approaching to lance- shaped, not rugose, nor undulate at the margin ; limb of the corolla spreading gradually from the tube to the mouth, not suddenly in form of a cup; style considerably exserted, which in this only equals the corolla. A hardy perennial. Flowers in April and May. Native of Southern Tauria. Commuynicated by Mr. Knicut, of the Exotic Nursery, King’s-Road ; who raised it from seeds sent from Russia, under the name of Sympnytum badlatum. It appears to have been described by WittpENow, in his Enu- meration of the Plants cultivated in the Berlin Garden, under the appellation which we have adopted. — N2788. 4 . & > an oe ( 1788 ) STOBHA PINNATA. CARTHAMUS-LIKE STOBMA. Class ani j rd “js SyneenesiA Poryeamsa ALQuauis. Generic Character. Receptaculum hispidum, favosum. Pappus paleaceus. Cor. flosculosa, Cal. imbricatus, squamis dentato-spinosis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sropza pinnata ; foliis sessilibus subtus tomentosis pinnati- fidis: pinnis lanceolatis dentatis sursum deorsumque divaricatis spina terminatis. Stozza pinnata ; foliis tomentosis pinnatifidis: pinnis linea- ribus spina terminatis. Thwnb. Prod. 141. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. Yi@5.- > mt Foe %: *. Pages ae ae This plant rises up with a straight woolly stem about a foot high, dividing =A several alternate branches towards the top, bearing each one flower at the extremity. In a native specimen, we have observed that, after these flowers decay, the stem has again shot out and born fresh flowers on short branches, as at first, the prickly heads of the old flowers remaining as a fence below.- Leaves oblong, tomentose on the under side, deeply cut into lance-shaped segments, directed alternately one up and another downwards, furnished with small teeth at the sides and a strong spine at the extremity. | Calycine leaflets imbricate squarrose, longer than the florets, armed with a strong spine at the point and spinous teeth at the base. Receptacle bristly. Head of. ‘flowers small discoid : ie tubular with a five-cleft border. Stigmas exserted, revolute, . Srogaa is a genus of plants, natives of the Cape of Good- Hope, established by Professor Tuunrerc, and named, we Suppose, in honour of Dr. Kizian Sropaus, an eminent ? professor = # tag professor in the Swedish University of Lund, in the early part of the last century. _. The species here described, has been seyeral years in some of the more curious collections about town, and was well known to Mr. Brown, though by accident omitted in the new edition of the Hortus Kewensis ; which is the more to be regretted, as not one of the genus occurs there, or, as we believe, in the catalogue of any other Kuropean garden. From the short character given by Tuunserc in his Pro- - dromus, we cannot.be certain that our plant isthe same with his, though it accords with his definition, as far as it goes, and cannot belong to any other of the species that he has recorded. nae : a _ Our drawing was. made in August 1813, at the very fine col- lection belonging to,the Camtesse De Vannus, at Bayeswater. But at that time we had no opportunity of seeing the plant: our description .was.therefore takenfrom a plant communi-— cated by Joun Watker, Esq. early in November of the .» Mlowers from July to: November. Requires to be pro- tected from frost. . 16. By Pah by.2 Gartis Walworth. J2n2. ( 1789) CERASTIUM AMPLEXICAULE. GtLavcous CiticK WEED. a or Be BS a ee Ht Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynua. or 2 : Generic Character. 2 Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala bifida. Caps. 1-locularis, apice dehiscens. Specific Character. Crrastium amplexicaule ; glabrum, caule dichotomo, foliis cordato-ovatis amplexicaulibus, petalis semibifidis, pedun- - culis fructiferis — capsule ore decemdentato. ; : * Deser. Stems diffuse,. dichotomous, rounded, striate, smooth, brittle. Leaves cordate-ovate, acute, stem-embracing, glaucous, smooth. Peduncles solitary from the divisions of the stem, reflected after the flower falls. Calycine leaftets erect, acute, white-margined. Petals semibifid, streaked, white. Stamens always ten, shorter than petals: anthers yellow. Germen oval. Styles five. Capsule oblong-oval, one-celled, ten-valved ; valves reflected at the point. Seeds kidney-shaped, tubercular, chesnut-coloured, attached to a central receptacle. 37% PS eae The Cerastium amplexicaule is very nearly related to Crrastium aquaticum, from which however it differs in’ several material respects, more especially in being perfectly _ smooth, in having its petals divided only half-way, and the mouth of the capsule splitting into ten teeth instead of five. _ It is moreover altogether of much larger growth. ALsinE _ Cerastium foliis connatis of Gmexin’s Flora Sibirica, vol. A. tab. 62. f. 1. represents a plant with stem-embracing, co not connate, leaves; and might have been taken for our | species, had not the peduncle of the fruit been upright. Our piant was raised at Boyton from seeds received by Mr. Lampert from Dr. Fiscuer, who presides’ over the garden at Gorenki, with so much credit to himself and ad- vantage to the science of Botany. It is a hardy perennial, and flowers most part of the summer. ( 1790 ) . IpoMG:A INSIGNIS. MAGNIFICENT Tpomama. JHE eek Class and Order. -Penranpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. — Cor. infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globosum. Caps. 3-locularis. Bes Specific Character and Synonyms. Iromaa insignis ; (volubilis, glabra) foliis cordatis lobatis integrisque subtus coloratis, pedunculis axillaribus mul- tifloris, corollis hypocrateriformibus : fauce cylindrica. Iroma@a insignis ; (glabra, volubilis) foliis cordatis integris vel lobatis, acuminatis ; cymis dichotomis ; calyce brevi, — — convexo : corolla hypocraieriformi. Bot. Regist. &, _ Troma insignis. Bot. Repos. 636. Hort. Kew. Epit. add. The Irpomaa insignis is a very fine climber, and in a ~ spacious and lofty hot-house, where it can be allowed an extensive trellis and plenty of room for its roots, makes a very splendid appearance, producing abundance of shewy — flowers. The purple colour of the under surface of the he which is not however constant, has also a pleasing effect. on SSE This plant first came into flower at Mr. Benyon’s, of. _ Englefield-House, Berkshire ; but no account could be obtained from what country it was received. It is, however, most probably a native of the East-Indies; and, if not a mere variety of Convo.vutus paniculatus of Linnzus, the Pat-Mevecca of the Hortus Malabaricus, certainly approaches very near to ihat species. = The stems die down every year and shoot up again in the ‘Spring. Flowers from July to October. Propagated by cuttings. — : a Our drawing was taken at Mr. Verr’s, of Kensington-— Gore, in August 1812, 3 7 ' BL ees Bao Be tO. DY. 0. 14rd Walworth. Janiait. (: Vr94-2) | DELPHINIUM URCEOLATUM. HoOLLOW-LEAVED Ber-Larkspur. BEEK EERE EK EEE EK Class and Order. Potyanpria T'RiGynIA. Generic Character. Cal.0. Petala 5. Nectarium 2-fidum, postice cornutum. Specific Character and Synonyms. De.Puinium urceolatum ; (tricapsulare) calcare rugoso pe- dicellum squante, labellis apice barbatis emarginatis, foliis 3—5-fidis : lobis acutis tridentatis. ELPHINIUM urceolatum ; nectariis diphyllis, labellis bifidis apice barbatis, foliis palmatis urceolatis. Jacg. Collect. 1. p. 153. Icon. Rar. 1. t. 101. ; Detpuinium urceolatum ; nectariis diphyllis, labellis ob- longis bifidis, laciniis lanceolatis equalibus, foliis peltato- concavis tripartitis pubescentibus, laciniis trifidis, Wald, Sp. Pl. 2. 1230, Hjusd. Enum. |. p. 574, Descr. Stem upright, two or three feet high, striated, smooth at the lower part and hairy upwards, a ‘little branched at top. Leaves te be and 3-lobed, pale underneath, anda _ little hairy at the edges only: lobes acute, somewhat con- nivent at the points, so as to give a hollowness to the leaf: near the flower the leaves are generally simply trifid, with here and there a little tooth, Flowers in a long raceme, pale blue mixed with pink. Pedicels sigmoid, club-shaped, §enerally with one long linear bracte at the base and two near the flower, Petals in front nearly equal, ovate, acute, with the points inflected : spur thick, rugose, incurved, as’ long as, or somewhat longer, than the pedicel. Nectary (Petals of Jyssrev) two inverted canoe-shaped bodies, pr, tende tended into the spur of the upper petal, bifid at the point: labella two small, oval, emarginate petals, bearded at the point, supported on long twisted claws. These nectaries are three times smaller than the petals. Capsules three. We have no doubt but our species is the urceolatum of Jacquin, and sufficiently distinct from exaltatum, of which it has been supposed to be a yariety. It seems to us to be more nearly allied to Staphisagria ; and may be the long- _ spurred variety of that species mentioned by WittpENow. Is perfectly hardy. Its native country uncertain. Com- municated by Joun Waxker, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove. D gf 1b. Jere, 21 Ji A Jae ‘ Walwe a SOE 5 ur bys: rth Fuh, Ty: ( 1792) AGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA. LANCE-LEAVED — eres ARROW-HEAD. Je ere eiek eae Class and Order. — Monoecia PonyanpRia. ’ Generic Character. Mase. Cal. 3-phyllus. Cor. 3-petala. Flam. fere 24. Fem. Cal. 3-phyllus. Cor. 3-petala. Pistilla mutta. Sem. multa nuda. Ase : Specific Character and Synonyms. Sacrrraria lancifolia ; foliis ovatis utrinque attenuatis, scapo inferne ramoso. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 410. excluso forsan synonymo Michauxii. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 283. Sacrrrarra lancifolia. Amen. Acad. 5. p.409. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. p.856. Bot. Repos. 333. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 3. Sacirraria foliis lanceolato-ovatis Jacq. Amer. 248.—pict. 121. ; Sacrrrarra foliis maximis simplicibus oblongis utrinque pro- ductis, ramulis verticillatis, caule glabro. Brown Jam. Ranynevutus aquaticus plantaginis folio, flore albo, calyce purpureo. Plum. Cat. pl. amer. p. 7.—ic. 116. f. 1. — Sacirraria lancifolia is a native of Jamaica and Cuba, and perhaps of the continent of South-America; but probably not of Carolina, as the plant inserted under the above name by Micuaux, in his Flora of North-America, is, according ta Punrsu, a distinct species, distinguished by its beaked, sickle- Shaped seeds, and named by him falcata. In Donn’s nee : ogue logue our plant is said to be a native of the East-Indies, but this we apprehend to be a mistake, though continued in the last edition by Pursu. | : If planted in a loamy soil and plunged below the water in the cistern of the hot-house, it flowers freely and makes a very handsome appearance ; but it will not blossom without the aid of artificial heat. Our drawing was made several years ago from a fine plant growing in the stove of E. I. A. Wooprorp, Esq, at that time at Vauxhall. ; NA 7 Ys. (1793) Erica Buanprorprana. Lorp BLANDFoRD’S cero ree oe Class and Order. ~OcTanpRIA Monogynta. Generic Character. _ Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens ; limbo A-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina 2 lateralia connexe. Caps. 4-8- locularis, 4-8-yalvis. Ege Specific Character and Synonyms. “ Secr. 5. Breviflore. A. ‘Corolle tubus subglobosus. ~ Erica Blandfordiana ; foliis” _quaternis, — bracteis calyci proximis, floribus terminalibus subsoli aristatis. 7% Erica Blandfordiana foliis quaternis Erica Blandfordia. Andrews’s Heaths, vol. 3. . Hort. Kew. ed. alt. The Erica Blandfordiana is placed by Mr. Drvanper in the second section o his Breviflore, containing such as have the tube of the corolla ewer-formed, bractes close to the calyx, and axillary flowers. 'T'o us it appears rather to belong to the first section, or such as have the tube nearly globular. It will, however, if placed there, make a second excepfion with respect to the form of the anthers, which are said to be crested in all except in odorata; as in our plant they are awned. e flowers for the most part grow singly at the extremities of short branches ; and in the plants which we have examined are never properly axillary: for although towards the ends of the principal branches, they are nearly sessile, yet they are even here surrounded by leaves at the base, proving ene © s ibsolitariis, antheris stand in fact upon branches not elongated. The calycine leaflets are ovate, acuminate, marginated, with three minute bractes close applied to their base. ” Tube of the corolla nearly globular, smooth: laciniz of the limb erect, connivent at first, but finally spreading. Anthers included. Stigma exserted. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, where it was discovered © by Mr. James Niven. Introduced in 1803 by Messrs. Lez and Kennepy, at whose nursery our drawing was made in February 1813. N.1794. a 3 hi Gr® \| OAKS a\e a> } whe fud. by Me). Camtic. Walwordh.Jan.2.18sk. Weddell. J ( 1794 ) Rosa GAuiica (6. versicolor). Strirpep Rep Rose, or Rosa Mounpt. SE RE EE ae eae se aes ate ae ste ate ate ok oe Class and Order. IcosanpRIA Potyaynia. Generic Character. Petala 5. Cal. urceolatus, 5-fidus, carnosus, collo coarc- tatus. Sem. plurima, hispida, calycis interiori lateri affixa. Specific Character and Synonyms. 3 * * fructibus ovatis. Rosa gallica ; fructibus ovatis pedunculisque hispidis, caule petiolisque hispido-aculeatis, Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. 262 | (6.) ea Rosa Mundi. Miss Taek: Roses, t se Martyn Mill. Dict. n. 16. Rosa rubro et albo variegata, Rosa Mundi, vulgo dicta (Mundy Rose). Raj. Hist. 1475. n. 35. Rosa versicolor, Passe eaten Wei einm. Phyt. vol. 5. p. 231. b. 1c. 869. ag F > oF & Rosa Munni, or, as it was s formerly corral called, ‘ss Mundy Rose, is a variety of the Common Red Rose; the dried petals of which have for so many years | ‘maintained a Place in the Materia Medica of every ed country, though, perhaps, in modern practice, more for the sake of the colour, and as forming an agreeable menstruum for more active peinedies, than from any dependance os its own Virtues, a This variety, though mentioned by Ray, “agi8 have been more common in England than e é not occur in either Gerarp or PARKINSON. — ‘When in perfect health, with its foliage undefaced by ins peanine not exceeded in beauty by any ns. © Communicated by —— Owen, Esq. of Chpham. € cultivated i inour Narj95 : Weddell oe ( 1795 ) VIOLA CUCULLATA. HoLLow-LEAveD VIOLET. RRR a Class and Order. Penranpria Monoeyntia. (Syncenesta Monocamia. Linn.) Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis, postice cornuta. Anth. cohezrentes. Caps. supera, 3-valvis, 1-locularis. Specifie Character and Synonyms. Viota cucullata; acaulis, glabra, foliis cordatis acutis basi cucullatis serratis, petalis lateralibus basi barbatis. Viota cucullata ; acaulis, foliis cordatis acutiusculis glabris basi cucullatis, floribus’inversis, petalis oblique flexis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1™ 3. p. 288.—ed. alt. 2. p. 44. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1162. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 254. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 7. . Vioxa cucullata, glabra ; foliis cordatis glabris serratis basi cucullatis, pedunculis longitudine petiolorum, i ob- oy flexis: lateralibus barbatis. Pursh Fl. . Sept. eae Vioxa cucullata is a native of North-America, and was first described by Dr. Souanper in Arron’s Hortus Kewensis; where we are informed, that it was introduced in the year 1772, by Dr. Samuen Martin. | 3 It was an early inhabitant of Mr. Curris’s first Botanic Garden, at Lambeth-Marsh, where we well remember this accurate observer pointed out to us, that the flowers which appeared in the spring were uniformly barren ; but that later ~ in the summer apetalous flowers were produced upon very short scapes, which were as constantly fertile. The produc- tion of apetalous fertile flowers was first observed i the IOLA Viora mirabilis, im which complete flowers appear early in — the spring upon scapes; after these are fallen, the plant becomes caulescent, and fertile flowers, which are. for the ‘most part apetalous, are produced upon the stems in the axils of the leaves. We are informed, however, by Mr. Georee Graves, editor of the new edition and continuation of the Flora Londinensis, now publishing, that this circumstance, of the seed being produced from apetalous flowers coming later in the season, and growing on very short scapes, con- cealed among the leaves, is by 1 no means peculiar to VioLa cucullaia ; but that the same economy takes place in several other, perhaps i in all the stemless, species. A hardy perennial; propagated by seeds or parting its roots ; likes a loamy soil and a damp situation. We do not know that any figure of this species has been before ewe : in any botanical work. ( 1796 ) DIERVILLA HUMILIS. YELLOW-FLOWERED | Diervinta. - Class and Order. 3 -Pentanpria Monoeyrnia. _ Generic Character. Cal. oblongus, 5-fidus. Cor. calice duplo longior, infun- dibuliformis, 5-fida, patens. Caps. oblonga, 4-locularis, polysperma. Specific Name and Synonyms. Diervitta humilis. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 214. Drervitta Tourneforti; Michaux Fl. Am. Bor. 1. p. 1. p. 107. . re Diervitta. Hort. Cliff. 63. t. 7. ; Lonicera Diervilla ; racemis terminalibus, foliis serratis. Spec. Pl. 249. Willd. 1. p. 989. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. v. 1. p. 850. Mart. Mill. Dict. Kniph. Cent. 9. n. 6. Diervitta acadiensis fruticosa flore luteo. Tournef. in Act. Paris. 1706. t. 7. f. 1. . Miller Ic. t. 124. (errore 125.) Duham. arb. 1. p. 209. t. 87. Schmidt arb. t. 116. Boerh. Lugd. Bat. 1. p. 277. Diervitta canadensis. Willd. Enum. 1. 222. nee Diervitta lutea; pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus dichotomis trifloris, foliis ovatis serratis acuminatis. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 162. aoe This plant was first brought to Europe from Acadie, as the French at that time called Nova-Scotia, by Mons. Diervitte, surgeon, in commemoration of whom Tourne- ForT named it. The genus was taken up by Linnaus in his Hortus Cliffortianus; but afterwards united by him to NICERA, a union soon after objected to by MILLER, — its its fruit being a four-celled dry capsule; and the original name has been since restored by Jussiev, and is now adopted by the first Botanists. . _ It is remarkable that the specific name has been changed by every systematic writer that has recorded the plant under ° the appellation of Diervinia. At first Micnaux applied that of Tourneforti, but Persoon, in his Synopsis, probably from the impropriety of joining the names of two Botanists in the same plant, applied that of Awmilis, which Wi ipE- now, in his Enumeration of the Plants of the Berlin Garden, has thought fit to change to canadensis. Had he called it — acadiensis, as Tournerort had done, we should certainly have followed him. Lastly comes Mr. Pursu, who, in his Flora of North-America, has called it lutea. PxErsoon’s Synopsis being a general system, in every one’s hands, we © have thought it right to reject all the names since applied, and retain that of humilis. ak ' Native of North-America, from Canada to the lofty moun- tains of Carolina. A hardy shrub; loves a moist soil and shady situation. Propagated by cuttings or suckers, which it throws up abundantly. Flowers from May to August ; but rarely matures its fruit in this country, “and: we have ‘never seen it. That it is a four-celled capsule,’ not a berry, we take upon the authority of others. Communicated b Joun Water, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove, Southgate. | Cartes: Wadworth Bhaiib, eee a ELLA. 2. fish by if teenie mamas Cmry PuyTeuMA ScHEUCHZERI. SCHEUCHZER’S RaAmMPIoON. ae ede tees ck eae ahaa ae Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia.- _ Generic Character. Cor. rotata, 5-partita: laciniis linearibus. Stigma 2- s. 3-fidum. Caps. 2- s. 3-locularis, infera. Specific Character and Synonyms. Puyreuma Scheuchzeri ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis serrato- dentatis, bracteis linearibus capitulo longioribus, corolle laciniis medio fenestratis, stigmate trifido. Puyteuma Scheuchzeri ; capitulo subfolioso, bracteis lineari- bus capitulo longioribus, foliis lanceolatis dentatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 919.—Enum. 214. Puyreuma Scheuchzeri. Allioni Pedem. n. 428. t. 39. f. 2. Rapuncutus alpinus petreus ceruleus, foliis flori substratis longis angustioribus. Scheuchz. it. 6. p. 460. ee Rapuncuxuvs foliis imis longe petiolatis, caulinis linearibus, integris, bracteis linearibus, duabus imis longissimis. Hall. Hist. n. 682. — f Descr. Stems erect, somewhat angular, smooth, a foot or foot and half high. Radical leaves linear-lanceolate, narrowed at both extremities, toothed: petioles very long. Cauline leaves linear, somewhat toothed, Bractes linear, » quite entire: one of them generally much longer than in the individual from which our drawing was taken. Head of flowers hemispherical. ~Calyx five-cleft, segments subulate. Lacinie Be. b the corolla cohering at the base in a globular inflated tube, distinct and expanded in the middle, —_- € the air to the anthers, cohering again toward the extremities, and contracted intoacurved horn. Stigma exserted, trifid. Has much afhnity with Payrevma cordata (No. 1466.); but differs from it essentially in the form of the leaves and bractes. ? A.tionr’s figure does not represent the horned corollas. — Hauer’s description is excellent; but his specific character, as quoted by WiLLpENow, is made nonsense of, by a false punctuation. : Communicated by Mr. Knieut, from the Exotic Nursery, in the King’s-Road, Little- Chelsea. Native of Swisserland and Piemont. A hardy peren- — nial. Flowers in May and June, and when exposed only to the morning sun, will keep long in bloom. M1798 Wadile fh lesnth Feb painé é tel: 1798 +) ig Boraco LAXIFLORA, BELL-FLOWERED Borace. EAE AEE EE AE Ae aC aE aE ae ae ate ae Class and Order. PenranpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. © Cor. rotata: fauce radiis clausa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Boraco laxiflora ; foliis omnibus alternis ovatis acuminatis - iliatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio fongioribus. | Borraco laxiflora. Decand. Flore Frang. v. 5. p. 422. Desfont. Cat. Hort. Par. Fischer Cat. Hort. Gorenk. p. 27. Ancnusa laxiflora. I'l. Frang. ed. 3. n. 2728. Lois. Fl. Gall. 1. ‘p. 106. ~~ MAN Tid (1839) » STAPELIA Genmirtona (@) Gos-rrowereD STaPELIA. 3 He Be Tee Class and Order. Prnranpria Dieynta. Generic. Character. Asclepiadea, Ne eclur, 2.0816, | ae) - Patomts rruticosa. Larerr Sururny Puiomis, or JERUSALEM Sage. Class and Order. Dibynamta GyMNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-gonus, 5-dentatus. Cor. galea incimbens, carinato- compressa, barbata, emarginata. vel incisa ; labtum inferius proportionatum : lobo medio majore. Séigmatis labium su- perius brevius. Brown. Specific Character and Synonyms. Putomis fruticosa ; [foliis subrotundis [ovato-oblongis] to- mentosis crenatis, involucris lanceolatis, caule fruticoso. | Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.A07. Sp. Pl. 818. Willd. 3. p. 117. Pers. Syn. 2. 126. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 1. Kniph. Cent. 1 et 3. Sabb. Hort. Rom. 3. t. 15. Putomis involucri radiis lanceolatis. Hort.‘Cliff: 315. Putomis cretica, fruticosa, folio subrotundo, flore luteo. Tournef. Cor. 10. : Putomis capitata lutea grandiflora. Dill. Elth. p. 316. t. 237, Veins latis salvie foliis. Bauh. Pin. 240. Verzascum sylvestre. Cam. Epit. 881. Matthioli Compend. 794. ! ag Verzascum sylvestre alterum. Dod. Pempt. 146. Verpascum 4 Matthioli. Lob. Icon. 560. § 1. Ger. Emac. 767. f. 1. SALVIA aie lutea latifolia. Park. Theatr. 52. Satvia fatua flore luteo. Weinm. Phyt. 4. t. 880. c. Psevpo-Satvia major lutea latifolia. Moris. Hist. 2. p. 397. § 11. . ree Putomis fruticosa varies very much in the form and size of its leaves, which are sometimes cordate-oyal, somtimes ; oblong-oval, _oblong-oval, and not at all cordate ; at other times again. they are auriculated. We have observed only two varieties, which differ in nothing but in size, and not in the relative width of the leaves. The older authors, by their latifolia and angustifolia, denoted two distinct species, our present one and Putomis Lychnitis. Mi.ier made three species of the fruticosa, but they appear to us to run so much into one another, that they cannot properly be considered even as distinct varieties ; except the larger and smaller, which seem to be permanent. | The Putiomis Jruticosa is a native of Spain, Portugal, and Sicily. It is tolerably hardy, and will grow in almost any soil or situation, though it lives longest in a dry soil ; its hoary leaves are not deciduous, and make a pleasing variety in the winter. But severe frost will cut them down to the : Sapens and sometimes destroy them altogether. Propagated ag cuttings. Flowers in June and July. Cultivated by Gerarp in 1596, : Nisa. ©, 5s b.y.5u tis. Walworth. Aug’11816. ( 1844) BERCKHEYA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOWERED BERCKHEYA. | {HEHEHE SERGE Heseee Class and Order. SyncenesiA Potyeamia FrustRANEA. Generic Character. Receptaculum favosum. Semina villosa. _Pappus paleaceus (nunc setoso-paleaceus ciliatus). Cal. imbricatus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Bercxueya grandiflora ; foliis oppositis lanceolatis trinerviis — spinoso-dentatis subtus tomentosis, calycinis foliolis spinoso-dentatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2271. Bercxueya fruticosa. Wendl. Obs. 33. t. 4. f. 31. OHRIA grandiflora; foliis calycibusque oblongis dentato- Spinosis subtus tomentosis capitulo solitario. Thunb. Prodr. 140. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Hafn. 3. p. 107. Rounsa ilicifolia ; foliis oppositis oblongis dentatis spinosis supra lineatis, caule fruticoso. Vahl Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Hafn. 2. p. 40. t. 7. Gorteria fruticosa. Berg. Cap. p.302. quoad descriptionem, exclusis synonymis omnibus, excepto forte Plukenetii. © Arracryzis oppositifolia ; foliis oppositis. L. Mant. 477. Reich. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 697. exclusis synon. Sp. Plan‘. ct Plukenetii. Ce ARTHAMUs africanus, frutescens, folio ilicis spinoso, flore — aureo. Wealth. Hort. 13. t. 7, <= . Descr, Stem shrubby, about three feet high, divided into a few upright branches. Leaves opposite, ternate, or, ‘Sometimes scattered, oblong, smooth on the upper surface and fottony on the under, sinuate-dentate; teeth terminated rik i. wi with a rigid, sharp, orange-coloured spe. Peduncle ter - minal, half a foot long, rounded, cottony, bearing a single, large, radiated, yellow flower. Calyx imbricaied: outer leaflets exactly resembling the leaves, but smaller, the inner series gradually diminishing and becoming less spinous, innermost series linear-lanceolate, ciliated: all of them ap- peared to us to be distinct to the base. Receptacle honey- combed : cells deep with ragged chaffy edges. Seed buried in the cells, hairy from the base, and crowned with a chafly many-cleft pappus, whose segments are ciliated. Radius barren. i : . __ A greenhouse shrub. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Flowers in June. Not mentioned in the Hortus Kewensis. Communicated by Messrs. Jenxins and Gwytuer, New- Road, who are preparing an extensive Botanic Garden for the use of subscribers ; which, from its vicinity to the centre of the metropolis and the enjoyment of the pure air of the Regent’s Park, promises to be.a great acquisition to London Botanists, ea Pe N1645. ( 1845) CrerseraA Manenas. SprarR-LEAVED | CERBERA. FBR bbe bbe ee Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. a ~ Generic Character. Contorta. Drupa monosperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cersera Manghas ; foliis lanceolatis: nervis transversalibus, foliolis calycinis ovato-oblongis patentissimis margine involutis. Cerzera Manghas ; foliis lanceolatis : nervis transversalibus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 65. Fl. Zeyl.n. 106. Sp. Pl. 803. Reich. 591. Willd. 1. p. 1222. Obs. It. 91. Maneuas lactescens, foliis Nerii crassis, venosis, Jasmini flore, fructu Persice simili venenato. Burm. Seyl. 151. t. 10. f- 1% . he Manenas fructu venenato. Bauh. Pin.440. Raj. Hist. 1552. Argor tactraria. Rumph. Amb. 2. p. 243. ¢.81. Opoitam. Hort. Malab. 1. p.71. t. 39. see ay It is probable that more than one species of Cergera have been confounded under the name of Manghas. The pecu- liarity of the corolla-like calyx, which is not much shorter than the tube of the corolla, will perhaps easily distinguish | . this from every other species. This calyx is well represented in the figure in the Hortus Malabaricus, and is particular! described by Rumpmius, as having the appearance of a stel- lated flower, of a fine green colour, from the centre of which the real flower grows on a long tube; his figure ge | represents the plant after the corollas were all fallen o leaving only the calyx. Burman’s figure ee yx calyx as very small, and closely applied to the tube of the corolla ; a circumstance which makes it doubtful whether it may not be intended for some other species. . The stories of its very poisonous qualities have arisen, probably, from its being confounded with some other plant ; its milky juice is not vehemently caustic, and Rumpnius remarks, that the natives eat the leaves, boiled with other pot-herbs, with no other effect than gently relaxing the bowels ; and an infusion of the bark of the tree is used as a _ familiar cathartic in Amboyna, by the Europeans as well as the natives. . With us it is a stove plant. Native of the East-Indies. Flowers from June to September. Propagated by cuttings. We were favoured with the specimen from which our drawing was taken, by our friend Mr. Arron, from the royal garden at Kew, in June 1815, : ie N1646. 2 . ca 3 AL y.3 Curtis Walworth Sept ® 1.2828, ( 1846 ) Sminax Giauca. GtAvucous-LEAVED SMILAX. Class and Order. Diecra Hexanpria. Generic Character. d Masc. Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. | Pe Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. Styli 3. Bacca 3-locularis. Specific Character. Smatax glauca ; (caulis teres aculeatus) foliis inermibus rotundato-ovatis mucronulatis subseptemnerviis subtus. glaucis, pedunculis brevibus bifloris. oe We cannot find that this species of Swix, a native of orth-America, communicated by Joun Watxer, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove, has been any where described. It approaches to rotundifolia, but has much smaller leaves, less cordate at the base, and quite glaucous on the under side ; they have generally seven longitudinal nerves, but the outer ones are Soon lost in the margin, and all of them are much less con- spicuous in the dried than in the fresh leaf: the petiole 1s shorter than the lamina, and is generally furnished with a pair of tendrils. Peduncles not longer than the petioles, and for the most part two-flowered. Our plant was a male. It is hardy, and of easy culture. Nasay. tis Walworth..Somt”, 2.2828. Fy aby. 5, Gar ( 1847 ) Justicia Ecrorium. Lone-sprkep Justicia. Co dee eee eee eee Clast Hid Orter. Dranpria Monoeynia. Generic Cha racter. Cal. hot vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel subregularis. Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis : ‘dissepimentum = contrarium : retinaculis seminum uncinulatis. “Specific Character and Synonyms. ‘i ay P "ee “Calyce siniplici, corollis bilabiatis : labiis divisis.. Justicia Ecbolium ; spicis terehitibdibws tetragonis iinbricatis, bracteis ovalibus foliisque oblongo-ovatis acuminatis, ‘galea lineari. Vahl enum. “3 - 117. Hort. Kew. ed. Sa hte: bop. 36. % Justicia Echolium ; spicis } ideedinalibus tetragonis, bracteis “ovatis imbricatis® ciliatis. mucronatis, corollarum galea ~* Jineari reflexa, Vahl aymbi 2. cP: 14. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1, 17 ns yee / foliis lanceolato-ovatis, spicis . tetragonis, bracteis ovatis ciliatis, corollarum galea re- flexa. Sp. Pl. 20. Fl. Seyl. 17 Fabr. Helst. aii. -~ Vahl nb 1 pk -Lour. Cochin. p. 23. 5 Justicia Echolium; frutico ag - superiore lineari, spicarum bracteis ovalibus cuspidatis ciliatis, antheris parallelis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1"* 1. p. 26. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 16. Justicia viridis ; foliis oblongis integris, spicis terminalibus -imbricatis, bracteis ovato-acutis, galea lineari reflexa bidentata. Forsk. Deser. p. 5. n. 14. ApuHatopa spica longissima, flore reflexo. Burm. Seyl. 7. a ae De os cee floris labio superiore 2 ees et ad pees reclinato. Tournef: o: Carim-Curini. Hort. Nalab. ¢ OL t. 20. Curini (forte) prima species. Pluk Phyt (471.7. ee. Leas bilabiatis : labio Stem shrubby: branches erect, simple, appearing as if . Jointed from the intumescence just above the insertion of the leaves. Leaves opposite, decussate, oval, smooth, pointed at both extremities, quite entire, somewhat rigid and recurved. Flowers in a terminal four-cornered imbricated spike. Bractes oval, ciliated; terminated with a soft mucro, turning purple towards the point. Calyx 4-parted: leaflets subulate, finely pubescent. Tube of corolla long curved: limb bilabiate : upper lip linear, emarginate, bent back: lower lip 3-lobed : middle lobe broader oval than the lateral ones. The corolla is white, but changes to a pale green in fading ; scentless. Stamens two: filaments inserted into the superior part of the tube: anthers parallel. Germen conical, supported on a fleshy receptacle: style the length of the tube: stigma Lixnxus, who has described only twenty species in his Species Plantarium, divided these into two genera, naming one Dianruzra from the circumstance of each filament bear- Ing. two anthers, one above the other; Jacquin and Vanu have united them into one genus ; which however is so numerous as to require subdivision ; the latter author having _ enumerated no Jess than one hundred and forty-seven species, _ though he separated the stemless species under the name of Exytraria. The first edition of Arron’s Hortus Kewensis contains only nine species, and the last but twenty-eight. _ Justicia Ecbolium is a native of the East-Indies. Requires to be kept in the stove. Cultivated by Pamir Mixer in 1759. Propagated by cuttings. Communicated by Jonn Waixer, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove, in July 1815. Flowers most part of the summer. N1848. if AHAB: Jrocys xb 2 Sracuyrarpuera urticrrouia. Nerrine LEAVED Bastarp VERVAIN, | Class and Order. © Dianpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. tubulosus, 4-dentatus. Cor. hypocrateriformis, ine- qualis, 5-fida, curva. Stam. 4: 2 sterilia. Sem. 2. Specific Character and Synonym. SracuytTarpneta urticifolia ; glabriuscula, foliis ovatis acu- tis usque basin serratis, bracteis subulatis calyce adpresso brevioribus. : Cymeurus urticefolius ; foliorum laminis ovali-lanceolatis, nervo medio subtus rare hirto, czeterum glabris: bracteis totis adpressis, ovato-acuminatis : calycis dorso edentulo : stigmate igtegro. Parad. Lond. 53. exclusis synonymis. Although we consider this to be the same species as is figured in the Paradisus Londinensis, under the name of Cympurus urticefolius, yet we believe it to be quite distinct from SracuytarPHETA jamaicensis, supposed by Mr. Saxis- _BuRY to be the same. It is of taller growth, its stalks are far less hairy, the leaves less succulent, sharper pointed and . More acutely sawed, with the serratures continued to the base » Of the leaf. In jamaicensis the leaves are more succulent, broader towards the apex, and quite entire at the lower part ; teeth more distant and blunter; it is also less eregt in its Srowth, and has shorter spikes. In our plant the bractes are rather subulate than ovate, with a membranous border at the only; they are shorter than the calyx, to which they are y adpressed their whole length. The calyxes aaa aa bedded in a deep groove in the peduncle: the outer teeth of the calyx are larger than the inner, which they entirely con- ceakryIt; has two fertile stamens ; and we could not detect any steril filaments. Communicated by Joun Watker, Esq. who sent it under the name of Versena violacea. Flowers in the stove most part of the year. _Propagated by cuttings. We are not certain of what country it is a native. ( 1849 ) ~ Srevia Euparoria. Hemp-AGRIMONY-LIKE | STEVIA. KKK KEE EEK EEE E Class and Order. SyneenesiA Potyeamia ALQuALs. Generic Character. Reeept. nudum. Pappus paleaceus. Cal. cylindraceus, ex simplici foliolorum serie, : Specific Character and Synonyms. Srevia Eupatoria; herbacea, foliis lanceolatis planis in -petiolum attenuatis trinerviis apice obsolete subserratis, corymbis fastigiatis, pappo paleaceo et aristato. Willd. Enum. 854. Idem in Mag. d. Gesells. Naturf. Fr. 2. Berl. 1807. p. 138. ; Srevia Eupatoria ; herbacea foliis lanceolatis trinerviis inte- Sake corymbo fastigiato, pappo paleaceo et aristato. illd. Sp. Pl. VI75. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 510. Mustexia Eupatoria. Sprengel in Linnean Soc. Trans. v. 6. p. 152. #. 13. ee Pe = The late Professor WitipeNnow, in his Enumeration of the Plants of the Berlin Garden, has a Species that he calls Garden, who said he found it to be a hardy herbaceous per- ennial. Native of Mexico. Flowers in August and September. j | N18 49. Pub.bw.8.Curtes Walworth. Seph% 22815 J Ni850. Pub. oy. S.Gurtis. Walworth. Sene™ 2.2826. ( 1850 ) HIALLIA ImBRicaTA. Impricatep Hatta. AER ERIE Ra Rae ese se ae ae ae ae ae _ Class and Order. Drapetpuia Decanpria. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, regularis. Legumen 1-spermum, bivalve. Sy > : Ye Specific Character and Synonyms. Hausa imbricata ; foliis cordato-ovatis convolutis imbricatis, floribus axillaribus sessilibus. Thunb, Prodr. p. 131. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2.3. p. 1170. Hepysarum imbricatum. Thunb. in Nov. Act. Upsal. v. 6. _#. 42. & 1 Suppl. Pl. p. 330, ccm! | r This very rare plant, not recorded in the last edition of | the Hortus Kewensis, was communicated by Messrs. Lop- pices and Sons, in August 1813. _ es Native of the Cape of Geod-Hope BERG as growing among grass, UW) erect at the upper part. | ee In our specimen, the stem was firmer, and had more the appearance of alow shrub. Leaves imbricated toward the extremities of the branches, ciliated with strong hairs along the margin and the mid-rib, and terminated with a soft mucro ; they were mostly folded together, partly ——— flower, which was solitary, axillary, and nearly sessile. We know of no figure but the one in the New Upsal Transactions, above quoted. Jacquin, in the second volume of the Hortus Schoenbrunnensis, has given the figure of a very nearly-allied Species, under the name of Giycine monophylla ; but which is certainly not the plant so called by Linnazus. Jacquin’s plant, though in many respects similar, we - to be a distinct species from ours, having its stalks entirely prostrate, leaves more distant, and not folded upon the flower. Pro- pagated by seeds, % represented by Tuun- ery slender stems, but if this distinction is to be depend (1851 - ZAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA. Dwarr Zama. lorie ies lass and Order. _ Diecra Po.yAnpRIA. ~ Generic Character. Masc. * abot campanulatis, " quinqueden- 3 : dentibus | ee iticis, foliis petiolatis sub- ndo-ov is. _ Sp. Pl. 3. p. 129. Enum. ‘ . Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. “al | A OLUCCELLA levis ; calycibus cantpanulatis subquinqueden- tatis: denticulis equa ibus. 2 Pl..821. Hort. Upsal. a _ Sabb. Hort. 3. t. 45. : - ratio Es Motvcca leis : Me p Moris. Hist. 3. 3 $8 §it. ; : Metissa Moluccana odorata . i aes Me uissa Molucca levis angeiy 3 levis. Po ark. 8 : A AQ. f 5. ae Motvca. Bauh. Hist. £3 p. 234, Ra j. Hist. - Rivin, ~ Mon. 64._ Mouuvca, Ttalis, Melisa Constantinopoitana, Be. Epit 675. 3 Carpiaca, Melica, sive Moluca Sy riaca ins mis Tob, os Oe E. 516. ~ Mowwecenta levis is an_ annual plant, and, in in _ favoural le seasons, does not perfect its seeds with us, which accounts accounts for its being so rarely met with in our gardens. To insure the ripening of its seeds, Mitier directs that it should be raised in the autumn; and the young plants pre- served through the winter under a frame. In the spring, they may be planted in the open air, in a warm situation, sheltered from the high winds. These plants, which have been preserved through the winter, will flower towards the end of June, and may be expected to produce ripe seeds, should the weather be at all favourable. The calyx in the whole genus is bell-shaped and much - larger than the corolla, with teeth more or less mucronated : in this species they are described as being without mucro ; but this is not the fact: the mucro is indeed small, and though not pungent when:green, becomes so in drying. ‘The whorls are generally five-flowered, and under each calyx is a bracte of from three. to five spines united at the base, which, though at first innocuous, become rigid and pungent ; these together form an involucre surrounding the stem, beneath each whorl. — . Authors differ in their opinion of its scent; PARKINSON _ Joun Baunin, 2 ee Coe 2 Coie ck =) 25. es a2 = Nisss. - Lurtis. Waluronth. 0, [Sy Wea Week eld k= . Po OSS Rucnopepean HirsuTuM. Haty RuopopEnpron. ie siededehelsdehicielehihied Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. + Gtherte Charice Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. subinfundibuliformis. Stam. declinata, Caps. 5-locularis. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Ruosowsnpnox hirsutum ; foliis ellipticis acutiusculis ciliatis subtus punctatis, corollis ‘infundibuliformibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2 p.49. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 49. Ruopopenpron hirsutum ; foliis ciliatis nudis, corollis in- fundibuliformibus. . Sp. Pl. 562. Mart. Mill. Dict. 4. Jacq. Austr. p. 61. t. 98. Sop: Carn. n. 480. Villars Dauph. 3.997308," og is Sebtus punctatis. Hail. Ruonopexnzeie foliis oyaling ili Hist. n. 1016. Lepum alpinum irsute o> Bide. Pin. ‘468. ‘Raj. Hist. 1005. Lepum alpinum. Clus. "hae, 74. fig. bona, p. 82. Lepvum alpinum sive Rosa alpina. Park. Theatr. 77. Batsamum alpinum Gesneri. Lob. Ic. 367. Nerium alpinum quibusdam, aliis Ledum birsutum, Bauh. Mist. 2. p. 21 et 22. ie, Raat, Levon alpinum Cut. Ge Eee. = ‘ities Ruopopenpron hirsutum and ferrugineum are very much alike. By the older Botanists they seem to have been con- sidered as varieties only, and are for the most part described together, as the smooth and hairy Mountain Rose. They ‘are, however, permanently distinct species. The flowers of | hirsutum are not 80 lange, and rather less intense in spree’ : ‘ than | than those of ferrugineum ; nevertheless, a large shrub of the former, when covered with blossoms, is a highly orna- mental object. - Native of the Alps of Switzerland, ‘Dauphiné, Austria, and Stiria. Flowers in May and June. Should be planted in peat mould. Propagated by offsets, layers, or seeds, which, however, are but rarely perfected with us. As the natural situation of these plants is among the rocks on the summits of lofty mountains, where they insinuate their roots between the crevices of stone, we should recommend a trial of them on old walls, which, when such occur, might often be beau- tifully decorated by planting them with well-chosen subjects. Cultivated by Mr. Joun Trapescant, jun. in 1656. Communicated by Joun Watker, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove. N18 54. Pub by. 8. Curtis Weiwor>. Wedd dll. Se. ( 1854 ) BovuvarDIA TRIPHYLLA. THREE-LEAVED - Bovuvarpia. PRE He Rae eRe ese se sks oe te Class and Order. Terranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus, dentiate quibusdam interjectis. Cor. tubulosa. Anthere incluse. Caps. bipartibilis, polysperma. - Sem. marginata, sat Specific Name and Synonyms. ~ Bovuvarpia triphylla. Salisb. in Parad. Lond. 88. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1, p. 245, Houston1a coccinea. Bot. Repos. 106. Willd. Enum. 156. Ixora americana. Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. 3. p.4. t. 257. Txora ternifolia. Cavanill. Ic. 4. p. 3. t. 305. Gawler Recens. Repos. Bot. 10. Bovvarosa differs from Hovsronta in having the cells of its capsule many-seeded, instead of one-seeded; and from Ixora, in its fruit being a capsule not a berry ; besides other characters of minor consideration. R.A. Sauissury, Esq. Eve it its present appellation, in memory of Dr. Cuartes uvaRrD, formerly superintendant of the Jardin Royal, at Paris. Mr. Sauissury says, that two varieties of this beau- tiful shrub are cultivated in some collections about London, some with shorter, and the other with longer, leaves. We do not remember to have seen any specimens with leaves so short as represented in the Paradisus Londinensis. Young plants have a broader foliage and flowers more erect, than full-grown shrubs; and there is a variety with pubescen ves. =“ ee It is a native of Mexico, and is generally treated as a greenhouse shrub; but we have known it thrive and blossom very well, planted ig the open air, in front of the conserva- tory, where it was protected from frost by the occasional oyrenpaae Git ty calles Wirodacot tm 1796, by cb Propagated by cuttings. Introduced in 1794, by the Right Hon. Sir y Aiba ‘Banks, Bart. K. B. ie N1855. as Weddelt.s> Pub. by.S.Gurtis - Walworth. 0cb 11.1826. oe ae Hippia FRUTESCENS. Surussy Hrppra, Class and Order. SynGenesia Potycamra NEcEssARIA, Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappus 0. Sem. latissimis marginibus, nuda. Cal. hemisphericus, subimbricatus. Corollule radii 10, obsolete, subtrifide. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hirria frutescens ; fruticosa, villosa, foliis pinnatifidis, flo- ribus corymbosis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 179. Linn. Sup. 390. Syst. Veg. 795. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2382. Thunb. Prod. 168. Gerin. Fruct. 2. p. 390. t. 164. J. 6. Martyn Mill. Dict. n. 3. ; Hirt frutescens. Syst. Veg. ed. 13. p. 661. Linn. Mant. a -Tanacetum frutescens; foliis pinnatifidis: laciniis lanceo- ' Jatis obfusiusculis integerrimis. Sp. Pl. 1182. Berg. Cap. 243. Kniph. Cent: 1. n. 88. | Ertocernatus pectinifolius ; foliis planis pinnatis. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p, BIO - Tanacervm africanum arborescens, foliis lavendulee multifido + "folio. Commel. Hort. 2. p. 201. t. 101. It has been the fate of this shrub to puzzle even the father of modern Botany, to determine to what genus it _ Should be referred. In the Species Plantarum, Linnaus first placed it under Tanacerum: in the twelfth edition of the Systema Nature (Vegetab.) he removed it to ErrocepHauus : and in the thirteenth edition, he remarked, that it had more affinity with Iva than with Tanacerom ; but concluding that it was distinct from both, he separated it as a genus, and _ aes ae : i gave gave it the name of Hippia, under which it has been since generally recognized. It is.a native of the Cape of Good-Hope; may be con- sidered as a hardy greenhouse shrub. Propagated by cuttings. Flowers early in the spring, and continues in succession most part of the summer. It was cultivated at Chelsea in 1710. Communicated by Jonn Waker, Esq. of Arno’s-Grove. : : N 1856. ov. s x p W7 . Lurtis alwe-r th t Walworth Oet'2.2826. pede Weddell. Se. : ( 1856 ) GENTIANA INcARNATA. Lyons’s GENTIAN. JHE EER eek eke Class and Order. Pentanpria Dieynia. Generic Character. — Cor. 1-petala. Caps. 2-valvis, 1-locularis : 2 an 2, longitudinalibus. : | Specific Character. Gentiana incarnata ; corollis aggregatis terminalibus dolii- formibus: ore lacero ineequali, foliis ovalibus, petiolis | decurrentibus. | é This hitherto undescribed species of GrnTIAN is a native of Carolina, from whence it was brought, by Mr. Lyons, _ about three years since. It has a near affinity with G. Saponaria and ochroleuca, before published, especially with _the latter; but the flowers are smaller and blush-coloured, the segments of the calyx longer, and the limb of the corolla is more unequally divided. _ oe | The leaves, in a vigorous plant, before the time of flower- ing, are of a deep green ; the yellow and purple tinge of the leaves in the plant from which = ee was taken, was robably owing to having been too dry. : Z A bardy pameaniak adits October Communicated by Mr. Witii4m Kenr, from his collection at Clapton, ~ Weddell Se 626. Pub.by.S. Curtis. Walworth. Oct™ 1.2 ( 1857 ) CieomeE pusescens. Vittovus Cirome. Jeske ok bee kk abd Class and Order. ‘TerrapyNnamia Sizigvosa. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Petala4. Stam. 4—40. Siliqua 1-loca- is, bivalvis pelysperma. Semina exalbuminosa. Brown. Speci ific Character. Reocis pubescens ; ; floribus hexandris, staminibus basi stipitis insertis, bracteis oblongo-cordatis simplicibus, ae reflexis, Re pendulis. ae . ep 2 ie ee : i phin. Whole plant, more especially the stem, clothed with a fine pubescence. Root annual. Stem simple, erect, Leaves digitate : leaflets” five or seven, lanceolate-oyate, _ ribbed underneath with parallel veins. Flowers in a simple _ - Yaceme, white: claws of the petal shorter than the lamina. Stamens six, inserted into the lower part of the stipes ort footstalk of the germen, and not into t e middle of it, as in a Cirome pentaphylla: filament. naturally long, ascendant, and of a bright purple colour; but in the specimen from — which our drawing was taken unfortunately abortive, a_ _ defect not observed till the plate was ready for publication. arades simple cordate. Sihgua hws long, and Ee ‘dows: | For this, as it appears to us, cndpebetbed species of Cieome, we are indebted to our friend Rorerr Barcuay, — Esq. of Bury-Hill, who raised it from seeds he received from Paris ; but its native country is unknown to us. Flowers in July. Requires to be raised in the stove or hot-bed, and to be kept constantly under shelter. It pro-— duced and ripened seeds, however, with us, in an airy apartment, without artificial warmth. : nie tae” cd Wedldeil Se. Pud. by. &. Curtis. Walworth. Oct’ 12636 is (1858) esas? “SIDEROXYLON MITE. y Lasiecieabaven | . Tron -Woop. Class and Order. - Puyranpna Moxograa. "Generic Character. Cor. bfida, Nect, in bleigu Spy. Stigma simplex. Bacca Pagers. Specific Character and Synonyms. SIDEROXYLON mite ; inerme, foliis perennantibus lanceolatis acutis, pedunculis - leretibus brevissimis aggregatis sim-: plicibus compositisque.._ si ape mite ; inerme floribus sessilibus. Syst. Veget. ° 232. Willd. 1. 1089 ? N mite. _dacgq. Collect. a p.2 249. certo certius, iy “excluso synonymo Milleri. AY foot mite, Willd. Enum. Pe 249. + A videtay ob flores solitarios hui : : 4 7 ate description, it is uncertain this 3 ‘¥LON mite of Linnaus or not, we have no Phat. however, but that it is the aww? described pi a that name, a Jacgurs, i _ Collectane: me at a ining’ gr smooth | =8 the under side, ee : Peduncles axillary,, aggregate, rounded, very short, some simple and one-flowered, others branched and many-flowered. out nectaria. Filaments somewhat shorter than the corolla, white: anthers yellow. Germen roundish ; _ stigma simple, obtuse, sessile, green. In all which charac- ters it agrees exactly with Jacguiy’s description. From = gee melanophieum, melanophleum, for which species it has been generally taken in our gardens, it differs, in that this last has obtuse Jeaves, square peduncles, which, with the calyx and corolla, are of a flesh colour, and a divided stigma ; in which respect Jacquin remarks, that S. melanophleum recedes from the character of the genus, ; Wiipenow, in his Enumeration of the Plants in the Royal Botanical Garden at Berlin, has separated from the genus SipERoxyLon those species which want the nectarium, under the name of Scteroxytum; but that which he calls mite can hardly be intended for our plant, as he ascribes to it. solitary and lateral flowers. . A handsome evergreen greenhouse shrub, Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Propagated by cuttings, Flowers in — i and July. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and ONS, Pub-by. S&. Curtis Walworth Oct® 126 U6. at ( 1859 ) Ss CYLISTA ALBIFLORA. : WhitE-FLOWERED © Cyxista. (FHSS bebisicseseae a Class and Order. 7 _ Dirapenpuia Decanpria. ie ad Poe ee _ Generic Character. — 7 “5 Cal. 4-fidus, corolla major : lacinia ‘suprema apice bifida, vel emarginata ; infima maxima, Cor. persistens. Legumen subdispermum. — en Ee ON | Crusra albiflora ; ferrugineo-pubescens, calycibus semiquin- quefidis : laciniis subzequalibus, bracteis ovatis acuminatis, corollis calyce majoribus. — $2 ep Cg a ; q MP t 7 a Descr. Stem dicibing: Venvered with a rust is in some degree the whole p ; leaflets ovate-acuminate ; a divided very nearly as deep Ww Segment is somewhat but not much longer than the rest. Corolla papilionaceous ; vexillum orbicular, ae with two teeth at the base of the lamina: ale small, with — one tooth at the base. Carina very much get ae hig : point, consisting of two petals not united, except for a small space sitet the middle. Stamens diadelphous, Pn : . | anthers — INDE X. Tn oo the Lalit Names of, the Plants. ‘contained in the Forly- Third Volume. are alphabetically arranged. Pl. 1827 Acacia longifolia. 1808 Acanthus spinosus (8). 1840 Allium stéllatum (6). 1822, Anchusa capensis, 1844 Berckheya grandiflora. 1798 Borago laxiflora. 1854 Bouyardia triphylla. 1820 Bryonia quinqueloba. 1836 Buphthalmum sericeum. 1831 Calla’ palustris. 1811 Callicoma serratifolia. 1835, Capsicum bicolor. 1829 Cassia ligustrina, 1789. Cerastium amplexicaule. 1845 Cerbera Manghas. 1786 Cineraria aurita. 1782 Cistus levipes. 1803 Cistus sampsucifolius. 1857 Cleome pubescens. 1816 Clematis cordata. “1834 Clerodendrum fragrans. “1805 Clerodendrum viscosum. 1771. Crassula lactoas. ag al 1815. Brica flava, (2.) in b 1842 Gatdenia radicans. 1841 Gardenia Randia. _ 1856 Gentiana incarnata. — 1802 Gnaphaliam tratieans, 1850, Helleesobiesiis. ; 1855 Hippia 1785 ae trifoli 1790 sb act insignis, . = oa | 1787 Symphitum tauricum. : Bie [ Pl. 1847 Justicia Ecbolium. 1804, Lagasca mollis. 1810 Leptospérmum grandifolium. 1812 Lythram alatum. 1824 Mesembryanthemum albidum. 1821'\Metrosideros saligna, © 1852 Moluccella levis. 1830. Myoporum debile. 1799 Nerium odorum(). 1778 Nicotiana Gaeta slvis, 1801 Nycterium aaneevomiuni: 1784 Peonia officinalis: 1843. Phlomis: Aviticosn. - 1797 Phyteuma Scheuchzeri. 1819 .Pedophyllum peltatum.. 1817 Polyanthes tuberosa, 1780 Polygala speciosa. 1823 Pomaderris lanigera. 1779. Psidium cordatum. 1832 Punica Granatum. 1853 Rhododendron hirsutum. - 1806 Rhus Toxicodendron, os )vulg. 1813 Commersonia Platyphylia. | ee | 781 Rita mois ; 1849 Stevia Eupatoria. 1788 Stobea pinnata. ; 1818 Thalictrum aquilegifolium. ‘ | 1825 Valerian montana,(é. — = oli. 4777 Vaibatines bipinnatiidum. 1776 Viola altaica. © 1795 Viola cucullata. 1851 Zamia integrifolia, : 1838 Zamia media,