CCcnrTin Ss Botanical Magazine; FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED: i IN WHICH The most Ornamental Foreien Pxants, 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 Linnzvus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering ; Together with the most approved Methods of CULTURE, A WORE Tatended for the Use of such Lapres, Gentiemen, and Garpeners, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. By JOHN SIMS, M.D. FELLow or THE Royat anp Linnean Soctetiss. ~ aa. VOL XLVII. , Being the Fifth of the New Series. The Fiowers, which grace their native beds, Awhile put forth their blushing heads, But, e’er the close of parting day, They wither, shrink, and die away: But THEse, which mimic skill hath made, Nor scorched by suns, nor killed by shade, Shall blush with less inconstant hue, Which art at pleasure can renew. Lioyp. ~ - ieee —_——— ee Loudon; Printed by W. & S. Coucuman, Throgmorton-Street, Published by Suerwoop, Nezty, & Jones, 20, Paternoster-Row ; And Sold by the principal Baoksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCCC XxX, y 2105. Curtis Sin C29. Walworth . Wav tsa ( 2105 ) CRATEGUS GLABRA. Smoota CHINESE HawtTnorn. e Class aia Order. | IcosanpRIA Dieynia, Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Bacca infera, disperma. ~(Mes-. pilus. Smit.) ‘ Specific Character and Synonyms. Crataeus glabra; foliis oblongis acutis glabris serratis- superioribus petiolis vix quadruplo longioribus, panicula composita corymbosa: pedicellis calyce longioribus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 202. Cratacus glabra ; foliis oblongis acutis glabris serratis, florum panicula composita. Thunb. Jap. 205. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1004. a Mespitus glabra. Sweet Hort. Suburban. p. 112. ‘tien The genera Crataeus, Sorsus, Mespitus, and Pyrus of Liynaxus, Sir James E. Smrra has thought right to reduce to two only, rejecting Craraeus and Sorgvus. But as these last genera are still retained in the last edition of the Hortus _ Kewensis, we adopt the name as it at present stands there ‘and in Willdenow’s Species Plantarum ; for not having had an opportunity of seeing the fruit, and having even neglected to examine the flower from which our drawing was made, we. are not certain whether it ought to be referred to Mesptius - or Pyrus. THunpere describes two styles, with capitate Seres but does not seem to have been acquainted with the ruit, ; % We are informed by Mr. Knienrt, of the King’s Road, Chelsea, by whom our plant was communicated, that it thrives vigorously when inarched upon a stock of the common quince, a species a species usually referred to Pyrus. It is propagated also by cuttings ; is a very ornamental evergreen shrub; at present kept in the greenhouse ; but may perhaps be found hereafter to be sufficiently hardy to bear our winters without protec- tion, as several other Japan plants are found to do. Introduced in 1804 by the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India-Company, in the Henry Addington, Captain Kirkpatrick. 'Time of flowering uncertain ; said in Hortus Kewensis to flower from April to July ; our drawing was taken in December, W206 J burtis Del Pub. ty 3G ‘tena - 7. OF. us lurks Wabwor' Wy Vv ?. CWOMY . tf OW. 029g V Je7 rea i Weddell $2 ( 2106 ) 'TURNERA TRIONIFLORA. WVENICE-MALLOW- FLOWERED 'TURNERA. EEE EE EEE EE Class and Order. Penranpris Trigynia. Generic Character. Calyx 5-fidus, infundibuliformis : exterior [bractee] di- phyllus. Petala 5, calyci inserta. Stigmata multifida. Caps. I-locularis, trivalvis: valvis medio seminiferis, Specific Character. TuRNERA trioniflora ; floribus petiolaribus, bracteis subulatis, foliis ovatis utrinque acutis basi biglandulosis, dimidio inferiore integerrimis. We do not find that this species, which differs in so many respects from Turnera angustifolia (No. 281), has ever been recorded. In most of its characters it corresponds with Turnera sidoides of Linnzus, but that is said to have axillary peduncles, whilst in our plant the flower is sessile upon the footstalk of the leaf, as in ulmifolia, angustifolia, and Pumilea. The leaves are ovate, pointed at both ends, serrate from about the middle to the apex, and quite entire towards the base, where it is furnished with two globular glands, and besides these there is an oblong, white, raised maik upon the middle of the petiole. The bractes are subu- te, hairy, nearly the length of the calyx, while in angustifolia they are ovate-acuminate and serrate. The corolla is much paler, with a dark purple eye, which gives it not a slight resemblance to the blossom of Hibiscus T'rionum (No. 209.) A native of Brazil. Cultivated in the stove. Flowers most part of the year. Propagated by cuttings and by seeds. mmunicated by Mr. Anperson, from the Apothecaries nic Garden, at Chelsea. * M2107 ( 2107 ) CALLICARPA CANA. MALasBar Hoary CALLICARPA. TE Meee eae ae ae ak seals ok se cleste ole ake Class and Order. Tretranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. ' Cal. 4-fidus. Cor. 4-fida. Bacca 4-sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Caticarpa cana ; foliis ovatis denticulatis per petiolum semi- decurrentibus, subtus villoso-canis, paniculis dichotomis. Vahl. Symbol. 3. p. 12. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 620. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 183, Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. 3. p. 9A. Catuicarpa cana; foliis serratis subtus tomentosis. Lin. Mant. alt. p. 198. Retz. Obs. 5. p. 1. Catxicarpa tomentosa; foliis ovato-lanceolatis serratis subtus tomentoso-albis, baccis parvis nigris distinctis. Lam. Encycl. 1. p. 556. Cauuicarpa americana, Laureiro Cochinch. p. 88. <= That the Catticarra tomentosa of Lamarck is the same plant with Catticarpa cana of the Mantissa, Rerzivs affirms on the authority of a specimen received from the author himself. The specific name of tomentosa has been since applied to a different species. Our plant differs from americana in having the stems and underside of the leaves much more tomentose, and especially in having the racemes more lax, the berries in the latter being crowded together so as to look like one fruit ; from whence it has been called the Bermudian mulberry. Native of Malabar, Cochinchina, Java, Sumatra, and the straits of Sunda. Requires to be kept in the stove. In- troduced to the Kew Garden in 1790, by the Right Hon. Sir Josepu Banks, Bart. K. 6. ; but does not appear to have blossomed blossomed there at the time of the publication of the Hortus -Kewensis, in 1810. : Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by Messrs. Barr and Brookes in June 1818, from their very extensive collection at the Northampton Nursery, Newington Green. (\; / NA ‘ we j r 4“ a ae fut. by. 3. hertis .WatworthNevi2.i82¢. ( 2108 ) Acacia Lopaantua. Two-sprkep ACACIA. TR a Ree Rese sek ak, Class and Order. Potyeamia Monaccta. Generic Character. Hermaru. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida vel 5-petala, Stam. 4—100. Pist. 1. Legumen bivalve, Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida vel 5-petala. Stam. 4—100. Specific Character and Synonyms. Acacta lophantha ; inermis, foliis bipinnatis ; foliolis subvi- ginti-jugis aveniis, glandula petiolari, spicis axillaribus oblongis pedunculatis geminis. : Acacia lophantha ; inermis, foliis bipinnatis : partialibus novem-seu duodecim-jugis : propriis subviginti-jugis lan- ceolatis aveniis, glandula petiolari ; et inter binas termi- nales partialium, spicis oblongis pedunculatis axillaribus geminis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1070. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 468. Bot. Reg. 361. Mimosa lophantha, inermis, foliis bipinnatis, petiolis basi interque duas supremas pinnulas glandulosis, racemis geminis axillaribus, leguminibus articulatis planis. Per- soon Syn. 2. p. 264. n. 68. Mimosa distachya. Vent. Cels. 20. - Mimosa elegans. Bot. Repos. 563. An elegant greenhouse shrub, but rather impatient of cold ; best suited for the Conservatory, where it makes a very Magificent appearance. Propagated by cuttings, and by seeds which we are informed it produces freely. Flowers twice in the year. : Native of the South-west coast of New Holland, where it was first observed by Rosert Brown, Esq. Introduced to the Kew Garden by Mr. Perer Goop in 1803. Communi- cated by Mr. Josepu Knicut, of the King’s Road, Chelsea, m December 1818, | Nz 09 Be aw Mh } v lworlh. Dor. 228: 5.We barks Pub by. §. ol, J Curtis ( 2109 ) Ecuinops strigosa: ANNuAL GLoBe-THiIsTLe. deere elie ete Class and Order. SyncenesiA, PoLyGAMIA SEGREGATA. Generic Character. i Calyx 1-florus. Corolle tubulose, hermaphrodite. Recept. setosum. Pappus obsoletus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ecurnors strigosa ; capitulis orbiculatis pungentibus, la- ciniis corolle filiformibus, foliis supra strigosis, subtus to- mentoso-incanis. Ecurnors strigosa ; capitulis fasciculatis, calycibus latera- libus sterilibus, foliis supra strigosis. Sp. Pl. 131". Willd. 3. p. 2398. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 185. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 499. Carpvus tomentosus, capitulo majore. Bauh. Pin. 382. Carpuus spherocephalus annuus beeticus minor. Mor. Hist. 3. p. 164. s. 7. t. 35. f. 6. Scaprosa carduifolia annua. Herm. Parad. 224. t. 224. It seems hardly possible to reconcile the synonyms quoted from the older botanists as applied to the different species of this genus, especially to strigosa and spinosa, which however, we are very much inclined to think may be only varieties of each other. : : We have identified our plant with the specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, and compared it with the descriptions and figures of the synonyms quoted, and have no doubt of our being right as to the species ; yet we cannot reconcile it with the Linnean specific phrase. The heads grow in the same manner, and are equally globular with geek? om, ro. Ritro. The proper calyx consists of a great number of imbricated leaflets : the terior ones longest, subulate, rigid, pungent, blue towards the point: exterior lanceolate, ciliate and extremely hairy at the base. Corolla tubular, divided far down into five very narrow segments, Seed oblong, with a ciliated five-angled crown. Leaves pinnatifid, cottony on the under surface, dark green on the upper and rough with short, rigid, adpressed bristles. An annual plant ; propagated by seeds only. Native of Spain. Cultivated by Puitie Mitxer in 1729, but we be- lieve has not been seen in this country for many years till raised this summer by Aytmer Bourke Lampert, Esq. in his garden at Boyton, from Spanish seeds ; to this gentleman we are indebted for the specimen from which our drawing’ was taken in September last ; as well as for the information that the substance called Spanish tinder, which resembles in many respects the Moxa of the Chinese, is manufactured from the Ecuinops strigosa. Of this tinder, three kinds are prepared, one from the pubescence of the flowering heads, a second from that of the leaves, anda third from the stalks ; as Mr. Lamperr was informed by his friend Don Josr Pavon, s. A 2u0 Aer 2 Wed dell. § + rit. Vow, 22540 = lurtie. b. by. Ne FT burtiis D el, ( 2110 ) PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS. PHLOX-LIKE Lreap-W ort. BR RRR ee eee ee ek see Class and Order. PENTANDRIA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis. Stamina squamis basin corolle claudentibus inserta. Stigma 5-fidum. Sem. 1, oblongum, -tunicatum. Specific Character and Synonym. PiumBaco capensis ; fruticosa, foliis obovatis obtusis supra glabris subtus scabris, calycibus infra medium eglandulosis. Piumsaco capensis ; foliis petiolatis oblongis integris sub- oy) peas caule erecto. Thunb. Prodr. 33. Fl. capensis. v. 2. p. 13. a Desc. Stem shrubby, erect, flexuose. Leaves obovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base and decurrent down the foot- stalk, pale underneath. Two moon-shaped stipules at the base of the petiole ; and several smaller leaves from the axils. Inflorescence a terminal spike of several flowers, of a pale blue colour. Bractes 3, at the base of each flower, of which the middle one is longer than the lateral. Calyx sessile, oblong, 5-angled, the upper half covered with viscid glandular hairs, lower half naked. Corolla large: tube an inch long : limb spreading : laciniz obovate, quite entire, pale blue with a deeper coloured stripe in the middle. Stamens the length of the tube : filaments thread-like: anthers incumbent, blue. Style shorter than the tube. A handsome little greenhouse shrub. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Found by Tuunzere near Kabeljaus Rivier, Where it flowers in November and December. Communicated by Messrs, Coryixie and Son, in August 1819, 9 is sila al ( 2111) CLITORIA HETEROPHYLLA. Hoopep- FLOWERED CLITORIA. ; Te teieak tee eee eae eRe 7 Class and Order. Diapetrars Decanpria. Generic Character. - Cor. resupinata : vexillo maximo, patente, alas obumbrante. Specific Character and Synonyms. Currori heterophylla ; foliis impari-pinnatis : foliolis subtri- jugis orbiculato-ovatis emarginatis, vexillis cucullatis. Curroria heterophylla; foliis pinnatis : foliolis quinis, aliis rotundioribus, aliis lanceolatis, aliis linearibus. Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 51. Vent. Choix. des Pl. t. 26. Desfont. Ann. du Mus. 1. p. 202. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 302. This plant has the name of heterophylla given it from the leaf- _ lets, which are generally rounded, being sometimes lanceolate and even linear upon the same individual ; as was the case both in the one figured by Venrenar and in that described by M. ESFONTAINES. In those cultivated at Spofforth by the Hon. Wirtiam Hersert, to whom we are indebted for the speci- mens from which our drawing was taken, no such variation in the form of the foliage was observed. Mr. Herserr remarks, that he had never flowered this pretty plant till this last summer, though he has had it produce ripe seed, but its flowers are often clandestine, or at most only shew the points of the petals, when they wither without expanding, yet the seed will be perfected. The present plant, a seedling, flowered beau- tifully. Mr. Herserr has observed the same in another Specimen of Currorta, which often produced ripe seeds, without ever perfecting a single flower, whilst other ee 0 of the same species flowered beautifully. He observes also that he once had a plant of Kennepia apetala, which pro- duced abundance of pale blue flowers. In our account of Cuiroria Ternatea (No. 1542) we have erroneously described it as being annual ; for although seed- ling plants will often flower the first year, ripen seeds, and satan then perish, yet other plants will prove perennial, and aa shrubby, according to circumstances. Mr. Herpert observes he has vigorous plants of it five years old. CLiToRiA heterophylla is a native of the Isle of France, and with us is cultivated in the stove. Flowers in July and August, J lurtis Ded. Pub . by. BR. lurkig. Walworth . Dor. 2.2424. Webdell.4t ( 2112 ) AmorPHA NANA. Dwarr Bastarp Inpico. EERE EEE EERE Class and Order. DiapeteHia DecanpRria. Generic Character. Cal. campanulatus, 5-fidus. Cor. vexillum ovatum con- eavum. Ale 0. Carina 0. Legumen dispermum, falcatum. “Specific Character and Synonyms. Amorrna nana; frutex humilis glaber; foliolis ellipticis mucronulatis, floribus pedicellatis, dentibus calycis om- nibus setaceo-acuminatis, leguminibus monospermis, Nuttall Gen. Pl. Amer. 2. p. 91. Idem in Fraser’s Catal. 1813. 3 Amorpua microphylla ; glabriuscula, pumila ; foliis brevis- sime petiolatis utrinque obtusis, spicis solitariis abbre- viatis, calycibus nudiusculis pedicellatis, dentibus omni- bus acuminatis, leguminibus monospermis. Pursh Flor, Amer. Sept. 2. p. 466. _ An upright low shrub. Native of the woodless and grassy hills of the Missouri, from the river Platte to the mountains, where it hardly exceeds a foot in height. Flowers fragrant, deep purple, with exserted, golden-coloured anthers. Mr. Nurrauz remarks that this very humble plant is often diffused, like heath in Europe, over hundreds of acres in succession, and seems to be the only upland shrub capable of withstand- — ing the peculiarities of that climate. The calyx is two-lipped, and the two teeth of the upper lip . are much shorter than the three lower, but all are pointed, though the upper much less so. Flowers in May and June. Is rather tender, the young shoots generally dying back eyen in the green-house. As Mr. Nurra.t had described this plant, as well as applied _ the specific name of nana to it, in Fraser's em of ants, Plants, collected in Upper Louisiana in 1813, we have thought it right to restore the name there given it, rather than adapt that of Mr. Pursu, who, without any reason, thought “fit to change it for one certainly not more appropriate. Communicated by our friend Mr. Lamperr, from a plant he received from Mr. Nurrazt himself. ( 2113 ) AMARYLLIS RETICULATA. (@. STRIATIFOLIA. GRIFFIN’S NETTED-VEINED AMARYLLIS. Copureia. Herbert. Nese sea teak Seas see ee Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynia. Generic and Specific Character.—Vide supra No. 657. Synonym. Amaryuuis reticulata @. ; Bot. Reg. No. 352. Whether this be a mere variety of Amaryuts reticulata before figured, or a distinct species, we do not at present pretend to determine. It differs from the common reticulata, in the greater size, more intense colour, and less evident reticular veining of the flower ; in the larger, more leaf-like, erect spathes, longer than the peduncles ; and in the broader Jeaves, which have a remarkable white stripe along the mid-rib. These differences appear to be permanent in the ofispring from seeds.—Supposed . to be a native of Brasil, from which country, Mr. Grirrin received the bulbs some years ago.—It may be doubted however, Mr. Hersert observes, whether these plants were not originally imported there in some slave ship from: Africa. . The natural order of Amarytuex as established by Mr. Brown. from the second of Jussizvu’s sections of Nar- cisst, still requires a revisal, though much has been done by Mr. Ker, in the Botanical Magazine, Annals of Botany, Botanical Register, and lastly, in the second volume of the Journal of Science and the Arts. Perhaps it is only under the eye of a cultivator that the many difficulties which attend the assigning of proper limits to the genera can be overeame. Fortunately the Honourable WitiiAm Hersert, of Spofforth, in Yorkshire, to a scientific knowledge of botany, adds the advantage of possessing a very large collection of this yates whic Oe, BES, which he has long observed with care; and having been favoured with his manuscript on the subject, we eladly em- y brace this opportunity of laying his observations Befiie the public, which we doubt not will be highly acceptable to all - botanists. *« The genus AMaryuuis, as at present constituted, includes several species of Crinums, and is otherwise divisible into certain distinct genera, which appear to be in a great measure, if not absolutely, peculiar to different parts of the globe. The genus Brunsvieta seems to have been separated from it with- out due consideration, by the single distinction of a turbinate elongated capsule, which excludes coranica, while it includes falcata, though these two plants are not distinguishable from each other in bulb or leaf, and agree also in a remarkable peculiarity, that the same leaves which have died back one season, sprout again the next with a broken point. The error is further apparent on reference to the descriptions of multiflora and Josephine, the former of which is said to have the capsule long and turbinate, the latter short and’ ovately-oblong ; so that Josephine as well as coranica would be excluded by the definition. In truth the length and out- ward form of the mature capsule furnishes a specific, but not a generic distinction. There is quite as much difference between the ripe capsules of A. vittata and rutila, which are decidedly of one genus and will breed together. “* AMARYLLIS proper seems to be confined to the. western hemisphere, if pittata is a Mexican or at least an Occidentah plant, as there is great reason to believe, for it has certainly: not been found indigenous at the Cape. Amary.us has the stigma at first appearing simple, afterwards becoming trifid or triangularly 3-lobed ; fimbriated on the top or inside of the lobes: fimbrie thereon long and slender, Tube of. tha corolla outwardly a funnel-shaped continuation of the limb, and short in comparison with the tube of Crinum. Filaments inserted at the mouth of the tube ; [corresponding, not alternately, but with their opposites ; in ida and rutila, and probably in the whole genus, of three lengths ; the two longest attached to the two upper internal lacinie ;. the two shortest to the two lower external lacini ; and the two of intermediate length to the upper external and lowest of the internal laciniz. The correspondence of the upper and lower segments with each other, and of the laterals with those oppe- site, is obvious in the general appearance of the =< RRO i Te ae a (28) of the whole genus, and the correspondence of the filaments depends upon that of the lacinia to which they are: at- tached at the base. The dissection of Amaryx3uts rutila in the Botanical Register is imaccurate.] Mature cap- sule 3-celled, which is not so in Crinum. Seeds flat, shining black, winged ; (coming nearer to Gladiolus and Watsonia than to Crinum or any of the genera confounded with Amaryllis, except Cyrtanthus) originally in two piles to each cell, the edge of each seed lapping alternately over the edge of a lower seed in the other pile; but as they swell, closing into one pile, exactly as the two halves of a pack of cards when shuffled. Leaves bifarious. | Enumeration of Species. “ 1. A.—vittata. Bot.Mag. 129. 2. A—Regine. Bot. Mag. 453. Stigma less trifid than the rest. 3. A.—equestris. Bot. Mag. 305. and var. major. Bot. Reg. 234. 4. A.—/ul- gida. Bot. Reg. 226. 5. A—rutila. Bot. Reg. 23. 6. A. —calyptrata. Bot. Reg. 164. 7. A—psittacina. Bot. Reg. 199. 8. A—miniata. Ruiz andPavon. 9. A.—formosissima. Bot. Mag. 47. (mature seeds not seen.) A.—? aurea. Ruiz and Pavon. A—? flammea. Ib. A.—? Atamasco. Rot. Mag. 239. A.—? tubispatha. Bot. Mag. 1586. “ Atamasco and tubispatha have thicker. seeds, and per- haps a difference will-be found inthe filaments, which may place them in a separate. genus between Amaryllis and the Euro- pean bulbs at present known by that name. They both refuse to breed with Amaryllis proper. . “ Cyrranruus is closely allied to Amaryxus, and has similar seeds. Itis distinguished a an open and almost sub-ventricose tube, and short filaments, inserted separately into the limb of the corolla, It is confined to South Africa. Enumeration of Species. “1 Cobliquus. Bot. Mag. 1183. 2. C—purpureus. (Am. purpurea. Bot. Mag. 1430.) 3. C-wvittatus, Bot. Reg. 168. (Am. Pumilio, Willd.) 4. C.—angustifolius. Bot. PN 271. 5. C.—spiralis. Bot. Reg. 167. 6. ©.—collinus. Bot. Reo, 162. . | 7 Cnn genus is found all round the world in-or near the tropics. It is distinguished- by a long ee ae : quill- (=) quill-shaped tube ; a germen originally 3-celled, but not so when mature ; large wregular shaped green seeds ; and other particulars, which, with the enumeration of species, will be found under the title Crinum Broussonetz in the next number. 1 have seen no Brunsvigia except falcata in flower, and that mot since my attention has been particularly called to the defi- nition of the genus ; and therefore 1 can only refer to figures and descriptions ; but I apprehend that toxicaria, falcata, and coranica, will form the genus, distinguishable .by a cylindrical tube to the corolla, a simple. pointed stigma, irregularly shaped roundish green seeds, and leaves not decay- ing unless exposed to drought or cold: in every respect coming nearest to Crinum ; and that mudlteflora and Jose- phine (with probably ciliaris, Radula,marginata, and striata,) will unite with blanda and Belladonna in the genus, which from its affinity to some of the bulbs now called Brunsvigia, may be not improperly named Cosureta. ~ © Copureta has the stigma at first simple, afterwards, when. perfect, 3-lobed or obsoletely triangular, fimbriated on the top or inside of the lobes: fimbria thereon crowded and slender. Filaments united near the base, and where united ‘adhering to the inner lacinia and the midrib of the outer, so “as to form a tube inwardly cylindrical, but outwardly appearing funnel-shaped. Alternate filaments longer; the shortest attached to the outer lacinie. [The margin of the outer Jacinie in blanda and Belladonna divided quite to the germen, ‘but perhaps not in all the species.] Germen 3-celled. Seeds “bursting the capsule, roundish, smooth, purpurascent where exposed to the light and air. [In Belladonna, blanda, and reticulata, pearl-coloured within the capsule, purpurascent where exposed. | Leaves bifarious, : _ Enumeration of Species. “I. C.—blanda. Bot.Mag. 1253. Stigma obsoletely trian- gular. N.B. The statement of a difference between the tube of blanda and Belladonna is erroneous ; they ate pre- cisely the same. 2. C.—Belladonna. Bot. Mag. 733. _ Stigma trifid. 3. C.—pudica. Ker in Journ. Sc. and A. with _a figure. _A species little known. I have bulbs that have not flowered which I consider to be pudica; and two other species allied to it, evidently Coburgias, which have not yet flowered; ene of them received under the name of lineata, for which, however, (oz) Rowever, I know no authority. 4. C.—reticulata*. Bot; Mag. 5. C.—multiflora. Bot. Mag.1619. Josephine &c. above mentioned? Multiflora appears to coincide exactly with blanda, even in the specific form of the young germen. _ “ The Guernsey lily with its congeners forms a genus which I have named Gatatea. It seems to be confined to South Africa, for I totally discredit the notion of its being indige- nous in Japan. For the particulars of the genus and enume- meration of species, see Galatea rosea in the next number. “ There are but two known species, heretofore called Ama- ryllis, indigenous in Asia, (excepting those which belong to the genus Crinum) viz. aurea and radiata, Aurea forms a distinct genus, which I propose to call Lycoris. It has the _ stigma simple, tapering to a point, fimbriated all round the whole of its length, which is about five times its greatest width. Filaments and limb growing out of a short cylin- drical indivisible tube. Lacinia undulated. Germen 3-celled. Immature seeds roundish : mature seeds and capsule not seen. [In aurea 5 seeds in each cell ; when immature in two rows, with one singly at the top.] Filaments alternately longer ; the shortest attached to the outer laciniz. Enumeration of Species. “1. Lycoris aurea. 2. L.—? radiata. not sufficiently exa- ‘mined. 3. L.—? hyacinthina. As hyactnthina belongs toa different hemisphere, it is not unlikely that it may be found to differ in the seeds from aurea, and to forma separate genus. It is distinguished from aurea by filaments shorter instead of longer than the limb ; the separation and erection of one fila- ment ; 2-seeded cells, and petiolated leaves ; but those are spe- ‘tific differences, which all occur in the genus Crinum, and I _* If reticulata be really a native of Brasil, and not introduced there like some other plants from the coast of Africa, I conjecture that it will be found to form by itself a genus distinguishable from Coburgia by a com- plete union of he outer laciniz to the tube, and ron-alternation of the fila- ments: in which case I should separate it from Coburgia under the name of Leopoldia reticulata, and consider the white-lined sort as a separate Species, viz. striatifolia. Iam unable to state whether the filaments of reticulata are alternate or not, whicgh would decide at once whether it be a Coburgia or distinct genus, Hi, know = know of nd generic distinction at preserit whitch can separate it from aurea. * The European sorts undoubtedly form a distinct genus, but they have not been sufficiently examined; atvd those Ameri- can and other species, which are only known by impertect de- Seriptions, belong probably to more than one additional genus. The locality of growth which I have poirited out ; the fa- eility with which I have raised hybrid Crinums, Amaryilises, and Galateas, and my total failure in every attempt, during the last five years, to intermix the genera as I have above divided them, which proves a great difliculty, if not an impossibility, of blending them, afford the strongest confirmation of the accuracy of the definitions. JI have little hesitation in saying that A. vittata, of which the natural abode is not ascertained, must be American ; and with the same view I had considered A. purpurea long before I had examined its flower, as a plant Which, from its seed and place of growth, must prove to be a Cyrtanthus ; and I was afterwards much gratified in finding its filaments inserted so high up in the corolla, as to make it surprising how it could have been figured as an Amaryllis ; because it is most satisfactory to find experience confirm the fact which had been foretold by theory. “ With a view to species not yet ascertained, it might have been safer, in the definitions of Cosurcia, Gatarea, and Lyconis, to have written filaments alternately longer, or at least corresponding alternately ; for the length appears to be regulated by the corresponding position of their bases, which is the point of real importance ; but as yet I have seen. no necessity for the addition. It must be observed, that the stigma of Amaryllide fails to expand when the temperature is too low, which, as well as its progress on successive days, is likely to create error in botanical descriptions.” Hersert Mss. Ne2n4. ra Wed del. 5 ¢ Het. 2. eieg. ( 214 ) CELASTRUS BUXIFOLIUS. £B. INERMIS. SprnELESS Box-LEAVED STAFF-TREE. RR RE ER Ree a ae Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 5-petala, patens. Caps. 3-angularis, 3-locularis, Sem. calyptrata. . Specific Character and Synonyms. Cetastrus buxifolius ; foliis obovatis obtusis crenulatis, cymis axillaribus dichotomis folio longioribus, (a.) spinosa; spinis foliosis nudisque. (8.) inermis ; sine spinis. Criastrus buxifolius ; spinis foliosis, ramis angulatis, foliis obtusis. Sp. Pl. 285. Willd. 1. p. 1128. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 26. Fabric. Helmst. p. 234. Houtt. Nat. Hist. 4. p. 312. ¢. 21. f. 1. : ; CELAstTRUS buxifolius ; ramis angulatis, foliis obovato-cunei- formibus obtusis, cymis lateralibus paucifloris. Lam. Encycl. 1. p. 661. Lycium portoricense, buxi foliis angustioribus. Pluk. Alm. 234. t. 202. fig. 3. Ceastrus buxifolius has a near affinity with cymosus, figured above, No. 2070, from which it is chiefly distinguished by the latter having more compact cymes, which are shorter than the leaf from the axils of which they grow ; whilst in our present plant the cyme or panicle is more lax, more evi- dently dichotomous, and longer than the leaf. The variety (8.) seems to be always without spines as cultivated in our greenhouses, where it makes a pretty little shrub, but not at all shewy. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated by Pure Mitrer in 1752. Flowers in May and June. Communicated by Mr. Brake, from the collection of James Yere, Esq. of Kensington Gore. artis Watorrth D 25836, (2115 ) SEMPERVIVUM GLOBIFERUM, a . VILLOUS GLoBULAR HOovsELEEK. ee ese fee ee eek ke sees hae Class and Order. DopEcANDRIA DopeEcacyniA. Generic Character. Cal. 12-partitus. Petala 12. Capsule 12, polysperme. Specific Character and Synonyms. Semrervivum globiferum ; foliis ciliatis, propaginibus sub- globosis laxiusculis, flagellis foliosis. {a.) villosum, pallidum, petalis duodenis. (8.) glabrius, viridius, petalis, suboctodecim. Supra No. 507. Sempervivum globiferum ; foliis ciliatis, propaginibus glo- bosis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 932. exclusis synonimis Milleri, Schmidelii et Morisoni, que ad nostrum sobole- ferum (No. 1457) pertinent ; necnon Knorri, cujus figura S. tectorum designat. Sempervivem rosulis hirsutis, ciliatis, petalis subulato lanceo- latis duodenis. Hall. Hist. n. 950. Sepum yulgari magno simile. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 688. It is not improbable that Lixnaus, in the first instance, under the name of globiferwm, had in view the Hen and Chicken Houseleek, our soboliferum (vide No. 1457). This, however, is rendered doubtful by his quoting a figure in Bauhin’s History, which is probably a representation of our plant; but the synonyms of Miter and Morison undoubt- edly belong to soboliferum. But however this may be, Jacqurn’s and Haxxer’s plants, above quoted, being both added as synonyms of globiferum, in the [4th edition of the Systema Vegetabilium, and contintied by Wittpenow, it seems best to retain the name now so generally applied to this species, and accordingly we published Scumrpet’s and Monrison’s plant, under the name of soboliferum. = n F In globiferum the young rosettes are all produced by stoutish runners clothed with leaves, very like those of the flowering stem, only smaller, but in soboliferum small globular rosettes grow on very slender threads, which soon break and suffer ies to roll off, making distinct plants, not at all connected with the mother plant; but some larger and less globular rosettes are produced on runners; these are however, generally, perhaps always, without leaves. We received our present plant from Mr. Wittiam Kenr’s collection, at Clapton, in June last, by the name of hirtum, but we consider it as only a variety of globiferum before figured ; from which, however, it differs in the smaller size of the flowers ; in the petals being only twelve in number ; in the whole plant being more villous and of a paler colour, especially the leaves of the flowering stems. In all tiese respects it corresponds better with Jacguin’s figure ; on which account we consider it as variety («.) and our former figure as representing var. (@.) . {2 Sempervivum montanum appears to approach very near to our present plant, except in the colour of the flowers, which _ 18a purplish red. aX Pus by. ~ lurtis Wa brartt, ( 2116 ) SISYRINCHIUM MICRANTHUM. SMALI- FLOWERED SISYRINCHIUM. Sede se sesese te sles se ale a ale ale ale ale sk Class and Order. Monapetpuia T'ricynia. Generic Character. Spatha diphylla. Cal. 0. Petala 6, subequalia, plana. Filam. omnino connata. Stylus 1. Caps. 3-locularis, infera. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sisyrincuiummicranthum; cauleancipiti flexuoso, spatha ine- quali, pedunculis filiformibus, capsulis trigono-globosis. SisyRINCHIUM micranthum ; scapo ancipiti ramoso folioso, spatha subtriflora ineequali floribus subequali, petalis linearibus acuminatis, foliis gramineis canaliculatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 579. SisyRIncuium micranthum ; radice fibrosa, caule ancipiti bipoliicari, foliis alternis canaliculatis, floribus minimis. Cav. Diss. 6. p. 345. t. 191. f. 2. We find no account of this plant but what has been derived from the description and figure by Cavaniuxes above quoted, which were taken from a solitary dried specimen in JusstEv’s herbarium, collected in Peru. Communicated in July last by Mr. Anperson, of the Botanic Garden, at Chelsea; to whom it was sent by Mr, Orro, from the Royal Botanical _ Garden at Berlin. | N2n7 ts. Walworth . Dec 2. 1i2g. (°2n7.) SisyRINCHIUM TENUIFOLIUM. NARROW- LEAVED SISYRINCHIUM. ee ee Class and Order. Monapeupnia TRIANDRIA. Generic Character. Spatha diphylla. Cal. 0. Petala 6, subaqualia, plana. Filamenta omnino connata. Stylus 1. Capsula 3-locularis, infera. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sisyrincuium tenuifolium ; scapo ancipiti adscendente folioso, spatha triflora, capsulis hirtis, foliis lineari-filiformibus. Willd. Enum. 691. Hort. Berolin 2. 92. Sisyrincuium tenuifolium. Humboldt & Bonpland. Redouté Lal. t. 275. Sisyrincuium fenuifolium ; radice tuberoso-fasciculata, caule superne ancipiti, petalis planis lanceolatis. Lagasca Gen. & Spec. p. 20. n. 270. Root fibrous ; leaves linear and linear-ensiform, striate. Siem leafy, scarcely two inches long whilst in flower, and much shorter than leaves, but lengthening after the flowering is over. Flowers yellow, streaked with green, very fuga- cious, but coming many in succession. Filaments united for about one third their length, afterwards free and divergent ; anthers incumbent ; style trifid; capsule 3-angled: angles cloathed with dark purple glandular hairs, which fall off as the capsule ripens. Native of Mexico, whence the seeds were brought by Humnotpt and Bonrtanp. Communicated by Mr. Jenxins, from his Botanic Garden, in Gloucester Place, in the New Road, in July last; who received it a a erlin Berlin Garden, by favour of Mr. Hunnemay, in the year 1818. This circumstance, added to the glandular hairs at the angles of the germen and capsule, leaves no room to - doubt of the species being the same, though its habit appears so different from the figure in the Hortus Berolinensis; which probably arises from its having been exposed more to the open air. ( 218 ) FARSCULUS MACROSTACHYA. SMALL FLOWERED Horse Cuesnut, or Buck’s-Eve-Tree. TEE eR ea RE RE ae EE ae aR ae Class and Order. HepranpriaA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 1-phyllus 4- s. 5-dentatus, ventricosus. Cor. 4- s. 5-petala, ineequaliter colorata, calyci inserta. Caps. 3- locu- laris. | Specific Character and Synonyms. /Escutus macrostachya ; foliis quinatis septenatisve, corollis tetrapetalis, staminibus corolla duplo lengioribus. JEscutus macrostachys ; humilis, foliolis quinis subtus sub- tomentosis, spica tenui longissima. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 403. Mscutus macrostachya ; foliolis subtus subtomentosis : racemo pyramidato longissimo multifloro, floribus albidis tetrapetalis plerumque heptandris. Michaux Fl. bor. Amer. 1. p. 220. s . JEscutus macrostachya ; foliis quinatis subtus subtomentosis serrulatis, racemo longissimo laxo, fasciculis subtrifloris, corollis tetrapetalis patulis, staminibus longissime exsertis. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 255. Nuttall North-Amer. Pl... p. 241. ZEscuxus parviflora; Walter Fl. Carol. 128. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 335. Pavia edulis. Poit. et. Turp. Arbr. fruit. 88. i The American species of this genus have long ago been separated from Aiscutus by the French botanists, under the name of Pavia, distinguished by four petalled corollas, and smooth fruit; but two species found in America have gon ruit, fruit, and at the same time four petalled corollas ; so that if Pavia is to be distinguished from AXscunus upon these grounds, the other two species will be excluded from either enus. In‘ this-species the: number of petals, though usually four, is sometimes encreased to five ; number of stamens uncertain, but most commonly six; the great length of the filaments two or three times that of the corolla, tipped by the bright red anthers, at once distinguishes it from the other species, and gives the chief beauty to the flower. The leaves usually grow by fives, but in cultivation two more are frequently . added ; they are downy, and whitish underneath, slightly serrate, more particularly towards the point. The germen is supported on a pedicle, and contains’ several ovula; but we could not perceive any dissepiment. In the Hortus Kewensis, Waxrer’s name of parviflora has -been adopted, and certainly has the right of priority, but as Michaux’s name of macrostachya is common to all the conti- nental botanists, we have thought it best to conform to gene- ral usage. : | A very ornamental shrub. Native of the Southern States of North America. -Introduced by Mr. .Joun_ Fraser. in 1785. | Bears our winters very well in the open ground, and _is readily propagated by scions, which it puts forth very plen- tifully. Our drawing was taken from a specimen communi- ‘cated-by Mr. Braxe from the collection of Jamus. Vere, Esq. We received it,also many years ago. from our old friend Mr. Loppices, and it is now to be met with in most of our nurseries, seks “~~ ty the flowering stalk. 6, branches bearing four leaves each. N29 i “Wiraiy TAVtery en Leis 3 ( 2119 ) ANCHUSA UNDULATA. W/AVED-LEAVED Buctoss. eee ee eR ee Class and Order. Penranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fornicibus. Sem. basi insculpta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ancuusa undulata ; foliis lanceolatis dentatis strigosis, spicis secundis imbricatis, calycibus quinquepartitis tubo lon- gioribus: fructiferis inflatis. Willd. Enum. 178. Ancuusa undulata ; strigosa, foliis linearibus dentatis : pedi- cellis bractea minoribus, calycibus fructiferis inflatis. Sp. Pl. 191. Willd. 1. p.'757. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 159. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 290. Ancuusa angustis dentatis foliis, hispanica. Barrel ic. 578.? Buexossum lusitanicum, Echii folio undulato. Tourn. Inst. 134. Bocc. Mus. t. 77? The figures of Barretrer and Boccone appear to be copies. . one another, and neither of them probably belong to our plant. Ancnusa undulata is a hardy perennial ; native of Spain and Portugal. It was cultivated at Chelsea by Paruip Miter in 1756, but has not probably been often seen in our collections from that time till very lately, when it has again become an inhabitant of the same Botanic garden, where it was raised from seeds received from Mr. Orro of the Berlin garden. Flowers in July and August, Communicated by Mr. ANDERSON, : N2220 J Curtis Del. Pub by 8 burtis Wabworth Jan. 22820. Weddell. 5: ( 2120 ) ‘ScUTELLARIA ORIENTALIS. YELLOW-FLOWERED Skuti-Cap. Ae ea ae sak Class and Order. ‘Dipynamra Gy MNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. ore integro: post florescentiam clauso, operculato. Cor. tubus elongatus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Scurettaria orientalis ; foliis incisis subtus tomentosis, Spicis rotundato-tetragonis. Sp. Pl. 834. Willd. 3. p. 171. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 136. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 426. Casstpa orientalis, folio chameedryos, flore luteo. Tourn. it. n.3 p.306. cumicone. Engl. ed.3. p.143. Comm. rar. 30. t. 30. Mart. Cent. 18. t. 18. Qe Descr. Stem assurgent, branched, villous. - Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong, crenate-serrate, rugose, hoary underneath. Spike four-cornered. Bractes quite entire, canoe-shaped, obsoletely three-nerved, equalling the tube and faux of the corolla. Calyx, as in the rest of the genus, helmet-shaped, with a sort of lid at the back, which closes over the seeds after the blossom falls. Corolla downy, wholly yellow, but tube and faux paler than the lower lip and tip of the upper. Anthers of the upper stamens didymous : ‘those of the lower simple. ‘Taste of the leaves, after a little chewing, intensely bitter, but not very permanent. The species of Scurennarta are far from being well under- Stood. It is very evident that more than one have been con- founded under the name of orientalis. In the 1Ath edition of the Systema Vegetabilium, published by Professor Murray, in the life-time of Linnavs, an observation was added, that the Corolla. Corolla was purple with a white lip; which probably arose from confounding our grandiflora (No. 635) with Tourns- ForT’s plant, the subject of our present article, which has yellow downy flowers. There is again a variety of this which has leaves, not only tomentose and pale as in ours, but of a snowy white underneath. A tolerably hardy perennial. Native of Barbary and the Levant. Flowers in July and August. Cultivated by Pup Mitier in 1729. Communicated by Messrs. Wurtter, Brame, and Mitns, at the Fulham Nursery, who raised it from seeds sent from Constantinople by Lapy Liston. — Nae. furtia. Waiwarth..Jorr.s 2 : M7 a WEerbert. Del ) Ved dei ( 2121 ) Crinum Brovssonett. Brovussonet’s CRINUM. eae Rae ae ak teak este sk seat ae ale se ake ok ole Class and Order. ~ Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. Calyx nullus. Tubus longus, gracilis, cylindricus ; [sepé incurvatus ; in plerisque, dum semina maturantur, parte saltem persistens, neque, ut semper in Amaryllide, cum. limbo marcescens.}] Filamenta fauci tubi inserta. Stylus gracilis. St?gma punctum plus minis triangulare, aliquando fecundationis tempore feré trilobatum, lobis verd corollA pereunte non persistentibus ; superne fimbriatum : [ fimbriz se- pissimé breves, conice.] Limbus corolle vel infundibuliformis, vel campanulatus, vel crateriformis, vel radiatus, vel reflexus. Germen principio triloculare ; capsula verd seminibus matures- centibus szpissimé unilocularis ; tandem seminum pondere temeré disrupta, neque suturis hiantibus, ut in Amaryllide, in- structa. Semina carnosa, viridia, magna plerumque, sed forme et magnitudinis incertissime, plis minds rugosa, nunquam vero nitentia, loculorum latera interiora crescendo rumpentia. Oss. Flores mox se expassurt inclinati vel nutantes, in aperiendo resurgentes. Folia sese invicem amplexa, in plerisque persistentia ac multifaria. Bulbus vel sphe- ricus, vel columnaris, vel tunicis usque ad basin fissis. Herzvertr Mss. Specific Character and Synonyms. Crinum Broussoneti; 1—6-florum ; bulbo spherico, purpureo; foliis multifariis, lorato attenuatis, canaliculatis, undu- latis, viridibus, margine scabro ; scapo’ compresso, viridi, inferné purpurascente ; spatha viridi, inferné purpurascente ; germine brevi, sine pedunculo ; corolla crateriformi campanulaté, ubi expansissima feré radiata, ante expansionem nutante et viridiore ; tubo viridi, = ee . cury Sue, curvaté, 5-unciali; laciniis 4wncialibus, latituditie sub- unciali, albis, intts fascia fusco-purpurea, extis (pre- sertim laciniis exterioribus) fusco-purpurea et viridi Striatis, apice uncata pou ; filamentis curvatis, albis ; antheris pallidissimé flavescentibus ; stylo curvato, albo, apicem verstis saturaté rubro; stigmate puncto sublobato. him eeheJ Amary us Broussoneti, Redouté lil. 62. Amary Luts ornata y. Ker in Journ. Sc. & A. vol. 2. p. 368. Crinum yucceflorum, Salish. Parad. 52. Amaryius yucceides. Thomps. Bot. Displ. t. 12. Amaryttuis spectabilis. Bot, Rep. 390. Linio-Narcissus arricanus &¢. Trew Ehret t. 13.2? Ehret wt, & OF oF he res di , W. H. ~ Peter eS ee Teter eet tae eee ieresi , re Crinum Broussoneti is a native of Sierra Leone, bearing, according to the strength of the plant, from one to six, or perhaps more, flowers. Bulb, stripped of its dead coats, purple. Leaves multifarious, tapering to a-point, channelled, _ undulated, green, with a rough margin; their undulation much less conspicuous when they have grown rapidly in a high temperature. Scape flattened, green, purplish at the base. Spathe green, purple in the part that covers the germen, Germen short, without peduncle. Corolla somewhat cup- shaped, but almost radiate at the time of its fullest expansion; tube green, being a little more than five inches long ; laci- niz four inches.long, five eights wide, ending with a purple hook; white, with a brownish purple stripe within, which on the outside is edged with green, especially on the exterior lacinie : filaments bent,- white; . anthers straw-coloured ; style bent, white, bright red towards the point. Stigma a point a little divided. Buds nodding, and much greener before their expansion. ee The genus Crinum appears to be extended all round the globe : generally in. situations shady, or moist, or subject to inundations.. It is distinguishabie by a long slender cylindrical quill-shaped tube, [often bent, and in most species partly persistent while the seed is ripening, and not withering with the limb of the corolla as in Amaryllis.] Filaments inserted at the mouth of the tube. Style slender. Stigma a point ‘more or less triangular, sometimes at the moment. when it is - ripe for impregnation becoming almost, if not entirely, ear (4%. ) but afterwards shrinking again to a point*. Limb of the corolla funnel-shaped, or campanulate, or cup-shaped, or radiate, or re- flected. Germen originally 3-celled, but,the mature capsule usually only one-celled, burst when ripe by the weight of the seeds, but not furnished with sutures that open like that of Amaryllis. Seeds fleshy, green, generally large, but of very irregular shape and size, more or less wrinkled, but never shining, bursting the internal divisions of the capsule as they swell. Buds inclining more or less some hours before they expand, and rising again as they are about to open. Leaves embracing each other, in most species persistent and multifarious. Bulb spherical, or columnar, or with tunics divided to the base. | In cruentum, erubescens, defixum, amabile, scaberrimum, Broussoneti, and others, the buds nod completely. In pedun- culatum, canaliculatum, bracteatum, and capense (A. longz- Jolia Linn.) the inclination of the bud is much less, but it always takes place, though the degree varies in the different species. This does not occur in Amaryllis or any of the other genera allied to it. 'The incurvation of the tube is also peculiar to the genus Crinum. The degree of the expansion of the corolla and the inclination or bending of the filaments — are specific features ; but they do not appear to be of any importance in determining the generic character, because they vary without any relation to each other in the different species. The filaments are indeed frequently bent in one flower and straight in another of a crowded liliaceous umbel, especially in Coburgia and Nerine, according to the more erect or horizontal posture of the flower. In Crinum pedun- culatum and canaliculatum the tube is nearly straight, the filaments and limb arranged in a star, the style straight. In erubescens and cruentum the corolla is reflected, and at last pendulous, the style and four or five filaments bent, one, or sometimes two, detached and erect. In americanum the tube and filaments are more bent, the corolla less expanded and reflected. In amabile the style and filaments a little curved, the lacinie of the corolla, unless at the last, not * The fimbrie on the stigma of capense as well as brevifolium, &c. are short and conical. I ‘have no certain memorandum as to those on Brous- someti and the species allied to it, in which they may possibly be slenderer. expanding (4) expanding to their base. In brevifolium two or three fila- ments a littlebent. In scaberrimum, zeylanicum, Brous- Sonett, and others, the filaments and tube much bent; the corolla, though expanding very wide for a few hours, in its general appearance more campanulate. In capense the fila- mentsonly a little bent, but the corolla expanding much lessand - funnel shaped. The cells of americanum have each only two ovula; of brevifolium one: those of cruentum two at most, and only two seeds are perfected in the whole capsule ; erubescens, the nearest kin to cruentum, ripens as many as ten seeds in a capsule ; capense from one to fifty or sixty ; canaliculatum usually one ; sometimes two, In separate cells, which in that case only are preserved by the equal pressure of the two seeds flattened by contact. These are therefore specific features, having no weight in determining the genus. WW. H. Specterum Enumeratio. *1. amabile, Bot. Mag. 1605, superbum (et, puto, augus- _ tum.) Hort. Beng. et Roxb, Mss. *2. toxicarium. v. a Hort. Beng. Leaves spread, broad, acute, Tube under three inches, limb rather longer. Style and peduncle short ; germen short and oval. — > _-V. 8. Asiaticum, Bot. Mag. 1073. et, puto. procerum, Dr. Carey’s Mss, taller, with more erect leaves. “i *2 brevifoliam V. a. Hort. Beng. bracteatum, Bot.. Reg. 179. minds recté, etm et alie sp. similiter bracteate sunt. Patria insula Sundeep propé 7 Chittagong et forsan alibi in Asia. ._ —_—._ y, B. latitolium hortulanorum, foliis mints undulatis, Jaciniis corolle longioribus. This species is closely allied to toxicarium, but distinguishable by its smaller size, obtuse point to the leayes, very short peduncle, and ae —. long cylindrically-ovate germen, *4. sumatranum. Ker. in Journ. Sc. and A. Distinguish- able from toxicarium by a rough margin to the leaves; tube and laciniz of th seco corolla each four inches. *5. pedunculatum. Por. Reg. 52. Tube four inches, and laciniz two, ¥ 6, o ps *6 exaltatum. zhi. vel forsan pedtunculati var. exaltata, foliis 5-pedalibus, scapo 4 pedali, germine et pedunculo gracilibus dignoscenda. Spe- si cies, credo, maxima. *7. canaliculatum. Ker. in Journ. Sc. and A. A pedun- culato tubo 2-unciali et laciniis 4-uncia- libus dignoscenda. 7 *8. erubescens. v. « minor. Bot. Mag. 1232. with six Og flowers, paler. | ———— v. @. major, with more flowers, redder. *9 cruentum. Bot. Ree. 171. Patria America meridionalis? *10 anomalum, smihi. Bulbusimperfectus, brevitercolumnaris, tunicis usque ad basin fissis, foliorum scilicet marginibus nequaquam coalescentibus sed vel ima parte sesquiunciam inter se distan- tibus. Folia multifaria, undulata, acuta, reflexa, ubi divergnnt angustiora et canali- culata. Scapus sesquipedalis. Flores cir- citer 14, albi. Tubus sesquiuncialis. Lacinie anguste, uncias 2} long. Stylus purpureus vix semunciam tubum excedens. Filamenta laciniis wnciam circiter breviora. Patria ignota. *11. americanum. Rot. Mag. 1034. asiaticum Redoute. *12. defixum. Ker. in Journ. Sc. and A. Asiaticum. Hort. Beng. Leaves narrow, erect, and shining ; flowers white. Bulb spherical, green. *13. ensifolium. Ib. Very like defixum, but its leaves are degen’ ‘more acute. Flowers blush coloured. *14. longifolium. Ib. — *15. loritolium. J. Very like Longifolium in leaf. *16: revolutum. Am. revoluta. Hort. Kew. et Burchell | | tabula picta inedit&. Its leaves perish with us in winter. The plant figured from Mr. Woodford’s for Am. revoluta in the Bot. Mag. (1178) was of the next species. I saw the plant. *17. capense. var. a. A. longifolia. Bot. Mag. 1178. Rood oe yar, BP UA, riparia. Burchell Mss. floribus et presertim tubo saturatits purpurascentibus, et 3 stigmate magis lobato. ee ——= var. y. viridifolia: flore nondum viso ‘forsan. species diversa, #18. * *18, 19, 90. *21. "ee. #93. f6.) longiflorum. Bot. Reg. 303. Am. longifolia var. longé- flora, minds recté. scaberrimum. Hortic. Trans. v.. 3. pt. 2. p. 195. | folia_ quinque pedes longa, undulata, _canaliculata, flaccida, in arcu reflexa, margine scaberrimo. Scapus_ viridis, Flores sex vel ultra, rubroletissimo striati. zeylanicum. Bot. Mag. 1171. Am. ornata@. Bulbo et columna saturaté sanguineis. Folia undulata, margine levi: ubi tenella sunt apice rubro facillimé dignoscenda. Scapus purpureus. Flores 6-20 rubro purpuras- cente saturate striati. latifolium. Hort. Beng. et Roxb. Mss. Amabile vero Roxb. in tabula depicta. Species zeylanico affinis. Bulbus rubescens ; folia sine apice rubro, undulatissima, margine albo scabro. Scapus viridis ; flores 6—20 rubro delica- tissimo striati. It is strange that the name amabile, which had been substituted very properly for latifolium by Dr. Roxburg, should have been taken from this plant and given to his superbum without cause. speciossissimum. Dr. Carey. Bulbus ut in preeceden- tibus, purpurascens. Folia longa, vix 2 uncias lata, acuta, undulata, margine scabro. Flores 6—20. Lacinie unciam late, rubro pallidé striate, hiemali tem- pore feré albz. Scapus viridis. Patria Bengal. moluccanum. Ker in Journ. Roxb. Mss. & tab. depict. Sp. precedenti affinis, minor, humilior, foliis undulatioribus nec tam saturaté viridibus,marginescabro. Bulbus pallidé purpurascens. lores rubro striati. Scapus viridis. N.B. Dr. Roxburg’s drawing of this plant is numbered wrong, and erroneously attached to his descrip- tion of C. zeylanicum, which has been the cause of confusion and error. - Broussoneti. supra. ». 2121. yucceides. Broussoneti affinis. Culture difficilioris. Bulbo minis purpurascente ; foliis stric- tioribus, (( % ) tioribus, vix undulatis et margine feré levi. Flores accuratius notandi. *96. distichum. Am. ornata. v. « Bot. Mag, 1253. A: Y disticha. Ib. in nota p. 1943. b. *27 giganteum, rectitis petiolatum. Am. gigantea. Ker in | Journ. Sc. & A. A. Ornata 6. Bot. Mag. 923.* Bulbo saturaté viridi, foliis undulatis, petiolatis, floribus 6—8, albis. s Species minis note. 28. campanulatum mihi. Aquaticum Burchell im herbario: et specimina viva in horto. Sp. eapenst affinis, floribus, ut videtur, minoribus ‘et magis campanulatis. 29. Commelini. Jacquin. 30. ameenum. Ker in Journ. Sc. & 4. 31. angustifolium. 16. 32. venosum. Ib. 33. elegans. Carey Mss. Patria Pegu ; folia latitudine folia C. erubescentis wquantia, sed mints rigida. Flores albi, speciosi. 34. sinicum. Roxb. Bulbus unicus ex Chiné ann. 1809 Calcuttam adlatus, ubi nec fructus adhuc nec — bulbulos dedit. Erubescente major, foliis undulatissimis, saturaté viridibus. Flores albi, laciniis angustis. | 35. brevilimbum. Carey Mss. Patria N. Holl. C. erubes- scentis magnitudine, foliis acutis rigidis- simis. Laciniis corolle brevibus, latis, Primule formam referentibus. 36. canalifolium, mihi. Canaliculatum Carey, sed non Roxb. foliis canaliculatis, floribus circiter decem, llidée rubescentibus, extis saturatius. 37. erythrophyllum. Carey Mss. Patria Pegu : foliis satu- raté sanguineis. 38. ornatum. Jb. Patria Mauritius. *39. flaccidum. Sp. ex. Nov. Holl. bulbo spheerico foliisque longifolio simillima, floribus valde diversis. Species Dubie. AO. umbellatum. Carey Mss. forsan Brevifolium yar. minor. : CS J #4]. brachyandrum. Jb. Nov. Holl. filamentis, brevissimis : forsam C. pedunculatum. *42. Floridanum. Fraser, ininsula propelitus Floride lectum; toxicario simillimum, nec forsan diversum. *43. undulefolium mihi. Ex Brazilié species scaberrimo ' : admodim affinis; foliis nondum arcuatis, neque flore viso. Patria forsan Africa? 4A—5—6—& 7. Carey Mss. Species alie quatuor ex Nov. Holl. accuratids notande. N.B. The species marked with a star, besides nine or ten hybrid sorts, are cultivated at Spofforth ; the rest, excepting campanulatum, are prebably not in this country. The words placed between brackets, in the generic character, may possibly be only specific differences. Hereserr Mss. For the whole of this article, as well as the drawing, we are indebted to the Hon. Witu1am Herserr, of Spofforth. ( 2122 ) JUSSIEUA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT-FLOWERED | JUSSIEUA. aR Re tesk sak sole sk ak shock sh ae se seek Class and Order. Decanpria Monocynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4—~s. b-partitus, superus. Petala4d—s.5. Caps. 4—s. 5—locularis, oblonga, angulis dehiscens. Sem. numerosa, minuta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Jussieva grandiflora ; erecta, foliis integerrimis : inferioribus spathulatis : superioribus lanceolatis, floribus decandris, eae calycibusque villosis. Pursh. fl. am. Sept. . 304. Jue grandiflora, radice perenni repente, caulibus erectis, pedunculis calycibusque villosis, foliis integerrimis : in- ferioribus spathulatis: superioribus lanceolatis, floribus maximis decandris. Michaux fl. am. bor. 1. p. 267. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 469. The flowers of Jussteva grandiflora are very large and shewy, but extremely fugitive. It is an aquatic and may be cultivated in a pond in the open air, in which situation it blossomed two years following at Chelsea; but it produces finer and more plentiful flowers, when planted in a pot, and placed in a pan of water, in the stove. The economy of this plant, when growing in water is very curious, and was pointed out to us by Mr. Anperson, in the Chelsea Garden. It sends out long runners, from every joint of which grow erect, flowering branches and thick tufts of short, fibrous roots, of a dark colour, and above these long branched, spongy, extremely light substances, about the size of a goose uill, and not unlike the pith of elder, which may be called oaters or buoys; as their use appears to be to ee ae n plant near the surface; for Mr. Anprerson observed that, though the water in which it grew did not exceed eighteen inches in depth, it never shewed any disposition to attach itself to the earth. Poursn quotes Abbot’s Insects of Georgia for a figure of this species, but probably from memory, as he does not refer to the particular plate ; nor can we find any figure of Jussieva there, but one of erecta, which has a four-cleft calyx, four petals, and four stamens; and cannot therefore belong to grandiflora, as this is decandrous, and has uniformly five petals, and a five-cleft calyx. Native of North America ; growing in swamps and ponds of Carolina and Georgia. Flowers from July to September. Communicated by Mr. AnpeErson. y N 2123, ( 2123 ) ZINNIA HYBRIDA. LARGE-FLOWERED ZINNIA. FRR RAR eee ees ae Class and Order. Syncenesia PotyGamia SuPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recept. paleaceum. Pappus aristis 2, erectis. Cal. ovato- cylindricus, imbricatus. Floscult radii 5, persistentes, integri. Specific Character. Zinnta hybrida ; foliis cordatis sessilibus margine scabris, seminibus disci bi-aristatis : radii muticis, pedunculis clavatis fistulosis. Desc. Root annual. Stem hairy, branched: branches trichotomous, one flowered. Leaves sessile, oblong-oval, cordate, 5-nerved, minutely pubescent on both sides, rough , at the margin. Peduncle terminal, fluted, club-shaped, hollow within. Calyx oblong-oval: scales imbricated obtuse, mar- gins coloured, denticulate. Radius many flowered, of a bright crimson colour on the upper, and greenish on the under side. Disk dark-purple, mixed with green. Receptacle conical. Palee lanceolate, equalling the florets, green. It differs from both pauczflora and elegans in being pubes- cent, as well as in the colour of the flowers ; from the former, in the length of the peduncle ; and from the latter, in having sessile, but not stem-embracing leaves, and a more conical disk; the palew of which are not fimbriate at the point. _ Communicated by Messrs. Wurrtey, Brame, and Mitne, in August last, under the name of grandiflora ; but as we find the same species in the herbarium of A. B. Lampert, Esq. collected in South America by Ruiz and Pavon, under that of hybrida, we have thought it right to adopt this. Mr. Wuittey received the seeds of this plant from the East Indies, by favour of Mrs. Sruarr, but it was most probably intro- duced there from Brazil, Requires the same treatment as other tender annuals, ( 2124) NzrIneE* Rosea. Rosr-coLourep NERINE. TSR eres tee ieee Class and Order.’ Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Stigma principio simplex, dein trifidum, nisi casu aliquando bifidum. Stigmatis lacinie superne et intis fimbriis gracilibus munite. Filamenta alterna longiora ; breviora corolle laciniis exterioribus adherentia ; versiis basin latiora, gib- bosa, et in nectarium, liquore sepé repletum, coalescentia. Corolle lacinie radiate, undulate, usque ad germen divise, basis medio filamentis infra junctionem adherentia. Germen triloculare. Semina, viridia, capsulam rumpentia, compres- sione angularia, parte exteriore rotundate et aliquando sub- purpurascentia. Folia bifaria, [ decidua, floribus tardiora, vel sub-isocrona? |] Bulbus sphericus ; tunice, ubi obsolete et lacerate, filamentose. Hersert Mss. Specific Character. Nerine rosea ; foliis lato-loratis nervoso-striatis humi pros- tratis, laciniis basi contractis zqualitér revoluto-paten- tibus, genitalibus fasciculatim erectis longissimis. This species was found wild at the Cape, and the im- ported bulb flowered at Spofforth in 1815. The flowers are much larger than those of sarniensis, and of a more brilliant rosy red; the style and filaments much poe the leaves wider, more fleshy, of a darker green colour, the nervous striae much stronger, and when held to the light, are seen to be interrupted by cross bars; they lie flat upon the ground, not at all erect as in sarniensis. * In No, 2113, wherever the word Galatea occurs, it should be read Nerine ; the name of Galatea being already occupied in Zoology, we have been obliged to change it. ‘ ae Specierum Specicrum Enumeratio. 1. N.—undulata. Bot. Mag..369. 2. N.—humilis. id.» 796. 93. N.—flexuosa. Bot. Reg. 172. 4. N.—venusta, Bot. Mag. 1090. Varietates duo vel tres extant. 5. N.—sar- niensis. Bot.» Mag: 294. vel rectiis venusta, var. sarniensis, 6. N.—rosea. Supra 2124. 7. N.—corusca. Bot. Mag. 1089. (Am. humilis. B.) 8. N.—curvifolia. Bot. Mag. 725. 9. N—lucida? Burchell. Sp. nondum apud nos florida, neque flore ecto aut in herbariis inveniendo : foliis angustis nitidis, persistentibus. — Hersert Mss. “ The genus Nerinz is widely separated from AmaryLuis “and Cyrrantuus. It is nearly allied to the bulbs proposed to be named Cozureia, but in its cup and seed it approaches nearer to CaLostemma‘ and the Pancratiums of the Western hemisphere ; the European and Canary Pancratiums forming a distinct genus with small black seeds like Narcissus, and the Amboyna Pancratium being of an equally different genus, which presents the singular phenomenon of a perfect tuni- cated bulb formed in the capsule. Nrrinz is probably confined to South Africa.. It has the-stigma at first simple, after many days trifid when perfect, but sometimes distorted and bifid; fimbriated on the top or inside of its lobes with slender tubes. Filaments enlarged and gibbous near their base, where they are united so as to form a round or yentricose cup, which is ~ often full of liquor. Alternate filaments longer, the shortest attached to the outer lacinie}. Lacinie radiate, undulated, divided quite to the germen, and attached by the middle of their base to the filaments, below the point where they coalesce into acup. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds green, bursting tlie capsule © outwardly, angular by compression, on the outer side rounded, and sometimes becoming a litile purple by exposure. Leaves bifarious ; in all the known species (unless lucida belongs to — | this genus) deciduous, sprouting a little later than, or about the same time as the flower stem. I am inclined to think lucida will be found to belong to the same genus as falcata and coranica.” W. Herzert Mss. x + “Inaddition to the differences of a tapering style, an acute and slightly bifid stigma, a 2-celled germen, and shining green seeds, I distinguish Calostemma from Pancratium, by the base of the lacinie being continued like ribs on the outside of a stamineous tube, and on the germen. It should have been mentioned under genus Lycoris, (vide No. 2113. 5.) that the nerves of the style of aurea are spirally twisted.” W.H. t The filaments of AMARYLLIS regine are of two lengths and_alter- nate; their correspondence therefore in that genus is only a specific feature, and their definition should stand thus: Filaments of various lengths in. the og ent species, corresponding alternately or with their opposites. Reticulata may decidedly rank as CopurGiA. W. HL. ‘ ( 316 5 BETONICA INCANA. Rose conoureD Berony. RRR ENE eet eee EK Class and Order. Dipynamia GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. | Cal. aristatus. Corolle lab. super. adscendens, planinseu~ Jum ;. tubus cylindricus. Specific Character and Synonyms. ‘Beronrca incana ; spica interrupta, corollarum galea: bifida ; lacinia intermedia Jabii inferioris crenata, tubo tomentose. incurvo. Att. Hort. Kew. ed. I. 2. p. 299. Edit. alt. 3. p. 396. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 94. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 123. Lam. et Decand. Fl. Frang. 6. p. 400. Beronica incana foliis lanceolatis obtusis incanis, spica florum. crassiori. Mill. Dict. ed. 8. n. 5. Berontca italica incana flore carneo. Barr. Ic. 340. Desc. Leaves ovate-cordate, crenate, obtuse, rugose, villous: and palish underneath, but scarcely hoary, as its name would. import, petioled: superior ones sessile at the base of the spike, which is sometimes interrupted, sometimes not, oval, dense. Bractes lanceolate, ciliate. Flowers bright flesh or rose- coloured: wpper-lip bifid, intermediate lobe of the lower lip large crenulate, undulate ; side-lobes patent. Stamens when deflorate, reflected to the sides as in Sracuys. Calyx frequently 7-cleft: teeth mucronate and pungent. This species, first named and characterized by Pump Miter, was taken up in the first edition of Arron’s Hortus Kewensis, and thence adopted by Witpenow and. PErsoon. Italy is assigned by Mrnuer as its native country ; and it has been found also in woods near Nantes by M. Hecror, and is ~ admitted into the French Flora. Beronica incana is a hardy perennial ; propagated by seeds or by parting its roots in the autumn; flowers in June, July, and August. Communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq. of Bury St. Edmund’s in 1816. | Weddell.5¢ Bie. Walworth . Feb .23.¢ Pub 3 bys S. Gurtiv Ve2e6 & ida 6. ‘TIT 7 aril 3 ANS Lub. by. §. Gore Walworth Fe.1.18¢0. . — a a oF ‘al WVeadele 6 L ( 2126 ) Erica BonPpLANDIANA. BONPLAND’s HEATH. — KEKE EEE EKER EEE REE Class. and Order. Ocranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 4——8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. : Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. 5. B. Brevifolie. Corolle tubus urceolaris. Flores axillares. Bractee calyci proxime. Erica Bonplandiana ; foliis quaternis imbricatis acerosis,. corollis sessilibus prope apicem ramulorum solitariis. subternisve, antheris aristatis. Erica Bonplandiana. Lod. Cab. inedit. This species has a good deal of affinity with Blandfordiana, and densa of ANprews. From the latter it is distinguished by the corolla being more cylindrical, widest at the base, but not at all bellied in the middle, and by its leaves being shorter, more rigid, and not glossy ; from the former, by the colour, which in that is a bright yellow, as well as by other less striking characters. i : We should perhaps have been inclined to consider all three as varieties, but our friend Mr. Georce Loppices, who has them frequently under his eye, has no doubt of their being specifically distinct. ; Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Requires the same treatment as other Cape Heaths. Flowers in May and June. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Son. Pud..by. | lurks . Walworth. Fb.2. 28a ( 2127 ) Ba&ckKEA virgata. Twicey B&ckra. Te eh eee eae eae ae Class and Order. Penranpria (Ocranpria. Swrri.) Moxoaynta. Generic Character. Cal. infundibuliformis, 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-petala. Caps. 3—s. 4-locularis, polysperma, calyce tecta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Bxcxe virgata ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis pellucido-punctatis, pedunculis axillaribus umbelliferis. Bot. Repos. 598. ~ Bacxea virgata.- Hort. Kew. Epit. LeprosPpermum virgatum; foliis oppositis lineari-lanceolatis. . Forst. Gen. p. 48. Sweet Hort. suburban. p. 81. ' ee Descr. Leaves opposite, crowded, linear-lanceolate ; faintly three-nerved, dotted with pellucid glands. Peduncles axillary, bearing a few-flowered umbel. Calyx superior, 5-toothed, teeth distant, coloured. Cor. 5-petalled: petals roundish, with a long narrow claw: Stamens from five to ten, shorter than the claw of the petal, inserted at the base of the calycine teeth. Fiye or ten appears to us the natural number, but in the flowers we examined, the number was generally five ; sometimes six, being two stamens to one of the calycine teeth, and only one to the other four. Our specimen flowered in the middle of December; perhaps in a warmer season there would have been two stamens to each of the teeth. Filaments short, incurved, terminated with a gland, which Sives to the anthers the appearance of being 3-lobed ; but as the gland soon dries up, to observe this the examination must made before the flower is expanded. The Germen is at . concave at the crown, but afterwards becomes flat and & ie Bacxea, Leprospérmum, and Fasricia, are very nearly allied, and all belong to the natural order of Myrti: Indeed, oe except except in the number of stamens, which seems also to be inconstant, we do not find any difference between this species and Leprospermum. With the Chinese species we have had no opportunity of comparing it. In our account of Fasricra levigata, (vide No. 1304) by an error of the press, the Class is said to be Hexandria instead of Icosandria. Native of New South Wales. Requires only to be pro- tected from frost. Flowers from September to the end of December. Communicated by Mr. Lez, of the Hammersmith Nurerg - mi A228 9 ¢f wr 99 / Ned atte JC. “4 2 Gke, ¢ 'S1s8" J BorBoNIA RUSCIFOLIA. Burcurr’s-Broom- LEAVED BORBONIA. Je eH HE HHH Class and Order. Drapetpn1a DecanpRiA. Generic Character. Stigma emarginatum. (al. acuminato-spinosus. Legu- men mucronatum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Borronia ruscifolia ; foliis semiamplexicaulibus ovato-cor- datis mucronatis ciliatis, dente calycis inferiore carinam #quante. Pianta leguminosa etlriopica, foliis rusci. Breyn. Cent. t. 28. Borzonsa cordata. «. Banks. Herb. The Borronta cordata figured by Jacquin in his Hortus Schcenbrunnensis, and which appears to us to be the Linnean plant, is in many respects very different from our present subject. The leaves of cordata are quite entire with smooth margins, they are also much narrower, with the nerves closer together ; calyx and corolla yery villous, which in rus- cifolia are nearly smooth; the shape of the vexillum is obcordate, in our plant it is broadest at the base, with the margins revolute. Breynivs’s figure above quoted as a synonym of our plant, has been referred by Linnaus in the Species Plantarum to his eordata, and retained there by WuipExow. At No. 274 of our work, the same synonym is referred we believe on the authority of SoLanper, to Borgonsa crenata. But it seems to to us to be quite distinct from both, and to accord entirely with our plant, which we have therefore called by the very appropriate name he has given it. Se There is a specimen in the Banksian Herbarium which accords very nearly with our plant. Our drawing was made many years ago at Mr. Wurrtey’s of the Fulham Nursery. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Requires the protection of the Greenhouse. Flowers in July. Propagated by seeds or cuttings. WN 2729 Pu et ferlis Wabworth Ped 21610. Vea AO ( 2129) Cepripepium venustum. Comety Lapy’s SLIPPER. Me RR ee ee i ek ae se ste te Class and Order. GynanpriA Dieynia. Generic Character. ‘Labellum (nectarium) ventricosum, inflatum (nunc sac- catum). Columna postice terminata lobo petaloideo (stamine sterili) antheras distinguente. Petala 2 antica seepius con- nata. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character and Synonym. Cyérirtbium venustum ; acaule, foliis lanceolatis equitati- tibus maculatis, petalis lateralibus ciliatis, nectério venoso ore inflexo. : | Cyprivepium vénustum. Wallich. os = ro r= pw Bay Descr. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, carinate, spreading distich- wise, their bases overlapping one another alternately ; spotted with large green spots on the upper surface, and small purple dots on the under, perennial. Scape but little longer than the leaves, rounded. Spathe ovate, concave, keeled ; keel and mar ae blackish. _Germen twice as long as the spathe, obtusely gled. Corolla at first nodding: upper petal oval, con- cave, white, striped with green : lower petal smaller, otherwise similar, composed of two united, which is proved (as observed by Brown) by the absence of the midrib. The two lateral petals longer than the others, strap-shaped, ciliated with dark purple hairs, externall of the same colour with the others ; internally marked with black round spots, and towards the tip tinged with purple. Slipper (labellum or nectary) inflated, oval, beautifully veined with green and tinged with purple, the opening bent inward at the sides, leaving the corners erect. : Column short, dark green, oder ers with - og lobed lid. le incurved, short ; stigma large, orbicular. Filaments lateral, sulcate ; anthers at the time of examination much wasted: pollen glutinous. — ‘The Germen, which was much incurved at the time the _ drawing was taken, afterwards became straighter, and the flower in consequence ceased to droop ; the upper petal hecoming quite upright, and the lateral ones spreading hori- zontally. | Native of the East Indies. Communicated by Messrs. Waurrtey, Brames, and Mixyz, in November ; who received it from the botanic garden at Calcutta. It was brought here by Captain Craiciz. The only account we can find of this plant, is a mere notice by Dr. Watucn in a letter to Dr. Francis Hamitron, published in the first volume of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, of a third new species of Cypripepitum from Nepal, to which, we whderstand from Mr. Brown, the Doctor has given the naive, which we have adopted. 5 . 4 y ii ap cs ir ad é WW edd cldlde 12 lartis Wabwirth . Fuh 4,10280 = ( 2130 ) LacCTUCA PERENNIS. PrrENNIAL LETTUCE. HR HR ERE RE EE Class and Order: SynGenesiA Potyeamia AXNQUALIs. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Cal. imbricatus, cylindricus, margine membranaceo. Pappus simplex, stipitatus. Sem. levia. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lacruca perennis ; foliis omnibus pinnatifidis : laciniis linearibus sursum dentatis, floribus corymboso-panicu- latis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1530. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 442. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 365. Lam. et. Dec. fl. franc. 4 p. 11. Pollich Pal. 2. p. 374. n. 730. Villars Dauph. 3. p. 156. Krock. Siles. n. 1258. Lactuca foliis linearibus dentato-pinnatis : laciniis sursum ' _ dentatis. Hort. Cliff. 384. Mill. ic. 2. p. 105. t. 157. CuonpRILLA cerulea altera cichorii sylvestris folio. Bauh. Pin. 133. . Cuonpritxa cerulea Belgarum. Lob. ic. 1. p. 230. f. 1. Cuonpritta altera. Dod. pempt. 637.—cerulea. Tabern. 176. Raj. Hist. 227. Ger. emac. 286. =a Dalech. Hist. 561. f.2. Hd. Gall. v. 1. p. £72. Lacruca perennis is called a hardy perennial, but being a native of the southern parts of Europe, is liable to be destroyed by frost, especially if not planted in a dry soil ; but is easily propagated by seeds. It is said to abound in a milky juice of a sweet taste. Grows in vineyards and in the crevices of rocks open to the sun, in a soil abounding in limestone, in Germany, Italy, and France. Flowers from June to August. Was cultivated by Mr, Jonn Grrarp in 1596. Naiai, a Weg L 1 Se Put. by 8. Gurkis Watworth February: 1.2820, Weddell 4 ( 2181) ik - Coris MONSPELIENSIS. _Montprzier Corts. EEE EERE EE Class and Order. Penranpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. supera. Specific Name and Synonyms. Coris monspeliensis. Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 1000. Hort. Cliff. | 68. Kniph. Cent. 9. ». 27. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. |. p. 383. Persoon Syn. 1. p. V1, Vill. Dauph. 2. p. 464. Desfont. Atl. 1. p. 186. Lam. ill. t. 102? Lam. et. Decand. Fl. franc. v. 3. p. 437. Corts cerulea maritima. Bauh. Pin. 280. Ray. Hist. $82. Moris. Hist. 3. p. 362. s. U1. t. 5. f. ult. Coris cwrulea monspeliaca. Ger. emac. 544. Tabern. Krauter Buch 1221. Coris Monspeliensium. Park. Theatr. 571. Coris quorundam. Clus. Hisp. 485. fig. bona. Hist. 2. p. 174. Coris monspeliaca. Lob. ic. 1. 402. f- 1. & 2. Adv. p. 174. Coris monspessulana purpurea. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 434. Sympnytum petreum. Cam. Epit. 699. cum. fig. a Gesnero. It has been suggested that Lamarcx’s figure, above quoted, may be from a distinct species, the margin of the leaves being represented to be covered withlittle spines, and the corolla much less irregular, than as it usually occurs. The wooden cut in Crustvus’s History of rare plants observed in Spain is excellent. The sate is repeated in his general history and in Lozex’s {cones, but somewhat deteriorated. There is a good figure too in Camerarivs’s Epitome, which Joun Bavuin informs Us was taken from a dried specimen, communicated by him toy, They. GEsner. = Cor, 1-petala, irregularis. Cal. spinosus. Caps. Sevalvis, ® ~ e The Corts monspeliensis in habit very much resembles a Thyme, but belongs to the natural order of Primulaceg, It is a beautiful little plant, worthy of being more generally cultivated than it has been ; its lively purple flowers are scentless, but preserve their colour yery well when dry, - It will flower the first year from seed, and is considered by some authors as annual ; by others it is said to be perennial ; and in the Hortus Kewensis it is marked as biennial. It may be propagated by seeds ; or, as these are not always produced here, Mixer directs cuttings of it to be planted in a very moderate hot-bed in the autumn, which will take root in about six weeks, : . Requires to be protected from frost. Flowers early in the spring, and continues in bloom through most part of the summer, 1t grows naturally in barren dry soil near the sea, in the south of Europe, and in Barbary. Its roots are large in proportion to the size of the plant, and are said to dye linen of a red colour. Communicated by Mr. Anprrson from the Chelsea Garden. Our figure was taken from a branch hanging over the edge of the pot, which appears to be a mode of growth natural to it. : ced N2132 Ly 3 \t al il, he . 1 j } Wi : Ll. Fe. Tila Dal, Pub by. 5 Curtis Walworf. Feb.s.1420. Wecldell. ( 9182 PALAFOXIA LINEARIS, LAVENDER-LEAVED PaLaroxia. Ce ee ee ae Class and Order. SYNGENESIA, PoLyGaMIA ZQUALIS. Generic Character. — Cal. oblonga, subimbricata, 8-polyphylla, multiflora. Cor. flosculosa, calyce longior: limbo 5-fido. Pappus palea- ceus. Recept. nudum. Semina marginalia calycibus involuta. Specific Name and Synonyms. Pataroxts linearis. Lagasca Gen. et Spee. plant. p. 26, Stevia linearis, Cav. prelect. n. 464. Aceratom lineare. Cav. ic. 3. p. 3. t. 205. Descr. Stem erect, branched; branches rounded, and with the whole plant clothed with a villous pubescence. Leaves generally alternate, one or two pair on the branches opposite, petioled, linear, or linear-lanceolate, revolute at the margin, much resembling those of Lavender. Corymbs terminal, few flowered. Peduncles erect, naked, or with only here and there a minate subulate bracte. Calyx cylindrical: leaflets subimbricate, linear, concave, inclosing the germen of the outer florets. Tube of the florets nearly half as long again as the calyx: limb 5-cleft. Anthers included, stigma exserted, revolute, villous. Germen obconical, crowned with a palea- oe pappus;: palee of unequal length, the larger ones cillate. The genus Pataroxta differs from Srevra, according to Gasca, in having an oblong, subimbricate, many-flowered calyx, spreading when the seed is ripe; in the palee _ e the pappus being lanceolate and acute ; and in the marginal seeds being enclosed each in a calycine leaflet. Native of Mexico. Perennial. Flowers in September and October.’ Our drawing was made from a specimen communicated by A. B. Lamzert, Esq. from his collection at Boyton. We received it also from Messrs. Wuittey, Brames, and Mityg, of the Fulham Nursery. N 2133. | | Pub.by. Suis. Walworth, March,2. 2820. J ertisDa ¥ % causa? hae aces $ ¥ ’ « enk 2133. ) Crinum FhAccipum. Maceuariz Crinum. Je Noi ii eb d ge - Class and Order. HexanpriaA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Vide No. 1121. Specific Character and Synonyms. *y Crisum flaccidum,; muitilorum, foliis lineari-leratis flaccidis,) corolla infundibuiiformi, tubo obsolete trigono jacinias obovaias subequante, germine parum pedunculo cras- siore. Crinum fiaccidum. Herbert in Bot. Mag. No. 2121, p. 7. Amanyiuis australasica. Bot. Reg. 426. - ‘men Descr. Leaves multifarious, linear-lorate, channelled; margins rough, about a foot and a half or two feet long, ape green, twenty inches or nearly two feet long, much flattened, erect. Flowers 5—8, white, on peduncles irre- Sularly angular, and exceeding an inch in length. Germen oblong-oval, very Jittle thicker than the peduncle ; cells con-' taining each six ovula, or seven, the odd one being placed below. Tube a little curved, obsoletely angular, not quite the length of the limb, which is wide funnel-shaped, the ends of the lacinie being beat back, and their expansion above three inches (in Mr. Hersert’s plant, in all the flowers exactly three inches anda quarter). Lacinie obovate, obtuse, mucronate, with green hooks, nearly three quarters of an mch in width at the widest part: the inner ones somewhat the widest. Filaments about half the length of the lacinie, More or less curved. Style twice the length of the filaments, lined : stigma small, when perfect minutely 3-iobed: Jimbrie thereon longer and slenderer than in capense, brevi- folium, &c. Anthers yellow, lunulaie, versatile. Spathe brown, 2-cleft, reflected, with several shrev-like bracies. Buds begin to incline about twenty-four hours before their *Xpansion but do not nod. Scent of the flowers powerful, very very like that of Crinum capense and Litrum Pomponium. Por the above description we are chiefly indebted to the Honourable Wm. Herserr. According to Mr. Hersert’s definition of Crinum, which we have adopted, this plant comes under that genus, and the specific name of flaccidum having the right of priority, we have preferred it to australasicum, especially as there are other Crinums in New Holland. The Crinum flaceidum is a native of New Holland, and was discovered in the same expedition that produced the purple and yellow Calostemmas, before published, “ under the Macquarie Range in East longitude about 146, and about 33 of South latitude.” Our drawing was taken at the Chelsea Garden in September 1819, to which it was introduced by Barron Fretp, Esq. Judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature in New South Wales. 2134 Lu 0 . oy. 5, Garb Pee 7 z . : ‘rtis Walworth March. 22820 Weld Se ( 2134 ) CyNoGLossum Pictrum. Mapetra Hovnp’s- TONGUE. Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis fauce clausa fornicibus. Semina depressa, interiore tantum latere stylo affixa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cynoctossum pictum ; corollis calyci subeequalibus : laciniis subrotundo-dilatatis, foliis lanceolatis tomentosis : supe- rioribus basi cordatis. Hort. Kew. ed I. p. 179.—ed. altera 1. p. 291. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 761. Vaal Symb. 2. p. 34. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 159. YNOGLOssuUM creticum ; foliis incanis obtusis obliquis, corollis striatis. Villars Delph. ij p. 457. YNOGLOssuM cheirifolium ; corollis ramoso-venosis calyce duplo longioribus patentissimis, foliis lanceolatis incano- villosis. Jacq. Collect. 3. p. 30. Scop. Carn. n. 193. Cynoctossum creticum Il. Clus. Hist. 2. p. 162. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 600. | Crnoctossum folio molli incano, flore ceruleo striis rubris variegato. Moris. Hort. Blaes. p. 258.—Hist. 3. p. 449. YNOGLossuM creticum latifolium foetidum. Bauh. Pin. 257. Garidél Aix, p. 142. en This plant is not confined to Madeira, but appears to be common in all the southern parts of Europe and in Barbary, where it has been very generally taken for Cynogiossum ~ €icinale by those botanists who are unacquainted with os ; plant, ; plant, as it grows in North Europe. _ It is distinguished from officinale by the cauline leaves being cordate at the base, as well as by its larger flowers, of a pale colour, beautifully” veined with deep biue. _A hardy biennial; cultivated in the Oxford garden in 1658. Flowers from May to August. Communicated by ALEXANDER M‘Leay, Esq. =e" , ed es ~werene oe , \eddelu Be. Pu 5, by A Ys Gurtis . Wabrorth f March.2 1620 "edd ( 2135 ) GENTIANA viscosa. CiLAMMY GENTIAN, Tee eee aie Ra Rae ie ae ek ek ae Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 1-petala. Caps. 2-valvis, 1-locularis: receptaculis 2, longitudinalibus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Secr. I. Corollis 5—9-fidis subcampanulatis. Gentiana viscosa ; corollis quinquefidis monog'ynis, paniculis trichotomis, bracteis perfoliatis, foliis oblongis trinerviis. Hort. Kew. ed L. v. 1. p. 321.—ed alt. v. 2. p. 109. Exacom viscosum ; foliis oblongis nervosis amplexicaulibus, floribus quinquefidis, bracteis cordato-pertoliatis calyce Jongioribus. Sith ic. pict. t. 18. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 634. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 136. Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect: branches opposite, crossed. Leavesovate-lanceolate, quite entire, usually 3-nerved, sometimes 5-nerved, but with the outer nerves less strongly marked, stem-embracing : upper ones frequently connate. Bractes ovate, perfoliate, persistent, close to and longer than — calyx, which is inferior, 5-toothed, upright. Corolla salver- shaped: tube twice the length of the calyx, white: limb 5-cleft : lacinie lanceolate-ovate, spreading. Stamens five, on short filaments inserted into the tube of the corolla, and alternating with the lacinie. Anthers oblong, 2-lobed : lobes finally diverging at the base. Style equal to the stamens, curved at the point to bring the e two-lobed stigma in contact with the connivent anthers. Capsule oblong-elliptical, one-celled, but in the germen apparently two celled, 2-valved: valves rolled in at their margins, — four receptacles. eds very many, minute, rugose, angular. ‘Taste of the herb extremely bitter. “ fr, Mr. Brown, in his Prodromus of the Plants of New Hol- land, has remarked thatthe genuine species of Exacum are sessile, pedunculatum, and perhaps punctatum, with others unpublished, natiyes of the, East Indies ;.we have therefore thought it advisable to follow the example of ' the Hortus Kewensis in retaining our plant in the genus GenrrAna ; from which it must, however, undoubtedly be hereafter separated. In many respects it approaches to the character of CuIRoNIA, but has not the twisted anthers of that genus. Native of the Canaries. A biennial, requiring the protec- tion of the greenhouse... Flowers in June and July. Propa- gated by seeds. Communicated by Mr. Braxs, from the collection of James Verz, Esq. of Kensington Gore. f 8 ® % aS! S ‘ ( 2136 * + ef , fa . é ~ He * neg git if a “hy ore te: re Be 3 aE pee ee | ri . oe 4 ae t Lupinus NooTKATENsIs, . 6... FRUTICOSUS. — Lee's Buue-rrowrrnp Tree-Lupin. _ Se Re ee Class and. Order. Draperpa1a Decanpria. Generic Character: Cal. 2-labiatus. Anthere 5 oblonge, 5 subrotunde. Legum. coriaceum, torulosum, compressum, Specifie Character and Synonyms. Lurinvs nootkatensis ; calycibus verticillatis inappendiculatis : labio inferiore integro, caule foliisque hirsutis, radice perenni. Bot. Mag. i311. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 286. Pursh Fl. Am. sept. 2. p. 468. (2.) caulibus annuis hirsutis. Supra. 1311. (3.) fruticosus ; caulibus perennantibus demum glabris, calycibus subverticillatis: labiis utrisque acutis integris. ilies Desc. Stem shrubby, branched ; branches long, tortuoud, unable to support themselves, rounded, hairy, but growing nearly smooth with age. Siipules linear-lanceolate, quite enuire. Petioles something longer than the leaves: leaflets ‘—10, obovate, obtuse, with a small mucro, quite entire, villous on the under side and smooth on the upper. Pedun- cles very long, tortuous, hairy, lateral and terminal : pedicles shorter than the flower, growing some in whirls, some singly. Calyx 2-lipped : both lips acute and apparently entire. Vexillum orbicular, reflexed laterally, covering the upper-lip of the calyx, pale purple, with orange coloured dois at the ase, Ale large, inflated, united towards the tip, streaked with blue. Carina sickle-shaped, with a sharp black point, ls petals united the whole length. Filaments ail united more n half way up, free above. -Anthers of the five shorter filaments filaments oblong, brownish-yellow: of the fivelonger, roundish, saffron-coloured. Stigma villous. Legumen arched, hairy, with about six hollows for the seeds, which are often abortive, very small, kidney-shaped, not compressed, shining, yellow spotted, and shaded with black: hylum large, terminal, hollow, with a small nipple-like projection at the margin. This plant, if nailed against a wall, is as hardy as the yellow Tree-Lupin, and will live through our winters very well. Flowers in May, and perfects its seed in the Autumn ; will flower from seed the first year. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden, where it was introduced by Mr. Ler, of the Hammersmith Nursery, who informs us it was first raised in Somersetshire from the seed of Lurinus perennis or nootkatensis, with the latter of which particularly it appears to have a very near affinity. Ne2131. 3 eS sg 4 Ls § Fut. by 8 Gurks. Walworth. March ( 2137 ) LOBELIA RACEMOSA. GREEN-FLOWERED Lope.ia. ETE ER EE a ae ae ese ae eae se oe Class and Order. Penranprta Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe- rentes. Caps. infera, 2-s. 3-locularis. Specific Character. Logetta racemosa ; caule suffruticéso erecto, foliis lanceolato- ovatis serrato-dentatis, dentibus subspinulosis, racemo terminali, pedicellis florem #quantibus, The present plant, which appears to be an undescribed species of Lopexia, was communicated by Messrs. Wurttey, Brames, and Mitne, to whom it was presented, together with several other curious plants, by Antuony Harr, Esq. from the island of St. Christopber’s, in the West Indies. lt has a near affinity with Loseia surinamensis, stricta, and assurgens; more especially with the latter, from which how- ever it differs not only in the green colour of its flowers, but also in its upright habit, its smooth calyx, with awl-shaped patent segments, and several other characters. L. stricta has its flowers very nearly sessile, and the serrature of its leaves much finer and closer, with their margins rolled back. Logexia racemosa is smooth in every part except a slight hairiness on the margin of the linear-lanceolate bractes, which may be considerdd rather as a denticulation, corresponding with that of the leaves. Its stem was simple, quite erect, four or five feet high, with a terminal raceme at the time the drawing was taken, but afterwards branched out towards the top. It abounded in every part witha milky juice. It requires to be kept in.the stove at least in the winter months. Flowers | im July and August. N13. Put b y S lurks s W: aduorlh Meech cre J 14820 Weddellic. ( 2188 ) Strursiota erecta, Upricur STRUTHIOLA, JHMM HM BG bee a tok dei Class and Order. T ETRANDRIA Mowoaynua, Genie Qhiipocter: % Cal 0. (nisi corollam velis) Cor. tubulosa : ore glandulis plerumque octo, Bacca exsueca, 1-sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. — Strurwioxa erecta ; ramulis strictis foliis linearibus obtusis glabris quadrifariam imbricatis cauli adpressis, corollis glabris. 3 : Srrutuiora erecta; foliis lincaribus glabris, ramis glabris tetragonis. Thunb. Prodr. 76. FVilld. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 692. Persoon Syn, 1. p. 148. Wendl. Obs. Bot. plo? 277, Tee = : Srrutuioxa tetragona ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis quadrifariam imbricatis, corollis ealyeibusque nudis, Retz. Obs. 3. p. 25. . , bE Passerina dodecandra. Sp. Pl. 513. Necranpra tetrandra; foliis’ linearibus imbricatis glabris, floribus lateralibus, nectariis octonis. Berg. Cap. 133. a eenpeeees cae ‘The genus Srrursiora has great affinity with Passerrna, _ with which it was at first associated by Linnxus; who, having only dried specimens to examine, regarded the eight glands at the mouth of the tube as so many anthers, and, finding Our more within the tube, gave it the specific name of dode- fandra. When he afterwards discovered that the eight bodies at the mouth of the tube were not anthers, he separated it tom Passerina, instituted a new gens under the name of RUTHIOLA, and removed it to the class Tetrandria, which the number of stamens demanded ; but why he should at the Same time haye denominated that part a calyx which in Pas- SERINA he continued io call corolla, is not easy to devise. This alteration ” alteration of terms was made by Linnxus himself, in the 12th edition of the Systema Vegetabilium, though at No. 1219, by an oversight, we erroneously attributed the change to Professor Murray. Only two species of this genus being known to Linnaus, one of which was smooth, the other pubescent, he used no. other distinguishing characters ; the late Mr. Curtis was in consequence led to conclude, that the species figured at No. 222 was the erecta. This figure has however in Hortus Kewensis been since referrred to SrrurHi0La juniperina of Witipenow. Our present plant is undoubtedly a distinct species, and is the one supposed to be the erecta of Linnxvs, well described by Bererius under the name of NecTaNpRA tetrandra ; except that he says the leaves are scattered. _ Srruruiota erecta is a pretty little greenhouse shrub of low stature, with delightfully fragrant flowers, which blossom both in the Spring and Autumn: Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Communicated by Messrs. Wurttey & Co. CORRIGENDUM. At No. 222; exclude the Specific Name and Character with all the Synonyms; and substitute 32 STRUTHIOLA juniperina ; ramulis virgatis, foliis linearibus acutis paten- tibus corollisque glabris.. . . STRUTHIOLA juniperina ; foliis linearibus glabris, antheris inclusis, Hort, Kew. ed. alt..1. p. 271. : STRUTHIOLA juniperina ; foliis linearibus acutis patentibus, corollis ca- lycibusque nudis. Retz. obs, 3, P- 26. Willd. Sp. Pl. 14 ps 692: -» Persoon Syn. 1.-p, 148, Pub by 5 Cuobig Walworth, Aprils be ( 2139 ) Piumpaco Evropma. European Leap- WORT. Class and Order. PenranpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis. Stamina squamis basin corolle claudentibus inserta. Stigma 5-fidum. Semen 1, oblongum, tunicatum. | | Specific Character and Synonyms. PLumBaco europea ; foliis amplexicaulibus lanceolatis scabris, caule stricto. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 837. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 323. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 175. Schkuhr Handb. 1. p.A18. t. 36. : PLumpaco europea ; foliis amplexicaulibus lanceolatis scabris. Hort. Cliff. 53. Sp. Pl. 215. Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grece 1. p. 131. Fl. Gree. t. 191. Allioni Pedem. n. 315. Desf. Atl. 1. p. 171. : Leripium Dentellaria dictum. Bauh. Pin. p. 97. Park, Theatr. 855. 2. sae Dentarra sive Dentellaria Rondeletii s. Molybdena Plinii. Lob. ic. 321. f.1. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 941. Piumpaco quorundam. Clus. Hisp. 434. fig. opt. Clus. Hist. 2. 124. Piumpago s. Dentellaria. Raj. Hist. 394. Tripotium Dioscoridis. Col. Ecphr. 1. p. 160. t. 161. Piumeaco Plinii. Ger. emac. 1254. cum fig. Clusii, Moris. Hist, 3. s. 15. p. 599, t. 1. f° 2. eee The genus Piumsaco has a wide range, most of the species Ing natives of the East Indies ; one of which occurs also in ew Holland, as well within the tropics as in the neighbour- hood hood of Port Jackson. One species isfound in South America; one or two at the Cape of Good Hope: and our present plant in the South of Europe and the North of Africa. It has its name from being considered as the PLumpaco of Puiny, so called by him for its use in curing a disease in the eye, which he calls Plumbum. Though some derive the name from the effects of the root in staining the skin of a black colour if held close in the palm of the hand ; an effect which Coxumna observes he has himself experienced from it. It is possessed of very considerable acrimony, and, on account of this quality, has been frequently used for the tooth-ache ; from whence its names of Dentellaria and Den- taria. But for this purpose it is not only recommended to be applied to the tooth, but by some it is bruised and applied to the wrist, where it excites such a painful inflammation that the pain in the tooth is no longer attended to. The leaves boiled: in oil are recommended in some cutaneous diseases, and Drsronrarves observes that the Arabs make an ointment with this plant, salt, and oil, with which they cure the itch and ring-worm. An herbaceous perennial, scarcely hardy enough to bear the severity of our winters without protection. Cultivated by Mr. Joun Gerarp in 1596, but is rarely seen in our gardens. Communicated by ALExanper M‘Lxay, Esq. from his collection at Tilbuster Lodge, Godstone, Surry. AN: p14 ?. a4 98 C4 Pb. by. § Curtis Wott orthdpoitashe0. ( 2140 ) ERICA PROPENDENS. PENDENT-FLOWERED HEATH. Class and Order. . Octranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 4—8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. Specific Character and Synonym. Sect. 5. Breviflore. D. Corolle cylindrice vel superne dilatate. Erica propendens ; floribus terminalibus, bracteis a calyce remotis, antheris muticis, foliolis calycinis ovatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 397. Erica propendens. Andrews’s Heaths, vol. 2. Lodd. Bot. Cab. v. 1. t. 63. A very beautiful heath, which seldom exceeds a foot in — height, and is generally covered with a profusion of flowers in the spring months. It rarely matures its seed with us, but 's readily propagated by cuttings. Communicated by Messrs. Loppieks and Sons. i Rinwtdaatsa: Weddell $0 . (2141) VicIA TENUIFOLIA. FiNne-Leavep Vetc. Class and Order. Diapevpai1a Decanpria. Generic Character. Stigma latere inferiore tranversim barbatum. a Specific Character and Synonyms. Vicia tenuifolia ; pedunculis multifloris folio duplo longion bus, floribus imbricatis, foliolis linearibus glabriusculis trinerviis, stipulis superioribus simplicissimis, legumi- nibus compressis hexaspermis. Wahlenberg Flor. Carpat. p. 227. Vicia tenurfolia ; pedunculis multifloris folio longioribus, floribus imbricatis, foliolis linearibus glabriusculis triner- viis, stipulis linearibus integerrimis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1099. Vicia tenuifolia ; pedunculis multiforis, floribus imbricatis, foliolis linearibus trinerviis acuminatis, stipulis lnearibus integris, caule erecto flexuoso. Roth Germ. I. 309. II. _ 183. Hoffm. Germ. 256. Fil. taur. cauc. 2. p. 159. Victa Gerardi. Willd. Prodr. n. 736. a Descr. Stem zig-zag, sulcate, scarcely pubescent. Leaf- lets 16—22, generally reflexed, linear, with a small mucro, obscurely 3-nerved, villous underneath, with silky hairs closely adpressed to the leaf. Stipules two, linear, quite entire, re- curved. Pedunceles axillary, striate, twice the length of the leaf. Flowers larger than those of Victa Cracea, redder purple, crowded, looking one way, on short pedicles. Legumen Paine curved, flattened, smooth, cernuous, seeded about 1X, This This species is sufficiently distinct from Vicia Cracca, but we have not the means of ascertaining whether it be really different from villosa and polyphylla. Native of the sandy hills of Germany, Hungary, and Tauria. Flowers in May and June. Communicated by Mr. Jenkins, from his Botanic Garden in the New Road, where it was introduced by Mr. Hunneman, WM 2142 Pub by & Gets Walworth Spel 21646 Wedd fe ( 2142 ) CarTHAMUS LANATUs. Wooty CarTHamus, or Yeittow Distarr-THisTLe. JH Hee Class and Order. SyncenesiA Potyeamia AlQuALis. Generic Character. Receptaculum paleaceo-setaceum. Cal. ovatus imbricatus ! squamis apice subovato-foliaceis. Pappus paleaceo-pilosus s. nullus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cartuamus lanatus; caule lanuginoso, foliis inferioribus pinnatifidis dentatis : summis amplexicaulibus pinnati- fido-dentatis spinosis.. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1707. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 491. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 380. Schkuhr Handb. 3. p. 61. t. 233. Cartnamus lanatus ; caule piloso: superne lanato, foliis inferioribus pinnatifidis : summis amplexicaulibus den- a Hort. Ups. 251. Sp. Pl. 1163. Villars Dauph. . p. 36. Arractyuis foliis cartilagineis, reticulatis, imis semipinnatis, ovato-lanceolatis, amplexicaulibus. Hall. Hist. n. 192. Arractyiis Fusus agrestis. Garin. Sem. 2. p. 381. ¢. 161. Arractytis. . Bauh pin. 379. 1. Dod. pempt. 736. Camer. Epit. 561. fig. opt. Hall. Hist... 192. Raj. Hist. 304.4. Park. Theatr. 963. 1. Lob. icon. 2. t. 13. f- 1. Arractyiis Theophrasti et Dioscoridis, sanguineo succo. Col. Ecphr. 1. p. 19. t. 23. Arractynis vera. Bauh. Hist. 3. part.1. p. 85. fig. pessima. Centaurea lanata. Lam. & Dec. Fl. Frang 4. p. 102. eae This plant is supposed, with considerable probability, to be the Arracryzis of the ancient writers, and was said by them to have been used formerly by the country women to make their distaffs for holding the wool in spinning. Fasrus CoLuMNA, Cotumna, who has taken great, pains to prove the identity of this plant with the one so called by Dioscoripes, Tuxo- purastus, and Pury, with more probability attributes the name rather to its similarity to a distaff loaded with wool ready for spinning, than to its being actually used as such. Gezrtner, who does not consider it to belong to the genus Cartuamus, retains the name of ATRAcTYLIs. Either this plant varies much with respect to its woolliness, or CartTuAmus creticus has been very generally confounded with it. In our specimens received from Mr. Lamperr’s col- lection at Boyton, the pubescence was so long as to hang pendent from the heads and upper part of the stalk, not unaptly resembling a distaff with wool. | Native of the South of Europe. A hardy annual. Culti- vated by Mr. Jonn Grrarp in 1596. N2143, | ! ( 2143 ) AZALEA CALENDULACEA. ad FLAMMEA. FLAME-coLOURED AZALEA. SE IEMA RR Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. campanulata. Stam. receptaculo inserta. Caps. 5-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Azatea calendulacea ; (subnudiflora) foliis oblongo-ovalibus ciliatis - adultis birsutis, corolla tubo laciniis breviore piloso subviscido, calyce villoso. Bot. Mag. 1721. Ubt -petantur synonyma. («.) flammea ; floribus flammeo-calendulaceis. Azatea calendulacea. (a.)° Bot. Reg. 145. (@.) crocea ; floribus croceis. Bot. Mag I. c. The leaves are smooth, except the margins and along the nerves, where they are ciliated. The pedicles, calyxes, and tube of the corolla, are covered with glandular hairs some- what clammy: limb five-cleft, the upper lacinia larger and more recurved than the rest. Stamens and style declined, longer than the corolla. ; ; This is a very beautiful flowering shrub, varying consider- ably in colour (according to Bartram, its first discoverer,) from a pale cream colour to the most perfect scarlet or flame colour: and all this variety of shades is, he says, sometimes seen upon different branches of the same plant. We have however never observed the same shrub in cultivation to bear flowers of various colours, except the diversity of shades occa- sioned by different degrees of perfection. It It is considered as a hardy shrub, but being a native of Florida and Georgia, will succeed best if protected in the Spring, when the weather is cold, by being placed in the greenhouse. Communicated by Mr. Tuompson of Mile End, the worthy successor of the late celebrated Mr. James Gorpon, whose Nursery was one of the first that rose to botanical celebrity in this country. I. furtia Del, Naa4. Pi by. 8. Curtig Walworth. Spurl «. ah. Wedldlall. fv. ( 2144 ) MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TRICOLOR. PURPLE- | EYED Fig Maryeo.p. SER ea eee de teak sea eile Class and Order. IcosanpRiA Penracynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerosa, linearia, basi cohezrentia. Caps. carnosa, infera, polysperma, Specific Character and Synonyms. MEsEmBryAnTHEMUM tricolor ; subcaulescens, foliis punctatis lineari-spathulatis connatis subtus convexis supra sulco exaratis. Willd. Enum. 530. ESEMBRYANTHEMUM {tricolor ; foliis amplexicaulibus dis- tinctis punctatis lineari-spathulatis subtus convexis superne sulco exaratis, caule brevissimo herbaceo. Willd. Hort, Berol. v. 1. p, 22. t. 22. Oxs. Species a tricoloro Haworthii omnino distincta. (eee A pretty little annual species altogether different from the fricolorum of Hawortu and Arron. It is easily propagated y seeds, which it produces freely ; these should be sown in the spring on a hot bed, and treated as the ice plant and other annual species, he first account we have of this plant is in WittpEnow’s ortus Berolinensis. It is supposed to be a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Communicated by Mr. Anprerson from the Chelsea Garden, who received the seeds from Mr. Orro, of the Royal Garden in Berlin. Mr. Anperson informs us that there are two varieties of this species cultivated at Kew, one with paler and the other with deeper coloured flowers. ( 2145 ) PuytTeuma stricta. SLENDER RAmPpIon. RR eee eee Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynis. Generic Character. Cor. rotata, 5-partita, laciniis linearibus. Stigma 2—s. 3-fidum. Caps. 2—s, 3-locularis infera. Specific Character. Puyteuma stricta ; foliis radicalibus Jineari-spathulatis subin- tegerrimis : caulinis conduplicatis, floribus semiverti- - cillatis: verticillis trifloris alternis. Descr. Radical leaves linear-spathulate, petiolate, intire with a few minute denticulations on the margin: cauline similar, gradually smaller, folded inwards. Stem straight, simple, slender. Flowers in a long spike, growing by threes, ~ in alternate clusters or half-whorls. The middle flower in each cluster expands nearly at the same time, and when these fade, the two side flowers expand together, so that the whole spike has open blossoms at the same time from bottom to top, at first one in each cluster, afterwards two. Calycine seg- ments subulate. Lacinie of the corolla linear, spreading, — the two uppermost approaching one another. Stamens of short duration. Style the length of the corolla: stigma bent, club-shaped, finally two or three-cleft. Germen 2- or 3-celled, with many ovula. This appears to us to be an undescribed species. We received it under the name of virgata, but it in no respect agrees with the description and figure of that species in - Lasittarpiere’s icones Plantarum Syrie. In habit it ‘ap- proaches very near to Puyrruma campanuloides (vide No. 1015), but its foliage is quite different, and the flowers are of a paler blue. Native country uncertain. : Communicated in July 1819 by Mr. Jenkins, from his Botanical Garden in the New Road, who received it from Mr, Hunneman, ‘ Di. ti Garg, zg Pw, by. 3 turbie Watwortu hyo, abe | Weck art Se ( 2146 ) ASPERULA ARCADIENSIS. ARCADIAN WoopkRUFF. SER te ale ke ae Class and Order. TerranpriaA Monoeyntia. Generic Character. ° Cor. 1-petala, infundibuliformis. Sem. 2, globosa: Specific Character. AspPEruLa arcadiensis ; hispidula, foliis senis oblongo-ovatis acutis margine reyolutis, caulibus decumbentibus, floribus sessilibus terminalibus aggregatis axillaribusque. Descr. Stems angular, hispid, decumbent, branched, cespitose. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, with revolute margins, hairy, six in a whorl. Flowers rose-coloured, sessile, in ter- minal clusters and axillary. Tube of the corolla longer than the leaf; limb four-cleft, revolute. Anthers 4, on short fila- ments, inserted in the faux, alternating with the lacinie. Style longer than the tube of the corolla, divided toward the Up into two filiform unequal segments. Stigmas globular. This lively little alpine plant was discovered by Mr. Haw- Kins on Mount Tyria in Arcadia, and was first raised in this country at Spring Grove from seeds sent by him, together with specimens, to Sir Josep Banks, Bart. Communicated to us by Mr. Josern Knicur of the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road, in May 1819. N241 Lut. by S Gartis . Walworth . Mier i328 —— - ae ss Oa ( 2147 ) OxytTropis Lamperti. LAMBErtT’s OXYTROPIS. Tee ee ek eae sea e Class and Order. Diapetpuia Decanpris. Generic Character. Carina in mucronem superne desinens. Legwmen bilocu- lare aut sub-biloculare, sutura inferiore introflex4. Specific Character and Synonyms. Oxrrropis Lamberti; acaulis, sericeo-pilosa, foliolis lanceo- lato-ellipticis utrinque acutis, scapis folia squantibus, spicis capitatis, bracteis linearibus longitudine calycis. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. p. TAO. Oxyrropis Lambertii ; cespitosa, acaulis, foliolis numerosis lineari-lanceolatis strigosis remotiusculis, scapo foliis longiore, spica oblonga, bracteis lanceolatis calyce sericeo brevioribus, Nuttall Gen. plant. amer. 2. p. 98.. ex anglico. Oxyrroris was separated from the overgrown genus of aGatus by the celebrated botanist Decanpoxte, in his Monograph of the allied genera. According to Nurraux this is the only species of the genus that has been found in America, the argentata of Pursu, belonging to AsTraGaLvs, as now limited, and being quite different from the argentata of Pallas’s Herbarium. Native of the woodless hills of the Missouri, from the river Plata to the mountains. It is a tolerably hardy perennial, and a beautiful plant when in flower, which happens in May and June. It is at present very rare, as we do not know that it is living in any | collection but that of our friend Mr. Lamerrr at Boyton, to -whose kindness we are indebted for the flowering specimen trom which our drawing was taken in May 1819. _. Mr. Lamuerr first raised it from seeds gathered by Mr. Nurraxx on their native soil. ( 218 ) BiGNoONIA CHAMBERLAYNIIT. CHAMBERLAYNE’S Trumpet-F Lower, HR Re eee eee ek ke koe Class and Order. | Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, cyathiformis. Cor. fauce campanulata, 5-fida, subtus ventricosa. Siligua bilocularis. Sem. membranaceo- alata. Specific Character. Bienonta Chamberlaynii ; foliis conjugatis cirrhosisterna- tisque, foliolis ovatis acuminatis, racemis axillaribus subsexfloris: pedicellis brachiatis, Oss. Bignonia equinoctiali valde affinis. Descr. Stem twining. Leaves conjugate, with a stron fendril at the end of the common footstalk: leaflets ovate- acuminate, quite entire, smooth, shining on the upper sur- face, paler underneath. The Cirrhus is frequently wanting, and sometimes the place of it is supplied by a third leaflet, Partial footstalks very divaricate, sulcate, and furnished on _ ne side at the upper extremity with a row of glandular warts. Peduncle axillary, bearing a raceme of several flowers on pedicles generally opposite, divaricate and cernuous. Calyx cup-shaped, with entire margins, marked with five obsolete teeth. Corolla large, bright yellow. Tube contracted above the calyx : faux ventricose : limb spreading, divided into five, nearly equal, rounded lobes subbilabiately arranged. . this species is very nearly related to BiGNonia eguinoc- “alis, but differs from it in having a raceme of many flowers, and leaves frequently ternate. Native of Brazil, from whence it was sent to Mr. Ler of Hammersmith, by the Consul-General, Mr, CuamsBer.ayne, a zentleman a gentleman who has always been a zealous promoter of the comforts of such naturalists as have gone thither from this country. We were favoured with specimens of this plant at the same time from Mr. Les of Hammersmith, whose name we have adopted, and from Messrs. Barr and Brooke of Balls Pond. To the latter we were also indebted for the fine specimen of Grirrin’s Amaryllis, No. 2113, which we omitted mentioning at the time. Pub.by. 5S. Gurtia. Wile orth, Mf wry, 1,2 6%. NV 2149 ( 2149 ) Erica concavaA. Concave Hearn. WK Reese ese a cle sea ak ak sk ale ale ke Class and Order. Ocranpria Mownoeynrta. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina duo lJateralia connexe. Caps. 4—8-locularis, 4—S8-valvis. Specific Character and Synonym. VI. Parviflore. D! Anthere mutice. Folia backin Erica concava ; foliis ternis glabris, ramulis ternatis, corolle limbo concavo, antheris exsertis. ae Erica concava. . Lodd. Cab. 134. Ors. Fragranti affinis, diversa caule erecto, non decli- nato, ramulis ternatis ; corolle limbo patente, concavo, nec revoluto. >a ‘We find no account of. this pretty little Hearn rarely exceeding a foot in height, except in the Botanical Cabinet, where it is said to have been introduced about the year 1808. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In many points resem- bles very much Erica fragrans, but js more erect, less branched, and the branchlets are short, growing by threes. The limb of the corolla is concave, spreading, and not rolled back as in jfragrans. Nor could we perceive that it was endowed with any scent. ; . Flowers in April and May. Communicated by Messrs. ODDIGES and Sons, o> { 2150 ) GLYCIRRHIZA LEPIDOTA. SILKY-LEAVED Liquorice. TERI REE EE RE Class and Order. DiapeLpaia DeEcANDRIA. Generic Character. Cal. bilabiatus +. Legumen ovatum, compressum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Guycirrniza lepidota ; foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis strigosis, spicis axillaribus, leguminibus oblongis poly- spermis echinatis: setis uncinatis. ex Nuttall Gen. Plant. amer. 2. p. 106. Grycirruiza lepidota ; foliolis oblongis acutis sericeo-villosis, leguminibus racemosis oblongis hispidis. Pursh Fi. am. Sept. 2. p. 480. Lyiquiritia lepidota. Fraser’s Catal. 1813. We are informed by Mr. Nurraxt that this plant was first discovered by Mr. Joun Brapzury in the environs of St. Louis, where it grows abundantly (as it does also on the alluvial banks of the Missouri to the mountains); and that it is, in all probability, the Liquorice mentioned by Sir A. Mackenzie, as indigenous to the coasts of the North Pacific Ocean ; the roots being flagellitorm, very long, and possessing in no Mceous.derable degree the taste of liquorice. A hardy peren- nial. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by our friend Ayrmer B. Lampert, Esq. from his collection at yton, f ( 2151 ) CoNVOLVULUS PENTANTHUS. Jacquin’s East Inpia Binp-WeEeEp. KEEEEEKEEEREREEE EER Class and Order. Pentranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. campanulata, plicata. Stigmata2. Caps. 2-locularis: loculis dispermis. . Specific Character and Synonyms. Convotvutus pentanthus ; volubilis, fruticosus, foliis cordatis acuminatis, cymis axillaribus pedunculatis subquinque- floris, corollis rotatis undulatis. Convotvutus pentanthus ; caule yolubili fruticoso, foliis oblongo-cordatis acuminatis subrepandis glabris, pedun- culis umbellatim subquinquefloris, floribus subsessilibus, calycibus ciliatis. Jacg. collect. 4. p. 210. Icon. rar. 2. p. 10. t. 316. Bot. Reg. 439. Convotvu.us pentanthus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 855. Poirct Suppl. Encycl. Bot. Our drawing of this lively Convolvulus was taken several years ago by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps, at Mr. Sauisgury’s Botanic Garden at Brompton, where it flowered Im the stove through the whole of the winter. From that time we have never met with this plant in any collection till last winter, when it flowered in Mr. Kent’s stove at Clapton. It belongs to that tribe of the genus which may be distin- Suished by the greater size of the two outer segments of the calyx, resembling bractes, or an involucrum, and in- closing the inner segments with the tube of the corolla. To this tribe the Convonyutus Turpethum (No. 2093.), With several East-Indian species, belongs; and the ~ M. Wu. Hersert has observed that these plants have this pecu- liarity, that the flowers, when they fade, close by the sides flattening together, and do not twist up, or curl from the margins inwards. ative of the East Indies. Introduced by Mr. Wituam Sarispury about the year 1808. s & 8 t 4 * Ls i ( 2152 ) ~ CHamzrops numitis. Dwarr Fan-Pao. Se dese sesh sesh ee ee ee Class and Order. Poryeamia Diacia. Generic Character. Hermapu. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. 3-petala. Stam. 6. Pist. 3. Drupe 3, 1-sperme. Masc. Cal. 3 partitus. Cor. 3-petala. Stam 6. Specific Character and Synonyms. — Cuamarops humilis ; frondibus palmatis : stipitibus spinosis, spatha simplici. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1154. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. v. 5. p. 489. Bot. Repos. 599. Cuamzrors humilis; frondibus palmatis plicatis, stipitibus spinosis. Hort. Cliff. 482. Sp. Pl. 1637. Desfont. Alil. 2. p. 487. Fabric. Helm. p. 383. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 400. 7 Cuamzripnes. Dod. Pempt. 820. Gertn. Sem. 1. p. 26. oF. Charknoads tricarpos, spinosa, folio flabelliformi. Ponted. Anth. p. 147. t. 8, 9, and 10. Parma minor seu Chameriphes. Bauwh. Hist. 1. p. 369. Pua@nix humilis. Cavan. Ic. 2. p. 12. t. 115. According to WiiipENow there are two varieties of this plant ; one almost without any stem, the other with a stem twenty feet high. The plant from which our drawing was taken was a male © plant, having no germen or style, and consequently sterile : the one described by Fasricivs appears to have been an hermaphrodite, but the anthers were perhaps imperfect ; for though it annually bore fruit, these were not succulent, and none of the seed, though planted from year to year, would germinate. _ Native of the South of Europe, and is particularly plen- tiful in some parts of Sicily and Spain, where it spreads over : the the uncultivated sandy tracts, just as the common Fern does, with us. Requires the protection of the Greenhouse or Conservatory, where it flowers in February and March. Communicated by Messrs. Matcoum from their extensive collection at Kensington. 353 (2188) THymus ALPINUs. ALPINE THyme. See beak seak ase sak seat se alt se ate Class and Order. DipyNamM1A GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Calycis 2-labiati faux villis clausa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Tuymus alpinus ; verticillis sub-sexfloris, calycibus glabrius- culis, foliis subrotundis serrulatis, corollis extus hirsutis. Tuymus alpinus ; verticillis sexfloris, foliis subrotundis ob- tusiusculis concavis serratis, corollis inflatis. Waelld. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 142. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 415. Tuymus alpinus ; verticillis sexfloris, foliis obtusiusculis con- cavis subserratis. Sp. Pl. 826. Jacq. Austr. 1. p. 60. t. 97. Scop. Carn. n. 734. Lam. et D. Flor. franc. 3. p. 562. Villars Dauph. 2. p. 356. Cuinopopium foliis ovatis acutis serratis, flore folio majori. Hall. Helv. n. 238. Acynos alpinus ; multicaulis ? verticillis sexfloris, foliis ob- tusiusculis subrotundis concavis subserratis. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 131. Actnos alpinus. Maench Meth. 407. Tsymus montanus. Crantz Austr. p. 278. LINoPopium montanum. Bauh. Pin. 225. Bocce. Mus. p. 50. t. 45.—austriacum. Clus. Pann. 623. Park. Theatr. 21. Acini pulchra species. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 260. Tuymus alpinus has a very near affinity with T. Acinos from which it appears to be best distinguished, by the calyx _ being less gibbous at the lower part and less contracted at the mouth, the angles are also more obsolete and the whole calyx is very little hairy except that the teeth are ciliated ; it is generally a _ generally also more or less tinged with a purple colour; the corolla is twice larger than in Acinos and is hairy on the outside, which in the latter is smooth. | Thymus patavinus of Jacquin is supposed by De Canpoxte, in the last edition of the Flore frangoise, not to be different from alpinus’; -but this:appears to:us to‘be very doubtful. Native of the Alps of southern Europe. Flowers from June to September. Communicated. by our friend ALEXANDER Mc. Leay, Esq. from his collection at Tubuster Lodge near Godstone in Surry. ( 2154 ) GLYCIRRHIZA ECHINATA. PRICKLY-HEADED Liquorice. : Th RIA Re eee ae oe ak deca stele Class and Order. DiapELtPHIA DecanpriA. Generic Character. | Cal. 2-labiatus =. Legumen ovatum compressum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Giycirruiza echinata ; leguminibus echinatis, floribus capi- tatis, stipulis lanceolatis, foliolis glabris oblongis mucro- natis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1143. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 328. Giycirruiza echinata; leguminibus echinatis, foliis stipulatis, foliolo impari sessili, Hort. Ups. 230. Sp. Pl. 1046. Richard 3. p. 489. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 313. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1. p. 41. t. 95. Gaertn, Sem. 2. p. 319. t. 148. £. 6. Giycirruiza capite echinato. Bauh. Pin. 352. Giycirruiza echinata Dioscoridis, Lob. ic. 2. p. 85. Raj. Hist. 914. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 327. Dod. Pempt. 341. Pseupo-eryerrrniza. Riv, fl. irreg. tetrap. t. 3. Leis RADIx. Camer. Epit. 428. Beene Giycrirrniza echinata is distinguished from glabra or the common Liquorice by the flowers growing in globular or oval, compact heads, as well as by the prickly seed vessels. Native of Italy, and was formerly used in medicine, but has been sce measure superseded by the common liquorice, Which affords a sweeter juice. A hardy herbaceous peren- ual. Flowers from June to September. Communicated by A. B. Lampert, Esq. from his seat at Boyton. ( 2155 ) PuLoX CARNEA. FLEsH-coLourED Patox. KEKE EERE EEE EEE REE EE Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. hypocrateriformis. Filam. inequalia. Stigma trifi- dum. Cal. prismaticus. Caps. 3-locularis, 1-sperma. Specific Character. PuLox carnea ; caule erecto tereti, foliis lanceolatis glabris semiamplexicaulibus, calyce marginato, tubo corolle bis limbo longiore. Descr. Stem erect, two or three feet high, rounded, smooth, except here and there a narrow scabrous line. Leaves lanceolate, spreading horizontally, distant. Flowers in a lax ierminal corymb, pale rose colour streaked with a deeper red, sweet scented. Calycine teeth nearly the length of the tube, subulate with a white membranaceous margin, the colour of which is extended along the whole calyx in stripes. T'ube of ithe Corolla somewhat incurved, nearly twice the length of the limb : lacinie wedge-shaped, very obtuse, one of them frequently deficient. It seems to have a near affinity with Putox suaveolens, and as that species is said by Nurraut never to have been found ey in America, it may possibly have been the offspring of this. _ A hardy perennial. Native of North America. Flowers in August and September. Our drawing was taken from @ specimen communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq. of Bury — St. Edmunds, who purchased it at Frasgr’s Sale. A spe- cimen of the same plant was communicated two or three years ago by Mr. Jonn Fraser, as a new species lately imported from America. N? LSS Wotdell Sox Lurk: Walworth: Sime. 9 fea C aie 3 ACACIA LINEARIS. LiNEAR-LEAVED ACAcTA. TERE EE EE Ree ee ae ste ale ee ae Class and Order. Potyeamia Moneccia. Generic Charaeter. Hermapn. Cal. 5-dentatus, Cor. 5-fida. vel. 5-petala. Stam. 4—100. Pist. 1. Legumen 2-valve. Masc. Cal, 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. s. 5-petala. Stam. 4—100. Sect. foliis simplicibus. Specific Character. Acacia linearis ; foliis linearibus striatis longissimis spicis axillaribus subverticillatim interruptis, petalis revolutis, staminibus corollam superantibus. Acacia taxifolia. Lodd. Catal. 1820. p. 13. The leaves of this plant vary very much in length in different specimens, they are often six inches long, and not unfrequently considerably longer. Except in the greater length of the leaves, it has some resemblance to Acacia linifolia, but is at once distinguished from that species by flowers being sessile on the peduncles, making a true spike Instead of a raceme. Acacta taxifolia of WittpEenow is the Mimosa stellata of REIRO, a chinese plant, with ternate, verticillate leaves, and only four stamens. ‘ A greenhouse shrub. Native of New Holland. Flowers in March, April, and May. Our drawing was taken from a — communicated from Messrs. Matcoum’s Nursery at ensington Gore ; we received specimens also from Mr. Ler of the Hammersmith Nursery, Messrs. Loppices and Sons, and the Honourable Winu1am Herert of Spofforth. I: fe Kh, ( 2157 ) DIGITALIS OBSCURA. WILLOW-LEAVED FOx-GLOVE. TI eH ke ete tee Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. campanulata, 4—5-loba, ventricosa.' Caps. ovata, bilocularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Dieirauis obscura; foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis glabris basi adnatis. Linn. Mant. 418. Jacq. Vind. 1. p. 40. ¢. 91. Dieirauis obscura; foliolis calycinis oblonge-lanceolatis acutis, corolle labio superiore bifido; inferioris lobis lateralibus acutis; medio ovato, foliis lanceolato-linearibus acuminatis integerrimis glabris. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. 30. Daaseness hispanica angustifolia, flore nigricante. Tourn. inst. 166. Bocc. Mus. p. 136. t. 98. Descr. Stem woody, suffruticose. Leaves linear-lance- slate, quite entire, smooth, adhering to the stem at the base. Flowers in a terminal raceme, nodding. Braetes lanceolate, shorter than peduncle. Calycine leaflets oblong-oval, spread- ing. Tube of Corolla very short: faux long, cylindrical, somewhat flattened: Upper-lip short, 2-lobed, recurved : lower-lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe ovate, twice longer end more obtuse than the lateral, yellow, beautifully veined with red on the inside. 3 : We believe that this is the only species of this genus which has such very narrow leaves, the Linnean character seems therefore quite sufficient to distinguish it from every other. Is esteemed as a hardy perennial, the stem though woody not being permanent ; but being a native of Spain is liable to be killed by the severity of our winters. Flowers in July and August. Our drawing was taken many years ago, from a plant in Mr. Curris’s Botanic garden at Brompton. N 2158 es Wedel’. 0% Eub iby S, Curio, Walevrth Tune ( 2158 ) PSORALEA ACULEATA. PrIcKLY PsoraLra.- Class and Order. ‘Draperpnta Decanpria. Generic Character. Cal. longitudine Leguminis. Stam. diadelpha. Legumen monospermum, subrostratum, evalve. 3 Specific Character and Synonyms. Psoratea aculeata; foliis ternatis: foliolis cuneiformibus recurvato-mucronatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis ap- proximatis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1™* 3. p. 79.—ed. alt. 4 p. 375. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1343. Psoraea aeuleata; foliis ternatis: foliolis cuneiformibus re- curvo-mucronatis, capitulis terminalibus. Sp. Pi. 1074 7 Persoon Syn. 2. p. 346 ? Psorarea aculeata ; foliis ternatis minimis confertissimis re- curvatis in spinulam desinentibus. Bot. Repos. 146. Genista-Spartium africanum trifolium, floribus cceruleis, foliis minimis in spinulam recurvam desinentibus. - Raj. Dendr, 104. That the pretty shrub we have here represented, is the Psoratea aculeata of the Hortus Kewensis admits of no doubt ; but it is not quite so certain that it is the same species as the one so named by Linnazus; on which subject it is very evident that Persoon entertained a doubt, by his having quoted the figure in the Botanist’s repository with a note of mterrogation. This difficulty is not occasioned merely by the inflorescence being described in the Species Plantarum as a terminal capitulum, instead of being solitary and axillary ‘ for the approximation of the flowers towards the extremities of the branches often gives the appearance of a capitulum, especially in dried specimens, to which only Lixxavus probably probably had access ; but also by his having quoted a figure of PLukenert which in no respect resembles our plant. This synonym. is: liowever excluded in the I4th edition of the Systema Vegetabilium. It is extraordinary however that in Lamarcx’s Illustrations of the genera, is given.a figure very like to, and probably taken from, that of PLuxener, under the name of Psoravea aculeata, which is also quoted as a synonym by Psrsoon ; so that it is no wonder that he doubted if the figure in the Botanist’s repository, could be the same species. A remarkable character in this species not noticed by any autor tha we have observed, is that the Stipules persist r the leaves fall, and become pungent. A greenhouse shrub; native of the Cape of Good-Hope ; introduced in 1774 by Mr. ’rancis Masson; flowers.in dune, July and August. Communicated by Messrs. Loppians and Sons in August, 1813. ‘(2159 -) GNAPHALIUM ARENARIUM. SAND EVERLASTING. Lskesfokecobakeeab ste teskste ab abeteses Class and Order. SyncEengsia, PoLy@aMia sUPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recepr. nudum, Pappus pilosus s. plumosus. Cal. im- bricatus, squamis marginalibus rotundatis, scariosis, coloratis. Specific Character and Synonyms. GNAPHALIUM arenarium, herbaceum, foliis incanis tomentosis obtusis: radicalibus spathulato-lanceolatis: caulinis line- ari-lanceolatis, corymbo composito. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1867. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 14. GNAPHALIUM arenarium ; herbaceum, foliis lanceolatis : infe- rioribus obtusis, corymbo composito, caule simplicissimo. Sp. Pl. 1195. Gmel. Sib. 2. p.107? Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 2. p.298? Pollich. Pal.n.783. Fl. Dan.t.641. Kniph. Cent. 2. n. 27. GnapHatium olympicum. Lodd. Catal. Erycurysum arenarium. Lam. et. Dec. Fl. franc. 4. p. 132. Exicurison sive stcechas citrina latifolia. Bauh. Pin. 264. Sra:cuas citrina germanica latiore folio. Bauhk, Hist. 3. pars I. p. 153. bene. Ray. Hist. 281. : Curysocome sive Amaranthus luteus. Ger. Emac. 656. Some of the synonyms applied by authors to this species probably belong to Gnaruatium Stechas ; the Chrysocome prima vulgaris of Ciusivs, which certainly belongs to the latter, is quoted in the Flora taurico-caucasica as a synonym of arenarium ; which throws some doubt on the Siberian as well as caucasian species. This plant has frequently occurred. in our nurseries under the name of GnaPHaLium olympicum, hut appears to be in no respect different from Oe ne The leaves are cottony and whiter than represented in our drawing, which was executed by Mr. Sypennam Epwarps, several years ago, from a plant communicated by Messrs. Loppiegs and Sons. Native of Germany and the South of France. A hardy herbaceous perennial. Flowers in July, August and ‘September. 2160. / 4 NV ( 2160 ) Dieirauis Minor. Dwarr Spanisn Fox-crove,. BRE RE ETE ERR Het tes a | Class and Order. DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. companulata, 4—5-loba, ventricosa. Caps. ovata, 2-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. | Dierrais minor ; foliolis calycinis lanceolatis patentibus, corollis obtusis : labio superiore bilobo: inferioris lobo medio apice latiore laterales parum superante. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 28. Dierrais minor ; corollis obtusis : labio superiore subbilobo, foliis levibus. Lin. Mant. 567. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. t. 284. GITALis hispanica purpurea minor. Tourn. inst. 165. This species differs from Dierratis Thapsi, to which it is the most nearly allied, in its smaller stature ; in having smooth undulated leaves, the upper ones quite entire ; in its floral leaves being larger, generally exceeding the peduncle in length ; in a larger, more spreading calyx, in the upper lip of the corolla being more or less two-lobed, and in the middle lobe of the lower lip being very little longer than the lateral ones. ihn ‘ Dicrratis minor is a rare plant, and we believe no figure of it has ever been before published. Native of Spain. In- troduced in 1789 by Mr Jonn Hunneman. Our drawing was taken several years ago at the garden of the late Mr. Woonvrorn at Vauxhall. N2 wl ( 216b } EryrTarina Crista Gaur. Coex’s-Come | Corau-TReEs. See eehek 2 Class. and. Order. DIADELPHIA. Decanpria. Generic. Character. Cal. 2-labiatus ¢. Cor. vexillum longissimum, lanceolatum. Legumen torulosum, Specific Character and Synonyms. Eryrurina Crista galli ; foliis ternatis, petiolis subaculeatis glandulosis, caule arboreo inermi. Lin. Mant. 99. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 916. Smith Exot. Bot. 2. p. 69. t. 95. Bot. Reg. 313. Sp. Pl. ed. Reichard 3. p.396, Persoon Syn. 2. p. 279. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 252. Eryturina laurifolia. Jacg. Obs. 3. p. 1. t. 51. tien Weare indebted to the Honourable Witi1am Hersert for the fine specimen of this plant, from which our drawing was taken. This Gentleman remarks “ that it must have been an error to imagine this shrub to be a timber tree in Brasil, where it has probably been confounded with some other species. The flowering branches (he observes) die back like those of the Tree-Peony; and although it acquires a woody stem, it does not rise with a continued leader, but the eyes nearest the root break stronger than those higher up the stem’, Indeed it appears to us not altogether certain that this is the Eryrurina Crista-galli of Linneus. It agrees in Most respects with the E. lawrifolia of Jacquin, which has always been considered as a synonym of, but which the late . Jonas Dryanper suspected to be different from Crista gall. The figure in Exotic Botany differs from the one here given, given, in having elliptical obtuse pointed leaves, and strong crooked prickles, but probably belongs to the same species ; that in the Botanical Register was done from the same plant as our’s, but in a season when it flowered less favourably. The flowers grow by threes in the axils of the leaves on the young branches, and also in a terminal raceme of about nine ers. Sir James E. Smitw observes that its monopetalous keel, diadelphous stamens, and form of the stigma, do not properly belong to the genus Eryrtarina ; neither does the vexillum greatly exceed the keel in length. : Native of Brasil. Flowers from March to November. Requires a good deal of water, and Mr. Hegsert lays moss about the roots. Introduced in 1771 by Francis Bearsty, Esq: N 2162 ( 2162 ) GALANTHUS PLIcATus. Crusrus’s SNowprop Hk He ee ee eae dee eek se ee ck a oe Class and Order. Hexanpria Monocyrnia. Generic Character. Petala 3, concava. Nectariwm ex petalis 3, parvis, emar- ginatis. Stigma simplex. Specific Character and Synonyms. Garanruus plicatus ; foliis lanceolatis margine plicatis. Gatantuus plicatus ; foliis plicatis: plica utrinque margini parallela; spatha pedunculum superante. Marsch. a Bieb. Fl. Cauc. Suppl. p. 225. ee, Gauanruus nivalis ; Pallas Flor. Ind. taur. Levcosum bulbosum precox byzantinum. Clus. Pann. 183. Ejusdem Hist. 1. p. 169. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 591. Ger. emac. 127. Raj. Hist. 1114. Levcosum bulbosum trifolium majus. Bauwh. pin. 56. Levcoyum bulbosum secundum. abern. Kraeuterb. p. 1005. Narcisso.eucosum trifolium majus. Tourn. Inst. p. 387. The older Botanists, as may be seen by the above synonyms, generally considered the Snowdrop as consisting of two species ; but the Seis one which is not a native of the western paris of Europe, has, by modern botanists, been generally overlooked. Our friend Dr. F. Fiscner having cultivated both kinds in the Gorenki garden, found them to be really distinct ; and Marscuatt a Breserstern in the supplement to his excellent Flora Taurico-caucasica, has established our present species under the name of Gazantuus plicatus, so called from the singular folding of the leaf along each margin ; by which it is at once distinguished from Gananruus nivalis, than which It is altogether a stouter plant, having the outer petals nearly twice the size. The The first mention we find of this plant is by Cuustus in his Historia rariorum stirpium Pannonie, where he observes that. a single bulb was received from Constantinople by Madame ve Hersentein, along witha quantity of Narcissuses. He remarks that the flower was equally fragrant with the blossoms of Leucosum vernum, and in his opinion more agreeable ; afterwards in his General History he added a cut of this species, which is repeated in Gerard. There is a better figure in the German edition of Tabernemontanus, in which the spathe is represented as much longer than the peduncle ; one of the characters given by MarscuAutt A BreBersTEIN, which however does not appear to be constant. Native of Caucasus. Communicated by Mr. AnpERson from the Chelsea Garden, who received it from Mr. Orzo, of the Royal garden, at Berlin, under the name. of GALANTHUS Clusiz. r. GRIFFIN, we are informed, received bulbs of this plant from Constantinople. Lozet in his adversaria has recorded another species with a blue flower which was. gathered in Albania on his, returm from Constantinople by Mr. J. Somer *, the most, eminent botanist of his time at Marburgh in Germany ; but nothing seems to have been since known of it; nor indeed is it clear why Lose referred Somer’s plant to this genus rather than, to Lucojum. 3 SERRE * D, J. SomERvs hujus studii jucundi apud Mattiacos coryphxus- Vee Piae Weddell, Se ( 2163 .) SOLDANELLA Cyusi1. Cuxusius’s GREATER SoLDANELLA. 7 sie Tee ae soles see clea ae aes Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generie Character. Cor. campanulata, lacero-multifida. Caps. 1-locularis, apice multidentata. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Sorpaneita Clusii ; foliis circinato-cordatis undulatis crenu~ latis, corolla laciniis alternatim trifidis simplicibusque, stylo corolla longiore. 7 Sotpanewxa alpina. « Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 808. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 170. ; se SoLpANELLA alpina ; floribus nutantibus: Jaciniis dentatis, ‘stylo corollam excedente, foliis reniformibus sublobatis. Schmidt Fl. Boém. Cent. 2. n. 147. Sotpanewxa alpina major. Clus. Hist. 1. p. 308. Ger. emae. p. 838, Park. Theatr. 168. f. 2. Sorpanezra alpina. Clus. Pann. 354. Cam. Epit. 204. _ LDANELLA alpina rotundifolia major. Moris. Hist. 3. p. 285. §. 3. ¢. 15. £8. a / Descr. Leaves orbicular-cordate, undulate, somewhat Crenate, minutely dotted on both sides, . pale underneath, fleshy. Scape rounded, minutely villous, upright, Flowers ia terminal umbel, from three to six, on long, cernuous, purplish pedicles. Calyx inferior, five cleft : leaflets linear, obtuse, of the same dull purple colour as the pedicles. Corolla blue, bell shaped, of one petal, deeply divided into ten lacinie, live of which are three-toothed, and alternate with five simple Or undivided ones. Stamens five, fertile, alternating with five sterile filaments: anthers yellow, connivent, er obes lobes a little divaricate at the basc,. terminated with a blue mucronate appendix: style longer than the Corolla. ‘The base of the wmbel is surrounded with an involucrum consisting of as many linear leaves as there are flowers. | SoLpANeLLA Clusii differs from alpina (Bot. Mag. No. 49,) not only in its larger size, but in the form of the leaves which are more orbicular, surrounding the extremity of the petiole, aud are distantly crenated; in the lacinie of the corolla, which in alpina are all of them linear; in the greater length of the style, which is longer than the corolla. Professor ScumupT in his Flora Boémica has wel! established the characters of the two species, and retained the name of alpina to our present subject, and applied that of S. Clusii to qur alpina ; but as the latter name has been applied to the other species both by Jacquin and in the Botanical Magazine, we think it will be , _ tess likely to occasion confusion to give the name of Soxpa- NELLA Clusit to the present plant, an additional reason for _ which is, that this is the one first described and figured by Cuusivs. We were favoured with this beautiful little plant by Messrs. Wurttey, Bramxs, and Mruns, in April last. It is hardy, but, like many other alpine plants, requires some protection from frost, to supply the absence of snow, its natural covering during the severe weather, in its native climate, the Austrian and Styrian Alps. It is sometimes found with white flowers. 2 N21 04 oT gt eeepc HP (.. 2164 ) ‘MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. y. MAJOR. 'THOMSON’s New Swamp Macno ia. ek eek ste se eae sk see se ak ak ae cieale ae Class and Order. PoLtyanpRIA Potyaynta. Generic Character. Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala 9. Capsule 2 valves, imbricate. Sem. baccata, pendula. Specific Character and Synonyms. Macnouta glauca ; foliis ellipticis obtusis: subtus glaucis, petalis obovatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1256. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 329. Pursh Flor. Amer. Sept. p. ssi. — Macroua glauca ; foliis ovato-oblongis subtus glaucis. Sp. _ -Pl.'75d. Wangenh. Amer. 60. t. 19. f. 46. («.) latifolia; foliis deciduis. Hort. Kew. 1. e. Maenoxra Jauri folio subtus albicante. Dill. Elth. 207. é. 168. f. 205. Catesb. Car. 1. t. 39. Trew Ehret. select. t. 9. Tutpirera virginiana laurinis foliisaversa parte rore ceruleo tinctis. Pluk. alm. 379. t. 68. f. 4. (8.) longifolia ; foliis perennantibus. Hort. Kew. lc. MAGnNouia glauca. . longifolia ; foltis perennantibus ellip- ticis utrinque acutis. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. p. 381. (y.) major, foliis lentioribus floribusque novempetalis pluries majoribus. Hete n. 2164. ce The present yariety of this charming tree, with delightfully fragrant flowers, was raised from seeds of Maenouia glauca, Sayed in 1808, by Mr. T'nomson, in his Nursery at Mile End; who informs us, that it is quite hardy, not being affected by Our severest winters; and grows freely in a mixture of bog- earth and Joam. It flowers abundantly in June and July, perfuming the surrounding air for a considerable distance. The leayes are deciduous, and approach in size to those of Maeno tripetala; some of them on the younger plants measure ten inches in length and five in breadth at the widest part; but on the flowering branches, the largest are not more than eight inches Jong and three and a half broad: they are ofa shining green on the upper surface and glaucous under- neath, rather obovate than elliptical, a very little acuminate, and narrowed towards the base; and are more supple than in variety «. ‘The flowers are three times the size of the common glauca, of a cream colour, changing as they fade, to a rusty yellow. 3: The three calycine petal-formed leaflets, which are nar- rower, less hollowed, and less fleshy and brittle than the petals, are of a greenish white colour, and change to a rusty brown ; they do not fall off as the flower opens, as is usually the case in glauca, but fall back, giving the flower a resem- blance to that of M. tripetala. The corolla consists of nine petals in three ranks, each rank diminishing in size. It has been a question among cultivators, how far exotic trees of warmer regions may be naturalized to our climate by propagating them from seeds ripened here. It has even been supposed that, by a repetition of this process, the tenderest plants may in time become hardy. On the other hand it has been asserted, that such plants, when raised from seeds pro- duced here, have less vigour, and are less able to bear the severity of our climate, than imported plants, or those raised from imported: seeds. The present case, as far as one experiment can go, favours the first opinion ; but then it is _to be remembered that Pensylvania, the native country of Maenorta glauca, is subject to much severer cold than Great Britain; and the reason that the young shoots of North American trees are frequently killed by our frosts appears to be, that our summers are not sufficiently warm to harden the wood. But if plants raised from seeds ripened here can bring their wood to sufficient maturity, in the moderate heat of our summers, to resist the winter frosts, which those raised from foreign seeds cannot, the advantage gained amounts to the same. Mr. Tuomson observes that the young shoots of his new variety are never injured by our frosts ; which, with the freer growth and greater vigour of the plants, seem to shew an acquired habitude of climate. | N 2165 Bub. by.5. Cutts. Walworth Fuly 2.1820. Wisheledt # (2163) ERICA RUBELLA. THRIFT-FLOWERED Hearn, << qoH-b ad Class and Order. Ocranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. A—8-locularis, 4—8-yalvis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. IV. Calycine. C. Anthere mutice. Erica rubella ; foliis oppositis imbricatis adpressis, umbellis terminalibus multifloris, bracteis calyci proximis, limbo corolle revyoluto. Erica rubella. Lodd. Catalogue for 1820. p. 18. Descr. Stem erect, branched: branches slender but straight. Leaves opposite, imbricate, smooth, lanceolate, somewhat concave on the upper, keeled with a slight furrow on the under side. Flowers in a terminal many-flowered umbel, of a lively red, fading whitish. Bractes 2, close to the calyx, coloured. Calycine leaflets exceeding the tube of the corolla, lanceolate, dilated above the middle and acute. Corolla urceolate : limb revolute. Stamens and stigma in- cluded. Anthers naked, bifid at the point. Approaches nearest to E. corifolia of Hortus Kewensis, but in Dryander’s excellent arrangement of the species, falls into a different subdivision from the anthers being naked. In Many points it approaches to oppositifolia of ANDREWs, (E. tenuifolia of Hort. Kew.) but differs in the strictness of its branches, in its many-flowered umbel and shorter corolla. We We received this very pretty Heath from Messrs. Loppices and Sons in June 1816, under the name which we have adopted. It is very delicate, and though still alive, has never flowered at Hackney since the year above mentioned. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. ( 2166 ) ACACIA LONGIFOLIA, 8. THick sPprKED Lonc- LEAVED ACACIA. | JHE HHS SHEE hibit Class and Order. Potyeamia Moneecra. Generic Character. Hermarpur. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida, seu 5-petala, Stam. 4—100. Pist.1. Legumen bivalve. Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida, s. 5-petala. Stam. 4—00. Specific Character and Synonyms. Acacia longifolia; inermis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis untringue angustatis trinerviis striatis, spicis axillaribus geminatis cylindraceis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1052. Hort. Kew. ed, alt. 5. p. 461. (2.) foliis apice elongatis, spicis exacte cylindraceis: Bot. Mag. supra. n. 1827. ubi pete synonima. (@.) foliis latioribus, spicis cylindraceo-conicis axillaribus ter- minalibusque. Heic. 2. t. 2. 166. In this genus different species frequently approach so near to each other, that it is often difficult to determine whether they are really distinct or mere varieties. The leaves of our present plant are broader, less attenuated at the point, and somewhat firmer than the variety before figured ; and the spikes are thicker, more pointed, more crowded with floscules, and grow closer together. A tree of this sort makes a much handsomer appearance. Flowers in March and continues a good while in blossom. met of New South Wales; and is a hardy greenhouse shrub. (. 2167 ) ANEMONE ALBA. Wurite ANEMONE, Bese dedesesesk-ck ak sesese skak-seakalesteae Class and Order. Potyanpria Potyeynia, Generic Character. Cal. 0. Petala5—~9. Sem. plura. Specific Character and Synonyms. Anemone alba; (anemonoides) foliis subquinque partitis : lobis apice inciso-dentatis ; involucralibus conformibus petiolatis, flore pentapetalo. Anemons alba ; caule simplici subunifloro, foliis subquinque -partitis : lobis apice sinuato-dentatis, involucro triphyllo conformi. Juss. in ann. du Mus. 3. p. 249. t. 20. fig. 1. (errore f.2. in textu.) Persoon Syn. 2. p. AE Anemone alba ; foliis ternatim quinatimve sectis, segmentis apice inciso-dentatis, involucralibus petiolatis conformi- bus, pedicello solitario, sepalis quinque obovatis, fructi- bus hirsutissimis. Decand. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 208. Anemone ochotensis. Fisch. Hort. Gor. 47. We understand that the seeds from which our plant wes produced were sent by Dr. F. Fiscuer from the Gorenki Garden under the name of Anemone ochotensis. But we have no hesitation in referring it to the Anemone alba of | Jussieu above quoted. Our specimen had four involucral leaves, situate very low down on the stem, but the figure in the Annales du Muséum of Jvssizvu’s plant is represented and described as having only three, higher up, but perhaps the additional bud, growing from the involucrum, may be @ conversion of one leaf into a flower, or the fourth leaf in our plant may have been supernumerary. The flower is at be white, white, but turns purplish with age ; has only five round con- cave petals, which, if the number of petals were constant, would at once separate it from A. sylvestris, of which Jussieu suspects it may be only a variety. Native of the steppes of Daouria where it was collected by the mineralogist M. Parrin. A hardy perennial. Flowers in April. Gommunicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea Garden. N68. SSan RS “3 sie t IAAF as Eda, P CORONILLA MINIMA, g. JAcQuIN’s Least | a Coronima. | 6 Mea eae ie sles ae sak seal a se ak, . Class and Order. Diapetpura Decanppria. Generic Character. | _ Cal, 2-labiatus. $. dentibus superioribus connatis. Vex- lum vix alis longius. Legumen teres, (nunc angulatum,) articulatum, rectum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Coronitna minima ; caulibus decumbentibus, foliolis ovatis subnovenis, stipulis opposititoliis bifidis, leguminibus tetragonis. oe («.) foliolis infimis a caule remotis, stipulis majoribus ca- Galen. CoRoniLya minima ; procumbens, foliolis novenis lanceolatis, stipulis oppositifoliis emarginatis ; leguminibus angulatis nodosis. Sp. Pl. 1048. Willd. 3. p. 1151. Hort. Kew, ed. alt. 4. p. 332. Jacq. Austr. 3. p. 39], t. 271. Lotus enneaphyllos. Dalech. Hist. 510. OLyGAton Cortusi. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 351. Bee (G.) foliolis infimis cauli approximatis, stipulis minutis. Coronttta minima. Lin. Mant. 444. Excluso synonymo Jacquini. Lam. et. Dec. Fl. frang. 4. p. 606, Gesn. te, lign. t.15. f. 182. of CRONILLA minima ; procumbens leguminibus angulatis ar- ticulatis nodosis, [ foliolis infimis cauli adstantibus.}] Lin, Amen. Acad. 4. p. 327. = Coroniuia caulibus lignosis procumbentibus, folis oyatis, floribus umbellatis, siliquis alatis. Haller Hist. 390, Enum. 2. p. 573, i te. — Perhaps what we have here set down as varieties may in reality be distinct species ; but both plants seem to have been confounded together by Linnzus, or at least by = an and in the Hortus Kewensis: Variety 8 is smaller: and its stems at the lower part are more woody; but the chief difference is that in G, the lowermost leaflets are close to the stem, which in # are removed some distance from it; but are still remote from the upper pairs. Sotander in his manuscript preserved in the Banksian library, has pointed out these differences, and from him we have borrowed the distinguishing characters of the two varieties. : _ Haxzer’s plant, which Jaceuin declares to be different from his, belongs to variety 8. As the figures of Datecnamr and Joann Bavuuin, both represent the lowermost leaflets to be distant from the stem, we have referred them to our present plant. M A hardy perennial. Native of the south of Europe. Flowers ‘in May, June, and July. Cultivated in the Oxford. garden in 1658. Communicated by Mr. Jenxins, from his Botanic Garden in the New Road. N2180. Pub .by. 5 Gertis. Walworth. oy Vaades. Weddell. Fe2plm spect. Row. Walworth. ( 2180) | | Crinum scaBrum. Roven-epcep Orinum. “A? O25 Class and Order. Mexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Tubus cylindricus, limbo subequalis longiorve, emarees- cente limbo persistens. Stigma trigonum vix divisum. Ger- men 3-loculare. Capsula dissepimentorum destructione }- 2-locularis. ‘Sem, magna, sepius difformia, carnosa, viridia. Vide supra, No. 2121. Specific Character and Synonyms. Crinum scabrum ; scapo multifloro, floribus sessilibus, foliis longissimis arcuatis lato-loratis margine cartilagineo sca- __-‘bris basi undulatis. , Crinum scaberrimum. Hort. Soc. transact. 3. p. 195. Supra “mn. 2121. p. 6. | -Descr. Bulb four inches in diameter, purplish brown ; bleeds when wounded. Stem crimson at the lower part. Leaves bright green, broad-thong-like, channelled, undulate towards the base: margin very rough, cartilaginous, two inches and a half broad at the widest part, tapering, five feet long, at first erect, then arched over till the points fall to the ground. Scape rising outside the stem, bright green, flattened like a stick of sealing wax, thirteen inches high. Spathe from one and a half inch to two inches high, green, fading to a yellowish brown. Germen sessile, oval, green with a purplish tinge. Tube of the corolla bright green, from four to five inches long. Limb glossy, generally cup- ) , but in hot weather expanding very wide, pure white with a bright crimson streak along the middle of each lacinia : the three outer lacinie terminated with a green hook. Sta- mens and style declined, white, tinged with red, the latter longer, longer, the former equal in length to the laciniz. Anthers straw coloured. Stigma truncate, undivided. Flower Buds, yellowish green, striped with crimson, erect at first, nodding about twelve hours before they expand, as in Crinum erubes- cens and several others ; the green colour disappears as the flower opens. - Umbel with 6—8-flowers, very fragrant. Blossoms in May ; likes a strong heat and plenty of water ; but not to stand entirely in water for weeks together. The diminished figure represents the whole plant above the ground ; in it a second scape just appears nearer the stem ; and, as the part from whence the scape rises may be variable, perhaps the next may come up in the midst of the leaves. The original bulb was imported by Messrs. Loppiges and Sons. from..St. Michael’s, but supposed to be a native of 3razil ; certainly unknown in Calcutta, from letters dated December i818. : , ‘For the above description and drawing we are indebted to the Honourable Wizu1am Herzerr of Spofforth. 333 cliadesditimaanaiaied — 5 mar mars 4 = = : CORRIGENDA. wowed In the enumeration of the species, No, 2121, p. 8. Sp. 42. _ Crinum floridanum may be expunged, since it is ascertained to be the same as toxicarium, and had probably been, natu- ralized in the paris from whence it was imported. a Crinum ornatum. Ibid. p..7. Sp. 38. Crinum maura num in Loppiees Catalogue is probably the same as Crinum ornatum, Carcy Mss. but although imported from the Mau- ritius, it is not yet ascertained to be a native of that island» ‘It has the habit of Crinum americanum, with leaves 7 and ‘more acute, and white flowers of no great beauty. — He 4 2181 Ful, by S$ Bertig Wal owertte 0 ch ( 2181 ) ERICA FRAGRANS. FRAGRANT Hearn, TERA a ele se heal ae sles ole ale ae Class and Order. Octanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens : limbo 4-fido. _Anthere ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 4— 8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. Specific Character and Synonyms. § VI. Parviflore. D. Anthere mutice. Erica fragrans ; foliis oppositis ternisve subulatis glabris, corollz limbo revoluto. Erica fragrans ; foliis ternis linearibus glabris, corolle limbo revoluto. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 407. Erica fragrans. Andr. Heaths. vol. 2. Lodd. Cab. 288. Descr. A low shrub, much branched ; branches declined. Leaves opposite or ternate, subulate, grooved at the back, mucronate, smooth. Flowers terminal or lateral, growing by pairs, as in our plant; or by threes as in that of ANpREws ; fragrant, smelling something like Heliotropium but weaker. Peduncles villous, with three red bractes growing near to the calyx. Calycine leaflets ovate, concave, red, exceeding the campanulate tube of the small corolla, whose limb is rolled . Stamens exserted beyond the tube. Anthers unarmed, dark purple, connivent. Germen top-shaped, with eight grooves, white. ; | Notwithstanding the excellence of the arrangement of this genus in the Hortus Kewensis by the late Jonas Dryanper, Esq. the proper situation of this species is somewhat puzzling ; for the exsertion of the anthers may rank it under the first section, the MAcRosTEMoNEs, in which are to be found — wit with flowers no larger than in this. So likewise the coloured calyx, exceeding in size the tube of the corolla, may bring it under the fourth primary division, the Canycinz ; in both which places we were led at first to seek it. The revolute limb or border of the corolla at once distin- guishes this species from concava (No. 2149), to which it is in many respects very nearly related. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Flowers in the Spring. Introduced in 1803 by Messrs. Ler and Kennepy. Com- municated by Messrs. LoppipGes and Sons. N2182 ( 2182 ) ARCTOTIS SPECIOSA. SHEewy ARCTOTIS. Class and Order. | SynGenesIA Potycamia Necessarta. Generic Character. _Recept. setoso-alveolatum. Semina dorso semibiloculari v. bisulco. Pappus paleaceus. Cal. imbricatus squamis apice scariosis. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character and Synonyms. Arcroris speciosa ; acaulis, foliis lyrato-pinnatifidis subtus incanis triplinerviis, scapis teretibus striatis, squamis calycinis exterioribus linearibus recurvis. Arcrotis speciosa ; flosculis radiantibus fertilibus, foliis pu- bescentibus subtus tomentosis pinnatifidis dentatis, lobo terminali triangulo trinervio, scapo foliis breviore, calycis squamis exterioribus reflexis. Walld. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2350. Arcrotis speciosa ; corollulis radiantibus fertilibus, acaulis, foliis longe lyratis argute serratis. Jacg. Hort. Schenbr. 2. p. 18. t. 161. : Arcrotis breviscapa ; foliis pinnatifidis dentatis subtus to- mentosis, scapis folio brevioribus. Thunb. prodr. 165? Descr. Root perennial or biennial. Leaves all radical : some quite entire, others lyrate-pinnatifid, crenate, dentate : terminal lobe triplinerved, rough and tomentose on the upper and hoary on the under side. Scapes several, rounded, streaked, hispid with purplish hairs. Bractes one or two, distant, subulate, deciduous. Calyx imbricate ; inner scales largest, smooth, scariose, external ones linear, hairy and re- curved. Florets of the Ray long, minutely 3-toothed, 4- nerved, orange-coloured on the inner side with a black purple Spot at the base, and streaked-with purplish red on the outer. wee cas Florets Florets of the Disk of a black purple colour, relieved by the golden pollen. Receptacle honey-combed, bristly. Germens bristly at. the base and crowned with a chaffy pappus. The scapes in our plant were rather longer than the leaves. It is very like grandiflora of the Kew Catalogue, but not caulescent. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by Mr. Jenkins of the New Road, who raised it from seeds, received from the Cape without a name. Requires to be protected from frost. Tass Wid eld Se.rpPreapeet Rew: Pub byS Gantis Wealerseth. . Getashee, ( 2183 ) LINARIA GENISTIFOLIA, var. (y) PROCERA. Tati Broom-uike Toap-F ax. TEI ER eK RE Re ee Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. basi calcarata: faux palato clausa. Caps. ventricosa, 2-locularis, valvata v. dentata: dissepimento membranaceo, medio seminifero. _ Specific Character and Synonyms. Linaria genistifolia ; foliis Janceolatis acuminatis, panicula virgata flexuosa. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 16. ANTIRRHINUM genistifolium. Lin, Sp. Pl. 858. Willd. Sp. 3. p. 252. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 158, Fl. taur. eauc. 2. : D1 Linarta flore pallido : rictu aureo. Bauh, Pin. 213. Linaria pannonica prima. Clus. Pann. 308, —Hist. |. p. 321. ic. 322. Tabern. Kreaut. p. 1208. (G.) foliis angustioribus lineari-lanceolatis. ea AntirruinuM foliis linearibus adscendentibus, floribus spicatis confertis, calcare flore longiore. Hall. Hist. n. 337... Lixaria constantinopolitana Lini sativi folio, flore luteo, Buxb. cent. 1. p. 16. t. 25. Cat: Bie (y.) foliis latioribus glaucis. te whens AnTirnruinuM genistefolium. Jacq. Austr. v. 3. p. 29. t. 244, Linarta Isatidis folio, flore luteo. Amm. Ruth. n. AO... Linaria silenifolia. Fischer Cat. Gor. p. 25% Ok eae et Descr. Stem rounded, quite straight, from two to six feet high, divided towards the top into many flexile flowermg branches, more or less waved from flower to flower, here and there divided, but more generally simple. Flowers soli- tary, alternate, on short peduncles, pale yellow, smaller than those of the common Toad-flax. Calyx five-cleft : segments linear linear-lanceolate ; equal to one another and to the Tube of the corolla, which is elongated into a recurved spur, longer than the calyx: wpper-lip bifid: lacinie erect, concave : lower-lip three-lobed : lobes obtuse, middle one smallest, in- truded on the under side to form the Palate, which is orange- coloured and bearded. Filaments swoln at the base. Ger- men roundish oval, smooth. Style shorter than the stamens, curved at the point and turned to one side when the flower drops. Stigma capitate. Seeds black, triquetrous with one side convex. Seeds of our plant have been received both from Dr. Fiscuer and Mr. Orro under the name of Linaria silenifolia, but we have no doubt but that it is the same as Jacqurn’s Antirrhinum genistefolium, and probably the other synonyms adduced be- long to it ; but if so the leaves of the different varieties must be very considerably dissimilar, as Linnxus states that they are altogether like those of Genista tinctoria, with which ours have certainly little affinity. We have followed Marscnart a Breserstern in making three varieties of this species; of the second however we have considerable doubt, whether it should not be applied to Livaria linifolia, which seems at present a dubious species. We have received a plant from Messrs. Loppiees and Sons under the name of Linaria genistifolia, which is certainly different from our present subject, having linear-lanceolate leaves, a straight spur, and flat seeds with a membranaceous border like those of the common Toad-flax : this we think may probably be Hatier’s plant. _ To our variety at least, the name of genistifolia is very inapplicable, but as Mr. Hersert remarks, in a note accom- panying a specimen he sent, that of genistoides would be appropriate enough, as, when in flower, a tall plant of it has a resemblance to a bush of Broom. : Antireninum and Linaria were united by Linnzus into one genus, but modern botanists have again separated them, and apparently upon sufficient grounds, the latter having 2 spur to the corolla and a calvala? or dentated capsule ; the former a corolla only gibbous at the base, and an oblique capsule, not valvular, but opening by three holes near the A hardy perennial. Native of Siberia and Austria. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by Mr. JENKINS from his botanic garden in the New-Road. It flowers most part of the summer. V2184 ( 2184 ) ZYGOPHYLLUM SESSILIFOLIUM, (a.) SESSILE- LEAVED Bran-Caper. FEAT IEE IEE HEI TE I eee ae Class and Order. Decanporia Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Nectarium 10-phyllum, germen tegens, staminiferum. Caps. 5-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. | Zycoruyiiuo sessilifolium ; foliis conjugatis sessilibus : fo- liolis ovatis, caule fruticoso. ZyYGoruyiivo sessilifolium. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 563. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 41. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 463. («.) foliis margine glabris, petalis rotundatis fructu obovata levi pends: Heic. n. 2184." Bien fulvum. Kniph. Cent. 3. f. 100? Sp. Pl. ed. . p. 386 7? (G.) petalis rotundatis, fructu oblongo acuto sulcato. Fasago flore luteo petalorum unguibus rubris, fructu sulcato oblongo acuto. Burm. Afr. p. 6. t. 3. f- 1. (y.) petalis basi angustatis apice incisis, a globoso. F'azaco capensis frutescens minor. Dill. Hlth. t. 116. f. 142. (3.) petalis obcordatis, fructu globoso-depresso. Fasaco africana arborescens flore sulphureo, fructu rotundo. Commel. rar. 10. ¢. 10. Fructus in descriptione casei- formis, in icone tamen acutus fit. See The above synonyms being all referred to in WiLLDENOoW’s species plantarum as belonging to the same; we have not ventured to te our plant from them; but from the remarkable difference in the shape of the fruit and of the petals, in the figures and descriptions referred to, we have divided them into varieties. A : s As far as can be determined by such figures, Knipuorr’s Z. jfuloum seems to be the same as ours, but the spinous stipules and fruit are wanting. Burman’s figure; our @, is a good representation of our plant, as far as regards the flowers, leaves and spines, but the fruit is represented and described as being sulcate, oblong and very acute. Di ..enius’s plant has globular fruit much smaller than ours, and oblong petals narrowed towards the base and incised at the tip, very like our Z. insuave. Commelin’s figure, our 3, represents the petals obcordate and the fruit sharp pointed ; but the latter in his description is said to be round and compressed at both ends, in the form of a Dutch cheese. Our plant has a square fruticose stem ; leaves conjugate and sessile : leaflets obovate, mucronate, fleshy, smooth, as _ well at the margins as elsewhere, four weak spine-like stipules, sometimes split at the apex, obovate petals, quite entire, but corrugate at the tips and spotted with red at the base; Nec- tartes ten scales, surrounding the germen and attached to the base of the filaments ; Germen globular with five depressions at the apex: style erect, acute, persistent; fruit large, egg- shaped, smooth, 5-celled, pendulous. Our drawing was made several years ago at Mr. Len’s at Hammersmith, and the same species has been since commu- nicated by Mr. Barr of the Northampton Nursery, Newing- ton-green. At present we fear it is lost. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Requires the protection of the greenhouse. Flowers all the summer. Cultivated by the Ducugss or Beaurort in 1713. ( 2185 ) DRACOCEPHALUM SIBIRICUM. SIBERIAN DRAGON’ S-HEAD. ERE AA EE EERE Class and Order. DipynamiaA GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Charaeter. Cor. faux inflata, lab. super. concavum, Specific Character and Synonyms. Dracocernatum sibiricum ; floribus verticillatis, verticillis pedunculatis bifidis secundis, foliis lanceolatis cordatis acuminatis serratis glabris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 155. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 420. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 133. Dracoceruatum sibiricum ; floribus subverticillatis, pedun- culis bifidis secundis, foliis cordato-oblongis acuminatis nudis. Sp. Pl. 830. Neperta corymbis geminis pedunculatis axillaribus, foliis cor- dato-oblongis acuminatis serratis. Hort. Ups. p. 164. Dracoceruatum verticillis pedunculo communi elevatis se- cundis. Gmel. Sib. 3. p. 234. t. 51. Cararia montana, foliis Veronice pratensis. Buxb. Cent. 3. p. 2. t. Of. 1. Dracocernatum sibiricwm is a hardy perennial, with large handsome flowers, but the scent of the herb is to some persons very unpleasant, compared by WittpEnow to rancid oil; but Lixnzvs in the Hortus Upsaliensis, where he has given a full description of this plant, only says it has a strong scent ; for our own part we should say it smelt strongly of Mint, with a mixture of the scent of Ballota nigra or stinking Horehound. Its taste is hot, like peppermint, but at the same time bitterish and nauseous ‘I'he leaves at the lower part of the stem are cordate, but upon the flowering branches are frequently rounded at the base. Cultivated by Mr. James Gorpon in 1760. Flowers from June to August, . Pub by, 3 Gertie .Waterorth., Cet 1252.0, Wedddl Fs J ( 2186 ) CROSSANDRA UNDULEFOLIA. WAVED-LEAVED CROSSANDRA. HK eee esl se ak se ce ake ake ale le she ae Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, inequalis. Cor. l-labiata. Stam. inclusa: Antheris 1\-locularibus. Caps. 2-locularis ; bivalvis, dissepi- mento contrario. Semina retinaculis subtensa. Specific Name and Synonyms. Crossanpra undulefolia. Salish. Parad. Lond. 12. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 54. : Rvexxia infundibuliformis. Roxb. Mss. Bot. Repos. 542. Justicia infundibuliformis ; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, bracteis imbricatis lanceolatis villosis, foliis lanceolato ovatis quaternis. Vahl. Enum. 1. p. 164. Justicia infundibuliformis. Sp. Pl. 21. Willd. 1. p. 99. Vahl. Symb. 2. p. 17. Manga-Kurinzt. Hort. Malab. 9. p. 121. t. 62. The leaves of this ornamental stove plant generally grow four together upon the lower and barren branches ; but on the flowering branches are more frequently opposite, as repre- sented in our figure. The flowers grow in axillary square _ spikes; Braetes three to each flower, outer ones imbricate, concave-lanceolate or canoe-shaped, concealing the two smaller ones and the calyx. But the great singularity in this plant, and which separates it from Brown’s Aphelandra, is the _ one-lipped Corolla, five-lobed, that is deeply divided into three lobes, and the two lateral lobes again divided half as far. Crossandra was first separated from Justicia by Ricnarp Sarissury, Esq. in the Paradisus Londinensis. Native of the East-Indies. Introduced at the beginning of the present century by Dr. Roxsurex. Flowers from June Ne _ to January. ( 2187 ) Vrrex TRIFouiA, THREE-LEAVED CHASTE-TREE. — Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic “Character. Cal. brevis, 5-dentatus. Cor. bilabiata: lab. superius bi- fidum : inferius trifidum, lacinia media majore. Stam. ad- scendentia. Drupa, Nuce 4-loculari, A-spermo. Specific Character and Synonyms. Vitex trifolia ; foliis ternatis quinatisve : foliolis acutis ovatis lanceolatisve integerrimis subtus incanis, panicule rachi stricta, ramis subdichotomis. Brown prodr. p. 511. — Vitex trifolia foliis ternatis quinatisque, foliolis ovatis acutis integerrimis subtus canescentibus, panicule rachi recta, pedicellis dichotomis. Lin. Suppl. 293. Willd. Sp. Pt. 3. p. 392. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 67. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 144. ViTex trifolia ; foliis ternatis quinatisque integerrimis, pani- culis dichotomis. Sp. Pl. 890. Burm. Ind. 137. ur. Cochinch. p. 390. et ee Se Loconpium vulgare. Rumph. Amb. 4. p. 48. t. 18. Caranost. Hort. Malabar. 2. p. 13. t. 10. © Virex trifolia minor indica. Pluk. alm. 390. Phyt. t. 206. Virex trifolia floribus per ramos sparsis. Burm. Zeylan. 229. t. 109? ?—vix hujus locie Piper similis fructus striatus, femina. Bauh Pin, 412 ? The straightness of the principal footstalk of the panicle with its dichotomous branchlets is a remarkable feature in this species, which is a native of the East Indies and of the Bay of Islands in New South-Wales. = 1e The whole plant has a hot aromatic taste and powerful smell ; more especially the berries. According to Van Rueepe and Rumpus it is much used in medicine, principally in fomen- tations and cataplasms to sooth the pains arising from Gout. and other causes. It has also been much extolled for its eflicacy in curing Palsy, Bontivus himself having been restored by its use. In the specimens of this plant that we have seen we have not met with any quinate leaves, but one or both of the side leaflets are sometimes wanting, and then the leaves become simple. The plant figured in this work at No. 364, under the name of Virex Negundo, by which it was known in our gardens, is now found not to be that species, but is recorded in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis by the name of Vitex incisa, This mistake doubtless originated from Linneus himself having in the twelfth edition of the Systema Nature added the figures in Miiiers icones (t. 275) to the Synonyms of Virex Negundo, which in reality belong to the same species as the one so called by Mr. Curtis. The figure quoted by Linnaus from Burman’s Flora Zey- lanica can hardly belong to our plant, on account of the lower leaflets being on long petioles, and the inflorescence quite different. The drawing now published was taken some years ago by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps, at Mr. WuiTLEy’s, but is now no longer to be met with there. It flowered in July. It does not appear to have blossomed in the Kew Garden be- fore the publication of the last edition of the Hortus Kewensts. Requires to be kept in the stove during the winter. May be propagated by cuttings. — N 2188. Wedd Fe, Pach. by. S.trert it. sa tania anne aan ( 2188 ) ACACIA NIGRICANS. UNEQUAL-WINGED ACACIA. Class and Order. Potyeamia Moneecia. Generic Character. Hermapnrop. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. v. 5-petala. Stam. 4—100. Pist.1. Legumen bivalve. Mase. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. s. 5-petala. Stam. 4—100. Specific Character and Synonyms. Acacia nigricans; inermis glabra, foliis bipinnatis : partialibis bijugis : superioris propriis 5—7-jugis : inferioris 2—3- jugis, stipulis tubulato-setaceis, capitulis solitariis. Brown wn Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 465. Acacia nigricans. Lodd. Cab. 313. Mimosa nigricans. Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 88. t. 238, This is a very beautiful shrub, with delicate and singular foliage. Native of the south-west coast of New Holland. Different individuals vary considerably in the number of leaflets on each pinna. Does not bear fruit in our conserva- tories, but may be propagated by cuttings. Flowers from April to July. Introduced about 1803, by Mr. Perer Goon. Communicated by the Comtesse pe Vanpes from her very fine collection at Bayes- Water. INDE X, In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Forly- Seventh Volume are alphabetically arranged, TDS Pi. Fi. 2156 Acacia linearis. 2140 Erica propendens. 2168 ———— linifolia. 2165 rubella. 2166 longifolia, 6. 2161 Erythrina Crista Galli, 2108 lophantha. 2162 Galanthus plicatus. 2188 nigricans. 2135 Gentiana viscosa. 2118 #sculus macrostachya, 2113 Amaryllis reticulata, 8, stricti- JSolia. 2112 Amorpha nana. 2176 Amygdalus pumila. 2119 Anchusa undulata. 2167 Anemone alba. 2182 Arctotis speciosa. 2146 Asperula arcadiensis. 2143 Azalea calendulacea, a, flam- med. - “ Beckea virgata. 2174 Bellis annua. 2125 Betonica incana. 2148 Bignonia Chamberlaynii. 2128 Borbonia ruscifolia. — 2107 Callicarpa cana. 2142 Carthamus lanatus. 2114 Celastrus buxifolius. 2152 Chamerops humilis. — 2111 Clitoria heterophylla. 2151 Convolvulus pentanthus. 2131 Coris monspeliensis. 2179 Coronilla minima, a, 2178 Crassula jasminea. 2105 Crategus glabra. 2121 Crinum Broussoneti. | 2133 flaccidum. 2180 scabrum. 2186 Crossandra undulzfolia. 2134 Cynoglossum pictum. 2129 Cypripedium venustum. 2160 Digitalis minor. 2157 ~ obscura. 2185 Dracocephalum sibiricum. 2109 Echinops strigosa. 2126 Erica Bonplandiana. 2149 concava. 2181 ——- fragrans, 2127 2154 Glycirrhiza echinata. 2150 ~- lepidota. 2159 Goaphalium arenarium, 2170 lpomeea atropurpurea, 2122 Jussieua grandiflora. 2177 Kaulfussia amelloides. 2169 Kennedia ovata. || 2130 Lactuca perennis. 2183 Linaria genistifolia, y, procera. 2137 Lobelia racemosa. 2136 Lupinus nootkatensis, 8, fru- ticosa. 2164 Magnolia glauca, y, major. 2144 Mesembryanthemum tricolor. 2124 Nerine rosea. 2147 Oxytropis Lamberti. 2175 Peonia Moutan, var. papave- racea. 2132 Palafoxia linearis. 2155 Phlox carnea. 2145 Phyteuma stricta, 2110 Plumbago capensis, 2139 - europea. 2158 Psoralea aculeata. 2171 Ranunculus nodiflorus, £. 2172 Satyrium coriifolium. 2120 Scutellaria orientalis. 2115 Sempervivum globiferum, 2. 2116 Sisyrinchium micranthum. 2117 — tenuiflorum. 2173 Solanum lanceolatum. 2163 Soldanella Clusii. 2138 Struthiola erecta, 2153 Thymus alpinus. 2106 Turnera trioniflora, 2141 Vicia tenuifolia, 2187 Vitex trifolia. 2123 Zinnia hybrida. 2184 Zygophyllum sessilifolium. ae INDEX ~ dn which the English Names of the Plants contained in the Forty- Seventh Volume are alphabetically arranged, Pi. ; | » il Pl. 2168 Acacia, Flax-leaved. 2181 Heath, Fragrant. 2156 -~ Linear-leaved. 2140 Pendent-flowered. 2166 ~ Thick-spiked, long- |} 2165 — Thrift-flowered. leaved. 2118 Horse-Chesnut, Small-fiowered 2108 Two-spiked. : _ or Buck’s-Horn tree. _ 2188 - Unequal-winged, 2134 Hound’s-tongue, Madeira. 2176 Almond, Double dwarf. 2113 Amaryllis, Griffin’s netted- veined. 2167 Anemone, White. 2182 Arctotis, Shewy. 2143 Azalea, Flame-coloured. 2127 Beckea, Twiggy. 2112 Bastard-{Indigo, Dwarf. 2184 Bean-caper, sessile-leaved. 2125 Betony, Rose-coloured. 2151 Bindweed, Jacquin’s East-In- dian, 2128 Borbonia, Butchers-broom leaved. a 2119 Bugloss, Waved-leaved. 2107 Callicarpa, Malabar Hoary. _ 2187 Chaste-Tree, Three-leaved. 2111 Clitoria, Hooded-flowered. 2178 Crassula, Jasmine-flowered. 2161 Coral-Tree, Cock’s-comb. 2179 Coronilla, Jacquin’s least. 2131 Coris, Montpelier. 2121. Crinum, Broussonet’s. 2133 Macquarie. 2180 - Rough-edged. 2186 Crossandra, Waved leayed. 2171 Crowfoot, Sicilian Knot- ~~ flowered. 2174 Daisy, Lesser. : 2142 Distaff-Thistle, or Woolly Carthamus. 2185 Dragons-head, Siberian. 2159 Everlasting, Sand. 2152 Fan-Palm, hig Ss . 2144 Fig-Marygold, Purple-eyec 2160 Sar-glowe Dwarf Sreeas; 2157 —————- Willow-leaved. 2135 Gentian, Clammy. 2109 Globe-Thistle, Annual. 2105 Hawthorn, Smooth Chinese. 2126 Heath, Bonpland’s. 2149 Concave. |) 2163 Soldanelia, Clusius’s 2115 House-leek, Villous Globular. 2170 Ipomeea, Puce-coloured. 2122 Jussieua, Great-flowered. 2177 Kaulfussia, Cape-Aster-like. © 2169 Kennedia, Oval-leaved, 2129 Lady’s-Slipper, Comely. 2139 Lead-wort, European. 2110 ——_———- Phlox-like. 2130 Lettuce, Perennial. 2154 Liquorice, Prickly-headed. 2150 ————_—-- Silky-leaved. 2137 Lobelia, Green-flowered. 2136 Lupin, Lee’s Blue-flowered Tree- 2164 Magnolia, Thomsen’s New _ Swamp. 2175 Moutan, Single-flowered. (2124 Nerine, Rose-coloured. 2173 Nightshade, Lance-leaved.. 2147 Oxytropis, Lambert’s. 2132 Palafoxia, Lavender-leaved. (2155 Phlox, Flesh-coloured, 2158 Psoralea, Prickly, 2145 Rampion, Slender. 2172 Satyrium, Leathery-leayed. 2120 Skull-eap, Yellow-flowered. oldanella eater. 2116 Sisyrinchium, Smatl-flowered. 217 Narrow-leaved. 2162 Snow-drop, Clusius’s. 2114 Staff-tree, Spineless Box- leaved. || 2188 Struthiola, Upright. 2183. Toad-flax, Tall Broom-tike. 2148 Trumpet-Flower, Chamber- Jayn’s. fae |) 2153 Thyme, Alpine. ome j| 2106 Turnera, Venice-Mallow- flowered. 2141 Vetch, Fine-leaved. 2146 Woodruff, Arcadian. 2123 Zinnia, Large-flowered,