f } CURTISS. 7 Botanical Magazine; al OR, FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED: IN WHICH The most Ornamental Forrien Piants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according to the celebrated Linnzvus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering ; Together with the most approved Methods of Cunrone. A WORK Intended for the Use of such Lapres, Gentiemen, and Garpeners, as wish to become scientifically ies, page with the Plants they cultivate, By JOHN SIMS, MD. FELLOW OF THE Roya AND LinNEAN SocieETIEs. | Vou. U0 Ff SLES pe Being the Ninth of the New Series. pla ‘ge ORT ai The Frowe_rs, which grace their native beds, Awhile put forth their blushing heads, But, e’er the close of parting day, They wither, shrink, and die away: But THEsE, which mimic skill hath made, Nor scorched by suns, nor killed by shade, Shall blush with less inconstant hue, Which arr at pleasure can renew. Lio London: Printed by Sreruen Coucuman, Throgmorton-Strect. Published by Sner woop, Jones, & Co, 20, Paternoster-Row, And Sold by the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCCC XXIV, Wed gall. fe Bobby S. Gertis Wakworth. Wor, 11823. Tee ee ee Le Pe ee er hs et ee eee ee PET ee eee eT EOE Pe ee ee ee (2441) MELASTOMA GRANULOSA. COMMERSON'S MELASTOMA. SEK EEE EE KE EK Class and Order. DecanpriA Monoeynia. . Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, campanulatus. Petala 5, calyci inserta. Bacca 5-locularis, calyce obvoluta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Metastoma granulosa; foliis ovato-lanceolatis integris quinquenerviis supra granulosis, paniculis termina- libus, caule alato. Lam. Encycl. 4. p. 44. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 476. n. 98. Smith in Rees Cyel. in loco. MeEtastoma granulosa; ramis marginato-tetragonis, foliis ovali-lanceolatis longius acuminatis supra appresse hispidis lucidis subtus pannoso-villosis, petalis obovato- oblongis acumine brevi abrupto, filamentis superne longe laxeque lanatis. Don in Bot. Reg. 671. Ruexia Fontainesii Humb. et Bompl. Rhexia, 93. t. 36. Metastoma granulosa owes its specific name to the gra- nulated appearance of the upper surface of the leaves, arising from a number of callous excrescences, terminated by a short adpressed bristle. These are more remarkable in the dried state from the shrinking of the parenchyma- tous substance of the leaf; but were sufficiently evident, . in our plant, while growing. Our drawing of this beautiful shrub, by far the most splendid of any species of Metasroma that has as yet owered in this country, was taken at the fine collection at — Bayeswater, belonging to the Count Dz Vanpes. It grows to the height of ten feet. A plant of this height, covered : “E : a eee wi nee re cin ae with its pendent flowering branches, must make a most splendid appearance. Native of Brazil. Requires to be kept in the stove, | where it flowers, in this country, in the month of August. The outline figure represents one of the stamens detached, to show thes | hairy filament and curiously wrinkled anther. “ ta ee : = S rte Ga. Pick. by. 5. Curtis Waterorth, Woe: 11923 Wsidell Sc. ( 2442 ) OXYLOBIUM ARBORESCENS. TALL OxyYLoBIUM. REE EKER EEK EK EEK Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. profunde 5-fidus, subbilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea: Carina compressa, longitudine alarum equantium vexillum explanatum. Stylus adscendens. Stigma simplex. Legu- men polyspermum, ventricosum, ovatum, acutum. Brown. Specific Character and Synonym. Oxytogrium arborescens ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, bracteis | apicis pedicellis persistentibus, corymbis confertis, leguminibus calyce vix longioribus. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.10. Bot. Reg. 392. The teaves in this species are long, linear with re- curved margins, smooth, but wrinkled on the upper side, . and tomentose on the under; in our specimen they grew by fours, in whorls; but this is not constant, Mr. Brown’s native specimens more frequently growing by threes, and sometimes being simply opposite. The flowers are much crowded together at the extremities of the branches, and also in whorls lower down the stem, which is villous and brown. The specimen from which our drawing was taken was communicated by the Hon. and Rev. Wituiam Herpert. It was raised from seeds gathered near Port Macquarrie, and flowered at Spofforth in June last. Through the favour of Mr. Brown this specimen has been compared with his native ones, and the comparison leaves no doubt of its pane reall¥ the Oxyiosium arborescens of the Kew cata- ogue. : A hardy greenhouse shrub. Native of Van Diemen’s— island and New South Wales. It was first discovered by Rozert Brown, Esq. Introduced into the Kew garden in 1805. Flowers from April to Midsummer. f + pa 77 4 7-4, aertiy. Water rth. Wow 82é 4.Del, Tbverk ( 2443 ) CissUS QUINQUEFOLIA. FIVE-LEAVED Braziu Cissus. Class and Order. | | Trerranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Bacca \-sperma, cincta calyce. Corolla quadripartita. Specific Character and Synonym. Cissus guinquefolia ; foliis quinatis : foliolis utrinque atten- uatis acuminatis serratis pedicellatis, ramis teretibus nodosis lavibus. | Cissus guinguefolia; foliis quinatis ellipticis serratis gla- bris, ramis levibus. . Soland. Mss. ; Descr. Stem ligneous at the lower part: Branches nu- merous, rounded, fleshy, swelled at the joints. Leaves alternate, petioled, quinate: leaflets petioled, elliptic (or attenuated at both extremities) unequally and acutely ser- rate, smooth, thin, unequal, the middle one the largest, being often three inches long. Common petiole mostly an inch and half long; partial ones four times shorter than the leaflets. Peduncles opposed to the petioles, longer than these, naked, branched: branchlets terminating in small compounded cymes. Bractes minute, lanceolate, one under each branchlet of the cyme. Calyx small, urceolate, obtusely four-toothed. Petals four, small, concave. The above description is chiefly translated from the late Dr. Soranper’s manuscripts in the Banksian library, where it is said to be a native of the isle of Raza, near the mouth of the river Rio Janeiro, Brazil. This species must not be confounded with pentaphylla, a native of Japan, nor with guinata, a native of the Cape. ISsUS Cissus striata of the Flora Peruviana resembles our plant | in many points, but in that the branches are striate, in this rounded and smooth ; jn that the leaflets are sessile, and serrate towards the point only, in this they are pedi- cled, entirely serrate and acuminate; not to mention that our plant is void of all pubescence in every part. It was observed by Professor Tuungere in his Flora Japonica, that Cissus and Vitis must be united into one genus, varying with four or five stamens, and some modern botanists have accordingly united them ; but, in the hope that some characters will be found, especially when the fruit shall have been more attentively examined, sufficient to keep them distinct, we have preferred adhering to the old division, according to which our plant must be arranged with Cissus. It has no appearance of the petals being united at the points, forming a sort of Calyptra, a circum- stance so common in the genus Vitis; but we fear not constant enough to form a generic character. Had the one-seeded berry in Cissus, and five-seeded in Viris been found to be constant, no idea of uniting the two could have existed. Our drawing was made in August last, at the garden poten ging to the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, where the plant was raised from seeds sent to the Society in 1821, by Atexanper Catpcteven, Esq. from Rio Janeiro, Being a native of a country situate within the tropics, it of course requires to be preserved in the stove. N2444 ee Pub. by.S.bertis Walworth. Nov.1.1823, Wed Jal. Jee ( 2444 +) BiscuTeLuA Hispipa. Hesreip Buckier MustTarp. SKE KEK ERE KEK EKER Vices and Order: TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. Generte Character. Silicula didymna, segmentis evalvibus foliaceo-compressis monospermis. Radicula descendens ! Cotyledones accum- bentes, inverse. Brown. Specific Character and Synonyms. ; Biscutetta hispida; calycibus acute bicalcaratis, siliculis glabris in disco punctis elevatis scabris apice in stylum non cocuntibus, caule hispido. De Cand. 5 Veg. Nat. 2. p. 408. Ann. du Mus. 18. p. 295. ¢.7. f.1. Lreucoyum montanum flore pedato. Col. Ecphr. 2. p, 59. t.61. Moris. Hist. 2. §3. t.9. f. 7. ex figura Columne pessime corrupta. | Jonprapa alyssoides lutea angustifolia. Barrel. ic. t. 230. | spicata lutea major. Barrel. ic. t. 1219. Tuxasp1 biscutatum villosum flore calcari donate. Bauh. Prodr. p. 49. sine icone. Bauh. Pin. 107. ‘Tuaspipium hirsutum, calyce floris auriculato. Tourn. Inst. 218. - Descr. The whole plant is hispid. Stem branched. Leaves sessile, half- stem embracing, oblong, sinuate- dentate, hispid on both sides. Calyx erect: leaflets connivent, two outward ones spurred at the base. Spur one-third the length of the whole calyx, in our plant not nearly so sharp pointed as represented in Dz CaNnpoLLe’s figure above quoted. Claws of the open the the length of the calyx: limb flat, yellow. The longer | filaments dilated on_one side. Style longer than the sta- — mens, persistent. Stigma capitate. Silicule 2-lobed : lobes — orbicular, marginate, not hairy but the disk roughened — by crystalline elevated glands, not united with the style or only for a very short distance. | The above description was taken from the plant from — which our drawing was made, and appears to agree in most respects with that of De Cannone; and certainly with the synonyms he has quoted, which are however the same as those adopted by Lannaus for his auri- culata ; nor does it seem to us that the characters made use of by this learned botanist to distinguish this species from auriculata are entirely satisfactory: in our speci- mens the spurs of the calyx were rather obtuse than acute, though longer and less rounded at the end than in the specimens of auriculata which we have exam-_ ined. The principal difference between the two appears to us to be, the much greater hairiness of hispida, and greater dentation of the leaves, even of the superior ones, which in auriculata are generally quite entire, or nearly so. BiscuTeLLa, as a genus, is much extended since Linnaus, who, in his Species Plantarum, has only two species, in- creased in the last edition of the Systema Vegetabilium to six, and finally extended by De Canpouzz to twenty-three. These are by him very usefully separated into two sections. Ist, Such as have a calyx with two spurs, the Jonpraga of some authors. 2dly, Those in which the leaflets of the calyx are equal; which have been considered as a distinct genus, under the name of TuLaspipium. A hardy annual. Native of the south of France and the north of Italy. Communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq. from the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds; where, we are informed by the intelligent curator, it was introduced by Mr. Fiscuer, of the Gottingen garden. Wedd Se, (| 2445) Eropium Gussonu. Gussonr’s Heron’s- | Brinn.» mei. UO SSeEER 3 MonaDELPHIA PENTANDRIA. | Connie Character. Cal. 5-phyllus: Cor. 5-petala.. Nect. Squamule 5, cum filamentis alternantes et. glandule mellifere basi staminum insidentes. Arillz 5,- monospermi, aristati, ad basin recep- taculi rostrati : aristis spiralibus introrsum barbatis.. £ Pi Specific Character. and Synonyms. 9 — Eropium Gussonii; pedunculis longissimis multifloris, foliis petiolatis, cordato-ovatis inciso-lobatis crenatis, utrin- que villosis, caule ascendente hirto. Eropium Gussonii; pedunculis multifloris longissimis, foliis cordatis lobatis obtusis dentatis glaucis, caule petiolisque hirtis, corollis calycibus aristatis duplo longioribus, petalis emarginatis, caule erecto. Tenoré Prodr. fl. Neap. p. 39. Eropium Gussoni. Flor. Neap. p. 97. t. 63. Tenoré. Hort. reg. Neap. p. 38. Descr.. Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, decumbent, rounded, hairy: hairs pointing downwards. Cauline leaves opposite, unequal, one being generally larger than the other, petioled, cordate-ovate, obtuse, somewhat lobed, Crenate, soft-villous on both sides. Peduncles axi 8 alternate, three or four times longer than the hairy petiole. Umbel about ten-flowered. ucre scariose, two-leaved, | Kidney-shaped. Pedicels horizontal. Calycine leaflets un- equal, streaked, each of them furnished with a short arista or mucro, inserted a little below the apex. Petals pour ; quite. quite entire (Trnoré says emarginate), purple, veined, two of them stained with a deeper colour towards the base. Filaments five fertile, bearmg dark purple two-celled anthers, opening internally, and five sterile, alternating with the fertile. Stigma five-rayed, persistent. | This species has considerable affinity with Eropium malacoides, of which very variable species it perhaps may be thought to be only a variety. It differs however in having larger flowers; much longer seed vessels ; pedicels longer and more horizontal; leaves softer and more glaucous. | Communicated, in flower, in July last, by Pamir Barger Wess, Esq. to whom we are entirely indebted for the above synonymy. This gentleman informs us, that the plant was sent to Professor Tenoré by his pupil, Dox Giovanno Gussoné, from Avellino, in Sicily, where. Mr. Wenrs gathered both specimens and seeds. Gussoné, a zealous, active, and accurate botanist, was at that time curator of the Duke of Calabria’s garden at: Palermo,. and gave Mr. Wess reason to expect from him before long, 4 Flora Sicula; with descriptions of many new species. | NV 7446. Pub. by S.furtis Walworth Nov 1182 | (2446 5) Irpomama speciosa. BroaD-LEAVED.leomama. KK KKK EK EKER EEK EK KEK Class and. Order. Pentranpria Monoeyrntia. - Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, nudus. Cor. campanulata v. infundibul formis, 5-plicata, Germ, 2-3-loculare, loeulis disp Stylus, ope Stigma, capitatum, 2-3-lobum. Caps 2-3-locularis. Brown. ; ah ss sa Character and Sync Ez Caulis volubilis. Folia indivisa. lroma@a speciosa ; -foliis integerrimis étirda tid’ Bicutib cubbiss argenteo-sericeis, pedunculis petiolo longioribus um- belliferis, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, stigmate:bilobo. Apoma@a speciosa ; foliis cordatis subtus tomentoso-seri- ceis, pedunculis petiolo. longioribus: umbelliferis: ete i. nee Roem. et Sch. 4. p. 239- et ConvoLvutus speciosus ; foliis cordatis subtus tomentoso- sericeis, pedunculis petiolo longioribus umbelliferis, calycibus acutis, caule volubili. Hort. Kew. ed. 1 1. p.211.—ed. alt. 1. p. 381. Smith. Ic. pict. t. 17. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 859. Convorvutus nervosus ; foliis cordatis multinerviis subtus tomentoso-sericeis, agg umbellatis multifloris. Lam. Encycl. Bot. 3. _ Convonvuius vial ‘Burm i Ind. 48. t. 20. f. 12 De- scriptio bene, figura autem pessime quadrat. Samupra-Stsocam. Hort. Malab. 11. p. 125. ¢. 61. sais, There is a considerable affinity between Ipomaa speciosa and insignis (No. 1790), but the leaves of the former ite quite entire, and clothed on the underside with silvery fe A RESIN ATT silky adpressed hairs, which pubescence extends to the ) peduncles, calyx, and‘outside of the corolla. This is one of the most beautiful species of this exten- — sive genus; was introduced by the late Right Hon. Sir Josepn Banks, from the East Indies, in 1778, but has but rarely flowered in our hot-houses, probably from having been generally confined to too limited a space. Our specimens were communicated by Lapy Harzanp, of Oswell — Park, Ipswich; .in whose stove it flowered in August, September, and October, 1822. Her ladyship observes, that “it isan evergreen, and being planted in the corner of a pit of mould, in the stove, its branches extend over a trellis about twenty-three feet, and, if allowed, would fill the house, being constantly growing all the year round, so that the gardener is obliged to be continually cutting it in. The stem, just above the ; ) Bt inches in circumference. It would ‘never flower in ‘a pot, as it requires space for its roots, as well asa great deal of head-room.”’ .. ;, ey si The figure in Smiru’s icones picte represents the limb of the corolla with pointed lobes, and the stigma bifid and subulate, probably from the lobes of the stigma having fallen off. The outline figure in our drawing gives a true representation of the stigma in our specimens. __. _ We have formerly mentioned the inadequacy of the character drawn from the stigma ‘to distinguish Convou- vutus from Ipomma; we are inclined to put more, con- fidence in the funnel-shaped corolla of the latter, as contrasted with the campanulate or bell-shaped corolla of the former. - = ; EG ‘ound, measures eight — J Maaaena ie PROTEA GRANDIFLORA, a. latifolia. Broav- LEAVED GREAT-FLOWERED PRoTEA. EKEKEKERE EERE EKER Class and Order. Terranpria Monoeynia, Generic Character. Petala 4, quorum 3 superne coherentia. Anthere api- cibus concavis corolla immerse. Nux supera, undique — barbata, stylo persistente coronata. Free Specifie Character and Synonyms. Protea grandiflora ; foliis oblongis sessilibus ramisque glabris, involucro hemispherico imberbi nudiusculo: corollis tomentosis: unguibus dorso glabriusculis, aristis brevissimis, stylo glabro. Brown in Lin. Soc. . Trans. 10. p. 85. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 191. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 348. : Prorea grandiflora. Thunb. Diss. 51.—Prodr. 27.—Flor. Cap. 1. p. 504. Lam. Mlustr. 1. n. 1210.—Poirét En- cycl. Bot. 5. p. 640. Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 530. UCADENDRON cynaroides, 6. Sp. Pl. 136. ‘ Lepipocarpopenpron folio saligno lato, Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. p. 183. cum tab. SeOLTMOCEPAALag foliis oblongis. Weinm. Phyt. 4. p. 286. (@.) angustifolia. Bot. Reg. 569. : ROTEA marginata ;. foliis lineari-lanceolatis nudis venosis : margine cartilagineo subpubescente, calyce hemis- pherico glabro. Lam. Ill. Gen. 1. p. 235. n. 1225, AAGENBOOM, Incolis Batavis. ‘“ccmemeenens There are several species of Prorea with much larger flowers than this, which has probably acquired the — “ot of grandiflora from comparing it with Prorga Scolymus, a much smaller, but somewhat related. species. Mr. Brown remarks that it sometimes varies with linear- oblong leaves, and is then hardly to be distinguished from Protea abyssinica, a species known to us only by the figure, and account of it in the appendix to Brucer’s travels. The Protea grandiflora is said to form a tree eight or ten feet high. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it was detected by Professor Tuunserc. Introduced to the Kew garden, by Mr. Francis Masson, in 1787. Our drawing was taken several years ago, by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps, at Knicur’s Exotic nursery in the King’s Road, not long after its first establishment, from a plant out of the collection of Grorcr Hiszert, Esq. Flowers in May and June. Requires to be kept in an airy greenhouse. 23 Det-118 hurtiy. Walworth . Pubdy J. , Da (2448) AMETHYSTEA CHRULEA. Buiue Ametuyst. KKK ERE REE REE EK KEK Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 5-fida: lacinia infima patentiore. Stam. approxi- mata. Calyx subcampanulatus. Stam. 4, gibba. Specific Name and Synonyms. Ameruystea cerulea. Sp. Pl. 30.—edit. Willd. 1. p. 121. Amen. Acad. 1. p. 386. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 48. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 207. Vahl. Enum. 1. p. 212. Gmel. Sib. 3. p. 248. - Amernystea corymbosa. Pers. Syn.1.p.24. Ameruystina montana erecta, foliis exiguis digitatis trifidis serratis, flosculis cum coma é ceruleo janthinis. Amm. Ruth.n. 70. Hall in Act. Ups. 1742. p 51. f. 1. ‘iteneeee _Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect, from one to two feet _ high, square, smooth, purplish. Branches opposite, square, with the sides deeply channelled. Leaves opposite on channelled footstalks, three parted : leaflets ovate-lanceo- late, coarsely serrate: serratures unequal, obtuse, some of them denticulate: Flowers blue, in leafy corymbs, ter- minal, and axillary, on peduncles longer than the petioles. — Calyx subcampanulate; half five-cleft : segments acute, spreading, cerulescent. Corolla minute, ringent, blue: Stamens 2 : filaments short : anthers white, didymous. ermens apparently united to near the apex. Style longer than stamens, blue: Stigma bifid: lower segment, revo- lute. When ripe, the germen separates into four gibbous Seeds, rough on the convex side. The whole plant 1s very t. AmETHysTEA appears to us to be a connecting: link between the natural orders of Labiate and Vitices. Native Native of Siberia. A hardy annual, cultivated by Pamir Mutter, in 1759; but is rarely met with in our gardens. Communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq. from the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds, under whose zealous auspices, and the skill of his curator, this establishment continues to thrive. 3 Iti ort orem: PUTeme eed. “WR cnmemse, > & ( 2449 ) Putomis Herpa venti. Rovueu-LeaAvep PHLoMIs. seakeokoesk seo eo skeet ake skool skate Class and Order. DipynamM1A GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic. Character. Cal. 5-gonus, 5-dentatus. Cor. galea incumbens, cari- nato-compressa, barbata, emarginata v. ineisa; lab. inferius proportionatum: lobo medio majore. Stigmatis labium — superius brevius, Specific Character and Synonyms. Putomis Herba-venti; foliis ovato-oblongis serratis subtus hirtis, calycinis dentibus lanceolato-subulatis erectis, bracteis subulatis cauleque hirtis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 122. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 408. Poir. Encyel. Bot. 5. p. 275. De Cand. fi. fr. 3. p. 556. Putomis Herba-venti ; involucris setaceis hispidis, foliis ovato-oblongis scabris, caule herbaceo. Sp. Pl. 819. Hort. Ups. 171. Putomis Herba-venti; foliis venoso-rugosis subtus tomen- tosis serratis; inferioribus cordato-ovatis petiolatis ; floralibus lanceolatis subsessilibus ; calycinis dentibus patentibus bracteisque subulatis mucronatis. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2. p. 5d. | Putomis narbonensis hormini folio, flore purpurascente. Tournef. Inst. 178. Marrveium nigrum longifolium. Bauh. Pin. 230. Ger. emend, 701. : Herpa vents. Lod. ic. 532. Herga venti monspeliensium. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 854. a Mr. Rozert Brown, in his invaluable Prodromus, be- sides adopting Prrsoon’s name of Leonoris for one meton. 3 Be wel of Puiomis, containing P. nepetifoha, P. Leonurus, and 4 P. Leonitis of Linnxvs, has separated another division of - the genus, under the name of Leucas, by which he has_ reduced the genus Patomis very considerably, limiting it to fruticosa, purpurea, italica, Nissolii, armenica, a nitis, laciniata, samia, crinita, biloba, pungens, erba | venti, alpina, and perhaps tuberosa, of the hitherto re-— corded species. It is surprising that this handsome plant, which has been | in our gardens occasionally from the time of Grrarp, should never before have been figured-in any modern botanical | work; the wooden cut of Losex and its only representations existent. — 2. When exposed to wind and rain, the leaves are apt to lose their softer parts, leaving merely a network of fibres, pervious to the wind, whence the old name of Herba-venti. A hardy herbaceous perennial. Native of the South of Europe. Flowers from July to September. Communi- cated by Mr. Anperson, from the Chelsea Garden. copies being the Pub. by. f. Gertie - Walworth. Decl S23, wal ( 2450 ) ONONIS HISPANICA. SMALL-LEAVED Rest- HARROW. ee Class and Order. DiapetpH1A Decanpris. Generic Character. _ Cal. 5-partitus : laciniis linearibus. Vesillum striatum. Legumen turgidum, sessile. Filam. connata absque fis- sura. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ononis hispanica; pedunculis aristatis subunifloris, foliis omnibus ternatis canaliculatis recurvatis totaliter ser- Yatis. Lin. Suppl. p. 324. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1008. Ononis oligophylla. Tenoré. NONIS ot spinosa villosa et viscosa hispanica. Barrel. | ic. 775. Ononis crispa, 6. eam. Encycl. 1. p 510. a aed Descr. A low thickly branched shrub: branches short, Somewhat viscid. Stipules lanceolate, patent, recurved, sheathing at the base. Leaves ternate, reflexed: petiole channelled : Jeaflets round-oval, margin entirely serrate, rXcept a little at the base, fleshy, ciliate, with glandular i's on the under side; terminal one somewhat largest and Petioled. Peduncles solitar , axillary, one-flowered, twice the length of the leaf, jointed towards the apex, and ‘vided ; the upper portion is what is termed the arista in this genus, but seems to be only an abortive pedicel. Calyx five-cleft; segments subulate, patent, viscous, with airy glands. Vexillum ovate, acute, yellow, streaked With purple ; ale connivent. Carina very much curved. _. Filaments Filaments all connected. Germen oval, pubescent, with adpressed hairs. Style ascendent. Stigma pointed. - Ononts hispanica, crispa, and ramosissima appear to be nearly related species; the former is considered by La-_ MARCK as a variety of the second; but if the character derived from the peduncle is of any value, they must be distinct species; Aispanica being described as having aris- tated peduncles, while in crispa these are said to be unarmed. . a Trnoré considered it as a distinct species, and published — it under the name of oligophylla, but we see no reason to separate it from /éspantea ; we are certain, however, of its being TEnori’s plant, as it was raised by Mr. Puturr Barker Wess, from seeds received from that botanist. Native of Spain and Italy. Requires to be protected from frost. Flowers from May to September. ie ocala caamlill Wed delat Neay Pub by. 5 Curtis, Walworth. Dev 21823 Da S- brertiz ( 2451 -) CoREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. SpEAR-LEAVED Coreopsis. KEKE EKER KEE EE EEK Class and Order. SyncenesiA Potyeamia FRusTRANEA. Generic Character. Receptaculum paleaceum. Sem. compressa, emarginata. Pappus bicornis. Cal. duplex, uterque polyphyllus. — Specific Character and Synonyms. Corzopsis lanceolata ; foliis lanceolatis glabris integerrimis, pedunculis unifloris longissimis nudis. : oREopsis lanceolata; foliis lanceolatis integerrimis ciliatis. Sp. Pl. 1283. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2256. Hort. Kew. ed. — 5. p. 135. Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 108. Meerd. tc. p Coreopsis lanceolata ; brevicaulis ; foliis cuneato-lanceo- latis linearibusve integerrimis; pedunculis longissimis simplicibus nudis, seminibus orbiculatis convexo-con- cavis scabris manifestius alatis apice bidentatis emar- grok a. glabella. Michaux Flor. Bor. Amer. 2 REopsis lanceolata ; foliis sessilibus lanceolato-linearibus integerrimis ciliatis, pedunculis » gore nudis, seminibus orbiculatis scabris alatis apice bidentatis emarginatis. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept.2. p.567. > eS ex folio, radio amplo laciniato. Dill. Eith. 5B: - #5. ff. 56. Bivens caroliniana, florum radiis latissimis insigniter den- tatis, semine alato per maturitatem convoluto. Mart. Cent. 26. t. 26. =A ‘eee, j. rite There can be little doubt that. our plant is the same les as figured by Ditxenius, and by Martyn in his » Centuria, Centuria, both of which are referred to by Linnzus as syno- nyms of his Corropsis lanceolata; or if any hesitation can arise, it must be from the form of the seed, the magnified outline of which, in our figure, is represented as oblong; but it is not improbable that the form of the seed may vary in different parts of the disk. — The only species with which it can be confounded is the auriculata ; if indeed lanceolata and auriculata are not mere varieties of the same species, which seems to us highly probable, and was perhaps the opinion of the accurate Norra, as he has omitted the latter in his enumeration of the species. The ciliz on the leaves vary very much in different specimens, and in our plant were not visible to the naked eye. A tolerably hardy biennial. Native of Carolina. Flowers from July to September. Communicated by Mr. Josera Knicut, of the Exotic nursery, in the King’s Road, Chelsea. Nan ( 2452 ) Ocimum cANuM. Hoary Basi. KKK EEK KEKE REE EERE Class and Order. DipynamiA GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. lab. superiore orbiculato ; inferiore A-fido. Cor. resupinate alterum labium 4-fidum: alterum indivisum. Filamenta exteriora basi processum emittentia. Specific Character. Ocimum stamineum ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis serratis canis longe petiolatis, spicis verticillatis, verticillis subsex- floris, staminibus corolla bis longioribus. ieee _ There are so many species of Ocimum which are but indifferently defined, that it is almost impossible to decide, whether this may not have been already described ; but, after a careful examination, we cannot find that it altoge- ther agrees with the description of any recorded species, and are therefore constrained to consider it as new. _ We are informed that it is sweet scented; and that it was raised from seeds sent from China to the directors of the Horticultural Society, in whose garden at Chiswick, our wing was taken last July. | It seems to be nearest related to Ocimum sanctum and ‘enuiflorum, both East Indian species, and we a ‘specimen from thence, given us by the late Dr. Heyne, so similar, that we are unable to distinguish it from our plant. This had the name of Ocimum album appended to it; but s Nearly as unlike the album of Lannaus as any two species whole genus. We regret the not having had an be ity of examining the living plant. It appears to hers and requires to be raised in the stove or AD, Puch ley orb Walworth Deel 79. Wee d Bm” ( 2453 ) Jonipium Ipecacuanna, 8. WHuite — IPECACUANHA.. Class and Order. PenTANDRIA MonoeyniA. Generic Character. _ Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis basi vix productis eidemque equa- libus. Cor. subbilabiata, calcare nullo. Nectarzum glan- dule bine ad basin germinis. Anthere apice membra- hacee plerisque distincte. Stigma simplex uncinatum, Caps. trigona, trivalvis ; valvulis medio seminiferis. - Vent. Jard. de Malm. 1. p. 27. Specific Character and Synonyms. Joxiprum * Ipecacuanha ; foliis ovato -oblongis pedun- culis axillaribus solitariis cernuis, petalo inferiore maximo emarginato. Joxiptum Ipecacuanha. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 5. p. 398, Viota Ipecacuanha; foliis ovalibus margine .subtusque pilosis. Lin. Mant. 484. Suppl. Pl. 397. Willd. 1. p. 1172. Poir. Encycl. Bot. 8. p. 645. («.) glabrum. : Jonwwrom Ipecacuanha ; foliis ovatis serratis glabris, petalo inferiore plano. Vent. Malm. 1. p. 28. : PomBanra Ipecacuanha. Vandelli fase. p. 7. t. I. (8.) pubescens, : | OMBALIA foliis ovato-lanceolatis crenatis cauleque pubes- — centibus. Vandelli. La grandiflora ; veronice folio villosa. Barrere. Fr. equinoct. p. 113. — Jonipium Calncdlage Roem. et Sch. 5. p. 394? Vent, l.c.? : Viota per leiiesia * From “jv a violet, and “dcr peculiar, Vioxa Calceolaria. Lin. Sp. Pl. 1327? Willd. 1. p. 1172? Viota Itoubou. Aubl. Guian. 2. p. 808. ¢. 3187 | The genus Vioxa, as formerly constituted, contains an inconvenient number of species, on which account especi- ally, we have followed Venrenat, in adopting his genus Jonip1um; for which, by-the-by, the name of Pomsatia, given anteriorly by Vanpetu, ought to have been pre- served; but, as that of Jonip1um is used in the new Systema Vegetabilium now publishing, and generally, by the French botanists, we leave it undisturbed. The root of this plant is supposed to be the white Ipeca- cuanha formerly kept in the shops; but the only Ipeca- cuanha now in use is certainly the product of a very different plant, also a native of the same country. There is no doubt, however, but that the present species is fre- quently used in Brazil, for the cure of several disorders, especially the dysentery. Our plant was raised at the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, from Brazil seeds, sent us by Mr. Francis Sento, a very industrious and enthusiastic botanist, who has devoted several years to the collecting plants, and other subjects of Natural History, in that extensive empire. M. Aveuste bE Saint Hixairg, in his observations on a voyage in the interior of Brazil, published in the ninth volume of the Memoires du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, page 329, asserts, that the Viota Calceolaria and Ipecacuanha of Lix- NEUS are the same species ; and that the Itowbou of AuBLET differs in nothing from the Brazil plant, except in its greater hairiness ; a character, which, he observes, varies extremely in different individuals. 'The same author supposes that he had discovered another species, which he calls Jonsp1u™ indecorum, growing with the Ipecacuanha, and differing iD nothing from it, but in having a corolla shorter by half than the calyx, and three of the filaments sterile. It is probable, however, that this was a mere variety from abortion, a3 many of the violets are known to produce apetalous flowers later in the season, which bear seeds, even more. readily than the perfect blossoms; a circumstance, which, Mr. Anperson observed to take pl i OE . 2, to take place in the very individua from which our drawing was taken. We believe this plant has not before been introduced into any of our gardens. : the aresen t var ens. It flowered at Chelsea, in July 0 523. Bish. by S. Gertir. Walworth > a1] y & ( 2454 ) DESMANTHUS VIRGATUS. LONG-TWIGGED DESMANTHUS. KEREEERERER ER EERE EEE BEE Class and Order. Potyeamra Monazcia. Generic Character. _ Hermapurop. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-petala, s. 5-par- ita. Stam.10. Pist.1. Legumen bivalve. _Nevr. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 0. vel 5-petala vel 5-par- tita. Stam. 10, sterilia, lanceolato-dilatata. : Specific Character and Synonyms. 'Desmanrnus virgatus ; inermis, foliis bipinnatis: partia- libus quadrijugis: propriis duodecim -jugis, spicis paucifloris capitatis decandris, leguminibus linearibus, caule erecto angulato. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1047. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 458. | Mimosa virgata; inermis, foliis bipinnatis, spicis decandris; Inferioribus castratis maximis, caule erecto angulato. Sp. Pl. 1502. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 1. p. 34. t. 80. ™osa orientalis non spinosa, rarioribus ramis, floribus spicatis. Pluk. Alm. 252. t. 307. f. 4? — j A delicate upright shrub, distinguished by its long linear Pods, with which the firure of Rugeve, Hort. Malab. v. 9. | - referred to by Linnzus, does not in the least agree, We have therefore omitted that s nonym altogether. Nor are We without doubts respecting the one from Piuxener, that sure representing the branches divaricate, and peduncles nger than the leaves. Jacgurn’s figure and description “Dove referred to accords entirely with our plant, which Was communicated by Joun Watker, Esq. in August last, Nt his collection at Arno’s grove, Southgate. : _, Native of the West Indies, and also of the East Indies, it it be the same with Linnaus’s plant. L1at, Bobby. Getic. Walworth. Tun Fe ser Ragen Momorpica Cuarantia. . TopercunatTep,. + a Class and. Order. Monazcta ‘Monapenraia. Generic Character. Masc. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-partita. Filam 3. Fem. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-partita. Stylus 3-fidus. Pepo — elastice dissiliens. Specific Character and Synonyms. Momorosca Charantia ; pomis oblongis acuminatis angu- latis tuberculatis, bractea cordata integerrima infra medium pedunculi, foliis septemlobo-palmatis dentatis subhirsutis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 602. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 342. - Momorpica Charantia; pomis angulatis tuberculatis, foliis | villosis longitudinaliter palmatis. Sp. Pl. 1432. Hort. | Cliff. 451. _ -SALSAMINA cucumerina indica, fructu majore flavescente. ) Comm. Hort. 1. p. 103. t. 54. Amara indica. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 410. t. 151. Cucumis Zeylanicus. Herm. Lugd. p. 204. Panpiraver. Hort. Malab. 8. p. 17. t. 9. een We are inclined to consider the Momorpica muricata of ILLDENOW to be merely a variety of our present species ; | for in the natural order of Cucurerracex but little confi- | | dence can be placed in the size, or even form of the fruit ; witness the numerous varieties of Cucumbers, Melons, and Gourds, The figures of Commenin and Rueve, above referred to, gree very well with our specimen, but that of Joan Mi- “ER in his Illustrations of Botany, represents the or 7 muc jnuch smaller and less tuberculated ; but the bracte on the peduncle, with quite entire margins, proves it to belon to Momorpica harantia, and serves to distinguish. the . ies from Momorpica Balsamina, in which the bracte is tate, and placed nearer to the fruit. A tender annual. Native of the East Taition, where it is cultivated to cover fences, and to form a shade over _ arbours. The bitter leaves are used instead of Hops to check fermentation in the beer of the Dutch inhabitants, which is made from sugar, not from malt. Flowers in June and July. Requires to be raised in the © stove or hot-bed. Communicated by Joun Watxer, Esq. of Arno’s Grove. E Gearbic Del Baby I farts Walworth. Jani 1824. Wai ( 2456.) CyRILLA RACEMIFLORA. CAROLINA CyriLta. es Sr ae ie Sa Class and Order. Penrannria Monoeynia. Generic Character. _. Cal. parvus, subturbinatus, 5-partitus. Petala 5, stel- Jatim patentia. Stam. receptaculo inserta. Stylus brevis : stigmata 2, raro 3. Caps. bilocularis, non dehiscens: loculis I-spermis. Sem. e summo receptaculo axillari appensa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Crritta racemiflora ; foliis cuneato-lanceolatis acutis subtus subnervosis, racemis gracilibus elongatis, petalis pedi- cello longioribus. Crritta racemiflora. L. Mant. 50. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. RAT. Jacq. ic. rar. t, AT. Collect. 1. p. 162. Lam. Encyel. 2. p. 245. , poe! Cyritta caroliniana ; foliis cuncato-lanceolatis acutis mem- ~ branaceis nervillosis, spicis gracilibus, petalis pedicello “ lengioribus. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 158. Per- soon Syn. 1. p. 175. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p: Vi0- Nutt. Amer. 1. p. 144. Poir. Encyel suppl. 2. p. 436: Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 5. p. 408. Se Ita Cyrilla ; foliis lanceolatis integerrimis. L’Herit. Stirp. 1. p. 137, t. 66. Swarts Prodr. 50.—Flor. Ind. Occid. 1. p. 506.—Obs. p. 94. t.4. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1146. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 37. a Descr. An upright shrub, from four to six feet high. (Swarrz says, that in the mountains of Jamaica, it grows ;ccasionally into a tree twenty feet high). Leaves obovate- ‘nceolate, smooth, quite entire. Racemes of white flowers, stowine, sometimes singly, sometimes opposite, but more sferally collected, a number together, at the end of na as last year’s shoot, and beneath that of the present year, four inches long, slender: pedicels a line in length, very close together, with a subulate bracte of the same length, at the base of each. Calyx very small, 5-parted: segments con- cave. Petals twice the length of the calyx, ovate, acute, spreading, marcesent. Stamens 5: filaments inserted into the receptacle below the germen, somewhat shorter than the petals. Anthers oval, purple, didymous. Germen su- perior, ovate, two-celled: ovula, apparently two in each cell. Slyle short, divided half way into two, fleshy, divari- cate, obtuse stigmas. Ripe capsule not seen. Great confusion has taken place in consequence of L’He- ritier having united the Cyritia of Linnaus to Irea, in which he has been followed by Swartz, Wittpenow, La- marcK, and the authors of both editions of the Hortus Kewensis. But since more attention has been paid to affinities, it has been found, that these genera cannot even belong to the same natural order, at least as these are at present defined ; and in consequence the most modem authors have again restored the genus Cyrizza to its ori- ginal destination. In doing this, however, they have un+ necessarily, and, as we think, improperly, changed the specific name from racemiflora to caroliniana. . The difference between. these genera, consists in the different insertion of the stamens, the number and attach- ment of the seeds, the dehiscence of the capsule of Irxa, and the division of the style in Cyrizza. A pres. shrub. Native of Carolina. . Requires the pro- tection of a greenhouse. Introduced in 1765 by Mr. Joan Cree. Flowers in July and August. Communicated b Messrs. Loppigzs and Sons. = : ( 2457 ) Ecurnops stricrus. Urerigutr Giope- THISTLE. ; Class and Order. = SYNGENESIA; PotyeamiA SEGREGATA. \ Generic Character. Calyces uniflori. Corollule tubulose hermaphrodite. Receptaculum setosum. Pappus obsoletus. Specific Character. Etuinops strictus ; caule simplici stricto unifloro, foliis ero- so-pinnatifidis spinuloso-dentatis supra glabris subtus tomentosis. eee Descr. Stem erect, simple, three or four feet high, furrowed, somewhat woolly. Leaves alternate, half-stem einbracing, unevenly pinnatifid, toothed ; teeth terminated With a small spine. Peduncle terminal, elongated, rounded, Jearing a large globular head of florets without any tnyolucre. Calyx (proper) imbricate: leaflets lanceolate with a bristly point, the inner ones largest. Florets tu- ular ; tube white: limb linear, revolute; bright blue. Anthers blue, soon turning brown: stigma deeper blue, bifid, revolute. -Germen oblong, hairy, white. Pappus lone. Receptacle bristly ; but the bristles adhere to the bottom of the calyxes, and when these are pulled off the “*ceptacle is left naked and honey-combed. : R MS appears to be an undescribed species. Native of ussia. Communicated by Aytmer Bourke Lampert, $q. In September 1823, and was raised at Boyton, from D; S received from Dr. Fiscuer, late of Gorenki, but now rector of the Imperial botanic garden at St. Petersbur gh. t y Teas Wed dell: BBS. Burbis Webwork San lle. B sed ( 2458 ) NICANDRA PHYSALOIDES. PrysALis-Like NICANDRA. | Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, 5-angulatus, inflatus. Filamenta basi fornicata, germen tegentia. Bacca ex sueca, 3—5-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Nicanpra physaloides; foliis ovato-oblongis eroso-sinuatis, petiolis decurrentibus. Nicanpra physaloides. Gaertn. sem. 2. p. 237. t. 131. f. 2. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 219. Willd. Enum: p. 231. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 158. Nutt. Gen, Am. 1. p. 130. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 681. Atropa physaloides ; caule herbaceo, foliis sinuato-angu- latis, calycibus clausis acutangulis. Sp. Pl. 260. Willd. 1. “p. 1017, Jacq. Obs. 4. p. 12. t. 98. Hort. Kew, ed. alt. 1. p. 392. : Puysaris daturefolia ; foliis ovatis acutis reine ong oe fructescentibus acutangulis. Lam. Eneyel. > ?p. : CALYDERMos erosus ; caule pentagono, foliis ovatis eroso- angulatis, pedunculis unifloris erectis, fructibus cer- A nus. Flor, Peruv. 2. p. 44. - oe amplo flore violaceo. Feuill. Peruv. 2. p. 724. ees th DESC. Root annual. Stem branched, upright, two or — ree feet high, sometimes considerably more elevated : anches angular. Leaves oblong-oval, unevenly sinuate, Very like those of the stramonium or thorn-apple : petioles : decurrent. decurrent. Peduncles opposed to the leaves, one-flowered, at first erect, afterwards cernuous. Calyx five-cleft: seg- ments ovate, acute, sagittate at the base, sides compressed into five acute angles, persistent and becoming more in- flated. Corolla bell-shaped: limb spreading, five-cleft: segments rounded. Stamens shorter by half than the corolla: Filaments hairy, broad and arched at the base, covering the germen, as in the Campanuta. Germen glo- bular in the specimens we have examined, always five- celled. Capsule or dry berry globular, five-celled: Re- ceptacles central, dilated outwards. Seeds many, oval, smooth. The name of Nicanpra was first given to this genus by Apanson, and adopted by Jussieu, Persoon, and others. Scureszer applied the same name to the Poraia of Ausiet which may occasion some confusion ; but it will be better to retain Ausier’s original name for his plant than to adopt a new name for this, as Ruez and Pavon have done. It ought, undoubtedly, to be separated from Arropa. _ _ Native of Peru and Chili; grows very well in the open border ; but is best raised in a hot-bed and treated like other tenderer annuals; it may, however, be sown in the Come in the open ground, but will not flower so early. ommunicated by Joun Waker, Esq. — (. 2459. ) » AmMosium aLatum. ) WINGED-STALKED, a -AMMoBIUM. SPST cite bbe Class and Order. age adsall SYNGENESIA PoLYGAMIA ZQUALIs. Sect. Discorpet. Generic Character. - Receptaculum paleis distinctis. Pappus: margo dentatus. ssa basi bisete. Involucrum imbricatum, coloratum, ians. Herba erecta, tomentosa. Folia integerrima: radicalia lanceolata, basi attenuata: caulina minora, decurrentia. Caulis alatus, ramis unifloris. Involucra hemispherica laminis albis, intimis patulis radium abbreviatum effor- mantibus. Corollule uniformes, flace. Stigmata truncato- ta. Semina ancipitia. eceptaculum convexum, - Brown. Specific Name. AmMozrum alatum. Br. Mss. a Descr. Root supposed to be perennial. Herb upright, entose. Leaves quite entire: radical ones lanceolate, harrowed towards the base: cauline ones smaller, decur- t. Stem winged. Branches one-flowered. Involucre (or common calyx) hemispherical, consisting of white 7; ues; the inner one sleaae and forming a short ray. ets uniform, yellow. Stigmas dilated and truncate. 4s flat, with two sharp edges. Receptacle convex. An undescribed genus, belonging to the same tribe with —___ * Auuos sand, Bios life. GNAPHALIUM, Gwarnatium, discovered by Rosert Brown, Esq. in 1804, owing plentifully near the shores of Port Hunter (or the Goal River), in New South. Wales,‘ and ‘named ‘by: him Ammonium, from its growing in sand. Our specimens were communicated by Epwarp Forster, Esq. in August 1823, from his garden at Hale-End house, where it flourished in the open ground. It was raised from seeds received from New South Wales, without name, but marked native of Bathurst Plains. | - F 'TERNATE-LEAVED f ‘ ear $5 {1 ) Puecrrantuus, or Omit. ee ; : e - ; any ; ; Wnig3se , Sis COW HSS SE EES OES Odes anid Order.: loo Isvevg : Divrwamia® GymvosrerMita, A ‘Generic Character. - ae Cal. bilabiatus, Jabioinferiore diyiso striatus: fructifer basi subtus,gibbosus. Corolle lab..super trifidum, lacinia nedia biloba, infertus longius, integrum (plerumque con- avum). Stamina declinata, filamentis edentulis (nunc basi “IL ‘connatis):- antheris unilocularibus,.imberbibus. Brow. ‘ * Piecrranrnus ternatus ; caule. sexangulato, foliis ternatis ___ petiolatis.ovatis crenatis rugosis,,radicibus tuberosis, spicis terminalibus verticillatis. Shi sdF 12 ; an! vind on A — Descr. Root fibrous, bearing tubers in the same manner s the potatoe. . Stem and Branches decumbent till about 0 flower, when the stem becomes erect, six-angled, the des deeply grooved. ‘Leaves growing by threes, crowded gether, ovate, crenate, rugose; ‘on! long«chaimnelled pe- oles. Flowers in terminal verticillate spikes : whorls any-flowered. Bractes ovate, small, falling off before e flower expands. Calyx pubescent, appearing sprinkled ith golden-coloured glands when seen through a lens, bilabiate: upper lip large, quite entire: lower lip 4-toothed, Corolla bilabiate : lower lip canoe-shaped, compressed, Stamens 4, didynamous : filaments without teeth, connate at the base. Germens 4, seated on a fleshy receptacle : ident : Stigma bifid. . For this very rare and seldom flowering plant, we are indebted to our friend Rosert Barctay, Esq. in whose Stove at Bury Hill, it flowered for the first time, a = Fa | vember 1823. Weare informed by this gentleman, that he received the tubers in November 1820, from his friend Cuartes Teirair, Esq. of the Mauritius, where the plant has been introduced from Madagascar, and is there culti- vated under the name of Omimé, for the sake of its tubers, which are esteemed as a choice and delicate esculent. The tubers arrived ‘in good condition and kept sound some months, and were freely communicated by Mr. Barctay to several collections; but we do not find that any other rson has succeeded in bringing it into flower, which we understand but rarely takes place, even at the Mauritius. Mr. Barctay has grown this plant in the border, undet a frame, and in the stove, but has not found, that in any case, it has with him produced any tubers. Yet his plants were raised from the imported tubers. a Dr. Roxsuren has described an East Indian species, under the name of Ocimum tuberosum, which has a near affinity with this in the form of its leaves as well as its tuberous roots, and a specimen of it is preserved in the Banksian herbarium, now the property of Rosert Brown, Esq. ee The outline Figures represent : 1, The Corolla \aid open to show the insertion of : 2. The Pistil. . insertion of the stamen 3. The Calyx. All magnified, eo: ERRATA IN LAST NUMBER.: 2452, 1. 9, for ‘ stamineum’ read ‘canum 2453, p. 2, 1, 19, for ‘ FRANCIS’ read ‘ FREDERICK.’ (°246L y RHIPSALIS SALICORNOIDES. GLASSWOR'T- LIKE Ruipsauis. 7 Lee aes Class and Order. 5 Se IcosanpriA Monogynia. Generic Character. Cal. superus, 3-4-partitus, brevissimus. Cor. polypetala. Stam. plurima. Stigma partitum. Bacca infera, unilocu- » pellucida. Semina duodena, centralia. Gaxrrrn. Specific Character and Synonym. | Ruipsaxas salicornoides ; caule prolifero articulato, articulis teretibus clavatis, floribus terminalibus subsolitariis. HIPSALIS salicornoides ; articulato-prolifer; erectus; valde ramosus ; ramis erecto-patulis teretibus subangula- Usque ; fasciculis spinularum juniorum capillacearum minutis albicantibus, nudo oculo inconspicuis. Ha- worth Suppl. Pl. Succul. p. 83. (eres i _Descr. Plant trailing, proliferous ; branches very nu- merous, spreading, jointed: joints club-shaped, rounded, tubercled, smooth, scarred, glaucous, older stems grey. ers terminal, solitary, or in pairs. Corolla superior, Yellow; petals numerous, thin, beautifully reticulated, foncave, connivent, never opening wide. Style long ; stigma included, large, cleft. fee : : ‘ he plant when young has a very different habit. It is lower -v, the joints shorter, and more turgid at their i Portions, so.as to be nearly oval instead of club- Ps Satake their tubercles are more numerous, and each is The with a little tuft of soft, white, diverging hairs. . 4ppearance is not observed on plants whose stems «- attained any considerable length, excepting occa- “y near the ground, but scars are seen-upon them - i if the tufts of hairs had fallen off. This habit is shewn in a young specimen at the bottom of the plate. ; The specimen drawn was raised from a cutting obtained from Mr. Surpnerp, of the botanic garden, Liverpool, in 1818. It has been kept in the stove, and flowered for the first time, and very freely, in the spring of 1822. — For the above description and the drawing, by Mr. | Syme, we are indebted to Dr.Granam, professor of botany, in the University of Edinburgh. | Pub.by. § Serbis Walworth Ft, 2 : ai 2 es (22a ys ‘Manpiguia LuctpA. WepbcGeE-LEAVED Bar-~ : _ BADOES CHERRY. none Class and Order. Decanpria Trieynia. ; * Sskoare Generic Character. | " Fuseratl aitct - Cal. 5-phyllus, basi extus poris binis melliferis. Petala Subrotunda, unguiculata, Filamenta basi eoherentis ine libera). Drupa 1-locularis, tripyrena: nucibus mo+ ermis. a eh: Jb Stan 226i9 Specific Character and Synonyms. ‘Mareen lucida ; foliis obovatis cuneiformibus integer- rimis aveniis nitidis, racemo terminali. Swarts Fl. Ind. Oceid. 2. p. 852. Prodr. p.74. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. “ae Persoon Syn. 1. p. 506. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. Pp. 105, = : . Descr. Calyx five-leaved, at first erect, afterwards re- curved at the apex, persisting, surrounded by ten gibbous, teldish-brown, obovate glands, disposed like a crown “ound the top of the pedicel, indistinctly divisible into batts, which correspond with the petals, and are alternate mith the leaflets of the calyx, Petals five, lamine reniform, weaves spertecily smooth, but slightly irregular at the 8: Claws linear, long, recurved, colour in the bud Fa White, but after expansion gradually passing into a The reddish orange, of singular and inimitable beauty. as gradation of tint from the apex to the base of the ieee adds greatly to the beauty of the plant. Stamens dither Lament erect, united one half of their length: | pay oblong, half the length of the filaments. _Ger- cl, sunk within the calycine glands: Styles Race, filiform, slightly diverging : Stigmas very small. Be Mes terminal - three; unequal, ovate-lanceolate Bractes mse at at the foot of each pedicel. Leaves obovate-cuneiform, uite entire, sub-glaucous, firm, veinless; it belongs to Jussrev’s natural order of Malpighia. a Native of the East Indies. Cultivated in the stove. It is uncertain when the plant was introduced into the Edin- burgh Botanic garden; but the original specimen has” flowered very freely in the stove for several years, and is’ now a shrub of more than six feet high. The species is very ornamental, and deserves to be much more generally cultivated. It has never produced fruit, but is readily” ag by cuttings. The drawing was taken by Mr YME, in June 1821. 1 Dr. Grauam, professor of botany in the University of Edinburgh, to whom we are indebted for the above account and the drawing, would insert this genus in Monadelphia Decandria ; but as Persoon remarks that the filaments are. not always connected, we think it best to retain it in the —— where it has been inserted by all the systema’ iG writers. 4 Pub.by. S aoty. Wabworth. FRI L626, Wed del? .Sv. ( 2463) Crinum Supmersum. Lake Crinum. KEKE EERE RERERERER Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character.—Vide No. 2292. Addendum. Scapus solidus, demum flaccidus. 7 Specific Character. Sect. I]. Semipatentes. Subd. J. Ornate. RINUM submersum; bulbo oblongo-ovato rubescente ; foliis loratis canaliculatis, acutis margine scabro ; scapo 8-[ pluri ?]-floro sesquipedali compresso, viridi ; spatha 4-unciali, bracteis gracilibus ; germine sessili oblongo-ovali viridi; loculis 7-spermis; tubo 5-un- ciali viridescente ; laciniis 4-uncialibus albis intis et exttis rubro-striatis apice acuto rubro, ovalibus, basi canaliculato, temeré 23 vel +3 latis, tribus externis uncatis ; genitalibus assurgenter curvatis ; stylo rubro limbo breviore filamentis longiore; stigmate minuto trilobo albo; filamentis basi sub-gibbos&; antheris pallidé cinerascentibus, polline luteo; floribus fra- grantibus ante expansionem nutantibus. W.H. _ Descr. Bulb oblong-ovate, purplish red, three inches diameter; leaves yellowish green, sharp-pointed, chan- helled, with a rough edge; scape eight or more flowered, eighteen inches high, a little flattened, green, stained with -Teddish near the base ; spathe near four inches long, withering early; bractes slender ; gerimen sessile, oblong-oval, green; cells seven-seeded ; tube five inches long, greenish yellow; lacinie four inches long, white, striped with pink, sharp- Pointed, tipped with red, oval, channelled near the base, the three outer hooked ; genitals curved upwards; style red, a little shorter than the limb, longer than the filaments; minute, three-lobed, white ; filaments a little knobbed at their insertion; anthers before their inversion Pale ash-colour, mottled with straw-colour ; pollen deep Yellow ; flowers nodding before expansion, fragrant. *o a rag >. This is a most interesting plant, whether it be an inter. mediate tink connecting two species, which are widely separated from each other in the two sections of its genus, so closely, that it is difficult to say unto which it has most affinity, or a hybrid generated between them in the swamps | of America. ‘The bulb was discovered by Gzorce Hop-— KINS, in the vicinity of Rio Janeiro, growing in water in a spot, which, after an unusual course of dry weather, was — still inundated, in company with several plants of a smaller _ white Crinum, which appears likely to prove a variety approaching to the Corantyne variety, of C. erubescens. The bulb was received at Spofforth, in August, having — three dead scapes adhering to it, and it flowered about six weeks after, having been planted in drift sand and well wa-_ tered; being in every point of bulb, leaf, and infloresence, — intermediate between C. scabrum and erubescens. The bulb and foliage greatly resemble the artificial mules at Spofforth, between those two species, of which the flower- ing, which has not yet taken place, will now be expected with increased curiosity. The flowers of submersum have the fine nocturnal fragrance of erubescens, but less power-— fully. ‘The filaments are knebbed, and the connecting — membrane visible between them as in erubeseens, but less conspicuously. The upper filament detaches itself as in that species, but with less regularity, sometimes taking © one of the laterals with it. The anthers before their inver- sion are of a paler ash colour than those of erubescens, mottled with the straw colour of seabrum. The ye have the channelled base and sharp-pointed long-oval form which belongs to the Crina of the first section, with the lesser expansion and the colouring which belongs to the second. The number of ovules is also intermediate be-_ tween seabrum and erubescens. The ovules and pollen appeared perfect. Have we in this instance discovered native mule in the wilderness? Have we lit upon the first” origin of a new species? or, have we in this bulb an or-— ginal link in the creation between two plants which have been placed by some writers in different. genera? Which- ever be the ease, no unprejudiced botanist can now compare the three plants and not consider them of one genus. ©. seabrum is known to grow on. the woody hills near Rio, and its pollen may have’ been brought down to the lake on the plumage of a humming bird, and produced acci- . dentally the same result in the wilds of Brazil, which art has effected in our stoves. W.-H. 3 a a. Represents the whole plant in miniature. &. ‘The ovules in one cell, ¢. the half-gibbous insertion of the filaments. N24is Fub.by.5. Rertic Wabo orth. Feb. 11924. Test rt Del, ( 2404 ) Hasrantius Gracitireriuvs. SLenper- . BEAVED Haspranravs. See baaek Class and Order. Hexanpria Menocynta. Generic Character. _ Spatha integra apice bifido. Scapus 1-2 [pluri Basch pedunculatus, cavus. Germen a pedunculo declinatum, - oblongo-subturbinatum, subtrigonum, triloculare. Corolla campanulata. Tbus ‘brevis, campanulatus, membrana Be circumvallante clausus. Lacinig aiterne xquales, _ tere marginibus tubo imbricantibus. Stylus (uti fila- _ menia) dechnatus assurgenter curvatus. -Filamenta pariter _fembrana tubo connexa, quorum bo ggar discrepantia, _‘Stimum et infimum mediz longitudinis, infimum summo Ngius, Jateralia duo superiora longissima, inferiora duo sina. Anthere media parte annexe, incumbentes. Polien ut in ‘Zephyranthe, Hippeastri et Amaryllidis polline "unutius. Stigma trilobum. Semina non visa. ar Specific Character. fizrawnavs gracilifolius; bulbo oblongo, foliis subcylin- draceis, ‘scapo preecoce 8-unciali, corolla 14 unciali Pallidé purpureo-rubescente, tubo viridi membrana crassa viridi clausus, laciniis acutis, exteris semunciam, iternis $ une. latis, stylo filamentis longiore limbo breviore, antheris et polline luteis. JV. H. on (een Disc. Buib oblong, ‘blackish; leaves four or five, fon Steen, very slender, cylindrical, with a channelled hea the inner side; scapes slender, seven or eight inches aot purplish near the base, appearing before the leaves, ding tes Spathe green, an inch and quarter long; pe- fi Steen, erect, two or two and half inches long ; te [perhaps more] scentless, closing at night Pal : , : panding panding more in the sun ; petals of alternate width, the outer half an inch, the inner less, pale purplish pink, with a green eye’; tube and membrane green ; membrane about _ one-twelfth of an inch thick ; style of the same colour as_ the petals, longer than the filaments, shorter than the limb; pollen deep yellow. | This elegant:little plant was imported from Maldonado, in S. America. The leaves having decayed in the summer, © it produced one scape at Spofforth in September, and a second at the beginning of November. It is a hardy green- house bulb, and may perhaps succeed out of doors with — us in a favourable situation. It agrees with no genus here- tofore described. Hasranruus in general appearance approaches to Zephyranthes, from which it is distinguished _ by filaments of four lengths, fasciculate, declined, not inserted, as in Zephyranthes, at the base of the petals with- out the mouth of the tube; but connected with its sides by a very thick fleshy membrane which fills up the wholé tube. Species will perhaps be found hereafter in which the membrane may be less massive, in which case the union of the filaments with the corolla would be just within the — mouth of the tube. It differs from Oporanthus, or Sterne-_ bergia, in having the germ pedunculated and declined, not oval or compressed, the filainents of four lengths and declined, and, doubtless, also in the seed; from Hippeas-_ trum, in having the petals of alternate width; the imb campanulate, the mouth of the tube not: abbreviated, the filaments equally inserted, with a different fourfold diver- sity of length; from Amaryllis, by a hollow scape which implies a difference of seed, peduncles erect, germ declined, and filaments of four lengths equally inserted. Chlidanthus— differs from Habranthus in having a cylindrical tube, fila- ments erect, attached to the base of the petals, and of | alternate length; anthers erect, attached at their base. The scape of Habranthus being hollow, its seeds are pro" _ bably shelly. W. H. — “a. The style, filaments, and membrane. 8: The upper petal and filament, shewing a section of the membrane, c. Aleaf. d. An offset with thel eal. gh a ncn athena ie tease. oa 2» i ineeus! Bd Lihat Walworth. Fi.2. 1626. ( 2465 ) Trica BUCCINUFLORA. TRUMPET-FLOWERED | HEATu. = EEEREEE EK EEE EEE ERE RE Class and Order. OctanpriA Monoeynia. . j | Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina 2 lateralia connexe. Caps. 4—8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. Specific Character. ‘Sect. 11. Longiflore. Subdiv. C. Anthere mutice. Folia quaterna. Flores terminales, pauci (1—8). Erica bucciniflora : floribus subquaternis, bracteis a calyce remotis, foliis quaternis linearibus ciliatis. a _, Descr. Stem shrubby, in our specimen half a foot high, full of branches and twiggy, the branches spreading. Leaves by fours, linear, pointed at the top, beset with hairs at the edges, flat above, furrowed beneath, with ‘ve short footstalks pressed to the branches. Flowers terminal, ‘Stowing by fours and sixes at the ends of the branches, with short red hairy foot-stalks, and furnished with two _ bractes at their base. Calyx four leaved : leaflets “‘nce-shaped, sharp at the point and keeled. Corolla trumpet- Shaped and slender, the segments of the border spreading, | and very white; the tube of a flesh colour. Stamens eight: Filaments hair-like. Anthers beardless, included within the tube of the blossom. Germen club-shaped and fur- ‘owed. Stigma four-cornered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, near the Roodezands jountains, where it was found by Mr. Burcuatt. Flowers _ ‘om May to September. } i We are indebted to Epwarp Rupee, Esq. FRS. AS. and “ author of the Plante Guianenses, for the res of this new species of Erica, in whose conservatory at Evesham it flowered, in 1823, and to Mrs. Rupee for the drawing. ; 1 29 Reference to the botiom Figures: 1. Flower. 2. Calyx. 3. Stamens and Pistil. 4. Germen and Style, 5. Filaments and Anthers 6. Anthers magnified. 7. Germen and Styl magnified. | yey Chet SVS t- _ = Nease: ee ASE SE aetna eT > y Curtis. Walworth Feb L18i¢. ( 2466 ) | Crinum Careyanum. Dr. Carey's Crinum, KERR EEEE EEE EE EER Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character —Vide No. 2292. Addendum. Scapus solidus, demum flaecidus. Specifie Character and Synonyms. Sect. 11. Semipatentes. Subd.I. Ornate. _ Crinum Careyanum, bulbo spherico, foliis loratis undu- latis margine scabro scapo compresso multifloro lon- Sioribus apice acuto, germine trigono sessili, [loculis 2-6 spermis?’] limbo patente, laciniis albis apice obtuso eroso reflexo extis apicem verstis rubescentibus tubo rigidé curvato longioribus, stylo filamentis assurgenter curvatis longiore laciniis breviore, stigmate vel trifido vel breviter trilobo. ) Crinum ornatum. Carey M. 8S. et Nobis in Spec. enum- No. 2121. p. 7. Species of the Ornate from Mauri- us. Nobis in Append. 27. W.H. Be gs es Descr. Bulb spherical, reddish. Leaves multifarious, undulate, thong-like, with a sharp point, above two feet long, two inches wide, channelled, deep green, with a rough margin. Scape green, flattened, near two feet high. ers six or more, fragrant. Spathe short, withering early. Tube with obsolete angles, three and half inches a steenish, very much curved, rigid. Limb widel expanded, easuring about six and half inches across. Lacinie four ches long, one and quarter wide or less, with the point teflexed, very blunt, and notched near the end, all termi- Hating with a hook, white, stained on the outside near the *xtremity with red. Filaments white, curved upwards, shor ter than the style. Pollen very pale straw colour. Style “ur'ved, red near the extremity, shorter than the as deat full blown, of the same length at the moment of expansion Stigma either deeply trifid, or shortly three-lobed, varying in the same umbel. Germen sessile, triangular. Cal with perhaps five or six very indistinct ovules. ‘ This beautiful species deserves particular attention, be cause it forms'a point of union between the first subdiv. o the section Patentes, or Linnean Crinum, and the fir subdiy. of the second section which has been detachel from the genus Amaryllis with which it does not conform. Our figure represents the umbel not full-blown ; ats later period the petals become more reflex, and, excepling) their greater proportional breadth and bluntness, theres hardly any difference between the form of the flowers ani those of Crinum americanum. The plant is, however, 9 closely allied to C. speciosum, which has the limb wide: funnel-shaped, that we hesitated whether it should be consi- dered a variety of that species. It is distinguished from it by greater undulation of the leaves, which are also more acute, broader bractes, style longer than the filaments, occasional splitting of the stigma, tube more rigid and curved, petali much blunter and notched, longer than the tube, colourel only at the extremity, and the wide expansion of the limb. It is a native of Mauritius, from whence it was received by Dr. Carey, who transmitted it to the Spofforth collection. We could not retain his name, Ornatum, which if applied to any Crinum, would belong to C. Broussoneti, which 8 the Amaryllis ornata of Linn. fil. Crinum insigne has the coats of the bulb harder, the leaves tougher and not ul dulated, the points of the petals acute, and is of large stature. The buds of C. insigne and speciosum just before expansion are very acute; those of C. careyanum are club- shaped. These three species, and Crinum moluccanwm, are, however, closely allied; there is another E. Indian bulb at Spofforth, belonging to the same group with leaves shorter, darker, and more obtuse. The anthers of C.m- luceanum are represented in our figure 2292, as black, but the pollen had been rubbed off in the transmission 0 specimen : the anthers in a perfect state would have beet covered with pale pollen. No species of Crinum or Hipp ‘astrum has been discovered with dark coloured pollen. The range in both genera is from whitish to deep gold colour. The point of the leaf in our figure of C. moiuc- canum, is also. more acute than is the usual habit of plant. W. H. ete eee ee z le re ~e . . . . ot . a. The Germen shewing one cell opened with the indistinet ovules i Bel Pub-ly Slerbir Watwsrth. March } 1i2a- N46) ( 267.) EULOPHIA GUINEENSIS. Sierra Leone EuLopuia. : Class and Order. GynanpriaA Monanpria. © Generic Character. | Petala 5, distincta, conformia, adscendentia, patentia. f Labellum basi calcaratum ; lamina sessili cristata triloba, _ Postice indivisa. Masse pollinis 2, bilobe lobulo postico. Specific Character and Synonyms. Evtopuia guineensis ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, labelli lobis lateralibus convolutis cum columna connatis, lamina ‘striata, calcare adscendente. Rutormia guineensis ; foliis Janceolatis > labelli calcare subulato adscendente laminam subzequante ; lamine lobis lateralibus cum columna in faucem lineate-cris- tatam convolutis: terminali grandiore ovato-rotundato converse explanato, disco erugato. Bot. Reg. 686. Evropaa guineensis. Lodd. Cab.n. 818. 0 Evroruia is a genus belonging to the natural order of Orchidee, framed by Mr. Rozsert Brown “ from se- veral south African species hitherto referred to Lr- MoDoRUM and Cympipium, viz. Limoporum barbatum, — triste, longicorne, and perhaps /ians of 'THUNBERG (not however Saryrium Aians of Linnazus which seems to bea Disa), Cymerprum pedicellatum and aculeatum ; together with several Indian species, referred by Swarrz and WitipEenow to LimoporvuM, especially L. virens, carinatum, and perhaps epidendrordes. This Senus is related to Diroprum (vide Prodr. Nov. Holl. “4 ing and to Lissocuitus.” Brown, in Bot. Reg. Descr. | Descr. Leaves elliptically lanceolate, in our specimen two, streaked, growing from the crown of the bulb. Scape lateral, three feet long, erect, rounded. Bractes alternate, distant, ovate-lanceolate, streaked, lower ones sheathing the stem for half their length, upper ones sessile, half the length of the peduncle. Peduncles alternate, erect, two inches long. Germen. scarcely distinguishable from the peduncle, which only appears a little enlarged at the bas of the flower. Petals 5, all erect, lanceolate, subequal, green, tinged with lurid on the outside. Labellum 3-lobed: middle lobe elongated, very obtuse, undulated, stained with crimson at the base, in slightly raised ridges, lateral lobe crenulate, rolled inwards, and connected with the columi at its base. Spur subulate, ascending, half the length of the lamina. Column keeled at the back, and somewhat concave in front, terminated with a double hollow, contain ing two globular pollen masses, covered by a lid-shaped, obtusely three-toothed anther. — ei. | The name of Evxopaia was given by Mr. Brown fro the notable crest towards the base of the labellum in the other species, but which isnot remarkable in this. This beautiful plant of the family of the Orchidea 1s* native of the west coast of Africa, and was communicate! to us by Messrs. Loppiers and Sons, who, as we are Ir formed in their Botanical Cabinet, received a parcel of thei in the autumn of 1822, procured by Mr. Warrer Haws from the islands of Loss, on the west coast of Afric between the ninth and tenth degree of north Jatitude Requires to be kept in the stove. Flowered in Septem ber, and continued in flower till November. | eS The upper outline figure represents the apex of the column with the lit removed, showing the globular pollen masses; the lower one, the shap? of the lid. T hurbie Del Pub-by. 5. Gertis Walworth. March1 1524. ( 2468.) ANTENNARIA TRIPLINERVIS. NepaL Ever- LASTING. | | SHR bkk Class and Order. 7 SyNGENESIA Potyeamia Necessaria. Br. Generic Character. Involucrum (Calyx Lin.) imbricatum, scariosum, colo- | a Receptaculum epaleatum, scrobiculatum. Flosculi ioici. Mascutr Antheris basi bisetis: stigmatibus truncatis : Pappo vel penicillato vel apice incrassato. Frmrner fili- formes, limbo parvo: staminum rudimentis nullis : Pappo capillari. Brown in Lin. Soc. Trans. 12. p. 122. — Specific Character. Axtennaria triplinervis ; herbacea, erecta, foliis oblongo- ovatis triplinerviis subtus tomentoso-incanis, corymbis compositis laxis foliosis, squamis calycinis interioribus | tenuissimis radiantibus. ‘(eee Descr. Stem branched: branches rounded, woolly, white. Leaves alternate, half-stem-embracing, oblong, oval, quite entire, triply-nerved (or with three nerves uniting above the base), white-tomentose underneath, sreen but slightly woolly above. Flowers in a terminal ty Pee lax corymb, with a small leaf-like bracte at the of each pedicel. Involucrum or Calyx imbricate : Scales many, the interior ones elongated very narrow, “cute, and forming a white ray. Florets yellow, minute, jour plant chiefly or altogether female. Pappus capil- Receptacle naked, punctate. Je genus Anrennaria, of which this is an unpublished Species, was framed by Brown, from Gnapuauium dioicum, m™, plantagineum, and margaritaceum of Linnzus, ‘nd carpaticum of Wautensere, excluding G. Leontopo-: um and leontopdioides, which Gartner included in his | : genus genus ANTENNARIA, a name given by him from the form of the pappus, which in the male plants somewhat resembles the antenne of insects. .Tothe above species AnTENNaRIA contorta has been since added in the Botanical Register. — AnTennaRiA triplinervis is a rather handsome herbaceous — perennial, approaching A. margaritacea, and like it a_ good everlasting. Native of Nepal; and probably may ‘be sufficiently hardy to bear our winters when not parti- cularly severe, with little or no protection. Flowers in September and October. Communicated by Mr. Brookes from his nursery at Ball’s Pond. Bib by F Gurtice Walworth. March. 11S fh of ey Lonicera PUNICEA. | Crimson = FLOWERED HoONEY-SUCKLE, 4 000" JHE Eeslelokeokek Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Bacca polysperma, bilocu- laris, infera. Specific Character. Lonicera punicea ; foliis cordato-ovatis concoloribus, baccis distinctis, pedunculis axillaribus subterminalibus bi- floris folio brevioribus. == Descr. A low shrub, with scattered branches covered with a reddish-brown smooth bark. The leaves ovate and cordate-ovate, bright green on both sides, opposite on the _ flowering branches, but on the young vigorous shoots in our plant, ternate, a circumstance so singular in this genus, _that we can hardly help considering it as a monstrosity. _ Peduncles two-flowered, solitary, growing from the axils. of the upper leaves, than which they are shorter. Germens | distinct, inferior, with two obtuse bractes at the base of — €ach: Calyx minute, five-toothed, persistent, and increas- Ing after the flower falls. Tube of corolla a little gibbous | at the base, limb five-cleft: lacinie nearly equal, irregu- _ arly arranged, three looking one way, two another. Ripe berries not seen. It belongs to Jussteu’s genus XyLos- _ Teum, and to his natural aie of Caprifolia. This pretty little shrub was communicated by Mr. - Brooxas, of Ball’s Pond, Islington, in flower, in the month Of April, 1822. Mr. Brooxzs received it from Mons. Par- SENTIER of Brussels, under the name of Lonicera cana- - densis. But the plant recorded by that name, by ScuuLres, in in the new Seek Vegetabilium, from the late Profesn Wiipenow’s manuscripts, appears to be different, and i is probably the Xyzosteum ciliatum of Pursu. The detached sprig in our figure represents the ‘end of a young shoot with ternate leaves. — b (2470. ) fi Con tar tk SARMENTOSA. New-Zeavanp : cE: x " af - CortiAriA. a Bet Diacra (potas MONGECIA) Decanpria. ; Generic Character. Masc. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor.0. Glandule 5. Anthere bipartite. . . Fem. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor.0. Glandule 5, germinibus - Interposite. Styli 5. Caps. 5, monosperme, glandulis amphiatis obtecte. Specific Character and Synonyms. —Cortaria sarmentosa ; procumbens, diffusa, foliis cordato- | ovatis acuminatis integerrimis quinquenerviis sub- petiolatis, racemis axillaribus elongatis nutantibus. Forst. Prodr. n. 377. Willd. Spec. Pl. 4. p. 818. Sateen Descr. A diffuse shrub-like herbaceous plant. Stems Square, with obtuse angles, somewhat twisted, smooth. _ Leaves opposite, quite entire, cordate-ovate, acuminate, -five-nerved, on very short footstalks, or more frequently Sessile, and even half-stem-embracing, very smooth, net- -Yelned, Racemes axillary, elongated, sometimes exceed- Ing six inches. Male flowers numerous, on sbort patent -Pedicles, with a subulate bracte at the base of each. Calyx five-cleft : segments rounded. Petals none. Glands? 5. | alternate with the segments of the calyx. Filaments fili- form: Anthers purple, abounding with pollen. Female flowers on similar racemes. Calyx and glands = same. Petals none. —— ae . tte hve; Stigmas five, spreading, } e. Capsules five, small, Coherent, one-soadet cove is the persistent calyx and glands, 2 4 ; eater Later in the season, the male flowers bore lengthened stigmas of a green colour, but no fertile germens. The glands or scales ‘increase after deflorescence, and become succulent with purple juice; and as this takes place even in the male flowers, it appears, at first sight, as if these mh te aes ee a ee received it from Commissioner Biees. It has stood the present winter in the open ground, and in that situation is altogether an herbaceous plant. In the greenhouse it is in some degree shrubby, but deciduous. Flowers in September and October. Waid? ‘martes Wonder «th Pubilby ! (2471) CyRTANTHUS PALLIDUS. PALE FLOWERED CyrTanTuus. KEEEEEEEEEERER EERE Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. supera, tubulosa, clavata, sexfida; lacinie ovato- -oblonge. Filamenta tubo inserta, apice conniventia. Moneta. Herbert’s Appendix, p. 29. Specific Character and Synonym. Cyrtantuus pallidus ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis carinatis . hysterantheis, corollis nutantibus infundibuliformibus, : limbo tubum subequante. — -Amaryius bivaginata. Donn Cantab. ed. 8. p. 98. ee __ This appears to us to be an undescribed species of Cyr- ‘Tantuus. It comes nearest to C. ventricosus (angustifolius of Jacguin) from which it differs in the paler colour of its flowers, in the regular diminution of size of the corolla ftom the limb to the base, without any sensible inflation of the middle of the tube, and especially in the nearly equal proportion of the limb to i tube including the faux, which latter character, as well as the absence of ‘Slaucescence in the leaves and scape, distinguishes it from collinus. From Cyrtantuus spiralis it differs totally in the orm and colour of the leaves. Mr. Hersert, in his valuable Appendix, in which he has — displayed such an accurate. knowledge of the family of “tacee, has applied the name of MonELLA to this genus, reserving that of Cyrranruus for the solitary species here- tofore called C. obliquus. But allowing that obliquus is properly separated from the genus, we prefer retaining the name of Cyrrantuus for the more numerous assemblage. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was sent in 1822, by Mr. Vitter, a gentleman in correspon- dence with the Horticultural Society. It flowered at their “magnificent establishment at Chiswick, in January 1823, but the leaves did not appear till sometime after the flower was quite decayed. Requires the protection of the greenhouse. ( 2472 ) -ARTEMISIA BIENNIS. BIENNIAL Wormwoop. Class and Order. SynGENESIA PoLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recept. subvillosum vel nudiusculum. Pappus o. Calyx imbricatus, squamis rotundatis conniventibus. Cor. radii o, | Specific Character and Synonyms. Artemisia biennis; foliis glabris, radicalibus triplicato- pinnatis; caulinis inferioribus pinnatifidis, superio- ribus indivisis linearibus, caule stricto, floribus subro- tundis subsessilibus erectis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1842. Pursh. 2. p. 522. oS Artemasta hispanica ; foliis pinnatis utrinque glabris, pinnis pinnatifidis, pinnulis incisis, floribus subgemellis ax- illaribus erectis. Jacq. Ic. rar. 1. t. 172. Collect. 1. p. 98. - Artemisia annua var. 8, Zelandica, biennis, racemis foliis brevioribus. Lam. Encyel. 1. p. 266. n. 25? Though a plant of no beauty, this species of Wormwood cannot fail to excite some curiosity, the seeds of it, as we are informed by Mr. Saginz, secretary to the Horticultural Society, having been collected by Dr. Ricnarpson, on his journey to the Coppermine river, during the fatal expe- ition under Captain Franxuin, and presented by him to the society. As no botanist had ever before explored those inhospitable regions, we had naturally supposed it would turn out to be an undescribed species, and in- tended giving it the specific name of Richardsoni; but by the assistance of Mr. Davin Don, we have had the °pportunity of comparing it with a specimen of pas om ee from the Missouri, preserved in Mr. Lameerr’s extensive herbarium, with which it appears perfectly to agree ; nor do we see occasion to dissent from its being the same species as figured by Jacquin in his Icones, under the name of hzspanica, a name adopted by him only, because he raised. it from seeds received under that designation, without knowing from what country it came. If it be likewise the same species as that, which we are informed, by Lamarck, was found by Caprain Cooxe in New Zealand, but of which we have not been able to discover any ac- count in either of his voyages, this plant has a more ex- tensive geographical range than is very frequently met with. Native of North America. A hardy biennial, raised in the garden belonging to the Horticultural Society, where our drawing was made in October 1823. N2473. weddat® Thetis. DA Pid. by.S. Guprtip Walworth Marth 11824, ( 2473) _ Kcurres nutans. Nopvpine SAVANNAH FLowERr. Sebo Class and Order. 3 PentanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Contorta, Folliculi 2, longi, recti (aut apice conniventes). Sem. extremitate superiori comosa. Cor. hypocrateri- formis : faux nuda (aut villosa.) Anthere medio cum stig- mate coherentes. Specific Character and Synonym. Ecuires nutans ; volubilis, foliis ovatis acuminatis reticu- lato-venosis subtus villosis, pedunculis paniculatis nutantibus, corolla laciniis obtusis crispatis. HitEs nutans. Anderson Cat. in Trans. Soc. of Arts. ‘This plant was sent from the botanic garden at St. incents to that of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, Mr. Groree Cater, late superintendant of the former establishment. The red colour of the veins diappears in e older leaves, which then become more clothed with a ery soft pubescence. There is a species of Ecurres de- ribed and figured in Tusac’s Flore des Antilles, by the ame of sanguinolenta (Bloody Savanna-flower of the thabitants of Jamaica), which has similar red veins, but the Shape of the corolla is totally different, the lacinie “ing terminated with a filiform point. — : '. Carey informs us, that the garden at St. Vincents — aS IN some places overrun with this plant, but that it ‘Howered in one spot only ; he observes, also, that there Was a variety of it in the garden with white or silvery veins instead instead of red, so that this character is by no means con- stant. Native of the West Indies. Requires to be kept in the stove. Our drawing was taken at the Horticultural Society’s garden, in September 1823. N 7414. Wediball-/ + Prob by S. feartis Walworth, Marhh.1 1824. , (2474 ) SepuM sEMPERVIVoIDES. HoUSsELEEK-LIKE SEDUM. Class and Order. DecanpriA Penracynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Squame nectarifere 5, ad basin germinis. Caps. 5. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sepum sempervivoides ; planifolium, foliis spathulato-ova- tis acutis integerrimis pubescentibus, corymbo hemi- spherico. Fl. taurico-caucas. 3. p. 313. Sepum sempervivoides. Fischer in Herb. Gorenk. [eee f This species has entirely the habit of a Sempervivum, but in the number of stamens and capsules agrees with Sepum. Modern botanists, who pay less regard to number, May choose to consider it to belong to the former genus -Tather than to the latter; but as we have hitherto ered to the Linnean systematic arrangement, we, without hesi- lation, continue it under Sepum. : the stem is about a span high, thickly covered with alternate, ovate, concave, acute, fleshy, purplish leaves, Covered, as is the whole plant, with a close short pubes- ence. The Rosule are green, only tinged slightly with purple. Flowers in a compound, panicled corymb, of a Pwplish deep red colour. Stamens somewhat shorter than Se — 2 A y succulent, we believe never before figured. Native of Iberia, a country to the south of Mount Cau- Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea Sarden, where it was introduced by Dr. Fiscner, superin- Frevcant of the Royal Botanic garden at Petersburgh. lowers in June, July, and August. «Wed er ree Fm Pb. byt turtic. Walworth. Aprit.11 ( 2475 +) HIPPEASTRUM SUBBARBATUM. SLIGHTLY- BEARDED KNIGHTS-STAR-LILY. _ KEKE KEE EEE KEE EE Class and Order. | Hexanpria Monoeynia. | Generic Character —Vide supra No. 2273. Corrigendum. Semina uno ordine conserta, integumento _ exteriore nigro margine sepissimé foliaceo cavo, imteriore _ separabili, albumini conformi. Specific Character. _ Hirpgastrum subbarbatum, foliis 24 uncias latis, nitidis, viridibus, corolla magna miniaté stella viridi-lutea, laciniis exteris multiim latioribus, tubo cernuo macu- lato fauce rarissimé subbarbata, stigmate trifido, semi- nibus planis margine foliaceo cavo. H. fulgido affine, tubo cernuo, laciniis obtusioribus, stella latiore, ima laciniad non ventricosé et fenestraté curvata, setisque minutis in fauce tubi distinguendum. W. H. Se en Te ee ee A a ee et _. This beautiful plant, from Rio Janeiro, occupies an Intermediate place between H. fulgidum and equestre var. _ Inajor, to.which last it approximates in the colour and form _ of the limb, the shape of the star, and the vestige of a _ beard, which is just distinguishable at the mouth of the tube. With great doubt, however, we separate it from _ fulgidum, but it cannot be joined with that species without also including H. rutilum, crocatum and pulverulentum _ which approach nearer to fulgidum in flower; and we feel _ adifficulty in making that union, because the differences _ between them in the wild state continue when they are _ propagated by seed in cultivation: at the same time we _ are embarrassed and expect to be more so by the discovery _ of other species or varieties in a wild state connecting the - links throughout the genus more closely. sage! a0 haps, be found expedient to unite H. fulgidum, ‘ batum, rutilum, crocatum, and pulv um, as perma- lent varieties of one species, which may be named _ Proliferum, distinguished by the production of blind off-— _ Sets, by glossy foliage, a lacie trifid stigma, limb five times the length of the tube, and mouth of the tube | smooth or nearly so. The throat of fulgidum, crocatum — and -pulverulentum appears to be always smooth; that of — rutilum, which is distinguishable from fulgidum only by | lesser size‘and a shade of colour, has mostly a little excres- _ cence at the foot of the upper petal. We have another — bulb from Rio, which in bulb, foliage, and habit, ap- proaches to fulgidum, with a very pale flower, formed like — that of crocatum, having one or two points distinguishable on each side of the throat, but more faintly than in sub- barbatum, to, which it approximates in no other respect. In fuigidum, the filaments are seen through an aperture formed by a ventricose curve of the lower petal, which in subbarbatum is straight. " | We have amended the generic character of Hipreastrum — so as to admit reticulatum and striatifolium, abandoning the genus Cogureia, which was only separated by the © difference of rounder seed: without a hollow foliaceous — margin, concerning which separation doubts were ex- — pressed in our Appendix. It appears that they breed — indiscriminately with any species of Hippeastrum, and the — pollen of the mules so obtained is fertile ; and, on further examination, it seems that there is no fundamental differ- ence in the structure of the seed, but. that the hollow margin, which remains unfilled by albumen in the species _ which have seeds more numerous and flattened, is com- pletely filled in those which produce few and larger seeds. A similar habit was observed in the seed of a Brazilian Bignonia, now growing in the Spofforth collection, which was almost square and not winged, the hollow margin of both lobes of the seed being filled up by ‘the thick kernel. Imported varieties of H. striatifoliwm give reason to helieve that it is one species with reticulatum. There are at present thirty-five different hybrid crosses in the genus [Hippeasirum at Spofforth, and four or five more other collections; but every attempt to obtain a mule by ~ the pollen of any other genus applied to Hippeastrum has failed. The pollen of all these mules appears to be fertile, and three have produced seedlings by their own pollen, viz. regine-vittatum, fulgido-rutilum, and rutilo-regmé vittatum. It is smgular that Hippeastra appear to be more easily fertilized by the pollen of another ‘species, of a mule, than by their own: for instance, one flower subbarbatum bore seed by rutilo-vittatum, and one rutilo-vittatum by subbarbatum, and the other flowers 08 both plants touched with their own pollen were sterile. Similar results have been ‘frequently. observed in this genus. W, H. Non Apel. Laz, ‘ Valworth Bub.by Llertic a oo -0QNI6! ) Dorsrenia arironia. ARuM-LEAvED Dor- STENIA. ifoscOlane aed. | Ss seedele Monoeyni. Generic Character. Receptaculum commune monophyllum, carnosum, dila- _latum, patens, orbiculare aut angulatum, in quo semina Wlitaria nidulantur. Stam. 1—5. Specific Character and Synonyms. Dorstensa arifolia ; foliis cordato-sagittatis undulatim-cre- - natis demum lobatis, receptaculis suborbiculatis. RSTENIA a@rifolia ; scapis radicatis, foliis cordato-sagit- tatis undulatis subdentatis maximis, receptaculis ova- libus. Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 317.—Illustr. t. 83. f. 2. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p.682. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 557. Dorstenia arifolia. Hooker Exotic. Bot. v. 1. t. 6. ‘een : Dorsrenta arifolia was first discovered by M. Domsey, lee in shady places in Brazil, and described and oe by Lamarck ; with his description and figure, both dar from dried specimens, our plant so nearly agrees, t we apprehend it must belong to the same species. ‘MARcK describes the leaves without the foo , as Ng ten inches long and three and a half wide, and the ceptacles as oval, which in our plant are nearly orbi- “ular, or approaching to square with very rounded angles. € time our plant was in flower the leaves were entire ‘te divided into lobes as in Mr. Hooxer’s figure, in which its aspect is so different from our representation that *s in the drawing, but afterwards it produced some that _ Weg pat ee be mistaken for two distinct species; but — “are informed, in the Exotic Flora, that according to Mr. SHEPHERD, Mr. Suepuerp, the early leaves were. cordate-sagittate ani uite entire, so that however different the drawings seen, ere can be no doubt but that they belong to the sam species. M. Lamarck makes the plant with divided leave a variety of the other. We had no opportunity of examining the flower ow- selves, but, according to Mr. Hooxer, the male and femak are mixed indeterminately, and the male are composed of two stamens without either calyx or corolla. The genus belongs to the natural ordér of Urticee, aul some of the species, if not all, are moneecious ; PrRsoos has accordingly arranged the genus in the twenty-first clas" of the Linnean System instead of the fourth. Our drawing was made at the splendid establishment belonging to the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, i September 1823, at which time it flowered in the stove. ) ) | Pub. by Carte Wabwortin Apri tL Lies ( 2477) VERNONIA FLEXUOSA. ZIG-ZAG VERNONIA. KEKE KEKE KKK EEK Class and Order. SynGENESIA PoLYGAMIA ZQUALIS. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Cal. ovatus, imbricatus. Pappus du- ‘plex : exterior paleaceus, brevis ; interior capillaris. Specific Character. Vernonta flexuosa; caule stricto superne dichotomo: ramis flexuosis, floribus ad dichotomias et flexuras ramu- lorum sessilibus. Wien Descr. Radical leaves on short, flat footstalks, ovate, quite entire, fleshy, rigid, covered above with closely ad- pressed hairs, and somewhat woolly underneath. Cauline leaves lanceolate, margin quite entire and scabrous, nar- towed towards the base, remote ; upper ones smaller. Stem upright, straight, hairy, a foot and half high, dichotomously tanched towards the top: branches spreading, zig-zag. ‘towers in round heads, bright purple, sessile at the divi- -Sions and at the flexures of the branches, with a leaf-like bracte at the base of each. Calyx ovate, imbricate, hairy : leaflets mucronate. Receptacle indented. Limb of corolla five-cleft: segments linear. Anthers purple : pollen white. Style exserted ; stigma bifid. Pappus double, outer one og rather bristly than chaffy. Seed angular, pubes- This handsome species of Vernonia, appears to us not to have been heretofore described; but has a near affinity with sericea and remota. It was raised from seed sent to us my us by Mr. a Setzo, from Brazil, in the garden of Joun WALKER, of Arno’s Grove, and flowered in September. Is prob: ly annual or biennial. Requires to “apse raised in a evs or hot-bed a ; 3 ; 3 3 ( 2478.)- ANGELONIA SALICARIZFOLIA. VIOLET-FLOW- ERED ANGELONIA. KKK EK RK Class and Order. DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, equalis. Cor. tubo brevissimo; funde eoncavo ; limbo bilabiato, patentissimo; labio superiore bifido; inferiore majore, saccato-excavato, trifido; laciniis subequalibus. Anthere loculis divergentibus. Stigma simplex. Caps. bilocularis, septicido ?—bivalvis ; valvis apice bifidis ; placenta centrali demum libera ? —Herba Bib ies fe Celsie. Flores axillares, spicati. Corolle violacee. Kuntu. Specific Name and Synonyms. AneEtonta salicariefolia. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. eq. 2. p.92. t. 108. Kunth Syn. Pl. equin. 2. p. 132. Bot. Reg. n. 415. ANGELON incolarum. Descr. Root annual. Stem upright, pee simple. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, slightly serrate, soft-pubescent on both sides. Flowers in a long, terminal, raceme. Bractes like the leaves, but smaller and more Pointed. Pedunceles axillary, solitary, opposite, pubescent, cernuous. Calyx persistent, five-cleft ; segments acute, connivent after the corolla drops. Corolla bilabiate, seg- ments of upper lip four, suborbiculate, nearly equal, two Upper ones slightly acuminate : lower-lip elongated, con- Cave at the base, with an emarginate tongue-shaped ap- pendix at the lower margin of the cavity, and two small tubercles at the upper. Faux open, cup-shaped, _— amens Stamens 4, didynamous. ‘Anthers two-celled: cells diva. ricate, distinct. Germen conical, two-celled. Style erect: Stigma simple. suk For this very shewy annual, we are indebted to Messrs. Wuittey, Brame, and Ming, in whose stove, at Fulham, it flowered in September; but it appears that its natural season is the spring. | . | Native of South America; growing on the dry hills in. the neighbourhood of Caracas. It belongs to the natural order of Scrophularine, and approaches the genus ALansoA, Hemimeris of WitLDENow (supra n. 210, et 421. Crtst.). Kean fo°2479 =y° dow i “ Corx Lacuryma. Jor’s TEARS. _ a Class. and Order. dotbag Monazcra TRIANDRIA. Generic Character. Mase. in spicis remotis. Cal. Gluma 2-flora, mutica. or. glama mutica. ._ Ls & Pa tax _ Fem. Cal. Gluma biflora. Cor. Gluma mutica. Stylus iipartitus. Semen calyce ossificato tectum. — Specific Character and Synonyms. _ Jorx Lachryma ; culmo superne semitereti obtusa, flori- bus nudis, fructibus ovatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p.202. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 236. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 533. _- Lour. Cochin. p. 551. oot eal ai 01x Lachryma ; spiculis axillaribus apne pedunculatis. Lam cyst 2. p. 422.—Ill. t. 750. ox Lachryma Jobi; seminibus ovatis. Hort, Cliff. 437. Sp. Pl. 1378. : aires Lachryma Jobi. Gertn. fruct. 1. p.7. t.1. THOSPERMUM arundinaceum. Bauh, Pin. 213. oe 4AcHRYMA Jogi. Clus. Hisp. t. 501. fig. bona. Clus. Hist. 2%. p. 216. Dod. Pempt. 506. b. ic. 44.—Advers. p. 16. fig. mala. Tournef. t. 306. Rumph. Amb. 5. +p. 193. Ger. em. p. 88. Park. Herb. 430. _ ATHOSPERMUM arundinaceum. Moris. Hist, 3. p. 249. et _ ESAMUM arundinaceum semine nudo subceruleo. Ibid. ee Sect. 8. ¢. 13. . : ee — Ttuwm arundinaceum, multis Lachryma Jobi. Raj. Hist. , 2. p. 1252. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 449. — AtRIconpa. Hort. Malab. 12. p, 133. t. 70. _ This very remarkable plant has been known in our ‘dens from the time of Gzrarp; but being a er : annual, annual, rarely perfecting its seeds with us, is not ve common. Its seeds, however, are often imported from the warmer parts of Europe, and from the East Indies, These are contained singly in a stony involucre or calyx, which incloses the female flower, and never opens till com-. mitted to the earth; the style, however, is exserted, and a pedicle supporting the ake of male flowers issues with it from the bottom of the involucre. This stony calyx, which, when ripe, is very like a drop of white porcelain, with a bluish tinge, is generally supposed to be the seed itself. Its shape, round at bottom and pointed at top = a drop of liquid, readily suggested a name for the ant. : - It is said to be cultivated as an esculent, and that a coarse bread is made of the seed; but the principal use to which it is put is to make necklaces or rosaries, which gives occasion to old Parkinson to make a rude remark in his usual quaint language. It is said to grow spontaneously in Candia, Rhodes, and in Syria, as well as in the Eas Indies. With us it must be treated as a tender annual, and raised in the spring in a hot-bed, to afford any chance o its producing perfect seeds. : unicated by Joun Waxxer, Esq. of Arno’s Grove, in May last, at which time the involucre was changed from a green to a brightish purple. 4 N 246 0. sortie, - : Pub. by, fortis. Walworth Aqer, 11.924 Weddel ( 2480.) _ Eytevéa argorescens. New ZEALAND ENTELEA. KEK EEE EEK EK EK REE Class and Order. Poryanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. -. Cal. A—5-phyllus. Petala4. Stamina indefinita, uni- rmia, antheris subrotundis, incumbentibus. Stz den- culatum. Capsula spheroidea, echinata, exible misexvalvis, polysperma. | Arbor (parva, ligno levissimo spongioso. SouanvER) pube stellari (in pagina superiore folii adulti parciore et Subsimplici) tomentosa. Folia cordata, angulata, dupli- talo-crenata, 5-nervia, stipulis persistentibus, parvis, foli- aes. Umbelle simplices, terminales, pedunculate, invo- _lucro polyphyllo, brevi, pedicellis ebracteatis. _ Plores albi, raro 5-fidi, calyce deciduo, foliolis aristatis, . — (alabastro) guadricorni, petalis flaccidis, apice sub- “aceris, staminibus corolla brevioribus, subtorulosis, om- : _antheriferis, stylo angulato, stigmate umbilicato, margine denticulato. Capsularum sete longa, rigide, pace, pubescentes, spinula pellucida acuta recta termt- nate. Semina in singulo loculo biseriata, parva, obovata ; F albumine carnoso, semini conformi. Embryone recto, albo, . udine fere albuminis: cotyledonibus planis cordatis. -_ URp. nar. Inter Tiliaceas proximum genus SPaRR- _MANNLE, quacum habitu, inflorescentia, antheris, stigmate, : — S figura, earumque setis spinula pellucida ter- (und : is convenit; diversum filamentis omnibus antheriferis -\llde nomen) yix manifeste torulosis, capsulis basi indi- isis, hec longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, Joculis poly- ‘permis, nee oligospermis (secundum Tunsere in Sparr- nla dispermis, cujus tamen ovarii loculi certe poly- Bent Suut) calycis foliolis aristatis nec muticis. R. “Row, Mss. Specific Name. | Exreéa arborescens. AR. Brown, Mss. : ) Discovered Discovered in 1769, near Tigada, Tolaga, Opuragi, and Motuaro, in New Zealand, by Sir Joszerpn Banks and Dr. Soranner. It grows in its native country into a small tree, the wood of which is remarkably light, and, for this property, is used by the natives to float their fishing nets with, == Enrexéa belongs to the natural order of Tiliacee, and ap- $a the genus SparrManniA, from which Mr. Brown , istinguishes it by its want of the sterile filaments (nec taria of Linnzus), all of them in Enteléa bearing anthers; " by its capsules ‘being undivided to the base, and not as_ in Sparrmannia longitudinally dehiscent into six distinct valves ; by the segments of the calyx being awned, and by the cells of the capsule containing many seeds, instead of only’ two, as described by Tuunzere; but the value of this ha is much weakened by Mr. Brown’s observa oa} at the ovarium in Sparrmannia has certainly many ovula, Saar | For this very rare plant, which perhaps never flowered in Europe before, we are indebted to Messrs. Wuirtsr, Brame, and Mite, in whose stove, at Fulham, it blo somed in May 1823. 1 Pubdp Sf Curtis. Waiwerd : ‘ : : ( 2481 ) UrtTIcaA INVOLUCRATA. ImBosomep NETTLE. KEKE EEE KEE KKEK Cia and Order. Monazcta TeTRANDRIA, Generic Character. Masc. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 0. Nectar. centrale, cya- thiforme, os. | ‘ Few. Cal. 2-valvis. Cor. 0. Sem. 1, nitidum. apse ~ | Urrica involucrata; caule ramoso hirsuto, foliis o positis _ Totundato-ovatis crenatis trinerviis lucidis ad apices ramorum congestis, paniculis sessilibus. ie cee | Wehad no opportunity of seeing this plant ourselves ; | but as far as we have been able to discover, it has not been hitherto described. 3 € are informed by Mr. Sasine that it was brought | from the island of St. Vincent’s, for the Horticultural So- Ciety, by Mr. James Mac Crag, late under-gardiner at the Botanic Garden there, in 1823. It flowered in the Society’s stove in October, in the same year, Bada by Fale Tire nin lay 8 Ra oe, ( 2482) | hee SIMPLEX. QONE-FLOWERED Saw- . WORT. | BO Ae aR OO Oe OR RO Class and Order. SynGEneEsIA PoLyGaMIA £QUALIS. Generic Character. Calyx imbricatus squamis inermibus. Receptaculum setosum vel paleaceum. Pappus pilosus, persistens, pilis Ngidis inequalibus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sirraruta simplex ; foliis pinnatifidis: lobis distantibus costam non attingentibus, caule subsimplici unifloro, calyce globoso squarroso, seminibus tetragonis ver- —- rucosis. ‘Serraruza simplex ; foliis radicalibus et superioribus line- aribus ; mediis pinnatifidis, lobis remotis costam non attingentibus, caule elongato subnudo unifloro, invo- lucro tomentoso squarroso. De Cand. in Annales du ¢ Mus. v. 16. p. 186. Poir. in Encycl. Bot. 6. p. 550. Serrarora blanda ; calycibus globosis inermibus squar- rosis arachnoideo-lanatis, foliis pectinato-pinnatifidis supra villosis subtus albo-tomentosis, caule subnudo ragae ey seminibus scrobiculatis. Flor. Taur.-Caucas. . p. 549. . SerraTva cyanoides. Gerin, Sem. 2. poBi9r t.- 162, rejectis synonymis. = eo ARDUUs mollis ; foliis pinnatifidis linearibus margme re- volutis subtus tomentosis, caule subnudo unifloro, calycinis squamis tomentosis ovato-lanceolatis squar- oo Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1661, = <4kduus mollis Jacg- Austr. 1. p. 14. t. 18. 'Rstum molle Scop. Carniol. 2. p. 126. n. 1000. ARDUUs mollis laciniato folio. Clus. Pann. 661. t. 662. iD Bauh. Pin. 377. | ‘Rbvvs mollior primus. Clus, Hist. 2. p. 150. ‘oe i SERRATULA tas4~ (2483) - Oxvrropts prnosa. Harry OXxyTROPIs. KEKE EER EEEEEEER | Class’ and’ Order. DiapeteHia DecanpRIA. Generic Character. Carina unguiculata. Legumen sutura superiore intro- flexa biloculare, aut semibiloculare. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. II. Stipulis caulinis seu petiolo non adherentibus. OxyTropis pilosa; caulescens, erecta, villosa, leguminibus erectis teretibus subulatis villosis. Decand. Astrag. p. 73. n. 27. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 3. p. 502. Astracatus pilosus ; caulescens erectus pilosus, floribus spicatis, leguminibus subulatis. pilosis. Lin. Sp. Pl. 1065. Gmel. Sib. 4. p. 39. t. 16. Astracaus pilosus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p..1262. Jacq. Austr. 1. p. 32. t. 51. Pall. Astrag. n. 112. t. 80. Astracatus pilosus ; caulescens erectus hirsutus, foliolis lanceolatis, stipulis falcatis, spicis pedunculatis folio longioribus, carina unguiculata, leguminibus oblongis erectis. Flor. Taur. Caucas. 2. p. 185. n. 1462. Astragatus villosus erectus spicatus, floribus flavescen- . tibus. Amm. Ruth. p. 125. n. 166. = Astragatus caule erecto ramoso, ex alis spicifero, siliquis teretibus. Hall. Hist. 1. p. 179. n. 411.—Comment. Goett. 1752. p. 340. t. 12. ; Cickr montanum lanuginosum erectum. Bauh. Pin. 347? Prodr. 148 ? a This herbaceous perennial is clothed in every part ex- cept the corolla with longish, patent, grey hairs. Stem upright, upright, rounded, but little branched. Stipules lanceo- late, somewhat oblique, inserted below the petioles. Leaves alternate, pinnate: leaflets about me Patt with an odd one, lanceolate, rounded at the base, reflexed. Pe- duncles axillary, stout, cylindrical, longer than the leaves. Flowers sessile, in an oblong spike, yellowish green. Bractes subulate, the length of the five-toothed Calyx: teeth subulate, the two lateral ones the longest. Vexillum oval, with sides reflexed, emarginate, ale shorter than the vexillum. Carina equal to the ale, sharp-pointed, one- petaled. Stamens diadelphous 2. Germen linear, silky : Style ascending, half the length of the germen. Native of Austria, Caucasus, and Siberia. Flowers in June. Communicated by Mr. Wint1am Anverson from the Chelsea Garden, where it was introduced by Dr. Fiscuer, late of Gorenki, now of the Royal Botanic Garden, St. Petersburgh. : —— ee ( 2484 ) NicoTiaNna REPANDA. STEM-CLASPING Ha- | VANNA TOBACCO. | Class and Order. | 7 | Pentanpria Monoeynia. : : Generic Character. Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformis v. hypo- -cateriformis, limbo 5-fido, plicato. Stigma capitatum. Caps. bilocularis apice quadrifariam dehiscens. Brown. Specific Character and Synonyms. Nortana repanda ; foliis amplexicaulibus cordatis spa- _ thulatis subrotundis repandis, corolla tubo gracili longissimo, limbi laciniis ovatis acutiusculis. Lehm. , Hist. Nicot.n. 16. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 320. Mecortana repanda; foliis spathulatis subrotundis repandis cordatis amplexicaulibus. Herb. Willd. ex Humb. et Bonpl. Mss. R. et S. 4. p. 791. ‘een A tender annual. Native of the island of Cuba. In- troduced into the garden of the Horticultural Society, by Mr. Grorer Don, from the Havannah, and said to be the ‘Plant ftom which the celebrated Cigars of that country fe prepared. ee aks LL ( 2485) _ Haprantuus Versicotor. ~ CHANGEABLE | _ Haprantuts. BR Sh She oe i ie ke Soe a sa or a ac Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. _ Spatha integra apice bifido. Scapus 1-2 Pera -florus, pedunculatus, cavus. Germen a pedunculo declinatum, oblongo-subturbinatum, subtrigonum, triloculare. Co- rola campanulata. Tubus brevis, campanulatus, clausus. Lacinie alterne subequales, exter marginibus tubo im- bricantibus. Stylus (uti filamenta) declinatus assurgenter curvatus. Filamenta fasciculata, pariter tubo vix intra fatcem connexa, quorum quaterna discrepantia, summum et infimum media longitudinis, infimum summo longius, lateralia duo superiora longissima, inferiora duo brevis- sima. Anthere media parte annexe, incumbentes. Pollen, ut im Zephyranthe, Hippeastri et Amaryllidis polline mi- nutius, Stigma trilobum. Semina non visa. W. H. Specific Character. Hapranruus versicolor, bulbo oblongo ; foliis viridibus, pedalibus vel sesquipedalibus, 4 unc. latis, recumben- tibus ; capo praecoce 5-unciali; corolla. biunciali, ante expansionem rubra, demum _ albescente, Tubro Versus basin striata; laciniaé summa ceteris latiore ; ima angustiore ; tubo membrana dentata clauso ; ge- Nitalibus albis ; stigmatis.lobis } uncialibus; antheris et polline luteis. W. H. wie __—— Drscr. Bulb oblong, blackish; leaves. three or more, green, a quarter of an inch wide, above a foot long ; scape about five inches high, appearing before the —- rs first red, fading to a paler and greenish tint ; spathe red, one inch and quarter long; peduncle about one and half. long, very pale green; germen green ; corolla two inches long, red in the early bud, fading before the expansion to_ white, tinged with pink chiefly towards the tips of the outer petals ; the upper exterior petal 33 wide, exterior laterals 12, interior laterals 3, lowest interior 32; a red stripe three-quarter long on each side the midrib of each petal near the base, the lower part of the midrib greenish; membrane closing the tube, bearded, or dentate, and less massive than in H. gracilifolius ; stamens and style white; the latter an inch and quarter long ; lobes of the stigma one-quarter long, fimbriated; anthers and pollen golden. The bulb was imported from Maldonado, in S. America, and flowered at Spofforth in January, the leaves having decayed in the summer. It is not less hardy than Hasrav- tHus gracilifolius; but the flowering of both species is promoted by artificial heat while the bulbs are at rest: on close inspection it appears that there is a fourfold diversity of the petals, as above stated, in this species, and probably the same difference, will, on re-examination, be found to exist in H. gracilifolius, though in a less degree: in this di- versity of the petals Hasrantuus agrees with HirreasTRuM, but the diversity of its filaments follows a different rule. Our prediction that “ species will, perhaps, be found here- after, in which the membrane may be less massive,” has been quickly verified ; nor should we be surprised at the appearance of a species with the tube perfectly smooth. We have consequently made a slight alteration in the generic character. In the characters of Lycoris and Py- ROLYRION in the Appendix, we did not notice the membrane in Lycoris aurea and Pyrotyrion flammeum, because We had not the means of ascertaining whether its conformation was similar in all the species of their respective genera, which were sufficiently defined by other features. W. H. rc = een ——— ERRATUM: In the generic character of Gastronema supra 2291; for Tubus intus brevis, read Tubus intus levis: oe 2 7x ¢® enna Oe ¢ wear * RublyS Gat Walworth, May11624 (2486) DALEA MUTABILIS. CHANGEABLE DALEA. KEE KEE KEKE EEE EEK EEK KEK Class and Order. Diape.eH1A DecanprRiA. Generic Character. Ale et Carine columne staminum adnate. Stam. 5-10, connata, absque filamento libero. Legwmen monosper- mum. bits Specific Character and Synonyms. - Datea mutabilis; foliis impari-pinnatis; pinnulis obovatis | emarginatis glabris punctatis, spicis terminalibus. Cav. Ic. 4. n. A85. t. 394. (sub Psoralea). Daea mutabilis ; decandra, spicis cylindraceis _termina- ~_. foliis decemjugis obcordatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1339. : Datea bicolor ; spicis terminualibus elongatis, foliis sub- qiinquejugis obovatis, caule fruticoso. Willd. Hort. Berol. 2. p. 89. t.89. Enum. p. 787. _ Descr. A slender shrub; branches smooth. Leaves al- _ternate, odd-pinnate: leaflets from seven to fifteen, obo- _ Yate, with the point sometimes rounded, more frequently _ marginate, dotted with transparent Se ‘held to the light, give an appearance as if the leaf were _ perforated, as in the common St. John’s Wort. Stipules Small, subulate, inserted within the footstalk. Peduncles | terminal, solitary, bearing the flowers in a close spike, . lengthening as the flowers expand. Bractes ovate, con- _ y*ve, mucronate, persistent. Calyx of one leaf, five-toothed, ‘try, membranaceous, with ten green streaks. Standard _ Nhite, Ovate-cordate, with a slender claw, longer than the _'Imb; wings and keel shorter by half than the standard, . » eg tipped with purple, colour encreasing with age. Filaments all connected downwards, free above: cca set | oval, oval, dark purple: pollen orange-coloured. Germen oval, hairy: Style longer than the stamens : Stigma acute. We have no doubt but that the Daxexa bicolor, figured in WitipeNnow’s Hortus Berolinensis is the same plant as the Psoratea mutabilis of CAVANILLEs ; we have, therefore, retained the specific name ‘of the latter author, this having the right of priority. Native of Cuba and Mexico. Cultivated with us in the stove. Communicated by Mr. Anprrson from the Chelsea Garden, in October, 1823, where it was introduced by Mr. Orro, in 1821. _ a. The vexillum or standard. . Wings'and keelseparated from the sheath of the stamens with which they are naturally connate. c. Germen and style. d. Stamens, Wedd te. Baby llertis Walworth May Libis ( 2487 ) JUSTICIA GENICULATA. JOINTED STALKED JUSTICIA. REEEERER ERE EEE EERE Class and Order. Dranpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. _ Cal. 5-partitus, equalis, raro 4-partitus. Cor. valde _ Iregularis, bilabiata vel ringens, labio inferiore diviso. _ Stam. 2, antherifera. Anthere biloculares, loculis inser- tone sepe inequalibus. Filamenta sterilia nulla, vel _ obsoleta. Germinis loculi dispermi. Dissepimentum ad- _hatum ; semina retinaculis uncinulatis subtensa. Brown. Specific Character. Justicia geniculata ; paniculis terminalibus laxis cernuis, bracteis subulatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis glabris sub- tus pallidis distantibus. ns ~ This species has great affinity with Justicia secunda (supra, No. 2060) and lucida (No. 1014); but differs from the former in having the upper lip of the corolla quite entire and the lower lip terminated with three obtuse rounded teeth; from the latter in having fewer and smaller flowers, hot crowded together, leaves much narrower, more pointed, not deeurrent down the footstalk ; and from both in having &more lax, cernuous panicle, with a much longer, naked peduncle. Introduced into the garden of the Horticultural Society from St. Vincent’s, by Mr. Groree Carey, under the name which we have adopted, given to it by the late Dr. Axperson, several years superintendent of the Botanic Garden in that island. Mr. Caxey informs us that it loves to 8row in the shade. Native Native of the West Indies. Requires to be kept in stove. Our drawing was taken at the Society’s Garden in August, 1823. N 2488 Weds 4: ( 2488 ) Cissus ANTARCTICA. KaNncGurRU VINE. — KR KK EERE EEE KEKEKEEK Clase and Order. | TerranpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. p Cal. \-phyllus, 4-partitus. Cor. 4-partita. Bacca 1- ‘Sperma (rarissime 4—5-sperma), calyce cincta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cissus antarctica ; foliis ovatis laxe serratis glabriusculis _- subtus glandulosis. Vent. Choix. t. 21. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 259. Cissus antarctica; foliis ovatis subcordatis remote serratis subtus biglandulosis, ramulis ferrugineo-pilosis. Willd. ) Enum. 163. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 308. Cissus glandulosa ; foliis ovatis glabris laxe dentato-ser- | ratis, nervis basi glandulosis, petiolis ramisque pubes- centibus, caule fruticoso. Poir. in Encycl. Bot. Suppl.1. p. 105. n. 14. Sees __ This climbing shrub is described and figured by M. Ven- _TENAT, as quoted above; the ee ee is also repeated by Rormer and Scuutres in the New SystemaVegeta lium, towhich we have nothing to add, but to remark that the reason our figure does not represent any tendril, is because in the branch from which our drawing was taken, the pe- duncles all bore flowers, in which case the tendrils are of course wanting, these always having their origin in abortive — peduncles. a Native of New South Wales, and known in our gardens y the name of the Kanguru Vine. Introduced into the Kew Garden in 1790, by Sir Joser# Banks. Is a hardy Sreenhouse plant, only requiring to be kept from frost. mmunicated by our friend Joan Waxker, Esq. from his €ction at Southgate. N2489. ( 2489 ) Buson GALBANUM. Lovidneieayen Bugon. JERR b Rbk Class and Order. Penranpria Dieynia. Generic Character. Fructus ovatus, striatus, villosus et glaber. Specific Character and Synonyms. Boson Galbanum ; foliolis ovato-cuneiformibus acutis ar- _ ‘gute serratis, umbellis paucis, seminibus, glabris, caule frutescente glauco. Hort. Kew. ed. I. 1. p. 352. ed. alt. 2. p. 146. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1439. Pers. Boson Galbanum ; foliolis rhombeis dentatis glabris stria- tis, umbellis paucis Sp. Pl. 364. Berg. Cap. 77. _, vacq. Hort. Vind. 3. p. 21. t. 36. Seunum Galbanum; caule frutescente pruinoso glauco, foliis triternatis glabris, foliolis ovato-cuneiformibus es a serratis rigidulis, extremis trifidis acutis, mvolucro lineari polyphyllo. Spreng. in Roem. et. | Sch. Syst. Veg. 6. p. 563. ; Axisum africanum fruticescens, folio anisi galbaniferum, Pluk. Alm. 81. t. 12. f. 2. ee ERULA africana galbanifera; folio et facie Ligustici. Herm. Parad. 163. cum tab. ORrosexinum anisoides. Breyn. Prodr, 2. p. 88. ; Br fruticosum africanum galbaniferum. Moris, Hist. . p. 297. ‘les Professor Scuuzres, in the new Systema Vegetabilium ; after Sprengel, referred this plant to the genus SELINUM, and asserts that upon examining the fruit received from the Cape of Good Hope, he finds it to be winged, and exactly sWering to the fruit of Sexrinum; not, as Linnzus and Lamarck have described, striate without winged sr u but.in a specimen in our own Herbarium, the fruit is smooth, ovate-rounded and striate without wings ; the seeds when separated quite convex on one side, with two or three ribs, and flat on the other. — a ; Although this plant exudes a milky juice with the fla- your of Galbanum, we should doubt whether that drug is_ obtained from it, unless it be also a native of the north of Africa or Asia, as Galbanum was known to the ancients many ages before the discovery of the Cape, and we be- lieve it has never been imported from thence, but generally from Persia, by way of Odessa. i | Burson Galbanum grows to the height of eight or ten feet, and is woody towards the base, being a native of the Cape of Good Hope, it requires the protection of the green-house, | in which situation it is ever green. Flowers in August; but rarely produces seed with us. Communicated by our late highly valued and now lamented friend Joun WALKER, Esq, of Arno’s Grove, Southgate, whose loss we shall long” deplore. : adenti. .ciice2 ue - ( 2490 ) - Evcrosta Bicotor. ParricoLoreD , ._ Euerosia. KEKE KK REE RRR EEK. itis ‘nal Order © Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Bulbus tunicatus; scapus solidus; germen pedunculo ‘tontinuatum, triloculare; ovula biseriatim cumulata, alter- ‘antia, angulo interiori loculi alligata ; calyx nullus ; ‘torolla supera, 6-fida; tubus declinatus fauce obliqua, antics abbreviatus ; limbi lacinie alterne dispares ; corona Staminea, declinata, concavo-rutelli-formis, basi cylindrica ‘trectiore; filamenta inferné dilatata et complanata; -si- ‘uosé recurvata, mox porrecta, demum (ubi_ pollen emittitur) sursum curvata ; superiora duo mediis breviora, Inferiora duo longiora; superiora duo tubum_ propius, -Inferiora duo remotiis, media puncto intermedio membrana feuni obliqué connexa ; stylus sinuosé recurvatus, mox (ubi pollen emittitur) deorsum, demum (ubi stigma ma- lurescit) sursum curvatus; stigma obtusum, dilatatum, -Puberulum; anthere hinc und parte, hinc duabus endule ; pollinis particule Hippeastri pollinis particulis minutiores, Lephyranthis longiores ; capsula ovata, trisulca. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ruerosia bicolor; bulbo globoso; foliis latis, petiolatis, Viridibus, sub-pedalibus ; seapo glauco, — pedali, precoce, inferné crassiore, gradatim minore ; umbella 4-flora ; spathé bipartita, bracteata ; pedunculis cir- ~ Citer_ uncialibus; germine brevi, rotundaté trigono, loculis 12-spermis, ovulis oblongis complanatis ; tubo tevi, germine crassiore, ex, viridi flayescente, media _ parte inflato; limbo sursum curvato lateribus com- Pressis ; laciniis uncialibus, miniatis, viridi et flavo Striatis, exteris uncatis angustioribus, internis obtusis ; planioribus ; planioribus; coroné mellifera, 1; unciali, limbum non expansum prorumpente’ ex laciniis inferioribus ima dimot&; corone parte cylindrica superne quasi cornuté; glandulis sex ad corone basin extra tubum filamentis appositis ; filamentis stylo brevioribus, pal-_ lidissimé miniatis; stylo triunciali; antheris viridi- | cinerascentibus, W. H. — ! Evcrosia bicolor. Bot. Reg. 207. We have paid the most minute attention to the drawing and description of this curious plant, because the only” figure and account of it published: are very inaccurate, the | flowers being represented with a funnel-shaped limb and_ otherwise distorted (probably in consequence of hayin been forced out of their natural posture and form by the fingers of the curious) and the generic character being, 1 several respects, incorrect and imperfect, Bulbs of this species were imported from South America inte the Ham- mersmith nursery, where one of them flowered in 1817. They were soon after lost by exposure in a cold frame, and we believe our specimen from the Spofforth collection is the only one that has been since produced in Europe. The flower has a singular resemblance to a winged insect, taking the germen for its head. The four flowers. are placed back to back, nearly at right angles. The petals: are bent upwards and pressed together sideways, and, 1 pulled apart, close again immediately. No expansion of the flower takes place. On the first ie the point of the cup forces itself out in front between the two lower petals, the filaments being bent back and crumpled in the bud, The next morning the further protrusion of the cup pushes aside one of the lower petals, and the style and filaments, bent in the form of an S, are gradually and slowly pro- duced without any parting of the other petals, and become by degrees straitened. On the following day the anthers discover the pollen; the filaments and petals being then curved upwards, and the style curved downwards. About twenty-four hours after, the style begins to reascend, and twodays after the inversion of the anthers, it becomes curv upwar MRA ERe filaments. Of course the periods —— may vary in different temperatures, Our oe —— a bud with one petal ined aside, and a eer ith the style bent downwards. The dissection shews the ultimate posture of the style, and, the petals being broken pies giv vives a view of ihe singular shape of the cup, and of the ote attached to each filament inside the cup, and seen faintly through the web that connects them. The cup is filled with honey which exudes from the glands. The detached petal generally slides back into its place, when the limb and filaments take their final attitude, excluding from the sight the lower part of the cup. When effete, the _ and filaments collapse, the petals continuing rigid. "The leaf of the full-grown bulb, which follows the flower, is near a foot long, and too large for the plate. The bulbs thrive in the stove in light loam, requiring moisture and shade while growing, drought and complete Test in autumn and winter. The plant flowered at Spof- forth in April. We are, as yet, unacquainted with the seeds. The leaves are frequently solitary; probably, their number rarely exceeds three. We have inserted in the generic character those features which are essential to the genus. The compression and upward curve of the petals, the glands in the cup, the two-leaved spathe, and the bractes, which accompany the secondary peduncles, will probably be found throughout the genus; but their absence would not justify the separation of an individual ‘Species from the genus, and are therefore more safely cc. in the specific character. This species should have rather called tricolor than bicolor. W. H. ===. 4, An offset with the leaf. b. The flower with the petals broken off shewing the form of the cup, which is a little horned or hooded on the upper side, and the final posture of the style and filaments. ¢. Particles the pollen magnified. d. An ovule magnified. Van ( 2491 ) | Bossi1#A LINOPHYLLA. NARROW-LEAVED © Bossi@a. KKKEKEE KEKE ERE KEE Class and Order. Diapeten1a Decanpria. Generic Character. __ Cal. bilabiatus: labio superiore majore semibifido obtuso. Stam. omnia connexa. Legumen plano-compressum, pedi- cellatum, polyspermum, margine utroque incrassatum. Semina strophiolata. Brown, in Hort. Kew. Specific Character and Synonym. — Bossiza linophylla ; ramis foliosis compressis, foliis linea- _ ‘tibus: marginibus recurvis, legumine uniloculari. ge Mss. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 268. Lodd. ab. ITA, A pretty little green-house shrub, with delicate flexile branches, covered towards their extremities with beautiful Small blossoms of an orange colour, streaked with red, 4nd having a green eye. Itis a native of the South-west Coast of New-Holland, where it was first detected by Rosert Brown, Esq. Introduced in 1803. Flowers in May and une. Communicated by Messrs. Loppiers and Sons, who iform us in their Cabinet, that “it is not readily in- eased except by seeds. A light loam with a little peat mixed is a proper soil for it. Is not particularly tender, and only requires the common green-house protection, with a moderate quantity of water. Planted out in the -“ohservatory it grows far more luxuriously, and flowers uch better than when confined in a pot.” ee ee ee See ee ae ere ee ee ee B : ( 2492 ) CAMPANULA PULLA. AvusTRIAN BELL- FLOWER. SEEK KKK RK KKK RK Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cor. campanulata, fundo clauso valvis staminiferis. Stigma trifidum. Caps. infera, poris lateralibus dehiscens. | | Specific Character and Synonyms. Campanuna pulla; cauliculis unifloris, foliis caulinis ovatis crenatis, calycibus cernuis. Sp. Pl. 231. Willd. 1. p. 890. Roem. et. Sch. 5.p.91. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 188. Jacq. Obs. 1. p. 30. t. 18.—Austr. 3. t. 285. Scop. Carniol. 1. p. 143. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 344. | Lam. Encycl. 1. p. 57. n. 6. Lodd. Cab. 554. _Campanuta alpina latifolia, flore pullo. Bauh. Pin. 93. | Prodr. 33. (axeunienens Campanuza pulla is a rare alpine plant, of very consi- derable beauty, and likely to be especially prized by the admirers of the diminutive productions of the vegetable kingdom, such as our predecessor and dear friend, the late Mr. Witt1am Curtis, used to compare to Cabinet Pictures. We have designedly omitted the synonym from Caspar AunIN’s Prodromus, p.35, generally referred to as variety 6 _ of this specics, being convinced in our own mind that it _‘Nust be totally distinct, not only from its bearing so many _ lowers upon the same stem, but more especially from the Style being exserted so far beyond the corolla. The last 2 ggg: ag will probably exclude also Lamarcx’s va- —“‘Nety, y. : __ Ahardy perennial, native of the Austrian Alps. Flow- sin July and August. Communicated by Messrs. Lop- _bieks and Sons. Cultivated according to Mr. Arron, in 1779, by Joun Brackeurne, Esq. Re ee er aR ee ee ee ae Pa cae Pick, by 5 hearts, Walworth: Fone] 1B. Weddell Le. ( 2493 ) CenTAuREA Spinosa. PRICKLY-BRANCHED CENTAURY. Jeo smiloiolokeobakaeok - Class and Order. _ SyncenestA PoryeamiA FRustranea. Generic Character. Recept. setosum. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii infun- -dibuliformes, longiores, irregulares. : Specific Character and Synonyms. : CENTAUREA spinosa; calycibus ciliatis, foliis radicalibus indivisis pinnatifidisque glabris; caulinis tomentosis pinnatifidis, ramis spinosis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2093. _ Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 148. oe '-“ENTAUREA spinosa; calyce subciliato, ramis spinosis, » Lin. Sp. Pl. 1290. Sm. Prodr. Fl. grace 2. p. 199. Fl. Grec. t. 902. ined. ERE spinosa maritima. Bauh. Pin. 273? RE spinosa cretica. Moris. Hist. 3. p. 136. Park. Theatr. 477. f. 8. : -Cranus spinosus. Alpin. Exot. p. 163. cum. tab. /"ACEa cretica, aculeata, incana. Tourn. Inst. 445. See |, Ceyraurea spinosa is a rare plant, and, though it was known to the older Botanists, no figure, we believe, has “een hitherto given of it, except the very indifferent one Ot Prosper Atpinus, copied by Parkinson; the plate re- ted to in Flora Greca not being as yet published. We have quoted Bavurn dubiously, because his synonyms — iitdly belong to this, as far as we can judge from the ‘figure in the Codex cesareus, as copied by Doporns. itis a herbaceous perennial, looking from its ri idity ‘ery shrublike, the branches are -terminated with a simple ‘Pe. The scales of the calyx are ciliated, and poe this and the foliage are unarmed. The whole plant is covered with a white cottony pubescence, more remark- able in native than in cultivated specimens. Indigenous in Candia and in several of the Greek islands. Requires to be protected from frost. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by P. Barker Wess, Esq. who gathered the seeds from which it was raised in the island of — ) SE ed ee ee a ee ee ee Pee er en ern N 2494. Weddell fe. PubbyS hatis Wadwarth Funel late. ( 2494 ) ALPINIA TUBULATA. Demerara ALPINIA. KKEREEEEE EERE Class and Order. | Monanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. _ Anthera duplex. Filam. extra antheram non elonga- tum, Stylus longitudine filamenti, in sulco anthere recep- tus. Stgma obsolete trigonum. Caps. carnosa.” Specific Character and Synonyms. Avrrnta tubulata; seapo radicali laterali, bracteis sca- . riosis corollam tubulosam subequantibus, labello incluso. _ Atpinia tubulata; foliis alterne bifariis remotissimis ; scapo vaginato laterali bracteis communibus divaricatis ari- dis acuminatis persistentibus ; corolla tubulosa ; labello incluso ; anthera sessili. Bot. Reg. 777. a anemia Mr. Davi Don, who examined this plant very particu- larly, considers it clearly to belong to the genus Apinia ; Otherwise from theradical inflorescence and tubular corolla, with a nectarium or labellum so small as not to be at all ex- Serted,'we should scarcely have conceived it to belong to the same genus as Atpinia nutans, and the other species with Which we are acquainted ; but we had no opportunity of examining the structure of the flower; and if we had, we ‘Should hardly have had confidence enough in our observati- ons to have opposed our opinion to that of so good a botanist, having had ourselves so little opportunity of studying the ‘hatural order of Scitaminee. We may remark, however, that in Dr. Roxguren’s Flora Indica there is a section of the species of Alpinia, all having radical scapes, and that , the first botanists do not consider the difference of a cau- line or radical infloresence as sufficient to constitute a SUnction of genus. Thi is This species appears never to have come under the no- tice of Botanists till it was raised at Boyton, from seeds which Mr. Lameerrt received from Demarara; Mr. Don, however, pointed out to us among Piumier’s unpublished drawings, a copy of which is contained in the Lambertian library, a figure of a plant haying considerable affinity with this, but scarcely belonging to the same species. The stem and foliage, in our figure, are very much reduced in size, the leaves exceeding a foot in length. N24% ( 2495 ) Spa AURITA, KARED-STIPULED SIDA. KKKKEK KEE ERR Class and Order. Monapetpuia Poryanpris. | Generic Character. Cal. nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice mul- tifidus. Carpella capsularia (Capsule) 5-30 circa axim ‘Yerticillata, plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, sy oligo-sperma, apice mutica aut aristata. De Canp, Specific Character and Synonyms. Sa aurita ; foliis subrotundo-cordatis acuminatis crenato- dentatis subtus incanis, paniculis terminalibus laxis, stipulis ovatis basi auritis. at (DA aurita ; (Watxicn) Herba tomentosa superne pilis patulis, foliis acuminatis dentatis subtus incanis, pe- dunculis petiolo longioribus, petalis reflexis, capsulis muticis. Link Enum. Hort. Berol. 2. p. 206. : IDA aurita; foliis sinu angusto profunde cordatis acumi- natis serrulatis superne pilosis subtus canis, stipulis latis cordato-auritis acuminatis, floribus paniculato- corymbosis, staminum tubo villosissimo, carpellis quinque hirsutis. De Cand. Prodr. 1. p. 468. n. 117. ‘eee Descr. Stem shrubby? villous. Leaves orbicular-cor- te, acuminate, crenate-dentate, white-tomentose under- neath, green, and velvety above, on petioles nearly the length of the leaf, hairy, inserted somewhat within the margin. Stipules ovate, acuminate, eared at the base, sides reflexed. Flowers in a terminal lax panicle, of an orange-bhuff colour, streaked. Calyx of five, ovate, acute Segments, villous. Petals five, ovate, acuminate, reflexed. amens shorter than the corolla, sheath very hairy. An- thers kidney-shaped: Pollen globular, united in —_ Ly Style 5—10-cleft, longer than stamens, purple. Capsules (immature) 5—10, truncate, united nearly their whole length. | De Caxpotte, in his elaborate Prodromus of the vege- table kingdom, enumerates no fewer than one hundred and ninety-five species of Sra ;-many ofthese, however, are undoubtedly a repetition of the same, the characters by which they are in general defined being in many cases much disposed to vary. | Our plant was raised at the late Mr. Verr’s garden, at Kensington Gore, from seeds received from Dr. WAtticu, and flowered in December 1821. In Mr. Lameert’s Her- barium, there is a fine specimen of this plant, ticketed withthe name we have adopted, in Dr. Waxticn’s hand- writing, by which it appears to have first flowered in the garden at Calcutta, in 1819, and to have been introduced there fromthe island of Java. | In De Canpotte’s enumeration of the species, it is ar- ranged in the third section, Anuriton of Kuntu. Native of the East Indies. Requires the heat of the stove, where it flowered in December 1821. tng Eo! Abby .d- deaptie Wabwe rth. June L1She. N 2496, eee (2496 ) CoNANTHERA BIFOLIA. VIOLET-FLOWERED | CoNANTHERA. KKK EEE ERE EKER EEK Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. supera. Petala sex reflexa. Anthere in conum -acutum coalite. Caps. ovata, 3-locularis, 3-valvis. Sem. _ pauca, subrotunda. Specific Character and Synonyms. ‘Conantuera bifolia ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, scapo su- perne ramoso, pedunculis bifloris, petalis alternis ciliatis. 7 Conantuera bifolia ; pedunculis bifloris, petalis variegatis, bulbo articulato solido. Flor. Peruv. 3. p. 68. t. 301. Poirét Encycl. Suppl. 2. p. 326. _ ConANTHERA bifolia ; pedunculis bifloris, foliis 2. radica- libus lineari-ensiformibus. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 370. Bermuprana bulbosa; flore reflexo ceruleo. vulgo Inumu Feuill. Obs. v. 3, p. 8. t. 3. Conanruera bifolia is a native of the mountains of Chili, and our plant was raised from seeds, which came from that Country, by the late Joun Waker, Esq. of Southgate, Where it flowered in June last year, 1823. Z ‘ae _ The figures in the Flora Peruviana, and in Feuillée, re- Present the petals narrower and more reflexed than they ‘Nere in our plant; but the descriptions agree so well with \tthat we cannot consider them as aistioet species. The “aves on the flowering plant decay before the blossoms ‘Xpand ; those represented in the figure, belonged to a bulb that did not flower, which is probably the reason of ‘third leaf being produced. 28 The bulbs are eaten by the natives both boiled and raw; Fevrirée found them very good in soup. Wala F Curbs Dal Pub.by L furtic, Wabworth . dy i1cte. | 3, bisetis, germen cingentibus. Filamenta interiora glan- ( 2497 ) Laurus acerecara. CxLuster-FLOWERED Bay. ee Class and Order. ENNEANDRIA Monoeyntia. Generic Character. Cal.o. Cor. calycina, 6-partita. Nectarium glandulis dulifera. Drupa 1-sperma. Specific Character. Laurus aggregata ; foliis perennantibus ovatis acuminatis triplinerviis subtus glaucis, pedunculis simplicibus axillaribus aggregatis, bracteis scariosis ovatis con- cavis. a Not having had an opportunity of examining the flowers | of this shrub, we are not certain that it may not belong to the genus TrerrantuerA, but are not able to unite it with 7 any described species of that genus. It has been gee tobe the Laurus Myrrha, which Brown refers to ETRAN- THERA ; but we think can hardly belong to that species, Which is described as having a four-leaved involucrum, containing five floscules; for if the Bractes at the base of the peduncles are to be considered as an involucrum, they consist of many leaves, irregularly arranged and seem to only the scales which protected the flower-buds. The are evergreen, alternate, petioled, ovate, acuminate, of a yellowish or apple-green on the upper side and very glaucous on the under, with three nerves uniting a little ve the insertion of the petiole, and terminating short of the point of the leaf. The young shoots, which are ewise axillary, and come out from among the pe are furnished with several membranaceous slightly coloured scales, or a sort of stipules which are very deciduous. Lovreiro’s plant is said to be extremely bitter, and to taste and smell strong of the myrrh of the shops, and he questions whether that drug may not be the product of the same species; the leaves of our’s, when long chewed, dis- cover a bitter taste, but not durable, and we could per- ceive nothing resembling myrrh in smell or taste. Our drawing was taken at the Horticultural Society’s rden last February, from a plant sent from China, by oun Reeves, Esq. in the Orwell, Captain Linpsay, in 1821. We suppose it must be kept in the greenhouse or con- servatory. [Sad duanal Wa becrtiy boty Ma by ( 2498 ) (ANNA EDULIS. 'TUBEROUS-ROOTED INDIAN | Reep. De ee ee Class and Order. Monanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. _ Anthera simplex, filamenti margini adnata. Stylus cras- ‘sus, elaviformis. Stigma obtusum. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. globosa, numerosa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Canna edulis ; foliis lato-ovatis nitidis, vaginis marginibus __ foliorum cauleque coloratis, radice tuberoso. Canna edulis ; limbi- interioris labio summo tripartito erecto, laciniis ovali-oblongis retusis late unguiculatis, media plurimum breviore ; labello lineari-oblongo recurvato retuso ; caule punicante. Bot. Reg. n. 775. Canna indica; foliis ovato-oblongis, laciniis corolla subx- qualibus. Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruy 1. p. i. a 2% Descr. Stem of the specimen from which our drawing Was made, rounded, and a little flattened, purple, between and four feet high, clothed with leaves all the way, of which the lower ones were sixteen inches long, and ‘even wide, bright shining green on the upper surface ; the Margins and sheaths, as well as the stem, purple. Pedun- cle in our specimen, scarcely emerging from the upper leaf, few-flowered. Germen oval, tuberculated, with two small Concave bractes at the base. Calyx superior, three-leaved, about the length of the germen. Three outer lacinie of the corolla erect, equal, acute, purplish scarlet, three mner ones, as usual, variable in size and position, of a bright scarlet colour. The nectarium of Linnaus, the 'pper lip of which bears the anther on its margin, and the the filament of later authors, is revolute and tinged strongly with yellow, as is also the lower lip, now generally called the labellum. | . This very fine species of Canna, was raised by Mr. Lam- bert, at Boyton, from seeds gathered in Peru, near thirty years before they were sown. Pavon’s own specimen of Canna indica, now in the Lambertian Herbarium, proves it to be this species, and not the indica of Linnavs, from which, fated: its tuberous ‘esculent roots are alone suffi- cient to distinguish it. The variable size and position of the inner laciniz of the Corolla, together with the petal-like filament and la- bellum, often so confuse the different parts of the flower in many of the species, that hardly any figure shows the whole distinctly ; on this account we have given a rough sketch of one of the flowers of this species in whieh all the parts are brought into view, and distinguished by letters of reference, as under. a. a. Two of the outer laciniz ; the third being behind is out of sight. b. The largest of the inner laciniz, in this flower, quite erect. c. A similar laciniz, facing the former, and revolute. | ad. The third lacinia, in this instance, very little exceeding in size one of | __. the outer laciniz, but of the same scarlet colour with the others. — e. The filament or upper lip of the nectarium, revolute at the point and _._ bearing on its margin. ~ ; f. Theé anther, which in this stage is become effete, the pollen being dis- charged before the flower expands. Bk D s- The obtuse ensiform style: . The labellum, or lower lip of the nectarium, likewise revolute. These two parts (e and h) are always opposed to each other and embrace thé style (g), the point of which for some way down 1s_ generally covered with adhering pollen, i. The calyx. k. The germen, a The bractes. ; Wedaal fe Fuly 1 18% artis Wabword: Pabiby JS. ( 2499 ) AspIDIsTRA LuRIDA. DInGy-FLOWERED 3 ASPIDISTRA. eokeokeokeokeokeskeokeokeokeok kesh okcak ok ofak Class and Order. OctanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. ' Cor. infera, 1-petala, 8-fida, equalis. Anthere fundo tubi sessiles, biloculares, introrsum dehiscentes. Stigma clypeatum, carnosum, magnum, faucem corolle operiens. Germen 4-loculare, loculis 1-spermis. Specific Name. Aspisrra lurida. Bot. Reg. 628. .Rozert Brown has suggested, that there exists some nity between this plant with Twupistra (vide supra 0. 1655), as established by Mr. Ker, whose generi¢ fe ree stigma, filling the faux of the corolla, which is, Snes egister, not unaptly compared to a mushroom in limature. i ee gS Jur drawing was taken in Mr. Coxvitie’s stove in the King’s Road, in March last ; but we could obtain no certain formation of the country from whence it came. NX 2500. 4, 92 Bib. by S Getic Walerrth Jub Li: ‘(2500 +) , Wurenta CARINTHIACA. CARINTHIAN Wu- FENIA. KEKE EKEKEEREER EEK EK Class and Order. Dranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. — Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 2-labiata, ecalcarata : labio su- -Periore breviore integro ; inferiore 3-lobato, barbato. Stam. sub labio superiore adpressa, conniventia. Caps. 2-locu- _laris, supera. Specific Name and Synonyms. Wutrenia carinthiaca. Jacg. Misc. 2. p. 62. t. 8. f.1.— {con. rar.1. t.2. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p.78.—Enum. Hort. Berol. p. 24. : : ULFENIA carinthiaca ; caule nudo, foliis crenatis. Smith in Trans: Lin. Soc. 6. p. 96. Vahl Enum. 1. p. 87. Schrad. Fl. Germ.1. p. 47. : Peprrora nudicaulis ; foliis radicalibus oblongis obtusis, - Spica secunda, caule nudo. Lam. Ill. 1. p. 48. t. 13. Sf 2.—Encycl. 4. p. 693. a The learned President of the Linnean Society, in the sixth volume of the Society’s Transactions, has united éderota to this genus, with the exception of the Cape species, and the characters of the two seem to us to be but little different ; but neither Witipenow, ScHRADER, nor Rozmer and Scuutres have adopted this change. Wot- FENIA, therefore, continues still to consist of a solitary "age It belongs to the natural order of Scrophularine, € Personate of Linnavs. : _ Native of the loftiest Carinthian Alps, growing in a very Neh soil. Appears to be rare even where indigenous, and not occur in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. , A hardy A hardy perennial, not annual, though it has been fre- quently noted as such. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by A. B. Lamsert, Esq. from his cdilection at Boyton, where it flowered in May last. — CATTLEIANUM. - PurPie FRUITED . GuAVA. “a Class and Order. | Icosanpria Monoeynis. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Petala 5. Stamina per totam tubi ‘calycis parietem inordinatim inserta. Ovar. 3-loculare ; loculis placenta septiformi ad marginem fissa, utrinque ‘Tellexa, “bipartitis ; ovula plurima, horizontalia, margini ‘placentz inserta. Stigma capitatum. Bacca calyce coro- lala, polysperma. Testa ossea. Embryo hippocrepicus : Cotyledonibus quam radicula multoties brevioribus. Lixp- ‘ly. Guaiava. Garr. — Specific Character and Synonyms. Pstprum cattleianum ; ramis teretibus, foliis obovatis tio- latis coriaceis glaberrimis, floribus solitariis. Collect. Bot. 16. Bot. Reg. 622. : fsiptum cattleianum. Sabine in Trans. Hortic. Soc. 4. . _p. S45: & FT - eee: The specimen of this fine fruit, from which our drawing Was aie was sent us by our lamented friend, the late Joun Warxer, Esq. It was originally introduced into this country from China, about the year 1817, by Mr. Rooxgs, of the Ball’s Pond nursery. ‘The fruit is said to ‘Xceed in flavour that of any of the known species of Guava, several of which are cultivated both in the East me West Indies, and from oe or more of these the well “town Guava jelly is prepared. _ Pec, rhe first pose 4 we haneor this handsome tree is from Wittiam Carrizy, Esq. in the fourth volume of the Trans- Actions of the Horticultural Society. In this gentleman’s , conservatory conservatory at Barnet two crops of fruit were produced from one tree in the same year; a fine figure of a fruit- bearing branch, from the pencil of Mr. Hooker, is added, and also some remarks by the Society’s very zealous secre- tary, who applied the name of Catilecanum to it. An illus- tration of the botanical character of the genus, as well as of this particular species, may be seen in Linp.ey’s Collec- tanea Botanica above quoted, together with‘a fine figure of a flowering branch and separate fruit. The flower is very little larger than that of the common broad-leaved myrtle, which it is not unlike. The fruit contains a juicy pulp, sweet, with some acidity. In the one we tasted, perhaps from being too ripe, we could not discover the delicious flavour described by Mr. Linvtey. May be propagated by cuttings, and these, with good ais, Sie Mr. Carttey observes, may be brought into fruit the second year. It seems to be a fast grower, Mr. Carttey’s plant, when purchased, being only twelve inches high, had, in two years, attained the height of three yards. S a = aeeeeee Pubby S thetic Madera didy Lie (| 2502) | SAncopHYLLUM cARNosuM. Capr Sarco- PHYLLUM. | Class and Order. Diapeteu1A Decanpria. Generic Character. — Cal. campanulatus, 5-partitus regularis. Legumen aci- ; haciforme, acutum. 'THuns. | Specific Name and Synonym. “Sarcopnyzium carnosum. Thunb. Prodr. p. 125.—Nov. Genera. p. 135. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 969. Persoon. Syn. 2. p. 283. Lam. Encyel: 6. p. 542. et Cees Descr. A small shrub, with long curved branches. - Leaves chiefly at the extremities of the branches, growing In fascicles, curved, fleshy, linear, cylindrical, with a joint alittle above the middle. Flowers lateral, distinct, but collected together near the extremities of the branches lnder the leaves, without bractes, peduncled. Calyx —‘ampanulate, smooth, five-toothed; two upper teeth very -“lyaricate ; three lower ones somewhat the longest, acute. Corolla papilionaceous: Vexillum nearly round, concave, Streaked, quite entire, with a short recurved claw. Ale Shorter than the vexillum, applied close to, and nearly con- -Cealing the Carina, which is somewhat longer. Stamens _lonadelphous : filaments all united more than half way, . free above; alternate ones shorter, with oblong anthers, Which on the longer filaments are round. Germen linear, “little curved. Style ascending : stigma capitate, pubes- cent, small ; ovules many. Native of the mountains of the Cape of Good Hope, pricre it is said to flower in March. Raised from Cape Seeds ‘at the Fulham nursery, and communicated us m ower, flower, by Messrs. Wuittey, Brame, and Mixnz, in June _ We received this plant under the name we have adopted, but after attentively considering THunsere’s description of his Sarcopuyttum carnosum, iti his nova genera plan- | tarum, we cannot but entertain some doubts whether we have done right in referring it to that genus... s = dees * * . ~ - — i x +S = 2 —- “ racy » 7 1 x * te * ee a - —— a ’ . = ‘ é oe ; set as , ra & — : ee * oe or. a 4, i ix & - : ¢ ah = i ¥e a +3 x = . & : i alweo th. Ax» a 28% Pub by. £ Curtir We rr 7, trerten. 1 . foi RMD oy | Astrap@a Watucun. Watzicn’s Ass TRAP EA. an | RRERERE EE RERRE REE Class and Orders... ¢o)6 oo ana MonapetpuiA Poryanpria. Generic Character. _ Flores umbellati involucrati. Involucrum (polyphyllum, Inequale). Cal. simplex, 5-phyllus, 1-bracteatus. Petala 5, convoluto-clausa. Stam. 25-in tubo corollifero connata, uorum 5 sterilia. Germen 5-loculare, oligospermum. lus 1. Stigmata 5. Lanpxey. Specific Name and Synonyms. -Asmrarma Wallichii. Lindl. Collect. Bot. 14. Bot. Reg. 691. De Cand. Prodr. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 500, lee _ This very beautiful plant, said to grow to a large tree, but whigh Rowerl in our stoves at the moderate height of afew feet, belongs to the natural order of Malvacee of Jussieu; and to the division proposed by Mr. Roserr Brown, in the Appendix to Firxpzr’s Voyage: to be sepa- rated into a distinct order, under the name o jacee. This separation has been adopted by De Canpoxxz in his Prodromus, who has inserted Astrara in his fifth division | or tribe of the order, the Dombeyacee. This fine plant was introduced into Kew Garden from Calcutta, by Dr. Waxzicn ; : but its — oo try is not positively ascertained, though supposed to be Madagascar, from be oer is though that it was brought to the Mauritius, and thence to Calcutta. — Our drawing was taken at the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, in June last, from a plant presented fo the Society in 1823, by Witiiam Townsenp it — from his re collection. We saw it in flower at the same time, at Mr. Convixte’s nursery in the King’s Not having had any opportunity of examining the fruc- tification of this plant ourselves, we must refer to Mr. LanDLey’s account of it in his Collectanea Botanica, as we are not in the habit of copying the descriptions of other writers, when we have not had it in our power to make our own observations. " GerbicDel Bib byL Gerts Wadmortl Aug 21876. N2504. (2504) hs -Ermnus Lycantpea. Patox-.ike Erinvs. | “SSS epninik | Class and Order. DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. " wOal.. 5-partitus. . Gor...limbus:-6-fidus;.iequalis > -lobis emarginatis. Caps. bipartibilis, polysperma. » Specific’ Character and Synonyms. Erinus Lychnidea; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis subden- ad oppositis; bracteis alternis, limbi laciniis semi-_ ifidis. IES ’ - Erius Lychnidea ; foliis lanceolatis serratis, corolle tubo | ges limbi laciniis semibifidis. Lindl. in Bot. eg. 748. Ermus Lychnidea. Willd. Sp: Pl. 3. p. 333. Lin. Suppl: 287. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 147. Erinus capensis ; floribus spicatis, foliis linearibus den- tatis. Lin. Mant. 252. : Erinus lychnideus ; foliis lanceolatis glabris apice serratis, caule herbaceo. Thunb. Prodr. 102 ? ; Lycunipea villosa, foliis ex alis floriferis florum petalis cordatis. Burm. Afric. 138. t.50. fil? _ Evpnrasia AEthio ica, Drab foliis, summis oris floscu- lorum altius divisis. Pluk. Mant. p. 73? Te Descr. Stem rounded, branched: branches assurgent. es opposite, sessile, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, with two or three teeth near the point. Flowers in a terminal spike. ‘actes, or floral leaves, alternate, sessile, like the cauline leaves, but with a broader base. Calyx sessile in the axil of the Bracte, five-cleft: segments linear, erect, nearly as g as the bracte. Tube of corolla slender, three times the length of the calyx, dull purple in the middle, and : greenish ish at both extremities, villous: Zimbd four times shorter than the tube, five-cleft ; lacinie bifid more than half-way down, dark purple on the outside, and pare white within: faux bearded, stamens four: two of the anthers concealed within the tube, and two et appearing at its mouth. Germen superior, two-celled? ovula many, in- serted into a central receptacle. Style filiform, the length of the tube. Stigma simple. e flowers are closed during the day, but expand after sun-set, and are then very fragrant. Phere is much difficulty in applying with certainty the synonyms of this species; those quoted by us from Burman and Piuxener are generally referred to africanus, but ap- pear to us to belong to our present subject. The Erinus gece of Lamarex’s Encyclopedia is the fragrans of ortus Kewensis. Linnzus having described capensis as" having a yellow flower, alone throws any doubt upon that synonym, and if may vary in this respect, as fragrans is said to do. For this very beautiful plant we are indebted to Mr. | ALEXANDER CuTHBERT, sy ase to the late Lady Wake of Pheasant Grove, Chiselhurst, who communicated the specimens from which our drawing and description were taken, in September 1823. A greenhouse plant. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Bebe aul ° oo _ Ixora Barpata. Bearpep Ixora. Class and Order. TerranpriA Monoeynia. | Generic Character. i. Cor. 1-petala, infundibuliformis, longa, stipera. Staining ipra faucem. Bacca 4-sperma (2-sperma. Roxb ) Specific Character and Synonym. Ixora barbata; foliis oppositis oblongo-ovatis breviter pe- tiolatis, panicula terminali trichotoma laxa, corolle tubo longissimo, fauce barbata. Ixora barbata ; tubo corolle longo ; fauce barbata, foliis itis breviter petiolatis oblongis integris levibus nitidis ; floralibus rotundis cordatis sessilibus. Roxd. Flor. Ind. 1. p. 394. Bem-Scnerm. Hort. Malab. 2. t. 14? (een Descr. Flowers white, in terminal panicles, always ttichotomously divided ; the terminal flower of the last division sessile, the two lateral ones peduncled. Bractes oe] minute, opposite, two at each division of the panicle, 4nd two at the base of the germen. Pedicels dull purple. globular, inferior, two-celled; segments of the calyx four, minute, applied close to the tube of the corolla. Tube exceeding an inch in length. Limb four-cleft : lact- me oval, obtuse, spreading, finally reflexed. Anthers Sessile in the bearded faux, spreading, alternate with the i@, acute, before they burst of a yellow colour, with atransparent apex. Style erect, longer than the tube, at frst club-shaped, afterwards bifid. ee Roxguren describes the leaves as oblong, from six to tine inches long, and the floral leaves as round, sessile, and embracing the base of the panicle. Dr. Waxuicn remarks, that this shrub must not be con- founded founded with the Paverra: barbata of Smiru, in ReExs’s Cyclopedia. : Dr. Roxsureu never met with this species out. of the botanic garden at Calcutta. Requires to be kept in the stove. Drawn at the Horticultural Society’s garden, in Ixora barbata was sent from the botanic garden at Calcutta, under that name, by Mr. Joun Ports, a very meritorious collector, in the service of the Society; but who unfortunately: fell a victim to consumption, on his return from his mission to the East Indies and China, in 1823. ™ — es N 2506. F hoertis. Ded Bab by S Gort Waloror tn, Asay 21624. | (° 2506") -PEDICULARIS CANADENSIS. CANADIAN LousE-- WORT. KEKE KK EE EER EEE EEEE Class and Order. » Dipynamia Anciospermia. Sie: Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Caps. 2-locularis, mucronata, obliqua: Sem. tunicata.~ ' pe? nr Mee Specific Character and Synonyms. ee -Pepicutaris canadensis ; caule simplici, foliis pinnatifidis inciso-dentatis, capitulo basi folioso hirsuto, corollis galea setaceo-bidentata. Pursh. Flor. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 425. Sweet Flower Garden, 67. ‘ : Pepicutaris canadensis ; caule simplici, spica subfoliosa, corollis galea setaceo-bidentata, calycibus deorsum truncatis. Lin. Mant. 8. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 211. _. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 4. ce : Pepicutaris canadensis; caule simplici debili, capitulo basi frondoso, calycibus deorsum truncatis. Michaux Fl. Amer. Boreal. 2. p. 18. Stee _ Descr. Stem simple, assurgent, pubescent. Radical leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid: pinne doubly incised-dentate, petioled, hairy on the underside, especially along the nerves: cauline leaves petioled, sub-opposite, pinnatifid, dentate. Flowers in a terminal oval capitulum, with leaf- like Bractes at the base and intermixed, upper ones quite entire. Calyx inflated, angular, hairy at the angles, with an oblique quite entire opening, giving the appearance of a one-lipped calyx. Tube of the Corolla straight, lon- el than the calyx ; upper-lip or galea falcate, with two ‘bristle-like teeth at the lower edge ; lower-lip three-lobed : lobes rounded, hollowed underneath. Capsule (unripe) conical, conical, a little curved, mucronate. : Stamens the length. of the tube of the corolla: anthers incumbent, included, Sighs projecting beyond the eorella ; stigme capitate, sm | Katm, in the Mantissa, deseribes the leaves as alternate; but, in the two specimens from North America, preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, one from Canada, the other from the neighbourhood of New York, the leaves are op- posite as in our figure, or very nearly so; but, as the inser-- tion of the petioles is not always exactly opposite, they may occasionally become alternate. This author also de-— scribes the flowers as white; but Pursu as yellowish white, with a tinge of purple. Our drawing was taken at the garden of the Horticul- tural Society, the latter end of April, in the present year, 1824. “The plant was purchased for the Society by Mr. Prince of Long Island, New York, under the name of Pepicunaris gladiata, and brought-home by Mr. Davin Dovetas, one of the collectors, who went to North Ame-- pee in 1823, and returned this year with his collection of , n — e A hardy perennial. Native of woods and meadows, from Canada to Carolina. : Wedd / 2 Pub. by Gorter ‘Walworth Arg 21 éi4. ( 9507.) FucHstA DECUssATA. Cross-BRANCHED Fucusta. Class and Order. Ocranpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 4-partitus, coloratus, corollifer. Cor. 4-petala. Bacca infera, 4-locularis, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. | Fucusia decussata ; pedunculis axillaribus uniftoris, foliis ternis oppositisque lanceolatis obsolete denticulatis. Flor. Perwo. 3. p. 88. t. 123. f. B. Pers. Syn: 1. p. 411. Poirét Encycl. Suppl. 2. p. 679. a Descr. Shrub. Stem brown, scarred, round, swollen at the origin of the branches; branches decussating, fre-. quently three together, drooping, younger shoots red, very ‘lightly pubescent. Leaves opposite, or in threes, Jan- ceolate, acuminate, toothed, soft, bright green, very slight- ly pubescent above, shining and paler below, petioled, Yeined, middle rib furrowed above, prominent, and round below, red; veins curved, nearly undivided; petiole shorter than the leaf, furrowed above, round below, red. Stipules ral, two at the base of each leaf, small, pointed. Flow- ers three, in a whorl, drooping ; peduncles equal in length to the calyx, filiform, red. Calyx bright red, every where Very slightly pubescent, except on the inside of the seg- ments of the limb, four-cleft: segments pointed, moderately reading, converging slightly at the points, each having ree obscure ribs; tube almost cylindrical, but bulging slightly near the germen, half as long as the limb. Petals » four, obovate, and bluntly pointed, inserted into the faux of the calyx, at first, rich purple, afterwards much a re red, and paler; claws and central rib more red than the rest of the petal; veins indistinct, undivided, curved; the petals are sometimes flat, and sometimes convolute. Sta- mens eight, inserted into the faux of the calyx within the petals ; anthers small, incumbent, bilocular ; pollen pale yellow ; filaments bright red, longer than the calyx, un- equal, shining.. Pistil one; germen. inferior, nearly cy-) lindrical, four celled, dull purplish red; seeds obovate, very numerous, attached to the central column: Style filiform, slightly pubescent, projecting beyond the anthers, the same beautiful colour as the filaments and calyx, swell- ing near the stigma, which is of a dull purple colour, four- pointed, with an opening between the points. Nectaries’ eight, green glands in the bottom of the calyx tube. The above description was taken by Professor Granam, from a plant that flowered in the botanic garden at Edin- burgh, in June 1824; and the drawing was made by Dr. GREVILLE, at the same time. “eet | Raised from seeds sent from Chili, in 1822, by Mr. Cruixsnangs, through Francis Puace, Esq. — 4 Hitherto the plants have been kept in the greenliouse ; but some are now planted in the open air and’are expected to prove as hardy as the Fucusia coccinea: ! N2508 pee ~ ane os = Wradeli Pub byS.Coertis: Wadwrertin. Arg, 218 28. J hartis Del 1 q 7 ( 2508 ) _ARUM BULBIFERUM. Buipe-pearine Arvum. KEKE EEE EERE EK REE - Class and Order. Monazcta Poxyanpria. Generic Character. __ Spatha monophylla, cucullata. Spadix supra nudus, inferne femineus, medio stamineus. } Specific Character. Arum bulbiferum ; acaulis, radice tuberosa, foliis decom- positis bulbiferis ; spatha cucullata spadice cylindracee parum longiore. Roxb. Flor. Ind. inedit. ex anglico. This magnificent species of Arum, of which we believe no figure has been hitherto published, was communicated to us in flower by Mr. Brooke of Ball’s Pond, Islington, in May 1820, at which time it showed no appearance of foliage, nor had we an opportunity of adding this to our drawing till March, in the present year, 1824. The flower was drawn of its natural size, but the leaf, which was nearly three feet high, and spread over an area of several square feet, was from necessity extremely dimi- nished. Bulbs are formed always at the primary, and. sometimes at all the divisions of the leaf, from whence the specific name was derived. Native of Bengal, where it flowers in the wet season, and is called by the natives, Umber Bale. Requires to be kept in the stove. N 2509. { } Wadd edd Se ( 2509 ) AZALEA INDICA. var. 8. PLENA. Dove.e Rose-coLourEeD INDIAN AZALEA. FEE Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. minimus, 5-partitus, inequalis. Cor. infundibuli- formis, quinquefida, inequalis. Stam. sub pistillo inserta : Jilamenta declinata, exserta: anthere poro gemino oper- cilato supra dehiscentes. Stylus exsertus, declinatus. Caps. 5-locularis. | Specific Character. | Azatea indica; floribus subsolitariis pentandris decandrisve - ealycibus pilosis. Supra No. 1480, ubi synonyma _-petenda. eS Se 8. plena. flore incarnato pleno, foliis minoribus pilosis. a Descr. Of the numerous varieties of this beautiful shrub tecorded by Kempfer, as occurring in Japan, only one is mentioned as being double, and that only with two one within another. In the one here represented, the Sta- mens were all obliterated, being converted into petals. The flowers are more numerous than in the variety before given, but rather smaller, the leaves are smaller and more ic, It seems to be one of those which, when full grown, are described as appearing entirely covered at the upper. Part with blossoms. : - _So much attention has been of late paid to the importa- lion of curious plants from China, that we can hardly fail of receiving more of the varieties of this beautiful shrub ‘om that country, and when once imported they are not lifficult to propagate by layers. Communicated in March last by Mr. Brooxrs, who im- thes it from China in the year 1819, in the Lady Melville l oars Deal. Pub by f Cesrtis Walworth Sop 11 824- N25i0. ( 2510) 4 ORNITHOGALUM NARBONENSE. NARBONNE Star oF BETHLEM. KEKE EEEE EEK ERE EERE Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-petala, erecta, persistens, supra medium paten s. ager basi dilatata. go 3-locularis. Sem. subro- a, nuda. Specific Character and Synonyms. — OnniTHoGALum narbonense ; foliis linearibus scapo dimidio brevioribus, racemo elongato, filamentis equalibus, | petalis alternis tridentatis pedunculisque patentissimis. OnnitHocatum narbonense ; racemo oblongo, filamentis lanceolatis membranaceis, pedunculis floribusque pa- tentibus. Lin. Sp. Pl. 440. Willd. 2. p. 118. Per- soon Syn. A p- 364. : OGALUM narbonense ; racemo longissimo, genitalibus equalibus, petalis lanceolatis, foliis linearibus planis. Flor. Taur.-Caucas. 1. p. 276. 456 OkNITHOGALUM majus spicatum flore albo. Bauh. Pin. 70. Orniraocgatum narbonense. Dod. Pempt. 222. De Cand. Flore franc. 3. p 216. Ornrraocatum majus II. Clus. Hist. p. 187. quoad de- scriptionem, byzantinum verd quoad iconem, que eadem ac Dodonzi. =. Descr. Leaves linear, in our plant channelled, (not Plain as described in the Flora Taurico-Caucasica) wither- ig at the point. Scape roundish, erect, pale green, twice length of the leaves, bearing many flowers, sometimes 'p to a hundred. Bractes lanceolate, small, five times orter than the peduncle. Peduncles very patent but be- coming coming erect as the fruit ripens, one-flowered. Corolla divided to the base into six segments or petals, which are very patent, white within, with a green stripe along the mid-rib on the outside ; alternate ones three-toothed at the tip. Filaments erect, widening at the base, accuminate, of equal length, shorter by half than the petals: Anthers oval, versatile: pollen yellow. _Germen obtuscly three- cornered, yellow. ag shorter than the stamens, truncate. By some authors this species has been considered to be a variety of pyrenaicum, from which it especially differs in its humbler growth; in having longer peduncles; no yellow colour in the flower ; style shorter than the stamens; bractes a fifth part, instead of half the length of the pedun- cles. From stachyodes it differs in having all the stamens of equal length. __Native of the south of France. Communicated by Mr. Anperson, from the Chelsea garden in July 1821, who received it from Russia, by favour of our friend Dr. FiscHer. N 2501. weld Si Thertic Dod Pub. by. 5. Curtis Watworth San] 1226. ( 2511°)> Betis sytvestris. Large Porrucar’ ! Daisy. | sf ae Syncenesta Ponyeamia Surerrwva. Generic Character. Receptaculum nudum, conicum. Pappus 0. Calyx he- Iisphericus: squamis equalibus. Sem. obovata. Specific Character and Synonyms. Betis sylvestris ; scapo nudo unifloro, foliis obovatis cre- nulatis subtriplinerviis, seminibus hispidis. Betis sylvestris ; scapo nudo unifloro, foliis obovatis cre- natis trinerviis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2122. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 86. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 459. Betis sylvestris; scapo nudo, foliis ovato-oblongis cre- natis trinerviis. Cyrilli Neap. 2. p. 12. t. 4. Whether this plant be really different from Arnica Bellidiastrum seems not quite certain; both, however, ‘are recorded as distinct in the Hortus Kewensis, as well as by Wittpenow and Prrsoon. The specimens of each, which we have examined, are extremely similar, yet in the Arnica we find so long a pappus crowning. the germen as to appear quite evident amidst the florets ; whereas, in our present plant, the germen is covered with short bristles, which project but little beyond the seed, and do not form a true pappus. There can be very little doubt but that Bexais sylvestris is Properly united to the genus Betus, whether it be really distinct from the Bellidiastrum of Micuexi or not; but we cannot agree with M. Poirét (Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 4. p. 298,) in considering it as a mere Variety of Bexurs perennis, from which it differs not only in size, but in the proportion of the radius and cals the rmer former in this plant being barely one-third longer than the latter, which in 8. perennis is twice as long. The com- pressed bristly seeds too are quite different from the smooth ones of the common daisy. — q A tolerably hardy perennial. Native of Portugal and Italy, growing chiefly in woods and under shady hedges. Flowers in the spring. Is propagated. by dividing its roots, as it seldom perfects its seeds here: Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden, in May 1820. f N2s2 Babb S tote Walworth Smlle24 ( 2512 ) Coreopsis TincTortA. ARKANSA Co- REOPSIS. KEKKKEEEE EE EERE EEE | Class and Order. - SYNGENESIA Potyoause Frustranea. Generic Character. Recept. aleaceum. Sem. compressa emarginata. Pap- pus bicornis. Cal. duplex uterque polyphyllus. Specific Character and Synonym. Corgopsis tinctoria; foliis oppositis; inferioribus pinnatis linearibus ; superioribus trifidis, calyce exteriore di- ) midio breviore, radio basi maculato, disco discolore. Coreopsis tinctoria. Barton Flora of North-Amer. 2. t. 45. Descr. Root annual. Stem upright, very slender, and thence apt to be variously distorted ; fluted, trichotomously divided. Lower leaves, which fall off as the plant advances, opposite, odd-pinnate, with the leaflets in three or four distant pairs, linear, some of them irregularly divided, terminal one longer, and somewhat broader than the rest, higher up the leaves, have one pair of leaflets at the base, and three at the extremity, and the upper ones are simply ttifid, sometimes with bundles of young leaves in the axils. Peduncles terminal, nearly naked, one-flowered. Outer calyx spreading, not half the length of the inner, which 'S upright, scariose. Radius about eight-petaled: petals wedge-shaped, for the most part three-toothed at the point, the middle tooth generally the longest, and often notched ; but sometimes the petal is as it were truncated, with several unequal teeth; colour a golden yellow, with a dark crimson spot spot at the base. Disk black-purple ; but the styles and stigma being yellow and exserted, occasion the outer rim, when the florets are expanded, to appear yellow. The palee are linear, and equal the floret in length. Seeds small, compressed, black, curved, naked. ; This species has a near affinity to tenuifolia ; from which, however, it is readily distinguished by its slender distorted stems; its outer calyx being barely half the length of, in- stead of equal to, the inner; and above all by the dark crimson base of the petals. j Native. of the whole of the Arkansa territory, as far as the Red River, North America, where it was discovered by Professor Nurraui, during his travels in that country, and an account of it transmitted to Professor Barron. It is of late introduction, and generally treated as a tender annual. Flowers the greater part of the summer. Com- municated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden, in September 1823, at which time our drawing was taken. We also received fine specimens in July last, from the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds. N 2513 Ward a= qh 1 | * f £ ( 2513 ) Monarpba RussELIANA. DotrreD-FLOWERED MonarDaA. KEKE EE EEE ERE KEK RK Class and Order. Dianpr1a Monoeynia. Generic Character. _ Cal. tubulosus dentatus. Cor. ringens: labio superiore lineari, filamenta involvente. Semina. 4. . Specific Character and Synonyms. Monarva Russeliana ; caule acutangulo bisulcato, foliis ovatis acuminatis basi rotundatis ; inferioribus ser- ratis, labio inferiore revoluto guttato. ies _ Descr. Stem erect, acute-angled with two deep grooves, ‘smooth. eaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, lower ones serrate, upper ones quite entire, roughish, on Very short incurved petioles. Flowers capitate. Involu- ¢rum consisting of six bractes, ovate-acuminate, longer than the calyx, ciliate, pale-flesh-coloured on the upper surface and green on the lower. Tube of Calyx curved. striate, with five-toothed border: teeth subulate, ciliate. Corolla ringent: upper-lip very narrow, a little dilated up- wards, entire or minutely emarginate: lower-lip much Wider, revolute, obsoletely three-toothed, white, with dis- inet crimson dots. —— This very handsome and distinct species of Monarpa Was communicated by Rosert Barctay, Esq. of Bury Hill, in June last. We are informed by Mr. Davin Cameron, lhe head gardener, that it was flowered in the greenhouse, or though sufficiently hardy to bear our winters in the pen ground, it will not in this situation blossom till late n the autumn. Native of North America. Raised from eeds received from Professor Nurraty, under the name ve have adopted. | N2514 ( 2514 ) KuPHORBIA CARINATA. KEEL-LEAVED Eu- PHORBIA. SEK KR KKK EE KE KK REE Class and Order. Dopecanpria TRIGYNIA. Generic Character. _ Cor. 4-s. 5-petala, calyci insidens. Cal. 1-phyllus, ven- tricosus.. Caps. tricocea. Specific Character and Synonyms. EurHorsia carinata; fruticosa, corollis calceoliformibus, foliis ellipticis subtus acutissime carinatis. CezPmparia carinata ; foliis ovatis acuminatis supra obso-. | lete venosis subtus costa profunde carinata: carina ‘mninute — exasperatis. Haworth Pl. Succ. _ Suppl. p. 67. : Evrnorera cisiatn. Donn Hort. Cantab. ed. 9. p. 155. Evpuorsia canaliculata. Lodd. Cab. 727. Palins __ The chief account we have found of this rare plant is in Hawortn’s Supplement to his history of succulent plants. At the time of this publication, in 1819, it does not seem tohave flowered in this country, the author having only Seen a small plant of it at the Fulham nursery. The flowers are very like those of E. Tithymaloides, but the leaves are remarkable for a sharp broad keel along the midrib on the underside, which in. the younger leaves is Undulated, but in the older ones quite plain, and sharp edged. Mr. Haworrn, from the slipper-sh corolla, has raised the section to which this species belongs into 4 genus, under the name of Crermaria, as has been before done by Neckar, under the name of PepILanTuus. Native of Trinidad. Requires to be kept in the stove. Communicated by Messrs. Waittzy, Brames, and Mize, in May last. N2515 . Bis by L. Garis, Walworth Sop T1814 Widest . ( 2515) MALVA PROSTRATA. PimMPERNEL-FLOWERED Matiow. KEKE KEKE REE KEKE Class and Order. Monapetpuia PoiyanpRiA. Generic Character. _ Cal. duplex : exterior 3-phyllus. Caps. plurime mono- Sperme v. disperme. Specifie Character and Synonyms. — Matva prostrata; foliis. palmato-quinque-lobatis inciso- dentatis, pedicellis solitariis petiolo longioribus, fructu glabro, petalis integris. De Cand Prodr. p. 436. Cav. Diss. 2. t. 16. f. 3. ee ene Descr. Stem prostrate, hairy: branches divaricate, flexuose. Stipules semi-ovate, two at the base of each petiole. Lower leaves round, kidney-shaped, crenate : Upper leaves palmately divided into five wedge-shaped ents, incised towards the point. Peduncles axill solitary, one-flowered, when seed-bearing considerably longer than the petiole. Outer calyx consists of three subulate leaflets: inner calyx five-cleft, leaflets ovate. Petals suborbiculate, scarcely longer than the calyx, quite entire. Capsules many, two seeded, nearly smooth, two-awned : awns short, subulate. In Professor De Canpo.te’s elaborate account of the. natural family of Malvacee, he has divided the genus ‘arpa into four sections, to the last of — our = Delongs. This section is formed into a separate genus by Mexcu, under the name of Moprota, adopted by De Can- POLLE as the name of the section, with a question, whether it ought not to be considered as a distinct genus. PE Native of South America, particularly by the way side in the neighbourhood of Monte-Video. Our plant was raised from seeds sent us from Brazil by Mr. Frepericx Sextto, in the garden of our late friend Joun Waker, Esq. of Arno’s Grove, and flowered in May. | Pub. byt Gurtis- Wabwrarthe fop- 1 1321 - N25 Wad dats ( 2516 ) OPHRYS ARACHNITES. Buiack-Spiper Opneys. KEKE EEE REE EKER KEKE Class and Order. : Gynanpria Monanpria. Generic Character. _ Cor. subpatens. _Labellum ecalcaratum. Glandule pol- knis cucullis distinctis incluse. Specific Character and Synonyms. Opnrys Arachnites ; bulbis. subrotundis, scapo folioso, nectarii labiolato emarginato appendiculato. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 813.. Host. Syn. p. 492... Opurys Arachnites ; caule folioso, labello villoso:trilobo : lobo medio obovato apice brevissime trilobo, petalis patentibus; tribus exterioribus oblongis obtusis, binis interioribus lineari-lanceolatis brevissimis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 67. ° Opurys arachnites. De Cand. fi. frang. 6. p. 332. Opurys arachnoides. Bot. Repos. 470? Opurys insectifera. n. arachnites. Sp. Pl. 1343. — (fuciflora ad iconem) radicibus subrotundis, la- bello holosericeo emarginato appendiculato. Hall. Hist. n. 1266. t. 24. fig. opt. | Orcuis Arachnites. Scop. Chen. 2. p. 194. m. 1115. Lod. Pa. 2. Orcuis araneam referens. Bauh. Pin. 84. Vaill. Paris. | € 30. f 10, 11,48 2. Orcuis serapias secunda Dodonei. Hort. Kystt. Ord. fist. 4 t.5. Hauer, who has given a full description of this plant, observes that the marking and appendices on the labellum, as well as the colour of the petals, are subject to much variation. In our specimen the stem was erect, er half-way with sheathing, ovate-lanceolate leaves. Spike distant flowered ; bractes ‘lanceolate, the length of the slightly curved germen. Petals or Lacinie rose coloured, tinged with green: three outer ones ovate, concave, nearly © equal, but the upper one something narrowest and in-— curved: two inner lacinié conical, somewhat fleshy, mi-— nutely ciliate when examined with alens. Labellwm round, | with the sides reflected, hollowed underneath, velvety, | black-purple, with yellow marks, and three green appen- | dices, two towards the base, conical, villous, a third at the apex, incurved, emarginate, with a small acumen in the sinus. Column erect, incurved, mucronate, green, tinged with yellow, not unaptly compared to a bird’s head. Pollen masses yellow, edtelad. and attached to a globu-_ lar gelatinous gland, contained in distinct sheaths, open-_ ing in front. : . . ative of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France. Communicated in June last by our friend, Mr. McLeay, | from the garden of Caartes Hamppen Turner, Esq. Rook’s-nest Park, Surry: The roots were brought by Mrs. Turner from Switzerland three years ago, with se-— veral other curious plants. We Neda?) | ( 317) | ALOE AFRICANA, 8. ANGusTIOR. Narrower Sworb-Leavep ALor. — Class and. Order. HEXANDRIA Monoeynia. Generie Character. Corolla erecta, ore patulo, fundo nectarifero. Filam. -Teceptaculo inserta, vk Specific Character and Synonyms. Ator africana ; fruticosa, foliis ensiformibus glaucis am- plexicaulibus,..spica_ terminali longissima, floribus pendulis imbricatis, staminibus exsertis.. m2 Ator africana; foliis ensiformibus glaucis; inferioribyus distantibus; apicibus reflexis, dentibus marginalibus igneis. Haworth in Lin. Soc. Trans.7. p. 21.—Syn. Pl. Succ. p.76. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 296. Ator perfoliata, B. africana ; foliis latioribus amplexicau- libus margine et dorso spinosis, floribus spicatis, caule fruticoso. Hort. Kew. ed. I" 1. p. 466. Mill. Dict. Willd. Sp. Pl 2. p. 185. (8.) latifolia ; foliis erecto-patulis superne parum recurvis. Haworth Suppl. Pl. Succ. p. 47. (2.) angustior ; foliis patenti-recurvantibus, fere duplo -angustioribus quam in var. 2. Id. 1. c. a Descr. At the time Mr. Haworrn published his elabo- rate arrangement of the genus Axor in the Seventh Volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, he had never seen the flowers of this species, which it rarely has been known to produce till it has acquired a very considerable size ; the figures of it which have been hitherto published, ave, in consequence, represented the form of the plant only, ; ; without without any flower, such as those quoted with doubt by Phytographia, which are therefore not quoted above. 4 4 Mr. Haworrtn, from Commerin, and those in WeInmAn’s © Ator africana grows with an upright stout stem, marked — with the vestiges of fallen leaves. Leaves alternate, stem- — embracing, most crowded at the upper part, more or less recurved, sword-shaped, concave on. the upper surface, armed at the margins, with conical rigid teeth or spines, which are of a red-orange colour at their points, some of the leaves have also a few similar spines on the under side towards their extremities ; when cut, a watery moderately bitter juice exudes. From the extremity of the stem rises the scape, bearing a very long spike of greenish-yellow pendulous cylindrical flowers, which, as they expand, be- come ascendent at the point, and the orange-red coloured stamens and style are protruded for some distance beyond the corolla. Our drawing was taken from a specimen kindly commu- nicated by Mr. Tuomas Hrrcuen, ot N orwich, from his very extensive collection of succulent plants, in December 1823. Mr. Haworru suggests that the blossoms might have had more of a red tinge, if they had been produced later in the lieht.” when they could have enjoyed a greater share of ight, rate, N 2518. Poth doy). Georbig Welworthy Ook 1808 ( 2518 ) CoTYLEDON DEcussATA. CRoss-LEAVED CoTyLepon. KEKE EER KEKE REE RK Class and Order. Decanpria PEnragyni. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. I-petala. Squame nectarifere 5, ad basin germinis. Caps. 5. eo Specific Character and Synonyms. Cotytepon decussata ; fruticosa, foliis concinne decussatis subteretibus mucronatis glaucis, floribus paniculatis. pendulis. j CotyLepon papillaris ; farinoso-alba, foliis concinne decus- _ Satis oppositis numerosis oblongo-cuneatis teretibusve . vel subclavatis acutis, subhorizontalibus ; pagina su- periore depressa. Haworth Suppl. Pl. Succ. p. 21.— vix C. papillaris Thunbergii. Corytepon foliis angustis oppositis cum limbo purpureo, _ floribus pendulis. Burm. Afr. n. 54. t. 22. f. 1. en Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, but very little branched. Leaves opposite crosswise, sessile, fleshy, nearly cylin- drical, somewhat flattened on the upper side, glaucous, or even hoary, narrowed at both ends, varying somewhat in shape, and terminated with a dark purple mucro. Common peduncle terminal, erect, smooth, half a foot long, purple, nearly naked, or furnished*with a pair of smaller leaves only, terminated in a panicle of many_pendulous, red lowers. Calyx five-toothed, four times shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla large, shewy, red: tube cy- lindrical, nearly an inch long: limb half the length, divided Into fiye lacinte rolled back. Stamens ten, aemants filaments pass through a hairy ring near the bottom of the tube: Anthers, before the flower opens, upright, with four grooves. Styles 5, rather longer than the stamens: stig- mas lobular, villous. Nectaries five concave scales, one— at the base of each germen. There can be no doubt but this is the CoryLepon papil-— laris of Haworra, but this author himself doubted of its being the papillaris of Tuunzere. At the time he wrote his Supplement, there was no possibility of coming to a_ certain decision in this respect, from the very insuflicient specific character given in the Prodromus ; but since the publication of the Flora Capensis, it is evident that our plant cannot belong to that species, which is there de- scribed, as having a herbaceous decumbent stem, and very much smaller leaves and flowers, with the limb of the corolla equal in length to the tube. Burman’s figure and descrip-| tion, quoted by Hawortu, however imperfect, evidently apply to our plant. And as this figure is not quoted to any other species, and the description of no recorded one cor- responds, we are constrained to apply to it a new specific name, that of papillaris being, as above-stated, already pre-- occupied. We have accordingly given one from the striking decussate position of the leaves. a - ‘This very rare and beautiful species of Coryrepon, was: kindly communicated to us in June last, by Mr. Hoop, Surgeon, South Lambeth, who possesses a fine collection of rare succulent plants, which he cultivates with great success, 7 N20 9. | Bub by 5 Lortas. Waderorth Dot 11 ” léte. Wedatit ( 2519 ) Losevia Rurzorpnyta. SPATHULA-LEAVED. LoBetia. | oe oe oe oe On Oy Oe on aN oe ON OR Class and Order. Penranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. - Cor. tubo hine fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito: Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). Caps. 2-locularis (raro 3-loc.) apice supero bivalvi. Brown. Specific Character and Synonyms. Loseia Rhizophyta ; caule decumbente alato, foliis obo- vato-spathulatis repando-dentatis, pedunculis axilla- ribus solitariis unifloris folio multo brevioribus. Lozeria Rhizophyta ; caule basi radicante adscendente | triquetro glabro, foliis inferioribus petiolatis obovatis repando-dentatis glabris crassiusculis; superioribus » lanceolatis sessilibus subdecurrentibus ; summis cili- atis integerrimis, pedunculis brevissimis axillaribus, capsulis cylindricis glabris. Schultes Syst. Veg. 5. p. 44. ex Sprengelio. Link. Enum. 1. p. 219. This little plant has long passed in our nurseries for Lozeuia bellidefolia, under which name we received it from Messrs. Loppices and Sons, in September, 1823. But, upon examination, we immediately found that it does not avree with the character of that species ; and upon shewing our drawing to Mr. Sweer he obligingly pointed out to us that it had been described by the name of Rhizophyta. This appellation we find was given it by Professor Spren- SEL, and is recorded in the new Systema Vegetabilium, publishing by Professor ScHurEs ; we have, therefore, ulopted, without approving, it, P PP “ We We received specimens of the same species several years’ ago from Mr. Barr, late of the Ball’s Pond nursery, and | from Mr. Donn, at that time curator of. the Cambridge carden, | : _Flowers in September and October. Propagated by ’ dividing its roots. | Tbawrisr. Tet Fuad. byl Cuorkic: Walworth, Ob 11826, Waddeld Se sated ta haere sii ’ ( 2520.) KuPHORBIA ANACANTHA. Scary Fincrr- FLOWERED SPURGE. Class and Onde? Dopecanpria TRIGYNIA. Generic Character. Cor. 4- 8. 5-petala, calyci insidens. Cal. 1-phyllus, ven- _ tricosus. Caps. 3-cocca. Specific Character and Synonyms. Eupnorsia anacantha ; inermis, imbricata, tuberculis foliolo subrotundo instructis, floribus terminalibus solitariis sessilibus, petalis palmatis. Hort. Kew. ed. I™, 2. p. 136.—ed. alt. 3. p. 158. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 888. Evupnorsia tridentata; imermis ramosa, subtuberculata, calycum Jaciniis exterius supra concavis coloratis tri- dentatis. Lam. Encyel. 2. p.416. Decand. Plantes Grasses 144. fide Hort. Kew. — ~ | Dacrytantues anacantha. Haworth Syn. Succ. p. 132. Eupnorrium anacanthum squamosum lobis florum triden- tatis. Isnard. Mem. de I Acad. 1720. p. 518. t. LL. Eupnorsium erectum aphyllum, ramis rotundis, tuberculis tetragonis. Burm. Afr. 16. t. 7. f. 2. Descr. This plant has altogether the habit of a Srapenia, the same kind of fleshy, jointed, tuberculated branches : the tubercles are generally four-sided, marked at the point with the remains of a small ovate, deciduous leaf. At the extre- mities of the flowering-branches from three to five oval fleshy leaves are produced, serving as an involucrum to the flower, from the centre of which issues the peduncle, bear- ing, according to the usual language, a single flower, with four or five tubular petals, each having a two-lipped limb, the wnder-lip much the longest, and terminated with three subulate subulate teeth, green on the under side, rugose and beau- tifully variegated on the upper ; the wpper-hp three lobed, white tinged with purple.» From a flat receptacle in the centre of these petals grows the female flower, a single, obsoletely three-cornered germen, with a tripartite style, and lobular stigmas; at first erect, but speedily, as in most _ of the genus, cerhuous; the germen is surrounded by se- veral stamens, which rise in succession: anthers two- lobed : lobes divaricate. -The whole plant when wounded exudes a white milk, which is not acrid. The above description is given according to the Linnean notions of the parts composing the flowers of an Euphorbia ; but our friend Mr. Rosert Brown has given a much more satisfactory explanation of the organs constituting the flower ; which cannot be better described than in his own words, in the appendix to FiinpEr’s Voyage, page 556. “* The view I take (says this intelligent botanist) of the structure of EvuPHORBIA is in ove important particular, at least, different from those given by Lamarck, Ventenat, Richard, and Decandolle, though possibly the same as Jussieu has hinted at; so briefly, however, and, I may add, ob- scurely, that if his supposition be really analogous to what I shall presently offer, he has not been understood by those who profess to follow him im this respect. : : ** With all the authors above quoted, I regard what Linneus has called Calyx and Corolla, in EupHorBIA, as an involucrum, containing several male flowers, which surround a single female. By some of these authors the male flowers are described as monandrous, and in this respect also, I agree with them; but the body, which all of them describe as a jointed filament, I consider to be made up of two very distinct parts, the portion below the joint being the footstalk of the flower, and that above it, the proper filament: but, as the articulation itself is entirely naked, it follows, that there is no perianthium; the filiform, or laciniated scales, which au- thors have considered as such, being on this supposition analagous to bractez: The female flower, in conformity with this supposition, has also its pedunculus on the dilated, and, in a few cases obscurely lobed; apex of which the sessile ovarium is placed. If this be a correct view of the struc- ture of Euphorbia, it may be expected that the true filament, or upper joint of what has commonly been called filament, should, as in other plants, be produced subsequent to the distinct formation of the anthera, which con- sequently will be found at first sessile on the lower joint or peduncle, after that has attained nearly its full length, and accordingly, this proves to be the case in such species as I have examined. Additional probability is given . to this view, by the difference existing between the surfaces of the two joints in some species. _ I consider it, however, as absolutely proved, by an un- published genus of this order, having an involucrum nearly similar to that of Euphorbia, and like it, enclosing several fasciculi of monandrous male flowers, surrounding a single female, but which, both at the joint of the supposed filament, and at that by which the ovarium is connected with its pedicellus, has an obvious perianthium regularly divided into lobes.” _ Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Requires to be kept in the greenhouse, or dry-stove. Propagated by cuttings. Flowers in September and October. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons. N 2521, Weddell. Bb by S.Getis Walworth. 0411824, TL beartie Dod (2521219 Scurzanrnus porricens: Spreapine Scni- ZANTHUS. ee eee Doe eo oe on ay ons On on a OO Os Class and Order. | Dianpria (Dipynamia Hooker) Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, resupinata: labio su- -periore 5-partito ; inferiore tripartito. Stam. 4: duo ste- Tilia. Caps. bivalvis, bilocularis. , Specific Character and Synonym. ‘Scuizanruus porrigens ; caule diffuso racemis paniculatis : | pedicellis divaricatissimis. ; Scuizantuus porrigens; pedicellis fructus patentibus dis- tichis rectiusculis (corolla labio inferiore pallide pur- pureo). Graham in Hooker Exotic Flora, 86. ; Descr. This species is a larger, more branched, and diffuse plant than the Scnizanruus pinnatus figured at No. 2404 of this work. The leaves and colour of the flowers seem to be too subject to vary to be depended upon for distinguishing the one from the other. Professor Granam seems to have had some confidence in the paler colour of the lower lip of the flower in ScuizanTHus porrt- gens ; but in our specimens the lower lip was a full violet colour, even deeper than in S. pinnatus. The present Species is much the most showy, and is a valuable acquisi- tion to the flower-garden, being a perfectly hardy annual, as we are informed by Mr. Minne of the Fulham nursery, to whom we are obliged for the communication of the Specimens from which our drawing was taken. This species is still more unlike the Scurzanruus figured in the Flora Peruviana than pinnata, and in the a tion given in that work, the stem is pointedly said to be upright, and but little branched. Native of Chili. . Flowers in. the- open ground:in J uly, August, and September. 3 I baertior Dol Nez. ( 2522 ) -CRINUM CONFERTUM. CrowDED-FLOWERED Crinum. : ae oeoteokazekcokiteok sates steotaate Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character.—Vide supra No. 2292, et No. 2463. Specific Character. Crinum confertum; bulbo ovato, foliis bipedalibus mar- gine levi, 14 unc. latis, canaliculatis, apice obliquo gradatim attenuatis ; umbella circiter 8-flora ; scapo compresso viridi pedali ; spatha viridi 33-unciali, _bracteis gracilibus; germine viridi semunciali ob- longo sessili, loculis 5—8-spermis ; tubo viridi erecto 3-unciali ; limbo albo 33-unciali, laciniis exteris 3, internis } unc. latis ; stylo purpureo laciniis aliquan- tulum breviore ; stigmate trilobo purpureo; filamentis stylo sesquiunciam brevioribus, divaricatis, purpureis, versus basin albis, basi gibbos4, apice aliquantulum sursum curvato; polline aureo. W.H. ~ Descr. This species differs from Crinum arenarium in having: the coats of the bulb harder, the leaves more atte- nuated, the flowers more numerous and erect, the germen longer, oblong, and sessile, the style a little shorter than the limb, and the limb longer than the tube. Our speci- men flowered in June, in the stove of the Earl of Carnarvon at Highclere. It is a native of the N. W. coast of Australia, from whence it was sent by the collector, under the naine of Crinum angustifolium of Brown, a species with rough- edged leaves, which does not appear to have been yet introduced into this country. W. H. LN DE X. In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Fifty- First Volume are alphabetically arranged. ae Pi. _ 2517 Aloe africana, 6 angustifolia. 2512 _ 2470 Coriaria sarmentosa. 2494 Alpinia tubulata. 2448 Amethystea cerulea. 2459 Ammobium alatum. 2478 Angclonia salicarizefolia. 2468 Antennaria triplinervis. 2472 Artemisia biennis. 2508 Arum bulbiferum. 2499 Aspidistra lurida. 2503 Astrapza Wallichii. 2509 Azalea indica. 2511 Bellis sylvestris. 2444 Biscutella hispida. 2491 Bossizxa linophylla. er oA Male Seth ‘eae 2492 Campanula peroeit., 2498 Canna edulis, _ 2493 Centaurea spinosa. 2488 Cissus antarctica. 2443 quinquefolia. 2479 Coix Lachryma. 2496 Conanthera bifolia. 2451 Coreopsis lanceolata. tinctoria. 2518 Cotyledon decussata. 2466 Crinum Careyanum. 2522 confertum. 2463 ——_— snbmersum. 2456 Cyrilla racemiflora. 2471 Cyrtanthus _ 2486 Dalea mutabilis. 2454 Desmanthus virgatus. 2476 Dorstenia arifolia. 2457 Echinops strictus, 2473 Echites nutans. 2480 Enteléa arborea. 2465 Erica bucciniflora. 2504 Erinus Lychnidea. 2445 Erodium Gussonii. 2490 Eucrosia bicolor, - * @25 2467 Eulophia guincensis. . 2520 Euphorbia anacantha, 2514 ——-—— carinata. 2507 Fuchsia decussata. 2464 Habranthus gracilifolius. 2485 versicolor. 2475 Hippeastrum subbarbatum. 2453 Jonidium Ipecacuanha @. — 2446 Ipomza speciosa. 2487 Justicia geniculata, 2505 Ixora barbata, 2497 Laurus aggregata. 2519 Lobelia Rhi yta. || 2469 Lonicera punicea. | 2462 Malpighia lucida. 2515 Malva prostrata. - 2441 Melastoma granulosa. 2455 Momordica Charantia. 2513 Monarda Russeliana. . 2458 Nicandra physaloides. 2484 Nicotiana repanda. 2452 Ocimum canum. 2450 Ononis hispanicas—— 2516 Ophrys Arachnites. 2510 Ornithogalum. 2442 Oxylobium arborescens- 2483 Oxytropis pilosa. 2506 Pedicularis canadensis.— — 2449 Phlomis:Herba Venti. 2460 Plectranthus ternatus. 2447 Protea grandiflora « latifolia. 2501 Psidium Catleianum. 2461 Rhipsalis salicornoides. 2502 Sarcophyllum carnosum. 2521 Schizanthus porrigens- 2474 Sedum sempervivoides. 2482 Serratula simplex. 2495 Sida aurita. 2477 Vernonia flexuosa. 2481 Urtica involucrata. 2500 Wulfenia carinthiaca. DNGRGEYG In which the English Names of the Plants contained in’ the Fifty First Volume are alphabetically arranged.. apa Sa— Pi. 2517 Aloe, Narrow Sword-leaved. 2494 Alpinia, Demerara. 2448 Amethyst, Blue. 2459 Ammobium, Winged-stalked. 2478 Angelonia, Violet-flowered. 2508 Arum, Bulb-bearing. 2499 Aspidistra, Dingy-flowered, 2503 Astrapea, Wallich’s. 2509 Azalea, Double Rose-coloured Indian. ' 2462 Barbadoes-Cherry,._Wedge- leaved. 2452 Basil, Hoary. 2497 Bay, Cluster-flowered. 2492 Bell-flower, Austrian... — _ 2491 Bossiza, Narrow-leaved. 2489 Bubon, lovage-leaved. .2444 Buckler’s-mustard, Hispid. 2493 Centaury, Prickly-branched. 2443 Cissus, Five-leaved Brasil. 2496 Conanthera, Violet-flowered. 2512 Coreopsis, Arkansa. 2451 ——__—__ Spear-leaved. 2470 Coriaria, New-Zealand. 2518 Cotyledon, Cross-leaved. 2466 Crinum, Dr. Carey’s. 2522 Crowded-flowered, 2463 —-—— Lake. 2456 Cyrilla, Carolina. 2471 Cyrtanthus, Pale-ilowered. 2511 Daisy, Large Portugal. 2486 Dalea, Changeable. bos 2454 Desmanthus, Long-twigged. 2476 Dorstenia, Arum-leaved. 2480 Enteléa, New-Zealand. 2504 Erinus, Phlox-like. 2490 Eucrosia, Particoloured. 2468 Everlasting, Nepal. 2467 Eulophia, Sierra Leone. 2514 Euphorbia, Keel-leaved. - 2507 Fuchsia, Cross-branched, — 2457 Globe-Thistle, Upright. 2501 Guava, Purple-fruited. 2485 Habranthus, changeable. ra | re, 2464 Habranthus, Slender-leaved. 2465 Heath, Trumpet-flowered. 2445 Heron’s-bill, Gussone’s. 2469 Honeysuckle, Crimson-flower~. ed, upright. 2498 Indian-reed, Tuberous-rooted. 2453 Ipecacuanha, White. 2446 Ipomea, Broad-leaved. 2479 Job’s-tears. 2487 Justicia, Jointed-stalked. 2505 Ixora, Bearded. 2488 Kanguru-Vine. , 2475 Knight’s-star-lily, Slightly — bearded. ep 2519 Lobelia, Spathula-leaved. 2506 Lousewort, Canadian. 2515 Mallow, Pimpernel-flowered, . 2441 Melastoma, Commerson’s. _ 2455 Momordica, Tuberculated. 2513 Monarda, Dotted-flowered, 2481 Nettle, Imbosomed. 2458 Nicandra, Physalis-like. 2516 Ophrys, Black-spider, 2442 Oxylobium, Tall, | 2483 Oxytropis, Hairy, 2449 Phiomis, Rough-leaved. 2460 Plectranthus, Ternate-leaved.> 2447 Protea, Broad-leaved great-. flowered... 2450 Rest Harrow, Small-leaved. 2461 Rhipsalis, Glass-wort-like. 2502 Sarcophyllum, Cape. 2473 Savannah-flower, Nodding. 2482 Saw-wort, One-tlowered. 2521 Schizanthus, Spreading. 2474 Sedum, Houseleek-like. 2495 Sida, Ear-stipuled. La 2520 Spurge, Scaly Finger-flowered. 2510 Star of Bethlem, Narbonne. — 2484 Tobacco, Stem-clasping Ha- vannah, | 2477 Vernonia, Zig-zag. 2472 Wormwood, Biennial. 2500 Wulfenia, Carinthian,