CURTIS’S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; Flower Garden Displaped: In which the most Ornamental Foreren Puanrs cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented and coloured. To which are added, THEIR NAMES, CLASS, ORDER, GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF LINNEUS; Their Places of Growth, Times of Flowering, and most approved Methods of Culture. CONDUCTED By SAMUEL CURTIS, F. L. S. THE DESCRIPTIONS By WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, L. L. D. F.R, A. and L. 8. and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. VOL. VI. 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WSEH. del? < (98188 LATHYRUS DECAPHYLLUS. 'TEN-LEAFLETTED EVERLASTING PEA. KEKE KEE KEKE KKK KEKE Class and Order. Diapevpui1a Decanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) Generic Character. Cal. campanulatus 5-fidus, lobis 2 superioribus breviori- bus. Cor. papilionacea. Stam. diadelpha. Stylus com- planatus, apice dilatatus, antice villosus aut pubescens. Legumen oblongum, polyspermum, bivalve, 1-loc. Semina globosa aut angulata. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonyms. Laturrvs* decaphyllus ; glabriusculus, caule acute angu- lato, foliolis 8—412 elliptico-ovatis suboblongisve, stipulis parvis lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, pedun- culis folii longitudine multifloris, calyce dense pubes- cente dentibus 2 superioribus valde abbreviatis, (corol- lis purpureis. ) stra i Latuyrus decaphyllus. Pursh, Fl. Am. v.2. p. 471. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 159. f Descr. Stem three feet and more long, procumbent, or climbing among bushes, rather stout, downy, somewhat geniculated, acutely three or four-angled and striated, purplish-green. Leaves a span long, pinnated with from eight to twelve ovato-elliptical, or sometimes approaching to oblong, alternate, remote, and shortly petiolated leaflets, __ mucronated at the point, somewhat nerved, and ater: ag reticulated, * In Greek Aabvpor, the name of a Leguminose plant in Theopbrastus. ae VOL. VI. B Be reticulated, bright yellow-green and nearly glabrous above, aler, almost glaucous and downy when seen through a Teen beneath. Rachis angular, terminated by a branched tendril. The stipules may be said to be half arrow-shaped, — with the lobe deflexed, and equal in size to the stipule, in other words, to be composed of two equal, acuminated, — divaricating lobes: the length about three-fourths of an — inch. Peduncles about as long as the leaves, angular — and striated, slightly downy, terminated by an unilaterally and very bowutifal many-flowered raceme. Pedicels curva downy. Calyx reddish-purple, very downy, obscurely ribbed, the two upper teeth very short, the lowermost one | the longest. Vexillum bright red-purple, becoming paler and more blue in age; above the claw are two obtuse teeth, and the border is minutely, but delicately reticulated with red. Ale oblong, the upper margin complicated, and folding into some depressions of the carina so as to adhere — rather firmly to it, pale purplish ; carina obtuse, almost white. Filaments in two sets. Style linear, a little dilated — upwards, and there downy above. | In the “ Flora Boreali-Americana” I have described this plant, which is found, both by Dr. Ricnarpson and Mr. Drummonp, on the banks of the Saskatchawan river, in N. lat. 52°—53°, and by Mr. Dovetas, in North-West America, as the L. decaphyllus of Mr. Pursu, a native of the Missouri, and from whose description it only differs in the greater number of flowers in a raceme. These flowers are rather large, forming a dense, almost capitate raceme, before ex- pansion of a bright red colour, gradually becoming purple as they open, and fading away in age to a rather dingy blue. Our plant was raised from seeds brought home by ie Droummonp and Dr. Ricnarpson, in the garden of P. EILL, Esq. and it flowered for the first time in June, 1831. It is a highly ornamental speci : in every haste: der pecies, and well merits a place — ie — pe 1, Vexillum. 2, Ale, 3. Carina. 4, Style. 5. Calyx :—mag- HTH del? Pub. by 8. Curtis, Glazenwood Eevex Jan¥ 1,13 Ee ee eee eee G, Mato warn . C3184 ys GERANIUM ALBIFLORUM. WHITE-FLOWERED Crane’s Binz. ~ FEE EKEEEREREEEE EERE Class and Order. MonaDELPHIA DEcANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—GeraniAcez. ) Generic Character. Sepala 5 equalia. Pet. 5 equalia. Stam. 10 fertilia alterna majora. Glandule nectarifere ad basin stam. ma- jorum. Carpellorum ariste intus glabre, demum elastice, a basi ad axios apicem circinnatim revolute.— Herbe rarissime suffrutescentes, foliis palmato-lobatis, pedunculis 1—2-floris. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonym. Geranium * albiflorum ; caule terete erecto dichotomo in- ferne glabro superne glanduloso-piloso, foliis profunde 5-partitis, laciniis ovato-acuminatis inciso-subpinnati- fidis subpilosis, radicalibus longe petiolatis superio- ribus oppositis breve petiolatis 3-partitis magis acu- minatis, calycibus glanduloso-pilosis, petalis integris (albis) intus filamentisque basi hirsutis. Geranium albiflorum. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 116. t.40. Graham im Ed. N. Phil. Journ. June, 1831. Descr. This is a perennial plant, with herbaceous, erect stems, a foot and a half or two feet high, rounded, simple and glabrous below, upwards dichotomously branch- ed and downy. Leaves almost entirely glabrous, the lower ones upon very long stalks, palmatedly five-partite, the lobes ovato-acuminate, cut and laciniated in a pinnatifid manner : * From ytpavs a crane ; whose beak the seed-yessel somewhat resembles. — manner: those of the stem are gradually smaller upwards, — on shorter stalks, three-partite, more acuminated and in- cised. Peduncles elongated, downy, and glandular, two- flowered, and, as well as the pedicels, bracteated at the — base. Calyx of five oblong, glandular leaves, tipped with a long, soft mucro. Petals obovate, longer than the calyx, tapering into a short unguis, milk-white, veined, hairy and ciliated below. Stamens with hairy glands on the lower parts of their filaments, which are reddish-purple. Anthers bluish-purple. Stigmas yellow-green. The gardens, both of Edinburgh and Glasgow, are in- debted for the possession of this plant to the exertions of — Mr. Drummonp, who brought home seeds of it from the ose Ze the Rocky Mountains of North America, in lat. In habit and general appearance it approaches, on the one hand, the European G. pratense, and on the other, the — N. American G. maculatum, differmg in the characters above given, and in the colour of the flowers, which are constantly white. _ It blossoms copiously during the summer months, and increases readily by its roots. <= Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamen and Gland :—magnified. J125. 3 WIA del? 3 Lub. by S.Cartis, Glasemrved £s8¢x Jan? 1 1832 ( 3125 ). Cereus Royenr. Van Roven’s Cereus. = Conia Gyvtetacn ds 1 Cll, = oj perby Mniw BEER EEE EEE EEEEEEE Class and Order. IcosanpRIA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Cacrez. ) Generic Character. Sepala numerosissima imbricata basi ovario adnata, in tubum elongatum concreta, exteriora breviora calycinalia, media longiora colorata, intima petaliformia. Stamina numerosissima cum tubo concreta. Stylus filiformis apice multifidus. Bacca sepalorum reliquiis areolata tuberculosa aut squamata. Cotyledones nulle ?>—Frutices carnosi elon- gati axi ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis vertica- libus spinarum fasciculos gerentibus, regulariter sulcati. Anguli seu ale nunc plurime, nunc pducissime, rarius due tantum et tunc rami compresso-alati. Flores ampli e spt- narum fasciculis aut crenis angulorum ort. DC. — Specific Character and Synonyms. Cereus * Royeni ; erectus simplex continuus 9—10-angu- latus, angulis acutiusculis, spinis fasciculatis 68 aciculiformibus fuscis junioribus lana laxa paulo lon- gioribus, tubo florali brevi crassa inermi, lobis exteri- oribus parvis viridi-purpureis, interioribus roseis omnibus subacutis. 4s ae Cereus Royeni. Haw. Syn. p. 182. De Cand. P x p- 466. : : = z ; : Cactus Royeni. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 688. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v.3. p. ITT. Descr. With ‘us, this plant has attained a height of ae about three feet and a half, and a diameter of an inch and ne * From the Latin word Cereus, signifying pliant, which many of the — Species are, a half or two inches, erect, straight, or somewhat flexuose, of nearly the same width throughout, obtuse at the extre- mity, marked with eight to ten prominent, rather acute angles or ridges, which are beset with little tufts of rather long, lax, and deciduous wool, whence arises a spreading (or when young erect) cluster of dingy brown, long, slender, and sharp aculei, some of them nearly an inch m length, longer than the wool. From a tuft of this description (the woolly substance being increased in quantity, and rising one above another in each successive season,) springs a flower, large, indeed, in proportion to the size of the plant, but not remarkable for the beauty of its colour. The tube is about two inches long and three-fourths of an inch thick, of an olive green colour, glabrous and unarmed, expanding upwards into many imbricated, fleshy scales or segments, which are ovate and acute, often tinged with rose colour. These may be considered as constituting the calyx: for within is a series of ovate, pale rose-coloured petals, shorter than the calyx. Stamens numerous, shorter than the co- | rolla. Anthers linear-oblong, pale yellowish-white. Style — exserted, white, jointed near the base, and deep rose colour- ed below the joit. Stigma of about seven or eight rays, which are erect, or connivent, white. _ The difficulty of determining the various species of the Cactus tribe, is well known to those who have had occasion to study them. In the present instance, we have given @ plate of an individual, which certainly, in description, is so little at variance with the Cereus Royeni, that I am inclined to think it is that species: although the exterior scales of the flower are not acuminated, as De Canpoue describes them to be ; nor are the petals white, but rose-coloured. Our specimens were obligingly communicated to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by —— Rysurn, Esq. of this place, who received them from Mr. Swarr of Grenada. — Our tallest plant, three feet and more in height, flowers readily in the spring and summer. We possess a very similar plant from Trinidad, whence it was sent by the late Baron de Snack: but it has considerably shorter poe, and is, probably, the Cerrus lanuginosus of Mr. Awortu (Cactus lanuginosus. Lan.) ) ——n ——— _ Fig. 1. Flower: nat. size. 2. Anther: magnified. 3. Style and Section of the Germen: nat. size. 4. Sti : A s ee Wool: nat. size. tigma: magnified, 5, Tuft of Spines “| da OP SRE Sneha Gea a SY ( 3126) ERIOCAULON DECANGULARE. ‘'TEN-ANGLED PIpE-wortT. | ERE EER EE EEKEEEEEE EEE Class and Order. Moneecta TErTrraNnpDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Rest1acez. ) Generic Character. Capitulum androgynum : squamis unifloris, extimis se- pius vacuis involucrantibus. Perianthium duplici serie 4—6-phyllum.—Masc. in disco capituli. Perianthiwn foliolis interioribus infra connatis altiusve insertis. Sta- mina 4A—6. Anthere biloculares—Fem. in ambitu capi- tuli. Perianthium foliolis interioribus distinctis. Stylus 1. Stigmata 2—3. Capsula 2—3-locularis, 2—3-loba, angulis salientibus dehiscens. - Semina solitaria. Br. — Specific Character and Synonyms. Eriocauton * decangulare ; scapo elato longe vaginato 10—12-angulato, foliis subulato-ensiformibus canali- culatis glabris, capitulo magno. depresso - globoso, squamis exterioribus ovatis nitidis apice hirsutis in- terioribus linearibus hirsutissimis, perianthii foliolis4 _ - apice villosis. | | Pe Ertocauton decangulare. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 485. Mich. Fl. Am. Bor. v.11. p. 165. Pursh, Fl. Am. v.1. p. 91. Elliott, Carol. v. 2. p. 565, Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. . 1310. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 1. p. 486. Roem. et Sch. See Veget. v. 2. p..864. Spreng. Syst. Veg.v.3.p. Errocauron decemangulare. Lumb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. Am. v. 1. p. 254. | ee a Errocauton serotinum. Lam. Encyel. v. 3. p. 176. (fide _ Potret.) . . cf Eriocauton Novaboracens. Pluken. Amalth. t. 409. f. 5. Descr. — * Named from «por, wool, and xavd0s, the stem, in allusion to the downy = stems or scapes of the species first known. . a Descr. Perennial. Leaves all radical, a span or more long, half an inch broad, subulato-ensiform, pale green, somewhat shining, semipellucid, striated, and compactly cellular, the inner ones nearly erect, the outer ones patent or recurved. Scape one to three feet high, terete, with twelve (often spiral) strie and as many obtuse angles between them; sheathed below with a bractea, which is nearly as long as the leaves, tubular, and spirally striated. Head of Flowers nearly three-fourths of an inch in diameter, forming a depressed globe, nearly hemispherical, woolly. Outer scales the largest, empty, ovate, acute, pale yellowish- brown, glossy: inner ones bearing flowers, linear, very hairy. Male Flowers in the disk, each a perianth of four leaves, the two outer and lower ones subconduplicate, — carinate, hairy at the back and tip; the two inner ones united for the greater part of their length into an infundi-— buliform, glabrous tube, the two lips hairy, bearing each a black, sessile gland, and at the base two stamens on short filaments and two others from the sinus of the lips, one on each side. There are besides two glands at the base of these lips. Filament short, white. Anther 2-lobed, dark green. Female Flowers occupying the circumference. Segments of the Perianth free to their base, or nearly so; outer ones conduplicate ; inner ones linear, spathulate, hairy at the extremities. Pistil on short stipes. Germen two-lobed. Style bifid. Stigmas subulate. a A native of North America, from Pennsylvania to Caro- lina and Virginia ; and if Humeoxpt’s E. decemangulare be the same, as is supposed by that author, of the tropical rts of South America likewise. Our Glasgow Garden Is indebted to the Messrs. Loppiexs for the species. It is, with us, cultivated in the stoves, in pots of peat-earth set ito pans of water. Its flowers are produced in July and ae eeteeiny upon scapes two and a half and three feet long. _ Judging from the description, Micuaux’s E. gnaphalodes is very nearly allied to this; nor can I distinguish what } have received from the Southern States, under that name, from the present. Like our British Errocauton, (E. sept -gulare) it is liable to vary much in size. Fig. 1. Section of the Scape. 2. Outer Secale of the Capitulum. 3. Inner Scale. 4. Male Flower. 5. Seale of a Female Flower. 6. Female Flowe™ 7. Pistil :—magnified. — ie ¢ : fab by J lurizs Geis Essex San? £1832 a ee ee ee ( $127.) VERBENA VENOSA. STRONG-NERVED VERVAIN. . KEE EKER KEE KEKE EKER Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. ( Nat. Ord.— VERBENACE2. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, dente unico subbreviore. Cor. limbus irre- ‘gulariter 5-lobus. Stam. inclusa. Utriculus 4-spermus, cito rumpens, ut maturi fructus caryopses sistant. Spr. Specific Character and Synonyms. VERBENA venosa ; asperrima, caule acute tetragono, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sessilibus basi latis subcordatis venosis grosse acutissimeque serratis, spicis termina- libus decussatim paniculatis, corollis calyce cylin- draceo 4-plo (bractea 3-plo) longioribus. | VerBena venosa. Gill. et Hook. Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 167. Descr. This Versena, in the wild state, is about a foot in height, and decumbent at the base ; in our stove, it rises nearly erect to a height of two to three feet. Its stem is — rough, acutely quadrangular, but little branched. Leaves — Opposite, remote, rough, oblongo-lanceolate, sharply, coarsely, and unequally serrated, strongly marked with veins, which are immersed above, and prominent beneath, the apex acute, the base sessile, narrow in the lower leaves, — In the rest broad and somewhat cordate. At the setting-on — of the peduncles of the flowers, the leaves become lanceo- late, or lanceolato-subulate, acute, entire bracteas. The _ peduncles themselves are opposite, three to four pairs placed m a sort of decussated panicle, having a terminal, nearly Sessile spike. Spikes oblong, with rather closely imbri ated, hairy, purple, subulate bracteas. Flowers flowering from below upwards in succession. Calyx shorter than the bractea and concealed by it, cylindrical, with five angles, and five, nearly equal, red teeth, hairy. Corolla rather large, rich purple. Tube three or four times as long as the calyx, curved, downy, purple ; limb in five broad, emargi nate, almost bifid, purple segments, mouth slightly hairy Stamens four, inserted below the middle of the tube: Fila ments short: Anthers ovato-lanceolate. Pistil: Germen oval, glabrous. Style about halfas long as the tube of the corolla. Stigma somewhat capitate, with a spur at its base. — Fruit separating into four oblong achenia, on one of which — the style for a time remains, and enveloped by the persist-_ ent calyx, which is closed at the mouth. : This is a very handsome species of VERBENA, in 7 : respects allied to V. Bonariensis, differing in its much — shorter spikes, and vastly larger flowers, which are of a_ bright purple colour. : _ It isa native of the Pampas of Buenos Ayres, whence - seeds were sent by Dr. Guus, its discoverer, to Mr. Nett, and to the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and Glasgow, — where the plants have flowered readily in the greenhou during the summer months. From a specimen kindly com municated by Mr. Next our figure was made. ——— Fig. 1. Leaf from the lower part of the Plant: natural size. 2. Flower and Bractea, 3. Stamens. 4. Pistil. 5. Fruit enclosed in the Calyx and with the Bractea, 6, Fruit, separating into four achenia: magnified. y 2 § si s r S : fy a) 3 3 3 Ss *” & Law] ne | (93128 )8 MICHAUXIA LAVIGATA. Smootu MIcHAUvUXxIA. KEKE KER KKK KE KEKE KEKEK Class and Order. OcranpRIA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord —Campanutaceg. ) Generic Character. Cal. 8 (—10) -fidus, sinubus appendicibus obtectis. Cor. 8 (—10) -partita, rotata. Stam. 8 (—10) inter se libera ; filamentis latissimis, membranaceis, basi approx- imatis ; antheris flavis, apice leviter cuspidatis. Stylus pilis collectoribus 16 (—20) ordinibus dispositis tectus. Stigmata 8 (—10) filiformia, ovarium totum inferum, 8 (—10) -loculare, loculamentis lobis calycinis oppositis. Capsula nutans, 8—10-valvis, basi dehiscens. Sema nu- merosa, ovata, ferruginea, receptaculis carnosis ad angulos" internos loculamentorum sitis inserta. Alph. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonyms. Micuavxia levigata; caule elato glaberrimo nitido, foliis duplicato - dentatis hispidis, radicalibus ovatis longe petiolatis, caulinis sessilibus oblongis, inferioribus basi attenuatis, superioribus cordatis, floribus decandris, stigmate calyce corollaque 10-partitis. Ss Micuavuxia levigata. Vent. Hort. Cels. p. 81.t. 81. Pers. Syn. Pl. ». 1. p. 418. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 213. Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ. Dec. 1830. _ Bot. Reg. for Oct. 1831, cum Ic. Micuavxia decandra. Fischer MSS. Descr. Root perennial. Stem (eleven feet high,) her-_ baceous, smooth, shining, tapering, subsimple, upright, — straight, © —_—. _* Named in honor of the celebrated Botanist and Traveller, AN: Micuavx,. | = straight. Leaves sprinkled on both sides with harsh, erect hairs, duplicato-dentate, coarsely veined and reticulate; root-leaves ovate, decurrent upon petioles longer than them- selves, and on the upper part of which there are a few small pinne ; stem-leaves sessile, the lower ones oblong, and somewhat attenuated at the base, higher up cordate and more acute, and gradually passing into cordate, acute, — bracteas, with reflected aculei on the margin and on the — back of the middle rib. Flowers scattered along nearly — the whole length of the stem, on short peduncles in the axils of the bracteas, they expand in succession, and slowly, — from below upwards. Peduncles solitary, bearing three — flowers, of which the terminal one only has expanded. | Calyx consisting of ten segments which are acute, at first” erect, afterwards spreading at right angles, reflected in the — sides and fringed with reflected aculei, and of ten other segments, which extend backwards along the pedicel, flat and shorter, but in other respects similar to the first ten, and alternating with them. Corolla white, much longer than the calyx, ten-parted, segments (one inch long, one— line broad) linear, revolute, reflected in the edges, and ciliated with reflected aculei along the middle rib. Stamens ten ; flaments connivent, subulate, winged, wings reflected, villous ; anthers as long as the filaments, linear, yellow, : bursting along their sides ; pollen yellow. Germen top- shaped, inferior, ribbed, ten-locular. Style stout, straight, longer than the stamens, pubescent. Stigma ten-parted, revolute. Ovules very numerous, attached to a large, cen-_ tral receptacle. The whole plant yields, on the slightest injury, a large quantity of milky juice. : Seeds of this plant, which is ‘a native of the North of Persia, were communicated to the Botanic Garden of Edin- burgh by Dr. Fiscuer, in March, 1829, and the same spe- cimen has been in flower with us in the open border for about two months after the middle of Augist. Even yet, (16th October,) the flowers are not expanded much above _ half way up the stem, and I have no doubt the plant would _ have continued in blossom till the frost cut it down, but for an injury which it has accidentally received. Graham. Fig. 1. Stamen. 2, Section of a portion of the Germen. 3. Portion of _ the Calyx, seen from beneath. 4. Extremity of the Segment of the Corolla, seen from beneath.— Magnified. : ae San W.JH del? Pub by Slurtis Glaxenweed Efex. Sam? 1 1832. e ( 3129 ) ANTHERICUM SEMIBARBATUM. HALF- BEARDED ANTHERICUM. EREREEKEEEEREEREE ER EE Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—AspHopELEz. ) Generic Character. Perianthium sexpartitum, patens, «quale, deciduum. Anthere versatiles. Ovarium loculis | Sade eee Stylus filiformis. Stigma subpapillosum. Capsula subglobosa, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina pauca, angulata, umbilico nudo. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. ANTHERICUM semibarbatum ; radicibus fibrosis, filamentis declinatis (exterioribus imberbibus?). Br. ANTHERICUM semibarbatum. Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. v.1. p. 275. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 330. Burzine semibarbata. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 86. Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 445. Gime Descr. Root fibrous. Leaves all radical, from six inches to a toot long, subulate, rounded at the back, grooved in front, glaucous-green, paler and yellowish below. Scape one and a half or two feet high, rounded, glaucous-green, earing at the extremity a raceme of flowers, of which a few (two or three) only are expanded at atime. Perianth of six ovate, obtuse, spreading, bright yellow pieces, with & greenish nerve on the back. After flowering, the pedicels, — Which are an inch or more long, become very erect, and the perianth withers, persists, and changes to a yellow-brown colour. Stamens six, declined, all of the filaments with a tuft of yellow hairs above the middle. “Anthers wt 23 oO : oblong, transverse. Pistil: Germen globose, three-lobed Style with its base bent down, then curved upwards, filiform. q Stigma acute. Of the Genus AnrueEricum only two species are described — as Australian by Mr. Brown ; A. bulbosum, figured at tab. — 3017 of this work, and the A. semibarbatum, which we con- — sider the present plant to be, and of which the seeds were — received from Van Dieman’s Land at the Glasgow Botanic — Garden. It flowered in the Greenhouse in April, 1831. As our A. bulbosum did not entirely accord with Mr. i Brown’s character of that species ; so neither does the present individual quite tally with the A. semibarbatum of — that learned author; for the stamens are not bearded in the outer filaments only, but all of them are furnished witha dense tuft of hairs above the middle. This indeed exactly — accords with the flowers of a plant described by ScuuTEs — as a native of Van Dieman’s Land, under the name of — Buxzine semibarbata, and which he thinks may probably — constitute a new species, but of which he had not seen the — roots and leaves. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil: magnified. Rew Z.. Guriding: dei® Fub- by S. Curis, Clazenwood Essex-Bb¥1 2852 ( 3130 ) CoccoLoBA UVIFERA. RouND-LEAVED— Sra-sipE GRAPE. KKK KKK KK KE EK KEK EERE Class and Order. Octanpria Tricyni. ( Nat. Ord.—Potyeonez. ) Generic Character. Perianthium 5-partitum corollatum. Nux monosperma, perianthio baccato tecta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Coccotona* uvifera; foliis cordato-orbiculatis obtusissimis nitidis glabris, racemis spicatis, fructiferis nutantibus. Coccotoza uvifera. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 523. Jacq. Am. p. 112. ¢. 73. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 457. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 421. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 252. GuAJABARA racemosa, foliis coriaceis subrotundis. Plum. Ic. t. 145. Coccorosza foliis crassis orbiculatis, smu acuto. Browne, Jam. p. 209. Prunus maritima, racemosa, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. 2. p. 129. t. 220. f. 3. ; (G.) racemis fructiferis erectis. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 457. Coccotoza leoganensis. Jacq. Am. p. 113. t. 178. f. 33. Descr. A Tree, twenty feet or more in height, much branched, the branches flexuose. Leaves very beautiful, — _ ample, orbiculari-cordate, coriaceous, entire, obtuse, wav- _ _ ed, of a full bright and glossy green, with the principal — 2 nerves ae * xoxnos, fruit, and roos, a lobe, from the lobed fruit. = VOL. VI. c nerves red, especially at the base. Petioles short, with © combined, sheathing stipules at their base. Racemes ter- — minal, long, erect in flower, afterwards cernuous; pedicels — short, in many closely-placed fascicles, with little scales or _ bractee at their base. Flowers fragrant. Perianth small, © white, in five deep, spreading segments, uniting into a fleshy attenuated base, which is jointed upon the pedicel. — Stamens eight, combined at the base into an annulus which — surrounds the germen. Germen superior, ovate. Styles — three. Stigmas obtuse. As the fruit advances to maturity it becomes enveloped by the enlarged and fleshy perianth, which thus forms an obovate, reddish, purple Berry, re- — sembling a small pear, with a scar at the top where the — seements of the perianth had been attached: within is one — cell, divided at the base into three imperfect cells, whose dissepiments enter into the base of the nut. Nut roundish, — very acute, longitudinally wrinkled, three-lobed at the base — below, and attached by the centre. Albumen copious, — marked with numerous clefts and fissures at the margin. In_ the middle of this, or nearly so, is the foliaceous Hmbryo, with its radicle pointing upwards. _ For drawings and description of this fine plant I am also indebted to the Rey. L. Gumpine of the island of St. Vin- cent. For though it has been cultivated in Britain since — 1690, when the species was introduced by the Duke of Portland, it has not, as far as 1 am aware, yet produced — blossoms in this country. In its native climate, the West Indies, and the warmer parts of South America, its roots penetrate into the sands of the sea-shore and are washed by the waves: hence, in conjunction with the racemes of pulpy fruits, arises its usual English appellation. These fruits have a sweetish-acid and rather agreeable flavour, but are not much esteemed, — though generally sold in the markets. _ ‘The wood, when boiled in water, gives out a red colour. It is also employed for Cabinet-work. : i: — od —— Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Part of a Fruit-bearin Phe a S } - g Raceme. 3. Transverse se¢- tion of the Berry. 4. Vertical section of ditto. 5. Transverse section Of the Nut. 6. Embryo : magnified, 4 BL, I9G2 Pab by 8 Curtis Glazenwood Essex ( 3131 ) GEITONOPLESIUM CymosuM. CyMmosr GEITONOPLESIUM. BREE EKER EERE EERE EE EE Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—AspHopELea. ) Generic Character. Perianthium 6-partitum, patens, equale, imberbe, deci- duum, Stam. 6, basi laciniarum inserta. Filamenta fili- — formia, glabra, apice curvata. Anthere conniventes, sa-— gittate, filamentis longiores. Ovarium loculis oligospermis. Stylus filiformis, 3-suleus. Stigma simplex. Bacca oligo- sperma. Semina subglobosa.—Suftrutices, habitu, pemtus Kustrephi, cui affinitate proximi. Flores cymosi vel um-— bellati, terminales et axillares. Pedicelli cum perianthii basi subattenuata articulati. Bacca nigra, quandoque mo~ nosperma. (Forsan a planta peruviana genere divers€ sub Luzuriacam.) Br. oe 5 eae agi Specific Character and Synonyms. — i Grironoriesium * cymosum ; cymis terminalibus bipartitis, _ramis teretibus, ramulis striatis levibus. Br. Or) Gerronoriusrum cymosum. Cunningham in litt. a, Luzuriaca cymosa. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 1. p. 282. Schult, Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 316. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 9A. + Descr. a * From yuror, a neighbour, and rAncwr, near; inallusion no less to the affinity of this plant with Eustreraus of Brown, (“ ge-vine’ of the Colonists) than to its locality in relation to that plant.—“ The greatest quantity of G. cymosum I ever saw in New South Wales, where it is,compa- ratively speaking, a rare plant, was in the same dark-shaded wood, where Evsrrepaus latifolius was equally abundant, and where they were to be Seen climbing up the same tree.” Cunningham. eo Descr. This appears to constitute a climbing and twining shrub with slender, rounded, dark green, wiry stems, variously branched ; at the setting on of the branches are small, membranaceous scales. Leaves — alternate, rather remote, distichous, lanceolate, entire, glabrous, mem- — branaceous, dark green above, paler beneath, furnished with a midnb, a and finely striated, at the base much contracted and twisted, so as to a form a minute sort of petiole. Flowers ina terminal, bifid cyme of from _ five to eight flowers, which are pendent. Perianth campanulate, of six — yellow-green, oblongo-lanceolate, striated pieces, the three inner more — delicate, and rather shorter than the outer. Stamens six. Filaments — short, a little dilated at the base, and apparently united into a ring. An- — thers linear, yellow, two-celled. Germen globose, green. Style slender, — subulate, white. Stigma acute. — _ For the means of publishing a figure of this interesting plant, I am indebted to W. T. Arron, Esq., who supplied me with drawings and — specimens for that purpose: the plant having been introduced to the — Royal Garden at Kew from New Holland by Attan CuNNINGHAM, Esq. late Colonial Botanist there, who has recently returned from that — country, after many years’ residence, which have been wholly, and most — enthusiastically devoted to the Natural History and Geography of itt so that Science cannot fail to derive great benefit from his researches. _ Mr. Brown has in his Prodromus called in question the propriety — of referring this Genus to Luzuriaca of the Flora Peruviana: and when I had lately the pleasure of looking over some specimens of the — et plant with that profound Botanist, he was quite satisfied om int. GREVILLEA. KE KEKE KEE KEE EK EEEEERE Class and Order. Terranpria. Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Prorteacez, ) Generic Character. Perianthium irregulare ; foliolis laciniisve secundis: api- . cibus cavis staminiferis. Glandula hypogyna unica dimid- lata. Stigma obliquum depressum (raro subverticale co- nicum). Folliculus unilocularis, dispermus, loculo centrali. ina marginata, v. apice brevissime alata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. GREVILLEA Caley? ; foliis pinnatis super pubescentibus pilis patulis subter cinereis tomentosis tomento subappresso, laciniis oblongo-linearibus parallelis integerrimis, ra- cemis erectis, perianthiis ovariisque hirsutis, stigmate dilatato subverticali convexo. Br. GREVILLEA Caleyi. Brown, Prodr. Suppl. 1. p. 22. Grevittea blechnifolia. Cunningh. MSS. apud Hort. Kew. =e _ Descr. This plant I have not seen growing, but, judg- ing by the specimens communicated from Kew, it consti- tutes a moderately -sized shrub, with rounded, zigzag branches clothed with dense, ferruginous down. Leaves alternate, remote, patent, often recurved, pinnated with many alternate, linear-oblong, obtuse segments, the upper ones decurrent, the margins recurved, above downy with a Patent, ferruginous hairs, below whitish, and silky with Glossy, appressed hairs. The young foliage and young — ranches are beautifully tinged with red, giving the whole — Plant a great richness of colour, Racemes shorter than he leaves, a leaves, axillary, and sometimes bearing a leaf on the pe- duncle. Pedicels very short. Flowers secund, brownish- red inclining to purple. Tube of the perianth rather slender, swollen below, curved above, very hairy. Germen oblong, clothed with white, silky hair. Style very long, ima bright red. Stigma green, capitate, somewhat ob- ique. For specimens and a drawing of this lovely plant, I am indebted to Wir11am T. Arron, Esq. who received seeds of it at the Royal Gardens of Kew in 1829, from Mr. ALLAN Cunnincuam, collected by that most zealous and able Botanist, between Port Jackson and Broken Bay, New South Wales. It was previously (in 1824) found by the same Naturalist, who forwarded it to England with the appropriate MS name of Greviniea Ddlechnifolia. But it appears to have been already known to Mr. Brows, from _ specimens gathered by the late Mr. Caxzy, in 1804, and by him it has been published in the Supplement to the Prodr. FI. Nov. Holl. as G. Caleyi. It flowered in the greenhouse at Kew, in June, 1830. a ————— Fig. 1. Flower, 2. Perianth eut open to show the inside of the Tube and the Stamens: magnified. - ~ Pith, by S. Curtis Glaxenwood Essex, Feb¥11932 GRATIOLA TETRAGONA. Four-sipED Hepce-Hyssop. KER KEE KEE EERE KEK ERE Class and Order. Drianpri4 Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Scropuunarin2. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Corolla tubulosa, bilabiata, labio supe- riore bilobo, inferiore trifido equali. Stam. 2 antherifera, 2—3 sterilia (nunc 4 antherifera.) Stigma bilamellatum. Caps. 4-valvis, dissepimento e marginibus inflexis tardius es ahs oppositifolie. Flores axillares, bibrac- teat?. rT. Specific Character. Grationa* tetragona ; glabra, caule tetragono angulis ob- tuse alatis, foliis lanceolatis acute serratis inferne atten- uatis subauriculatis, floribus subsessilibus subspicatis. Descr. Perennial. Stem herbaceous, nearly simple, erect, a foot or more high, four-sided, glabrous, the i oe with short, obtuse wings. Leaves opposite, two and a alf to three inches long, lanceolate, very acute, almost acumi- nate, deeply and sharply serrated, glabrous, the younger ones minutely punctated, and with the serratures glandular, all of them glabrous, attenuated and somewhat auricled at the base. ‘These leaves are gradually smaller upwards, so that the floral leaves may almost be considered bracteas. ers small, forming a sort of dense, pyramidal raceme, — so Seen * Derived from Gratia Dei, “ by the grace or favour of God ;” in allusion — the eminent medicinal virtues of the most common species, GratioLa Weinalis, so closely are the small leaves placed, in the axils of which the flowers are situated. Calyx deeply five-partite, the segments subulato-lanceolate, and bearing at the base, on each side, a subulate bractea, about as long as the calyx. Corolla bright and deep blue a little inclining to purple, the tube swollen at the base, slightly hairy; limb bilabiate, striated ; upper lip roundish, erect, emarginate ; lower one large, horizontal, deeply cut into three cuneate, slightly waved lobes: the mouth and tube within hairy. Anthers four, didynamous, all perfect ; no sterile stamens. Pistil : Germen oval-oblong, inserted on a yellow, fleshy disk or ring. Style about as long as the tube of the corolla, white: Stigma broad, compressed, white, two-lipped ? I have referred this plant to Gratioxa, with which Genus it agrees in habit, and in the calyx and corolla ; but from which, as defined by Mr. Brown, it differs by having four fertile stamens. Seeds of it were received at the Botanic Garden of Glas- gow from Buenos Ayres, by favor of Mr. Tweepie. Culti- vated in the stove, it produced its small but bright blossoms in August, 1831. ——a —— Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower, with its Floral Leaf. 2. Upper Side of 4 Flower. 3. Section of the Tube of the Corolla, 4 Bracteas, and a6 fan, esiied: e Corolla, 4. Calyx, Bracteas, WIT det! b by S Curtis Glazenwood. Essex LOBEL LE32. ountt Sr : a ( 3135 ) SALVIA STRICTIFLORA. ERECT-FLOWERED SAGE. i Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Lasiatz. ) ee Generic Character. Cal. subcampanulatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore 3-den- tato, inferiore bifido. Cor. ringens. Filamenta duo fertilia bifida, lobo altero adscendenti anthera dimidiata, altero Sterili, Br. ae : 2 Specific Character and Synonym. Satvia strictiflora ; glabra suffruticosa, foliis firmis ovato-— cordatis obtusis venosis serratis subtus pallidis, brac- teis ovali-oblongis acutis calycibusque (tis sublongio- ribus) glandulosis, floribus erectis, corolla pilosa, stylo g staminibusque exsertis. ry teeleys Satvia strictiflora. Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 234. =e _Descr. Plant three feet high, somewhat shrubby at the base, and there principally branched ; branches square, pale green, subherbaceous, glabrous. Leaves ovato-cor- date, two to three inches long, on petioles rather shorter than themselves, glabrous, obtuse, somewhat wavy, of a- rather firm texture, dark green above, and marked with deeply impressed nerves, pale beneath with prominent — nerves, every where glabrous. Raceme erect, much elon- gated in the native specimens, shorter in the cultivated — Ones, terminal. Flowers erect, opposite, subsecund. Brac-— teas deciduous, ovate, acute, glandular and viscid. Pedi- cels rather shorter than the calyx, glabrous. Calyx tubular, — Striated, clothed with viscid glands, two-lipped ; lips near equal, erect, upper one entire, acute, lower one bifid Corolla three or four times the length of the calyx, rather bright red, clothed with fulvous hairs. Upper lip the longest, arched, somewhat acute, entire; lower one of three concave, rounded lobes, of which the middle one is the largest. Filament very short. Connectivum exceedingly long, white, lower extremity somewhat spathulate, acute, reddish, upper extremity exserted and incrassated, red, and bearing a transverse, solitary cell of an anther, filled with orange-coloured pollen. Style red, much exserted: Stigma bifid, with one long, recurved segment. In general aspect, it must be confessed that the present SatviA is closely allied to S. biflora of Ruiz and Pavon, Fl, Per. t. 38. f.a.; but the latter is described and figured as “ planta villosissima ;” whereas our plant is quite desti- tute of hairs in every part except the corolla. Smrrn’s 8. tubiflora (Icones, t. 26,) has the stem and leaves hairy, and is, probably, the same with the S. biflora, as Ruiz and Pavox suggested. S. strictiflora was found by Mr. Crucxsuanxs between Yazo and Obrajillo in the valley of Canta, Peru, and seeds were thence forwarded to our garden, where the eal flowered in the stove in December, 1831. Mr. _ Marruews has since gathered the same plant at Cuesta of Huamaritanga and Purcochuco in Peru, and sent it to his correspondents marked “ No. 467, Sanvia biflora.”” The vernacular name he states to be “ Socoencha.” The whole ork on being touched yields a strong, but not agreeable scent. : oo Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx: magnified. : 4 , ( 3136 ) STYLIDIUM SCANDENS. CLIMBING STYLIDIUM. HEHEHE HMEE Class and Order. GyNANpDRIA TETRANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Srvuipez. ) Generic Character. Cal. bilabiatus. Cor. irregularis, 5-fida, lacimia quinta (labello) dissimili, minore, deflexa (raro porrecta) reliquis patentibus (raro geminatim coherentibus. Colwmna recli- nata, duplici flexura ; Antheris bilobis, lobis. divaricatis- simis; Stigmate obtuso, indiviso. Capsula bilocularis, dissepimento superne quandoque incompleto. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Stytiprum * scandens ; caule scandenti, foliis linearibus — apice spirali cirrhoso, fauce coronata, labello appen- diculato, columna superne pubescenti. Br, Styipium scandens. Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. ov. 1. p. 570. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 746. Graham, in Edin. Phil. Journ. Dec. 1831. fa, Descr. Root perennial. Stem (eighteen inches high.) slender, shining, red, glabrous, branched. Leaves (three inches and a half long) whorled, crowded, linear, channel- , mucronate, rolled back at the apex in form of a cirrhus, rowing out long, filiform, single, unbranched, red and Shining roots from their axils. Bractee green, adpressed, one — low each pedicel, and two nearly opposite above its mid- le, the former small, ovato-acuminate, or larger and sub- | ulate, the latter very minute and scale-like. Corymbose "acemes, erect, clustered at the extremities of the branches. — edicels (three to nine lines long) spreading, single-flower- _ ed, red, glabrous, filiform. Calyx superior, bilabiate, yee es , f —— ow 2 = From otvacs, the style, er coluna; which is a remarkable feature the three-partite, green, ¢labrous,adpressed, segments elliptical, with paler edges, ciliated. Corolla (about ten lines across,) | monopetalous; tube epigynous, nearly colourless, twice the length of the calyx ; limb five-partite ; labellum pale, reflected, ovate, acute, fringed with glandular hairs, au- ricled, auricles spreading, very slender, subulato-filiform, rose-coloured, twice the length of the labellum, with a few glandular hairs near the bases, under a high magnifying power appearing rough and serrulate; other segments of the corolla lilac and imbricated in the bud, afterwards rose- coloured, paler below, darker in the throat, spreading oF slightly reflected, obovate, sparingly ciliated, crenate al the apex, the two next the labellum crowned with an erect, generally emarginate subspathulate scale, the two others naked. Column terminal, reflected over the labellum, and irritable, flat, white at its base, lilac in the middle, yellow towards its extremity, and there especially, but slightly also on its upper surface, glanduloso-pubescent. Anthers, after bursting, brownish-yellow, surrounded by a tuft of shining; transparent, at length yellow pubescence, bilobular, lobes” divaricating, elliptical, pointed at the lower extremity, — bursting along the front. Stigma in the centre betweel | the anthers, green, at first hidden and small, but afterwards © much enlarged, capitate and raised upon a conical neck, — pubescent. Germen green, becoming reddish-brown when | ripe, ovate, glabrous, unilocular ; ovules placed on a roun central receptacle, having the mere rudiments of a dissepl ment at its base. This very pretty species of a singular and interesting — genus was raised at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds communicated by the late Lord Bianryre ; a noble- man, whose melancholy death, in a period of undistinguish- ing popular tumult, was deplored far beyond the wide- spread circle which includes those who had a persona knowledge of his many virtues. They had been receive” by his Lordship from Colonel Linpsey, to whom, and t >. . Fraser, I owe the possession of excellent specimen® collected at King George’s Sound. The flowers wet slowly developed in the greenhouse, and in successio? during the whole month of November. Graham. The drawing from which our plate is engraved, W obligingly made by Dr. Grevitte. Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower. 2. Back view jum, — ; - 2. of the same. 3. Colum” with the Anthers in a young and unexpanded state. 4. Column, with oe = Anthers burst :—all magnified. ——— ETE BOS BLING cds), UPS, are i : y ny a i} # ( 3137 ) = CLEOME GIGANTEA. Gucanric CLEomE. Jeb biisisikeioioiek tai , | Class and Order. A ay HexanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Cappariwez. ) Generic Character. © Cal. 4-sepalus, patens, subequalis. Pet.4. Torus sub- hemisphericus. Stam. 6, rarius 4. Siliqgua dehiscens in calyce stipitata aut sessilis. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. CLEomE* (Prpiceniaria) gigantea ; fruticosa velutino-pu- pee subviscosa, foliis 7-foliolatis obovato-lanceo- atis. ; Cieome gigantea. Linn. Mant. p. 430. Jacq. Obs. 4. p. 1.¢.75. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p.567. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 131. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 238. Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 6. p. 28. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v, 2p. 122. Cixome viridiflora. Schreb. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 4. p. 136. t. 3. sais SinaPistrum giganteum. ‘“ Mench, Meth. p. 250.” Descr. Stem three to five feet “high, erect, shrubby, branched above, every where downy, the younger branches glandular. Leaves alternate, septenate, petioled; leaflets Spreading in a digitate manner; lanceolate or inclining to obovate, acute, narrower at the base, on both sides clothed with a dense, silky pubescence: the midrib strong, from which diverge many parallel, lateral veins. pie: onger ‘ se Anciently given to some plant allied to Srvapis, and now to the present €nus on account of its affinity with Srnaris. oe VOL, vi. D Jina longer than the leaf, rounded, downy. Raceme terminal, _ erect. Pedicels jointed upon the stem, one to two inches long, thickened upwards, glandular. Calyx of four linear, unequal, reflexed and at length revolute, glandular and deciduous leaflets. Petals greenish, linear, two inches and more long, cohering by their* margins, and opening only on one side, whence the stamens and pistil are pro- truded. Torus subglobose, fleshy, orange-coloured. Sta-_ mens six, equal in length. Filaments three inches long, curved upwards, gréenish, tinged with red towards the summit. Anthers linear, purplish-yellow, opening by late- ral fissures. Pollen globose, yellow. Germen linear, com- pressed, downy, three-fourths of an inch long, crowned with the sessile and flat stigma, and supported upon a stalk which is nearly as long as the stamens. Ovules many, on longitudinal, sutural, filiform receptacles. __ Linn us says of this species “‘ Saporis urentissimi, odoris virosissimi,” properties which we omitted to notice at the time the drawing was made. The same author gives it as an inhabitant of Guinea :—the Hortus Kewensis of South America, whence it was introduced into our stoves by Dr. Foruercu, in 1774. The plant here described, flowered in the Glasgow Botanic Garden in June, 1827, and was raised from seeds sent by Mr. Locxnarr from Trinidad. The flowers are, perhaps, among the largest of the Genus; but they are less conspicuous than many others, on account of their almost uniform pale green colour. ——— —— Fig. 1. Stamens, 2. Pollen. 3. Section of a Germen: magnified. Wa May 4 y MU? ol WA fir [8 thes, Yy yp tags " Myf Li ZL Lub by SCurtis Glaxen wood: E. sree Map 11832 svat ( 3138 ) LOBELIA ROBUSTA. ‘'THICK-STEMMED Lose.ia. _ Class and Order. ; Pentanpria Monoeynia. ; ees ( Nat. Ord.—Campanvuracez. ) Generic Character. Corolla tubo hinc fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito. Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nune indivisum). Capsula hilocularis (raro 3-loc.), apice supero bivalvi— Herbe vel Suffrutices, plereque lactescentes. Folia alterna, integra vel laciniata, raro fistulosa. Flores racemosi, ter- minales vel axillares, solitarii, pedicellis bibracteatis vel nudis. Anthere sepius barbate. Br. 4 “2 Specific Character and Synonym. Lozexia robusta ; caule suffruticoso, foliis obovato-lanceo-— latis acuminatis grosse dentatis glabris nitidis, racemis — terminalibus simplicibus. = fa gare robusta. Graham, in Edin. Phil. Journ. Dec. i. Lets Descr. Root perennial. Stem very stout, erect, almost — woody, branched, green and glabrous, irregularly winged ey with the persistent, decurrent, occasionally wavy bases of | the leaves. Leaves numerous, scattered, crowded towards : the apex, falling off below, obovato-lanceolate, acummate, attenuated at the base, and decurrent for a little way along — the stem, glabrous, pale green and shining, waved, coarsely _ and sharply toothed, veined, middle rib and veins promi- nent behind, and, especially when young, lilac-coloured. — Raceme terminal, g1 dually elongating, supported on a naked, slightly villous stalk. Flowers large, very numer-_ 3 a ny cere. ee a6» ous, secund, crowded. Pedicels (one inch long) compress- , ed, finely villous, each with one bractea at the base, and two nearly opposite below the middle. Bractee linear, acute, villous, entire or sparingly toothed, the lowest nearly as long as the peduncle and decurrent, the others shorter. Calyx five-parted, green, villous, persistent, segments del- toideo-linear, acuminate, serrated, at length reflected at the apex. Corolla deep and dull purple, before the separation of the segments falcate, segments linear, acute, the two upper becoming reflected laterally, the others scarcely al- tering their form. Filaments pink, straight, flattened, cili- ated, ciliz colourless. Anthers lead-coloured, cernuous, the two upper ciliated for half their length. Stigma bilob- ular, pubescent, scarcely ciliated, pink. Style (one inch long) filiform, glabrous, slightly coloured. Germen infe- rior ; ovules numerous. _ A native of Hayti. A plant was received at the Botanic Garden, from our excellent friend Dr. Fiscuer of St. Peters- burgh, in 1830. It flowered in August, 1831. Graham. . Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Summit of the Style and Stigma: slightly magnified. Bert Gatlding del* Pub & S. Curtis Glasenwood Essese Marl Bit ( 3139 ) Piper NicrumM. Brack, or Common Pepper. ‘5 ae ee ee eee Class daa Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.— Pireraces. ) Generic Character. _ Spadix floribus undique tectus. Flores hermaphroditi, singulus squama suffultus. Stamina numero indeterminata. Anthere biloculares. Ovarium uniloculare, ovulo solitario, erecto. Stigma tri- aut multifidum. Bacca—Frutices, ; rarius arbores, aromatice, ramis articulatis, nodosis. F olia < alterna, integra, integerrima, sepe nervosa. Spadices bast — Spatha instructi, oppositifolii, rarissime terminales, cylin- — dracei, nonnunquam subglobosi. Kunth. © Specific Character and Synonyms. * IPER nigrum ; monoicum vel polygamum, foliis lato-ova- tis acuminatis 5—7-nerviis subcoriaceis nitidis, geni- — culis nodosis. “ ers Pirer nigrum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.40. Vahl, Enum.v.1.p. — 328. Willd. Sp. Pl. p. 159: Roxb. Fl. Ind.v. 1. p. — 153. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. p. 69. Roem. et — “Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 307. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 112. Dict. des Sc. Nat. cum Ic. | Pirer aromaticum. Poir. Enc. Meth. »v. 5. p. 458. MOLAGO-copi. Rheed. Mal. v.7. p. 23. t. 12. a | Descr. Stem trailing or climbing, shrubby, flexuose, : and dichotomously branched, jointed, swelling at the joints, — and often throwing out radicles from the joimts, which — : adhere to bodies like those of ivy, or become roots striking e mMto the ground. Leaves from four to six ue iong, — : - ey ’ a U La alternate, distichous, broadly ovate, acuminated, ofa full ereen and glossy colour, paler beneath, five to seven-nerved, the nerves connected by lesser transverse ones or veins, and prominent beneath. Petioles rounded, from half an inch to- nearly an inch long. Catkins opposite the leaves, stalked, from three to six inches long, slender, drooping, apparently some are male, others female, while sometimes the flowers are furnished both with stamens and pistil ; these catkins are mostly confined to the upper part of the branches; ob- serving, Mr. Guinpine remarks, no season ; for at the same time and on the same plant, flowers and fruit may be seen in every stage of progress. The number of stamens is three to a flower. The pistil is crowned with three recurved stigmas. As the fruit, which is so well known as a condi ment, ripens, it is at first green, then red, afterwards black. This plant, like the Pirer Betle, figured in our last nut ber, has, I believe, never blossomed in our stoves, and We are, consequently, thankful to Mr. Guizpine for enabling us to give a representation of a flowering specimen of this” very valuable spice. It is a native of the hotter parts of India, where it is most extensively cultivated, and where it constitutes a highly important article of commerce. It was known to the Greeks in the time of Turopnrastus ant Dioscoripes, who, as well as the Romans, distinguished | between the white and the black pepper. And whilst the use of the Betel Pepper is confined almost wholly to the Eastern nations, the common Pepper is an article in ger eral use throughout every part of the civilized world. SUH, it is in Asia, where the stomach is weakened by excess! “eee produced by the heat of the climate, by umid atmosphere, and a too general addiction to veg able diet, that it is employed asa powerful stimulant. im a medical point of view, it has been found to be excellent tonic, calculated to create appetite and to promote digestion. ~ ___ Pepper of the shops, as is well known, is the fruit of this - plant: and it is called black Pepper, while it is in @ stale of nature, covered by its external coat. White Pepper the fruit of the same species deprived of its external co# which is accomplished, by macerating the fruit or grains water, when the coat swells and bursts. It is afterwal dried in the sun, and by friction and winnowing cleared ® the coat. It is then of a paler colour, but as the husk bark contains a powerful principle, it is evident that ™® white Pepper loses much of its stimulati arte inferior to the black. eS ee In the cultivation of the Pepper, moist situations along the banks of rivers are preferred, where Pepper-plantations or gardens, as they are termed, are formed. In Sumatra, where, according to Marspen, the most important and most abundant article of commerce is Pepper, the ground is marked out in the form of a regular square or oblong, with intersections throughout, at the distance of six feet, (being equal to five cubits of the measure of the country,) the intended interval between the plants, of which there are commonly either one thousand or five hundred in each garden: the former number being required from those who are heads of families, (their wives and children assisting them in the work,) and the latter from single men. Indus- trious or opulent persons, have sometimes gardens of two, or three thousand vines. A border, twelve feet in width, within which limit no tree is suffered to grow, surrounds each garden, and is commonly separated from others by a row of shrubs, or an irregular hedge. When the nature of the country admits of it, the whole or greater part of the gardens of a dusun or village lie adjacent to each other, both for the convenience of mutual assistance in labour, and mutual protection from wild beasts; single gardens being often abandoned from apprehension of their ravages, and where the owner has been killed in such a situation, — none will venture to replace him. After lining out the Sround, and marking the intersections by slight stakes, the next business is to plant the trees that are to become Props to the Pepper, as the Romans planted Elms, and the Modern Italians more commonly set Poplars and Mul- berries, for their Grape Vines. These are cuttings of the hinkariang (Eryrarina Corallodendron), usually called Chinkareens, put into the ground about a span deep, suffi- ciently early to allow time for a shoot to be strong enough to support the young Pepper plant, when it comes to twine about it. The cuttings are commonly two feet in length, ut sometimes a preference is given to the length of six feet, and the Vine is then planted as soon as the Chinkareen has taken root ; but the principal objections to this method are, that in such a state they are very liable to fail and require renewal, to the prejudice of the garden, and that their shoots are not so vigorous as those of the short cut- lings, frequently growing crooked, or ina lateral, instead of a perpendicular direction. The circumstances which render — the Chinkareen peculiarly proper for this use are, 1ts readi- : hess and quickness of growth, even after the cuttings have been kept for some time in bundles*, if put into the grou with the first rains; and the little thorns with which armed, enabling the Vine to take a firmer hold. They are’ distinguished into two sorts, the white and red, not from the colour of the flowers (as might be supposed) for both are red, but from the tender shoots of the one being whitish, — and of the other a reddish hue. The bark of the former is” of a pale ash colour, of the latter, brown: the former is _ sweet, and the food of elephants, for which reason, it 8 not much used in parts frequented by those animals; the latter is bitter and unpalatable to them: but they are not deterred by the short prickles which are common to the branches of both sorts. In Penang, the labour of the gardens is undertaken by the Chinese, who contract for forming the plantations and | keeping them in order for three years, when they come into bearing, and two hundred and twenty-five dollars for each hundred plants is paid by the proprietor. They ate reckoned to be in full bearing at the end of five or six” ys , and they continue so till they are fourteen years old. he labour of cleansing the vines, throwing up earth about their roots, and collecting the produce of a plantation 0 forty-six thousand plants, has been performed by sixteel Chinese workmen. ** As soon as any of the berries,” says Mr. MarspBy | “or corns, redden, the bunch is reckoned fit for gatherig the remainder being then generally full grown, although green: nor would it answer to wait for the whole to change colour, as the most mature would drop off. It is collecte¢ in small baskets slung over the shoulder, and with the assistance of the women and children, conveyed to a smoot level spot of clean hard ground, near the garden or villagé where it is spread, sometimes upon mats, to dry in the sua but exposed at thé same time to the vicissitudes weather, which are not much regarded, nor thought to injure it. In this situation it becomes black and shriveled, as we see it in Europe, and as it dries, is hand-rubbed 0c® sionally to separate the grains of the stalk. It is then W™ nowed in large, round, shallow sieves, called Nyir4, and put in large vessels, (Kulit kaya,) under their houses, U2" the whole of the crop is gathered, or a sufficient quantiy * es It is a common and useful practice to steep-these bundles in water, ae reject such of them as do not, in that state, show signs of veg? for carrying (usually by water,) to the European factory or gadong, at the mouth of the river. That which has been gathered at the properest stage of maturity will shrivel the least ; but, if plucked too soon, it will, in a short time, by removal from place to place, become mere dust. Of this defect, trial may be made by the hand; but as light Pepper may be mixed with the sound, it becomes necessary that the whole should be garbled at the scale by machines constructed for the purpose. Pepper that has fallen to the ground overripe and been picked up from thence, will be known by being stripped of its outer coat, and in that state is an inferior kind of white Pepper.” Two crops of Pepper are generally produced in one eal at Penang, the first gathering commences in Decem- er; at which time, the vines put out new flowers, whose fruit is matured in April and May, when the second harvest begins and lasts till July. In Sumatra, the greater crop (pupul agung) takes place between the months of October and March, and the lesser, or half-crop (buah sello) be- tween April and September. : | In the small island of Penang, in the year 1802, the quantity of Pepper produced was estimated at between eighteen and twenty thousand picols ; which, at twelve dollars the picol, amounted to 216,000 dollars. In Sumatra previous to the year 1780, the price paid to the grower by the Company was ten Spanish Dollars per bahar of five — hundred weight, or five hundred and sixty pounds. From the same country too, about one-third of the quantity of black Pepper collected, but none of the white, is annually Sent to China. The produce of Sumatra in this article is, however, probably very small, compared to what 1s stated by the Commandant Cunes in relation to the Pepper trade, of the Malabar coast, in a Memoir addressed to his suc- cessor Gaspar pE Jone, in the year 1756, “ no less than ten full cargoes (amounting to between eight and nine millions of pounds weight) might be annually exported. But the half of this quantity is carried over the mountains to the Coast of Coromandel, to the north, to the Deckan, and further on to different parts of Hindostan. ‘This Pepper Is ‘e€steemed the best of all that is produced in Asia, and 1S the most sought after by all nations” *. —= Te Fig. 1. Portion of a Male Spike. 2. Perfect Flower. 3. Fruit or — co Pepper (nat. size). 4. The same cut open to show the situation Of SSS as at the top of the Albumen. 5. Embryo included in its sack : aS Aa ed, ta a a eerie * See Stayoninus's Voyages, Y. 3. p- 220, a WI.H dett Pub by 3. Curtio Clazenwoed Esse Mart lg? PF eae, (3140 ) LILIUM TENUIFOLIUM. SLENDER-LEAVED _, Lity. eH ebeen Class and Ordet/ Hexanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Liiscea. ) Generic Character. _ Cor. campanulata, 6-partita, regufanis, sulcis nectariferis in laciniis. Caps. 6-sulca, valvis reticulo fibroso nexis.— Semina compressa. Spreng. Specific Character and ‘Synonyms. Litt * tenuifolium; foliis sparsis angustissime linearibus, caule unifloro, flore cernuo, petalis demum revolutis, intus rima nectarifera pubescente. Lim tenuifolium. Fischer MSS. « Schrad. Plant. Rar. Hort. Gott. Fasc. 1.’ Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 409. . nee Descr. Plant about a foot high. Stem erect, glabrous, slender, clothed with numerous, exceedingly narrow, gla- brous, almost filiform leaves, which are slightly twisted, almost disappearing on the upper part of the stem. Flowers solitary, terminal, drooping, of a fine vivid, deep orange- red colour. Petals broadly lanceolate, patent, at length revolute, striated, each having, at its bases and extending half-way up, a linear cleft, densely bordered with short hairs. © Filaments subulate, red. Anthers oblong, dark green, the cells and pollen deep orange. Germen oblong, thickened upwards, with three deep, and three lesser fur- Tows, green. Style curved, green, thickened upwards, and | crowned * Pr om /i, white, in. Geltic, according to Tuéi1s, The common white — garden Lily is considered the emblem of purity. crowned with the three-lobed, velvety, bright green stigma, which soon becomes covered with the bright orange-colour- ed pollen. a Drawn from a plant which flowered in the open border in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in the month of June, — It is a native of Dahuria, and was named by our valued friend Dr. Fiscuer, and by him introduced to our gardens. — It is equally deserving of cultivation with the L. pumilum and very nearly resembles it: so much so, that except in the presence of the downy rima at the claw (which is indeed a very distinct character,) I scarcely know how it is to be distinguished. It is described in Scuutres’ Syst. Veget. as having patent petals: and such is the case with the dried specimens communicated to me by Dr. Fiscuer ; but it appears that as the flower is more advanced in age, the tals become revolute, as in L. pumilum, and as represented im our figure. Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil: more or less magnified. E. Cuslding det Pub by S.¢ ‘urtis : + H . g : & i a ny , OAC OON Essex Mari 183. 52 Cama y CERASUS SPHAEROCARPA. Novau Cuerry. ; | Seb | Class and Order. IcosanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Rosacez. ) Generic Character. _ Drupa globosa aut basi umbilicata, carnosa, glaberrima, polline czsio destituta, nucleo subgloboso levi—Folia Junora conduplicata. Flores nunc pedicellis 1-floris e gemina squamosa plurimis umbellato-fasciculatis insidentes, el tune foliis precociores, nunc ramosi terminales et post folia evoluti. D. C. "ae a Specific Character and Synonyms. Cerasus * spherocarpa ; racemis axillaribus erectis folio brevioribus, foliis perennantibus eglandulosis integer-— Z rimis nitidis, fructibus subglobosis. sao “sara spherocarpa. Loisel.—De Cand. Prodr. v.2.p. _ Prunus spherocarpa. Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 2. p. 927. (not Mich.). Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 981. Spren syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 478. Be eS gene YRTIFOLIA ieee, ‘foliis latis subrotundis, flore albo. - Sloane, Jam. v. 2. p. 79. t. 193. f. 1. rhe a Descr. This forms a Tree (according to Mr, Guitpine, to whom I am indebted for the accompanying drawing with remarks) from thirty to thirty-five feet in height, with sreyish, smooth bark and somewhat erect branches. The leaves are alternate, three to four inches long, ou short, Stooved petioles, evergreen, coriaceous, shining, oval, or ©val-lanceolate, shortly acuminate at both extremities, quite entire at the margins, penninerved, destitute of glands, often twisted obliquely at the extremities. Racemes on — . father short peduncles, erect, glabrous, many-flowered, the Q —_—_—_—_—_— it, ftom Cerasus, aT in Asi us is said to hay » & Town of Pontus in Asia, whence LucuLUvs Is sald t0 bY the cultivation of the Cherry into Italy, seventy-three years B. Cc. flowers smaller than those of our European Bird Cherry, fragrant (Swartz). Pedicels bracteated at the base i bractee very small. Calyx-tube turbinate with five furrows, — orange-coloured within; teeth of the limb small, patent. Petals almost orbicular, waved, at length reflexed, with © scarcely any claw. Stamens twenty, spreading, inserted at the margin of the tube. Germen ovate, gradually tapering into a slender style. Stigma spreading. Drupe nearly | spherical, about as large as that of the common Bird Cherry, dark, almost blackish-purple: Nut of the same shape as the fruit, wrinkled, with a broad scar. I find by Lovpon’s Hortus Britannicus, that Crrasts spherocarpa was introduced to our stoves in the year 1820. No living plant, however, has come under my own obser vation : nor should I have deemed it deserving of being figured. in the Botanical Magazine, under these circum stances, slight as are its pretensions on the score of beauty, © were it not a plant, of which no satisfactory figure exists ; and which may at the same time be reckoned an ceconomr cal one. In the preparation of Noyau, probably several different vegetables are employed, which contain prussi¢ acid. A species of Bind-weed, the Convoxrvuxus dissectus, — abounds in prussic acid, and to that degree, as Dr. NicHol son of Antigua informs me, that “ if this medicine shall be found deserving of the high character which some pbys* SRNL Ped Pe Nn ips de EM Fee a nee ent, ORO RU UEC aN BN OEE SRE _ cians have bestowed upon it, it may become valuable in @- country, where the prussic acid cannot be preserved many days in a pure state.” Hence this is a frequent ingredient : in the preparation of Noyau. But we are natually led to expect prussic acid in plants of the Plum tribe ; and Dr. Swartz assures us, that the bark of the Prunus (Cerssvs) Occidentalis of the West Indies, on account of its peculiar | taste and smell, is used instead of that of the AMyepatus 4 § : sica (Peach) ; and of the P. spherocarpa, he says, that the kernel of its nut resembles in taste that of the Bitter Almont. Mr. Guitpine observes, that the bark, leaves, and kernel have the smell and taste of those of the Peach, and they are em pire by French colonists in the manufactory of Noy@ “his kind of Cherry inhabits Jamaica, and St. Doming® according to Swartz: and the Antilles generally, acco”, ing to Mr. Guitpine. Our drawing was nade in the isian® nt. If Spreneen be correct in referring “™ Prunus brasiliensis of Scuorr to this species, it would appe of St. Vincent. to be a native of Brazil also. Fig. 1. 2. Flowers. >, 3. Pistil, ; 5, Nuts | _ the Drupe ; nat. size, itl, meanited... 4. Denys, snbb : es PF Greville del* Pub by S. Cartis Clagzen wood Essea Mar] 185? ¢ 3142 ) ARTHROSTEMMA NITIDA. SHINING ARTHROSTEMMA, Class and Order. Ocranpria Monogynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Metasromacea. ) Generic Character. Cal. tubus turbinatus campanulatusve sape pilis setis squamisve vestitus ; lobi 4 lanceolati persistentes ; appen- dices inter lobos nulla? Pet. 4. Stam. 8, filamentis gla- berrimis : anthere oblonge 1-porose connectivo longius- culo basi obtuse biauriculato. Ovarium apice setosum. — Capsula 4-locularis. Sem. cochleata.—Herbe aué suffru- tices habitu subvarii, omnes Americani. D. C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Arrurostemma * nitida; caule suffruticoso erecto ramulis- que patulis tetragono alato pilis coloratis patulis hir- sutissimo, foliis ovatis acutis serrulatis utrinque glabris Superne nitidis nervis inferne glanduloso - hispidis, peduncatis versus apices ramorum axillaribus petiolo ongioribus trifloris, petalis obovatis retusis antheris _dissimilibus, connectivo brevé biauriculato. G aham. RTHROSTEMMA nitida. Graham, in Hd. N. Journ. of Se. Dec. 1831, | ci Disisela a Descr. Root perennial. Stem erect, suffruticose, qua- — fangular, with a narrow wing at each angle, red near the 2 ttom, green above, hispid, hairs red, harsh, glandular, — tumid at the base, tufted, longer and coarser in the same — Yerticel with the leaves. Branches spreading, ascending. — ——— : * From axpBpor a ars : . sella . the ae » @ joint, and crtyye, a crown, perhaps in ¢ uae — - “aca x of anthers, which are as it were jointed upon the filaments. — Leaves (three inches long, two broad) decussated, ovate, acuminate, five-ribbed, much veined and wrinkled, dark | green and shining above, paler below, petioled, glabrous ex- cepting on the lower surface of the nerves and veins, which is glanduloso-hispid ; petioles short, suberect. Flowers collected at the extremities of the shoots, where they arise from the axils of diminished leaves, peduncled ; peduncles in structure and form like minute branches, about twice as long as the petioles, three-flowered, pedicels nearly awant- ing. Bractee single on the outside of each of the lateral pedicels, and two small, opposite, at the base of the calyx, showing a tendency to a farther subdivision of the inflores- cence, ovato-elliptical, glabrous, ciliated, nerved. Calyx nearly cylindrical, glanduloso-hispid, indistinctly ribbed ; limb tour-parted, segments spreading, deltoideo-acuminate, ciliated, ciliz glandular. Corolla pale lilac, petals distant, obovato-elliptical, retuse, faintly nerved. Stamens eight, inserted alternately within and between the petals into the mouth of the calyx ; filaments colourless, erect, glabrous, flattened, slightly declined, about half the length of the petal; anthers in the bud bent forward, compressed dor-— sally, the larger passing between the calyx and ovarium, and having their apices lodged in cavities on the outside of this, when expanded compressed laterally, and wrink- led in front, bent at an acute angle with the filaments, arched, their apices ascending, perforated with a single pore, connective with two short, blunt auricles at the base, unequal, four large and brownish-yellow, four small yellow, more erect. Stigma minute, divided transversely, pubes cent. Style rather longer than the filaments, declined, a cending at the apex. Germen free above, adhering below, having a few hairs upon its apex, four-celled. Ovules numerous. This plant was raised at Mr. Neix1’s garden, Canonmills, from seeds, sent to him in 1829, by Mr. Joun Tweevt, formerly head-gardener at Eglinton’ Castle, Ayrshire, a0 now of the Retiro, Buenos Ayres. The packet was mark in Mr. 'Tweepre’s handwriting, « Herbaceous Melastom®, from damp woods of the Banda Oriental.” The plants came up freely in the summer of 1830; but none showed flower till July, 1831, when several blossomed equally well in the cold frame and in the greenhouse. Graham. For the beautiful drawing here figured, I am indebted te Dr. GREVILLE. x it , eS Le é @ fib by 8. lurlis CGlazenwood Essex MarllB22 a ae ¢ ( 3143 ) Doronicum Caucasicum. Caucasian Leoparp’s Bane. Soko ook skskeskeabakabeoleskabateok Class and Order. SyNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. ( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) Generic Character. Receptaculum nudum. Pappus simplex. Involucri squa- me duplicis ordinis, equales, disco longiores. Semina radii pappo destituta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Doronicum * Caucasicum ; foliis cordatis dentatis radica- libus petiolatis, caule simplicissimo monophyllo uni- floro. M. Bieb. ' Doronicum Caucasicum. M. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. v. 2. p. 321. ‘eee Descr. The root constitutes an oblong, creepi tuber, or rhizoma, throwing out fibres from beneath, an leaves and stems above. The latter are, even in the cultivated specimen, scarcely a foot high, slender, and as well as the rest of the plant, almost entirely glabrous. A few mem- branous scales surround the base of the stem, on a cluster of root-leaves where no stem appears. Leaves an inch and a alf long, cordate, obtuse, repando-dentate, having a deep Sus at the base: those arising from the root or near the Toot, are upon long petioles, and if inserted a little above the base of the stem, the petiole is auricled on each side at the base. One leaf near the middle of the stem is entirely get sessile. — bez, ws ins — ——— ne histidine wystis oe ‘ * From dupor, a gift, and uxn, victory, because it was said to be employed ormerly to destroy wild beasts, ahs ® kcal sessile. Flower terminal, solitary, almost exactly resem-— bling that of D. pardalianches. i D. Caucasicum is a native of the Caucasian Alps, accord- — ing to M. Bresersrer, and has been introduced to our | gardens by Dr. Fiscuer of St. Petersburgh. It succeeds — with us in the open air, and flowers in April. We have hitherto kept it in pots, where it increases readily by its roots. ae 1. Floret from the Circumference. 2. Floret from the Centre: mag- nified. BLtF- Seren Se: o V. Claxenwved! Finer, edorel LHB2 Lub ty S. Carte ( 3144 ) Hisiscus Genevi. Larce Purpeie-cyep Hieiscus. i ERE EKER EEE EE REE REE Class and Order. MonapeELPHiA PoLyANpRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Matvacea. ) Generic Character. Calyx cinctus involucello sepius polyphyllo, rarius folio- lis paucis aut inter se coalitis. Petala hinc non auriculata. Stigmata 5. Carpella in capsulam 5-locularem coalita, valvis intus medio septiferis, loculis polyspermis aut rarius l-spermis, D. C. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Hisiscus Genevii; arborescens, inermis, foliis subrotundo- ovatis basi integris versus apicem grosse serratis 5- nerviis glabris, calyce 5-fido, involucellis 8-phyllis, (floribus speciosis albis fundo purpureis), petalis cune- id glabris patentibus, seminibus appresso -pilosis. qjer. eee ge ee Sisisctis Genevii. Bojer, in Mém. sur une nouv.esp. d’ Hi- biscus, lu ala Soc. d’ Hist. Nat.de Maurice, ae Descr. Stem fourteen to fifteen feet high, clothed a smooth, grey bark. Branches lax, erecto-patent, ed, the younger ones tinged with red, or dotted with ; Leaves alternate, petioled, roundish, or approaching to petiole, the lateral ones less distinct. Petioles rounded, scarcely longer than the leaf, thickened upwards, sometimes coloured, at the base having a pair of setaceous, deciduous stipules. Peduncles axillary, solitary, single - flowered, VOL. VI. E jointed in the middle, glabrous. Calyx ample, campanu- ate, with five, long teeth. Leaflets of the involucellum linear, reflexed, longer than the tube of the calyx, per- sistent. Corolla spreading, five inches in diameter. Petals entire, sometimes slightly waved, obovato-cuneate, radiant but in a contorted direction, in the bud spirally convolute, white or pale rose-color, deep purple at the base, quite glabrous. Style declined, a little longer than the petals, green ; purple below, five-cleft at the top. Stigmas five, capitate, purple, hairy. Anthers yellow, on short, distinct filaments. Fruit a clavate, five-celled capsule, with five many-seeded cells bursting longitudinally, and surrounded by the persistent calyx. Seeds subtrigonal, convex on the back, clothed with densely-appressed hairs. Baer. This superb Himiscus, Professor Boser had long known as an inhabitant only of the gardens of cultivators : but lately, he says, “ having made an excursion to the Riviere noire, and stopped at the house of M. Grnéve, a zealous cultivator, with whom I remained some days, occupied ™ examining the curious plants in his garden, when my atten- tion was struck by the languid appearance of this Hisiscvs, which M. Genéve assured me that he had been in the habit of seeing in the forests of the Riviére noire, and of trans porting to his garden for a period of twenty years ; but that he could never cultivate it with success. The nest day he conducted me to the mountains, where I found many trees of the Hiziscus, of considerable size, and cover with flowers : and where I made on the spot my drawing and description.’’ Professor Bosrr has distinguished it by the name of his intelligent host, to whom we are indebted for the discovery of its phace of growth. If this shrub be not already in our collections, as I sus- pect it is, through the influence of Mr. Trxrair and the late Mr. Barcray, cultivators should hasten to procure what would prove so great an ornament to the stove. : M. Boger refers it to the “ Cremontia’”’ tribe, notwith- standing that the corolla is uot “ convoluto-cylindracea, where it ranks with H. lilijforus, Boryanus, and fragilis, al! natives of the Mauritius as well as of Bourbon. Fig. 1. Fruit, 2, Seed: nat. size. : t Sao" | Pub.b wy S.C; urlis Gi Gla: zenwood Es SOX A dprill 1832 ( 3145) ‘ ile PoLYGONUM ADPRESSUM. BERRY-BEARING PoLy-— conum, or Macquarre-Harzour Grape. Se Class and Order. vis OcTANDRIA TRIGYNIA, ( Nat. Ord.—Potyeonez. ) | . Generic Character. Perianthium monophyllum, divisum, e#stivatione imbri-— cata. Stamina definita, imo perianthio inserta. Antherarum _ loculi longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum, mo- ospermum, ovulo erecto. Styli vel Stigmata plura. Nux nuda, vel perianthio tecta. Albumen farinaceum, raro sub- nullum. Br. Ee (Div. Hexxine, Foliis cordatis, Stylis 3-partitis, Nuci- bus angulatis, Staminibus 8, Floribus sepe polygamis.) Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Potyconum* adpressum ; glabrum, caule volubili v. pros-. trato suffruticoso ramisque teretibus, foliis cordatis: subacuminatis crenulatis margine scabris, racemis ax- illaribus terminalibusque, bracteis ochreisque nudis, ‘perianthiis subbarbatis, floribus polygamis. on Potyconum adpressum. Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 99. t.127. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov, Holl. p.420. Spreng. Syst. Veget 0.2. p. 254. | 78 geen a Descr. « Plant procumbent, with a somewhat striated and rounded, flexuose stem. Leaves acuminate, cordate, some of them suborbiculate ; the petioles glandulose beneath at the base, the stipules opposite to these, ovato-lanceolate, half-sheathing, glabrous, membranaceous, pale red. Flowers” polygamous : the male mixed with hermaphrodite ones, in ae axillary racemes shorter than the leaves. Calyx, in . hermaphrodite flowers, quinquepartite, persistent, the Segments ovate, obtuse, concave. Corolla none. Fila- ments of the stamens eight, inserted at the bottom we oe thi ca c f io te .. From sorug, many; and you, a knee or joind ; in allusion to the icneeeer . ine in the stem. calyx, by the pressure of the germen compressed, as are the — ovate, nearly sterile, imperfectly- formed, and minute an- — thers. Germen superior, ovate, retuse. Styles three, sub- fofiaceous, dilated, crenulated, reflexed, appressed to the germen: Stigmas simple, acute. Seed solitary, crowned with the appressed styles, and covered by the persistent, turbinate, obsoletely triquetrous calyx, which is marked with six striz. Embryo unilateral, cylindrical, white, albu- men farinaceous, very, white. Calyx in the male flowers, as in the hermaphrodite : but the filaments of the stamens are cylindrical : anthers oblong, versatile.” Labzll. Native plants, bearing esculent fruits, are so rare in Australia, that the figure of one, scarcely known even in our Herbaria, and not yet cultivated among us, may not be unacceptable in the pages of the Botanical Magazine. Dr. Wiutson has lately been kind enough to present us with some beautiful drawings, made by Dr. J. Scorr in Van Diemen’s Land ; and amongst them is this, called by the colonists, the ‘ Macquarie-Harbour Grape :” but which, though its fruit at first sight bears no distant resemblance to that precious plant, and is borne on stems which rail ble like a vine, and extend during a single season even to the length of sixty feet, belongs to a widely different family, namely, to our Bistorts and Buck-Wheats. The fruit, or seed as it is commonly called, is known to be wholesome in the whole Genus, and is, in fact, a small, hard nut : but in this remarkable species, it is invested with the enlarged and fleshy segments of the calyx ; thus giving each fruit the appearance of a berry. Again, we know that in this tribe, an acid and astringent principle is found, which exists in the fruit ; and thus, as Dr. Scorr observe, it is used in tarts. From the figure of Lasitarprers (whose description ! have been under the necessity of copying in the absence of good specimens) our plant will be found to differ im no small degree: but Mr. Brown observes, that it is 4 very polymorphous species, closely allied and certainly @ congener with Cocconona Australis, Forster. Dr. MetsNee indeed refers our species to Coccoroza, on account of its fleshy covering : but its habit is entirely that of a Poty- conum. Dr. Scorr says, that in Van Diemen’s Land, the plant is peculiar to Macquarie’s Harbour, and that it ripevs its fruit in December and January. Mr. Brown gives it an inhabitant also of Port Jack d hores of New Holland, son and the Southern s oo Fig. 1. Fruit bursting : naé, size. Swan Se Pub by S Curtig Glaxenwood Essex Apri. (11852. ( 3146) ~MAxI“iaria TETRAGONA. Four-corNERED | MAXILLARIA. | Class and Order. GyNnANpRIA Monoeynia. (Nat. Ord.—Orcuwex. Div—Vanvea. Lindl. ) Generic Character Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum pro- cess unguiformi columne articulatum trilobum. Foliola lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu columne connata. P ollinia 4, basibus connata, glandulosa, (vel 2, pedicellata, pedicello basi glutinoso).—Herbex parasitice, bulbose, Americe meridionalis. Racemi (vel scapi uniflori) radicales. andl. Specific Character and Synonym. — _ ‘B Maxmarra * tetragona ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis tetragonis, | foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis solitariis, floribus radicalibus (vel racemosis), sepalis oblongis obtusis patulis, petalis conformibus paulo minoribus, labello. ___ €arnoso ventricoso trilobo erecto, lobis lateralibus par- Vis acutis intermedio ovato extus convexo, disci appen- — if dice carnoso tabulari incumbente. Landl. _ Maxnrarr tetragona. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. V ‘=e * For the derivation, see tab. 2927. cording to Mr. Linney, fresh violets, and each borne upon a long, cylindrical or subclavate, slightly twisted germen. The outer segments of the flower, or sepals, are broadly ovate, acute, reflexed, the two lower decurrent, and meet- ing below so as to form a distinct spur : the two inner ones ‘smaller, but similar in shape: all of them of a brownish- green colour, tinged and streaked with purple. Lap, in our specimen, nearly white, with purple blotches, oblong, ven- tricose, fleshy, three-lobed, the two lateral lobes involute, acute : the middle one cordate, acute, “ within, the labellum is highly curious, having a large, fleshy, deep purple body which gradually passes into the labellum at the lower mar- gin ; but anteriorly, it projects into a distinct lobe, resem- bling a shovel, glued to the face of the labellum’’ (Liypt.); a peculiarity which our drawing does not represent. Column and anther-case yellow-green. : This beautiful plant is a native of forests in Brazil, whence it was imported by Jonn Murrorp, Esq. of Exeter, in 1827, and presented to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it flow- ered in great perfection in July, 1829. It is unquestion- ably the same species with that above quoted in the Bota- nical Register, but the scape bears three or four flowers, and the labellum is nearly white, which in Mr. Linpuey’s plant is yellow green. : 1am indebted to Mr. Arron for the use of the drawing which is here engraved. | Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Col i : the P Alas tain umn, with the Anther-case, thrown back and exposilg . Cs.) La dee we ( 3147 ) LIsSANTHE SAPIDA. Escutent LIssaNrTue. KKK KEK KEE EE EKER EREEE Class and Order. Pentranpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacripea. ) Generic Character. Cal. bibracteatus vel ebracteatus. Cor. infundibuli- formis, limbo imberbi. Ovariwm 5-loculare. Drupa bac- cata, putamine osseo solido.— Fruticuli erecti. Folia Sparsa, subtus lineata. Flores inter minores, albi. Discus hypogynus eyathiformis, 5-lobus. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lissantue * sapida ; racemis 2—3-floris recurvis, foliis ob- longo-linearibus mucronatis margine revolutis, subtus dealbatis striatis. Br. : oe LissanruE sapida, Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 540. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1275. a? : Pe ee a [eee Lge ssi Descr. A shrub, with rounded, subpubescent, brownish Yranches. Leaves scattered, an inch and a half to two inches long, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, rigid, entire, ‘cumiate and cuspidate at the point, the base sudden Pering into a very short petiole, upon which it 18, a Were, jointed, and often bent at an angle from it, the w Surface obscurely, the under surface, which is almost white, istinetly striated. Racemes axillary and terminal, of from three to five flowers : the pedicels and peduncle bracteated, the bracteee often four ina whorl: Calyx of five imbricated aves, which are ovato-rotundate, coriaceo-membranaceous, a margined ee - i 2 = itis 2 je face * | - of Awweus, smooth, and arbos, a flower ; from the smooth or polished oe the flower, a margined with red. Corolla of one campanulato-cylindra- ceous petal, greenish-white, polished, swollen at the base, the limb cut into five acuminated, spreading segments: within the tube and near the middle is a circle of hairs, Filaments five, completely adnate with the corolla. Anthers alternate with the segments, at the mouth of the tube, oblong, dark-purple, one-celled, bursting longitudinally. Germen ovate, five-celled, nearly half-immersed in a cya- thiform disk, irregularly and obscurely lobed at the margin. Style as long as the tube of the corolla, swollen above the base, and hairy. Stigma obscurely five-lobed. Berry a globose drupe, as large as a black currant, red, tipped with the persistent style. The nut five-lobed, five-celled. Introduced into the country from New South Wales by Mr. Avian Cunnincuam, who sent seeds of it to the Royal Gardens of Kew in 1823. These produced flowering ont in October 1825, and, in May 1827, the same plants re the bright-coloured fruits which are said in the “ Library of Entertaining Knowledge” to have “ some- thing of the consistency and taste of the Siberian Crab.” I am indebted to W. T. Arron, Esq. for the drawings and specimens of this plant, from which our figure and description were made. ccnemmnennesssiea wugeited Calyx. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Pistil and eyathiform Disk: Pub ly §. Curtie Glaxenwood: Essex. Spr eld IS. TH ded* La ( 3148 ) THEA viripis. GREEN TEA. Class and Order. PotyanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—CameE.u1E2. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5—6-sepalus. Pet. 6~9 ima basi subcoherentia 2—3-serialia. Stam. basi sublibera. Anthere subrotunde. Capsula 3-cocca, septis valvaribus nempe a valyularum marginibus introflexis formatis. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonyms. TuEa* viridis: foliis elliptico-lanceolatis coriaceo-membra- haceis convexis undulatis, floribus solitariis nutantibus. Tura viridis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 7135. Willd. Sp. Pl. p. 1180. Sm. in Rees’ Cycl. Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 227. “ Letts. Monogr. t. 1.” Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. p. 116. t. 256. Booth, in Trans. of Hort. Soe. of Lond. v. 7. p. 558. Boura laxa. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed.2.v.3.p.303. Tue Chinensis, 2. Sims in Bot. Mag. p. 998. (which see for the Synonyms of the var. 8 in other authors.) De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 530. Spreng. Syst. Vegel. v. 2. p. 603. ee =e Descr. A shrub, rising to the height of eight or ten in the conservatory of the Botanic Garden of Glasgow, ich branched, the branches spreading, rounded, brown, “young shoots green. Leaves rather distant, alternate, ph short petioles, elliptical-lanceolate, three to five inch ng, Coriaceo-membranaceous, waved and wrinkled, con- a bl € margins being recurved, serrated, ofa full (but not , ack-) green above, paler beneath, where the midrib . veins are prominent. Flowers solitary, axillary, fra- by seldom more than one, and that from near the top of : flo shoot, upon a short peduncle, drooping, so that the . Wer is searcely to be seen but by looking at the we | * From the Chinese name of the plant, Teha. side of the branches. Calyx of five rounded, spreading, green leaves. Corolla of usually six, between oval and rounded, white, spreading petals, in two or three series, of — which the outer are the smallest and greenish, the inner — gradually larger, and of a clearer white, slightly wavy. — Stamens very numerous, fixed to the base of the petals, so that in fact there are several bundles, though, from their proximity, they seem to form one mass. Filaments slender. — Anthers rotundato-reniform, opening at the sides, yellow. Germen ovate, downy, surrounded by a fleshy ring at the — base, slightly downy, three-celled, each cell containing two ovules. Styles three, combined below, free above: Stigmas obtuse. Of the Tea-plant, two kinds are commonly cultivated in our greenhouses, the one under the name of Tuxa viridis, or Green Tea, the other of Tura Bohea, or Black Tea: and which appellations have been given them, partly, as it would appear, on account of the relative colours of the foliage, and partly under an impression, that the former produced the Green Tea of the shops, and the latter the Black Tea. But this idea seems to be founded on no good authority, as We shall presently show ; and even with regard to T. viridis and I’. Bohea, Botanists are by no means agreed as to theit specific identity : indeed, a general opinion now prevails that they are mere varieties ; an opinion, however, in which — I do not coincide. T. viridis is a large, strong-growing, | almost hardy, plant, with its branches spreading, its leaves three to five inches long, very broadly lanceolate, pale green, singularly waved, the margin reflexed ; the flowels ee large, solitary, mostly confined to the upper axil : they appear in the autumn, six weeks or two months earlier thal those of T. Bohea : whilst the latter is of smaller size; | remarkably er ect, stiff branches, leaves not above h f or two-thirds the size of the former, perfectly flat, more coré qeons: of a dark green, bearing in the axils of numerous eaves two or three flowers, which are smaller, and have@ slight fragrance, and are in perfection during winter. will not endure our frosts. Both kinds are indeed so frequent m our collections, that every one has the opportunity @ ‘ramining them, and exercising his own judgment as 10 ne Keguagany of their characters. The difficulty is much pe a in determining which of these species is the of then a in China ; whether both may not be employed o production of the different kinds of Tea; or whe ey May not be indiscriminatel d :—for the Chine? are exceed ee ely used: or the Ingty jealous over the processes employed 19" pre ee eee ee ae a er Salih ta preparation of Teas, and the Tea-country being at a great distance from the European Factory, it is very doubtful if any scientific person has, from personal observation, been able to decide the question. An assertion is, indeed, (and, perhaps, rather too hastily,) made, in the “ General System of Gardening and Botany,” namely, “ that all the different kinds of Teas brought to this country from China are the produce of Tua viridis :” and, again, under Tura Bohea, “this is falsely called Bohea Tea, as we find the Bohea Teas of the shops as well as other kinds, both green and black, to be the leaves of the former species” (T. viridis). Dr. Azet * satisfactorily notices the two kinds of Tea-plant under consideration, and he adds, “ from persons conversant with the Chinese method, I learnt, that either of the two Plants will afford the black or green Tea of the shops; but that the broad, thin-leaved plant (our T. viridis,) is pre- ferred for making the green Tea.” This statement is cor- roborated by a communication from my valued friend Cuartes Mitxerr, Esq. of Canton, who holds a high official situation in the Company’s Factory there, and to whom I Wrote to request information on the subject. ‘“ The Tea- plant,” he says, in a letter, dated Canton, 12th December, 1827, « is almost as scarce in this neighbourhood as it is in England. The Tea-country is at a great distance from hence, and the Teas brought to Canton are several months on their route by inland navigation. Of the plants there are two kinds ; of which, one has a leaf of a much darker green than the other. This difference may partly arise from cultivation : but it is to the various modes of prepara- lion, that the green and the black Tas (as they are called in England) of the shops are due. In proof of this, we sent ome last year green Tea from the black Tea-plant. You may, therefore, conclude that, though there are two plants, ering as much in appearance and growth as any two Varieties of the Cametxia Japonica, each, by proper manage- ment; will produce black or green Tea indifferently. The Varieties of Teas, from the several provinces, arise from soil, culture, mode of preparation, and, above all, from the Part of the shrub whence the leaves are pulled. From the Same individual plant, indeed, there are three crops or gath- “rings annually ; the first affords the finer Teas, of which © Pourchong is the produce of the larger leaves of the young shoots. The extreme shoots, with the opening leaf- Uds, constitute the Peko. This is in England commonly : supposed _™* Narrative of a J ourney to the Interior of China, p. 221. ce cad supposed to be the flowers : but an examination after infu sion will clearly show its origin. The first picking takes place m June, the second in July, and the third in August.” — I may add, that Kemprer’s figure of the Japanese Tea- — plant, which is evidently the plant in general cultivation in — that empire, is the T. Bohea, not the T. viridis. : The native country of both the species is, probably, vari- _ ous parts of China, and the cultivation seems to be confined to the temperate zone, extending to the northern provinces of the empire, and as far as the 45° of lat. in Japan. But the Tea-districts, properly so called, are thus stated by Dr. _ Asex: that of the green Tea is in the province of Keang-nan, between the 29° and 41° of N. lat., at the North-westem base of a ridge of mountains, which divides the province of Che-keang and Keang-nan :—the Black-tea district, in the province of Fokien, is contained within the 27th and 28th degrees of N. lat., and is situated on the South-eastern — declivities of a ridge of mountains dividing the province of Fokien from that of Keang-si. eo _ The different kinds of Tea of commerce, as known to us in Europe, are not very great ; but M. A. Baron pe Scuil- xine has given the names of thirty-six sorts, copied from a Chinese MS in his possession. These are divided into — seven heads. 1. Teas of the district of the city of Sou ugan-tcheon in the province of Kiang-nan, eight sorts. 2 — Green Teas, Soung-lo of the district of the city of Hoey- tcheon, in the province of Kiang-nan Soung-lo, eleven sors. 3. Teas of the district of Hang-tcheon-fon, in the province of Tehe-kiang, five sorts. 4. Tea of the province of Hou: kouang, one sort. 5. Black Teas, Wou-y, or Bohea, the province of Fou-kian, ten sorts: and which, if we my _ judge from the names, are among the most esteemed— — such as, Lao kiun mei, or venerable old man’s eye-brows* Pekao, white hairs, or Peko Tea : Cheou mei, eye- brows of a very advanced age: Kieou khin lian sin, hearts of Water of Kieou khin : Ouang nin fung, Tea of the pick-axe of the king’s daughter: Ta haung phao, large red tails: and Stan jin tchang, palm of the immortals, &c. 6. Tea of | the province of Yun-nan, one sort. 7. Teas of the p' vince of Szu-tchhouan, two kinds. But this list, it is said by the editor of « Abel Rémusat,” is not yet complete; and kj ate fifteen others, several of which appear to be | Wi best known in Europe : Wou-i-tchha, Wou-r 4 ou-1 is the name of a celebrated mountain, i0 the pre vince of Fou-kian : th g ence comes the common nal Bohea Tea. ' ; Hi-tchun-tchha, Hyson Tea. Phi-teh DRT ee ee Pe ee, ee PPE ee eee ee ee ee ee me ee athe former soon ceased; while that of the latter daily increased among ‘the ttle more than a century ago, according to Lord Macartw: Skin Tea. it is that species of Hyson Tea commonly called Skin. Siao- tchoung-tchha—a small kind, the Saotchoun or Souchong of the mer- chants. Pao-tchoung-tchha—a species sold in small packets; the Pouchong of commerce. Soung-tseu-tchha, Sonchais Tea. Koung- fou-tchha, Camphon, or Congo Tea. Chang-koung-fou, Camphon Tea. of a higher quality, or Camphon Campony. Tchu-tchha, Pearl Tea, Ya-toung-tchha, Winter Tea. Tun-ki-tchha, Twankay Tea, Kian-peii-— tchha, or Tseu-tchoung ; a second species of Campony Tea. On-tchha, Black Tea—the leaves serve to dye stuffs black. Ye-tchha, Desert Tea—The flowers of this species of Tea are of a golden colour; the stem is high, and the leaves of a bright green: they use it in the same manner as the common Tea. Chan-tchha, Mountain, or Wild Tea. All these different kinds of Tea may be distinguished by the experi- enced merchant, merely by the taste. The situation of Assayer of Teas at Canton requires this sort of talent, and the individual who holds it, enjoys a salary of £1,000 per annum for tasting Teas only. : The quantity of Tea produced in China must be enormous; for with the exception of J apan, a province of China, it has not been gree on icable, though often attempted in Brazil and elsewhere, (and mainly on account of the higher price of labour,) to cultivate it to advantage any Where but in China proper: and there, the Tea-plant is spread, and not Very thinly spread, over a square area of 1,372,450 square miles. It is vow a common beverage throughout the whole civilized world. Its use in China reaches to a very high antiquity. An Indian prince, accord~ ing to the Japanese, a holy and religious character, of the name of ARMA, visited China, about the year 516 of the Christian era, with € view to instruct the natives in the duties of religion. He led himself a life of great abstinence, and denied all manner of rest or relaxation to his body: but he was at length so weary of his fatigues and a that 4 he fell asleep. Asa penance for so great a dereliction of duty, e cut 7 off both his eye-brows, the instruments and ministers of his crime, and threw them upon the ground: each eye-brow became a shrub, and that nrub the one now called Tea, whose virtues were till then as unknown '0 the world as the plant itself, Darma quickly discovered the agreeable Properties of the foliage, which endowed his mind with fresh powers to” Pursue his divine meditations. Having recommended the use of it to disciples, it soon became general in China, and has now extent ed to _~ Temotest regions of the earth : while the individual who first disco- Vered its qualities is held in remembrance by a rude figure in Chinese | Japanese drawings, of an old man standing upon water, with a reed t his feet, and one of his eye-brows sprouting out into a Tea-| as ,-INSCHoT is said to be the first traveller, who tells of a herb, with Which the Japanese prepare a drink, and which they offer to their guests ' ; aS a mark of high consideration. Caspar Bavntn speaks of it in his » » under the name of Cha. It was very early in the seventeeth : . century that Tea first became known in Europe ; and we are assured, = ‘at the Dutch at first carried on a trade, by recommending the Sage of Scountry, which they gave in exchange for Tea of China. The Wwe * English East India Company did not sell more than 50,000 : “fa, and very little was smuggled. In 1784, the consumption o Britain was estimated at 13,338,14 ibs. Now, that of Great Britain and Ireland, exclusive of the dependencies, amounts to 28,000,000 its, Lords ArtineTon and Ossory brought home a quantity of Tea from — Holland, about the year 1666, at which time it was sold for 60s. the Be But the practice of tea-drinking, even in public coffee-houses, was not uncommon in England prior to that period: for, in 1660, a duty of 8d. per gallon was laid on the liquor made and sold in all coffeehouses. In the sister country of Scotland, a ceritury elapsed before Tea was Benerey known. It has been stated, and we believe on the authority of ir WaLTER Scort, as proving how long a time had passed before Tea came into general use in his native land, that people are yet living, who recollect how the Lady Pumpuraston, to whom a pound of fine green Tea had been sent as a rare and valuable present, boiled the same, and served it up with melted butter, as condiment to a salted rump of beef, and complained, that no cooking that she could contrive, “ would make those foreign greens tender.” America catries on a vast trade in this article; but Russia is stated to rank next to Great Britain, inasmuch as 25,200,000 ibs. of Tea are yearly. imported and consumed by the Russians. Their trade with the elestial Empire, as may be conjectured. by the proximity of their term- tories, is by land ; and it is said that, in consequence of it, the Tea is of a superior quality than that which has been subjected to a long voyage. It is sent from Russia to Germany, where it fetches a high price, under the name of Caravan Tea. But in Russia, a peculiar kind of Tea, not known in other parts of Europe, (and, indeed, in Russia, its consumption is confined to the Asiatic territories,) is Brick Tea, a term frequently made use of in the interesting travels of Lepresowr in the Altaic Moun- tains, and which has been lately explained to me, and a specimen shown me by the Rey. Wittiam Sway, an intelligent missionary, who ha resided for ten years at Setenginsk, in Asiatic Russia, where Brick Tea is in very general use among the Mongolian tribes and Bouriats. Its produced at Fokien, and consists of old or coarse damaged leaves al! stalks, pressed into moulds, and dried in the oven. Of this a small quantity 1s taken, pounded in a mortar, and infused for a long time boiling water before the infusion is ready, which, however, is too bac the Chinese taste. The people above mentioned, generally add to 1t@ little salt and milk, and sometimes flour fried in oil. . _ Linn avs had the honour of introducing this interesting and valuable plant alive to Europe : but not till he had experienced many disappoint- ments. The seeds would never bear the voyage : for like all oily they turned rancid in a short time. His pupil Ossecx brought a plant as fat as the Cape of Good Hope, where it was washed overboard dutng a storm. Lacrrstrorm conveyed two shrubs, for the true Tea, Upsal; but they turned out to be Camellia, which the Chinese call by the Same name ; not distinguishing it (any more than some able Europe? botanists) generically from Tuza. Some time after, one reached We hope of Gottenburg in good health: but the evening before landing, ‘ e captain set the plant on the table of his cabin, where it was eaten We Ke At length Linnzus advised Captain Exrsere to SOW ees in pots of earth at the moment of his departure from China, 4 at they might vegetate after passing the line; and the growing | cog eee thus brought in safety to Gottenburg, the 3d of Octobet » and transported to the Botanic Garden of Upsal. ee Fig. 1. Flower. G49. je . , 73229 is Glaxenwood Essex: lpr £ LIBB3Z. Pub. by S. Curt ( 3149 ) Rosa Kamrcnatica. KamrscaaTka Rose. KEKE KEKE EEE EEE EEE REE Class and Order. IcosAnpDRIA Ponyeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Rosacez. ) Generic Character. Calycis tubus urceolatus, carnosus, achenia plurima hir- sutaincludens. Receptaculum villosum. Lindl. Div. If. Feroces. Rami tomento persistente vestiti. Fructus nudus. Lindl. : , Specific Character and Synonyms. Rosa * Kamtchatica ; foliis rugosis opacis aculeis stipulari- bus et rameis valde inaqualibus. . Be Rosa Kamtchatica. Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 76. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 259. Lindl. Monogr. Ros. p. 36. he Bot. Reg. t. 419. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 607. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 5A6. : (@.) nitens ; foliis lucidis pallide viridibus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t, 824. | a This is one of the many beautiful drawings executed by '. Joun Curtis for the Botanical Magazine, during the latter part of Dr. Sims’s editorship: and as I have not my- self had the opportunity of seeing the plant from which it Was made, I shall transcribe Professor Linpuey’s excellent ‘scription, given in the Botanical Register. “ Shrub three lo five feet high, loosely spreading ; branches trailing, cot- tony, with biformed, hairy prickles, those under the stipules aleate and distant, those upon the branch smaller, thick- ‘et, bristle-shaped, with thinly mingled bristles. Leaves — wrinkled, opaque, thick-set ; stipules large, halved ae S ovate, — * Derivation at Tab, 2847. ovate, hairy, curled at the edge, here and there beset with glands ; petioles cottony, without prickles ; leaflets seven, simply serrated, with the teeth callously tipped, naked at the upper side, hairy and paler at the under. Flowers generally solitary, red; bracteas elliptic, nearly naked ; peduncles naked, purple ; tube of the calyx round, naked ; leaflets of the calyx very narrowly triangular, furless on the outside, beset with glands, broader at the tip, longer than the petals; petals obversely cordate, tipped, ultimately flat. Disk raised, fleshy. Ovaries nearly naked ; styles hairy, rather naked at the base : mass of stigmas conical, naked. Fruit one furless, scarlet, waxy, shorter than the calycine eaflets.”’ The species is a native of Kamtschatka, whence it was introduced to the gardens of Europe by M. Czts in 1802, and is a great ornament to them. Our drawing was made from a plant in the garden of Mr. M‘Leay, of Tilbuster Lodge. J Garis dei Pub. by S. Curtis Glazenwood Essex April 11832. HWSO. Swan” Si aaclsae ( 3150 ) Sipa rosea. Reppisu GLOBE-FLOWERED SIDA. Class and Order. Monaperputa PotyAnpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Matvacez. ) Generic Character. Calyx nudus, 5-fidus, sepe angulatus. Stylus apice multifidus. Carpella capsularia, 5—30, circa axim verti- cillata, plus minusve inter se coalita, 1-locularia, mono- aut oligosperma, apice mutica aut aristata. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sia * rosea ; caule fruticoso, follis longe petiolatis cor- datis acuminatis serratis molliter pubescentibus, pe- dunculis axillaribus unifloris, calyce inflato basi trun- , ato, corollis subglobosis. ‘ Sia rosea, Link et Otto in Ic. Pl. Select. Hort. Berol. era B Rosa Nee Willd. Herb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veget. 2. 3. p. 119, (tees Descr. This forms.a shrub of some feet in height ; ils ranches rounded, pubescent. Leaves on long petioles, cordate, very acuminate, serrated for their d#iole length, With three principal and several lateral nerves, and reticu- ated with connecting veins, soft, with a copious down of Stellated hairs when seen under a microscope. Stipules obsolete. Peduncles two to three inches long, from the AxXils of the upper petioles, and longer than they are, some- What drooping, Calyx broad and truncated at ie so * Derivation at tab. 2857. somewhat inflated, five-cleft, with acute segments. Petals rather large, showy, broadly obovate, nerved, reddish, somewhat inclining to purple, very concave and erect, so that taken collectively they almost form a globose corolla. Stamens numerous. Anthers yellow, very compact. Of this plant, seeds were sent about the year 1820, by Sir Tuomas Harpy from South America, to Lady Camp- BELL; but from what part of that vast continent is not stated in the MS of Dr. Sims, for whom the drawing was made at Messrs. Wurtteys, Fulham, in October 1821. It appears, however, to be clearly the Sina rosea of Messrs. Linx and Orro in the work above quoted, differing only in the deeper colour of its flowers ; and thence we learn that it is a native of Brazil, and that it was introduced to the Botanic Garden of Berlin, in 1817, by Prince Maximi1ian pE Neuwiep. At is evidently allied to the Siva globiflora of this work t. 2821, and is equally remarkable for the globose flowers and inflated calyx, truncate at the base. ET eae ee ( 3151 ) -EPIDENDRUM VARIEGATUM. WARIEGATED EPiIpENDRUM. KK REE EEE EERE EKEE KEKE Class and Order. GyNANDRIA Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcutpexz. ) Generic Character. Columna cum ungue labelli longitudinaliter connata in tubum (quandoque decurrentem ovarium). Masse Pollinis A, parallele, septis completis persistentibus distincte, basi filo granulato elastico aucte. Br. Specific Character. : Eripenprum * variegatum ; bulbo elongato compresso, foliis _ subternis ligulatis maculatis, perianthii foliolis obo- vato-oblongis acutis intus atro-purpureo-maculatis, columna brevi, labello cordato intus lineis duabus elevatis, flore recto. ‘tee Descr. Parasitic. Stem bulbiform, branched : the bulbs oblong, compressed, smooth, dark green, sheathed at the base with the withered bases of former years’ leaves, one lb rising above another. ‘Two or three leaves terminate this bulb : they are eight to ten inches long, ligulate, ob- _tuse, striated, of a yellow-green, dashed with deeper spots, So that they have a variegated appearance. Raceme ter- ‘minal, on a compressed peduncle, a span high, lax, of about eight to ten flowers, which are straight, not twisted. Pert- anth of six obovato-oblong, nearly equal pieces, of a yellow- Ash-green colour, somewhat coriaceous, obtuse, yellower towards * Derivation at tab, 2844. towards the extremity ; the upper or inner side sprinkled | almost all over with blackish- purple spots: they are — patent or even reflexed. Column short, standing out ho- — rizontally, thickened upwards, nearly plane, within pale — yellow-green, united for nearly its whole length with the — lip, whose free part is cordate, acute, within having two — elevated longitudinal lines, which are slightly downy. Anther-case yellow, lodged in a depression at the top of the column, where there is a small three-toothed scale. Pollen Masses in two pairs, each pair having its caudicult com- bined at the extremity. Stigma transverse, depressed, viscid. Column slender, subclavate, not at all twisted. From the collection of Ricuarp Harrison, Esq. of Liver- 1, who obligingly communicated a fine specimen of this interesting plant, with a drawing by his sister, Mrs. Arnow Harrison, in January, 1832. The root was sent from Rio by Mr. Wirt1am Harrison. At is extremely unlike any other species of the Genus with which I am acquainted, and the flowers are very beau- tiful. The leaves, too, have a remarkable appearance, being spotted with a darker colour. $< —————- Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Side view of the Column and Lip. 3. Lip, with the Labellum foreed down so as to show its form more distinctly, 4. Anther. 5, 6,7. Different views of the Pollen-Masses : magnified. Lab by 8. Curtis Glaxenwood Essex May 11832, Curtig de[t ( 3152 ) Higsiscus MANrnoT, @. PALMATED-LEAVED Hisiscus, var. B. Class and Order. Monapetpui1A PoryanpriA. ( Nat. Ord.—Matvacez. ) _ Generic Character. Calyx cinctus inyolucello sepius polyphyllo, rarius foli- olis paucis aut inter se coalitis. Petala hinc non auriculata. Stigmata 5. Carpella in capsulam 5-locularem coalita, valvis intus medio septiferis, loculis polyspermis aut rarius l-spermis. D C. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Himiscus Manihot ; caule inermi, foliis subglabris palmato- partitis, lobis 5—7 acuminatis grosse serratis, invo- lucello hispido 4—8-phyllo, pedicellis floridis decli- natis, DC. as Js, Hisiscus Manihot. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.980. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 172. t. 63. f.2. Willd. Sp. PL p. 825. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 229. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1702. De one Prodr. v. 1. p. 448. _ Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 102. . Kermra folio Manihot serrato, flore amplo sulphureo. Dill. ) Elth. p. 189. t. 156. f. 189. \ (8.) palmatus ; foliis palmatifidis, radice crassa fungosa. De Cand. Prodr. ». 1. p. 448. (Tas. nostr.) Himiscus palmatus. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 168. t. 63.f-1. — a A description, and an excellent figure of the var. a, the type of this species, having been given at 4 1702 of this Work, we need offer no further remark than to say, that — ay eg is distinguished by the greater size and beauty of € flowers, and the less deeply divided leaves. ait the € plant from which our figure was taken, blossom No- Stove of the Count De VANpEs at Bayswater, in 9 Yember, 182], | : cw Gl5é. Swart “ Fab by § Curlis Glaxenwood Essex May 118.32. ( 3153) Myrcia Acris. WiLp Crove-Tree, or Bay-Berry Myrtle. Class and Order. IcosAanpRIA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord—Myrraces. ) | Generic Character. Calycis tubus subglobosus, rarissime ovatus, limbus 5- itus. Pet. 5. Stam. numerosa, libera. Ovarium 2—3- lare, loculis pluriovulatis. Bacca sepius matura 1—2?-— locularis, 1—3 ? -sperma. Semen subglobosum testa levi. Cotyledones foliacee, corrugato-contortu plicate.—Frutices aut arbuscule omnes ex insulis Caribeis aut America aus-— trai orte. Folia opposita integerrima pellucido-punctata aut opaca, nervatione Myrti donata. Pedunculi axillares et subterminales paniculati multiflori. Flores albi. D C. | Specific Character and Synonyms. | Myrcta * acris ; pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus tri< | chotomis corymbosis folio longioribus compressis, flo- ribus 5-fidis, foliis ellipticis obtusis convexis coriacel | glaberrimis superne venis elevatis reticulat | me pellucido-punctatis. ; | Myrera acris. De Cand. Prodr. ». 3. p. 243. YRTUs acris. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 2. p. 909. Willd. Sp. “Pl. p. 973. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 190. Spreng. M Syst. Veget.v.2.p.487 ; YRTUS caryophyllata. Jacq. Obs. 2. p. 1. (non Linn.) ARYOPHYLLUS 1. foliis oblongo-ovatis oppositis, racemis ¢,_ lateralibus et terminalibus. Browne, Jam. p. 247. ~ARYOPHYLLUs aromaticus Indie occidentalis foliis et fructu rotundis. Pluk. Alm. 88. t. 155. f. 3. “ is Descr. ie. ‘ POPE? ‘nin, his was fabled to be so named from Myrsrnz, an Athenian damsel, and Miyerva, who was changed into a Myrtle. ae Descr. A tree, according to Swartz, clothed witha — grey, brown bark. Branches compressed, in our dry spe- _ cimens, (but Swartz describes them as terete,) four-angled, — often marked with very minute, raised points, glabrous. — Leaves opposite, three to five inches long, very coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse, convex above, the margins revolute, wav- ed and subtortuose, with many parallel, nearly horizontal nerves united by reticulations which are most apparent on the upperside, (where are impressed dots,) and, in the dry state, beneath pale, with discoloured, not depressed dots. Panicles pedunculate, axillary, the peduncles as long as, or longer than, the leaves, very compressed, ancipitate: branches brachiate, each subtended by opposite, small, de- ciduous bracteas. Calyx, including its adherent tube, ob- conical, punctate, of four short, spreading, obtuse lobes, which are downy within. Petals five, nearly orbicular, scarcely clawed. Stamens numerous. Anthers yellow. — Germen small, adherent with the tube of the calyx, the summit only free, two-celled, with one broad ovule pendent from the top of each cell. Style longer than the stamens, plane: Stigma obtuse. The perfect fruit I have not seel. — Of this highly fragrant plant I am not aware that any — good figure exists. It is, indeed, on account of its affinity — with the Myrrus Pimenta of Linn us, involved in some ob- scurity; having, I fear, been not unfrequently confounded — with that grateful aromatic. In the absence of fruit, 1t18— perhaps, best distinguished by its five- (not four) lo calyx, its more elliptical, and far more coriaceous leave which are glossy and reticulated (when dry) on the uppe — surface. The seeds are very different in the two plants, if Der Canpotte be correct, and hence they are by him referred — to different Genera, Myrrus Pimenta to Events, and the — M. acris of Swartz to Myrcia. In the former, the radicle and the cotyledons are very thick and conferruminated: 9 Myrcia the cotyledons are coriaceous and corrugated and contortuplicate. From Myrrvus they are both distinguished ; by the extremely thin and membranous coat to the , In Eveeyia Pimenta the stigma is certainly capitate, 9 scribed by Mr. Linptey. | The Myrcra acris is a native of Jamaica, and, probably, : of other West India Islands. I have numerous | from the Rev. L. Guripine from St. Vincent. 2 Lunan, the author of “ Hortus Jamaicensis,” thus speaks : of this plant. “ It may contend with most trees for the a of elegance ; it grows slowly, and attains a considem” size. The trunk is handsome, straight, forming a very lofty, thick, and beautiful pyramid. In the younger trees, the bark is brown, then ash-coloured, and finally white, with yellow spots ; very smooth and even, but sometimes hanging down in slender shreds, it has an astringent, somewhat aromatic flavor. The timber is very hard, red, and pon- derous, capable of being polished and used for mill-cogs and other purposes where much friction is required. The eid branches are sharply four-angled and green ; their eaves three to four inches long, of a very sweet aromatic smell, and on account of their agreeable astringency, often used as sauce. The flowers are small, white, with a slightly reddish tinge ; the berries round, as large as peas, having an aromatic smell and taste, which render them agreeable for culinary purposes ; they contain seven or eight seeds.” The tree is a native of several of the West Indian Islands, and is called in Grenada, Bois d’Inde. Browne says, it is common in Antigua and Jamaica, as well as Barbadoes, and generally attains a considerable size; that it fills the woods with the fragrant smell of its leaves, nearly resembli that of Cinnamon, but its bark has none of the warm of that of Cinnamon, though the berries much resemble Cloves, both in form and flavour. It is commonly called Wild Cinnamon, or Wild Clove Tree ; and is said to be the Bayberry of Hucus. —. Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Section of the Germen. SEX e ari. 1832 +. Curls Glazenmwood Es : ( 3154 ) Maxitiaria picra. Parnrep MAxizuaria. KEKE REE EERE EKER ERE Class and Order. GyNANDRIA Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipex. Div. Vanpex, Lindl. ) Generic Character. Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum eum pro- cessu unguiformi columne articulatum, trilobum. Foliola lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu column connata. Pollinia 4, basibus connata, glandulosa, (vel 2, pedicellata, Pedicello basi glutinoso.)—Herbe parasitice, bulbose, ice meridionalis. Racemi (vel scapi uniflori) radi- ales. Lindl. Specific Name and Character. -Maxirarra picta; bulbis ovatis 1—2-phyllis, foliis lineari- lanceolatis, scapo radicali unifloro, petalis incuryo- patentibus lineari-oblongis subaqualibus discoloribus maculatis, 2 inferioribus basi subproductis, labello - oblongo incurvo 3-lobo disco elevato pubescente, lobis lateralibus incurvis terminali subcordato acuto. | | ee Descr. Bulbs about as large as a pigeon’s egg, dark e clustered, obscurely furrowed, bearing one or two hear-lanceolate or strap-shaped, almost nerveless, coria- fous, acute leaves, a span, or nearly a foot long. Scape Ye to six inches high, arising from the root at the base of @ bulb and there solitary, in part sheathed by membranous Scales, single-flowered. Flowers large, handsome, inclined. “als spreading, but singularly incurved, oblongo-linear, acute, nearly equal (the two inner ones being the smallest) ; at of them of a rich and deep orange-colour within, jotted with purple; externally almost white, with spots and lotches of deep purple. Lip oblong, pale, dirty-white or cream-coloured, but little spotted; three-lobed, the disk with an oblong, downy swelling, the two lateral lobes in- curved, the terminal one somewhat recurved, cordate, acute. Column of a deep, almost black-purple, as well as the anther, which is hemispherical. Pollen-masses four, deep yellow, obovate, connected by the base with a short stalk, which spreads laterally into a transversely linear, in- curved gland. This is another of the many new Orchideous plants received by Mrs. Arnotp Harrison, from her brother in Brazil, where it was gathered in that spot, so fertile in vegetables of this family, the Organ Mountains. It flow- ered during the month of December in Mrs. Harrison’s stoves, and is eminently deserving a place in every collection from the size and beauty of its blossoms. The colour and markings are exceedingly beautiful. Fig. 1. Column. 2. Lip. 3, 4. Back and front view of the Pollen- Masses :—magnified. WIT del* wt Pub by § Curtis Glazenwood Essex. May 1 1952. LG 8166 et memes Bipens srrtava. STrRiaTED-FLOWERED — | Bur-Marieouw. = | KEKE ERE KEE EEE KEKE EERE | : Class and Order. | SynGENESIA F’RUSTRANEA. > ( Nat. Ord.—Composirz.) “i si wee Generic Character. Anthodium simplex partitum subcoloratum involucratum. pipet interdum radiales lingulati.) Receptaculum pa- eaceum. Pappus aristis subbinis retrorsum aculeatis. Spreng. ets : Specific Character and Synonym. Bipens * striata; caule subpubescente striato, foliis (pleris- que) ternatis, foliolis ovato-acuminatis serratis, lateral- . bus subsessilibus terminali majori sublonge petiolato, »_ tadii flosculis late obovatis lineatis (albis). — Bivens striata. Sw. Br. Fl. Gard. t. 23. ee __Descr. Annual? Stem from a foot and a half to » & four feet high, erect, much branched, striated, slightly downy. Leaves petiolated, almost wholly ternately pin : lated: the two lateral leaflets the smallest, nearly sessit the terminal one ona rather long petiole: all of th | “cuminate, waved, and much nerved, glabrous. The lower- _ ‘Most leaves on the plant, which are of considerable size, and some of the extreme upper ones, which may be con- ‘Sidered bracteas, are simple. Flowers in a sort of panicu- d ted, leafy corymb, moderately large. Involucre of a ouble series of'scales ; the outer linear, reflexed, downy ; immer oblongo-linear, obtuse, glabrous, erect. a Sea pS aS , amrmrrton: = ; che) ieee .. ae So named from the two teeth which crown the summit of the Re tacle with numerous” long, linear, chaffy scales. Florets of the ray five to six, large, white. Corolla broadly-obovate, marked with lines, three-toothed.. Corollas of the disk numerous, yellow, tubular, five-toothed. Anthers black- purple. Stigma bifid, the segments linear, spreading, hairy. Achenium linear-oblong, compressed, margined, the edges scabrous, the short bristles pointing upwards. The Pappus consists of two erect, rigid bristles, retrorsely scabrous. This is one of the many interesting plants introduced to our gardens by the late Mr. Barctay from Mexico. Itis the more desirable from being quite hardy, if treated as an annual, although the root is, probably, perennial, and from blossoming late in the autumn. The flowers are abundant, and conspicuous from their large white rays. Fig. 1. Involucre with the Scales of the Receptacle. 2. Floret of the Ray. 3. Floret of the Disk, with its accompanying Scale, 4, Achenium: magnified. 5. Leaf from near the root: nat. size. Pub by S-Curtie Glarenmoed Ensex, May iss? foe eee” ( 3156 ) Divris macutata. Spotrep Divris. ce Jeb HEeek : Class and Order. | GYNANDRIA Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwes. ) Generic Character. Perianthium irregulare, subringens, 6-partitum : foliola 2 anteriora exteriorum labello ecalearato trifido ‘supposita, _linearia : interiorum lateralia patula, unguiculata. Anthera _ stigmati parallela, utrinque lobo laterali columne peta- loideo stipata. Br. ‘ ; ‘ Specific Character and Synonyms. _ Diuris * maculata; \abello basi intus bicarinato, laciniis Jateralibus intermedium subzequantibus, foliolorum perianthii interiorum laminis obovatis. Br. Diuris maculata. Sm. Ex. Bot. v. 1. p. 57. t. 20. Willd. Sp. Pl.0.4. p. 79. Br. Prodr.v. 1. p.315. Sieber, Fl. Nov. Holl. n. 165. es _ _Descr. Root? Stem ten to twelve inches high, rounded, glabrous, leafy mostly at the base. Leaves linear-subulate, canaliculate, striated, gradually becoming smaller upwards, _ and soon passing into sheathing scales. Raceme of eight _ toten flowers, each subtended by a membranous, sheathing Sractea. Petals spreading ; upper one of the outer series ovate, jagged, yellow, spotted, the two lower ones of the _ Same series linear, green, deflexed, and often crossing each _ other. Two inner petals large, spreading, and directed _ Upwards, obovate, tapering into a long claw, pale yellow —— * From 3s, double, and Spa, a tail, in allusion to the form of two of the - Ss, Aca = a : . sea : ae or = ati spotted with rich purple-brown. Lip deep yellow, and spotted, three-lobed, the lateral lobes oblong, reflexed, jagged; the middle one much larger, obcuneate, with two prominent ridges near the base. Column flattened, short, with two ovate, jagged wings, which embrace the ovato- acuminate, two-celled anther. Germen linear -clavate, twisted. For the opportunity of figuring this interesting plant, I am indebted to the kindness of W. Townsenp Arron, Esq. ; _who sent me a drawing taken from a plant which had blos- somed in the Royal Gardens of Kew, in March, 1825. It was transmitted from New South Wales, by Mr. Arian Cun- nincuam, 1823. From the specimens in my Herbarium it would appear that this plant is liable to much variation in the size and colour of its flowers; which are, indeed, among the most elegant of the family: but the colour and the markings of the blossoms in the “ Exotic Botany” figure, as Mr. Brown observes, are far from being well executed. —_——— Fig. 1. Lip, Column, and Anther. 2. Back view of the Lip, 3, Column, with its Wings and Anther, 4. Anther :—magnified. z Renl Guilding detl* Sran Jt Pub by §.Curtis Glaxenwood Essex. Mey LIGE2. €. 3182.) ~ Mimusors DISSECTA, _Cur- FLOWERED MIMuSops. Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Saporz. ) Generic Character. Cal. 8—6-partitus, gemino laciniarum ordine. Corolla laciniis duplici serie, exteriores 6—16, integra vel divise : interiores 6—8, integra. Stamina antherifera 6—8, laci- uiis interioribus opposita, totidem sterilia alternantia. Ova-_ rium 6—8-loculare. Bacca abortione oligosperma, v, mo- hosperma. Semina nucumentacea, albuminosa. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Minusors dissecta ; foliis elliptico-ovatis obtusis retusisve subtus cinereo-argenteis, floribus octandris, corollis octo-decemfidis, pedunculis solitariis ex axillis supre- mis ramorum. ‘s Mimusops dissecta. Br. Prodr. p. 531. Spreng. Syst. Veget. + = ©. 2rp. 208. : by, Mimusops Kauki. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.497? Br. Prodr. 2. I. Mimusors hexandra ? Roxb. Corom. v. 1. t. 15. eat Acuras dissecta. Forst. Pl. Esc. p. 43. Prodr.p.25. Wild. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 223. Acuras Balata. Aubl. Pl. Guian. v. 1. p. 308. Manit-kara. Rheed. Hort. Mal. P. IV. p. 53.4. 29. ETROSIDERos Macassarensis. Rumph. Amb. v. 3. p. 19. t. 8 | _ Descr. A small tree? Branches numerous, rounded, 1e ultimate ones short and bearing leaves, and, in their axils, flowers also at the extremities. Leaves petiolated, liptical-ovate, entire, coriaceous, obtuse or retuse, gla- ous and somewhat shining, dark green above, beneath silvery-grey, penninerved, the nerves prominent beneath : _ petiole about an inch long. Flowers solitary on peduncles, an aa — Sata : ~~ about about as long as the petioles, but appearing aggregated from the circumstance of their arising from the axils of the — crowded leaves at the extremity of the branches. Pedun- cles curved, swollen upwards. Calyx of six ovate leaves arranged in two series, slightly downy, spreading. Corolla monopetalous, of eighteen segments arranged in a double series, the outer of twelve linear-acuminate lacinie, the inner of six somewhat narrower ones, opposite the fertile stamens. Stamens, six fertile and six alternating barren, squamiform, denticulated ones. Filaments of the perfect stamens subulate: Anthers oblongo-acuminate, reversed. ae Germen small, conical, tapering into a slender, liform style. Stigma obtuse. Fruit, a large oval, or nearly obovate, one-seeded (by abortion), at first green, at pat brownish-purple Berry, with the traces of five other cells, and tipped with the persistent style. Seed somewhat triangular, compressed, with a narrow, linear scar or hilum. _ Although cultivated under the name of Acuras dissecta of ForsTER in the island of St. Vincent, whence drawings and specimens have been og on gaeene by the Rey. L. Guiip1ne, I am by no means certain that this is the plant of that author: for its most important distinguishing character, the pale and almost silvery hue of the underside, is not men- tioned by Forster. It would, perhaps, have been more correct, to have ypted the Specific Name of Auvsixt; for he has most accurately described the foliage ; and it is more than probable, that it was intro- duced, as many other plants were known to be, to St. Vincent from ba Auster speaks of it as brought from the Isle of France, where it is called Bois de Nattes, But this is a vague term, and in Mauritius, according to my friend Professor Bosgr, is applied to three different lants : = Bois de Nattes a petites feuilles, (Mimusops retusa) ; Bois de ates a grandes feuilles (M. Natta); and Bois de Nattes 4 pomme de Singe.” J] have no reason to think it is any of these: and if it be really the Acuras dissecta, it is a native of ihe Philippine and Friendly Islands. The figures both of RuzEpE and Rumpurus above quoted, to be sufficiently characteristic of our plant, and the MimusorPs ecandra of Roxs. Corom. which Mr. Brown notices, as scarcely to distinguished from the Acuras dissecta of Forster, seems to differ only in the broader segments of the corolla, and the different colour the underside of the leaves. Lastly, Mr. Brown’s M, Kauki appeals to differ in nothing but the greater length of the petioles. Mase fruit of our plant is esculent, and Mr. Guitp1ne remarks, that poeeaion of it is too much neglected in our colonies. ait te BS AcHRas dissecta an unctuous fluid is said to exude. The 1S of an agreeable acid, and on account of it, the plant is extensively cultivated in China, Manilla, and Malabar. The leaves pounded and mixed with th é . : plasms for Sais gy of Curcuma and with Ginger are used as cast es f Fig. Extremity A ee of a Flowering Branch, from which many of the Leaves — ith Fruit: nat. size, 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Stamen. 5 nat, size. ina = ( 3158, 3159 ). Covurovurita Gutanensis. Guiana Courovu- PITA, or Cannon-Ball Tree. - eM ee eR OR REO ROR ROR ORE EE . Class and Order. PotyanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Myrracez. Trib. Lecyruipez. ) a Generic Character. - Calycis tubus turbinatus, limbus 6-lobus persistens. Pe- tala 6 inequalia. Ligula staminea antheris basi et apice mstructa. Ovarium turbinatum, 6-loculare. Septa parieta- lia versus axim reflexa ibique columellam mentientia ; funi- culi inter se concreti et ideo ovula plurima gerentes. Stylus 0. Stigma stellatum hexagonum. Capsula erustacea, glo- bosa, circulo calycino cincta, operculo non solubili notata, evalvis, intus pulposa. Mesocarpiwm ante maturitatem carnosum, postea deliquescentia evanidum, tuncque endo- carpium ab epicarpio solutum et volubile. Semina in pulpa nidulantia, plurima, ovata, membrana villosa coriacea tecta. bryo subrotundus compressus rostratus. Cotyledones Magne foliacee nervose plicate corrugate sub radicula claviformi curvate.—Arbores. Folia petiolata oblongo-cu- neata subcrenulata. Stipule parve caduce. Racemi swn- ces trunco ramisque innascentes, bracteatt. Flores ampli sordide albescentes aut incarnati. D C. oi ~ Specific Character and Synonyms. Courourrra * Guianensis ; foliis a (calycis margine _ ircumscisso petalis acutis)? DC. Covrovrirs Guianensis. Aubl. Guian. v. 2. p. 108. t. 282. - Descourt. Fl. Med. des Antil. v. 5. p. 137. f. 340. Port. in Mem. du Mus. v. 13. p. 152. De Cand. Prodr. ». 3. & p. 294, . i Lecyrms bracteata. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 1174. Prxea Couroupita. Juss. Deane ee ES . cisinguieatntal * The name of the plant in Guiana. Descr. A Tree of large size, from fifty to sixty feet high, with a ¢runk often more than two feet in diameter : the wood is soft; the branches spreading, covered with a smooth bark. Leaves most copious at the extremities of the branches, eight to ten inches long, broadly lanceolate approaching to cuneate, shortly acuminate, membrana- ceous, very obscurely toothed ; veins oblique, reticulated with nerves. Petioles about an inch long, downy. Racemes one to three feet in length, produced on the former year’s branches, and upon different parts of the trunk, bearing a great many, sometimes a hundred flowers ; of a very large size, and no less splendid in colour. The buds shortly before expansion are about the size of a medlar; they open slowly, two or three in a morning, and falling off in the evening, and are highly fragrant. At the base of the flower are two opposite, oblong, deciduous bracteas. The calyx- tube is turbinate, adherent with the germen or ovary, its limb of six rounded, minutely ciliated lobes. Corolla of six (rarely seven) coriaceous, unequal, imbricated, subor- bicular, but much waved and concave petals, yellowish on the outside with a tinge of red, crimson-lilac within, spread- ing horizontally. In the centre of this corolla, and around the upper part of the pistil, is a remarkable staminiferous ligule or nectary : it is a large, fleshy, exactly circular disk, densely covered with short, upright, fleshy, yellowish sta- mens, one side of which is prolonged into a broad, strap- shaped, fleshy ligule, folded or doubled upon itself, the ex- tremity of which on the upper side is thickly clothed with numerous longer, red, fleshy stamens. These stamens seem to be the most perfect. The filaments are cylindrical. The anthers subglobose, two-celled. Those of the circular disk, besides being smaller and of a different colour, have the filaments clavate ; those of the centre appear to be abortive. The greater portion of the pistil is inferior, the upper OT free portion, which may, perhaps, be considered the style, 3s age and hemispherical : the stigma of six, appressed rays. € Germen appears to have six cells: but if examin carefully, it will be found that there are six, arrow-shaped (viewed when cut transversely) receptacles, arising from pa- rietes and meeting in the centre, and that each of the barbs (if I may so term them,) bears several ovules, especially 0? its inner edge. When the germen is a little swollen, a the petals with the staminiferous ligule have fallen away, there will be seen a transverse constriction in the free portion of the pistil, between the insertion of the limb of the calyx ee Pub by S Curtis Claxenwood Esse JIunelsE5Z 3159. 4 Swan Je ma Ses the apex of the pistil. Not having had the advantage of seeing the fruit in a recent state, [ shall describe it in the words of M. Porrzav. “ Although a raceme is com of fifty to one hundred flowers, it produces but one or two round fruits, four to eight inches in diameter, reddish, rough to the touch, and marked by a circle, bearing the calyx at two-thirds of its height. In describing the bark of this fruit, 1 must employ the nomenclature of Ricuarp ; its epi- carp is crustaceous, thin but solid; its sarcocarp is ve thick and fleshy, the endocarp woody, a line thick, and very solid ; the sarcocarp becomes deliquescent, and leaves a considerable space between the epicarp and endocarp, thus allowing the latter to roll about freely in the former. The endocarp is full of pulp, at first greenish-white, and becoming blue on exposure to the air. When the fruit is cut and ripe it has the colour of wine-lees, and diffuses a most intolerable odour. The six cells, which are evident im the green state, disappear at maturity, and the seeds are found here and there, of indeterminate number, scattered in the pulp: they are oval, roundish, compressed, covered with a woolly coriaceous membrane, and furnished with a long and equally woolly podosperm ; the membrane in question cleaves laterally, and allows the escape of the kernel, covered with its own very thin coat. "The embryo 1s roundish, compressed, with a very large, claviform radicle, and two large, foliaceous cotyledons, full of nerves, plaited, depressed, and applied to the radicle; the colour of the embryo is white, except the nerves of the cotyledons, which are rose-coloured.”’ ‘ M. Porreav, when speaking of the groupe (his Order) of Lecyruipex in the “ Mém. du Mus.,’”’ characterizes the plants which compose it as “ Trees or Shrubs of the Equa- torial regions, which have leaves simple and alternate, and the flowers racemose, remarkable for their size, their beauty, and the singularity of their structure; but of which no in- dividual has blossomed in France, nor perhaps © pep f we consider the vast size to which the subject | the Present description arrives, we despair of ever seeing it flou- rish in any extra-tropical region, and we cannot but feel greatly indebted to the Rev. L. Guripine, who has enabled Us to give a figure with many details of this plant, than Which none more curious or interesting has graced our Pages. It is an inhabitant and one of the greatest orna- Ments of the dense forests of Cayenne, flowering at all Seasons of the year, where it is not unfrequentl concealed from view by a mass of the Spanish Long-beard (Ti1- LANDSIA LANDSIA usneoides). Thence it has been introduced, I be- lieve by Dr. ANpERsoN, into the island of St. Vincent. If the tree is rendered attractive by the beauty of its flowers, which, moreover, are endowed with the most delicious odour, it is no less remarkable for the size of the fruit, whence, in conjunction with its form, the plant is called by the colonists the Cannon-ball Tree. ‘‘ The fallen peri- carps,” says Mr. Guitpine, “ which strew the ground and exhibit the scar or hole by which they were attached to the peduncle, so nearly resemble the cannon-shell, that one might easily, at first sight, imagine that a company of artillery had bivouacked in its shade.” If we may believe in the poetical language of M. Descourriiz, “ Flore Pitto- resque et Médicale des Antilles,’ the noise they make in falling affords an additional reason for the name: “ sous un ciel pur et éblouissant, la grace est toujours unie a la magnificence dans les scénes de la nature; partout, dans les mornes, des sources cachées dans la profonde nuit de la terre annoncent leur présence par un doux murmure, ou des eaux argentées qu’elles laissent filtrer entre les rochers, ou se dérober en gazouillant sous les gazons, ou les plantes qu’elles reverdissent. Lorsque le silence de la nature est mterrompu par les brises violentes qui, sous la zone torride, font souvent le désespoir du cultivateur, ou entend la crépi- tation des fruits du Couroupite, dont le balancement pro- duit un choc mille fois repeté, et semblable au feu roulant de la mousqueterie.” The Shell is used in South America for domestic purposes, as the Calabash. The pulp contains sugar, gum, malic, citric, and tartaric acids, and is employed to afford a refreshing drink in fevers; but, in the perfectly ripe state, Mr. Guitpine says, “ it exceeds whatever is filthy, stinking, and abominable in nature : yet the scent is remarkably vinous, and so durable, that on examining some portions of the fruit that had been preserved in rum for two or three years, the native odour of the plant was so strong, as to render the apartment almost insupport able. Insects revel in this disgusting and putrid pulp. CoLEoPTERA and Forricut feed upon it, whil ag hollow of the shells.” pon it, while the Formic find a shelter 1 —<—<—<————— Tas. 3158. Portion of a Raceme of Flowers with a Leaf and Fruit: nat. ‘Tap. 3159. Fig... Ligul sfehge sue id Grits Poa gule of Stamens spread open. 2. Section 01 \ Stam ak the Pistil and Calyx. 3. Stigma aa aura of the Pistil. 4.4 CHAN sdatons etl eg of the Ligule. 5. Anther. 6. Stamen from PN Eee syrad the’ Pistil. 7. Pistil a little advanced, with the Calyx outer Cafieing yas ig 0 * yamaha Section of ditto. 9. Seed with? Seed. 12. Seed, with 13, Em re bursting open (from Porreav)- seh, eh ryo; 14, Embryo unrolled ; and 15, Embryo bdo we cut through to show their straciges (fron Porreav:) pf ts O15. nat. size ; the rest more or less magnified. SH del? Pub by S Curtis Clazenwood Essex Junelipg2 35160. ( 3160. ) BacKEA saxicota. Stony Backers. eee ss os Os as sO On a ‘Class and. Order. Icosanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Myrracea, ) Generic Character. Calycis tubus turbinatus, limbus 5-fidus persistens. Petala Stam. 5—10 (—15) libera, petalis breviora. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Capsula 2—5-locularis, calyce inclusa, polysperma.—Frutices. Folia opposita glabra, punctata. Flores pedicellati, albi, parvi. Specific Character and Synonym. Backe * saxicola; glaberrima, foliis quadrifariis imbricatis obovatis acutis punctatis immarginatis brevissime pe- tiolatis, floribus ex axillis foliorum supremorum solita- riis vel binis breve pedunculatis, staminibus 10. Backea saxicola. Cunningham MSS. a Descr. A low Shrub, prostrate in its wild state, but, when cultivated in the gardens of Kew, erect, with virgate branches ; the branches mostly opposite, quadrangular, clothed with pale grey, lax bark. Leaves most copious on the young shoots, all of them opposite, quadrifarious, obo- vate, coriaceous, acute, very shortly petioled, scarcely at all Margined, dotted on both sides with glands, abounding in grant oil, erecto-patent. Flowers solitary, or two to- ether, from the axils of the leaves, which are at the extre- Mities of the branches, on petioles rather longer than the leaves, Calyx with its adherent tube turbinate, glandular ; the limb of five rounded, delicate, pale-rose-coloured, — whi = en * In compliment to Apranam Bagcx, a Swedish Botanist. small. Rckas tk Ave enponlts to, and five hoe Filaments short, eae? white. nine deep roundish or cordate, apparen i oon the q the never seems to ‘he fertilized by b ae germen presents a otted summit, constitu _ the disk of the flower, and bearing a short style wh : : weet tom ee Bo ian at Kew, by favour of Arron, and where it was introduced by Mr. Autan — | Govatnone who informs me that it is a native of bare, rocks on the South-west coast of Australia, where | he detected it in 1822, flowering in the month of February. ‘There its habit _ uite prostrate; but, on cultivation, Mr. Conninonam fi its character to be much altered, it becomes an erect shrub, the shelter of a greenhouse, and the usual ae 3. Flowers. 4, Stamen. 5. Portion of the Stem with a at ew Holland plants eral. At Kew it - plants in gen | Lub. by 8.Cartig Clazenwood Essex Janel JQ52, Beets errs: .otplootn SIGE tad PITTosPoRUM CORNIFOLIUM. CORNEL-LEAVED PiTTosPoruM. REE EEE ERE EKER EEE Class and Order. Prentanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Prrrosporex. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-sepalus. Pet. 5, unguibus in tubum conniven- tibus. Caps. 2—3-valvis, medio septiferis. Semina pulpa resinosa obducta.—Frutices folits integris persistentibus. : Specific Character and Synonym. Prrrosporum * cornifolium; caule fruticoso gracili, foliis oppositis elliptico-lanceolatis glabris summis verticil- latis, pedunculis terminalibus aggregatis villosis uni- floris. Cunn. MSS. Pirrosrorum cornifolium. Cunningham MSS. _ Descr. A shrub, with forked branches, the upper ones trichotomous or subverticillate, clothed with reddish-brown, smooth bark, Leaves: the lower ones opposite, the upper verticillate, all of them elliptico-lanceolate, coriaceous, ob- tuse, two to three inches long, quite entire and glabrous, the veins reticulated, dark-green above, paler beneath. Pedun- cles in clusters of from two to five or six, arising from the terminal whorls of young leaves, an inch or an inch and a half long, very slender, hairy with spreading, minute hairs, Single -flowered. Flowers rather small. Calyx of five patent, * From “ wirrow, to besmear with pitch, and copa, seed; because the seeds are enveloped in a pitchy fluid, exuding internally from the capsule as it ‘Fipens, eine deciduous, subulato -lanceolate, green, ciliated eaves. Corolla of eight}deciduous petals, ofa reddish-brown colour, linear, the lower half erect, forming a tube, the rest strongly reflected, sometimes revolute, acuminated. Sta- mens five, hypogynous. Filaments as long as the tube of the petals, subulate, white, erect. Anthers yellow, oblongo- ovate. Pistil : Germen oval, obtuse, densely hairy. Style as long as the filaments of the stamens. Stigma capitate, green. Obligingly forwarded from the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it was introduced some years ago by AtLan CuNNING- nam, Esq., who has most kindly communicated to me his notes, made on the place of growth in the year 1826, when he met with it in dark, humid woods by the rivers in New Zealand, producing flowers in September, and ripe fruit about the close of the year. It was uniformly found grow- ing (parasitically) on tufts of Astexim (A. Banksii), and upon the trunks and principal branches of the larger timber- trees, particularly upon the “ Kacxarsa,”’ or Dacrypium taxifolium of Lampert. It flowers in the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens at Kew, in March. ————— —— Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Flower. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil :—magnified. ee rey Sips e:.ss Seis botulinum lub. by 8. Carkis Clazenmood Essex Janell932. ( 3162) LeucopoGon LANCEoLATUs. LANCEOLATE LEvucorocon. aie ke ae os oh a Os as a ORS a OR Class and Order; | Pentanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacripez. ) Generic Character. Cal. bibracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo pa- tenti longitudinaliter barbato. Filamenta inclusa. Ova- rum 3—5-loculare. Drupa baccata ¥. exsucca, nune crustacea. : Fade a : Frutices sepe humiles. Folia sparsa quandoque ‘inter- rupto-conferta. Flores spicati, axillares vel terminales. Discus hypogynus cyathiformis sublobatus raro nullus. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. — = a Levcorocon * lanceolatus ; spicis nutantibus aggregatis, ovariis 2-locularibus, drupis ovalibus, foliis lanceolatis planis 3-nervibus, ramulis glabris. EUcopogon lanceolatus. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 1. Pp. 541. (excl. Syn. Andr. and Vent.) Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 474. (excl. most of the Syn.) Cunningham in Field’s N. S. Wales, p. 341. Sw. Br. Fl. Gatd.t.47, = PHELIA lanceolata. . “‘ Sm. Nov. Holl. 49. (excl. Syn. ) Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 657. a Descr. An erect, much branched, large shrub, with sraceful, more or less curved branches, clothed with red- dish-brown bark, entirely glabrous. Leaves alternate, most numerous =o wn white, and swyav, a beard; from the white, bearded limb of the numerous upon the younger branches, where they a sometimes fascicled at the extremity, lanceolate, rigi glaucous-green, slightly grooved, three-nerved. Spik an inch or an inch and a half long, in clusters at the e tremity of the branches, slender, drooping, bearing abo eight to ten flowers. Calyx of five unequal, green, imbri- cated leaves, and two or three scales or bractee at the bas Corolla white, infundibuliform. The tude is a little swollen, the limb patent, at length reflexed, clothed above with white hairs. Filaments extremely short. Anthers oblong, one-celled, with a small, callous point or crest at the upper extremity. Pustil: Germen ovate, surrounded at the base by a short, five-lobed annulus: Style thick: Stigma sub- capitate. Introduced many years ago into the English Gardens, where it makes a graceful greenhouse shrub. It has been obligingly communicated by Mr. Arron from Kew Gardens, along with the following species, L. Gnidium, and was accompanied by some excellent remarks from Mr. ALLAN Cunninenam with the view of showing that the two plants are really distinct, although they have been united by the generality of Botanists. _ : 2 Mr. Cunnincuam speaks of L. lanceolatus as a frequent plant in the colony, and constituting a large shrub in the Blue Mountains. With us it bears its slender and drooping “spikes of white flowers in March. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil land :—mag- nified. n S and hypogynous Gla g et de S Carte Glasenweend Revee tene Lita? ( 3163 ) HYMENANTHERA DENTATA. 'TOOTH-LEAVED HyMENANTHERA. he a ee sO Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Viotarma. Trib.—Atsopinex. Br. ) Generic Character. Calycis sepala 5 imbricata. Petala 5 alterna, ovato- acuminata, demum reflexa, calyce longiora, xstivatione ob- liqua imbricativa. (Br.) Stamina structura ad Violam accedentia, sed basi coalita in discum monadelphum ; squamis totidem iis dorso oppositis. Stylus brevissimus. Stigmata 2 acuta. Capsula subbaccata (in sicco rugosa aut venoso-reticulata) tenuis ovata (unilocularis mono- sperma ?) 2-locularis, loculis 1-spermis, (sec. Br.) calyce petalis staminibusque induviata. Semina capsule conformia illataque omnino replentia, ad ejus apicem e placenta ner- Viformi (ut in Viola) pendula.—Seminis structura inter Violaceas et Polygaleas, ex Br., media. Frutices ramosi. Folia nunc solitaria et alterna, nunc subfasciculata coriacea. Flores axillares parvi. Pedunculi sohiarii (vel aggregati) uniflori, basi bibracteati. De Cand. Specific Name and Synonyms. Hywenanruera * dentata; foliis oblongis denticulatis. Br. Hymenantuera dentata. Br. in De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 315. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 805. =e Descr. An erect, rigid Shrub, with pale, ash-coloured, Toughish bark, and many erecto-patent, spinescent breaches _ whic =. ————— cere eaten me en * From op, a membrane, and arlnpa, the anther, in allusion to the union | of the Anthers by a membrane. : which themselves are armed with numerous subulate spines, about an inch long, sometimes naked, sometimes bearing a few leaves, at other times only the rudiments of leaves. The leaves are from half an inch to an inch long, alternate or fasciculated, generally remote, oblongo-lanceo- late, nearly sessile, toothed, yellow-green, somewhat rigid. Flowers from the axils of the leaves, or from the older wood of the branches when the leaves have fallen away, solitary, or in clusters of two to four. Pedicels short, decurved, with two small bracteas at or near the base. Calyx of five broadly- ovate, imbricated, somewhat unequal leaves, combined at the base. Petals five, linear-lanceolate, rather unequal in size, twisted and imbricated in the acuminated bud, at length reflexed and revolute, not unlike those of a Prrto- sporuM, yellow. Anthers five, combined into an urceolate, swollen, membranaceous, orange-coloured tube, free only at the acuminated extremity, where each of the linear seg- ments has its sides involute, its extremity toothed. Cells of the anthers double, oblong, yellowish. At the back of each anther is an erect, cuneate, yellowish scale. Pistil very small. Germen ovate, tapering into a short style, with a bifid, acute stigma. _ Few persons, on first looking at this thorny, rigid, inele- gant shrub, would suspect it to be allied to the same tribe with those universal favourites, the Violets: but an examl- nation of the flowers will show that Mr. Brown has done rightly in referring this his own Genus to that, or near to that, family, between it and the Poty¢atew as he thinks. The anthers, more or less combined in all the Violets, are here still more remarkably so, to that degree that they form an urceolate and inflated membrane, not unlike the covering to the fruit of a Carex. This highly curious plant has been introduced to the Royal Garden of Kew by the indefatigable Mr. Aran Cunnineuam, and a fine flowering specimen was obligingly sent to me by Mr. Arron, in March, 1832. “ It grows,” Mr. Cunnineuam observes, “ in shaded situations in the Ikawarra district on the sea-coast to the Southwar of Port Jackson and elsewhere in the colony, where, how- ever, it isa rare plant. Sir Joserx Banks appears to have found it near Port J ackson.’’ a —$— Fig. 1. A Flower and Bud. 2. Petal. 3. § Singi® 0 : = . 3. Stamens and Scales. 4- ; Scale. 5. Pistil. 6, Staminal Tube laid open : magnified. a eal ( 3164 ) HABENARIA CORDATA. HEART-LEAVED HABENARIA. ? KR KK KKK RRR KE KK KKK EEK Class and Order. = GYNANDRIA Monanpnia. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipex. ) Generic Character. Corolla ringens. Labellum basi subtus calearatum. Glandule pollinis nude distincte (loculis pedicellorum ad- natis vel solutis distinctis). Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hasenaria cordata; caule diphyllo, foliis cordatis subcar- nosis nitidis quinquenerviis (siccitate reticulatis), peta- lis conniventibus, labello trilobo recurvo, cornu brevis- simo, antheris duabus abortivis clavatis. se Hapenarta cordata. Br.—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 691. Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 1. p. 270. t. 55. Orcuts cordata. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 28. Satyrium diphyllum. “ Link, in Schrad. Diar. Bot. 1799, o 323." ae ‘eee Descr. Root consisting of a few stout, simple fibres, and, apparently, constantly, one solitary bulb. Stem a span or More high, erect, rounded, glabrous, bearing two remote, cordate, somewhat succulent, recurved, five-nerved, glossy leaves, of which the upper one is the smallest and narrow- est, both having sheathing bases. Spike of man somewhat compact, rather small, greenish flowers, each with a bractea Sout its own length. Petals nearly equal in length, lan- ceolate, connivent, the three outer ones green, occupy upper side of the flower, leaving the labellum eat combined in their lower half. Two inner petals yellow- as green, a little longer than the outer. Labellum longer than e petals, recurved, yellow-green, the sides incurved, three- = a . lobed, the lobes ovato-lanceolate ; at the base having a — short, deflexed horn. Column extremely short, scarcely any. Anthers broadly oval, with two membranous cells, their bases spreading, through which the red-brown glands of the clavate, granular pollen-masses are protruded. On each side of the avin anthers is a white, fleshy, clavate, abortive one, as long as the anther itself. Few species of Hanenaria are, perhaps, less known than the — it having been, so far as I am aware, only de- scribed, and as a native of Portugal, by Professor Lans ; till the Rey. Mr. Lowe, who found it on walls at “ Arco de Santo Gorge,” and on rocks at “ Entranza,” on the Southern _ shores of the island of Madeira, enabled me to give a figure _ of it in the Botanical Miscellany. But that figure, like too _ many others done from dried specimens, is inaccurate in _ seyeral particulars: and in none more so than in the reticu- : lation of the leaves (which only appears after the i- _ men is dried,) and in the shape of the labellum. These _ errors I have now the pleasure of being able to correct from ol. Ga den of Glasgow. These flowered feebly in 1831, and ga wie Bagalacy yap when our dre wring - made, The towers are highly fragrant, especially in the evening. Tb plants hase been bithato kerk in a pot of peat and loam in an airy part of the greenhouse. = =e cee Be of the Anther, with the ae- i won gr Psi pa 3. Front view of the same. 4. Labellum, plants, kindly sent by Mr. Lowe to the Botanic — ! Carll . Pus € ee ae Lub by : S. Curtis Claxenwood Essex Jub 21 11832, ee ee . ( 3165 ) CLITORIA? ARBORESCENS. Woopy CLiToRIA. Class and Order. 2; ¥ Diapetraia Decanpris. ~ ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosa. ) | Generic Character. Cal. basi bracteis 2 majusculis instructus, 5-fidus. Cor. vexillum amplum. Stam. diadelpha, cum petalis non imo calyci sed supra basin.inserta, Stylus apice subdilatatus. Legumen lineare compressum rectum bivalve styli basi acu- minatum 1-loculare, polyspermum. Semina isthmis cellu- losis sepe intercepta——Herbe scandentes. Folia pinnata cum wmpari sepius l-juga, rarius 2—3-juga, foliolis sepius stipellatis. Flores axillares, pedicellati, ampli albi, cerulet aut purpuret, sepe resupinati. D C. i Specific Character and Synonyms. Cuivorra ? arborescens ; caule scandente lignoso, foliolis 3 amplis ellipticis brevi-acuminatis subtus elevatim ve- nosis junioribus ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pedunculis multiforis, floribus maximis, calycibus tubulosis, vex- illo sericeo, pistillo pubescenti-tomentoso. Curorta arborescens. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 302. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 235. ‘een Descr. Stem apparently climbing to a great height, and very woody, the young shoots only soft and herba- Ceous, rounded, glabrous. Leaves large, on long, rounded petioles, which have two persistent stipules at their base, ternate : leaflets elliptical, or somewhat obovate, shortly acuminate, subcoriaceous, nearly glabrous, the young ones only clothed with soft, ferruginous down, many nerved, the nerves oblique, parallel, prominent beneath, oe con- VOL. vi. H nected with transverse veins: the lateral ones on very short, the intermediate ones on long petiolules, each with sub- ulate stipelle at their base. Peduncle axillary, two to three inches long. Pedicels very short, bracteated. Flowers large, purple and white, resupinate. Calyx three-fourths of an inch long, tubular, five-toothed, tinged with red, having two lanceolate bracteas at the base : teeth subulate, the lower one the longest. Vexillum ample, its back cover- ed with beautiful, silky, down. Ale or carina oblong ; the latter acute. Stamens ten, nine united and one free: An- thers linear. Germen linear, hairy as well as the style: Stigma dilated or almost capitate. This very handsome species of Currort1a (?) was intro- duced to Mr. Verr’s Garden from Trinidad in the year 1804; and I possess excellent specimens from the same island, sent to me by Mr. Locxuarr.: It is likewise culti- vated as an ornamental plant in St. Vincent ; and the beau- tiful drawing here given of the flowering specimen was made by Mr. Joun Curmis in 1822, during the time that Dr. Sims conducted the Magazine. The larger leaf and the dissections I have represented from dried specimens, not having had the opportunity of seeing the recent plant myself. It necessarily requires the heat of a stove, and much room, to enable it to arrive at perfection. oe — Fig. ]. Vexillum. 2. Ale. 3. Carina. 4. Stamens and Pistil ; scarcely magnified. wt fe S Cartes Cammcnmmenas Seen: Sage? REND ( 3166 ) _ CoccoLopa PuBEscENsS. Downy, or Great-LEAvEI Sra-stpE Grape. Leather-coat Tree. KEKEE EEE EEE EEE EK EREEK Class and Order. OcranpriA TRyayni. ( Nat. Ord.—Potyeonea. ) Generic Character. Perianthium 5-partitum corollatum. Nux monosperma perianthio baccato tecta. : ? Specific Character and Synonyms. Coccotoza* pubescens ; foliis orbiculato-cordatis maximis subsessilibus infra pubescentibus, racemis fructiferis erectis (?). ; Coccorogza pubescens. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 523. Willd. Sp. Pl. 0.2, p. 457. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 421. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 0. 2.p.252. ney CoccoLopa grandifolia ; foliis subrotundis, integerrimis, ru- gosis. Jacq. Amer. 113. Be ee er Scortia, arbor Americana amplissimis foliis aversa parte nervis extentibus hirsutie ferruginea refertis. Leather- coat Tree Barbadensibus nostris. Pluk. Phyt. Tab. 222. fig. 8. pessime. a Descr. According to Jacquin, this becomes an ineligant, upright Tree, between sixty and eighty feet in height, dividing aboye into not more than two or three bran ches. Leaves very large, some of which attain to two feet in dia- meter, orbicular with a cordate base, entire, dark green and glossy above, covered with more or less of a short, fer- ie down beneath, where the nerves are of a lighter colour, and very prominent. The whole leaf strongly reti- culated. There is scarcely any petiole, but at the base of the disk, which is formed by the confluence of the nerves, ae =— * xonnos, seed, and roBos, @ lobe: from the lobed seed, not fruit, as stated in No. 3130. (Hensi.) are the sheathing stipules inveloping a bud (a), which terminates a short branchlet. hp renchiets at fet green, and looking like petioles to the leaves. Branches formed from a succession of these branchlets, brown, cylindrical, scarred alternately from the fallen leaves, and bearing a bud a immediately over each scar. Raceme terminal, (imperfectly in the specimen). Pedicels single, longer than the flower or fruit, with a minute scale and sheath at their base. Flowers (tmper- fectly expanded), Perianth small, of five, fleshy segments, united for more than two-thirds of their length, investing the germen, spherical. Stamens — (imperfectly developed ), originating from a white mem- brane, which coats the inner s of the perianth, and becomes free just beneath its divisions, Germen more than half-inferior, (according to common notions, but strictly speaking superior,) ovate, subtrigonous. Styles three, exserted. Stigmas dilated, flat, truncate, jagged. The im- mature and unfertilized berry, consists of the fleshy perianth investing & nut composed internally of cullular substance with traces of three imper- fect dissepiments. The ovule is in the middle of its substance, towards the upper part, attached to a long, straight, umbilical chord, and having the foramen a little oblique at the summit. This tree is a native of the West Indies, and is said by Jacqurn tobe Very common in the mountain forests of Martinique. The wood is heavy, red, and almost incorruptible. When used for posts, the ow the ground becomes as as stone. The fruit is said to : It had not flowered before in England, though introduced, mnce 1590, with the C. uvifera. from an old plant in the Botanic Garden. This produced a single raceme, for the first time, in the beginning of February, 1832; but owing to the bad condition of the hothouse, which seldom allows of its retaining a tempera- ture of more than a few above 60°, none of the flowers appear have expanded properly. There was, however, sufficient for him to ascer tain some of the peculiarities in the inflorescence of this species, and to enable him to correct an error in our account of the fructification of C. wr'- fera (Tab. 3130), In the description and sections of that plant, the real nut has been overlooked. This is described by Gentwer, to be of the consistency of paper, and to become inti united with the fleshy of the berry, formed of the ripened Taienth In our plate, the secd figured and described as the nut. The real character, however, of the fruit of this Genus may be more readily seen in another specie% C. punetaia, where the nut is hard and bony, and we have added to ouf bridge c ~t sections from an unripe berry, grown in the Cas nist —— - Germen. 3. Three of the Stamens (imperfect) * pe e which lines the Perianth. 4. ‘The unripe Periast® Me vertically, showing the young Nut within, (c) where the Stamens sft = orate Vertical Section of the young Nut, showing the unimpregnated oe. Transverse Section of the unripe Berry. All magnified. nranctata. Fig. 7. Vertical Section of the unripe Perianth, showing nd ope bony Nut, at (d) are the remains of the Stamens. 8. V ertical Section — the Nut, with an eight-lobed Seed in the lower part. - pees Fi groban corresponding to the Channels on the Surface of * 7 i. av (rected pe eer of the Seed, detached from ph hy ® ate ao oe eee Hea ae ( 3167 ) Primuta SipiricaA. SiperiaAN Primrose. Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeyntia. ( Nat. Ord.—Primunacea. ) Generic Character. Flores subumbellati involucrati. Calyx tubulosus quin- pushes seu quinquedentatus persistens. Corolla tubulosa, auce vel nuda vel glandulosa, limbo 5-lobo. Capsula apice decem-dentata polysperma. Spreng. %. P ye Specific Character and Synonyms. Primvuza Sibirica ; glabra, nuda, foliis ovali-subrotundis petiolatis integerrimis vel obtuse crenatis, umbella pauciflora laxa nutante, involucri sub tetraphylli foli- olis ovatis acutis basi calcaratis. 4 ; Primuza Sibirica. Jacq. Misc. Austr. v. 1. p. 161. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 806. Lehman, Prim. p. 60. t.7. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 143. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.1.p. 576. Ledeb. Fl. Alt. v. 1. p. 213. Primuza rotundifolia. Pall. It. v. 3. p. 223. Primuta intermedia, Ledeb. Decad. Pl. in Mém. de l’ Acad. des Sc. de St. Petersb. v. 5. p. 519. : : Primvra foliis ovatis glabris integerrimis, umbellis pauci- floris, nutantibus. Gmel. Fl. Sib. p. 83, t. 46. f. 1. a ee Descr. Root perennial, fibrous. Leaves radical, upon petioles about their own length, oval or roundish-oval, rarel ‘Subcordate, quite glabrous, and free from mealy Powder, as is the whole plant, the sides often involute, the ihargins entire, or bluntly and obscurely crenate. Scape five to seven or eight inches tall, pale green. Umbel of Ve to six nodding flowers, with an erect, four-leaved in- Volucre, whose leaflets are ovate acute, with a re inflated, inflated, obtuse, spur at the base. Pedicels an inch anda half to two inches long ong. Calyx subclavate, with a constric- rom 5 sar ga most evident in the young calyx, five- toothed, teeth erect, obtuse: the whole is yellow- led with excessively minute purple dots. ‘of Corolla slender, cy lindrical, yellow, about half as long again as the calyx ; of five broad, spreading, obcor- date (with ad —) purplish rose-coloured segments ; the faux elevated, deep orange-yellow, ten-rayed. Stamen | — a little withing? the throat : anthers a almost sessile, reaching to the mouth of the tube. Germen ovate ; ¢ about f as long as the tube of the corolla. The , according to Leprnour, is longer than the a # are universal favorites in our gardens, and many have been long cultivated and figured. ‘The present is, | among those least maowe in collections, and 2 edly among the most beautiful. Our Glasgow Garden Seon possession of it to the Cambridge Botanic Garden, whence it was sent by Mr. Bicas to Mr. Murray. It isa tative of the Northern regions of Siberia, and of the Altaic whence we have specimens from Dr. Fiscuen ; but like other pl — ants from countries where the winters are much severer our own, this requires the steerage of “a frame in w in winter, which serves the same purpose as ‘of snow in its native regions. A pans Fig. 1. Involucre. 2, Flower, 3, Pistil : magnified. 5168. WT Hded? Pub ly S. Curtis Clazenrood: Essex Fly U82. alo ( 3168 ) EPACRIS ONOSM/EFLORA. ONOSMA-FLOWERED EPacris. TERE KER EEE RRR RRR Class and Order. PrentanpriaA Monoeyntia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacrivex. ) Generic Character. Calyx coloratus, multibracteatus: bracteis coloratis. Co- rolla tubulosa ; limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala : An- theris supra medium peltatis. Sguamule hypogyne 5. Capsula placentis column centrali adnatis. Br. Specific Character and Synonym. Eracris * onosmeflora ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acumi- natis cucullato-concaviusculis quinquenerviis mucro- natis petiolatis margine ciliatis, ramulis incanis, corol- lis cylindraceo-ventricosis tubo calycem acutissimum superante. Cumnn. Epacris onosmeflora. Cunningham in Field’s N. S. Wales, p. 340. ‘een Descr. A rigid shrub, with numerous, erect, rather Wavy branches, the ramuli downy. Leaves from half to three-fourths of an inch long, patent or somewhat squar- tose, dark green, sessile, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, rigid, concave at the base, obscurely five-nerved, entire, the point _ extremely sharp, the margins, especially below, ciliated. Flowers rather large, solitary, nearly sessile in the axils of the upper and rather crowded leaves, thus appearing to form a bracteated or leafy spike. Calyx deeply ae een + : From ts, above, and expos, a summit: from the plant growing in elevated ‘Situations, the segments lanceolate, subulate, membranaceous, white, erect, > sap oni about halfas long as the tube of the co- rolla, base surrounded by several small, imbricated, lanceolate, greenish scales. Corolla white: tube obl ventricose, nearly as long as the leaves ; limb five-cleft, — ovate, acute, patent, or reflexed. Stamens inserted just © within the mouth of the tube. Filaments very short, — searcely any; Anther linear-oblong, one-celled, bright — —_— and papillose, Pollen pale yellow; its grains in — Germen globose, surrounded by five, yellow, glands. — + heey about as long as the tube of the corolla, | white, pellucid with a central line. Stigma capitate. Discovered by Antan Cuonnincuam, Esq. in October, — 1822, in peaty bogs at Blackheath, on the Blue Mountains — of New Holland, at an elevation of 3,400 feet above the | level of the sea, and by him introduced to the Royal Gar- — dens at Kew; whence our specimen was most obligingly — «it was wer and in ty in the ouse in the month of March 1832. b | _ Fig. }. Leaf. 9 Flower. 3. 3. 3. Anther in of view. — | 4G ins of 5. Puta: different points tab by 8 Carrs Clasenwead Essex Fralyhi932 WAH. del? ( 3169 > | TRopmoLuM TRIcoLoRUM. 'THREE-CcOLORED i Inpian Cress. KER EKER EEK KKK EE KEKEEKEK Class and Order. OcranpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Troprotem.) Generic Character, Cal. 5-partitus, lobo superiore calearato. Petala 5 in- qualia, 3 inferiora minora aut evanida, Stam. 8 ab ‘ipsa basi libera. Carpella 3 suberosa reniformia indehis- centia hinc sulcata rotundata. Semina magna, exalbumi- hosa, loculum suum implentia et hujus cavitati conformia. Embryo magnus : cotyledonibus 2 rectis, crassis, junioribus distinctis, dein arcte conferruminatis et etiam cum spermo- dermate adhzrentibus, ima basi subdistinctis, radicula intra cotyledonum processus latente, tubercula 4 mox radicellas proferentia gerente. Specific Character and Synonym. _ Tropmoium * tricolorum; scandens gracillimum, foliis pel- tatis profunde 6-lobis, lobis oblongo-obovatis obtusis integerrimis, calyce obovato in calcar longum atten- uato, petalis obovatis obtusis unguiculatis calycem panlulum excedentibus. Trorxorum tricolorum. Sw. Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 270. Descr. Root tuberous. Stem filiform, much branched ; anches entangled, purple, shining. Leaves alternate, Pelioled, palmato-digitate, round, (eight lines across) foe ne * From syrasr, a warlike trophy, “ from the shield-like leaves and the : 2 pny, : t Severs, shaped like golden helmets, pierced through and eer and stained with blood, which might very well justify such an allusion. . lobed, soft, slightly villous, especially below, where they are paler, veined, lobes unequal, obovato-elliptical, gene- rally only one of them is mucronate: petiole an inch long, filiform, resembling the branches. Peduncles about two inches in length, solitary, opposite to the leaves, pendent, capillary, slightly thickened upwards. Calyx of a bright vermillion colour, pentagonal, five-cleft, the segments blunt, mucronulate, on the outside tipped, as well as the spur with purple, on the inside tipped with green, the whole inner surface glandular; spur erect, about one-third of the length of the peduncle, awl-shaped, nectariferous. Petals five, (three lines long,) yellow, subexserted, inserted below the incisions of the calyx, obcordato-spathulate, unguicu- late, dilated at the base over a slightly swollen pit. Stamens eight, included ; filaments glabrous, colourless, dilated at the base, and having on the outside of the insertion of each a pit, similar to that at the base of the petals: anthers * oes cernuous. Germen glabrous, three-lobed, lobes eeled. Style glabrous, shorter than the stamens, grooved on three sides, three-toothed at the top, one of the teeth larger than the others and grooved. This beautiful species flowered in the greenhouse of the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in March, 1832. Graham. —<—<—— Fig. 1. Flower and Peduncle, 2, Flower laid open. 3. Petal. 4. Stamen. 5. Pistil :—magnified, 35170. it de yh Pub by .§ Curls Glazennood Essex JaGlisaz, | ( 3170 ) HELLERORUS | PURPURASCENS. - URPLISH HELLEBORE. 2 eee Class and Order. ° ‘| } : 2 - Potyanpria Potyeynta. : i a 3 ( Nat. Ord.—Ranunevnacez. ) os Y te bf - Generic Character. F = own _ Hetiegorvs * purpurascens ; foliis radicalibus subtus sub- pubescentibus palmatisectis, . segmentis basi_cuneatis apice 3—5-lobis, caule bifloro, foliis floralibus sub- sessilibus, calycis sepalis subrotundatis coloratis. D C. HEtLEBorvs purpurascens. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung. v. 2. p. 105. t. 101. De Cand.. Prodr. v. 1. p. 4%. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 658. — =a Descr. The root consists of a woody, tuber-like, trun- cated, rough stock, from which are emitted numerous simple or branched, descending, brown, fibres. When the plant is in flower, the stem is not a span high, terete, some- what downy, purplish-green, having at the base many large, sheathing, membranaceous, reddish-green scales, which en- Close the young, or Eee, leaves. —— idee ‘soggs . aie OT —.. Seas sie From tw, to destroy, and Gop, food: from the poisonous nature of these Z oe divides at the top into two branches, or bears two inclined, single-flowered peduncles, which have at their base a three to five-lobed, sessile, purplish leaf, the lobes lanceolate, more or less laciniated, serrated. Flowers drooping, large. Calyx of a singularly livid or purplish glaucous-grey colour : the sepals or leaves roundish concave, at length much spreading. Petals or nectaries about twelve, hypogynous, in a single series, spreading, standing close, obovate or cuneate, hollow, compressed, the mouth somewhat two- lipped, closed, the margins being a little involute. Stamens numerous. Filaments white. Anthers oblong, pale yellow. Pistils five, erect, upon a conical receptacle. Germen ob- long, tapering into a long style. Stigma obtuse. When the inflorescence has passed, the root-leaves are in perfec- tion, upon a long petiole, longer than the flower-stem, digitato-pedate, above smooth, beneath slightly downy, at length glabrous, the segments lanceolate, acute, serrated. ___ This Hellebore, so remarkable in the colour of its flowers, _ 4sa native of woods in Hungary, and is described and figur- ed in the splendid work above quoted of Waxpsrein and Kirarsex. Our Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted for the possession of it to Mr. Hunneman. It is probably per- fectly hardy : but we have kept it in a pot in a cool frame. It throws up its flower-stalks in March, and the leaves are in perfection in June. —_—<—<—<—<—— Pirie 1, Petal (or Nectary), 2. Stamen, 3, Pistils, 4. Stigma: magni- WIE, del* Tab by 8, Curlis Claxenwood Essex Ibl19352 3171. Swan Se ( 3171 > ACROTRICHE OVALIFOLIA. OVAL-LEAVED ACROTRICHE. EREREK EERE EER EKER EKE Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacrivez. ) - Generic Character. Calyx bibracteatus. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbé laci- nlis apice barba deflexa. Drupa subbaccata, putamine 5- loculari, celluloso ! Frutices humiles ramosissimi, ramis sepius divaricatis. Folia sparsa. Spice laterales v. axillares, breves—Flores parvi albit. Discus hypogynus cyathiformis sublobatus. Drupe parve, depresso-globose, substantia parca. *Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. 42. Acrorricue * ovalifolia ; foliis ovatis ovalibusque obtusis muticis planis margine levibus, spicis axillaribus, dru- pis subcellulosis. Br. Acrorricue ovalifolia. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 548. ‘ StrPuetia ovalifolia. Spr. gos Veget. v. 1. p. 656. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 485. Descr. A low, tortuous, depressed shrub, scarcely more than six inches high, with numerous branches, which are copiously leafy. Leaves scattered, broadly ovate or oval, sessile or nearly so, coriaceous, obtuse, entire ; dark green on the upper side, paler and distinctly veiny beneath, the veins dark-coloured and almost resembling parallel lines. Flowers a —_* expos, a point, and bgt, a hair: from the tufts of hair at the extremity of : the segments of the corolla. Flowers minute, greenish-yellow, in dense, axillary, short spikes or clusters, most abundant on the underside of the branches. Calyx of five unequal, imbricated leaves or scales, scarcely different from the two or three bractee at the base, except in being larger, pale green. Corolla rather hypocrateriform than infundibuliform, the tube inflated, contracted at the mouth, and there closed with hairs; the limb of five linear-oblong horizontally spreading segments : near the extremity is a transverse tuft of rather thick hairs not quite erect, but a little inclined inwards. Stamens in- serted into the mouth of the corolla, bent back, so that the oblong, orange-coloured anthers are lodged in the sinuses of the limb ofthe corolla. Pistil: Germen ovate, surround- ed in its lower half by the large cup-shaped, lobed nectary. Style short, thick, dark green. Stigma obtuse. : Introduced to the Royal Kew Gardens, where it flowers in the month of March, by Mr. Atuan Cunnincuam, and sent to us by Mr. Arron. The Edinburgh Garden is in- debted to that source for the possession of the plant, where we saw it blossoming in 1831. As an ornamental green- house plant, it cannot boast of much beauty, until the flowers are examined with a microscope, when the delicate structure of the corolla, the singular tuft of hairs at the ex- tremity of the segment of the corolla, and the rich orange- _ coloured anthers, lying in the sinuses of those segments, become apparent. _ Mr. Brown discovered the plant on the Southern shores of New Holland, and Mr. Cunnineuam found it “ on the exposed summits of sandy ridges connected with ‘ Bald Head,’ King George’s Sound,” where he observed it, bear- ing its white, drupaceous fruit, in J anuary, 1822. a Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Extremity of the Segment of a Petal, with its Tuft of airs. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil and Nectary. 5. Back of a Leaf: magnified. 3172. Dceiaie Bauer ice del. “Pub. by 8 Cartic, Glazenwood Essex, dag! 1952. bee, aecad 2 BIFA. FA 0 - Prerostyziis Banxsit. Laree-Leavep wg PTEROSTYLIS. SRR IIR Sak eesoakakek | Class and Order. GyNANDRIA Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipea. ) Generic Character. Perianthium ringens tetraphyllum, foliolo inferioro bi- fido.(e duobus infra coherentibus conflato), Labellum unguiculatum, subinclusum. Lamina basi appendiculata V. gibbosa; ungue infra labio inferiore connate. Columna basi galea connata, apice alata: Anthera terminalis, per- sistens, loculis approximatis. Masse Pollinis in singulo loculo bine, compress, pulyeree. Stigma medio columne adnatum. me Herbe terrestres, glabre. Bulbi nudt, indivisi, caudicem descendentem radiciformem terminantes. Folia nunc ra- dicalia stellata, nervosa, membranacea, scapo bracteato aphyllo; nunc caulina alterna radicalibus nullis. Flores . Solitartt rariusve racemosi, ochroleuci, sepius majusculi. — ~ Div. Il. Appendix apice diviso sepius penicellato. Folia radicalia in planta florida nulla. Caulis foliosus. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Prerosty1is Banksii; caule folioso unifloro, foliis lato-lan- ceolatis inferne carinatis basi vaginantibus, labello oblonge ovate-subuncinato obtusiusculo columnam equante, appendice pennicellato. Cunn, in litt. Prerostyxis Banksii, Brown, in Herb. Banks. Prerosty is macrophylla. Cunningham, MSS. ‘See _Not having had the opportunity of seeing a living spe- cimen of this extremely rare plant, I am unable to offer a description of it, and which, at. best, would have given a very inadequate idea of the plant, in comparison with the @ccompanying figure, which is from the inimitable ponte of Francis Baurr, Esq. The history of the plant 1 r 8 VOL. vi, 1 give in the words of Mr. Artan Cunninenam, in the letter — above quoted, and dated April, 1832. ‘ When I was in — New Zealand in 1826, I found on the bank of a stream which is received into the Bay of Islands, a Prerostyuts, remarkable no less for the large size of its cauline leaves, than for its height, which exceeded a foot. On my return to Sidney, I carried with me some roots of this unpublished plant, which I transmitted to Kew, by an opportunity which then offered. There it had been long supposed to be dead, when, to the surprise of all of us, it has thrown up a perfect flower-stem, which I carried to Mr. Bauer, who has not only made a beautiful drawing of it, but has most kindly .. me to send it to you to publish in the Botanical agazine.” At this time Mr. Baver had not examined the grains of Pollen; but when he had done so, and found them to be very different from those of Orchideous plants, he most liberally communicated his exquisite drawing of them through Mr. Cunnincuam ; accompanying it with the fol- lowing note: “ I have now on the 2d of May, examined the Pollen Grains with Proxssrz’s grand microscope, and, to -Iny great surprise, found a total deviation from those of all the hundreds of specimens of Orchideous plants I have yet investigated. These grains, in their ordinary form, consist of three or four-celled corpuscules, or as Botanists express it, “e spherulis quaternis conflatis’ (see Brown, Prodr. p. 310.). I therefore send you herewith, a sketch of some grains of your plant, which are represented as seen under water, except that at A, which is in a dry state, when it ap- pears collapsed. This I consider an important circumstance, and could not be detected by Botanists possessed only of glasses of moderate power.” These grains of Pollen as given he ified 570 times lineally, or 324,900 times superficially ! orang ae 4 Mr. Cunnincuam had named the species P. macrophylla: but on showing the drawing to Mr. Brown, that learned Botanist recognized 1t as the same with a specimen found by Sir JosepH Banxs in New Zealand, at the time he accompanied Captain Cook round the world in the Endeavour, and of which the plant, or the drawing, still exists in the Banksian Museum. Mr. Cunnincuam then readily consented to the wishes of Mr. Brown, that it should bear the name of its first dis- coverer, —— ———— — BP acta er of PrERosTyuis ; nat. size. 2. Front view of the Fructification lium, nat. size. 3. A side view of the same; nat. size. 4. A front view of ive parts a! Fructification, with the Ale forcibly expanded ; magnified two times sf yeep ne - *ront view of the Labellum magnified two diameters. 6. Back view o pias pags ee two diameters. 7. Front view of the Anther, the Stigmatic Gl mit pia meskes of the Columna, magnified six diameters. 8. A side view of the bicd tore _ Six diameters. 9. Transverse Section of a portion of the Ovariums magnified four diameters, (F,BauzR). 10, Grains of Pollen as described above- erie? ae 2 a LAGS ES Crteed Essex. dic" the ( 3173 ) MAXILLARIA PLACANTHERA. FLAT-ANTHERED Nec MAXILLARIA, SS ee oe a oy ces oe a nO OO Class and Order. Gynanpria Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcuwwez. ) Generic Character. Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum pro- cessu unguiformi columne articulatum, trilobum. Foli _ lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu column connata, _ Pollinia 4, basibus connata, glandulosa (vel 2, pedicellata, Pedicello basi glanduloso).—Herbe parasitice, bulbose, pe meridionalis. Racemi v. scapi uniflori), radicales. indl. | Specific Name and Character. ~ Maxirnarra placanthera ; bulbo ovato folioso, foliis lato- lanceolatis plicatis, scapo unifloro vaginato brevi, eh gaa laciniis oblongis obtusis equalibus macu- atis lateralibus basi panlulum productis, labello an- gusto erecto trilobo, lobo medio transversim oblongo integerrimo, anthera apice plano. ‘eee Drscr. Parasitic. Bulb ovate, compressed, bearing - four to five oblongo-lanceolate, wavy, striated leaves at the _ extremity ; and, whilst young, sheathed and entirely con- by many large, membranous, ovate, and acuminated Scales, which wither before the bulb reaches its maturity. - Scapes arising from among these sheaths, and at the base - of the bulbs, single-flowered, each bearing two or three | longo-lanceolate, membranaceous scales. Flowers large. _ *etals five, oblong, nearly uniform, obtuse, yellow-green, _ “ternally slightly spotted, internally more copiously mark- in lines, especially the two brown spots placed in lines, especially ‘aie inner petals. Lip much eontracted at the base, applied to the column, three-lobed; two lateral lobes blunt, in-- curved, terminal one the largest, transversel — the whole is greenish-white, spotted and streaked with pur- e. Column purplish-white, tapering at the base. Above is a three-toothed projection, the middle tooth er. Anther suborbicular, bidentate, quite within, aye four cells for the reception z ‘ on of the four orbicular, pale-yellow, pollen-masses, attached by their base to a gland which covers the central tooth on the top of the stigma. For this new and well-marked species of Maxittaria we are again indebted to the rich collection of Mrs. Annoxo Harrison, who received the bulbs from her brother in Brazil, and who cultivates it with the same degree of suc- cess, with which she does so many other species of the Orchideous family. : ar ioe ae mah | * Ce te entacses — 5 4ub. br §. Curtis, Glaznwood £ ( 3174 ) | ACACIA CINERASCENS. Grey FRAGRANT ACACIA. ee Class and Order. Potyeamia Monaccia. ( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminosz. ) Generic Character. ___ Flores polygami. Cal. 4—5-dentatus. Pet. 4—5, nunc ‘libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stam. numero varia 1O—200. Legumen continuum exsuccum bivalve.— _ Frutices aut arbores, habitu et foliatione valde varia. Spine _ stipulares, sparse aut nulle. Flores flavi, albi aut rarius _ rubri, capitati aut spicati, decandri aut polyandri, eleuthe- _ randri aut monadelphi, petalis 4—5 liberis coalitisve con- _ stantes—Secr. 1. Puytuopinez. D.C. Specific Character and Synonyms. _ Acacia cinerascens; phyllodiis oblongo-lanceolatis falcatis trinerviis glaucis acutis inferne attenuatis, spicis axil- laribus terminalibusque subfasciculatis breviter pedun- culatis, floribus 4-fidis, stylo staminibus duplo longiore. Acacia cinerascens. Sieber’ Pl. Ex. Sicc. n. 448. De Cand. Prod. v. 2. p. 454. eee _ _Descr. A tree, with long, twiggy, decurved, angular, _ glabrous branches, which are of a brown colour but covered with a glaucous pruina, compressed upwards. Leaves, or rather leaf-stalks (phyllodia) large, scymitar-shaped, acute, with a.curved mucro while young, much attenuated at the ase, destitute of gland, three nerved, very glaucous. Pe- tole extremely short, scarcely any. Spikes long, cylin- drical, pendent, arising several from nearly the same point towards the extremity of the branches. Flowers bright yellow, very fragrant, orgy Calyx short, deep ete downy, four-toothed. Corolla of one, four-cleft, campanu- late petal. Stamens numerous. Style filiform, glabrous, much exceeding the stamens in length. : This beautiful and most desirable Acacia was introduced by Mr. Arian Cunnincuam to the Royal Gardens at Kew, whence Mr. Arron has favoured us with specimens, (which were in great perfection in April, 1832,) and Mr. Cunnine- HAM with some notes respecting the distribution of the Genus over the Continent of Australia, where it is observed that “it inhabits not only the southern coasts, but all parts of the interior that have been hitherto explored.” “ Wher- ever I landed,” continues that zealous and intelligent Naturalist and Traveller, “ during my four and a half years’ voyage with Capt. Kine, an Acacia was sure to welcome me on my landing, and the last plant on which the eye rested, on those inhospitable steppes, to which Mr. Oxxey traced the Lachlan River, in 1827, (five hundred miles inland from Sidney) was my Acacta -stenophylla, a curious, slender tree, twenty-feet in height, with leaves from twelve to fifteen inches in length.” Fig. 1. Flower: magnified. Swan JC Luh or S Curkis, Glaxerarved Es Sex, dag? ? BPG? 8175"~) PONIA OFFICINALIS, Va7. ANEMONIFLORA. ANE- MONE-FLOWERED var. OF THE ComMMoN Pony. JHbb se bHsibbeieiieiibok ~ Class and Order. PoryanpriA TRIGYNIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Pzontaceg, ) Generic Character. Calyx 5 sepalus foliaceus inequalis. Pet. 5—10 subor- biculata. Stam. numerosa. Discus carnosus ovaria cin- gens. Carpella 2—5, erossa, stigmatibus bilamellatis crassis instructa, in folliculos capsulares conversa. Semina sub- globosa nitida.—Radices fasciculate. Folia caulina biter- _ mati secta. Flores ampli albi aut purpurascentes. D C. Specific Character. Pzonta officinalis; herbacea, carpellis tomentosis rectius- ~ culis, foliorum segmentis inequaliter laciniatis glabris, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis. D C. Pzonta officinalis (vid. t. 1784). _ Far. anemoniflora. Tab. nostr. 3175. This rich and very deeply-coloured Peony has been - obligingly confiatiinsted fom the garden of the Rev. J. T. Huntrizy of Kimbolton, who received it from the Prince Dr Satm Dyck. It will be seen, that the stamens re converted into narrow, acuminated and spirally twisted etals, bearing the same relation to the original stock as the Anemone-flowered, or Warratah Camellia does to the true Camenira Japonica, and it is scarcely less beautiful in . its appearance. WS. H. del. Pub. by 8. Curtis, Clazenwoed, kesex. dug? 1 1852 ( 3176 ) MENZIESIA EMPETRIFOLIA. CROW-BERRY- LEAVED MENZIESIA. Ca ae ae ea oe Class and Order. Ocranpria Monoeynis. ( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. ) Generic Character. Cal. profunde 4—5-fidus. Cor. 4—5-fida, ventricosa. Stam. 8—10. Capsula 4—5-locularis, marginibus valyarum inflexis dissepimenta. sistentibus. Specific Character and Synonyms. _ Menziesta * empetriformis ; foliis linearibus serrulatis, pe- : dunculis aggregatis, floribus campanulatis erectis de- candris, calycibus glabris obtusis basi gibbosis antheris filamenta zquantibus. I ENZIESIA empetriformis. Smith in Linn. Soc. Trans. v. 10. p. 380. Pursh, Fl. Americ. Sept. v. 1. p. 264. Nuttall, Genera, v. 1. p. 252. Sprengel, Systema Veget. v. 2. p. 202. wi Descr. A small, erect shrub. Leaves (six lines long, one line broad,) linear, on short, adpressed petioles, crowd- _ €d, suberect towards the extremities of the branches, below Spreading, when young, glanduloso-ciliated, afterwards -Slabrous, with a few cartilaginous, small teeth, especially . towards the apices, slightly channelled above, fleshy in elr sides, midrib somewhat depressed, flattened, and wrinkled. -* Named by Sir J. E. Surv in compliment to Arca1paLp MEnz1Bs, -— : the Companion of Capt. Vancouver in his Voyage round the world, _— ee excellent of men and the most liberal of Botanists. Ts wrinkled. Peduncles (half an inch long,) erect, glandular, axillary, solitary, single-flowered, collected near the ex- tremities of the branches, bibracteate at the base. Bractee ovate, concave, crenate, opposite. Calyx pentaphyllous, red without, green within, except on the edges, where it is red, glabrous, ciliated with minute, white hairs; leaflets blunt, wrinkled and gibbous at the base. Corolla (three lines long, two broad,) reddish-purple, campanulate, erect, glabrous, about three times as long as the calyx, five-tooth- ed, teeth reflected. Stamens ten, of rather unequal length alternately, about the length of the germen ; filaments rose- coloured, flat, linear; anthers purple, oblong, narrower at the upper end, as long as the filaments, connivent, grooved along the sides, but bursting by two terminal pores, attach- ed by their backs to the filaments. Pistil exserted ; stigma of five connivent, triangular teeth; style slightly curved, cylindrical, red; germen globular, green, glandular, five- locular ; ovules very numerous, attached to a large, central placenta. This very distinct species of Mrnzres1a was raised at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds communicated by Mr. Drummonp, on his return from the last expedition to North America under the command of Capt. Sir Jouy Frangun, and, I believe, collected by Mr. Drummonp on the Rocky Mountains. It first flowered in November, 1831, but much more abundantly in May, 1832. If Sir James Surru had seen the living plant, I think he would have given a different specific character. The leaves in the recent state are decidedly tumid, both above and below, being depressed only along the middle rib on either side. ( Graham.) Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil, 4, 5. Leaves. 6. Branch of a Plant in Fruit (from the Herbarium). 7. Capsule :—all but fig. 6 magnified. 377, ELE. del. Pab.by 8. Curtis, > SWE 2 Glazenwood, Essex, Aug® 1.1852. ( 3177 ) ARBUTUS PILOSA. Hairy ArBurtus. KERR ERE ERE EEE EEE RK Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Enrice. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. urceolata, limbo reflexo 5-dentato: Anthere dorso bi-aristate. Bacca 6-locularis, placentis laminas polyspermas sistentibus. Spr. Specific Character and Synonyms. Argutus pilosa ; caule frutescente procumbente piloso, foliis ovato-ellipticis ciliato-serrulatis coriaceis apice muticis callosis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris elongatis nu- tantibus, antheris quadri-aristatis. Graham. Arsurtus pilosa. Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ. ined. Descr. Stem branching from the root, prostrate, red, tWigey, covered with thickset, harsh, spreading, rusty- coloured hairs. Leaves (nine lines long, four and a half broad) scattered, spreading, and being turned to the light, are distichous, coriaceous, naked and shining on both sides, dark green in front, pale behind, ovato-elliptical, with a callous tip, but no mucro, veined, serrulate, each serrature Seng tipped with a hair similar to those on the stem, a very few also occasionally exist on or near the middle-rib behind. Petioles short, subappressed, and with rather tumid, axillary buds. Peduncles sparingly covered with a few fulvous hairs, solitary in the axils of a few of the terminal leaves, of which they are equal to one-half the length. Bractee ovate, scattered upon the peduncle, adpressed, larger and ewer upwards. Calyx five-cleft, persisting, white, gla- ous within and without, spreading ; segments ovate, acute, gibbous at the base. Corolla (three lines long,) po Ww. 2 white, five-toothed, teeth blunt and revolute. Stamens ten, arising from a small green disk ; filaments white, cover- ed with minute pubescence, swollen immediately above their origin, and there somewhat concave on their inner side, subulate upwards ; anthers yellow, attached by their backs, ovato-oblong, each loculament with two, small, ascending awns, in front of which it opens by a pore. Stigma small, red, terminal, very obscurely five-lobed. Style erect, cylin- drical, included, colourless. Germen ovate, green, rather more than half the length of the style, and equal to the filaments, slightly covered with obscure pubescence, and depressed on the top, where the style is inserted. This species is nearly allied to ARBuTUs mucronata, which flowered in the Botanic Garden lately, and is figured in Bot. Mag. t. 3093, but is easily distinguished by the cha- racter given above. They undoubtedly belong to the same Genus, but whether they should be left as species of Arsu- TUS, Or removed to GuatruErta or ARcTosTAPHYLOS, or erect- ed into anew Genus, must be chiefly regulated by the fruit, which I have not seen. I doubt whether the calyx, though persisting, will become berried; as in GuatrueriA, but the anthers are, as in that Genus, provided with four awns. The present species is a native of Mexico, and was raised by Mr. Neit from seed received from Mr. Don. From Mr. Neitz we received it at the Botanic Garden. In both esta- blishments it flowered during May, and is perfectly hardy. Graham, Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil :—magnified. = yt 4 * Md \ CAINS SEGA. “4 20d, Essex, Aug? £ T8382. Puéd. bys. Curtis rift. HSH. del. ( 3178. ) FRANCOA APPENDICULATA. APPENDICUI FRANCOA. Seok sebokeakskokaskokskobaksbaoe Class and Order. ee, ite OcranpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Gatnacinexw. Don. ) Generic Character. Cal. 4-partitus, persistens, Pet. 4. Stam. 8 fertilia, to- _ tidem sterilia minuta cum iis alternantia. Germen 4-sulca- tum. Stigma sessile 4-lobatum. Capsula 4-loba, 4-locu- laris, polysperma. Semina angulo interiori loculorum Specific Character and Synonyms. _ Francoa* appendiculata; caulescens, foliis lyratis denticu- | latis utrinque pubescentibus, lobo terminali maximo cordato obtuse angulato, floribus racemoso-spicatis. Francoa appendiculata. Cavan. Icon. vi. 77. t. 596. Pers. Synops. 1.445. Sprengel, Syst. Veget. v. 2. 262. Francoa sonchifolia? Ad. Juss. Ann. des Sc, Nat. 3. 192. $: 32. ead us * al Descr. Root with several very leafy crowns. Stems short. 4 Leaves (eight inches long) petioled, lyrate, with soft, 2 ma Sagth glutinous pubescence on both sides, bullate, un- dulate, strongly veined, denticulate, decurrent along the — _ petiole ; Jobes blunt, the terminal one by much the largest, _ (in a vigorous plant six inches long, four aud a half inches broad) bluntly angled, cordate at the base. Mlower-stalk _ (two feet high) terminal, scape-like, having a few leaves at_ _ the base only, erect, straight, round, slightly tapering, : | t i's densely — — * Named in compliment to Francis Franco, a Physician and Botanist cod V; » densely covered with pubescence similar to that on the leaves; from the axils on the stem-leaves and from a bractea near the top arise solitary erect branches, in all respects similar to the primary shoots, but smaller. Spike (six inches long) racemose, flowers (half an inch long, three-quarters of an inch across, when fully expanded) rather dense, springing from the axils of lanceolato-linear, green bractee. Calyx persisting, four to five-parted, green, rather longer than the pedicel, segments ovato-acute, three- nerved, glanduloso-pubescent within and without. Petals four to five, twice the length of the calyx, obovato-ellip- tical, channelled in front towards the short claw, keeled behind, of a pale rose-colour, with a darker spot in the -entre, becoming lighter after expansion. Stamens eight to ten, shorter than the calyx, alternating upon an obscure but nectariferous disk, with short diverging scales (abortive stamens) ; filaments subulate, glabrous ; anthers yellow, bilocular, oblong, bifid at both extremities, and slightly diverging at the lower, bursting along the sides, pollen — yellow, granules small. Germen superior, oblong, four to five-furrowed, four to five-valved, and having as many loculaments, formed by the inversion of the margins of the valves. Stigma sessile, four to five-lobed, at first involute, then spreading, peltate, fleshy, surface tubercled. Ovules numerous, green, oblong. This showy plant was introduced into the Clapton Nursery from Chiloe by Mr. AnpEerson. From Clapton it was obtained by Mr. Cunnincuam at Comely-bank, near Edinburgh, and communicated to Mr. Nert’s garden at Canonmills. In both these establishments, it flowered in May 1832. I have no doubt of this being the species of Cavanittes, and very little about its being that of JussiEv, though the petals are figured (not described) by CAvANILLES as acute, and though the flowers are said by Jussieu to be without pedicels in his plant. The leaves correspond with Cavanities’s, and the station is the same. His figure represents the flowers as secund, and a dried specimen, brought home by Mr. Anperson, and given to Mr. JAMES Macnas, has the same appearance. Graham. —————— Fig. 1, 2. Flowers. 3. Petal. 4. Stamens. 5. Pistil. 6. Stigma. 7- Capsule (scarcely mature) with its Floral coverings (nat. size). 8. Cap- sule separated from its Floral coverings. 9. ‘Transverse Section of ditto. 10. Immature seeds : all but fig. 7, magnified. neh. ( 3179) ORNITHOGALUM CORYMBOSUM. PERUVIAN : Star or BETHLEHEM. : RH oakakeseaak Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. . ~( Nat. Ord.—Aspnope.ea. ) Generic Character. ~ Cor. 6-petala patens. _ Filamenta basi dilatata recep- faculo inserta. Caps. 3-locularis. Embryo axilis. Spr. . Specific Character and Synonyms.- Qestrnocaum corymbosum ; scapo tereti, floribus corym- _ bosis, corolla magna, germine atro. Ruiz et Pavon. OrnitHocatum umbellatum. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. v. 3. — —p. 68. t. 300. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. v. 6. p. 86, et in _ Bot. Reg. t. 906. Schultes, Syst. Veget.v.7. p. 512. Descr. Bulbs, according to Rui and Pavon, ovate, tunicated, and proliferous. Leaves a foot or a foot and a half long, linear, the apex acuminate, the sides involute, those of the young bulbs very narrow. Scape two to three feet high, terete, bearing a large, spreading, corymbose raceme, in our specimens of from twelve to sixteen flowers, two inches and a half in diameter, almost pure white. Petals obtuse, oval, spreading, the three inner ones rather nar- rower; the tips often bluntly two or three-toothed. Sta- mens opposite to the petals. Filaments white, broadly subulate, nearly erect. Anthers oblong, yellow. Germen turbinate, six-lobed, glossy, black - green : Style rather shorter than the germen : Stigma trigonal, downy. The Pedicels are long, the lower ones especially, three inches and more in length, and subtended by a rather large, cordate, membranaceous, almost white, carinated bractea, attenuated into a long green point. I VOL, VI. K I follow Ruiz and Pavon and Professor Linptey in keep- ing this South American OrnitHoeAtum distinct from the O. Arabicum of the Old World; although, as the latter author observes, “ it is very like it, and perhaps a mere variety ; remarkable, however, for being a native of a country far distant from any in which O. Arabicum has yet been found.” —Still it must be allowed, that no distinctive character can be pointed out; and I cannot help suspecting, that it was introduced into Chili (where it is apparently wild) and into Peru (where it is only cultivated in gardens, and whence our bulbs were sent by Mr. M‘Lean) by the early Spanish visitors. Be this as it may, it isa most desirable acquisition to our collections. The true O. Arabicum, if not a rare plant, is, according to Mr. Gawxer (Bot. Mag. t. 728.) a very shy flowerer ; while our bulbs blossom most readily, and bear so many and such large flowers in each raceme, that there is at this season of the year (March) scarcely a more desirable inmate of the greenhouse. Its fragrant flowers, we are told by Ruiz and Pavon, are used to orna- ment the hair by the Peruvian females. Fig. 1. Bractea. 2. Stamen. 3, Pistil.—magnified. 5StS0 ( 3180 ) ERIOSTEMON MYOPOROIDES. CusPIDATE ER10OSTEMON. a a ae ee ss os OO NO Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. q ( Nat. Ord.—Ruracea. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Pet. 5. Stam. 10, filam. hispidis ciliatis _ aut nudis, antheris terminalibus. Stylus 1 brevissimus. _ Carpella 5 basi coalita. Semina in loculis 2 aut abortu soli- _ taria. Embryo subcurvatus, radicula longa. DC, Specific Character and Synonyms. Ertosremon * myoporoides ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis glau- : cescentibus mucronatis subtus precipue glanduloso- punctatis, racemis umbellatis 4—5-floris axillaribus terminalibusque, calycibus petalisque glabris, fila- mentis ciliatis. Ertosremon myoporoides. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 720. Eriosremon cuspidatum. Cunningham in Field’s N. S. Wales, p. 331. 7 a Descr. A robust, strong growing shrub, with numerous _ branches, soon covered with glandular, or rather, resinous _ Warts. Leaves two to three inches or more long, sessile, _-‘Tigid, subcoriaceous, linear-lanceolate, dotted with glands, Which are larger and evident to the naked eye beneath, _ Costate, entire, tipped with a short, often curved mucro. cemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, umbellate, of im three to five moderately large white flowers. epee c TT * ‘por, wool, and ortuor, & stamen: so called from the hairy or fringed ents to the stamens. cles and pedicels glandular, the latter enlarged upwards, Calyx very small, five-lobed. Petals five, oblongo-ovate, spreading, glandular at the back, and marked with a red- dish brown line. Stamens ten, alternately smaller, all nearly as long as the style. Filaments subulate, white, ciliated at the margin. Anthers mucronate, flesh-coloured, the pollen deep red. Pisiil : Germen of five, deep, ovate, acuminated lobes, glandular. Style about as long again as the germen. Stigma capitate. A glandular ring surrounds the base of the germen. Discovered by Mr. Arran Cunninenam, on rocky hills in the neighbourhood of Cox’s River, on the western side of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, flowering in October; and sent to Kew in the year 1823, and given in Mr. Fiexp’s “ New South Wales,” under the appropriate name of E. cuspidatum. Mr. Cunnincuam could not pos- sibly then have been aware that it was published the year before by M. De Canvotze under the name by which Mr. Arron has now sent it from the Kew Gardens, where it blos- soms in the early spring. In New Holland its season of flowering is October. — Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil, with a portion of the Pedicel and the Calyx. , P WT Nae Vad det? Pub by mn a mad Reece .¢ » t IRI 5 Curlas Glazenweod. Kesex. Sep é ( 3181 ) ANDROMEDA TETRAGONA. Four-sIDED ANDROMEDA. eos ae bokokcokcokookeak skobeobeskeaiete Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Enricea. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. subcampanulata, limbo reflexo. Anthere bicornes. Caps. 5-locularis, marginibus valvarum nodis, columna centrali quinqueloba. Spr. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Anpromepa tetragona; foliis quadrifariam imbricatis ap- -_-pressis subtriquetris obtusis glabris, pedunculis elon- gatis solitariis unifloris, corollis campanulatis. Spreng. Anpromepa tetragona. Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. n. 356. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 607. Wahl. Fl. Lapp. n. 200. Pursh, : Fl. Am. 7.1. p. 290. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 289. : ANDROMEDA pedunculis solitariis lateralibus, corollis campa- | nulatis, foliis oppositis obtusis imbricatis revolutis. Gmel. Fl. Sibir. v. 4. p. 120. n. 5. 4 _ Descr. Stem erect, woody, (about five inches high,) -haked near the base, and marked by the scars of fallen leaves, much branched ; branches suberect, the lower ones decumbent at the base and rooting. Leaves (two lines long) in four rows, closely imbricated, sagittate, concave in — front, triquetrous, and furrowed over the midrib behind, — blunt, slightly pubescent, particularly in native specimens, — Sut the degree seems to vary, as does the colour, which is _ bright or dull green. Peduncles axillary, solitary, at first — ‘Short, afterwards elongated, slightly pubescent, sheathed — With scales at the base. Flowers drooping : Calyx five- : parted, parted, greenish tipped with red, glabrous, persistent, seg- ments gibbous at the base. Corolla white, campanulate, somewhat contracted near the mouth, which is five-cleft, the segments blunt and spreading. Stamens included ; filaments shorter than the pistil, erect; Anthers yellow, each with two slender, spreading, hispid bristles. Pistd searcely longer than the stamens ; Stigma obtuse ; Style persisting, straight, slightly tapering upwards. Germen roundish-oval, obscurely four-lobed, depressed at the in- sertion of the style, and surrounded at the base by a wrinkled, glandular ring. Capsule erect, nearly globular, glabrous, with five cells, the dissepiments arising from the centre of the valves, which are inflected in their apices. The seeds of this interesting little plant, which we hop may yet be found indigenous to Britain, were kindly com municated to the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, by D Ricuarpson and Mr. Drummonp, on the return from Nort America of the last expedition, under the command 0 os gia Franxuin. It flowered for the first time in Apri 1832, in the same border with, though rather later than, its” beautiful congener and native of the same country, ANDRO- MEDA hypnoides. We have two varieties, of which only on la Bi flowered to reward the judicious treatment of M Fig. 1. Upper side of a leaf. 2. Under side of ditto. 3. Flower. 4 Stamen. 5, Calyx, including the Pistil. 6. Pistil—Magnified. 4 518; ( 3182 ) ~ Ruvinera corvurrouta. Nur-Leavep. 2 Ru.LIneiA. Ce ae Se SS eo ee ee Class and Order. PenranpriA PEnrTAGYNIA. ( Nat. Ord.— Burrnertacez. ) Generic Character. _ Petala 5, e cucullata basi ligulata. Stamina sterilia 5, indivisa (Nectarium, Linn.). Ovarium 5-loculare ; locu- lis dispermis. Capsula : septis duplicatis demum 5-parti- bilis. Br. = Specific Name and Character. ~ Ruuiera corylifolia ; foliis ovato - deltoideis subcordatis basi lobatis supra hispidis subtus hirsuto-tomentosis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis, corymbis oppositifoliis, fila~ mentis antheriferis simplicibus, sterilibus ovato-lance- olatis alternantibus. Graham in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. June 1832. aoe ‘eee our ne Descr. A Shrub, branched from the base of the stem, branches slightly flexuose, tomentoso-villous, and somewhat Viscid. Leaves (two inches and a half long, two inches broad) ovato-deltoid, slightly cordate, slightly lobed at the , Serrato-crenate, rugose, pubescent on both sides, but much more considerably behind, where also they are pele. bright green above, and when fading, becoming red, being very prominent behind ; petioles slightly channelled above, Villous, much shorter than the leaves, bistipulate. Stipules opposite, distinct from the petiole, ovate, acuminate, villous, and with long cilia. Corymbs collected near the apices of i the branches, densely covered with white hairs in the pri- ma ivisions, each division having on the mary and subsequent divisions, outside. : outside a lanceolate bractea. Flowers pedicellate, white. — Calyx pentaphyllous; leaflets cordate, villous both within — and without, but much more harshly without, somewhat — = a a, reflected in their sides, and forming a prominent edge where | they meet each other. Petals pubescent, much smaller — than the calyx-segments, concave, gibbous at their base, — their sides formed into two blunt, parallel wings, which — aN towards the axis of the flower, apex extended into a _ lunt, linear appendage, at first curved towards the axis, but afterwards bent back, and passing out between the segments of the calyx. Stamens five (perfect), immedi- ately within the petals, and alternating with the segments of the calyx, shorter than the petals, and included within their folds, alternating on the same urceolate border with, and somewhat shorter than, the ovato-lanceolate scales (abortive stamens), which are hairy on the outside, smooth within ; filaments glabrous; anthers short, bilocular, bursting along the sides. Pollen yellow, granules round. Stézgmas cohering to each other, small, capitate, colourless, shining. Styles five, glabrous, in contact in the centre of the flower, scarcely longer than the stamens. Germen five-lobed in its early stage, lobes conical and a little rough, afterwards rounded, green, depressed in the centre, and densely cover- ed with stellate pubescence, five-locular, dissepiments from the edges of the valves, their two layers afterwards separat- ing. Ovules two in each loculament, with a central ridge of the valve between them, both attached to the central column below its middle. Pubescence every where on the plant stellate, except from abortion, when, as on the upper surface of the leaves, it often appears single. ‘This plant was received last year by Mr. Nextt at Canon- mills, and in the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mr. Knicur on the King’s Road; both with Mr. Neira and oa flowered freely in the greenhouse in May last. Gra- Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Flower, the Calyx, having been removed. 3. Petal. 4. Barren and fertile Stamens. 5. Side view of a Stamen. 6. Front view of an Anther, 7. Back view of an Anther. 8. Pistils :—magnified. HisppertTiaA CuNNINGHAMII. Mr. CUNNING- HAMS HispperTtia. Class and Order. Potyanpris Potyeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Ditientacez. ) Generic Character. Stam. numerosa libera filiformia equalia; anthere ovato- oblonge. Ovaria 1—15; stylt filiformes inflexi. Carpella membranacea dehiscentia, sepius 1—2-sperma. Semina exarillata. DC. Specific Character and Synonym. Hiepertia Cunninghamii ; subvolubilis glabra, foliis alter- nis linearibus basi cordatis amplexantibus marginibus revolutis, staminibus exterioribus sterilibus, carpellis 5 glabris 4—5-spermis. _ Himzertia Cunninghamii. Ait. MSS. apud Hort. Reg. Kew. —_— . Descr. A somewhat twining shrub, with slender, branch- Mg stems, clothed with reddish, smooth bark ; branches slender, straggling, zigzag. Leaves two to three inches long, glabrous, (as is the whole plant,) linear, more or less acuminated, entire, broader and cordate at the base, and Somewhat amplexicaul, spreading, the margins somewhat Teflexed. Young leafy shoots often spring from the axils, » Sela an appearance of the leaves being fasciculated. wers axillary, solitary, large, handsome. Peduncles an mch or more long. Calyx of five, imbricated, unequal, teddish-green, ovate, at length reflexed leaves. Petals "ight yellow, obovate, much waved, especially at the Margins. Stamens yellow, in two or three series, the outer of short, abortive filaments, the inner gradually larger, and bearing perfect, oblong anthers. Pistils five. Germens” ovate, glabrous, one-celled, with four or five ovules. Styles curved, spreading. Stigmas obtuse, slightly capitate. q This very pretty plant, which grows to the height of a_ foot and a half or two feet, and on a warm sunny day is” almost covered with its bright yellow but fugacious blos- soms, was introduced by Mr. Arian Cunnineuam from King | George’s Sound to the Royal Gardens at Kew, whence it was liberally communicated to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, - under the name adopted; a name likely to be still more | intimately connected with the Botany of New Holland, than | it has even yet been, now that Mr. Ricnarp CunnineHAM is | appointed to be the successor to Mr. Fraser, the late Colo- | mal Botanist at Sydney, for which country he is very shortly | to embark. | - Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistils. 4. Pistil, with the Germen laid / open to show the Ovules :—Magnified. | —_ —— tk : re. ang ( 3184 ) REVILLEA ROBUSTA. GIGANTIC GREVILLEA. SHR HIHSSkakskaeseakabakeake Class and Order. TerranpriA Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.—Proreacea, ) Generic Character. __Perianthium ivregulare; foliolis laciniisve secundis ; api- cibus cavis staminiferis; anthere immerse. Glandula Nypogyna unica dimidiata. Ovariwm dispermum, Stigma liquum depressum, (raro subyerticale, conicum.) Fol- liculus unilocularis, dispermus, loculo centrali. Semina marginata, v. apice brevissime alata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. | Greviniea robusta ; foliis bipinnatifidis laciniis acutis: su- — per glabris venosis subter canescentibus, racemis paui- — culatis, perianthiis pistillisque glaberrimis, stigmate e — __ basi dilatato oblique conico. Br. : Grevittea robusta. Cunningham MSS. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 24. JREVILLEA venusta. Cunningham MSS. (non Br. Prodr.) Ri _Descr. This forms a gigantic tree, eighty to one hun-— dred feet in height, bearing numerous reddish-brown, dense, Tecurved branches, clothed with long bipinnated, rather ‘Tigid, somewhat coriaceous leaves, dark green above, and glabrous, pale and silky with appressed hairs beneath; the 8 leaves silky all over. Racemes branched at their e, hence somewhat panicled, elongated. Flowers slen- r, unilateral, longer than the pedicels, glabrous, tawny orange; lacinie curved, spathulate. _ : For the drawing of this plant, which was made from a Native specimen, (having never flowered in this cpantre aS am indebted to Mr. Attan Cunnincuam. It was accompa-— nied by a reduced sketch of the plant, which he introduced — to the Kew Gardens, the only one in Britain ; but as it was scarcely suited to the nature of this publication, it has been — reluctantly omitted. ‘* This noble species of GreviLira,” Mr. Cunnirneoam remarks, “ in the thick, moist woods on the banks of Brisbane River, vies in size and stature with the Flindersia, Oxleya, and other large forest trees: but by none is it surpassed in height in its native woods, except by the Araucaria of those regions, whose level-topped branch- ing head is seen rising far above all the rest. Some aged trunks of Grevitiea robusta 1 have found to measure nine feet in circumference ; so that it is probably the largest tree of the order that has yet been discovered, surpassing both the Knieut1a of New Zealand, and the Orirss excelsa, Br. of Port Macquarrie. From its deeply dissected foliage, and the silkiness of the under-side, it has obtained the name of “ Silk Oak’ among the pine-cutters of Moreton Bay ; but its timber, which is of a tough fibre, has not been appro- priated to any use.”’ s Fig. J, Flower: magnified. ( Qasenwved Kiteu ( 3185") ee REVILLEA CANESCENS. Hoary GREVILLEA. KKK KEK EE KEK KE KE KKK Class and Order. TrerranpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Proreaceg, ) Generic Character. Perianthium irregulare; foliolis laciniisve secundis ; api- cibus cavis staminiferis. Anthere immerse. Glandula gyna unica dimidiata. Ovarium dispermum. Stigma obliquum, depressum, (raro subverticale, conicum.) Fol- liculus unilocularis, dispermus, loculo centrali. Semina marginata, v. apice brevissime alata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Grevitiea (Prycnocarpa) canescens ; foliis oblongo-obo- vatis obtusis mucronulatis, super pubescentibus molli- bus, subter velutinis incanis pilorum cruribus adscen- dentibus, racemis recurvis, perianthiis sericeis laminis acutis, pistillis tomentosis. Br. REVILLEA canescens. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. Suppl. p. 18. REVILLEA cinerea. Cunningh. in Field’s N. S. Wales, p. 329. (non Br. Prodr.) Descr. A much-branched, large shrub, with telat ash-coloured branches. Leaves alternate, upon extremely iort petioles an inch and a half long, oblongo-obovate, ther coriaceous, entire, obtuse, mucronate, pubescent, green above, beneath very downy and pale grey. Racemes terminating the branches, very downy, often bent down, icels retflexed. Perianth pale green, hoary with a dense own, of which the hairs are not appressed, curved like a orse-shoe, swollen towards the apex, and then suddenl d much acuminated so as to resemble the head and be a bird, separated on the upper-side by a fissure reaching own to the base; at the extremity it chiefly opens by a transverse cleft, which gives that part still more the appear- ance of a bird’s beak, within it is glabrous and dull orange- coloured, yellow-green at the swollen base, which is filled with honey. Stamens yellow, lodged in a cavity in each — of the four segments near the apex ; filament very short. Germen oblique, and as well as the long and thick style, green and hairy. Nectariferous Gland deep yellow. Stig- ma oblique, flat, green. Communicated from the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it was introduced by Mr, Attan Cunninenam in 1824, from the banks of Coxe’s River and Rocky Hills beyond Bath- urst, where that able and zealous Naturalist found it in the summer of 1823, bearing both flowers and ripened fruit at the same season. Mr. Brown, in the Supplement to his Prodromus, notices, under GreviLLEA canescens, the great affinity between it and the G. arenaria; in our specimens (for both have been obligingly sent from Kew, and will appear in this Magazine,) the segment of the perianth is much more acuminated in the present species than in G. arenaria: in the latter too the colour of the flowers is dingy purple. Fig.1. Bud. 2. Flower. 3. Section of the Perianth seen from within. 4, Pistil. Magnified. WAU, yo Vs Pab by S.Curtiv Glagenwoed Fssex Get 2 7FE2 ( 3186 ) SHMEA Mertensit. Mertens’ AScum@a. OR Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Brome.iscez. ) Generic Character. Bractee 3, in cyatho connate. Calyx superus. Petala voluta, distincta, basi squamosa. Stamina basi peri- thii inserta. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata linearia, con- uta. Capsula baccata. Semina nuda. Lindl. Specific Character and Synonyms. MEA * Mertensii; racemo spicato denso pubescenti- _ lanato, floribus glomerato-fasciculatis, bracteis univer- salibus foliaceis coloratis, partialibus solitariis ventri- coso-convolutis striatis calycibusque spina terminatis, petalis acutissimis, foliis ligulatis acutis lepidotis spi- _hoso-marginatis inferne convolutis. ; HMEA Mertensii. Schultes, Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 1272. RomELIA Mertensii. Meyer, Fl. Essequib. p. 144. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 21. cr. Leaves radical, two feet and more long, erecto- t, ligulate, acute, concave, coriaceous, dark-green ve, paler and more yellowish beneath, on both sides “otted with minute, membranaceous, white scales, not at fasciculated, convolute below, the margins beset with ig, deflexed, spinous teeth, of a dark-brown colour. a foot or more long, terete, downy upwards, and ere, and in the lower part of the spike, beneath the fasci- of flowers, bearing several oblongo-lanceolate, mem-— branaceous, — asyun, a point, from the rigid points on the ealyces VOL. vi. % branaceous, spinoso-dentate, red, more or less downy, large bracteas, which are soon reflected and withered. Raceme nearly a foot long, stout, spicate, downy, composed of nu- merous, glomerated or fasciculated flowers, each subtende by a somewhat ventricose, green, striated, obtuse, down circumvolute bractea, more than half as long as the flowe which it closely embraces, having a strong and sharp dark- purple spine, just below the point. Calyx superior, of three erect, convolute, rather rigid, yellow, or greenish-yellow sepals, each terminated by a dark-coloured, rigid spine. Petals \inear, acute, bright and deep rose-red, longer than the calyx, having two very obscure white scales near the base, afterwards changing to orange. Stamens six ; three on the base of the petals, and three alternating with them. Filaments white, shorter than the petals: Anthers white, ob- long-oval, with an acute point. Germen inferior, obovate, slightly downy, green, three-celled, each cell bearing many ovules attached to the upper part of the inner angle. Style as long as the filaments, white. Stigmas three, linear, white, downy, twisted. The fruit, which has been obligingly sent to me since the plate was completed, by Mr. Snepuerp, and too late to have the whole figured, is extremely beautiful, consisting of numerous bright blue, ovato-acuminated ber- ries, mixed with some white abortive ones, tipped with the withered remains of the perianth, and all collected togethe into a very compact oblong head. Each berry has three cells, and several oblongo-pyriform brown seeds, suspended from the top of the cells. Albumen between corneous and farinaceous. Embryo small, situated near the hilum. For the introduction of this beautiful Bromeliaceous plant to the Bo- tanic Garden of Liverpool, we are indebted to the great friend an patron of that Institution and of Botany in general, C. S. Parker, Esq. who, whilst on a visit to Demerara, sent it, with many other rarities, from that country, where it is parasitical upon trees. Its noble yellow: green spikes, tipped with richly-coloured, erect, protruded portions o the petals, and the large red bracteas at the base, render this plant most desirable inmate of the stove. It flowers in March and April. : Ph oy Dr. Scuutrezs in referring this plant to Alcumxa, whic - Linpiey distinguishes from Bituseraia, by the three bracteas of Mie wieaitae into a single cup-shaped one. This part, in our ? IStL i 11 id iP] UBiesaiedte netly cup-shaped than in Ruiz and Pavon’s origin i a Fascicle of Flowers. 2. Single Flower with its Bractea. 3. Inner view a Bractea. 4. Flower. 5. Ditto, from which the Calyx has been 8.8. B : te Fetal and two Stamens. 7. Germen cut through horizontally. 10. ‘Vertiser nat. size. 9. Section of a Berry, the Seeds being removed. IL, Seed. 12 Sonik * Berry showing two of the Cells filled with Seeds. ‘At. Seed, 12, Section of ditto : all but 8. 8. more or less magnified. "scot acl* Pad: by J Curtis Slascrwved. Zssex, Oct? 1939 (eG BI8F, 2 Mg CaLocuriLus camprstris. Frenp Carocnitus. Jeb Sbslbbbbbniok Class and Order. | : GynanprrA Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcues. ) Generic Character. Perianthium ringens, foliolis lateralibus exterioribus la- bello suppositis; interioribus sessilibus minoribus erectis. Labellwm longius, sessile, acuminatum, disco intus margin- ibusque barbatum. Anthera stigmati parallela, persistens. Herbe glabre. Bulbi indivisi, nudi. Folia caulina pauca, infimum canaliculatum, reliqua abbreviata. Spica racemosa, rara, floribus porrectis rufis majusculis. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Catocnitus* campestris; labello perianthio parum longiore, acumine semilanceolato lamina 5-plo breviore, colum- na basi biglandulosa, bracteis ovarium superantibus, spica 4—8-flora. Br. CaLocuitus campestris. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 320. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 713. a Descr. Bulbs two, oblong, undivided. Stem a foot or More high, rounded, erect, bearing two or three linear, acuminated, channelled, sheathing leaves, the lower one the longest. Spike racemose, of from five to eight extremely beautiful flowers, large in proportion to the size of the plant, and standing forward at right angles with the rachis; each subtended by a bractea longer than itself, Calyx, or three outer segments of the perianth, ovate, subacumi- hate, green, concave, the two lower, or anterior ones, placed beneath ——— * xaos, beautiful, and xer0s, a lip, from the labellum being clothed with ®xceedingly beautiful hairs. beneath the lip, two inner ones similar in shape, but smaller, more inclining to yellow and streaked with red. Lip ‘than the perianth, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, the point reflexed, deep go niger at the base, the whole disk — and margin covered with rich, velvety, yellowish-brown hairs, purplish-red in the centre. Germen club-shaped, twisted, stalked. It is to be regretted that, notwithstanding the great num-— ber of Australian plants, which are now the pride and orna-_ ‘ment of our collections, but few of the terrestrial OrcuipEa | have been sent to this country ; and we therefore learn with | much satisfaction, that Mr. Anperson, the Botanical Col-_ Sao ctor in Captain Kine’s late voyage of discovery, who is— _ recently gone to New Holland, will particularly direct his_ attention to this singular and beautital tribe, and transmit | their roots to England. , _ it plant is one eminently worthy of cultivation, — _and is probably of frequent occurrence in its native soil. — _ Mr. Brown, its original discoverer, found it not only about - Port Jackson, but in the tropical parts of New Holland, and Mr. Avian Connixenam gathered it on stony hills, near - Bathurst. Our drawing was made from the living plant in Van Diemen’s Land, by Dr. Joun Scorr, who detected it in low, shaded grounds ; but who observes, that it is rarely Mr. Brown remarks, that the Genus is nearly allied to ance — 1. Column and 2. if. yee Germen, with the two inner Segments of the Perianth. : & : : Pub by § Curtis Glazen Pe TAG (S168. an | Symenyron Caucasicum. Caucasian s Comrrey. “a THR eHbeeeebiebiieieis Class and Order. Pentanprta Monoeynia. eae eg ( Nat. Ord.—Boraeineg, ) 1 Generic Character. Cal. -5-partitus. Cor. cylindrico -campanulata, fauce fornicibus subulatis in conum conniventibus clausa. Nuces basi perforate, Spreng. Specific Character and Synonyms. _Sympnyrum * Caucasicum; caule ramoso inferne hirsuto superne glutinoso, foliis ovato-lanceolatis basi atte- : nuatis semidecurrentibus hirsutis, calycibus obtusis. _ Sympnyrum Caucasicum. Marsch. Bieb. Fl. Tauric. Cauce. | —Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 563. Graham in Kd. New Phil. Journ. June, 1832. ite Descr. Stem (two feet high) hairy near the bottom, higher up pubescent and viscous, slightly winged, flexuose, branched. Leaves ovato-lanceolate, hairy on both sides, but less harshly on the upper, and there, when young, sub- viscid, half-decurrent, the lower ones attenuated at the base, the upper pair oblique, sessile, and alternate. Racemes terminal, geminate, many-flowered, secund, and involute, common peduncle and pedicels gland uloso-pubescent. Calyx angled, the angles and blunt teeth ciliated ; when in fruit, distichous. Corolla at first red-purple, but losing this co- our as soon as it expands, and acquiring a lively rsa 7% 1ue 5 ee eee \ . * = 7 aos ouupuw, to unite, from the supposed healing virtues of some of ed : Species, 4 hue; tube longer than the calyx, sparingly and minutely pubescent on the outside, having a white, fleshy, narrow edge projecting internally from its base over the disk, teeth of the limb blunt and revolute in their edges, teeth of the. throat erect, blunt, and having short, chrystalline cilia on_ their edges. Stamens included, about as long as the teeth ;_ filaments purplish ; anthers yellow, rather shorter than the free portion of the filaments, bifid at both extremities. Pis-_ “il rather longer than the stamens; stigma bilobular, rounded ; style slightly tapering, glabrous, lilac; germen— light yellowish-green, seated on a white disk. The unripe — Achenia are rough, irregularly depressed over their surface ; and each is raised on a sandglass-shaped portion of the | disk, the upper lobe of which projects from its lower side a simple row of short, dependent, subulate hairs. The seeds of this plant were received at the Royal Bota- — nie Garden, Edinburgh, from Dr. Fiscuer, under the name — here adopted, in 1830, and they blossomed, for the first — time, in May, 1832. The profusion of lively-coloured — flowers in this kind of Comfrey, which is less deformed by — coarseness of herbage than others, makes it one of the most — desirable for cultivation. Graham. 3 eS ee et siti et ee ——— nifed 1. Flower. 2. Two of the Scales of the Corolla and Stamens : mag- — , ae aa Pub Cartas (heat weed Anson. Cet! Liety Kerngee okt Sie CO SESB «9 CENOTHERA speciosa. Larer, wiire- FLOWERED EVENING-PRIMROSE. Class and Order. Octranpria Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.—Onageraria. ) Generic Character. Cal. tubulosus, 4-partitus, deciduus. Petala 4. Capsula __ cylindrica vel prismatica, 4-locularis. Semina nuda cortice fungoso placenta columnari centrali affixa. Spreng. Specific Character and Synonyms. — (ENoTHERA speciosa ; puberula, caule suffruticoso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis serratis sub- pinnatifidisque nervosis subtus pubescentibus, floribus racemosis, racemo nudo primum nutante, petalis ob- cordatis stamina equantibus (seu longioribus,) ecapsu- lis obovatis angulatis. D C. (ENorHERA speciosa. Nutt. in Journ. of Sc. Phil. v. 2. p. 119. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 80. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 50. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 230. Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. v. 3. t. 253. ee | Descr. Root perennial. Stem three to four feet higi slender, weak, flexuose, suffruticose, rough with minu pubescence, cylindrical, green, slightly branched. _ Le distant, scattered, broadly lanceolate, attenuated at # se, denticulato-serrate at the margin, acute, nerved, brous above, minutely pubescent beneath. Flowers i terminal racemes, at first drooping. Peduncle very sho t, with a small, narrow, foliaceous bractea at the base. C superior, tubular at the base; the limb of four linear ments, but adhering for the greater part of their length, | opening — opening entirely, only on one side to admit the expansion of the corolla, and standing out nearly horizontally. Petals four, placed upon the summit of the tube of the calyx, very large, obversely cordate, spreading, waved, pure white, yellow at the base, and sending upwards several yellowish- green, slightly diverging nerves, becoming rose-coloured previous to decay. Stamens eight, inserted just within the tube of the calyx. Filaments nearly equal in length to the corolla, erect, alternately shorter. Stamens long, linear, placed transversely, with their centre on the top of the fila- ment. Pollen yellow, cohering together, and hanging attached to the stamens, stigmas, and style, m great abund- ance, after the bursting of the cells. Germen inferior, subclavate, but slightly attenuated at both ends, and qua- drangular, pubescent. Style filiform, longer than the sta- mens. Stigmas four, spreading cross-wise, linear, afterwards pendent. As I suspected, when I first described this plant, ten years ago, in the Exotic Flora, this fine and fragrant species of Evening Primrose has proved perfectly hardy, producing its lovely cream-coloured blossoms, which change to rose- colour in decay, in the open border, during the months of July and August. It was discovered by the American Yotanst, Mr. Nurrat, on the plains of the Red River, in Arkansa territory of North America, and communicated to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. Dick, of Phila- delphia, who kindly transmitted some seeds, which had ripened under his own care. Like some other species of this Genus, the scent of the blossoms is most powerful in the evening. The flowers continue many days in perfection, and are most fully expanded at the approach of night. Fig. 1,2. Leaves: nat. size. ( 3190 ) TROPEOLUM PENTAPHYLLUM, FIVE-FINGERED InpIAN-CREss. i ee So es ee nn On a os NO Class and Order. Ocranpria Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.—Troprzoxez. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, lobo superiore calcarato. Petala 5 inw- qualia, 3 inferiora minora aut evanida. Stam. 8 ab ipsa basi libera. Carpella 3, suberosa, reniformia, indehiscentia hine sulcata rotundata. Semina magna, exalbuminosa, loculum suum implentia et hujus cavitati conformia. Em- bryo magnus: cotyledonibus 2, rectis, crassis, junioribus distinctis, dein arcte conferruminatis et etiam cum ermo- dermate adhzrentibus, ima basi subdistinctis : radi a intra cotyledonum processus latente, tubercula 4 mox radicellas _ proferentia gerente. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonyms. Troprorum pentaphyllum ; foliis digitato-quinatis, foliolis ovalibus integerrimis petiolatis, petalis duobus subro- tundatis subsessilibus calyce multo brevioribus. Tropzo.um pentaphyllum. Lam. Encycl. Method. v. 1. p. 612. Mlustr. t. 277. fig. 2. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2.299. Pers. Syn.0.1.p.405. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 684. mg Syst. Veget. ». 2. p. 226. Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ. 1832. ‘eee Descr. Root tuberous, large, oblong. Stem slender, Sem elongated, slightly twisted, round, glabrous, co- oured, branched. Leaves (about two inches across) pe- tioled, digitate, of five oblong, entire, petiolate, soft, gla- brous, spreading leaflets. Common petiole (two inches long) — twisted in form of a tendril, and forming the chief support & ey of the stem, as well as the partial petioles and the veins of the leaf, purple and glabrous: partial petioles bordered by the decurrent leaflets. Peduncles (four inches long) solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves, purple, glabrous, thicken- ing upwards, pendulous. Calyx (an inch and a quarter long) persisting ; spur horizontal, fleshy, dull purple on the outside, yellow within, nectariferous, conical, till to- wards its apex, when it is contracted, thinner, and somewhat shrivelled, the apex being ovato-acute, fleshy and erect ; limb (seven lines and a half across) five-parted, green, brighter and spotted or streaked with deep purple within, segments ovato-acute, the uppermost the narrowest, the two next to it the broadest. Petals two, small, roundish, subunguiculate, reflected, bright vermillion-coloured, in- serted into the throat of the calyx on each side of the upper segment. Stamens eight, longer than the calyx-segments ; filaments subulate, declined, closely streaked or spotted with purple, in the bud erect, turned out between the calyx- segments after the pollen is shed; anthers four-sided, ob- long, truncated above and below, green; pollen green. Germen yellow, glabrous. Style yellow, three-sided, shorter than the stamens. Stigmas three, acute, diverging. Fruit tricoccous, glabrous, even. ~ Of this plant Mr. Neu received at his garden at Canon- mills a tuber, gathered by Mr. Tweens, in 1829 ; it pushed out some feeble shoots, and is still plump and alive, though growing feebly ; thus settling a question of which De Can- DOLLE was doubtful,—that the species is perennial. A cut- ting taken from it, and growing vigorously, flowered most freely, in the greenhouse for the first time, during June and July, 1832, and will probably ripen its seeds. From Mr. Tweenie I have excellent native specimens, gathered in hedges near Buenos Ayres. Its taste is very similar to that of TrorpzoLum majus, but less pungent, and not so agree- able. Graham. ee Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3, Pistil: magnified. 3195 7 + T Curtis t ay ara) : . yo, Q ‘ 3 Curtis de: lub by S Curtis Glaxenweed HKssex Oct? 11832 Swarr S ( 3191 ) Tecoma SrTans. ASH-LEAVED TEcomMa, — See eal sokestabe babe sbatesbstiae Class and Order. Dipynam1a ANGIOSPERMIA. ( Nat. Ord.— Bienontacem. ) Generic Character. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla subcampanulata, ore 5-lobo inequali. Stam. 4, didynama: filamento quiuto. sterili breviore. Capsule dissepimentum contrarium. _ Fratices, raro arbores. Folia opposita tmpari-pinnata v. digitata. Flores paniculati. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Trcoma* Stans ; fruticosa, follis pinnatis glabris, foliolis lanceolatis acuminatis profunde serratis, racemis ter- minalibus. } Tecoma Stans. Juss.—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 834. Bicnonra Stans. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 871. Willd. Sp. Pl. ». 3. p. 302. Bicnonia fruticosa, &c. Browne, Jam. p. 264. Arbor, flore luteo, fraxini folio. Plum. Ic. t. 54. Apocyno affinis, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. 2. p. 63. an Descr. A shrub, growing, according to authors, in its Native country, to a height of eight or ten feet. Leaves opposite, stalked, pinnated with about three pairs of oppo- site, lanceolate, acuminated, deeply serrated, veiny, sessile, Slabrous leaflets, dark-green above, paler beneath. Ra- cemes of few flowers, terminal. Flowers large, handsome, golden-yellow, faintly striated. Calyx small, campanulate, ve-toothed. Corolla rather infundibuliform than cam- : panulate ; =. —enaeneenen * From Tecomawochitl, the Mexican name of one of the species. panulate; the twbe long, very slender at the base, gra- dually widening upwards; the limd large, of five broad, roundish, reflexed lobes. These flowers are succeeded by linear capsules, six to seven inches long, straight or slightly curved, coriaceo-membranaceous, remarkably compressed at their sides, so that each of the two valves into which the capsule opens constitutes a deep carina, into which the mar- gins of the dissepiment are inserted, so that the dissepiment is contrary to the valves. Seeds numerous, imbricated upon the dissepiment on both sides and for its whole length, remarkably thin, and surrounded by a delicate membrane, much lengthened at both extremities. Notwithstanding that this beautiful plant has been intro- duced to our gardens more than a century ago, it has never yet found a place in any of our botanical periodical publi- cations. Perhaps its blossoms are of rare occurrence in our collections. I have never myself seen them in a recent state ; and I describe the plant partly from dried specimens sent to me by Mr. Joun Locxuarr, from Trinidad, and rtly from the drawings made by Mr. Joun Curtis, in 820; but from what collection is not stated. It is a na- tive of the West India Islands, and of course requires the heat of the stove; where, according to the Hortus Kew- ensis, Its season of blossoming is August. Tecoma differs from Bienonsa chiefly in the dissepiment ise ater contrary to the valves, instead of pa- F illic, ult AWA Wot. del* Lub: by 8. Curits Claxemwood tssexNévill832 Swan Se ( 3192 ) ALPINIA? MAGNIFICA. MAGNIFICENT ALPINIA. REEREREEEEEEEEEE EERE Class and Order. Monanpria (rather Dranprta) Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.—Scrraminez. ) Generic Character. Anthera duplex stylum amplectens. _Filamentum erec- tum, simplex, anthera brevius. Corolle labium inferius unilabiatum. Rose. Specific Character and Synonyms. Atpinta magnifica* ; scapo laterali, floribus numerosis in receptaculo communi aggregatis, labio angusto lineari apice ovato rubro albo-marginato, filamento styloque pubescentibus. Rose. . , Aurinia magnifica. Bojer’s MSS. apud Herb. nostr. Roscoe Pl. Monandr. cum Ie. ul Descr. Root large and thick, creeping, forming many knots and tubers, from the upper side of which arise the stems and scape, while from beneath are sent out several rather stout fibres. Stems ten to twelve feet high, erect, rigid, and thick in the lower part, narrower above, leafy. aves few, oblong, acute, with a midrib, and many oblique, rather closely-placed, parallel nerves ; the petiole, (if it may ‘be so termed) forming a long sheath around the stems. Scape five to six feet high, very stout, leafless, sheathed ; the uppermost sheath is dilated, and forms a large, leafy, green rn Sea —aee ———— * In honor of Prosper Auprnus, a Venetian, and Professor of Botany at Bologna towards the close of the sixteenth century, VOL. VI. M bractea, within Which the splendid head or dense capitate spike of. “flowers is produced. This is rendered the more striking from its numerous bracteas of a fine deep rose- red colour, all margined with a white line, the owfer ones exceedingly large and spreading, often reflexed, three or four inches in Sails ovate, acute, gradually becoming more obtuse as they are more internal, always barren ; suddenly the bractee become smaller, oblong, very obtuse, erect, imbricated and fertile. Flowers shorter than the bractew, cylindrical, about an inch long: each consists of a small, inferior germen, slightly downy, three-celled, each cell with two vertical rows of ovules placed upon the disse- piment at a distance from the inner angle. From the top of this arise the floral coverings, combined with the filament of the stamens into a tube having a sort of cavity or necta at the base within. Calyx of three imbricated, unequal, delicate, membranaceous, conyolute, oblong leaves. Corolla of one piece, broadly ovate, deep purplish-red, convolute, enclosing the stamen, of which the lower part of the fila- ment is membranaceous, (where it combines with the floral coverings,) the upper part broad, deep red-purple, thick, emarginate, the sides involute, enclosing the style and the yma till the latter rises above it by the prolongation of the style: within, near the margin, are two yellow, one- elle » linear-oblong anthers, opening by a longitudinal fissure, and containing pollen in globular grains. Style filiform, white, having a two-lobed gland at its base. Stigma red, capitate, compressed, having on one side a transverse, green, depressed spot, which receives the pollen. This collection of flowers with the richly coloured bractee Soon withers, and is succeeded by a large head of fruit, formed of many capsules, each as large as a chestnut, nearly globose, or obscurely three-lobed, downy, terminated by the withered floral coverings, and intermixed with the equal withered and ragged bracteas. These I have not seen wit rlect seeds; but I have the opportunity of representing | ne and a section of a ripe capsule through the kindness of Mr. 'Tetrarr and M, Boser. 'The latter capsule is three- celled, and contains numerous seeds apparently attached to branched funiculi (enveloped in pulp?) Seeds pear-shaped, having an arillus at the base, a copious albumen, and an em- bi the hil shape as the seed, with its radicle pointing n the month of August of the present year, Lord MrzTos was so kind as to Bitiitoicate: to aie the splendid spe- cimen cimen here figured of Atpinta magnifica, which blossomed in his Lordship’s stove at Wentworth. All that was hitherto known in Europe of this most rare plant was from a drawing and a dried specimen sent to me by Cuartes Tetrarr, Esq. from the Mauritius, where the plant is a native ; and whic was published in the work on Scitaminee of the lamented Roscor. Little did I then think, that in a few years we should see flowering specimens from our own stoves. But roots were, through the medium of Mr. Trxrarr, intro- duced by the late Mr. Barczay, and sent to Lord Mixron’s collection, where, says Mr. Cooper, (through whose skill this plant has been brought to such perfection) “ it blos- somed for the first time in August, 1832. The scape rises up from under the leaf-stem, which is ten or twelve feet high, and about five inches in girth at the bottom.” Professor Bosrr of the Mauritius has suggested the pro- priety of constituting this a Genus distinct from ALPINIA, and I am quite inclined to agree with that Naturalist; but as I have not had the opportunity myself of seeing perfect fruit, and am too little acquainted with the structure of the allied Genera from an examination of recent specimens, I willingly leave to that able Botanist, who has living indi- viduals at his command, the honor of establishing the dis- criminating characters ; contenting myself with laying be- fore the public a figure and description, however imperfect, of one of the noblest plants that has graced the pages of the Botanical Magazine. Fig. 1. Flower and Bractee. 2. The same, from which the Calyx is re- moved, nat. size. 3. Front view of fig. 2. 4. Flower, the Calyx and Co- rolla being removed. 5. Entire Flower, magnified. 6. Staminal a and base of the Floral Tube. 7. Upper part of the Staminal Filament, the two one-celled Anthers. 8. Base of the Styles, with the glandular eng 9. Back view of the Stigma. 10. Front view of the Stigma. 11. Section of © the Germen. 12. Head of Capsules, nat. size. A. Section of a — 2 sule. 14 and 15. Vertical and transverse Sections of the Seed, with the — “ arillus” at the base (from Professor Boser and Mr, TELFAIR s drawings). —all but fig. 1, 2, and 12 more or less magnified. w J He dle Prob: by 8. Curtis Glaxenw a Esses Voa-L7 932 Swan 58 4 ( 3193 ) ASTRAGALUs ALopEcUROIDES. FOX-TAIL - A Mivx-Vetcn. Mita Si a oe ss os OS Os OR Class and Order. Diapetpnia DeEcanpriA. ( Nat. Ord.— Lecuminosz. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. carina obtusa. Stamina diadelpha. Legumen biloculare aut semibiloculare, sutura inferiore in- _troflexa. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Astracaus alopecuroides ; caulescens suberectus, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis pubescentibus, stipulis ovato-lanceo- latis acuminatis, spicis ovato-oblongis sessilibus, caly- cis laciniis setaceis tubo brevioribus corollam fere equantibus. DC. Astracatus alopecuroides. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1064. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 294. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. _ p. 297. De Cand. Astragal. n. 66. — Asrracatus Alopecurus. Pall. Astragal. t. 8. De Cand. Astragal. n. 67. Descr. Perennial. Stems assurgent, rather stout, branched, zig-zag, angular, woolly, leafy. Leaves a span or more long, alternate, remote, pinnated : Pinne almost an inch long, alternate, ovato-elliptical, upon a very short stalk, rather dark green, and almost glabrous above, downy and paler beneath. Rachis woolly. Stipules very large and glabrous, membranaceous, from a broad base, lanceo- late. Flowers axillary, sessile, in a large, broadly-cylin-_ drical spike or head, bracteated, the outer bractee nia large, ovato-acuminate, the inner or upper ones gradual ” inf smaller, at length almost subulate. a i e membranaceous, densely clothed with long white wool, having five nearly equal, subulate teeth, shorter than the tals. Corolla \emon-coloured. Vexillum somewhat re- flected, oblong, attenuated into a claw. Ale and Carina with very long claws; the latter more deeply coloured : Germen ovate, very hairy. Style long, filiform. Stigma obtuse. This is a very handsome species of Astracauus, and de- serves a place in every collection of plants. Yet it does not appear to be common in our gardens, though intro- duced from Spain nearly thirty years ago, and though it is perfectly hed, : Fig. 1, Flower, 2. Vexillum. 3. Ale. 4. Carina. 5, Pistil :—magnified. t fight WL, oo eee ~ j AB ANTE RORST OLE Te ee we meee =~ ~ \ { { { SWewess ae tie titel Se el . 12 hp Spey Te ae ( 3194 ) STYLIDIUM HIRSUTUM. Hairy Sryuipium. Class and Order. GyYNANDRIA T'ETRANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Sryuipiez. ) Generic Character. Calyx bilabiatus. Cor. irregularis, 5-fida, lacinia quinta (labello) dissimili, minore, deflexe: (raro porrecta,) reliquis patentibus (raro geminatim coherentibus). Columna re- clinata, duplici flexura; Antheris bilobis, lobis divarica- tissimis ; Stigmate obtuso, indiviso. Capsula bilocularis, dissepimento superne quandoque incompleto. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Styuipium hirsutum ; scapo hirsuto villis acutis, racemo subsimplici, calycis labio (3)-partito, capsula ventricosa ovata, foliis linearibus basi attenuatis margine parum recurvis, squamis scariosis distinguentibus interiori- busque acuminatis. Br. Sxbitune hirsutum. Br. Prodr. Flor. Nov. Holl. 568, Sp. Plant. 3.747. Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ, 1832. ’ ; ain Descr. Root of strong, hard, branching fibres. Leaves (six inches long) all radical, linear, glabrous, firm in their texture, edges revolute, attenuated at the base, interspersed with scariose glabrous scales, which become larger towards the innermost ones, these being terminated with a point re- sembling the leaves, but shorter. Scape (nine inches high) erect, simple, rather longer than the leaves, covered, espe- Cially at the base, with long, spreading, colourless, acute (not glandular) hairs, smoother upwards. aceme (an inch and half long,) spicate, the uppermost flowers expanding first, each rising from the axil of a lanceolate, green bractea, which which is covered with hairs similar to those on the scape. Pedicels hairy, half the length of the primary bractez, and having secondary lateral bracteze. Calyx bi- or tri-partite ; tube very hairy, having both pointed hairs and others which are shorter and glandular ; segments connivent, blunt, hav- ing glandular hairs only, the two outer the largest and broadest. Corolla purplish rose-coloured, yellow in the throat, covered as well as the calyx on the outside with glandular pubescence, the four larger segments nearly ual, spreading, flat, channelled in the centre, and slightly _crisped on the edges, the two next the labellum rather the narrowest, and each having one erect, ovate, entire tooth at its base, of similar colour with the rest of the corolla, the two others green at their base on the outside, and fur- rowed in the throat, the groove with prominent, erect, pu- bescent edges; labellum deflected from the inside of the calyx between the lips, small, ovate, acute, yellow, with a purple, crisped, and crenate edge, its appendices blunt, spreading, and much shorter than itself; tube pale yellow, twisted, equal to the longest segments of the calyx, the whole of the inside and the upper surface of the limb pre- senting, under the microscope, a beautiful crystalline ap- pearance. Column linear, flat, equal in length to the limb, dark red in front, yellow behind, glabrous, very irritable, bordered at its lower part. Anthers leaden-coloured, pollen- granules lilac, minute, ovate. Stigma of a dull green colour, oblong, glandular, surface crystalline. Germen ovate, bi- locular, dissepiment imperfect above. Ovules very numer- ous, attached to a central receptacle, in the lower part of the dissepiment wanting. This species has newly come into cultivation, and its flowers are larger than any in our gardens. I owe to the late Mr. Fraser, Colonial Botanist, a native specimen collected at King George’s Sound, on the south coast of New Hol- land ; and from seed taken off one that was sent at the same time to Mr. Macnag, the plant here described was raised. It blossomed in the greenhouse of the Royal Botanic Garden in May, and will continue to bear flowers during the early part of June. Graham. Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower. 2. Back view of ditto.— Magnified. 3195. , cman Se WTA det? Pub by §. Curtis Claxenmoed Es sex Nix: 1/832 : ( 3195 ) ACACIA RUSCIFOLIA. Butcner’s-Broom- LEAVED ACACIA. ea eee Ge oe Class and Order. Potyeamia Monaecia. ( Nat. Ord.—Lxeuminosz. ) Generic Character. flores polygami. Cal. 4—5-dentatus. Pet, A—5, nune libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stam. numero varia, 1O—200. Legumen continuum, exsuccum, bivalve. Specific Character and Synonyms. Acacta ruscifolia ; stipulis spinosis deciduis, phyllodiis ver- ticillatis sparsisve ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve acutis mucronatis obscure 2—3-nerviis, mucrone recto pun- gente, spicis (cylindraceis) solitariis axillaribus pedi- cellatis, pedicello phyllodii dimidium aquante, ramulis marginibusque superioribus phyllodiorum cinereo- hispidis, floribus quadrifidis. unningh. Acacia ruscifolia, Allan Cunningh. MSS. =e Descr. A shrub, much branched in a straggling man- ner, the old branches terete, clothed with a brown, naked bark; the younger ones downy, with green prominent angles. Leaves (Phyllodia) horizontally patent, rarely : solitary or in pairs, almost constantly verticillate, five or _ six in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, very harsh and rigid, ter- _ Minated with a rigid spine, dark-green, entire, slightly pu- descent, especially at the margin, which is thickened, - furnished with a pale, on both sides prominent, midrib, and beneath besides with two obscure longitudinal nerves, — | Scarcely observable but in the dried state. Flowers ar- ranged in dense, solitary, axillary, oblyngo-cylingaa dense spikes of a full and bright yellow colour. Calyx very minute. Corolla cut almost to the base in five deep — ovate segments. Stamens very numerous, yellow. An-— thers rounded. FPistil: none in the flowers of the specimen — here figured. : Communicated by W. T. Arron, Esq. from the Royal — Gardens of Kew, in April, 1832, to which establishment it — was introduced by Mr. Attan Cunnincuam, who disco- | vered it on the rocky shores of Macquarrie Harbour, Van — Diemen’s Land, bearing fruit, in January, 1819. Its nearest affinity is with Acacira Oxycedrus of Sirzer, from — which it is distinguished by its broader, shorter, and more - constantly verticillate leaves and shorter spikes of flowers. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Whorl of Leaves, 3. Single Leaf :—maganijied. 3196, * WL dol? hk bet ee : ‘ld. bY 8. Caras Clatenwnod Essex Afr, 1/832. ( 3196 ) DavieEsia virGatTa. Twicey Davissia. KEK KEE ERE KEKE KERR Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) Generic Character. Calyx angulatus ebracteatus 5-dentatus interdum sub- bilabiatus. Cor. carina vexillo breviore. Ovarium pe- dicellatum dispermum. Stylus strictus. Stigma simplex. Legumen compressum angulatum elastice dehiscens ad suturam infer. dilatatum, fere semitrapezoideum. Strophi- ola seminis postice integra.—Frutices Australasici glabri, spinosi aut inermes. Folia simplicia aut nulla. Pedicelli bast bracteolati axillares. DC Specific Character and Synonyms. Daviesia* virgata; foliis subspathulato-linearibus (uncia- libus) verticalibus nervosis, mucrone innocuo apicula- tis, margine crassiusculis, racemis axillaribus solitariis subquadrifloris folio triplo brevioribus basi bracteatis, ramis inermibus virgatis. Cunningh. Daviesia virgata. Allan Cunningham, MSS. Descr. Frutescent. Stem erect, bearin’ twiggy, alternate branches, which are green, angular, and slender. Leaves remote, alternate, erecto-patent, linear, obtuse, with a short mucro, attenuated at the base, but destitute of peti- ole, vertical, striated, one to two or three inches in length. Flowers small, in short, somewhat corymbose racemes, aris- ing from the axils of the leaves, or from above the scar whence a leaf has fallen, much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels ee ad * Named in compliment to the Rev. Hueu Davies, a well-known Welch otanist, Pedicels slender, with a small, elliptical, obtuse, concave bractea at the base. Calyx bluntly five-toothed, teeth short, especially the upper one, red, as is part of the tube of the calyx, the rest green, quite glabrous: the teeth are fringed with a very minute, white down. Vexillum obcordate, with a short claw ; externally rich reddish-brown with a yellow, dorsal line, internally bright orange-red, white, or yellow- ish-white in the centre, around which is a dark-red spot sending forth radiating lines. Ale obliquely oval, with short claws, reddish, or chocolate-coloured. Carina deeply boat-shaped, obtuse, yellowish-white, at the extremity deep chocolate-coloured. Stamens free. Filaments white, scarce- ly shorter than the pistil. Anthers roundish, yellow. Pista quite glabrous, red tinged with green at the base. Germen linear-lanceolate. Style subulate, obtuse. ‘This is another of the numerous interesting discoveries of Mr. Atian Cunnineuam, by whom it was introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew, whence it was kindly communi- cated by Mr. Arron. It inhabits the more elevated, dry, barren parts of the Blue Mountains of New Holland, where it flowers in October. In the greenhouse at Kew its blos- soming season is June. Mr. Cunnincuam observes, that it appears to be allied to D. racemulosa of Dz Canpo.ze, and to D. wmbellata of Sir J. E. Smiru ; but that it is really distinct from both. Fig. 1. Flower and a Bud. 2. Vexill Regier Sioa ind Pat a Pa ee yx ML del? ms Pub by 8 Curti s Claxenwood F: : S80xNO1/832 Swan Sa ( 3197 ) SISYRINCHIUM MACULATUM. SpoTrEp- FLOWERED SISYRINCHIUM. Class and Order. Monapereuia TRIANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Iriwez. ) Generic Character. Spatha diphylla. Perianthium simplex, corollinum, pro- funde 6-partitum, aquale. Filamenta comnata. Stylus simplex. Stigma trifidum. Capsula 3-locularis, infera. Specific Name and Character. Sisyrincnium maculatum ; caule folioso ancipiti-compresso, foliis lineari-ensiformibus, pedicellis longitudine spa- the albo-membranacez acuminate, perianthii laciniis obovatis acutis, tribus macula magna atro-sanguinea, stigmatibus subulatis, ovario glanduloso. Descr. Stem, in our plant, scarcely more than a foot high, remarkably compressed, green, bearing four to five linear-ensiform, acuminated, striated, equitant leaves, the lower ones the longest, and about a span in height, all of them full yellow-green, scarcely at all scabrous. From the upper and shorter leaf arises a panicle of seve three or four of which proceed together from a spatha, only one however, flowering at once. Spathas lan- ceolate, conduplicate, green, with a broad, white, mem- branaceous margin, within which are a few membranaceous bractee. Pedicels equal in length with the spatha, or scarcely exceeding it. Perianth of six obovate and some- _ what cuneated, acute, spreading segments of a full = - yellow colour, pale at the claws, and with a deep blood- — red spot just above the claw ; the three alternate ones with a large horse-shoe-shaped spot or cloud of the bers occupying the whole width. The back of the segments of the perianth is of a paler colour, and the spots and clouds less distinctly marked. Stamens three, yellow. Filaments monadelphous. te * In compliment to C. Menrzex, a Botanical Author of Brandenburg. which easily peels off, and is rough to the touch, and, on the young branches, rough with hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate, shortly petiolate, deeply and very irregularly ser- rated, often angled, rough on both sides with harsh, rigid hairs. Flowers solitary, large, terminal upon the branches, or axillary in the dichotomies. Calyx with its tube ad- herent with the germen, rough with hairs, the five seg- ments lanceolate, reflexed. Petals five, broadly ovate, acuminulate, deep, rather fulvous yellow, patent. Stfa- mens numerous, the ten outer ones the largest. Filaments slender, yellow.