EDWARDS'S Ea BOTANICAL REGISTER : OB, ORNAMENTAL FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY: CONSISTING OF COLOURED FIGURES OF PLANTS AND SHRUBS, CULTIVATED IN BRITISH GARDENS; ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR Wistorp, West Method of Treatment (n Cultibation, Propagation, Sc. CONTINUED By JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. L.S. ano GS. PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, &c. óc. &c. VOL. XVIII. . B viret se nec RE caducá Carpitur. yero Boy LONDON: JAMES RIDGWAY, 169, PICCADILLY. M.DCCC.XXXII. 1477 APHELANDRA* cristata. Crested Aphelandra. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. AcawTHACEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 233.) _, APHELANDRA R. Brown. — Calyx 5-partitus inequalis. Corolla bilabiata. Anthere uniloculares. Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis : dissepi- mento contrario. Semina retinaculis subtensa. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 55. A. cristata ; foliis ellipticis oblongisve acuminatis, spicis tetragonis, bracteis ovatis integerrimis, corollis glabris, Ibid. Bot. mag. t. 1578. Justicia arborea. Mill. dict. ed. 8. Justicia tetragona. Vahl. symbol. 3. p. 5. Willd. no. 20. Justicia pulcherrima. Willd. no. 22. Justicia cristata. Jacg. hort. schenbr. 3, p- 38. f. 320. Ruellia cristata.. Andrews’ reposit. 506. Frutex atroviridis, densè foliosus. Rami teretes, glabri. Folia oblongo- lanceolata, subcrenata, in petiolum longum alatum angustata, subundulata, acuta, utrinque glabra ; aliquandò pedalia. Spice terminales et axillares, dense aggregate, tetragone, 4-6-unciales. Rachis lanuginosus. Bractese antice ovate, concave, glabre, basi lanuginose, margine ciliate ; laterales lanceolate v. subulate, lanuginose. Sepala 5, glabra, bracteis paulo longiora, equilonga, interioribus angustioribus. Corolla coccinea, 2-uncialis, tubo arcuato, sensim ampliato, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore lanceolato, erecto, bifido, inferiore lanceolato, recurvo, integerrimo, laciniis duabus lateralibus nanis, rotundatis. Stamina 4, didynama, à basi tubi orta, rudimento quinto nullo. Antheree semisagittate, uniloculares, labio superiore corolle in- volute, connectivo flocculoso. Styli coceinei, post decessum corolle longe penduli ; discus annularis, inconspicuus. This beautiful plant is a native of the West Indies, and of the American continent near the line. It has been almost a century in our Gardens, and yet is now scarcely ever seen in any but Botanical collections, where, if it flowers, it generally produces its blossoms so sparingly, * So named from 49:9, simple, and Zw, a man, or, in Botanical language, anther ; in allusion to the anthers being unilocular. . VOL. XVIII. B / that those who cultivate it are disappointed in the expecta- tions they had formed of its appearance. The noble specimen from which the accompanying drawing was made by Miss Drake, was kindly forwarded to us by the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, in whose Conservatory, at Alton Towers, it bloomed in August last. We were not so fortunate as to see it in full perfec- tion; but we understand that at one time all those parts of the spikes which in the figure are naked, were densely covered with blossoms, so that the inflorescence was a compact mass of crimson, forming a tuft measuring 8 or 9 inches every way. In this state it was a most splendid object for several days; between eight and nine hundred flowers contributing to its dazzling brilliancy. It is a tender stove plant, easily propagated by cuttings, like all the rest of its tribe. Lord Shrewsbury procured his plant from the Garden of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, at Florence, in 1829; but the species was originally sent to Miller by Houstoun in 1733. It should be grown in peat, loam, and sand, in a high temperature, with an atmosphere well filled with moisture. A dark-green bush, closely covered with leaves. Branches taper, smooth. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, some- what crenated, tapering into a long narrow petiole, some- what wavy, acute, smooth on both sides, sometimes as much as a foot long. Spikes terminal and axillary, densely crowded, 4-cornered, from 4 to 6 inches long. Rachis woolly. Anterior bractec ovate, concave, smooth, woolly at the base, ciliated at the edge; the lateral lanceolate or subulate, downy. Sepals 5, smooth, rather longer than the bractez, all of the same length, but the inner ones nar- rowest. Corolla scarlet, 2 inches long; tube curved, gradually widening ; limb bilabiate, the upper lip lanceolate, erect, bifid, the lower lanceolate, recurved, entire, the two lateral segments dwarf and rounded. Stamens 4, didy- ` namous, arising from the base of the tube, with no rudiment of a fifth. Anthers semisagittate, 1-celled, enwrapped in the upper lip of the corolla; the connectivum a little fleecy. Styles scarlet, hanging down after the first fall of the corolla; disk annular, inconspicuous. J. L. AAA c REPERI 1478 POTENTILLA* laciniósa. Jagged-leaved Cinquefoil. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. RosacEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 81.) 8. Potentillee Jussieu. POTENTILLA.—Supra, fol. 1379. P. laciniosa ; foliis 7natis 5natisque, foliolis oblongis laciniato-pinnatifidis utrinque viridibus patentipilosis, stipulis. omnibus profundé laciniatis, petalis obcordatis calycem superantibus. Sadler flora Pesth. 2. 31. P. laciniosa. Kitaib. Lehm. potent. 86. t. 9. Spreng. syst. 2. 536. P. hirta ;. De Cand. prodr. 2. 579. Caulis strictus, 13-pedalis, patentim pilosus. Folia quinata et septenata, pilosa, foliolis obovato-lanceolatis, pinnatifidis : laciniis incisis; radicalium stipulee subulate, caulinorum dilatate, incise v. integre. Flores dichotomé paniculati, corymbosi, laxi. Bractee incise v. integre, sepalorum longi- tudine. Petala lutea, obcordata, calyce dupli longiora. A hardy herbaceous plant, native of dry sandy fields in the southern part of the district of Pesth, in Hungary, espe- cially about Czegléd and Szolnoki, where it grows in com- pany with Potentilla canescens, flowering in June and J uly. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society, where it had been raised from seed commu- nicated by Baron Jacquin in 1829. According to M. Séringe, this is a variety of P. hirta ; we, however, prefer following those who consider it distinct, especially Professor Lehmann, whose accurate knowledge of this genus gives great authority to his decisions. 3 ; L. * See fol. 1379. 1479 CENOTHERA* anisóloba. White Upright Evening Primrose. OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Ox AGRARIA Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) * Tribus Onagre De Cand. @NOTHERA.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. Œ. anisoloba ; caule stricto leviter pubescente, floribus solitariis axillaribus foliis ineequaliter inciso-pinnatifidis brevioribus, calycis tubo petalis ve- nosis rotundatis subtripló longiore, stigmate 4-partito. (E. anisoloba. Sweet’s flower-garden, 105. Caulis erectus, herbaceus, subsimplex, pallidus, pube levissimá vestitus, lj-2-pedalis. Folia minutissim2 pubescentia, radicalia spatulata, dentata, caulina. sensim magis divisa, superiora inequaliter inciso-pinnatifida, floribus longiora, laciniis acuminatis, incisis, dentatis, baseos minoribus. Flores albi, speciosi, deflorati roseo-purpurei. Calycis tubus teres, albidus, levissime pubescens, 6 uncias longus, basi paululüm incrassatus. Petala subrotunda, venis valdé conspicuis, 2 uncias longa. Stigmatis lobi lineares, cruciati. Ovarium breve, pedunculatum, angulis 4 acute gibbosis. Although this species is a native of the island of Chiloe, some degrees to the southward of Valparaiso, yet it proves more tender than CEnothera acaulis, from the last-mentioned place ; so little does latitude often indicate the power of a plant to resist frost. In our Gardens it grows 14 or 2 feet high, forming a neat, bright-green, very erect, herbaceous bush, which puts forth from its summit beautiful white blossoms, of an unusually large size, expanding at the close of day, and filling the evening air with their mild fragrance. If great care be taken to protect this plant by covering — * See fol. 1220. it with dry straw, or some such substance, during winter, it may be cultivated in the open borders; but without this it will not bear our frost. It blossoms in July and August, and lasts till October. Seeds, which it ripens readily, are usually employed as the means of its propagation. The down upon the leaves, stem, and calyx, is so ex- ceedingly fine, that it cannot be represented in a drawing without giving the surface too great an appearance of pubescence; it is, in fact, so fine as not to be visible to the naked eye. J. L. 1480 FÚCHSIA* bacilláris. | Rod-branched Fuchsia. ` OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. OnaGrarız Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) FUCHSIA.—Supra, vol. 10. fol. 847. F. bacillaris ; ramulis glabris, foliis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis denticulatis deciduis glabris, foliis axillaribus geminis ternatisve foliis longioribus, calycis tubo subcylindraceo : laciniis subulatis petalisque retusis integer- rimis patentibus, staminibus inclusis, stigmatis lobis linearibus cruciatis. Frutex jam in viridario 3-pedalis, verosimiliter orgyalis, ramis erectis, gracilibus, bacilliformibus. Folia pallidó viridia, tenuia, decidua. Flores rosei. Calycis lacinie angustissime, subulate. The name of Fuchsia carries a charm with it that causes the addition of any new species to be received with peculiar delight by all lovers of gay flowers. That which is now published was raised from Mexican seeds, communicated by J. S. Mill, Esq. to Mr. Barnard, and by that gentleman presented to the Horticultural Society in 1829. An elegant deciduous shrub, apparently more hardy than any other species that we cultivate; but this is a point upon which we are not yet able to speak positively, the plant having been too recently introduced to have been the subject of experiment. It blossoms all the summer long till November, grows freely in any kind of light soil, and is propagated by cuttings as readily as other Fuchsias. Its nearest Botanical affinity is with the pretty F. micro- phylla, from which it may be distinguished by its smooth error * See fol. 1269. twigs, deciduous leaves, paler flowers, taller growth, the slender tube of its calyx, narrow lobes to the stigma, and many other characters of less moment. At present this shrub has not attained the height of more than 3 feet; but it has the appearance of being likely to arrive at a more considerable stature.- Its branches are erect, slender, and rod-like; its leaves pale-green, thin, and deciduous. Flowers bright rosy red. Segments of the calyx very narrow, and subulate. | J. L. 1481 1481 WESTRÍNGIA* longifólia. Long- leaved Westringia. DIDYNAMIA GY MNOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. Lasıatz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) Tribus 2. Sarureın® Bentham. Supra, fol. 1289. WESTRINGIA Smith.— Calyx equalis, 5-nervis, 5-dentatus. Corolla tubo calycem subzequante, bilabiata : labio superiore erecto subplano emargi- nato v. bifido, inferiore patente trifido. Stamina 4, distantia. Anthere superiorum dimidiate, inferiorum 2-partitee, casse. Stylus apice sub- equaliter bifidus. Bentham l. c. W. longifolia ; foliis ternis linearibus margine recurvis adultis suprà scabris : subtüs calycibusque pilosiusculis viridibus: dentibus longitudine tubi. Brown prodr. 501. A Rami graciles, subtetragoni, pilosiusculi. Folia ternatim verticillata, linearia, apice mucronata, suprà scabra, subtüs viridia, pilosiuscula. Flores pallidé cerulei, axillares, solitarii, sessiles, pubescentes. A pretty little shrub, having the habit of some slender variety of our Rosemary. It is a Greenhouse plant, native of New Holland, where it was found near Port Jackson both by Mr. Brown and Dr. White. It should have a situation in an airy part of the Green- house, where it will thrive in any light soil. Our drawing was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery in November last. | Branches slender, somewhat 4-cornered, slightly hairy. Leaves in whorls of threes, linear, mucronate at the apex, * So named by Sir James Smith, in honour of Dr. John Peter Westring, author of several useful papers upon Lichens. scabrous above, green and somewhat hairy beneath. Flowers pale blue, axillary, solitary, sessile, downy. According to Sir James Smith, some wild specimens have the leaves 4, or even 5, in a whorl: we have not observed a greater number than 4. J. L. Pg BÉ ie Te unge erento ee x, _ 1482 PYRUS* salvifólia. Sage-leaved Pear. ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGY NIA. Nat. ord. PomacEz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 83.) PYRUS.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 514. P. salvifolia ; folis lanceolatis integerrimis subtüs gemmisque tomentosis junioribus superné velutinis adultis glabris. De Cand. prodr. 2. 634. Arbor parva, ramis brevibus, contortis, corrugatis, abbreviatis, gemmis nascentibus albolanatis. Folia juniora petiolata, oblonga, tomentosa, adulta oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, leviter crenulata, suprà glabra, subtüs cinereo-tomentosa. ^ Corymbi tomentosi, multiflori. Flores Pyro communi minores, albi. Fructus turbinato-oblongus, viridi-fuscus, durus, austerus ; putrescens, sapidus. This, the Poirier à feuille de Sauge of the French, is found wild about Orleans, where it is also cultivated for making perry. It is a small, inelegant tree, with short crooked branches, and.gray leaves, gay with blossom in the spring, and laden with greenish, hard, austere fruit, ripe in the month of October, but in the intermediate season by no means an attractive object. Like P. amygdaliformis, eleagnifolia, and sinaica, it is probably not distinct from Pyrus nivalis, which seems to have contributed largely to the parentage of many of our cultivated Pears. | The fruit, notwithstanding its austereness when first gathered, nevertheless acquires a sweetish and rather pleasant taste when it is softened by decay, and has arrived at that state of decomposition in which we eat the Medlar. Quite hardy. Propagated by grafting or budding either upon the common Pear or the Quince. J. L. * See fol. 1196. 1483 BARLÉRIA* lupulína. Hop-flowered Barleria. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. Acantuacea.Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 233.) BARLERIA.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 191. B. lupulina ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis, spinis simplicibus divari- catis, spicis ovatis, bracteis ovatis concavis ventricosis imbricatis. Dicliptera spinosa. Hort. Frutex 2-pedalis, ramosissimus, ramis glabris, subtetragonis, purpureo- viridibus. Folia angustó lanceolata, integra v. denticulata, mucronulata, glabra, costá suprà sanguineá venis inconspicuis, —Spinee intra-azillares, gemina, divaricate, rigide, cinerem, pungentes. (OBs. spine nihil aliud sunt quàm folia primordialia gemmae abortive ; gemme adsunt due in omni azilld, quarum altera folio proxima abortat, altera evolvitur.) Spice ter- minales, ovate, v. oblonge, lupuline, e bracteis constantes ovatis, concavis, pallide viridibus, nunc fusco-purpureo marginatis, levissime pubescentibus, dense imbricatis. Calyx tetraphyllus, pubescens ; bracteis subulatis, € formibus ; sepalis duobus proximis ovato-oblongis, concavis (anticis et posticis), duobus intimis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; omnibus atomis quibusdam pellucidis solidis conspersis. Corolla lutea, unciam longa, tubo recto, cylin- draceo, pubescente, limbo glabro, valde inequali, laciniis quatuor oblongis subequalibus, quintá (labio inferiore) à vicinis profundius divisá, breviore. Stamina 4 ; quorum duo lacinie quinte corolle contermina exserta, recta, antheris oblongis, bilocularibus, glabris, duo superiora nana, antheris sub- rotundis, filamentis ciliatis ; rudimentum st. 5. nullum. Ovarium ovatum, disco annulari membranaceo circumdatum, 2-loculare, loculis. dispermis. Stigma simplex, subconicum, truncatum. A native of the Mauritius, whence it was sent to Europe some years since by C. Telfair, Esq. It is a very hand- some stove plant, almost always in flower, and particularly * Named after James Barrelier, a French Botanist of considerable repu- tation, born in 1606, and died in 1673. His work was edited by Antoine de Jussieu, remarkable for its rich deep-green leaves marked with a bright red midrib. It forms a bush, about 2 feet high, very compact, and leafy. None of the insects so common in hothouses like to attack it; bad cultivation affects it but little: in thrives in almost any soil, and is very readily increased by cuttings. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in August 1829. Stem about 2 feet high, with smooth, somewhat 4-cor- nered, purplish-green branches. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, entire or toothletted, mucronulate, smooth. Spines, which are nothing but the starved leaves of an abortive axillary bud, divaricate, simple, pungent. Spikes terminal, ovate or oblong, with large, convex, bright-green, ventricose bractez, forming a head like that of the Hop. Flowers yellow, fugi- tive, but produced in a long succession. J. L. 1484 PYRUS* nivális. The Snow Pear. ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGY NIA. Nat. ord. Powaczz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 83.) PYRUS.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 514. P. nivalis ; foliis ovalibus integerrimis obtusis subtüs albido-sericeis, corymbis terminalibus, fructibus globosis. De Cand. prodr. 2. 634. 'P. nivalis. ZL. fil. suppl. 253. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 107. Arbor parva, comá tortuosá compactá, defoliatd Oxyacanthe cujusdam facie. Rami Juniores tomentosi, cinerei. Folia surculorum obovato-lanceolata, tomentosa, presertim subtüs, nunc utrinque acuminata, nunc apice, nunc basi obtusa ; ramulorum minora, fer? semper obtusa, juniora albiora, adulta Sere glabra. Corymbi terminales, incano-tomentosi. Styli sepids quinque. "es parvus, depresso-sphericus, olivaceus, lapideus ; putrescens dulcis, sapidus. A native, according to Jacquin, of the Alps of Austria ; but Host asserts that this is not the case, and that it ıs only cultivated in orchards and vineyards, where it is propagated by grafting, like the Apple and Pear. The Austrian Gardeners call it Schnee-Birne (Snow Pear), because in the beginning of winter, when gardens, vine- yards, and meadows, are covered with snow, the fruit becomes soft, and may be eaten. It is a very common inhabitant of our Gardens, where it is often called Pyrus precox; a name the authority for which can be no where traced. It is very like Pyrus salvifolia, tab. 1482, the remarks upon which apply almost equally to it. Although the leaves are narrower, more obtuse, and perhaps white be- neath, yet there are so many cases in which the two plants pass, as it were, into each other, that they are most likely the same natural species. J. L. * See fol. 1196. VOL. XVIH. C 1485 . AERIDES* cornútum. Horn-flowered Air-plant. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncurpEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) § Vandee Lindley. AERIDES.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 220. A. cornutum ; foliis coriaceis apice obtusis obliquis, racemis pendulis multi- floris foliis longioribus, labelli cucullati infundibularis laciniis lateralibus erectis cuneatis rotundatis: intermedia ovata acuta inflexa: calcare incurvo. A. cornutum. Roxb. hort. beng. p. 63. Caulis ramosus, crassus, leté viridis, radices longas aereas tortuosas emittens. Folia coriacea, 6-7 uncias longa, apice obliqua, obtusa, let? viridia, subdisticha. Bractex ovate, rigide. Flores carnei, fragrantissimi. Sepala patentia ; inferiora ovata, latá basi columne pedi adnata, supremum ovatum, basi paululúm angustatum, obtusum. Petala sepalo superiori subconformia, patentia. — Labellum infundibuliforme, cum pede columne articulatum, 3-lobum, laciniis conniventibus : lateralibus erectis, cuneatis, rotundatis, in- termediá lineari-lanceolatá ; calcaratum, calcare conico, incurvo, apice viridi. Columna brevis, basi valdé producta, canaliculata, intra lacinias labelli abscondita. Clinandrium rostratum, acutum, ad caudiculam subulatam pol- linis recipiendam. Anthera ovata, rostrata, basi bilocularis. Masse pol- linis due, globose, intús sulcate ; glandula obovata. This most lovely plant was originally obtained by Dr. Roxburgh from.Dacca, and must have been sent many years since to the Garden at Kew ; for a blossom of it was brought to us on the 8th of July, 1822, at which time it was flowering in great beauty. Subsequently Dr. Wallich obtained it from Noakote, * So called from the power that this, like many other Orchideous genera, possesses of living almost entirely upon the matter it absorbs from the atmo- sphere, into which it emits its long tortuous absorbent roots. where it grows upon trees, blossoming in June. In the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, it is cultivated successfully ; and has there gained the name of the Jamaica pomatum plant, from the rich fragrance of its flowers resembling the unguent so called. For ourselves, we compared it rather to the odour of the Tuberose. It is certainly the most interesting of its tribe that has yet been introduced, whether we consider the great mass of its blossoms, their curious form, or delicate colour, or long duration, or delicious perfume. It flourishes in a very damp Hothouse, planted in moss in a pot suspended from the rafters; but, as it branches rather unwillingly, it is slow of propagation. Our drawing was made last August in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from a plant that had been brought to England by Dr. Wallich, and presented by the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company. E Le 14 SO O C usa. MÀ 1486 CAMASSIA* esculénta. Eatable Quamash. PRESS! ti HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. AsPHopELEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) CAMASSIA.—Bulbus tunicatus. Flores ceerulei, v. purpurei. Pe- rianthium explanatum, hexaphyllum, foliolis quinque superioribus ascendenti- bus, sexto decurvo. Stamina sex, hypogyna, «qualia; filamenta glabra, ascendentia. Ovarium 3-loculare polyspermum. Stylus declinatus. Stigma obsolet& 3-dentatum. Capsula chartacea, 3-locularis, . 3-valvis, loculicido- dehiscens. Semina cuique loculo sex, subrotunda, nigra, nitida, raphe et chalazá corrugatis. C. esculenta. Phalangium Quamash. Pursh fl. am. sept. 1. 226. Bulbus ovatus, tunicatus, nucis avellane magnitudine, atrofuscus. . Folia linearia, acuminata, canaliculata, leté viridia, scapo breviora, recurva, v. medio quasi refracta ob debilitatem. Scapus pedalis v. bipedalis, teres, glaucus, versüs apicem purpurascens. Bracteæ subscariose, ovate, cum acumine, pedicellis longiores, infime sepiis vacue. Pedicelli filiformes, semunciam longi, ascendentes. Perianthium explanatum, diametro fere biunciali, hexaphyllum, did persistens ; foliolis atropurpureis, lanceolatis, 5 superioribus ascendentibus, sessilibus, sexto unguiculato, decurvo. Stamina sex, hypogyna, equalia ; filamenta glabra, ascendentia, perianthio breviora. This very beautiful plant was sent some years since from North-west America to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Douglas, but did not flower till the month of July in last year. A few flowering spikes then appeared, of which that represented was the finest. We scarcely remember to * An alteration of the Indian name Quamash, or Camass. ‘‘ This plant is known among the natives by the name Quamash ; and the bulbs are care- fully collected by them and baked between hot stones, when they assume the appearance of baked pears, and are of an agreeable sweet taste. They form a great part of their winter stores. Though an agreeable food to Governor Lewis's party, they occasioned bowel complaints if eaten in any quantity ,"— PursA. have seen a more strikingly handsome bulbous plant: no art can do justice to the rich colour of the flower, which, although of the most intense purple, yet is so relieved by the satiny sparkling lustre of the cuticle, as to have quite a light and elegant effect. It has been hitherto cultivated in a peat border, under a north wall, where it grows freely, proving perfectly hardy : a few seeds were produced; and it is probable that when the bulbs are stronger, it will increase readily in that manner. That this is the real Quamass or Camass root of the North-west American Indians, we know upon the authority of Mr. Douglas, who found it in the greatest profusion on alluvial, grassy, and partly overflowed soils on the Co- lumbia, in 1825. He also met with a white variety, or rather perhaps species, of which specimens are in his Herbarium. It is no doubt also the Phalangium Quamash of Pursh, whose description is as applicable to the plant as could be expected from its having been drawn up from a dried speci- men. But we are by no means of opinion that it is the same as a supposed synonym, the Phalangium esculentum of Nuttall, which that author discovered near the confluence of Huron river with Lake Erie, and near St. Louis, Louisiana, and which he also describes as common on the lowest banks of the Ohio. On the contrary, it can scarcely be doubted that both Mr. Nuttall and Dr. Torrey, as well as others who have copied them, apply the name to the pale blue- flowered Scilla esculenta; a most undoubted Scilla, well figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 1574. This eastern plant has probably been supposed to be the same as the western species, in consequence of its bulbs also being - edible, and because Pursh describes the flowers of the Quamash as pale blue; an error that was easily made in drawing up a description from a dried specimen, the only materials in his possession. In Scilla esculenta the leaves are glaucous; the flowers pale blue, and much smaller; the segments have a uniform direction and expansion; the stamens are shorter, and spread equally round the pistillum, which is straight. In none of these important characters does the plant now represented accord : its leaves are bright green; the flowers deep purple; 5 of the segments have a direction upwards, while the sixth is bent down; the stamens are ascending, and the style is declinate. No doubt, therefore, can exist, not only of their specific, but even of their generic dif- ference. In deciding to what genus to refer this plant, we have felt a difficulty that must have been experienced by all who have ever studied the group of Asphodelez, to which it no doubt belongs; viz. that the genera Scilla, Orni- thogalum, Anthericum, and their allies, are characterised so loosely that one can never tell their precise limits. This arises from two circumstances ; the first of which is, that the hybernaculum, which in these plants is an organ of primary importance, is not taken as an essential cha- racter of genera; and the second is, that too many anomalies are suffered to enter into the most recent arrangements of the species. In tribes of plants so simple in structure and so very uniform as Asphodelez, it is, as in U mbelliferze, Cruciferz, and other Dicotyledonous Orders of a like nature, indispensible that the genera should be confined within the most exact limits ; and it is far better that this should be effected by the creation of many new genera, than that it should not be done at all. For this reason, we formerly separated Barnardia from Scilla and Ornithogalum; and now propose the genus Camassia, which we conceive to be distinctly separated from Czackia and Anthericum (the Phalangium. of Jussieu) by its bulbs; and from Scilla, Albuca, and the like, by the 5 ascending segments of its perianthium, ascending stamens, and declinate style. It is probable that other species now referred to Anthericum may also belong to this genus; but upon that inquiry our leisure does not at present permit us to enter. És Bulb ovate, tunicated, dark brown, about the size of a hazel-nut. Leaves linear, acuminate, channelled, bright green, shorter than the scape, curved, or as it were broken back in the middle in consequence of their weak- ness. Scape 1 or 2 feet high, taper, glaucous, purplish towards the extremity. Bracte@ somewhat scarious, ovate, with a long point, longer than the pedicels, the lowest often empty. Pedicels filiform, half an inch long, ascending. Perianthium spreading quite open, nearly two inches in diameter, 6-leaved, not readily falling away; the segments deep purple, lanceolate, the five upper ones ascending, sessile, the sixth unguiculate and curved downwards. J. L. 1487 ASTER* coridifólius. The Coris-leaved Starwort. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosırz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $ Corymbiferee Juss. Asterew Cassini. ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. Sect. B. 9. Herbacei ; foliorum. vene primarie divergentes v. eva- nescentes ; involucra campanulata, squamis exterioribus sensim minoribus magis minüsve squarrosis. : A. coridifolius ; glaber, ramis intricatissimis, foliis superioribus depauperatis squamiformibus, capitulis terminalibus subsolitariis, flosculis radii acutis, pappo flosculis disci sequali, ovario glabro. A. coridifolius. Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 112. Caulis 2-3-pedalis, ramis angulatis, gracilibus, glabriusculis, quàm mazimé intertextis, quasi aphyllis, ob folia suprema minima, glabra, patentia, squamiformia. Folia radicalia lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, inferiora caulina lineari-oblonga, obtusa, sursùm sensim in squamulas mutata. Radii pallide carnet, imbricati. . We have been enabled to determine this very rare and little-known Aster by comparison with an authentic speci- men out of Michaux's Herbarium, for which we are indebted to M. Achille Richard. Formerly we supposed it to be a new species, and called it A. intricatus; under which name a few plants have been distributed from the Horticultural Society's Garden, the only collection in which, as far as we are aware, it exists. It was brought thither some years since by Mr. George Don, upon his return from New York; and was probably found by him in the vicinity of that city. It flowers in October. No species can be more distinctly characterised than * So called from the starry appearance of the flowers. this. Its almost leafless, deep green, entangled branches, which form a compact roundish bush, 2 or 3 feet high, and its few, scattered, solitary, inconspicuous heads of pale flesh- coloured or pink flowers, will at once distinguish it from all other kinds except the rare Aster squarrosus, with which, however, it is not likely to be confounded. We dare not quote a single synonym beyond that of Michaux. The A. coridifolius of Willdenow's Species Plantarum is described with leaves hispid at the margin; Nees von Esenbeck, who probably had the same sort in view, changes the term hispidus to ciliato-scaber ; Pursh copies Willdenow, and confirms the statement of that Botanist, that the flowers are bright blue; Nuttall reduces coridifolius as a variety to A. foliolosus, with which the true coridifolius has but little affinity ; and finally, Sprengel joins with it A. obliquus of Nees, a totally different plant. Probably at least three distinct species are comprehended among these synonyms, which we confess we have not the skill to disentangle, even if it were worth the while. J^ de. Ed. m th rel J SII 2 t Walls. o. I, FTudguay { / Seccadddg « w 1488 LÓTUS* arenárius. Sand Lotus. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lesumınosz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) LOTUS L.—Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus; ale vexillum subequantes ; carina rostrata. Legumen cylindraceum, v. compressum, apterum; stylus rectus ; stigma oculo nudo subulatum: Herbs. Folia palmatim 3-folio- lata. Stipule foliacee. Pedunculi axillares, 1-6-flori, folio florali apice Stipati, flavi, rariüs albi aut rosei. De Cand. prodr. 2. 209. L. arenarius; caulibus procumbentibus ramosis pubescentibus, ramis pe- dunculisque erectiusculis, foliolis acutiusculis cuneatis, stipulis ovatis, capitulis 5-10-floris, bracteis sublanceolatis calyce minoribus, calycibus subbilabiatis, dentibus duobus superioribus longioribus, leguminibus teretibus glabris. D. C. I. c. L. arenarius. Brotero fl. lusitan. 2. p. 120. Herba annua, pubescens, caulibus prostratis, teretibus, pallide viridibus ; ramuli pedunculique ascendentes. Foliola incana, cuneato-obovata, sessilia, petiolo communi stipulis cordato-ovatis foliolis minoribus equali. Capituli subsexflori, basi folio minore sessili exstipulato stipati. Calyx pallide luteo- viridis, tubo laciniis paulo longiore. Flores lutei, vexillo basi limbi strüs 5 minutis penicillato. * A name which has been more variously applied, and of which per- haps more has been written, than of any other plant. Those who have sought for its origin in the Greek language have found nothing nearer than aw, to will, or desire; alluding, as they suppose, to the plant being greatly esteemed. Others have thought, with more probability, that Awros of the Greeks, and Lotus of the Latins, had one common Egyptian origin, its ety- mology being therefore, of course, inscrutable to us. All that can be said of the application of this name, at various times and in various languages, is, that it has always been used for some plant eminently useful as food for man or beast. Thus it has been appropriated to the xvas, or sacred bean of India, and to its Egyptian substitute, the Nymphea; to some African fruit on which certain people have chiefly depended for support; and to several herbaceous plants essential to the maintenance of domestic cattle in countries sparingly furnished with grass. In this last sense it is finally retained as a generic appellation by modern Botanists. —Smith in Rees's Cyclop. Found originally in Portugal by Professor Brotero, on the sandy sea-coast of Trafaria, at the mouth of the Tagus: it has subsequently been met with in sandy places near Tangier, by Salzmann, from whom we have a specimen. It approaches the common Lotus corniculatus in some respects : it is, however, not only known by its more hoary, downy leaves, and deeper yellow flowers, but also by the bidentate stigma. It is an annual, and no doubt hardy ; the plants from which our drawing was taken were raised from seed col- lected in Teneriffe by Philip Barker Webb, Esq., from whose Garden at Milford, near Godalming, specimens were communicated in April 1831,by Mr. Young. It may perhaps be worth remarking, that this is one of the instances where plants that are natives of the north of Africa, or of the southern countries of Europe, spread north- wards on the west of the European continent exclusively. J. Li 1550 1489 HAKEA* lineáris. Linear-leaved Hakea. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. PRorEACEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 68.) HAKEA.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 475. $. Folia omnia plana, aliqua v. omnia dentata v. incisa. H. linearis; foliis lineari-oblongis sessilibus impunctatis spinuloso-dentatis mucronatis junioribus integerrimis, ramulis glabris, corymbis axillaribus foliis brevioribus. H. linearis. R. Brown prodr. 384. Römer et Schultes syst. veg. 3. 421. Sweet. fl. australas. 43. Frutex sempervirens, dumosus, ramis ramulisque glabris, viridi-castaneis ; his angulatis. Folia plana, mitida, glaberrima, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, spinuloso-dentata, mucronata, juniora integerrima ; omnia impunctata, avenia, costá obscurá evanescente. Flores albi, leviter odorati, corymbis axillaribus Folio brevioribus, congesti ; rachis glabra, alba; pedicelli clavati, glabri; bracteæ minime, squamiformes. Calyx 4-phyllus, sepalis linearibus, apice recurvis, glabris, subcampanulatis. Ovarium glabrum. Stylus filiformis, sepalis longior, apice recurvus ; stigma simplex, subdilatatus. A native of the barren plains of Lewin's Land, on the south-west coast of New Holland. In this country it forms a very beautiful evergreen bush, remarkable for the glossiness and rich deep bright green of the leaves. The flowers are produced in great abundance. As a species it stands next H. florida, from which it is readily known by its leaves not having the little impressed dots, nor its branches the hairs, to be seen in that species. Our drawing was made in August last, in the Nursery * So named by Professor Schrader, in compliment to Baron Hake, a patron of the Botanic Garden at Hanover. of Mr. Low, at Clapton, who informs us that it is a hardy greenhouse plant, requiring no particular treatment beyond that required by other New Holland Proteacex, and in- creased by cuttings of the wood just ripened. KL. a 14.9 O 1490 GOMPHOLÓBIUM* marginátum. Thick-edged Gompholobium. ccna RO DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Lesumınos& Juss. $. Papilionacew. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) GOMPHOLOBIUM.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 484. G. marginatum ; foliolis 3 obovatis marginatis planis, stipulis petiolum sequantibus, corolla longitudine calycis. De Cand. prodr. 2. 105. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2.v. 3. p. 11. Fruticulus spithamevs, ramosus, erectus, ramulis subteretibus, gracil- limis, glabris. Folia trifoliolata, subnitida, glabra, glaucescentia ; foliola in petiolum brevem. subsessilia, cuneato-obovata, mucronata, venis primariis obliquis rectis excurrentibus, in margine incrassato evanescentibus ; stipulse subulate, petiolo equales. Pedicelli axillares, solitarii, filiformes, cernui, versus basin bracteolis quibusdam minutis squamati. Sepala viridia, corollá paulo breviora. Petala utrinque lutea, unicolora. Legumen oblongum, ventricosum, polyspermum, fragile. Semina reniformi-oblonga, parva, pal- lidé testacea. A native of the South-western coast of New Holland, whence seeds were brought by Mr. William Baxter to Mr. Knight, in whose Nursery, in the King's Road, our drawing was made in August last. It is a neat little plant, requiring the same treatment as Gompholobium tomentosum, already figured at tab. 1474 of this work. A small shrub, about a span high, branched, erect, with roundish, slender, smooth shoots. Leaflets shining, smooth, somewhat glaucous, cuneate-obovate, mucronate; their primary veins straight, oblique, running out to the edge, which is remarkably thickened; stipules subulate, as long as the petiole. Pedicels axillary, solitary, filiform, drooping, covered towards the base with a few scale-like bractex. Sepals green, rather shorter than the corolla. Petals yellow on each side. Pod ventricose, oblong, em seeded, brittle. Seeds reniform-oblong, small, pale at RA * See fol. 1468. 1491 CÓRDIA* grandiflóra. Large-flowered Cordia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI A. Nat. ord. Conpiacez R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 243.) CORDIA L.—Calyz tubulosus, 5- raro 4-dentatus. Corolla infundi- buliformis, limbo 5-4-fido. Stamina numero laciniarum, rard plura. Stylus dichotomus. Stigmata 4. Drupa calyce partim v. omnind tecta, putamine 4-loculari, abortione 1-3-loculari. Cotyledones plicate. Arbores v. Frutices. Folia integerrima, v. incisa. Inflorescentia terminalis, panicu- lata, corymbosa, v. spicata, ebracteata.—Brown prodr. 498. C. grandiflora ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis dentato-serratis basi integerrimis, calyce pubescente subtruncato levi, corollis campanulato- infundibu- laribus calyce 5-6-pló longioribus : laciniis cuspidatis. Our drawing of this plant was made in August 1828, in the stove of Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, where it was said to have been raised from South American seeds. Owing to some accident no specimen was preserved, and we now find that the plant has disappeared; so that we are in possession of no information relating to it beyond what the drawing affords. Upon shewing it to Mr. Don, who has made several of the orders of arborescent monopetalous Dicotyledons his particular study, he suggested that the plant was probably a Cordia; a view which the serrated alternate leaves, and plaited corolla, with cuspidate segments, renders extremely probable. Mr. Don has not, however, succeeded in dis- * So called after Euricius and Valerius Cordus, father and son, both among the regenerators of Botany in Germany in the sixteenth century : of the former the Botanologicon, of the latter the Historia Plantarum, are the works that are best known. covering any thing similar to it in the vast South American Herbarium of Mr. Lambert; nor have we ourselves been able to detect it in our own Herbarium, or in books. It is a very fine species; and we hope that the publica- tion of the figure may prove the means of recovering the plant. J. E: 1492 POTENTÍLLA* viscósa. Viscid Cinquefoil. ICOSANDRIA E YGY NI A. Nat. ord. RosacEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 81.) &. Potentillee Jussieu. POTENTILLA.—Suprà, fol. 1379. P. viscosa; caule erecto, foliis pinnatifidis viscido-pubescentibus: caulinis 3-5-pinnatisectis, lobis lanceolatis inciso-serratis, floribus numerosis pani- culatis, laciniis calycinis subeequalibus ovatis acuminatis, bracteolis linearibus, petalis obcordatis longitudine calycis, receptaculo piloso, carpellis levibus. De Cand. prodr. 2. 581. P. viscosa. Donn. hort. cant. Lehm. potent. 57. P. hispida, Westl. potentill. 36. nec Willdenovii. A hardy, herbaceous plant, native, according to different authors, of Davuria, Siberia, and Arabia. It is nearly related to P. pennsylvanica, from which it is known by its green, not hoary, aspect, by its long spreading hairs, shorter deep-yellow petals, and by the viscid glands that are scattered among the pubescence, and from which the species derives its name. Grows readily in any common soil, and blossoms in the months of June, July, and August. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in 1830. — J. L. * See fol. 1379. VOL, XVIII. D, . "ndi 1493 SCUTELLARIA* alpína ; var. lupulína. Alpine Scutellaria; hop-flowered variety. DIDYNAMIA GY MNOSPERMI A. Nat. ord. LaBıatz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) SCUTELLARIA Linn.— Calyx campanulatus, bilabiatus: labiis in- tegris (nempe sepalo supremo excluso squameeformi, binis lateralibus in labium superius, 2 infimis in inferius coalitis,) post anthesin clausis, demüm ad basin fissis, superiore dorso squamigero ad maturationem deciduo inferiore persistente. Corolla tubo longé exserto, adscendente, bilabiata : labio supe- riore galeato, inferiore convexo, lobis lateralibus nunc liberis, sepiis cum labio superiore rarissimé cum inferiore coalitis. Stamina 4, sub galea adscendentia, didynama. Anthere ciliatee, staminum inferiorum longiorum dimidiate, superiorum breviorum cordate, biloculares, loculis divaricatis, dorso sub oppositis. Stylz lobus superior seepiús brevissimus, lobusque infe- rior acuti apice minute stigmatiferi. Ovarium gynophoro incurvo elevatum, obliquum. Achenia sicca, nuda, tuberculoso-rugosa. Herbe annue, vel perennes, rariüs suffrutices, caule non nunquam. subvolubili scandente. Pedunculi in azillis foliorum floralium solitarii, uniflori. Benth. MSS. S. alpina ; caule procumbente, foliis subsessilibus v. breviter petiolatis ovatis serrato-crenatis concoloribus: floralibus membranaceis junioribus imbri- catis, spicis tetragonis. Benth. MSS. S. alpina. Linn. Supra, fol. 1460. S. variegata. Spreng. fil. tentamen. S. altaica. Fisch. cat. hort. Gorenhi, 39. Sw. brit. fl. gard. 1. t. 45. B. lupulina ; floribus flavis, caule foliisque glabrioribus. Bentham. S. lupulina. Linn. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 172. S. verna. Besser prim. fl. gal. par. ii. 43. S. no. 52. Gmelin fl. sibir. 3. 229. t. 48. A hardy, prostrate, herbaceous, perennial plant, found in the south-eastern parts of Europe, and in Asiatic Russia. — Siberia and Tartary are named as its countries by Willdenow ; Besser obtained it from the neighbourhood of Tyra, in Galicia; and Gmelin found it in the mountains of the country watered by the river Jaik. * See fol. 1460. In habit and period of flowering it corresponds exactly with S. alpina, already figured at fol. 1460 of this work: in our Gardens it differs chiefly in its flowers being pale yellow, without any stain of violet, and in the flower-heads having a less disposition to elongate, so that the bractee have pretty constantly that compact arrangement to which the name hop-headed owes its origin; the leaves are also generally larger, more obtuse, and perhaps less sessile. The character in the inflorescence just alluded to, appears, however, to be lost in a wild state, as is evident from Gmelin's plate, which Besser has rightly referred to this species. We therefore cannot but adopt Mr. Bentham's opinion, that Sc. lupulina is a mere variety of S. alpina, into which it may be traced even from its best-defined state. To the kindness of this gentleman we owe not only the corrected generic and specific characters given above, but also the following valuable enumeration of all the species comprehended in the genus. “$ 1. Spicate ; foliis floralibus membranaceis, floribus tetragono-spicatis. 1. S. orientalis (Linn. spec. 834).— Hab. in Grecia, Armenia, et Caucaso (v. s. sp.) 2. S. grandiflora (Sims. bot. mag. 17. t. 635). — Hab. in Sibiriä. : Ex 3. S. alpina (Linn. sp. 834).— Hab. in Pyrenzis, et in alpibus Europeis, Altaicis, et Tauro-Caucasicis. ' : 4. S. linearis dcr ! in Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 66).—Hab. in alpibus Kamaonensibus Indie Orientalis (v. s. sp.) § 2. Racemose ; folis floralibus herbaceis parvis vel caulinis difformibus, floribus - secundis racemosis. * Floribus sparsis. 5. S. longifolia, glabra, caule erecto, foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis remote dentatis basi rotundato-cuneatis: floralibus linearibus minutis deciduis, racemis elongatis subramosis, floribus secundis sparsis, corollis calyce glabro octupló longioribus.— Hab. in Nova Hispania, Mocino et Sessé (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) n 6. S. multiflora, caule erecto tenuiter pubescente, foliis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis obtusé sinuato-dentatis basi rotundato-truncatis: floralibus lanceolato-linearibus calyce sublongioribus, racemis elongatis simplicibus, floribus secundis sparsis, corollis calyce vil- re UE longioribus.—Hab. in Nová Hispaniä, Mocino et Sessé (v. s. sp. in herb. mbert. 7. S. breviflora, glabra, caule erecto, foliis petiolatis ovatis acuminatis obtuse sinuato- dentatis basi rotundato-truncatis: floralibus lanceolato-linearibus calyce sublongioribus, racemis elongatis simplicibus laxis, floribus secundis sparsis, corollis calyce glabro subtripló longioribus.— Hab. in Peruviá, Pavon. (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) 8. S. atriplicifolia, tenuiter cano-pubescens, foliis petiolatis lato-ovatis obtusiusculis sub- integerrimis repandisve basi truncatis subcordatis subcarnosis : floralibus ovatis acuminatis calyce sublongioribus, racemis elongatis simplicibus, floribus secundis sparsis.—Hab. in Peruviá? Pavon. (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) 9. S. coccinea (Kunth nov. gen. et sp. 2. 325).—Hab. in Americ Meridionalis regno Granatense. 10. S. tubiflora, caulibus adscendentibus ramosis pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis grosse crenatis basi rotundatis suprà hispidulis subtüs molliter pubescentibus : floralibus ovatis ante anthesin imbricatis, racemis simplicibus, floribus secundis sparsis, corollis calyce septuplö longioribus.— Hab. in Brasilia Meridionali, Sello (v. s. sp. in herb. reg. Berol. 11. S. discolor (Colebr. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 66). S. indica, Don prod. fl. nep. 109, non Linn.— Hab. in montibus Napaliz et Silhet Indie Orientalis (v. s. sp.) ** Floribus oppositis. 12. S. fruticosa (Desf. in Pers. syn. 2. 136).— Hab. in Persiá et Syriá (v. s. sp.) J3. S. versicolor (Nutt. gen. 2. 38). S. cordifolia, Muhl. cat. —Hab. in Louisiana et Ohio Americz Borealis (v. s. sp.) 14. S. Columne (All. ped. 1. 40. t. 84. f. 2). S. peregrina, Sibth. et Sm. fl. gr. 6. 66. t. 582, non Linn.—Hab. in Gallia, Italiá, Germaniá, Grecia (v. s. sp.) | 4 15. S. Tourneforti, glaberrima, caule erecto ramoso, foliis petiolatis ovatis vel ovato- lanceolatis grossé crenatis, infimis basi lat? subcordatis, superioribus rotundato-truncatis : floralibus ovato-lanceolatis calyce fructifero subbrevioribus, racemo elongato laxo glabro, floribus oppositis secundis, calycibus pedicello longioribus, fructiferis maximis glabris, corollis calyce sextupló longioribus. — Hab. in Persia, Tournefort (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert. 16. E rubia (Linn. spec. 836). S. peregrina, Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 2. 154. t. 125, non Linn.— Hab. in Europá Austro-orientali, in Tauriá, et in Caucaso (v. s. sp.) 17. S. Felisberti (Mart. ex Spr. syst. cur. post. 226).— Hab. in Brasilia. — 18. S. purpurascens (Sw. fl. ind. occid. 2. 1013).—Hab. in India Orientali (v. s. sp.) 19. S. violacea (Heyne, Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 66). S. indica, Roxb. hort. beng. 44, non Linn.—Hab. in Indie Orientalis Peninsulá et in Ceyloná. ENT 4 20. S. oblonga, caule adscendente pubescente, foliis petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis acutius- culis apice subserratis basi rotundatis integerrimis glabriusculis : floralibus ovatis minutis, racemo laxo simpliciusculo, floribus oppositis secundis, calycibus pedicellum equantibus, fructiferis maximis glabriusculis, corolle labio inferiore. latissimo.—Hab. in Ceyloná, Macrae (v. s. sp. in herb. Lindley.) à 5 ; 21. S. Wightiana (Benth. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 67).—Hab. in Indie Orientalis Peninsulä et in Ceylonä (v. s. sp. à ; : ; ( 22. S. Colebrookeana (Wall. ! pl. as. rar. 1. 67).—Hab. in Indie Orientalis Peninsulá V. S. Sp. ; 23. d. indica (Linn. ! spec. 836, non Don).— Hab. in Chiná et Japoniá (v. s. sp.) 24. S. albida (Linn. ! mant. 248). S. pallida, Bieb. fl. tauro-cauc. 2. 65. S. nigrescens, Spr. syst. 2. 702?— Hab. in Europá Austro-orientali, Tauriá, et Sibirià Australi (v. s. sp.) 25. S. hirta (Sibth. et Sm. fl. gr. 6. 66. t. 583). S. utriculata, Labill. ic. syr. pl. rar. 4. 11. t. 6.— Hab. in Cretá et Syriá. > 26. S. peregrina (Linn. ! spec. 836). S. rubicunda, Hornem. hort. Hafn.— Hab. in Caucaso (v. v. c.) 3 ; 27. S. serrata (Andr. ! bot. rep. t. 494).— Hab. in Americá Boreali (v. s. c.) 28. S. canescens (Nutt. gen. 2. 38). S. serrata, Spr. syst. 2. 703, et auct. plur. non Andr. S. pubescens, Muhlenb. cat.?— Hab. in Canada? Ohio et Louisianá superiore Americz Borealis (v. s. sp.) 29. S. pilosa (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. 11). | S. caroliniana, Walt. fl. carol. 163. S. el- liptica, Muhlenb. cat. ?—Hab. in America Boreali à Pennsylvania ad Georgiam (v. s. sp.) 30. S. villosa (Elliott bot. 2. 90?).—Hab. in Americá Boreali, in Georgiá, et Novo Aureliano (v. s. sp.) ; j 31. S. integrifolia (Linn. ! spec. 836). S. hyssopifolia, Linn. ! spec. 836. S. caro- liniana, Lam. dict. 7.706. Illustr. t: 515. f. 3. S. ovalifolia, Pers. syn. 2. 136. ?— Hab. in . Americá Boreali à Novo Eboraco ad Georgiam (v. s. sp.) : } > 32. S. incurva. (Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 67).—Hab. in Indie Orientalis regno Avano V. 8. Sp. à : : 33. 2, macrantha (Fisch.! MSS.)— Hab. in Asiá Orientali, in Dahuriä, et Chinä v. 8. Sp. 4 A ; 34? n racemosa (Pers. syn. 2. 136).— Hab. in Monte Video America Australis. $ 3. Azillares, foliis floralibus herbaceis caulinis subconformibus, floribus axillaribus vel supremis subracemosis. à xi ; : 35. S. antirrhinoides, caule diffuso ramoso glabro, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis obtusis integerrimis basi angustatis crassiusculis glabris vel tenuissime pubescentibus : eran conformibus, supremis sterilibus, floribus axillaribus oppositis secundis, calycibus pedicello brevioribus.—Hab. in America M. ad ripas fluminis, Columbiá prope arcem Vancouver, Scouler (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker. z un 36. S. er (Pursh ! fl. amer. sept. 2. 412).—Hab. in Americá Boreali-occi- dentali (v. s. sp. : 37. M scordijolia (Fisch. ! in Spr. syst. 2. 225). S. Adamsii, Spr. syst. 2. 701 ?— Hab. in Asia Boreali-orientali in Camtchatká et Dahuriä, et ad lacum Baikal? (v.s. sp.) — 38. S. galericulata ( Linn. ! spec. 835).— Hab. in Europá totá, Asiá Rossicá, et Americá Boreali. ; : : 39. S. hastefolia (Linn. ! spec. 835).— Hab. in Sueciá, Galliä, et Germaniä (v. s. sp.) 40. S. rivularis (Wall.! pl. as. rar. 2. 66). S. barbata, Don prod. fl. nep. — Hab. in Napaliä Indie Orientalis, et in Chiná Australi (v. 8. sp.) 41. S. havanensis (Jacq. obs. 2. 5. t. 29).— Hab. in Cuba. : : RR 42, S. rumicifolia (Kunth nov. gen. et sp. 2. 324).—Hab. in Americá Meridionali, Mexico, Columbiä, Brasiliä, Chili, &c. (v. s. sp.) 4 E ii 43. S. microphylla (Mog. et Sessé, MSS.), pubescens, caule diffuso humili ramoso, foliis petiolatis inferioribus rotundatis sinuato-crenatis, superioribus ovatis, supremis srt tegerrimis utrinque angustatis, floribus parvis axillaribus oppositis secundis, pedicellis calyce longioribus. — Hab. in Nová Hispaniä, Mogino et Sessé (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) ; 44. S. humilis (Br. prod. 507).—Hab. in Nová Hollandiá, in Terrá Diemenicá v. S. Sp.) ( 45. S. minor (Linn. ! spec. 835).— Hab. in Angliá, Galliá, et Germaniá (v. s. sp.) 46. S. parvula (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. 12).—Hab. in Americá Boreali à Canadá ad Virginiam et regione Illinoensium (v. s. sp. : 47. S. gracilis (Nutt. gen. 2. 37).— Hab. in Americà Boreali prope Philadelphiam et ad West Chester (v. s. sp.) 48. S. nervosa (Pursh ! fl. bor. amer. 2. 412). S.ambigua, Nutt. gen. 2. 37.— Hab. in Americá Boreali ad Ohio (v. s. sp. ^ 49. S. cerulea (Mog. et Sessé, MSS.), caule simpliciusculo pubescente, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-rhomboideis obtusis crenatis basi rotundatis: floralibus subconformibus angustioribus, supremis lanceolatis subintegerrimis, omnibus suprà pubescentibus, floribus oppositis secundis axillaribus vel supremis subracemosis, corollis calyce subsessili sextupló longioribus. Var. £ foliis utrinque pubescentibus— Hab. in Mexico, Mogino et Sessé; var. 6 in montibus prope Tlalpuxahua, G. J. Graham (v. s. sp. æ in herb. Lambert. 6 comm. à cl. Graham.) 50. S. mollis (Br. prod. 507).— Hab. in Novä Hollandiä (v. s. sp.) 51. S. malvefolia (Kunth nov. gen. et sp. 2. 235).—Hab. in Americe Meridionalis - regno Novo-Granatense. 52. S. cumanensis (Kunth nov. gen. et sp. 2. 325).— Hab. in Americá Meridionali prope Cumana et Bordones. 53. S. volubilis (Kunth nov. gen. et. sp. 2. 325).— Hab. in Americá Meridionalis regno Novo-Granatense. S 4. Lateriffore. Foliis floralibus herbaceis infimis caulinis conformibus, floribus oppositis secundis plerumque in racemos axillares terminalesque dispositis. * Caule subvolubili scandente. 54. S. grossa (Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 67).—Hab. in Indie Orientalis montibus Ka- maonensibus (v. s. sp.) 55. S. repens (Hamilt. in Don prod. fl. nep. 110). S. cana, Wall. pl. as. rar. 1. 67.— Hab. in Indie Orientalis montibus Napalensibus, Kamaonensibus, et Avensibus (v. s. sp.) 56. S. scandens (Don prod. fl. nep. 110). S. angulosa, Benth. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 167.— Hab. in Indie Orientalis montibus Napalensibus et Kamaonensibus (v. s. sp.) ** Caule erecto. 57. S. lateriflora (Linn. ! spec. 835).—Hab. in Americá Boreali, vulgaris ab Oceano Atlantico ad Pacificum (v. s. sp. 58. S. cretica. Linn.! spec. 836, est Teucrium Arduini.” Jj. E. P 1494 ERANTHEMUM* foecúndum. Ever-blowing Eranthemum. DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Acantnacex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 233.) ERANTHEMUM.—Suprà, vol. 10. fol. 867. E. fecundum ; foliis subsessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis integer- rimis junioribus pubescentibus, bracteis minimis, corolle laciniis obtusis tubo arcuato brevioribus, spicis terminalibus subsimplicibus. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, tetragonus, ad nodos tumidus, pedalis sesqui- pedalisve, parúm ramosus. Folia atroviridia, suprà glaberrima, subconcava, brevis petiolata ; subtüs petiolis ramulisque pubescentibus. Bracteæ sub- ulate et sepala pubescentia. Corolla lilacina. Our drawing of this species was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in September last, from a plant said to have been sent from Brazil by the Right Hon. Robert Gordon. It requires the heat of a stove, and a good deal of atmospheric moisture, when it readily increases by cuttings, and flowers almost all the year round. What is most remarkable in it is its unusual disposition to form flower-buds instead of leaf-buds. If any thing occurs to check its growth, such as a dry atmosphere, or repotting, or exposure to sudden cold, it is directly thrown so abundantly into a blossoming state, that young plants will often commit a sort of vegetable suicide, killing them- selves by their excessive fecundity. If well managed, encouraged to form leaf-buds, and maintained in a steady and uniform rate of growth, it forms a neat little bush, the ends of all the branches being covered by short spikes of lilac blossoms. J. L. * Literally Love-flower; few of the species deserve the title better than this, mers, 1495 - ASTER* cyáneus. Glaucous Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosıtz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $. Corymbifere Juss. Asterew Cassini. ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. Sect. B. 8. Herbacei; foliorum vene primarie divergentes, v. evanescentes ; involucra campanulata, squamis exterioribus sensim mi- noribus appressis v. erectis. A. cyaneus ; purpurascenti-glaucus glaber, foliis inferioribus ovato- v. ' oblongo-lanceolatis basi petiolatim angustatis: superioribus subam- plexicaulibus oblongis v. ovatis acutis: supremis minoribus, squamis acutis basi albidis, pappo flosculis disci :equali, ovariis glabris. A. Novi Belgii 8. glaucus. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 206. A. cyaneus. Hoffm. phytogr. blátt. 1. t. B. f. 1. Nees monog. ast. herb. p. 23. ; A. glaucus. Nees l. c. p. 23. A. bupleuroides. Hort. monsp. A. mutabilis. Hort. berol. Omni parte herbaceá glaucus, purpureo magis minusve tinctus. Caulis erectus, in cultá 2-3-pedalis, in spontaned sepe multó demissior. Folia radicalia nunc subsessilia, basi angustata, serrata, nunc longè petiolata, quibusdam subcordato-oblonga serrata, aliis ovato-lanceolata integerrima ; caulina cum figurá tum margine pariter variantia, sepiüs acuta, aliquando obtusa, semper subamplezicaulia ; suprema nunc sensim nunc abrupt? minora, caulinis conformia. Capitula nunc apice ramorum solitaria, nunc geminata, nunc in ramos racemosa, rarids corymbosa; involucra campanulata, squamis erectis, imbricatis, acutis, apice herbaceis, basi albidis, margine submem- branaceo, exterioribus multd minoribus. Flosculi radii magis minusve intense cyanei, involucro longiores, disci lutei submutabiles. This appears to be an extremely common North American plant, for it forms a part of almost every collection from the midland districts of the United States. It has been a * See fol. 1487. long time in our Gardens, where it is a great ornament of the outskirts of Shrubberies from September to the end of November, increasing rapidly by its spreading roots, which will soon overrun a considerable patch of ground. It is on this account that, like many others of its tribe, it is unfit for cultivation among delicate plants, or in situations where great order should be maintained. Than this we could scarcely select a better instance of the variable character of the species of this intricate genus. In stature it varies from a foot or fifteen inches to three or four feet in height; its stems are sometimes, as in A. bupleu- roides, deep purple, in others they are scarcely stained ; its leaves are sometimes all serrated, occasionally all entire, more commonly serrated at the lowest part of the stem only; sometimes scarcely any footstalk can be discovered in a specimen, in other cases all the lowest leaves are fur- nished with petioles, almost as long as the lamine; even the outline of the latter is subject to considerable variation, some specimens having the lower leaves almost cordate, while others have them gradually tapering to the base. The characteristic marks of the species are to be sought in the purplish glaucous colour of the stems and leaves, the amplexicaul base of the latter upon the upper parts of osi a and in the large bright blue rays of the flower- eads. There can be no doubt that the synonyms above quoted are certain ones; if we have not increased the list, it is because, although we can scarcely doubt that several more reputed species are also reducible hither, we have not at present the same absolute certainty in regard to them. In the Gardens this is sometimes called A. phlogifolius, A. mutabilis, and even A. concolor; while Pursh has evi- dently confounded it with A. Nove-Angliz, a totally different species. J. L. 1496 Russell’s POTENTÍLLA.* — —— ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. RosacEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 81.) $. Potentillese. POTENTILLA.—Supra, fol. 1379. . GARDEN VARIETY. This Potentilla, which is generally known in our Gardens by the name of P. Russelliana, is one of the most remark- able productions that the art of hybridising has yet pro- duced among herbaceous plants. It was raised by Mr. Russell, of Battersea, between P. atrosanguinea and P. napalensis, and it is as nearly as possible intermediate between those two most truly distinct species. Its flowers rival those of the former in size and depth of colour, while their richness is strikingly increased by an infusion of the purple-carmine ground of the petals of the latter; the foliage partakes almost equally of either parent : “ The monster offspring heirs the father's pride, Mark'd iu the damask beauties of the bride." It is a perfectly hardy perennial plant, increased with facility by the division of its crown ; and flowering most part of the summer. i ils * See fol. 1379. a il Zu nn U TH Poi t i 1497 COBURGIA* fülva. Tawny Coburgia. HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. AmaRYLLIDEE Brown. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 259.) COBURGIA.—Germen ovale, trisuleum. Tubus curvatus, cylindricus, subventricosé ampliatus; limbus tubo brevior, equalis, semipatens, cernuus ; filamenta sequalia, recta, vix conniventia, membrana tubulosá extra tubum connexa; anthere erecto; stylus recurvatus; stigmate obtuso. Ovula biseriatim confusa. Scapus solidus.—W. H. C. fulva; bulbo ovato, foliis subglaucis pedalibus, apice subacuto, scapo 15-unciali compresso viridi; spathá latá viridi bracteatá, umbellà 5-6- florá, pedunculis brevibus, germine viridi, tubo 31-unciali fulvo, limbo li-unciali: laciniis latis obtusis fulvo-miniatis apicem versüs viridi striatis, nectario semunciali: dentibus inter stamina binis viridibus ex- trorsim curvatis, filamentis limbo brevioribus, antheris aureis, stylo fila- mentis longiore, ovulis in loculo quoque viginti quatuor.—W. H. - For the drawing, characters, and following history of this very pretty bulbous plant, we are indebted to the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, in whose rich collection at Spofforth it has first appeared. ** This beautiful South American bulb flowered in the stove in February. It is closely allied to Coburgia incar- nata of Sweet's Flower-Garden, which is Pancratium incar- natum of Humboldt, and Pancratium Trichroma of De la Llave and Llexarza. Coburgia fulva does not appear to have been described. The bulbs of this genus are hardy greenhouse plants; they may be kept dry in the winter, and planted out in the spring; but they will not endure the winter out of doors, except near the wall of a stove. * Named in compliment to his Majesty Leopold I., king of the Belgians. They produce abundance of offsets, which is probably the cause of their rarely flowering with us. Perhaps a strong and richly manured loam would promote their blossom. Bulbs of Coburgia incarnata have been received from Mexico, where it is cultivated in pots; but it is a native of the vicinity of Quito." FL. a. The germen. b. The denticulated membrane uniting the filaments, shewing the posture of the style. c. One cell opened, shewing 24 ovules in two irregular rows. a LM cdm T 1498 SOULÁNGIA* rübra. Red Soulangia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Ruamnez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 113.) SOULANGIA.—Calyx tubo obcouico ovario adnato. Petala cucul- lata. Stamina inclusa, antheris reniformibus unilocularibus. Discus epi- gynus, pentagonus, carnosus. Ovarium calycis tubo adnatum et sequale, triloculare. Stylus simplex. Fructus inferus, areola magna superiüs notatus, tricoccus. Semina podospermio brevi carnoso suffulta.—Adolphe Brongniart, mémoire sur les Rhamnées, p. 70. S. rubra; ramis pubescentibus, foliis ovato-linearibus acutis suprà glabris lucidis subtús incanis margine subrevolutis, capitulis terminalibus multi- floris lanuginosis foliis longioribus. 3 Phylica rubra. Willd. relig. in Römer et Schultes, 5. 491. De Cand. prodr. 2. 37. Frutex sempervirens, foliis superioribus sensim minoribus. Calyx extús lanuginosus, intüs lateritius. Petala purpurea. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence its seeds were received a few years since by Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting, by whom the specimens here figured were com- municated in December last. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, extremely neat in its foliage, and rather pretty when its brick-red flowers, nestled in down, make their appearance. Very near Soulangia thymifolia, from which it differs chiefly in its branches being more downy, and its flowers much larger and more woolly. We have specimens from the Cape of Good Hope, for which we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Reeves. s. L. * Named by Mons. Adolphe Brongniart in compliment to the Chevalier Soulange-Bodin, the spirited proprietor of the Jardin de Fromont, near Paris, an establishment justly celebrated in the annals of French Horti- culture. 1499. er oq Ce a AAA PRIOR T e qmm 1499 HERMINIUM* cordátum. Heart-leaved Herminium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncuipEx Juss. Sect. Ophrydew Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) HERMINIUM R. Br.—Sepala et petala patentia v. conniventia sub- eequalia. Labellum vix sepalis longius, tridentatum trifidum integrumve, basi nunc planiusculum, seepids saccatum v. gibbosum ; saccus v. apertus v. ore constricto vesiciformis. Anthera erecta, minuta, loculis basi di- vergentibus, polliniorum glandulis nudis, seepiüs utrinque squamá (antherä sterili) instructa. Herbe ; radicibus carnosis fasciculatis, lobo uno al- terove incrassato. Flores sepiüs herbacei, nunc albi.—O ns. Gymnadenie et Platanthere quàm maxime affinis, illâ loculis anthere basi divergentibus, hac labello ecalcarato tantúm saccato, difficillime distinguendum. H. cordatum; caule diphyllo, foliis cordatis acutis, spicá secundá, sepalis petalisque ovato lanceolatis acutis subeequalibus, labello trilobo basi saccato, squamis antheræ lateralibus elongatis clavatis. Satyrium diphyllum. Link in Schrad. diar. 1799. p. 323. Orchis cordata. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 28. Habenaria cordata. Br. prodr. p. 312. Spreng. syst. v. 3. 691. Hooker in bot. misc. v. 1. p. 270. t. 55. Bot. mag. 3164. A native of the north-west of Africa and south-west of Europe; Link and Brotero have found it in Portugal ; we have specimens from shady hills near Tangier, collected by Salzmann; and the Rev. Mr. Lowe found it on walls and rocks in Madeira. For the specimen from which our drawing was taken, we are obliged to the Rev. Mr. Berkeley, at whose request it was forwarded to us from the rich collection of Lord Milton, by Mr. Joseph Hen- derson. To the latter excellent cultivator we are indebted for the following note upon its habits : — * An unexplained name of Linnous, mentioned in his Philosophia Bo- tanica, under the head of words derived from the titles of divinities; from which it is to be supposed that it has some reference to the god Mercury; but, as far as we know, not applied by that Botanist. “ The plant grows very well in the Greenhouse; but it requires a little more heat at this season, which seems to be its flowering season (November), than the Greenhouse affords; and I find that it flowers best in the coolest part of the stove." The genus Habenaria was first separated from Orchis by Willdenow, who limited it to those remarkable West Indian plants, Orchis Habenaria and monorhiza of Swartz, in which the cells of the anther are distinct from the elongated lateral processes of the stigma. In this limita- tion he was wrong, as there are several of the species still retained by him in Orchis, to which the characters of those species equally apply. ' Afterwards Dr. R. Brown separated from Orchis all the species in which the glands of the pollen-masses are naked, referring the greater part of them to Habenaria, in two distinct sections, and indicating the existence of the genus now called Gymnadenia. The same learned Botanist also separated from the genus Ophrys, as it stands in Willdenow, the O. monorchis and alpina; to which he afterwards ap- plied the unappropriated Linnean name Herminium. At a subsequent period the late M. Richard restored the genus Habenaria as it was originally understood, re- ferred the greater part of Dr. Brown's Habenarias to a genus he called Platanthera, and distinguished Ophrys alpina under the name of Chamorchis. If particular species be taken as the types of these genera, as, for example, Orchis monorhiza of Habenaria, O. bifolia of Platanthera, O. conopsea of Gymnadenia, and Ophrys monorchis of Herminium, there can be no difficulty in understanding the differences upon the existence of which these genera are established. But ifa more extended view Is given to the subject, the differences insensibly vanish, till at last it becomes doubtful whether the whole of the genera do not rather belong to a single one. Thus Gymnadenia is said to be the same as Orchis, except that its pollen-glands are naked; that is, it has the cells of the anther parallel, and approximated at their bases; ` but then Dr. Brown excludes from it the old Satyria viride and albidum, while Richard refers those species to it; and in the numerous Indian plants of a similar structure, it is often extremely difficult to say whether the cells are parallel, or diverging at the base. Habenaria has its cells with their bases more or less separated from the stigmatic processes ; but so many degrees of adhesion and separation occur, that this is by no means a precise character. Platanthera is said to differ from Herminium in nothing except the presence of a spur; but Herminium monorchis has a bag to its lip, almost as deep as that of the subject of our plate; and yet the latter, with all the habit of Herminium, and with no tangible differences in its structure, except that its lip is a very little more bagged, is referred to Habenaria or Platanthera. Taking these and many more circumstances into con- sideration, it has appeared to us that it is absolutely neces- sary to recast the genera of Ophrydee with naked pollen- glands, in the following manner : — HABENARIA. Loculi anthere basi producti, à processubus stigmatis elongatis soluti. Labellum calcaratum. PLATANTHERA. Loculi anthere basi divaricati, stigmati adnati. La- bellum calcaratum, sepalis longius. Herminium. Loculi anthere basi divaricati. Zabellum basi planum, gibbosum v. saccatum. GYMNADENIA. Loculi anthere basi approximati. Labellum calcaratum (v. saccatum ?). To which are to be added the very distinct Bonatea, and the following remarkable genus in Dr. Wallich's Indian Herbarium, with a horizontal anther, the bases of which are exceedingly divaricated, and connected by a broad erect membrane, opposite which is an erect fleshy body proceed- ing from the mouth of the spur. DirrocniLos. Loculi anthere basi divaricati, stigmate dilatato bila- biato soluti, Labellum calcaratum. Thus limited, the genus Herminium will consist of at least the following species, to which will possibly have to be added some Gymnadenias, when they shall have been more completely examined. The Benthamia of M. Achille Richard is clearly an Herminium, the pollen and anther of which have been altogether misunderstood by that Botanist, although they have been correctly figured by Du "Petit Thouars. There also seems to be no difference of any moment between Chamorchis and Herminium. HERMINIUM. 1. Herminium monorchis (R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5. 191). Ophrys monorchis. Hab. in pratis Europe. (v. v. sp. E - E a 2. Herminium congestum (Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7068) ; foliis erectis oblongis apice latioribus spice dense subzqualibus, bracteis squameformibus ovario brevioribus, sepalis ovatis obtusis, petalis oyalibus subequalibus, labello ovato integro basi gib- boso et marginato. Hab. in Napaliá, Wall. (hab. s. sp. ¿ museo Anglo-indico). 3. Herminium latifolium. Satyrium latifolium. Thouars orch. t. 10. Benthamia latifolia. Ach. Rich. orch. maur. t. 7. no. 2. Habenaria chlorantha. Spreng. Hab. in Borboniä, Thouars ; Mauritio, Bouton. (hab. s. sp.) 4. Herminium cordatum. (Suprà. : : : á 5. Herminium plantagineum ; foliis (3) erectis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis spice feré zqualibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis subrotundis obtusis, labello rotundato obtusé tri- dentato, sacco spheeroideo. Hab. in Zeyloná, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) 3 6. Herminium Hamiltonianum (Lindi. in Wall. cat. no. 7069); foliis (pluribus) lanceo- latis acuminatis spicá longioribus, bracteis acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis petalisque obtusis conformibus squalibus, labello rotundato tridentato, sacco sub- rotundo. Hab. in collibus Morang Indie orientalis, Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. è museo Anglo- indico. fi ral constrictum ; foliis pluribus oblongo-lanceolatis scapo brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalis dupló angustioribus, labello trifido : laciniis lateralibus angustioribus et longioribus. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. é museo Anglo-indico et v. ic. pict.) 8. Herminium goodyeroides (Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7066). Habenaria goodyeroides. Don prodr. fl. nap. 25. B floribus minoribus, spicis foliisque brevioribus. Habenaria affinis. Don l. c. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. «, € museo Anglo-indico ; f£ comm. cel. Lambert). 9. Herminium alpinum. Ophrys alpina. L. Chamorchis alpina. Rich. annot. p. 35. Hab. in alpibus Europæis. (hab. s. sp.) 10. Herminium reniforme (Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7067); folio solitario suborbiculato cordato, sepalo supremo petalisque conniventibus: inferioribus subparallelis por- rectis, labello lineari esaccato. Hab. in Napaliä, Wallich (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) The only known species of DipLocHILUs are the following : — 1. Diplochilos hirsutum (Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7065), caule monophyllo unifloro, folio oblongo hirsuto, calcare incurvato. 2. Diplochilos longifolium (Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7064), caule 2-3-phyllo subunifloro, foliis ensiformibus glabris, calcare recto. J. Ls CIS ET d " A MEIST Say AR 1500 ASTER* levis. Smooth Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosira Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $. Corymbifere Juss: Astere® Cassini. ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. ER nai Sect. B. 8. Herbacei; foliorum vene primarie divergentes, v. eva- nescentes; involucra campanulata, squamis exterioribus sensim minoribus, appressis v. erectis. A. levis; glaber, viridis, foliis anguste lanceolatis sæpiùs integris basi an- gustatis acuminatis : superioribus subamplexicaulibus: supremis minoribus, involucris obconicis: squamis lineari-lanceolatis, pappo flosculis disci zequali, ovariis glabris. A. levis. Linn. sp. pl. 1230. Hort. kew. ed. 1. 3. 206. Willd. sp. pl. no. 80. Nees monogr. p. 24. Ab Astere cyaneo differt tantàm omnis glaucedinis absentiá, foliis magis acuminatis margine asperioribus : radicalibus angustioribus (serratis v. in- tegris), involucris obconicis nec campanulatis: squamis basi multd minis pallidis, demüm flosculis radii pallidé ceruleis. This is so nearly the same as A. cyaneus, that if it were not for its constantly green appearance, and want of glaucous bloom, we should be tempted to consider it a mere variety. It, however, may be further distinguished by its narrower radical leaves, by the more decided acumination of all its leaves, by the involucra being obconical rather than cam- panulate, and by the scales having a much less pale base. The latter characters especially are those which enable us to distinguish the two in a dried state. That it is the A. levis of the first edition of the Hortus Kewensis we have no doubt, both from the characters * See fol. 1487. VOL. XVIII. E assigned to it in that work by the accurate Solander, and also from our having some years since been favoured with a specimen from the Kew Garden, under the name of A. levis. What we have seen in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society from the Berlin Garden, under the name of A. levis, was, however, nothing but a large-flowered state of A. cyaneus. Nees von Esenbeck places this in a different section from A. cyaneus, upon the ground of its branches being racemose, and not panicled. We are, nevertheless, persuaded that very little value really attaches to such a distinction. We have here another case of serrated and entire leaves in the same species; some specimens being in one state, others in another. Native of North America. Flowers in August and September. A hardy perennial. J. L. — 1501 CAMELLIA japonica; var. Reevesiana. Mr. Reeves's Crimson Camellia. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. Tg&xsTROMIACEE Mirbel. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 43.) CAMELLIA.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 22. GARDEN VARIETY. . This is certainly one of the most striking Camellias hitherto imported, its richness of colour far surpassing any that we yet have seen. The foliage has a remarkably curled appearance, which is faithfully represented on our Plate. The drawing was made in the Nursery of Mr. Tate, by whom the plant was imported from China. From the bamboo tally that accompanied it, numbered, in Chinese characters, 42, it is probable that it was originally procured in China, either from Mr. Beale or Mr. Reeves, those two gentlemen exclusively using such tallies. We have named it in compliment to Mr. Reeves, to whom this country is under the greatest obligations for the zeal and liberality with which he devoted himself, during a long residence in China, to the collection and transmission to England of all that is rare, beautiful, or useful, in the Flora of the Celestial Empire. Mr. Tate states that the flowers are very variable. Doles VETE (Se Popp AT GF "EP "d 7907 x CM | EP ME AGUS TA SO 7 "Loca uy Jane L I Pu U J all. FE rd * 7 * un he + * ud d " . O EU GIRO t" A e A A AAA a 1502 CHRYSÁNTHEMUM* índicum ; var. plenum. Double yellow Indian Chrysanthemum. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosiræ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) CHRYSANTHEMUM.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 4. GARDEN VARIETY. The single state of this plant has already been published at fol. 1287 of the present work. The Double yellow variety is not much cultivated, because of its not flowering except after very hot and dry summers, such as the last. But when its blossoms are produced they are extremely neat, and form a striking addition to the few flowers that December will produce. The plant bloomed freely in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society: we also saw very fine specimens that had been obtained in the Nursery of the Messrs. Young, of Epsom, and in the Garden of Louis Weltje, Esq., of Ham- mersmith, a handsome plant from whom formed part of the exhibition at the meeting of the Horticultural Society on the 6th December, 1831. LE * See fol. 1287. Z IA PL "YE. fanl. d 7 vc. Vt Y Oba. As A y LS a Hub by J. Hd LIU /Q Y Pee 4 UL y ^ Le HE. 7 / 1503 DELPHÍNIUM * speciósum. Shewy Delphinium. POLYANDRIA MONO-TRI-PENTAGY NIA. Nat. ord. RaANuNCULACEX Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 6.) DELPHINIUM.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 327. $. 3. Delphinastrum. Ovaria 3-5; petala libera, inferiora in disco barbata bifida; calcar elongatum, interdüm dipetalum. Species perennes. De Cand. prodr. D. speciosum ; petiolis basi non dilatatis, foliis pubescentibus 5-lobatis: lobis inciso-serratis, bracteis lanceolatis villoso-viscosis, calcare curvulo, capsulis glabris. De Cand. prodr. 1. 56. speciosum. Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. 2. p. 12. Delessert icones, v. 1. t. 62. Planta bipedalis. Caulis villosus, striatus. Folia feré Aconiti Lycoctoni, pubescentia. Racemi villoso-viscosi. Flores omnium congenerum mazimi, Aquilegie vulgaris fere magnitudine. Bractese villoso-viscose, lanceolate ad basin pedunculorum, et bine minores sub flore. Petala valde hirsuta, cerulea: summi galeá reflexo-patulá, calcare apice curvulo. ^ Nectaria atro-fusca: galeá glabrá, obtuse bidentatá, labello unguiculato: laminá latá bipartitá, laciniis rotundato-ovatis inequalibus, disco villis flavis, margine pilis albidis. Capsule glabre.—Bieberstein. _- A hardy and handsome perennial, native of high eleva- tions of the Caucasus. It flowers from June to September, and is increased by division of its roots, or by seeds. The plant from which our drawing was taken was raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 1829, from seeds received from Dr. Fischer, of the Imperial Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg. No one would suppose from Von Bieberstein's descrip- tion, that this could be his plant; for he describes the . * From dai», a dolphin; between which and the petals of this genus it is said that some resemblance can be traced. flowers as equalling the common Columbine in size. Never- theless we are assured by genuine Caucasean specimens from Mr. Prescott, by the authority of Dr. Fischer, by a figure in Gmelin to which Von Bieberstein refers, and by that published by De Lessert in his Zcones select@, that what is now represented was intended by the description above quoted. J. L. basteln org UTE tot ern 7/204. f yt 3 Li” y Mea. # 5 i i "^ Z Z 7999 VER EN arn FR; 4079 A Fd. : Lg I PF, Vos Y lg Fie a eg P, 1504 SELAGO* Gill. Dr. Gill's Selago. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. SzLAG1NEE Choisy. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 238.) SELAGO.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 184. $. Calyce regulari 3-partito. Choisy. S. Gilli; caule subangulato pubescente, foliis oppositis alternisque angusté ovatis acutis glabris, corymbis terminalibus multifloris, calyce tripartito pubescente. S. Gilli. Hooker in bot. mag. 3028. Suffrutex erectus, ramosus, ramis levissime pubescentibus, junioribus sub- angulatis. Folia angusté ovata, acuta, subcarnosa, glabra, nunc opposita, sepiüs alterna. Corymbimultiflori, terminales, bracteis parvis, ovato-subulatis, pubescentibus. Calyx 3-partitus, pubescens, lacinid intermediá .duplo an- gustiore. Corolla purpurea, hypocrateriformis, tubo subincurvo, limbo patente 5-partito, laciniis linearibus obtusis. Stamina 4, didynama, pauld exserta ; antherarum loculis divaricatissimis, glabris. Ovarium oblongum, biloculare, ovulis solitarüs; stylus rectus, subglaber; stigma simplicissimum.— Obs. Analysis partium mal? representatur, incuriá pictoris. ` A native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it was ori- ginally found by Dr. Gill, whose name it bears. By * « An ancient generic name in the works of Pliny, who observes, that the plant so called was in great repute among the Celtic nations; its juice being expressed and used by the Druids as a remedy for many disorders, especially for diseases in the eyes. The name indeed (says De Théis) is expressive of this latter quality, being derived from the Celtic words sel, sight, and jack, good or salutary. The celebrated hall of Fingal, recorded in Ossian's poems, owes its appellation to the same source; Selma meaning beautiful to behold, belle-vue. Selago has also been thought to be derived from selego, to choose; the Druids having gathered or selected it both for medicinal and religious purposes. It is impossible to make out the reasons which induced Linnzeus to apply this name to the genus under consideration, which appears to have nothing in common with the celebrated succulent Selago of the ancients.”— Smith in Rees. Dr. Beck it was then sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, whence it has been communicated to the collections of this country. Our drawing was made in the Nursery of the Messrs. Rollissons, of Tooting, in March last. A very pretty greenhouse plant, requiring a good airy situation in winter; but during the summer well adapted for the open border. Like the others of its kindred, we presume it may be easily propagated by ripened cuttings struck under a bell-glass. J.-L. LIO 1505 OXALIS* variábilis. Variable Oxalis. DECANDRIA PENTAGY NIA. Nat. ord. OxaLınpex De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 140.) OXALIS.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 117. $. Acetoselle, acaules aut substipitate, foliis petiolatis trifoliolatis, petiolis immarginatis, foliolis subtús non glandulosis, scapis unifloris. De Cand. O. variabilis; acaulis, puberula, foliolis subrotundis medio basi cuneato, pedunculis unifloris, staminibus basi tuberculatis. « floribus albis. . O. variabilis «. Jacq. monogr. oxal. t. 52. Willd. no. 19. De Cand. prodr. no. 108. Spreng. no. 17. O. grandiflora, Jacg. t. 54. Willd. no. 20. Spreng. no. 35. O. laxula. Jacq. t. 57. ? O. breviscapa. Jacq. t.58. Willd.no.23. D. C.no.106. Spreng. no. 38. O. rigidula. Jacq. t. 59. O. suggillata. Jacg. t. 61. 8 floribus rubris. O. variabilis &. Jacq. t. 53. O. purpurea. Jacq. t. 56. Willd. no. 22. D.C. no. 109. Spreng. 1 no, 18. s O. speciosa. Jacg. t. 60. Willd. no. 24. D.C. no. 107. Spreng. Of the two Oxalises now figured, the white one is O. grandiflora of Jacquin, the other the red O. variabilis ofthe same author. It can scarcely be necessary to do more than place them side by side to shew that they are both the same species. And we scarcely anticipate any objection to the union of all the other cu Penh species mentioned in our list of synonyms, after the following very * See fol. 1249. sensible remarks of the late Sir James Smith upon another species shall have been considered. Speaking of O. monophylla, he says, O. /epida and O. rostrata seem too nearly related to the above. There is, in fact, not the least difference between any of them except in the stamens and styles. In lepida five of the stamens are extremely short, and the rest only half the length ofthe styles, which in this species are remarkably long, straight, and perfect, covered, like the longer stamens, with glandular hairs; their stigmas large and bearded. In rostrata the styles are extremely short, smooth, and turned out horizontally between the stamens ; the five shortest of which rise far above them, and the five largest, which are hairy, more than twice as far, ending in a very peculiar glandular tip above each anther. It may be conjectured that the two species of Oxalis in question may be sexual varieties ; in one of which, effectually male, rostrata, the stamens are most perfect; in the other, lepida, the pistils. Experience only can settle this curious question, which appears not to have entered into the mind of their cultivator and describer Jacquin. - O. monophylla seems to be the natural or ordinary state of the same plant, in which the stamens and styles bear that due proportion to each other observable in other species. To this we think it is impossible not to assent. The paragraph seems to have escaped the notice of all those who have subsequently written upon the genus Oxalis; and consequently we still find, even in the most respectable modern enumerations, the spurious species of Jacquin pre- served without much change. In the present case, O. purpurea, lavula, and breviscapa, are bisexual; variabilis and grandiflora male; and rigidula, speciosa, and suggillata, female. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, It will thrive in any sunny situation to which frost has no access; but, like the rest of the Cape species, requires to be kept quite dry when at rest. . Our drawing was made in the Nursery of Messrs. Rol- lissons, of Tooting. J. b. 1506 EÜRYCLES* Cunninghämii. Mr. Cunningham's Eurycles. HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat.ord. AmAnvLLIDEX R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 259.) EURYOLES.— Perianthium hypocrateriforme, limbo sexpartito. Stamina faucialia, filamentis dilatatis coronam mentientibus utrinque unidentatis ; anthere versatiles. Ovarium 3-loculare; ovulis geminis collateralibus ap- pensis. Capsula. Semina testà carnosá. E. Cunninghamii; foliis oblongis cordatis, umbellà subsexflorá, perianthii laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis, dentibus staminum lateralibus subulatis sub- bilobis intermedio subzequalibus. Bulbus subrotundus, apice virescens. Folia plurima, petiolata, oblonga, basi subcordata, apiculata, curvivenia, venulis propriis furcatis. Scapus pedalis. Involucrum diphyllum, subequale, floribus brevius. Flores pedi- cellati, albi, perianthii laciniis ovato-oblongis, patentibus, planis, tubo brevi- oribus. Stamina 6, fauce inserta ; filamenta tridentata, dentibus lateralibus patentibus, cornutis, nunc bilobis, intermedio antherifero paulo brevioribus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; ovula gemina, collateralia, appensa. Stylus filiformis, rectus, perianthii longitudine. A native of New Holland, whence its bulbs were sent to Mr. Knight, of the King's Road Nursery, by Mr. Baxter. It is a greenhouse plant, flowering in March and April, and increased either by seeds or by offsets. From E. sylvestris and australis it differs in having the flowers much smaller, and less numerous in the umbel, and in the lateral teeth of the filaments being very much elongated, and sometimes 2-lobed. It was received from the collector under the name of Calostemma Cunninghamii ; but it is certainly a Eurycles, which is positively distinguished from Calostemma in having three cells in the ovarium, while Calostemma has rg cell. , Pl * From sg, broad, and xasí», to close up; in allusion to the dilated state of the stamens, which close up, as it were, the opening of the tube of the perianthiam. Hard. deb, Tab by $. ledgwag 109 Piccadilly Sudy. 1932. 1507 ASPHODELUS# láteus ; var. sibiricus. Siberian Yellow Asphodel. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI A. Nat. ord. ASPHODELER Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) ASPHODELUS Liun.— Perianthium concolor, hexaphyllum, patulum, subingquale. Filamenta subulata, arcuata, 3 sæpiùs breviora, basi dilatata in fornices ovarium tegentes. Stylus subarcuatus. Perianthium baccatum, 3-loculare, subtrivalve, succo luteo scatens. Semina triquetra, subsolitaria. Herbæ caulescentes, radicibus fasciculatis, caulibus foliosis. A. luteus; caule toto foliis subulato-triquetris vaginato simplici, bracteis basi membranaceis dilatatis apice subulatis pedicellos æquantibus. A. luteus. Linn. et aliorum. : ß sibiricus; bracteis minoribus brevioribus, caule humiliore, floribus præ- cocioribus pallidioribus. ^* ? Asph. sibiricus. H. Wiln. 1824,” ex R. et Sch. The Yellow Asphodel, a native of both shores of the Mediterranean, of Dalmatia and Tauria, is the queen of * That so beautiful a flower as this should have been chosen by the Grecian poets to adorn the plains inhabited by departed spirits, is not sur- prising. When Mercury conducted the souls of Penelope's suitors to their final abode, ” * they reach'd the earth's remotest ends ; And now the gates where evening Sol descends, And Leucas’ rock, and Ocean's utmost streams, And now pervade the dusky land of Dreams ; And rest at last, where souls unbodied dwell In ever-flowering meads of ASPHODEL.” lt appears, however, that the 47943«« of Homer was A. ramosus rather than A. luteus ; the latter of which is rare in Greece, and unknown in Spain as a wild plant; while the former is to this day called rss in the Peloponnesus, where it is one of the most common plants, and where its roots are manufactured by the Turks into a paste called kerish : it is also abundant in the south of Spain, and near the Leucadian rock (Gibraltar). Ecluse and Löfling found vast plains covered with it in that country. The roots of A. ramosus were eaten by the ancient Greeks, and formed a part of the usual food of Pythagoras and his disciples.—See Spreng. hist. r. herb. VOL. XVIII. F European Monocotyledonous plants ; and affords the inha- bitants of the north a striking idea of the splendour of those graceful and majestic trees, which are seen only by the traveller in tropical regions. The variety now represented is, we presume, a native of more northern latitudes than that which has for so many years contributed to the beauty of our cottage gardens. Its seeds were received from Dr. Fischer, under the name of A. sibiricus: it differs from A. luteus in its dwarfer stature, earlier and paler flowers, more glaucous leaves, and shorter bractex ; we cannot, however, on these accounts, consider it more than a variety of that species. It is a perfectly hardy perennial, and requires to be treated precisely in the same way as A. luteus. J. L. 1508 CYRTOPÓDIUM * Woodférdii. Woodford's Cyrtopodium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcutpex Juss. Sect. Vandew Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of. Botany, p. 262.) CYRTOPODIUM. — Labellum ungue geniculato; lamina 3-partita. Petala 5, distincta. Masse pollinis 2 postice bilobae, — R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 216. C. Woodfordii; bracteis subulato-lanceolatis, sepalis lanceolatis patentibus secundis, petalis oblongis conniventibus brevioribus, labello basi saccato: lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio emarginato basi bicorni. C. Woodfordii. Bot. mag. 1814. Caulis 2-3-pedalis, fusiformis, carnosus, succo scatens viscido ad calceos agglutinandos utili. Folia basi vaginantia, plurima, lanceolata, 14-2- pedalia, plicata, glabra. Scapus radicalis, 2-3-pedalis, teres, squamis elongatis plicatis vaginatus. Racemus elongatus, multiflorus. Bractese subulato-lanceolate, ovario longiores. Sepala anguste lanceolata, pallid? viridia, secunda. Petala breviora, viridi-fusca, oblonga, obtusa, erecta, apice conniventia. Labellum basi lividum, apice roseo-purpureum, ventri- cosum, basi saccatum, 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis abbreviatis, intermedio obtuso, undulato, emarginato, disco glanduloso basi bicorni. , This beautiful plant is a native of the island of Trinidad, of Guiana, and of Brazil, where it grows 1n shady damp places, rooting among the mass of decayed vegetable soil with which the earth is thickly covered in such places. It is easily cultivated in a good stove, but very seldom flowers. The specimen from which the accompanying figure was taken, was produced in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, in September last, upon plants sent from Rio Janeiro by the Right Hon. Robert Gordon. It is increased by the separation of the thick spindle-shaped stems with a portion of the rooting Rhizoma attached, or even by cuttings * So called from xvgrs, curved, and eis, a foot; in allusion to the curved stalk of the labellum of Cyrtopodium Andersonu. of the stems themselves ; the latter must, however, be well dried before they are planted, or they will absorb moisture by their wounded extremity with much greater rapidity than'they can part with it by perspiration, and will perish from a sort of vegetable dropsy. This is no Cyrtopodium. Nevertheless we have left it with the name already given to it; because all the genera allied to it, viz. Eulophia, Cymbidium, Lissochilus, Maxil- laria, and the like, required to be very carefully studied before their real limits can be precisely determined. In all such cases, an old name, although incorrect, is preferable to a change, which may be premature, and may only lead to further changes. J.:L YY aa d. Fe "RUY b 1509 ASTER* pállens. Pallid Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosırz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) . Corymbifere Juss. Asteree Cassini. ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. Sect. B. 8. Herbacei; foliorum vene primarie divergentes v. eva- nescentes; involucra campanulata, squamis exterioribus sensim minoribus, appressis v. erectis. A. pallens; ramulis pubescentibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis in petiolum décifrenitita alté serratis: superioribus subsessilibus supremis integris, involucris glabris campanulatis: squamis omnibus erectis li- nearibus acutis pedicellorum distantibus v. nullis, pappo flosculis disci quali, ovariis glabris. A. pallens. Willd. enum. suppl. 58. Nees monogr. p. 16. Caulis 4-5-pedalis, versus fastigium flexuosus, angulatus, pubescens. Folia sepiüs glabra, nunc levissime pubescentia ; radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, in petiolum decurrentia, alte serrata ; proxima ovato-lanceolata ; superiora subsessilia ; suprema integra. Inflorescentia paniculata, nunc subcorymbosa, magis minusve divisa, semper laxa. Pedunculi uniflori, nunc nudi, nunc subsquamosi. Involucra glabra, foliolis erectis angustis viridibus apice subcoloratis. Flosculi radii pallide lilacini, disci lutei. We have not succeeded in determining with what other species this well-marked Aster is confounded by American Botanists. It is neither in Pursh, Michaux, nor Nuttall, as far as we can discover; and yet it must have been known to some one at least of those writers. The only wild speci- mens we have seen were communicated to us by Dr. Torrey from the western parts of the state of New York. - It forms a sort of transition from the tall, erect, autumnal species to the dwarfer, cordate-leaved, corymbose kinds, * See fol. 1487. and is distinctly characterised by its erect habit, deeply- serrated acuminate leaves, and downy branches, along with smooth involucra. It is so very nearly the same as the genuine A. tardi- florus of Linnzus, that it may be doubted whether it is not a mere variety ofthat species. Should this really be the case, it will be necessary to change its name, although that of tardiflorus seems to have originated in some miscon- ception. We have had it under several erroneous names from dif- ferent Gardens, especially under those of A. pubescens and A. Cornuti. | The plant from which the figure was taken had been received from the Garden of Berlin as the A. pallens of Willdenow.. It flowers in September and October; but is by no means one of the late species. | J. L. 73/0. m. S77 AG wal 76g eee. dl Ly y» th aec. Drake Vlad? / 7 1510 MAXILLARIA* viridis, Green Marillaria. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcuınez Juss. Sect. Vandee Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) MAXILLARIA.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 897. M. viridis ; pseudo-bulbis nullis, foliis lanceolatis undulatis plicatis, floribus solitariis radicalibus globosis, sepalis petalisque subrotundis obtusis, la- bello brevi: lobo medio transversé rhomboideo unguiculato medio refracto. Flos radicalis, solitarius, globosus. Sepala subrotunda, ovata, obtusa, viridia, immaculata. Petala minora, conformia, purpureo intüs confertissime punctata. Labellum cum basi parüm productá columne elasticó articulatum, unguiculatum, trilobum, medio refractum, lilacinum, lobis lateralibus mi- noribus erectis, intermedio transverse rhomboideo plano. Columna libera, semiteres, basi producta. Stigma subrotundum, excavatum. Anthera car- nosa, bilocularis; loculorum valvulis transverse dehiscentibus. Pollinia 4, albida, geminata, caudiculá sulcatd, fuscá!, utrinque alatá, dorso purpu- rascente, viscido, prominulo. A native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was sent by the late Sir Henry Chamberlain. Our drawing was made in the stove of the Horticultural Society's Garden in May 1831. It is rather a weak-growing plant, requiring shade, much moisture to its leaves, and little to its roots, together with a high temperature and decayed vegetable mould. It seems to have no tendency to form those pseudo-bulbs which are generally so characteristic of the genus. J. L. * Some of the species have flowers the segments of which gape like the open jaws, mazille, of some grinning animal. 1511 (ENOTHERA* glaúca. Glaucous Enothera. OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Ox AGRAn1z Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) (ENOTHERA.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. (E. glauca ; caule erecto glabro, foliis latè ovatis subdentatis glaucis, calycis limbo tubo longiore, staminibus petalis brevioribus, fructibus tetraquetris obovatis pedunculatis. CE. glauca. Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. 224. Pursh fl. amer. sept. 1.262. Bot. mag. t. 1606. De Cand. prodr. 3. 50. One of the handsomest of those perennial CEnotheras, with the habits of CE. fruticosa, with which our Gardens now abound. It is a wild and legitimate species, inha- biting the banks of the Mississippi in Illinois, and on the Peaks of Otter in Virginia, where it has been recognised by all the North American Botanists since the days of the elder Michaux. Its deep rich green glaucous leaves, and very brilliant yellow flowers, render it a valuable plant for the ornament of the Flower-garden in the autumn, and till the arrival of frost. It grows readily in any common garden soil, and may be easily multiplied by division of the crown of its roots. But to be preserved in a healthy state, it should not be much mutilated for the purpose of multiplication ; a caution that may be given not only with respect to this, but to a great many other plants, which eagerness to increase either * See fol. 1142. deprives of a large proportion of the matter that is requisite to ensure their abundant and vigorous blossoming, or which are forced by the same cause into an excessive development of leaf-buds instead of flower-buds, which is equally fatal to their beauty. J. E 1512 HÓVEA* villósa. Shaggy Hovea. MONADELPHIA, or DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lesumınos®. Trib. Lotee D. C. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) HOVEA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 280. H. villosa ; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis mucronulatis suprà glabris reticu- latis subtús ramisque villosissimis, pedicellis petiolo brevioribus geminis calycibusque villosis. H. purpuree similis. Diversa videtur foliis majoribus, marginibus magis parallelis, et foliorum pagind inferiore, ramis, pedicellis, calycibusque pilis longissimis intricatis instructis. This pretty species of Hovea has been sent us from the Nursery of the Messrs. Rollissons, of Tooting. Like the others of the same genus, it is a native of New Holland, and requires in this country an airy Greenhouse. It flowers in April, and is easily propagated by cuttings. Its nearest relationship is with H. purpurea, from which it differs in being excessively shaggy, instead of being: merely covered with a very short dense pubescence. The reticulations of the leaves are also much larger and more distinct in H. villosa than in H. purpurea. ir * See fol. 1423. £2/3: 1513 CHORÓZEMA* trianguläre. Triangular Chorozema. DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. LycuwiNOsx Juss. $. Sophoree D. C. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) CHOROZEMA.—Supra, vol. 12. fol. 986. C. triangulare ; foliis subhastatis pinnatifidis spinosis acumine integro laciniis longiore, bracteolis ad apicem pedicelli, Frutex habitu C. nani. Differt foliis pinnatifidis, laciniis divaricatis spwosis triangularibus : supremá longiore, nec non bracteolis pedicelli calyci proximis nec intervallo quodam distantibus. Vexillum lateritio-coccineum, basi maculá viridi. Ale sanguinee. . A native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where its seeds were found by the collector Baxter. It differs from C. nanum in having its leaves much more deeply pinnatifid; the segments all very much divaricated, that of the apex about twice as long as the others, and the lowest proceeding from so near the base as to give the leaf à hastate appearance. We also find that the bracteole, which in C. nanum are at a small distance from the calyx, are in this species immediately at the base of the calyx. * M. Labillardiére originally discovered this genus upon the south-west coast of New Holland, at the foot of the mountains, in a loamy soil, near the spot where, after having been tantalised with finding many salt springs, his party had just met with an ample supply of fresh water. This welcome refreshment, of which he speaks feelingly in his book, seems to have sug- gested a name for this plant, which he had properly determined to constitute a new genus. He called it Chorozema, evidently from xogos, à dance, Or joyous assembly, and Zea, a drink ; in allusion to the circumstance just mentioned.” — (Smith.) A delicate greenhouse plant, requiring a very airy dry shelf in the winter, and increased by cuttings. Our drawing was made in Mr. Knights Nursery in April last. J. L. 7574. - nn -a -pi 3: — D pu 1514 DILLWYNIA* elycinifolia. Glycine-leaved Dillwynia. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Lecuminosæ Juss. $. Sophoree De C. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) DILLWYNIA Smith. —Calyz 5-fidus, bilabiatus, basi attenuatus. Petala medio tubi calycis inserta ; vexilli lamina dupld et ultra latior quàm longa, divaricato-biloba. Ovarium 2-spermum. Stylus uncinatus. Stigma capitatum. Legumen ventricosum. Semina strophiolata. Suffrutices Australasici. Folia simplicia. Flores flavi, breviter pedicellati. Stipule 0, aut minutissime.—De Cand. prodr. 2. 108. D. glycinifolia ; floribus racemosis, foliis ovatis linearibusque revolutis re- ticulatis.— De Cand. prodr. 2. 109. D. glycinifolia. Smith in trans. Linn. soc. 9. p. 264. Caulis fruticosus; ramis filiformibus debilibus prostratis v. subscan- dentibus. Folia alterna, simplicia, linearia, acuminata, breviter petiolata, subtüs subpilosa, venis transversis parallelis subsimplicibus notata, mar- ginibus revoluta. Stipule setacee. Racemi azillares et terminales, laxi, 2-6-flori; pedunculis capillaribus dependentibus. Calyx pilosus, basi bi- bracteolatus, subcampanulatus, bilabiatus : labiis fere equalibus, superiore 2-, inferiore 3-fido. "Vexillum bilobum, transversum, aurantiacum, erectum ; ale rosee, parallele, obtusissime ; carina alba, alis brevior. Stamina 10, libera. Ovarium villosum ; stylus incurvus, teres, glaber; stigma sub- capitatum. A beautiful greenhouse plant, native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where it was originally found in King George's Sound by Mr. Menzies; and more recently by the collector Baxter. Our drawing was made last April in Mr. Knight's Nursery. We have carefully compared it with the specimens in Smith's Herbarium, and we perceive no difference what- * Named in compliment to Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq., a learned British Botanist, and illustrator of the tribe of Conferve. VOL. XVIII. G ever. Its genus, however, is to us, as it was to Smith and De Candolle, a matter of uncertainty, which, unfortunately for science, seems little likely to be cleared up, although it is now nearly thirty years since materials for the comple- tion of the Flora of New Holland were furnished by the liberality of the British government. It is time that this were looked to; and much to be wished that some enter- prising naturalist would convert to an useful purpose the rich stores of information regarding Australasian Vegetation procured at the national expense, and now open to all inquirers, which are lying unemployed at the British Museum. When we see the fate of the plants collected in Flinders's expedition, and in the fatal journey up the Congo by the lamented Christian Smith, we can scarcely wonder that a wise and careful government should object to pay the expenses of scientific expeditions. J. L. / 32/3. 1515 SPHENÓTOMA* capitätum. Long-leaved Sphenotoma. PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. ErAcR1DEx R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 183.) SPHENOTOMA. — Calyx bibracteatus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo gracili, fauce coarctatá, limbo 5-partito, obtusissimo, patente, imberbi. Stamina epipetala. Squamule 5, hypogyne. Capsula placentis ab apice column: centralis pendulis, solutis. Frutices, ramis dum denudatis annu- latis. Folia imbricata, basibus cucullatis, semivaginantibus. Spica sim- plex, bracteis subtendentibus persistentibus.—Sweet fl. austr. 44. S. capitatum ; ramis floriferis spicá ovatá multoties longioribus, foliis caulinis ensiformi-lanceolatis erectiusculis : rameis adpressis. — R. Brown prodr. 556, sub Dracophyllo. Frutex suberectus, ramosus, sempervirens. Folia ensiformi-lanceolata, basi vaginantia, acuminatissima, striata; caulina erecta v. subpatentia, pilosa, ramea minora, appressa, glaberrima. Spica ovata, brevis. Flores albi, bracteis 2 navicularibus glabris suffulti. Calyx 5-phyllus; sepalis oblongis, concavis, imbricatis, glabris ; exterioribus obtusis. Corolla hypo- crateriformis, laciniis cuneatis subundulatis, Stamina 5, epipetala; antheris linearibus, unilocularibus, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. A native of the south-west coast of New Holland, whence its seeds were obtained by Mr. Knight, in whose Nursery, in the King's Road, our drawing was made in April last. It is a pretty greenhouse plant, requiring the same treatment € de: paries: Styphelias, and other well- known plants of the same natural family. A somewhat erect, evergreen shrub, much inclined to branch. Leaves between sword-shaped and lanceolate, * Derived, we suppose, from efi, a wedge, and rium, to cut; in allusion to the wedge-shaped segments of the corolla. sheathing at the base, very taper-pointed, striated ; those of the stem erect, or somewhat spreading, and hairy ; of the branches that bear the flowers smaller, quite smooth, and pressed close to the axis. Spike ovate, short. Flowers white, supported by two navicular smooth bractee. Calyx 5-leaved ; sepals oblong, concave, imbricated, smooth ; the outer obtuse. Corolla hypocrateriform, with cuneate, some- what wavy segments. J. L. 1516 SOLANUM* crispum. Crimped-leaved Solanum. PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. SoLanez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 231.) SOLANUM.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 71. S. crispum; caule fruticoso, foliis ovatis subcordatisque undulato-crispis acuminatis, floribus corymbosis. Römer et Schultes sp. pl. 4. 595. S. crispum. Fl. peruv. 2. 31. t. 158. f. a. Dunal. solan. 159. Syn. p. 16. n. 78. Caulis suffrutescens, late diffusus, cesio-viridis, pulverulentus, ramis herbaceis. Folia omnia simplicia, indivisa, ovata v. cordata, acuminata, petiolata, margine leviter crispa, juniora pulverulenta, adulta glabra. Cyme multiflore, terminales ; omnibus partibus pulverulentis. Bractee nulle. Calyx brevis, 5-dentatus. Corolla plumbeo-cerulea, mediocris ; antheris equalibus luteis. Found in the island of Chiloe by Mr. Anderson, and by Ruiz and Pavon commonly in waste places in Chile; also abundantly in hedges near the city of Conception, and in the districts of Carcamo and Palomares. It appears likely to be a hardy plant, in which case it will be very ornamental. Iftied to a stake, and thus forced to grow erect, it will throw out a great number of lateral branchlets, at the end of every one of which is a bunch of flowers. In this state it was exhibited by Mr. Lowe, of Clapton, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in April * The first use of the word Solanum occurs in the writings of Tragus, who applied it to Chenopodium hybridum. It is said to be derived from solari, to console. The Greeks called our European Solanums rrgvx»os, a name which Linneus transferred to the genus of tropical shrubs to which the nux vomica belongs. last, and was greatly admired. No doubt it will strike root very freely in the state of cuttings. It will grow readily in any common soil. The name that has been given it by Ruiz and Pavon has reference to a very slight degree of undulation at the margin of the leaves; a character that is scarcely perceptible in their figure, and never, as far as we have observed, more marked than in the accompanying plate. J. L. 1517 ASTER* amygdalinus. Almond-leaved Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosıtz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $ Corymbifere Juss. Asterez Cassini. ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. Sect. B. 8. Herbacei; foliorum vene primarie divergentes v. eva- nescentes ; involucra campanulata, squamis exterioribus sensim minoribus, appressis v. erectis. A. amygdalinus ; caule scabriusculo subsimplici, foliis lanceolatis integerrimis scabris petiolatis; omnibus uniformibus, floribus corymbosis, pedicellis pubescentibus v. scabriusculis, squamis involucri subciliatis pedicellorum nullis, pappo flosculis disci equali, ovariis pilosiusculis, radiis demüm recurvis. A. amygdalinus. Lam. encycl. 1. 305. Mich. fl. bor. am. Pursh A. am. sept..2. 549. A. umbellatus. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 3. 199. Wild. sp. pl. 3. 2030. Nees monogr. 17. About this well-marked species, of which, however, we find no figure, there can be no doubt. It is very common in the northern parts of North America. We have speci- mens out of Michaux's Herbarium, which we owe to the kindness of Mons. Achille Richard ; and also from Lake Michigan and New York from Dr. Torrey. Its corymbose white flowers, with a reflexed ray, at all times distinguish it. A hardy handsome perennial, in the Gardens 5 or 6 feet high, but much smaller when wild ; flowering in September, and readily propagated by division of its roots. ri * See fol. 1487. Y LA C a 1518 SALPIGLOSSIS* atropurptirea. Dark-purple Salpiglossis. | — J——— DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat.ord. ScRoPHULARINER Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) : SALPIGLOSSIS.—Calyz 5-partitus, subinequalis. Corolla infundi- buliformis, limbo 5-lobo. Filamentum quintum sterile. Stylus apice dilatatus. Capsula bilocularis, dissepimento valvulis parallelo.— Hooker in bot. mag. 2811. S. atropurpurea ; foliis lanceolato-ellipticis convexis sinuatis superioribus integerrimis linearibus, stylo edentulo.—Graham in bot. mag. 2811. This beautiful species of a beautiful genus is remarkable for the intense blackish purple colour of its flowers, which, when produced by very vigorous plants, are not unfre- quently much larger than those now represented. But they are sometimes so exceedingly small as to have neither colour nor beauty, being rather in a rudimentary state, as those of the Viola and other genera sometimes are: this deformity is, however, scarcely apparent, except in plants in pots kept in a greenhouse, and flowering in the early months of the year. This, like the other species, S. picta and straminea, 1s a biennial. Its seeds should be sown in the summer, so that the young plants may be well established by the end of autumn. They should then be kept in a good airy green- house during the winter, and afterwards be either shifted into large pots for flowering under glass in the succeeding summer, or transferred to the open ground at the same time, and in the same manner as tender annuals. * So named from cerré, a trumpet, and y2%erz, a tongue; “ because of the style representing a little trumpet-shaped tongue." When grown in the open border they are very apt to die suddenly, so that only a few plants will sometimes remain out of a whole bed. This is probably owing to the soil in such instances being too light, and therefore subject to sudden dryness; a condition which their tender roots are not formed by nature to endure. . In Chile, where all the species of Salpiglossis grow, they are found springing from the sides of dry clay banks baked hard by the scorch- ing sun of that climate; a situation in which the moisture that the earth contains is parted with with great difficulty, and very slowly. This genus has been referred either to Bignoniacee or to Solaneæ; but surely its real affinity is with Digitalis, and those other alternate-leaved Scrophularineze which form the transition from the latter order to Solanee. J. L. 1519 HELIANTHUS* tubefórmis. Trumpet-stalked Sun-flower. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. Nat. ord. Cowrosrrz Juss. $. Helianthes Cassini. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) HELIANTHUS.— Supra, vol. 6. fol. 508. H. tubeformis; foliis longé petiolatis ovatis acuminatis basi cuneatis subser- ratis triplinerviis villosis, pedunculis solitariis elongatis apice fistulosis villosissimis, anthodio foliaceo patulo elongato. Spreng. syst. 3. 616. H. tubeeformis. Jacg. hort. Schónbr. 3. p. 65. t. 375. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2238. The accompanying figure was taken from a potted plant that had been raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from Mexican. seeds presented by John Bid- dulph, Esq. It flowered in the Greenhouse in August last; and in that situation did not acquire a stature ex- ceeding 2 feet : but if grown in the open ground, as a hardy annual, it is said to arrive at the height of 8 or 9 feet. It is chiefly remarkable for the very much thickened peduncle, which becomes quite hollow, although the stem itself, from which it proceeds, is perfectly solid. The involucrum, or anthodium, as some prefer to call it, is very leafy, and covered with a silky hairiness. The leaves of the involucrum are very unequal in size; some of them being nearly as long as the florets of the ray. J. L. * See fol. 1265. Md Lo y z g N Wa Z Vv. ccadilly IG. GP Ag Cu Zé JUI HALA lty Z 1520 CÓLEUS* aromáticus. Sweet-scented Coleus. — ——— DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. LaB1ATE Juss. $. Ocymoidee Bentham. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) COLEUS Lour.—Calyx ovato-campanulatus, fructifer erectus, decli- natus vel reflexus, quinquedentatus, dente supremo ovato-membranaceo, in- ferioribus angustioribus, liberis vel infimis inter se connatis, Corolla tubo exserto defracto bilabiata, labio superiore obtusé 3-4-fido, inferiore integro elongato concavo seepiús cymbiformi. Stamina 4, didynama. Filamenta edentula basi in tubum stylum vaginantem connata. Anthere ovato-reni- formes, loculis confluentibus. Stylus apice subulatus, equaliter bifidus, stigmatibus subterminalibus. Herbe suffruticesve Indice vel Africana. Verticillastri 6-8-flori, nunc dense globosi, nunc cymis utrinque elongatis laxissimi, in racemos terminales simplices vel raris ramosos dispositi. Folia Jloralia bracteeformia ante anthesin ad apicem racemorum. subcomosa, per anthesin sepiús decidua.—Bentham MSS. Sect. 2. Aromaria. Verticillastri densé subglobosi multiflori. Calyx fructifer vix declinatus, fauce intús nuda. Benth. ined. C. aromaticus; ramis erectis tomentoso-pubescentibus hispidisve, foliis pe- tiolatis lato-ovatis crenatis basi rotundatis cordatisve crassissimis utrinque hispidis vel cano-villosis, floralibus calycem vix sequantibus, racemis simplicibus, verticillastris remotis globosis multifloris, calycibus suberectis tomentosis, fauce intüs nudá, dente supremo ovato oblongo membranaceo non decurrente, inferioribus brevioribus setaceis subeequalibus.— Benth. Lab. gen. et sp. ined. Plectranthus aromaticus. Roxb.! hort. beng. 45. Coleus aromaticus. Benth. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 2. 15. Coleus amboinicus. Lour. fl. cochinch. 372? Marrubium album amboinicum. Rumph. herb. amb. 5. 295. t. 102. f. 2? Plectranthus amboinensis. Spr. syst. 2. 690? Caules crassi, carnoso-vasculosi, fragiles, basi sublignosi, in hortis Indicis procurrentes, ramosissimi, radicantes. Rami 1-14-pedales, erecti, sepiüs breviter hispidi. Folia 1-2-pollicaria, in vivo crassissima viridia, cellulosa rugosa, siccitate albicantia, pilis brevibus densissim? obsessa, floralia parva acuminata, per anthesin reflexa, demüm decidua. Verticillastri 20-30-flori et ultra. Calyces breviter pedicellati, parvi, albo-tomentosi, fructiferi vix aucti. Corolla pallidé violacea; tubus calyce subduplà longior ad medium defractus ; faux inflata ; labium superius breve quadridentatum, inferius tubo equale extüs pubescens, parúm dilatatum, cymbiforme. Genitalia breviter exserta. Achenia subrotundo-compressa, brunnea, levissima, lucida.— Benth. * So named by Loureiro from xoAss5, a sheath; because the filaments are united into a tube, which surrounds the style like a sheath. * This plant appears to be very commonly cultivated in Indian gardens, chiefly on account of its great fragrance. The leaves are frequently eaten with bread and butter, or bruised and mixed with various articles of food, drink, or medicine. It is probably also indi- genous in that country ; but in all the East Indian collections which I have seen, the specimens are taken from gardens, unless those marked as gathered at Patna in Hamilton's Herbarium be really wild. Roxburgh, in his MS. Flora, obligingly communicated to me by Dr. Wallich, speaks of this plant as common in almost every garden, where, however, it seldom flowers. A species closely allied to it (my C. crassifolius) was gathered by Dr. Wight in the mountains of Dindygul, in the southern parts of the Peninsula. Loureiro’s C. amboinicus, the original type of the genus, appears to be certainly referable to one of the above species, and probably to this one ; and he gives as its locality, “in hortis Cochinchine et in variis Indie locis presertim humidis.' It is not impossible that the C. aromaticus and crassifolius may be but varieties of the same, and that Loureiro's C. amboinicus includes them both ; but I have at present scarcely data sufficient to determine this point. The descriptions both of Loureiro and Rumphius agree very well with the C. aromaticus. _ “ The cultivated specimens of this plant often afford a remarkable instance of a return to the normal structure of the sexual organs of the Labiate, and confirm the theory stated by De Candolle, in his observations on the Salvia cretica, in the Quatriéme Notice sur les Plantes rares du Jardin de Geneve. The style of this Coleus is fre- quently divided into 3, 4, or even 5, in which case the ovaria are constantly double the number of the divisions of the style; and by their disposition shew that two of them always belong to each division. They are, however, even in their earliest stage, constantly distinct and separate from each other; and on this account, admitting that the pistillum of the Labiate is derived from five verticillate leaves, of which the mid-rib forms the style, and the limbus on each side curls inwards, so as to form the two ovaria, of which five leaves, two only in ordinary cases, or in that of the present plant three, four, or the whole five, are developed ; yet, when that fruit is arrived at maturity, the mid-rib being obliterated, and the two lateral lobes remaining, as they always were, perfectly distinct, I cannot consider them as forming. one body ; and therefore, in describing the ordinary state of the fruit, I think it far more intelligible, as well as more conformable to the evidence of the senses, to speak of it as consisting of four separate achenia than of two two-celled carpella. ‘Those flowers which have the above multiplication of styles have also the stamina nearly distinct from their base, and have often the fifth stamen, and an irregular increase in the number of lobes of the corolla." For the foregoing remarks we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Bentham. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society, where it is cultivated in the stove, and flowers from March to May. It is readily increased by cuttings. In gardens it is often called Gesneria odorata. J. L. 1521 ACACTA* pentadénia. Fern-leaved Acacia. POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. Nat. ord. LeGvMrNosx Juss. $. Mimosex De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) ACACIA.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 98. Sect. IV. Foliis bipinnatis, floribus in capitula globosa collectis.—De Cand. prodr. 2. 460. § 2. Inermes. ** Antheris glabris, stigmate simplici. A. pentadenia ; inermis glabra, ramis angulatis, pinnis 4-5-jugis, foliolis sub-24-jugis oblongis utrinque obtusis, glandulá depressá inter omnes pinnas, capitulis pedicellatis axillaribus simplicibus. Frutex erectus, ramis angulatis, atroviridibus, pilis quibusdam sparsis. Folia bipinnata; pinnis 3-4-5-jugis; foliolis sub-24-jugis, parvis, oblongis, obtusissimis, basi quasi truncatis, glabris, vel parcissime pilosis ; petiolus communis, sulcatus, glandulá parvá cyathiformi inter utrumque jugum. Stipule ovate, acute, membranacea. Pedunculi plures, axillares, folis breviores, capitula simplicia flava gerentes. Collected for Mr. Knight, on the south-west coast of New Holland. It is a very elegant greenhouse plant, flowering in April; and if not equal to such species as A. pubescens in the beauty ofits blossoms, it is perhaps superior to them in the graceful character of its foliage. Will thrive with the same treatment as other New Holland Acacias, and is propagated by cuttings in the same manner. The little glands that are seated upon the petiole, be- tween each pair of pinnæ, are of a highly curious character; they have the form of a minute cup, and seem as if they were destined to expose some portion of the inner substance * See fol. 1317. of the petiole to the action of air or light; but for what purpose we are ignorant. One could almost fancy an analogy between the origin of these glands and of the shields of Lichens. J. L. * . n — — DN 1522 ANGRAECUM ebürneum, . Ivory Angrecum. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncnipEx. $ Vandee Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) ANGRECUM Thouars.— Perianthium patens. Sepala et petala sub- «qualia, libera. Labellum sessile, cum basi columne continuum, carnosum, indivisum, petalis multó latius ; calcare recto cornuto, scepiüs subcylindraceo, perianthio multó longiore, raró obconico. Columna nana, subteres, rard elongata, semiteres. Anthera 2-locularis, truncata. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, caudiculá brevi angustá, glandulá triangulari. Epiphytee, caulescentes. Folia coriacea, ligulata, apice obliqua. Flores solitarii v. racemosi, albi, nunc citrini, v. herbacei. A. eburneum ; caule simplici, foliis coriaceis lucidis apice obliquis 7-striatis, spicis multifloris secundis, labello cordato subrotundo cuspidato basi jugo elevato cristato, calcare sepalo supremo parallelo et dimidio longiore, ovario scabro. metet s eburneum. “ Bory Voyage, 1. 359. t. 19." Willd. sp. pl. . 125. Angrecum eburneum. Thouars orch. afr. t. 65. Ach. Richard orch. maurit. p. 71. Aerobion eburneum. Spreng. syst. veg. v. 3. Caulis erectus, simplex, crassus, sesquipedalis, hic illic radices tortuosas promens. Folia subdisticha, ligulata, lucida, valdé coriacea, apice obliqua, quandoque emarginata. Spica e basi caulis, ascendens, caulis longitudine, teres, secunda, multiflora. Flores inodori, explanati, diametro 34-unciali. Sepala et petala subequalia, lineari-lanceolata, coriacea, basi convexa, omnind libera, pallidé herbacea. Labellum eburneum, cordatum, subrotundum, abrupte acuminatum, concavum, basi cristá obcuneatá elevatá longitudinali instructum, calcaratum. Calcar feré tres uncias longum, cornutum, ad apicem sensim attenuatum, intüs pubescens, cum sepalo dorsali parallelum. Columna nana, carnosa, subteres, truncato-conica. Clinandrium planum, immarginatum, apice angustatum ; margine antico alté excavato. Stigma sub fornice clinandrii occultum. Anthera subrotunda, truncata, bilocularis ; loculis paulo disjunctis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollinia 2, bipartita, incumbentia, basi approximata, caudiculá lineari emarginatá glandule triangulari affixá. Ovarium breve, sexsulcatum, verruculosum, costis ro- tundatis. * An alteration of Angurek, the Malayan name of such plants. VOL. XVITI. H This remarkable plant is not uncommon in the Island of Bourbon, growing upon trees, where it was found both by Colonel Bory de St. Vincent and by the late Mons. Du Petit Thouars. 1t was also met with at St. Mary's, Madagascar, by the unfortunate Forbes, by whom the only plant that is known to exist in Europe was sent to the Horticultural Society. From that plant the accompanying draw- ing was made in November last, when it flowered for the first time, continuing in beauty for nearly two months. It grows slowly, but is in a perfectly healthy state, without, however, manifesting the smallest disposition to branch, or provide means for propagating. It is very much to be regretted that some more efficient means are not taken to procure the plants of this description, which abound in all the tropical parts of the East. They are very tenacious of life, and require no care in collecting, it being only necessary to strip them off the trees on which they grow, and to suspend them in the cabin, never watering them, but moistening them occasionally with a wet sponge. Captains of ships touching at the Isle of France might succeed in importing them without difficulty ; and yet of the nume- rous species figured by Du Petit Thouars, not more than three- or four have ever been seen in our gardens. The only precaution that requires to be taken in importing them, is that they should not be over-watered ; if this is done, they are sure to die; it would be much better to give them no water whatever. They should also, if possible, be collected in the dry season, at which period they are natural in a state of torpor. This plant offers a striking instance of the precaution Nature seems to have taken to prevent direct contact between the pollen and the stigmatic surface, and at the same time of the skilful means by which an indirect communication is substituted ; so that no impedi- ment may really exist to the process of fertilisation, notwithstanding the apparent obstacles to its taking effect. The pollen is locked up 1n an anther so firmly united to the top of the column, that nothing but actual force can remove it; while the stigma is situated upon the face of the column far beyond the reach of contact with the pollen. To establish the requisite communication, a narrow slip of the top of the column, proceeding from the edge of the stigma to beneath the anther, gradually separates from the surrounding tissue; the face of the anther opens along the middle of the cells, contracts, and allows the Pollen masses to glue themselves to the narrow slip, which is the caudicula ; at the same time, while this operation has been in progress, a triangular portion of the front of the edge of the stigma has been adhering to the caudicula ; and thus establishes the direct communi- cation which is required, afterwards separating with the caudicula under the form of the gland. From this statement it will be obvious to Botanists that the caudicule of Ophrydex, and that of Vandez, are not analogous; the former belonging to the pollen, as was de- monstrated by Mr. Bauer so long since as the year 1800, and the latter to the stigma. "These phenomena, the progress of which we remarked last winter with great care, will form the subject of two ——————— >} plates that have been prepared by Mr. Bauer for the next Part of the Jllustrations of Orchideous Plants. The genus Angrecum was first established by Du Petit Thouars in 1822. It consists, as far as is at present known, exclusively of plants native of trees in the islands of Bourbon, Mauritius, and Mada- gascar, and of the south-eastern part of the continent of Africa. Strictly limited, that is to say excluding certain species admitted by its founder, it is known by its undivided lip, which is neither cucul- late, nor articulated with the column; by its spreading perianthium, _ which never has the segments turned upwards as in Eulophia ; by its long taper-pointed spur, which is rarely enlarged at the base; and finally, by all these characters being connected with coriaceous leaves, that are never ribbed or plaited. Such being the definition of An- grecum, it will be apparent that, independently of the species already separated under the names of Aeranthes, (Eonia, &c., certain others, such as our Angrecum maculatum, and a few of those of Du Petit Thouars, must be excluded; these form a genus nearly related to Eulophia, from which they are to be distinguished by their coriaceous leaves, by the perianthium never being secund, and by the want of a crest upon the lip. They may be thus defined: (ECEOCLADES. Perianthium patens, v. ringens, v. connivens, subzequale, liberum, non secundum. Labellum liberum, sessile, cum columna articulatum, calca- ratum; calcare curvo seepé obconico, lamina lobatá cucullatá, v. complicata, v. concavá. Columna sepe elongata, semiteres. Anthera 2-locularis. Pol- linia 2, posticé sulcata, caudiculá angustä, glandulá minuta. Epiphyte, acaules v. caulescentes, nunc pseudobolbose. Folia coriacea, aut raró mem- branacea, nunquam plicata. Flores seepiús minuti. Sp. Angreecum maculatum Lindl. — parviflorum, caulescens, carpopho- rum, gracile, Thowars—Limodorum pusillum, filiforme ? funale, falcatum, W. et plures Indice ineditee. Among the collections of Dr. Wallich are the following new genera, belonging to the same tribe as Angraecum and (Eceoclades, with which our Botanical readers will be glad to be acquainted. DIPLOCENTRUM. Perianthium subclausum, liberum. Sepalum supremum lateralibus paullo obliquis multó minus. Petala sepalo supremo paululüm majora. Labellum cum columna articulatum, indivisum, bicalcaratum. Columna minuta, semi- teres, rostello obtuso. Pollinia 2? caudiculá subulatä, glandulá maximá concavá. Epiphyta, caulescens. Folia complicata, carnosa, recurva. Racemi paniculati, recurvi. Flores minuti. Calcaria brevia, obconica, incurva. Sp. 1. Diplocentrum recurvum. MICROPERA. Perianthium «equale, patens, sepalis lateralibus basi labelli adnatis. La- bellum cum basi columne continuum, calceiforme, leviter trilobum, lobo intermedio minimo, lateralibus majoribus erectis. Columna brevis, rostello maximo inflexo. Pollinia 2, caudiculá subulatá. Epiphyta, caulescens. Folia disticha, linearia, arcuata, apice sequalia, emarginata. Spice laterales, horizontales, foliis breviores. Flores citrini. Sp. 1. Micropera pallida— Aerides pallidum Roxb. CHILOSCHISTA. Perianthium subpatens. Petala sepalis majora, cum sepalis lateralibus basi longè producte columns adnata. Labellum cum ungue columne articulatum, bipartitum, medio cristatum. Columna minima, erecta, semi- teres. Pollinia 2, caudiculà brevi, subulatá, glandulá minutá. Herba humilis, epiphyta, hirsuta, aphylla; radicibus complanatis viridibus (quasi foliaceis!). Spice erecte. Flores albi, odorati. ES Sp. 1. Chiloschista usneoides= Epidendrum usneoides Don prodr. TgrRAPELTIS Wall. MSS. Perianthium subpatens. Sepala libera, æqualia. Petala angustissima, eequilonga. Labellum liberum, sessile, saccatum, geniculatum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, intermedio indiviso. Columna erecta, petalorum longitudine, semiteres, clavata; clinandrio cucullato ; rostello rostrato recto. Pollinia 4, globosa, posticé foveata ; geminatim caudiculis duabus angustis glandulá communi connexis adheerentia. —— Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caules squamis vaginati, curvi. Folia geminata, lanceolata, plicata. Spica erecta, multiflora, foliis brevior. Flores albi. Sp. 1. Tetrapeltis fragrans Wall. MSS. J. L. 1523 MAMMILLARIA* tenuis. Taper Mammillaria. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. CacrEx De Cand. $ Opuntiacee. (Introduction to the natural system, p. 54.) MAMMILLARIA.—Supra, vol. 16. fol. 1329. M. tenuis ; pumila, cylindracea, prolifera, axillis nudis, spinis 20 radiatis eequalibus patentissimis intricatis. M. tenuis. De Cand. in literis. Caulis cylindraceus, valde proliferus, propaginibus sphericis. Tubercula brevia, ovata, axillis nudis. Spine e centro lanato radiate, 20-21, juniores purpurascentes, adulte flave, omnes equales, patentissime. Flores ochro- leuci, minuti. Gentle reader, hast thou never seen in a display of fire- works a crowd of wheels all in motion at once, and crossing and intersecting each other in every direction ? and canst thou fancy those wheels arrested in their motion by some magic power, their rays retained, but their fires extin- guished and their brightness gone; just as the glow-worm's light fades before the glare of day, and leaves nothing but a brown and lustreless shell, in place of the fiery mask which he wore in darkness? Then mayest thou conceive the curious beauty of the little herb now before thee; a plant so unlike all others, that we would fain believe it the reanimated spirit of a race that flourished in former ages with those hideous monsters whose bones alone remain to tell the history of their éxistence, in the quarries of our sandstone, slate, and clay. With nothing living has it any resemblance, except its own immediate kin; and even among those it exceeds in curious intricacy of structure all that we know elsewhere. * See fol. 1329. Its native country is unknown to us. The plant from which our drawing was made was received from M. De Candolle. It flowers in May, and propagates readily by means of the little round hedgehog-like bulbs, which it produces in abundance. They should be planted in lime- rubbish, and a little vegetable soil kept just damp, where they will strike root, and speedily establish themselves. Once rooted, nothing but frost or over-watering will destroy them. J. L. 132 bo. u — mii 1524 HOVEA* chorozemefólia. Chorozema-leaved Hovea. A MONADELPHIA, or DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lecumivosx. Trib. Lotee De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) HOVEA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 280. H. chorozemefolia ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis sinuato-spinosis mucronatis coriaceis glabris, stipulis spinescentibus, calycibus villosis.— De Cand. prodr. 2. 116. Plagiolobium chorizemeefolium. Sweet. fl. australas. t. 2. Plag. ilicifolium. Ejusdem loci. Frutex erectus, densus, sempervirens. Rami murini, pubescentes. Folia ovata, v. oblonga, sinuato-spinosa, rigida, utrinque glabra, subtus reticulata. Racemi 2-4-flori, villosi, foliis breviores. Flores intense cyanei. Calycis labium supremum indivisum. King George's Sound, in New Holland, that country from which so many noble Banksias, Dryandras, and other fine evergreen plants, have been introduced, and which, although in most places too sterile for the purposes of man, seems to be ** a paradise of pleasant flowers," is the native spot of this charming shrub. It flourishes in that frostless country among picturesque hills, described by Mr. Nind as “ studded and capped by immense blocks of granite, and strewed with a profusion of beautiful shrubs, among which the splendid Banksie grow to a large size, while Kingia and Xanthorhea, or the Grass-tree, are abundant.” Our drawing was made in April last from a plant in the possession of Mr. Lowe, which was exhibited at one of the meetings of the Horticultural Society. It is a very healthy greenhouse shrub, scarcely less remarkable for the beauty of its foliage than for the rich, and for New Holland plants very unusual, colour of its blossoms. Young cuttings will strike in sand under a bell-glass. 3. L. * See fol. 1423. MN N A a ca *j m yr 1525 ACERAS* secundiflóra. One-sided Aceras. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcnıne®. $ Ophryde® Lindl. (Introduction to the na- tural system of Botany, p. 262.) ACERAS R.Brown.—Perianthium clausum, estivationevalvatä. Petala sepalis multo angustiora. Labellum brevissime saccato-calcaratum, v. gib- bosum, pendulum v. patens, tripartitum. Columna erecta, bilocularis, loculis parallelis basi approximatis, caudiculis glandule solitarie cucullo unico incluse adherentibus. Herbe, radicibus carnosis fasciculatis, lobo uno alterove incrassato. Flores luteo-herbacei, v. obscuré violacei, labello seepé maculato discolore. A. secundiflora; foliis maculatis, spicá densá secundá parviflora, petalis subulatis, labello patente oblongo sepalis equali basi gibboso trilobo : lobo intermedio obovato mucronulato. Satyrium maculatum. Desf. fl. atl. 2. 319, fide Cambessédes. Ophrys densiflora. Desf. coroll. p. 11. t. 16. Orchis secundiflora. ** Bertolon. amen. Ital. 82." ^ Cambess. enum. pl. balear. 140. Spreng. syst. veg. 3.687. — - Radix carnosus oblongus, indivisus. Folia radicalia oblonga, erecta, plicata, carnosa, maculata. Scapus in cultá spithameus, in spontaneá humilior, erectus, apice spicam densam secundam florum parvorum obscure violaceorum gerens. Sepala ovata, acuta, estivatione valvari. Petala subulata, sepalorum longitudine. Labellum patens, sepala non excedens, oblongum, basi concavum, sacculatum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus linearibus acutis, intermedio obovato mucronato longiore. Columna minima, generis. This plant seems to have an unusually extensive geo- graphical range for an Orchis. Bertoloni found it in Provence and Liguria; Cambessedes gathered it on the Puig-di- * So called by Dr. Brown, from æ, priv., and xsga;, a horn ; in allusion to the primá facie difference between the original species and Orchis. After- wards Richard altered it to Loroglossum, because one of the species was found to have a horn. Then Professor Sprengel changed the name to Himantoglossum, because he did not like Loroglossum. Finally, we retain Dr. Brown's name, because it was the first, and is as good as the others, and because we do not approve of these idle changes. Torrella, in Majorca ; it has been collected in Corsica by Viviani, and also in Calabria ; Desfontaines brought it from near Belis, in the Atlantis ; and finally, it was discovered in Madeira by the Rev. Mr. Lowe, tó whom we owe its introduction to our gardens. It is a neat little plant, requiring the same kind of treat- ment as Ixias and other Cape bulbs: that is to say, to be kept quite dry and quiescent during summer. Under such management, Mr. Henderson, at Lord Milton's, succeeds in making it flower freely every spring: For the specimens from which the drawing was taken we are obliged to Mr. Henderson, and also to the Rev. Mr. Berkeley, by whom they were communicated in April last. The parts. of fructi- fication are: very minute, :and difficult to. make out. Mr. Berkeley first: directed our attention to the agreement :be- tween their structure and that of Aceras 'anthropophora; an. opinion which ‚our own. observation. has subsequently confirmed. We have wild specimens from the Balearic islands, for which we have to-thank: Mr; Bentham; : but they:are.not one-third the size of the cültivated plant. Hato Orchis parviflora of Willdenow, referred to'this genus by Sprengel, in pursuance of a hint of the elder Richard; is, according to Tenore, nothing but a starved specimen of O. ustulata, and must be expunged from the list. . In its place may be inserted the following very-distinct Indián species, viz. : — A. angustifolia (Lindl; in Wall. cat:'ind. no. 7061); Foliis*lineari-lanceolátis acuminatis, spicá rarà elongatà secundá “parviflora, petalis . subulatis, labello pendulo lineari sepalis duplo longiore, apice trifido :- laciniä inter- mediá breviore. Hab. in Gossam Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e museo Anglo-Indico.) J. L. —— SNP RO VET NN TTE T 1526 KENNEDYA* dilatäta. Dilated Kennedya. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lesumınosz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) KENNEDYA.—Supra, vol. 11. p. 944. § 2. Foliis 3-foliolatis, cariná vexillo et alis breviore. D.C. K. dilatata ; foliolis tribus ovatis obtusissimis basi cuneatis apice mucronatis subrepandis subtüs sericeis, stipulis ovatis acutis, pedunculis filiformibus flexuosis flores 6- 10-capitatos gerentibus. K. dilatata. Cunningham sec. Hortulanos. Caules debiles, filiformes, flexuosi, fusco-pilosi, pilis appressissimis. Folia magis minusve repanda (magis fig. 2, minus fig. 1). Calyces nigro-villosi. Flores vexillo coccineo basi luteo, alis purpureis. A beautiful little prostrate or climbing plant, related, on the one hand, to K. prostrata, on the other to K. ino- phylla, with which latter it agrees in the black hairs that clothe its calyxes. There are two varieties; one of which, represented at fig. 1, has smaller and less repand leaves than the other at fig. 2. It requires precisely the same treatment as K. prostrata and coccinea. A native of the south- west coast of New Holland, where its seeds were gathered by Baxter. Our drawing was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery in April last. The name by which it is known in the Gardens is, we presume, that by which it has been called by Mr. Allan Cunningham, the distinguished traveller in New South Wales, to whom Botanists are looking with much impatience for that detailed account of the Flora of New Holland for which his talents and materials most highly qualify him. J. L. * See fol. 1421. —3 A T e — pe mae 1 =R = E t ESOS NE dd 1527 ASTER* spectábilis. Shewy Aster. — B SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosıtz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis scabris sessilibus inferioribus serratis, ` caule stricto apice corymboso, ramis rigidis incurvis corymbosis, periclinii foliolis obtusis copiosissimis squarrosis ramulisque glanduloso-pubescenti- bus.— Nees ab Esenbeck genera et species Asterearum, 41. A. spectabilis. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 3. 209, et feré omnium auctorum. A. elegans. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2042. n. 74, ex parte; fide Neesii. . It is well known that the genus Aster has long been the disgrace of Botanists; that there is no instance in the whole range of Natural History of such imperfect descrip- tions, unscientific arrangement, false species, confused sy- nonyms, aud multiplied names, as that genus presents. We have for many years been collecting materials in the hope of being able to reduce it to better order; and lately we have begun to explain our ideas upon the subject in several articles that have appeared in the present publication. But we are fortunately relieved from the prosecution of our undertaking by the appearance of a work from the pen of the learned Dr. Nees von Esenbeck, which, whether we regard the elegance of its style, the precision of its arrangement, the philosophical spirit that pervades every page, or the laborious accuracy with which the whole has been digested, is certainly the most remarkable instance of scientific research applied to systematic Botany that we are acquainted with. Our labour in future will be reduced * See fol. 1487. to an illustration of this extraordinary production, or to a criticism of such points in it as may appear to admit of improvement. The species now described is said by Nuttall to be common in New Jersey: we have no wild specimens, nor has Nees seen any but those from gardens. It is, however, a most distinct kind, and among the most beautiful of the tribe. It flowers in September and October; and is easily preserved and multiplied in any common garden soil. Its stature is twice as great as that of the European and Asiatic Aster Amellus. It appears that while the specific character of this plant in Willdenow really belongs to it, having been copied from Solander in the Hortus Kewensis, his description applies to a totally different species ; and that another of Willdenow's species, A. elegans, is nothing but a patchwork of A. spec- tabilis and A. Amellus! ! J. L. (325 1528 CHORÖZEMA* ovatum. Ovate Chorozema. DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Legumınosz Juss. $ Sophoree D. C. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) CHOROZEMA.—Supra, vol. 12. fol. 986. C. ovatum; caulibus debilibus ascendentibus, foliis ovatis acutis, calycis laciniis acuminatis, pedunculis longissimis terminalibus nudis trifloris. Caules filiformes, ascendentes, pubescentes. Stipule subulate. Folia simplicia, ovata, acuminata, pilosiuscula. Pedunculi terminales, longissimi, triflori, subpubescentes. Calyx tubulosus, bilabiatus, levissim? pubescens ; labio superiore lato bifido, inferiore tripartito, basi bibracteolatus. Vexil- lum subrotundum, emarginatum, coccineum, basi luteum, alis multà majus ; ale purpuree ; carina pallida, minor. Stamina 10, libera, basi calycis inserta. Ovarium lineare, dealbatum, sericeum, polyspermum. Stylus com- yen brevis, pilosus, uncinatus, acutus. Stigma anticum, laterale, ineare. A native of the south-west of New Holland, where it was collected by Baxter. Its characters are more those of C. rhombeum than of any other species; but it is decidedly distinct. Flowers in May; increases by ripened cuttings struck under a bell-glass ; requires a greenhouse. Our drawing was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery. J. L. * See fol. 1513. 1529 STANHÓPEA* ebürnea. Ivory-lipped Stanhópea. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncnipEz Juss. $ Vandee Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) STANHOPEA Hooker. — Perianthium membranaceum, patentissimum v. reflexum. Sepala libera, subundulata, mole sua ruentia. Petala con- formia angustiora. Labellum liberum, anticum, ecalcaratum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum: dimidio superiore (epichilio) convexo, inferiore (hypo- chilio) excavato. ^ Columna longissima, petaloideo-marginata. ^ Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 2, elongata, fissa, caudiculá quam glandula biloba stipitata breviore. Epiphyte pseudo-bulbose. Folia plicata. Scapi radicales, vaginati, pauciflori. Flores maximi, magis minüsve maculati. S. eburnea ; labello oblongo non medio constricto, hypochilio pone basin bicorni, epichilio ovato-oblongo obtuso, metachilio dupló longiore solido plano-convexo anticé truncato bidentato, scapo pendulo bifloro petalis dupló longiore. Scapi penduli, biflori, cum ovario 43 poll. longi. Vagine laxe, ovate, obtuse, internodiis vix equales. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, 23 poll. longa, 14 lata. Petala conformia, angustiora. . Labellum cornubus è medio margine hypochilü, metachilioque lineis quibusdam interruptis purpureis notatis. We are indebted for our knowledge of this noble epiphyte to James Bateman, Esq., who most obligingly sent us specimens from his rich collection of Orchideous plants at Knypersley Hall, near Congleton, in Julylast. They were accompanied by a faithful draw- ing from the amateur pencil of Miss Jane Edwards, and by several important notes, which have together enabled us to prepare an account of the species. It is a native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was originally imported by Messrs. Loddiges. Mr. Bateman informs us that “ the plant from which the drawing was taken produced at the same time from the base of the same bulb another scape, which, coming in contact with the side of its pot, suá vi was broken off: the other was only * So called in compliment to the present Earl Stanhope, president of the Medico-Botanical Society. VOL. XVIII. I preserved from a similar fate by breaking an opening through the sides of the pot. The flowers were slightly fragrant, and of short duration; the lip when fresh appeared to be formed of the most pure and highly-polished ivory. The plant in question differs decidedly from S. oculata and insignis, which have both flowered here; and in foliage from a plant I possess of S. grandiflora, being much smaller, more pointed and pliant in its leaves. Not, however, having seen a flower of the latter, I know not exactly in what respect it differs from it." To this last species it is indeed very closely allied ; but it appears to differ from itin some points of importance. In the first place, its flowers are not more than two-thirds of the size; secondly, the horns of the base of the lip proceed from the middle of the margin of the hypochilium, and not from the front of the margin; and thirdly, the scape in S. grandiflora is shorter than the sepals, so that the flowers are erect, while in S. eburnea the scape is twice as long, and pendulous. Such at least are differences that are to be discovered upon comparing this with Messrs. Loddiges” figure of Ceratochilus grandiflorus, and with a few notes upon that species which we formerly made when a blossom was communicated to us by those gentlemen in August 1828. We, however, should not perhaps have attached so much Brice vor to these peculiarities, if S. eburnea had not been a native of Rio Janeiro, and S. grandiflora of Trinidad ; but we know that it rarely happens that the same species of Orchideous plant inhabits such very distant stations. When we originally examined this plant, we suggested to Messrs. Loddiges as a name for the genus that of Ceratochilus, which was accordingly adopted; but we unfortunately did not at the time advert to the existence of the same name in Dr. Blume's Observa- tions upon Java Plants. The genus of the last-mentioned Botanist being, however, apparently distinct, it has become necessary to adopt the name of Stanhopea, which was subsequently applied to another species of this genus, the Epidendrum grandiflorum of Humboldt and Bonpland, by Dr. Hooker. We the more readily do this now, because on a former occasion, in objecting to the reception of the name Stanhopea, we suffered ourselves to be betrayed into unkind expressions, which should not have been applied to any one, and least of all to so amiable and excellent a man as our long-tried friend the Professor of Botany at Glasgow. J. L. 1330. =e cU ——— ee — — 1530 CYMBÍDIUM * marginátum. Red-edged Cymbidium. — GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncuipEx Juss. $ Vandew Lindl, (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) CYMBIDIUM.—Supra, vol. 7. fol. 529. t Sect. 4. Rhizoma repens, pseudo-bolbos 1-3-phyllos gerens. (Bolbidium.) — Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. part 3. ined. : C. pseudo-bulbis ovato-oblongis teretibus 1-3-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis erecto-recurvis, scapis unifloris gracilibus vaginatis foliis bre- vioribus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis minoribus conformibus, labello oblongo-lanceolato obtuso cucullato subrepando indiviso. ? Maxillaria gracilis. Lodd. bot. cab. 1837. Folia 4-8 poll. longa, 6-7 lineas lata, atroviridia. Scapi palmares, vaginis longis fuscis distantibus. Flores lutei. Sepala pollicem longa, rubro-marginata ; supremum cum petalis parallelum labium superius, laterali- em divergentibus inferius constituentibus. Labellum interruptó umbrino unbatum. An air-plant, native of Rio Janeiro, whence it has been received by the Horticultural Society. It grows freely under the usual management required by this tribe of plants, but does not often flower. Our drawing was made in a stove in the Chiswick Garden in November 1830. Young plants may be obtained by dividing the creeping stem, when the pseudo-bulbs will establish for themselves an independent life by means of their little white and green roots. The genus Cymbidium in its most definite state com- prehends none but plants the lower sepals of whose flowers are spreading, the upper with the petals forming a sort of superior lip; the labellum being articulated with the column, and either entire or 3-lobed, but always cucullate. * From xv«80s, a hollow recess; in allusion to the lip. With these characters are combined a pair of 2-lobed pollen masses, sessile upon a transverse gland. The genus thus restricted will be found to comprehend two natural groups, one of which consists of plants that, like C. aloi- folium, form neither stem nor pseudo-bulbs, but throw up several leaves from the surface of the soil; the other of species with a creeping rhizoma, from which at intervals spring pseudo-bulbs, bearing from 1 to 3 half-coriaceous leaves. [tis to the latter that the subject of this Plate is referable. Besides these, it will probably not be expe- dient, with our present imperfect knowledge of the struc- ture of those plants, to exclude such species as C. diurnum and utriculatum, both of which are types of additional groups; and perhaps our Camaridium ochroleucum will be better reduced to Cymbidium than retained distinct. A very large portion of the Willdenovian species of Cymbidium are referable to other genera, especially C. echinocarpum and its allies, which form a genus we call Dichea. The Maxillaria gracilis of the Botanical Cabinet is either this in a sickly state, or a nearly allied species. J. L. ADO ao RE NF CIS G P trt a Eod. ET Cd ae, 1531 EPÁCRIS* nivális. Snowy Epacris. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. EPAcRiDEX R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 183.) EPACRIS Forst.—Calyx coloratus, multibracteatus, bracteis textura calycis. Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala; antheris supra medium peltatis. Squamule 5, hypogyne. Capsula placentis co- lumne centrali adnatis. Fruticuli ramosi, sepiús glabri. Folia sparsa, petiolata v. basi simplici. Flores axillares, in spicam foliatam sepius digesti, albi v. purpurascentes.—R. Br. prodr. 550. E. nivalis ; floribus pendulis racemosis, foliis lanceolatis sessilibus attenuato- acuminatis subtús striatis, pedunculis calyce bis brevioribus, corollis cam- panulatis basi constrictis: tubo calycem bis superante. E. nivalis. Loddiges botanical cabinet, t. 1821. Frutex sempervirens, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis, floribus niveis pendulis onustus. Ramuli arachnoideo-pubescentes, fusco-purpurei. Folia ovato-lanceolata, v. lanceolata, reflexo-patentia, acuminatissima, glabra, subtüs striata. Sepala et bractese ovate, acute, albe, margine lanulose. Corolla foliorum longi- tudine, campanulata, intra. calycem constricta. Introduced from New Holland by Henry Moreton Dyer, Esq., vice-president of the Horticultural Society, who gave seeds of it, in 1829, to Messrs. Loddiges, in whose Botanical Cabinet an excellent figure appeared in July last. It forms an evergreen bush, which, when loaded like an Andromeda with hundreds of snow-white flowers, is exceedingly ornamental. Any greenhouse will afford it protection enough in winter; and in summer it will bear the open air of this climate. It increases by cuttings. * From és}, upon, and &xgis, the summit of a mountain; alluding to the native situation of several of the species. Our figure was taken from specimens supplied in April last by Mr. Lowe, of Clapton. In Botanical affinity this species comes nearest to E. impressa, which is at once distinguished by its pink blossoms, the tube of whose corolla is cylindrical, and much longer than in E. nivalis. J. L. a ig la, ctm 1532 EURY BIA* corymbósa. Corymbose Eurybia. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosirz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $ Corymbifere Juss. Asterese Cassini. EURYBIA Cassini.— Calathium radiatum, radio foemineo fertili, ligulis uniserialibus latiusculis. Stigmata flosculorum disci fertilis retorta, pilosula, obtusa, apice sterili brevissimo. — Periclinium arcté imbricatum, foliolis pluriserialibus non appendiculatis latiusculis à basi ad apicem membranaceo- - marginatis, rariús apice patulis. Clinanthium subalveolatum, alveolis parüm profundis marginibus obsolet® dentatis. Pappus simplex, pluriserialis, rigidulus, radiis filiformibus serrulato-scabris (ferrugineis albisve). Achenia elongata, linearia, 3-5-costata, striata, glabra, v. pubescentia.— Nees ab Esenbeck genera et species Asterearum, p. 136. E. corymbosa ; foliis ovatis, inferioribus cordatis serratis petiolatis, caule dichotomo-corymboso, periclinii foliolis imbricatis obtusis, exterioribus ovatis.—- Nees l. c. p. 143. A. corymbosus. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 3. 207. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2036, etc. A. cordifolius. Mich.! fl. boreali-americ. 2. Eurybia corymbosa. Cassini in dict. des sc. nat. 37. p. 487. A very common plant in gardens, rising from 1 to 2 feet high, and flowering in August and September. It is a native of North America, where it grows in shady woods from Canada to Virginia. When wild its stem does not usually bear more than from 6 to 10 flower-heads ; but in the cultivated plant they are often exceedingly numerous, as is shewn in our figure. The leaves are deeply and rather widely serrated, but at some distance from the apex are perfectly entire. By favour of M. Achille Richard we possess a specimen * From dev8/s;, wide-spreading ; in allusion to the creeping offsets. from the Herbarium of Michaux, from which we have ascer- tained that this is his A. cordifolius. We have received it under the same name from Dr. Torrey ; and it is probably that of other American Botanists : not, however, of Nuttall, who evidently, by combining it with A. heterophyllus, was aware of the true A. cordifolius. J. L. | 1333. Ab TIT. I Walls $e. ty S Sudguay TEG Visca) CA. MUN a 1533 VILLÁRSIA* renifórmis. Kidney-leaved Villarsia. ln —— PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Guntianex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 215.) VILLARSIA Vent.—Calyz 5-partitus. Corolla subrotata, limbo pa- tente 5-partito, laciniis disco plano, basi barbato v. squamulato, marginibus ascendentibus «stivatione inflexis. Stamina 5, laciniis alterna. Stylus 1. Stigma bilobum, lobis dentatis. Glandule 5, hypogyne, staminibus alterne. Capsula polysperma, unilocularis, bivalvis (in aquaticis evalvis), valvularum axibus seminiferis. Folia simplicia. Herbe natantes, v. paludose. Folia alterna, rard opposita, petiolis basi dilatatis, semivaginantibus, integra v. dentata, subtüs in plerisque punctata. Flores v. umbellati axillares, nunc petiolo insidentes, v. paniculati terminales. Corolla sepiüs flava, laciniarum marginibus fimbriatis v. integris.—R. Brown prodr. 456. V. reniformis ; foliis radicalibus reniformibus integris, caule elongato nudius- culo, floribus paniculatis.—R. Br. l. c. Romer et Schultes syst. veg. 4. 181. Herba paludosa, pedalis, v. minor. Folia radicalia long? petiolata, reniformi-cordata, lucida, obtusa, subrepanda. Caulis pallid? viridis, ramosus, bracteis communibus linearibus obtusis apice foliaceis, propriis minutis squa- miformibus. Flores pedicellis calycibus duplà triplöve longioribus, erectis ; lutei, 6-7 lineas lati, matutini. Lacinise corolle ovate, basi barbate, tridentate. . A neat little greenhouse plant, native of swamps near Port Jackson, and in Van Diemen's Land. It should be cultivated in peat earth, and planted in a pot which can be immersed in a tank of water, when it will flower daily for five or six weeks in the middle of summer, opening its blossoms at sunrise, and closing them before noon. Dr. Brown suggests its being too nearly related to * So called after Mons. Villars, the author of a History of the Plants of Dauphiné. V. parnassifolia: it is, however, a very distinct-looking plant when cultivated. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in June last, from a plant that had been presented by Mr. Blair. Increased by offsets. J: 35 UY . pu hy LOG Fivcatibd 7 Ve 1534 CYPRIPEDIUM* macränthos. Large-flowered Lady's Slipper. —— LJ GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Nat. ord. ORCHIDEE Juss. $ Cypripediese Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) CYPRIPEDIUM.—Supra, vol. 10. fol. 788. C. macranthos ; lobo styli cordato-acuminato subsessili, labello petalis longiore, ore contracto crenato.—Swartz act. holm. 1800, p. 251. Calceolus petalis nectario eequalibus aut minoribus. Gmel. sib. 1. p. 2. t. 1. SF. y. Calceolus purpureus speciosus. Amman. ruth. p. 132. n. 176. t. 21. C. macranthos. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 145. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2938. Roots of this fine species have been frequently sent to England by Dr. Fischer and other Russian Botanists, but they rarely have produced their blossoms, or even main- tained a feeble existence. "Those from which our drawing was made grew under a north wall, in a peat border, in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where they flowered in May 1829: they had been presented by John Prescott, Esq., but have now disappeared. In its native country it inhabits the northern parts of Asia as far as 58” north latitude, especially plains over which birch-trees are thinly scattered : it also occurs in rather dense birch-woods. Gmelin found it in all Siberia ; Ammann met with it blossoming beautifully in June in a birch-wood on the eastern bank of the Irtisch, above the Tartar village of Tebendrinsk ; we have been favoured by Dr. Fischer with specimens gathered in the Altai, and as far eastward as Dahuria, and with others from as much to * Literally Venus's slipper, from Cypris, one of her names, and »ödso,. It is thought to have been the Cosmosandalum of some Greek writers. the west as the village of Krasnoi-rog, in the government of Chernigow, in the Ucrain. From this fine species, Swartz, and, following him, Willdenow, have distinguished a plant which they call C. ventricosum, but which Gmelin does not consider more than'a variety. Of C. ventricosum we possess a specimen from the Herbarium of Stephan, with no locality assigned to it, but with a ticket marked ** C. grandiflorum ß, var. Lin. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. Gen. 1613, spec. 7. 8 ;” whence it appears that this Botanist considered the two supposed species as varieties of one. In this he possibly was correct; for it must be confessed, that the differences which exist between them are not of a very decided nature. The principal separating characters appear to us to consist in C. ventri- cosum having a rather larger flower, with very acuminate sepals and petals, being generally 2-flowered, and having the petals nearly twice as long as the lower double sepal. The first of these distinctions, namely, in the size of the flowers, is probably of no moment; for our Ucrain C. ma- cranthos is nearly as large as C. ventricosum ; the others may perhaps be of greater value. J.:L. SG = g A u i Zan a DS A It I E L Wale. Lo. TEL. 1535 TRICHOPÉTALUM * grácile. Slender Trichopetalum. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AspHoDELER® Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) TRICHOPETALUM.-— Calyx herbaceus recurvus. Petala extüs herbacea, intüs colorata, margine barbata, feré ex eadem serie cum sepalis originem ducentia, recurva. Stamina 6, sequalia, filamentis glabris, antheris linearibus innatis. Ovarium 3-gonum, 3-loculare, polyspermum. Stylus simplex. Stigma: punctum triangulare. Capsula oblonga, nuda, 3-locu- laris, polysperma, apice loculicido-trivalvis; pericarpio chartaceo. Semina reniformia, compressa; testá nigrá, embryone circa albumen subcorneum arcuato. Herbee Chilenses, radicibus fasciculatis, caulibus annuis, tereti- bus, floribus albis, subsolitariis, racemosis v. spicatim paniculatis. T. gracile ; caule paniculato, petalis sepalisque revolutis, floribus nutantibus. ? Anthericum plumosum. Ruiz et Pavon fl. Peruv. v. 3. t. 300. f. 6. Rómer et Schultes syst. veg. 7. 481. Radix fasciculatus, carnosus. Caules subramosi, glauci, striati, in solo pingui (undà exemplar quod icon. nostram prebuit) 3-pedales. Folia glauca, lineari-ensiformia, canaliculata, debilia, glaberrima ; superioribus sensim minoribus, demúm sub summis floribus depauperatis in bracteas membranaceas mutatis. Flores albo-virides, inconspicui, mutantes. Sepala: et petala in eadem serie, basibus levissime connata, subequalia, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, striata. Pili marginis duplici serie inserti, crassi, scabri, brevi-articulati. Semina duplo majora quàm in T. stellato. - Found by M'Rae near the baths of Colina, in Chile, and by him sent to the Horticultural Society, in whose Garden it has been cultivated several years. In a starved or unhealthy state it is a dwarf few-flowered plant, scarcely exceeding a span in height; but planted in rich soil, and under good cultivation, it rises to the height of full 3 feet, flowering and seeding abundantly from June to August. * From Seif, rgıxds, hair, and zíraAv, a petal; in allusion to the fringes of the inner series of the perianthium. Like many, perhaps most, half-hardy bulbous, or fleshy- rooted plants with annual stems, it succeeds better if com- mitted to the open ground in a frame or pit which is well drained, has a southern aspect, and from which the frost is entirely excluded. In such a situation, exposed to the open air all summer long, it will form its leaves in perfection, and will not lose them until they have completely fulfilled the purpose for which they are created, namely, the ela- borating a supply of food upon which in the succeeding year the new stem will be fed, and by aid of which the flowers will be developed. Plants under such treatment, if unhealthy when first submitted to it, will probably not indicate any great renovation the first year; but in the second the good effects cannot fail to be distinctly per- ceptible. This is the only way in which Cape roots can generally be cultivated successfully; for few of them are capable of living, or at least of flourishing, so far north as London, if treated as hardy plants; a fact which we fear many who have unfortunately suffered themselves to be persuaded to trust their Cape bulbs to the open borders, have discovered to their cost. Whether or not this is the Anthericum plumosum of Ruiz and Pavon we have not the means of positively deter- mining : if the figure of these authors can be relied on, theirs must be a different plant, and may possibly be Dr. Hooker's Anthericum? plumosum, well figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 3084: that the latter, which seems to be very common about Valparaiso, is distinct from the subject of the present article, we judge from its narrower leaves, smaller seeds, and erect flowers with spreading, not reflexed petals; characters which exist equally in the wild and cultivated specimens. It may be called Trichopetalum stellatum. J. L. 1536 TACSÓNIA* pinnatistípula. Mrs. Marryat's Tacsonia. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Nat. ord. Passirtorem Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 148.) i TACSONTA.—Omnia Passiflore ; sed tubus calycis longus. T. pinnatistipula ; foliis subtús velutino-candidis ultra medium trifidis, lobis serratis, stipulis in lobulos tenues pinnatifidis.—De Cand. prodr. 3. 334. Passiflora pinnatistipula. Cavan. ic. 5. 428. Tacsonia pinnatistipula. Juss. in ann. mus. 6. 393. Passiflora pennipes. Smith in Rees cycl. no. 48. At length our Gardens have acquired one of the long- desired species of Tacsonia, a genus established by Jussieu upon a group of South American Passion-flowers, having a long tube to their calyx, and hitherto only known in Europe by indifferent uncoloured figures, and by dried specimens. It first made its appearance in the Garden of Mrs. Marryat, of Wimbledon, by whom its seeds were procured two or three years ago from Chile, where it seems to be not an uncommon species. When first raised, a portion of the plants was placed in the open air, and the remainder in a conservatory, The former perished; but the latter have grown luxuriantly, covering the rafters with their long climbing shoots, and flowering in abundance in the spring and summer months. The blossoms are very large, and pendent, of a clear bright pale flesh-colour, beautifully contrasted with a single row of bright blue thread-shaped rays. They are succeeded by yellow, round, downy fruit, about the size of a hen’s egg. * The Peruvians call such plants as this Tacso; whence Jussieu formed Tacsonia, a name which Smith pronounces as exceptionable as the genus. We wish the genus were as unexceptionable as the name. VOL, XVIII. K It strikes very freely from cuttings, and may, of course, be also multiplied by its seeds; the former are to.be pre- ferred, because young plants so obtained will blossom sooner than seedlings. For the introduction of this plant, the Banksian medal of the Horticultural Society was this year awarded to Mrs. Marryat, to whom we are indebted for the specimens from which our drawing was made by Miss Drake. No difficulty ought to be experienced in procuring more of these charming species. > For the guidance of those who may have Peruvian correspondents, it may be useful to state, that Tacsonia peduncularis is common in the Cuesta of Huamantanga; and that a very fine undescribed kind may be easily procured from Tarma, both which situations are frequently visited by Europeans. J. L. 1537 ASTER* fragilis. Brittle Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrositx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. A. fragils; foliis radicalibus caulinisve (saltem inferioribus) oblongis ad- presso-serratis, superioribus linearibus, omnibus in ambitu scabris, ramu- lorum oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis mucronulatis patentibus, caule piloso-lineato racemoso-decomposito, ramis subpaniculato-racemosis, peri- clinii arcté imbricati brevis foliolis lanceolato-linearibus.— Nees ab Esen- beck gen. et sp. Aster. p. 101. A. fragilis. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2051. Pursh fl. am. sept. 2. 558. Nutt. gen. 2.158. Nees synops. 29. A.scoparius. Nees synops. p. 28. Of this well-marked and very distinct species, neither Pursh nor Nees von Esenbeck appear to have seen wild specimens. It is, however, by no means rare in North America, growing among bushes and long grass, when it acquires an aspect very different from that which it bears in gardens, where it grows singly; it then has shorter branches, and much denser leaves. We have it, by the kindness of the learned Dr. Torrey, of New York, from Alabama, and from swamps in the pine barrens of New Jersey. It is readily known by its very long and narrow, ser- rated, cauline, and radical leaves, its minute upper leaves, and its branches bearing only a single flower-head, or at least a very small number, at their extremities. The rays are pure white, without any tendency to change to purple or lilac. A pretty hardy perennial, flowering in September, from the beginning to the middle of the month. : * See fol. 1487, mme P9 Oh 00 A nn nn 1538 CIRRHZEA* Loddigésii. Loddiges’ Cirrhea. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncnipzz Juss. $ Vandese Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 265.) CIRRHZA Lindl. supra sub folio 930,— Perianthium patens. Sepala libera, seequalia. Petala multó angustiora, linearia, flexuosa. Labellum longè unguiculatum, columná continuum, tripartitum; laciniis angustis inter- medià minore. Columna erecta, clavata, teres, stigmate subquadrato, hori- zontali! rostello cirrhato. Anthera dorsalis! membranacea, sub-unilocularis. Pollinia 2, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elastic prosilientia, caudiculä brevi corneá, glandulà incurvá. Herbe epiphyte, pseudo-bulbose. Folia nervata. Racemi penduli, multiflori, radicales. Flores maculati. C. Loddigesii ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, petalis lineari- bus flexuosis, labelli lobo medio lineari-spatulato lateralibus acutis. Cymbidium dependens. Lodd. bot. cab. Pseudo-bulbi ovati, costati, 1-23 poll. longi, sepiüs nudi. Folia soli- taria, pedalia, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, costis 7 subequalibus. Racemi radicales, penduli, multiflori, foliis minis longi. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, equalia, et tali modo patentia ut triangulum equilaterum efficiunt ; apice maculata. Petala linearia, flexuosa, basi cum sepalo supremo paral- lela. Labellum ungue longo tereti, lobis lateralibus acuminatis, erectis, intermedio lineari spatulato obtuso duplo breviore. Columna libera, arcuata, teres, clavata, apice truncata et stigmatifera. Stigma subhorizontale, obliquum ; rostello subulato, elongato, cirrhoso. Anthera postica, opercu- laris, unilocularis, decidua, in clinandrio dorsali incumbens, valvis mem- branaceis involutis. Pollinia 2, cereacea, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elastice prosilientia, glandule unice affixa, que processui tenui corneo elastico annectitur. This plant has been hitherto only known by the figure in the Botanical Cabinet, and a short note at fol. 930 of this * The flowers are remarkable for what is called the rostellum being prolonged in the form of a small tendril or cirrhus. work. Its structure is, however, so remarkable, that we trust the present account of it will not be wholly unin- teresting. According to Messrs. Loddiges, its native country is sup- posed to be China; butit is more probably Brazil; for not only are its affinities altogether American, but two other Brazilian species are now known. From all the genera of the tribe to which it belongs it is distinguished by its stigma occupying the apex, and not the face of the column, while its anther is situated at the back. In this last respect it agrees with Notylia, which is, however, otherwise very different. It grows tolerably well in vegetable mould, if placed where the air is humid, and the drainage complete. In such situations it flowers in August. The two other species above alluded to are the Gongora viridi-purpurea of the Botanical Magazine, and an unde- scribed plant from the Corcovado, of which we find a drawing, and some dried flowers, among a multitude of other interesting Orchideous plants, which, with the libe- rality that marks the man of true science, have been placed in our hands by Dr. Hooker. These two species may be thus named and defined : C. viridi-purpurea ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis linearibus arcuatis, labelli lobo medio acuminato lateralibus eequali. Gongora viridi-purpurea. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2978. Hab. supra arbores in sylvis ad sinum Botofogo in Brazilia. The beautiful green colour of the outside of the sepals and petals, together with their rich spotted orange-yellow inside, distinguishes this at once from both the other species. C. fusco-lutea ; foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, lahelli lobo medio ovato, lateralibus obtusis. Hab. supra arbores Brazilie ad Corcovado (exam. s. sp. et v. ic. pict. in herb. Hooker.) : . This very much resembles C. Loddigesii; but the flowers are twice as large, the sepals are dusky brown, with a few reddish lines, and the petals greenish yellow ; while all the parts are destitute of spots except the middle lobe of the labellum. In the same rich collection we find two other genera nearly allied to Cirrheea, of which the following will be the - names and characters : — MyaNTHUS. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala libera, squalia, lateralibus paululüm ascendentibus. Petala conformia, angustiora, sepalo supremo supposita. Labellum planum, obovatum, 3-dentatum, sepalis brevius. Columna erecta, teres, basi bicirrhosa, postice ad cardinem antheree longè producta. Anthera et pollinia Cataseti. Epiphyta, Cataseti omnind vegetatione. : 1. Myanthus cernuus. Found on trees in the neigh- bourhood of Rio Janeiro. The racemes are cernuous, and about a foot long, or more. The flowers have a greenish yellow ground, closely covered with rich reddish brown spots. Perhaps Catasetum cristatum would be better referred to this genus. MOoNACHANTHUS. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala «equalia, deorsüm versa. Labellum posticum, carnosum, indivisum, ventricosum, sepalis multó majus. Columna brevis, crassa, mutica. Anthera .... Pollinia ..... —Epiphyta, Cataseti habitu. 1. Monachanthus viridis. Found on trees in the Cor- covado. The fleshy stems are exactly those of Catasetum, as are the leaves, except that they are shorter. In the draw- ing we have examined, the flowers are represented in pairs from the apex of an erect scape about 9 inches high: they are fleshy, and of a deep uniform green, with a labellum that looks something like a hood drawn over a little face represented by the column. This genus differs from Catasetum in the want of cirrhi upon its short column, and in the expanded perianthium, the five segments of which are turned all one way, like those of Eulophia. x 1539 : LUPÍNUS* mutábilis. Changeable Lupine. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lesumınosz Juss. $ Papilionacee De Cand. (Introduc- tion to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) LUPINUS.— Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. L. mutabilis; caule erecto suffruticoso, foliolis 7-9 oblongis obtusis basi angustatis subtüs sericeis, floribus subverticillatis, calycibus subebrac- teatis bipartitis : labio inferiore longiore acuminato, superiore emarginato, cariná glaberrimä. L. mutabilis. Sweet Brit. flower-gard. 130. A very handsome plant, first raised in this country by the late Mr. Barclay, from seeds obtained from Santa Fé de Bogota. It rises with a rigid woody stem to the height of about 3 feet, and has all the appearance of an arborescent species; but as the frost always destroys it, and it flowers and fruits the first year of being raised from seeds, it is for our gardens a mere annual. In some respects it is very variable. The first speci- mens that appeared in Mr. Barclay's Garden, of which we possess one, had the stems covered with long dense hairs, and the leaflets exceedingly blunt; but as we now find it, the hairs of the stem have disappeared, the leaves are more acute, and the flowers much more regularly verticillate. Had it not been for the absence of almost all trace of bractez upon the calyx, we should have suspected this to be the same as L. paniculatus. It is, however, probably a distinct species, native of the same country. * See fol. 1198. Quite as hardy as the other Lupines ; growing freely in the border in any common soil, and flowering from July till the severe frosts of November or December. It increases both by cuttings and seeds. J. L. 1540 ALSTROMERIA* psittácina. Parrot 4 Iströmeria. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AuanvrripEE R, Brown. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 259.) ALSTROMERIA.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 731. A. psittacina ; caule stricto, foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis in petiolum angus- tatis, floribus umbellatis, perianthio connivente ringente : laciniis spathu- latis cuspidatis crenulatis interioribus angustioribus, capsulis globosis hexapteris. A. psittacina. Lehm. cat. hort. Hamb.1826. Römer et Schultes syst. veg. 7.739. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 3033. Caulis erectus, sub-bipedalis, glaber, levissime angulatus, juventute pur- purascens, senectute viridis; florifer parce foliosus, v. foliis marcidis fere nudus. Folia resupinata, ovato-oblonga v. angustiora, 7-costata, glabra. Flores umbellati, speciosi, basi sanguinei, apice virides maculati. Sepala unguiculata, spatulata, brev? acuminata, intüs apice pubescentia, obtusa, basi ciliata ; petala conformia, breviora. Capsule subrotunde, breve hez- aptere, apice areá hexagoná coronate, intra aream trigone; triloculares, 3-valves ; fricte odore Liquiritie. Semina pauca in utroque loculo, sub- rotunda, testá pallidá tenerá, embryone brevi cylindraceo recto in basi albu- minis carnoso-cornei. . Said to be a native of Mexico; but we know not upon what authority. We should rather have suspected it to be Brazilian or Chilian, for no true Alstrómeria has yet been described from Mexico ; the only species at present recorded as a certain native of that country belonging to the genus Bomarea, which by no means ought to be confounded with Alstromeria. The method of cultivating such plants as this, recom- mended in our remarks upon A. pulchella, fol. 1410, has been found extremely well adapted to this species. Within * See fol. 1410. a brick pit, from which the frost is just excluded in winter, planted in a border of rich light soil, and exposed freely to light and air, it grows with the greatest luxuriance, flower- ing all the summer long, even to the month of November, and ripening abundance of seeds. By these latter, as well as by its numerous offsets, it is easily multiplied. Than these Alströmerias no plants evince in a more striking manner the aptitude of one vegetable organ: to adapt itself to the functions of another. The breathing pores of leaves, or stomata as Botanists name them, are usually placed upon their under-side, which has also much more prominent veins than the upper, and is covered with hairs exclusively, if hairs are found upon only one of the two surfaces. In Alströmeria, the leaves, owing to some unknown cause, are always resupinate; that is to say, in consequence of a twist of their petiole, that side which is born uppermost is turned undermost. Now it is very curious, that the surface which under other circumstances would have no breathing pores, no hairs, and not elevated veins, acquires all those characters in consequence of having to perform functions that are foreign to it, while the other surface, in like manner, loses them. J.T ^ 222^ PH 272 Se 2 Mpg M x SER u £ Sagt ^ft. JOY ecc Sa a Ke D 4777 ke x dal. IT 4 f. ME AS. PO. 1541 NANÓDES* discolor. Purple Nanodes. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncuipex Juss. § Vander Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 265.) NANODES.— Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum fornicatum ; lateralia labello supposita eoque basi connata. Petala sepalis lateralibus conformia iisque subparallela, libera. Zabellum carnosum, indivisum, cum columna connatum (more Epidendri). Columna ad utrumque marginem clinandrii alata. Anthera 2-locularis, rostrata. Pollinia 4, compressa, col- lateralia, in glandulam ovatam sessilia. Epiphyta humilis, cespitosa, caulescens. Folia coriacea, disticha, vaginantia, approximata. Flores dis- colores, in apice caulium sessiles, solitarii. Nanodes discolor. Caules aggregati, 2-3 pollices alti, simplices, dense foliosi, nihil bulbosi. Folia ovato-oblonga, emarginata, basi amplexicaulia et vaginantia, inter- nodiis duplo longiora, viridi-purpurea. Flores solitarii, sessiles, terminales, obscure purpurei, inter folia immersi. Sepalum supremum ascendens, lineari- oblongum, convexum ; petala declinata, cum sepalis lateralibus labello sup- positis parallela. Labellum carnosum, ovatum, minutissime crenulatum. A native of the woods near Rio Janeiro, whence it was received, some years since, by the Horticultural Society. Our drawing was made in the month of August 1829. Curious as are very many of the species of epiphytal Orchidee, we do not remember one that is much more remarkable than this, which possesses a habit quite its own. Its flowers are so like the leaves from among which they spring, and by which they are embosomed, that you would scarcely discover the plant to be in flower even if every branch was blossoming. We presume its cultivation should be that applied to * From yavadys, pigmy. the more delicate of the same tribe, namely, plenty of heat and atmospheric moisture, with no watering upon the mould or stem. It is, however, no doubt what gardeners call “a very shy plant,” for it has long been lost in the Horticultural Society's Garden. J. L. ^ "X P = es Y = a DEN: e i Iac. 7A Ju by J. Iaagway lOG Peers Nov.) IEIZ. c X Males Se. 1542 ONCIDIUM* cornigerum. Horned Oncidium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OrcuipEx Juss. $ Vander Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 265.) i ONCIDIUM.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1050. $ Labellum trilobum. Folia plana, v. complicata. Sepala lateralia connata. Labelli lacinie laterales nane v. obliterate.—Gen. et sp. Orch. ined. O. cornigerum ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis sulcatis monophyllis, foliis ovalibus acutis sessilibus striatis scapo simplici decumbente paucifloro brevioribus, sepalo supremo petalisque obovatis concavis undulatis obtusis inferioribus minoribus angustioribus basi connatis, labelli lobis lateralibus linearibus connatis intermedio obovato subrepando undulato, cristà anticé verrucosá truncata posticé lamella crenata transversá cornutá, column alis lineari- bus obtusis porrectis. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, patentissima. Scapus debilis, 5 poll. longus. Anthera membranacea, truncata; clinandrio valdè proclivi. A rare little species of Oncidium, native of Brazil, for which we are indebted to the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert. The drawing has been in our portfolio ever since August 1830. We have never met with it in the collections round London, neither has it been received from any of our nume- rous country correspondents. It may, therefore, be sup- posed to be extremely uncommon. Perhaps the smallest flowered of all the genus of Onci- dium properly so called. The truncated callosity of the crest, with a sort of 2-horned screen at its back, and the two lateral erect lobes of the lip at its side, is, when viewed in profile, not very unlike a bull's head in — A. * So named from 3yxos, a tumour; the genus being composed wholly of species the labellum of which bears at its base warts, tumours, or other excrescences. 1543 ARISTOLOCHÍA* cymbífera. Boat-flowered Birthwort. — À GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. Nat. ord. AnisTOLOCHIE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 72.) ARISTOLOCHIA.—Supra, vol. 8. fol. 689. A. cymbifera ; volubilis, glabra; foliis cordato-reniformibus, floribus solitariis : tubo obovato, limbo cylindrico deflexo bilabiato, labio superiore lanceolato acuto canáliculato, inferiore plus quàm duplo longiore è basi inflato- cymbiformi in laminam ovatam emarginatam undulatam extenso. — Martius n. g. et sp. pl. 1. 76. t. 49. ' Caulis volubilis, cortice suberoso fisso tectus; intüs telá ligned et cellu- lari omnino distinctis, ut in A. labiosá et similibus ; zonis concentricis nullis. Folia maxima, sinu baseos valdé aperto, costarum lateralium basibus margi- nato. Stipule membranacee. Flores lutei, purpureo venosi, et maculati : tubo intús hirsuto.—— Capsula subcylindrica, apice rotundata, basi attenuata, 6-angularis, 6-locularis, polysperma, dehiscentiá. septicidá. Semina com- pressa, cuneata, téstá suberosá fragili, nucleo obcordato, hinc tuberculis minimis sparsis punctato, illinc levi raphe elevatd. = te The only figures that have yet appeared of this remark- able plant are in the splendid work of Von Martius above referred to, and in the Lisbon Transactions for 1812, where it is published, according to that learned Botanist, under the name of A. grandiflora. It is a native of shady thickets in the Province of St. Paul, and near Rio Janeiro. Its introduction to this country was owing to the transmission of a seed-vessel from South America by Mr. Parish to Mrs. Hawkins, of Bignor Park, about five years ago. By that lady it was presented to the Rev. John Austen, from whose Garden at Pulborough Rectory, in Sussex, the specimen was transmitted from which our drawing was prepared. Mr. Austen informs us, * See fol. 1399. VOL. XVIII. L that he originally planted it in his conservatory, a peach- house, and a stove; only those in the latter lived. From one of them planted in rich soil under the pavement at the back of the stove, the flowers were obtained. It is of vigorous growth, armsful of it being annually destroyed to prevent its overrunning the house. It strikes very readily from cuttings. Huge as are the flowers of this species, they yield in size both to A. cordiflora and gigantea, in which the blossoms are from 15 to 16 inches across, being large enough to form hats for the Indian children, who amuse themselves with them. The internal structure of the stem of this, and of all other Aristolochias that we have examined, is in some measure at variance, and that in a very remarkable manner, with other Dicotyledonous plants. It is not improbable that this structure, which prevails not only in Trichopodium* and Bragantia,t but also in Trimeriza,{ an unpublished Ceylonese genus, may serve to combine a small number of orders that are in some respects different from either Monocotyledones or Dicotyledones. At least it confirms the correctness of Dr. Brown's approximation of Nepenthes to Aristolochie, an approximation in which we formerly did not concur. * Trıcmorovıum. (Trichopus Gertn, Smith). ¿.... Q Perianth. 6-fidum, basi tubulosum. Stam. ster. 6, foveis totidem inserta. Stylus 1; stigmata 3, bipartita. Capsula 3-quetra, 3-locularis, 3-ptera, indehisc. ; loculis 1-2-spermis. Din. 1, T. cordatum; foliis cordato-triangularibus obtusis subemarginatis.— Hab. cum sequentibus in Zeyloná. 2. T. intermedium; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis. É 3. T. angustifolium; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, capsulis 1- spermis. t Bracantia Lour. (Ceramium or Munnickia Blume). & Perianth. 3-fidum, patens, corona brevi cyathiformi integerrimá. Stam. 6. 2 Caps. siliquiformis, 4-valvis, polysperma. 1. B. racemosa. Lour. fl. coch. 528. 2. B. Blumii. (Ceramium tomentosum Blume Bijdr. p. 1134.) 3. B. latifolia; caulibus 1-2-phyllis, foliis oblongis basi subcordatis.— Hab. in regno Burmano. I Trimeriza. ¿4 Perianth. 5-part. coroná 0. Stam. 9, phalangibus tribus disposita. Rudimentum stigmatis urceolare, 6-dentatum. 2 Capsula siliquiformis, 4-valvis, polysperma. : 1. T. piperina. Hab. in Zeyloná.—Caulis flexuosus, glaber, ad nodos subtumidus. Folia ovato-lanceolata, triplicostata, subtús reticulata, pube- scentia. Racemi pauciflori, brevissimi, axillares. 1544 SCHIZÁNTHUS* retüsus. Blunt-petalled Schizanthus. Ld DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ScroPHULARINEZ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) SCHIZANTHUS.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 725. S. retusus ; corolle tubo brevi, labii inferioris laciniis lateralibus intermediá bilobá brevioribus, labii superioris lobo medio subrhomboideo acuminato obtuso, sepalis truncatis. S. retusus. Hooker in bot. mag. 3045. We remember, when the now common Schizanthus pinnatus was first introduced, some nine or ten years ago, its singular blossoms excited so much interest, that it was thought nothing more remarkable remained to be obtained among the genera of the Chilian Flora; and, in truth, we still think it impossible to name an object more remarkable in structure, pleasing in colour, or elegant in form. It must, however, be confessed, that the species now represented is a far more striking plant, on account of its richer and more brilliant colours. We are ignorant whether it is capable of bearing our summers so well as Schizanthus pinnatus; for we have hitherto only seen it cultivated in the greenhouse, where it flowers for four months uninter- ruptedly, ceasing only with the arrival of short days. and cold weather. It is an annual, easily increased by seeds. A native of the Andes of Mendoza, whence we have speci- mens from Dr. Gillies. * From cyiZw, to cut, and 49%, a flower; in allusion to the numerous lacerations of its corolla. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in August last. We regret to find, that by the inadvertence of the artist the segments of the calyx are represented acute; they should be truncated, or almost emarginate. i J. Li ^ P wr 1545 ÓXALIS* Cummíngi. Cumming’s Oxalis. DECANDRIA PENTAGY NIA. Nat. ord. Oxaripkx De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 140.) OXALIS.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1949. O. Cummingi, radice annua? stipite carnoso, terete, rubro; foliis ternatis, petiolo glabro, viridi, 2-unciali, suberecto, ad basin articulato rubro; foliolis obversé cordatis, ciliatis, utrinque leeté virentibus et pubescentibus; scapo erecto, pubescente, quadrunciali, viridi, 3-5-floro, stipulato, bifur- cato, ad basin articulato, rubro; pedunculis uncialibus, viridibus, primó nutantibus, deinde suberectis, in seminando devexis, rubescentibus, uno interfurcali; calycis foliolis oblongis, subacutis; ciliatis, viridibus, dehinc rubescentibus; corolla aureolá, expansione 3-unciali; staminibus quinque tubo isometris, quinque dupló longioribus; stigmatibus filiformibus, tubo brevioribus, in capsulá persistentibus. N.B.— Lanugo sensim crescente scapo obsolescit. var. 8. Stipite viridiore, corolla lutea dimidió minore, umbellá magis compositá et numerosiflorá, pedunculis pubescentioribus, stigmatibus provectioribus. — W. H, * This beautiful little Oxalis flowered at Spofforth in August and September; the seed, which was brought by Mr. Cumming from Chili, having been sown in a small pot standing out of doors at the beginning of July. The appearance of the little pot containing four or five seedlings, which produced a constant succession of blossom, expand- ing without sunshine on the wettest days, was very pleasing. It may be considered as a perfectly hardy annual, but will probably not last a second season. An inferior variety was raised from another parcel of seed, collected also by Mr. Cumming in Chili, with much smaller flowers, of a rather paler yellow, the stem less red, the down on the * See fol. 1249. peduncles more permanent, the forks of the umbel more compound and many-flowered, and the stigmas prolonged beyond the shorter stamens; but scarcely distinguishable by any features which in this genus can properly constitute a specific separation of plants that exactly correspond in general habit and appearance."— W. For the foregoing notes upon this species we are in- debted to the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. "With that gentleman we quite agree in considering it a distinct species; but, at the same time, we suspect that it is comprehended, in the excellent and most useful contributions towards a Flora of South America by Dr. Hooker and Mr. Arnott,* under O. lobata. Although it was obtained from Mr. Cumming's seeds, it does not exist, as far as we know, among the collections of dried plants that have been sold by that industrious collector; we have it, however, from Mr. Bridges, from the neighbourhood of Valparaiso, under the name of O. pubescens. O. Cummingi will be known from O. lobata by its many- flowered peduncles ; and from O. laxa by its smoothness, and by the smaller number of flowers in each umbel. ds s * See Botanical Miscellany, Part VIII.; an invaluable work, which ought to be in the hands of all lovers or patrons of Botany. SILO. Te es aee 1546 PHÁRIUM* fistulósum. Hollow-leaved Pharium. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AspHopELEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) ; PHARIUM.—Perianth. cernuum, sexpartitum, crateriforme. Stamina basi laciniarum inserta, membraná cylindraceá connexa, recta. Stylus fistu- leeformis, rectus. Stigma obtusum, dilatatum, perforatum, fimbriatum. Ovarium superum, nectarii membrana cylindraceà occultatum, triloculare, vix trisulcum, polyspermum. Ovula minuta, seriatim cumulata. Capsula erecta. Semina ....... — P. fistulosum, folis viridibus, ultra-pedalibus, acutis, glabris, fistulosis, superficie planá, dorso rotundato, versus basin attenuatis, canaliculatis, rubro-punctatis; scapo viridi, versus basin rubro-punctato, ultra-pedali, solido; spathá parvulä, 4-partitä, bracteatá, preecociter apertä; umbellá pedunculatá, sexflorá, pedunculis 13-uncialibus, ápice cernuo, ampliato, viridibus; limbo pendulo, crateriformiter semipatente, laciniis extús roseo- purpureis lineá virescente, intüs albis lineá et marginibus roseo-purpureis, calycinis angustioribus brevioribus, corollinis extüs saturatiüs coloratis ; tubo subnullo; staminibus limbo longioribus, ceeruleo-purpureis, mem- braná albà connexis, stylum circumstantibus; antheris parvis, viridi- ceruleis, versatilibus, medio affixis, polline viridi-ceeruleo; stylo sta- minibus plerumque longiore, fistuloso, purpurascente; stigmate rotundo, perforato, densé fimbriato; ovario gracili, ovato, ovulis loculo cuique circiter quindecim ; bulbo 3-unciali, ovato, flavescente.—-W. H. ** This curious and exceedingly pretty little bulb flowered in the Greenhouse at Spofforth in September, having been imported from Mexico by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane-street Nursery, Chelsea. The scapes began to appear early in July, pale-coloured and very weak, and were remarkable from exposure of the buds, which were not concealed by * From QZgos, a veil; alluding to the concealment of the ovary in the cup. the spatha. The pot was set out of doors, and the scapes gradually acquired vigour, but advanced very slowly; and, when the first flower was ready to expand, it was replaced under glass. It will be an interesting plant to the Botanist. The cup which connects its filaments seems to furnish a link between Asphodelee and Amaryllidee. Its foliage resembles that of Melanthium junceum, so that it might easily, when not in flower, be mistaken for that plant."— Wi. The foregoing remarks have been very obligingly com- municated by the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. In a memorandum subsequently received from the same gentle- man, it is observed that in some respects this genus may be compared to Puschkinia, from which, however, it is essentially different; for if the crown or cup of Puschkinia 1s removed, you would have a Scilla, while if that part were abstracted from the present genus, you would have some- thing more near Albuca ; in one species of which, A. vittata, the filaments are winged, which is the first step to the formation of the cup. Mr. Herbert is also inclined to think there is some affinity between Pharium and Co- nanthera. d.d a. The flower with the petals removed. b. The ovary and style, the cup being removed. c. The ovary magnified, one cell being opened to shew the ovules. d. The interior of the cup cut open and distended. e. A particle of pollen magnified by the microscope. J. The perforated stigma magnified. Nore upon Clivia nobilis, fol. 1182. “ The fruit of this plant is a round berry, about the size of a boy's marble, or ¿ths of an inch diameter, slightly coloured with red. The three cells which contain the séeds consist of a red and very juicy pulp, which (like the internal segments of an orange) are separable from the rind and from each other; and they might easily be mistaken for the seeds. Within each cell are from two to four, but generally three, pearl-coloured seeds, which are apt to germinate while still contained in the berry, and even long before it is perfectly ripe. In a cool and airy greenhouse the fruit is from twelve to e Lue Seng to maturity. The progress of the young plants, 1547 TROPA£OLUM* pentaphyllum. Five-leaved Tropeolum. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. TrorzoLez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of « Botany, p. 141.) TROPZOLUM.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 718. T. pentaphyllum ; foliis digitato-quinatis, foliolis ovalibus integerrimis pe- tiolatis, petalis duobus subrotundis subsessilibus calyce multó brevioribus. — Graham in bot. mag. t. 3190. T. pentaphyllum. Lam. encycl. meth. 1. 612. illustr. t. 277. f. 2. De Cand. prodr. 1. 684. Hooker et Arnott in bot. miscell. no. 8. p. 161. excl. syn. T. azurei. Radix tuberosa, perennis, carnosa. Caulis volubilis, petiolis tortis cir- rhosis scandens, glaber, carneo-fuscus. Folia longe petiolata, digitato- quinata; foliolis ovatis obtusis. Flores solitarii, axillares, pedunculis petiolis longioribus. Calyx calcare roseo apice dilatato sepalis viridibus quadruplo longiore. Petala 2, rosea. 4 T A native of Buenos Ayres. We have specimens gathered near that city by Dr. Gillies, which agree entirely with the plant as cultivated in the Gardens. It first appeared in Europe in the Garden of Mr. Neill, near Edinburgh, a tuber having been sent to that gentleman by Mr. Tweedie. It proves a greenhouse climber, twisting itself round sticks or other plants by means of its tendrilly petioles. It may be increased by cuttings, as well as by seeds, and flowers about midsummer. It should have plenty of air in winter. Our drawing was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery in July last. * A diminutive of tropeum, a trophy. The leaves are like ancient bucklers, and the flowers resemble the helmets usually represented on classical trophies. In the excellent Catalogue of South American plants, published by Dr. Hooker and Mr. Arnott, in the Botanical Miscellany, it is suggested that the Tr. azureum of Miers may be the same as this. We are, however, enabled to state, from an examination of specimens transmitted lately by Mr. Bridges, that it is a very distinct Species; the characters of which may be given thus: Tr. azureum ; foliis 5-partitis: laciniis linearibus subequalibus, petalis 5? . (intensé azureis), calyce longioribus, calcare conico sepalis breviore. Hab. in Chile, ad Sierra la Campana de Quillota; alt. 4000 pedum: Bridges. di L. ‘(gn m / f 7 CUL Hy CS. pa 4 e / Gn GF HLAGURY (OG Fiz > > y c 1548 DIANTHUS* Libanótis. The Pink of Lebanon. DECANDRIA TRIGY NIA. Nat. ord. CARYOPHYLLEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 156.) DIANTHUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1086. D. Libanotis; caule erecto, floribus geminatis; bracteis senis acuminatis squarrosis tubo dupló brevioribus, petalis multifidis laceris, foliis lineari- lanceolatis. D. Libanotis, Zabillard. pl. syr. 1. 14. t. 5. De Cand. prodr. 1. 365. Caulis erectus, 4-pedalis, glaber, dichotom? ramosus. Folia levia, acu- minata, caulina subreflezxa. Flores sepids geminati, in pedunculum com- munem subsessiles. ^ Bractec apice foliose, acuminate, squarrose, basi membranacee, decolores, tubo mult) breviores. Corolla speciosa; petala laciniis laceris fimbriata, punctata, nullo modo barbata. This most lovely species was found by Labillardiere, a French Botanist, upon the highest points of Mount Lebanon; we believe the only station in which it has yet been dis- covered. Mr. Lambert, who is its fortunate possessor, was so good as to send us specimens, from which the accom- panying drawing was made. The species flowers in August, grows to the height of 4 feet, and may be increased either by cuttings, or layers such as gardeners call pipings. We presume, from its native country, that it will require a warm and dry situation: it will then thrive in the open air. We incline to think this Species the very finest of the genus. Labillardiére's figure is a good one, but it is uncoloured, and besides is in a work that few persons possess. J. L. * Well may this genus be called Asis 4:3«, the flower of the gods; the rose itself scarcely surpasses it in beauty and fragrance. Commentators think that the Diosantkos of the Greeks was our Agrostemma flos Jovis. 1549 MAXILLARIA* décolor. Pale Yellow Mawillaria. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncnipEx. $ Vandee. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) MAXILLA RIA.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 897. $ ScaricERE. Pedunculi radicales ; labellum posticum. Xylobium.— Gen. et sp. of Orch. ined. M. decolor; pseudo-bulbis oblongis compressis, foliis solitariis oblongo- lanceolatis plicatis utrinque acuminatis, scapo radicali multifloro vaginato foliis breviore, sepalis ovato-oblongis obtusis patentibus, petalis dupló minoribus conniventibus, labello postico obsoleté trilobo obtuso cucullato : callis 5 clavatis parallelis eequilongis ultra medium procurrentibus. Folia diverse forme et magnitudinis, nunc 8 poll. longa, 3 p. lata, nunc 18 p. longa, 2 p. lata. Scapus 4-pollicaris. Flores ochroleuci, immaculati, M. squalentis magnitudine. A new and very distinct species, native of Jamaica, whence it was imported by Mr. Lee, in whose Nursery at Hammersmith it was drawn in January 1831. It is a: tender stove-plant, requiring the same treatment as other species of the same family. In our Plate, a is a magnified representation of the inside of the labellum. The genus Maxillaria, as originally constituted by the authors of the Flora Peruviana, consisted of epiphytal caulescent Orchidee, having the flowers proceeding singly, or in small numbers, from the axille of the leaves, as in the genus Ornithidium, of which they have in many respects the habit. Subsequently other species were added, having a radical inflorescence, and pseudo-bulbs bearing one or two coriaceous or plaited leaves. Of these, some have the * See fol. 1428. labellum anterior, and were formerly called by us Colax, while a few have the labellum posterior, and were con- sidered a distinct genus, to which we gave the name Xylo- bium. An examination of many new species, and a recon- sideration of the whole subject, has convinced us that the two last-named genera, together with Maxillaria, form one natural group, which is defined by its having two entire or split pollen masses attached by a broad caudicula and distinct gland to the rostellum, and a labellum that is neither inflated nor spurred, articulated with the elongated base of the column. It is by the latter character chiefly that it is distinguished from Cymbidium. Of the genus thus limited, thirty-nine species are known, of which the following is a brief enumeration : — § 1. Axillilore. Pedunculi axillares (EUMAXILLARIA). . undulata. Fl. Peruv. syst. 221. . variegata. Ib. . ligulata. Jb. . hastata. Zb. . paniculata. Zb. cuneiformis. 7b. . bicolor. Ib. . tricolor. Ib. . triphylla. Zb. . undatiflora. Zb. .prolifera. Zb. .ramosa. Ib. 13. M. longipetala. Zb, *13.4M. ochroleuca. Lodd. bot. cab. ined. 14. M. platypetala. Ib. *15. M. alba = Dendrobium album. Hooker exot. ft. t. 142. 2D 2 3 Ore ee a saraa FEER § 2. Scapigere. Pedunculi radicales. *Labellum anticum (Corax). . Stapelioides. Link et Otto abbild. p. 111. t. 52. . subulata. Formerly cultivated in the Kew Garden. . tetragona. Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1428. ; PEL Ib. t. 1510. = M. placanthera. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 3173. . Deppii. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1612. . Parkeri. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2729. . aromatica. Graham in Hook. exot. fl. t. 219. = Colax aro- maticus. Spreng. . Barringtonie. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1824. = Epidendrum Bar- ringtonie Smith. = Dendrobium Barringtonie Swartz. = Colax Barringtonie Lindl. = Dendrobium ciliatum Swartz, = Maxil- laria ciliata Fl. Peruv. syst. Bot. reg. t. 1206 * S BER ERES | *24. M. picta. Hooker bot. mag. t. 3154. *95. M. parvula. Hooker exot. fl. t. 217. = Colax parvulus. Spreng. 26. M. grandiflora = Dendrobium grandiflorum. Humb. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. pl. 1. 359. t. 88. *97. M. Harrisonie. Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 897. — Dendr. Harrisonie. Hooker. = Colax Harrisonie. Lindl. *98. M. racemosa. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2789. :99. M. maculata = Dendr. maculatum. Humb. et Kunth.:n. g. et sp. 1. 359. ` *30. M. pallidiflora. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2806. 31. M. latifolia = Dendr. latifolium. Humb. et Kunth. l. c. p. 360. 32. M. longifolia = Dendr. longifolium. Zd. = Xy:obium ? longifolium. Lindley. *33 M. palmifolia = Epidendr. palmifolium. Swartz. = Dendr. palmi- ; folium. Swartz. = Colax palmifolius. Lindl. *34. M. Warreana. Lodd. bot. cab. ined. ** Labellum posticum (XYLOBIUM). *35. M. decolor. Supra. *36. M. squalens. Hooker bot. mag. t. 2955. = Dendrob. squalens et Xylobium squaleus. Lindl. $ 3. Spathaces. Pedunculi terminales è spathá vaginante erumpentes. Caules cylindracei, non bulbosi. Species habitu omnino Cateleye. NoTHIUM. 37. M.? aggregata = Dendr. aggregatum. Humb. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. 1. 358. 38. M.spathacea. Lindl. in herb. Hooker. Those marked * are cultivated in the collections of this country. y vx Uu E c x | 1550 SENECIO* Tussiláginis. Coltsfoot-leaved Groundsel. : SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA /EQUALIS. Nat. ord. Composırz. $ Senecionee Lessing. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) SENECIO L.— Capitulum homogamum, v. pl. heterogamum. Pappus pluriserialis, setaceus, caducus, rectus, subzequalis, conformis. Stylus $ ramis truncatis, apiceque solo penicillatis. Achenium erostre, exalatum, teretiusculum, glaberrimum aut hirsutiusculum. Herbee v. Frutices, per totum orbem terrarum divulgati, polymorphi, foliis alternis, integris v. pin- natifidis; capitulis solitariis v. varie aggregatis, radio luteo purpureo v. albo; foliolis involucri uniserialibus, basi sepe aliis magis minusve numerosis, acces- sorüs auctis, linearibus, alternis angustioribus, alternis latioribus, sepé sphacelatis; rachide planá nudá, v. paleaceo-fimbrilliferá.— Lessing synops. compos. 391. S. Tussilaginis; capitulis laxé paniculatis, foliis radicalibus reniformi-cor- datis duplicato-dentatis: caulinorum petiolis basi auriculatis, summis ovato delos serratis subtús aracitillegAouisatosi Cineraria Tussilaginis. L'Hérit. sert. angl. 26. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2078. Senecio Tussilaginis. Lessing l. c. (m Caulis erectus, striatus, levissimé arachnoideus. Folia omnia presertim subtús arachnoidea; radicalia petiolo jo, angusto, alato ; caulina subtri- angularia, petiolo late alato, basi auriculato; summa oblonga, amplezicaulia, simpliciter serrata. Pedunculi capitulorum bracteis quibusdam subulatis muniti. Radius purpureus. A native of Teneriffe, where it was originally found by Mr. Francis Masson, and recently by Philip Barker Webb, Esq., from whose Garden at Milford this specimen was forwarded in May last. : It is a handsome greenhouse ‘plant, flowering very abundantly, and readily increased. by cuttings. * See fol. 1342. VOL. XVIII. M According to Lessing, —who has done for Composite what Mr. Bentham is doing for Labiate, and to whom the world is indebted not only for the first general work upon Com- posite, but also for the disentanglement of a subject, which the labours, as they are called, of Cassini have served only to render more unintelligible than before,—this species, re- ferred by Willdenow and L'Héritier to Cineraria, is in reality a species of Senecio; a view which we have no difficulty in adopting, especially as its habit is quite that of the latter genus. J. L. 1551 SOLÁNDRA* guttáta. Spotted-flowered Solandra. - f pp-——— PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Nat. ord. SoLANEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 231.) SOLANDRA Swartz.—Calyz cylindricus, rumpens, 5-dentatus. Corolla maxima, clavato-infundibuliformis, tubo longo, fauce inflatá, lobis fimbriatis minimé acuminatis. ‘Bacca (aliis capsula) globoso-conica, 4-locularis, polysperma.—Róm. et Schult. syst. 4. lvii. S. guttata ; foliis subtús pubescentibus, coroll: laciniis rotundatis crispato- erenatis : tubo calyce subdupló longiori.—D. Don MSS. Tecomaxochitl. Hernand. mex. p. 408. cum fig. Planta fruticosa (caldario culta), biorgyalis, erecta, ramosa : ramis cortice cinereo vestitis, foliis delapsis, cicatricibus elevatis tuberculatis. Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, acuta v. brevissimà acuminata, integerrima, suprà glabriuscula, subtüs pallidiora, copiosó pubescentia, basi dilatata, rotundata, 3-6 pollices longa, 2 v. 3 lata; suprema nunc obtusa. Petioli bipollicares, teretiusculi, dense pubescentes, suprà cana- liculati, basi incrassati. Flores terminales, solitarii, brevissime peduncu- lati, fragrantes. Pedunculus teres, crassus, vim unguicularis. Calyx amplus, tubulosus, foliaceus, pubescens, 3-uncialis : limbo trilobo : lobis ovatis, acutis ; tertio minori. Corolla maxima, infundibuliformis, dodran- talis, pallide flavus: fauce dilatatá, intüs maculis purpureis notatá : tubo longo, gracili, 5-costato, calyce feré duplo longiori: limbo patenti, 5-lobo: lobis latissimis, rotundatis, crenatis, undulatisque. Stamina 5, tubo corolle inserta, vix ultra faucem producta, subequalia: filamenta glabra : anthere ovato-oblonge, obtuse, basi inserte, erecte, purpuree, biloculares : loculis parallelis, connectivo angusto lineari omnin connatis: valvulis subcoriaceis, complanatis, margine demüm solutis. Ovarium 4-loculare. Stylus fili- J'ormis, pallidus. Stigma exsertum, capitatum.—D. Don MSS. ** This splendid species of Solandra, although figured in the work of Hernandez, has not been noticed by any modern * Dr. Solander, after whom this fine genus has been named, was the companion of Banks in his voyage round the world, and the laborious col- lector of the Botanical notes made during that celebrated expedition. His descriptions are preserved among the MSS. in the British Museum, and | attest his learning, diligence, and skill. author. Introduced from Mexico by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane Street Nursery, from whom Mr. Lambert obtained the plant which blossomed in the stove at Boyton in the early part of last summer. It appears to be fond of warmth and moisture, grows luxuriantly, is readily increased by cuttings, and promises to produce its blossoms more freely than the other species. “ In S. grandiflora, to which the present comes nearest in affinity, the leaves are quite smooth, the flowers shorter, of a greenish white colour, the tube less attenuated, and scarcely exceeding the calyx in length. * The genus is closely related to Brugmansia, from which it is principally distinguished by its berried fruit." For the specimen from which this noble species was drawn we are indebted to Mr. Lambert. Mr. Don has obligingly furnished us with the foregoing description and observations. J. L. 1552 SACCOLABIUM * papillésum. Pimpled Saecolabium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcnıpez. $ Vander Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) SACCOLABIUM Blume.—Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala petalis eequalia, lateralia seepiüs majora. Labellum indivisum, calcaratum, basi columneeaccretum. Columna erecta, semiteres, rostello subulato. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, caudiculä elongatá, glandulá mi- nutá, Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea, apice sæpiùs obliqua. Flores axillares, racemosi v. solitarii. S. papillosum ; foliis ligulatis apice obliquis cuspidatis, racemis brevissimis capitatis, sepalis carnosis lineari-ovatis obtusis, labelli calcare obconico obtuso intüs villoso laminá ovatá carnosá papillosá recurvá. Thalia Maravara. Rheede hort. malab. 12. t. 4. Cymbidium preemorsum. Swartz nov. act..ups. 6. 75. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 103. Epidendrum premorsum. Roxb. corom. 1. 34, t. 43. ; Aérides undulatum. Smith in Rees suppl. Saccolabium papillosum. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7305. Caulis arcuatus, subpedalis, distichè foliosus, radices tortuosas promens. Folia atroviridia, 4-6 poll. longa. Racemi parvi, foliis triplò breviores. Flores albi, luteo purpureoque picti, The genus Saccolabium consists of a large number of caulescent epiphytal species, inhabiting the continent and archipelago of India. It comprehends some of the most interesting and beautiful of the tribe, all of which are culti- vated without difficulty by being suspended, in pots filled With potsherds intermixed with a little earth, from the back wall of a damp and hot stove. .We believe that at least four other genera will be reduced to it, namely Rhyncostylis of Blume ; Gastrochilus of Don, — * From saccus, a bag, and labium, a lip; in allusion to the bagged labellum of all the species. which, however, forms a curious section, with a ventricose spur; Robiquetia of Gaudichaud ; and Gussonea of Achille Richard. Found ¡upon trees in Malabar, and in various other parts of the continent of India. We have it from Dr. Wal- lich from Prome. The plant in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society, from which our drawing was taken, was introduced by that indefatigable Botanist. Flowers in August and September. J. L. P TRE d VY, 77» , A A na Y UC “AY JOG TE, CAAA Ys GU. en nn d 1553 SEMPERVIVUMS villósum. Villous Houseleek. DODECANDRIA. HEXAGY NIA. Nat. ord. CrassuLacex De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 161.) , ' ' SEMPERVIVUM L.— Calyx. 6-20-partitus. “Petala 6-20, oblonga, acuta. Stamina petalorum numero dupla, Squamae ad basin carpellorum apice dentate aut lacere. Carpella tot quotspetala. Herbe nunc acaules, ex axillis propagines apice foliosas edentes, aut caulescentes propa- ginibus destitute ; aut frutices carnosuli. Folia sepius revoluta. Cyme rami nunc in corymbum, nunc in paniculam dispositi. Petala flava, albida, aut purpurascentia.—De Cand. prodr. 3. 411. $ 1. Chronobium. Propagines nulle. Flores sepiüs flavi, rariús albi.—- Species omnes Canarienses aut Maderienses.—D. C. S. villosum ; caule frutescente suberecto tortuoso, foliis obovatis confertis subtüs gibbis villosis, squamis fimbriatis. De Cand. ke S. villosum. Haworth syn. 166. rev. 65, y Caulis fruticosus, carnosus, teres, subpubescens. F olia subtàs interrupte vittata, pilosa, ciliata; suprema magis distantia, glabriora, Cyme ramose, multiflore, subracemose. Flores lutei. Petala 8-10. Squame cuneate, angulis rotundatis, glabre. A native of the mountainous parts of the Canary Islands, whence it was sent by Mr. Webb to his Garden at Milford, near Godalming. Our drawing was made from a flowering plant, about 2 feet high, in May last. A Greenhouse plant, easily increased by cuttings. If there be ‘any permanence in characters derived from the nature of the hypogynous scales in this genus, this must be a different species from that to which we have referred it; for we find them wedge-shaped, and quite * So called (ever-living), because. of the power the species possess of flourishing in the most parched and bargen places. * smooth, with 3 very imperfectly formed indentations, while they are described as being fringed in S. villosum. This is a point we leave to be cleared up by Messrs. Webb and Berthelot in their forthcoming work on the Canaries. ne Mass DD Ta te e. del ——M U — 1554 SALVIA* angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Sage. DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Lasıarz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) SALVIA Linn. Calyx ovato-campanulatus, v. tubulosus, bilabiatus ; labio superiore integro vel tridentato, inferiore bifido, fauce intüs nudá. Corolla tubo recto vel ventricoso, bilabiata, labio superiore recto, integro vel emarginato, inferiore patente, trifido, lobis lateralibus erectis patentibus vel reflexis, medio latiore, integro vel emarginato, plano. Stamina fertilia 2 (superioribus abortientibus), filamentis adscendentibus, vel sepiüs horizon- talibus, cum antherá articulatis. Connectiva elongata, filiformia, anticé adscendentia, loculum fertilem linearem ferentia, posticé deflexa, vel por- recta, connexa vel rariüs libera, polymorpha. Stylus apice breviter bifidus, lobis seepiús insequalibus, apice stigmatiferis. Achenia sicca, levia. — Bentham MSS. Sect. CarosPHacr. Calyx ovatus, tubulosus v. campanulatus : labio superiore integro v. rariüs tridentato. Corolle tubus inclusus v. exsertus, intüs exannulatus: labium superius rectum concavum, inferioris lobi late- rales patentes. Connectiva postice deflexa, linearia, longitudinaliter con- nata. Styli lobus inferior subulatus.—Bentham. p du x S. angustifolia ; caulibus herbaceis erectis glabris v. patentim pilosis, foliis subsessilibus oblongo-linearibus utrinque angustatis integerrimis serra- tisve glabris; floralibus lineari-lanceolatis deciduis, racemis elongatis simplicibus, verticillastris omnibus distantibus 2-6-floris, calycibus tubu- losis striatis hispidis: labio superiore integro dentibusque labii inferioris ovatis acutis, corollis calyce dupld longioribus: tubo calycem sequante ventricoso; labio superiore extús pubescente, inferiore duplo longiore lobis rotundatis: medio maximo emarginato bifido, stylo bifariam piloso. — Bentham |. c. S. reptans. Jacg.! hort. Schónbr. 3. 38. t. 319. S. virgata. Orteg.! dec. 3. S. angustifolia. Cav. ic. 4. 9. t. 317. etc. ws s Caules complures, 1-13-pedales, virgati, subramosi, basi foliosi, obtuse tetragoni, striati, ex omni parte v. saltem ad nodos pilis longis albidis patentibus ciliati. Folia in speciminibus spontaneis 13-pollicaria, exacte linearia, v. basi parüm angustata, obtusa v. acuta, integerrima v. hinc inde * See fol. 1205. —— ee serraturis remotis notata; in plantá cultá medio latiora et magis dentata; floralia calyce dupld triplóve breviora. Racemus 6-9-pollicaris. Verticil- lastri feré pollicem remoti. Calyx sepé cerulescens, pilis albidis erectis v. patulis hispidus. Corolla azurea, magnitudine fere S. Grahami. Connectiva postice dentata, linearia. Stylus vix exsertus, lobo superiore subulato longissimo.—Bentham I. c. A native of elevated dry places in New Spain, near Totoniho el grande; also of the mountains of Mexico, near Tlalpuxahua, whence it was introduced by Mr. Graham. It proves a very pretty perennial, growing about 2 feet high, and producing its deep pure blue flowers in July, August, and September. In the summer it thrives in the open air, forming a pleasing contrast with the red Brazilian and Mexican species commonly cultivated; but in the winter it is necessary to preserve it from frost in a green- house or well-protected pit. Easily propagated by cuttings. J. Lis Atag 1555 MILLA* biflóra. Snow-white Milla. HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. AspPhoDELEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) MILLA Cav.— Perianthium hypocrateriforme; tubo elongato-campanu- lato; limbo plano sexpartito, laciniis obtusis 3 exterioribus dupló angus- tioribus, sinubus rotundatis. Stamina exserta, in ipsa fauce tubi sessilia ; anthere lineares, glabre, in conum conniventes. Ovarium superum, elongatum, subpedicellatum, trigonum, triloculare, polyspermum, cum stylo filiformi exserto continuum; stigma 3-lobum, fimbriato-papillosum. Capsula Med 3-locularis, polysperma, 3-valvis, seminibus atris crustaceis angu- atis. M. biflora. Cavan. ic. 2. 76. t. 196. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 62. Römer et Schult. syst. 7. 675. Radices fasciculate, carnose, Asphodeli modo. Folia cylindracea, apice subulata, fistulosa, glauca, scapis subequalia. Scapi erecti, in cultá pedales, in spontaneá palmares. Flores in cultá umbellati, in spontaned solitarii v. sepiüs gemini, involucri foliolis brevibus membranaceis. Pedunculi scaporum sepe longitudine, suberecti, paululum curvati. Perianthium intüs candidis- simum, extús virescens, per plures dies apertum, nec noctu clausum, ut sepe hujus ordinis mos est. A most welcome addition to our Gardens, Ma man by Mr. Graham from the mountainous parts of Mexico, near Tlalpuxahua. To the kindness of that gentleman we are indebted for wild specimens, which agree well with the indifferent figure of this plant in Cavanilles’ work. Our drawing was made in August last from a specimen that flowered beautifully in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. It had been planted out in a cold pit facing the south, from which the frost is just excluded in winter. * Named by Cavanilles after Julian Milla, head Gardener in the Royal Garden of Madrid. The flowers were of a white so pure that snow itself is not more colourless ; they continued for a long time expanded, as shewn in our Plate, never closing up at night, as is usual with plants of the same family. We know of no mode of propagating this curious species except by seeds, of which a very few were produced; in time the roots obtained from these will be distributed by the Society; and when more common, experiments upon a readier mode of multiplying it may be attempted. Fig. lis a magnified view of the pistillum, and of the tube of the perianthium cut open. 2 is the back of an anther, also magnified. J. L. /32 6. 1556 FÜCHSIA* globósa. Balloon-flowered. Fuchsia. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Ox AGRARIZ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) FUCHSIA.—Supra, vol. 10. fol. 1284. F. globosa ; foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis acutis leviter dentatis glabris, floribus axillaribus pendulis, limbo alabastri globoso floris aperti conni- vente, petalis erectis convolutis dupló brevioribus. Frutex habitu F. gracilis, sed robustior, magisque atrovirens. Flores à pedunculis capillaribus penduli, purpureo-sanguinei, ovario ovali, tubo ven- tricoso. The origin of this most distinct species is unknown to us. The first specimen we saw was exhibited last March before the Horticultural Society by Mr. Dennis, of Chelsea; it was about 2 feet high, had been skilfully trained in a fan shape upon a small trellis, and produced a very beautiful effect. The flowers, although in general appearance like those of other Fuchsias of the same section, are remarkable for their very globose figure when in bud, and for the balloon appearance they present when expanded, in consequence of their points continuing to adhere: their colour is more violet than any of the large red-flowered Fuchsias yet in our gardens. We publish it with the name it bears near London, given we know not by whom. It has always been a matter of surprise with us, that, popular as is the name of Fuchsia, and beautiful as many of its species are well known to be, by far the finest should still * See fol. 1284. remain to be procured. The long-flowered kinds, found in Mexico and Peru, are as much more beautiful than those now cultivated in this country, as F. gracilis is than F. microphylla. One of them at least, called Mollo Ccanta, or Plant of Beauty, might be easily enough procured from Huamantanga, in Peru, where it is common. J. L. 1557 RÍBES* speciósum. Shewy Gooseberry. PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. GrossuLacEz D. C. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 54.) ` RIBES.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 125. *GnossuLARLE. Gooseberries. R. speciosum ; ramis setosis, aculeis rigidis tripartitis rectis, foliis glabris tri- lobis crenato-incisis basi cuneatis integris, racemis nutantibus 2-3-floris ramis sublongioribus, floribus tubulosis 4-5-meris, staminibus long? exsertis, calycibus partitis, baccis hispidis. R. speciosum. Pursh. fl. am. sept. 2. 731. suppl. De Cand. prodr. 3. 478. D. Don in British fl. gard. 149. -Stamineum. Smith in Rees’ cycl. in loc. De Cand. l. c. . fuchsioides. Berland. mem. soc. phys. genev. 3. t. 3. ez A hardy shrub, native of California, and apparently of Mexico. It was raised from seeds brought from Monterey by Mr. Collie, in 1828 ; and from the Garden of Mr. Lambert our specimens were sent last May. Like all other Goose- berries, it is propagated most readily from cuttings. If this cannot be said to be so beautiful a shrub as Ribes sanguineum, the Scarlet Currant, it is at least by far the most elegant of Gooseberries. In brilliancy of colour- ing it is perhaps. superior to that species, and in abundance of flowering it is nearly its equal: but it has the demerit, common to all Gooseberries, of hiding its flowers by its leaves. : , | By the late Sir James Smith this plant was called Ribes stamineum,—that learned Botanist not having discovered, in 1819, that it had been described in a well-known English * See fol. 1237. VOL. XVII N work in 1814, under the name of R. speciosum; an oversight not confined to this species alone, but connected with others of the same nature, which form part of one of his communi- cations to the Encyclopedia of Dr. Rees. It is not sur- prising that these errors should all have been copied by M. Berlandier in De Candolle's Prodromus. The number of stamens in this species appears variable: in Mr. Don's account of it, above quoted, it is said to be four; but we find it in the specimens now before us quite as frequently five; so that there is nothing whatever to distinguish this as a section in the genus Ribes. If one of those ingenious gentlemen who write Alphabets of Science were told that the Gooseberry and the Fuchsia are nearly related to each other, we have no doubt he would think the approximation quite as absurd as that of the nettle and the fig. We are certainly not disposed to waste arguments upon such a subject; but we should think that to most persons the production of this species would be sufficient to prove a point which no Botanist would think for a moment of disputing. J. L. 1558 STÁCHYS* albicaúlis. White-stemmed Stachys. DIDYNAMIA GY MNOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. Lariatz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) $ Nepeteze Bentham. STACHYS.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1289. St. albicaulis; caule. erecto lanato, foliis oblongis dentatis arachnoideis subtús petiolisque lanatis, rachi pubescente, bracteis integerrimis, calycibus galeáque glanduloso-hirsutis.— Lindl. suprà, fol. 1080. : Herba perennis, erecta, ramosa; caule basi tomentoso albo, apice Pubescente viridi. Folia oblonga, angusta, basi angustata, equaliter ser- rata, Flores rosei, labio inferiore picto. This is only a Botanical subject, having no claims to cultivation for its beauty. It is a hardy perennial plant, easily increased either by cuttings, or by dividing its root, or by seeds. The late Mr. M‘Rae first found it in Chile at the baths of Collina, a favourite retreat of the inhabitants of St. Jago. Since that time it has been met with by others, and is pro- bably not an uncommon Chilian species. Fig.lisa magnified view of the calyx ; 2 is a stamen, with its horizontal anther. ff i | P, $ A rd # * See fol. 1226. 1554. PE e Paul iy d. Lea guae OG ticcaditdy Felt, (EIS, Ju EIA 1559 AZALEA* Póntica ; versicolor. Changeable Pontic Azalea. PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. EgicEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 182.) AZALEA.—Supra, vol. 2, fol. 120. GARDEN VARIETY. We "formerly gave in this work figures of several ex- tremely beautiful hybrid Azaleas raised at Highclere by Lord Carnarvon. (See fol. 1366.) We now produce a variety, which, ifit yield to some of those in intensity of colour, is certainly not surpassed in other respects. It is a most abundant flowerer; its blossoms are produced in large clusters ; and the variation of tint caused by each corolla being diversified with bright yellow, rose of different shades, and white, gives the bush an air of richness that is hardly to be exceeded. The plant having been liberally distributed by order of Lord Carnarvon, and being now to be found in many of the choicer collections of this country, it is to be hoped that it will soon become common. Tt * See fol. 1366. scent age” /|26 Q. MSU P LOCH C GC Ped (AAGFULAY Drake. del N 1560 . LEUCOPÓGON* parviflórus. Small-flowered Whitebeard. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ErACRIDEZX R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 183.) LEUCOPOGON.— Calyx bibracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo patente longitudinaliter barbato. Filamenta inclusa. Ovarium 2-5- loculare. Drupa baccata v. exsucca, nunc crustacea. Frutices sepe humiles. Folia sparsa, T. uis ot interrupto-conferta. Flores spicati, axillares v. terminales. Discus hypogynus cyathiformis, sublobatus, rard nullus.—R. Br. prodr. 541. L. parviflorus ; spicis erectis confertis foliis brevioribus, ovariis 4-locularibus, foliis lanceolatis v. oblongis planis 3-5-veniis, ramulis glabris. Styphelia parviflora. Andrews’ bot. rep. 287. Frutex parvus, sempervirens; ramulis glabris. Folia plana, glabra, apiculata, feré linearia, v. lanceolata, v. oblonga, basi angustiora, nunc apicem versus denticulata; venis acustriatis 3-5-primordialibus subparal- lelis; costá nullá. Spice axillares, conferte, multiflore, erecte, foliis ` breviores. Bractee parve, acute. Flores parvi, albi. Ovarium cyatho quinquedentato, plicato, viridi cinctum, 4-loculare. Stylus tubo duplò brevior. "This species is probably very rare in New Holland ; for Dr. Brown could scarcely have been acquainted with it, or he would not have referred the figure in the Botanist's Repository, whichis a tolerable representation of it, to L. lanceolatus, a perfectly distinet species. Mr. Cunningham informs us that he did not meet with it during his long residence in New Holland, although he found the genus in abundance on every coast he visited; thirteen species having been collected in his last voyage alone to King George's Sound. * Literally whitebeard; in allusion to the hairy surface of the segments of the corolla. Styphelia Gnidium of Ventenat, also referred by Dr. Brown to L. lanceolatus, has been shewn by Mr. Cunningham to be equally distinct. That this is really the Styphelia parviflora we are fortunately enabled to determine by means of an authentic specimen in our possession from the late Mr. James Donn’s Herbarium. For the specimens from which our drawing was made we are indebted to Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton Nursery, who raised them from New Holland seeds. It is a neat green- house plant, flowering in May. The species varies very much in the breadth of the leaves; some. of which are not more than two lines in breadth, while others are as much as four. The two sprigs in our Plate are different in this respect. Fig. 1 is a magnified view of a flower, shewing the bearded seg- ments of the corolla. y. L: EE A. a a e Mid Diarra, Pubby J Krdguay 1561 BRASAVOLA* Perrínii. Perrin's Brasavola. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncuipDEZ Juss. Tribus Epidendree Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) BRASAVOLA.—Supra, vol. 17. fol. 1465. B. Perrinii ; labello ovato acuminato integerrimo: ungue convoluto columns longitudine, petalis sepalisque linearibus acuminatis glabris, dentibus lateralibus clinandrii integris postico serrato. Habitus omnino B. nodose. Precipué differt characteribus suprà datis. When we received a specimen of this plant in the month of September last from Mrs. Arnold Harrison, by whom it had been obtained from Rio Janeiro, we were disposed to consider it the same as Br. nodosa. A more careful exa- mination has, however, satisfied us that it is essentially distinguished by its smaller flowers, the short stalk of the labellum, and the toothing of the back lobe ofthe clinan- drium. It is by no means so handsome as that species ; but as it grows very freely, it will be esteemed an acquisi- tion by the lovers of Epiphytes. At the request of Mr. Harrison it is named after Mr. Perrin, his Gardener, under whose skilful management the collection of Epiphytes at Aighburgh has arrived at a state of great perfection. A L * See fol, 1465. 1562 SCHIZANTHUS* pinnátus; humilis. Pinnated Schizanthus ; Dwarf variety. DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. SCROPHULARINEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) SCHIZANTHUS.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 725. S. pinnatus. Supra, vol. 9. fol. 725. 8 humilis; racemis multifloris congestis, caule humiliore. If S. pinnatus and porrigens are really distinct species, which we cannot think, then the plant now represented will be a third, distinguished by its very dwarf compact habit, and broader leaves. But as we are unable to dis- cover any permanent differences between the two, so are we equally at a loss to point out any thing positive that will discriminate this from S. pinnatus. , It is nevertheless a well-marked variety of considerable beauty. It was raised from seeds sold in London last spring by Mr. Cuming, and flowered in the Garden of the Comte de Vandes, at Bayswater, in June. In all its habits it seems to agree with the species to which we refer it as a variety. | Among Mr. Cuming's dried plants this is numbered 712, from which it appears to be a native of Valparaiso. In its wild state it is about 6 inches high; when cultivated it does not exceed a foot. ~ | N Ei s A : ; —- ^ * See fol, 1544. AF TUR INT GAA, > p ANA 1563 GOMPHOLOBIUM* capitátum. Capitate Gompholobium. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Lecuminosz Juss. $ Papilionacee. (Intröduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) < xv. FRA GOMPHOLOBIUM.— Supra, vol. 6, fol. 484. G. capitatum; pilosum, floribus eapitatis, foliis impari-pinnatis 3-4-jugis nunc subpalmatis, foliolis. subulato-linearibus mucronatis supra levibus, calycibus hirsutis, carina. ciliata: G. capitatum. “Cunningh. MSS. Frutex tenellus, pilosus, habitu G. tomentosi, sed minis ramosus. Folia similia, sed minis pinnata, et supernó nequaquam scabra; foliolis sepiüs tali modo approximatis ut à pinnatis palmata fiunt. Stipule minime. Flores ad fastigia ramorum congesti, pedicellis foliis multà. brevioribus. Calyx G. tomentosi, sed viridis, nec discolor. Corolla vitellina. Carina paululüm ciliata. Ovarium glabrum. - Raised in the Nursery of Mr. Knight, of the King’s Road, from seed-of the collector Baxter. Mr. Cunningham first discovered it in 1822, in brushy forest-ground on the hills around Oyster harbour, King George's Sound. In many respects it approaches G. tomentosum, figured at fol. 1474 of this work ; but appears to be essentially dis- tinguished by its less pinnated, shorter leaves, which are by no means scabrous on the upper side, and by its flowers growing in terminal clusters instead of singly, Or in pairs. They are also of a bright deep yellow, and not pallid. It is also closely allied to the G. danatum of Mr. Cunningham, to whom we are indebted for a specimen; but its capitate inflorescence at once distinguishes it. A neat little greenhouse plant, flowering in J y and readily increased by seeds or cuttings. ke * See fol. 1468. An / ( "LOO UNAS 1564 MOSCHARIA* pinnatífida. Turnip-leaved Musk-Succory. SYNGENESIA /EQUALIS. Nat. ord. Comrosıtz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $ Nassauviacee. Subtrib, II. Trixidec Lessing. compos. 400. MOSCHARIA R. et P.— Achsenia seriei extime (circiter 8) fertilia, compressa, obovata, obliqua, breviter rostrata, rostro ineequali, extús gibboso, bracteolis omninó involuta atque pappo uniseriali, paleaceo, plumoso, brevi, zequali coronata, reliqua sterilia, calva. Herba Chilensis, superne in paniculam dichotomam divisa ; foliis teneris, pilosiusculis, imis confertis pin- natisectis ; involucris campanulatis uniserialibus oligophyllis.—Lessing |. c. Moscharia pinnatifida. Fl. peruv. Linnea, vol. 5. 40. Gastrocarpha runcinata. D. Don. in Linn. trans. 232. British flower gard. t. 229. Mosigia pinnatifida. Spreng. syst. 3. 661. Y Herba annua, bipedalis, moschum olens, apice paniculatus. Rami striati, pubescentes. Folia tenera, atroviridia, glabra, amplexicaulia, basi dentata ; inferiora pinnatifida dentata, superiora ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, indivisa. Involucra 5-6-phylla ; foliolis laxis, ovatis, duplici serie imbricatis, equali- bus, foliaceis, pubescentibus. Receptaculum paleaceum, planum. Flosculi omnes hermaphroditi, albi, circiter viginti, bilabiati ; labio exteriore oblongo, obtuso, integro v. apice 3-dentato, interiore lineari revoluto ; fl. radii paleis ventricosis, gibbosis, subtruncatis basi cincti, pappo brevi, simplici serie paleaceo, polyphyllo ; fl. disci minores, paleis haud cincti, pappo nullo. : Antheree basi bisetose. Styli rami lineares, revoluti, truncati, stigmatibus Jimbriatis. An annual plant, found wild in the dry, barren, rocky districts of Aconcagua, Quillota, and Rancagua, in Chile, where it was originally gathered by the authors of the Flora Peruviana, and subsequently by many Botanical collectors in that country. Its native name is said to be Almizclillo. CFI. Peruv. syst.) + [n allusion to the musky odour of the only known species. With us it is a pretty bushy plant, growing about two feet high, and flowering in May. It should be raised in a frame with French marigolds and other tender annuals, and afterwards planted in the open border, where it will blossom and seed abundantly. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Comte de Vandes at Bayswater. Mr. Lessing considers Mr. Don's Gastrocarpha runci- nata the same as this; and we presume with reason, not- withstanding some points of discrepancy in the foliage. Fig. lis a view of two of the outer florets, enveloped at the base in a hooded scale; 2 is one of the florets of the disc ; 3 represents an anther, with the two bristles at its base ; 4 is an ovarium of the ray, with its pappus. All these figures are more or less magnified. J. L. ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO VOLUME V. OF THE NEW SERIES, OR VOLUME XVIII. OF THE WHOLE WORK. Acacia pentadenia ............ Aceras secundiflora ............ Aerides cornutum ..,..... eee Alströmeria psittacina .......... Angrecum eburneum .......... Aphelandra cristata ...... os bent Aristolochia cymbifera ......... Asphodelus luteus, var. sibiricus .. Aster amygdalinus ........ des. Aster condibolius .............. oases A, EN Aser age ......... sisevee Aster WO u en Aster pallens . Lar. ......0...«<«<:.0.0+ Aster spectabilis aie e Aa dii Azalea ‚var. 1 .... Barleria lu MA ........ eere Brasavola Perrinii ....... cis... Camassia esculenta ...... ee Camellia japonica, var. Reevesiana Chorozema ovatum ..... tesoros Chorozema triangulare...... .... Ch themum indicum, v.plenum ty Loddugesdl |... en Coburgia fulva...... Se pibecbvs Coleus aromaticus .......... oe Cordia grandiflora ............ Cymbidium marginatum ........ Cyrtopodium Woodfordii ...... N er phinium speciosum ........ Dianthus TTE Dillwynia glycini Snnannsee. Epacris A ot nape hee Eranthemum fecundum ........ bosa .. ......... ss corym Fuchsia cil... css o a a marginatum .... Hakea liil 6665s eens is vie Helianthus tubeformis . Herminium cordatum .. ..o..... ..oo.... Hovea chorozemefolia.......... Hona vill A ck niae Kennedya dilatata .... Leucopogon parviflorus Lotus arenarius LE EErEE E E E Lupinus mutabilis ............ Mammillaria tenuis............ Maxillaria decolor ............. Maxillaria viridis .............. BH DI 4L i ica vivcseecse Moscharia pinnatifida Nanodes discolor .............. CEnothera anisoloba ........... (Enothera .oe.....» m. ...... „........ „m... ..„..„.„..„...». * ""*""****o* Oncidium cornigerum Oxalis Cummingi.............. Oxalis variabilis RN fistulosum Potentilla laciniosa ............ Potentilla Russell's ...... Potentilla viscosa ............-. Pyrus nivalis ....... —— Pyrus salvifolia .L.oo..o.. ........ Ribes null Li... Án Saccola ewe m seco EREA Salpiglossis atropurpurea . Salvia angustifolia ...........- Schizanthus pinnatus, var. humilis, Schizanthus retusus ............ Selago Gillii Sempervivum vi ......... Senecio Tussilaginis ..........+ Scutellaria alpina, var. lupulina .. Selandra guttata .. nr... ..or......» .....r........ en ———— == med t . ; Loren cop = RR Westringia longifolia .. ath le ce Poa ev "uto *eenee ..o. o...» - GENERAL ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO VOLUMES I. II. III. IV. AND V. OF THE NEW SERIES. Folium Acacia IDA «5929 nern 1317 Acacialeprosa ------ Konsnenesenene Basnsessre 1441 Acacia lunata +.-.....» +. +++. e.o.ooooooconso.o. 1352 Acacia pentadenia .----..---- Cov ccccccveccese 1521 Acacia uncinata »...+».....oooooccooconcoso.. 1332 Aceena pinnatifida ++...» I 1271 Aceras secundiflora --...... 0: +. e bevetee 1525 Adenotrichia amplexicaulis »..............-.» 1190 Aerides cornutum -+-.-....... jeossse (——— 1485 Agave geminiflora «--..- MIR 1145 Alstrómeria psittacina »+....».....o.ooo.o.... 1540 Alstrómeria pulchella, var. pilosa -+-+-++++++- 1410 Amaryllis acuminata, var. — +. 1188 Amaryllis coranica, var. pallida -+--++++++++++ 1219 Amaryllis intermedia *« «m 1148 Amelanchier sanguinea -:-::-m 1171 Amygdalus communis, var. macrocarpa --.... 1160 Anemone vitifolia -.--..... m n XH 1385 Angraecum eburneum ..« «eem II os 1522 Anomatheca cruenta --- +... tm mI IHR 1369 Anona laurifolia ++..+.-+...---+- es vessoces 1398 Antholyza »thiopica, var. minor --.....-- .... 1159 Argemone grandiflora Hoooo..... cor rnrrorsoo.. 1264 Argemone ochroleuca -+...+»+.==..omsoo.n.o- 1985 Aristolochia caudata --.-... +... m . 1453 Aristolochia cymbifera ese cssebeocceooeo s... 1543 Aristolochia trilobata ----++++++++++++++* so... 1399 Asphodelus luteus, var. sibiricus. ++ tm +- 1507 Aster amygdalinus easocosseoceso Pe 1517 Aster coridifolius »»---+-+-- ++ +++ secos. 1487 Aster cyaneus----+++++****"**°° nm s... 1495 Aster fragilis -+--+ +-+- AS b Ek 1537 Aster levis ----..-.-...* aros 1800 Aster pallens eosasecsosevcosveec oos eerte tn 1509 Aster spectabilis wee bescvocccescoeccese ——— 1527 Astragalus succulentus ::::: mI $ÓHÜR 1324 Audibertia incana «HIR 1469 Azalea calendulacea, var. subcuprea ---....... 1366 Azalea calendulacea, var. lepida ------...-* * 1402 Azalea calendulacea, var. Stapletoniana- +» +++» 1407 Azalea nudiflora, var. scintillans-+...-.....»-- 1461 Azalea nudiflora, var. thyrsiflora» ---+-++ (e 1367 Azalea pontica, var. sinensis ----.- seres oo 1253 Azalea pontica, var. versicolor ++++++++ coerce . 1559 Banksia littoralis ------ === == .=rtorertettttss - 1363 Banksia quercifolia Wéescesketavtus m 1430 Banksia undulata - -- -- Venkecuseswedévevstévss JSG Barleria lupulina ----+>----- EE ees n Un EP EVE 1483 Bauhinia cumanensis +++ +++ ++" ++. oo»... 1133 Begonia villosa --.--..- +... ...noooontrsstosss 1252 Berberis aquifolium----.....=»=*..... ........ 1425 Berberis glumacea +++ ++. Porres. 1426 Berberis repens » +» +- +++» TARTA RE 1176 E E 190i Bignonia Cherere +++++++ +++» Folium Billbergia pyramidalis, var. bicolor - - - -- e. 1181 Blackwellia padiflora --------++++++++ n 1308 Bletia florida ------.-+-.-+ ET PIE .... 1401 Brasavola nodosa -----+ A AS IO coos 1465 Brasavola Perrinii ------ botessoecotubovovact 1561 Brodiza grandiflora -+....»+»»-+»..eooomo... *. 1183 Browallia grandiflora ----- d ERTL 1384 Brownlowia elata --......-+-+. Tm Poo...» 1472 Brunsvigia ciliaris +....+.....+=.oo...o...ooo.o. 1153 Brunsvigia grandiflora --+-++-+++++++++ vorn. 1335 Buddlea heterophylla --------- "———— PN 1259 Cactus Ackermanni:****.. rn III 1331 Calandrinia grandiflora +--.........-- Vevescos 1194 Calathea grandifolia -....-+==..o....=oooo.... 1210 Calceolaria arachnoidea --.----..--..... EL E 1454 Calceolaria ascendens »+....+.+...+»o.......... 1215 Calceolaria chiloensis ++... ». +... “+ ...o.o..... 1476 Calceolaria diffusa «««« I 1374 Calceolaria floribunda +---.-.-...........* cose 1214 Calceolaria Herbertiana- «onn m 1313 Calceolaria, Mr. Young's - A MB Calochortus macrocarpus --+----- oc BR Camassia esculenta ---+- «+++.» + ......... 1486 Camellia japonica, var. imbricata ............. 1398 Camellia japonica, var. punciata-+.......... ++ 1267 Camellia japonica, var. Reevesiana -----+++++- - 1501 Canavalia bonariensis------+--++---+ ars - 1199 Canna Achiras «I mI 1358 Canna discolor .....: eR m 1231 Canna lagunensis «tm nm 1311 Canna speciosa -««-«eeeem IH 1276 Capparis acuminata -------- ékecshbeeosuesetóos 1322 Caprifolium longiflorum * Vei dréé dX A 1232 Caprifolium occidentale- ++...» == «===... ..... 1457 Cassia biflora ------- arar cri dr 1310 Cassia Herbertiana -------= I a M Castilleja coccinea --..-+.......oooom..... o- 2136 Cattleya crispa «m VertopeePWestics 1172 Cattleya guttata A NA IT PE 1406 Chasmonia incisa -----+-- FEED ELT ERE LES soe 1244 Cheiranthus mutabilis --+-+-+++----++++++++- 1431 Chelone nemorosa +++... +++» HH ......» ]911 Chorozema ovatum P A ves 1080 Chorozema triangulare -«--«.. 00... 1513 Chrysanthenum indicum :** mm 1987 Chrysanthemum indi var. planum ---+-- 1502 Cirrhza Loddigesii -»+ ++ +++ ++ ne 1538 Clematis chlorantha :-... Ie 1234 Cleome speciosissima »»- +++ rue. s. 1918 Clerodendron hastatum ------->- dido s... 1307 Clintonia elegans --+-++- +=... Ho noomoommo...» 1241 Clivia nobilis .>...»=»+.«oe»Poooocoersoroooo. 1152 Coburgia fulva »«««»e seen nee i tter" ++ 1497 Coleus aromaticus ----- SeRbbeseer senses stars 1520 Collomia grandiflora ++» +» Fpeccessocss 1174 GENERAL INDEX TO THE NEW SERIES. Folium Collomia heterophylla 9.000 ERT VÀ von ds s qa vq i ee 1347 Collomis BURT +. snoot ae 1166 Combretum comosum +++ +. ..ooooooooomomo... 1105 Conanthera campanulata ...¿..osocors.... *.. 1193 Conocephalus naucleiflorus ........... fen 1203 Convolvulus farinosus ...................... 1323 CONUS MINOTE A Le III 1491 Coreopsis Atkinsoniana ................. ss. 1376 COPBODES Büren os Foi oe oa rent © 1298 Correa pulchellá <0 ss cso 2: 002. RT 1224 Cotoneaster frigida .................. ay Vasa d 1229 Cotoneaster laxiflora ................... sere 1305 Cotoneaster microphylla, var. Uva Ursi ....... 1187 Crassula turrita»......... 969 o. Kb eee Pe eee i 1344 Crütegus cordata A ae eo S 1151 Cratzgus heterophylla ...................... 1161 Crinum latifolium ................. ee be see ek 1297 Crocus vernus, var. leucorhyncus: +++ sure 1416 Crocus vernus, var. pictus er .......... eese. + 1440 Crotalaria Verrucoim ¿conoces ee 1137 Cuphea LIaveli .ve4csceeoc ce eeceseseosto 1386 Cymbidium TMargiunkaie ses cn ans as cscs. : 1530 Cyrtanthus carneus - .............. e E »» 1462 Cyrtopodium Woodfordii .................... 1508 Cypripedium macranthos ............... e. 1534 CHINE IIBER Luis I 1191 Daphne hybrida ..... Siete se oviseus eque 1177 Delphinium Menziesii ........... POS Rees ER 1192 Delphinium speciosum ................... ss. 1503 Dendrobium REP RE E 1239 Dendrobium chrysanthum ............. -. 1299 Dendrobium longicinnü 22. ei 9143571255 eee 1315 Dendrobium moniliforme teet. 1314 Dendrobium secundum ...................... 1291 Dianthus Libanotis ................... e. 1548 Digitalis laciniata............ véveoséssenkekoe 1201 DIBwyhliá glychitifolla .-........... eniro 1514 Diospyrus Mabola ....... errar corroe 1139 LERES BUTCHIOBR 5-52... 0 1169 A onen essen 1346 Eicheveria pibbiflora ..:-....-....-. ee cacon 1247 Eleagnus angustifolia ....................... 1156 Epacris nivalis ......... DS PR .... 1531 Epidendrum odoratissimum ............ ..... 1415 Eranthemum fecundum ..... A eses.. 1494 Eriophyllum czpitosum .................... 1167 Erythrina carnen enis e 1327 Erythring polanthes ote 1246 Escallonia montevidensis .................... 1467 Eschscholtzia californica .................... 1168 Eulophia ensata ........ Gerne she haha teen 1147 Eulophia Mackaiana ........ IPC QUE 1433 Eurybia corymbosa . .............. **akave ovs 1532 Eurycles Cunninghamii ...................... 1506 Eutoca multiflora ............... Vo eRe ada 1180 Tuchas bacülura. loei 1490 Fuchsia globosa «>: esovosescio oros 1556 Fuchsia microphylla ........................ 1269 Fuchsia thymifolla ................... 4... 1284 Géillardis aristata (0... nol 1186 Galipes odoratiosima A n 1420 Gauitheria Shallon .......... ete rrr enu. 1411 ° Genista procumbens -.................vussu. 1150 Gesneria macrostachya ................. ee ++ 1202 Gésberla rutile o. ooo 1158 Gesneria rutila, var. atrosanguinea +.......... 1279 Geum chilense, var. grandiflorum ...... ^ 1348 GIS capitati su E ee - 1170 Gladiolus psittacinus -....2.. 2a + 1442 Glycine biloba . Vieseceevteosépees bekasensehre 1413 Gompholobism capitatum BD te. 1563 Gom pholciíum Knightianum................ 1468 A Folium Gompholobium marginatum ............ eres 1490 Gompholobium tomentosum ................ 1474 Grevillea conciina -.:.- i eco V 1383 Gtevillea punilces cenas conoroncas tocara * 1319 Guettarda speciosa ....... EAS RN O 1393 Habranthus BO ey ee 1345 Habranthus Bagsoldi---....:.—. costs 1396 Habranthus Phycelloides .................... 1417 PAROS önre sa ses coc ccc. 2, DALY ITI 1489 FICHA vetitricosa ++ resbala ci sri asl 1195 Haylockia PUGS Ooo ETE P aas ci 1371 Hedychium coccineum ...................... 1209 Helianthus lenticularis ...................... 1265 Helianthus tubeformis ...................... 1519 Herminium cordatum ....................... 1499 Heüchera-micrantha cobos nee 1302 Hibiscus Lindleii ......... eeecoceseoscsssocse 1395 ¡ACTOS DATE oe oe asi 1463 Hosackia bicolor .............. rra io * 1257 PROBA CORON iu notoria S 1204 Hovea chorozemefolia ..... n 1524 FON ER COMÍN :- eas inu iU 1427 HOVUR DUIMA cu ces oe ++ 1423 HOT NUON o cedo ie E ee S 1519 Ipomopsis elegans ........... RA 1281 Iris bicolor... os ¢+ o“... ENE LEE TOF Aa PE 1404 LEA Je rotor TOER ns 1218 Isopogon formosus ................... .....o. 1288 Jasminum acuminatum ................ esses 1296 Jasminum Wallichianum ...... temm s=... 1409 Justicia carnea ....... daa APS 1397 Justicia guttata» ......... TERN V PP 1334 Justicia picta ...... eet oo seco enne fe. 1227 Justicia quadrangularis ................ e sess. 1340 Justicia venusta ee rete etre an cessas 1380 Kempferia Roscoeana. ........ tee. 1919 Kennedya dilatata oss 2... oo 95459 55A 9 Saa RE 1526 Kennedya inophylla ...........-.-.... fake 1421 Kennedya monophylla, var. longiracemosa .... 1336 Lachenalia palida — 5.5. te 1350 MALYIUSCSIÉOFDICHS u... 2... 1144 Lathyrus DARIA: ice una DS 1388 Ledocarpum pedunciaré „cn en na 1392 Lepechinia spicáta- zu... nn 1292 Leucocoryne odorata ................ e. 1993 Leucopogon parviflorus .................... .. 1560 Linum MC a 1326 Linum sibiricum, var. Lewisii ............... 1163 diens Mate... oe ex ecc. 1175 Lissanthe ER TREE dOntur ee 1275 Loasa ambrosizfolia ......... ¿parres - 1390 bonis lingitiors. moore oo - 1200 Lobelia purpurea ............ EEE 1325 Lobelia, Low’s PULPE -= snes a * 1445 Lonicera involücrata--.- ier can. 1179 Lophanthus anisatus -............... P UE 1282 Lophospermum erubescens .................. 1381 LAO BIOHRTIUS ie» bce di OE se. 1438 Lowea berberifolia ........ get tns KR cone 1961 UDÍOIS Arbustus---»eebeseruc canvas .... 1230 O A o os 1242 Lupinuslaxiflorus ........ RARE TEAS caia RES .. 1140 Lupinuslepidus ........ tetti. 1149 Lupinus littoralis .................. te... 1198 Lupinus micranthus eorerrerarcoraconoses... 1251 Lupinus mutabilis ............ Cee thbese mene 1539 Lupinüs ornatus ............... Mese cheotno ». 1216 Lupinus plumosus A O . PRIN Lupinus polyphyllus, var. albiflorus +++... *- 1377 Lupinus Sabinianus “nennen sense rne ende DO Mis GUERRE BAER MI: 1458 Magnolia Yulan, var. Soulangiana-..«..-...-- 1164 ~ aia " | 4 4 $ x AA AMA La “ M PEUT * ES GENERAL INDEX TO THE NEW SERIES, Folium Malva Munroana +: -»»or rer re n n 2 0 voe ooo 1306 Malva purpurata -+»+»+.+........ meto n 1362 Mammillaria pulcra- «49er 1329 Mammillaria tenuis +.....».»..»...-.... oo... 1523 Maxillaria ciliaris »........»................. 1206 Maxillaria decolor +-+..+.+.-.+.-..+..... Bee 1549 Maxillaria tetragona «.-« HH . 1428 Maxillaria viridis ......++..... QUO SE 1510 Michauxia levigata ----...--...--» osos reso 1451 Microstylis ophioglossoides --+++++++++++ere+- 1290 Milla biflora +.......-..-....».... E .. 1555 Mimulus propinquus +++ +++++.+o=.ooommm.m.”.. 1330 Mirbelia Baxteri ++.+...+................. e 1434 Moscharia pinnatifida --------++++ rara. 1564 Nanodes discolor ».++....-.++ eR 1541 (Enothera anisoloba ++-.+..--+-.-+............ 1479 CEnothera bifrons -+-.+..+.-+...-........ n 1405 CEnothera decumbens -+--»+......»......... .. 1221 CEnothera glauca -+.+..+++o.ooooocoonormm..... 1511 CEnothera pallida ------+-+++-+++++ voéssueésése 118 CEnothera viminea -.-.»....+............. eee 1220 Oncidium cornigerum ----- os oveccccccs tks" M59 Ononis peduncularis -+--+++--++++seserererees 1447 Ophrys aranifera, var. limbata ---...........» - 1197 Orchis papilionacea » «+...» esee 1155 Osbeckia nepalensis, var. albiflora ---+++++++++ 1475 Oxalis Cummingi :.-«-. MIR s» 10 Oxalis tortuosa ---.---- RT LI “are... 1249 Oxalis variabilis ---------+++- (ee eceoececoke 1505 Pachypodium tuberosum ---......-. AS E 1 Palavia rhombifolia +......-.-.».=.......=.... 1375 Peonia albiflora, var. Pottsii -»»..-»........... 1436 Peonia hybrida EIA weine 1208 Peony, Semidouble tree ----.---.--.- CPI re 1456 Passiflora ligularis ---.-.- HMM 1339 Pentstemon acuminatum -----++++++ $2212 «5 1285 Pentstemon attenuatum -......... sett 1295 Pentstemon confertum --............ eres MEG Pentstemon deustum ------- Viger Pe ar E Pentstemon glaucum -------+- Pentstemon pruinosum ---.-...-..- Pentstemon pulchellum . ---- Pentstemon Scouleri -.-.-.-......--.* De pe Pentstemon speciosum -:.:. Hn Pentstemon triphyllum ----- EY Ai Pentstemon venustum «e ....o.......... Pereskia Bleo --..-..-.---.--- wvoseseocececece Perilomia ocymoides ---+...«.=»...o.oc.mm... Persea gratissima --.-..-.......ooommmmmonsoo.. Pharium fistulosum ------- eecceceoos ssaber. Phlomis floccosa *-««- I ben Phlox speciosa -+----- od evescccccccvsccvccces Pholidota imbricata -----.- +... .............. Phycella Herbertiana -+.-.......»...omoommon.”.. Pimelea humilis --.--..... ++... nr rennen en Pimelea intermedia -+..............» S BE Pleurothallis prolifera ----- RR Plumeria Lambertiana ------- ee ccveses veo vos Podolobium trilobatum -*--«« ss nen. Polemonium czruleum, var. piliferum - + +++ - Polemonium humile ..:-. ee Polygala oppositifolia, var. major -----+ Poo... Polygonum injucundum -------+-+--+-- os. Potentilla arguta -----.-+--.......-* unsern. Potentilla Hopwoodiana -+-+-...-»+- +... ... Potentilla laciniosa - ooo... .ooo......... Potentilla missourica »++++ +++ +» eeerbussscces Potentilla Russell's - +++ +++ +++» » docnnessssnuse Potentilla viscosa -............«...eo..moon... Pothos scandens ----- see w ee eneeeneneeaseeses Folium Pratia begonifolia-+......... "m .... 1373 Prunus candicans .......o.»ooroosoooccorsóon» 1135 Prunus dasycarpa ++» «en ERAS: » 1243 Purshia tridentata +...».»+.««ooo.»...o.»»»... 1446 Pyrus angustifolia ---.----- ER ee. 1207 Pyrus Bollwylleriana ------- ehem rne. 1437 Pyrus grandifolia -------- »eeenoccensopson^ese.. 1154 Pyrus nivalis -............ "PE s... 1484 Pyrus salvifolia .+......ooooooooosoonsssss...». 1482 Pyrus sinensis ----- ES PR ceros. PORE Pyrus spuria ------- m eerte nnn 1196 Ranunculus creticus, var. macrophyllus ++...» 1432 Reevesia thyrsoidea ++» +»... +++ url aun namens 1236 Renanthera coccinea ----+-+ eos rio TIER Rhaphiolepis rubra -+-++.+.............. ves». 1400 Rhododendron Alta-clerense -----> eserse ..... 1414 Rhododendron arboreum, var. roseum »....... 1240 Rhododendron Cartons +.....»».»»........... 1449 Ribes cereum »+.»... +» ooooooonsocosrsrcrs... - 1263 Ribes divaricatum ++..-.............. cooooo..». 1359 Ribes inebrians -...........»..» PA 1471 Ribes punctatum -+-+........».. .onnnnnnenne. 1278 Ribes sanguineum ----- eesoscsoossoocececeee 1349 Ribes setosum +»++..».»............ seeesseosoe 1237 Ribes speciosum »».essseseresseeeesseeseeene 1557 Ribes tenuiflorum ------++-+- sesosoosocooooo 1274 Rose Clare... err eret .... 1438 Rosa multiflora, var. platyphylla -+-+++++-++- - 1372 Rosa Ruga ---..».+.o»oocooosorsoonanonensss.s 1389 Rubus nutkanus ---+.e=.»ooo»oooooocccooo... 1368 Rubus spectabilis ---+-..-..... votstes decos... JAM Ruellia Sabiniana -*+-...».--»-..» Se eee 1238 Saccolabium papillosum ++++aeoeroommmmo.... 1552 Sagittaria angustifolia --++-+++++++++-seeeeee 1141 Salpiglossis atropurpurea ++. rer een nenne. - 1518 Salvia angustifolia +--..........- .eoo.o».. o... 1554 Salta fold ieeeccsi vanessa esóicooo o eeshs 1409 Salvia fulgens ---------- £950 O Vues 1356 Biete U eier sans. 1970 Salvia involucrata ++.-.+..+..+....+»»»».»......... 1205 Sarcanthus guttatus +-...»+.=+.»»............. 1443 Schizanthus pinnatus, var. humilis»»»...»...»... 1562 Schizanthus retusus »+.=.»»=..=».......... Au Scilla plumbea sesececesseebvectsecscessoesece 1355 Scottia angustifolia -------- Promos. no.... .+ 1966 Scottia dentata -...-......... A dues 1988 Scutellaria alpina, var. lupulina »..+..»...+..... 1493 Sedum Cepza --......... PI .»...». 1391 Selago Gillii +++. +++ ++ ER ae v» 1804 Sempervivum villosum »+.+....++..»........... 1553 Senecio lilacinus ---++-++++ corororsossssoss.. 1342 Senecio Tussilaginis ...... errsrorssmnnno...”. 1550 Serapias cordigera, var. longipetala-------- sees 1190 Silene laciniata ------++--+ eosososoosevesesso 1444 Sinningia villosa --+----+++-+++++ MAE A - 1134 Sisyrinchium grandiflorum ----- deve es us os uio 1364 Sisyrinchium odoratissimum nenne... e. 1983 Solandra guttata ««««- seen en. Vévixsers qM Solanum crispum +++ ++ +++ + weht ee 1516 Sollya heterophylla : - - dessvsececóoastee e. 1466 Sophora velutina - cen .pror..». Porco. s.... 1185 Soulangia rubra ..... ...... retten ^» 1498 Sparaxis pendula ertt rng moon...» e. 1360 Spermadictyon azureum eséeqevevoeéceeeceaocve. JOBE Sphacele campanulata. -.-..-- A A eee 1382 Sphenotoma capitatum See orrrcrrocosos...... 1515 Spiræa ariefolia --------- eo....o... "ertt + 1365 Spiræa chameedrifolia e... Hidro soosrorsas 1999 Stachys albicaulis is. 090 MORD UNOSI ....».. 1558 Stachys germanica, var. pubescens »........... 1289 PERTETTELIEIETET I 1226 Stachys Salvie -......-- GENERAL INDEX TO THE NEW SERIES. Folium 3 Folium Stanhopea eburnea +++..ooooomoosoo... e... 1599 Tradescantia undata ........... II 1403 Statice puberula ................ itesessoe ve-MBO | THibhopetalum price 2:5 51065. RITE 1535 Stemodis chilensis sis: .sóspocoosrorionases 1470 Trifolium vesiculosum ................ se. 1408 Sterculia lanceolata «+++. ....o..0..ooooooo..o.. 1256 Tropzolum pentaphyllum ......... eI 1547 Sterculia Tragacantha ...................... 1353 Tulipa Oculus solis, var. Persica. ............ 1143 Streptocarpus Rexii «+.o»o.oo.cmommeommo.... +» 1173 | Tulipa Oculus solis, var. precoz. -............ 1419 Stylidium fasciculatum «+++. ..o......ooo... .. 1459 Tupistra nutin — eov rtt hn 1223 "Tabernzmontana densiflora ...+............... 1273 Turras Pinnsta rs: ...... 1413 Tacsonia pinnatistipula ...................... 1536 Ulex genistoides ...... PAS A vee 14529 Tellima grandiflora < :....-.. 4... ce edere eee eee 1178 | Vaccinium ovatum -..-............. Ls. „res TUE Teucrium orchideum . ............ BEER! *** 1255 | Verbena Melindres .................. ones 1184 Thermopsis fabacea.......oooomoroommmmm.... 1272 | Vernonia axilliflora - ...........:......Ls seus. 1464 Thryallis brachystachys.-. ............. «+» 1162 'Villarsia reniformis - ...... 2 eee ee eee eil 1533 Titiandsia acaulin. uv. ocio na tei te Ni 1157 Viola premorsa +..ooooooo.... veveve t. 1954 TIRDA TORUM vo ri eee 1357 Westringia longifolia .......... DI ...».. 1481 Tillandsia stricta -........ irc clic. 1338 Zephyranthes mesochloa «+. +... sven *...... 1361 Trachymene c@rulea ».».o...oooommooomomo.... 1995 Zinnia violacea, var. coccinea ....... fe. 1904 THE END, ; o. LONDON: 7. MOYES, CASTLE STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE.