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PROVO. UTAH TAB. DCL
Friesia racemosa. a. Cunn.
Dioica, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminatis longe petiolatis serratis,
racemis compositis axillaribus, ramulis foliisque junioribus
pubescenti-hirtis, stigmate 4-lobo.
Friesia racemosa. A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 4, p. 24.
Dicera? serrata. Forst. Prodr. n. 221. De Cand. Prodr. I,
p. 520. A. Bich. Fl. Nov. Zel.p. 304.
Ela30carpus Dicera. Valil, Symb. 3, p. 67.«
Hab. New Zealand, shady forests. Northern Island. Sir J.
Banks, A. Cunningham, Colenso, Edgerley, Bidwill, Sinclair,
Dr. Hooker. Middle Island, G. Forster.
The dioecious nature of this plant does not seem to be noticed
by any author : yet such is the fact. And at the time the ac-
companying figure was made, I did not possess the female
flowers, only the male flowers and fruit. They have, however,
since been brought home by Dr. Hooker ; and exhibit small,
barren stamens, an ovate germen, seated upon an annular disk
with four glands, a tapering, deciduous style, and a four-cleft,
spreading stigma. In this dioecious character, in the four-cleft
stigma and in the paniculated flowers, the plant differs from the
original Friesia of De CandoUe ; but it agrees in all other
essential particulars. It forms a shrub or small tree, 12-15
feet high, and is called Mako-mako by the natives.
Fig. 1. Male flower. /. 2. The same, more expanded.
/. 3. Perfect stamen. /. 4. Portion of a fructiferous panicle ;
nat. size. f. 5. Fruit; a bacca sicca, f. 6. The same, cut open
transversely, f. 7. The same, laid open vertically, f. 8. A
seed laid open. f. 9. Embryo : — magnified.
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Colensoance.
N. O. Elseocarpeae.
TAB. DCIl.
El^ocarpus HixAu. A. Ctmn.
Foliis alternis petiolatis oblongis basi attenuatis coriaceis superne
serratis subtus adpresso-sericeis nervis prominentibus, ner-
vorum in axillis sa;pe foveolatis superne ljullatis, raceinis
axillaribus simplicibus, petalis trilobis, antheris apice in£Equa-
liter bilabiatis, ovario biloculari, loculis biovulatis, drupa
ovali monopyrena.
Elajocarpus Hinau. A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 4, p. 23.
Elaeocarpus dentatus. Vahl. Symb. 3, p. 67.
Dicera dentata. Forst. Prodr. n. 226", De Cand. Prodr. 1,
p. 520. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 303.
Hab. New Zealand, Northern Island, Sir J. Banks, A. Cun-
ningham, Colenso, Edgerly, Dr. Hooker. — " Hinau " of the
natives.
Of the genus Dicera of Forster, founded upon the present
plant, but to which Forster added doubtfully, the Dicera? serrata,
the D. dentata is by Vahl correctly referred to Elceocarpus, and
the D. serrata by De CandoUe to Friesia (See Tab. dci.) ; so
that the only plant now remaining in Dicera is the very dubious
Craspediinn tectorum,oiljOMTe.\To. Of the plant here figured, Mr.
Cunningham has given a very accurate description ; but he de-
scribes the ovary as 5-celled, which I find to be 2-celled. The
solitary fruit I possess is a drupe with one perfect seed. " The
wood of the Hinau is remarkable for its whiteness ; but it is
almost useless, on account of the way in which it splits when
exposed either to wet or warmth. Its chief use is that it makes
an excellent dye, either a light brown, puce, or dark black, not
removable by washing. The natives employ the outer skin of
the bark for the purpose of dying the black thread of their
garments." — Yates.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. The same, with the petals removed.
/. 3. Stamen. /. 4. Pistil, f.5. Ovary, cut through vertically.
f. G. The same, cut through transversely : — magnified.
Tti/K/)rn.
Cimninghamiance.
N. O. Rutaceee.
TAB. DCIIL
Melicope ternata. Forst.
Foliis oppositis petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis obovatis obtusius-
culis integerrimis pellucido-punctatis glabris, paniculis axil-
laribus trichotomis petiolo longioribus.
Melicope ternata. Forst. Prodr. p. 166. Char. Gen. t. 28. De
Candolle Prodr. 1, p. 723. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 293.
A. Cum. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3, p. 31 5.
Entoganum laevigatum. Sol. Mst. Geertn. Fruct, I, p. 331,
t. 68.
Hab. New Zealand, Northern Island. Sir J. Banks. A. Cun-
ningham, Colenso.
Of this likewise, an accurate description is given by Mr.
Allan Cunningham in the " Annals" above quoted. I have,
therefore, only to remark here, that it is the type of the genus
Melicope ; and whether or not the M. simplex A.C. and of us
in the Sixth Volume of this Work, Tab. dlxxxv. is of the
same genus, remains to be ascertained by an examination of
more perfect specimens than we, at present, possess.
Fig. 1. Portion of a leaflet. /. 2. Flower. /. 3. The same,
from which the petals are removed. /. 4. Perfect fruits ; nat.
size. f. 5. Single fruit. /. 6. The same, the seeds escaping
from the cell. /. 7- Carpel laid open. /. 8. Seed laid open : —
magnified.
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Currorianee.
N. O. Asclepiadeee.
TABS. Dev., VI.
SCYTANTHUS CuRRORI, Hook.
Gen. Char. Scytanthus, Hook. — Cal. 5-paititus. Corolla rotata, tubo
brevissimo, limbo maximo dilatato concavo membranaceo nervoso obso-
lete 5-lobo, lobis dente aristiformi terminatis. Columna fructijicationis
inclusa. Corona staminea duplex ; exterior quinquefida, lobis rotun-
datis erecto-incurvis obtusis bifidis, lacinii^ denteque in sinu inflexis ;
interior pentaphylla, foliolis e basi gibbosa oblongis obtusis in summi-
tatem columnae arete adpressis, laciniis exterioribus alternantibus.
AnlhercB apice simplices, obtusae. Pollinia basi affixa, erecta, ovata,
sessilia. Stigma muticum. Follimli 2 (immaturi) cylindracei
utrinque acuminati, laeves. — Plantee Africa Australis camosee aphylloe
multangiilatm ramoscE, angulis aculeatis, aculeis basi dilatatis ; versus
apicem florifercE. Corolla amplissima.
Scytanthus Currori ; corolla ciliata intus tota pilosa.
Hab. Barren, sandy mountains, but sparingly, at Elephant's Bay, West
Coast of Africa, Tat. 14 deg. S. Dr. A. B. Curror. R.N. 1840.
I have already, in the London Journal of Botany, v. 2, p. 166, taken
occasion to mention the re-discovery, by Mr. Burke, on the banks of the
Orange river. South Africa, of that most remarkable plant, Slapelia Gor-
doni, of Masson's " Stapelia;," Tab. xl; which was only known to Na-
turalists by the figure there given, and was drawn on the spot by Colonel
Gordon, and no specimen was preserved. This will be found represented
at our Tab. dcxxv. of the present Volume. Still a correct knowledge of
the organs of fructification was a desideratum which could not be gained
from dried specimens ; and it was with no small degree of pleasure
that I received from Dr. Curror, of H.M.S. Water- Witch, a noble
flowering specimen of another but nearly allied species, preserved in
spirits, with a stem so much resembling that of some Cactus (of the
Cereus group) that without the flowers, it might readily be mistaken for
such. It is this plant that is here figured, and it is at once distinguished
by the larger size of the stems and of the corolla, and the copious
hairy lining of the latter. It attains a height of two feet and upwards
in the stem, with a diameter of between two and three inches, the barren
stems not unfrequently branched at the top. The whole plant is full of
a viscid mucilaginous juice, which tastes like starch. There can be no
doubt, I think, of the propriety of this, together with the // nr.i.
DrummondiaruB.
N. O. MyrtacetE.
TAB. DCXI.
Eucalyptus spathulata. Hook.
Operculo cylindraceo obtuso ovario turbinate triplo longiore,
foliis lineari-spathulatis acutiusculis minute punctatis, pedun-
culis brevibus latis compressis 3-5-floris, floribus brevi-
pedicellatis.
Hab. Swan River. Jas. Drummond, (Suppl. Coll. n. 20).
Frutex ubique glaber. Rami teretes fusci, ramulis angulatis.
Folia opposita, bi-triuncialia, lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, basi
attenuata, viridia, obscure uninervia, utrinque sub lente punc-
tulata. PeduncuU solitarii^ axillares, semiunciam longi, dilatati,
compressi, apice umbellatim 3-5-flori. Flores brevi-pedicellati,
pedicellis incrassatis sensim in ovarium turbinatum truncatum
intense fuscum dilatatis. Operculum (siccitate) pallide fus-
cum, cylindraceum, obtusum, ovario triplo longius. Slatnina
numerosa, primum erecta, demum patentia. Filamenta sub-
incrassata, fulva. Aniherce parvee. Stylus rectus, staminum
longitudine. Stigma simplex.
A species of Eucalyptus, not distributed, I believe, in the
valuable sets lately sent to his subscribers from the Swan River
settlement by Mr. Drummond, but forming part of a supple-
mentary set transmitted to the Author. It is very different from
any species with which I am acquainted, or can anywhere find
described.
Fig. 1. Flower, still partially covered by its operculum. /. 2.
Ovary and style : — magnified.
'/'ah. JM'AJ.
TAB. DCXII.
OXYLOBIUM BATILLUM. Hook.
Foliis oppositis elliptico-cuneatis apice truncato-retusis coriaceis,
supra glabriusculis impresso-punctatis, subtus arete retieu-
latis mucronatis ramulisque dense pubescentibus, legumine
ovato-acuminato hirsuto dispermo.
Hab. Swan River settlement. Jas. Drummond, {Suppl. Coll.
n. 32.)
I possess no flowers of this species ; but there can be little
doubt of the genus to which it belongs. The leaves are coria-
ceous, cuneate but rounded at the base, truncate or retuse
at the apex, mucronate, the angles rather obtuse, the margins
a little recurved ; the upper side glossy and slightly pubescent,
rough with numerous depressions, paler beneath, there closely
reticulated, and, as well as the young branches, downy with
short dense hairs. Legumes small, chestnut-brown, slightly
hairy, 2-seeded. I have named the species Batillum from the
resemblance of the leaves to a fire-shovel.
Fig. 1 . 2. Legume : — magnified.
Preissiana?.
N. O. Algae.
TAB. DCXIII.
Rhodoplexia preissii. Harv,
Gen. Char. Frons spongiformis, rubra, e filis articulatis,
reticulatim connexis, versus superficiem liberis constituta.
Sphcerosporce spheericse, apicibus liberis filorum insidentes,
pedicellatae perisporio hyalino. Harv.
Rhodoplexia Preissii. Harv. MSS.
Hab. In the Sea. Swan River colony. New Holland. Mr.
Preiss.
Frons compressa, 2-4 uncias longa, 4-6 lineas lata, ^ linese crassa,
spongiosa, mollis, nec gelatinosa, irregulariter laciniato-ramosa,
ramis plus minus dichotome divisis, axillis rotundatis, tota
filis articulatis constituta. Fila interna in reticulo denso
conjuncta, in modo subflabelliformi longitudiiialiter disposita;
externa v. superficiaria incurva, simplicia v. parum ramosa,
lineam longa, e reticulo passim exeuntia et idem vestientia.
Color fusco-ruber. Spharosporce omnino Callithamnii.
A highly remarkable plant, forming another genus of retiform
Algce, allied to Dictyurus, Hemitrema and Claudea, especially
to the first; but here there is no stem, the whole plant being
composed of a sponge-like network. W. H. H.
Fiff. 1. Plant: natural size. /. 2. Transverse section of a
narrow part of the frond. /. 3. Small fragment, highly mag-
nified, to show the capsules, or sphterosporce.
T»h. TJriUJ.
Sinclairiance.
N. O. Algce.
TAB. DCXIV.
Sphacelaria horde acea. Harv.
Fronde tenui-elongata stuposa, ramis alternis crebris apice fasci-
culatis subbipinnatis, pinnis pinnulisque spinseformibus ; cap-
sularum spicis oblongis aristatis (hordeiformibus) terminalibus.
Hab. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Dr. Sinclair.
A very curious species of Sphacelaria, allied to S. scoparia,
but abundantly distinguished by the spikes of fructification
which terminate the branches and ramuli, and under the
miscroscope strongly resemble ears of barley or rye. These
are composed of thickly set, quadrifarious, setiform ramuli, each
with a cluster of 4-5 elliptical capsules at its base. W. H. H.
Fig. 1. Branch. /. 2. Spike of capsules. /. 3. Ramulus of
the spike, with capsules at its base : — magnified.
Sinclainan. JJf/J.
Colensoance.
N. O. Cupuliferse.
TAB. DCLII. .
Fagus Menziesii. Hook, fil.
Ramis brunneis subpubescentibus, ramulis fulvo-tomentosis,
foliis breviter petiolatis subrhombeo-cordatis coriaceis rigidis
grosse duplicato-crenatis venosis, cupulis pedunculatis soli-
tariis 4-partitis fimbriato-squaraosis fimbriis apice incrassatis,
carpellis trialatis alis superne falcato-acuminatis stylo per-
sistente longioribus.
Hab. New Zealand ; Dusky bay, southern extremity of the
group, A. Menzies, Esq. 1791. Banks of the Lake Waikare,
Northern Island, W. Colenso, Esq., T. Bidwill, Esq. — " Taivai"
of the natives, according to Mr. Colenso.
Very similar to some of the states of our F. Cunninghami of
Van Diemen's Land (see Hook. Journ. of Bot. v. 2. p. 152. t. 7-) :
so much so that we have sometimes been inclined to consider it
the same : but besides the improbability of the same species of
tree inhabiting islands so very remote from each other, there
are characters that appear sufficient to distinguish them. The
leaf is here more rhomboidal, and more distinctly veined. The
fimbriae of the cupules are more numerous and arise from a
more decided scale ; the carpels are broader upwards, and the
wings are prolonged much further above the top of carpel, are
more acuminated, and have, in the axils of these prolongations,
soft spinous processes, a little thickened at the point, which we
do not find in the F. Cunninghami. We are not acquainted
with the male flowers, and indeed we have had only one perfect
fruit to examine.
Fig. 1. Fruit bursting open. /. 2. carpel.
TaADCLJI.
Jamesonittnae.
N. O. Tropeolese.
TAB. DCLIII.
Trop^olum tuberosum. R. & P.
Glaberrimum scandens, petiolis cirrhiformibus, foliis reniformi-
bus 5-7-lobatis subtus glaucis, lobis latis retuso-truiicatis glan-
dula triangular! apiculatis, pedunculis longissimis (subspi-
thamcEis), calycis limbo erecto-patente in calcar longum
subulato-cylindraceum obtusura apice constictutn attenuate,
petalis obovato-rotundatis breviter unguiculatis suboequalibus
calycem paulo superantibus.
Tropseolum tuberosum. Ruiz, ct Pav. Fl. Per. 3, p. JTj 314,
f. 6. nook. Bot. Mag. ^. 3714.
Hab. Peru & Columbia, Ruiz ^ Pavon, Hartweg, Lobb. Ravine
near Quito, Dr. TV. Jameson.
When the plate of this was prepared I had supposed it to be
a new species ; so little has it of the luxuriance of the cultivated
plant. I suffer it to pass, however, as being drawn from a
native specimen, from Quito, and from a locality where it had
not been before known to be indigenous.
Fiff. 1. Flower: — magnified.
Tab.VCJJ//.
JamesoiiiancE,
N. O. CoianieliiieiE.
TAB. DCLIV.
Tkadescantia gracilis. H. B. K.
Caule adscendente simplici vel ramoso, foliis remotiusculis
brevi-vaginatis cordatis acutis vaginisque ciliatis, pedunculis
solitariis v. ternis ad unum latus pubescentibus, capitulis
(vix umbellis) paucifloris bracteatis, bracteis ovatis peltatis
ciliatis, calycis sepalis apice barbatis, antherae loculis remotis.
Tradescantia gracilis. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v.. I. p. 261.
Hab. Tarqui et Chillo, Quitinian Andes : elev. 8000 feet above
the level of the sea, Humboldt. Morro of Quito, Dr.
W. Jameson.
This has delicate wliite flowers, with deep purple calyx and
bracteas, and anthers, of which the cells are set very wide apart
by a transverse connectivum like the top of the letter T.
N. O. Rafflesiaccee.
TAB. DCLV.
Apodan j hes. Poit. Annul. Sc. Nut. 3. 421, i. 26, f. 1. — Pilo-
STYLES. Gu'Ul.Nouv. Annal.Sc. Nat. 2. 21, t. 1. — Frostia.
Beriero Mac. Endl. Gen. Plant, n. 725.
Char. Gen. Flares dioici. — Masc. : Perigoniiim tetrapliyllum,
foliolis ima basi connatis, festivatione imbricatis. Synema
colutnnare, vertice pileolare, papillosum. Antherce infra ver-
ticem sessiles, horizontalesj triseriatse, contigute, uniloculares,
apice apertcB. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. — Fcem. Perigo-
nium tetraphyllum, foliolis basi ovario adhcerens. Pseudocar-
pium subbaccatum, uniloculare, indehiscens, multiovulatum,
ovulis ad superficiem parietum pseudocarpii affixis. Stylus
brevis, conicus. Stigma truncatum, sublobatum. — Herbulee
Americana, atro-fuscce. Flores minimi bi-tri- linear es, e cortice
ramulorum aliorum stirpium prorumj)entes ; bracteis bi- vel
tri-scriatis, seriei interioris interdum valde connatis, calycem
simulantibus.
1. Ap. Caseariee ; bracteis biseriatis, seriei interioris connatis
4-lobatis, lobis obtusissimis, sepalis discretis rotundatis basi
subcordatis.
Ap. CasearicG, Poit. Annal. des Sc. Nat. 3, 422, t.2G,f. 1.
Hab. In Guiana, on the stems of Casearia macrophylla, Vahl.
2. Ap. Berterii ; bracteis biseriatis, seriei interioris sepalisque
basi subconnatis, sepalis oblongis obtusis. (Tab. Nostr.
DCLV. A).
Pilostyles Berterii, Guill. Nouv. Annal. Sc. Nat. 2. 21, t. 1.
Frostia parasitica, Bertero Msc.
Hab. In Chili, on the stems of an Adesmia. Bertero. Bridges,
n. 1273.
3. Ap. Calliandrce ; bracteis 2-3-seriatis, seriei interioris sepa-
lisque basi subconnatis, sepalis ovato-rotundatis. Gardn,
supra t. DCXLiv.)
Hab. In the Province of Goyaz, Brazil j on the stems of a
species of Calliandra.
4. Ap. Blanchetii ; bracteis 2-seriatis ciliatis, seriei interioris
sepalisque basi subconnatis, sepalis rotundatis ciliatis. (Tab.
Nostr. dclv. B).
Hab. Serra de Acurua, Brazil; on the stems of an entire-leaved
species of Bauhinia. Blanchet. n. 2861. — G. Gardner.
Tab. DCLV. A. Apodanthes Berterii. Fig. I. Female plants;
nat. size. /. 2, 3. Plants; magnified. /. 4. Section of a plant.
/. 5. Transverse section of the ovary ; more magnified.
Tab. UCLV. B. Apodanthes Blanchetii. Fig.\. Female plants;
nut. size. f. 2. Single plant. 3. Section of ditto, f. 4.
Transverse section of the nvary : — magnified.
Jamesoniance
N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCLVI.
AcBosTicHUM (Elaphoglossum) Tambillense. Hook.
Caudice crasso descendente fibrilloso superne copiose squamoso,
frondibus ca3spitosis subcoriaceis glabris nudiusculis, sterili-
bus oblongo-ovatis tenui-acuminatis basi obtusis rarius
oblique leeviter decurrentibus, fertilibus 6- ties minoribus
lanceolatis acutis, venis (utrinque) parallelis obsoletis internis,
stipite frondes vix superante gracili nudo.
Hab. Sides of ravines, Tambillo, near Quito. Dr. W. Jameson.
The caudex of this species resembles a true rhizoma, short,
thick, woody, descending, scarcely oblique, clothed with abun-
dant fibres, of which many are 2-4-inches long, branched, black
and hairy ; the top of the caudex is nearly an inch wide, and
clothed with a dense mass of shining, dark brown, subulate
scales, from which the stipites spring, several near each other in
a ceespitose manner. Sterile fronds 3-4 inches long, with a
finely acuminated point, and a very obtuse base. The fertile
fronds are many times smaller, lanceolate, acute, rather than
acuminate, clothed beneath with pale, yellow brown capsules,
the costa, and often a space on each side the costa bare. Seen
under a microscope, the stipites sometimes, as well as the
fronds beneath, exhibit minute, glandular, brown dots or scales,
not visible to the naked eye.
Tab.JfrJA'L
Jamesoniance.
N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCLVII.
>
AcROSTicHUM (Elaphoglossum) Lloense. Hook.
Caudice repente squamoso, frondibus remotis, sterilibus lanceo-
latis submembranaceis glabris nudisculis basi in stipitem
longiorem parce squamosum decurrentibus apice longe at-
tenuatis margine integris vel obscure crenatis, fertilibus multo
minoribus lato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis, venis obliquis pa-
rallelis internis obscuris.
Hab. On trunks of trees. Valley of Lloa, El Equador. Dr.
W. Jameson.
An elegant, but small species, remarkable for its long creep-
ing stipes, and the peculiar shape of the fronds. The veins are
more oblique than is usual in Elaphoglossum, and the margin
is often obscurely lobed, or coarsely crenate. The scales are
large, for the size of the plant ; on the stipes, and on the frond
are a few smaller appressed ones.
m. DCLri/.
Lobbian(e.
N. O. Orcliideac.
TAB. DCLVIII, DCLIX.
Cypripedium cattdatum. Lindl.
Elatum ferrugineo-pubescens 3-4-florum, foliis. . . . ? sepalis lan-
ceolato-acuminatis inferioribus omnino connatis, petalis
lanceolatis in caudam longissimam fere pedalem attenuatis,
labello glabro ore hirsute, stamine sterili obtuso utrinque ala
subtriangulari retusa ascendente apice pilosa, bracteis ad
basin pedicellorum latis complicatis obtusissimis glabris.
Cypripedium caudatum. Lindl. Gen.et Sp. Orchid, p. 531.
Had. Interior of Peru, Ruiz and Pavon, in Herb. Hook., Mr.
Lobh.
An injured flower is all that was known of this plant when its
necessarily imperfect character was drawn up by Dr. Lindley ;
and that flower was derived from an Herbarium left by Ruiz
and Pavon in Peru, and preserved in my collection. Mr. Lobb
while collecting for Mr. Veitch of Exeter, in the Andes, east
of Lima, in the far interior, had the good fortune to meet with
it, and sent home dried specimens, and brought living roots of
it with him as far as Jamaica ; but they perished while he
was there confined with a malignant fever. From one of the
two above-mentioned specimens, for which I am indebted to
Mr. Veitch, the accompanying figure was made ; but here again
I have to regret the absence of foliage, so that I cannot be sure
it has a scape like the species of Northern India, or, as is most
likely, a leafy stem like our European and the North American
and other Mexican species. In the latter case, the species
must be a very stately one, for the upper portion, without the
trace of a leaf is more than a foot long, everywhere clothed with
a compact ferruginous down except on the bracteas, the lip, and
the inside of the petals and sepals. The lower of the bracteas
is 2\ inches long, striated, broadly oval, very obtuse, folded
double so as to embrace the pedicel and the main stalk ; the
upper ones are gradually smaller. There are 3 flowers, and a
trace of a fourth, larger than those of any known species, the
structure of which will be better seen by the figure than any
description in words.
i
Purdieanrc.
N. O, Burmanniaceae.
TAB. DCLX.
. Apteria setacea. Nxitt.
Caule gracili ramoso, foliis paucis squamiformibus acutis erecto-
patentibus, perianthio urceo'.ato-tubuloso, laciniis exterioribus
3 late ovatis obtusiusculis, interioribus 3 ligulatis obtusissimis.
Apteria setacea. Nutt. Journ. Acad. N. Sc. Philad, 7, p- 64, 9,
/. 1. Miers, in Linn. Trans, v. \S,p. 516.
/3. major ; triplo quadruple major, subsexflora. A. setacea, Benth.
PI. Hartw. p. 67, n. 495.
Hab. Florida, Nuttall. Savannas, interior of Manchester
County, Jamaica, Mr. Purdie. — /3. Among decayed leaves,
near Teotolcingo, in the mountains of Chinantla, Mexico.
Hartweg.
I must confess that while preparing the analysis of this species,
I did not at first recognize it as tlie original Ajjteria of Nuttall ;
but after a most careful comparison with that author's original
specimens, 1 am satisfied of its identity. Its structure con-
firms the correctness of Mr. Miers's figure of a second species of
this genus, A. lilacina, Miers, in a most admirable and profound
paper on a new group of BiirmanniacecB, published by that gen-
tleman in the I8th vol. of the Transactions of the Linnaean
Society ; and I am glad to have this opportunity afforded me
to acknowledge my error, so ably pointed out by Mr. Miers, in
uniting his genus Dictyostcgia with. Apteria, (in this Work, Tab.
ccLiv.) which I should never have done, had I then under-
stood the structure of Apteria. A. lilacina, of Mr. Miers,
found in Brazil, is assuredly very nearly allied to the present
species, which has a pretty extensive range ; but it is well dis-
tinguished by Mr. Miers, in the sharp but acuminated segments
of the perianth ; the flower too is much larger ; it droops in
both species. ^. 5t'/«cea varies considerably in size. Our original
specimen from Mr. Nuttall, and those from Jamaica, are from
2-4 inches high; but Mr. Hartweg's Mexican ones are 8-10
inches high, and bear as many as 6 flowers upon a stem ; and
they are thrice as large as in the usual state of the plant, but
diff"erent in no other respect.
Fiff. 1. Flower. _/". 2. The same, M ith the perianth laid open,
showing the style and stigmas, and the 3 hollow sacs in which
the curious stamens are lodged. /. 3. Sac and stamen : — more
or less magnified.
JamcsoniaiuB.
N. O. Oxalidese.
TAB. DCLXI.
OxALIS LOTOIDES. H. B. K.
Caule procumbente elongate, ramis pilosis, foliis ternatis, foliolis
obcordatis emarginatis molUter appresso-pilosis margine vil-
losis subtus glaucis, petiolis folio longioribus pilosis, stipulis
adnatis majusculis fuscis, pedunculis subterminalibus elon-
gatis 3-7 floris pedicellisque elongatis pilosis, sepalis oblongis
obtusis membranaceis glabriusculis eglandulosis corolla au-
rantiaca duplo brevioribus, stylis stamina multo superantibus.
Oxalis lotoides. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. 5, p. 421.
Hab. Quindiu, elev. of 7^00 feet, Humboldt. Andes of Quito,
Dr. fV. Jameson.
Whole plant with a good deal the habit of Lotus. Stems
long and decumbent. Leaves singularly glaucous beneath.
Flowers orange yellow with dark streaks.
MJJCLI/.
Gunniana.
N. O. Alijm.
TAB. DCLXII.
Thamnocarpus. Harv.
Gen. Char. Frons teres, ramosa, intus diaphragmatibus divisa,
carnosa ; caro interna e fibris articulatis, longitudinalibus, im-
plexis, externa e cellulis minutis composita. Sp/i(erosj)ora' in sti-
chidiis floccosis, ramosissimis, articulatis, penicillatim e frondis
glandulis superficiariis ortis, nucleo triangulatim quadripartite.
T. Gunnianus. Harv.
Hab. Port Arthur. Van Diemen's Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq.
Frond 3-4 inches high, nearly half a line in diameter, much
and very irregularly branched ; stem generally simple, and
rather naked below, above frequently divided into several prin-
cipal branches, which are densely set in an alternate or more
generally secund manner with others which are shorter, but in
other respects similar, and these again are once or twice divided
and furnished with short ramuli; all the branches and lesser
divisions erect, or erecto-patent, with acute axils ; apices acute,
but frequently broken oflF, and appearing truncate. Sometimes
the frond is excessively branched and bushy, with tufts of ra-
muli issuing from the broken tips of old branches. Substance
cartilaginous when moist, horny when dry. Colour a fine, clear,
red, discharged in fresh water. Structure ; the axis is hollow, but
divided into a series of cells by transverse cellular diaphragms ;
the flesh of the periphery very thick, its outer surface com-
posed of minute cellules irregularly packed together, its inner
substance formed of interwoven, longitudinal, jointed fibres.
The fructification consists of sphcerospores (or tri-sporous cap-
sules) exactly similar to those of Callithamnion, borne on little
pencils of much branched, confervoid, articulated filaments,
which issue from glands scattered on the surface of the branches
and ramuli ; each pencil about a line long, divided into 3 or 4
principal branches, which are clothed with pinnate ramuli (or plu-
mules) and produce an abundance of sp/uerospores on the ultimate
divisions. — A very distinct genus, and quite worthy of New Hol-
land, the land of puzzles, presenting as it does a frond outwardly
resembling Gigartina plicata or Grijfithsiu, with a fructification
which is in itself a perfect miniature Callithamnion (/), thus
oflering a new instance of the justice of Agardh's remark, that
" the lower algjE are the organs of the higher.'' The only other
genus of Floridea with an analogous fructification is Ileterocladia
of Decaisne, with which our plant will form a well-characterized
sub-family, called indeed by that Author Heterocladie^.,
and which may almost be regarded as the analogue among
Floridem of Sporochnoidece. — W. H. H.
Fi(j. 1. Thamnocarpus Gunnianus; nat. size. f. 2. Apex of a
branch in fruit; magnified. f.S. Pencil of fructification ; highly
magnified, f. 4. liamulus of the pencil, with spheerospores ;
highbj magnified, f. 5. Longitudinal section of stem ; magnified.
Gardnerianm.
N. O. Loaseae.
TAB. DCLXIII.
LoASA RUPESTRis. Gardn.
Hisnida, caule erecto infra inflorescentiam simplici supra pani-
culato-racemoso, foliis alternis petiolatis ovato-oblongis
sinuato-lobatis grosse dentatis basi cordatis, racemis pedicel-
lisque elongatis, lobis calycis late ovatis acutis, petalis
obovatis obtusis concavis, capsula ovata.
Loasa rupeslris. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 2413.
Causancao, nom. vulg.
Hab. Rare, in dry rocky places between Cachoeiras and Mar-
nialeiro, near the Western boundary of the Province of
Brazil; February, 1839.
Herbacea, hispida, 2-3 pedalis, Caulis erectus, infra foliosus,
supra paniculato-racemosus, aphyllus. Folia alterna, petio-
lata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, sinuato-lobata, grosse dentata,
basi cordata, 4-4i poll, longa, 2~2\ poll, lata : petioli 1|-2|
pollicares. Panicvila racemosa. Flores parvi, allii, pedicellati.
Pedicelli 8 lin. circiter longi, Calycis tubus ovario adhajrens,
limbus persistens 5-partitus sequalis, segmentis late ovatis
acutis petalis brevioribus. Petala obovata, obtusa, concava.
Squamce 5, petalis alterncBjOvata), concavae, trinerves, dorso tri-
setce, truncata), in conum conniventes et basi intus filamentis 2
sterilibus instructee. Stamina plurima, cum petalis inserta,
exteriora 10, sterilia, lineari-lanceolata, ciliata, 1-nervia; in-
teriora fertilia in phalanges 5-IS-andras petalis oppositas dis-
posita. Antherse erectas, subrotundee, biloculares. Stylus
simplex. Stigma trifida. Capsula ovata, hispida, calycis
limbo coronata, unilocularis, vertice breviter exserto, trivalvis,
valvis cum nervis placentiferis, tandem liberis, alternantibus.
Semina plurima, obovata, compressa, echinata.
This plant is readily distinguished from all the hitherto
described species of Loasa by its elongated panicle, which
consists of about 5 branches, each forming a raceme of from
10-14 flowers. — G. Gardner.
Fiff. 1. Flower. /. 2. Scales from the flower, with the sterile
stamens \— magnified.
Tah. JX'LXJJJ.
Purdieance. N. O. Capparideae.
TAB. DCLXIV.
TOVAUIA PENDUL.A. jR. ^ P.
Gen. Char. Cal. 8-sepalus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis patentibus,
persistentibus. Petala 8, disco elevato carnoso inserta lineari-
oblonga. Stam. 8, disco elevato carnoso inserta, erecto-
patentia. Filamerita subulata. Antherce ovato-sagittatse
antice pilosulae, longitudinaliter ad marginem dehiscentes.
Ovarium ovatum, disco carnoso parvo impositum, 6-loculare,
multiovulatum ; ovulis minutis dissepimenta tota tegentibus.
Stylus brevissimus, crassus. Stigma dilatatum, 6-lobuni,
lobis recurvis, glandulosis. Bacca (vix matura) globosa,
stigmate 6-lobo coronata, 6-locularis, polysperma. Semina
jjarva, reniformia, exalbuminosa ? Embryo curvatus. — Herba
Americee Meridionalis, ramosa, glabra. Folia alterna, trifolio-
lala ; foliolis petiolulatis, lanceolatis, anguste acuminatis,
penninerviis, integerrimis. Racemi elongati, terminates, brac-
teati. Flores majusculi, albi. Bacca magnitudhie Pruni
avium. Odor totius plantce Apii graveolentis.
Tovaria pendula. Ruiz et Pav. Ft. Peruv.p. ^i, p.iOQ. Don
in Ed. New Phil. Journ. 1828.
Bancroftia diffusa. Macfad. Ft. Jam. p.\\2.
Hab. Woods between Chinchao and Pati, Peru ; Ruiz and
Pavon. Jamaica, Moore's Gap, St. George's ; Dr. Macfadyen,
Purdie. Caraccas, Linden, n. 244.
My first knowledge of this plant was from specimens sent by
our Collector for the Royal Gardens, Mr. Purdie, from St.
George's, Jamaica, where Dr. Macfadyen gathered it some years
previously ; and having no means of comparing it with Ruiz
and Pavon's little-known Peruvian plant, Tovaria, and not find-
ing it to agree with any described genus in books which were
accessible to him, that gentleman constituted of it a new genus,
wliich he dedicated to Dr. Bancroft, and detailed its characters
very carefully. I have since again received the same plant
from the Caraccas.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Petal. /. 3. Front, and /. 4. Back
view of a stamen. /. 5. Flowers, with the petals and stamens
removed, f. 6. Section of ovary. /. 7- Scarcely mature
leaves, f. 8. Transverse section of ditto; nat. size. f. 9.
Seed. /. 10. Section of the same. /.II. Embryo: — all more
or less magnified.
Jarmsomanof.
N. O. Commelineee.
TAB. DCLXV.
Tradescantia hirsuta. H. B. K.
Caule ascendente ramoso glabro, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu-
minatis subundulatis subtus prajcipue vaginisque liirsutis laxis
margine serrulato-scabris, pedunculis solitariis v. geminis ple-
rumque bifloris, floribus brevissime pedicellatis bracteatis,
sepalis glaiiduloso-hirsutis petalis (purpureis) duplo minori-
bus, antherse loculis approximatis.
Tradescantia hirsuta. //. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. \.p. 2G3.
Hab. Mountains of New Grenada, about 6000-7300 feet,
Humboldt. Pichincha, El Equador, 9000 feet. Dr. W. Jameson.
Sent by my valued friend, Dr. Jameson, under the above
name ; and it appears quite to agree with the character and
description of Humboldt. It has an extensive range in South
America. The flowers are large for the size of the plant,
and the petals a very bright purple, which colour is retained
in drying. The anther-cells are approximate, white ; the
filaments purple, with copious long white hairs at the base.
Lobbiance.
N. O. Gesneriacete.
TAB. DCLXVI.
Trichantha minor. Hook.
Gen. Char. Ca/?/ir semia-inferus? profunde 5-partitus, segmentis
in lacinias 3-5 anguste lineares longissimas profunde fissis,
longe ciliatis. Corolla tubulosa, curvata, hinc subventricosa,
crinito-hirsuta, supra basin constricta, limbo 5-lobo, extus 5-
appendiculatis, appendiculis lineari-clavatis patentibus, cum
lobis alternantibus; lobis rotundatis patentibus, 2 superioribus
paulo minoribus raagisque approximatis. Stamina 4, didy-
nama : AnthercB per paria connexse. Fructus — ? — Frutices
scandentes Caracasani, radicantes, et, ut videtur, epiphyti, pilosi.
Folia mcculenta, carnosa, ovata, seu obovata, penninervia, op-
posita, unico minimo. Flores hirsutissimi, axillares, aggregati.
Pedunculi uniflori.
Trichantha minor; foliis ovatis acuminatis integerrimis ciliatis
supra glabriusculis subtus hirsutis, coroUte tubo tereti,
caule adpresse piloso.
Hab. Columbia, S. America. Mr. W. Lobb.
I know of no Genus to which this can be assimilated ; and,
though ignorant of the nature of its fruit, and, from the
paucity of flowers, unwilling to destroy them for analysis, I
venture to constitute of this and the following plant a new
genus, which I have named from the copious and long hairs
with which every part of the flower is covered.
Fig. 1. Hair, magnified.
Tah.nc/LVii.
Allan |Lf.ii:^50E luli Glasgow
LobbiancE.
N. O. Gesneriacese.
TAB. DCLXVII.
Trichantha major. Hook.
Foliis obovatis acuminatis ciliatis utrinque hirsutis dentato-
serratis, corollac tubo subangulato, caule patenti-piloso.
Hab. Columbia, S. America. Mr. IV. Lobb.
A very distinct species from the preceding, with much larger
leaves, broader upwards, dentato almost spinuloso-serrate,
hairy on both sides, with an angular tube to the corolla, and
patent hairs on the stem. The general habit of the two plants
is precisely similar, the same texture of leaf, the same deeply
cut segments of the calyx, and the club-shaped appendages alter-
nating with the segments of the limb of the corolla. In both,
the hairs are beautifully jointed, when seen under a microscope.
Fig. 1. One of the hairs; magnified.
Tah.nrduM'IJ.
I
Homeance.
N. O. Coniferae.
TAB. DCLXVIII.
Cryptomeria Japonica. Don,
Gen. Char. Amenta mascula spicata: Squama antheriferae,
rotundatse, appresse imbricatiE, sessiles, Antherarum theccB 5,
connatcE ! basi squamarum omnino adnatae, antice foramine.
amplo dehiscentes. Ovnla erecta. Strobili solitarii, globosi,
squarrosi : squamis e pericarpio 3-6-dentato bracteaque lati-
ceolata acuminata inferne concretis compositis. Semina 4
V. 6, compresso-angulata, vix alata.
Arbor Japonica (et Chinensis) procera, sempervirens. Folia
fere omnino AraucaricE Cunninghamii, 5-J'ariam ordinata,
subulata, viridia, verticaliter compressa, vix pollicaria. Amenta
mascula in spicam terminalem aggregata; faiminea solitaria
globosa. Don.
Cryptomeria Japonica. Don, in Linn. Trans, v. 18. p. 167.
t. 13,/. 1.
Cupressus Japonica. Linn. Fil. Suppl. p. 421. Thunb. Jap,
p. 265.
San, vulgo Sangi. Kaempf. Amoen.p. 883.
Hab. Island of Nipon, and mountains about Nangasaki, Japan.
Kcempfer, Thunhcrg. China (probably Macao), Chas. Millett,
Esq. ; Chusan, Capt. Sir Everard Home, R. N.
My first knowledge of tbis plant was from a fine specimen,
but without flower or fruit, sent to me by Mr. Millett from Macao.
More recently I have received specimens, with cones, from Sir
Everard Home, gathered at Chusan, and it is from them that
the present figure is made. I do not, however, possess any male
catkins; and my female ones, at any rate seed-bearing scales,
differ considerably from those represented by Mr. David Don :
they have a prominent keel on the under side, and I find but
two seeds attached to each ; and so similar is the general nature
of their strobili to those of Taxodium, that I should be almost
inclined to place the tree in that genus. The species is unques-
tionably the same as Mr. Don's, and has probably an extensive
range. The leaves are distinctly seen to be 4-angled, with
a groove or furrow between the angles, and the base of the
lower angle is singularly decurrent upon the branches.
Fig. 1. Portion of a branch with leaves. /. 2. Scale from a
strobilus seen from the back. /, 3. Side view of ditto with one
seed. /. 4. Under side of scale. /. 5. seed: — magnified.
Imrayarm.
N. O. Filices.
TAB. DCLXIX.
Hemitelia Imrayana. Hook.
Inermis ? frondibus bipinnatis glabris, pinnulis amplis late
oblongo-lanceolatis acuniinatis profunde pinnatifidis fere ad
rachin, segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis serratis, soris uni-
seriatis prope marginem fere ad rachin attingentibus, venis
pinnatis, venulis 2-3, infimis stepe anastomosantibus.
Hemitelia Imrayana. Hook. Sp.Fil. l,jJ. S3.
ft. segmentis grosse serratis, Hook. I. c. p. 34. H. serrata, J.
Sm. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Botany, v. I, p. 662 {name only)
Hab. Dominica, Dr. /wiray, 1839. — /3. Jamaica? Wiles ? {Herb.
J. Sniith).
At first sight this has a good deal the appearance of H. hor-
rida; but the pinnae are far narrower, smaller, 10-12 inches
long, apparently always glabrous, the segments serrated, the
veins much less copiously branched. Thei/. serrata of J. Sm.
(doubtful as to country) may I think be safely referred to this
species.
Fig. 1. Pinna; nat. size. f. 2. Portions of a segment j mag-
nified, f. 3. Sorus : — more magnified.
Tah.J)rL\'L\'.
Jamesoniance.
•
N. O. Ranunculaceae.
TAB. DCLXX.
Anemone Jamesoni. Hook.
Subsericeo-hirsuta, radice repente, foliis omnibus radicalibus
longissime petiolatis triternatim sectis, segmentis primanis
longi- secundariisque brevi-petiolulatis ultimis cuneatis bi-tri-
fidis lobis acutis, involucri foliolis petiolatis triternatim sectis,
segmentis oblongis obtusiusculis superne latioribus, pedicelUs
binis, sepalis 5 ovaUbus obtusis extus medio piloso-sericeis,
capitulo globoso glabro, carpellis ovatis stylo subulato apice
uncinato terminatis.
Hab. Hitherto found only on the mountain of Pillzum, Andes
of El Equador, at an elevation of 12,000 feet above the level
of the sea. Prof. W. Jameson {n. 86).
A new and very distinct species of Anemone, most allied
perhaps to A. triternata ; but differing from it in its much
larger size, a span and more high, its petiolated involucral
leaves, the few (five, not 10-12) sepals, their figure, and the
short, globose, glabrous head of carpels, each tipped with a
hooked, subulate style.
Fig. 1. Head of carpels; nat. size. /. 2. The same; maff-
nified. f. 3. Single carpel :— more magnified.
Tab. DCLXJ.
j
Walkeriance.
N. O. Filiccs.
TAB. DCLXXL
Alsophila crinita. Hook.
Stipite rachique primaria pallidis elevato-punctatis muricatisque,
frondibus bipinnatis coriaceis, rachi supra pilosa subtus cos-
taque dense paleaceo-crinitis, paleis nunc brevibus minutis
plerumque elongatis appressis, pinnulis sessilibus anguste
lanceolatis acurainatis profunda fere ad rachin pinnatifidis,
segmentis anguste ovato-oblongis subobtusis paululum fal-
catis margine (sicco) valde recurvis subtus pallidioribus,
costavenisque ssepe pilosis, venis furcatis, soris paginas in-
feriores fere totas occupantibus paleis crinitis tectis.
Alsopbila crinita. Hook, Sp. Fil. \ ,p. 54.
Hab. Ceylon. Mis. Gen. Walker.
A very remarkable species, not like any with which I anni
acquainted. It possesses the dark, minute tuberculations
on & pale stipes and main rachis, remarked by me in Cyathea
medullaris. The main rachis, too, and the rachis of the pinnae,
although stout, are waved and flexuose ; and they are beneath
quite shaggy with copious, pale-coloured scales ; these are of
two kinds, at least upon the main rachis, some being exceed-
ingly small, but the majority are long, slender, subulate, more
or^less appressed, gradually smaller on thecostse, where they
partially cover and conceal the copious fructifications.
Fig. 1. Under side of a fertile segment. /. 2. Sorus and
Scales. /. 3. Single scale •.—magnified.
Tah. Df'/jA'.VJ.
DarwiniuTKe,
N. O. Berberidcse.
TAB. DCLXXII.
Berberis Darwinii. Hook.
Ramis junioribus rufo-pubescentibus, spinis brevibus palmato-
partitis, foliis rigide coriaceis nitidis discoloribus cuneatis
apice trifidis margine paucidentatis dentibus lobisque spinu-
losis, racemis folio longioribus, pedicellis flores duplo super-
antibus gracilibus, baccis (una cum stylo persis tente) lageni-
formibus.
Hab. Chiloe, C. Darwin, Esq. Valdivia and Osorno, Bridges,
n. 582, 585.
There is no difficulty in characterizing this well-marked
species. The leaves are very constant to their form, ses-
sile, but tapering more or less at their base, very rigid,
glossy, especially above, pale and often rusty-coloured beneath.
Peduncles twice or thrice the length of the leaves, reddish, as are
the long slender pedicels, each of which has an ovate, con-
cave scale or bractea at the base. Berries, probably not quite
mature, almost black, with a glaucous tinge, shaped like a flask,
the style and stigma representing the neck and head of the
flask.
Hff. 1. Flower. /. 2. Back view of ditto. /. 3. Petal and
stamen. /. 4. Pistil : — magnified.
'JahJ)rhW7.
Mcnziesiame. N. O. Cupuliferac.
TAB. DCLXXIII.
Fagus cliffortioides. Hook.fil.
Ramis nigro-fuscescentibus, ramulis pubescentibus foliosis,
foliis ubique subdistichis breviter petiolatis parvis ovatis
acutis margine planis integerrimis, inferne pubescenti-tomen-
tosis, floribus $ aggregatis brevi-pedunculatis.
Cliffortioides oblongata. Banks and Sol. mss. in Herb. Banks.
Har. Dusky Bay, New Zealand, Mr. Menzies.
Similar though this is in many respects to our F. Solandri
(Tab. Nostr. dcxxxix.) it is yet quite distinct, and apparently
wholly confined to Dusky Bay, at the southern extremity of
the middle island of New Zealand, where it was detected by
Mr. Menzies. The leaves are truly ovate and acute, always
drying of a brown colour on the upper side ; the perianth
5-cleft, with rather acute segments. We regret that the fruit is
unknown to us of both the species. Small as are the leaves of
all the Beeches of the southern hemisphere, these two species
have the smallest of all, looking not much unlike those of
some Vaccinium.
Fig. 1. Leaf, upper side. /. 2. Under side of ditto, f. .S.
Male flower : — magnified.
7 'a/j.J>{'J^. Will.
BridgesiancB.
N. O. Smilacinese.
TAB. DCLXXIV.
Callixene polyphylla. Hook.
Elata valde ramosa, foliis copiosis oblongis subovatisve mucro-
nulatis 5-7 nerviis transversimque (sub lente) venosis subtus
glaucis, pedunculis folium fere cequantibus seu eo longioribus
infra medium articulatis unibracteatis, petalis acutis maculatis,
antheris incumbentibus.
Hab. S. Chili. Trunks of trees near Valdivia, where it is
called " Asajur," Bridges, n. 679. Cape Tres Montes, C.
Darwin, Esq. n. 531-8. Isle of HuafFo, Dr. Eights.
Our larger specimens of this Callixene indicate a truly beau-
tiful plant ; they are a foot and a half long (and yet only a
portion of the entire plant) with copious foliage, numerous
large and probably fragrant flowers, white, it would appear,
spotted with orange. It is extremely different from the old C.
marginata of the Falkland Islands and Cape Horn, and equally
so from that of New Zealand, C. parviflora, of this Work, Tab.
Dcxxxii. Besides the greater size, copious ramifications and
leaves, these latter are glaucous beneath, and quite destitute of
the silvery lines so conspicuous in the other species, especially in
C. marginata; the flowers are larger, the peduncles longer, the
petals elegantly spotted. In the size and spotting of the flowers,
this plant exhibits a still nearer affinity with the Luzuriaga
radicans, R. and P. ; a genus scarcely distinct from the pre-
sent, except in the anthers being fixed to the apex of the
short filament by their base, and not versatile, and in the pe-
duncles being 3-flowered. All the species of the genus have
distichous leaves, and Dr. Hooker found them growing
frequently at the roots of the trees in Tierra del Fuego, lying
flat upon the trunk. The present, from Mr. Bridges' remark,
would appear to be an epiphyte.
Fig. 1. Flower, f.2. Ditto, more expanded, f. 3, 4. Sta-
mens. /. 5. Pistil. /. 6. Section of the ovary : — magnified.
Tah.DOJ^nW.
Lockhartianee. N. O. Filices.
TABS. DCLXXV, DCLXXVI.
Hypoderris Brovvnii. J. Sm.
Hypoderris Brownii. /. Sm. in Hook. Gen. Fil. Tab. 1. Hook.
Sp. Fil. I, p. 57.
Hab. St. Anne's Valley, Trinidad, Mr. Lockhart.
Caudex repens, setaceo-squamosus, crassitie pennce anserince.
Stipes spithamcBus et ultra, setosus. Frons spithamfea ad pe-
dalem, ovato-lanceolata, membranacea, supra basin contracta,
saepius profunde triloba basi cordata, lobis lateralibus mul-
toties/ minoribus, lanceolatis, acuminatis ; lobo medio, seu
terminali, maximo, ovato-acuminato, subsinuato, ubique
integerrimo. Costa valida. Vena; parallelcc, patentes,
sinuosse ; venulis reticulatis connexis, ultimis nonnunquam
liberis. Sort globosi, venis primariis paralleli, ad angulas
confluentes insert!. Involucrum inferum, subcyathiforme,
membranaceum, reticulatum, margine patente fimbriato, sub-
ciliato.
The essential character of this genus, established by Mr.
Brown, consists in the inferior involucre, like that of some
Woodsioe, but arising from anastomosing veins, as in the Phy-
matodes group of Polypodium, and in the true Aspidium of
Presl. This fine plant appears to be quite peculiar to
Trinidad, and I have seen no specimens save from Mr. Lock-
hart.
Fig. 1. Small portion of the frond with a sorus : — magnified.
Bridgesiance,
N. O. RanunculaccDB.
TAB. DCLXXVII.
Ranunculus stenopetalus, Hook.
Humilis dense caespitosus glaberrimus, foliis omnibus radicali-
bus longe petiolatis cordatis ternatim sectis, lobis foliolisve
lateralibus ovatis integris vel inasqualiter bifidis, intermedio
obovato-cuneato integerrimo v. tridentato dentibus segmen-
tisque obtusis, scapo folio brevioribus, sepalis 5 rotundato-
ellipticis concavis, petalis 5 lineari-lanceolatis prope medium
nectariferis.
Hab. Shores of the Bay of Valdivia, S. Chili, growing within
tide-mark, Bridges, n. 11.
This has a consideraljle resemblance to R. biternatus of the
Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. figured at our Tab.
CDxcvii, especially in size and general aspect; but in that the
leaves are more compound, with their lobes or leaflets distinctly
petiolulate, and the petals are 6-8. It approaches still nearer
to R. acaulis. Banks and Sol., and Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. Tab. 2,
from New Zealand and Lord Auckland's Islands, esj)ecially in
the form of the leaves; but that species has creeping or stoloni-
ferous, filiform stems, spathulate petals, and a nectary placed
above the middle of the petal.
Fig. 1. Leaf. /. 2. Flower. /. 3. Outside view of a flower,
showing the calyx. /. 4. Petals ; — magyiified.
Tah.DaLXm/.
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Bridgesiana:.
N. O. Dioscoreee.
TAB. DCLXXVIII.
DiOSCOREA PUSILLA, Hook.
Nana herbacea, tubere subrotundo undique fibrose, ramis pa-
tentibus diffusis, foliis petiolatis cordatis retusis mucronatis
7-9-nerviis, pedunculis axillaribus, masc. 3-5-floris, foem.
subunifloris vix folium superantibus, flore foemineo basi bi-
bracteato.
Hab. About Valparaiso, Bridges, n. 166. Cuming, n. 686.
(or 886 ?)
Radix : tuber subrotundum, copiose fibrosum. Caulis debilis,
subpalmaris, filiformis, ramosus ; ramis diffusis, vix scanden-
tibus, flexuosis. Folia alterna, petiolata, subrotundo-cordata.
Pedunculi axillares, solitarii; masc. 2-5-flori, pedicellis elon-
gatis gracillimis, basi bracteatis ; foem. plerumque uniflori,
apice sub ovario bibracteati, bracteis ovatis membranaceis,
appressis. Flores parvi, inconspicui : masc. perianthium pro-
funde in 6 lacinias ovatas demum reflexas fissum. Stam. 6,
singulo ad ijasin singulae laciniae : Filamenta brevissima :
Antherac subrotunda;. Ovarii rudimentum nullum infra
perianthium : supra ovarium abortivum crassiusculum, cylin-
draceum : Styli 3 patentes subulati. — Foem. Perianthii tubus
ovario adnatus, triangularis, elongatus, superne attenuatus ;
limbus 6-partitus ut in masc. Starainum rudimenta ad basin
limbi calycini. Styli 3 lato-subulati, patentes, basi in colura-
nam uniti.
The smallest of all the hitherto discovered species of this
extensive genus, and only known to me from the specimens
communicated by the two collectors above-mentioned, and from
living plants in Mr, Veitch's Nursery.
Fig. I. Female plant; nat. size. /. 2. Flower. f.S. Trans-
verse section of ovary, f. 4. Vertical ditto, /. 5. Portion of a
male plant, /. 6. Male flower. — All but /. 1 & 5, magnified.
Trih DCLXJVI/f.
Forbesiana.
N. O. Algae.
TAB. DCLXXIX.
Cryptonemia ? FoRBESii, Harv.
Caule cylindraceo cartilagineo dichotomo, foliis exacte renifor-
mibus sessilibus amplexicaulibus horizontalibus fusco-rubris
coriaceis.
Hab. Dredged in the Mediterranean Sea, 8 miles off the Island
of Pares in 50 fathom water. Prof. Edward Forbes, 1841.
Stem cylindrical, solid, nearly a a line in diameter, at first
simple, about a quarter of an inch long, and expanding at the
apex into a horizontal reniform leaf ; then lengthening, by the
growth of the summit through the base of the leaf (which thus
becomes amplexicaul to the new stem,) and expanding into a
new leaf; and so it continues alternately lengthening and
forming new leaves at intervals of from a quarter to half an
inch ; each leaf, which at first was terminal, becoming by the
successive growths of the stem, lateral and amplexicaul. As
the stem advances, it is forked at every second or third leaf, and
this being repeated, an irregularly dichotomous leafy frond is
at length formed. Leaves about half an inch asunder, i-f inch
in diameter, exactly reniform, somewhat wavy, coriaceo-mem-
branaceous, thickish, without vein or rib, dull brownish-red,
of a very dense structure, consisting, internally, of a close web of
slender, entangled, somewhat coloured fibres, externally of a
stratum of minute polygonal cellules. Fruit unknown.
The genus to which this very remarkable plant belongs is
extremely doubtful, and probably, when the fruit is known, it
will be found necessary to constitute it the type of a new one.
I refer it provisionally to Cryptonemia, Ag., on account of a
resemblance in the structure of the frond, but its mode of
foliation is altogether peculiar, and the colour reminds us more
of that of the lihodomelece, than of any species of Cryptonemia.
One drawing is made from a single specimen in the Herbarium
of Prof. Forbes. — W. H. Harvey.
Fiff. 1. Leaf, slightly magnified, f. 2. Transverse section of
the same ; magnified.
J.
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Hookeriance.
N. O. Caryophylleee.
TAB. DCLXXX.
Stellaria decipiens, Hook. fil.
Glabra, caule decumbente dichotome ramoso, foliis recurvis om-
nibus (etiam supremis) petiolatis obovato-rhombeis acutis
apice callosis caniosulis siccitate punctis minutis elevatis
asperis, petiolis subciliatis, pedunculis di-trichotomis (rarius
unifloris) folia plerumque superantibus ad furcaturarn pedi-
celloque unico medium versus 2-bracteatis, bracteis ovatis
acutis scariosis albidis, petalis 5 bipartitis calycem sequan-
tibus interdum brevioribus v. nullis filamentisque ima basi
dilatatis fere hypogynis, stylis 3.
Stellaria decipiens. Hook. fil. Fl. Antarctica, v. I, p. 7-
Hab. Lord Auckland's and Campbell's Islands ; common on
the low grounds, especially in the woods, and near the sea.
Caules tetragoni, e basi valde ramosi, filiformes, 3-5 unc. longi.
Folia carnosula, 3-5 lin. longa, obovata seu rhomboidea, hinc
inde siccitate minute tuberculata. Petioli 1-3 lin. longi, lati-
usculi. Pedunculi folio plerumque longiores, solitarii, raro
uniflori, bifidi seu trifidi ; ramis inaequalibus. Petala ssepe 0.
In many respects this agrees with the S. uliginosa, Murr., and
more particularly in the size and arrangement of the inflo-
rescence ; but the stems are always decumbent, the leaves all
petiolate, very patent or recurved, and not at all broader, or
ovate, at the base ; the callous apices are common to both
species. The peduncles generally bear two pedicels, which have
a pair of bracts at the base, and a pair on one of the pedicels ;
whereas in S. uliginosa the peduncle is tricliotomously divided,
with the intermediate pedicel only destitute of bracts. The
styles seem to be constantly three, and the stamens and petals
are less decidedly perigynous than in the latter plant. In form,
the leaves resemble those of media, With. ; but the inflo-
rescence is very diffierent, and the stem wants the alternate line
of hairs.— J. D. H.
Fig. 1. Expanded flower. /. 2. Petal. /. 3. Stamen. /. 4.
Pistil J — magnified.
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Falconeriance.
N. O. Filices.
TABS. DCLXXXI, DCLXXXII.
AcROSTHicuM (Campium) proliferum, Hook.
Caudice repente, frondibus pinnatis, pinnis petiolatis sterilibus
oblongis basi acutis apice acuminatis acuniine serrato termi-
nali longissimo sinuato-pinnatifido apice prolifero bulbifero
radicante, fertilibus lineari-elongatis facie superna condupli-
catis.
Hab. Bombay, Dr. Falconer.
I am indebted to Dr. Falconer for this new Acrosiichum,
which he received from Bombay. It belongs to a group having
the veins united by transverse arched veinlets which give
out, from the middle, one or more veinlets ; of these secondary
veinlets the lower ones are free, and the upper ones often unite
with the transverse veinlets above, and then they anastomose in
greater or less degree towards the margin. This veining con-
stitutes the Genus Campium of Presl, and we have examples in
the Acrosiichum subcrenatum, Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 110. &
A. virens, Ic. Fil. t. 221. From those species ours is abundantly
distinct. Indeed, in general appearance it more nearly resembles
the A. flageUiferum (Ic. Fil. t. 23) ; but the pinnae are more
numerous, and the fertile pinna) and the venation are very
different.
Jamesoniarue.
N. O. Loranthacete.
TAB. DCLXXXIII.
LORANTHUS ALBIFLORUS, Hoojc.
Foliis suboppositis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis co-
riaceis basi in stipitem perbrevem decurrentibus, paniculis
compactis axillaribus folio brevioribus, ramulis trifloris, brac-
teis minutissitnis squameeformibus, petalis 6 e basi ad medium
erectis approximatis dein reflexis, filamentis basi liljeris, an-
theris ovatis subsagittatis mucronato-acutis dorso affixis, stylo
longitudine staminum apice obliquo.
Hab. Andes of Quito, elev. 8500 feet. Dr. W. Jameson.
I do not find tliis anywhere described. It must, in a recent
state, be a very handsome species, loaded with its copious
panicles of rather large white flowers, shorter, indeed, than the
leaves, but very conspicuous from their number, arising as they
do from the axils of all the ujjper leaves. The anthers are large
and versatile, or attached by their back to the apex of the
filament.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Calyx and Pistil. /. 3. Anther j — mag-
nified.
7a/):f>r/AXA///.
Watsoniance.
N. O. Campanulaceee.
TAB. DCLXXXIV.
Campanula Vidalu, H. C. Watson.
Fruticulosa viscida, foliis imbricatis (ssepius in rosulas terrainales
confertis) crassis coriaceis glabris spatulato-oblongis crenatis
marginibus revolutis, superioribus sparsis lanceolatis subinte-
gris, floribus racemosis cernuis, lobis calycis brevibus trian-
gularibus, corolla campanulato-infundibuliformi supra basin
contracta, stigmatibus oblongis.
Campanula Vidaliana, H. C. Wats., Ms. (No. 113 0/ "Plants
collected in the Azores, in 1R42.")
Hab. On an insulated rock off the east coast of Flores, between
Santa Cruz and Ponta Delgada, Capt. Vidal, R.N.
I was indebted to Capt. Vidal for the very few specimens of
this remarkable Campamda, distributed with the other plants
collected by myself in the Azores. Only fragments were ob-
tained ; and I have seen neither the root, nor the fruit more ad-
vanced than the flowering stage. Apparently the generic cha-
racter is that of Campanula, although the leaves and branches
differ widely from those of all the other species known to me,
and more recall to mind some species of Saxifraga or Sempervi-
vum. The branches are dichotomous ; each fork terminating in
a rosette of leaves, intermediate in texture between coriaceous
and succulent, and a similar rosette is sessile between the forks.
The branch is thickened where these rosettes occur, and ulti-
mately covered with scales formed by their persistent bases.
The flower-stalk shoots up from the tuft of leaves, as in species
of Sempervivum, Several of the flower-buds are abortive, or
else developed later and irregularly. Corolla white or cream-
colour, shaded with pink externally. — H. C. Watson.
Fig. 1 . Immature fruit ; slightly magnified. (This, as well as
most of the figures, is copied from a faithful drawing by Mr.
Watson.) Ed.
/)CLA 'AA '/r.
HookeriaruB.
N. O. Onagnirieae.
TAB. DCLXXXV.
Epilobium confertifolium, Hook. fil.
Herbaceum glabrum, caule repente radicante ramoso, ramis
divaricatis decumbentibus teretibus cum lineis duabus oppo-
sitis incanis, foliis oppositis valde approximatis subimbricatis
breviter petiolatis oblongo-obovatis obtusis subcarnosis gla-
berrimis remote et obscure dentatis, petiolis margiiie in-
canis basi connatis subvaginan<"ibus, pedunculis sessilibus soli-
tariis axillaribus, floribus erectis, petalis rubris subpurpureis-
ve ad medium bifidis, ovario glaberrimo, stylo oblique clavato,
capsula lineari-elongata glaberrima.
Epilobium confertifolium, Hook.fil. Fl. Antarct. 10.
Hab. Lord Auckland's group, and Campbell's Island : on
grassy banks, and in moist places, abundant.
This little plant occupies the place in these islands that the
E. alpinum, L. does on the European mountains. The two
species are indeed so very closely allied, that we look in vain
for further constant characters than the creeping, and rooting,
and much branched stem, the densely crowded, broader and
more obovate leaves, with almost sheathing petioles, and the
deeply bifid petals. The more remarkable points of similarity,
besides the general appearance, are the lines of pubescence on
the stem, the sessile or shortly pedunculated ovaria (which in
E. alpinum are however often on longer stalks), the deep colour
of the petals, and the simple clavate stigma, which is here de-
cidedly oblique and gibbous at the base. Very similar species
are found on the Andes of Peru, and in Chili. — /. D. H.
Fig. 1. Flower, scarcely expanded. /. 2. Expanded blossom.
/. 3. Petal ; — magnified.
HookeriaruB.
N. O. Cruciferae.
TAB. DCLXXXVI.
Cardamine corymbosa, Hook. fit.
Hirsutula v. glabra, caulibus perbrevibus rigidis ad basin ra-
mosis, ramis gracilibus flexuosis difFusis parce foliosis, foliis
longe petiolatis pinnatisectis, foliolis 3-5 sub-petiolulatis
rotundatis terminali majore lateralibus remotis ssepe minutis,
floribus corymboso-fasciculatis axillaribus v. terminalibus,
corymbis nunc proliferis, pedicellis brevibus demum valde
elongatis, siliquis anguste linearibus in stylum brevem
attenuatis, replo angusto, valvis planis, stigmate minuto.
Cardamine corymbosa. Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct. v. \,p. 6.
Hab. Campbell's Island. On turfy ground near the sea, com-
mon.
This is a small and very distinct species of Cardamine^ wiry
and fragile in every part. The stems short, or, rather at once,
after springing from the coUum, divided into spreading, ascend-
ing, filiform branches, with few and small leaves ; and with
corymbs, or, more correctly speaking, fascicles of flowers,
which at no period seem to constitute a raceme. Occasionally
even the flower is solitary and axillary ; generally, several rise
together from the side or apex of a stem, subtended by a leaf ;
sometimes, a pedicel appears proliferous, running out into a
stem, and bearing a fascicle or corymb and a leaf at its apex,
so that the inflorescence has little the appearance of that of a
Cruciferous plant. J, D. H.
Ta^K VC/yA:YXV/.
Purdieance,
N. O. Gentianefe.
TABS. DCLXXXVIl, DCLXXXVIIl.
Leiantiius umbellatus, Griseb.
Arborescens, rarnulis herbaceis, foliis obovato-oblongis elongatis
acutissimis basi longe attenuatis, petiolis oppositis connato-
vaginantibus, pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus, floribus
umbellatis, umbella bracteis 2-3 amplis involucrata, corollis
infundibuliformi-cylindraceis ore subobliquo, staminibus sty-
loque cxsertis.
Leianthus umbellatus, Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. p. 199.
Lisianthus umbellatus, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. \,p. 350.
Hab. Jamaica. Lofty mountains of St. Jacob's, Swartz ;
summit of the Dolphin Mountain, parish of Hanover, Dr.
Macfadyen, Mr. Purdie.
Frvtex seu Arbor insignis, 20-pedalis. Folia numerosa in
ramulos herbaceos, G-uncia'ia ad pedalem, coriaceo-membra-
nacea, basi in petiolum longe sensinique attenuata. Pedunculi
solitarii, 4 unciales ad spithamaeam. Umbella 2-3 uncias lata,
8-1 2-14-flora, involucrata. Involucrifoliola2-2> ampla, umbella
longiora, ovata, acuta, unico saepe minore. Pedicelli brac-
teolati (bracteolis parvis subulatis) breves, 2-3 lineas longi.
Calyx parvu, tubulosus, 5-fidus. Corolla unciam longa, ut
videtur luteo-alba, ore parum obliquo, 5-fido, lobis rotundatis,
acutis, erectis. Antherce exsertse, sagittatse, apiculatae, mar-
gine utrinque dehiscentes. Stigma dilatato-clavatum.
One of the most remarkable of the Gentianece ; a tree or
large shrub, 20 feet high ! apparently of great rarity. No one
seems to have gathered it since the days of Swartz, except Dr.
Macfadyen and Mr. Purdie.
i^^r. 1. Flower. /. 2. Anther. /. 3. Pistil. /. 4. Stigma:—
magnified.
Purdieance.
N. O. Gesneriaceee.
TABS. DCLXXXIX, DCXC.
CONRADIA CALYCOSA, Hook.
Fruticosa glabra, foliis oblongis serratis Isvibus petiolatis basi
acutis apice acuminatis subtus discoloribus, pedunculis axilla-
ribus solitariis unifloris folio sublongioribus, laciniis calycinis
subulatis longissimis corollam obliquain subcampanulatam
superantibus, staminibus styloque longe exsertis, capsula
elongata cylindraceo clavata sulcata.
Hab. Jamaica ; Sedburgh, Manchester, Mr. Purdie.
This is a very fine and undescribed species of Conradia
(Mart, not Nutt.) with large flowers, solitary on each peduncle,
remarkable for the great length of the calycine segments, which
much exceed the corolla, and the very protruded stamens and
style. It forms a shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, according to Mr.
Purdie, flowing copiously in December. Leaves 46 inches,
long, firm, but rather membranaceous, glabrous, smooth to the
touch, pale, and sometimes rather rusty beneath, where the
pinnated veins are prominent and darker coloured, and the vein-
lets are reticulated. Petioles an inch or an inch and a half long.
Peduncle rather stout, about as long as the leaf, but including
the flower (for the calyx with the tube often measures 2 2 inches
longer.) The club-shaped sulcated capsules, with the long per-
sistent segments of the calyx (resembling the legs of some
insect) have a singular appearance.
LindeniaruB.
N. O. MelanthacesB.
TAB. DCXCI.
ToFiELDiA (Isidrogalvia) sessiliflora, Hook.
Glabra, calyculo triphyllo ad basin perianthii, scapo elato rigido
remote bracteato, floribus spicatis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis,
foliis ensiformi-linearibus acuminatis rigidis profunde striatis
marginibus incrassatis pubescentibus.
Hab. Caraccas, Linden, April, 1842 n. 410; Andes of New-
Grenada, Linden (1842-3) n. 410.
Radix e fibris crassiusculis, rigidis. Folia lineari-ensiformia,
rigida, acuminata, 5-10 uncias longa, 3-4 lineas lata, pun-
gentia, erecta, stricta vel subfalcata, pulcherrinie profunde
arete striata, margine usque ad apicem incrassata, pubes-
centia, basi equitantia, submembranacea. Scapus pedalis, fere
sesquipedalis, basi crassiusculus, superne attenuatus, brac-
teatus ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis, remotis, superioribus
magis approximatis minoribus. Spica oblongo-ovalis, obtusa,
14-16-flora. Flores approximati ut videtur lutei, majusculi,
omnino sessiles, bracteis tribus ovatis acuminatis calyculum
referentibus basi stipati et bractea majore sub calyculum.
Sepala 6, anguste lanceolata, obtusiuscula, striata, persisten-
tia. Stamina 6, singulo ad basin cujusque sepali. Fila-
menta subulata, glabra. Antheraj ovatee. Ovarium oblongum,
3-loculare, loculis ut videtur e valvarum marginibus intro-
flexis, marginibus seminiferis.
Nearly allied to Tofieldia frigida (which is surely identical
with Isidrogalvia falcata, Ruiz and Pav. Fl. Per. 3, p. 302, f. b.)
but differing specifically in the greater size, in the truly sessile
flowers, and in the thickened margin of the leaves. It is pro-
bable, if we were to compare the ripened fruit of Isidrogalvia
(R. and P.) with that of Tofieldia, we should find the former to be
a distinct genus, as indicated by the larger, rigid, and pungent
leaves, larger and coloured sepals, and general aspect. It is no
doubt the representative of Tofieldia in the southern hemisphere.
Fig. 1. Flower and bracteas. /. 2. Expanded flower, f. 3.
Pistil. /. 4. Section of the ovary : — magnified.
I
Lindeniana.
N. O. Cruciferae,
TAB. DCXCII.
Leptonema, Hook,
Gen. Char. Sepala magna, ovalia, erecta, concava, herbacea,
obtusa, margine membranacea. Petala obovato-cuneata, in
unguem attenuata, demum superne patentia, emarginata,
eroso-serrata, calycem duplo superantia. Stamina 6, quorum 4
paulo longiora, calycem fere ajquantia. Filamenta elongata,
gracilia, filiformia, edentula, basi latiora. Anthera ovales,
paulo supra basin affixee Ovarium sessile, ovatum, plano-
compressum, biloculare, loculis subsexovulatis, ovuUs pen-
dulis ; podospermis elongatis. Dissepimentum integrum.
Stylus longissimus, gracilis, filiformis, petala superans.
Stigma capitatum. Fructus immaturus ut in ovario, stylo
longissimo persistente terminatus. — Fruticulus Ugnosus Novae
Granatensis. Folia ramulos breves terminantia, linearia, sub-
carnosa, integerrima, glabra ; hi ramuli in pedunculos floriferos
4-5-unciales prolongati sunt. Flores racemosi, remoti, brac-
teati. BractcJE folia simulantes. Pedicelli graciles, demum
fere unciales, erecto-patentes. Flores cernui, subcylindracei,
magni, Petala in sicco flavicantia. Pedicelli calycesque joarce
pilosi, pill's simplicibus vel apice ramosi, in glandulam seu vesi-
culam oblongam impositi.
Leptonema Lindeni.
Hab. New Grenada, Lm(5?era (1842-3) n. 1433.
Although unacquainted with the mature fruit of this plant, I
can have little hesitation in considering it a hitherto undescribed
genus ; in habit like none that is known to me. In my single
specimen (here represented) the lower portion is thick and
woody, and even knotted. Above, it divides into short branches
having closely-placed leaves, and elongated into racemes of
flowers which are of a cylindrical form. The large size of the
calyx and corolla are very unfrequent in the natural family to
which the plant belongs. The great length of the filaments of the
stamens and styles, too, is remarkable. The young fruit is
si ngularly compressed, even flattened ; in that state, perhaps
more resembling that of Draba than anything else. The name
alludes to the long slender filaments and style.
Fig. 1. Flower, f.2. Hairs and glands from the calyx, f.3.
Petal. /. 4. Stamens and pistil. /. 6, 7- Pistils. /. j. Trans-
verse section of an immature fruit. /. 8. Immature silicula
with a valve removed. /. 9. Immature seed and seed-stalk : —
magnified.
kii*ail-rf\it. I< bill
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PurdiearuB.
N. O. Tiliaceee.
TABS. DCXCIII, DCXCIV.
Sloanea Jamaicensis, Hook.
Foliis (amplis) ovatis acuminatis apicem versus obscure sinuato-
dentatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris pendulis,
sepalis 4 petalisque 4 minoribus incisis extus subpubescen-
tibus intus velutinis, capsula maxima ex apice profunde
4-valvi lignosa 4-loculari extus setis rigidis longis echinata.
Sloanea ? " The large oval-leafed Sloanea or Brake-axe Tree."
P. Br. Jam. p. 250.
Hab. St. Anne's parish, Jamaica {P. Browne) Mr. W. Purdie.
Also in the districts of Manchester and Hanover, Mr. IV.
Purdie. Iron-wood of the colonists (not of Lunan.)
Arbor excelsa. Ramuli rugosi, fusci, glabri. Folia alterna, pe-
tiolata, 6-8 uncias loiiga, ovata, rigide submembranacea
acuminata, integerrima, v. apicem versus sinuato-dentata,
penninervia, reticulatim venosa, nervis venisque subtus pro-
minentibus, utrinque glaberrima. Petioli 1-1 ^ unciam longi,
teretes. Stipulae parvce, ovato-acuminatcE, valde caducae.
Pedunculi biunciales, axillares, solitarii, uniflori, penduli,
medio bibracteolati, bracteis deciduis. Flos majusculus, un-
ciam latus. Calyx profunde 4-partitus seu 4-sepalus. Sepala
late ovata subanguste acuminata, coriacea, extus puberula,
intus cinereo-velutina. Petala 4, cum sepalis alternantia, iis
minora, ovata, subacuminata, parce incisa, sub discum hypo-
gynum inserta, textura pubescentia calycis. Stamina nume-
rosa, petalis breviora, pluriserialia, in toro seu disco carnoso
lato elevato punctato velutino inter ovarii basin et petala sita.
Filamenta brevissima, sericea. Antherse lineares, terminales,
erectae, puberulse, apiculatae, biloculares, loculis apice utrinque
poro oblongo dehiscentibus. Ovarium conicum, 4-loculare,
sericeo-setosum. Stylus subulato-filiformis, stamina superans.
Stigma acutum. Fructus : capsula magna subrotundo-
tetragona, crassa, lignosa, 4-valvis, valvis ex apice fere ad
basin dehiscentibus, 4-locuIaris, dissepimentis e centro valva-
rum, dorso setis longis copiosis rectis echiiiato. Semina 2-
plura in quoque loculd, magnitudine Amygdali seminis,
ex angulo interiore pendentia, arillo carnoso-pulposo flaves-
cente tecta. Albumen paucum.
{For further remarks see our next Leaf.)
Fig. 1. Section of a portion of the flower, f. 2. The sta-
mens and two of the petals removed. /. 3. Pistil. /. 4. Section
of the ovary : — nat. size.
Purdiean(B.
N, O. Tiliacese.
TABS. DCXCV, DCXCVI.
Sloanea Jamaicensis, Hook.
Fruit.
(For a Description and Figure of a flowering specimen, see our
preceding Plate.)
I have ventured to place this fine plant in the genus Sloanea,
as indeed hinted at hy Patrick Browne, notwithstanding the pre-
sence of petals, and the antliers opening by pores at the apex,
and the one-flowered peduncles. Indeed the limits of the
genus seem to be very little understood. My specimens of
Sloanea dentata exhiljit anthers opening by pores, and in other
respects our present plant has a very close affinity with that. Mr.
Purdie speaks of it as producing one of the hardest of woods,
so hard as to turn the edge of the best tempered axe, and hence
its name of Break-axe wood. Iron-wood ; but it is not the Iron-
toood of Lunan, which includes two plants^ the Fagara
Fterota, and a species of Ternstroemia, allied to if not the same
as T.peduncularis. The present plant is evidently the Sloanea ?
of Patrick Browne's Nat. Hist, of Jamaica, of which he
says he saw but one tree ; but he was informed " it was
pretty common in the mountains of St. Anne's, and esteemed
one of the best and largest timbers in the wood ; though so
very hard that it is found a difficult matter even to cut it down,
and from thence its common appellation (Brake-axe tree). The
seeds are much coveted by mackaws and parrots, and the kernels
are of an agreeable taste enveloped in a soft mucilage of a
scarlet colour." It is singular that nothing has been heard of
this tree, from the days of Patrick Browne to the present time.
Mr. Purdie, however, in a recent letter from Jamaica, remarks,
" I think it very unlikely that any bird should break or perforate
these capsules to obtain the seeds, not only because of its ex-
treme hardness, but from the well known instinct of the bird,
rarely if ever allowing it to attack unripe fruit. I have
never seen the capsules perforated. As soon as the fruits are
ripe, they burst open and exhibit the delicately flavoured seeds.
They then fall to the ground and appear imperishable, covering
the ground for a great extent at all seasons of the year.
Fig. 1. Young fruit. /. 2. Mature fruit, the capsule having
burst. /. 3. Seed, with its pulpy coat. /. 4. Section of ditto,
showing the seed itself; nat. size. f. 5. Transverse section of
the seed. f. 6. Vertical section of ditto, f. 7. Side view of
the embryo : — slightly magnified.
KrmissiancB.
N. O. Algae.
TAB. DCXCVII.
Martensia elegans, Hering.
Fronde plana delicata membranacea rosea reticulata, disco
avenio, margine processibus veniformibus alatis repetitim
anastomosantibus rete elegantissimum formantibus fimbriato,
granulis tetrasporis in sores collectis supra frondis discum,
vel plus minus sparsis in costas reticuli, " capsulis sphsericis
reticulo affix) s sporidia subglobosa foventibus."
Martensia elegans, Hering, Ann. of Nat. Hist. v. S. p. 92.
Hemitrema Kraussii, Brown, ms. — Endlicher, in Gen. Plant.
Suppl. III. p. 50.
Hab. Marine rocks, Natal Point, S. Africa, Mr. Krauss.
Frond 1-1^ inch high, at first flabelliform, at length ovate,
very delicate, rose-coloured, distinctly reticulate bearing towards
the edge sori of quaternate granules. At first the edge is per-
fectly even ; but at a certain stage of growth linear processes
are thrown off from it, which are thicker than the substance of
the frond. These are furnished with a delicate wing-like border,
and anastomose repeatedly with one another in such a way as to
form a beautiful network consisting of more or less oblong reti-
culations, arranged concentrically with the border of the fronds.
The edge of the net- work at length becomes lobed ; but the
margin is tolerably even. It forms, in consequence of the winged
border of the processes, a mass very much thicker than the frond.
Fructifying tetrasporous granules like those of the frond are
scattered over the processes, and sometimes are collected in sori.
Withoutthe net-work the frond and granules are precisely those
of Nitophyllum. I have not had an opportunity of observing
microscopically the capsuliferous individuals. M.J.Berkeley.
(In the net-work margin of this most beautiful Alga, Mr.
Fitch, who made the accompanying drawing, observes that the
net-work is double, and the upper and under layer are united
by a transverse tissue, and it is in this transverse tissue that the
sporules, and not in that on either surface are placed. Speci-
mens of this plant were distributed with Mr. Browne's appro-
priate and earlier name of Hemitrema ; and we wish we could
have joined with Endlicher in adopting it, consistently with
fairness to Mr. Hering. But it was first published under the
name we have adopted in the Annals of Natural History. —
W. J. H.)
Fig 1. Portion of the plant. /. 2. Ditto of the reticulated
margin." /. 3. Smaller portion of 2, showing the situation of
the fructifications. /. 4. Portion of the disk of the plant with
its fructifications, f. 5. sporules : — all more or less magnified.
7'///^./) rimy/.
•
Purdieance.
N. O. Rutaceae.
TABS. DCXCVIII, DCXCIX.
Pachystigma, Hook. Gen. Nov.
Gkx. Char. Calyx subtriphyllus, sepalis concavis inaequalibus
aestivatione imbricatis, interiore majore petaloideo. Petala
4, libera, subrotunda, concava, alba, impunctata ; cBstiva-
tione imbricativa. Stamina plurima, sub 30, libera, gyno-
plioro rugoso carnoso, majusculo, breviter stipitato, subbi-
seriatim inserta. Filamenta erecta, brevia, lato-subulata.
Anfherce ovales, biloculares, antice longitudinaliter de-
hiscentes. Ovarium globosum gynoplioro impositum, 8-sul-
catum, velutinum, 8-loculare, loculis biovulatis, stigmate
inagno carnoso irregulariter lobato deciduo coronatum.
Capsula demum e cocculis 8 (quibusdam abortientibus), stel-
latim dispositis, basi coalitis, abortu plerumque monosper-
mis : epicarpio sicco, subrugoso, dorso carina lata instructo ;
endocarpio cartilagineo, deraum soluto. Semen oblique ova-
tum. Podospermum majusculum, carnosum, album. — Frutex
seu arbor humilis Jamaicensis, valde ramosus ; ramiilis cortice
Icevi, viridi-fusco tectis. Folia alterna, exstipulata, trifoliolatu,
foliolis ovatis breviter acuminatis, integerrimis seu obsolete
serratis, copiose pellucido-punctatis, petiolulatis, in petiolum
articulatis, penninerviis ; pedunculis axillaribus folio sublon-
gioribus, puree subtrichotome ramosis, pedicellis basi bracteatis,
bracteis lanceolatis petiolatis foliaceis. Flores majuscnli, ut
videlur, albi, extus puberuli, fragrantes. Fructus maturus ses-
quiunciam diametro.
Pachystigma pteleoides,
Hab. On the mountains of Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Mr. Purdie.
This is another remarkable new plant of Jamaica, for the
discovery of which, in 1844, we are indebted to Mr. Purdie,
Botanical Collector for the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew.
I am quite unable to refer it to any described Genus. In its
unequal and imbricated sepals, and the general appearance of
the flowers, it has an affinity with Aurantiacece ; but the fruit is
truly that of Diosmece among Rutacece, from all the described
genera of which this is readily known by its floral coverings,
its broad gynophore, its numerous stamens, and large irregu-
larly lobed stigma.
Fig. 1. Petal. /. 2. Stamen. /. 3. Pistil and gynophore.
/. 4. The same with the short stipes cut through, /. 5. Section
of the ovary. /. 6. Seed : — magnified.
Purdieanee.
N. O. Rutaceae.
TABS. DCXCVIII, DCXCIX.
Pachystigma, Hook. Gen. Nov.
Gex. Char. Calyx subtriphyllus, sepalis concavis insequalibus
cBstivatione imbricatis, interiore majore petaloideo. Petala
4, libera, subrotunda, concava, alba, impunctata ; sestiva-
tione imbricativa. Stamina plurima, sub 30, liberaj gyno-
plioro rugoso carnoso, majusculo, breviter stipitato, subbi-
seriatim inserta. Filamenta erecta, brevia, lato-subulata.
AntliercB ovales, biloculares, antice longitudinaliter de-
hiscentes. Ovarium globosum gynophoro impositum, 8-sul-
catum, velutinum, 8-loculare, locvlis biovulatis, stigmate
magno carnoso irregulariter lobato deciduo coronatum.
Vapsula demum e cocculis 8 (quibusdam abortientibus), stel-
latim dispositis, basi coalitis, abortu plerumque monosper-
mis : epicarpio sicco, subrugoso, dorso carina lata instructo ;
endocarpio cartilagineo, demum soluto. Semen oblique ova-
tum. Podospermum majusculum, carnosum, album. — Frutex
sen arbor humilis Jamaicensis, valde ramosus ; ramuUs cortice
Imvi, viridi-fusco tedis. Folia aJterna, exstipulata, trifoliolatu,
foliolis ovatis brevitei' acuminatis, integerrimis seu obsolete
serratis, copiose pellucido-punctatis, petiolulatis, in petiolum
articulatis, penninerviis ; pedunculis axillaribus folio sublon-
gioribus, puree subtrichotome ramosis, pedicellis basi bracteatis,
bracteis lanceolatis petiolatis foliaceis. Flores majusculi, ut
videlur, albi, extus puberuH, fragrantes. Fructus maturus ses-
qiiiunciam diatnetro.
Pachystigma pteleoides.
Hab. On the mountains of Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Mr. Purdie.
This is another remarkable new plant of Jamaica, for the
discovery of which, in 1 844, we are indebted to Mr. Purdie,
Botanical Collector for the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew.
I am quite unable to refer it to any described Genus. In its
unequal and imbricated sepals, and the general appearance of
the flowers, it has an affinity with Aurantiucea ; but the fruit is
truly that of Diosmece among Rutacem, from all the described
genera of which this is readily known by its floral coverings,
its broad gynophore, its numerous stamens, and large irregu-
larly lobed stigma.
Fig. 1. Petal. /. 2. Stamen. /. 3. Pistil and gynophore.
/. 4. The same with the short stipes cut through. /. 5. Section
of the ovary. /. 6. Seed : — magnified.
1
I
Purdiearup.
N. O. Euphorbiaceee.
TAB. DCC.
Euphorbia alata, Hook.
SufFruticosa, caulibus erectis di-trichotomis articulatis ramisque
gracilibus compresso-planis utrinque alatis glaucis, articulis
linearibus elongatis, foliis 2 raris terminalibus ovali-rotun-
datis deciduis, floribus solitariis utrinque ad genicula, ple-
rumque 3 terminalibus minutis breviter pedunculatis, pedun-
culis bibracteatis, bracteis in axillo rudimentum floris geren-
tibus, involucri glandulis 5 squamisque 5 fimbriatis iis alter-
nantibus.
Hab. Rocky woody place above Christiana, Manchester, Ja-
maica, growing with the Lagettalintearia, or Lace- Bark Tree,
Mr. Purdie.
Few plants, as is well known, can be more proteous in appear-
ance than the various species of Euphorbia ; but the most un-
usual forms are chiefly confined to Africa, the tropical parts of
the new world producing but few species ; though there is found
the present very remarkable one, which but for its flowers might
rather be taken for some flat-stemmed articulated Viscum, or an
Ejnphyllum, among Cacteee. Our specimen is about a foot high.
From a fibrous, but ligneous root, arises a short cylindrical
stem, woody at the base, soon becoming herbaceous, glaucous-
green, firm and rigid, branched and jointed ; the branches and
articulations slender, compressed, two-edged with a wing-like
border. Two small, shortly petiolated leaves, are seen at the
apices of some of the ultimate articulations ; but they are
quickly deciduous, and the whole plant is very fragile at the
joints. Flowers sometimes solitary at the joint, usually three
appear together at the apex, and from between the two leaves ;
they are small, purplish-brown. The species is probably
dioecious.
Fig. 1. Apex of a flowering branch. /. 2. Involucre with
flowers. 3. The same laid open, showing the fimbriated
scales, male flowers, and a solitary imperfect female flower in
the centre. /. 4. Male flowers removed from the involucre.
f. 5. Abortive female flower from ditto : — magnified.
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^ INDEX
TO THE
PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOLUME I.,
(or vol. v. of the entire work;)
ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURAL ORDERS.
RANUNCOIACEJE.
Ranunculus biternatus, Sm.
\
CRUCIFF.RS.
Arabis Macloviana, Hook. .
OXALIDE.E.
Oxalis cataractoe, ^4. Cunn.
Oxalis enncajiliylla, Cav.
TROPSOLES.
Tropaeolum cirrhipes, Hook.
VIOLARIE.'E.
Viola maculat^i, Cav. .
MALVACEa;.
Lawrencia glomerata, Houk.
SAUVAGESII'.*.
Saiivagesia deflexifolia, Gardn.
BVTTNBRIACE*.
Macarthuria australis, Hugel .
AQUIFOIIACES.
Ilex afSnis, Gardn.
RHAMNEJE.
Corokia buddleoides, A. Cunn.
CELASTRINE*.
Celastrus subspicatus, Hook, . 482
497
. 498
. 418
. 494
411
. 499
417
. 484
. 480
465
424
LEGUMINOS.i;.
Aracbis marftinata. Gardn, . .")00
Etaballia Giiianensis, Benth. 4.53-4
ROSACES.
Rubus geoides, Sm. . . . 49.5
MYRTACE.B.
Eucalyptus macrocarpa, Hook. 405-6-7
ONAGR'.RII.
Fuchsia procunibens, 7f. Cunn.
cordifolia, Benth. .
421
450
GUNNERACEiE.
Gunnera (Misandra) Falklandica,
489-90
492
475
476
Hook.
UMBELLIEERS.
Bolax Glebaria, Comm.
RUBIACEM.
Lindenia acutiflora, Hook.
rivalis, Benth.
COMPOSITE.
Sinclairia discolor, Hook, et Am. 451-2
486
485
498
41.3
496
491
CHAILLETIACE*.
Tapura ciliata, Gardn,
466
Aster Vahlii, Hook, et Am.
Cbiliotricbuiri amelloides, Cass.
Senecio littoralis, Gaudich.
Crossolepis pusilla, Hugel .
Cbabrara suaveolens, DC. .
Horaoiantbus ccbinulatus, Cass.
GESNERIACE.E.
Gloxinia icbtbyostoma, Gardn.
Acbimenes rupestris, Gardn.
multiflora, Gardn.
Tapina villosa, Gardn.
472
480
468
469
vi IX
TAB
APOC VNES.
Echites piilcliella, Gardn. . .470
LOGANIACES.
Geniostoraa ligustrifolium, ^.Cunn. 430
CONVOF.VULACE.K.
Ipomaea (Stropbipomaea) Goya-
zensis, Ganln. . . . 479
(Ortliipomsea) neriifolia,
Gardn. .... 471
Wilsonia rotundifolia, Haok. . 410
SCROPIIULARINS.
Aulaya squamosa, //
Oxyria elatior, Brown . ■ 483
Tersoonia Laureola, Linill. . . 426
— — — qiiinquenei vis, Hnoh. . 425
Physurus vaginatus, Hook. . . 449
Plectrantbusscrophularioides, Wall. 464
— teriiifolius, Von . 4C0
Polypodiuin (Dictyopteris) attea-
uatum, Br. . . • 409
■ TAB
Pteris (Allosorus) rotundifolia,
For-it. .... 422
Quercus coirugata, Hook. . 403-4
— — Skinneri, Benth. . . 402
Ranunculus biternatus, Sm. . 497
Rubus geoides, Sm. . . . 495
Sauvagesia dcflexifolia, Gardn. . 484
Scolopcndriuui Lindeni, Hook. . 488
Senecio littoralis, Gaudich. . . 493
Sinclairia discolor, Hook, el Am. 451-2
Tapina villosa, Gardn. . . 469
Tapura ciliata, Gardn. . . 466
Ti iglocbin ! calcaratuin, //o«A . 416
Tropaiolum cirrbipcs, Hook. . 411
Viola maculata, Cav. . . 499
Vitex littoralis, C«nn. . 419-20
AVilsonia rotundifolia, Hook. . 410
Xylomelon occidentale, Br. . 446
Hcweyance.
N. O. Scrophularinoe.
TAB. GDI.
AULAYA SQUAMOSA. HurV.
Floribus spicatis densis, corollae limbo concavo integerriino.
Harv. Gen. of S. African PL p. 250.
Orobanche squamosa. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ji. 455.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope; sandy hillocks in low places;
Swartlaiid, Saldanha Bay, Piqueberg and Verloren Valley.
Tliunberg. " The only specimens I have yet seen were
gathered at Brach-fontein by Mrs. Van Schwon." (Hon. W.
H. Harvey).
This Mr. Harvey describes as having stems 2-3 feet high,
simple or branched, closely covered with appressed orange or
golden scales, the calyces bright orange and yellow, the tube of
the corolla a brilliant flaring yellow, and the limb deep orange.
Fig. 1. Front view of a flower with bractea. f. 2. Corolla.
/. 3. Pistil. /. 4. Section of ovary. /. 5, 6. Anthers and ujiper
part of the filaments : — magnified.
b
Skinnei-iancE.
N. O. Amentacese.
TAB. CDII.
QuERCus Skinneri. Benth.
Ramis glabris, gemmis lanatis, foliis petiolatis ovato-v. sub-
lanceolato-ol)longis sinuato-dentatis dentibus longe aristatis
utrinque glabris v. subtus ad axillas venarum barbatis, fruc-
tibus sessilibus maximis, cupulse plano-pateriformis lignosas
squamis arete inibricatis tenuibus latis, glandula globoso-sub-
conica lignosa basi lata unibilieata intus dissepimentis in-
completis irregulariter subdivisa. Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 90.
Lindl. in Gardener's Chronicle, 1841, ^j. 11 G, cum. Ic.
Hab. Mountains, Guatemala. G. U. Skinner, Esq. Sides of moun-
tains of Aeatenango, Medio Monte and Quezaltenango, towards
the Pacific Ocean. Hurtwet}. "Arbor pulcherrima, 50-70 pedalis.
Folia utrinque viridia, iis Q. aadifolim v. Q. Xalapensis similia.
Specimina omnia jam deflorata, florum masculorum tamen
amentum unicum vidi emarcidum, generi Qiiercus omnino con-
simile. Glandula ssepe 2 poll, diametro, pericarpio crasso
lignoso. Dissepimenta spuria ex endocarpio formata, per
sulcos seminis excurrentia, valde irregularia sunt, necloculos
completos unquam efformans." Benth. I. c.
A figure of this curious acorn, which only yields in size to
that of the following species, is given by Dr. Lindley in the
Gardener's Chronicle, where he observes that the internal struc-
ture resembles that of the wallnut.
Fi(/. 1. Acorn : iiat. size.
Skinnerianee.
N. O. Amentaceee.
TABS. CDIII. CDIV.
QUERCUS CORRUGATA. U. Sp.
Raniis glabris, ramulis gemmulisque pilosis, foliis (deciduis ?)
petiolatis lato-lanceolatis sinuato-dentatis utrinque (etiam
axillis) glabris, dentibus obtusis, cupulcB crassissimee ligno-
ScB brevi-turbinatee inflexaj squamis arete imbricatis crassis
gibbosis acutis, glandula maxima sessili globoso-subconica
basi latissima convexa apice depressa umbilicata umbonata.
Hai3. Cerro del Tamber, Guatemala, where the average tempe-
rature of the climate is GS" — 69°. G. U. Skinner, Esq.
For the knowledge of this splendid fruited oak, which attains
a height of 80 feet, we are also indebted to G. U. Skinner, Esq.
The acorns are even larger than those of Q. Skinneri, (see our
preceding plate) and the foliage and the cupula, especially, are
quite different : the latter singularly rough and corrugated. Mr.
Bentham observes that the cotyledons of the embryo are unequal
in size and slightly uneven on the surface, but that there is nothing
like the dissepiments and furrows of Q. Skinneri, and only a few
very slightly prominent ribs on the endocarp.
Fi(/. 1 . Acorn : nat. size.
Drummondiante.
N. O. Myrtaccac.
TABS. CDV. CDVI.
Eucalyptus macrocarpa. n. sp.
Arbor ubique farinaceo-glaucescens, foliis cordato-ellipticis bre-vi-
acuminatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis brevissimis uni-
floris, calycis magni crassissimi operculo conico-acuminato,
capsula maxima breviter hemispherica marginata lignosa 4-5
valvi.
Hab. Guangan; Swan River Colony, Australia. Mr. J. DruJn-
mond.
One of the finest among the many fine plants lately sent to me
by Mr. Js. Drumroondfrom the Swan River Colony, is the pre-
sent new species of Eucalyptus. It is noticed in Mr. Drummond's
letters published in the 2d vol. of our " Journal of Botany,"
p. 343, and subsequent pages. Guangan is the native name of
a country inland from the Swan River coast, constituting an
open sandy desert, commencing about eighty miles E. S. E. of
Freemantle and continuing for 200 miles. This barren sandy
district is bordered by a considerable forest, composed princi-
pally of two species of Eucalyptus, called Urac and Morral
by the aborigines. The present one is the Morral, conspi-
cuous by its noble, glaucous, almost white leaves, its red
flowers and its fruit, both of an uimsually large size. The
same species, however, Mr. Drummond has seen with white
flowers.
Tab. CDV. CVI. Portion of a flowering plant : nat. size, and
stamens : magnified. Tab. CDVII.
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Drummondian. CAT}:
Drummondiante.
N. O. Amaranthacese.
TAB. CDXV.
Lachnostachys ferruginea. Hook.
Foliis lato-ellipticis remotis ramisque dense ferrugineo-tomen-
tosis, bracteis flores superantibus, perianthio 8-lobo, stami-
nibus inclusis, tubo filamentis breviore, antheris dorso tuber-
culato, ovario granulato.
Hab. Swan River Colony, Australia, Mr. J. Drummond.
It is possible that when this and the preceding plant (L. albi-
cansj are better known as to the structure of their fructification,
the present may be found to constitute a different butclosely allied
genus. The bracteas are very large and of a ferruginous brown
colour, contrasting singularly with the dense white balls of
wool which cover the flowers within the bracteas ; the perianth
has 10 lobes or segments; the stamens are 8; the tube short;
and at the back of each anther is a large granulated excrescence.
Fig. 1. Flower, f. 2. Perianth and staminal tube laid open,
y. 3. Stamens and pistil, f. 4, 5. Anthers. /. 6. Small portion
of wool from the perianth. /. 7. Inner; and /. 8, an outer
view of a bractea : all more or less magnified.
Drummondiarue.
N. O. AlismacecG.
TAB. CDXVI.
TrIGLOCHIN ? CALCARATUM. «. Sp.
Triandrum, sepalis 3 ext. calcaratis, carpellis semiunitis, 3 ext.
fertilibus apice reflexis, foliis linearibus flaccidis scapo brevio-
ribus, floribus laxe spicatis.
Hab. Swan River Colony, Australia. Mr. James Drummond.
Radix fibrosa. Folia 3-5 uncias longa, linearia, flaccida, basi
dilatata, membranacea. Scapi 5-6 uncias longi, graciles,
flaccidi. Floras laxe spicati. Sepala 6 erecta, quorum 3 ex-
teriora majora, lato-ovata, acuta, antberifera, basi calcarata ;
3 interiora ovata, ecalcarata. Ovaria G ovato-acuminata, pri-
mum erecta, subaequalia, inferne coadunata : tria exteriora
fertilia, demum (statu fructificante) superne reflexa, stigmate
infra apicem notata; tria interiora abortiva semper erecta. Ovu-
lum solitarium, oblongum, erectum.
Fig. 1. Flowers. /. 2. Outer sepal, with its anther. /. 3. Front
view of an anther. /. 4. Flower from which the 3 outer sepals
are removed. /. 5. The pistils. /. 6. Inner sepal. /. 7- Imma-
ture fruit. /. 8. One of the outer carpels. /. 9. The same, the
cell laid open.' /. 10. Immature seed. /. 11. The 3 inner or
abortive carpels : — all more or less magnified.
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Drummondiana.
N. O. Malvaceae.
TAB. CDXVII.
Lawrencia glomerata. n. sp.
Ramosissima, foliis spathulrtis petiolatis superioribus sessilibus,
stipulis ovatis acutis adnatis, floribus 2-3 glomeratis axillari-
bus, calyce plicato, carpellis reticulatim venosis.
Hab. Swan River Colony, Australia. Mr. James Brummond.
At Tab. CCLXI. of vol. 3 of this work, I established the
genus Laivrencia, upon a very remarkable plant found on the
northern coast of Van Diemen's Land and the opposite southern
extremity of Australia, Lawrencia spicata. The present Swan
River plant is undoubtedly a second species of the same
genus.
The lower part of the stem seems to be M'oody, the rest her-
baceous, much branched. Leaves with persistent adnate sti-
pules, which are large and very distinct in the upper floral
leaves. The flowers are axillary, glomerate; the calyx singu-
larly plicate in the sinuses, the lobes very acute, erect. Petals
acute, combined by their claws with the base of the staminal
tube. The styles are 5. Carpels 5, adnate, the sides strongly
reticulated. Diflerent as the two species of Lawrencia are in
habit from Sida, the structure of the flowers and fruit is nearer
to that genus than I had imagined.
Kg. 1. Flower and bracteas. /. 2. Corolla. /. 3. Stamens. /. 4.
Immature carpels. /. 5. Single ripe carpel. /. 6. The same laid
open. f.1. Seed. /. 9. leaf: — all more or less ma^grrei^e^/.
Colensoarue.
N. O. Oxalideac.
TAB. CDXVIII.
Ox A LIS Cataract/E. All. Cunn.
Cfcspitosa ramosa decumbens, foliis longe petiolatis, foliolis
sessilibus obcordato-lobatis lobis subdivergentibus, adultis
utrinque caulibusque glabris venosis, subtus alljido-glaucis,
marginibus revolutis subintegris, petiolis (uncialil)us) mem-
branaceis basi dilatatis scariosis semivaginantibus, peduncu-
lis elongatis unifloris petiolo longioribus pilis albidis consper-
sis, calycibus pilosis corolla fere triplo brevioribus. AH. Cunn.
Oxalis Cataractaj. All, Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal, in Ann. of Nat.
Hist. V. 3, p. ^\b.
Hab. Northern Island of N. Zealand, on rocks beneath the
great fall of the Kerri-Kerri river. A. and R. Cunningham,
W. Colenso, Esq.
My specimens of this pretty little Wood-sorrel do not indeed
exhibit the branching nature of the decumbent stem, but that
it is the 0, Cataructce of Mr. A. Cunningham I cannot doubt,
since it was sent me under that name, l)y Mr. Colenso, who
gathered it in company with that lamented botanist. It is remark-
able for the very large membranaceous stipules which form con-
spicuous sheaths around the slender stem.
d
Colensoanai.
N. O. Vitices.
TABS. CDXIX, CDXX.
VlTEX LITTORAHS. A. Cum.
Foliis ternatis quinatisve, foliolis ellipticis obtusis cum acumine
petiolatis glabris, paniculis brevibus racemosis axillaribus ter-
minalibusve, ramis clichotomis, calyce campanulato subdenta-
to, staminibus exsertis, corolla extus tomentosa. A. Cunn.
Vitex littoralis. All. Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal, in Ann. of N. Hist.
V. 1, p. 461.
Ephialis pentaphylla. Banks et Sol. Mss. et Ic, ined. in Bib-
Vioth. Banks. (A. C.J
Hab. Rocky shores of the Bay of Islands, N. Zealand, growing
frequently within the range of salt water. All. Cunningham,
Mr. Colenso.
This is described as a tree of very irregular growth, and which,
from the hardness and durability of its wood, has been denomi-
nated the Netv Zealand Oak, and indeed it seems to answer all
the purposes of that prince of trees. The wood is of a dark
brown colour, close in the grain, and takes a good polish. It
splits freely, works well, and derives no injury from exposure
to the damp ; twenty years' experience having proved that, in
that period, it will not rot, though in a wet soil and underground.
For ship-building it is, like the Teak (which belongs to the same
natural order), a most valuable wood. It grows from 15 to 30
feet high without a branch, and varying from 12 to 20 feet in
circumference.
Fig.\. Flower. /". 2. Stamen, f. 3. VistW: magnified.
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Colensoame.
N. O. Onagrariee.
TAB. CDXXI.
Fuchsia procumbens. R. Cunn.
Ai)etala, caule procumbente, foliis parvis longe petiolatis alter-
nis cordato-rotundalis denticulatis, pedunculis solitariis axil-
laribus unifloris petiolo floreque brevioribus, calycis lobis
oblongis reflexis, tubo suijerne dilatato, staminibus exsertis,
stylo stamina superaiite, stigmate capitato.
Fuclisia procumbens. R. Cunn. mst. All. Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal,
in Ann. of N. Hist. v. 3, jo. .51.
IIab. Northern Island, N. Zealand, around the village of Ma-
tauri on the East Coast, opposite the Cavallos Isles, inhal)it-
ing tlie sands immediately above the range of the tide, where
it was found in flower in March, 1834, by Richard Cvnnimj-
liam. Found also by W. Coltnso, Esq. to whom I am indebted
for the specimen here figured.
This is very different from the only other species of the genus
yet known to inhabit N. Zealand, and from every other described
one. We have seen a living plant of it in the possession of the
Rev. Mr. Williams of Hendon.
Fig. I. Flower: magnified.
CoIemoan(B.
N. O. Filices.
TAB. CDXXII.
Pteris (Allosorus) rotundifolia. Forst.
Frondlbus pinnatis, pinnis alternis obtusissimis cum mucro-
ne glabris obsolete nervosis, superioribus ovato-ellipticis basi
truncatis, inferioribus rotundatis basi cuneatis, soris latis con-
tinuis deraum nudis, stipite basi scabro reliquo rachique
rufo-hispidis paleaceisque.
Pteris rotundifolia. Forst. Prodr. n. 420. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 5, 4.
p. 563. Siv. Syn. Fil. p. 102 et 297. I^ich. Fl. Nov. Zeal. p. 7 8.
All. Cunn. Bat. N. Zeal, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2, p. 355.
Hab. New Zealand, Middle Island, Forster. Dry forests on
the banks of the Kaua-Kaua and Wycady rivers. Bay of
Islands. All. Cunningham, W. Colenso, Esq. Astrolabe Har-
bour. D' Urville.
This beautiful plant appears to grow in tufts ; the fronds, in-
cluding the stipes, one and a half and two feet high. Stipes
and rachis perfectly terete, red-brown, glossy ; the base of the
former is rough, scarcely hispid, the rest clothed with spreading
ferruginous rigid hairs and scales. The pinnse are about f of
an inch long, of a pale very opaque green, paler still below, and
there having, generally, a line of paleaceous set£e ; the rest quite
glabrous and exhibiting no trace of nerves ; above, in the dry
state, the nerves are very indistinctly seen, pinnated on the
costa and dichotomous ; and it is on the branches within the
margin that the soriform a continued broad line, at first covered
■with the marginal involucre, afterwards the involucre spreading
open and exposing the sori.
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Coknsoance.
N. O. Filices.
TAB. CDXXIII.
ASPLENIUM BULBIPERUM. FoTSt.
Frondibus lato-lanceolatis bipinnatis, pinnis alteniis lanceolatis
glabris, pinnulis ovato-obloiigis ol^tusis inciso-i^iiinatifidis
basi attenuatisin rachi lata decurrentibus, axillis superne pro-
liferis, laciniis integris v. bidentatis, soris in singula lacinia
(pinnis inferioribus exceptis) medium versus, stipite ra-
cliique alata inferne squamulosis.
Asplenium bulbiferum. Forst. Proclr. n. 433. Willd. Sj). PI.
V. 5, p. 345. Siv. Syn. Fil. p. 84, 278. Schkuhr, Fil. v. 7y.
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4, p. 89. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 75.
(excl. syn. A. laxi, Br.J All. Cum. Bot. N. Zeal, in Hook.
Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2, p. 364.
Hab. New Zealand. Forster. Middle Island, Astrolabe Har-
bour. D'Urville. Northern Island; in humid woods, on the
banks of the Kaua-Kaua, Bay of Islands. All. Cunningham,
IVm. Colenso, Esq.
Our specimens are about 2 feet long. Several of the superior
pinncE, especially in the axils of the segments, bear little bulbs
which exhibit themselves on the upper surface and produce
young fronds while still attached to the parent.
Fig. 1 . Fertile pinnule : — magnified.
I
I
Colensoante.
N. O. Rhamnea; ?
TAB. CDXXIV.
CoROKiA. A. Cunn.
Gen. Char. Flores hermaphrodlti (dioici, A. C.) Calycis tubus
elongato-turl)inatus, ovario adheerens; limbo 5-fido, persis-
tente, per aestivationem valvato. Petala 5, lanceolata, deci-
dua, lobis calycis alterna, intus basi squamula fimbriata in-
structa. Stamina 5, petalis alterna, lis breviora : Filamenta
basi dilatata : Antherae lineari-oblongae, intus rimis duabus
longitudinalibus dehiscentes. Glandules epigyna 5, laciniis
calycinis oppositse : Ovarium inferum, biloculare, loculis
1-ovulatis pendulis. /S/y/ws staminibus brevior. St/ffma incras-
satum, bifidum. DrvjM 2-locularis, dipyrena. — Frutex 10-
jjedalis, ramulis foliisque subtus albo-tomentosis. Folia alterna,
coriacea, lanceolata, breviter petiolata, supra glabra, nitida,
punctuluta, penninervia, reticulata, Flores jmrvi, snbpanicula-
ti, bracteati; paniculis brevibus, axillaribus terminuUbusqite,
undique, etiam petalis extus, piloso-canis.
Corokia buddleoides. All. Cunn. Bot. N. Zeal, in Ann. of
Nat. Hist. V. 3, p. 249.
Hab. New Zealand, Northern Island, margins of woods on the
shores of the Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c. A. and R.
Cunningham, W. Colenso, Esq.
The general aspect of this plant is a good deal similar to that
of Buddlea. Its generic name is derived from that by which it
is known to the natives " Korokia-taraiiga." Mr. Cunningham
speaks of it as dioecious. My specimens exhibited stamens in
the same flower with the pistil.
Fig. I. Portion of a leaf, upper surface, f. 2. Flower
y. 3. Petals and stamens. 4. Calyx and pistil, f. 5. Young
fruit. /. 6". Ovary cut through, f. 7. Young fruit laid open ;
— magnified.
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DrummondiaruB.
N. O. Proteacese.
TAB. CDXXV.
PeRSOOXIA QUINQUENERVIS. 11. sp.
Ramulis foliisque junioribus alabastrisque sparse pilosulis, foliis
spathulato-lanceolatis rigidis mucronatis quinquenerviis sub
lente punctulis hyalinis scabriusculis, floribus solitariis erec-
tis, antheris stigmateque obtusis.
Hab. N. Holland, Swan River Colony. Mr. James Drummond.
With the exception of the young .shoots and the flower-buds,
which are slightly hairy, the rest of the plant is quite gla-
brous. The flowers are axillary. Peduncles solitary, single-
flowered. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous. Anthers
and style glabrous.
Fig. 1 . Leaf : — slightly magnified.
Drummondian/e.
N. O. Proteaceoc.
TAB. CDXXVI.
Persoonia LaWeola. lAndl.
Undiqne glaberrima, foliis late ovalibus basi angustatis obtuse
mucronatis submembranaceis penninerviis, floribus axillaribus
erectis, perianthiis acuminatis, antheris obtusis, stigmata
dilatato.
Persoonia Laureola. Lindl. Sw. Riv. Bot. p. xxxv.
Hab. Swan River Colony, New Holland. Mr. Jas. Dmmmond.
Allied to P. salicina, (Pars, and Brown), but with much
broader and thinner, not inasquilateral, leaves. Dr. Lindley
describes the apex of the sej^als as being minutely pubescent,
which is not the case in our specimens.
Coknsoana.
N. O. Filices.
TABS. CDXXVII. CDXXVIII.
LoMARiA p^ROCBRA. {Spveng.) var. /3.
Frondibus pinnatis oblongo-ellipticis, pinnis sterilibus lanceo-
lato-ensiformibus acuminatis serratis basi subcordatis, fertili-
bus (ejusdem v. diversfe frondis) linearibus costa subtus
paleacea, indusiis subintramarginalibus. Br.
Lomaria procera. Spreng. Syst. Feget. v. 4, p. 65. A. Cunn.Bot.
of N. Zeal, in Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2, p. 363. (excl. sijn. Rich.)
Stegania procera. Br. Prodr. p. 153. (non Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel.J
Bleclinum procerum. Siv. Syn. Fil. p. 115. Labill. Nov. Holl.
2, p. 97, t. 247. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 5, p. 4 15.
Asplenium procerum. Bernh. Act. Erf. 1802, p. 4,f. 1.
Osmunda procera. Forst. Prod. n. 414.
/3 ; pinnis sterilibus valde acuminatis, fertilibus omnibus ad
basin soriferis. (Tab. Nostr. CDXXVII. CDXXVIII.)
Hab. New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Broivn. New
Zealand. Forster. Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c. A. and R.
Cunningham, W. Colenso, Esq.
This appears liable to considerable variation, both in the
sterile and fertile pinna. In Labillardiere's plant, the former
are very obtuse. In a var. mentioned by Mr. A. Cunningham,
the base of the fertile pinnae is much dilated and sterile, similar
to what is figured as Steg. procera in Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. t. 13.
but the sterile frond being there pinnatified, not pinnate, proves
that that portion of the plant, at least, cannot be the same as
Durs.
TaS. r/WJ/A'.
Colensoame.
N. O. Filices.
TAB. CDXXIX.
LOMARIA LAXCEOLATA. SpV.
Froudibus sterilibus pinnatifidis lanceolatis scaberulis laciniis
approximatis oblongis obtusiusculis subfalcatis denticulatis
infimis abbreviatis orbiculatis, fertilibus pinnatis, pinnis
remotis linearibus longitudine fere fertilium, rachi stipiteque
nudis.
Lomaria lanceolata. Spr. Syst. Veget. v. A, p. G2. All. Cunn.
Bot. N. Zeal, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2, p. 363.
Stegania lanceolata. Br. Prodr. p. 152. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel.
p. 86. Endl. Prodr. Norf.p. 81.
Hab. Van Diemen's Land. Brown. Norfolk Island. (Endli-
cher). New Zealand, Bay of Islands, Kerri River and Astro-
labe Harbour, Cook's Strait. A. and R. Cunningham, Wm.
Colenso, Esq. D'Urville.
I possess the same, or a very nearly allied species, gathered
by Bertero in Juan Fernandez. It scarcely differs, but in the
fertile pinnee being remarkably decurrent, so that the fertile
fronds may almost be called pinnatifid.
Fig. 1 . Fertile pinna : — slightly magnified.
Colemoana:.
N. O. Logaiiiaceac.
TAB. CDXXX.
Geniostoma ligustrifolium. a. Cunn.
Fruticosum, foliis ellipticis ovatisve acuminatis subtus disco-
loribus, corollee laciniis reflexis, stigmate depresso-capitato.
A. Cunn.
Geniostoma ligustrifolium. A. Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal, in Ann.
Nat. Hist. V. 2,p. 47.
Geniostoma rupestre. A. Rich. Ft. N. Zeal. p. 207. (non ForstJ.
Aspilotum lajvigatum. Banks et Sol. Mss. (fide A. Cunn.)
Hab, New Zealand, Bay of Islands, in dry woods. Sir Joseph
Banks, All. and R. Cunningham, D'Urville, W. Colenso, Esq.
Frutex, ut videtur, mediocris, valde ramosus, glaber. Rami
teretes. Folia opposita, petiolata, stipulata : sti])ulis oppositis
in vaginulam brevem intrapetiolarem unitis. Pedunculi bre-
ves, ramosi, axillares, glomerati, pedicellis bibracteatis. Calyx
profunde quinquefidus, inferus, laciniis ovatis, acuminatis,
jjatentibus. Corolla rotato-campanulata, 5-fida, laciniis pa-
tentibus vel reflexis, ovatis, intus barbatis. Stamina 5, ad
faucem corollee inserta, laciniis alterna. Filamentum brevissi-
muin : Anthera lato-ovata. Ovarium subglobosum, bilocu-
lare ; placentis centralibus. Ovula numerosa. Stylus brevis.
Stigma capitatum, medio depressum, subbifidum.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Stamen. /. 4.
Ovary cut through transversely : — magnified.
C7JXYXI
Colensoarue.
N. O. Orchidea).
TAB. CDXXXI.
Earina. Lindl.
Gen. Char. Sepala erecta,tequalia, acuta, raembranacea,carinata.
Petala carnosa, obtusata. Labellum carnosum, posticum, cucul-
latum, trilobum, disco nudo, cum columna continuum et sub-
parallelum. Columna teres, nana, stigmatis obliqui labio inferiore
prominulo. Clinandrium proclive. Anthera bilocularis. Pol-
linia 4, preparia coheerentia, coUateralia.— Herba cauJescens ;
rhizomate articulato, repente. Folia linearia, disticha, vaginan-
tia. Flores parvi, paniculati, bracteis cartilagineis, striatis,
auriculatis. Lindl.
Earina mucronata. Lindl. inBot. Reg. sub t. 1699.
Epidendrum autumnale. Forst. Prodr. n. 319.
Cymbidium autumnale. S>w. Nov, Act. Ups. p. 72. Rich. Ft.
N. Zel p. 1 69.
Hab. New Zealand, Northern Island, Sir Jos. Banks. Moist
woods, on rocks and trees, Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c.
A. and R, Cunningham, W. Colenso, Esq. Dusky Bay.
Forster.
I believe the general structure of the flower, as here repre-
sented, is correct ; but the specimens did not allow of so accu-
rate an analysis as I could have wished. Professor Lindley
refers the genus to the group of Malaxidem.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Labellum. ./'. 3. Column: — magnified.
Drummondiana:.
N. O. Proteacese.
TAB. CDXXXII.
Hakea conchifolia. n. sp.
Ramis superne dense pubescentibus hirsutissimisque, foliis
reniformi-cordatis repandis spinoso-dentatisreticulatim venosis
glaucis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis.
Hab. New Holland, Swan River Colony. Mr. Jas.Drummond.
A species evidently nearly allied to Hakea mcullata, Br. Pr-od.
Suj)pl. p. 30, detected by Mr. Baxter, at King George's Sound :
but that has the leaves quite destitute of spinous teeth. The
fruit I have not seen. The flowers are small, and in the dried
specimens at least, concealed by the concave and almost con-
volute leaves.
Fig. 1. Flowers, f. 2. Single flower more expanded, f. 3.
Pistil with the hypogynous gland, f. 4. Apex of a sepal, with
the anther : — magnified.
Drimmondiarue.
N. O. Proteaceee.
TAB. CDXXXIII.
Hakea platysperma. re. sp.
Foliis tereti-filiformibus apice mucronato-spinosis, capsulis glo-
boso-compressis ecalcaratis rugosulis, valvis exacte hemisphee-
ricis intus concavis cribrosis, seminil)us orbicularibus latissi-
me alatis hinc leevibus illinc disco rauricatis.
Hab. Swan River Colony, New Holland. Mr. Jas. Drummond,
The fruit, perhaps, of the Hakece in general, will be found to
afford excellent characters for distinguishing the species : and
here the capsule is very remarkable and very much resembling
castanets. Each valve is hemispheerical, concave within, and
there having several irregular openings, 2 or 3 lines deep : these
are occupied by the spine-like processes of the back of each seed :
and these seeds are so large as to fill the whole area of the valves.
Fiff. 1. Inner view of a seed. f. 2. Outer view of do. show-
ing the muricated disk. /. 3. Side view of a seed, showing the
smooth inner, and the muricated disk of the outer surface : —
nat. size.
Baxteriana.
N. O. Proteaceae.
TAB. CDXXXIV.
Hakea pandanicarpa. Br.
Foliis integerrimis oblongo-linearibus basi attenuatis immerse
nervosis aveniis apiculo sphacelato, capsulis gibbosis obova-
tis tessellatis tuberculis conicis, seminibus undique alatis. Br.
Hakea pandanicarpa. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 29.
Hab. Between Cape Arid and Lucky Bay, South shores of
N. Holland. Mr. Baxter.
This is very appropriately named by Mr. Brown, from the
resemblance of its fruit to that of a. Pandams (Screw Pine). I
have not seen the flowers, nor does it appear that they were
discovered.
f
1.
Baxterianm.
N. O, Proteaoeae.
TABS. CDXXXV. CDXXXVI,
Hake A t-uico&tata. Br.
Ramis gemmisque tomentosis, foliis oblongis obtusis mucrona-
tis grosse trinerviis venosis marginatis inferne attenuatis
junioribus sericeis, capsulis erectis ovatis acuminatis ecalcara-
tis tuberculatis, pedunculo fructifero brevi superne incrassato.
Hab. King George's Sound. Mr. Baxter.
I do not find any species in Mr. Brown's Prodromus (including
the Supplement) which accords with this. The leaves are 5-7
inches long, thick and hard. In the axils of the upper ones are
the floriferous gemmae. Lower down are the ripe capsules,
scarcely an inch long, with a short thickened peduncle, and
beset with small scattered dark-coloured warts.
Ta/^. r/?ATA17/
Fraserianec.
N. O. Proteacefe.
TAB. CDXXXVII.
Pakea hbtbrophylla. w. sjj.
Foliis mucronatis tereti-filiformibus compressis hinc sulcatis
simplicibus vel bi-trifurcatis, aliis ovali-spathulatis planis,
genimis floriferis terminalibus, capsulis deflexis oblique ovatis
compressis tuberculatis in ramis brevibus terminalibus,
Hab. Swan River, New Holland. Mr. Fraser.
There are only three species in that division of Hakea to
which this plant belongs, " Folia plura filiformia : aliqua plana."
Two of them are from the south coast of New Holland, but
neither agrees precisely with the present, which has three very
distinct forms of leaf; 1. tereti-filiform, compressed, with a
groove on the upper side ; 2. more compressed, and bi-
trifurcate or subpinnatifid ; 3. shorter, broadly spathulate
and quite entire. The floral gemmae are on short, patent
branches, and the capsules are also terminal on the older and
thicker ones.
Fraseriana;.
N. O. Proteaceee.
TAB. CDXXXVIII.
ISOPOGON AXILLARIS. Br.
Foliis cuneato-liiigulatis mucronulatis, capitulis axillaribus
paucifoliisj bracteis involucrantibus ovatis imbricatis, peri-
anthii laminis longitudinaliter barbatis, stigmate fusiformi.
Br.
Isopogon axillaris. Br. Linn. Trans, v. \0. p. 74. Prodr. p. 367.
Hab. South coast of New Holland. R. Brown, Esq. King
George's Sound. Fraser.
This, in its inflorescence, differs considerably from the
greater number of species of Isopogon. Here the flowers are
axillary and lax. Each segment of the perianth, too, has a
beautiful tuft of white silky hairs, and the stigma is fusiform.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Pistil. /. 3. Apex of a segment of
the perianth : magnified.
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Baxteriana.
N. O. Proteaceae.
TABS. CDXXXIX. CDXL.
Hakea Baxteri. Br.
Foliis flabellato-cuneatis apice rotundato multidentato lateribus
integerrimis, adultis glabris immerse venosis, capsulis ecalca-
ratis gibbosis. Br.
Hakea Baxteri. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 28.
Hab. New Holland, King George's Sound. Mr. Baxter.
Nothing can be more singular than the varied form of the
fruit and foliage of the genus Hakea, of which numerous
species exist on the south and south-western shores of Australia.
The present has beautifully fan-shaped leaves, but of a
singularly thick and coriaceous character.
Baxteriantp.
N. O. Proteaceaj.
TAB. CDXLI.
Hakea cucullata. Br.
Foliis integris subrepandis cucullatis reniformi-cordatis acu-
tiusculis nervosis reticulato-venosis, capsulis ecalcaratis. Br.
Hakea cucullata. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 30.
Hab. New Holland, King George's Sound. Mr. Baxter.
The affinity of H. conchifolia to this has been already
noticed, under our Tab. 432. The fruit only appears to have
been discovered of this species.
Fraserianee.
N. O. Proteaceae.
TAB. CDXLII.
Hakea incrassata. Br.
ToXns integerrimis anguste lanceolatis obsolete 3 (-5)-nervibus
apiculo sphacelato, capsulis refractis obovatis (seu obovato-
globosis rima longitudinali) gibbosis tevibus ecalcaratis
apiculo adscendenti, (pedunculo ramoque fructifero infra
capsulam crassissimis). Br.
lakea incrassata. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 29.
Iab. New Holland, Swan River Colony. Mr. Fraser, (fruit.)
Mr. Jas. Drummond, (flower.)
My fruiting specimen is from Mr. Fraser, to whom Mr.
Jrown attributes the discovery of this species. But the most
emarkable peculiarity about it is the thickening of the fruit-
talk and of the portion of the branch below it, whence I appre-
end Mr. Brown's specific name is derived. What I take to be
he same species from Mr. Drummond is in flower. The flowers
ery small, axillary, clustered, downy.
Drummondiance.
N. O. Proteacesc.
TAB. CDXLIII.
Hakea cristata. Br.
Foliis cuneato-obovatis spinoso-dentatis immerse venosis ra-
mulisque glaberrimis, capsulis bicristatis, cristis inciso-denta-
tis. Br.
Hakea cristata. Br. Prodr. Supjd. p. 28.
Hab. New Holland, Swan River Colony. Mr. Fraser, Mr. Jas.
Drummond.
The leaves are glaucous, peculiarly harsh and rigid, the bark
dark brown, slightly pruinose in the younger branches.
I possess a flowering specimen from the Swan River, with leaves
almost twice the size of this, and much broader; the spines
more distant, and the bark much paler and redder. The
flowers are very small, arising from the axils of deciduous scales
(of which the gemmae are seen in our figure), thus forming a
short raceme, of which the axis, or peduncle, is clothed with
silky wool.
Fraserian«.
N. O. Proteaceae.
TAB. CDXLIV.
Hakea stenocarpa. Br.
oliis integerrimis linearibus apiculo acuto sphacelate margi-
natis uninervibus, venis obsoletis, capsulis lincari-subulatis
falcatis ecalcaratis. Br.
akea stenocarpa. Br. Prodr. Suppl.p. 29.
AB. New Holland, Swan River Colony. Mr. Fraser.
This is remarkable for the long and much acuminated capsules,
md the strong margin and costa to the narrow leaves.
Fiff. 1 . Portion of a leaf : — magnified.
7^/ A.
Baxteriance.
N. O. Proteacea;.
TAB. CDXLV.
Hakea intermedia, n. sp.
Foliis circumscriptione ovali-oblongis basi cuneatis marginibus
grosse spiiioso-dentatis nitidiusculis obscure penninerviis,
ramis ferrugineo-tomentosis, capsulis ovatis acuminatis gib-
bosis apice compressis bicalcaratis intus Isevibus.
Hab. King George's Sound. Mr. Baxter.
A copiously branched plant with crowded foliage. It appears
to be intermediate between H. ilicifolia and H. nitida, Br,,
having the downy branches of the former, and the fruit,
internally smooth, like the latter.
Fraser'utnie.
N. O. Proteace«.
TAB. CDXLVI.
Xylomelon occidentale. Br.
oliis subellipticis, inferioribus rami floriferi passim dentatis,
superioribus integerrimis, paginis omnium subsimilibus opacis
utriusque epiderniide glandulifera, periantliiis extus rachique
tomento appresso incanis, stylo floris hermaphroditi longi-
tudinaliter lanato. Br.
ylomelon occidentale. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 31.
AB. Baie de Geographe, South-western shores of New
Holland. Mr. Fraser. Swan River Colony. Mr. Jas. Drum-
mond.
This is a second species of Xylomelon, described by Mr. Brown;
le original X. pyriforme seems to be confined to the Eastern
oast.
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Baxleriana:,
N. O. Proteaceae.
TAB. CDXLVII.
Hakea undulata. Br.
Foliis obovatis tri-(v. septem-) nervibus reticulato-venosis
undulatis spinoso-dentatis, capsulis ecalcaratis ventricosis,
(floribus minutis glaberrimis). Br.
Hakea undulata. Br. Prodr. p. 384.
Hab. New Holland, South coast. Broivnr King George's
Sound. Mr. Baxter.
Whole plant glabrous. Besides the three principal nerves,
there are 2 or more frequently 4 others, which are parallel
with them, not indeed equally originating at the base, but
giving the foliage the appearance of being, at first sight, rather
7-than 3-nerved. The flowers are very small, and when dry
become black.
Fiff. 1. Small portion of a flowering branch; not. size. f. 2.
Flower scarcely expanded. /. 3. Flower fully expanded : —
magnified.
Dntininondiarw.
N. O. Cyperaceee.
TAB. CDXLYIII.
Carex filifolia. Nutt.
Dioica, spica solitaria simplici superne atteiiuata; masc. squamis
late ovatis obtusissimis lateribus involutis ; feni. squamis
latissimis scariosis truncatis involutis fructum subtequantibus,
fructibus ovatis obtusissime triangulatis apiculatis, seta
hypogyna stricta fructu breviore, stigmatibus 3.
Carex filifolia. Nutt. Gen. Am. 2. jj. 201. Dewey Caricogr. in
Sill. Journ. v. W.p. 150, and v. 12. p. 296'. tub. P. f. .50.
Gray, N. Am. Cyp. p. 405. Schioein. et Torr. Car. in Ann.
Lyc. N. York, v. 1. p. 298. Br. in Rich. App. Frankl. Jonrn.
ed. 2. p. 35. Booit, in Hook. Fl. Ber. Am. v. 2. p. 208.
Kobresia globularis. Dewey Caricogr. I. c. v. 29. p. 253.
Uncinia breviseta. Gray, N. Am. Cyp. p. 428.
Hab. Dry plains and gravelly hills of the Missouri. Nuttall.
Bradbury {in Herb. Hook.) Woody country of Arctic
America. Dr. Richardson. Rocky mountains. Drummond.
In habit allied to our well-known Carex dioica, but extremely
different in the scales and fruit. In this species, too, there is
an hypogynous seta, (though short and not uncinate), as in the
genus Uncinia, so that it has perhaps as strong a claim to be
placed as by Dr. Asa Gray in that genus, as in Carex.
That able Botanist had not the opportunity of seeing authentic
specimens of Nuttall's C. filifolia, and he considered Dr.
Richardson's specimens distinct. But there can be no question
of their identity.
Fig. 1. Male flower, with the scale, inner view. f. 2. Female
flower, with the scale, outer view. f. 3. Inner view of ditto.
/. 4. Fruit, f. 5. Achenium, with the hypogynous scale: —
all magnified.
7^^ A ^y?A'LL\.
Skimericince.
X. O. Orchidcte.
TAB. CDXLIX.
Physurtts vagtnattis. n. sp.
Caule elongato folioso, foliis remotis oblongo-ovatis petiolatis,
petiolo basi inembranaceo inflato vaginato, spica termiuali
oblonga densiflora glabra, bracteis ovatis acuminatis, sepalis
petalisque oblongis labello trilobo lobo medio ovato-acuminato
apice reflexo, cornu libero ventricoso sepalis breviore.
Hab. Guatemala. G, U. Skinner, Esq.
Radix fibrosa, fibris villosis crassiusculis. Caulis ercctus,
spithamseus, fere ad pedalem, foliosus. Folia remota,
oblongo-ovata, acuminata, tenui-membranacea, petiolata, 5-
9-iiervia, nervis venulis connexis, petiolis brevibus basi
insigniter dilatata, vaginata, inflata, tenuissime membranacea,
hyalina, striata. Spica terminalis, oblonga, multiflora.
Bracteee, inferiores saepe vacuae, late ovatse, acuminatee,
hyalino-membranaceae, longitudine ovarii. Flores glaberrimi ;
sepala oblonga, dorsale cum petalis oblongis agglutinatum.
Labellum perianthio brevius, basi calcaratum, trilobum, lobis
lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio majore, ovato, acuminate,
acumiae recurvo. Calcar labello brevius, liberum, apice
incrassatum. Columna brevis, anthera rostelloque ovatis
acutis.
Fig. 1. Side view of a flower and bractea. /. 2. Front view
of ditto. /. 3. Upper, and /. 4, under side of the labellum,
(the spur being removed). /. 5. Column, f. 6. Rostellum and
anther. /. / . Pollen-masses : — all magnifed.
Skinnvrkaue.
N. O. Oiiagrarite.
TAB. CDL.
Fuchsia cordifolia. [Bentk.) /3.
Caule glabro, foliis oppositis v. ternatim verticillatis longe
petiolatis late cordatis (ovatisve) denticulatis minute puberulis
subtus subglabris, pedicellis axillaribus unifloris folio brevio-
ribus, calycis pubescentis longe tubulosi laciniis petala ovata
brevissime acuminata subduplo superantibus. Benth.
Fuchsia cordifolia. Benth. PL Hartweg . p. 74. n. 528. lAndl.
Bot. Key. 1841. if. 70.
(i. foliis ovatis. (Tab. Nostr. CDL.)
Hab. Guatemala. G. U. Skinner, Esq. On Zetucli, a volcano
in the same country, at an elevation of 10,000 feet above the
level of the sea. Hartweg.
It is so long since I had the impressions printed of the plate
of this fine species of Fuchsia from Mr. Skinner's specimen,
that it has now been introduced to our gardens, and has re-
cently been published, both from Hartweg's dried specimens
.and from those that have flowered in our green houses. Our
plant indeed does not deserve the name of cordifolia, the leaves
being decidedly ovate, not heart-shaped, whence I have thought
it better to consider this a variety.
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SinclairiatUB.
N. O. Compositae.
TABS. CDLI. CDLII.
SiNCLAiRiA DISCOLOR, Hook. ct Am.
INCLAIRIA, Hook, et Am. — Gen. Char. Capitulum multi-
florum radiatura : fl. radii ligulatis, fcemineis ; disci hermaphr.
5-fidis, lobis linearibus, cequalibus, demum revolutis, apici-
bus hirsutulis. Receptaculum nudum. Involucrum campanu-
latum, squamis imbricatis appressis, interioribus brevibus
ovatis. AnthercR disci ecaudate, filamentis levibus. Styli
rami elongati, fere subulati ; disci breviores, lobos corollae vix
superantes, subhispiduli, obtusiusculi. Achenium breve, gla-
brum, angulatum. Pappus fulviis, biserialis ; serie externa
paleacea, brevi; interna elongata, setiformi, scabrA, rigidci,
fragili. — Frutex glaber [vel arbor ?) Mexicanus. Rami fere ad
apices lignosi. Folia opposita, longe petiolata, integerrima,
rhomboidea, brevi-acuminata, trinervia, supra viridia, subtus
albissirna, nervis atro-fuscis. Petioli graciles, basi dilatati,
amplexantes. Panicula terminalis, thyrsoidea, speciosa. Floras
lutei.
inclairia discolor. Hook, et Am. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 433.
Iab. Realejo, Guatemala, on the shores of the Pacific. Dr.
Sinclair.
In the Botany of the voyage of Capt. Beechey, Mr. Arnott and
lyself dedicated this plant, which we consider an entirely new
enus, to our excellent friend Dr. Sinclair, who, in the surveying
oyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, on the Pacific side of S. America,
mployed his leisure in collecting the vegetable productions of
le countries he visited. We place Sinclairia among the Ver-
toniaceis, near the genera Hectoria and Andromachia. The
|owers are nearly an inch in diameter ; leaves 4-5 inches long,
|nd almost as much broad, beneath quite white (l)ut neither
jmentose nor farinose,) beautifully marked with the dark
rown nerves.
Fig. 1 . Capitulum, /. 2. Floret from the disk. /. 3. Portion
f the external series of the pappus, f. 4. Floret of the ray.
. 5. Hair from the inner series of the pappus, f. 6. Upper
art of a corolla of the disk laid open to show the stamens : —
II magnified.
Schomburgkianee.
N. O. Leguminosae.
TABS. CDLIII. CDLIV.
Etaballia Guianensis.
Gen. Char. Calyx tubulosus, apice breviter 5-dentatus, subbi-
labiatus. Petala 5, ad basin calycis inserta, longissime line-
aria, aestivatione inflexa, imbricata. Stamina 10, monadelpha,
alterna breviora. Anthene ovatee. Ovarium sessile, villosum,
2-.S-ovulatum. Stylus brevis. Stigma oblique capitatum.
Legumen ? — Arbor ramis ramosissimis glabris. Folia sim-
plicia {unifoliolata) brevissime petiolata, ovata v. ovato-oblonga
breviter et acute acuminata, penninervia, coriacea, glabra v.
subtus ad venas sparse pubescentia. Spicae florum axillares et
terminates densce. Bracteee ovato-orbiculatce, concaves, ante
anthesin imbricate. Bracteolse minima;, lanceolatce. Flores
sessiles. Calyx ferrugineus. Petala lutea, omnia inter se sub-
similia. Stamina calycem cequantia, ultra medium symmetrice
monadelpha, tubo integro.
Etaballia Guianensis. Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 2. p. 99.
Hab. Abundant at the cataracts of Etabally on the Essequibo
river, where it forms a strikingly beautiful tree, almost covered
with bright yellow flowers, and is called by the natives Eta-
bally, after the name of the cataract. Schomburgk.
This is a highly singular plant ; being one of the very few
Legnminosce which cannot be recognised as belonging to that
Order at first sight. It has indeed very much the aspect of an
Inocarpus ; although, on examining the structure of the flowers,
it is found to be closely allied to Schnclla (a genus including
most of the small-flowered American Bauhiniece.) The simple
foliage without any tendency to bifurcation of the midrib is
rare ; but is met with in a few other species of the Bauhiniem.
The supposed second species, mentioned in the work above
quoted, under tl;e name of E. macrophylla, must be suppressed,
having originated in a mistake.
The drawing was made by Dr. Joseph Hooker, of H. M. sur-
veying ship Erebus. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Stamens. /. 3. Staminal tube cut
open, showing the ovary. /. 4. Section of the ovary : — all
magnified.
N. O. Labiatae.
TAB. CDLV.
OCIMUM BRACTEOSUM.
Caule herbaceo erecto piloso-liispido, foliis breviter petiolatis
oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis remote serratis basi angus-
tatis supra glabriusculis subtus bispidulis, floralibus bractece-
formibus, calyce 2-3-plo longioribus coloratis, calyce fructifero
reflexo ovato subinfliito dente supremo ovato breviter decur-
rente, lateraUl)us ovatis breviter mucronatis, infimis longe
subulatis, filamentis edentulis.
Ocinium bracteosum. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 14.
Hab. In the fields of Lambsar in Senegambia. Leprieur and
Perottet.
This and the nine following plates illustrate some of the
genera of Ocimoidece, a tribe of Labiates consisting chiefly of
tropical species, and readily distinguished by their stamina, which
instead of ascending under the upper lip of the corolla in pairs
as in most Labiata, or spreading in all directions as in Mentho-
ideee, are turned downwards, and lie on the lower hp ; a circum-
stance which induced the older authors to consider the flowers
as resupinate. The anthers, moreover, sooner or later after
they have shed their pollen, open out into an orbicular or reni-
form apparently unilocular disk, the two cells being always con-
fluent. The genus Ocimum, as now limited, is distinguished
from others of the tribe by the decurrent margins of the upper
tooth of the calyx, the flat lower lip of the corolla, and from
Orthosiphon by the style bifid at the apex with pointed lobes
and minute or marginal stigmatic surfaces. 0. bracteosum be-
longs to the section Gymnocimum: in which the filaments are
entirely without appendages at the base. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. The same cut open. /. ;i. Calyx at
the maturity of the fruit. /. 4. Upper portion of the style.
/. 5. Anthers. /. 6. Carpel. /. 7- Seed :— all maijinijied.
7 C/?ZV/.
N. O. Labiatac.
TAB. CDLVI.
ACROCEPHALUS CAPITATUS.
Caule procumbente foliisque ovatis subglabris, calycis labio in-
feriore 4-dentato.
Prunella indica. Burm. Fl. Ind.p. 130.
Ocimum capitellatum. Linn. Mant. p. 276.
Ocimum capitatura. Roth, Nov. PI. Sp. 276.
Acrocephalus capitatus. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 23.
Hab. Common in moist situations over the greater portion of
East India, in the Burman Empire, in Java, and, according to
Willdenow, in China.
This little plant has much the appearance of an EschoUzia
and in some respects approaches that genus in character. The
decidedly declinate stamens have, however, placed it amongst
Ocimoidece, where, with a Javanese plant (probably a mere va-
riety) and a Madagascar species, distinguished by the entire
lower lip of the calyx, it forms a genus differing from Ocimum,
Geniosporum and Moschosma in the form of the calyx, and more
especially in inflorescence, and from all other Ocimoideai by the
all but regular corolla. The calyx is tubular, as in several Ge-
niospora ; but in the latter genus the lateral teeth are more or
less connected with the upper one into an upper lip, whilst in
Acrocephalus the four lower teeth form the lower lip, leaving the
upper tooth solitary. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Ripe calyx. /. 3. Corolla cut open.
f. 4. Upper portion of the style. /. 5. Bract. /. 6. Carpel : —
all magnified.
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N. O. Labiatac.
TAB. CDLVII.
Marsypianthes hyptoides.
lyptis Chamajdrys. Willd. Sjj. PL 3. p. 85. Poit. Ann. Mus.
Par. 7. jo. 468.
I. pseudochameedrys. Poit. Ann. Mus. Par. 7- 465).
li. inflata. Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 731.
J. lurida. Spreng. I. c.
klarsypianthes hyptoides. Mart, in Benth.Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 64.
Iab. a very common weed, especially near the sea, in the
greater part of tropical America, from Mexico to Guayaquil
on one coast, and to South Brazil on the other.
This species varies much in aspect, but the different forms
tan hardly be considered as distinct species. It constitutes
alone a genus, with the habit and general character of the
capitate Hyptides, but differing from them in the broadly cam-
panulate calyx, and especially in the very singular form of the
carpels, the margins of which are expanded into a membranous
wing, with the edges toothed and bent inwards, so as to give to
the whole carpel a kind of boat shape. The flower is precisely
that of a Hyptis. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Corolla cut open. /. 3, 4. Anthers.
/. 5. Upper portion of the style. /. 6. Mature calyx. /. 7- Fruit,
as enclosed in the calyx. /. 8. Single carpel viewed from behind.
/. 9. The same seen in front. /. 10. Section of the same : — all
magnified.
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TAB. CDLVIII.
HyPTIS VERTICILLATA.
Suffruticosa, ramis erectis pubescentibus v. pilosis, foliis bre-
viter petiolatis lanceolatis acutis serratis basi rotundato-
angustatis tenuissime pubescentibus^ verticillastris laxiusculis
plurifloris distinctis racemosis, calycis ovati glabri dentibus
erectis ovato-lanceolatis.
Hyptis verticillata. Jacq. Ic. Rar, 1. t. 1 13. Benth. Lab. p. 130.
Mentha hyptiformis. Lam. Diet. A. p. 110.
Stachys patens. Swartz.
Hab. Common on the roadsides, in various parts of the warmer
regions of Mexico, in St. Domingo, and perhaps some other
of the West Indian Islands.
The genus Hyptis, together with the small allied genera,
Peltodon, Marsypianthes, and Eriope, consists entirely of Ame-
rican species, and is readily known among OcimoidecB by the
pouch-shaped hanging lower division of the corolla, attached by
so narrow a base that it appears often almost articulate. It is
one of the most extensive in the Order, as there are above 220
species known ; most of them natives of the lower mountainous
regions of South America, and a few of them exceedingly com-
mon wherever cultivation has commenced under the tropics in
the new world and even in the old world, where they have pro-
bably been introduced by man. There is a very great diversity
in habit, but little in structure of the flower, in the different
species which have been distributed into nineteen sections
founded chiefly on inflorescence. The H. verticillata belongs
to the fifteenth section Minthidium, consisting of herbs or under-
shrubs, with the flower-cymes sessile or nearly so, many-flow-
ered, and condensed into verticillasters as in the majority of
Lahiatce, the calyx regular, the corolla scarcely protruding from
it, and the bracts inconspicuous. The species have thus
very much the appearance of Mentha, in everything but the
corolla and stamens. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. The same cut open. f. 3, 4. Anthers.
/. 5. Upper portion of the style. /. 6, 7. Carpels : — all magnified.
d
N. O. LabiattE.
TAB. CDLIX.
Orthosiphon rubicundus.
Caulibus ceespitosis basi foliosis ramosis, foliis oblongo-ovatis
grosse dentatis basi angustatis infimis petiolatis, superioribus
sessilibus, corollee tubo rectiusculo, calyce duplo longiore, fauce
subcEquali, staminibus corolla parum brevioribus.
Orthosiphon rubicundus. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 26.
Plectranthes rubicunda. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 116.
Lumnitzera rubicunda. Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. p. 223.
Hab. Along the mountainous regions of North India, from the
Kheesee Pass ? at the entrance of Deyra Dhoun {Royle), to
the Burmese territory. Wallich.
The genus Orthosiphon has much of the habit, the calyx, and
most of the characters of Ocimum ; but the tube of the corolla
is usually longer, and the ajjex of the style, instead of being
divided into two linear pointed lobes, is almost entire and capi-
tate, with a terminal stigmatic surface. The species are all
Asiatic or African, excepting a remarkable one, contained in the
South American herbarium transmitted by Pavon to the late
Mr. Lambert, but of which the precise station is as yet un-
known. Bent ham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Corolla cut open. /. 3, 4. Anthers.
/. 5. Upper portion of the style (represented too much flattened.)
/. 6. Mature calyx, f. 7. Fruit. /. 8. Single carpel. /. 9. Floral
leaf : — all magnified.
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TAB. CDLX.
Plectranthus ternifolius.
Tomentoso-villosus, caule erecto subraraoso, foliis ternatim ver-
ticillatis subsessilibus lanceolato-oblongis acuminatis serratis
basi cuneatis rugosis, paniculis ramosis densis pyramidatis
multifloris, calycibus fructiferis cylindrieis erectis striatis
sequaliter 5-dentatis.
Plectranthus ternifolius. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 11 7- Benth.
Lab. 44.
Ocimum temifolium. Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. p. 224.
Hab. On the roadsides, in the damp wooded regions along the
Himalaya, from Kamaon to the Burmese territory.
Plectranthus, one of the largest genera of Asiatic Ocimoidece,
is distinguished from Ocimum by the concave lower division of
its corolla, and from Coleus by the stamens not connected into
a tube. It varies in habit and calyx, as well as in the form of
the tube of the corolla, from which characters it has been di-
vided into seven sections. To these ought perhaps to be added
three more, Anisochilus, JEollanthus and Pycnostachys, genera
which have been founded merely upon peculiarities in the form
of the calyx. The P . ternifolius, along with a closely allied
South African species, forms the section Pyramidium ; charac-
terised by an erect, tubular or ovate, equally 5-toothed calyx (in
the fruit-bearing state), a straight corolline tube, and a dense
pyramidically paniculate inflorescence. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Corolla cut open. /. 3. Stamen.
/. 4. Anther seen from the back. f. 5. Upper portion of the
style. /. 6. Ovary. /. 7- Single carpel seen from the side: —
all magnified.
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Martians.
N. O. Labiatac.
TAB. CDLXI.
Erjope macrostachya.
I
Fruticosa, ramis pubescentibus villosisve, foliis petiolatis ovato-
lanceolatis acutis denticulatis basi rotundatis subcordatisve
rarius cuneatis rugosis utrinque villosis, panicula ampla ra-
mosa.
Eriope macrostachya. Mart, in Bcnth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 145.
Hab. Elevated Campos, and woods of the mining districts in
Brazil. Martins and others.
The essential character, derived from the corolla, is very
nearly the same in Eriope as in Hyptis, and the affinity with the
section Hypenia of that genus is certainly very close. Yet the
peculiar form of the mature calyx, bilabiate and closed at the
mouth with hairs, appears constant ; as is also the inflorescence,
the flowers being solitary and opposite as in Scutellaria, forming
leafless simple or paniculately branched racemes. There are
about fifteen species known, all Brazilian. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Calyx cut open. /. 3 . Corolla cut open.
/. 4, 5. Stamens. /. 6. Ovary and style : — all magnified.
Wallichianee.
N. O. Labiatee.
TAB. CDLXII.
Geniosporum strobiliferum.
Caule erecto ramoso, foliis subsessilibus ovato-oblongis v. ovato-
lanceolatis utrinque angustatis supra hispidulis subtus glabri-
usculis, verticillastris multifloris in apice ramorum spicatis
infirais subremotis, foliis floralibus ovatis acuminatis flores
superantibus, calycibus subsessilibus, fructiferis erectis striatis
basi transverse rugosis, ore membranaceo irregulariter 5-den-
tato.
Geniosporum strobiliferum. Wall, PL As. Rar. 2. p. 18. Benth.
Lab. p. 20.
Hab. In North India, along the whole range of the Himalaya.
The corolla of Geniosporum is the same as that of Ocimum
and Moschosma, but the upper lobe of the calyx is not large and
decurrent as in Ocimum, and Moschosma has a clavate style.
The habit of Geniosporum is different from that of any of the
allied genera. The verticillasters are dense and many-flowered,
the upper floral leaves and summits of the calyces are frequently
white or coloured, and the ripe calyx is usually marked with
transverse reticulations at its base. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Corolla cut open. /. 3. Anthers.
/. 4. Upper portion of the style. /. 5. Mature calyx. /. 6. Fruit.
/. ?• Single carpel: — all magnified.
7a A 6Z>lim
Sulzmanniarue.
N, O. LabiatcB.
TAB. CDLXIII.
Hyptis Salzmanni.
Fruticosa, ramis foliatis patentim pilosis, foliis petiolatis ovatis
obtusis eroso-crenatis rugosis pubescentibus subtus pallidis,
paniculalaxissima subnuda glaberrima glauca, ramis elongatis,
pedunculis filiformibus 1-3-floris, calycibus campanulatis ve-
nosis, dentibus sequalibus acutis, coroUse tubo calyce subduplo
longiore.
Hyptis Salzmanni. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp.p. 138.
Hab. Along the Rio San Francisco, from the province of Minas
Geraes to its mouth, and in various parts of the province of
Bahia.
This species belongs to the section Hypenia, remarkable for
its peculiar habit, the lower portion of the plant being invariably
clothed with long ' spreading hairs, whilst the panicle is always
perfectly smooth, and more or less glaucous. The inflorescence
approaches that of Eriope, and in some species the great length
of the tube of the corolla alters much the appearance of the
flower; yet these characters are so ill-defined and connected by
so many intermediate states with more ordinary forms of Hyptis,
that it would be highly inconvenient to adopt them as generic
distinctions. Many of the species are very handsome, with
scarlet flowers above an inch in length. Benthani.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Mature calyx. /. 3. Corolla cut open.
/. 4. Anther. /. 5. Upper portion of the style. /. 6. Fruit.
f. 7. Single carpel : — all magnified.
\
Wallichiame.
N. O. Labiatee.
TAB. CDLXIV.
Plectranthus scrophularioides.
Caule herbaceo erecto ramoso subglabro, foliis longe petiolatis
lato-ovatis crenatis basi rotundatis inaequaliter cordatis v.
subcuneatis, floralibus bracteisque minutis, paniculis laxis,
calycibus fructiferis declinatis profunde bilabiatis inflatis, labio
superiore adscendente tridentato inferiore concavo porrecto
breviter bidentato, dentibus omnibus obtusis, corollis inflatis
supra gibbis calyce subtriplo longioribus, staminibus exsertis.
Plectranthus scrophularioides. /Fall, PI. As. Rar. 2. p. 16.
Benth. Lab. p. 40.
Hab. North India, along torrents in Nepal and Kamaon.
Wallich.
The section of Plectranthus, to which this plant belongs, was
established by Schrader as a genus, under the name of Isodon ;
the teeth of the calyx, in the species which he described, being
nearly equal and scarcely bilabiate, even at maturity. The name,
having been thus applied, was adopted for the section, although
not so suitable to the majority of its species, in which the
calyx is more or less decidedly bilabiate. In the P. scrophu-
larioides it is deeply so. The true character of the section con-
sists in the lateral teeth of the calyx being more or less con-
nected with the upper one, not with the lower ones as in
Coleoides, in the want of that spur to the corolla which distin-
guishes Germanea and Melissoides, and the ripe calyx being de-
clinate, not erect as in Pyramidium and Amethystoides. Bentham.
Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Corolla cut open. /. 3. Mature calyx.
f. 4. Anther. /. 5. Upper portion of the style, f. 6. Fruit.
/. 7- Single carpel : — all magnified.
Gardneriance.
N. O. Aquifoliaceee.
TAB. CDLXV.
Ilex affinis. Gardn.
Glaberrima, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis supra
medium obtuse et distanter serratis inferne integerrimis,
racemis 2-3 axillaribus paniculatis densifloris, calyce glabro.
Ilex aflSnis. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3086.
Hab. In wooded ravines in the Serra de Natividade, province
of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840.
This species is nearly related to the Ilex Paraguayensis, (see
Journ. of Bot. Tab. I. and II.), but is readily distinguished,
both in the living and dried state, by its very thick coriaceous
leaves, which are also more obtusely and distantly serrated, and
less cuneated ; and by its more numerous and more densely
flowered racemes. This is the most northern species I have
met with in Brazil, and although not uncommon about the Villa
de Natividade, I have never seen its leaves collected to be made
into tea. In my Goyaz collections there is another species, with
much broader, shorter and nearly entire leaves, shorter and
fewer-flowered racemes, and with flowers nearly twice as large.
It may be characterized as follows:
Ilex rivularis ; glaberrima, foliis obovatis obtusis versus apicem
obscure crenato-serratis basi acutis, racemis 2-4 axillaribus
vix petiolo duplo longioribus, pedicellis unifloris, calyce
pubescente, drupis (siccis) 4-sulcatis.
Ilex rivularis. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3085.
Hab. In woods by the sides of streams near Villa de Natividade,
province of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840.
Frutex 10-15 pedalis, glaberrimus, ramulis pauce angulatis.
Folia 4-4 i poll, longa, 2 circiter lata. G. Gardner.
Fig. 1, 2. Flowers. /. 3. Pistil, and the corolla laid open : —
magnified.
laff. CMXV/.
Gardneriance.
N. O. Cliailletiaceee.
TAB. CDLXVI.
Tapura ciliata. Gardn.
Foliis oblongis obtusis versus basi subcuneatis supra glaber-
rimis subtus villosis margine revolutis dense villoso-ciliatis,
petiolis floriferis, floribus in glomerulum dense aggregatis
sessilibus.
Tapura ciliata. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3087-
Hab. Rare in dry, open woods between the Mission of Duro,
and Villa de Natividade, in the province of Goyaz, Brazil.
Januar)', 1840.
Arbor 12-16 pedalis ramosissima. Ramuli fusco-tomentosi.
Folia coriacea, alterna, petiolata, oblonga, obtusa, basi sub-
cuneata, supra glaberrima, subtus villoso-tomentosa, margine
revoluta, dense ciliata. Petioli breves, villosi, apice floriferi.
Stipulee parvse, triangulares, deciducB. Pedicelli cum petiole
concreti. Flares flavi, in apice petioli dense aggregati, ses-
siles. Calyx basi 3-bracteatus, 5-partitus, lobis inscqualibus,
ovatis, obtusis, villosis. Corolla gamopetala imo basi calycis
concreta, tubo intus villoso, limbo subbilabiato, labio superiore
2-lobo, lobis late obovatis emarginatis, inferiore 3-lobo, lobis
lineari-lanceolatis. Stamina 5.' Filamenta cum petalis cohsc-
rentia, iisdem alterna et aequilonga, 3 superiora antherifera,
2 inferiora sterilia. Antherce introrsaj, oblongas, biloculares,
longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus filiformis, villosus, exser-
tus. Stigma trilobum. Ovarium ovato-trigonum, triloculare.
This species of Tupura is very distinct from that figured by
Aublet at Tab. 48 of his Plant Guian., which has hitherto been
the only known species of the genus. The Brazilian one is
readily distinguished by its densely ciliated leaves, and the
greater number of its flowers. The structure of the corolla is
also different from that of the plant of Aublet. The upper lip
of the latter has only one lobe, and the lower two ; whereas in mine
the upper lip has two broad emarginate lobes, and the lower
three linear-lanceolate ones, nearly equal in length to the others.
In structure the present plant is truly gamopetalous, the filaments
forming the bond of union, and consequently alternating with
the segments. Aublet says : — " Filamenta 5, duo ad latera labii
superioris, duo breviora tubo corollse sub labio superiori,
quintum longissimum ad basin labii inferioris." Judging from
what is to be seen in my plant, I should imagine that Aublet
has not correctly defined the position of the stamina. —
G. Gardner.
Fig. 1. Single flower and bracteas. /. 2. Corolla laid open.
/. 3. Ovary, f. 4. Hypogynous gland : — magnified.
Ta7} ( JJEX VIJ.
Gardnmarw.
N. O. Filices.
TAB. CDLXVII.
Adiantum calcareum. Gardn.
Frondibus pinnatis glabris, pinnis dissimilibus, superioribus
dimidiatis subtriangularibus basi truncatis raargine superiore
incisis, inferioribus flabellatis profunde incisis, iaciniis emar-
ginatis basi acutis vel subcordatis, indusiis Isevibus, rachi
glabra apice seepe nuda elongata radicante.
Adiantum calcareum. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3551.
Hab. In clefts of calcareous rocks near Natividade, province
of Goyaz, Brazil. December, 1839.
Frondes fasciculataj. Stipes subpollicaris, atropurpureus, teres,
nitidus, subpaleaceus. Rachis teres, glabra, in apice frondis
saepe nuda, elongata, extremitate demum radicante. Frons
4-6 pollicaris, pinnata. Pinnce fere seniipollicares, alternse,
brevissime petiolatoe, superiores dimidiatae, subtriangulares,
basi truncatee, margine superiore incisee ; inferiores flabellatae,
profunde inciso-lobatse, Iaciniis emarginatis, basi acuta; vel
subcordatse. Vence radiatae, pluries furcatee, venulis parallelis.
Sori marginales, oblongi. Indusia oblonga, membranacea,
glabra.
This species of Adiantum comes near A. caudatum, Linn.,
but differs in being a much smaller plant, thinner in texture,
and smooth. The pinna; are also shorter, broader, more deeply
incised, and less recurved than they are in A. caudatum. The
fronds of both species are occasionally radicant at their
apices ; and sometimes the lower pinnae in A. caudatum assume
the rounded flabellate form, which in the present plant proceeds
half-way up the rachis. G. Gardner.
Fig. 1. Lower pinna. /. 2. Sorus; the indusium laid open: —
magnified.
Gardnerianee.
N. O. Gesneriaceae.
TAB. CDLXVIII.
ACHIMEXES MULTIFLORA. Gurdn.
Annua tota hirsuta erecta, foliis petiolatis oppositis ternisve
ovatis acutis basi obtusis argute subduplicato-serratis, pedun-
culis axillaribus 3-5 floris infimis elongatis suprerais subses-
silibus, calycis lobis linearibus erectis dense hirsutis, corollac
tubo infundibuliformi hinc basi gibbo, lobis rotundatis.
Achimenes multiflora. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3873.
Hab. On dry banks in woods on the Serra de Santa Brida,
and near Villa de Arrayas, in the province of Goyaz, Brazil.
Herba annua, tota hirsuto-villosa, pedalis. Caules sim-
plices. Folia 2^-3 poll, longa, pollicem circiter lata, oppo-
sita vel raro verticillata. Petioli 4-6 lineam longi. Pedunculi
axillares, 3-5 flori. Pedicelli erecti, corolla dimidio breviores.
Calijcis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis linea-
ribus obtusis. Corolla pallide purpurea, glabra, tubuloso-
infundibuliformis, basi postice hinc gibba, limbo irregulariter
bilabiato, 5-fido, lobo medio labii inferiore subdenticulato,
lobis reliquis integris rotundatis. Stamina 4 didynama,
antheris inter se coheerentibus. Annulus perigynus integer.
Stylus apice bifidus, lobis latis obtusis intus stigmatiferis.
Ovarium villosissimum.
The corolla of this pretty little plant is almost that of
Gloxinia, but the bifid stigma and entire annulus prove it
to be a species of Achimenes. It is probably allied to A. hirsuta,
DC, which is also Brazilian. G. Gardner.
Gardnerian