rece anf BoranicaL Macazine; el OR, Flower-Garden Difplayed: | | IN WHICH The moft Ornamental Forzten Piants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are accu rately reprefented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according to the celebrated Linn us ; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering : TOGETHER WITH THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE, ne WO OUR OK Intended for the Ufe of fuch Lapres, GENTLEMEN, and GARDENERS, as wifh to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. By WILLIAM COR fae Author of the Frora Lonpinensis, ¥ 30 tee i ** But fofter tafks divide Florella’s hours ; ** To watch the buds juft op’ning on the day ; * With welcome fhade to fcreen the languid flowers, ** That ficken in the fummer’s parching ray. ** Oft will the ftoop amidft her evening walk, «* With tender hand each bruifed plant to rear; ‘© To bind the drooping lily’s broken ftalk, s* And nurfe the bloffoms of the infant year.” Mrs. BARBAULD, — : ‘aie LONDON: PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN, For W. CURTIS, N° 3, St. George’s Crefcent, Black-Friars-Road ;_ And Sold by the principal Bookfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, M DCC xCVv, [ 28 ] i Convo.vutus Linzaris. NaARROW-_ Leavep Convo_vuLus. *. Se eee eee ed Cla/s and Order. PenTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.} Geaeric Charaéer. Corolla campanulata, plicata. Stigmata 2. Cap/. 2-locularis = | _ loculis difpermis. 2 i Specific Character. CONVOLVULUS J/inearis caulibus ereétis fruticofis, foliis: ~ linearibus acutis pilofo-fericeis, floribus. — terminalibus umbellato-paniculatis, caly- cibus pilofis. The plant here reprefented has long been cultivated as a — green-houfe plant in this country under the name of Convolvulus — Cantabrica, but it differs fo effentially from that plant, as figured ~ and defcribed by Prof. Jacquin in his Flora Aujftr. and | accords fo little with the other fpecies defcribed by Linn aus, — that we have been induced to regard it as a perfeétly diftin& — - fpecies; in moft points it agrees with Convolvulus Cneorum, but — _ differs in having leaves much narrower, more pointed, and — _ Tefs filky. 3 q It ftrikes moft readily from cuttings, isa hardy green-houfe — _ plant, and flowers during moft of the Summer, qualities which — many of the modern and more fhewy green-houfe plants — cannot boaft. a The precife time of its introdu€ion here, together with its A _ particular place of growth, we have not as yet been able — fatisfattorily to afcertain. Pub. by W Curler See: Croftert Feb 1 705 £290 a ; AMARYLLIS LuTEA. YELLOW AMARYLLIS. — Gesu bsebviibibikseiek Clafs and Order. | HexanpriA MonocyniaA. Generic CharaGer. Corolla hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta, declinata, inzequalia proportione vel direétione. Linn. Fil. Specific Character and Synonyms. AMARYLLIS Jutea fpatha indivifa obtufa, flore feffili, co- : rolla campanulata ereéta bafi breve tubulofa, — - ftaminibus ereétis, alternis brevioribus. Linn. — | . Fil. Ait. Kew. v. 21. p. 415. COLCHICUM luteum majus. Bauh. Pin. p. 69. _ NARCISSUS autumnalis major. The greater Autumne or ~ . Winter Daffodill. Park. Parad. p.77.75.f. 7+ — The Amaryllis lutea is a hardy perennial bulbous plant, a — _ native of Spain, and other of the more Southern parts of | Europe, and was cultivated in our Gardens in the time of Ge- — RARD, and ParKINSON. : Flora, who commences her revolutionary reign, by enlivening — the flower border with the Spring Crocus, and its*numerous © varieties, terminates it with flowers equally pleafing, and of © _ fimilar hues; thus we have the prefent plant, the Saffron Crocus, and the Colchicum, flowering nearly at the fame time, — from the end of September, through.Ottober, and fometimes — _ part of November. 7 Similar as the Amaryllis is to the yellow Spring Crocus, in © the colour, and form of its flowers, it differs obvioufly in the number of its ftamina, the breadth of ‘its leaves, and the fize - and colour of its root. : 3 Authors defcribe it as varying in fize, in the breadth of its — leaves, the height of its flowers, and multiplication of the Corolla. 7 ee. a The Dutch Florifts export it under the title of yellow Colchicum, following the name of fome of the old writers. It fucceeds beft in a foil moderately moift, in which it increafes confiderably by offsets, and flowers to the moft _ advantage when the roots have remained for fome few years — undifturbed in the fame fpot. : ; f ao) sr. Oat il I Lub by Wlurtes 5° Geo. Crofeent™ Feb. 1 1795 ftigma, without any intervening flyle; this germen fwells, turns. downward, and ultimately becomes the feed-veffel, rarely ripening in this country. Mixter obferves, that thefe plants are with difficulty pre- ferved in England, for they delight to grow in crevices of rocks, and the joints of old walls and ruins, and always thrive beft in an horizontal pofition; fo that when they are planted either in pots or the full ground, they rarely we sit though they may be kept alive for many years. It flowers in May and June, and is ufually railed from feeds. Mr. Aiton regards it as a green-houfe plant, and informs us that it was cultivated by Grrarpi in 1596. oy iy aa ey ee [ 291 ] Capparis Spinosa. The Carer Surus. — A eeniuiublsbikbebeei ' Cla/s and Order. Po.tyanpria Monocynia. _ Generic Charaier. 4 Cal. 4-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala 4. Stamina longa, — Bacca - corticofa, unilocularis, pedunculata. : Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. : ; CAPPARIS /pinofa pedunculis unifloris folitariis, ftipulis fpi- nofis, foliis annuis, capfulis ovalibus. Linn. Sy/. _ Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. p. 487. Ait Kew.v. 2. p. 221. CAPPARIS /pino/a fru€tu minore, folio rotundo. Bauh, Pit. Pp: 480. oe e We are happy in having it in our power to lay before our _ readers a reprefentation of the Caper fhrub, whofe bloffoms are : rarely feen in this country, though its flower-buds are in very — general ufe as a pickle; indeed, fo great is their confumption, — that they form a very confiderable article of commerce. : The plant grows fpontaneoufly in the more fouthern parts of — Europe, efpecially in Italy and the Levant; in its wild ftate — the part fo confpicuous in the centre of the flower was the ftyle _ terminated by the ftigmain the ufual way; but if we trace — PS this part of the flower to a more advanced ftate, we fhall per- ceive, that what we took for the ftyle, was merely an elonga- - tion of the flower-ftalk, and what we took for the ftigma, was 4 in reality the germen placed on it, crowned with a minute — _ ftigma, — Pub. by Wlurtis S“Ceo: Crofeent Hab Yi : | e292 | j PASSERINA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT FLOWERED PASSERINA,. ; SSSR aininiiee Cla/s and Order. OcTANDRIA Monocynta. Generic Charaéer. Cal. 0. Cor? 4-fida. Stamina tubo impofita. Sem. 1. corticatum. — Specific Charafler and Synonyms. PASSERINA grandiflora glaberrima, foliis oblongis acuti : concavis extrinfecus rugofis, floribus termina libus feffilibus folitariis. Linn. Suppl. Pl. p.226 The Pafferina here figured, diftinguifhed from all th _ other known fpecies by’ the largenefs of its flowers, is — _defcribed in the Suppl. Pl. of the younger Linnaus, but — -- not enumerated in the Hortus Kewenfis of Mr. A1ton: it] indeed a plant recently introduced to this country from th _ Cape; we faw it laft Summer in great perfeétion, at Meffrs Lez and Kennepy’s, Hammerfmith; it forms a {mall neat _ fhrub, fomewhat like the Phylica ericoides, is a hardy green- _ houfe plant, flowering in May and June, and increafed withou _ difficulty from cuttings. — Pub. by W Curtes S° Ceo Crofcent Mart. 795 ¢ 292 Le J ; CATANANCHE CARULEA. BLUE : CATANANCHE. VERVE ee RY Y TEESE TE EEE eae ER EE ae ae aE aE a ad Clafs and Order. SYNGENESIA PoLtycaMiaA /ALQUALIS. Generic Charaé&er. Recept. paleaceum. Cal. imbricatus. Pappus ariftatus, caliculo 5 feto. ] Specific Character and Synonyms. CATANANCHE caerulea fquamis calicis inferioribus ovatis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Mur?t. p. 722. Ait, Kew. v. 3. p. 134. a CHONDRILLA cerulea cyani capitulo. Baub. Pin. 130. — The Catananche cerulea is a native of the South of France, — where it grows in hilly fituations that are ftony: it is a peren _ nial herbaceous plant, moderately hardy, and has long been - cultivated in our gardens, Mr. Arron fays, by Parkinson in 1640: Mixvex, who treats of it in his Diétionary, defcribe it as a pretty ornament to a garden, and one that is eafily kep within bounds; there is certainly much about it to excite our admiration, more efpecially in the ftruéture of the calyx. and the florets: the flowers, which are of a pale blue colour with a dark eye, make their appearance from July to Oftober. It is propagated by feeds, which Mitier recommends to be fown in the Spring; the feedlings fhould be tranfplanted in the Autumn, into the borders where they are to remain it may alfo be increafed by flips: the plant requires a fituation moderately dry, and is moft produétive of flowers and feeds when it ftands long in one fpot. Inthe 14th edit. of the Sy/fema Vegetab. of Prof. MURRAY) _ mention is made of a variety with double flowers, which we — believe has not been feen in this country, oe fae J? 4) 2Y3 7 in ¢ Pub. be W Curics S Ceo. Crefeen ¢ Mar 1 Wt ct ever fince, there they are propagated in the open borders of the flower-garden with the leaft poffible trouble, flowering moft readily, but we believe never producing any ripe feeds; from thence moft of the roots which flower with the curious here, are yearly imported in the Autumn. In Guernfey, the cold of the Winter is far lefs intenfe than with us; many of thofe plants which we keep in our green- houfes, Rand with them in the open ground; the fuperior mildnefs of the climate enables them to cultivate this plant with more fuccefs than we can do, even perhaps with all the expence and trouble to which we might fubjeét ourfelves ; to ~fuch, however, whofe fituations may be favourable, and who may be fond of making experiments, we recommend the perufal of Farrcurixip’s Direétions,-a praétical Gardener of great ingenuity, and who appears to have had much expe- rience in the culture of this plant*. | It is ufual to plant the imported bulbs in pots of fand, or light loam, as foon as they arrive, and place them in the parlour window, or green-houfe; they bloflom in September and Oftober; the flowers, which continue about a month in per- fe€tion, are inodorous, but make up for that deficiency by the fuperior fplendour of their colours: Dr. Douvcuass thus defcribes them, each flower when in its prime looks like a fine gold tiffue wrought on a rofe-coloured ground, but when it begins to fade and decay, it looks more like a filver tiffue, or what they call a pink colour: when we look upon the flower in full fun-fhine, each leaf appears to be ftudded with thou- fands of little diamonds, fparkling and glittering with a moft furprifing and agrecable luftre; but if we view the fame by candle-light, thefe numerous fpecks or fpangles look more like fine gold duft. - Both Kamprer and Tuunsere agree, that the Japanefe regard the root as poifonous. | _* “ They love alight earth, made with dung and fand, and a little lime rubbifh with ** at does very well, it keeps the roots found ; for if the earth be too ftiff or wet, you may “‘ keep them for many years before they blow. If they are in pots, they fhould be put in “' the houfe in Winter, to keep them from the fevere frofts, which are apt to rot the roots. The time of moving them is when they have no leaves on the root, that is from June to “* Auguft: thofe that come with fix leaves this year, feldom fail blowing the next year: “ they need not be put in frefh earth above once in two or three years: by this method of *“ management I have had the fame roots blow again in four years time. The many mif- ‘* carriages that happen to the Guernfe Lily, are by letting the leaves be killed by the ** fercenefs of the froft in Winter, or y cutting them off, as fome people do, when they “* are’green, which will fo much weaken the plants, that they may keep them twenty ** years and not have them blow; by the above management, where there is a flock, there ~ ‘* will be continually fome blowing. es ‘“* Mizier recommends for theie roots the following compoft: Take a third-part of “ $reth virgin earth from a.pafture-ground which is light, then put near an equal part of ** fea-fand, to which you fhould add rotten dung and fifted lime rubbifh, of each an equal 6s quantity.” ; ¥ = : The great bufinefs in the culture of this flower, next to a proper foil and fituation, feems to confift in giving the plant -as much air as poffible, and in preferving the foliage _ in the. Winter from the injury of frof, [ 294 J ; AMARYLLIS SARNIENSIS. GUERNSEY AMARYLLIS, . | SHS Sassen easbik ' Clafs and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynia,: Generic Charaéfer. a Cor. hexapetaloidea irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta — declinata inaqualia proportione vel direGione, Linu. fil Ait. Kew. p. 415. : Specific Character and Synonyms, AMARYLLIS /arnienjis, petalis linearibus planis, ftaminibus :. piftillogue reétiufculis corolla longioribus,— _ ftigmatibus partitis revolutis, Linn. fil. Ait. — Kew. v. 1. p. 420. Thunb. Fap. p. 1316 LILIUM farnienfe. Dougl. Monogr. 1. 1, 2. NARCISSUS japonicus rutilo flore. Corn. Canad. Kempf. Amen, p. 872. Fo : be ae The Guernfey Lily, as it is moft commonly called, is ori- ginally a native of Japan; where it is defcribed to grow by - Kemprer and Tuunsenc, who vifited that ifland, the latter fays on the hills about Nagafaki, from thence roots are faid to have been introduced to the garden of Jonannes Morinus at Paris, in which it flowered, Oftober 1634 : its introduétion to this country, which was fubfequent to that date, as Dr. Douctass relates in his Monographia on this plant, “ happened “ by avery fingular melancholy accident, of which Dr. Mo- “ R1son, who no doubt had it from fome perfons then refiding in Guernfey, gives us the following account: A Dutch or “ Englifh fhip, it is uncertain which, coming from Japan, — ‘with fome of the roots of this flower on board, was caft “ away on the ifland of Guernfey; the roots were thrown upon . Lis “ a fandy fhore, and fo by the force of the winds and waves, “ were foon buried in fand; there they remained for fome _ “ years, and afterwards, to the great furprife and admiration “ of the inhabitants, the flowers appeared in all their pomp “ and beauty.” Some of thefe foon made their appearance in — this country: Mr. Arron relates, that the plant was cultivated here in 1659, by General Lamar, at Wimbledon. ; Fatal as Guernfey proved to the unfortunate mariners, it afforded the roots of our plant a foil and fituation apparently congenial to their own; in that ifland they have flourifhed : ever Sth Av W Curtis i" Feo Crefcent Mar + 1705 of 065) ‘Acrostemma Catt Rosa. Smooru-Leav'’p — Cockir, or Rose CAMPION. ddiddibiebiebiniek on Clafs and Order. DecANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Charaiter. Cal. 1-phyllus, coriaceus. Pefa/a 5 unguiculata: limbo obtufo indivifo. Cap/. 1 locularis. ; Specific Charaéier and Synonyms. . AGROSTEMMA Ceili rofa glabra, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, — petalis emarginatis coronatis. Linn. Sy/l. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 435. Ait. Kew. Vv. 2” p. 116. LYCHNIS fegetum, Nigellaftrum minus glabrum di@ta, flore | : . eleganter rubello. Morif. Hift. 2. p. 543+" Naf gg. t.88. J ot5 ; LYCHNIS pfeudomelanthiis fimilis africana glabra angufti folia. Herm, Leyd. 391. t. 393- aan Mr. Aiton informs us in his Hortus Kewenjfis, that the charming annual here figured, the livelinefs of whofe colours no paint can exprefs, was cultivated by MiLuLeR in 17393 feeing it is a plant of fuch beauty, and honoured with {o_ diftinguifhed an appellation, it is fingular that it fhould not by this time have made its way more generally into our gardens. _ The Cockle of our corn-fields is an ornamental plant, the prefent fpecies refembles it ; but, while the plant itfelf is much {maller, its flowers are proportionably larger, and their colours more vivid. ane It is an annual of ready growth, a‘native of Sicily and the” Levant, flowering in July and Auguft, and ripening its feeds in September and O&ober. i 4 ___ It appears to’ moft advantage when feveral plants of it grow together; the beft mode, therefore, is to fow about a dozen — feeds early in April on the feveral fpots of the flower-border where you intend they fhall remain; no other care is neceflary than to keep the plants free from weeds and vermin. — _ ‘The Agr. Celi rofa of Miller's Gard. Dig. ed. 6. 4te, is th coronaria. = A / "206 Puls by W. Crrtrs S0 Cee: Crefeent Apr 11795. | [ 296 J | SEMPERVIVUM TortTuOoSUM. GouTY aos te OU SE LB EK: SHES nSeidediebie Cla/s and Order. DoDECANDRIA DODECAGYNIA. * Generic Chara@er. - — Cal. 12-partitus. Petalai2. Cap/ule 12 polyfperme. Specific Charader. — SEMPERVIVUM fortuofum foliis obovatis fubtus gibbis vil lofis, ne€tariis bilobis. Ast. Kew. v. 2- ? 148. _ We know of no figure of this plant, the firft and only ac- count of which is to be found in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Aiton there it.is {pécifically defcribed, and from thence we difcove that it was introduced from the Canary Iflands, where it is a native, by Mr. Masson, in 1779. 3 It isa fhrubby plant of low growth, producing numerou flefhy leaves growing thickly together, which being evergreen, and making a pretty appearance the year through, render the plant worthy a place in all general colleéions at leaft, © _ greenhoufe plants; and though it cannot vie with many of the _ more fhewy high-priced novelties, it is an abiding plant, not fubje& to cafualties, while many of thofe are here to day and _ gone to morrow. “It throws up its flowering ftems, fupporting numerous ftarry, ftonecrop-like flowers, in July and Auguft, and is molt _ readily propagated by cuttings. ' It is one of thofe fpecies of Houfeleek which conneé the genera Sedum & Sempervivum, é fo) Nye Pub by W Curtis S! Geo Crefient Apr ¢. 1795 Pub by WCurts S bw Creient-Apr 7 1995 Ci a shea i . sre of which words Parxinson’s are almoft a literal tranflation ‘* of a ee Ei 1997 sod DianTHus SuperBus. Supers Pink. - SHS ScubiSbebibion Clafs and Order, % Decanpria DiIGYNIA, Generic Charager. Cal. cylindricus, 1-phyllus: bafi fquamis 4.. Petala 5 ungui- culata, Cap/. cylindrica, 1-locularis. | Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. DIANTHUS /uperbus floribus paniculatis: {quamis calycinis brevibus acuminatis, corollis multifido-capillari- ’ «bus, caule ere€to. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 418. ; CARYOPHYLLUS fimplex alter, flore laciniato odoratiffimo. Bauh. Pin. 210. ; CARYOPHYLLUS plumarius Auftriacus five fuperba Auf- triaca. The feathered Pinke of Auftria. Park. Parad. p. 316. 4. 3 (Perec Many of the plants of this genus diffufe an agreeable odour, which renders them moft defirable objefts for the flower- garden : this quality the prefent fpecies poffeffes in a fuperior — “gree to moft others; a few of its flowers communicate to a nolegay a delicate and moft delicious fmell, or placed in a vial of water they will even fcent a fmall apartment*: it 1s to regretted, however, that the bloffoms, unlefs placed in water, from their extreme ‘delicacy, flag foon after they are gathered, gee : * This fragrance has been noticed by all the old authors who have treated of the Plant : Crusrus defcribes the flowers as /uaviffimi odoris et é longinquo nares fragrant fent, comforting the fpirits and fenfes afarre off.” It may be doubted whether the Dianthus /uperbus of Miller's Did. ed. 6.. 4i0. be our plant; if it be, the defcription is not drawn‘up with that accuracy which diftinguifhes his defcrip- tions in general; the mode of culture, however, which he recommends is ftriétly applicable to it, as the plant rarely continues in vigour more than two years, and as it is in its _ greateft beauty the firft year of its flowering, he recommends that young plants fhould be annually raifed for fucceffion from feeds, which are plentifully produced ; the feeds of this plant ought therefore to be kept in the fhops with annuals and bi- ennials, = : The Dianthus fuperbus is a native of Germany, Switzer- ‘land, France, and Denmark: Ctusivus found it growing in the moift meadows about Vienna, and on the borders of woods adjoining to fuch, witlr fome of its flowers white, others purplifh; Parxinson defcribes them of thefe two colours, but fays the moft ordinary with us are pure white, which is contrary to what we now find them: they are rarely produced before Auguft, from which period they will continue fre- quently to bloffom till O€ober. - The Spring is the beft time for fowing its feeds; the plants require no very nice or particular treatment. i —ORIGANUM DiGammus foliis inferioribus tomentofis, fpicis here figured, has long been known in’ this country as a medi- when bruifed, the whole plant gives forth an aromatic fragrancé, , highily grateful; as an ornamental plant, it has alfo been long : _ whofe Herbal was printed in 1568, writes thus concerning! _“ naturally, but it groweth no where ellis that I know tained of a greenhoufe, the plant muft have been cultivated i _ the open ground, where it would doubtlefs grow readily, if _ cured from the feverity of the weather, it being more hard _ than many plants ufually kept in greenhoufes. CL 298 J Orricanum Dicramnus. DITTANY oF a CRETE. De ee ee ee eo | Cla/s and Order. a - DrpynAamra GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Charafer. Strobilus tetragonus, fpicatus, calyces colligens. Specific Charafer and Synonyms. _nutantibus. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Mart. fp: 541. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 311. Dittany of — Candia. ; DICTAMNUS creticus. Bauh. Pin. p. 222. By the name of Dittany of Crete, the fpecies of Origanum cinal plant; to the purpofes of phyfic it ftill indeed continues — to be applied, as imported in a dried ftate from the Levant and is now, very generally cultivated in this country. TurNeR “ J have fene it growynge in England in Maifter Riches gar | “ faving only in Candy.” As at this period no idea was entet- This plant is at all times ornamental, but more particul fo when in flower, in which ftate it appears during moft of the fummer and autumnal months. ; It is ufually increafed by cuttings, which ftrike readily. bs Pca ‘ ’ : F. HerMAnniA ALNiroLiA. ALDER-LEAVED q - HERMANNIA. — Sealer ah eee eae ee Clafs and Order. MonaADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Generic Charader. y Pentagyna. Cap/. 5-locularis. Peta/a bafi femitubulata, obliqua. q _ Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. HERMANNIA aluffolia foliis cunciformibus lineatis plicatis : ‘crenato-emarginatis. Lizz. Sy/t. Vegetab. ede te . 14. Murr. p. 610. Ait. Kew. v. 2. fp. 41% _ ARBUSCULA africana tricapfularis ononidis verne fingularl 2 folio. Pluk. Mant. 14. t. 239. f. 1. : ts 8 ’ Hermannia is a genus of plants named in honour of Dr - Pau. Herman, a Dutch Botanift of great celebrity, author of the Paradifus Batavus, and other valuable works: twenty- fix fpecies are enumerated in the 13th edition of the Syf- Nature of Linnaus by Prof. Gmrzin, and eight in the — Horius Kewenfis of Mr. Atton ; moft of thofe inthe latter work are cultivated in the nurferies near town: they form a fet of thé more hardy greenhoufe plants, grow readily, and flowef freely ; their blofioms are for the moft part yellow, and have a confiderable affinity with thofe of the Maberuia. e The prefent fpecies flowers very early in the: fpring, from February to May, producing a great profufion of bloom ‘during that period; is a native’ of the Cape, and was culti- vated by Mr. Mitter, ini728. : It rarely ripens its feeds with us, but is readily increafed by cuttings. pag : | _ The nurferymen near town regard this plant as the grofit- 4 larifolia of Linn £us, calling another, equally common {pecies, with longer and narrower leaves, aluifolia, and which does 1 appear to be defcribed by Linnaus or mentioned by Mr+ -Atron; our plant accords exaétly with the Linnean defcrip-. tion of a/nifolia, and there is we think no doubt of its being the aluifolia of the. Hortus Kewenfis, and Mr. Mitiex’s Didionary> - ce) 299 Lud by Wlurts Seo ¢ refeert Mays, W7g5 | a ele : GNAPHALIUM Eximium. GIANT CUDWEED. _ Seseaeae fete leat dates sieile eteaeae Clafs and Order. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. - Generic Charaéer. Recept. nudum, Pappus plumofus vel capillaris. Ca/. imbricatus, {quamis marginalibus rotundatis, {cariofis, coloratis. Ro Specific Charafer and Synonyms. ~GNAPHALIUM eximium foliis feffilibus ovatis confertis — ereGtis tomentofis, corymbo feffili. Linn — Mant. Pl. p. 573. Syft. Nat. ed. 13. Gmel, ELYCHRYSUM africanum foliis lanceolatis integris tomen- tofis decurrentibus, capitulis congeftis ex rubello aureis. Edw. Av. ¢. 183. a In the fummer of 1794, towards the end of July, the Gna phalium here figured, the moft magnificent and fhewy*of all the fpecies hitherto introduced to this country, flowered in great perfeclion at Meflrs. Les and Kiennepy’s, Hammer- fmith: Mr. Lex informs me, that he raifed it from feeds given him by Capt. Witt1am Parerson, author of a Nar- rative of four journeys into the country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria, and who has moft laudably exerted himfelf in intro- ducing many new and interefting plants to this country ; this gentleman aflured Mr. Lez, that the plant was found in 4 wild flate, five hundred miles from the Cape, on the borders of the Caffre country, from whence the natives bring bundles of the dried plant to the Cape as prefents; in this ftate the — plant has long fince been imported from that fertile coaft: if we miftake not, a {pecimen of this fort is figured in PetiveR$ works, and a coloured reprefentation is given of it in Enwarps$ Hiftory of Birds, taken from a dried plant, brought from the Cape, by Capt: Isaac Worth, in 1749. a The plants we faw were about afoot and a half high, the ftalks fhrubby, and but little branched; the foliage and - flowers as reprefented on the plate. be Several of the Gnaphaliums it is well known are liable to be — killed by moifture, efpecially in the winter feafon; during — that time, this plant in particular, fhould be kept as dry 3 — _ poffible, and, if convenient, on a fhelfpfeparate from the othet — plants of the greenhoufe ; when it is neceffary to give it watel —~ it fhould never come iin conta& with the foliage or flowers: — with thefe precautions it may be kept very well in a goo® © greenhoufe, in which it fhould remain, even during fummer It may be raifed from feeds, and alfo from cuttings. a Ss eS te ae : We : sists a ee aio aa lene ae ve i - Bs femaeenmta pees atr hss rte ~ Ma yr db A 078 ‘Z ae C: fp 2 Pa: 2b by W lu 2, [ gor ] MELIANTHUS Minor, SMALL MELIANTHUS, © or HonEY-FLOWER. Jed HEH HPHe eer Clafs and Order. DipYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Generic Chara&er. ' Cal. x-phyllus: folio inferiore gibbo. Petala 4: ne€ario infra infima. Cap/. 4-locularis. Specific Charater and Synonyms. “MELIANTHUS minor ftipulis geminis diftinétis, Linn. Syf, Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. p. 581. Ait. Kew. 3 2. p. 368. 3 MELIANTHUS africanus minor foetidus, Comm. rar. 4. t. 4 There are few flowers that do not fecrete from fome kind of — a glandular fubftance, honey, or ne€tar, to a greater or fmaller - amount; in thofe of the prefent genus, this liquid is particularly» abundant, even dropping from the flowers of the major, in confiderable quantity ; in the prefent fpecies it flows not fo copioufly, but is retained in the lower part of the bloffom, and is of a dark brown colour, an unufual phenomenon. 4 There are only two fpecies of this genus defcribed, the majt — and the minor, both of which are cultivated in our nurferiess the major is by far the moft common, the moft hardy, and the — moft ornamental plant; its foliage indeed is peculiarly elegant? ~ this fpecies will fucceed in the open border, efpecially ifs placed at the foot of a wall with a fouth or fouth-weft afpel, taking care to cover the root to a confiderable depth with rot- _ ten tan in fevere frofts: the minor is always kept in the green- _ houfe, in which, when it has acquired a certain age, it flowers — regularly in the fpring, and conitantly fo, as far as we have — obferved of the plants in Chelfea Garden; Mr. Arron faysiD _ Auguft, and Comme in the fummer through, : The Melianthus minor grows to the height of three, four, five feet ; its ftem, which is fhrubby, during the flowering feafon — is apt to exhibit a naked appearance, haying fewer leaves 0D it at that period, and thofe not of their full fize; but this — perhaps, may in fome degree be owing to the plant’s beiMg — placed at the back of others. = The foliage when bruifed has an unpleafant fmell, 4 It is anative of the Cape, and, according to Mr. Arto™ was cultivated by the Duchels of Beauroat, in 17083 ® propagated readily by cuttings, ita. - peneagieean toy a) Ah 401 rt : py + : Ate Lub, by Wlurtis SG 66 recent sune 1.1793. & ~ afhrub of quick growth, and a ready blower: a plant of it a _ produced ripe pods, and perfeét feeds, In the greenhoule 4 It is firft deferibed by Dr. Smits, in the Tranfaétions of - under our notice have not accorded exattly with thofe he has -undulated; and though thofe of an individual plant may have -prefented {uch an appearance, we are perfuaded they do not 40 [ 302 |] | | Mimosa MyrtiroLia. Myrrie-LeaveD — oe Mimosa. | AHH Cla/s and Order. Poryanpris Monocynia. Generic Charager. ? Flores mere mafculi reliquis interfiti. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cots ia g-fida aut o. Stamina 4-locularis. Legumen. Linn, Syf. ‘ Nat. ed. 13. Gmel, , Specific Charaéter. MIMOSA myrtifolia foliis ovato-lanceolatis obliquis undulatis acuminatis margine cartilagineis: primordialibus pinnatis. Smith Tranf. Linn, Soc. v. 1. p. 952+ ‘ The feeds of this fpecies of Mimofa having been fent over — in plenty, with fome of the firft vegetable produ€tions of New — South-Wales, and growing readily, the plant has been raifed ; by many cultivators in this country; Mr. Hoy, gardener te a the Duke of NortaumsBertanp, produced a fpecimen of it — in flower at a meeting of the Linnean Society in 17903 it 8 in the ftove of Chelfea~Garden has this year (May 10, 1795) where it flowers from February to April, the bloffoms go of without fhewing any tendency to produce fruit, a the Linnean Society; the leaves in the plants that have fallen defcribed, having neither been of a glaucous green‘ coloul, according to the ufual acceptation of that term, nor very much fo generally when growing and in good health. , __ The foliage 1s ufually edged with red, and the flowers af fragrant. = aS Seer \ * ub, by Wn Curtar SL bo f rofcert Sitvel. UGS ee PP - NES . the plant; the flowers are about an inch and a quarter in. length, inflated below, and contratted above into a long narrow neck, dilating again fo as to form a kind of knob, in which the anther are contained, juft below the limb, which divides _ into four fomewhat ovate obtulé fegments, the upper fide of thefe fegments is of a very pale fleth colour, the under fide of them as well as the dilated part juft below them bright red, the body of the flower flefh colour, marked with eight longitudinal ftripes, of a deeper hue; filaments eight, anthere within the tube; ftyle projecting about the eighth of an inch | beyond the corolla; fligma, a round glutinous head, = The flowers as they decay become of a deeper red colour, { and finally pale brown, {till retaining their form and appear- ing to advantage ;—hitherto the plant has produced no feeds here, is increafed with difficulty either by cuttings or layers, but with moft certainty in the latter way. . : nae a7 Deen . A Cararocue of Heatus, cultivated and fold by - Ricnuarp WruiiaMs, at his Nurlery, Yurnbam- Green, Middlefex. ; er = 6 ae oon, * formofa. planifolia. ? * abietina, — ‘jive 32: pee es * Plukenetii. ; ~. albens, «| *- grandiflora. pubefcens. * ampullacea, * halicacaba. pyramidalis. : arborea. herbacea. quadrjflora. : var. fquarrofa, | incarnata. _Tamentacea. ¥ articularis, © 2 incana. =~ regerminans. ‘ 3 auftralis, : lateralis. {coparia. baccans. lutea. — * feffiliflora, © * Bankfii, * mammofa. * fimpliciflora. _« Canefcens, — vars fl. purp. | * Sparrmanni. , ‘Capitata. -margaritacea, * fpicata. caffra. var. fl. rubro. | __ ftri¢ta. cernua, marifolia. taxifolia. ; _ * cerinthoides. mediterranea. _ : Tetralix. . ; _ Cinerea. : * Maffor$. —— var. fi. albo. ——— var. fl. albo. "minima. : thymifolia. ciliaris. i ‘ * monadelphia. : triflora. * coccinea. © | * Monfoniana. : yar. fl. albo. comofa. ? a : mucofa. 2 _| * tubiflora. =~ var, fl. rubro. multiflora. umbellata. _ * confpicua, ° “9 yar. fl.albo. | — urceolaris. - corffolia. ~ mufcari. vagans. * cruenta. * nudiflora. * yentricofa. cubica. arviflora. | * verficolor. * curviflora. | | * Patterfoni. * verticillata. _ denticulata, > perfoluta. * veftita. E * difcolor, yar, fl. rubro. | -virgataa late 4: > * Petiveri. oe vulgaris. Ft * : wegute ee eee : phyfodes. ~ vars fl. “ se, icularis. — | * pinifolia. Se we 3S ; ~ NB. Thofe Searked with an ofterife have tubular flowert. tk ee Ertca AMPULLACEA. FLasx HEATH. AE ERTS TE AE ERIE EERIE Clafs and Order. ~ Ocranvoria Monocyntia, ae ES Generic Charaéter. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Antheré apice bifid, pertufe. CGup/ 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polyfperma. Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 4 ERICA ampullacea foliis ciliatis mucronatis, bra€tais coloratis, ‘floribus umbellatis fubquaternis ere¢to-patentibus, {tylo exferto. The Erica here figured has fome affinity in the form of its flowers to the EF, vensricofa, as thefe in their fhape refemble a flafk or bottle, efpecially of that kind in which water is ufually kept, we have named it ampullacea ; it is of very modern in- troduétion. : ee : On the iith of June 1784, we had the pleafure to fee a fmall plant of this fpecies in flower, with Mr. Wittrams, Nurferyman, Turnham-Green, an unwearied and ingenious _ cultivator of this beautiful tribe of plants in particular, the richnefs of whofe colleétion will appear in the fubfequent lifts by him it was raifed from Cape feeds, though not more than the height of ten inches, it produced eighteen branches, moft of which put forth flowers at their fummits ; we counted fixty- fix bloffoms on this fmall plant. | : The leaves are fhort, linear, fomewhat triangular, rigid, - 3 edged with fine crooked hairs, very vifible when magnified, and terminating in a mucro or point, on the older branches recurved and moftly eight-rowed; each branch ‘is ufually ter- minated by four or five flowers, at firft growing clofely to- gether, and covered fo ftrongly with a glutinous fubftance, _as to look as if varnifhed, and which is fo adhetive as to catch ants and fmall flies; as the flowering advances, they feparate more widely from each other, and finally a young branch — grows out of the centre from betwixt them; the true calyx iS compofed of four lanceolate leaves, fiting clofe to and glued agit were to the corolla; befides thefe, there are feveral other leaves; which might be miftaken for thofe of the calyx, but which may with more propriety be called Bra&ez or Floral- leaves ; fome of thefe, like the calyx, are wholly red, others red and green mixed together, and broader than the eae .. - Ae SAA CS NM 4, ee *~ Lub. by Wears S600 Gofient June! 1795 : [ 304 J HeERMANNIA LAVENDULIFOLIA. LAVENDER LEAVED HERMANNIA. ERE ERE EER ie ee Clafs and Order. MoNADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Generic Charaéer. Pentagyna. Cap/. 5-locularis, Pefa/a bafi femitubulata, obliquas Specific Character and Synonyms. HERMANNIA Javendulifolia foliis lanceolatis obtufis inte- gerrimis. Linn. Sy/?. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p- 611. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 413. HERMANNIA frutefcens folio Lavendulz latiore et obtufo q flore parvo aureo Born. Dill. Hort. Elil. t, 149. + The Hermannia here figured is a plant of humble growths 4 forming a {mall bufhy fhrub, a foot or a foot and a half im _ height, and producing numerous flowers thinly feattered ovef _ the branches, the greateft part of the fummer;, it is this difpo- fition which it has of flowering fo freely, that renders it 3 defirable plant for the greenhoufe, in which it is commonly 4 _ kept, and of which it is an old inhabitant. Dirxrenivs has figured it in his admirable work the Horl#s * _ Elthamenfis, publifhed in 1732 ; hence we learn that it Wa cultivated in Mr. SHerarp’s celebrated garden at Eltham , prior to that date. It is a native of the Cape, and is readily increafed by a cuttings. Pub. by We Curtis SO Gee Crofient July 1795: | E35 | AMARYLLIS EQuESTRIS. BARBADOES AMARYLLIS, or LiLy. sealed desea seeded seats sae Cla/s and Order. HexanpDria MonoGyYNIA. Generic CharaGer, , Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Fi/amenta fauci tubi inferta, declinata, ineequalia proportione vel dire€tione. Linn, fil. Specific Charaéier and Synonyms. ise AMARYLLIS equefiris {patha fubbiflora, pedicellis ereétis fpatha brevioribus, tubo filiformi horizontal, limbo oblique patulo furfum curvo, fauce, . 8 «=~ .—spillofa. Linn. fil, Ait. Kew. v, 1. ). 417- > AMARYLLIS dubia Linn. Am. Ac. 8. p. 254 LILIUM americanum puniceo flore Belladonna di€um. Herm Par. Bat. p.194s cum fig. cinema Mr. Aiton, in his Hortus Kewenfis, has inferted this fpe- cies of Amaryllis, as named and defcribed by the younger Linnaus; he informs us, that it is a native of the Welt- Indies, and was introduced by Dr. Wiit1am Pitcarrn, 1778: as its time of flowering is not mentioned, we may pre- fume, that it had not bloffomed in the royal garden when the publication before mentioned firft made its appearance; it no doubt has fince, as we have feen it in that ftate in the — colleGtions of feveral Nuferymen, particularly thofe of Mr Grimwoop and Mr. Cotvitt. It flowers towards the end of April. ee The flowering ftem rifes above the foliage, to the height of _about a foot or more, produces from one to three flowers — fimilar to, but not quite fo large as, thofe of the Mexicam Amaryllis, to which it is nearly related; it differs howevef from that plant effentially in this, that the lower part of the flower projeéts further than the upper, which gives to its mou that obliquity which Linn aus defcribes. , _ The fpatha is compofed of two leaves, which ftanding UP ‘at a certain period of the plant’s flowering like ears, give to thé whole flower a fancied refemblance of a horfe’s head; whethet Linnaus derived his name of equefris from this circumftat or not, he does not condefcend to inform us. - Mr. Arron regards it as agreenhoufe plant; like thofe of many of the Ixias, however, the bulbs are of the more tender kind+ It is propagated by offsets, but not very readily. ae Lub, by VE Curtcr S* Cool refeent Sul vs “Gs Sa Bee AV B05 number and the houles large, it might be proper to keep | C 36] ae OTHONNA PECTINATA. WoRMWOOD- LEAVED OTHONNA. JHMM Clafs and Order. SyncENESIA Porycamia NECESSARIA. ~~ Generic Charaéer. Recept. Suna. Pappus fubnullus, Ca/, 1-phyllus multifidus fubcylindricus. | - Specific Charatter and Synonyms. OTHONNA Seblincié foliis pinnatifidis: laciniis linearibus— : parallelis. Linn, Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. pe we 3. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 276. | js COBEA africana frutefcens, foliis abfinthii umbelliferi —incanis. Comm, bort. 2. p. 137° i. ae “The —— peffinata j js anative of Africa, a long-eftablifhed and common plant in greenhoufes, having been cultivated by Mr. Miter, in 1731; it recommends itfelf chiefly on ac count of its foliage, which forms a pleafing contraft to the darker greens of other plants, It flowers in May and June, is moderately hardy, and readily increafed by cuttings. F, In many colleétions we meet with old plants of it three or four feet high; formerly, when greenhoufe plants were few _ fuch; but now there is not that neceflity, efpecially fince | yait acceffion of plants from the ome and New-Holland, made a within thefe few bara | Prahs by We Curtis S Geo: Crofeert July t UGS “E37 4d HERMANNIA ALTHAIFOLIA. MARSH= ~Matitow-Leavep HERMANNIA. JHeHESHHPHHeeebine Clafs and Order. MonADELPHIA PENTANDRIAs Generic Charaéer. Pentagyna. Cap/. 5-locularis. Petala bafi femitubulata, ob- liqua. Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. HERMANNIA althzifolia foliis ovatis crenatis plicatis to- mentofis, calycibus florentibus campanulatis angulatis, ftipulis oblongis foliaceis. dif | Kew. v, 2. p. 411. : HERMANNIA altheifolia foliis ovatis plicatis crenatis to- s mentofis. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr, : p- 610. . HHERMANNIA a althee folio. Pet. Gaz. 53- ? 34: KETMIA africana frutefcens foliis mollibus et incanis. Comm. hort, 2. p. 151. t. 79. ad The Hermannia altheifolia, a native of the Cape, is a plant of much larger growth than the Javendulifolia, rifing to the + height, if fuffered to do fo, of three, four, or more feet; 1 bloffoms are proportionably large, and of a deep yellow colour, inclined to orange. ie : It is a plant of free growth, much difpofed to produce ; flowers during moft of the fummer months; hence it is kept very generally in colle&tions of greenhoufe plants:.is prop4- ‘ gated readily by cuttings, ae Was cultivated by Mr. Miter, in 1728. Ait. Kew. Our readers will ee, that the fpecific defcription of Linn2£US a has been altered in the Hortus Kewenfis, and that it now com- prizes all the ftriking features of the plant. Pub by W Curtis S’ Cee Crefeent Suly 7 G5. ; e [ 308 J VERBENA AUBLETIA. Rose VERVAIN. | es ees cle ste ste ates dh ak ate sk ales ale | ? Clafs and Order. Dianpria Monocynia, Generic Charaer. Cor. infundibuliformis fubzqualis curva. Calycis unico dente truncato. Semina.2s. 4 nuda (Stam. 2 {. 4.) 4 Specific Charafer and Synonyms. \ VERBENA Audletia tetrandra, fpicis laxis folitariis, foliis trifidis incifis, dit, Kew. v. 1. p. 33. VERBENA Aubletia tetrandra, {picis folitariis, corollis fafci- | culatis, foliis cordatis incifo-ferratis. Linn. Sys Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 66. Suppl. Pl. p. 86.0 BUCHNERA canadenfis Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 13. p. 478 ‘ VERBENA Aabletia. Facq. hort. v. 2. p. 82: t. 176. < OBLETIA Te de Rozier introd. 1. p. 367. t. 2. - ~ It has fallen to the lot of this plant to have an unufual de- : e of attention beftowed on it by various botanifts, and after eing regarded as a diftinct genus by feveral, to be finally claffed with the Verbena; in the Supplementum Plantarum, of the younger Linn aus it is minutely defcribed. ‘We learn from the Hortus Kewenfis of Mr, Arron that itis. a native of North-America, introduced by Monf, RrcnarD in - 1774, and that it flowers in June and July. : The extreme brilliancy of its colour renders it a very orna-_— mental greenhoufe plant, it feldom grows above the height of é two feet; in favourable feafons ripens its feeds readily, by a which i it is ufually propagated: being a biennial. fe Ai IOP ' | | } } iy y *. Pub by WCurts 0 0* Geo: Crefeentdugt? Vika of which has a leaf at its bafe, fimilar to the other leaves of the plant, but fmaller, and terminates in an umbel of feven or eight flowers; as the umbels bloffom in fucceffion, a period of feveral months ufually intervenes betwixt the blowing of the firft and the laft; when the flower is expanded, the hindmoft leaf of the calyx continues upright, the others are reflexed as in other f{pecies of this genus, they are all befet with fine long hairs; the three lowermoft petals are pure white, with a little gibbofity at the bafe of each, the two uppermoft are marked each with three irregular fpots, of a rich purple colour, in- clining to carmine, the two lowermoft {pots narroweft and of the deepeft colour; of the ftamina there are fix filaments which have anthera, and four which have none; ftigma red, divided into five parts, and a little longer than the fertile filaments. In. its habit this plant refembles fomewhat the Pelargonium cordifolium, is a native of the Cape, flowers from May to Sep- tember, in favourable feafons has produced feeds here, but is more ufually increafed by cuttings. | Varies with petals of a rich purple colour, in which the fpots are fimilar, though not fo confpicuous, [309 J eerie PELARGONIUM ECHINATUM. PRICKLY-_ STALKED GERANIUM. : Shs eidunieidieiee oe ne = ; - } ~— Clafs and Order. : tt MoNnADELPHIA HEPTANDRIA, t | Generic CharaGer.- - Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capil- larem ne€tariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. § petala irregularis. Filamenta 10, inéqualia, quorum 3 raro § caftrata. Frudus 5 coccus, roftratus: roffra {piralia, introrfum ~ barbata. Specific Charager. _PELARGONIUM echinatum caule carnofo, ftipulis. fpinef- ie centibus, foliis cordato-fubrotundis 3-5 lobis, floribus umbellatis, umbellis fub- - feptemfloris. ——— This fingular and moft beautiful fpecies of Pelargonium, recently introduced to this country, this Summer flowere with Mr. Cotvirt, Nurferyman, in the King’s-Road, Chelfea, a one of whofe plants our figure and defcription have been _ taken. Stalk green, furface fmooth and fomewhat gloffy, flefhy, befet with {pines which bend back and terminate in brownl fomewhat weak points; thefe appear to have been primarily the {tipule, which become thus flefhy and rigid, and from. this circumftance not altogether peculiar to this {pecies, it takes the name of echinaium; the leaves ftand on long footftalks, i are fomewhat heart-fhaped, moftly roundifh, divided into three. or five lobes, veiny, foft, and downy, efpecially on the under fide, which is of a much lighter colour than the upper, the flowering flem proceeds from the fummit of the ftalk, and 8 a foot or more in height; as it advances it throws out is branches, or peduncles, ultimately about five in number, ¢ aE Lub by Wlurtir SOc Crefient Aug! 179? Se ee ee E--g10- =} Ertnus ALPINus. ALPINE ERINUS. Clas and Order. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Charaer. Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. Limbus 5-fidus equalis. Cap/: 2-locularis. Specific Characier and Synonyms. ERINUS alpinus floribus racemofis, foliis fpathulatis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 570. Ait. Kew. U. 2. P. 357. : AGERATUM ferratum alpinum. Bauh. pin. 221. The Erinus alpinus is a native of Switzerland, Germany, and France; inhabiting the more mountainous parts of thole countries. : _ It is a very defirable little plant for the decoration of rock © work, growing in clofe tufts, and producing numerous flowe} — of a lively purple colour during moft of the fummer months. ~ Is increafed without difficulty by parting its roots in Au 2 orzrom feed; in the winter fome plants of it fhould be kept ine “ pots under a frame or hand-glafs, as it is liable to be injured ; by wet and froft. ae Was cultivated here by Mr. Mi.Ler in 1759> i ee MV G0 Lub by We Cir ter ! Ceo lrofeent Seat 19 gs. Lidwarids del Parfem Sc } { gu J | Ropinia Hispipa. RoucuH-STALK’p Rosinia, or Rose Acacia. Clafs and Order. | DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic Charaéer. Cal. 4-fidus. Legumen gibbum elongatum. Specific Character and Synonyms. ROBINIA hi/pida racemis axillaribus, foliis impari pinnatis, caule inermi hifpido. Lian. Mant. p. 668. Ait. : Kew. v. 3. P. 53. ROBINIA racemis axillaribus, pedicellis unifloris, foliis im- pari pinnatis, caule inermi. Jacq. Amer. 211. AVG L108. =, PSEUDO ACACIA hifpida floribus rofeis. Cate/b. Carol. 3+ ; p.- 20. f, 20. inane There are few trees or fhrubs which have contributed more to adorn our plantations, and fhrubberies, than thofe of this genus, nine fpecies of which are enumerated in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Ar1ron, moft of thefe are natives either of North- America, or Siberia: the prefent fpecies, an inhabitant of Carolina, is perhaps the moft ornamental of the whole: its large pendant bunches of rofe-coloured flowers load the branches in May and June, and fometimes a fecond crop will be produced late in the feafon, thefe with us ufually fall off without producing any feed-veffels. This fhrub is not difpofed to grow very tall even in America, it is moft prudent indeed to keep it humble, to the height of four or five feet, and to plant it in a fheltered part of the gat- den, as its branches are liable to be broken by high winds: Marsnact (Arb. Amer.) defcribes it as fpreading much from its running roots; we have not obferved it to do fo in any great - - degree here ; it is propagated by layers, by cuttings of the roots, and by grafting; it is of ready growth, difpofed to blow even when young, and not nice as to foil, or fituation; the flowers afford a good example of the clafs Diapenpura, they are large and beautiful, but without f{cent. Was cultivated by Mr. Miruzr in 1758. Ast. Kew. y ? Wey, | ¥ i os QS Ladwarias del Sang Pub by W Curtis 3 Uieo Crefient Seat 9S the 234th plate of this work, they are neverthelefs two fpecies [ 312 | Linum FLtavum. YELLOW FLAx. - deseesbskalseaeaeaeak Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Characer. Cal. g-phyllus. Petala 5. Cap/. 5-valvis 10 locularis. Sem. a folitaria. ; - Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. LINUM flavum calycibus fubferrato-fcabris lanceolatis fub- feffilibus, panicula ramis dichotomis. Linn. Sp. Pl. Vv. 1. ed. 3. p.399- Mant. p. 360. Sy/ft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 303. Facq. Fl. Auftr. v. 3. t. 244- LINUM fylveftre latifolium luteum. Bauh, pin. 214. LINUM fylveftre III. latifolium. Clu/. biff. 1. p. 319 i sd There is a confiderable fimilarity betwixt the reprefentation of the prefent plant and that of the Linum arboreum figured on widely differing, the favum being a hardy herbaceous perennial, a native of Germany, the arboreum a greenhoufe fhrub from the Levant, both poffeffing confiderable beauty, and highly worthy a place in all colle&ions of ornamental plants, The Linum flavum is not mentioned either in the Di€tionaty of Mr. Mixcer, or the Hortus Kewenfis of Mr. Arron, and- _as far as our knowledge extends was a ftranger in this country, — till we raifed it the year before laft from feeds fent us by Mr. Davat, of Orbe in Switzerland; Ciusius gives us 4 reprefentation of it in flower, and Prof. Jacquin another much fuperior; according to the latter, it grows by the fides of hedges and among fhrubs in mountainous fituations, and rarely exceeds a foot in height. : a From the little experience we have had of this plant, * appears to be eafy of culture, and to fucceed beft in a foil mo- — derately ftiff and moift; the flowers expand moft in a morning _ when the fun fhines, and continue in fucceffion during Jum — Joly, and part of Auguft; it appears as if it would ripen 18 — eeds in my garden ; thefe vegetate freely : the plant may alfo be increafed by parting its roots in autumn, or by cuttings its young fhoots. ; ae eo Aub by Warts S” Cee Crgfeent Sip. t 1795 AS E ets 4 DarHne CNEORUM. TRAILING DAPHNE, Cla/s and Order. OcTANDRIA MonoGyYNIA. Generic Charafer. ~ — eo a “= Cala. Cor. 4-fida corallacea marcefcens ftamina includens. _. Bacca 1-fperma. : — Specific Charaéfer and Synonyms. es 5 | DAPHNE Cneorum floribus congeftis terminalibus feffilibus, : 4 © foliis lanceolatis nudis mucronatis. Linn, Syf. ) <5 -Weget. ed. 14... Murr. 9.971... Ait. Kew, Go aOR De SO: 3 | hee ie THYMELEZ affinis facie externa. Banh. pin. 463. - CNEORUM. Matih. bift. 46. Cluf. hiff. 89, 90. f. 1+ id at — = This charming little fhrub is a native of Switzerland and Aufiria: Crusivs informs us that it grows in great abundanc® on many of the mountains near Vienna, fo much fo that women gather it’when in flower and fell it in the markets; 15 beautiful and fragrant bloffoms come forth in April and May, the principal feafon for its flowering, but it frequently blows _ _. during moft of the Summer, and even in the Autumn; # © ” varies with white bloffoms, Se | _ Atis extremely hardy, thrives remarkably well in road fand in almoft any fituation; is- propagated by feeds, which Vey rarely ripen with us, by layers, and by grafting it on the ftoc he of the Mezereon, whereby it acquires an elevation fuperior © _ what it has naturally, | : 23 MN bg “POC T OVE, Vk 117Gb. Lub by Wlurter Smolroyjient Od 1 179. i eke GENISTA TRIQUETRA. TRIANGULAR- | STALK’D GENISTA. HHS bei aeaes Clafs and Order. Diaperpuia DECANDRIA, Generic Charafer. Cal, 2-labiatus: 2. Vexillum oblongum a piftillo ftaminibufque . deorfum reflexum. : Specific CharaGer. GENISTA friquetra foliis ternatis, fammis fimplicibus, ramis triquetris procumbentibus. L’Herit. Stirp. 10¥- t. 88. dit. Kew. v. 3. p. 14. _ Monf. L’Heririer, author of many modern publications in Botany, diftinguifhed for their accuracy and elegance, was the firft who defcribed and figured this fpecies of Genifta, native of Corfica, and cultivated here by Joun Oro, Elq. as long fince as the year 1770. It is a hardy, evergreen, trailing fhrub, producing a valt profufion of bloom; which renders it eminently con{picuous in May and June; its flowers are rarely fucceeded by feed- veffels, fo that it is ufually propagated by layers. When tied up properly, and carefully trained to a flake, * may vie with moft of our ornamental fhrubs: for covering # wall, or paling, where the fituation is not too fhady, it probany would fucceed very well, *at leaft it is deferving of trial. _ ANG, IA Lub. by Wlurts SC eo Crefient Oct. 1.1995 G35] PELARGONIUM CERATOPHYLLUM. Horn- LEAVED CRANE’S BILL. Te ee ee ~~ Clafs and Order. MonabDELPHIA HEPTANDRIA. ~ Generic Charaéfer.. Cal. 5-partitus: lacinia fuprema definente in tubulum capil- larem, ne€tariferum, fecus pedunculum decurrentem, Cor. 5-petala, irregularis. Filam. 10 inequalia, quorum 3 raro 5 caftrata. Fruéfys 5-coccus, roftratus, roftra fpiralia in- _ trorfum barbata, Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. PELARGONIUM ceratophyllum umbellis multifloris, foliis SS A remote pinnatis carnofis teretibus, lacintls canaliculatis obfolete trifidis. L’Herit. Geran..n. 50. 1.13. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p- 42% Mr. Aiton informs us that this fpecies of Pelargonium, which is one of the more flefhy kinds, is a native of the South- Weft Coaft of Africa, and was introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew by Mr. AntHony Hove in 1786, It flowers during moft of the Summer months, and ripens ~ its feeds, by which it may be increafed, as alfo by cuttingss * is found to be more tender than many others, and more liable” to be injured by damps, and hence it will require a treatment more applicable to a dry ftove plant. g Lub by Wturtir 3 Ce. Croeent Cet 11796 bog PotycaLa CuamMasuxus. Box-Leaven Mitx-Wort. Clafs and Order. DiapetpHr1a OcTANDRIA. _ Generic Charaéter. Cal. 5-phyllus: foliolis 2 majoribus alzformibus, ante maturitatem, feminis coloratis. Cap/ obcordata, 2-locularis. Sem. folitaria. Specific Charader and Synonyms. ~POLYGALA Chamebuxus floribus fparfis: carine apice fub- rotundo, foliis lanceolatis. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 639. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p» 4s ; Facq. Fl. Aufir. v. 3. p. 19. t. 233- CHAMABUXUS flore colutex. Baubh. Pin. 471. ANONYMOS flore Coluter. Clu/ Hit. p. 105. f. POLYGALOIDES procumbens foliis duris ovatis nervo ariflato. Hall, Hiff. n. 345. — Crusivus, in his Hif. Pl. rar. gives an accurate defcription and good figure of the prefent plant, before unnoticed (as he obferves) by any author; it has fince been particularly defcribed by Hacer and Jacgurn; the former makes a diftin@ genus of it, by the name of Polygaloides. fr Yee ‘It is an elegant little evergreen fhrub of low growth, rarely exceeding a foot in height, with leaves like thofe of box, producing flowers from May to O@ober, but moft plentifully in Mayand June; each flower ftands on a peduncle proceeding from a kind of triphyllous cup, formed of floral leaves, the true calyx is compofed of three leaves, which are nearly whites the two outermoft petals, fimilar to the wings of a papiliona- ceous flower, are alfo white, or nearly fo; the third petal, which forms a kind of tube and contains the eight ftamina with the piftillum, is white at the bafe, but yellow towards the ex- tremity, where it changes by degrees toa bright bay colour: both Crusrus and Jacgutn obferved a variety of this plant, in which the calyx and wings were of a beautiful purple ; this variety, we believe, has not yet been introduced to this country* oo the common fort was cultivated in the garden at Oxford, in 1658- Mitcer defcribes it as a plant difficult of cultivation; it18 — “not now regarded as fuch; both Crusius and Jacquin de- feribe it as having creeping roots; fuch plants are generally - _ creafed without difficulty, and fo is this; planted in bog earth ona fhady border, it thrives extremely well, and fpawns much, fo that there is no neceffity for having recourfe to its feéds. It ; grows fpontancoufly on the Alps of Auftria and Switzerland. — i ae Pub. by Weurkis S¢ Geo: €; refcent Wov.t. I7g8 an yee Ononis FrutTicosa. SHRuBBY REsT- : HaRROW. 7 SHidpdeidnielbidees ; Clafs and Order, | DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, . 4 Gai Charaéfer, Cal. 5-partitus: laciniis linearibus, Vexillum ftriatum, Legumen turgidum feffile. Fi/amenta connata ab{que fiffura. Specific Character and S. ‘ynonyms. ONONIS /ruticofa foliis feffilibus ternatis lanceolatis ferratis, ftipulis vaginalibus, pedunculis fubtrifloris, Lins. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p.653. Ait. Kew. 24- ONONIS purpurea verna pracox ‘frutefcens, flore rubro amplo. Morif. Hift. 2. p. 170, = =< 3s a. This charming litte fhrub, highly deferving of being more ~ generally known, is a native of the South of France; and © was cultivated here by Miiuer in 1748. © a In favourables it profufion during - abundance : the fituation it affeéts is dry and fandy, but it is a . In the colleGions about town we frequently find it in pots, — _ kept with green-houfe plants. : Z a It is faid to vary with white flowers... = The beft mode of raifing it is from feed. pent Nov 1 1795. wt Cea lryften Luh. by W Curtis, fo gie- 4 ANTHERICUM LILIASTRUM. SAVOY ANTHE- RICUM, Or ST. BRUNO’s LILY. TEE ETE EEE EEE EE EE EE EE Cla/s and Order. HeExANpDRIA MonocyNIa,. ‘ Generic Charager. ° Cor. 6-petala, patens. Cap/. ovata. Specific Charaier and Synonyms. _ ANTHERICUM Liliaftrum foliis planis, {capo fimpliciffimo, corollis campanulatis, ftaminibus declinatis. Linn, Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 33% Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 449. HEMEROCALLIS floribus patulis fecundis. Hal/. Hif. 1. 1230. PHALANGIUM magno flore. Baub. Pin. 29. PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum majus. Clu/. cur. app. alt. ~ PHALANGIUM Allobrogicum. The Savoye Spider-wort. Park, Parad. p. 150. tab. 151. f. 1. ——— Botanifts are divided in their opinions refpeéting the genus of this plant; Linn aus confiders it as an Anthericum, HALLeR and Mirier make it an Hemerocallis, It is a native of Switzerland, where, Hatter informs us, it grows abundantly in the Alpine meadows, and even on the fummits of the mountains; with us it flowers in May and June. It is a plant of great elegance, producing on an unbranched ftem about a foot and a half high, numerous flowers of a deli- cate white colour, much fmallet but refembling in form thofe of the common white lily, poffeffing a confiderable degree of fragrance, their beauty is heightened by the rich orange colour of their anthere ; unfortunately they are but of fhort duration. Mixer defcribes two varieties of it differing merely 19 fize. , A loamy foil, a fituation moderately moift, with an eaftern or weftern expofure, fuits this plant beft ; fo fituated, it will increafe by its roots, though not very faft, and by parting © thefe in the autumn, it is ufually propagated. Parkinson defcribes and figures it in his Parad. Terre) obferving, that “divers allured by the beauty of its flowet “ had brought it into thefe parts.” 1 | hi t £319 ] ANAGALLIS MONELLI. ITALIAN PIMPERNEL. Senn HHHeHHeiodntt Clafs and Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Chara&er. — _ leaft as we have obferved) it produces no feed, but like the — _ Senecio elegans, and fome other annuals, is renewed, and ren- dered perennial by cuttings, which ftrike freely, and by which the plant requires to be renovated once or twice in a feafon; though defcribed as growing with an upright ftem, it requires to be tied up toa ftick; and if this be neatly and dexteroufly done, its brilliant azure flowers fpringing from every fide ob + the ftem, render it a charming ornament for the green-houle or window: it flowers during moft of the year. : Crusrvs called it Anagallis Monnelli, the firft knowledge he 3 had of the plant being from his friend Jonannes MONNELLUS+ — On the fame plant we find the leaves grow two, three, OF » _ four together, with flowers correfponding. | , Lub. by WO; verter dS. Creo: Croient De 7 179? fix weeks or two months: if the Autumn prove favourable, =] 30.4 LopeLiA CARDINALIS. SCARLET LOBELIA, or CARDINAL’s FLOWER. ee ee eS _.. Clafs and Order. P SYNGENESiA MONOGAMIA, ~ Generi¢ Charaéger. oe Cal. 5-fidus. Cor, 1-petala, irregularis. Cap/-infera 2, f. 3-locularis. » Specific Characer and Synonyms. Me LOBELIA cardinalis caule ereéto, foliis lato-lanceolatis fer- _ ratis, racemo terminali fecundo. Linu. Sy/t. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 801. Ait. Kew. v. 9. p. 284. ~RAPUNTIUM galeatum virginianum, coccineo flore majore. Morif. Hift. 2. p. 466. f. 5. ¢. 5. fe 54> on TRACHELIUM Americarum flore ruberrimo, five Planta Cardinalis.. The rich crimfon Cardinal’s Flower. | Park. Parad. p. 356. t. 355. This fpecies of Lodelia, fo eminently diftinguifhed for the richnefs of its {carlet bloffoms, is a native of the colder as well as warmer parts of North-America. Parkinson, who cul- tivated it in 1629, informs us that he received plants of it from France for his garden, and that “ it groweth neere the river of Canada, where the French plantation in America is feated.” It is a hardy herbaceous plant, growing in favourable fitua- tions to the height of three or four feet; the main fpike of flowers which terminates the ftalk, is often a foot in length; by the time that moft of its flowers are blown, fide branches — fhoot out, and flower; fo that the plant continues in bloom — _ the plant with us produces plenty of feed in the open grounds to infure its ripening, fome place pots of it, when blowing, in the greenhoufe or ftove. § == = _ Beautiful and hardy as this plant is, and long as it has been introduced to this country, we do not find it generally in gardens ; we attribute this to its having, in a greater degree than many other plants, a partiality for a particular foils ™ certain diftri€ts, where the foil is {tiff and moift, it grows 4 freely as any weed, in other foils it is perpetually going © it is alfo one of thofe plants whofe roots require to be often parted ; if this be done every Autumn, and they be planted 10 a {tiff loam, the fituation fomewhat moift and fhady, this very defirable plant may be had to grow and bloffom in perfeétion- It flowers from the latter end of July to Ofober. 5c _ Is increafed. by parting its roots, by cuttings of the ftalk _ and from feed. es 2 Se (IL Pub, by Weurbs S Ceo: l refcent Decl, %, G4. 4 | { 321 J CoTYLEDON ORBICULATA. Rounp-LEAveED ~~ Navext-Worrv. JH HSHnnieneinbeb Clafs and Order. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Generic Charaéfer. Cal. g-fidus. Cor. 1-petala. Squame ne@tarifere 5 ad bafin germinis. Cap/. 5. Specific Charaéfter and Synonyms. COTYLEDON orbiculata foliis orbiculatis carnofis planis- integerrimis, caule fruticofo. Linn. Sy/f. Veg. ed.14. Murr. p. 428. Ait. Kew. var. 2. UV. 2. p. 106, COTYLEDON africanum frutefcens incanum_ orbiculatis foliis. Herm. Lugd. 349. t. 551- Mori. Hif. 3. Pp. 474. J 12. 4.7. f. 39- The Cotyledon orbiculata is one of our oldeft fucculents, being introduced as long fince as 1690, by Mr. Benricx*: it ftill retains a place in moft colleétions, defervedly indeed, for it has every claim to our notice; its appearance is magnificent, the glaucous colour of its foliage highly pleafing, its flowers large and of long duration; it blows freely, grows rapidly, is eafily increafed by cuttings, and will fucceed in a houfe or window, _ with the common treatment of an African Geranium. When fuffered to grow, it will become a fhrub of confiderable fize ; but this is not neceflary for its flowering, as young and | fall plants are difpofed to throw out bloffoms, which is not the cafe with a plant extremely fimilar to, and often con- — | founded with it, viz. the Craffula Cotyledon, whofe foliage indeed fcarcely differs from our plant but in being finely _ dotted. . : ‘It is a native of the Cape, and flowers from June oF - July to September. In the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Arton, four varieties are ¢nv- merated, differing chiefly in the form of their foliage. '*®- Arr, Kew. — | ~£E -g22 J | ~ MANULEA TOMENTOSA. WOOLLY MANULEA. Hetedesde she ese seat se eee ok eae ee Cla/s and Order. ae DiIpDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIAe ‘ Generic CharaZer. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. limbo 5-partito, fubulato : laciniis fu- perioribus 4 magis connexis, Cap/. 2-locularis, poly{perma. Specific Charafer and Synonyms. -_ MANULEA fomentofa foliis tomentofis, caulibus foliofis, pedun- ok culis multifloris. Lian. Mant. 420. Sy/t. Veget. : ed. 14. Murr. p. 569. Ait. Kew. v..2. p. 356. SELAGO fomentofa foliis obovatis crenatis, caule proftrato, ' racemis ramofis. Linn. Amen. Acad. v. 6. p. 9 ' Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 877. e PLANTA Pluk. Phyt. 3:9. f. 2. Linnazus defcribes this plant in the Amenitates Academice under the name of Selago tomentofa, by which name he continues to call it in the third edition of the Spec. Pi. in his Mantiffa he defcribes it more minutely, and changes it to the Genus Manulea, firft eftablifhed by him in the faid work ; he obferves, that in this fpecies the corolla is more regular than in the others. Mr. Aiton regards it as a biennial, its ftalk is a foot or a foot and a half high, and woolly, its branches are oppofite, not alternate as Linn xus defcribes them; in this perhaps they may vary; leaves oppofite, feffile, obovate, narrowing to the bale, _ toothed on the edge, edge rolled back a little in the young leaves, flowers grow ina long thyrfus, from two to five pro- ceed from one common fhort peduncle; they are at firft lemon- coloured, or greenifh yellow, finally deep orange; Linn #US fays the whole of the plant except the corolla is woolly, the tube of that even is hairy, the fegments are fmooth, with their edges rolled back, the upper part of the tube in which the ftamina are included is dilated fomewhat, as is alfo the lower part, [0 that it is narroweft in the middle. The flowers which make — their appearance from May to Novemberare ufually fucceeded by feeds, by which the plant is propagated. was introduced by Mr. Masson, in 1774. The bloffoms-have a fingular but unpleafant {mell, not per- ceivable at a diftance. The variety of pleafant colours fo confpicuous in the flowers; renders this rare plant defirable to fuch as aim at a ge!) collection. . : * ee : \ It isa native of the Cape, and, according to Mr. A1TON, seeded Pub. by Weurtis S° Ceo Crofcent Jans 1796. _. tiffima funt, paremque agrimonio odorato f{pirant odorem * L a3 J Rusus Oporatus. FLowEeRING RaspBERRYs . , t fa sie sie sie ale ale abe ste. ale ali 5 = SE RERE STEERER ae ER EEE Tee Clafs and Order. IcasANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Generic Charaéer. | Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Bacca compofita acinis monofpermis. re Specific Charaéier and Synonyms. RUBUS odoraius foliis fimplicibus palmatis, caule inermi | multifolio multifloro. Linn, Sy. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. = p. 475- Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 210. | RUBUS odoratus. Corm. Canad. 149. t. 150. Se ; ee : 2 —— an “<< * Botanifts and Gardeners have given to this fpecies of Rubus the name of flowering, not becaufe it is the only one which produces flowers, but from its being regarded for its flowers merely ; they indeed are fo fhetvy, and fo plentifully produced, — that the plant has long been thought to merit a place in moft fhrubberics; to the various inhabitants of which, both in the largene(s and elegant form of its leaves, and the colour of Its» loffoms, it forms a pleafing contraft. | ‘It is extremely hardy, and eafily propagated by fuckers; _ the only care which it requires, is to keep it within proper bounds: young plants of it produce the largeft and finelt flowers. It bloffoms from June to September, is a native of different and diftant parts of North-America, and was cultivated here by Mr. Mrucer, in 1739. ~ “Cornurus, who firft figured and. defcribed this plant gave it the name of odoratus, on account of the fragrance © Ps ee . 2 . . . bd - L its foliage; his words are “ elegantiffimi hujus folia fragrany the fruit, rarely produced with us, he obferves, is like the ee common Rafpberry, but not fo pleafant. * Pub. by WCurts, SGeo: CreofientJan t 196 [ 324 J ANTIRRHINUM TRIPHYLLUM. THREE- LeaveD Toap-FLax.. aaa ditiskaesb ake sea _Clafs and Order. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Charaéer. Cal. g-phyllus. Cor. bafis deorfum prominens neftarifera. Cap/ 2-locularis. Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. ANTIRRHINUM friphyllum foliis ternis ovatis, Linn. Sy/. —s. aS Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. p. 555. Ait. Kew- ‘LINARIA triphylla minor lutea. Baub. Pin. 212. LINARIA triphylla coerulea. Banh. Pin. 212. _ LINARIA hifpanica. Cla/ Hiff. 1. p. 320. ' LINARIA valentina. Tode Flaxe of Valentia, Park. Pat . p- 268. e a The Antirrhinum triphyllum, {fo called from the leaves grow- ing by threes on the ftalk (a charaéter, by the bye, not very conftant) was cultivated by Parkinson, and defcribed by him in his Parad. ter?. he appears to have been a ftranger t0 the particoloured variety now fo generally cultivated as an” ornamental annual in our gardens ; in its wild ftate the flowers of this Antirrhinum are of a yellow hue, with little or n? purple in them, fuch indeed are frequently produced from feeds fown in our gardens. It is a hardy annual, a native of Spain and Sicily, 2 plant _ of ready growth, requiring the common treatment of annua's | fown in the Spring, and much difpofed indeed to come UP, fpontaneoufly where it has once ‘grown; in fowing its feeds: care fhould be taken to preferve the produce of fuch’ flowers - as have the moft purple in them. ; oe ILE pn eer ae oe, Fa. : } ' WEE se se Ale ee she BS he se Sa INDE xX. In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Ninth Volume are al phabe- tically arranged, re 295 Agroftemma Ceelj sofa. 299 Amaryllis lutea. 294 farnienfis. 305 equeftris. 319 Anagallis Monellj, 324 Antirrhinum triphyllum, 318 Anthericum Liliaftrum. 293 Catananche coerulea. 291 Capparis fpinofa. 321 Cotyledon orbiculata, 289 Convolvulus linearis, 313 Daphne Cneorum. 297 Dianthus fuperbus. 303 Erica ampullacea. ' gio Erinus alpinus. 314 Genifta triquetra. goo Gnaphalium eximium. 299 Hermannia alnifolia. 304 lavendulifolia, 307 —— althzifolia, g:2 Linum flavum. 320 Lobelia Cardinalis, 322 Manulea tomentofa, 301 Melianthus minor. o2 Mimofa myrtifolia, 317 Ononis fruticofa. 298 Origanum Di&amnus, ’ 306 Othonna pectinata, 292 Pafferina grandiflora. 309 Pelargonium echinatum, 315 ———_—— ceratophyllum, 316 Polygala chamebuxus, 311. Robinia hifpida, 323 Rubus odoratus. 296 Sempervivum tortuofum, go8 Verbena Aubletia, DODODID OOOO OOD OOSDODOGS ED: ¢ INDEX. 4 In which the Englifh Names _ of the Plants contained in the Ninth Volume are alpha- betically arranged. ¥i; 290 Amaryllis yellow. ) 294 ———— Guernfey. 395 | ~ Barbadoes., 318 Anthericum Savoy. 291 Caper Shrub. 293 Catananche blue. 295 Cockle {mooth-leaved. 289 Convolvulus narrow-leaved, 315 Crane’s-bill horn-leaved. 300 Cudweed giant. 313 Daphne trailing. _ 298 Dittany of Crete, 310 Erinus alpine, 312 Flax yellow. _ 303 Heath flafk. s 299 Hermannia alder-leaved. ~ 904 - Javender-leaved, fe) marfhmallow-leaved, - 296 Houfeleek gouty. ’ 314 Genifta triangular-ftalked. 30g Geranium prickly-ftalked, 320 Lobelia fcarlet. 322 Manulea woolly. 303 Melianthus fmall. 316 Milk-wort box-leaved. 302 Mimofa myrtle-leaved. 321 Navel-wort round-leayed, 306 Othonna wormwood-leaved, 292 Pafferina great-flowered. . 319 Pimpernel Italian, 297 Pink fuperb. 923 Rafpberry flowering, 317 Reft-harrow fhrubby. § 31! Robinia rough-ftalked, 324 Yoad-flax three-leaved, $ 308 Vervain rofe, SDQOOC SOO 4 DOOD THE Botanica Macazine; OR; B Flower. Garden Dilplayed : i IN WHICH an The moft Ornamental Foreign Puianrs, cultivated in the i Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove, are accurately reprefented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, \ Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Charafters, according a to the celebrated LINN 2US; their Places of Growth, ; and Times of Flowering : TOGETHER WITH ‘THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE. A Woe Intended for the Ufe of fuch Lapizs, GenrTLEMEN, and GARDENERS, as wifh to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. By WILLIAM CURTIS Author of the Frora LonpiNEnsis. VO do oe: ‘© What nature, alas! has denied ‘© To the delicate growth of our ifle, ‘© Art has in a meafure fupplied ; _ E’en winter is deck’d with a fmile. CowPer. : 1 oO ON a NY | _ PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN, For W. CURTIS, N° 3, St. George’s-Cre/cent, Black-Friars-Road ; | And Sold by the principal Bookfellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. : ' MDCCXCVI, | | L 3% J | Justicia Nasuta. Dicnoromous Justicia. ee ee ee ee ee ee : Clafs and Order. Dtanpria MonocGynia. Generic Charafer. en ema Cor. ringens. Czp/. 2-locularis: feminum retinaculis 2-valvis: valvis longitudinalibus unciculatis. Stamina anthera folitaria. | 3 , Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. JUSTICIA 2a/uta foliis lanceolato-ovatis integerrimis pedun- culis dichotomis. Lian. Sp. Pl. eds 3. p. 23. Sif. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 63. PULCOLLI Rbeed. Mal. 9. p. 135. t. 69. a \ Sintec This fpecies of Jufticia, long fince figured in the Hortus Malabaricus, and defcribed in the Species Plantarum of Lin- n£U3, has been introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, fince _ the publication of the Hortus Kewen/is, by Mr. Arron: it is | a ftove plant, producing, almoft the year through, abundance of flowers, diftinguifhed not lefs for their fingularity thantheir fnowy whitenefs; the following defcription, taken from the living plant, is fuller than that of Linn zus in the Sp. Pl. a Descr. Stalk. fhrubby, fomewhat angular, three feet or more in height, green, very much branched, flightly pubefcents Leaves oppofite, ftanding on fhort footftalks, ovato-lanceolate, running out to a fhort bhunt point, entire, veiny, a little downy s Peduncles from the ale of the leaves, alternate, dichotomous, two fmall bra€tez are placed at each bifurcation; Flowers pure white, inodorous; Calyx compofed of five lanceolate, entire leaves, continuing ; thefe, as well as the whole of the’ plant, ar befet with minute tranfparent globules, vifible with a magnifiers Corolla deciduous, tube linear, grooved, pale green, flightly villous, bending a little upward; upper lip very narrow, bent back, bifid at the extremity, the edges toward the bafe rolled back, fo asto make it appear in that part almoft tubular; lowef lip depending, trifid, fegments equal, obtufe at the bafe, round, the mouth of the tube marked with fine purple dots; F ilaments two, fhort, projefting from the mouth of the tube, finally bend- ing back; Anthere at firft yellow, afterwards livid; Germe® oblong, {mooth ; Style capillary, flightly hairy ; Stigma bifid. — - The plant is increafed by cuttings ; in the Hort. Malad. the bruifed leaves are defcribed as in ufe for the cure of cutaneous - eruptions. | Pub by W Curtis J Geo Crofcent Feb. 1.790 we... MESEMBRYANTHEMUM VIRIDIFLORUM. GREEN-FLOWERED Fic-MARIGOLD. Jeske Clafs and Order. oe “| IcosANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. . Generic Charaéter.. He Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa linearia. Capf, carnola infer polyfperma. — Specific Charager and Synonyms. -MESEMBRYANTHEMUM viridifforum foliis femicylindra- ceis papulofo-pilofis, calycibus quinquefidis hirfutis. Ait. Kew. v.2. p. 196. Haworth Mefemb. p- 199. Sy/t. Nat. -ed. Gmel. p. 848. : ea nes Of the feventy fpecies. of Mefembryanthemum deferibed in — the Hortus Kewen/fis, this is the only one with green flowers. Mr. Masson introduced it from the Cape in 1774- The flowers are not only remarkable for their colour, but the extreme finenefs of the florets; they begin to come forth in July, and continue'to be produced till the end of Septembers the plant is eafily increafed by cuttings, is of ready growt, and blows freely. ee ‘ ee : In Mr. Hawortn’s Odfervations on the Genus Mefembryan- themum, lately publifhed, there is a very ample defcription it, to which we refer fuch of our readers as wilh for more _ minute information refpeéting it. © (3 ck F206 Pied, by WCurtas iS COCTY vil Feb. 1. 17g? Lub by Wlurts 3 Geo: Crejient Feb.1.1796 8 Aah Eb pay pt otic | CHRYSANTHEMUM Inpicum. InpIAN CHRYSANTHEMUM, _ eee ee. ae ‘ » \Clafs and Orders g SyNcrnesia Porycamia Surerriva. — ' Generic Chara&er.— Recept. nudum. Pappus marginatus. Cal. hemifpharicus, imbricatus : fquamis marginalibus membranaceis. #2 Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. ~ CHRYSANTHEMUM #adicum foliis fimplicil fix : -- nuatis angulatis ferratis acutis. Linn, Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 773, ee): Spec. Pl. 1253. Thunb. Fap. p. 320. TSJETTI-PU. Rbeed. Mal. t.-44. : MATRICARIA finenfis. Rumph. Amb. p. 259. t. gt. MATRICARIA japonica maxima flore rofco five fuave : rubente pleno elegantiflimo. Breyn, _ | Prod. p. 66? KIK, KIKF, vel KIKKU. Kempf. Amen. Ex. p. 875. ee __. We rejoice in the opportunity afforded us, of prefenting our _ _Teaders with the coloured engraving of a plant recently intro- _ duced to this country, which, as an ornamental one, promifes _ to become an acquifition highly valuable. yee : __. This magnificent fpecies of Chryfanthemum, which we have _~ ~ hitherto feen only in the colle&tion of Mr. Corvitr, Nurfery- - man, King’s-Road, Chelfea, began to flower with him early in November laft, 1795; and as there were many buds on the Plant, at that time, yet unopened, it appeared as if it would continue to flower during the early part of the winter at leaf. “pat 18 a plant of ftrong growth; the ftem rifing to the height of two or three feet, fomewhat woody, much branched, befet with numerous leaves, having fome refemblance to thofe of Mugwort, of a greyifh hue; the flowers, on being {melt to, difeover an agreeable fragrance, they are produced on the faummits of the branches in a loofe fort of clufter (thofe which terminate the main ftem, grow to the fize of a large carnation) Of a dark purple colour; they are, it isto be obferved, double, < or or rather between femidouble and double; the florets of the radius at firft perfeétly tubular or quilled, as they advance fplit gradually downward on the infide, their outfide ‘is of a greyifh tint, which being vifible in moft of the florets, efpecially the younger ones, gives them a parti- coloured appearance; thefe florets do not fo completely oc- -cupy the receptacle but that room is left for a few others in the centre, of a different form, and yellow colour, which, on examination, appear to have their parts perfect, as indeed do thofe of the radius ; the receptacle is befet with membranous palez or chaffy fcales, a circumflance which would lead us to confider this plant rather as an Anthemis than a Chry/anthemum, of which it has the calyx, with the foliage of Mugwort. New as this plant is to us, it appears to have been cultivated in China for ages: Linn us, who defcribes it in his Species Plantar. refers us to a figure in the Hortus Malabaricus ; this figure, and the defcription accompanying it, agree generally with our plant, but the flowers are more double, much fmaller, lefs cluftered, and do not correfpond in point of colour, yet there can be no doubt but our plant is a variety of the fame; it is there defcribed as growing in fandy fituations, and having green petals. . -- Rumpntus, in his highly interefting work, the Herbarium Amboinenfe is much more minute in his information; he ob- ferves, that thefe plants were originally brought from China, where they flower in May and June; that there are two forts principally cultivated in India, the white and yellow-flowered, and a third fort, differing only in the colour of its flowers, which are red (the variety, as we fuppofe, here figured) began to be known among them at Amboyna; the flowers there do not expand well, owing to their being produced at the rainy feafon, and they decay without producing any feed. : He tells us further, that it is cultivated chiefly for pleafure that the natives and the Dutch plant it only in the borders of their gardens, in which it does not fucceed fo well as in pots; and that, if it remains more than two years in the fame {pot, it degenerates, becomes lefs woody, and often wholly perifhes 5 that the Chinefe, by whom it is held in high eftimation, pay great attention to its culture ; they fet it in pots and jars, an place it before the windows of their apartments, and that it is not unufual for them when they invite their friends to an entef- tainment to decorate their tables with it; on thofe occafions, he that produces the large flower, is confidered as conferring the greateft honour on his guefts; befides thefe three varieties already mentioned, they have a fourth, which is more rares whofe Tt scam 28 8 whofe flowers are of a greenifh afh colour (is not this the var. figured in the Hort, Malad, ?) all thefe varieties growing in feparate pots, they place in certain quarters which they par- ticularly with to decorate, and the effett they produce is highly pleafing: in the cultivation of this plant they {pare no pains, the fhorter it is and the larger its flowers, the more it is efteemed; to make it dwarfifh, and at the fame time pro- ductive of flowers, they check its growth; -for, if fuffered to grow rude, it aflumes a wild nature, and produces little but leaves; when it is coming into flower, of the three bloffoms which ufually terminate each branch, they pluck off two, and thus the remaining flower grows larger; by this, and other management, they caufe the flowers to grow to the breadth of one’s hand: he enumerates {till a fifth fort with white flowers, which is extremely rare, and fmaller than the others, called T/chuy fay fi, that is the drunken woman; its flowers morning and evening flag, and hang down as if debilitated by intoxi- cation, in the middle of the day they become ereét, and follow the courfe of the fun; but this (moft probably a diftiné& {pecies) _is not exported from China. Finally, he remarks, that the Chinefe and Malays are fo attached to thefe flowers, that they even decorate their hair with them. Tuunserc, in his Flora faponica, enumerates it among the natives of that country, and defcribes it as growing [pontaneoully in Papenberg, near Nagafaki, and elfewhere, obferving, that itis cultivated for the extreme beauty of its flowers in gardens and houfes throughout the whole empire of Japan, and that the flowers vary infinitely in point of colour, fize, and plenitude. Kemprer’s account of it inhis Amen. Exot. is very fimilar. This Chryfanthemum appears to be a hardy greenhoufe plant, and it is highly probable that, like the Camellia and Aucuba, it will bear the cold of our mild winters without injury. - As it flowers fo late, there is but little profpect of its pro- ducing feeds with us, but it may be increafed by cuttings, and parting of the roots, LC 328 J - TriroLtium IncaRNATUM. CRIMSON TREFOIL. zl Clafs‘and Order. ; DIApELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic Charaéer. Flores fubcapitati. Legumen vix calyce longius non dehifcens deciduum. "al ts | Se Specific Character and Synonyms. TRIFOLIUM incarnatum fpicis: villofis oblongis obtufis a : aphyllis, foliolis fubretundis crenatis. Linm. ‘Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14.. Murr. p. 689. Atle Kew. ¥. 3. p. 87. 2 - TRIFOLIUM fpica rotunda rubra. Bauh. Pin. p. 328. LAGOPUS maximus flore rubro. The greateft Haresfoot. Park. Th. p. 1106. f. 1. 7 | TRIFOLIUM album incarnatum fpicatum f. Lagopus | cae maximus. Bauzh. Hil. 2. p. 376. : a NE ae cmc, Ss i ea ad ca seen OF the annual fpecies of Trifolium cultivated by the curious — here, this is one of the largeft, as well as one of the moft ~ fhewy; the bloffoms in the plants which we have had an opportunity of obferving, have been of a bright crimfon - colour, and have therefore correfponded badly with the name of incarnatum, originally applied to the plant by fome of the old botanifts, and adopted by Linnxus; like other Trefoils with red flowers, the bloffoms are doubtlefs found with - different: aades of colour, and fometimes wholly white. Itisa of Italy, a hardy annual, cultivated here by feeds, by whic’ 8 eafily raifed. It appears to have been loft out of this country fince its firft introdu€tion, as it 1s not mentioned by’Mitter; Mr. Atron enumerates it among the produ€tions of Kew-Garden, and we laft fummer [aw _ feveral plants of it raifed from foreign feeds flowering in the garden of Joun Symmons, Efg. Paddington-Houle, Pad- _ dington, who has to boaft a colle@ion of hardy herbaceous plants fuperior to moft in this country; his readinefs to oblige - --me with fpecimens for drawing on. this occafion, and_ his -_- various aéts of kindnefs exerted in the promotion of my botanical views, I have to acknowledge with much gratitude. 0, flowers in July, and readily ripens 1 Bet nei Rees a ee : rear a ee - SS ee Wimdesnaree i. d . ‘sa a is a ce aa ee a a ki scsi ~ z eeties oN "= eee Sill maine ——— a eine ON | Lud. by We Curtys dS Ce0 € refecr Mart 17G0 too 3 Ononis Natrix. YELLOW-FLOWERED Rest-HarRow. HM HSnbieeeeei Cla/s and Order. DiapevepHia DECANDRIA. Generic Charaéfer. | Cal. 5-partitus: laciniis linearibus. Vexillum ftriatum. Legumen turgidum feffile. Filamenta connata abfque fiffura. z ‘Specific Charaéter and ‘Synonyms. ONONIS Natrix pedunculis unifloris ariftatis, foliis ternatis vifcofis {tipulis integerrimis caule fruticofo. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 653. Ait. Kew. UV. 9: PP. 24g EES ANONIS vifcofa {pinis carens lutea major. Baub. Pin. 389- The Ononis Natrix, a plant ufually to be met with in all general colle&tions of green-houfe plants, is a native of Spain, _ and the South of France, where it is faid to grow wild in the corn-fields. = .. © = passes __. The general pra€tice fan€tioned by that of Mr. Arron, is _ to confider this {pecies as tender > Mr. Mitier fays it is very _ hardy, and recommends itto be planted in the open border, — _ atreatment likely to fuit it in mild winters; there is, however, one part of his account evidently erroneous, he defcribes the root as perennial, and the ftem as herbaceous, this is not only contrary to Linnzus’s fpecific defcription, but to faét, the ftalk being undoubted! ae As this plant in the €ourfe of a year or two is apt to grow out of form, it is advifable either to renew it frequently by feed, which it produces in abundance, or to keep it clofely cut In. _ It flowers from the middle of fummer till towards the clofe, | _ and is propagated readily either by feeds or cuttings. / ‘Is no novelty in this country, having been cultivated by Mr. James Surwerianp in 1683*. sit F = Ait. Kew. ‘ AN 329° Pub. by Wlurtis I Geo Crefient Mar t t7gb ee eee - Stipa Cristata. CRESTED SIDA. . elvduleineieiedeslesesese dese Cla/s and Order. : - MonaveELpHIA PoLyANDRIA. ' Generic Charaéer. Cal. fimplex, angulatus. Szy/us multipartitus. Cap/. plures. -a-{fperme. - Specific Ghara&er and Synonyms. SIDA criffata foliis angulatis, inferioribus cordatis, fuperiori- bus panduriformibus, capfulis multilocularibus. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 964. Syf. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 623. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 444. Cauanill, Diff. 1. te 116 eck ee ABUTILON Lavatere flore, fru@tu criftato. Dill. Elth..t. 2. “s ANODA hattata. . Linn. Sy. Nat. ed. Gmel. P. 1040. —— din the garden of Mr. Suexarp, at Eltham, s introduced from Mexico, where it is a native: £70 eolu : jajuus, and other natives of South-America ; ftridtly peaking they aking they may be fuch, but if raifed early, and treated ke other tender annuals, this plant will flower and ripen HS Brompton. -. It grows to the height of three feet, or more, producing during the months of July and Auguft a number of bloffoms — in fucceffion, which are large and fhewy; the ftigmata In this flower are curious objeéts, refembling the heads of Fungh in miniat RE SESS SS a 5 é y Saal % ynfiders it as a ftove plant, as he does the feeds in the open ground, as we have experienced a ani 4 FI0 Pub, by W Curbs Geo. Crescent Mar 7 1740 a | pei sate * Katmta AncustiroLia. NARROW-LEAV’D cane KALMIA. Sedleseedestae despa skak sete se se ae Cla/s and Order. ~Decanpria MonocyYNia. Generic Charaéier. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. hypocrateriformis, limbo fubtus quinque | corni, Cap/. §-locularis. Specific Characler and Synonyms. | KALMIA anguftifolia foliis lanceolatis, corymbis lateralibus. —— Linn. Syft. Veget. ed.14. Murr. p. 404. Ait. = Kew. v. 2. p. 64. Gronov. Fl. Virg. p.65- CHAMADAPHNE fempervirens, foliis: oblongis anguftis, ae foliorum fafciculis oppofitis e foliorum alis. Cate. aoe Lo tim ex alis folioram oppolitis with us, we mean the to find is fearcely to be ke fkilfal management; to th or native alfo of North-America, intra by Psrer Cot- _Linson, Efq. in 1736, two years after he had introduc latifolia; Catessy mentions its having flowered at Peckham in 174 is a low fhrub, rarely: rifing above the height of two feet, growing fpontaneoufly in fwampy ground, ané ver rom May to July ; there are two principal ’ varieties of it, one with pale and another with deep - oe flowers; thefe two plants differ alfo in their habi _one, the molt humble of the two, not only produces the moft brilliant flowers, but thofe in greater abundance than the others Mr. Wutrtey, who has thefe plants in great perfetion, aflures — me that it ufually blows in the autumn as well as fummer- - This fhrub is extremely hardy, thriving beft in bog earth, and is propagated moft commonly by layers. ge, Like the /atsfolia, it is regarded in America as poifonous” to thet ek Oe ee ee ee TT ame = L 332 ] nas ee : ’ : Ee ee | Fruricosa. SHRUBBY ENOTHERA, OEN Clafs and Order. OcTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. Generic CharaZer. Calyx 4-fidus. Petala 4. Capfula cylindrica infera. Semina nuda. = : Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. OENOTHERA /ratico/a foliis lanceolatis fubdentatis, cap- fulis pedicellatis acutangulis, racemo pedun- culato. Linn. Syff. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p- 368. Ait. Kew. v2. p. 4. L Herit. 3 - - gt OHTp; Rov, 12a. Tt. Be | OENOTHERA florum calyce monophyllo, hinc tantum se aperto. Grom. virg. 42. LYSIMACHIA lutea caule rubente, foliis falicis alternis nigro maculatis, flore fpeciofo amplo, vafculo feminali eleganter ftriato infidente, Clayt. n. 36. Moft of the Oenotbera tribe are annual, have large yellow flowers, which open once only, and that in the evening, difplaying their beauty, and exhaling their fragrance at a time which will not admit of their being much enjoyed ; the prefent fpecies in fome refpeéts deviates from many of the others, the root is perennial, the flowers which are large and fhewy, though they open inthe evening, remain expanded during moft of the enfuing day; the flower-buds, the germen, and the ftalk are enlivened by a richnefs of colour which contributes to render — fpecies one of the moft ornamental and defirable of the. tribe. : It isa hardy perennial, growing to the height of three oT four feet, with us altogether herbaceous, and therefore imprt0-_ perly called .fruticofa; a native of Virginia, flowering from Jene to Auguft: was cultivated in 1739 by Mr. MILLER. | May be propagated by feeds, by parting of the roots, and __ alfo by cuttings. ; / “tb. é vA Fi£ Apr +06. * aa rr of 9 iy f Cu : Ese CerintTHE Major. Great HOoNEyworrt. SEAR ER SEES aE Cla/s and Order. © PENTANDRIA MonoGynlia. Generic Charaéfer. ‘Corolle limbus tubulato ventricofus: fauce pervia. Semina 2, bilocularia. Specific Character and Synonyms. CERINTHE major foliis amplexicaulibus, corollis obtufiuf- culis patulis, Linn, Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 187. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 183. E glaber foliis oblongo-ovatis glabris amplexi- caulibus, corollis obtufiufculis patulis.. Ml. . Dié?. ed. 6. gto. CERINTHE flore ex rubro purpurafcente. Baub. pin. p. 258. CERINTHE major. Great Honiewoort. Ger. Herb. Ancient writers on plants, fuppofing that the flowers of this genus produced abundantly the material of which bees form their wax, gave it the name of Cerinthe, which rendered into Englifh would be wax-flower or waxwort, not honeywort, by which the genus has long been, and is now, generally called. . _ Of this genus there are only two fpecies known, the major and the minor, both happily diftinguifhed by the different form of their flowers, a part from which it is not common to draw {pecific differences, though in fome inftances they afford the belt. _ The major varies much, the leaves being fometimes {potted, very rough, and the flowers of a more yellow hue; this is the fort figured by Gerarp in his Herbal, who mentions its growing in his garden (1597). Mutxer confiders this asa {pecies, but Linnaus, Haier, Aiton, and others, regard it as a variety; our figure reprefents the Cerinthe glaber of MILLER. This is an annual, remarkable for the fingular colour of its foliage ; its flowers, though not very brilliant, poffefs a con- fiderable fhare of beauty; both combined render it worthy a place in our gardens, more efpecially as it is a plant of ealy culture, coming up fpontaneoufly from felf-fown feeds, and being a native of Switzerland, as well as the more fouthern — parts of Europe, feedling plants produced in the Autumn rarely fuffer by our winters, It flowers in July, Auguft, and September, . ia ack dina es ea 5A _ ne ranaaeni f fo? i coe e z 3. 3 b | > i ; 4 5 i i . —- eae Pub. by Wurter SCeo-Crefcent Apr) 1796. ° £ dward + $54 J ~Hyprricum Monocynum. CuINESE ST. JOHN’s-WoRrT. Jed HHeHHSHnniiinnice Clafs and Order. _ Poryapetpnia PoLtyanpRia. 5 Generic CharaGer. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Ne. 0. Capfisla. : < < Specific Charaéfer and Synonyms. HYPERICUM. monogynum floribus monogynis, ftaminibus - corolla longioribus, calycibus coloratis, caule fruticofo. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed.14. Murr. p- 702. Hort. Kew. v. 3. p. 108. Of this genus 28 fpecies are enumerated in the Hortus Kew- enfis of Mr. Aiton, 42 in Prof. Murray’s ed. of the Sy/lema - Vegetab. and 64.in Prof. Gme.in’s 13th ed. of Linn. Sy/t. Nat. _ of the latter number 14 are defcribed with 5 ftyles, 46 w ith 3, 2 with 2 ftyles, and 2 with 1; when the term monogynum was firft applied to this fpecies it was a proper one, there being then only one in that predicament, another having fince been difcovered it ceafes to be fo now; fome have indeed doubted the propriety of ufing the.word monogynum at all, sliedaing in reality there are five ftyles, which manifeftly fhew themfelves above, though they coalefce below; fuch is the opinion of my friend, Dr. Gwyn; this is a point on which Botanifts will think differently, ; | : This elegant native of China, now common in our green- houfes, appears from Mr. Mirirr to have been firft in- troduced to this country in 1753, by Hucu, Duke of NorTHUMBERLAND; he tells us, that the plants were raifed in his Grace’s curious garden at Stanwick, from whence the Apothecaries garden at Chelfea was furnifhed with it. Mr. Miccex has given us a minute defcription of this plant, which he obferves is the more valuable, as it continues 1m flower great part of the year; he obferves further, that if planted in a very warm fituation, it will live in the open ai but that thofe plants which ftand abroad will not flower winter, as thofe do which which are removed into fhelter 1» autumn, ae : ; ~ It may be propagated by flips from the root, or by layer’. ee 4 a Se eieeemmamiteeets re Lub by Wlurtis S Geo Crefient Muy! 1796 | C 335. J | Ononis RoTunpDIFOLIA. Rounpb-LEAVED Rest-~HarRRow. Je HSHHleeeeee — Clafs and Order. ~DraverpuHia DECANDRIA. Generic Charafer. Cal. 5-partitus: laciniis linearibus. Vexillum ftriatum. Le- gumen turgidum feffile. Filamenta connata abfque fiffura. ; Specific Character and Synonyms. ONONIS rotundifolia fruticofa, foliis ternatis ovatis dentatis, calycibus triphyllo-brafteatis, pedunculis fubtri- floris. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 653- Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 25. ONONIS rotundifolia fruticofa, pedunculis trifloris, calycibus triphyllo-bra€teatis, foliis ternatis fubrotundis. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 1010. CICER fylvettre latifolium triphyllum. Baub. Pin. 347. CICER fylveftre tertium. Dod. Pempt. 525. | Prof. Jacquin, and moft modern writers on Botany, con- | fider the Ononis here figured, as the rotundifolia of Linn 2083 it accords certainly with the figure of Dedon. to which that au- thor refers, but is irreconcileable with his defcription; the leaves for example are neither parva, integerrima, nor glabra, the words by which Linnaus defcribes them; they are in- deed evidently ferrated in the figure of Dodon. which he quotes: by the name of rotundifolia, however, this plant is now very generally known in our nurferies, to which its beauty has gained it admifiion, Losex tells us in his Adver/aria, printed in 1576, that the plant was then growing in the garden of @ Mr. Morcan; as it is not enumerated in Mr. MitLER$ Diéionary, ed. 6, 4to,* we fufpe& that it has been loit out of the country and re-introduced. Baron Hatter informs us, that it is found wild in abun- dance at the bottom of the Alps in Switzerland; it is foun alfo in- other parts of Europe. A : _ It flowers in our open borders from May to July, in which it ripens its feeds, by which it is in general propagated, as alfo by flips; it grows to about the height of a foot anda half, is very hardy, and eafy of culture. * The flowers of his rotund filia are yellow, and therefore cannot be our plant. aa alla Pubily Wo Curbs JS Geolrecent May. 790. L 3ee- J). Lorus Hirsutus. Harry Birp’s-Foor- TREFOIL. Generalist -Clafs and Order. DIaADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Generic Charafer. | Legumen cylindricum firiatum, Ale furfum longitudinaliter conniventes. Ca/. tubulofus, > Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. LOTUS hir/utus capitulis fubrotundis, caule ereéo hirto, le- guminibus ovatis. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p- 691. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 93- Ze LOTUS polyceratos frutefcens incana alba, filiquis erettis craffioribus et brevioribus reétis. Mori/. Hifi. 2. Pe» 199, J. 2. 1.4% Ff, 44; LOTUS pentaphyllos filiquofus villofus. Baub. Pin. 332- —— The Lotus hirfutus, according to Linnaus, is a native of the South of France, Italy, and the Fatt. _ Inmild winters it will bear the open border with us, but is more generally kept in the greenhoufe, of which indeed has long had poffefflion, being cultivated, according to Mr. Aiton, in 1683, by Mr. James SurHERLAND. It flowers from June to Auguft. 7 Its bloffoms are of a white colour, which being con- trafted with the rednefs of the calyx, gives them a pleafing pS igual 3 Caspr. Baun, informs us, that they are purple a - . This fhrub will acquire the height of feveral feet; its flowers are ufually fucceeded by feed-veffels, which in favourable fituations produce perfeét feeds, by which the plant 1s eafily propagated, as alfo by cuttings. err Lub. by Wieurtis, i Ceo: Crefeent May 1.1790 [ 337 J PruNELLA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT* _ FLOWERED SELF-HEAL. St —> Clafs and Order. t . DipyNAaMIiA GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Charader. Filamenta bifurca: altero apice antherifera. S ligma bifidum, = Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. ‘ PRUNELLA grandiflora foliis omnibus ovato oblongis fab- a ferratis, calicis labio fuperiore profunde trilobo. Linn. Syft. Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. p. 920 Fac4s Fl, Aufir, v. 4. t. 379+ PRUNELLA prima. Clu/. Hift. xhi. PRUNELLA cerulea magno flore. Baub. Pin. 261. The plant here figured, which we have feveral years cule =| _ tivated in our garden at Brompton, without difcovering mt} the leaft difpofition to- vary, is undoubtedly the fame as 8 | figured by Prof. Jacgurn, in his Fl. Auf. under the name of grandiflora; he regards it as a diftin& fpecies, and as fuck — it is Introduced in Prof. Gmexin’s ed. of the Syft. Nat. of Linnaus: Mr. Arron, in his Hort. Kew. following L1¥- ‘N#&us, makes it a variety of the vulgaris, a common Englilh plant, which we have never feen to vary much in the fize its flowers. 2 a ie Prof. Jscourn informs us, that it grows wild, mixed with the Jacinjata (a kindred fpecies with yellowifh flowers) on the Alps; it is found alfo in fimilar fituations in various other parts‘of Europe. Re. 3 In july and Auguft, it puts forth its large fhewy bloffoms, _of a fine purple colour. — ey : Such as are partial to hardy herbaceous plants, of ready growth, which are ornamental, take up but little room, 20® are not apt to entrench on their neighbours, will be induced t _ add this to their colleétion, on ee : It is propagated by parting its raqts in aytumn. over each other before they open, when open broad, fome- what truncated, one fide rounded, the other terminating in a fhort point; at the bafe of the divifions the yellow colour on the infide of the flower becomes nearly white, forming fo many fpots; the mouth ofthe tube is perfeétly clofed with villi converging to a point, and which ferve as a covering or fpecies of thatch to five long, pointed, rigid, arrow-fhaped anthere beneath them, which fit on the top of fo many ridges, pro- jeéting from the infide of the tube, and which juft beneath the anthere are villous; germen nearly round, with a flight ridge on each fide of it, furrounded at its bafe by a greenifh glandular fubftance ; ftyle filiform, the length of the tube of the corolla, enlarging as it comes near to the ftigma; fligma divifible into three diftin& parts, the lowermoft of a yellowith hue, in the form of a rim turning downwards, the middle of a dark green colour, fecreting honey in confiderable quantity ; the fummit, which perhaps is the true ftigma, a fhort conical point, rifing from the centre of the middle part, bifid at top, with a furrow running down each fide of it; feed-veffels, according to the figure in AuBieT, are very large and rickly. ‘gas | : Of Ses genus, which has a confiderable affinity with that of Vinca and Plumeria, only one fpecies is defcribed in Linnaus’s works, and this is ufually increafed by cuttings, i | ee e. ALLAMANDA CaTHARTICA. WILLOW- ow Lbeav’p ALLAMANDA. Jepeddeidinbbicbistnt Clafs and Order. “PentaNnpria Monoeynia. _ Generic Charaaer. - Contorta. Gap/- lenticularis erefta echinata 1-locularis po- lyfperma. Semina braétezata. — | Specific Charaéfer and § Synonyms. ay 54 ALLAMANDA cathartica. Linn, Mant. p. 214. Suppl. p. 165. Syl. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 252 Hid Ba, Ait. Kew. V. 3: p. 489. 5 ‘i . ORELIA. grandiflora. Aubl, Guian. p. 271. 1.106. ae s beautiful ftove plant (a native of Cayenne and Guiana, where it is faid to grow by the fides of rivers) was introduced to this country in 1785, by Baron Haxe*; it has fince flowered in many of our colleétions, ufually in June and July. Stem or trunk fhrubby, upright, climbing to a confiderable height; bark of the old wood pale brown, of the young wood green and fmooth; leaves generally growing four together, _ fometimes only two, and thofe oppofit , feflile, f{mooth, and gloffy above, paler green beneath, the midrib on the under- fide evidently villous, veiny, veins as in “Plumeria, termina- ting before they,reach the margir sd difcovering little _ tafte; flowers very large, produced even on young plants, of a fine yellow colour, and fomewhat fpicy fmell, not terminal, but growing from the fides of the branches, fometimes fing!y> more frequently three or four together, ftanding on fhort footftalks ; calyx compofed of five leaves, lanceolate, fmooth, unequal, fhort compared with the flower; corolla mono- os, funnel-fhaped, tube nearly ey ) nel-fl sylindrical, limb dilat w and bellying out, on the infide ftriped with orange coloured veins, above divided into five fegments, which roll = * Ait, Kea. eS" i over es. A 338 Pub. by WeCurtin 5 Geo: Crefient June l 79: ' fs -] AruMTRILOBATUM. THREE-LoBED Arum. : Jelildideelibbie Clafs and Order. GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIAs Generic Charaéer. Spatha monophylla cucullata. Spadix fupra nudus, inferne femineus, medio ftamineus. Specific CharaGer and Synonyms, _ARUM trilobatum acaule, foliis fagittato trilobis, flore feffili. Linn, Syft. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 828. Ait. Kew. V.g. p- 310. Mill, Icon.:t. 62. fo2. ARISARUM amboynicum. Rumpbh. Amb. 5. p. 320. t. 110. Jud: — Mr. Mivter in his figure of this plant, to which LInNaus refers, has been more happy in his reprefentation than in that of many others; Rumpuivs’ figure and defcription accord alfo with our plant, fome of his leaves indeed are more pe!- feGtly three-lobed than any we have feen here on the living plant, and to this variation, he informs us, they are fubjeét. We learn from Mr. Mi.ter, that roots of this Arum were brought from Ceylon in the year 1752. It flowers in May and June, and is regarded both by Mr. Mitrerand Mr. A1TON as a ftove plant; we have feen it fucceed very well with the treatment of a tender green-houfe plant. : It is one of the leaft of the tribe ; its root is like that of the common Arum, and extremely acrid : but the plant !s | More particularly diftinguifhed by the rich, brown, velvety appearance of its flowers; the length of its tapering {padix, which on its lower part is full of little cavities, and refembles 4 pee of metal corroded by long expofure ; and by the into- erable ftench which the whole of the flower, but more efpe- ae | the fpadix, fends forth, bs et _ At is a native of Amboyna, as well as of Ceylon. Rumpxius informs us that the a fometimes oon by miftake, caufe violent inflammations of the mouth and throat, and that they do not lofe their acrimony even when boiled. — The plant increafes freely by offsets {rom its roots. ——— ————— a _—- — A539 ‘ vit Cpefeernldaunetl 1796 Pub. by WCurtis 5 G00, C1 GCC CMe! ."} “ct ae + PotycaLta Hersteria. HeatTu-LeaveD MiLkwort. ; | Clafs and Order. DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Generic CharaGer. : eae Bee. : Cal. 5-phyllus : foliolis 2 majoribus aleformibus, ante ma- turitatem feminis coloratis. — Capfula obcordata 2-locularis. ~ Semina folitaria. . : : . Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. POLYGALA Feifleria floribus imberbibus lateralibus, caule arborefcente, foliis triquetris mucronato-{pinolis. Linn, Syft. Veg. ed.14. Murr. p. 639. Ait. Kew. 9. P63 SPARTIUM africanum frutefcens erice folio. Comm. Hort. 2. | _ _ ~ Pp» 193. 4. 97- THYMBRA capenfis nepete Theophrafti foliis aculeatis flore parvo purpureo. Pluk. Alm. 366. t. 229. f. 5: HEISTERIA. Hort. Clif. 352... | ri, ___ After receiving various names, this plant has been finally placed by Linyzus among the Milkworts; it retains the trivial name of Heifferia, inftead of the generic one previoully beftowed on it, in honour of Prof, Hzisrex, the celebrated German Surgeon. — 2 In Holland jt appears to have been long fince known; but _ was a flranger here, till introduced from the Cape, by Mr. | Masson, in 1787. Ait. Kew. a7 In the courfe of a few years it becomes a fhrub of con- fiderable fize, equalling a fmall furze bufh, to which, in its habit, it bears a diftant refemblance; and furze-leaved, 19 ~ our humble opinion, would have been a more expreflive name than heath-leaved, which Mr. Arron has given it in accord- ance with Comme in’s idea. oT ; The purple of the flowers is brilliant in the extreme, and as thofe are plentifully produced almoft the year through, it has very generally obtained a place in colleétions of green- houfe plants about London. ; It is commonly increafed by cuttings, but not eafily. “ Lub. by Weurte, & Geo. Creeent July “179 6 i C 341 J , Sci_La AMANA. ByYZzANTINE SQUILL. SESE eek tes ole se sie aie ae aie cit le at alt ae Cla/s and Order. HexaNpDRIA MonocyNIA. Generic Chara&er. _ Cor. 6-petala patens, decidua. Fi/amenta filiformia. Specific Charaffer and § YON MS. ‘SCILLA amena floribus lateralibus alternis fubnutantibus, {capo angulato. Linn. Syl. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 328. Ait. Kew, v. 1. p. 444.' Facq. Fl. Aufir. 0. 3+ =f, 318, CINTHUS ftellaris ceruleus amenus. Bauh, Pin. 46. 4 HYACINTHUS fiellaris Bizantinus. Hort. Ey/. Vern. 2d. ord. fol. 1 HYACINTHUS flellatus Byzantinus alter five flore Boraginis. _ The other Starry Jacinth of Commantinople. Park. Parad. 29m. 198, f. 4. HYACINTHUS ftellaris, caulibus pluribus ex eodem bulbo : ortis fingulis pluribus floribus oneratis. Mori. Hip. (2p. 374. J. 4. t. 12. f. 17. - ‘The Scilla amena, ahardy bulbous plant of fimall growth, is is a2. native of the Levant, and has long been cultivated in this country for ornament, being intreduced about the year 1600, “by Ep. Lord Zoucn (vid. Park. Parad. &? Lobel. Averf.)s when it grows luxuriantly, many flowering ftems will {pring from the fame root, which, when the plant is in flower, are. altogether upright; as the feed-veffels advance in fize and : weight, they bend down, the bloffoms are violet-coloured, and _ the germen in the centre of each is diftinguifhed for the pale- nefs of its colour, a charagter which did not, efcape = obfer- vation of ParKINSON. It flowers early in May ind, j in favourable fuations, ripeps — its feeds in the beginning of June. Is ufually increafed by sets, which are produced in toler- able abundance; will grow in almoft any foil or fituation; - but will fucceed beft if planted i ina fandy loam, and a warm - fheltered part of the garden. Es Its feeds are o if ome amber colour, and drop foon. Though Profeffor Jacguin figures it in his Fi. Auftriacay he fufpeés that it had ee been introduced from Con- _ ftantinople. Le hy yn Lub. by Wourts J. fe. 7 re JOC? _. are now become fo numerous, that there is fcarcely any pero 24.22 [$42 J ‘Erica Persotuta. Brusu-FLowerep | . HeaTH.. a y y & sy seb sesk asthe etek See ee Clafs and Order. ‘OctAnpRIA Monocynia. Generic Charaéier. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor, 4-fida. Félamenta receptaculo inferta, Anthera bifide. Capf. 4-locularis. | Specific Charader and Synonyms. q ERICA per/oluta antheris ariftatis inclufis, corollis campanu- latis, calycibus ciliatis, foliis quaternis. Linn, Mani. Pp: 230. -Ait.. Kew. v. 2. p. 17. ERICA /ubdivaricata. Berg. Cap. 114. 7 ERICA perfoluta ariftata foliis ternis quaternifque trigonis ~glabris, floribus umbellatis, calice ciliato. T hunb, Pred, Pi. Cop. 3a The different fpecies and varieties of the African Heaths — of the year in which fome of them may not be found to de- | light the eye with their bloffoms: the per/oluta here figured 1S |, one of thofe which flower early in the fpring; through the =| months of March, April, and May, its branches are loaded with a profufion of bright purple flowers, which, joined to the 7 ft lively verdure of its foliage, places it among the moft de- | firable of the tribe. _ i : a If fuffered to grow, it will form a fhrub of confiderable height: there is a variety of it, called aléa, whofe flowers 4 _ are nearly white, yet not wholly divefted of a red tinge #: Os FT this variety the term blufh-coloured, which Mr. Arron has — given to the fpecies, feems moft applicable. _ This heath was introduced, from the Cape, hy Mr. Masso® in 1774. Ait. Kew. ss ee _ It is increafed without much difficulty from cuttings, and _ is more eafily prefervea than many of the others, ; Lub by WoCurbs JS Ceo. C7 Gf corel Suely 7 79 6. c 343 J ANTHOLYZA CuUNONIA. SCARLET- FLOWERED ANTHOLYZA. q _ dedeassede dieses deae eer Cla/s and Order. if ~"TrRIANDRIA MoNnoGyYNIA. } Generic Charadicr. Cor, tubulofa irregularis recurvata. Cap/- infera. Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. ANTHOLYZA Cunonia corollis. reétis, labii quinquepartiti --_- Jobis duobus externis latioribus adfcenden- — tibus. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 54. Ait. Kew. @. 45 . OG. ‘ ANTHOLYZA Cunonia corollis fubpapilionaceis : labii lobis duobus externis latioribus ad{cendentibus. ‘Linn. Syft. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 87. ANTHOLYZA Cunonia foliis enfiformibus glabris ftriatis, {pica oblonga difticha. Thunb. Prod. Pl. Cap. | P- 7: = s CUNONIA floribus feffilibus fpathis maximis. Bu/t. cum, 211+ fa 1. CUNONIA Antholyza. Mill. Did. _ Amidft that variety of tender bulbous plants which the Cape affords, there are none whofe flowers can boafta richer {carlet, than the Autholyza here figured; in their form alfo, j there is great fingularity, and in their mode of growth much elegance; to us indced it is matter of furprife*that this plant fhould not be more generally cultivated, efpecially as its cul- ture is _attended with fo little trouble: Mr. MIcier, who grew it in 1756, has minutely defcribed it in his Diétionary + he informs us, that it is eafily propagated by offsets, or railed from feeds ; the latter, as the plant flowers in April and May, ripen about the middle of June, and fhould be fown about the middle of Auguft; the plant with the pot in which it has grows after it has ripened its feeds, fhould be fet by ina fhed or fome dry place, and in the autumn the largeft roots fhould. be fele&ted, and three of them planted in a pot of a moderate _ fize, keeping them in an open frame till the approach of winter, when they are to be removed into the houfe with other green- houfe plants. : This fpecies is found wild in Perfia as well as at the Cape- a Pub. by W Curt J! Geo. CrofecrtAug. 1 7" | et 944 J * ASPALATHUS PEDUNCULATA. SM ALL- me @ ~ LEAVED ASPALATHUS, : = t 3 ded HbnBHonandniers Cla/s and Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 2 Generic Charaéer. Cal. g-fidus: lacinia fuperiore majore. Legumen ovatum muticum fubdifpermum. | . : Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. - ASPALATHUS fedunculata foliis fafciculatis fubulatis glabris, = -. - -pedunculis filiformibus folio duplo longiori- bus. L’Herit. Sert. Angl. t. 26. Ait. Kew. a OOS RME ST MA i -. Of the five fpecies of “Afpalathus enumerated in the Hortus Kewenfis, four are natives of the Cape; of thofe, three _ have been -introduced by Mr. Masson: the albens and - candicans in 1774, the prefent {pecies in 1775. , This is one of the plants figured by Monf. L’HERITIER, ~ in a work of -his, entitled Sertum Anglicum, containing new fpecies obferved by him during his excurfion to this country — _a few years fince, moft of which flowered in the royal garden ~ Tt will grow to the height of feveral feet, produces abun- dance of bloffoms, which open. during moft of the fummer — months, and is propagated by cuttings. _ 2 eae Pub. by Weeurts S “Geo: Crofient Aug / ge. Loi | ~PotycaLta BrAcTEOLATA. SPEAR-LEAVED. MILKwort. sestseiiniskabse- desea 4 Cla/s and Order, ~DiapereHiaA OcTANDRIA. sa FS Generic Charafer. — Cal. 5-phyllus : foliolis alaformibus coloratis. Legumen ob- | cordatum biloculare, ‘- Specific Charaéer and Synonyms, POLYGALA éraGeolata floribus criftatis racemofis, braftzis. : _ triphyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, caule fruti- cofo, Linn. Sy. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p.638- Berg. Cap. 182: Buxb. Cent. 3. p. 4. t. 7te Ait. ROW, Os De Re ae : . ee ad 4 se ¢ To the vaft number of ornamental plants introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Masson, we here add _ another, imported in 1787; when Mr. A1ton publifhed his Hortus Kewenfis, it moft probably had not flowered with him, as he does not notice its particular time of blowing: we now - fee it in moft of the Nurferymen’s colleGtions of greenhoule plants, flowering from May to July. It is a plant of great fingularity and beauty, the purple of its flowers is brilliant - the extremes SoS te erin Oe a It. is increafed by cuttings. ee Ns Pub Ay H € oer: | ad 7 + ay 4 4 , Foy s iz 7 fg & G a £ efi , CET C2 The florets of the prefent fpecies correfpond extremely well with the chara€ter of the genus Leucadendron in the fixth edition of the Genera Pl. of Linnaeus, but not with that of Protea, as given in the Hort. Kew. and Gmel. ed. Linn. Syft. Nat. to which it is now united; the corolla being moft evi- dently compofed of two (not four) petals, the largelt of thefe is trifid at top, each fegment of it, as well as the fummit of the fmaller petal, terminates in a twifted kind of plume, not pecu- liar to this fpecies ; of the anthers, which are long, linear, and form a kind of cylinder, three are attached to the largeft petal, the fourth (which appears to be lefs perfeé&t than the others) to the fmaller petal; the germen is enveloped with © numerous orange-coloured hairs, having the glofs of the richeft fattin ; the anther terminate in {mall appendages of a brown colour. ‘This magnificent fhrub, a principal ornament of the Cape- _Houfe at Kew, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was introduced by Mr. Masson, in 1774 (Ait. Kew-); it flowers chiefly in the Spring, and often during the Summer ; is propagated principally by layers. ce Our drawing was made from a plant raifed from Cape feeds, which flowered this feafon, among a number of others equally curious, in the colle€tion of Mr. Barr, Nurferyman and Florift, near Ball’s-Turnpike, Kingfland. (say 109 L 346 J Protea MELLIFERA. Honey-BEaARING PROTEA. : eslensterabensie-sicesle siete stnsie sieges Ratha Cla/s and Order. TETRANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.- Generic Charaéfer. Cor. 4-petala : interdum bafi vel apice coherentibus, Authera ~ lineares vel oblonge petalis infra apicem inferta. Cal. pro- i pius o. Nux fupera, 1-locularis, evalvis. Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. PROTEA mellifera foliis lanceolato-cllipticis capituloque ter- 2 minali oblongo glabris. Thunb. Prot. n..97. Linn. Syft. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 139. Ait. Kew. vol. 1- p- 127. ’ ~LEUCADENDRON repens foliis lanceolatis, floribus ob-- longis, calycum fquamis glabris. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. pie 3- P- 335- ; LEPIDOCARPODENDRON foliis anguftis brevioribus {a- lignis, calycis {quamis elegantiffimi ex rofeo aurco albo atro rubro variegatis, florum plumis albis. Boerh. Lugd. 2. p. 187. _ To a magnificent appearance, the bloffom of the Protea joins a ftruéture extremely curious and interefting ; but, at the fame time, difficult to be under{tood by ftudents, who are apt to confider the whole as one great fimple flower, while in reality it is compofed of a number of florets enclofed within a common calyx formed of numerous leaves or f{cales placed one over the other, and fitting on one common receptacle, being in fa& what Botanifts term an aggregate flower, approaching indeed near to a compound one, there being in the ftruéture and union of the anthere a confiderable fimilarity to thofe of the Syngenefia clafs, much more fo than in the’ flowers ° Plantain, Scabious, Teafel, and others. é wie a) A246 Lub iy Wiurtis SV’ Gealrefient Cl I. 17g? Ea OENOTHERA Rosea. Rose-CoLouRED: 7 OrNOTHERA. SHH HS HH HPiidebiiet Clafs and Order. OcTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. Generic Charaéfer. Cal; 4-fidus. Petala 4. Cap/. cylindrica infera, Sem. nuda, — S, ‘pecific Charaéer and § ‘ynonyms. OENOTHERA ro/ea foliis ovatis dentatis, inferioribus lyratis: capfulis clavatis. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 3- - OENOTHERA rofea, L’Herit. Stirp. Nov. tom. 2. 2.6. cians Of the feveral different fpecies of this genus growing in our garden at this prefent writing (eleven in number) two only are of a red or purple colour, the one here figured, and another ~ witha larger flower, which we purpofe foon to publifh under the name of purpurea. er ae _ The prefent fpecies, Mr. A1ron informs us, was introduced in. 1783 by Monf. Tuourn, from Peru. 36 pe _Ithas been confidered as a greenhoufe plant, and a perennial ; we find it to be more hardy than greenhoufe plants in general, and fcarcely entitled to the diftin@ion of a perennial. It may be increafed by cuttings and feeds, the latter of which are plentifully produced. It rarely exceeds a foot in heights “its rofe-coloured flowers expand during the whole of the days and are produced during moft of the Summer months. | ‘To guard againft accidental eve of weather, fow its feeds _ in the Spring with tender annuals; when the plants have a¢- quired a proper age and the feafon is favourable, plant them out fingly in the open border. 7 Lub. by Wi Curtis. SI Geo. Crescent Cet 1. 19g6 ee : CALCEOLARIA FoTHERGILLI!. FOTHERGILL’S : .SLipPER~WoORrT. % sesh v BERETA Tea EE EE RE . Clafs and Order. Dranpria Monoeynlia. | Generic Charader. - “Corolla ringens inflata. Capfula 2-locularis, 2 valvis. Calys _ 4-partitus zqualis. Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. , CALCEGLARIA Fothergillii foliis fpathulatis integerrimis, — ~ pedunculis {capiformibus unifloris. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 30. tab. 1. Linn. Sys Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. p. 39- To this fpecies of Calceolaria the trivial name of Fothergillit has been given in honour of Dr. Joun Fornercir1, who _ introduced it in 1777, with feveral other rare plants from . - Falkland-Iflands, where it is a native. ; _ In the Hortus Kewenjis of Mr. Arrow it was firlt figured, and minutely defcribed. | : This plant of great fingularity and beauty particularly merits a place in the colle@tions of the curious ; its principal flowering — feafon is in May, but it will often bloffom much later in.the _ Summer. . : It is not to be had in perfeé&tion, nor even preferved, without great attention, joined toa peculiar treatment; feveral times It has been nearly loft from this country. Mr. Arron makes It a biennial greenhoufe plant; it, no doubt, is one of thofe plants which are liable to be killed in very fevere weather, and there- fore it is neceflary to keep a pot of it at Maft, during the , Winter, either in the greenhoufe or a well-fegured frame ; but <— the plant will be found to fucceed beft in the pen ground, pro- vided it be planted in bog-earth, in a fituation that is moift an@- moderately fhady ; with us it has proved perfeétly perennial. With care it may be propagated by layers and cuttings, DUE with moft certainty in the former mode ; poffibly it may be raifed from feeds, they ripen here, but are as fine as duft. Pub. by WCurtir 5 veo _— eS [a fT - SoLANUM LAcINIATUM. CuT-LEAV’D NIGHTSHADE. V is ste sie ale je als al SEES TE ES aE e Cla/s and Order, PENTANDRIA MonocGyNra. _ Generic Charaéfer. “Corolla rotata. Anthére fubcoalite, apice poro gemino ee “ centes. ~Bacca 2-locular 1S. Specific Charager and Synonyms. SOLANUM _laciniatum caule fruticofo inermi glaberrimo, _ foliis pinnatifidis: Jaciniis lanceolatis acutis, paniculis axillaribus binis ternifve. At. Hort. Kew. 0,4. p. 247- 2 pers seis speantimctiaine Mr. Arron in his Hort. Kew. mentions this plant as, being native of New-Zealand, on the authority of Sir JosEr# Banks, and that it was introduced in +772; he regards it as 4 ftove plant; it has been fince found to be more hardy than he _ imagined, and not to require more heat than the greenhoule _ affords ; in the Summer it will ftand abroad, and even ripe? "S ts fruit inthe open air. = = * : :; Itis a plant of its anthere feparating widely from each other, and thereby lofing the charaéter of a Solanum, fo far as it depends on that - circumftance. The berries when ripe are of the fize of a fall plum, and of a yellowifh green hue; their pulp is fweet, — in fome fimall degree refembling that of a fig, whether it be fo mnocent we do not take on us to affert. ee It flowers during mot of the Summer, and is eafily increafed z by cuttings or fee fome beauty, but is more remarkable for having - eo Bh ee i ial Pub by Weurts SO GC Crefoent Oct. 1.17g0 | St ee] Erica VenTRIicosA. PorcELAIN HEATH. Sep PedSEHdninuinieis Clafs and Order. Ocranpria MonoGynNia. Generic CharaGer. Calyx 4-phyllus. Corolla 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Aunthere bifide. Cap/. 4-locularis. Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. ERICA ventricofa mutica, foliis quaternis trigonis ciliatis, floribus ventricofis glabris. Thunb. Prod. Cap. p.71- Of the many new Heaths which have been introduced within thefe few years, none have excited greater admiration than the prefent one; its blofloms, though they cannot boaft the grandeur or richnefs of colour fo ftrikingly difplayed in the cerinthoides, and fome others, pleafe more on a near infpeétion, they have indeed a delicacy and beauty which are indefcribable; we have given to it the Englifh name of Porcelain Heath, as the flowers have fomewhat the appearance of porcelain, oF enamel. SERS ; This {pecies has been introduced from the Cape, fince the publication of the Hortus Kewenfis ; we {aw it in bloffom many years fince, in the Royal Garden at Kew; feveral varieties of it have been raifed from Cape feeds by Mr. Loppices, Nurfery- man, at Hackney, differing in the hairinefs of their leaves, fize and colour of their bloffoms ; but the beft variety we have {een 1s the one here reprefented. : In point of form the bloffoms refemble thofe of the ampu/- lacea, but they are not fo large, and have .no vilcidity ; the ftigma is enclofed within the mouth of the flower, and the peduncles are ufually naked ; in fome very luxuriant {pecimeps we have obferved a {cale or two on them. It is with Heaths, in fome refpeéts, as it is with fruit trees; one feafon they will produce bloffoms moft abundantly, they — feem indeed to overblow, themfelves, the next few appear; 19 different years the blofloms of the fame heath will vary alfo confiderably in fize. The ventricofa is a freé blower, and will In general produce flowers in abundance, for two or three months, from June to September. | : _ Thofe who poffefs the knack of ftriking heaths, raife It by cuttings without much difficulty. Pub by W Curt S Cea Creiert Oct t 17g6 — Ee SAXIFRAGA MUTATA. SAFFRON-COLOUR’D SAXIFRAGE. RSH Hadise Cla/s and Order. DecANDRIA DicyYnia. Generic Charafer. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla 5-petala. Cap. 2-roftris 1-locularis polyf{perma. : 3 Specific Charafer and Synonyms. SAXIFRAGA mutata foliis radicalibus aggregatis lingulatis cartilagineo-ferratis, caule racemofo foliofo, calyce villofo et vilcido. Linn. Syjt. Vegetab- ed.t4. Murr. p.411. Facq. Ic. Pl. rar. Fafe.g- Linnaus has arranged feveral diftin@ fpecies of Saxifrage under the Saxifraga Cotyledon, but very properly feparates this ; though in the general form of its foliage it is as nearly related _ to it as moft of the others; from four of them it is indeed perfeéily diftin&, inflead of the fawed cartilaginous edge, It has only fine foft hairs, more efpecially towards the bafe; - towards the extremity there is fome appearance of little teeth, but widely differing from tltofe of th¢ others. The whole plant is covered with vifcid hairs; the ftalk about a foot high, is much branched ; but the great peculiarity of this plant confifts in its flowers, the petals being long, narrow, and’pointed, and of a faffron colour, of a deeper tint when they firft open, and gradually changing to a pale yellow; the beauty of the flowers is heightened by a glandular fubftance in the centre of each, which when the flower expands is of a bright purple colour. This rare fpecies of Saxifrage is a native of the Alps of Switzerland and Italy; we raifed it with difficulty from feeds fent us by Mr. Davat, of Orbe, in Switzerland; it was three years before the plants flowered; thofe now in bloom in my garden, June 15, bid fair to produce feeds in abundance ; the plant may allo be produced from offsets, in the fame way as the Saxifraga Cotyleaon, vulgarly called Pyramidal Sedum, and requires a fimilar treatment; though an Alpine plant, it muft be’ fheltered from much wet and fevere frofts. Z Baron Hatier defcribes it with {pots on the petals s thofe certainly did not exift on our plants. . “ + Pub. By WCurtis §Geo-Crefeent Vet , 7. F358 OENOTHERA PURPUREA. PURPLE OENOTHERA. v v v Jp al ip ale le ale of sese-te fede eset ese ee eat Clafs and Order. Octranpria Monoeynia. Generic Chara@er. Cal. 4-fidus. Petala ss Capf. cylindrica infera, Sem. nuda. Specific Charafer and Synonyms. OENOTHERA purpurea foliis ovato-lanceolatis glaucefcen- - tibus integerrimis, capfulis feffilibus, ftigmate atro-purpureo.. The fpecies of Oenothera here figured is the one we | _ mentioned in treating of the ro/ea, a very ornamental fpecies, introduced to the Royal Garden at Kew, from the weftern coaft of North-America, in 1791.* We have given to it the name of purpurea, it being the only one in our gardens with purple flowers. . eee It is diftinguifhed by three principal charaéters, the glaucous appearance of its foliage, the purple hue of its bloffoms, and the dark colour of its ftigma. co | __ It flowers during the months of July and Augnft, and ripens its feeds in September; is an annual of. ready growth, and worthy of being more generally introduced to the flower- garden; its feeds fhould be fown in the fpring, with other _ tender annuals, and the feedlings when of a proper age planted out fingly in the open border, where they will acquire the’ height of two feet, and produce abundance of bloffoms which, like thofe of the rofea, open-during the day as well as in the evening. — a * Donn, Hort, Cantab, 1796. ee a. are Pub by W Curtis I Geo, Creoftent Nov. 1. 796 ta0 MaAuHERNIA INCISA. CuT-LEAV’D MAHERNIA.} Ce eee ee eee Cla/s and Order. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA, _ Generic Charafer. Calyx 5-dentatus. Peiala 5. Ned. 5 obcordata filamentis {uppofita. Capfula 5-locularis. 3 a Specific Charaéfer. MAHERNIA incifa caule hifpidulo, foliis lanceolatis incifis, ftipulis integerrimis. In point of fize and mode of growth, this beautiful fpecies comes near to the piznata already figured in this work ; but differs effentially in the fingular hifpidity of its flalks, the form of its leaves, and the colour of its flowers. ay The ftalks to the naked eye difcover a manifeft roughnefs, a magnifying glafs fhews this roughnefs to be of a fingular kind, that they are befet on every fide with little protuberances, from whence iffue tufts of pellucid hairs, and here and there a fingle hair is difcoverable with a {mall red vifcid globule at its extre- “mity; a portion of the ftalk, when highly magnified, fome- what refembles that of the creeping Cereus. The leaves, which are not fo manifeftly hairy as the ftalk and calyces, are deeply - jagged on the edges, and bear fome little affinity in their _ appearance to thofe of the Pelargonium tricolor, The flowers, - when in bud, are of the richeft crimfon imaginable ; as they open they incline to a deep orange, and finally become of a yellowifh hue. : As this plant produces abundance of bloffoms, they may be feen in all their {tates during moft of the Summer and Au- tumnal months. — | = _ The plant from whence our drawing was taken, flowered this Summer with Mr. Corvirt, Nurferyman, King’s-Road, It requires the fame treatment as the pinata, is probably a native of the fame country, and may be propagated by cuttings in the fame manner, 3 : 7 353 +, Pub. by WCurts JS C00- Creofecetl Noy. i 17g. | [ 354 J Mimutus AuRANTIACUS. ORANGE MONKEY- : FLOWER. - Tees Se oe ee Cla/s and Order. DipyNaMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Charaéfer. Calyx 4-dentatus prifmaticus. Cor. ringens: labio fuperiore _ jateribus replicato., ~Cap/. 2-locularis poly{perma. , Specific Charaéer. MIMULUS aurantiacus caule ere&o fruticofo tereti, foliis ‘ evato-lanceolatis obtufiafculis. : t The prefent {pecies of Mimulus, equal in point of fhew to moft of the inhabitants of our greenhoufes, to which fituation it, is adapted, flowered this Summer with Mr. Cotvitt, Nurfery- man, King’s-Road. i a Stalk about three feet high, much branched, fhrubby, round, oung wood green, with a tinge of purple toward the lower each joint, flightly vilcid, as it becomes older changing { to a light brown colour, ‘and difcovering manifeft fiffures ; i branches alternately oppofite, flower-bearing quite to the bafe ; leaves oppofite, feffile, flightly connate, ovato-lanceolate, . fome- what blunt at the extremity, this bluntnefs is particularly apparent when contrafted with a leaf of the ringens, toothed or flightly fawed on the edge, fmooth, veiny ; flowers inodorous, - large, nearly twice the fize of thofe of the rizgens, uniformly > orange, growing in pairs from the alz of the leaves, | - ftanding on fooitftalks about half the length of the calyx; __ calyx five-angled and five-toothed, tube of the flower within _ the calyx, narrow, cylindrical, pale yellow, bent a little down- _ ward, gradually expanding, and dividing into two lips, the upper lip divided into two, the lower lip into three fegments, | i all of them irregular,,the two uppermoft very much fo; at the _bafe of the middle fegment of the lower lip are two prominent ridges, of a fomewhat deeper colour ; ftamina four, two long, & two fhort ; anther deep orange, cruciform, within the flower ; ftigma white, two-lip’d, lips clofed or expanded according to its 4 age; ftyle filiform ; germen oblong; at the bafe of the germen sg is a gland of confiderable fize which fecretes much honey. | + This plant flowers during moft of the Summer, and is 3 » increafed by cuttings. We know not with certainty of what a country it is a native. 7 — Lub by W Cur Cs: aS’ Ce OTS COML Nov. 7 go L855 5 OENOTHERA Pumita. DwArFOENOTHERA. oo dM Hee ketek ee Clafs and Order. if Ocranprra Monocyrnia. | Generic Charager. : A Cal. 4-fidus. Petala 4. Cap/. cylindrica infera. Sem. nuda. S pecific CharaGer and Synonyms. OENOTHERA pumila foliis lanceolatis obtufis glabris fub- | petiolacis, caulibus proftratis, capfulis acut- angulis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p- 358. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 4. 7 OENOTHERA foliis radicalibus ovatis caulinis lanceolatis : ss obtufis, capfulis ovatis obtufis. Mill. Ic. = t. 188. 4 LYSIMACHIA filiquofa glabra minor mariana anguttioribus ; ~ foliis, Pluk. Mant, 123. e 7. — _ From all the fpecies of Oenothera with yellow flowers hitherto introduced to this country, the prefent one is dif- _ tinguifhed by the inferiority of its fize; in its moft luxuriant ftate it rarely exceeds a foot in height, and as it commonly __~ grows it is far more humble: from a perennial root it fends - out many flowering ftems, which are produétive of blofloms in regular fucceffion from April to July: thefe are open in the _ Morning as well as in the evening, which renders the plant _more ornamental and defirable: for the border of a {mall garden, or for rock-work, it is extremely fuitable, if not fo fhewy as fome others; it is very hardy, of ready growth, not apt to encroach, flowers during moft of the fummer months, and is readily propagated by feeds, cuttings, or dividing of the roots in autumn. : : __ Isanative of North-America, and was cultivated here by Mr. Miter in i757. Ait. Kew. | * The ftalks cannot be confidered as_proftrate, though Linnaeus deferibes them as fuch; adfcendentibus would be 4— more appropriate term. \/@) i 7 eS GIS Pub. by Wlurtis S Ceo Crytent Pec.) 1790. {308 J Erica Massoni. Masson’s HEATH. dee eases desk eee : Clafs and Order. OcTANDRIA MonocGYNia. Generic Charaéer. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Anthere bifide. Capf. 4-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. ERICA Maffoni antheris muticis inclufis, corollis cylindricis groffis, floribus capitatis, foliis o¢tofariis imbricatis pubefcentibus. Linu. Suppl. p. 221. Ait. Kew. v. 2. oe p. 23. -ERICA Maffoni foliis quaternis oblongis ferratis villofis, floribus cylindricis vifcofis. Thunb. Prod. Cap. p. 71+ This very sv African Heath is firft defcribed in the Suppl. Pl. of the younger Linn us, and named in ho- nour of Mr. Masson, whofe exertions at the Cape, where he refided many years as colleétor of the natural produ€tions of that fertile {pot, have fo eminently contributed to render the royal colleétion at Kew, in this tribe of plants efpecially, rich - in the extremé;. 2772's ae ee This Heath grows to a confiderable height, and becomes much branched, the branches are long and upright, covered © clofely with numerous hoary leaves, nearly cylindrical, molt of thefe terminate in a large umbel of flowers, which con- _ unue a long while in bloom, and are fo extremely vifcous that fearcely a winged infe& can fettle on them and efcape with its life; the formidablewafp fometimes becomes its viélim, as we once had an opportunity of feeing. When the des eee wae firft publifhed, this fpecies had - : not flowered with Mr. Arron, it has fince done fo in many e colle€tions near town, and no where in greater perfeétion than at Meffrs. Lex and Kennepy’s, Hammerfmith, on fome one or other of whofe plants blofloms may be feen during molt of the fummer. | ee t is raifed from cuttings with extreme difficulty, is not fo eafily kept as fome others, and is more fufceptible of injury 4 from moifture, — | i | 4 7 ; Lub. by Wurts SGC Crecente Dect. 1790 ee C 357 J | BrizA Maxima. GreEaT QuAKING GRass, © Clafs and Order. - TRIANDRIA DiGY¥NIA. Generic Chara@er. Cal. 2-valvis, multiflorus. Spicula difticha: vaivulis cordatis, obtufis: interiore minuta. Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. BRIZA maxima fpiculis cordatis, flofculis feptendecim. Linn. Syfl. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 115. Ait. Kew. v. 1- P- 108s. - GRAMEN tremulum maximum. Baub Pin. 2. PHALARIS pratenfis altera. Pearle Graffe. Ger. emac. p. 87- ' J. 3 : : an The Graffes are in general more regarded for utility than ornament, yet in the latter point of view many of them have engaged the attention of the curious, and long held a place - in the flower-garden, to which they have a twofold claim, as they not only decorate the garden when frefh, but the mantle-fhelf when dry ; to thefe purpofes the prefent fpecies of Briza has long been applied: Jounson tells us, in bis time, 1633, “ it was fowen yearlely in many of the London gardens.” SS . This f{pecies, a native of Spain and Italy, bloffoms in June and July, and ripens its feeds in Augutt. me Oe _ Where it has once feeded it comes up fpontaneoufly, with- ie 4 out the trouble of fowing it; autumnal feedlings make the = ftrongeft plants, they are liable however to be cut off in very fevere feafons; fhould that happen, fow more feed in the {pring with your other annuals, | Pub. by WV Curtis & Ceo Cryient Dee- 7 17Gb [358 3 | Erica BAccANS. ARBUTUS=FLOWERED HEATH. Clafs and Order. © »-OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. - Generic Charaéer. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. Anthere apice bifide pertufe. Cap/. 4-locularis. 4-valvis -polyf{perma.. : : Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. ERICA Jbaccans antheris criftatis inclufis, corollis globofo- ~ campanulatis calyce colorato inclufis, foliis imbri- catis. Linn. Mant. p. 232. ERICA JZaccans antheris criftatis, corollis globofo-campanulatis tectis, ftylo inclufo, foliis ternis imbricatis. Lian. Sy/. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 366. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 18. ERICA 4accans criftata foliis quaternis linearibus ferrulatis, floribus umbellatis, calyce ovato squante. Thunb. Prod, Qo q4. oe ; : _ ERICA Africana glabra fruticofa arbuti flore. Seb. Mu/. 1. | p- 32. a1. Joe, senrinennniain Sesa, a Dutch writer, appears firft to have noticed this — Heath; he figures it in his Mufeum, and diftinguifhes it by the name of Arbutus-flowered, which Mr. Arron has retained. _ _ This very elegant and ornamental fpecies grows to a con- fiderable height, and in favourable fituations produces abun- dance of flowers early in the fummer, which are remarkable, though not peculiarly fo, for being enveloped with a calyx of _ the fame colour. : 3 _- It is a native of the Cape, and was introduced by Mr Masson in 1774*. : : Is raifed from feeds, which it ripens with us more freely ‘ than moft of the African Heaths, a fortunate circumftance, as It 1s fcarcely poflible to {trike its cuttings. : Seedling plants rarely flower till they are three years old. ‘ * Ait, Kerv, ; : . . a) : I” 358 Fud. by WC: ' a. reL ¢ . 5 Z , by ur bas Se Gea lrefcent Jan £1707 T9/ | ot | ConvoLvuLusS ALTHAOIDES. SILKY- s | LEAVED CoNVOLVULUS. Seeks dees eet Clafs and Order. PenranpriA MonoGyNiIA. Generic Charader. Cor. campanulata plicata. Svigmata 2. Cap. 2-locularis: lo- culis difpermis. | Specific Character and Synonyms. ‘CONVOLVULUS althaoides foliis cordatis finuatis fericeis: lobis repandis ; pedunculis bifloris. Lena. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 202. Ait. Kew, v. 1. Pp. 211. var. B. CONVOLVULUS argenteus Althee folio. Bauh, Pin. p.295- CONVOLVULUS Althez folio. Clu/. Hift. p. xlix. fig. PAPAVER cornutum luteum minus. Ger. Herd. p. 294-4: CONVOLVULWUS argenteus elegantiflimus foliis tenuiter in- ~ cifis. Tournef. Inff. 85. The name of Al/heoides and the defcription of Linnzus accord much better with the figure of this plant, as given by. Civusivs, than with the plant itfelf as cultivated in our gardens: whether the foliage of our plant becomes {maller and more finely divided by cultivation ; whether it be a diftina fpecies, as Mixer affirms, or a permanent variety, as Mr. Arron makes it, we have not been able fatisfaforily to afcestain; the former gives no defcription of the radical leaves of his clegantiffimus, and we have not found in any of our gardens a variety different from the one here figured. This fpecies of Convolvulus, though cultivated here by J. TrApescanrT in 1656, is far from being - common, which is the more furprifing, as the plant is ealy of _ eulture and produétive of flowers at once large and beautiful, , and peculiarly interefting from the extreme variablenefs of its filky foliage, expanding into the moft elegant forms imaginable. Mr. Stevens, of Camerton-Houfe, near Bath, informs me that it grows abundantly on the mountains near Viétri, fouth- eaft of Naples, and in the Ifle of Capri, mixed with Convolvulus Cueorum, Lithofpermum fruticofum, &c. and in the adjacent — iflands and continent, forming a beautiful ornament to the fhrubs it entwines: Crusius obferved it in Spain and Portugal. _It flowers with us in June and July, and is increafed without difficulty by parting its roots, which are of the creeping kind, in fpring or autumn, It is ufually kept in the greenhoufe, Es but will fuceeed very well in the open border, guarding = againft the unufual feverity of weather, _ Pub. by We urcis Gee. yfcert Jare.! 1797 : [ 360 | Hisiscus Speciosus. Supers Hixiscus. ; . if oe Sete de tee se-sie- ke se. ste she. che..she. ake. she oh Clafs and Order. ¥ MoNADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Generic CharaGier. Cal, 2-plex: exterior polyphyllus- aut multifidus. Cap, 5% valvis, 5-locularis: loculis poly{fpermis ramis 1-/permis. - Specific Characer and Synonyms. HIBISCUS /peciofus foliis glabris palmatis: laciniis lanceo- — datis ferratis, caule pedunculis calicibufque laevibus. Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 456. Linn, Sy. Nat. ed Gmel. p. 1063. es » Thofe who “ admire Nature’s clocks more than her watches,” _ will view, we prefume, with fome pleafure our reprefentation of this very fuperb fpecies of Hibifcus, a native of Carolina, and cultivated here by Dr. Joun Fotuercitt, in 1778. This fpecies isgaltogether herbaceous, and from a perennial root yearly throws up a ftem to the height of many feet, clothed with foliage of a beautiful form and {moothnefs, and fuppo! at its fummit feveral flowers, diftinguifhed for their grandeur and richnefs of colour; thefe ufually bloffom in -Auguft, and if the plant be kept in the ftove, as it molt, commonly is, are followed by ripe feeds; by which it is moft commonly propagated. Si : : In the Hort. Kew. it is marked as a greenhoufe plant; it may no doubt be preferved in the greenhoufe ; there is even’ no impediment to its growing in the open-border, if placed ina warm and fheltered fituation; and the only motive for keeping it in the ftove is its being found to flower there moreé advantageoufly, and to ripen its feeds with more certainty. ¢ J 3b vi - Pub by We Curly J. Cealre cer YND ERS ¢ ; & In which the Latin Names of # the Plants contained in the Tenth Volume are alphabeti- $ ‘ cally arranged, 3 & : $ ds 3 aie 338 Allamanda cathartica. 343 Antholyza Cunonia. 339 Arum trilobatum. _ 344 Afpalathus pedunculata. | 357 Briza maxima. 348 Calceolaria Fothergillii. 333 Cerinthe major. 327 Chryfanthemum indicum. 359 Convolvulus althzoides. 358 Erica baccans. 356 —— Maffoni. 342 —— perfoluta. 350 — ventricofa. 360 Hibifcus fpeciofus. 334 Hypericum monogynum, 325 Jufticia nafuta. 331 Kalmia anguttifolia. 336 Lotus hirfutus. ah Et ae at ae Ae ah tle aie OI ae ae ae ae ae ae aie ah + 353 Mahernia incifa. 3, 345 - oe 326 Mefembryanthemum viridiflo- 5. _ rum, : é 354 Mimulus aurantiacus. 332 Oecenothera fruticofa. 355 pumila. 2 urpurea, a LSoe: 329 Ononis natrix. _ 335 - — rotundifolia. 340 Polygala Heifteria. 345 bracteolata? 346 Protea mellifera. _ 337 Prunella grandiflora. 351 Saxifraga mutata. — 941 Scilla amena. 330 Sida criftata. 349 Solanum laciniatum. 328 Trifolium incarnatum. : teafe fete sfeale dle dle ate alate ate steateeteats . ah ~~. i In which the Englifh Names - of the Plants contained in the Tenth Volume are alpha- betically arranged. 338 Allamanda willow-leaved. 343 Antholyza fcarlet-flowered. 339 Arum three-lobed. i 344 Afpalathus f{mall-leaved. © 336 Bird’s-foot Trefoil hairy. 327 Chryfanthemum indian. 359 Convolvulus filky-leaved. . 320 Fig-marigold green-flowered, 342 Heath bluth-fiowered, 350 porcelain. 358 Arbutus-leaved. 356 Maffon’s. 360 Hibifcus fuperb. 333 Honey-wort great. 325 Jufticia dichotomous. 331 Kalmia narrow-leaved. 353 Mahernia cut-leaved. 340 Milkwort heath-leaved. fpear-leaved. 354 Monkey-flower orange. 349 Nightfhade cut-leaved. 355 Oenothera dwarf. fhrubby. rofe-coloured, 352 - purple. ; 346 Sioa oS Peete uaking-grafs peat. = tar yellomaiaierel: 3 round-leaved. Saxifrage faffron-coloured. Self-heal great-flowered. 9 35 1 a Sida crefted. 348 Slipper-wort Fothergill’s. 341 Squill Byzantine. 334 St. John’s-wort Chinefe, 328 Trefoil crimfon,