CURTILIS’S -FLOWER- GARDEN DISPLAYED: ; IN WHICH, ae The most Ornamental Foreiex Piants, colivated 3 in the Dole Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are ie represented in their natural Colours. 5 TO WHICH ARE ADDED, — Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, —s to the celebrated Linn aus; their Places ‘of Growth, zs and Times of Flowering ; = Tee with the most ee ‘Methods s of Ce eatin Intended for the oa of pees ye a cea and GarpENERs, as wish to hecomie pice <—aeelates win = sr a A cunvete- a Dee ae By JOHN SIMS, M.D. "Paiow OF THE ‘Roya AND. Linen Socrertes. VOL XLVI. © "Being the Sixth of the New Series. The Fuowers, which grace ‘hati native beds, Awhile put forth their blushing heads, Saye ies nae ss ae But, e’er the close of parting day,” < é “3 : : ery res _ They wither, shrink, and die away: Co 8 RR = a oe But rHese, which. mimic skill Gath mhde, §2 00 6 fe mer é Nor scorched ’ by suns, nor killed by shade, Lagan Ss Shall blush with less inconstant hue, ws Which art at pleasure can renew. Lrovp,. ay i art, Pe a 1, > ie m | ig 3 : Rondon: Printed by W. & S. Covucuman, Throgmorton-Street. Published by Surrwoon, Nee.y, & Jones, 20, Paternoster-Row ; And Sold by the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. MDCCC XXxI. N89 % tp I, dosti teins D ad, Pub by # Gertis -Watwerth .Wov.2.2 Gao, Weddsli Sc. ( 2189 ) MAGNOLIA MACROPHYLLA. LARGE-LEAVED > MAGNOLIA. | Se RM EE RE Bete eee Class and Order. Potyanpria Potyeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 3-phyllus.. Petala 9. Caps. 2-valves, imbricate. Sem. baccata, pundula. . Specific Character and Synonyms. Maenouta macrophylla ; ramis medullosis fragilibus, foliis ob- longe subcuneato-obovalibus : basi sinuata subauriculatis, subtus glaucis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.331. Michaux Amer. bor. 1. p. 327. Michaux Arb. v. 3. t. 7. Maenouia macrophylla ; ramis medullosis fragilibus, foliis amplissimis oblonge subcuneato-obovalibus basi sinuata subauriculatis subtus glaucis, petalis sex ovatis obtusis. Pursh Amer. p. 381. | Maenouia macrophylla. Nuttall Amer. 2. p. 18. Maenouia macrophylla ; foliis amplissimis obovato-oblongis basi subauriculatis subtus glauco-subtomentosis. Pozr. Encycl. Sup. 3. p. 572. The Maenouta macrophylla is a small pyramidal growing tree with leaves and flowers larger than those of any other tree in North-America ; the former growing from a foot to two feet and a half in length, and six or eight inches. in breadth, smooth, bright green on the upper and glaucous on the under side; the latter larger than the blossoms of Magnolia grandiflora, and in our individual pense probably much smaller than in its native soil, too large for the size of our plate. It consists of six white petals, the three internal* * Authors tribute this colour to the external petals, Michaux having used he ancl saprtare: but we suspect that this en misprint for interiora. ; ie POs. ee ones tinged with purple towards the base. Its locality seems to be very limited, having been found only in Tenassee, west of the Cumberland River, and in a small district of North Carolina, about twelve miles south-east of Lincolnton. Our drawing was made from.a small tree growing in the open ground in the garden of James Vere, Esq. where it blossomed in July last, perhaps for the first time in England. N 2190. ( 2190 ) CuLorANTHUs MoNosTAcHYs. ONE-SPIKED CHLORANTHUS, OR CHU-LAN. ; WEEE TE HEE EE EEE Class and Order. | Monanpria Monoeynia. * Flores apetali. Generic Character. Anthera lateri ovarii insidens (indivisa, bilocularis; vel triloba, 4-locularis). Ovarian monospermum: ovulo pendulo. Stigma capitatum. Drupa. Brown. Specific Character. CuLoranruus monostachys; antheris incurvis trilobis in-_ divisisve, spicis solitariis, floribus alternis. Br. In the natural system Jussieu considers CHLORANTHUS as | ee nearly related to Viscum, and has placed it in his family of Loranthea, as established in the Annales du Muséum, vol. 12. p. 299. But Brown makes it the type of a new order, to be called Chloranthea, the definition of which we may expect from him, perhaps in the next volume of the Transac- tions of the Linnean Society. To this family belong Ascarina of Forsrer, and Hedyosmum of Swarrz (the Tafalla of Rurz and Pavon). Its place in the system will be near to Pépe-— _ racee and Urticee, with both of which it agrees in having the radicle of the embryo in a direction opposite to the um- bilicus, and a one-seeded ovarium; but differs especially in its pendulous ovulum and in habit. Pe es By the advice of Mr. Brown we have placed Chloranthus in the first class of the Linnean system, although, he observes, that only one known species (C. monander Br.) is really and at the same time constantly monandrous; for in inconspicuus _ and elatior (Br.) the three-lobed four-celled anther, hitherto regarded as an antheriferous petal, is according to him com- posed of three confluent anthers, of which the middle one only is perfect or two-celled, corresponding with the anther _ of monander, the lateral being dimidiate or one-celled: and in monostachys both simple and compound anthers are found in the same spike. Native of China. Our drawing was taken in August last at the garden of the Horticultural society, by whom this hitherto undescribed species was introduced, through their correspondent Joun Reeves, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S, of Canton. Nai A ( 2191 ) RULINGIA PANNOosA. CLOTH-LEAVED Rvu- — LINGIA. | Lee | RE RE EE ee RR Class and Order. PenTanpria Penracynia. (Inter Maherniam et Commersoniam). Generic Character. : Petala 5, € cucullata basi ligulata. Stamina sterilia 5, indivisa, (Nectarium Lin.). Ovarium 5-loculare: loculis dispermis. Capsula: septis duplicatis demum 5-partibilis. Brown. Specific Character. Ruuinera pannosa; capsulis echinatis exsertis, foliis dentato —serratis acutis planis supra scabris subtus tomentosis: in- ferioribus ovatis subcordatis passimque lobatis; superiori- bus oblongo-lanceolatis. Br. prodr. fl. nov-holl. 2. inedit. Our friend Mr. Brown, to whom we are indebied for the _ above generic and specific cliaracters, places this genus in _ the natural system, in his order of Buttnertacee, which he has defined in the appendix to Fuinpers’ voyage, vol. 2. p. 540. It is nearly related to Commersonia, from which it differs, in the number of sterile filaments, or division of the nectarium, in the cells of the ovarium being two-seeded, and in the capsule. Named in memory of Joun Puri Riitine, author of an essay on the Natural Orders, in which he has published the ideas of Professor Biirrner upon this subject. A green-house shrab, native of Port Jackson, in New Holland, where Mr. Brown discovered - several other species of the same genus. Communicated by Mr. Kenr of Clapton, in May last. ‘-: ig. Fig. 1. represents a separate flower magnified, as are all the other figures. 2. The Calyx. 3. A Petal, with its cucul- lated base embracing an anther. 4. The Germen and: 5 styles which latter approximate so closely as to appear like one siyle. 5. The nectarium or five barren filaments, undivided, and wanting the filiform bodies, which are inter- posed between each in Commersonia. ( 2192 ) Gaunca onenraLis. Orrentan Goats-Rus. died sess ak se ak ae ae aR de sk ace te ae Class and Order. Diapetpaia Decanpria. Generic Character, Cal. dentibus subulatis, subeequalibus.. Legusmen striis ob- liquis, seminibus interjectis. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Gateca orientalis ; foliis pinnatis: foliolis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, stipulis ovatis, leguminibus pendulis. Marsch. a Bieb. Flor. Taur. cauc. 2. p. 182. Suppl. p. 485. Cent. PL rar. Ross. 2. t. 67. yee j Gateea orientalis ; foliolis ovato-acutis nervosis levibus, stipulis ovatis integerrimis. Lam. Enecyel. 2. p. 596. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 330. Mey, Ji ¥e Gaxgea orientalis ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis ovatis acuminatis - gilabris, stipulis ovatis, floribus cerneis.. Wélid. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1241. Hort. Kew. ed. ali. 4. p. 355. | Gag¢a orientalis latifolia altissima, flore ezruleo. Tournef. Cor. p. 27. e | | Ga.zca montana. Schultes obs. p. 154. Hojffm. Hort. Mosq. m. 1402. Donn Cantab. ed. 9. p. 244. Lodd. Catal. 1820. p. 46. | dictate Descr. Stem herbaceous, flexuose, obscurely fluted, pu- bescent at the upper and smooth at the lower parts. Stipules oval, concave, reflexed, quite entire, except that sometimes they have two little processes at the base. Leaves pinnate : ts about seven pair, rounded at the base, pointed at the end, lively green, somewhat villous on the under side. Pe- duncles generally two together from the axil of the terminal eaf. Flowers pale violet, in a long raceme, pendulous from short horizontal pedicles. Bractes linear-lanceolate a ‘ a s reflexed. reflexed. Calyx pubescent. dle shorter than the vexillum : Carina shorter than the ale. Filaments all united at the base, but one of them farther distinct than the rest. -.Pollen orange-coloured. Legumen somewhat curved, linear, pen- dulous. The Gateea orientalis does not occur in the first edition of Arron’s Hortus Kewensis, being introduced in the year 1801, since the publication of that work by the late Right Hon. Sir Josern Banks, Bart. whose death will be long la- mented, as an irreparable Joss, particularly to the whole Botanical world. In our nurseries it has often gone by the name of Galega montana, under which it still stands in the ~ last editions of Loppinees and Donn’s Catalogues. We have not seen any representation of this plant, the - figure quoted from the supplement to the Flora taurico-cau- casica in the second volume of the Century of rare Russian plants by M. Marscuatt, not having as yet come to hand. It was first described by Lamarck in the Encyclopédie Botanique from a specimen collected by Tournerorrt, and preserved in Jussieu’s Herbarium. _ Native of the subalpine woods of Caucasus and of the Levant. Flowers from June to August. . | A hardy perennial, not undeserving a place in the flower garden. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by. Mr. Jenxins from his Botanic garden in the New Road ; our description from one with which we were favoured by _ Messrs. Loppices and Sons in June 1807, under the specific name of montana. ‘ , N293 Pub. by. 5. Lt Walworth. Wow. 22820. Webteilt.F 2. * © i ( 2198) ) | Siva Napaa. Smoota Virerian Siva. seas th Rats ses seae Class and Order. MonapDELPHIA Poxyanpria, Generic Character. - Cal. simplex, angulatus. . Stylus multipartitus. Capsule plures, mono- s. trisperme. Specific Character and Synonyms. Siva Napea; foliis subquinque-lobis glabris: lobis oblongis acuminatis dentatis, pedunculis multifloris, capsulis muticis acuminatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3, p.'765. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 206. Pursh Fl. am. Sept. 2. p. 453. Siva Napea; caulibus virgatis ramosis, foliis glabris cordatis palmatis, lobis quinque acutissime productis, petalis concavis cuspidatis. Cav. Diss. 5. p. 277. t, 132. f. 1. Napaa levis; pedunculis nudis levibus, foliis lobatis glabris. a Veg. ed. 14. p. 896. Lam. ill. gen. t. 579. f. L. cycl. 4. p. 420. Hort. Kew. ed. 1°* 3. p 417. 5 Narza hermaphrodita; pedunculis nudis levibus, foliis glabris, floribus hermaphroditis. Sp. Plant.965. Fabr. Helmst. 281. ‘ ; Siva foliis palmatis, laciniis lanceolato-attenuatis. Hort. Cliff. 346. . Hort. Ups. 198. | A.tua virginiana Ricini folio. Herm. Lugd. 22. cum icone. Matya aceris folio virginiana. Tourn. Inst. 95. ie Sma Napea is more generally known in our nurseries by the name of Napaa levis, under which it occurs in the first _ dition of Arron’s Hortus Kewensis. It has indeed been the fate of this plant to be transferred backwards and forwards — between these two genera. Lainnxus at first ranked it under — remarking, however, that it differed so much from the er species, that it might easily constitute a new genus. 52 gh y Accordingly Accordingly in the Species Plantarum, it occurs under the name of Narza hermaphrodita, changed afterwards to Napa levis. Cavanilles reunited Nap#a with the genus Sip4, im w:.ich he has been followed by most botanists since, but Jussieu has retained the genus Napaa distinguishing it from Sipa by the want of obliquity in the petals and of any articulation in the peduncle; the latter character, however, certainly fails, as the peduncles are as evidently jointed just below the calyx, as in most species of S1pa, A hardy herbaceous perennial, from four to eight feet high, native of Virginia in North America. Cultivated by Mr. © Prrer Cox.inson before the year 1748, Flowers in August and September. Communicated by our friend Ayumer Burxe Lampert, Esq. from his collection at Boyton. Pibd. bey 2 Gartia, Watworty, Wovaisee, Wed dei se bis bye sya toy Sees DicitaLis TOMENTOSA. WooLy LEAVED Fox-Guove. Se EE EE EE Re Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. campanulata, A—5-loba, ventricosa. Caps. ovata, bilocularis. Specific Character. Dicirauis tomentosa; foliis tomentosis rugosis serratis in petiolum decurrentibus utrinque concoloribus, floribus quaquaversum spectantibus. a Descr. Stem about 2 feet high, somewhat branched, villous. Leaves alternate, oblong-oval, petiolated, decurrent down the petiole and a little on the stem, tomentose and rugose on the under side. Terminal raceme many flowered, side-ones few-flowered: Flowers bright blush-coloured, large, spread in every direction. Bractes lanceolate, quite entire, longer than the peduncle. Peduncle rising, not horizontal, calyx villous: segments oval, the uppermost one smaller by nearly half than the rest. Tube of Corolla within the calyx white, above the calyx dilated into an oblong faux, convex underneath, flattened above: mouth gaping, a little hairy: upper-lip short, rounded, slightly emarginate: lower-li 3-lobed: middle lobe long, round oval, spotted and hairy within, side lobes very short. Stamens within the faux: anthers didymous: lobes finally so divaricate as to stand at right angles with the filament. Style equal to the stamens: stigma 2-lipped. Germen conical, 2-celled: ovules affixed to a central receptacle. o e We have not found any thing said about this species, but informed that it was received from Vienna under the name that we have adopted, by Mr. AnpErson, of the Chelsea , where it flowered, and our drawing was taken in une, 1819. But we find »by a specimen from Philip Miter, now in the Banksian Herbarium, that it was culti- vated by him, and supposed to be Digitalis Thapsi. From which, however, it seems to differin many material points, as in the leaves being of the same colour on both sides, supported on long footstalks, not sessile; in the greater length of the bractes; in the flowers not being secund or looking one way, and of a brighter colour, These-plants are, however, too nearly allied, and perhaps may only be varieties of the same species. : . A hardy biennial, propagated by seeds. Its native country unknown. : eres he. “ ie ae pinks: ; ( 2195. ) - GEODORUM CITRINUM. Lemon-coLovrEp GEopoRUM. ! 2 de eee esesk eek eek eee Class and Order. — GyNANDRIA MonaANDRIA. Generic Character. ~ Labellum cucullatum, ventricosum (nunc basi calcaratum), sessile, cum columna non articulatum. Petala conformia, - subsecunda. Masse pollinis 2, postice lobulo aucte. Specific Character and Synonyms. Geoporum citrinum ; scapo foliis breviore, spica pendula : floribus congestis, labello basi subcalcarato ; apice obtuso integerrimo. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. ait. 5. p. Wi. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 5. p. 689. Groporum citrinum. Bot. Repos. 626. ~ Descr. Leaves all radical, lanceolate, many-nerved, upon long sheathing footstalks. Scape lateral, shorter than the leaves, with alternate sheathing leaves or bractes, the upper ones more expanded from the stalk than the lower, terminating in a cernuous spike of flowers of a pale greenish yellow colour, the labellum of which is beautifully variegated with crimson veins. The Column erect, semicylindrica!, crowned with a two-celled, opercular, deciduous anther, containing two pollen masses, united to a very short pedicle or lobe at the base, attached at the margin of a hemispherical cavity (the st¢gma) just below the anther, filled with a viscid liquor, into which if the pollen masses are immersed they are almost instantane- ously dissolved. he first notice we have of this rare and beautiful plant, belonging to the natural order of orchidee, is in ANDREW’s © Botanist’s Repository. The drawing was made by our - Es ment mented friend, the late Mr. Syp—ennam Epwarps, from a fine — plant, communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons in July» 1812, and our description drawn up at the same time. _ Native of the East Indies. Introduced by the Right Hon. Sir JOSEPH Bans, Bart. N2196 ‘ p< tortis.Welecrth. De: sxe. (2196 .) - ACONITUM SEPTENTRIONALE, 8. CARPATICUM CARPATHIAN WOLFS-BANE. | TEESE EE EE He a ae ok ae ae eae eae Class and Order. : PoryAnpRiA T'RIGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. 0, Petala 5, supremo fornicato. Nectaria 2, pedun- culata, recurva. Silique 3. s. 5. ci se : Specific Character and Synonyms. Aconitum septentrionale ; galea conica, foliis palmatis quin- que-lobatis: lobis cuneiformibus inciso-dentatis, pedicellis — basi bracteatis. —__ OEY ge 3 (a.) caule foliisque pubescentibus. = Aconitum septentrionale. Koelle Acon. 22. Willd. Sp. Pl. | 2. p. 1235. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.322. Aconitum Lycoctonum @. flore ceruleo. Reich. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 615. Flor. Dan. t. 123... Aconitum Lycoctonum floribus pallide ceruleis, Gm, Sib. 4. p: 439.7 —... ’ b | (8.) carpaticum; caule foliisque glaberrimis, corollis lurido- § -purpureis. Aconitum Lycoctonum 8. ceruleum ; floribus ceruleis, herba floribusque magis elongatis, foliis profundius et distinctius palmatis. Wahlenb. Fl. carpat. 163. ‘Descr. Stem flexuose, angular, quite smooth. Leaves smooth, veined, dark green on the upper, and pale on the under, side, palmate, 5-lobed : lobes wedge shaped, incised : ' footstalks channelled, embracing the stem. Flowers in ter- minal racemes, of a lurid purple colour mixed with green, Supported on very short pedicles, with three small subulate bractes, generally all close to or very near the sae The Pee a ee 5 petals are all connivent: the upper one (galea) conical, terminated in a long tube, nearly straight, obtuse: lateral _ petals (ale) roundish : lower petals slightly bearded, not pendent, as in most of the species. These petals are called segments of the calyx by Jussizeu and De Canpo.ie, who give the name of petals to the smail coloured scales surrounding the germen, which are wanting in this species, and to the two singular bodies inclosed within the tube of the galea called by Linneus Nectaria, which are supported on long pedicles or claws terminated by a horn-shaped body (Cucudlus of WitipEnow) forming at one end a sort of spur (calcar of ‘De Canpotte) and expanded at the other into a border or lip (tabium).- In our plant this part is recurved at the spur and truncate, and slightly emarginate at the lip. Filaments dilated and cohering at the base. Germens 3, oval. Style shorter than stamens, Stigmas 3, simple. Capsules 3, recurvedly divaricate. . This variety is a native of the Carpathian Mountains and first described by M. Wantenserc who has published an — excellent Flora of those regions, but is considered by him as — only a variety of Aconitum Lycoctonum ; he observes low- ever that the two continue distinct from one another, and are never found intermixed. Aconitum septentrionale a. a native. of Norway, Russia, and Siberia, differs from our present plant in being pubescent, and also apparently in the shortness and recurvature of the galea or casque, which part is long and nearly straight; or what curvature it has is downward, con- | trary to what takes place in Patuas’s specimen of septen- trionale, preserved in Lameerr’s Herbarium. = A hardy perennial. Flowers in June, July, and August. Communicated by Messrs. Wuirtey, Brame, and Mune, of - the Fulham nursery, who raised it from seeds collected in the Carpathian Mountains. | ™“ aot Fhrtis Dd Fiub.by 5. Gaertis Wake orth D s22 So, (2197) ANcHUSA ITALICA. ITALIAN Buexoss. Seek ese sks sk sk sealeseakeae Class and Order. : PENTANDRIA Mownoeynia. | Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fornicibus. Sem. basi insculpta. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ancuusa italica ; floribus cabaccnaliins fauce barbatis, caly- cibus quinquepartitis fructiferis erectis, foliis. lucidis strigosis. 1. taur. cauc. 1. p. 122. | Ancuusa italica ; foliis lucidis strigosis, racemis bipartitis diphyllis, floribus subequalibus fauce barbatis. Retz. Obs. 1. p. 12. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 556. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 289. Ancuusa italica foliis lanceolatis undulatis ; summis acumi- natis, squamulis faucis corolle penicilliformibus. Trew pl. rar. p. \4. t. 18. Ancuusa paniculata. Lehmann asperif. 1. 230. Sm. prodr. Flor. Grec. 1. p. 115. Fl. Grec. t..163? Ancuusa Alcibiadion. Dod. pempt. p. 629. Buetossum foliis linguiformibus asperis, spicis supremis ge- mellis. Hall. Hist. n. 599. Exclusis synonymis. Buexossum italicum flore ceeruleo. Hort. Eyst. Ord. Aist. 8. t 5. Buc.ossum angustifolium. Lob. ic 1. 576. Buetossum vulgare. Bauh. Hist. 3. p. 578. Ger. emac. p. 798. Contre italicum. Fuchs. Hist. fol. t. 343. Ancuusa italica, being much the most common species in many parts of the south of Europe, has been often confounded with officinalis, and indies, was not distinguished py it by NNEUS. Linnazus. Rerzivus has taken much pains in setling the synonymy of our present plant. The character first pointed out by Trew of the scales closing the faux of the corolla being erect and bearded or pencil-formed, added to that of the segments of the calyx being divided to the base, will perhaps distinguish it from every other species, unless paniculata, in’ which the same characters hold good, be considered as distinct, as has been lately alleged; though both are united by Sir James E. Smiru in his Prodromus flore greece, as well as by | Leamann. As we have had no opportunity of examining a living specimen of the Madeira plant we cannot take upon us to decide the question ; but judging from the appearance of the specimen brought by Masson from Madeira, we should not consider that to be distinct from italica. At all events we think it right to retain the name of zéalica so long applied - _ to this species, by the older botanists as well as the modern, in preference to that of paniculata; although it is a native not of Italy only, but also of Swisserland, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the country about Algiers and Tunis, and perhaps of the island of Madeira. The figures of Doponavs, Loser, and Gerarp, all from the same block, are good re- presentations of our plant. | A hardy perennial. Flowers- most part of the summer. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden. N 2098 \ dd dt. Gen Fhotia Da Bid by.5. Gerlis Walworth Deorshe0. epee (0898: )unide | JASIONE PERENNIS. PERENNIAL SHEEPS-BIT. JGR E ee ee Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Involucr. 10-fidum. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala, regu- laris. Anthere basi coherentes. Caps. infera, bilocularis, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. JASIONE perennis ; foliis linearibus sublevibus planis obtusi- usculis. Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 216. Ilustr. Gen. t. 724. [2 Ss ! JasIonE montana, 8. perennis, radice perenni. Linn. Suppl. p. 392. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 889. _Descr. Root perennial, putting forth several upright simple stalks, bearing each a single hemispherical, ‘finally globular, capitulum of flowers, the lower part clothed with linear, obtuse leaves, quite smooth except a few hairs at the edge towards the base, neither toothed nor undulate; the upper part naked, angular, forming a peduncle from four to six inches long. Involuecrum of about ten lozenge-shaped leaves, serrate. Calyx superior, persistent 5-tooth: teeth subulate. Corolla 5-cleft: lacinie linear, filiform. Stamens. 5, shorter than the corolla. Anthers oval, bursting before the expansion of the corolla, as in most campanulacee, but, as far as we could observe, at no time united, as in montana. Germen inferior, 2-celled. Style after impregnation length- €ning beyond the corolla. Stigma club-shaped, villous, - finaily bilid, | lt has been much doubted whether this is a distinct species or only a mere variety of Jasione montana ; but if our ob- servation of the anthers being always distinct is correct, it can no longer be doubtful. It is‘also a larger, smoother plant ; and after a cultivation of more than ten years M. LaMarcx found it to continue distinct, Native of the South of France. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by Mr. Jenxrys from his Botanical garden in the New Road. _ PF ge ON Bay AM Me keeas eh Le ee ee : “ & i Sortenienaeninonas bs Weddell 5c <2 Bs by. 5 Gertis Wabororth,D sear inc. J Gertis Da ( 2199 ) DoparTiA ORIENTALIS. ORIENTAL DopARTIA. TR Re eee eee ee Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. labium inf. duplo longius. Caps. 2-locularis, globosa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Dopartia orientalis; foliis linearibus integerrimis glabris. Sp. Pl. 883. Willd. 3. p. 355. Hort. Kew ed. alt. 4. p. 52. Flor. taur. cauc. 2. p. 84. Gmel. Sib. 3. p. 200. n. 9. Mill. ic. t, 127. Doparrtia orientalis flore purpurascente. Tourn. Corol. p. A7.—It. 3. t. 208. Engl ed. 3. p. 188. c. icone. Coris juncea aphyllos. Amm. Ruth. N. 46. t. 5. This singular plant, which is more curious than beautiful, was first discovered by Tournerorr in his travels in the Levant, near a monastery in the neighbourhood of Mount Ararat. This celebrated botanist gave it the name of Do- DARTIA, in honour of M. Doparr, of the Royal Academy of Sciences, at that time physician to the then Dowager Princess of Conv, and afterwards to the King. M. Doparr, he re- marks, was one of the most learned men of his age, and equally esteemed for his modesty and integrity. It is also found very plentifully in salt-marshes in Caucasus. Lee A hardy perennial. Cultivated by Paitre Mutter in 1752. ° Flowers July and August. Communicated by Messrs. Warrier, Brame and Minne. Fits by Sluwsig. Wale oth, Versena LAMBERTI. LaAmBeERT’s VERVAIN. Sees Rese skates ae sek Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cor. limbus subbilabiatus, 5-lobus, inzequalis. Stam. in- clusa. Ulriculus evanidus. Sem. 2—4. _ Specific Character and Synonyms. Versena Lamberti; tetrandra, spicis laxis solitariis, caule hispido decumbente radicante, foliis oblongis inciso- dentatis apice integerrimis. = Versena Aubletia. Bot. Reg. 294. Verzena bracteosa. Pursh, non vero Michaux. In the Sth volume of this work, No. 308, there is a figure of Verbena Aubletia; from which we do not scruple to con- sider this as a distinct species; for although it is not very easy, perhaps, to find very good diagnostic characters, yet Whoever has carefully: compared the two plants cannot hesi- tate to pronounce to which he should refer any, even small specimen, that may be offered to him. The stem of Aubletia is almost constantly erect, and shows no disposition to creep; of Lamberti decumbent, and throws out roots wherever it touches the ground; the leaves of the former in length seldom greatly exceed their breadth: of the latter they are frequently three times Jonger than broad, and the point of the leaf has no incision for some way down. Our plant is also much more hairy, and its spikes of flowers are usually much longer, and very sweet scented, which those of Aubletia, we leve, are not. Z Mr. Lamsert, to whom we are indebted for the living specimen from which our drawing was taken, informs us that a whole border of this plant in the open ground in his garden garden at Boyton survived the winter of 1818, without pro- tection ; but that last year nearly the whole perished from the severity of the frost. | It appears by the Flora Peruviana of Ruiz and Pavon, that there are some other species of Verbena, which have as near an affinity with V. Aubletia as the present species, which was brought from Carolina by the late Mr. Lyon, and was considered by Mr. Pursu as the bracteosa of Micnavx, with the character of which, however, it does not at all agree. Flowers in June, July and August. N2q Pub.by.§ Lartis Walworth DP scaabis. Waddell § c (2 2201>-Jor Cupnea Circ#orpes. Encaanter’s Nieut- SHADE-LIKE CUPHEA. KEKE EEE EERIE Class and Order. DopecanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 6—12-dentatus: basi hinc gibbosa. Petala 6, calyci inserta, Caps. 1-locularis, hinc cum calyce longitudinaliter dehiscens. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character. Cupnea circeoides; racemo terminali: pedicellis sparsis, bracteis linearibus, foliis ovatis petiolatis pubescentibus. Smith, Mss. - We were favoured with a living plant of this new species of Curnea by Mrs. Mackie, from her nursery in Norwich; who raised it from seeds given her by Sir James E. Surrn. Our friend Sir James informs us, that he picked the seeds from his only specimen, given him by Wm. Swainson, Jun. Esq. who discovered it growing in shady places at Pernam- buco in South America, where, however, it is very rare. Sir James has further informed us, that it is a tender annual, requiring the heat of the stove; that “it differs from Curnea decandra of the Hortus Kewensis in having an erect herbaceous stem, elongated foot-stalks, downy like the leaves and branches, alternate flowers and linear bracteas; while C. decandra has a shrubby, diffuse, smooth stem, opposite flowers, and roundish stalked, bracteas. “Circza racemosa (Lyturum racemosum Linn. Suppl.) which is nearest to circeoides, has a diffuse, apparently her- baceous stem, opposite flowers and bracteas like those of : decandra, ‘ — decandra, leaves rough-edged, smooth on the surface, on short footstalks.” The petals. in our specimen were very, minute, perhaps not properly developed from deficiency of heat. Flowers in Sep- tember. Propagated by seeds-only. Torus De Bib. by. §.bartis Walworth Duc 25:0, Wadddl Se. A i lat . Ricinus communis; foliis peltatis palmatis, ‘lobis lonosidtii 2 - serratis, caule herbaceo pruinoso, stigmatibus tribus apice Lifidis, capsulis echinatis. Willd. Sp. PLA. p. b64, Ricinus foliis peltatis serratis: ‘petiolis ‘plofil dlifarid-aBlore Cliff. 450. Hort. oF gk Ba oe ge Regnault Bot. hs Ricinus albus. Rumph. Amb. & . og : seg Ricinus vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 439. Blackw. Herb. t Cam. Epit.959. Dod. Pempt.. 367. Raj. Hist. Park. Theatr. 182. Fuchs Hist. ic. 340. | Ricinus gallis Palma Christi, Lob. Hist. 392. Lob. ic. 688, Gerard emac. 496. Ricinus minor. Hort. ‘Eystt. ial astia, 8. t. ll. AVANACU. Hort, Malab. 2. t. 32. : The older Botanists gave this whack the name of Ricinus from the similarity which the seed bears to the Tick, which loathsome animal has the same name in latin, It is doubtful whether t ere is in reality any specific ee difference difference between the communis, viridis, africanus and lividus; of which WittpENow makes as many distinct species. It seems that though an annual in temperate climates, it becomes a moderate-sized tree not only in tropical countries, but, as was observed both by Crusius and Ray, also in the southern parts of Europe. Myxer thought that among the annual kinds which he cultivated himself in the Chelsea garden, he observed several species, which always kept distinct, when raised from seed year after year. Perhaps a greater attention to the stigmas and the fruit, with an opportunity of proving by cultivation, how far the characters are permanent, may decide otherwise ; but at present we feel obliged to consider our plant as the Ricinus com- munis ; although the stigmas are divided quite to the base, so that they might be numbered as six distinct stigmas; which in Reenavtt’s figure appear bifid at the point only. Of the modern figures, that of Reenautr is the best. But in none of those that we have seen the stigmas are represented so much like those of our plant, as in the ancient one of Fucus, published nearly 300 years ago. All the other figures of the older Botanists are copied from that of Doponaus, except Bester’s in the Hortus Eystettensis, The oil which has been so much used of late years, as an efficacious, and at the same time gentle laxative, under the name of Castor oil is prepared from the seeds of this plant. Ricinus communis is a native of both the Indies, and per- haps of the south of Europe. Cultivated in England in 1548. Flowers in June, July and August. Our drawing was taken by Sypennam Epwarps, at the Chelsea garden, several years ago. Jttete Da, ( 2210 ) VERONICA ORCHIDEA. ORCHIS-FLOWERED SPEEDWELL. Sees eee es Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. limbo 4-partito: lacinia infima angustiore. Caps. 2-locularis. ; ; | Specific Character and Synonyms. Veronica orchidea; foliis oblongis crenatis obtusis cauleque pubescente, spica terminali, laciniis corolle linearibus tortuosis antheras superantibus. Wahlenb. Fl. carpat. p. 4.. . Z Veronica orchidea; foliis oppositis cauleque pubescentibus ; radicalibus oblongo-obovatis crenatis in peticlum decur- rentibus; caulinis oblongis crenato-serratis subsessilibus, laciniis corolla lanceolatis acutis tortuoso-conniventibus. Besser Galic. n. 18. Flor. taur.-cauc. 3. p. 9. Roem. et Sch. Syst. veg. 1. p. 94. n. 28. : ‘en Desc. Stem upright, rounded, somewhat rough. Leaves Opposite, crossed, in distant pairs, sessile, lanceolate, crenate- serrate, veined, fleshy, smooth on the upper and roughish on the under surface. Flowers violet-coloured, on long terminal spikes. Bractes linear, longer than the calyx. Calyx of four ovate, ciliated leaflets. the two lower ones longer than the upper. Corolla irregular, tube gibbous: lacinve four: upper one broad at the base, acuminated, the other three linear, variously twisted, all emarginate: faux hairy. Stamens on very short filaments: anthers large, purple, didymous with the lobes united at the apex only, just appearing above the orifice of the tube. Germen nearly globular. Style Shorter than calyx. Stigma obtuse. oe It is doubted, both by WaAn.enspere and Marscuat v. Breperstein, whether this plant is not a mere variety of Veronica spicata. We eannot but think, however, that it is decidedly distinct, not only from the slender tortuous lacinie and the greater length of the bractes, but espe- cially from the extreme shortness of the stamens; the anthers but just emerging from the faux of the corolla and lying close together at the base of the upper and broader laciniz; which, occasioning a sort of resemblance to the flower of an orchis, gave rise as we suppose, to the specific name. It must be observed, however, that according to the last-mentioned author, these characters are not constant. We believe that no figure was (before) extant of this plant, and that it is quite new in this country, being raised by Mr. Kent, of Clapton, from seeds received by him from Dr. © Fiscrer, of Gorenki, in 1819. A hardy perennial, native of Caucasus, and of the Carpa- thian mountains, growing in warm and dry situations. Com- municated by Mr. Kenr, in July 1820, LM SF beertés Del Ped by. S. GertisWaloorth, Bhs ou. Widddi.$ ( 2211 ) SyMPHORIA RACEMOSA. SNoWw-BERRY. Jee ede Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Germen 4-loculare : loculis 2, polyspermis, sterilibus ; 2 monospermis, fertilibus. Bacca coronata. Cor. tubulosa, brevis, 5-fida, subsqualis. Cal. 5-dentatus. Brown. Lonicere sp. Lin. . Specific Character and Synonyms. SympHoria racemosa; racemo interrupto subterminali, co- rolla intus barbata. SympnHoria racemosa; racemo terminali, corolla imtus_bar- bata. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 214. Michaux Flor. Bor.” Amer. 1. p. 107. Pursh Fl. Amer-sept..1. p. 162. Sympnoria racemosa. Lodd. Cab. 230. Nuttall Gen. PI. Caprirotium, PerictyMENUM, CuamMa&cerasus, XyLOos- TEON and Diervitta of Tournerort, as well as SyMPHoRI- carpos of Dit.enivs were united by Linnus into one genus, under the name of Lonicera. Later botanists, however, — seem generally to concur in restoring the three last to the — rank of distinct genera. eee Our present plant belongs to Ditienivs’s genus Symphori- carpos, changed by Persoon to SympHoria; a genus esta-— blished from Sympuoria conglomerata, the Lonicera Sym- _ phoricarpos of Linnxvs. mere get Sympnoria racemosa was first mentioned by Micuavx, and a figure of it has been lately published by Messrs. Lop- DiGEs and Sons in their Botanical Cabinet, where it is stated, that they first received it in the spring of 1818, from Mr. Roserr Carr. ee Descr. A low bushy shrub; bark of the branches brightish brown. Leaves opposite, round-ovate with a mucro, mostly quite entire, but on the lower part of the shrub sometimes irregularly — irregularly notched, smooth, glaucous. Flowers grow on the slender, terminal branches in pairs, at first distant, but toward the extremities crowded together, supported on_very short pedicles; sometimes the branch becomes leafy beyond the flowers. Calyx superior 5-toothed, as it often, if not generally, is in S. conglomerata, though described to be A-toothed. Corolla rose-coloured, campanulate; limb 5-cleft, obtuse: faux filled with hairs, below which the tube abounds with honey. Stamens 5, inserted at the upper part of the tube, shorter than the corolla with the laciniz of which they alternate. Germen ovate, with two or three small bractes applied close to its base. Mr. Brown has observed that it is four-celled, 2 of the cells bearing each several ovula, but which are always abortive; the other two have each a single seed, which alone come to maturity. An analogous circum: stance takes place, he observes, also in the fruit of Linnza, and of Asetta, two nearly related genera belonging to the same family, the caprifoliacee ; in both which the germen is 3-celled, two of the cells having several imperfect ovula, and the other a single ovulum, which alone comes to maturity.” The mature berry of Sympuoria racemosa appears. to be only 2-celled, the expansion of the fertile cells obliterating the others, Each cell contains a kidney-shaped seed, much smaller than the cavity containing it. Native of Upper Canada, and the banks of the Missouri. Flowers in July, August and September, succeeded by large snow-white berries, which hang till the approach of winter It.is perfectly. hardy. Communicated in July last by Messrs. Wauitter, Brame and Ming, of the Fulham Nursery. ia __* Vide characters and bP ee three new. species of plants, found _S, in China, by Clarke Abel, Esq. by ROBERT Brown, F. R. N2272. Pub. br. &, Gurtis Walworth Frbaa 4s tyes = tly, iduer tig ( 2212 ) -GAsTROLOBIUM BILOBUM. T'wo-LoBED G-ASTROLOBIUM. Class and Order. ‘ Decanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, bilabiatus, ebracteatus. Cor. papilionacea, petalis Jongitudine subequalibus. Germen dispermum, pedicellatum. Stylus subulatus, adsendens. Stigma simplex. gumen ventricosum Semina strophiolata. Brown. Specific Character and Synonyms. ~Gasrrotosium bilobum; foliis (uncialibus) subtus subse- riceis retusis; lobulis rotundatis mucronulo longioribus, leguminis pedicello tubum calycis equante. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. alt 3. p.16. Bot. Reg. 411, Gastrotogium bilobum, is a handsome shrub which blos- soms freely in the summer months, bearing its flowers in ter- minal umb Is, which are surrounded in manner of an invo- lucrum, by the fine green foliage, silky underneath. The other leaves grow in irregular whorls on the stem. _The specific character was framed by Mr. Brown, to distinguish it from another species collected by him, in which the leaves are truncated at the point. Native of the South-west coast of New Holland, where it was discovered by Mr. Rosert Brown. Introduced into — the Kew Garden in 1803. Communicated by Messrs. Lop- PIcEs and Sons, in July last. | Pub. by 6. bivtic Walwortt. Feb 11ies Wadl ad So ( 2213) | Hepysarum averyum. Axpine Hepysarum. “ 4274S i Class and Order. pale Diapeiteaia DecanpRia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. carina transverse obtusa. Lomentum articulis monospermis compressis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hepysarum alpinum; caulescens erectum, foliis pinnatis ovato-lanceolatis glabris, racemis elongatis axillaribus, bracteis pedunculo brevioribus, articulis lomenti penduli- glabris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1207. Hepysarum alpinum ; foliis pinnatis, leguminibus articulatis glabris pendulis. Sp. Pl. 1057. Hort. Upsal. 232. Hepysarum saxatile, siliqua levi, floribus purpureis, inodo- rum. Amm. Ruth. 116. n. 152. 153. Hepysarvm foliis pinnatis, leguminibus articulatis glabris pen- dulis, caule erecto. Gmel. Sib. 4. p. 26. n. 35. t. 10. Descr. Stem tall, branched, fluted. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets about twelve pair, ovate, obtuse with a small mucro, ribbed with parallel veins on the under side. Flowers crim- son, in long racemes, on foot stalks longer than the leaves. Calyx 5-toothed: two upper teeth shortest, the lowest one longer than the rest. Vexillum rolled back at the sides. Ale not half the length of the carina. Stamens diadelphous: anthers didymous. Style filiform: stigma vey small, capitate, Germen shorter by half than the sheath of filaments, haying many ovula in distinct cells. Seed-pod jointed. _ This is a very ornamental plant from the brilliant colour of the flowers, which are produced abundantly from May to A : = Ae A hardy A hardy perennial. Native of Siberia. Not recorded in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis ; Hepysarum alpinum of the first edition having been determined to be the same with H. obscurum of Linnaus, a native of Switzerland, figured at No. 282 of this work. The species under con- sideration is much larger and handsomer Communicated from Mr. Knicgut’s Exotic Nursery in the King’s-Road in May 1819. N 2214 J Remtis Dat. BiB dy 5. farts Walworth. F ii ates Witt . ( 2214) Lepeckia NupA. Nakep Lepeckia. Jeet ieiied dead Class and Order. DiapetepH1a Decanpria. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus: laciniis acutis; sinubus rotundatis. Legu- men cylindricum, polyspermum. ate Sg Specifie Character. ‘Lezecxia nuda; subaphylla, ramulis alternis teretibus mu- cronatis, racemis axillaribus, corollis calycibus pedicellis que concoloribus. :: | Descr. Shrub between two and three feet high, upright: branchlets (probably in reality the footstalks of a compound leaf, the leaflets of which are mostly abortive) rounded, ter- Minated with a soft mucro: leaflets only here and there a defective one, ovate, recurved. Flowers purple, on axillary racemes, longer than the branchlet. Pedicles nodding, equal to or longer than the calyx, which is cupshaped, with five acute teeth all pointing downwards, whence the two upper ones are distant with a wide rounded sinus between them. Corolla - Papilionaceous, red-purple, as are the calyx and pedicle. Vex- illum erect, spreading, obovate, having a streaked star at the base and very short claw. Ale the length of the vexillum, rounded at the base. Petals of the Carina joined together at the apex, prolonged at the base into long, subulate, recurved spurs, whence the claw appears to be in the middle of the Petal. Stamens diadelphous; anthers minutely awned, by the point of the filament projecting beyond its lobes. Germen near; many seeded: séyle rising at a right angle: stzgma capitate, lobed. ae Raised from Cape-seeds in the year 1814, by Messrs. Wuur- Ley, Brame, and Mine, at the Fulham Nursey, and sec tonae? et nica nicated to us in flower in October 1819, under the name of Leseckia contaminata; but it in no respect corresponds with THunBere’s character of that species, nor indeed with the description of any recorded species, so that we are obliged to consider it as one hitherto undescribed. Fe besrhi-ig Bak Pub ty Siurtes Walworth Zeb. 2Az ( 2215 ) OxaLis VIOLACEA. VIOLET-COLOURED W oopn-SorreE.. Class and Order. Decanpria PENTAGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala unguibus connexa. Stam. ineequa- lia: 5 breviora exteriora, basi connata. Caps. angulis dehis- cens, 5-gona. Specific Character and Synonyms. Oxaxis violacea ; scapo umbellifero, foliis ternatis obcordatis, calycibus apice callosis. Sp. Pl. 621. Jacg. Hort. 2. p.. 84. é. 180. : e | Oxaxis violacea ; acaulis, scapo bifido umbellifero, floribus nutantibus, foliis ternatis obcordatis glabris, stylis stami- nibus exterioribus brevioribus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 786. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 322, Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 122. Oxauis violacea; foliis terhalss obsolete villosis, stylis brevissi- mis, filamentis interioribus equalibus, floribus clausis cernuis, expansis erectis. Jacq. Oxal. n. 14. p. 35. t. 80. f. 2. Oxauis violacea ; scapis umbelliferis foliis ternatis ciliatis : foliolis obcordatis i oe Lam. Encycl. 4. p. 686. x. 26. | eee Oxatis violacea; scapo eaticall aibelldiens, pedicellis sub- ‘viscido-pubentibus, calycis laciniis apice callo croceo, corolla violacea. Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 39. Oxys purpurea virginiana, radice lilii more nucleata. Pluk. Alm. 274. t. 102. f. 4. Oxauis violacea is a native of North America, from New England to Carolina. The leaves are smooth, varying with regard to colour, sometimes quite purple on the under surface, sometimes sometimes only slightly tinged; in plants that do not flower they grow much larger and are marked with an obscure-purple band on the upper surface,also. ‘They have a pleasant acid taste like our wood sorrel. Scapes longer than the leaves, ter- minated with a simple or divided umbel of pale-purple flowers, which are erect while expanded, but cernuous both before and | after expansion. According to PLuKENeEr a capitulum of bulbs is sometimes formed after the flowers drop, as in the Crow- Garlick. In the flowers we examined, the pubescent style was twice the length of the longest stamens, but we are well ~ convinced that the comparative length of the style and stamens is too variable a character to be depended upon to distinguish the species by. ‘Introduced in 1772, by Dr. Samurt Martin. Flowers most part of the summer. Communicated by Mr. JosePH Knieut of the Exotic Nursery, King’s-road, in July last. Hardy, but it is safer to give it the protection of a frame in the winter season. JS Curtis Del, Pub.by.5 fiertis Walworth. Frb.21he2, N26 Wadd tl.Se- ° ( 2216 ) Dryrpis spinosa. Prickty Drypts.- THEE ESHER a “Class and Order. ; tie " Poxranpria Tryeynta. ; Generic Character Cal. bedentatua, Petala5. Cans circumscissa, monosperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. | Drvris spinosa. Sp. Pl. 390. -Willd. 1. 1513. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 331. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p.175. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1. p. 19. t. 49. Scop. Carn. 1. p. 225. Gaert. sem.2. p. 218. ¢. 128. f. 12. RYPIs spinosa ; foliis oppositis subulatis, stipulis lanceolatis dentato-spinosis. Lam. illustr. v. 2. p. 550. t. 214. Dryris italica aculeata, floribus albis umbellatis compactis. Mich. Gen. 24. t. 23. | Dryris Spina alba foliis vidua. Bauh. Pin. 388. | Dryris Theophrasti Anguillare. Lob. Hist. 460. Ed. Germ. 965. Lob. ic: 780. fil. Drypis Ger. emac. 1112. e. Gee a k Carpvus foliis tenuissime spinosis ad instar J uniperi. Morison . Hist. 2. pBleyiewary 8 age Descr. Stem weak, diffuse; branched, knotted: Joints hollowed on one side, convex on the other, each changing alternately ; said to be biennial, but according to others be- coming shrubby ; the arid branches of one year throwing out Sreen branches the next. Leaves opposite, subulate, flat on the upper and convex on the under side, spinescent; superior ones lanceolate, toothed at the base. Flowers pink-coloured or white, aggregate in dichotomous corymbs. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla of five narrow bifid petals with long slen- der claws, crowned at the faux with two scales like those of the genus Silene. Stamens 5, equalling the petals. Germen round, al a a a IO ae round, somewhat flattened, one-celled with two ovula affixed to the bottom of the cell; only one of which probably comes to maturity, as the capsule is described to be one-seeded. Styles 3. Stigmas simple. Few plants are more difficult to handle with naked fingers than this, every leaf being armed with a sharp spine which with age becomes very rigid; yet the Ass eats it greedily, » whence its vulgar name in its native countries signifies in English Asses herb. Native of Barbary and Italy. Flowers with us from June to September, in the open ground. In- troduced by Nicuotas Josep pe Jacquin, M. D. in 1775. Communicated by Mr. Wiii1am Anperson from the Chelsea — Garden. : The outline figures represent 1. a stamen, 2. a petal, 3 a side view of the same, 4. the pistil and the calyx; all somewhat magnified. Pub, ty S luctis. Walworth .Marcn.2.1842, Weddell Sc. Ret le eek Crinum Speciosum. Sprciovs-FLOWERED- Crinum. : 3 MER Re ee ee Class and Order. Hexanpara Moshuxuse, Genesis Character. Tubus cylindricus, germine directé continuatus eoque gra- cilior, limbo swpe longior, emarcescente limbo plerumque magna parte persistens. Limbus ante expansionem nutans vel inclinatus. Lacinie alterne zquales, ceteris sepe dis- pares. Filamenta, vix extra faucem tubi, corolle pariter inserta. Stigma trigonum vel trilobatum. Germen media _ parte crassius, 3-loculare, loculis 1—31]-spermis, sessile vel pedunculo directé continuatum. Capsula sepe difformis, dissepimentorum destructione 1—2-locularis. Semina car- nosa, viridia, seepius magna et difformia. Folia plerumque multifaria. Vide supra No. 2121. W. H. sig Specific Character and Synonyms. Crinum speciosum; bulbo spherico, foliis loratis undulatis margine scabris apice obliquo acutis scapo subterete, multifloro longioribus, germine sessili: loculis mono- _ Spermis. : a Crinum speciosissimum. Supra No. 2121, p. 6. ‘eee Descr. Bulb large, spherical, reddish. Leaves multi- farious, undulate, thong-like with a sharp oblique point, 2 or 3 feet long, 2 inches wide, deep green, with a rough margin. Scape roundish, 2 feet high or more, green, reddish towards the base. Spathe short, withering early. Umbel 7—20 flowered, interspersed with bractes. Flowers fragrant. Tube with obsolete angles, 3—4 inches long, green, minutely marked with red, withering with the limb. Limb wide- wi withering ceaakidees, funnel-shaped, with the points bent back, drooping before expansion. Lacinie white, striped outside with red and greenish towards the base, ending with a hook, 33 inches long, the three inner not an inch, the three outer more than an inch wide. Filaments white, curved upwards; anthers ash coloured ; pollen very pale yellow ; style curved like the filaments and of the same length, red towards the end; stigma a white triangular point, a little divided. Germen short, sessile. Cells one-seeded. a. represents a ripe seed; b. a miniature of the whole plant. This species was first discovered by Dr. Carey in the North of Bengal; in foliage it very much resembies Crinum moluc- canum, but it is a plant of larger stature, and it may be easily distinguished in a young state, by a much slenderer and some- what oblique point to the leaf. It requires the earth in which it grows to be kept constantly moist, though it is not so impatient of sunshine as moluccanum. {t thrives well with a pan of moist sand under it upon a warm flue, and flowers freely, especially in the autumn, usually pro- ducing two successive scapes. ae It is worthy of observation, that although it nearly agrees with C. capense in the form of the corolla, and in the perish- able tube of which scarcely 3 of an inch is persistent, the cells which in capense are from 27 to 31 seeded, are in this species l-seeded. The number of ovules varies exceedingly in the different species of most genera of Amaryllideze, and cannot be relied upon as a generic character. It is observable that in some specimens, or, perhaps in 4 variety of C. Broussoneti, differing in no other respect, the stigma is very deeply 3-cieft. The greater or less division of a stigma which is angular or Jobed appears tu be a very uD- certain feature. The various species of Crinum differ much in the greater or less width and expansion of the lacinize, but there is quite as much difference between the breadth of the - outer and inner laciniz in the narrower C. erubescens a8 10 C. speciosum-or any of the broad sorts. That the laciniz of the narrower sorts become pendulous or revolute, is probably owing to the want of breadth to support their length, upon" the same principle that makes a slender slip of paper curl ot hang down while a broader one remains straight. Was. Herpert. 2218. ee a ee ey or Pub.be. S. Curtic, ( 2218 ) CALENDULA CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA. LARGE- FLOWERED MARYGOLD. 2 Te RE ee ee dese dese & ek eae _ Class and Order. Syncenesia Potyeamia NEcEssaris. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappus 0. Cal. polyphyllus, zxqualis. Sem. disci membranacea. Specific Character and Synonyms. Catenputa chrysanthemifolia; foliis cuneato-obovatis lyrato- incisis scabriusculis, caule fruticoso erecto. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 169. Bot. Reg. 40. é CaLenpuLa chrysanthemifolia; toliis obovatis sublyratis sca- briusculis, caule suffruticoso. Vent. Malm. 56. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 492. Lam. Encycl. 7. p. 278. This shewy shrub has very much the habit of OsrgosrEr- MUM, and was formerly known in our gardens under the name ef Osrrosrermum grandiflorum. M. Ventenat, who first described this plant as a species of CALENDULA considers it as partaking: of the characters of both genera, and speaks of the florets of the disk being all-barren ; we did not however find that to be the case in our plant, very many of the florets of the disk having as perfect ovaria as those of the radius. According to Venrenat the flowers open about eleven in the forenoon, and close again by three or four in the after- hoon ; they are the largest in the genus, but scarcely so large as this author describes them, when he says they are Se the size of those of the China Aster. ee ae ative of the Cape of Good Hope, requiring the protection of the Greenhouse ee the winter i Flowers freely most | part of the summer. Our drawing was made many years ago in the month of April, from a plant in the nursery at Ken- ‘ington, at that time belonging to Messrs. Grimwoop and Wrees. Introduced by Mr. Masson in the year 1790. N 2219 ———— Wedd sll. Se Pub. by. S. Gertie Walworth. Merter2 Fn. ( 2219 ) ARABIS NUTANS. NoppiING WALL-CRESS. Tee eee ee ae ae se eae see Class and Order. | TerraDyNAMiA Siziquosa. Generic Character. Siliqua linearis stigmate subsessili coronata : valvis venosis v. nervosis. Semina uniseriata. Cotyledones accumbentes. Calyx erectus.. Brown in Hort. Kew. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Aranis nutans ; foliis subdentatis; radicalibus obovatis utrin- que pilosis scabris; caulinis ovalibus, racemo subnutante. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 105. ARaBis nutans; foliis subdentatis; radicalibus obovatis ; caulinis lanceolatis, caule folioso, racemo fructifero nu- tante, siliquis secundis. Willd. Sp Pt. 3. p. 537. ARaBis nutans; racemo seminifero erecto apice nutante, foliis subdentatis ciliatis; radicalibus obovatis ; caulinis oblon- is glabris amplexicaulibus, siliquis erectis subsecundis. oench Method. p. 258 epee : Arasis pumila; foliis radicalibus obovatis subdentatis’obtusis utrinque scabris; caulinis sessilibus oblongis subhirsutis, racemo subnutante. Waulfen in Jacq. Collect. 2 p. 59. Jacq. Austr, t. 281. Arasis scabra. Allioni Ped. n. 974. coium foliis radicalibus subrotundis scabris dentatis; cau- linis amplexicaulibus hirsutis. Hall. Hist. n. AAT. ‘Carpamine pumila bellidis folio alpina. Seguir Veron. 387. Carpamungs alterius emula plantula. Clus. Hist. 2. p. 1297 Mor. Hist. § 3. t. 4. f.47? ieee Arasis nutans is the pumila of Jacquin, under which name it is most generally known ; but Morncu having pre- Viously described it under that of nutans, this name has sight right of priority, and is accordingly adopted by WiLLDENow and in the Hortus Kewensis. Linnzus considered this species to be the same as‘his bellidifolia; but most botanists, who have collected the plants in their native soil, agree in regarding them as quite distinct. Arasis nutans grows on the highest alps near to the region of perpetual snow; bellidifolia on the borders of springs and rivulets formed by the melted snow in less elevated situations. But after all we have found it impossible to select satisfactorily the synonyms as applied by different authors to-one or the other. Our plant possessed none of the roughness of the pumila of Jacquin; but this may. be lost by cultivation. It agrees well with Moencn’s description of his zutans, but not so well with that of Jacqutn’s pumila by Wutren ; and indeed we entertain some doubts whether these: authors describe the same species. Communicated: by:Mr. Kien. of the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road. NV 2220 ARN a Mi a Pub by S Aartce Weiwre A Hie 1 ii 1 7 ( 2220 ) ARUM SPIRALE. SpirRAL-FLOWERED ARUM. ARR eee sek sealek deak ase at ae Class and Order. : Monaecia Poryanpria. Generic Character. Spatha monophylla, cucullata. Spadix supra nudus, inferne femineus, medio stamineus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Arvo spirale; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, spadice lanceolato spa- tha oblongo-lanceolata spiraliter torta breviore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 487. Arum spirale ; acaule, foliis lanceolatis spatha spirali sessili. Reiz obs. 1. p. 30. n. 104. 3 =e Our drawing of this very rare plant was taken, by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps, at Mr. Vere’s curious collection at Kensington Gore; but we had no opportunity of examining the living plant. The spadix is said by Rerz to be very Short, which is probably the reason that it does not appear in the drawing ; neither is it at all visible in the specimens pre- served in the Banksian Herbarium. According to Rerz the Arum spirale is a native of Tranquebar. Mr. Vere’s plant was supposed to come from China. T skartinD A. Teva, Wedd So. ( 2231) Nicotiana Lanesporrrit. LANGSpoRFr’s TosBacco. Hea sete se ese sk ae sea sk ak ate ae sete Class and Order. Pentanpgia Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo plicato. Stam. inclinata. Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis. Specific Character. Nicortana Langsdorffii; herbacea, viscoso-villosa, foliis ovatis sessilibus decurrentibus, floribus cernuis: limbo subin- tegro tubo gibboso ter breviore. Nicotiana Langsdorfii; fruticosa, foliis ovatis in petiolum sub- decurrentem attenuatis cauleque villoso-mollibus, floribus cernuis, limbo subintegro, Hor. phys. Berol. t. 10. Descr. Stem between two and three feet high, with us certainly herbaceous, clammy-pubescent. Leaves distant, oval, sessile, decurrent, smooth and dark green on the upper surface, villous and pale on the under. Flowers yellowish-green, grow in thin, naked, upright panicles, on peduncles curved at the end, which become erect when the flowers drop. Calyx clam- ‘my, five-toothed with one tooth longer than the rest. Tube of the corolla an inch long, curved, irregularly dilated at the end; limb generally oblique, obsoletely 5-lobed or nearly entire. Stamens included; anthers circular, flattened, two celled: pollen blue. Capsules erect, conical, two celled. Seeds globular. Z Our drawing of this rare species was made from a specimen sent us from Mr. Lameerr’s garden at Boyton, in August 1819. We saw it also last year in the Chelsea garden, flowering freely in the open ground. Native of Chili. Tae Pick by 3 Garton Wabworth:, Mavcisi. 1 lle. Wriddell. te. ( 2222 ) Yucca stricra. Lyon’s NARROW-LEAVED Apam’s NEEDLE. TE I ee EE ee ee ee te Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. | Generic Character. Cor. campanulato-patens. Stylus 0. Caps. 3-locularis. Specific Character. YUCCA stricta ; acaulis, foliis lanceolato -linearibus -stric- tissimis apice elongatis, scapo basi ramoso: ramis simpli- cibus, corollis orbiculato-campanulatis. This, as we believe, hitherto unrecorded species, was introduced from Carolina a few years ago by the late Mr. Lyon, and appears to be the most desirable species of the whole genus, as it grows fast, and blossoms very freely in the open ground. The leaves are long, straight, and length- ened into a very tapering point, with a few scattered threads along the margin ; the seape is about four or five feet high, growing very upright, bearing many flowers of a more glo- bular form than those of any of the other species, and having several simple branches near the base. It has been supposed to be the angustifolia of Pursn, but is a much larger plant, and from comparing it with a specimen of the latter com- municated by our friend Mr. Lampert from his garden at Boyton, seems to be a very distinct species. We have a drawing of this, the true angustifolia of Pursa, which we shall take an early opportunity of publishing. Our drawing of this valuable acquisition to our gardens was taken last July at the Fulham Nursery, Messrs. Wurr- Ley, Brame, and Mine. r SS 71 a ee & Serb aWajwaorth. tprd 2.2852. o; Putty ( 2223 ) LIPARIA VESTITA. CONCAVE-LEAVED-LIPARIA. KEKE EEE ERR REE Class and Order. DiapetpHi1A DecanpriA. Generic Character. _Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia infima elongata. Cor. ale inferius biloba, Staminis majoris dentes tres breviores. Legumen ovatum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lipari vestita; floribus capitatis, foliis ovatis concavis subtus lanatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p.318. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1115. Thunb. prodr. 124. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 309. Poir. Encycl. suppl. 1. p. 680. sub Borbonia. Liparta villosa. Bot. Repos. 382. Genista africana folio cochleariformi, flore luteo. Seb. Thes. ]. p. 38. ¢. 24. f. 1. Lamarck unites the genus Liparia with Borponia, and remarks as a circumstance not a little singular, that Linnaus should have joined the genera Polygonum, Fagopyrum, Per- Sicaria and Bistorta into one, and at the same time have divided the genus Genista of the older botanists into several, distinguished by minute characters which hold good only in a few of the species. It may be observed however that the united genus Polygonum does not contain so many species as that of Aspalathus alone, and that however difficult it may be to find efficient characters to distinguish them by, there is 80 great a difference in habit, as, united to their number, im- periously to demand their separation. ee The very remarkable foliage of this shrub gives it a singular and striking appearance, making a pretty variety in the green- house, especially while the plant is young and vigorous ; for in old plants the stems become in part bare, and many of the aves turned to a rusty brown colour. 3 Liparia Lipari vestita was introduced into this country from the Cape of Good-Hope in the year 1800, by Grorce Hiszerr, Esq. and our drawing was taken at his garden three or four — years after. Flowers in May and June. | N 2224 F. kage ten Etat. Pu bby +S. Lier bie Wadworth A prety ihas medal Se A i. (. 2034-4 z SEDUM CARULEUM. BLUE FLOWERED STONECROP. See eek ek eseikseae ae eededese Class and Order. Decanpria PENTAGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Sguame nectarifere 5, ad basin germinis. Caps. 5. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. Teretifolia. Reg 520. 3 Sepum azureum. Desfont. Atl. 1. p. 362. Sepum c@ruleum ; foliis oblongis alternis obtusis basi solutis, cyma bifida glabra. Vahl. Symb. 2. p. 51. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 766. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 512. n. 26. Bot. of Barba ry. tensive collection at Clapion. —_— Desc. Stem branched, decumbent, smooth, spotted. Leaves alternate, distant, oblong-ovate, fleshy, convex below and flat- tish above, spotted; a very small part of the base not adherent to the stem. Flowers pale blue, growing sometimes in simple racemes, at others in dichotomous panicles, both terminal and axillary. Calyx, in the plant we examined, always seven-cleft, persistent and increasing in the fruit. Petals regularly seven. Stamens fourteen: seven longer, opposed to the petals, and seven shorter, opposed to the segments of the calyx. Germens seven, white, changing to red, acute, incurved. The taste of the plant watery and free from acrimony. Native of the coast _ _ Flowers in August and September. Propagated by cut- tings. Communicated by Mr. Witt1am Kenr, from his ex- them. All the figures are somewhat magnified. The ist figure on the left hand represents a single flower viewed in front. we 2d a petal with one of the longer stamens. ‘The 3d the receptacle and Page with a short stamen between each and glands at the base. The 4th Se calyx. The 5th below the others, two of the pistils with a short stamen N2225. Waidelt Puch by. S Gartic Watw ovth. Apert aglea. ( 2225 ) AspaLaTHus CHENoPopA. GoosE-FooT ASPALATHUS. : Fee ee sete eae eee ae ee ae a ae Class and Order. Diapeieu1a Decanpria. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia superiore majore. Legumen ovatum, — -muticum, subdispermum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Aspatatuus Chenopoda; foliis fasciculatis subulatis strictis mucronatis hispidis: interioribus brevioribus, floribus capitatis hirsutissimis. Soland. Mss. apud Banks. Aspatatuus Chenopoda; foliis fasciculatis subulatis mucro- natis hirtis, floribus capitatis hirsutissimis. Sp. Pl. 1000. Berg. Cap. p. 200. ; Aspatatuus Chenopoda; foliis fasciculatis trigonis mucronatis rigidis pilosis, capitulis hirsutis. Thunb. Prodr. 126. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.954. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 262: Cuamaztarrx s. Chenopoda monomopatensis. Breyn. Cent. p. 23. -4. 117 : Genisra ericoides africana, flore luteo. Seb. Thes. 1. p. 39. t. 24. f. 4. : A RuTEX Arricanus Geniste aculeate foliis recurvis summo capite ceesarie villoso. Pluk. Amalth. 101. t. 397. f. 6. Nera capensis capitata foliis rigidis Ray Append. 246. n. 1. fide Solandri. en A greenhouse shrub; native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Stem much branched: branchlets short, hairy, terminated with a capitulum of flowers inclosed in an involucrum of hairy ear mucronate leaves, much less rigid than those on the stem ; leaves subulate, thinly hairy, fasciculate, the outer _ ) J in the bundles much longer than the inner, all armed with a very sharp pungent mucro. Flowers large, yellow stained with red; vexillum, much larger than the ale and. carina, villous on thé outside. ; es The Cuamaiarix of Breynius appears to us to be rather a doubtful synonym. The figure we have quoted from Sesa’s Thesaurus is not a bad representation of our present subject, except that the hairy bractes which should surround the ca- pitula, are omitted. But the two figures quoted by Brretus, though said by him to be pood, certainly do not belong to our plant, but seem to be representations of Puytica plumosa. Linnaus has quoted one of the same figures in the species Plantarum, but that quotation is probably a mere typograph- ical error of 23 instead of 24, repeated by WiLLpENow, PER- soon, and others. It. is a plant of rare occurrence in our collections, though supposed to have been cultivated by Puizae Mitier in 1759. Communicated to us by Messrs. Loppiees and Sons last July. cores : N 2226 d > ? s st J | Bub by 3 bertis Wabeorth Aprvts + 543 v, pe } ( 2226 ) LAVATERA TRILOBA. 'THREE-LOBED LAVATERA. WE Ree se eae eke eck sea seek ae ae ae. Class and Order. MonapELpuHIA PonyaNpRIA. Generic Character. Cal. duplex: exterior trifidus. Caps. plurime, monos- perme. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lavatera triloba; caule fruticoso, foliis subcordatis subtri- lobis rotundatis crenatis, stipulis cordatis, pedunculis ag- gregatis unifloris. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 219. Sp. Pl. 972. Willd. 3. p. 794. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 250. n.6. Jacq. Hort. t. 74. Kniph. Cent..7. n. Al. Lavarera triloba; foliis subcordatis obsolete trilobis in trian- gulum plicatis crenatis stipulis cordatis, pedunculis ag- gregatis unifloris. Cav, Diss. 2. p. 37. t. 31. f. 1. Attu fruticans hispanica, aceris monspessulani incanis foliis, grandiflora, saponem spirans. Pluk. Alm. 24. Phytt. 8. f. 3. ie Atrua frutescens folio rotundiore incano. Bauh. Pin. 316. Auruma frutex. Clus. Hisp. p.90. ic. 91. Lob. Ic. 654. f- 1. Atria fruticans hispanica, Hort. Eyst. Ord. estiv. 6. t. 4. 71 =a Lavarera triloba was cultivated by Pamir Mitter in 1759; but seems to have been little known in our gardens of — late years. Our friend Mr. Lamzerr met with it in a garden in the country, but could not discover from what source it came there. “He describes it as being powerfully musk-scent- ed; which is the more remarkable as we do not find that any author has mentioned the scent, except PuukeNner who com- pares it to soap; could he mean perfumed soap? : Native of Spain. Flowers in June, July, and August. Communicated by A. B. Lamsert, Esq. from his garden at oyton. | Pub. by. S. Ceamtis . Wn teenth. Anni = Ww, a SR ie... io i ( sae) AMARANTHUS SPECIOsUS. SHEWY AMARAN-— THUS. — | Clais and Order. Monazcra PENTANDRIA. Generic Character. Mase. Cal. 3-s. 5-phyllus. Cor. 0. Stam. 3. s.5. _ Fem. Cal. maris’ Cor. 0: Styli 3. Caps. 1-loculatis, circumscissa. Sem. 1: se Specific Character. Amaranruus speciosus ; pentandrus, caule erecto ramoso, foliis oblongo-ellipticis utrinque acutis longissime petio- latis, racemis terminalibus compositis subverticillatis. There is certainly considerable affinity between our present Subject and AMARANTHUS sanguineus of the species Plantarum, and Mitier’s figure is not altogether dissimilar to our plant, but Witipenow’s figure in his Monograph of the genus does not accord with it, neither does the specimen of that species in the Banksian Herbarium. he Stem is erect and much branched; the middle leaves oblong-elliptical, red-purple, brightest on the under side, ta- ering at both ends, on long slender footstalks ; flowers bright frimson, on compound terminal racemes, and also on lateral axillary simple or less compounded ones: the branchlets are Short, and grow two or three together, separated from the rest _,"Y @ small distance between them, giving the racemes some- What of a verticillate appearance. This fine Amaranraus was raised in the garden of Sir Grorcr Sraunron, Bart. at Leigh Park, from Napaul seeds _ Siven him by H. I. Coresroox, Esq. It appears by an ac- “ount transmitted by Sir Gzorce’s gardener, Mr. TOR L, Hatt, that the Amaranthus speciosus requires a considerable degree of artificial heat to bring it to perfection. He sows the seeds in March, in peat and vegetable mould, in a hot- bed ; when they have been up a few days he transplants them into separate small pots, and places them in the frame again. In two or three weeks they require shifting into larger pots ; and when become strong plants he removes them into the hot-house, shifting them into larger pots, as they ad- vance ‘in size, where he suffers them to remain till they come to their full beauty, when they may be removed to the green- house or conservatory. Upon first removing them to a colder situation they sometimes flag so much as to make it ere to return them to the stove for a few days, when they will recover their pristine vigour and may be again removed to a colder atmosphere, in which they will continue in beauty two or three months. Indeed Mr. Haut observes that a plant that he grew last year still retains its life and beauty : (March 12.) If this species be a native of Napaul, it seems remarkable to us that so much artificial heat should be necessary to bring it to perfection. 7 N 2228. Putty 5. Gurkis Walworth. Apr ils28e, Wetadsli sc. ( 2228. ). _ Favkia repens. Creepine Farxta. EEE eee eae see eee Class and Order. Penranpria Dicynta. (Hexanpria Willd.) Generic Character. Cal. 1-phyllus. Cor. I-petala. Styli 2. Sem. 4. Lin. Suppl. p, 31. Specific Name and Synonyms. Farxia repens. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 317. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 249. Thunb. Diss. nov. gen. 1. p. 17. Lin. Suppl. p. 211. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 287. Bot. Repos. Convotvuwus Falckia ; foliis cordatis excisis, caule sarmen- toso. Thunb. Prodr. 35. Convolvulus Falkia Jacquini, est longe alia planta. a Descr. Root creeping, perennial. Leaves in bundles, on long filiform petioles, fleshy, cordate, quite entire; lower pe- tioles in particular very long. Peduncles erect, growing from between the leaves, rather longer than the petioles. Calyx tubular, five-angled, with a five-cleft margin, persistent. Co- rolla bell-shaped, margin five-lobed: lobes revolute, emargi- nate. Stamens generally five, rarely six, inserted into the receptacle. Germens according to Brown four, pubescent, Connected by pairs at the base through the medium of the styles. Styles two, divaricate: Stigmas globular. This plant in habit and corolla is exactly a Convotvuius but differs in the fruit. It belongs however to the natural order of convolvulacee, of which Mr. Brown has made a Second section, having two or four unilocular ovaria instead of @ single one, in his Prodromus of the plants of New Holland, 4n inestimable work, the continuation of which is so ardently Wished for by all botanists. ‘This section contains Dicnonpra of Forsrer, distinguished from FALKIA especially by having two, two-seeded ovaria. ae Our drawing was taken at Mir. Higsert’s late collection at Clapham Common, and the description from a plant commu- nicated by, Mr. Jossru Kieut of the Exotic nursery, King’s _ Road, Little Chelsea. N229. * TF furtis. Det. Pub. by. 5.Aertis. Walworth. Aprils ss, Wild Se- ( 2229 ) RANUNCULUS PEDATUS. CUT-LEAVED CRrow-FOooT. Class and Order. Potyanpria Potyeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. . Petala 5, intra ungues poro mellifero. ‘Sem. nuda. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ranuncutus pedatus; foliis radicalibus digitato-partitis peda- tisque : lobis linearibus subentegerrimis caulinis sessilibus tripartitis, caule erecto paucifloro. ee Ranuncuxus pedatus; foliis glabris, radicalibus petiolatis tri- partitis pedatisve, lobis linearibus integris bifidisve, cau- linis sessilibus partitis, summis linearibus, caule erecto ) nese calyce adpresso. Decand. Regn. Veget. p. Ranuncuvus pedatus; foliis radicalibus ternato-pedatis, ra- meis ternatis, foliolis linearibus integerrimis. Waldst. et Kitaib. Hungar. 2. p. 112. t. 108. Ranuncutus pedatifidus. Smith in Rees Cycl.? Decand. Regn. Veget. 1. p. 258? Entertaining great doubts whether the Ranuncutus peda- tifidus of Smrru and pedatus of Waxpvsrem and Krrarser ought to be considered as distinct species, although recorded as such by De Canpoxze, we transmitted the engraving of our plant to our friend Sir James E. Surra, who kindly com- pared it with his specimens, and informs us, that it appears to € a representation of his pinnatifidus, except in the deeper division and smaller number of lobes of the radical leaves and the want of the soft hairs on the stem, circumstances evidently i ‘That these plants both belong oe liable to great variation. hat the same species is rendered the more probable, from the Hungarian pedatus being found likewise on the authority of Dr. Fiscuer, in the neighbourhood of the Volga. According to De Canpotte the stem of Ranuncutus pedatus is some- times pubescent, sometimes smooth, and sometimes smooth at the lower part and pubescent at the upper. A hardy perennial of little beauty. Flowers in April. Com- municated by Mr. Josera Knicut of the Exotic Nursery. | PHOS Camels Watwerth Avarith 824, ( 2230 ) EUGENIA MYRTIFOLIA. MvyRrTLE-LEAVED EUGENIA. Th ee ee ee eee eek eae ae ae ae Class and Order. Tcosanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-partitus, superus. Petala 4. Bacca 1-locularis, 1-sperma, Specific Character. ; Eveenia myrtifolia; foliis ellipticis, pedunculis trichotomis lateralibus terminalibusque, staminibus petalis multo lon-. gioribus, calycibus quadrifidis. Descr. An ever green shrub with flexile square branches, the angles of which are slightly winged. Leaves opposite, elliptical, not acuminate, smooth, shining, very like those of the common broad-leaved Myrtle. Flowers white, in terminal and lateral trichotomous corymbs. Calyx superior, persistent, four-toothed: teeth spreading, red. Petals 4, alternating with the teeth of the calyx, deciduous, white, a little larger than the calyx. Stamens very many, inserted into a fleshy, undulated ring. Germen inferior, top-shaped. Style red, persistent, a little shorter than the stamens. Stigma simple or slightly clubbed. Fruit not seen. The taste of the leaves acid and aromatic, of the flowers Sweet and gratefully acid. a This species is decidedly different from EucEenta elliptica ‘ No. 1872 of this work, the flowers are much larger with very long deciduous stamens, but do not grow in such long terminal panicles; calyx spreading with a four-cleft limb ; leaves smaller, not acuminate, and the parallel veins on the under surface much less distinct. | Native of New Holland. Introduced by Messrs. Loppices and Sons ; and cultivated by them in the conservatory, where it thrives luxuriantly. Propagated by cuttings. Communi- cated to us in September 1820. 42231. Ss Best. ‘by 5 Lube Watworth, Magadan, ( 2231) CRINUM DEcLINATUM. SLOPING-FLOWERED | Crinum. . EE ETE TE ET ee ee ee Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Vide supra, No. 2217, Specific Character, Crinum declinatum; bulbo oblongo, foliis sabensacsrecureis acutis undulatis margine levibus, scapo multifloro, corolle laciniis loratis, germinibus pedunculatis assurgenter cur- vatis. ; se Desc. Bulb green, columnar, about 7 inches long.: leaves somewhat erect with the point acute and hanging down, un- dulated, smooth edged, 44 inches wide. Spathe 4 inches or more ; Umbel about 24-flowered. Flowers sweet, successive, nodding before their expansion: tube green, 3 inches long: lacinie bent back, channelled, + of an inch wide, 43 inches long, stained with red on the outside towards the end, specially in the buds, the three exterior ending in a claw, the three inner notched at the point ; filaments wide spread and bent upwards, deep red the upper half of their length, the three outer 4 an inch, the three inner 4 of an inch longer than the style: anthers Jong with orange pollen ; style red ; stigma a red triangular point; germen and peduncle each near an inch long, horizontal, curved upwards, green speckled with red; cells one-seeded: Ovule oblong-oval. 2 Some bulbs of this unregorded species of Crinum, which I believe were received by Dr. Carey from Silhet, were sent two or three years ago from Calcutta under the mistaken name of sumatranum, which is a very different species with rigid and rough-edged leaves, and a sessile or sub-sessile Sermen. ee ae Specierum Specierum Enumerationi Addenda. Crinum brachyandrum supra 2121, \p. 8. is a very distinct species. Column 5 inches high, whitish ; leaves about 20, rather erect, from 3 to near 5 feet long, and scarcely 23 inches wide, dark green, with smooth margins, obtusely acuminate like those of C. defixum: Scape green, above 2 feet long; flowers about eleven, of which seven expand at the same moment, the buds having nodded in a circle round the scape, and the rest before the first wither; germen subsessile; tube green, 23 inches long; lacinie 34 inches long, and $ wide, white ; filaments just tipped with pale purple scarcely an inch longer than the tube, all bent upwards ; style an inch longer than the filaments, declined, above an inch thereof pale purple; stigma small, triangular, white; germen sessile: cells 2-seeded. Raised by seed from Sidney in New Holland. Crinum procerum, A native of the Birman empire. It is asserted and appears to be quite distinct from C. toxicarium, and is said to exceed C. amabile in stature. Flowers white, tinged with red, as those of sinicum.are with yellow. Crinum declinatum. Supra No. 2231. alias Crinum macrocarpon. Carey Mss. Native of the country near-Ranjoor. Leaves narrow, very long and stiff. Flowers pure white: lacinie broader than those of toxicarium. two inches in diameter. a a, ~.. Crinum toxicarium; of which there are two varieties in this country differing chiefly in foliage, is the asiaticum the Botanical Magazine, No. 1073. wel W. Herbar} Det. Bub. bo. 5. funtis Walworth. Many. 2.2 G22- Weedldell. Fz. ( 2232 ) Do.uicHos sinensis. Curnese Douicnos. te Rae ese hae Rake ae ck ae ae ak ale skate Class and Order. Diapeiruia Decanpria. Generic Character. Vexilli basis callis 2, parallelis, oblongis, alas subtus com- primentibus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Doticuos sinensis; volubilis, leguminibus pendulis cylindricis torulosis, pedunculis erectis multifloris. Amoen. Acad. 4. p. 326. Sp. Pl. 1018. Willd. 3. p. 1038. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4, p. 292. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 3. p. 39. é. TI. Douicuos sinensis. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 375. t. 134. Descr. Stem voluble, roundish, striate, smooth. Stipules — _ Ovate acuminate, lengthened at the base beyond the point of insertion, which gives the appearance of their being spurred. aves ternate: leaflets rhomb-shaped, smooth on both sides, veined. Petioles 1d long, smooth: partial petioles short, pu- bescent. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the petioles, but by being often continued beyond the head of flowers these ecome sessile. Legume linear, sigmoid about 5 inches long, marked with the impression of the seeds. Seeds when ripe of a red purple, about twenty, separated by membranaceous septa. Drawing and specimen of the plant communicated by the _ Reverend and Honourable Witu1am Hersert of Spofforth ; who raised it from seeds received from the Cape of Good-Hope under the name of the Caffre Bean. He received seeds of the same likewise from Mr. Burcuatt, who informed him that the plant was cultivated by the Caffres : it is however undoubtedly the same species as the specimen of va sinensis aon Banksian Herbarium ; nor do we see any reason to think it different from Rumr’s and Jacgurn’s plants above referred to, and which is cultivated in many parts of the East, varying with red and white seeds. We understand from Mr. Hersert, that when sown in the open ground in Mr. Burcnatu’s garden _ at Fulham it did not clime, but in the stove at Spofforth, though it remained upright till it was six or eight inches high, it then began to grow rapidly, twining to the height of eight or nine feet, and produced perfect seeds; but in the open ground it produced a few flowers only, and no seeds. M2233 rm Wed alt, a Pub.by. S. Gurtis. Wau tor orth. Mey. 22421. ( 2233 ) ASPALATHUS CILIARIS. CILIATED ASPALATHUS. KKK RRR KKK ERE KERR Class and Order. Diapetpuia Decanpris. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia superiore majore. Legumen ovatum, muticum, subdispermum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Aspataraus ciliaris; foliis ternatis fasciculatisque trigonis acu-* tis ciliatis, capitulis terminalibus, calycibus flores equan- tibus. : Aspatatuus ciliaris ; foliis fasciculatis scabris subpilosis, ca- — pitulis terminalibus. Thunb. Prodr. 127. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.. 958. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 263. _Aspatatuus ciliaris; foliis fasciculatis filiformibus scabris, floribus terminalibus sessilibus, vexillis pubescentibus. Lin. Mant. 262. The genus AspaLaruus is very extensive, and very few of the species have been as yet satisfactorily settled, the very short specific phrases in Professor Tuunsere’s Prodromus being quite insufficient to determine them by ; and the larger — work of which this was supposed to be the harbinger, after having been expected for twenty years, must now we fear be quite despaired of. Our figure was drawn by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps from a plant communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons, under the name of Aspatataus ciliaris, and is therefore the same as the species so designated in the Hortus Kewensis, where it is said to have been introduced by them. We are sorry to find that both this species and A. chenopoda pub- lished in our last number have now entirely perished. By an oversight we omitted to add as a synonym of the last mentioned species, Lodd. Bot. Cabinet. No. 316. 34. / P 22d tf» Pub. by S Gumbis Walwror fh. ( 2234 ) PreLARGoNIuM pioicum. Dra@cious BLack- FLOWERED STORKS-BILL. Plats femina. | 3 IHS HE SSIES enix : Class and Order. - Monapetpuia PEentrannetia, Generic Character. _Cal 5-partitus: lacinia suprema desinente in tubulum ca- pillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem. Cor. 5-petala, irregularis. Filamenta 10, inequalia, quorum 3—6 castrata. Arilli 5, monospermi, aristati, ad basin receptaculi rostrati: aristis spiralibus introrsum barbatis, Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. I. Acaulia, radice rapacea. Prtarconium dioicum ; umbella composita, foliis simplicibus ternatisve hispidis, floribus dioicis, petalis concoloribus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 162. - : Geranium foliis lobatis integrisque hispidis obtusis, calycibus monophyllis, laciniis linearibus, floribus nigricantibus dioicis, radice tuberosa. Bot. Repos. 209. Bee Petarcontum dioicum comes very near to the melanan- thon of Jacquin; and having been figured as such by Mr. ANDREws, is generally known by that name in our nurseries ; but the radical leaves are for the most part quite entire, or Only three-lobed, which in the latter are pinnate, with the pine again divided ; it is also described by Jacquin as having Ve fertile stamens, whereas our plant is constantly dioecious, Ae al bearing bearing the male and female flowers on distinct plants. It is observed in the Botanists Repository, that this plant increases by tubers produced at a distance from the original root, with which they are only connected by slender fibres. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. Requires the protection’ of a good greenhouse, and flowers best in the heat of the stove. Blossoms in June and July. ens Our drawing was taken from a female plant, communicated | in May 1819, by Mr. Joszpu Knieut, of the exotic nursery, King’s Road. = ie = + Meow. ade dy. S lats's. Wanbwortt — ( 2235-+) ‘MELASTOMA OSBECKIOIDES. OSBECKIA-LIKE MELASTOMA. Teh ee eee eee Class and Order. DeEcANDRIA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, campanulatus.. Petala 5, calyci inserta. Bacca 5-locularis, calyce obvoluta. - Specific Character. Metastoma osbeckioides ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis trinerviis margine nervisque ciliatis, floribus terminalibus aggre- _ gatis calycibus apice setosis. Desc. Stem shrubby, upright, covered with a furrowed bark: branches, short, square, hispid. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptical, on short footstalks, three-nerved, nerves and margin ciliated, pale underneath. Flowers terminal, Trose-coloured, three or four together, on short smooth pe- duncles. Calyx cup-shaped with a five-toothed border, and a scale-like appendix between the teeth: teeth acuminate, terminated with a bifid or trifid bristle. Corolla five-petaled : Petals obovate, clawed, three-nerved. Stamens ten, on short filaments inserted into the margin of the calyx: anthers cur- ved, reflected into the cavity of the calyx and finally opening at the apex to discharge the pollen. Germen nearly ; y at the point, Evé-celled ovula many, a toa central receptacle. This plant belongs to the natural order of Melastomacea, and in several respects approaches nearer to the genus Os- BECKIA than that of Metasroma, but being ccm Oo in think it better to retain it with the latter genus, at least till the whole shall undergo a reform; for, as Mr. ‘Brown has remarked, <‘ the generic diyisivns of the whole order remain to be established”. Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by Witiiam Kent, Esq. of Clapton, who received it from Ro- BERT Barcuay, Esq. Bury Hill, by whom it was introduced from the Mauritius. Cultivated in the stove. Propagated by cuttings. Flowers in September and October. M R230. Weddell Se O tlurtig DA. ; Pubsy.S turtis, Walworth IM ay.2.2 432. ( 2236 ) Yucca ANGUSTIFOLIA. NARROW-LEAVED Apam’s-NEEDLE. Tie eke see se se alee ok ak ale Class and Order. — HexanpriA Monoeyni. Generic Character. Cor. campanulata, patens. Stylus nullus. Capsula trilo- cularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Yucca angustifolia; acaulis, foliis glaucis, longo-linearibus mucronatis margine filamentosis, capsulis oblongo-obo- vatis, scapo simplici. Yucca angustifolia; acaulis; foliis longo-linearibus rigidis margine raro filamentosis, capsulis magnis obovato-cy- lindraceis. Pursh. Flor. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 227. Yucca angustifolia. Nuttall Gen. Pl. amer. 1. p. 218. geaiiein The present plant is the true Yucca angustifolia of Pursu, and different from the one which has been usually so called in our collections, and which we have already published under- the name of stricta (No. 2222). The scape of angustifolia is simple; the leaves are still narrower recurved, and the threads on their margins very much longer; the lacinie of the corolla more acute; and it is altogether of humbler growth. Pursu described his plant from Norratt’s herba- rium ; and our plant was raised from seeds brought over by Mr. Nurratt, and presented to our friend Avtmer Bourke Lampert, Esq. in whose garden at Boyton it flowered in July - Our specific character is chiefly a version of that given by Nurrat in his work above referred to, which, though small in bulk, is weighty in valuable matter. NV 2237. J iurtia Det. Pub. by) S$. Gurtis. Walworth Funerrbr. Wedd dll.Fe. (. 2237) THALICTRUM ALPINUM. ALPINE MEADOW- Rue. ae ee dese eae eae te ses ae seak ates a ae Class and Order. PotyanpriA Potyeynia. Generic Character. Cal.0. Petala 4. s.5. Sem. ecaudata. - Specific Character and Synonyms. Tuaticrrum alpinum ; caule simplicissimo subnudo, racemo simplici terminali. Spec. Pl. 767. Willd. 2. p. 1295. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 346. Sm. Fl. Brit. 2. p. 584. Engl. Bot. 262. Lightf. Fl. Scot. 286. t.13. f. 1. Tuaticrrum alpinum; caule simplicissimo subnudo digitali, racemo simplici terminali, floribus nutantibus, foliorum segmentis glabris. De Cand. Regn. Veget. 1. p. 175. Flor. Frang. 4. p. 874. ; Tuaticrrum minimum precox foliis splendentibus. Morvs. Hist. 3. p. 325. sect. 9. t. 20. f. 14. fig. pessima. THALicrRUM minimum montanum atrorubens foliis splenden- tibus. Raj. Syn. 204. Boerh. Ind. alt. 1. p. 44. t. 1. ieee An elegant little alpine plant; native of the mountains of Kamschatka, Newfoundland, Lapland, Greenland, Iceland, and the Pyrenees; and also of Scotland and Wales. The only tolerably good representation of this scarce plant hitherto published is that in English Botany; and even this has been apparently drawn from an imperfect specimen, as it does not express correctly its habit; the flowers being naturally cernu- ous, and the filaments too slender to support the anthers in an erect position. ae Pies narsher of stamens and of pistils differs in the same individual; the former from eight to twelve, the latter from tw i oo A hardy A hardy perennial. Communicated by Mr. Knicur of the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road, in April 1820. | The outline figures represent first the four petals or calyx of Jussieu, the 2d the stamens, and the 3d the four pistils, surmounted by the divaricate anthers, all magnified. Pub bys Gurtis Wabrorth Fiumessdar. —- ( 2238 ) Lospetia Katmit. Kaum’s Lopetia. KEK KEE EEE KEKE EEK Class and Order. Penranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe- rentes. Caps. infera, 2-s. 3-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. — Lorewa Kalmii; tenuis, erecta, simpliciuscula, foliis radicali- bus spathulatis, caulinis linearibus tenuissime denticulatis, floribus racemosis alternis remotis pedicellatis. Pursh Fl. amer. sept. 446. Lorewia Kalmii, caule erecto, foliis lanceolato-linearibus ob- tusiusculis alternis integerrimis, racemo terminali. Sp. Pl. 1318. Walt. Carol. p. 218. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 939. Lopenia Kalmii. Michaux Fl. amer. bor. 2. p. 153. Nuttall Gen. Pl. amer. sept. 2. p. 76.- Rapuntium canadense pumilum, linarie folio. Tournef. Inst. 164, Descr. “ Stema foot and half high, angled, smooth. Ra- dical leaves indistinctly crenate, hairy on both sides: Cauline alternate, bluntish, smaller towards the upper part of the stem, _ Smooth on both sides with minute yellow teeth. Peduncles hairy, one-flowered, arising from the axilla of the upper leaves, having two little bractee above their middle.” : For the drawing and description of this plant, of which we lieve a figure is now for the first time published, we are indebted to Dr. Rosert Grauam, Professor of Botany in the university of Edinburgh. It flowered in the Royal nic Sarden there in August 1820. It is marked as an annual in the species Plantarum of Linnzvus and Wiitpenow; but this is probably a mistake as as the Professor says, in his letter, that the roots were sent by Mr. Biarir from Canada at the end of 1819, together with those of Catyrso americana, Areruusa bulbosa, and Cato- pocon pulchellus (Limoporum tuberosum, Bot. Mag. 116); all of which flowered the following year. Nurratt describes the bractes as being at the summit of the peduncle ; that they were nearer the middle in our plant might perhaps be occasioned by its having been flowered under aframe. The same author remarks that he has scarcely ever seen any plant, the flower apart, which so imposingly resembled Campanuta rotundifolia. We have often been struck by a similar resemblance in habit between other species of these two genera. Native of Canada and New York in North America, and therefore no doubt perfectly hardy. Not recorded in the Catalogue of the Kew garden and probably now first intro- duced into Great-Britain. ; N 2238 Weddell Se Pub by 5. Gurtis Walworth Junerza8e1 ( 2239 ) Iris Psrtup-Acorvus, 8. PALLIDO-FLAVA. PaLe-YELLow Water Irts. Class and Order. TriANDRIA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata petali- formia. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ir1s Pseud-Acorus; imberbis, radice crassa solida horizontali, foliis ensiformibus, petalis alternis stigmate minoribus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 115. Willd. Sp. Pl-1. p. 232. Curtis Flor. Lond. English Botany 578. Redouté Laliac. 235. = (8.) pallido-flava ; floribus pallido-luteis, foliis apice magis elongatis. : : , There does not seem to be sufficient difference between this plant and our common Iris Pseud-Acorus to constitute a distinct species, yet there is something that pervades the whole aspect not quite agreeing with our native species ; nor does it require so wet a soil. cs It is said to have been imported from Carolina by the late Mr. Lyons; yet we do not find it recorded as an American species either by Micnaux, Pursn, or Nurrat. a ee ’ A Bp "ot, Bak Kes ut Pi; Ao teuad ; hast vets, f ets. oes Ma Pubte 64 Siete Walworth: Weddell 52 = Frere, 22852. ( 2240.) CrocUS VERNUS, y. OBOVATUS. LARGEST Purp.Le Serine Crocus. = TERE AEE EE ENE EE EE ETE EE ee | Class and Order. TrianprRiA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Spatha plerumque 2-valvis: valvula interior multo an- gustior. Cor. infundibuliformis: Tubus longissimus, basi subterraneus : Limbus 6-partitus, regularis. Stigmata 3. Specific Character and Synonyms. Crocus vernus; corolle fauce pilis eigen clausa. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 80. Bot. Mag. 860. ubi synonyma petenda. (w.) communis; laciniis erectis conniventibus ovato-lanceo- latis. | Crocus vernus. English Bot. 344. Redouté Liliac 266. (G.) neapolitanus ; laciniis ovatis, stigmatibus antheras su- perantibus. Crocus vernus, @. neapolitanus. Bot. Mag. 860. (y.) obovatus; laciniis obovatis obtusissemis crenulatis, an- theris stigmata superantzbus. Crocus obovatus ; piliger, laciniis rotundato-obovatis inflato- incurvis lateribus alte imbricatis, stigmatibus latissimis. Haworth in Trans. Horticult. Soc. 1. p. 133. Mr. Hawortn, who communicated the plant from which our drawing was taken, considers it as a species distinct from vernus, of which Mr. Ker, to whose authority we are inclined to submit, makes it only a variety. But as the latter botanist has inserted the length of the stigmas extending beyond the anthers, as a character of vernus, the anthers in our plant exceeding the stigmas in length might be regarded as estab- lishing a sufficient specific distinction, provided this character should be found to be constant, which however we very much doubt. Whether Whether the Crocus which Crustus received from Naples belonged to our plant, to B, or to a variety of bicolor, av is suspected by Dr. Gotpgacn, the author of a monograph on this genus, cannot now be possibly ascertained. Mr. Hawortu says that his Crocus obovatus varies with white, variegated, purple, and brilliant dark-purple flowers: of which varieties our drawing represents the latter. Flowers early in April. Mt pa i 3 Uae — LATE aus. wm a A) & ow ~ % OLY a Wh ime wa ii | TT ae ( 2241 ) MELAsToma SANGUINEA. RED-vEINED MELASTOMA. HERA AEE RSE Class and Order. Decaxpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, campanulatus. Petala 5. (nunc 6. vel 4.) ¢ealyce inserta. Bacca 5-locularis, calyce obvoluta. Specific Character. MELAstoma sanguinea; dodecandra, foliis ovato-lanceolatis quinque nerviis, pedunculis terminalibus solitariis uniflo- ris, germinibus globosis hispidissimis. Desc. Stem shrubby, extremely hispid with strong bristles — of a dull red colour, branched crosswise. Pettoles hairy, red, horizontal, united by a stipulaceous membrane : leaves ovate- lanceolate, sometimes cordate, five-nerved, shining on the upper surface and covered with rough points, margin scabrous, under surface scabrous, pale, with nerves and transverse pa- rallel veins of a bright red colour while young; the lower - leaves are eight inches long and five and a half wide: upper ones narrower. Flowers large, rose-coloured, terminal, so- litary. Germen globular, covered with strong incurved and tangled bristles. Calyx, superior, six-cleft: segments lance- olate with six very small intermediate segments. Petals six, te, concave, fleshy, crisped, having an acidulous taste. Stamens twelve, six longer and six interior shorter: anthe- riferous portion of the filament incurved, and terminated at the base with two yellow spurlike appendages. Style declined, shorter than the stamens. Stigma truncate. : . The red colour of the pubescence and of the petioles, and more especially of the nerves and veins on the under acta of the leaves, has given occasion to the name we have applied to it; but it is most conspicuous in the latter whilst. young, disappearing in great measure in a more advanced age. There is a near affinity between our plant and Metastoma malabathrica (supra No. 529) likewise an East-Indian species ; _ but they may be at once distinguished by the number of petals and stamens, unless it should be found that this character is subject to variation. Among the undescribed species of Metastoma in the Bank- sian Herbarium we find one which appears to be the same as our plant, brought from the straits of Sunda by Sir Grorce Taunton, and another not quite so certain from Macao by Mr. Davin Netson. The one from which our drawing and description were taken, was raised from seed received from China, by Mr. Broexe of the Northampton Nursery, New- ington-Green, by whom it was communicated in October last year. Cultivated in the stove, where it forms a very handsome free growing shrub. N 2242. W eAdell. ( 2242 ) DENDROBIUM CUCULLATUM. HoopEp DENDROBIUM. JHE | Class and Order. GynanpriA Monanpria. | Generic Character. Labellum ecalcaratum, articulatum cum apice processus unguiformis, cujus lateribus petala antica adnata calcar emu- eu9 Masse pollinis 4, parallele: Brown in Hort. Kew. . p. 212. | Specific Character. DenpRoxsium cucullatum; caulibus pendulis, foliis bifariis ]an- ceolatis acuminatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis subbifloris, labello indiviso circumscriptione ovato basi cucullato. Brown Mss. _ Our drawing was taken from a plant which flowered in the hot-house at Spring-Grove, the seat of Lady Banks, in March last. We had not an opportunity of seeing the plant ourselves, and are entirely indebted to the friendly assistance of Mr. Ro- BERT Brown for any intelligence we can give about it. It is a Native of the East Indies, and was sent to this country by the late Dr. Roxgurcu ; among whose unpublished drawings Is the figure of at least a very nearly related species which he calls Denprosium Pierardi, having been sent, by Mons, Pre- RARD, to the Calcutta garden from Chittagong, where and of various parts of the Delta of the Ganges it isa native. There is however too much difference between our plant and Dr. Roxsuren’s figure to justify their being considered as the same species. In his drawing the flowering stems are entirely without leaves, the colour of the flower is a pale yellow, the lip large and shovel shaped ; being dilated at the upper ex- tremity into a flattish obovate form, slightly curled at the margin margin and somewhat ciliate; incurved at the base into a tube concealing the column of fructification. In our plant the base is incurved in the same manner, but the incurvation is continued in some degree to the extremity, and the whole labellum is much shorter. The stems of our plant are most probably pendulous in their natural state, though trained under cultivation in an upright direction ; it is not unlikely too that in an older plant the flowering stems may be entirely destitute of leaves which was the case towards the extremity, as shown in our figure; but the different form of the labellum, to say nothing of the colour of the flower, will, we imagine, always keep them distinct. N2243' A, s Pat J, Gartes Del Push. by 5 .Lurti¢c. Water orth. Fee, aP as. Wed All. Fo- ( 2243 ) CLAYTONIA SIBIRICA. SIBERIAN CLAYTONIA. Beak sete sak ak ak sede ake sie ale ake ales sie ake Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 2-valvis. Cor. 5-petala. Stigma 3-fidum. Caps. 3- valvis, 1-locularis, 3-sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ciaytonia sibirica ; foliis nervosis: radicalibus caulinisque ovatis, racemo secundo. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1186. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 53. Crayronia sibirica ; foliis ovatis. Spec. Pl. 294. Limnia. Lin. in Act. Stock. 1746. p. 130. t. 5. ‘ieee Cxayronia sibirica has a very near affinity with Alsinozdes (supra No. 1309) but differs in having its leaves nerved and paler underneath, stem more simple ; in the colour and shape -d the petals, which are more obtuse and terminate in a slender Claw, Mr. Sauissury in his account of Crayronia spatulefolia (Paradisus Londinensis 77) has suggested that the Siberian species must perhaps be restored to their former title of Limnia, as differing in habit and in having only three seeds in the pericarpium, which bursts with elasticity ; but virginica and perfoliata, both natives of America, have for the most part only three seeds, and the capsules of the latter certainly burst with elasticity. Notwithstanding the criticism of the same learned botanist, we must maintain that our drawing of the petals of virginica is correct, as applied to the plant from which it was taken, and confirmed by a living specimen which we have since examined. : eg Crayronta sibirica is a hardy annual. Native of Siberia. Propagates readily by seed. Flowers most part of the sum- mer. Communicated by Mr. Kyieut of the Exotic Nursery in May 1820. a 5 \ Nw Vr ee 1 ‘ 7 ( 2244 ) PuscHKINIA SCILLOIDES. SQUIL-LIKE. PUSCHKINIA. Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cor. |-petala, 6-partita, infera. Nectarium brevissimum, 6-dentatum, coronans faucem. Stamina intra nectarium. Marschall é@ Bieb. Specific Character and Synonyms. Puscukinia scilloides. Adam in Nov. act. Petrop. Marsch. Cent. 2. t. 91. Puscnxinia scilloides; foliis radicalibus geminis. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 1. p. 277. et. 3. p. 266. — Apvamsta scilloides. Willd. Enum. suppl. p. 16. Descr. Stature and habit of Scizza amena. Leaves ra- dical, two or three, lanceolate, striate, concave, sheathing, erect. Scape very little longer than the leaves, bearing a ter- minal corymb of about six flowers, white, streaked and tinged with a delicate blue: footstalks unequal, lower ones much the longest. Corolla six-parted: lacini patent, lanceolate. Nec- tarium half the length of the lacinie, tubular, divided half Way into six connivent lacinie#, unequally toothed at the point. Anthers yellow, bilocular, on very short filaments attached to the upper part of the tube of the nectary. Germen superior, oval, marked with six longitudinal lines, three-celled, with many globular, shining ovules. Style somewhat longer than the tube of the nectary : stigma obtuse, lobular. This plant differs from Sciuia and OrniTHOGALUM by the nectarium or corona, which perhaps may be considered as formed by the union of six broad filaments, the free part ex- tending tending beyond the insertion of the anthers, and in being toothed, shewing some affinity with several species of Allium. This plant was named in honour of the late Count ApoLtos Mussin Puscuxin by Dr. Apams, and was first recorded in the Flora Taurico-Caucasica by M. Marscuatt v. Bizserstesn, A hardy perennial. Communicated by Mr. Wittiam AnpER- son of the Chelsea Garden in March last. ; N 2245 Pubs by. 5. Gurtis Walworth, vate Sa -4 G22. ( 2245 ) Vanna Roxpureuit. CHEQUER-FLOWERED : | VANDA. see KEKEKK KEKE KEKE EERE Class and Order. GYNANDRIA MonanpDnrRIA. Generic Character. Labellum calcaratum, cum basi simplici (breviusque pro- ducta) columne aptere continuum, trifidum, lobo medio car- noso. Petala patentia, distincta. Masse pollinis 2, obliqué bilobe. Brown in Bot. Reg. n. 506. Intrat orchidearum sectionem [V*": ejusdem authoris, in Horti Kewensi editione altera v. 5, p. 205, propositam, quibus anthera terminalis, mobilis, decidua ; masse pollinis demum cereacee. Specific Character and Synonyms. Vanva Roxburghii; ovariis contortis, petalis oblongo-ovatis undatis, foliis oblique tridentatis. Brown in Bot. Reg. n. 506. Cymeipium tesselloides. Roxb. ic. inedit. Vanna. Sir William Jones in Asiat. Res. 4. p. 302. __ This beautiful parasitic plant is a native of Bengal, where it grows more especially, but not exclusively, on the Man- g0-Tree. In common with many other parasitical plants of tropical countries it puts forth long root-like tendrils, by which it attaches itself strongly to the trunk or branch; but these organs probably do not perform the office of roots, or that of drawing nourishment from the juices of the sup- porting tree; for this plant, like many others, to be, as Sir Wituiam Jones observes, a true air-plant, and will live and thrive in a pot without earth or water. Sir Witiiam Jones refers to Eripenprum retusum of NN&us as a synonym of this plant, but it is etees’ | rery : istinct distinct from the Anfieli Maravara of Rurepe, quoted asa synonym by this author. Our drawing was taken froma plant, which flowered in November 1820 at Spring-Grove, the seat of Lady Banks, being suspended from the top of the stove in a basket with moss. N 2246 A buartig OF gh. Pub-by 5. Gsotis Watworth July. 2.2822. Wrddll.Sc. ( 2246 ) HAKEA NITIDA. SHINING-LEAVED HAKEA. KEKE REE EEE EERE RE KE Class and Order. TerranpriraA Monoeynia. Generic Character. ~ Cor. 4-petala, irregularis. Anthere apicibus concavis corolle immerse. Glandula hypogyna, dimidiata, (raro biloba.) Folliculus superus, ligneus, 1-locularis: loculo excentrico. Seminum ala apicis longior nucleo. Specific Character and Synonyms. Haxea nitida ; foliis lanceolatis oblongisve basi attenuatis spinuloso-paucidentatis integrisque nitidis subvenosis ramulisque glaberrimis, capsulis bicalcaratis ovatis gibbosis apice compressis intus leviusculis. Brown in Lin. Soc. trans. 10. p. 184. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 384. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 208. This handsome shrub was first found by. Mr. Brown on the southern coast of New Holland in his voyage with in Furspers. And was introduced into the Kew Gar- den by Mr. Perer Goon in 1803. The specimen from which our drawing was taken was communicated by Messrs. Waurttey, Brame, and Mixyz, from their ample collection at Fulham, where it flowered in April 1821. It requires to be protected from frost. Neg. | Lise] LA ARBWAAULIE NS) A LAY At Sf, sD) ‘} — I AeA a . \) J ¢ a = > Dy ‘4 XN Ms Y. * “ Pub. by. 5S Curtis Welwerth, Fil. a.28az- (2247 _) DILLWYNIA CINERASCENS. GREY ) DILLWYNIA. Class asad Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. - Cal. 5-fidus, bilabiatus, basi attenuatus. Cor. papiliona- cea, petalis staminibusque deciduis medio tubo calycis insertis: vexilli lamina duplo et ultra latior quam longa, divaricato-biloba. Germendispermum. Stylus uncinatus. Stigma capitatum. Legumen ventricosum. Semina stro- phiolata. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character. Dittwynta cinerascens ; corymbis terminalibus sessilibus, foliis filiformibus erectis: mucrone innocuo brevissimo subrecurvo, ramulis calycibusque sericeis. Brown MSS. Mr. Brown possesses many species of this penne, which he divides into two sections; in one of which, the petals and Stamens are deciduous; in the other (Xeroreratum. Br.) these parts are marcescent. It is to the latter section that our present plant belongs. The three species recorded in the Hortus Kewensis, ‘all belong to the first; and from this division the above generic character seems to have been More especially framed, the author having at first intended to have made distinct genera of them, but has since thought it more advisable to consider them only as sections of the Sane genus. Native of Van Diemen’s island; where it was found near the Derwent, by Rozerr Brown, Esq. in the year 1804. A hardy green-house shrub, requiring only protection trom severe frost. Communicated by Wii114M Kent, Esq. from his rich collection at Clapton. . At No. 1545, vol. 37 of this work, we have erroneously given a figure of Dizzwynta floribunda under the name of ericifolia. The true ericifolia has a nearer resemblance to our present subject, but may be distinguished from it by the deciduous petals and stamens, -the naked calyx, and pungently mucronated scabrous leaves. The specific cha- racter and synonyms there giyen should be expunged and the following inserted ' Dittwyn1a floribunda; floribus axillaribus geminis foliis subulatis mucronatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 15. Dittwynia floribunda. Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans. 9. p. 262. Exot. Bot. t. 26. N 2249. + hee Rb bp 8 frtio Walworth Sly. 2.2802. Widddl.Se- oe ee ( 2248 ) ONOSMA SIMPLICISSIMA. . SIBERIAN SIMPLE ONOSMA. Chdis nds Radic Penranpria Monoeynia. ~ * e ’ . , Generic Character. Corolla campanulata: fauce pervia. Anthere basi ha- Mose. Semina 4. Specific Character and Synonyms. Onosma simplicissima ; corollis ventricosis, foliis lineari- lanceolatis hirtis. Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 773. _Onosma simplicissima ; pilis prostratis sparsis, caulibus flo- riferis simplicibus aggregatis, foliis linearibus acuti- usculis, antheris filamentis brevioribus. Marsch. a Biéb. Flor. taur. cauc. 1. p. 133. Id. 3. p. 131. Cent. Pl. rar. Ross. 2. t. 57. nondum visa. Onosma simplicissima ; caule subsimplici, foliis lineari- lanceolatis hispidis subtus albido-pilosis, fructibus Sens Marsch. Casp. App. p. 137. Ann. of: Bot. 2. p. All. Onosma sibirica. Lam. illustr. n. 1836. Sen At No. 889, in vol. 23 of this work, we have givena figure of the Onosma taurica of Marscnatt v. Breserstetn, in his account of the vegetable productions between the Terek Kur rivers, which flow into the ian sea. This author in his Flora taurico-caucasica es the same a _ Variety of Onosma stellulata of the Flora Hungarica. __ Onosma simplicissima differs from the above in the hairs of the leaves, especially on the under side, being much longer and softer, solitary and not stellulate, in the leaves being longer, narrower, and more pointed, and in the paler Colour of the flowers; differences pointed out in et lora urico- - taurico-caucasica, all of which apply to our plant ; to these may be added the corolla being uniformly ventricose with- out the angles which appear in the corolla of taurica. This species is described as having a number of simple stems growing in an aggregate manner; but in our plant the lower part of the stem survived the preceding winter, and the flowering stalk with several shoots were produced from the top of it. Whether this circumstance was acci- dental, or a permanent variety of the ordinary state of the species we are not able to determine ; we cannot consider it as specifically distinct. A hardy perennial ; native of Siberia. Flowers in May — : une. Communicated by Mr. Anperson of the Chelsea arden. N 2249 oS Nx\ Weiddl Fc. Pub. by. 5. Grtis. Wo twrorthFiig.2.2 82. J. Gartis. Det, STYLIDIUM TENUIFOLIUM. FINE-LEAVED? StTyLipium. Class and Order: Gynanpria DIAnprRIA. | Generic Character. Cal. bilabiatus: Cor. irregularis, 5-fida: lacinia quinta (Labello) dissimili. Columna rectinata, duplici flexura. Aathere bilobe: lobis divaricatissimis. Caps. bilocularis.. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. p. 222. Specific Character and Synonyms. Stvupium tenuifolium ; suffruticosus, foliis angusto-lineari- bus sessilibus pilosiusculis, fauce nuda, labello appen- diculato. Brown Prodr. fl. Nov. Holl. p. 570. Encycl. bot. Suppl. 5. p. 413. Sextiprum laricifolium ; caule elongato confertim folioso, foliis subsetaceo-linearibus, panicula_pyramidato-ra- ‘Mulosa.. Richard in. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 210. Jussieu in Ann. du Mus. d’ Hist. Nat. 18. p. 19. t. 3. ‘_e Tn ouraccount of'another species of this curious genus, of Which Mr. Brows in. his Prodromus has recorded and cha- Tacterized no fewerthan forty-five; we have given an account of the irritability of the column of fructification, which is : Wis)” remarkable in: our present subject (vide supra No. _, The Stysimm tenuifolium forms a very small upright ) Subs while all the rest of the known species, except one Lin. fruticosum) are herbaceous. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle gave the true account of the ture of the flower of this genus, which, being ignorant that it was before-established. by. Proféssor Swanrz under its presen present name, he called Cannone; but afterwards he took up the notion that the stigma was not at the upper extremity of the column but at its base. M. Rict arn with’ as little ae considered the fifth lacinia of the corolla, the bellum of Brown, as the true stigma ; and Jussieu in the 18th volume of the Annales, even after the publication of Brown’s Prodromus, has adopted the opinion of Ricuarp, which, in the Linnean system, would remove the genus from the class Gynandriate Monadelphia. But the English botanists still agree in considering the stigma to be placed at the upper extremity of the column, where it is partly covered by the anthers, and only becomes truly developed after the bursting of these organs. - The:plant from which our. drawing was made was com- municated by Mr. Josern. Knicur of the Exotic Nursery in the King’s Road, where only we haveas yet seen it. It is not recorded in the Hortus Kewensis, nor in Sweer’s more extensive list, the Hortus Suburbanus. . ~ ah Native of the country about Port Jackson in New South Wales. Requites the protection of a greenhouse, and blos- soms better for the assistance of some artificial heat. HH to. Mite i SS ithaca ciaemmatieae aitiaieete ISS Fig. 1, The germen and calyx. 2. The pubescence surrounding the “anthers. 3. The column. 4, The corolla: all magnified. ; Oe ee re sie anineatie-s(sttenclighicen cies 7 creased ae N 2250. Put. by:5,Grrtis Watwor th Fraley 2.2522. ; Wedaellse. ( 2250 ) i , 3 ie. —— ffi raiiy Fourcra@a GiGANnrTea. Cid Fowcnaea, cbbebdebisebobleitat Py ee and Order. Hexanpnia re a Generic Character. 3 Cor. supera, 6-petala, patula; Fitamenta corolla brevic inferne o rab superne subulata, | Mi ca aad % incrassatus._ : ) OR Bk IF ia 8 uleg i caulescens, foliis ogg Be oi ae integervimis Hilcnes gi cantea. ag eee in Usteri Anat, der ite, 19. ps 54... Plant. grass. 126*. yee Setida ; caulescens foliis integ an, i. sono mane corollis hexapetalis. ‘Willd. Se natn Collect. 2. p. 212. Icon. rar. rat t. 37. Lin, Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 388. ALor americana; viridi rigidissimo et foetido folio Piet dicta indigenis. Commel. Hort. 2. p. 35. t. 18. sine inflores- centia. This genus is ; rather too ae allied to Acave, from which it has been separated by Venrenat, and named in honour of M. Fourcroyr, author of the elements of Natural History and Chemistry ; a separation adopted in the Hortus Kewensis, but rejected by M. Pomer in his supplement to the Encyclopédie botanique. The principal points = mr it differs from AcAve are the shape of the stamens and rolla, the comparative length of these organs and the Fontes of the style. The Furcra@a gigantea is a truly gigantic plant; the Sy, scape } from the bosom of the leaves, which are seven a feet long, to the height of above thirty feet, producing nu- a) ; merous: alternate branches, again divided into branchlets, one of which with its flowers is represented in our figure. A lanceolate-marcescent bracte at the base of each branchlet, and small bractes at each pedicle. Flowers white, pendu- lous, on short slender stalks. Germen inferior, 3-cornered,. striate, aboutian inch long, a little curved, 3-celled. Petals 6, oblong-lanceolate, equal, somewhat fleshy. Filaments: 6, narrowed at both ends, bread in the middle, not half the: length of the petals: Anthers oblong, versatile: pollen yel- low. Style 3-cornered, longer than. the stamens, hollow > stigma capitate, pubescent. Nectaries 3, oblong, spreading, at the point, inserted at the-base of the style. Under-the: outer bark the liber divides into very tough fibres. _ . The growth of the flowering stem was extremely. rapid. - A Specimen of one of the branches between four and five feet long, from one of the branchlets of which our drawing was taken, was sent us in December last by the Right Honourable Earl Powis, from his Lordship’s seat at Wall- eott, in Shropshire, together with a rough sketch of the whole plant. This plant’ seems to have equalled’ in size that described and figured by Jacquin as above quoted; and, like it, pro- duced a great number of viviparous bulbs. Native of South America. | Cultivated’ according to Mt. Arrow in 1690, at the Royal garden at Hampton-Court. oe | Pubby.S Curtis Walworth, fs 2 8er. Weddall. St ( 2251 ) LOBELIA PEDUNCULATA. LONG-STALKED Lose LIA. KKK KEKE KEKE EEE EERE Class and Order. Penranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe- rentes. Caps. infera, 2- s. 3-locularis. Specific Character. : — Losenia pedunculata; foliis petiolatis recurvis pinnatifidis : pinnis bifurcatis, pedunculis elongatis lateralibus soli- tariis subbifloris, caule suffruticoso. Geen This very rare species was communicated by Messrs. Loppicrs and Sons some years since. It is nearly related to, but specifically different from, Losenia coronopifolia (supra n. 644.) The flowers are much smaller, the colour of the tube purple; the peduncles, which are full as lon as in coronopifolia, grow from the sides of the branches an are not confined to their extremities as in that ; the leaves are entirely different. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, flowers in October and November ; requires the shelter of a Greenhouse in the winter. ss x : & al 2223. tis Walworth, Ay A 17 i Pubiig 5 i if ( 2252 ) CRYPTOSTEMMA CALENDULACEA, a Mary- GOLD-FLOWERED CRYPTOSTEMMA. KEKE K EEE EEE EEE KEE Class and Order. SyNGENESIA PoLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. Generic Character. Recept. favosum. Pappus paleaceus lana implexa seminis tectus. Cal. imbricatus. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character and Synonyms. Crrprostemma calendulacea; ligulis indivisis, foliis pinna- tifidis dentatis subtus tomentosis. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 141. Arctoris calendulacea. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2347. (a) foltis lyrato-pinnatifidis, ligulis tridentatis. aie} _ ‘Arcrotis Calendula, flosculis radiantibus sterilibus duodonis sh foliis lyratis nigro-denticulatis. Sp. Pl. 306. | ANEMONOsPERMOs africana, Jacobee maritime foliis, flore sulphureo. Commel. rar. 36. t. 36. fig. bona. € ANEMONOsPERMos afra, foliis et facie Taraxaci incanis. Breyn. ic. 27. t. 15. : (8.) foles runcinato-pinnatifidis, ligulis acutis integerrimis. Arcroris calendulacea; flosculis radiantibus sterilibus, foliis _ -Yuncinatis subtomentosis. Syst. Veg. ed. 14 p. 791. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 2. p. 16. t. 157. - ANEmon® affinis exthiopica, fibrosa radice, flore Asteris, Taraxaci foliis subincanis. Herm. Lugd. 41. t. 42. ae . Descr. Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, three-nerved, on the per side green, hispid: on the under tomentose, white. eduncles at the ends of the branches two or three together, long, striate, clothed with weak red hairs, one-flowered. Calyx Calyx imbricate, inner scales rounded, smooth, with a pur- plish brown scariose margin : outer ones smaller, ovate, ter- minated with a pencil of soft white hairs, nodding before the flower expands. Receptacle honeycombed, bristly. .Germens covered with wool, which nearly conceals the paleaceous pappus. Floscules of the ray many, sterile, slightly three- toothed at the point, two-ribbed, pale yellow, purplish underneath. Floscules of the disk hermaphrodite, cup- shaped, smooth, greenish, with a black-purple five-cleft border. Anthers connected, black-purple, shorter than the floscule. Stigma exserted,; covered with the yellow pollen, cylindrical, finally divaricate. CryprosTemMA is a genus established by Mr. Roserr Brown from the heterogeneous assemblage formerly ar- ranged under Arcrotis, and has its name from the wool of the seed partly concealing the paleaceous pappus with which it is crowned. There exists the greatest confusion in the synonomy of Arcrotis calendulacea and hypochondriaca ; WitupENow has applied Commetin’s synonym, which is a good representa tion of our plant, to both. Jacqurn’s figure differs from our plant in the smaller size, in the leaves being narrower, in the florets of the ray being sharper pointed and quite entire, and of a greener colour; but it should be observed that in | drying, the florets of the ray in our plant become quite green and sharp pomted. It is possible that they may be distinct —— but we consider them as varieties, and have en- eavoured to apply the synonyms adapted to each. . Native of the Cape of Good-Hope. A tender annual. Flowers in May and June. Communicated by Messrs Cuanpier and Bucxinenam of the Vauxhall Nursery “VL \ aaa tyS. Getic Walerovth. : “ . N 2253. Weddsl. 5*: ( 2253 ) DIGITATIS ORIENTALIS. Levant. Fox-Guove. KEELER EEE EEE EEE Class and- Order. DipynaMiA ANGIOSPERMIA, Generic Character. Cal, 5-partitus. Cor. campanulata, 4—5-loba, ventri- cosa. Caps. ovata, 2-locularis: Specific Character and Synonyms. Dierratis orientalis ; foliolis calycinis lanceolatis pube- scentibus, coroll2 labio inferiori maximo spathulato. Lamarck Encyl. 2. p. 280. Bot. Reg. 554. Dieitais orientalis ; calycinis foliolis oblongis acutis pu- bescentibus, corolle lobis lateralibus labii inferioris obtussimis, intermedio spathulato ciliato plano, floribus distantibus, bracteis oblongis pubescentibus calyce beg ey Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.286. Persoon Syn. . p. 163. — orientalis Tragopogi folio, flore albido, Tourn. or. 9. This plant was first discovered by the celebrated botanist Tournerort, during his travels in» the Levant ; and Lamarck, in that valuable compilation, the botanical part of the Encyclopédie Methodigue, has given a description of It from Pomuiebone's specimen, preserved in JusstEv’s herbarium. But M. Porrér, in the supplement to the same work, has erroneously referred this species to Dierraxis lanata ; which, though nearly allied, is very distinct. The latter plant is figured at No. 1159 of the Botanical ine ; but we believe that a living specimen of orten- talis has never been seen in this country, nor even in Europe, till the seed was transmitted from’ Constantinople to Sir Josepn Banas by Lady Liston, to whose zeal our gardens — are indebted for several rare and some new plants. hat from which our drawing was taken was raised from _ this seed, and flowered last April in Lady Banxs’s garden, at Spring Grove. Dierrauis orientalis differs from lanata in having a much more lax spike of flowers, which grow alternately and dis- tant, are paler coloured, and have less of the ferrugineous reticulated marking within side, and none without ; in having the calyx and the whole outside of the corolla more pubes- cent, but especially in having the upper and lateral seg- ments rounded instead of pointed as in that; the radical and lower leaves are also much longer and narrower. It is an herbaceous perennial ; and we imagine must require protection from severe frost. Pub. od Qos Ww aafies Wedd al. S'¢ ( 2254 ) Rota LINIFOLIA, 8. LARGE-FLOWERED FLAX-LEAVED Rue. KEKE EEK EEE EERE Class and Order. DecanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Petalaconcava. Recept. punctis melli- feris decem cinctum. Caps. lobata. Specific Character and Synonyms. . Ruta linifolia ; foliis lanceolatis subsessilibus glabris, i- cule ramis pubescentibus, petalis ovatis. Marsch. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1. p. 309. Ruta Linifolia ; foliis simplicibus lanceolatis glabris, fila- mentis ciliatis, caule simplici herbaceo. Welld. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 544. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 32. Bot. Re- posit. 565. Rura sylvestris linifolia hispanica. Boce. Mus. 2. p. 82. t. 73. Barrel. ic. 1186. (@.) grandiflora ; foliis spathulato-lanceolatis glaucis, panicula congesta. Ruta montana foliis integris subrotundis. Buxb. Cent. 2. p. 30. t. 28. f. 2. We should certainly have considered this plant as a dis- tinct species from the Ruta Linifolia figured by Mr. Anprews in the Botanists Repository ; and Mr. Hawortn, to whom we are indebted for the communication of the living specimen from which our drawing was made, from the garden of the late Mr. Swainson, is quite of the same opinion ; but not having had ourselves an opportunity of comparing the plants together, we cannot venture to de- viate from the decision of the learned and accurate author of the Flora Taurico-Caucasica. _ _ Our plant grows, according to Buxsaum, about Ridosto, in Romania. The late Mr. Sypensam Epwarps observed that the flowers were possessed of a scent similar to that of cowslips. N 2255. L. Curtis Det, Fibdy. S$ fotce Wr, : my aaa a ins. 21622 Wed Ast Se . (2255) SILENE LACERA. JAGGED FLOWERED CATCHFLY. ERK KKK KEE EKER EERE Class and Order. DEcANDRIA T'RIGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. monophyllus, ventricosus. Petala 5, unguiculata. Caps. supera, semitrilocularis, apice dehiscens, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sirens lacera; calycibus inflatis solitariis, petalis multifidis coronatis, foliis spathulatis undulatis ; floralibus sessili- bus, caule decumbente. Cucusatus lacerus; petalis multifidis, calycibus campanu- latis, foliis spathulato-ovatis, caule adscendente. Flor. taurico-caucas. 3. p. 303. Steven in Mem. Soc. nat. Mosq. 3. p. 262. et in Trans. Lan. Soc. v. 11. p. All. — t. 34. as Descr. Stems diffuse, decunibent, covered with a pu- bescence, which, when magnified, appears beaded or moniliform. Leaves ovate-spathulate, undulate with long, channelled, stem-embracing footstalks. Upper ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles mostly solitary, one-flowered, axillary and terminal. Calyx inflated, ten-streaked, five- cleft. Corolla white: petals lacerate, crowned with two oblong, distinct adpressed appendices. Stamens 10, five shorter, attached to the claw of the petal, and five longer, Mserted into a glandular substance surrounding the base of the ovate germen, which is one-celled, without an ap- pearance of septum that we could observe: styles three, sometimes only two. : This species was first described in the transactions of the Linnean Society by the Chevalier de Steven, pi has ewise likewise noticed the curious moniliform pubescence of the stem. But with respect to the corona, which in our plant was very distinct, this author remarks that there was scarcely any. In other respects we find nothing contradictory in the two descriptions. Native of the eastern Caucasean Alps, where it grows amongst the fragments of Schistus. Flowers in May and June. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden. Fig. 1. Represents the pistil with the five longer stamens. 2. One of the petals with a shorter stamen attached to the base of the claw, shewing also the corona. N 2256 Dna 3.ty. 5 iurtis W ~ ty. 8 ae ts As abyorth W iG 2 382 oe wd AAt§ ( 2256 ) GLopuLaria vuLearis. Common GLoBULARIA or Bue Daisy. KEKE EKER KEKE EEE Class and Order. TrrranpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. communis imbricatus ; proprius tubulatus, inferus. Corollule labio superiore 2-partito; inferiore 3-partito. Recept. paleaceum. Specific Character and Synonyms. GLoputaria vulgaris; caule herbaceo, foliis radicalibus obovatis retusis petiolatis ; caulinis lanceolatis. Grogutaria vulgaris; caule herbaceo, foliis radicalibus tridentatis ; caulinis lanceolatis. Sp. Pl. 139. Willd. 1. p. 540. Hort. Kew. ed. alter. 1. p. 222. Schkuhr | handb. 1. p. 65. t. 21. Pollich Palat. 1. p. 138. Scop. Carniol. n. 132. Grogutaria vulgaris; caule herbaceo folioso, foliis radi- calibus petiolatis obovatis subedentulis ; caulinis lan- ceolatis. Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 730. Id. Mlustr. t. 56. f.1. Grogvutari foliis radicalibus emarginatis, ex nervo aristatis, caulinis lanceolatis. Hall. Hist. n. 218. Betuts cerulea caule folioso. Bauh. Pin. 262. Betws cerulea apula et monspeliaca. Tabern. Kreuterbuch 709. f. 1. & 2. Lob. ic. 478. é APHYLLANTHES Anguillare, sive Globularia bellidi similis. Bauh. Hist. 3. part 1. p. 13. cum icone. een Descr. Radical leaves obovate-spathulate, quite entire or somewhat emarginate at the apex with a small projection of the middle nerve, smooth, many, spreading about. Stem from three to six inches high, erect, clothed with oblong oval leaves, irregularly scattered, sessile. Flowers pt in a dense a dense globular head. Involucrum or common calyx of many leaflets, like the cauline leaves, but smaller. Calyx proper tubular, five-cleft: teeth subulate, acute, ciliated. Corolla monopetalous : lacinie five, filiform, unequal: the three upper ones three or four times longer than the two lower. Stamens 4, distinct, longer than the corolla: anthers two-lobed, deep blue. ‘Style shorter than stamens ; stigma ne Receptacle paleaceous. Taste of the leaves slightly itter. This plant apparently varies very much in the size of the radical leaves, which in our specimen, with the footstalk, rarely equalled an inch in length, whereas Potticu describes them as being four inches and a half long ; perhaps more than one species have been confounded together. The three teeth at the apex of the leaf are very frequently wanting altogether, and are always much less remarkable than in Grosutaria Alypum. According to Scopoxr the leaves of the former year are emarginate with a mucro in the middle and the young leaves three-toothed. | Native of Switzerland and the south of Europe. Flowers in May. Communicated by Mr. AnpErson from the Chelsea garden, who received it from Switzerland through Mr. SCHLEICHER. N2257. J fartia- Dot x Put, by7, pera ceatatamoier a 26en ( 2257 ) CHAPTALIA TOMENTOSA. WooLy-LEAVED CHAPTALIA. KEKEKKEKR EEE REE ERE RE Class and Order. Syneenesia Potycamia NECESSARIA. Generic Character. Receptaculum nudum. Pappus simplex. Flosculi radii in duplici serie difformes, feminei. Flosculi disct masculi bilabiati. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cuaptauia tomentosa; foliis obovato-oblongis retrorsum denticulatis supra lanatis subtus argenteo-tomentosis, flore nutante. PRE Cuaprauia tomentosa; foliis spe Ramee integerrimis subtus argenteo-tomentosis, scapo nudo unifloro, flore nutante. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 577. Cuapratia integrifolia. Ventenat Cels.61. Nuttall Gen. 2. p. 188.6 =: Tussitaco integrifolia; foliis oblongo ovalibus integerrimis, © scapo ok de nutante unifloro: ligulis raduanitibun femineis ; flosculis extimis filiformibus femineis ; intimis infundibuliformibus submasculis. Michaux Flor. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 121. | Tussizaco integrifolia; scapo unifloro nudo, flore radiato nutante, foliis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis oe subtus tomentosis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 964. | Perpicium semiflosculare?, Walt. Flor. Carol. n. 318. Descr. Leaves radical, oblong-obovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, margin denticulate with teeth directed downwards, green and woolly on the upper surface, and covered with a dense white cottony pubescence on the under. Scape without bractes, upright, one-flowered, cottony, twice or three times longer than the leaves. Calyx cylindrical: leaflets linear, lower ones shortest. Flowers white, nodding. Ray many-flowered, quite entire, female : within the ray is a row of female flerets with an imperfect petal, shorter than the style, and within that another row, likewise female, without any corolla: stigma bifid revolute. Male florets ‘confined to the centre of the disk, bilabiate : upper lip, im our specimen, apparently quite entire, lower hp generally two-cleft, both revolute. Our plant having been brought from Paris by Mr. Wat- KER, there can be little doubt but that it is the same with VenTENAT’s ; but his figure represents the leaves as quite entire and the flower nearly upright... Pursa and Micuaux also both describe the leaves as quite entire. But the de- scription by Nurratt, who had no doubt seen the living lant, agrees well with our own observation. The denticu- ation being in all cases small, and in some perhaps nearly obsolete, might escape notice in dried specimens, and indeed, as the leaf shrinks in drying, are nearly concealed by the thick tomentum, which extends quite to the edge. , Cuapratis, a genus established by Venrenar and named in honour of M. Cuaprat, will comprehend likewise Tusst- Lago nutans, albicans, dentata, and perhaps some other “species, together with part of the genus Perpicium. We doubt indeed whether Tussizaco dentata of Linnavus taken up from Promier (Icon. 40, f. 2.) be not the same species with our plant. Ah perennial. Native of North America. Com- by Jonn Wanker, Esq. : : NV 2258. ¢, oe Weed Pub by 5 Bert:s Wabrorth. Aung zie. (2258 ) EuPHoRBIA EPITHYMOIDES. BrROAD-LEAVED SPURGE. Class and Order. - DopecanprRIA TRIGYNIA. Generic Character. Cor. 4- s. 5-petala, calyci insidens. Cal. 1-phyllus, ven- tricosus. Caps. 3-cocca. Specific Character and Synonyms. Evupuorsia epithymoides ; umbella Se anetics trifida : subbifida, involucellis ovatis, foliis obovato-oblongis subtus villosis, capsulis papilloso-hispidis. | Evuruorsia epithymoides ; umbella quinquefida: bifida, invo- lucellis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis obtusis subtus villosis. Sp. Pl. 656. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 452. Jacq. Flor. Austr. 4. p. 23. t. 344. Eupnorsia epithymoides; umbella quinquefida: bifida, in- volucellis ovatis dentatis, foliis integerrimis lanceolatis obtusis retusis subtus villosis, capsulis papilloso-his- pidis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 909. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 16. Art. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 165. Bot. Repos. 616. Tirnymatus epithymi fructu. Col. Ecphr. 2. p. 52. t. 51? Prprios altera species. Bauh. Pin. 292 7 Jacquin observes that the Involucrum of this species con- sists of five leaflets nearly like those of the stem: and says the umbel is generally divided into five rays, which are again divided into three, and these into two. In cultivation there is less constancy in the numbers of the divisions of ~ the umbel. The stem, leaves, and involucella, are covered with a dense soft pubescence scarcely visible to the naked eye, but more evident in the young state. We have never seen seen the leaves nearly so broad in proportion to their length as they are represented in the figure in the Botanist’s Repository.. The plant described and figured by Corumna, which is quoted as a synonym by Linnzus, is so different from Jacquin’s, that this author expresses a doubt of its being the same, though he speaks confidently of his own, _ bemg the same species:as that of Linnaus. A hardy perennial. Native of Austria. Flowers in May and June. Cultivated according to Donn in 1805. Com- municated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden. N 2259 TGurese Ded, ( 2259 ) SESELI GUMMIFERUM. Gummy Meapow-. SAXIFRAGE. Se oe es os a ee ee Class and Order. Pentranpria Dicynia. Generic Character. — Umbelle globose. Involucrum folio uno alterove. Fructus ovatus striatus. : Specific Character and Synonyms. SEsEL1 gummiferum ; involucellis monophyllis multifidis umbellulas zquantibus, foliis subtripinnatis glaucis : pinnulis cuneatis trifidis. SEsELI gummiferum ; imvolucellis polyphyllis ; foliolis lan- ceolato-linearibus basi lato-connexis, flosculis subses- silibus, caule folioso, foliolis cuneiformibus. Sm. Exotic Bot. t. 120. SeseLi gummiferum ; involucellis polyphyllis basi connatis, foliis subtripinnatis glaucis. Porr. Encycl. suppl. 5 p. 139. ; Sir James Smiru has remarked that this species is nearly related to Seset1 Hippomarathrum ; and it seems to have a still nearer affinity with Srse11 dichotomum, a species pro- bably not known to him at that time. Indeed it appears to us, that these three species might with advantage be sepa- rated from the genus Sersexi, from the true ies of which they all differ in having a monophyllous » or one in which the leaflets are all broadly united at their base, and perhaps also in the form of the seed, but whether this is alike in all the three in question we have not had an opportunity of examining. : : This plant was first found by Pattas in the Crimea, who has repeatedly mentioned it, without giving any description : ne or figure. But it has since been both described and figured in Exotic Botany by our friend Sir James Epwarp Smita, from specimens received from Mr. Lameerr and the late Lady Amexra Hume. This plant, as well as Sxrsexs dicho- tomum when wounded in dry and warm weather exudes a strong-smelling gum-resin. A hardy perennial. Flowers in August. and September. — Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea Garden, ( 2260) : SPARTIUM RADIATUM. Starry Broom. KEKKEKEREEE KEK KEK Class. and. Order. Diapecpuia Decanpria. Generic Character. Stigma longitudinale, supra villosum. Filamenta ger- mini adherentia. Cal. deorsum productus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Spartium radiatum ; foliis ternatis linearibus, petiolis dila- tatis persistentibus, racemis capitatis terminalibus, ramis angulatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.934. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 257. : : | Spartium radiatum; foliis ternatis linearibus sessilibus, petiolis persistentibus, ramis oppositis angulatis. #%. 996. Mill. icon. t. 259. f. 1. a . Spartium radiatum; ramis oppositis tetragonis stipula foliorum persistente fultis, apice umbellatim floriferis, foliis ternatis linearibus subverticillatis. Jacg. Col- lect. 3. p. 83. Seartiom minimum montanum triphyllon. Col. Eephr. 1. p. 295. t. 294. fig. bona. Genista radiata ; foliis oppositis ternatis linearibus, petio- lis persistentibus brevissimis dorso tricarinatis. Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 622. . Genista radiata. Scop. Carn.2. p. 51. ~ : Genista radiata seu stellaris. Bauh. Hist. 1. part 2. — p. 399. cum icone. Ray. Hist. 1727. ‘“ i The ternate subulate leaves of this plant being opposite, ive it a verticillated aspect, which at once distinguishes it m the rest of the genus. Lamarck observes that there - are no characters in the fructification by which Spartium and Genista can be distinguished from each other; on which which account he has, as well as Jussieu, united them into one genus, and remarks that Genista lusitanica of Linnzus in its characters taken from the fructification, corresponds in every respect with our present plant, and that indeed, except by the spines of the former, these two plants could hardly be distinguished as species. On the other hand Méncu has made three other genera out of these two, under the names of Genistoipes, GENIsTELLA, and Scorpius. Spartium radiatum forms a low branched shrub, which is sufficiently hardy to bear the cold of our ordinary winters. Native of Italy and Carniolia. Cultivated by Pamur Minter in 1758. Flowers in June and July. Communi- cated by Joun Warker, Esq. N 2261. Dea Pub ey. burtia Watworth. Genz é21. Wedd At. Se ~ ( 2261 ) Orosus NIGER. Buiack Birrer-Vetcu. KKK ERE EEK Class and Order. DiapELpHiA DEcANDRIA. Generic Character. Stylus linearis. Cal. basi obtusus : laciniis superioribus profundioribus, brevioribus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Orozgus niger; caule ramoso, foliis sexjugis ovato-oblongis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1076. Spec. Pl. 1028. Hort. Kew. ed alt. 4. p. 304. Pollich Pal. n. 674. Scop. Carn. v. 2. p.59. Decand. Fl. Frang. 4. p. 586. Fi. danica. t. 1170. oe ramoso ; foliis ovatis, duodenis. Hall. Hist. n. 418. Orosus pannonicus I. Clus. Hist. 2. p. 230. Clus. Pannon. p. 737. icon ad finem appendicis. Orogus sylvaticus vicie foliis. Bauh. Pin. 352. Rivin. Pentap. 60. Astracatoipes. Dod. Pempt. 551.—altera Lob. ic. 2. p.'78. A rather ornamental hardy herbaceous perennial, which owes its name to the circumstance of its always turning black in drying. Hatter remarks-that its roots are sweet. Native of most parts of Europe, but not of Britain. Culti- vated in 1596 by Joun Gerarp. Flowers in June and July. Communicated by Joun Waker, Esq. N 72262 rt Da Puh-by. 5 Gertin Woadworth. Sea. 822. Wetdeli. ae» ( 2262 ) CINERARIA AURANTIACA. ORANGE-COLOURED CINERARIA. KR EEEEEERRRRE Class and Order. Syncengesia PotyGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cal. simplex, poly- phyllus, zqualis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cineraria aurantiaca ; floribus. subternis terminalibus, caule simplici, foliis radiealibus ovatis obsolete cre- natis; caulinis lanceolatis integerrimis, calycibus sphacelatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2081. Poir. Encyel. Suppl. v. 2. p. 264. CinerartA aurantiaca ; foliis radicalibus ovatis iolatis subdentatis ; caulinis linearibus integerrimis decurren- tibus, caule paucifloro. Hoppe cent. pl. 4. CINERARIA aurantiaca (G.) tomentosa. Dec. Fl. Franc. 4. p- 170. Lodd. Cab. 325. | CinerariA alpina. var. Wulfen in Jacq. Miscell. 1. p. 156. : t.1%. f- 4. All. Ped. n. 738. t. 38. f. 2. Cinerari integrifolia. Vill. Dauph. 3. p. 225. Descr. Radical leaves ovate, iolate, subcrenulate. Stem erect, about six inches high, tomentose. Cauline leaves lanceolate, quite entire. Flowers in a terminal corymb from two to four, of a red orange colour, both the ray and disk. Calyx cylindrical. Leaflets in one simple series, sphacelate at the tip. Pappus sessile, simply — hairy. Stem aud leaves covered with a thick, white, cotton tomentum. There is said to be a variety with anoetle leaves. Native of the Alps of Dauphiny, in Piedmont, and of Mount Cenis. Flowers in May. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea Garden. 1s not recorded in the Hortus Kewensis, nor in Sweer’s Hortus Suburbanus. N 2263. Pub-by. 5 foteg Watrerth. Sep 22621. J T. CaartieD al. ( 2263 ) ERICA SANGUINOLENTA. DARK-FLOWERED HEATHu. KEE EERE Class and Order. OcranpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo 4-fido. An- there ante! anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 4—8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. Specific Character and Synonym. Secr. VI. Parviflore B. Anthere aristatw. Folia terna. Erica sanguinolenta ; floribus terminalibus, foliis linearibus mucronulatis, corollis cyathiformibus hirtis pedunculis remote bibracteatis longioribus, stylo exserto. Erica sanguinolenta. Lodd. Cab. 468. A low thickly-branched shrub, seldom exceeding eight inches in height. Leaves linear, mucronulate, smooth or clothed with thinly scattered hairs, about one third of an inch long, ternate. Flowers very numerous, of a very dark blood enlntt, terminal on small branches, usually four toge- ther, sometimes three, two, or only one. Peduncles shorter than the corolla, with two minute bractes distant from the calyx, whose leaflets are ovate, closely adpressed to the cup-shaped corolla, covered on the outside with white glan- dular hairs, very open at the mouth: border four-clett, erect. Anthers very dark, shorter than the tube of the corolla. Style exserted : stigma capitate. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers most part of the Summer. Propagated by cuttings. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons. x ZZ Lh AZ SF frevtis, Dew. Pub.by S.curtis Wotworth. fy aadus, <9 Atel 7. ee Ponta pusens. Downy Peony. Class and Order. Poxtyanpria Dieynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Styli0. Caps. polysperme. Specifie Character and Synonym. Pzoni pubens ; foliis biternatis ; foliolis lanceolatis subtus mollissime pubescentibus, germinibus albido-tomen- tosis, stigmate suborbiculato, caule petiolis peduncu- lisque hirsutis. Pzonta lobata. Desfont. Cat. Hort. Paris? vix De Candollii. This plant was received from the Royal garden at Paris by our friend ALexanper Mac Leay, Esq. under the name of Pmonra lobata, and may therefore be the species so called by M. Desronrarnes, in his catalogue of the garden. It can however hardly be the lobata described by M. Dz Can- DOLLE, in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale, as he de- scribes his plant to be in every part smooth, and the division - of the leaves as totally different. In our specimen the leaflets were lanceolate, very much pointed, smooth above, but very villous underneath ; the stem, the petioles, and pedun- cles hairy ; germens 2, covered with a white tomentum, and crowned with a round, cap-like, deep-purple stigma ; Jilaments of a deep crimson colour : ‘anthers oblong. It flowered in Mr. Mac Leay’s garden in May last ; and also in that of the Horticultural Society. Mr. Sasive, who has probably the ag 8 collection of Peonys extant, con- siders it as entirely different from any species described in the highly valuable monograph on this genus by the late Grorce Anperson, Esq. published in the twelfth volume of the transactions of the Linnean Society ; a work that we regret regret we — to consult:when giving our account of the Pzonia Moutan var. papaveracea. No, 2175. It is a hardy perennial); its native country, unknown ; indeed it is uncertain whether it is the natural product of any, or the produce of cultivation, as Mr. Sapine suspects may be the ease; ‘not with this only; but with some others that are at present regarded as distinct species. I Sn BBR. pg RSENS DE RARE ya ean ak Ph AO WN 2265. i bewrbiee Dal . Pub.by. S$. burtca. Wabroreh Jct 22dax. Wedd. 5° (| 2265 ) SPARTIUM viIRGATUM. Lone-TwIGcED: Broom. esolseke spoke skate okt obeae sb teat ste abate Class and Order: Diapetpara Decanpria. Generic Character. Stigma longitudinale, supra villosum. Filamenta ger- mini adherentia, Cal. deorsum productus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Spartium virgaéum ; foliis simplicibus lanceolatis, ramis virgatis striatis diffusis, racemis terminalibus. L’Herit. Stirp. nov. 2. p. 183: in conspectu fasciculi septimi nunquam editi. 2 Spartium virgatum ; ramis teretibus striatis, foliis lanceo- lato-oblongis sericeis, calycibus infundibuliformibus bilabiatis hirtis, vexillo carinaque pubescentibus. Hort. Kew. ed. 1.3. p. 11. Spartium virgatum ; ramis teretibus striatis, floribus axil- laribus solitariis subracemosis, vexillis carinaque pu- bescentibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sericeis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 928. Hort. Kew: ed. alt. 4. p. 255. Cytisus tener ; foliis simplicibus lanceolatis, ramis teretibus. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 667. Jaeq. Collect. 1. p. 40. Ie. far. t. t. 147. Genista gracilis. Poiret Encycl. Bot. 2. p. 715. In our specimens the flowers grow constantly in terminal few-flowered racemes, on very short branches, and are so described in Jacgurn’s Collectanea. WitipEnow, however, has altered the character, and described the flowers as axil- lary and solitary, on which account we have preferred that given by L’Herimer. We suspect that specimens of : Spartium: Spartium purgans have been sometimes confounded with this plant. : | Native of Madeira, and usually considered as a. green- house shrub; but according to the experience of Mr. Watxer, in a trial of one winter at Southgate, it appears to be hardy enough to bear being exposed without shelter. Flowers from March to June. Introduced to the Kew Garden in 1777. Propagated by cuttings. etis Walworth Och. Sa. Weddell. ( 2266 ) ERICA GEMMIFERA. GEM-BEARING HEATH. SEK KKK EERE KEE EEE EEE Class and Order. OctanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens : limbo 4-fido. Anthere ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 4—8-locularis, 4—8-valvis. Specific Character and Synonym. Secr. II. Lonerritora. F. Anthere mutice. Folia qua- terna. Flores axillares. Bractee 2-calyci proxime, tertia remota. Erica gemmifera ; ramis apice clavatis foliis ovatis ciliatis aristatis, tubo corolla apiee angustato. : Erica gemmifera. Lodd. Cab. n. 457. This species has a very near affinity with Erica Massoni, but differs in the greater length of the flowering branches, in the sterile ones being thickened instead of contracted at the extremity ; in the leaves being shorter and more erect ; in the whorl consisting of fewer flowers, having the tube narrowed at the extremity, not inflated as in Massoni. The flowers shine like a gem, being covered with a resi- nous varnish, more solid, and consequently less viscous than in E.. Massoni. A native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in the summer months. Propagated by cuttings. Will not bear over watering. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons, according to whom it was introduced in 1802. ( 2267 ) RANUNCULUS CASssUBICUS. CASSURIAN CrowFroorT. EERE EEE RE Class and Order. PotyanpriA Potyeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5, intra ungues poro mellifero. Sem. nuda. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ranuncuivs cassubicus ; foliis radicalibus reniformibus _ crenatis ; caulinis digitatis serratis ; supremis lineari- bus subintegerrimis, caule multifloro. Ranvuncuuws cassubicus ; foliis radicalibus subrotundo-cor- datis crenatis ; caulinis digitatis dentatis, caule multi- floro. Sp. Pl. 775. Willd. 2. p. 1314. Hort. Kew. ed, alt. 3. p. 353. Lam. Encycel. 6. p. 108. : Ranuncuwus cassubicus ; foliis glabris radicalibus petiolatis reniformibus crenatis, caulinis in lobos lineares serratos partitis. Dec. Syst. Veg. nat. 1. p. 267. Ranuncutus aconitifolius folio rotundo ad radicem presto- lante. Loes. Pruss. 225. t. 72. Ranuncvutus rotundifolius vernus sylvaticus major vel cassubicus, folio Thor seu Calthe. Breyn. Prodr. |. p. 45. Tourn. inst. 285. The leaflets at the first division into branches are repre- sented by Laset, as in our figure, oblong-ovate, and by no means linear, an epithet that at most can only be applied to the uppermost leaf. This species has been by some, with very little reason, regarded as a variety of Ranuncunus auricomus ; which it appears to us to be totally distinct. _ A hardy perennial, rarely to be met with in our gardens, naire neither beauty nor fragrance to recommend it to cultivators. Native of Prussia, Pomeranian Cassubia, and Siberia. Introduced in 1794 by Messrs. Loppiees and Sons, by whom it was communicated to us. WV2267. Buddy. § Gdtis, Waimorth . Octizhu Webidell. Fc Patsy. 5. Ceatis Walworth, Ocbrabes.. N 2268. Weddal Fv aS os ( 2268 ) MELALEUCA DECUSSATA. DeEcussATE MELALEUCA, KER EEE REE EEE EERE Class and Order. Potyapetpuia Icosanpria. Generic Character. Staminum phalanges 5, petalis opposite, elongate : An- there incumbentes. Caps. 3-locularis, polysperma, con- nata et inclusa calycis tubo incrassato basi adnato (ramo). Brown. : Specific Character and Synonyms. — Mexatevca decussata ; foliis oppositis decussatis ovali-lan- ceolatis trinervibus, spicis ovalibus glaberrimis, pha- langibus polyandris : unguibus brevissimis. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 415. An elegant flowering shrub, first discovered by our friend Rogert Brown, Esq. on the south coast of New Holland, near the port of Lincoln. Introduced into the Kew garden in 1803. The leaves in this species are opposite cross- wise, making four equal ranks; and like most of the natural order are aromatic, having a slight taste of Cajeput. Cultivation makes a considerable change in the inflores- cence of this shrub ; the flowers often appearing to grow in roundish heads on peduncles; but these are in reality | branches, with sessile flowers ; and after the flower decays are elongated, and the part of the branch on which the fruit grows is thickened, so that the capsules become half immersed in the wood. Flowers from June to September. Requires the shelter of a greenhouse. Propagated by cuttings. Communicated seven years ago by Messrs. Loppicss and Sons. . M2269. Y, Cae bg hk Pub by S furtis Walworth O2t2 522 Wedel ( 2269 ) LAVATERA PLEBEIA. MALLow-LIkE LAVATERA. KEEEEEEKERERE EE EEE ‘Class and Order. Monapetrenura Ponyanpria. Generic Character. Cal. duplex : exterior trifidus. Caps. plurime, mono- sperma. — Specific Character. Lavatera plebeia ; caule herbaceo scabro, foliis quinque- lobatis subtus pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus aggregatis, petalis cuneiformibus emarginatis acutis. Descr. Stem erect, five or six feet high, scabrous. Leaves generally five-lobed, with the lower lobe sometimes divided, the terminal one elongated, smooth above, green-tomentose underneath, margin crenate: Petioles the length of the lamina, with which they are united by a sort of joint. Peduncles aggregate (in the specimen from which our figure was taken solitary), of unequal lengths, swelled at the upper extremity. Outer Calyx half three-cleft, obtuse ; inner Calyx half five-cleft, acute. Flowers very like those of the common mallow: Petals striate, wedge-shaped, emarginate : Claws distant above, united at the base. Seeds about twelve, surrounding a conical ser ge a Our drawing was taken from a small plant raised in a t, communicated by Mr. Knicut, of the Exotic Nursery, in July; but our description from vigorous plants grow- ing in the open ground at Messrs. Wurrtey, Mitne, and Brame’s in September. In the latter the middle lobe of the leaves was more elongated, and the flowers usually aggregate, from two to five together. The stem had all the appearance of being herbaceous, but in a specimen kept in a pot at Mr. Kenr’s after the flowering was over, the stem became ligneous and put forth fresh shoots the whole length ; length ; so that it may be either herbaceous or frutescent, according to the treatment. Native of New Holland ; first observed in one of the late expeditions beyond the Blue mountains. Mr. Brown col- lected a nearly related, but distinct species, on the southern coast. N 2240. T.bortle Dad . Putt bas rkie Wabwerth.Cctar §ar. Wedadeli Se. ( 2270 ) GAZANIA UNIFLORA. GOLDEN-FLOWERED GAZANIA. KEEKKEEEEK KEE ERR RE Class and Order. SyNGENESIA PotyGamiA F'rustranea. Generic Character. Recept. epaleatum (nudum; v. alveolatum germinibus exsertis). ma villosissima. Pappus piloso-paleaceus ne monophyllus : tubo foliolis imbricatis tecto v. nudo. ROWN. Specific Character. Gazania uniflora ; caule fruticoso decumbente, foliis spa- thulato-lanceolatis subtus tomentosis, scapo unifloro calyceque glaberrimis, radio concolore. Gorteria uniflora; herbacea, foliis obovato-oblongis ob- tusis subtus niveo-tomentosis, caule decumbente, pe- dunculis unifloris. Thunb. Prodr. 162. Act. Nat. Hafn. 0. 4. pars. 2. p. 5. t. 2. f. 2. GORTERIA pa teeine caulibus unifloris depressis, foliis lance- olatis indivisis subtus tomentosis. Lin. Suppl. p. 382. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 784. The habit of this plant is exactly that of Gazania rigens (GorrTeRIA rigens. Bot. Mag. t. 90), and the leaves shew somewhat of the same tendency to become lobed. But the calyx is smoother than that of the latter, which, though other- wise smooth, has ciliated segments ; the flowerismuchsmaller, and wants the dark purple eye at the base of the ray, this part and the disk being of one uniform colour, except a slight increase of intensity towards the base of the tgule. ative of girs of Good Hope, on the sea coast, near the river Zecko. Flowers in July and August. Propagated by cuttings. Communicated by Mr. Josepu Knient, from his extensive collection at the Exotic Nursery, Kings-road. N2271. Wradit \e- ehuniaa , Pub bys. Tari pW tee th ( 2271) PHYTEUMA SCORZONERIFOLIA. SCORZONERA- LEAVED RAMPION. Class and Order Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generie Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. rotata, 5-partita, laciniis lineari- aes Stigma 2- s. 3-fidum. Caps. 2— s. 3-locularis, infera. Specific Character and Synonyms: Puyteuma scorzonerifolia ; spica elongata cylindrica, foliis lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis dentato-serratis, stig- mate bifido. Puyteuma scorzonerifolium ; spica elongata cylindrica, flori- bus inferioribus remotis, foliis lanceolatis crenatis ; superioribus linearibus. Willd. Enum. p. 215. Puyteuma scorzonerifolia ; foliis omnibus oblongis leviter crenatis ; supremis linearibus, spica elongata. Villars Dauph. 2. p. 519. t. 12. f. 2. Excluso synonymo Allioni. De Cand. fl. frang. 3. p. 713. Descr. Stem erect, simple, smooth. eaves linear-lan- ceolate, decurrent down the footstalk, dentate-serrate, sides folded inwards, smooth. Spike oblong. Flowers crowded together, subsessile. Bractes shorter than the small, cam- panulate, five-toothed Calyx with linear distant segments. Corolla 5-cleft : lacinie linear, united at the point and bulging open downwards ; but after flowering distinct the whole length and twisted about irr y- Stamens five: Anthers oblong, red, quickly shedding their — Pollen ; with which the style is entirely covered when first projected and appears club-shaped, but afterwards the ‘ Stigma Stigma becomes bifid and recurved, by which, as well as by the length of the spike and want of the long bractes, it is distinguished from Puytruma Scheuchzeri. (Supra t.1797) which has a trifid stigma. Varies with a white flower. Native of the Alps of Dauphiny. A hardy perennial. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by Mr. Anverson from the Chelsea Garden. Is not recorded in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. NV 2272. faa. Cecrtia Wake srth.0 ct2: Sharia. Dal. ( 2272). | “Avo Microcantna! SmALL-sPINED ALOE. KEKE ER EK RK EEK Class and Order. HexanpriaA Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cor. erecta, ore patulo, fundo nectarifero. Filamenta - receptaculo inserta. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect.* Corollis cylindricis reflexis. ALoE microcantha ; foliis limeari-loratis canaliculatis mar- gine spinulosis, racemo umbellato laxo, pedunculis corolla longioribus. Axor microcantha ; foliis anguste ensiformibus inferne albo- maculatis, maculis sepe tuberculiformibus oblongis sparsis numerosis, spinis marginalibus rectis albis minutissimis. Haworth Suppl. Pl. succul. p. 105. Descr. Leaves linear-lanceolate, scarcely a foot and a half long, half an inch wide at the base, and gradually tapering to the point ; deeply channelled, margins armed with very minute white spines somewhat recurved, palish - green with white oval distinct spots, not very fleshy, and of a supple consistence. Scape nearly a foot long, semicylin- drical at the lower part and sme above, clothed with distinct, ovate, acuminate, streaked, scariose Bractes, half embracing the stem. Flowers in a terminal, subumbellate, lax raceme, at first erect, then nodding. Peduncles white, erect, longer than the corolla, which is cylindrical, an inch and a half long, with rose coloured petals tipped with green, a little recurved at the point: the three exterior ones somewhat the shortest. Misments ual: Anthers oval, orange coloured: Style the length of the corolla: Stigma capitate. For For this very rare species, which is supposed not to exist in any of our other collections except in that of Kew, where it was introduced about two years since from the Cape of Good Hope, we are indebted to Tuomas Kircuin, Esq. of Norwich, in whose garden, rich in succulent plants, it flowered in July last. INDE X. In which the English Names of the Plants contained in the Forty- Eighth Volume are alphabetically arranged. |G en a. Pi. : Fi, 2222 Adam’s-needle,Lyon’s narrow- || 2263 Heath, Dark-flowered. leaved. 2236 Narrow-leaved. 2272 Aloe, Small-spined. 2227 Amaranthus, Shewy, 2204 Arethusa, Bulbous. 2220 Arum, Spiral-flowered, 2233 Aspalathus, Ciliated. 2225 —— Goosefoot. 2205 Bindweed, Two-coloured. 2261 Bitter-Vetch, Black. 2265 Broom, Long-twigged. _ 2260 - Starry. 2197 Bugloss, Italian. 2255 Catch-fly, Jagged-flowered. 2257 Chaptalia, Woolly-leaved. 2190 Chloranthus, One-spiked. 2262 Cineraria, Orange-coloured. 2243 Claytonia, Siberian. 2208 Crinum, Deep-rooted. 2231 Sloping-flowered. 2217 — Specious-flowered. 2240 Crocus, Largest purple spring. 2267 Crowfoot, Cassubian. 2229 ————- Cut-leaved. 2252 Cryptostemma, Marygold- aie: 7 7 z; =] Z 2192 Goat’s-Rue, Oriental. 2246 Hakea, Shining-leaved. | 2241 a Wood-sorrel, Violet-coloured, 2266 -Gem-bearing. 2213 Hedysarum, Alpine. 2269 Lavatera, Mallow-like. 2226 Three-Lobed. 2214 Lebeckia, Naked. 2223 Liparia, Concave-leaved. 2238 Lobelia, Kalm’s, ~~ 2251 - Long-stalked. 2189 Magnolia, Large-leaved. 2218 Marigold, Large-flowered. 2237 Meadow-rue, Alpine. 2259 Meadow-Saxifrage, Guminy. . || 2268 Melaleuca, Decussate. ~ 2235 Melastoma, Osbeckia-like. Red-veined. 2203 Oncidium, Zig-zag. 2248 Onosma, Siberian simple. 2209 Palma-Christi; or Castor-Oil plant. 2264 Peony, Downy. 2244 Puschkinia, Squil-like. 2271 Rampion, Scorzonera-leaved. 2254 Rue, Large-flowered, flax- . leaved. ge a . 2191 Rulingia, Cloth-leaved. 2207 Saxifrage, Fountain. . 2198 Sheeps-bit, Perennial. 2193 Sida, Smooth Virginian. * 2258 Spurge, Broad-leaved. — 3 ak op, Blue-flowered. torks-bill, Dicecious black- flowered. “i 2249 Stylidium, Fine-leaved. | 2221 Tobacco, Langsdorft’s. 2202 Tocth-wort, Five-leaved. 2245 Vanda, Chequer-flowered. 2200 Vervain, Lambert’s... 2206 Vetch, Saint-foin.: 2219 Wall-cress, Nodding. 2239 Water-Iris, Pale-yellow. 2196 Wolfs-bane, Carpathian. ~ - INDEX. In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Forty- Eighth Volume are alphabetically arranged, SAW Gs— Pl. Pi. 2196 Aconitum septentrionale, 6. 2198 Jasione perentis, carpaticum. 2272 Aloe microcantha. 2227 Amaranthus speciosus. 2197 Anchusa italica. 2219 Arabis nutans. 2204 Arethusa bulbosa. 2220 Arum spirale. 2225 Aspalathus chenopoda. 2233 — — ciliaris. 2218 Calendula chrysanthemifolia. 2257 Chaptalia tomentosa. 2190 Chloranthus monostachys. 2262 Cineraria aurantiaca. 2243 Claytonia sibirica. 2205 Convolvulus bicolor. 2231 Crinum declinatum. 2208 - defixum. 2217 speciosum. 2240 Crocus vernus, y. obovatus. — 2232 Cryptostemma calendulacea a. 2201 Cuphea circexoides. 2242 Denbrobium cucullatum. 2202 Dentaria pentaphylla. 2253 Digitalis orientalis. 2194 ————- tomentosa. 2247 Dillwynia cinerascens. 2191 Dodartia orientalis. 2232 Dolichos sinensis. 2216 Drypis spinosa. 2266 Erica gemmifera. 2263 —— sanguinolenta. 2230 Eugenia myrtifolia. 2258 Euphorbia epithymoides. 2228 Falkia repens. 2250 Furercea gigantea. 2192 Galega orientalis. 2212 Gastrolobium bilobum. 2270 Gazania uniflora 2195 Geodorum citrinum. 2256 Globularia vulgaris. _ 2246 Hakea nitida. 2213 Hedysarum alpinum, 2239 Iris Pseudacorus, £. pallido- flava. 2269 Lavatera plebeia, 2226 - triloba. 2214 Lebeckia nuda. 2223 Liparia vestita. 2238 Lobelia Kalmii. 2251 pedunculata. 2189 Magnolia macrophylla, 2268 Melaleuca decussata. 2235 Melastoma osbeckioides. 2241 sanguinea. 2221 Nicotiana Langsdorffhi. 2203 Oncidium flexuosum. 2248 Onosma simplicissima. 2261 Orobus niger. 2215 Oxalis violacea. 2264 Peonia pubens. 2234 Pelargonium dioicum. 2244 Puschkinia seilloides, 2271 Phyteuma scorzonerifolia. — 2267 Ranunculus cassubicus. 2229 —pedatus. 2209 Ricinus communis. ~ 2191 Rulingia pannosa. 2254 Ruta linifolia, 8. grandiflora. 2207 Saxifraga irrigua. 2224 Sedum ceruleum. 2259 Seseli gummiferum. 2193 Sida Napewa. 2255 Silene lacera. 2260 Spartium radiatum. — 2265 Spartium virgatum. 2249 Stylidium tenuifolium. 2211 Symphoria racemosa. 2237 Thalictrum alpinum. 2245 Vanda Roxburghii. | 2200 Verbena Lamberti. 2210 Veronica orchidea. 2206 Vicia onobrychioides. = 2236 Yucca angustifolia, 2999 .—— strict, > -_