ks eee CURTIS’S Botanical Magazine; OR, FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED: In WHICH The most Ornamental Forrren Prants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural Colours. {O WHICH ARE ADDED, Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according to the celebrated Linnaus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering ; Together with the most approved Methods of Cunture. A WORK Intended for the Use of such Lapies, Gentiemen, and Garpenens, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants, they cultivate. By JOHN SIMS, M.D. FreLttow or THE RoyaL anp Linnean Soctetiss. VOL xix, © Being the Seventh of the New Series. The Firowers, which grace their native beds, Awhile put forth their blushing heads, But e’er the close of parting day, They wither, shrink, and die away ; But THEse, which mimic skill hath made, Nor scorched by suns, nor killed by shade, Shall blush with less inconstant hue, Which arr at pleasure can renew. Liovp. London: Printed by Sternex Covcuman, Throgmorton-Street. Published by Suzr woop, Negeny, & Jones, 20, Paternoster-Row,; And Sold by the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCCC XXII. Wedd 1 LLC eL. Lis. Wolwerth. J: Pub by S bic Pub a ie ( 2273) ; ts | . : 5 Mine sa : pee - : mer é HipreasTRUM POULVERULENTUM. " BLoom~ ” LEAVED K.nient’s-starR LILY.,........ Class and Order. k Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Bulbus subrotundus. Folia bifaria. Scapus 2—7 -florus, pedunculatus, cavus. Germen trigoné et subturbiuate oblongum, media parte paullim constrictum, divers’ direc- tione a tubo et pedunculo declinatum. ‘Tubus extis 'tri- goné sub-infundibuliformis, exterarum lacimiarum margini- bus summa parte extis imbricantibus. Tubi faux arcta, obliqué latere inferiore abbreviata, parte’ superiore’ intis vel levi, vel gibbo parvulo munita, vel fimbriata, vel ca- lyptrata. Laciniarum. quaterna ——, exterarum superior duabus latior, internarum inferior duabus' an+ gustior. Filamenta declinata, ima lacinie adpressa, assurgenter curvata, quaterna longitudinis discrepantia, quaterna quoque positure variatione gradatim tubo infra laciniarum junctionem inserta, externa internis breviora; sed ea tantim que basi consimilium laciniarum sup-+ posita sunt longitudine et positurd consimilia ; ‘smperius — minis abbreviatum, imum minis elongatum ; superins altiis, imum profundids insertum. Stylus declinatus: Stigma trilobum, sepé trifidum. Capsula germine eret- tior, 3-loc. 3-valv. extus profundé trisuicata. Ovula multa, biseriatim cumulata, marginibus imbricantibus, angulo interiori loculi alligata. Semina uno ordine conserta, plana, integumento exteriore nigro, margine foliaceo cavo, interiore separabili, albumini magis conformi, albumine obovate plano. Embryo radicula integumenti interioris basi acumi- natz, sed non exterioris umbilico approximata. W.H. Specific Character and Synonyms. nasi Hirrzastrum pulverulentum ;— \aciniis exteris latioribus, _foliis cinereo-pulverulentis. basi purpurea. Fyulgido affine, bulbo et foliis majoribus, peduneulis minis | erectis, erectis, germine longiore mints declinato, tubo levi magis cernuo, filamentis magis fasciculatis. Amaryiuis pulverulenta hortulanorum. AMARYLLIs acuminata. Bot. a 534. Hirreastrum pulverulentum. Nobis in appendice. Dsser. Bulb four inches in diameter or larger, bearing blind offsets, which is perhaps peculiar to some of the species with the mouth of the tube smooth. Leaves exceeding two inches in width and two feet in length, deep green, conspicuously covered with a cinereous bloom, purple at their base ; with. a thick margin which is curved downwards. Scape about or under two feet, purple at the bottom. Spathe withering early. Peduncles about six, sloping more than those of fulgidum. Germen longer and less declined. Tube more cernuous, about an inch long at top, smooth at the mouth, Filaments crowded together, the upper late- rals not, divaricating as in fulgidum.. Lacinié a. little broader in the middle than those of fulgidum, but not-more pointed. . Ovules about 52 in a cell. The-plant figured,in the Bot. Reg. is described as having. the germen green, the tube. grec yellow, and the limb paler than fulgidum. That. which is here represented, had the germen tinged with red, the tube marked like that of fulgidum, the limb. paler than julgidum.v. miniata (supra 1943), but.a little darker than the usual colour of fulgidum, and,it appears to bea finer variety than Mr. Grirrin’s plant: ‘The name of Ama- ryLiis pulverulenta was given to it. above a. year. ago, and pretty generally adopted sy,.thoanpantie,-apltinatedl it, aid r..Grirrin’s plant was so labelled. There does not appear to have been any sufficient cause for altering the name to acuminata; on close comparison. of its flowers with those of fulgidum blown at the same time, the petals are not in the least more pointed, but a little broader in the middle. It is very closely allied to fulgidum; but the eye. distinguishes it at, once by the strong bloom upon its leaves, which is impressed also ‘on the mules produced from Regine by its pollen. It is distinguished also by the size, thickness, and bent margin of its leaves, the size of its bulb, the peduncles being less erect, the germ less declined and longer, the tube more cernuous and a little shorter (not quite an inch on the upper side), the uppér lateral filaments not straddling apart, the spathes withering before the — the expansion of the flowers, which remains green and erect in fulgidum, and the more numerous ovules. The name of Amaryiuis having been given by Linnzus originally to Belladonna with a reason assigned, it has been thought expedient to leave the name Amaryllis to that plant and its congeners; and to detach the occidental group (to which as more numerous it had been proposed to preserve the known appellation), under the name of Hir- peastruM, or Knight’s-star lily, following the idea which suggested the name egquestre for one of the species. See Appendix, Prelim. treatise and article Hippeastrum. W. H. References to the figures of the dissections. 1. The style, and stigma expanded. 2. Theripe seed. 3. The embryo and albumen taken out of the inner integument. 4. Peduncle, germen, and tube, two petals being cut off to shew the obliquity of its mouth and the insertion of the filaments. 5. Germen magnified, shewing the ovules in one cell, 6. An ovule greatly magnified. N2274 7 fhitis Dat Rub by S lurtis. Wabrorth. Wov2282 WidddiSr “( 2274 +») Cicer ARIETINUM. CutcHts or CHICH-PEA. SRS se bie eaieay desea Sesion Class and Order. DiapeteaiA DeEcaNDRIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, longitudine corolla : Jaciniis 4 superiori- bus vexillo incumbentibus. Legumen turgidum dispermum. Specific Name and Synonyms. Cicer arietmum. Hort. Kew. ed alt. 4. p. 317. — Gdertn. sem. 2. p. 328. t. 151. De Cand. fi. fr. 4. p. 600. Cicer arietinum; pedunculis unifloris, seminibus globosis gibbis foliolis serratis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1113. Schkuhr. handb. 2. p. 368. . 202. Cicer foliolis serratis. Hort. Cliff. 370. Haller Hist. n. 399. Blackw. Herb. t.55%. Kniph. Cent. 7. n. 11. Sorn ic. t. 146. Cicer arietinum ; foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis serratis leguminibus dispermis. Lamarck Encycl. 2. p. 1. Ejusd. Ilustr. t. 682. Cicer. Rivin. tetrap. t. 19. fig. opt. Tragi Stirp. 609. Cicer —S Fuchs stirp. fol. p. 267. Cordi Hist. p- 169. b. Cicer sativum. Bauh. pin. 347. Cam. Epit. p. 204. Ger. emac. 1222. Raj. Hist. 917.—sive arietinum. Park. theatr. 1076. Matth. comm. p. 335. f. 1. Cicer arietinum. Dod. pempt. 525. Lob. ic. 2. p. 71. — Descr. Stem. herbaceous, annual, branched, hairy : branches fiexuose. Leaves odd-pinnate, alternate : leaflets oval, serrate, villous, Stipules ovate, eared at the base. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, jointed in the middle, at which part it is suddenly bent back. Calyx _ 5-cleft: segments ovate-acuminate, spreading. Corolla — papilionaceous, blue-purple, said to be sometimes white : vexillum ovate emarginate, folded inwards so as to conceal both ale and carina, which are shorter by half. Stamens diadelphous 3. Germen very hairy. Style filiform : stigma capitate, yellow. Legume villous, rhomboid, inflated. Seeds 2, round, gibbous, not unaptly resembling a ram’s head, (especially before it is ripe, for m drying it becomes smoother) whence its trivial name. _It is said to vary with black, white, and reddish brown seeds. This plant is much cultivated in the South of Europe, Africa, and the East Indies, and is supposed to be the most. nutritive of any kind of puls. In France it is used roasted as a substitute for Coffee. It does not appear that there is more than one species of . this genus, such plants ‘as have been united with it being better referred to other genera. The English name of Chick-pea in both editions of the Hortus Kewensis is a cor- ruption of Chich-pea. Our drawing was made from a plant raised last summer in Mr. Jenxins’s Nursery, in the Regent’s Park. 27822. ou. hE a Cie ris. Walworth. 2 4% fr * es lurtis D al. ( 2275 ) Partuentum Hystreropnorus. CutT-LEAVED PARTHENIUM. LEE ERE EEK EKER EERE Class and Order. SyneenesiA Ponyeamra NEcESSARIA. Generic Character. Recept. paige, planum. Semina obovata subnuda Cal. 5-phyllus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Partuentum Hysterophorus ; foliis bipinnatifidis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 180. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2385. Parrnentom foliis composito-multifidis. Hort. Cliff. 242. Parruenium subhirsutum ramosum, foliis multipliciter incisis, floribus terminalibus. Browne Jam. p. 340. PARTHENIASTRUM americanum ambrosie folio. Néssole in Mem de l’ Acadamie Paris ¥711. p. 322. t. 13. f. 2. Ansinturum Erysimi folio, Achoavan Alpini quodammodo accedens. Pluk. Alm. 3. t. 45. f. 3. : _* . Areyrocuzta bipinnatifida. Cavan. Ic. 4. p. 54. t. 378. Vittanova bipinnatifida. Orteg. Dec. 4. p. 48. t. 6. The Parruentum Hysterophorus, though cultivated by Puitip Mitter in 1728, being one of the fifty plants “se delivered to the Royal Society from the Apothe- caries’ Garden at Chelsea, in pursuance of the will of Sm Hans Stoang, will probably continue to be rarely met with in our gardens, being scarcely an object of request, except in the general collections of Botanical gardens ; and is even in such not very easily preserved, being an annual, and not always maturing its seeds with us. Native of Jamaica, where it goes by the name of Witp Wormwoop, and, according to Brownz, is observed to have much the same qualities as Feverrew ; also of Martinique and Mexico. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by Josrrn Sarme, Esq. from the garden of the Horticultu- ral society. A 32 76. | Eertio Bel Pubs by S Bertio Walworth Wer 1 tan. Wedd dit ( 2276 ) ATHANASIA ANNUA. ANNUAL ATHANASIA. Class and Order. Syxeenesia Potyeamia ARQUALIs. Generie Character. Recept. paleaceum. Pappus paleaceus, brevissimus. Cal. imbricatus. Specific Character and Synonyms. ATHANASIA annua; corymbis simplicibus coarctatis, foliis pinnatifidis dentatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 520. — Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1804. Schkuhr handb. 3. p. 74. t. : Lonas inodora: Gaertn. sem. 2. p. 396. t. 165. f. 5. Exicurysum inodorum, glabrum, Coronopi folio annuum. ~— Monsp. p. 307. Herm. Lugd. Bat. p. 228. Beutis polyclonos annua africana, coronopi folio, floribus nudis compactis. Moris. Hist. 3. p. 30. SanTo.ina africana corymbifera, coronopi folio. Tourn.461. —_ Sy ag foliis inodorum, Africanum. aj. ist. ‘ For specimens of this plant we are indebted to N. S. Hopson, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, through whose zeal for the science of Botany, supported by several Gentlemen in the County, a Botanical garden has been established in that town, which promises to become in a few yeats of con- siderable importance, and is already respectable, particu- larly for the number of herbaceous plants contained in it. ATHANASIA annua, though not very ornamental from its rambling growth, nor possessed of any sweet scent, has the perty of lasting long in flower in so remarkable a degree, that Ray thought it merited its name of Aceratum, signifying signifying in Greek that which is not subject to grow old, better than any other _— with which he was acquainted ; the same flowers which expanded in the beginning of July, being still m full vigour at the time he wrote, on the 20th of October. This quality, as it also lives well in water, renders it rather desirable for mixing with other flowers in vases for adorning rooms, a purpose to which its golden yellow heads, growing on long footstalks, seem well adapted. Native of Barbary. Cultivated before 1686 by Mr. Joun Ray, from seeds given him by Sir Hans Stoanz. A tolerably hardy annual ; but unless brought forward early by a warm situation or artificial heat, will in most seasons fail of producing ripe seeds. N2277. WiddsiiSe . Pobibs.S burtiv Watwerth. Neva: ee ae Lopeuia DECUMBENS. DecumpBent Lopewia.- Class and Order. | ; Prentanpria Monoeyntia. Generic Character. Calyx 4-fidus. Cor. petala irregularis. Anthere cohe- rentes. Caps. infera 2— s. 3-locularis. Specific Character. Losetia decumbens ; caulibus decumbentibus, foliis obovatis dentatis pedunculis axillaribus solitariis bractea lineari- lanceolata integerrima brovioribus. _ Descr. Root perennial, creeping. Radical leaves on young plants petioled, round-obovate, subcrenate, dentate ; cauline leaves similar, but longer, more deeply notched, and subsessile ; the floral leaves or bractes are linear-lanceo- late, obtuse, quite entire, decurrent, making the stem at this part angular, though elsewhere these are rounded. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the floral leaf. Flowers blue, smaller than in bicolor (No. 525) the two small lacinie of the upper lip distant and incurved. Ger- men bilocular. Calycine teeth short, subulate, spreading. The whole plant is smooth. We were favoured with a pot of this plant in flower in August last, from our kind contributor N. S. Hopson, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, under the name of bellidifolia, by which it is generally known in the gardens ; but Logexia bellidifolia has upright hairy stems, and flowers in a terminal panicle on long peduncles. We cannot satisfy ourselves that our = belongs to any described species. It may possibly be the anceps of Tuunserc ; but cannot well be that of Linnaus, which, as rs from an archetype specimen preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, was taken up from a plant om in Ceylon by Konic, and is both erect and annual. We are informed by Mr. Anperson that our plant is certainly a. native‘of the Cape of Good Hope. Otherwise we should have entertained some doubt whether it might not be a variety of the alata of LbasinarpierE and Brown, which is ‘stated by the latter to be a very polymorphus species. An herbaceous perennial, easily propagated by its creep- ing roots. Requires to be protected from frost by a greenhouse or pit. N 2278. WHerbert Del. Pub.by- Gert Walworth.Nov . 2.2 G22. WaiddLsc. ( 2278 ) HiippeAsTrRUM sTyLosum. LonG-sTyLep Knicut’s-star Lixy. RRR KK KK RK RK Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Vide supra No. 2273. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hirreastrum stylosum, foliis suberectis nitidis basi purpu- rascente, scapo subtripedali, tubo —brevi viridescente cernuo, fauce fimbriat4, limbo reflexé-mfundibuliformi, colore inter fulvum et carneum, laciniis exteris latiori- bus, filamentis plis semuncia, stylo plis uncia limbo longioribus, stigmate breviter et rotundaté trilobato. Hipreastrum equestre var. glabrifolia. Nobis in appendice. Hipreastrum stylosum. 0. in postscripto. W. H. Descr. Bulb a little flattened like that of equestre. Leaves like equestre, but more glossy. and purple at their. . Tube and limb in form and posture much like Regine, but considerably smaller. like that of Regine, in greenish white tufts between the base of the _ petals. Star green, very short, not spread into broad rays. as in equestre, or prolonged into white stripes as in Regi- ne. Lamb pale fabeoves pink, veined and speckled with a deeper colour. Anthers straw-coloured, striped with red. Pollen bright yellow. Filaments five-eights, Style an inch and a quarter longer than the corolla. Stigma con- sisting of three short round lobes. : Bulbs of this unrecorded species were received last year by Lord Carnarvon from Maranham in Brazil, and since by Mr. Brooxes, from Cayenne, and by Mr. Les, from Brazil. It was at first marked in the appendix as a variety of equestre, which it resembles in the bulb and in the form _ and posture of its leaves. It is distinguished from a . spec species by the different form and posture of the tube and limb, the absence of the broad-rayed star, and the style being an inch and a quarter longer, instead of an inch and a quar- ter, or at least an inch shorter than the corolla, as well as the length of the filaments. It differs from Regine in bulb, leaf, star, and the length of the style and filaments, as well as the colour of the petals, which is not exactly like that of any known species. Mr. Lee was struck with the resem- blance of the flower to Hemerocallis jfulva, but the colour inclines more to flesh colour, and the great length of the filaments and style appear to furnish the best distinguishing feature. A name founded on its resemblance to Hemero- callis would have been inconveniently long. This species, though very inferior to equestre in beauty, appears to thrive more freely. W. H. Ree SS CORRIGENDUM. y Pag. 2272. lin. 1. et 10. pro microcanrHa lege MACROCANTHA. ( 2279 ) CALLA AROMATICA, Aromatic CALLa. KEKE REE EE EEE EEE EEE Class and Order. Moneecta Monanpria. Schreber. Hepranpria Monocynia. Willd. Generic Character. Spatha plana. Spadixtectus flosculis. Cal. 0. Cor. 0. Bacca polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Catxa aromatica ; caulescens, subsagittato-cordatis acumi- natis: lobis rotundatis divaricatis, spatha cymbeformi spadicem basi femineum suboccultante. Catia aromatica. Roxb. Fl. Ind. orient. nondum edita. Caxta occulta. Lodd. Cab. 12. vix Loureiri. Dracuncutus amboinicus. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 322. t. 111. f2? Our drawing was taken in July 1813, from a plant that flowered at that time in Sir Apranam Hume’s stove at Wormleybury ; Messrs. Loppiezs and Sons also raised it about the same time from seeds, sent by Dr. Roxsuren under the name of Catia aromatica; but finding very little scent in the flowers, and conceiving it to answer to Lovretro’s description of Caza occulta they adopted that name. But asit does not altogether accord with the charac- ters given in the Flora cochinehinensis, aid it is likely to be published under the name of aromatica in Roxsuren’s Flora, we prefer the latter appellation. : About two thirds of the spadix were occupied by the _ stamens, and one third at the base with the pistils. Dr. Roxguren states that these pistils are mixed with abortive _ Stamens ; of which wees hers a if they had existed they me have been deciduous, and perhaps more analogous fo the cirrhi of Arum than to real stamens. The fertile anthers are quite sessile ; these only come in sight in our figuré, the pistils being entirely concealed by the spathe. In the position of the different organs this plant agrees with Canta @thiopica, but not with the European species palustris. Dr. Roxsurex obseryes, that it is indigenous in Chitta- gong, where the medicinal virtues of its root are held in high estimation, by the natives. According to this author, when cut, the plant diffuses a pleasant aromatic scent, some- thing like that of.the scitamineous tribe. In the Calcutta garden it blossoms nearly the whole year. With us its time of flowering seems uncertain, Messrs. Loppinegs fix December as its season, and we were favoured by them with a specimen of the flower in the present month, November ; at Sir Asranam Hume’s, as we have observed above, it flowered in July. — Bib by.S. Comte. Walworth . WV 2260. (2280) Litium cAROLINIANUM. CAROLINA ~Marracon Lity. Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeyntia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-petala, campanulata: linea longitudinali nectari- fera. Caps. valvulis pilo cancellato connexis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Litem carolinianum ; caule subunifloro, foliis verticillatis Sparsisque carnosis recurvis, petalis revolutis apice compressis. | Litium carolintanum; glaberrimum, foliis enerviis plerum- que verticillatis, late subcuneato-lanceolatis sive obo- valibus, ramis floriferis crassis ternato-terminalibus (rarius binis aut unico) calycibus valde reflexis macu- og Michaux Flor. Bor. Am.1. p. 197. Bot. Reg. Liuium carolinianum ; foliis plerumque verticillatis cuneato- lanceolatis s. obovalibus enervibus glaberrimis, ramis floriferis crassis ternato-terminalibus, floribus reflexis, — corollis revolutis. Pursh. Flor. Am. Sept. 1. p. 229. Linum carolinianum. Nuttall. Gen. 1. p. 222. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 359. non Lamarckii. Litium Martagon ; foliis plerumque verticillatis quaternis, caule pedali, floribus plerumque solitariis reflexis, co- rollis revolutis. Walter Fl. Carol. p. 123. Litium Michauxii. Poiret. Suppl. Encycl. 3. p. 457. Latium autumnale. Lodd. Cab. 335. Descr. Stem about a foot high, simple, ay spotted. Leaves some in whorls and some scattered, fleshy, rigid, ovate-lanceolate, recurved, undulate, obscurely three-nerved. Peduncle in the one flowered specimens, and we have seen no no other, continuous with the stem and the same size till it approaches the flower, when it is much thickened and bent. Flower nodding ; petals revolute, on the imside yellow spotted with black, deep orange toward the points, which are always pressed inwards as if squeezed betwixt the thumb and finger: on the outside green, tinged with yellow; the nerve deeply channelled. Filaments green, acute: anthers versatile, oblong-oval, purplish brown : pollen red-orange. Style longer than stamens, purple, streaked at the upper part: stigma very large, three-lobed, brown-purple. Authors seem to have been very doubtful whether this species was distinct from Litium superbum, and it is not improbable that dwarf few-flowered specimens of the latter, have been confounded with this. Mr. Nurraxt, a real ob- server, never himself saw it more than one-flowered; but says that he has been well assured that in cultivation it pro- duces many flowers on the stem in proliferous stages, and that it then apparently becomes Litium superbum. We are quite of opinion that when this has been the case, a single owered variety of the latter species has been mistaken for this. Our plant has not in our gardens shewn a disposition to assume the habit of superbum in any respect. Native of Carolina and Florida. Flowers in September and October, and according to M. Loppinees should have the protection of a frame in winter, at which time the stem dies down. The proper soil they state to be loam and peat. Communicated by Messrs. Wurtiry, Brame and Minne, who inform us, that they bought it of Messrs Fraser, by whom it was probably first introduced into this country. N2 291 ( 2281 ) VIBURNUM NUDUM. OVAL-LEAVED VIBURNUM. See ee ae ee eo Class and Order. PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus, superus. Cor. 5-fida. Bacca 1-sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Visurnum nudum ; foliis oblongu-ovalibus subintegerrimis margine revolutis in petiolum decurrentibus, cymis ebracteatis. Visurnum nudum ; foliis ovalibus subrugosis margine revolutis obsolete crenulatis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. p. 370. ed. alt. 2. p. 167. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1487. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 326. : | Visurnum nudum ; foliis integerrimis lanceolato-ovatis. Sp. Pl. 383. Mill. ic. 2. p. 183. t. 274. Visurnum nudum ; glaberrimum, foliis ovalibus vel ovali- lanceolatis, margine revoluto-integris ; cymis ebrac- teatis pedunculatis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 178. Tinvs foliis ovatis in petiolos terminatis integerrimis. Gron. Fl. virg. ed.1. p. 33. ed. 2. p.46. (Viburnum.) This species very much resembles Visurnum Tinus, but is a taller growing shrub ; the leaves are rolled back at the margin, and sometimes obsoletely crenate ; they are also decurrent on the footstalk. The flowering cymes are altogether without bractes, which in Tinus are fur- nished at the base with very small subulate ones ; gene- rally equalling in number the first branches, and forming an involucrum, but so small that it is hardly conspicuous in dried specimens. In the species Plantarum of Linas, Visurnum Tinus and nudum follow in succession, and the above observation is subjoined to the latter in reference to the preceding species ; but in WittpENnow’s edition it is negligently applied to scandens, that species, from the arrangement there made, becoming the preceding one. _ Native of Virginia and Carolina, hardy. Flowers in the summer months. Propagated by cuttings. Communi- cated by Joun Waxker, Esq. of Arno’s Grove. (| 2282 ) ARUM TENUIFOLIUM. ScoRZONERA-LEAVED ) Arum. KEKE EERE REE Class and Order. Monazc1a Monanpria. Schreber. Monaecia Potyanpria. Willd. Generic Character. - _ Spatha monophylla, cucullata. Spadix supra nudus, inferne femineus, medio stamineus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Arum tenuzfolium ; acaule, foliis angusto-lanceolatis, spatha subrecurva, spadice longo vermiformi acuto declinato. Lamarck Encycl. 3. p. 10. n.10. Bot. Reg. 512. Arum tenuizfolium ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, spadice subu- lato spatha lanceolata longiore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 486. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 309. Arum tenuifolium ; acaule, foliis lanceolatis, spadice setaceo declinato. Sp. Pl. 1370. Excluso ubique synonymo Gronovii. : Arisarum angustifolium. Bauh. Pin. 196. Clus. Hist. 2. p. T4.—Hisp. p. 304. f. 305. Lob. Advers. 261. Lob. This very curious species of Arum blossoms in June and July, but the leaves do not appear till after the flowers decay. The spathe in our plant was very much lengthened at the point ; was at first moderately, but afterwards very much, recurved and spirally twisted, exten ten inches in a externally green, striate; in y of a dark id purple colour, curiously gee oie margin undu-— lated. The spadix at first more inclined to blood-colour, but finally of the same sordid purple, protruded from the ee inches, tapering towards the point, and aptly enough compared to a worm. The length of this part obliged the draughtsman to curl it upwards to make it come within the plate. The base of the spadix contained the female flowers; above which were white sterile filaments or cirrhi; above these the ses- sile, bilabiate, anthers with yellow eo and above these again more cirrhi; aH concealed within the spathe. Soon after the flower decayed the leaves appeared. In Cuustus’s time this plant was cultivated in the Dutch gardens, and Lopez says in the English also; but the latter author never saw it m blossom. The plant from which our drawing was taken, was com- municated by our kind contributor Jonn Waker, Esq. Pub by S. Curtis Walrorit. D ees (| 2283. ) TriroLium Casruteum. Bivue MELILoT- TREFOIL. Class and Order. Ditapvetrenra DeEcANpRIA. Generic Character. Flores subcapitati. Legumen vix calyce longius, non “ dehiscens, deciduum. é Specific Character and Synonyms. * Mexiors, leguminibus nudis polyspermis, floribus racemosis. Trivonsum corulewm ; racemis ovatis, leguminibus semi- nudis mucronatis, caule erecto. Trirotium Melilotus cerulea; spicis oblongis, leguminibus seminudis mucronatis, caule erecto. Sp. Pl..1077, Kniph. Cent. 5. n. 92. Krock. Siles. 2. p. 215. Trirouium ceruleum ; racemis oblongis pedunculatis, leguminibus ventricosis seminudis dispermis mucro- natis, caule erecto, stipulis lanceolatis membranaceis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1352. Hort. Kew. ed. alt, 4. 378. tistics cerulea ; vacemis ovatis spiciformibus, legumi- nibus mucronatis, caule erecto. m. Encycl. 4. p. 62. MELitorus major odorata violacea. Moris. Hist. 2. oi spies 8. 2.24 ks packs MELILoTUs. in ay Riv. tetr. 9. - Tix Trirotium odoratum alterum sive Lotus sativa. Dod. Pempt. 571. pete odoratum. Fuchs. Hist. t.815. Park. Theatr. 716. Ger. emac. 1195. Lorus hortensis odora. Bauh. Pin. 331. Lob. ic. 2. as al. 7 7 raiey sy Ivestris. Cam. Epit. 894. Lorus x eg Blackw. Herb. 284. Desca. Descr. Root annual. Stem erect, grooved, smooth. Stipules 2, subulate-lanceolate, sometimes semisagittate, and one of them frequently bifid at the point. Petioles chaunelled, shorter than the leaf. Leaflets elliptical, ser- rate, with mucronate serratures ; slightly villous under- neath and ribbed with parallel veins ; terminal one on a longer pedicle. _Peduneles axillary, erect, twice the length of the leaf. merase a blue in round-ovate heads. Calycine segments subulate, the two upper ones shorter than the rest. Vexillum oblong, emarginate, folded so as to inclose the ale and monopetalous carina. Legume smooth, gibbous, somewhat inflated, longer than the tube of the calyx, generally two-seeded, mucronate by the per- sistent lengthened style. The whole of this plant, but more especially the flower- ing heads and seeds, possess a powerful scent of Foenu- greek ; an odour grateful to many, but to some persons extremely disagreeable. It was formerly cultivated in gardens in most parts of Europe for the sake of its scent, and was frequently laid in wardrobes to drive away moths. Caspar Bavain in his Pinax, mentions the use of this plant made by the Swiss to flavour the “‘ Schabzugar cheese ;”” a subject upon which we received from our friend Mr. Joun Watxer the following observations, together with the speci- men from which our drawing was made. “ The cultiva-— tion of the Trirotiwm ceruleum is, 1 believe, limited to the canton of Glaris for the purpose of flavouring the Schab- zigher cheese, a word differently written even by Germans themselves, from the various opinions regarding its ety- mology. Those who write it Schapzieger derive it from Schaf, a sheep, and Ziege, a goat, stating at the same time that the cheese is made with sheep and goat’s milk in equal uantities. This notion is however erroneous, as the chest se is made altogether from skimmed cows milk. A poor cheese, thus made, in the patois of the country is called Zigher, and that word combined with the verb Schaben to grate or scrape, affords a very satisfactory deri- vation, and proves that Schabzigher is the correct orthogra- phy. The clover is cut just béfore flowering ; the leaves only are used, which are dried, pulverized, sifted, and mixed with the cheese, which is afterwards pressed into wooden moulds. It is principally exported to Russia and Holland.” A hardy annual. Native of Germany. Cultivated by Dr. Wa. Turner before 1562. Flowers in August and . September. ae ; FO. ( 2284 ) GiycinE PHASEOLOIDES. Lesser Rep-Beap GLYCINE. | KKK KE KKKEKKEERE EEE Class and Order. DiapELPpHiA DEcANnpDRIA. Generic Character. Cal. 2-labiatus. Corolle carina apice vexillum reflectens. Specific Character and Synonyms. Guycine phaseoloides ; frutescens, foliis ternatis villosis, racemis axillaribus, leguminibus tomentosis compres- .. Sis medio coarctatis dispermis. Guycine phaseoloides ; foliis ternatis subtus villosis racemis terminalibus. Swartz Prodr. p. 105.—Flor. Ind. Occ. 1248. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1060. Guycine sylvestre scandens, foliis pinnato-ternatis, floribus spicatis, siliquis bispermibus medio coarctatis. Brown Jam. 298, 2. Puaseotus florum spica pyramidata, semine coccineo nigra macula notato. Plum. Cat. 12? Douicuos pyramidalis ; volubilis, racemis pyramidalibus longissimis, leguminibus brevibus dispermis oo a. angen seminibus subrotundis. Lam. ty ee p. 296 2? Descr. Stem twining, villous. Leaves ternate, clothed with a soft pubescence on both sides. Leaflets ovate-acu- minate, somewhat rhomb-shaped ; the terminal one on a longer footstalk than the lateral. Stipules lanceolate, fall- ing off before the flowers appear. Racemes of flowers from two to five inches long. lyx bilabiate, purplish brown, persistent : upper-lip emarginate : lower-lip three toothed : teeth acute, the middle one the longest. Corolla papilio- naceous : vexillum oval, brown- le, streaked with yellow on the inside and green at the base : ale very nar- row, curved, green : carina the size of the vexillum, green, : monopetalous. monopetalous. Stamens diadelphous + Germen linear : Style filiform, the length of the stamens. Legumen oblong-oval, obliquely mucronate, compressed, contracted in the middle, villous, net-veined, two seeded. Seeds nearly round, bright scarlet, with a black spot extending over nearly half the seed ; Hilwm large and open. It is probable that PLumier’s plant the Doxicuos pyra- midalis of Lamarck is not the same species with the present subject, being described as having racemes of flowers a foot and half in length; Swarrz describes them as four or five inches long, in other respects his description coincides nearly with our own. M. Porrer considers the second figure of the genus Asrus in Lamarcx’s illustrations as be- longing to Guycine phaseoloides ; and there is little doubt but that it must at least be a congener of it. For this very rare climbimg shrub, native of the West Indies, not mentioned in any of our catalogues of plants cul- tivated in this country, we are indebted to Joun WAKER, Kisq.of Arno’s Grove, Southgate, who thinks he received it, when a seedling, from the Hon. and Rev. Wm: Herserr. oo to be kept in the stove. Flowers in June and — July. . 4 oe nV ¢ YX ~! ys g AN & ® (| 2285) RHODODENDRON PuNCTATUM. (a.) CAROLINA DOTTED-LEAVED RHODODENDRON. A SEIS Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. sub-infundibuliformis. Stamina declinata. Caps. 5-locularis. Specific Character _ Gynonyine. RuopopenpRon punctatum ; ‘foliis oblongi s glabris subtus resinoso-punctatis, umbellis terminalibus, corollis’ in- fundibuliformibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 607. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 51. Bot. Repos. 36. Venten. Cele. 15. RuopopenpRon minus ; foliis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque sensim acutis subtus he, le floribus brevissime pedicellatis infun 4 Veet nes ee cap- sulis elongatis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 258. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 478. Ruovopenpron punctatum ; foliis ovals. laie-colads Geice subtus resinoso-punctatis, umbellis terminalibus, corol- lis infundibuliformibus, capsulis elongatis. Elliott Flor. Carol. 1. p. 434. RuopopenpRon punctatum ; foliis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acutis glabris subtus ferrugineis resinoso-punctatis, © umbellis terminalibus, eng brevibus, dentibus calycis brevissimis, corollis infundibuliformibus: laci- niis ovatis subundulatis, capsulis elongatis. Pursh Flor. Am. Sept. 1. p. 298. RuopopENDRON unctatum ; foliis glabris subtus punctatis, viminibus I corollis crispis violaceo-purpureis. Bot. Repos. 36. Ruopopenpron punctatum. 8. Bot. Reg. 37. RHODODENDRUM > Ruopopenprum punctatum was first described by Mi- cHAUx under the name of minus; an appellation applicable enough if only compared with maximum, but not at all so im reference to the whole genus. It seems to vary considerably in the form and colour of its flowers. AnpreEws’s figure, in the Botanist’s Sete | represents the flower as smaller and much deeper coloure L; in the variety 6. of.the Botanical Register the flower is much larger, but is free from all spotting ; in our plant the flower in size was intermediate between the two, and two © or three of the lacini# in each were spotted with yellow, not green, dots. | Native of Carolina and Georgia. Flowers in June and July. Introduced in 1786 by Mr. Joun Fraser. Is con- sidered as a hardy shrub, but its blossoming cannot be secured without prctection in the early part of the spring ; our late frosts frequently destroying the buds before they open. Thrives best in sandy peat. Communicated by Joun Watxer, Esq. 2286. (4 Bdvecerde Dil . Putty. burke, Walworth Dec22822. Wedel Se. - ASTER FRUTICULOSUS. SHRUBBY STAR- 3 WORT. ERE BELEK EERE EEE E - Class and Order. SYNGENESIA PotyGamMiA SuPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex, Corolle radii plures 10. Calycis imbricati squame inferiores patule. Specific Character and Synonyms. Aster fruticulosus ; fruticosus, pedunculis sub-solitariis uni- ‘floris foliis linearibus fasciculatis bis terve longioribus. Aster fruticulosus; fruticosus, foliis linearibus obtusius- ~~ culis glabris pun is, pedunculis unifloris elongatis, calycibus imbricatis diseum equantibus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2018. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 49. Jacq. Fragm. p.9. t. 9. f. 4. | | Aster fruticulosus ; fruticosus, foliis linearibus punctatis, _ pedunculis unifloris nudis. Syst. Nat. 3. p. 552. Aster fruticosus ; foliis linearibus punctatis glabris, caly-. cibus imbricatis, caule fruticoso. Sp. Pl. 1225. Thunb. Prodr. 159. : . Aster africanus frutescens, foliis angustis et plerumque congestis. Commel. Hort. 2. p. 53. t. 27. Astrr maritimus, fruticosus, hyssopi foliis confertis, flore albo. Pluk. Mant. 29. t. 340. fF. 19 : Aster hyssopifolius ; fruticosus, foliis sparsis linearibus pubescentibus, pedunculis subaggregatis terminalibus, ramis adscendentibus tomentosis. Berg. Cap. 287? It appears to us that the plant which has usually been known in our Nurseries under the name of Aster fruticu- losus is the angustifolius of Jacquin, having scattered, not aggregate, leaves; but Jacguin’s, CoMMELIN’s, and ps Puuxener’s figures above referred to, seem to belong to t species | # a species we now give a faithful representation of from the cil of the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps. The plant was communicated, together with several other rare plants, by Mr. Wit11am Prinete, Nurseryman, formerly of Sydenham, but now of the King’s Road, Chel- sea. Flowers in May and June. Propagated by cuttings. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Requires the protec- tion of a greenhouse in the winter. CORRIGENDA. — No. 2272. lin. 1 et 9 pro microcanTHA lege MICRACANTHA. — - pag. 2, lin. 4, pro Krrenin lege Hircuin. No. 2278. pag. 2, lin. ult. pro macrocantHa lege micrA- . canTua ; vel dele totum corrigENDUM. 2287 AS: | CE dd ? ( 2287 ). Cnicus Arer. Barpary Onicus, OR TWIN-THORNED THISTLE. KKK KEKE EEK EKER Class and Order. Syneenesta Pozyeamra ALQuALIs. Generic Character. Cal. imbricatus, ventricosus : squamis spinosis. Pappus plumosus. Recept. villosum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cnicus afer ; foliis sessilibus lanceolatis subtus tomentosis subrepandis: lobis emarginatis bispinosis, floribus pe- dunculatis subcorymbosis, calycinis squamis lanceo- Jatis spinosis patentissimis. Wald. Sp, Pl. 3. p. 1682. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 483. Carpuus afer ; foliis sessilibus lanceolatis pinnatifidis, lobis distantibus gemellis in longam spinam terminatis singu- lis. Jacg. Hort. Schoenb. 2. p. 80. t. 145. Carpuvus Diacantha ; foliis sessilibus lanceolatis subtus to- mentosis, spinis binatis, floribus corymbosis, Labill. =. Pl. Syr. Dec. 2. p. 7. t. 3. Poirét. Encycl. suppl, . p. 199. This is perhaps the handsomest species of all the Thistle tribe, and is really worthy to be aimitted into the flower- garden. We see no reason to believe that the Carpuus Diacantha of Labillardiere and afer of Jacquin, are distinct species, or even worthy to be recorded as separate varieties ; the first name has therefore the right of priority ; but Jaceurn’s hame of afer haying been preferred by WittpENow and the authors of the Hortus Kewensis may now be considered as best established, on which account we have adopted a” ‘ e The large size and spreading of the persistent, coloured upper squame of the calyx may be considered as making a near approach to the genus Caruina. The receptacle is thickly covered with white soft hairs, amongst which the obovate seeds crowned with a feathery pappus are im- bedded. A hardy annual or biennial, Native of Barbary. In- troduced by Mons. Txourn in 1800. Communicated by Mr. Joseru Kyicurt of the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road. M2288. Thurtis Del. Fub.b5S Gorts Walworth. Pam.226a2. Weddell St. ( 2288 ) Diantuus PsEuDARMERIA. LONG-SCALED PINK. KEKE KEK KKK KEKE KKK Class and Order. DecanpriA Dieynia. Generic Character. Cal. cylindricus, 1-phyllus, basi squamis 4. Petala 5, unguiculata. Caps. cylindrica, 1-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Diantuus Pseudarmeria; floribus aggregatis fasciculatis, — squamis calycinis ovato-subulatis tubum equantibus, foliis subulatis pubescenti-scabris strictis, Fl. Taurico- cauc. 1. p. 323. Poir. encycl. suppl. 4. p. 123. Diantuus barbatus. Pall. Ind. Taur. Habl. Taur. p. 119. This plant appears to us to have a nearer affinity with Diantnus barbatus, than with D. Armeria, from the former of which it is chiefly distinguished by being covered in ae part with a very minute pubescence, hardly visible to the naked eye, and by a narrower, stiffer foliage. It appears by the quotation of Marscuaut a Breserstein to have been taken for barbatus by Pautas and Hasurrz, and after all we should not be surprized if it should really turn out to be the origin of the Sweet William so long cultivated im our gardens. : A hardy perennial. Native of dry stony places in Tauria ; where, as with us, it flowers in June and July. Communi- cated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden. N 2289. a2. Pubes Gar tis: Watworth Jani18 ( 2289 ) PreripLoca Greca. Common Perreoca. eee Ee ee Class and Order. Prenranpria Dicynia. Generic Character. Asclepiadea. Masse Pollinis granulose, 5. Filam. dis- tincta. Cor. rotata. Specific Character and Synonyms. Periptoca greca;. floribus interne hirsutis terminalibus. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p.75. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1248. Lin. Sp. Pl. 309. Jacq. Mise. 1. p. 11. t. 1. f. 2. Lam. Ill. t. 177. Kniph. Cent. 2. Schmidt Arb. 1. p. 46. t. 46. Lam. Encyel. 5. p. 187. Smith Flor. greca. 1. p. 165. Ic. 249. Periproca altera. Dod. pempt. 408. /. 2. Periptoca serpens angustiore folio. Lob ic. 631. Peripoca repens angustifolia. Ger. emac. 902. f. 1. quoad- figuram. | iecscce folio oblongo. Bauh. Pin. 303. Apocynum 2, angustifolium. Clus. Hist. 1. p. 125. Apocynum repens. Cam. Epit. 842. Park. Theatr. 386. 2 Meee sive Periproca scandens folio longo, flore pur- purante. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 133. Ray. Hist. 2. p. 1087. Perriptoca greca is a handsome climber, which under favourable circumstances will extend its branches from thirty to forty feet; and was once in great request for covering trellis work, arbours, &c. but is now more generally planted against a pole or the trunk of a tree; in the former case when it has overtopped its support and formed a spreading head with the branches entwined to- gether, it makes a very handsome appearance, ——s when when in blossom, for the flowers, though chiefly of a sordid purple colour, yet being margined with green, are by no means void of beauty, and are interesting to the botanist from their very curious structure. It seldom bears seed in this country, but when it does the seed-pods are long, somewhat curved, and generally united at their points. Native of Syria and the Grecian islands; is quite hardy ; will grow in any soil; and is easily propagated by layers ; flowers in July and August. Bab bps. Comtis Wales vt Pe Jar. 22 S22, (2290 ) SAPONARIA VACCARIA. Cow Soap-wort. EK RRR KKK KEK RK EK Class and Order. Decanpria Digynta. Generic Character. Cal. Sie we nudus. Petala 5, unguiculata. Caps. ob- longa, 1-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Saponaria Vaccaria; calycibus pyramidatis quinquangula- ribus, foliis ovatis acuminatis sessilibus. Sp. Pl. 585. Willd. 2. p. 668. Hort. Kew. ed. alt.3.p.77. Gertn. Sem. 2. p. 234. ¢. 130. f. 7. Lam. Mlustr. t. oT bh 2. Pollich Pal.n.408. Decand. Fl. frang. 4. p. 737. Hall. Fist. n. 907. Gyrsopuita Vaccaria; foliis ovatis amplexicaulibus gla- berrimis, petalis emarginatis erosis. Smith Prodr. Fl. Grec. = 279. Liycunis Vaccaria. Scop. Carn. 1. n. 511. Lycunis segetum rubra, foliis Perfoliate. Bauh. Pin. 204. Raj. Hist. 2. p. 999. Tourn. Inst. 335. Vaccaria. Dod. Pempt. p. 104. Bauh. Hist. 3. part. 2. p. 354. Ger. emac. 492. ——— Ill. Tabern. Kreuterbuch p. 1253. ed. Basil '-Isavis sylvestris Vaccaria dicta. Lob. ic. 352. f. 2. Lycunis oo Vaccaria rubra dicta. Park. Theatr, |. p. : a __ Botanists are not agreed to what genus this plant should be referred, but most of them a time have followed ! in referring it to Saponaria ; Sir James Smit has however, in his Prodromus of the Grecian Flora, united it with Gyrsopuita, to which he has probably been — y a by its angular calyx and divaricate habit. According to Gartner the Capsule is five-celled at the base and one- celled .at the upper part, a structure, which some may perhaps think sufficient to separate it from both these genera. To avoid confusion we adhere to the established name. The name of Vaccarsa has been given it, it is said, from its being a favourite food of Cows. In the Hortus Kewensis it has the English name of Perfoliate Soap-wort, which we think it right to change because another species is recorded by the name of perfoliata in WiitipEnow’s Enumeratio. There appears to be two varieties, one with smaller, the other with larger flowers, of which our figure represents the latter. : From the brilliant colour of its flowers it isan ornamental annual plant, requiring only to be sown in the spring where it is intended to remain,.and to:be kept clear from weeds. We do not know. that any coloured figure of it_has been _ before given ; that.m the Flora Greca being as yet: umpub- lished. - Native of Germany-and France. eee Communicated by, N..S.. Hopson, Esq: from the Botanic Garden; at Bury St. Edmunds: » : : A 2291. Weed delle é 2822. r 4a Pub by. S lurks. Walworth. W Hert me Deol (221) GASTRONEMA CLAVATUM. STRIPED-FLOWERED. GASTRONEMA. JebeHHbeHsnbisebk Clase and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia.. Generic. Character. Buibus subrotundus. Folia decidua. Seapus astivus: Germen unculo recté continuatum, trigoné ~ ovale: Tubus intis brevis parte inferiore curvata, arcta, superiore ventricos’ ampli. Lacinie breves, subequales. Filamenta conniventia, alterné longiora ; interiora summé feré, exte- riora media feré parte tubi regionis ventricose inserta ; superiora tria prope tubi latera torte declinata, inferiora recta apicibus conniventibus. Anthere breves, incum- bentes. Stylus declinatus, lacini# inferiori adpressus. Stigma trifidum. W. H. Specific Character and Synonyms. Gastronema clavatum, foliis linearibus, scapo 1—2-floro, corolla alba rubro striatd, laciniis brevibus reflexis. Amaryiuis Pumilio. Hort. Kew. 1. 415. ed. 2. 2. 223. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2.50. Ker Journ. Sc. et A. Cyrtantruus uniflorus. Bot. Reg. 168. Amaryuuts clavata. L’Heritier Sert. Angl. 11. Gasrronema clavatum. Nobis in Appendice, p. 30. Mio Descr. Bulb small, roundish. Leaves very narrow, erect. Scape reddish at bottom, bearing one or two flowers. Germen triangularly oval, continued from the peduncle. Lower part of the (ube narrow, cylindrical curved, green ; upper part wide, ventricose, white, with six conspicuous red stripes. Limb short, with the segments reflex. Filaments conniving, the alternate longer; the inner inserted — e the top, the outer near the middle of the ventricose part of the tube; the three upper tortuously declined round the sides of the tube, the three lower straight, with their points conniving. Anthers short, incumbent. Style declined and pressed against the lower petal. » Stigma trifid. The seeds of this genus are probably flat and foliaceous, like those of Cortepsius and. the other genera allied to it. The sketch was taken from a bulb imported by Mr. Bur- CHELL from the Cape, which flowered in the Spofforth col- lection. Specimens vf this plant vary a little in the bril- liancy of the stripes and the expansion of the limb ; but I have never seen the germ and lower part of the tube red, as it is represented in the Botanical Register, nor the corolla so large. A bulb in Mr. Burcuety’s garden produced a two-flowered stem in the open border, on which account the name clavatum has been restored, uniflorum being improper and Pumilio having reference to the large’ bulbs of Amaryllis, &c. and not to the genus Gastronema. For the wide difference between Gastronema and Cyrtan- thus, see the Appendix, p. 28. W.H. or The outline figures represent ‘1. A perpendicular section of the flower. the . er half, 2. Ditto, the lower half. oR NORE TE _ nna ag Saz- Watworth; Janina dSawerk y. Pel. (2292). ui ddaj = > + i, ‘Crinum MoLuccanum.. Moiucca Crinum. Class and Order, eo" HexanpriA Monocynt. Generic Character. Bulbus columnaris vel sphericus. Folia multifaria (nisi in C. disticho). Scapus |—60-florus, seminibus maturescen- - tibus flaccidus. Germen media parte crassius, triloculare, séssile vel pedunculo directé continuatum. Tubus trigoné | cylindricus, germine directé continuatus eoque gracilior. | Lacinie alterne sub-equales, interne plerumque latiores. ” Limbus patens vel semipatens, ante expansionem inclinatus — vel nutans: Hilamenta extra faucem tubi inserta, alterna _ vix profuadids et marginibus laciniarum interiorum puncto | insertionis adnata. Stylus gracilis, apicem versus tenuior. Stigma obtusum, trigonum, vel trilobatum. Capsula dis- — sepimentorum destructione 1—2-locularis, sepe difformis | valvis nullis vel obsoletis, seminibus temere disrupta.— Ovula‘in. pluri-spermis vix discreta, sed masse cuidum non separabili in medio posite adhwrentia, apicibus versts dis- sepimenta tendentibus. Semina carnosa, ‘mtegumento viridi: nou separabili, sepits magna, difformia ; embryo cylindrico radicula temere albumen perforante. W.H. — vere ei ce pees Bis Se ce cos" . eT Specific Character and Synonyms. Crintm. moluccanum ; bulbo spherico, spatha bifida erecta — scobtusa, floribus sessilibus, tubo limbum equante, — _ -foliis lanceolatis apice elongatis deorsum undulatis. Crinum! moluccanum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. or. medit. Ker in © © Journ: Se. & Arts. Herbert supra n. 2221. p. 6. Deser. “‘ Bulb nearly spherical, the size of a goose’s | egg, when stripped of its dead integuments of a pale purple _ colour, very different from the deep crimson of Crinum Seyla- nicum.” Leaves pale greci, striate lanceolate, tapering toa __ point, undulated towards the base, nearly two fectlong, and =4 ‘ . - an s inch and a half wide at the base, margin a little rough, re eight inches high, flat on one side: anid ‘convex on the dish ‘purple. Spathe membranaceous, two-leaved, . iar obtuse, striate; flesh-coloured: Flowers in our spe- cimen four, sometimes six, large, shewy. Germen sessile, green, unequally — three- cornered : tube striate, flesh- coloured, equal in length to the limb, which is funnel-shaped : the lacimia striate, “flesh-coloured in the middle, with white margins, somewhat recurved at the point. - Stamens and § style ‘declined, -equal, shorter than the lacmia. The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered early in September at. the Earl of Carwarvon’s, High Clere, Berks ; and as we were.informed by- Mr: Govern, fis Lordship’ s, Secretary ‘ “the, “bulb was ..xeceived- from Drs CeRE y, of Serat i ME Hhonn pace this species as very: soars allied: to ‘Co speciosum, respecting which and some other species: ofvunen he has requeste us to insert. the following ob- servations :-—. “The Ceylo wi b figured i in she Bot. Bae, 579, under ’ the name of Ao Oa msignis, OF Roxburgh’s Amaryllis, is the, plant inentioned Appendix p. 27, as being ‘ in ap- pearance much like the Bengal (aa Speciosum, and probably of that species.” The inflorescence, .as mapees sented, is only ‘distin wishable. from that of C.speciosum by the sap Bperick 2 sae of. Howes. and. a shorter. style, which however does not appear as if it had-grown out to its fall length. It is ae that although yo Editor has men- + tioned four Crinums as nearly allied to it, he has taken - notice of C. speciosum supra 2217, from which it. remains to be shewn that it is a distinct species. | Neit = the. Bengal speciosum. nor this. Ceylon species or variety appear to have been’ known to Dr. Roxsuren, -and it is certainly not his C. latifolium, as quoted. in the Bot. Reg. There is a bulb of latifolium im the Spofforth collection, sent by Dr. Carry, who had it from Dr. pS hahalhg closely afi to < 4 vgs MLEEETES RAE ye iW JHEISIDuIDS ° i © : 7 } 4 Cr paweai pee} * Be i IO es¥So: LYSIMACHIA VERTICILLATA. VERTICILLATE — Loosk-sTRiFE, 8 ub Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. rotata. Caps. globosa, mucronata, 10-valvis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lysimacuta verticillata ; panicula composita verticillata, pe- dunculis multifloris simplicibusque, calycibus capsula maculata longioribus. Fl. taur. caucas. 1. p. 141. et. 3. p. 135. Marsch. Cent. 1. t. 32. Lysimacuia verticillata ; foliis verticillatis oblongo-lanceo- latis petiolatis, pedunculis axillaribus uni-triflorisque, petalis ovatis acutis glanduloso-ciliatis, caule pubes- cente. Willd. Enum. p. 195. Descr. Stem octangular, rough, branched: branches naked at the lower part, upwards opposite-leaved, each petiole bearing four flowers, the peduncles being inserted on the footstalk and not in the axils. The centre of the stem bears four leaves in whorls at equal distances with four flowers on each footstalk. Leaves elliptical, villous on both sides, minutely ciliate at the margins. Flowers yellow, very like those of the common Loose-strife ; but the calyxes entirely without the red margin so constant in that ; stamens not half the length of the corolla. Distinguished from Lystmacnia punctata, by the want both of the. black spots in the leaves and the orange coloured spots in the corolla; from vulgaris, which it more resembles in habit, by the calyx wanting the red margins, and by the flowers growing in much more regular and : equidistant uidistant whorls, supported. almost constantly by four eaeos or leaf-like bractes; but on the side ane Pes these are generally in pairs. | | Bae ah ative of the woods of Tauria and Caucasus. Flowers in July and August. A hardy ornamental perennial. Com- municated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden. N2296. » arte. 8E Bub. by.S. iartis: Watworth. Deb.zs bss. Wrddsilve . ey, tnobar\* ( 2296 ) TRIUMFETTA ANNUA, @. ANNUAL TRIUMFETTA. KKK KK KEKE KEE KERR EE Class and Order. Dopecanpria Mownoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 5-petala. Cal. 5-phyllus. Capsula hispida, in qua- tuor vel quinque dissiliens. Specific Character and Synonyms. Triumretra annua; foliis ovatis serratis, pedunculis axilla- ribus trifloris, fructibus hamato-aculeatis: aculeis nudis. Triumretta annua; foliis ovatis indivisis rarius lobatis. Lin. Mant.73. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 856. Triomrertra foliis oblongo-ovatis obtusis serratis, petiolis — longissimis. Mill. ic. 2. p. 199. t. 298. Triumfetta indica ; foliis ovato-rhomboideis indivisis subtus tomentosis, fructibus axillaribus, aculeis nudis. Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 420? (8.) foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis. The leaves of most of the species of Trrumrerta much in form ; most of them that are not generally lobed. shew a disposition to become so occasionally. In our plant the leaves were considerably more elongated at the point than in Mixuer’s figure, but we consider it only as a mere variety of the same species. The flowers in this species are perfect, having both calyx and corolla; it therefore belongs to Barrramia of Garrr- NER. The three-flowered uncles, added to the prickles and the outer covering of the capsule being smooth, we believe, will be found the best characters to distinguish the Triumrerra annua from the other known species. Native of the East Indies. Flowers in August and September. Being an annual is propagated by seeds only, which however it brings to maturity in our stoves. Com- municated by Mr. Biaxe from the collection of J. Vere, Esq. at. Kensington Gore. : W229. eae TlunG Dad . Pubhy Slt Wodw orth .Ft.23 Gag. Weddd Se es ( 2297 ) Matva AucedA. Vervain Mattow. KKK KEK EKER KEKE KEE EK Class and Order. Monapeuruia Ponyanpria. Generic Character. Cal. duplex : exterior 3-phyllus. _ Caps. plurime mo- nosperme. Specifie Character and Synonyms. Matva Alcea; caule erecto, foliis inferioribus angulatis ; superioribus quinquepartitis scabriusculis, calycis ex- terioris foliolis oblongis obtusis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 790. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 217. Matva Alcea; caule erecto, foliis multipartitis scabriusculis. Lin. Sp. Pl. 971. Scop. Carn. 2. p. 43. Host. Syn. Pl. Austr. p. 384. Poll. Pal. n. 660. Zorn. ic. 219. Matva Alcea ; caule erecto glabro, foliis cordatis ; inferio- ribus subrotundo-peltatis crenatis; reliquis profunde quinquepartitis. Cav. Diss. p.'75. t, 17. f. 2. Matva caule erecto, foliis seabris, trilobatis: lobis latera- libus bipartitis, medio tripartito et quinquepartito. Hall. Hist. n. 1071. Atcea major vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 316. Blackw. Herb, t. 309. fig. mala. Atcea vulgaris. Dod. pempt. p. 656. f. 2? Lob. ic. 1. 655. f. 27 Aura. Cam. Epit. 669. Fuchs. Hist. 79. t. 80. Descr. Stems erect, three feet high, rounded, smooth at the lower part and hairy at the upper, the hairs collected in little bundles, spreading. Stipules linear-lanceolate, ciliate. Leaves petioled, 3—5-partite: segments incised, obtuse, rugose-veined. Peduncles one-flowered, axillary and termi- nal, aggregate and solitary, somewhat hispid with fascicled . hairs. Flowers large, rose-coloured, sweet-scented : petals cuneiform, deeply emarginate or lobed; lobes crenulate on the inner sides. External calycine leaflets three, ovate, ciliate ; internal ones 5-cleft: segments delta-shaped. An- thers very many, white. Stigmas many, purple. Capsules many, surrounding a conical receptacle, smooth, dilated at the base: seeds kidney-shaped. Matva Alcea was supposed by Hupson to have been in- digenous to this country ; but this has probably arisen from its having been confounded with some variety of Matva moschata, and it is not now admitted into the British Flora. _A- hardy perennial. Native of Germany and France. Flowers from July to October. Our drawing was taken from a plant raised at the Fulham Nursery, from seeds gathered in the Carpathian mountains by Mr. Howe. Vhurtic. 2 A “oe 8 | N 2298 ' 2? ow Pat tp Ste. Wibworth Feb 2 Ete. wed 5: = Sage “y= MALVA MOSCHATA. VAR. 6. UNDULATA. UnpbuLatep Musk MALLow. KEKE EERE EE Class and Order. MonapELPHiA PoLyanpRIA. Generic Character. Calyx duplex: exterior 3-phyllus. Caps. plurime, mo- nosperme. ; Specific Character and Synonyms. Matva moschata; foliis radicalibus reniformibus incisis ; caulinis quinquepartitis pinnato-multifidis, calyce pi- loso. Smith. Fl. Brit. 2.742. Engl. Botany, 754. Matva moschata ; caule erecto foliis radicalibus reniformi- bus; caulinis quinquepartitis pinnato-multifidis, calycis exterioris foliolis lmearibus. * Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 790. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 217. Matva moschata. Lin. Sp. Pl. 971. Flor. Dan. 905. Curtis Fl. Lond. Cavan. Diss. 2. p. 76. t. 18. f. 1. Matva sive Atcea montana. Column. Ecphr. 147. Axcea tenuifolia crispa. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 1067. (8.) folits atro-viridibus : laciniis undulatis. Matva laciniata, 8. Lam. Encyel. 3. p.'750? Matva moschata varies so much in the form, colour, and degree of hariness of the leaves, that it is not easy to de- seribe them. Though supposed by Lamarcx to be only a variety of Matva Alcea, these pions are undoubtedly distinct species ; moschata is of humbler growth, the leaflets of the outer calyx are linear-lanceolate, not ovate; the capsules are pubescent; the hairs of the stem and calyx are erect, simple, growing from a tubercle, frequently, but not in our imen, of a red colour ; in Alcea the hairs grow in fasci- _ cles and spread into rays; the musk scent is also wanting is | in in the latter ; the shape of the petals is also different, being” much deeper divided at the apex in alcea, more truncate in moschata. Our plant which appears to differ in nothing from Marva moschata, but m the darker green colour, and more undula- ied or crisped appearance of the leaves, and larger stature, circumstances arising probably from cultivation. It pos- sesses in a high degree the delicate scent of musk, which is given out by the leaves and especially by the calyxes, not by the flowers as is usually said; and is best perceived by drawing the plant through the hand. A hardy ‘perennial, Communicated by Messrs. Wuittey, Brame, and Mixng, from the Fulham Nursery. N 2299 Hyssopus ORIENTALIS, 6. ORIENTAL Hyssop. Ge ee ee Class and Order. Dipynamera GYMNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. Cor. labium inferius tripartitum: lacinula intermedia subcrenata. Stam. recta, distantia. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hyssopus orientalis ; verticillis subsexfloris racemosis secun- dis, tubo corollz calyce longiore, foliis linearibus. Hyssorus orientalis ; floribus verticillatis racemosis secundis, calycis dentibus patulis inequalibus, lacinia corolle intermedia biloba integerrima, foliis lineari-lanceolatis. Willd. Enum. p. 599. Flor. Taur. Caucas. 3. p. 389. Hyssorus orientalis ; floribus axillaribus longe pedunculatis secundis binis ternisve, lacinia corolle intermedia reniformi integra, foliis inferioribus lanceolatis den- tatis ; superioribus linearibus, omnibus punctatis car- nosis, hultes obs. p. 105. Hyssorus angustifolius ; verticillis sexfloris recemosis secun- dis, lacinia corolla intermedia triloba in i foliis linearibus. Flora Taurico-Caucas. 2. p. 38. (8.) caule foliisque glabris. Hyssopus orientalis is very nearly allied to officinalis, being chiefly distinguished by its linear leaves, and longer tube of the corolla. In our plant, the deep red ag con- trasted with the blue corolla was very remarkable; but this character does not appear to be constant. By favour of our friend Mr. Rosert Brown we have had an opportunity of examining an original specimen from Mr. Apams, preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, —_— : does not appear to differ from ours, except in being gene- rally covered with a hoary pubescence, the want of which may be attributed to-the effect of cultivation... 4 Hyssopus angustifolius of Marscuat, van BreserstEin is the same species; but having been called orzentalis by Apams, and his name being published about the same time, and adopted by WittpEnow, it has superseded. the other. Native of ‘Paria and Caucasus. ae toe ‘impatient of cold than the common Hyssop. Gennamiicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea Garden. Witddbi> W adneooth Sie saben. ( 2300 ) Hepycuium spicatum. SpikE-FLOWERED HeEepycuium. JeEHEEHEHeek Class and Order. Monanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Anthera duplex. Filamentum geniculatum extra antheram non elongatum. Stylus filamento duplo longior, filiformis, tenacissimus, in sulco anthere receptus. Specific Character. Hepycurum spicatum ; spathis truncatis unifloris, laciniis- corollz externis linearibus ; labello suborbiculato bi- lobo stylo longiore. hina Desc. Spike terminal, simple. Spathe erect, one-flower- ed, two-valved : outer valve truncate, green, entirely con- cealing the inner lesser one. Germen sessile, three-celled : ovules several, globular, shining. Tube of the corolla ex- tending an inch beyond the spathe, filiform: the three external lacinie@ equal, linear: the two internal lanceolate : labellum erect, suborbicular, two-lobed, with the lobes emarginate. Anther oblong, embracing the style: stigma produced beyond the anther, funnel-shaped, hairy within. Roots of this undescribed species of Hepycnium were sent by Dr. Waxuicu of Calcutta, to our friend Mr. Kenr of Clapton in 1820, under the name which we have adopted. One of them was planted in the open border in the front of the stove and another in the front of the greenhouse ; both these stood the winter and made stronger plants than what were housed, the former produced flowers in October 1821, from which our drawing was made. pe Native of Napaul, and being sufficiently hardy to bear the cold of our ordinary winters, promises to be an aequi- sition to our gardens, though less ornamental than some of the tenderer kinds. N 2307. Pub. by. S Gertit. Wabworth. Marth. 1422. ( 2301) CRINUM ENSIFOLIUM. SworbD-LEAVED Crinum. | Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character.—Vide No. 2292, Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. 1. Parentes. Subdiv. nutantes. Crinum ensifolium; bulbo ovato stolonifero, foliis suberec- tis angustis acutis, scapo purpureo, floribus patentibus 5—6, limbo albo extis purpurascente, tubo purpureo, germine subsessili purpureo, loculis dispermis. Crinum ensifolium. xburg. Hort. Beng. Ker. Journ. Sc. et A. Nobis supra 2231, in specierum enumeratione et in appendice p. 22. Desc. Bulb green, ovate, stoloniferous. eaves nearly erect, narrow, acute, an inch wide, sometimes about three feet long. Scape purple. Flowers five or six, patent, fragrant. Limb white, near four inches long, narrow, the outer petals purplish without. ube purple, four inches long, - Germ su ile, purple. Celle with two ovules, This species is a native of Pegu, and closely allied to C. Defixum, from which it may be however easily distin- Suished by the point of its leaves being less erect and more acute. It is a smaller and much more delicate plant than Defixum, requiring a stronger heat and less water, the lower part of the bulb being very liable to be injured by too much wet, It encreases fast by stolones, but does not flower so freely as C. Defixum. ; Flowered ai in April 182] as is supposed for Fb, bp 5. Crertis Wianlworth. March 4.282. LV 2302. Weddell. Se ( 2302 ) Canna GLAuCcA, &. RUFA. Burr-coLourED GLAUCOUS-LEAVED INDIAN ReEep. Class and Order. Monanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. o° style, more rigid and fleshy than the others, but frequently equalling, sometimes exceeding, the others in length; the other two stand opposed to each other; the upper one, which bears the exhausted anther on its margin, is deno- minated filament, the lower one generally revolute, and often of a-different colour, the labellum; these two form the nectarium of Linnzus, who consequently describes the anther as inserted in the margin of the nectarium without filament. But the filament and style are so changed at the time of the expansion of the flower, that their real nature cannot be understood without examining them at a much earlier stage, as explained at No. 2085. The Corotta of our variety of Canna glauca has its limb divided into three exterior lacinie, erect, lanceolate, acute ; and three interior, ovate, nearly equal, all erect; a petal-like Jilament, bearing the effete anther at the lower part of its margin, and becoming revolute above ; opposed to this the labellum, narrow, variegated, quite entire ; style rigid, be- coming much elongated and undulate. It is doubtful whether our plant ought not rather to be considered as a distinct species than a variety ; it differs from the glauca of Exotic Botany, not only in the colour of the flower, which in that is a plain yellow without intermixture, but in the upright internal lacinia being narrower, more pointed, and sometimes a little notched ; in the labellum being, in our individual at least, quite entire, not emarginate at the extremity. Native of South America; Mr. Anprrson has received ‘it from the Caraccas and from St. Vincent’s. The figure referred to in the Hortus Kewensis, as authority for ‘its eee been cultivated by Dr. SHerarp, belongs to Canna accida. Communicated last October by our friend Joun WaLKER, Esq. of Arne’s Grove, Southgate, who raised it from seed N2303. tic. Del GENTIANA INTERMEDIA. INTERMEDIATE GENTIAN. Class and Order. Penranoria Dieynts. Gaacikc Character, Cor. l-petala. Caps. 2-valvis, t-locularis: Recepiaculis 2, longitudinalibus. ; Specyfic Character and Synonynes. Gentiana intermedia; foliis obovato-oblongis trinerviis, floribus terminalibus aggregatis, calycibus foliaceis inequalibus, corollis ventricosis quinquefidis inapertis : _ plicis interioribus subsimplicibus. Gentiana ochroleuca. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 185 7 Gentiana Saponaria. Michaux Flor. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 176? mene 2 > oe Descr. Whole plant quite smooth. Leaves oblong- obovate, quite entire, obsoletely 3-nerved. Flowers in a terminal few-flowered head, and lateral on very short branches bearing from one to three flowers, but never trul verticillate. Calyx five-cleft: segments very unequal, foliaceous, one sometimes even longer than the corolla. Corolla barrel-shaped, segments acute: inner folds simple or sometimes bifid. Colour ~ ect whitish-green, chang- ing more or less to violet, internally streaked with violet. amens and germen only half the length of the corolla : Jilaments two-edged: anthers distinct. Stigmas finally spreading and revolute. Both calyx and corolla are now and then six-cleft. The taste of the leaves is bitter like _ Most or all of the genus. Gentiana Saponaria, Catesbwi, ochrolcuca, and inter- media have a very near affinity, and yet all have some pomts points of difference, perhaps sufficient to keep them specifi- cally distinct. They all have yentricose or barrel-shaped flowers which continue closed ; the internal plice of Sapo- narva are fimbriated, of ochroleuca and intermedia nearly or quite simple; the flowers in Saponaria and especially in Catesbei (if these plants are really distinct) are more ver- ticillate, in ochroleuca more crowded at the extremity. of the stalk ; in intermedia the flowers are altogether terminal, the lateral ones being never truly axillary, but supported on short leafy branches; the leaves in the latter are broader towards the point than in either of the others. For this, as we believe, unrecorded species, we are in- debted to Mr. Josern Kyicur of the King’s Road, who received the roots from North America in the spring of 1820 ; he supposes it to be a native of Virginia. A hardy perennial. Flowers in October. SF burkir. Det . CoA Lenin. ie, 2 Jonke. Baki 4, | PORES a ia xvid |) 74 I (, 2304 ) ALGE NITIDA. Pouisnep ALOE. Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character —Vide No. 1359. Specific Character and Synonym. Secr. Curviflore. Gasteria. Haw. ALOE nitida ; acaulis, foliis erecto-patulis multifariis sub- triquetris mucronatis albido-maculatis nitidissimis, scapo simplici, bracteis assurgentibus. Abe nitida ; foliis erecto-patulis, latis, multifariis, supra excavatis, subtus alte carinatis, apice acutis ; atroviri- dibus, obsolete albido-maculatis, glaberrimis, nitidis ; marginibus cartilagineis integerrimis. Prince de Salm Dyck Catal. raisonée. n. 33. Genii Desc. Leaves about nine, between erect and pte surrounding the root in all directions, fleshy, unequally three-sided, lower side unequally convex, upper’ concave, a = narrower and flat, dotted with small, a ve quently confluent spots: angles cartilagineous, slightly tuber. sharp- sista with’ subpu nt mucro ; when old they shine like polished marble. Seige erect, a foot and half in length, compressed towards the base, rounded at the upper part. Flowers curved, swelled at the base, — contracted upwards very like those of carinata, (No. 1331) and Lingua (1322). Indeed the whole section of Curvi- flore, which form the genus Gasrerta of Hawortn’s supple- nent, hardly afford any distinguishing characters in either € form or colour of the corolla. The flowers are sweet- scented something like the Hyacinth. The taste of the leaves is mild without acrimony or bitterness. , | € The specimen from which our drawing was taken was sent us in March last, by Mr. Tuomas Hrrcuin of Norwich, who received it from the Prince of Saum Dyck, with whom it had not blossomed at the time of the publication of his Catalogue. It was raised from Cape seeds at Utrecht and communicated to the Prince by M. Van Marco. Wid dist Pub. by J, borbis Wi bworth.. March. 2.28 ga. - ( 2305 ) | aes AcHANIA MALVAVISCUS. Scarier ACHANIA. Class and Order. Monapetpuia PoLyAnpria. Generic Character. Cal. duplex : exterior polyphyllus. Cor. convoluto-clau- sa. Stigmata 10. Bacca 5-locularis, 5-sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. AcuaniA Malvaviscus ; foliis scabriusculis, acuminatis, fo- liolis calycis externis erectis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 839. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 233. Hisiscus Malvaviscus ; foliis cordatis crenatis, angulis la- teribus extimis parvis, caule arboreo. Sp. Pl. 978. Kniph. Cent.1.n. 31. Swartz. Fl. Ind. occid. p. 1222. Hisiscus frutescens, foliis angulatis cordatis acuminatis, petalis ab uno latere auritis. Brown Jam. p. 284. Matvaviscus arborescens flore miniato clauso. Dill. Elth. 210. t. 170. f. 208. Matvaviscus arborea. Cav. Diss. 3. p. 131. t. 48. f. 1. Lam. Encyel. 4. p. 1. Matva arborea, folio oblongo acuminato glabro dentato. Sloane Hist. 1. p. 216. t. 136. f. 1. Awcea indica arborea, folio molli flore amplo eleganter coceineo. Pluk. Alm. p. 14. t. 257. f. 1. quoad figuram, Descr. A tall shrub with alternate, three-lobed, acumi- nate leaves, serrate, roughish: petioles recurved. Peduncles axillary, solitary, pie Sees 5 External calyx of several leaflets linear, erect ; internal of one leaflet with a five-cleft border. Corolla of five petals, obovate, convolute, never fully expanding. Column of stamens and styles twisted, twice the length of the corolla; anthers pen ulous, scat- tered along the column ; stigmas recurved. : Native Native of Jamaica. With us an inhabitant of the stove, where its handsome foliage and bright scarlet flowers pro- duced most part of the year, render it very ornamental. Cultivated in 1714, by the Duchess.of Braurorr. Commu- nicated by Mr. Buaxe from the collection of James Vere, Esq. 2306. AL622 rbiy Walworth, March 7 bj five =} « ( 2306 ) Cactus sPeciosissimus, CRIMSON-FLOWERED Torcu-THistT Le. Class and Order. IcosanpriA Monoeynta. Generic Character. the Cal. 1-phyllus, SUperUs imbricatus. Cor, multiplex. Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. __ Pen Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. 11]. Ceres, stantes per se. Cactus speciosissimus ; caule erecto 3—4-gono: angulis dentatis, flore campanulato patente, genitalibus decli- natis, stigmatibus decem geminatis. Desfontaines in ws du Mus. d’hist. nat. 3. p. 190. t. 9. Bot. Reg. Cactus speciosus ; erectus, leviter quadrangularis, angulis — dentatis. Willd. Enum. suppl. p. 31. Qin —— ae The late Professor WittpeNnow, in a supplement to his Enumeration of the plants of the Berlin garden, has divided the genus Cacrus into eight sections, viz. Ecutnocactt, edgehog or Mammilary Thistles. 2. Mxzocacti, Melon Thistles. 3. Ceres, Torch Thistles. 4. Cerner REPENTES, Creeping Cereuses. 5. Ruirsatipes, Pendulous Cereuses. - Opuntia, Indian-Figs. 7. Puytianrui, Spleenwort-like Indian-Figs. 8. Pereski#, Barbadoes-Gooseberry. These Sections have by some botanists been separated into nearly — a8 man nera; Mr. Hawortu makes seven distinct gene- ra, retaming the name of Cactus for the second of the above Sections only, and uniting the third and fourth under or . 0 of Cereus. .'To the first seetion he gives the name of Mam- milaria, and to the seventh that of Errpuytium, Phyllanthus being already occupied.. His other genera all retain the names given to the different sections. “~ ~~~ a Cactus speciosissimus,. belongs to the third section. This plant having been iieddy published under this name in the Memoires of the museum of eaiural, History and in ‘the Botanical siebdistel 3 ve.adépt-it to: prevent confusion, though that of speciosus has the right of priority. The speciosus of M. Bonrianpwas first described and accurately characterized by M. De Canpotze under the name of phyl- lanthoides, (vide supra n.,2092.) 0.» Native of South America. Requires to be kept in the dry stove and treated as other tender succulents. © s Introduced from Paris by the Count Dr Vanpes, in whose _ collection at Bayeswater,.the plant from which our drawing was taken flowered: in great. perfection, in July’last, as it - had done the preceding year. The gardener remarked that the red-streak to be seen in our drawing below the flower-bud, constantly denoted the tubercles from which the flowers would procéed, and this some time before the appearance of the bud... 62.) gs * i ey ge “ bs, ys t tk > + oe F - > eee 3 is +34 3a 3 ‘ See 5 — >. a i es cis eineddiadvons ‘sativa Soros . Sie : : x s< : a . ee" Qetrese ~~ ¥ 4 #5 < * . S my ier emacs ARS ae el ay eet: at RoR ae : gg ee ae aliedl “ig ae " eer SOEs . 3 . = © fi = ~ P 2 te Ee. re * cow + } ~* f Z se a a . 5 . E . . . « = - Ld 2 = § as ee ; ce See. ‘ ° > om ; gat +r : Lass 2% ee i oe a > = + - a > 4 * a | Pe ae 375%. %2 = be 4 * ©. 1% 9 Tb se pele? Side new patie ra apps a 5%. is i o: : 9 + aoe oe : : : ~ ert : ed Leb a* z £: we a NV 2307 Wirt #t Da, Pubs S. artis Welororth..Meila.2 G22. Widddl Se. ( 2307 ) MARANTA ARUNDINACEA. INDIAN Arrow-Roor, SKK KEK EEEK EKER EEK Class and Order. Monanpria Monoernia. Generic Character. Anthera simplex, filamento adnata. Stylus petaliformis. Stigma subtrigonum. Sem. 1. | | Specific Character and Synonyms. Maranta arundinacea; culmo ramoso herbaceo, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subtus Be getige 9 Roscoe in Lin. Soc. Trans. 8. p. 339. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p.13. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p.2. Maranra arundinacea ; Swartz. obs. p.8. Redouté Lil. 57. Maranta arundinacea ; culmo — eee itis, iis monospermis. m. Encycl. 2. p. 588. Misnsxrs beenbneed “enoncoh folio. Plum. Gen. 16. Mart. Cent. 39. ¢. 39. : . Canna indica radice alba alexipharmaca. Sloane Hist. 1. p. 253. t. 149. nil preter folium. Raj. Hist. 3. p. 573. Canna indica, angustifolia pdtculi longis ad imum folium nodo singulari geniculato. Pluk. Alm. 79. __ The genus Maranra belongs to the natural order of Cannee of Brown, as distinguished from the Scitaminee. The present species is a plant of considerable interest, the elegant article of diet, sold under the name of Indian Arrowroot, being prepared from its roots, not, as has been _ Said, by drying and pounding, but by maceration in water in the same manner as starch is made, from wheat, potatoes and other farinaceous substances. Great quantities of this starch have of late years been imported into this ony z from the West-Indies, and rhuch recommended as food for young children, and as a li¢ht nourishment in sickness. A similar. substance,’ probably in-every ‘respect of equal efficacy, and not less salubrious, has of late years been = in considerablé quantities, in the isle of Portland, m the roots of the | common | Cuckow-pint (Arum macu- latum ). Se ae Ap lactciecahekolsk Native: of tropical South Deine: and cultivated in all the West-India islands. ,.With us must be kept in the stove, where it produces its very fugitive blossoms in July and August. Introduced by Dr. Wit1am Houston before 1732. Communicated by the Hon and Rev. Witu1aM Herperr. pit. Ea Ce ieee: ees eS ve a : « -einridiiletog eas We. gisthe otasnial! i. See . ALE eat as ie a Ssirgsroreye ‘aan SKS ich oo0nd ted aa soveoll ail; ver i : -& . ft = = eet, . ssansah NSAI — 7 N 2308. Pub thy. 5. furti¢ Walworth pneils 222, Wald Se. (23087) AZALEA HYBRIDA ENNEANDRA. Hysrip © «os RHODODENDRON-LIKE AZALBA. Jeieieeioaiestak res 495 and Order. Pentranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. ; Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. infundibuliformis aut campanulata, 5-fida, inaequalis. Stam. 5, sub pistillo inserta. Caps. 5-lo-. cularis. Jussieu. ins 9 tied Specific Character and Synonym. Azaea hybrida, enneandra ; floribus racemosis sub decan- dris, foliis perennantibus. Ruopopenpron hybridum, enneandron. Herbert in Trans. Forticult. Soc. v. 3. ca For a specimen of this charming fragrant shrub we are indebted to the Hon. and Rev. Wit1t1am Hereert, who States that it was raised from seeds of a white-flowered Azar accidentally fecundated by the pollen of a Ruopo- DENDRON ponticum which stood near it. ich is the more probable as the American Azaleas, Mr. Herserrt observes, rarely produce seed with us, from the want of pollen. It is a low shrub, with many slender weak branches, produces abundance of flowers during the summer months, which are aie fragrant. Leaves evergreen, a little variegated with yellow. Ruopopenpron hybridum glaucum of Mr. Hersert figured in the Botanical Register No. 193, the product of an Aza.ea fecundated by the pollen of RuopopEenpron maximum, differs from our plant in eating ee leaves, and an erect, more arborescent stem. e have received Specimens under the name of Rhod. azaleoides, supposed to be mule products of Azatea and a from Messrs. Loppicrs and Sons, Messrs. CHANDLER and Buckx- incHAM, and from Mr. Txompson of Mile-End. The latter nurseryman has four varieties, all raised from seeds of an Azatea, one of which is very fragrant. | Though these mules have generally gone by the name of Ruopopenpra because they have more than five, generally ten, stamens, yet we cannot. think it right to change the generic name from that of the mother plant ; of which it is possible, though perhaps not probable, that it may be a mere seminal variety, when we consider the long list of varieties, all supposed to owe their origin to AZALEA nu- diflora ; some of which scarcely differ less from one another than our plant from some of them. The two genera indeed, though widely separated in the artificial system of Linneus, on account of the difference in the number of their stamens, are apparently one in nature. - This is a hardy evergreen shrub, well worthy of cultiva- tion, both on account of its beauty and fragrance. ) Wedd dt. Se Bub bp S. Bertin. Walworth Ayer La18an ( 2309 ) CERBERA THEVETIA. LINEAR-LEAVED CERBERA. KKK KEKE EK EK EKEEKEK Class and Order. | Pentranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Contorta. Drupa monosperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Cersera Thevetia ; foliis linearibus longissimis confertis. Sp. Pl. 304. Willd. 1. 1223. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 66. Jacg. Amer. 48. t 34. Swartz obs. 102. Cerzera Thevetia ; foliis linearibus longissimis confertis, floribus subsolitariis axillaribus elongatis. Poirét En- cycl. suppl. 1. p. 261. Anovai Nerii folio, flore luteo. Plum. Cat. Pl. Amer. p. 20. ic. 18. | Piumeri arborescens, foliis lanceolatis, floribus fauce ampliatis subcampanulatis. Brown Jam. 181. Nerio aflinis angustifolia lactescens, flore luteo. Pluk. Alm. 263. t. 207. f. 3. 7 Anoay-mirni. Piso. Bras. p. 308. ‘Yecortr. Hernand. Mex. 443. tn Crersera Thevetia is a native of the West Indies, where it is said to grow into a handsome tree, from twelve to fifteen feet in Selecht the branches are rounded and flexile, abounding in every part with a milky acrid juice, supposed to be of a very poisonous quality. In our stoves it forms a handsome shrub; but we believe seldom blossoms, as its time of flowering is not noted in the Hortus Kewensis, nor in Sweer’s Catalogue ; indeed it is far from common, and is rare even in its native country. Communicated last October by Messrs. Wuittey, Brame, and Mite. : N2310 Weedldsil Sx. Pub by S. Curtis Walworth: Apwal za Baa : -( 2310..) RupBECKIA PINNATA. FRAGRANT PINNATED RupBECKIA. ERIE EERE KEE Class and Order. SyncGenesiA Potyeamia FRustaneA. Generic Character. _ Recept. paleaceum, conicum. Pappus margine 4-dentato. Calyx duplici ordine squamarum. | Specific Character and Synonyms. Rupseckia pinnata; foliis omnibus pinnatis: pinna una alterave inferiorum bipartita, reliquis indivisis, pappo integerrimo, caule sulcato hispido. Schrad. neu. journ. 2. p.61. Willd. Enum. p. 921. Pursh. Fi. am. Sept. Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, covered with a white woolly tomentum. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, three-or-five- nerved; on the upper side dark green, rugose; on the under white, woolly; margins reflected. Flowers tor the most part in a compact panicle; calycine scales white, — tipped with bright red: florets yellow. hough a straggling shrub, yet the brilliant colour of the tips of the leaflets of the calyx has a Poe effect, especially before these are fully expanded. Has been many years years an inhabitant of our greenhouses, but not recorded in either edition of the Hortus Kewensis. Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, and only requires to be protected from frost and guarded against damps, which are particularly injuri- ous to most woolly plants. Supposed to be introduced by Mr. Francis Masson in 1791. Sy 2 Ederevde Det. N 2329 : aa z Se Pubby Sf techs Wiaheumt hd eats: ¥. (| 2329 ) ASPALATHUS CALLOSA. OVAL SPIKED ASPALATHUS. KR KEK EKER EK EEKE Class and Order. DiapeveuiA DecanpRiA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia superiore majore. Legumen ovatum, muticum, subdispermum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Aspatatuus callosa ; foliis trinis subulatis equalibus, stipulis subrotundis callosis, floribus spicatis glabris. Sp. Pl. 1002. Berg. Pl. Capens. 209. Aspatatuus callosa; foliis ternis trigonis, spicis ovatis. . Thunb. Prodr. 125. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 966. Cytisus trifoliatus, juniperinis foliis, floribus luteis in spicam densiorem adactis, Prom. bone spei. Pluk. Mant. 63. t. 345. ff. 4. This shrub has its specific name from the round, callous stipules that grow at the base of the leaves and remain after these fall off, giving the branches a warty appearance. The leaves grow by threes, but are so much crowded to- gether that they seem to be without order. The erect position of the ale and carina with the curved extremities of the former give the flower a very singular appearance. Aspataruus callosa is not recorded in the Hortus Kewensis and is very rarely met with in our collections. Native of _ the Cape of Good-Hope and requires the protection of the greenhouse. Flowers in August. Communicated several years ago by Messrs. Loppices and Sons. livrtis De. Gee Pub. byt ftertis Walworth, Fully 11822 ( 2330.) TRADESCANTIA FUSCATA. STEMLESS SPIDER-WortT. JHEHSeEeebiseek Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala 3. Filamenta villis articulatis. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. papilla embryotega instructa. Specific Character and Synonyms. TRADESCANTIA "me ; acaulis, hispida, foliis oblongo- ovatis multinerviis, scapis sub-trifloris. Trapescantia fuscata. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 374. Bot. Reg. A482. se Trapescantia fuscata is at once distinguished from all the known species by the difference in its habit ; the leaves being all radical, and the flowers ae up immediately from the roots, on leafless scapes generally about three in succession on each. It has its name from the brownish red hairs with which the whole plant, except the corolla, is covered. In Jussiev’s natural orders Trapescant1a is inserted with the Juncee from which Mr. Brown has very advantageously separated it, by establishing the natural order of Commelinee (vide Prodr. Flore Nov. Holl. p- 268.) This genus, as well as several others, it has been obser- ved by Sir James E. Smiru, militates very strongly against Jusstev’s theory, that no monocotyledonous plants can have a corolla; and though his followers endeavour to get over _ the objection, b ating what is most evidently a corolla by the name of. interior laciniz of the calyx, yet, to our apprehension, no plant has both a calyx and corolla more decidedly distinct than all the species of ne n And it is only in compliance with an hypothesis that they can be otherwise denominated. Native of Brazil. Requires to be kept in the stove. Introduced about three years since. The first account we have of it is in the Botanical Cabinet of our friends Messrs. Loppipees and Sons. It seems for the most part to produce imperfect blossoms; for in the Cabinet the flower is represented as large as that of the common Spider-wort, and with nearly entire margins; but we have never been fortunate enough to meet with it in so perfect a state. W233 Dy feet Wiadwoe te Fly a8 ( 2331 ) Iris Paciasit, 8. CHINENSIS. PALLAS’s CuineEsE Iris. KEREEEKEREREREEEE Class and Order. Trianpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata peta- liformia. ‘: Specific Character and Synonyms. Iris Pallasii; imberbis, foliis ensiformibus conduplicatis striatis apice incurvis, germinibus longissimis lirato- cylindricis, stigmatibus carinatis apice serrulatis. Iris Pallasii, 8. chinensis. Fischer, ex ore ipsius. Zy-su1-Lan, Mongolensium. : Descr. Leaves narrow-sword-shaped, folded, striate, hooked at the point, erect, shorter than flowering-stem. Spathe acute, green, three-flowered. Flowers pale blue. Tube funnel-shaped, green. Claw of the deflected petals twice the length of the oval streaked lamina, green on the outside with purplish margins: Claw of the upright petals filiform, lamina lanceolate. Stigmas not exceeding the claw of the deflected petal in length, bifid, and minutely serrate at the extremity, deep violet coloured at the keel with white margins. Germen an inch and half long, nearly cylindrical, obtusely six-grooved.. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea gar- den, in May 1820, where it was raised from seeds sent by ‘Dr. Fiscner from Gorenki; who informed us, on his late visit, that there are two varieties of which this is his Tris Pallasii, 8.. chinensis. Native of Chinese Mongolia. Pande ft Merge ler TS é WV 2332, Pub bys burt by herbis Walworth, Fry 12822 spears - 2332 - J Diosma ERicorDEs. SweEET-scENTED Diosma. SHH eek Class and Order. PrentTanpriA Monoeynia. ‘Generic Character. Cor. 5-petala. Nectaria 5, supra germen. Caps. 3, s. 5, coalite. Semina calyptrata. Specific Character and Synonyms. Diosma ericoides ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis subtus convexis bifariam imbricatis. Sp. Pl. 287. Mill. ic. 1. p. 84. t. 124. f. 2. ees 3 Diosma ericoides ; foliis trigonis obtusis glabris floribus terminalibus subsolitariis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1135. Thunb. Prodr.43? Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 30. Diosma foliis setaceis acutis. Hort. Cliff. 72. n. 3. Srrrza africana lariceis foliis floribus albis, Buchu Hotten- tottorum. Raj. Dendr. 91. Ericzrormis Coridis folio 2thiopica, floribus pentapetalis in apicibus. Pluk. Amalth 236. t. 279. f. 5. The Diosma ericoides ; is a low branched shrub, bearing a few small white flowers at the extremities of the branches. The leaves, when rubbed, give out a aromatic, pun- gent odour, which has no admixture of the foxy smell so offensive in several species of the . From ‘the leaves of this shrub the Hottentots prepare a powder which they call Buku; with this powder mixed with grease they anoint themselves for the sake of the perfume. It is supposed that the Hottentots use for this urpose indiscriminately the leaves of several species of | iosma ; but the powder prepared from one particular © kind is said to be much more highly prized than the rest ; in so much that a very small quantity, less than a thimble J full, is said to be of the value of a sheep. As the leaves of Diosma ericoides possess a stronger, more fragrant and aromatic quality than perhaps those of any other species, it is probably the very one that is thus highly prized. As both Bererus and Tuunzere describe the leaves of their plant as obtuse, which, in the Hortus Cliffortianus, are said to be acute, it is probable that these authors de- scribed a different species; on which account we have entirely omitted the synonym of the former, and marked that of the latter as doubtful. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Requires to be protected from frost. Cultivated by Mr. Puivie Minter in 1756. Flowers from March to September. Commu- nicated by N. Hopson, Esq. from the Botanic garden at ~ Bury St. Edmunds. 7 | wasiiy oe te RE my stotaetteli EubdyS burbs Wabrortt Fury 123922. Nz dae Rivina tavis. Smootn Rivina. — KKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Class and Order. _— Trerranpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-phyllus, persistens. Cor. 0, nisi corollam sumas. Bacca \-sperma: Semine \entiformi. Specific Character and Synonyms. Rivina levis ; racemis simplicibus, floribus tetrandris, foliis ovatis acuminatis glabris planis, caule tereti. Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 694. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 273. Rivina levis; racemis simplicibus, floribus tetrandris, foliis glabris. Lin. Mant. 51. Kniph. Cent. 2. Lam. illustr. t. 81. f£. 2. Rivina eos ; foliis ovatis-lanceolatis glabris. Mill. Dict. n. 1. non Linnei. Prercea foliis ovato lanceolatis glabris. Mill. Dict. ed. 7. Soranoipes Americana, circee foliis glabris. Tournef: Act. Paris. 1706. Rivina levis is especially distinguished from humilis (supra No. 1781.) by the smoothness of the whole plant aud the brighter green colour of its leaves. It has the same valuable property as that species, of bearing’ its beautiful scarlet fruit, at the same time with the flowers, through the greatest part of the year. The berries are of the same colour with those of Rivina humilis and possess probably the same qualities. We wish some one who cultivates these plants would repeat the experiment of Mitter mentioned above in our account of the last named species, and compare the effect with that of some other deep coloured juices, particularly with the berries of Phytolacca decandra. = ative Native of the West-Indies and requires to be kept in an airy and light part of the stove. Flowers most part of the year. Cultivated by Mr. Pumie Minier in 1733. Com- municated by the Count pz VanpEs. Wedaalte Pub by. S Geb: Walworth Tidy 11822 TeMpLeToNtA ReTUSA. WepGE-LEAVED | | TEMPLETONIA. faa cc Class and Order. DrapEetreHiA DEcANDRIA. Generic Character. Cal. ebracteatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus parum inequalibus. Carina oblonga. Stam. omnia connexa, antheris uniformi- bus.. Legumen pedicellatum, plano-compressum, polysper- mum. Semina strophiolata. Specific Character ‘and Synonyms. * Temptetonia retusa; bracteis a calyce remotis, vexillo reflexo, staminibus monadelphis. . Temptetonta retusa. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 269. Bot. Reg. 383. pois Rarnia retusa. Venten. Malmais. 53? Temptetonta retusa and glauca (supra No. 2088,) are so nearly related, as to render it dubious whether they ought to be regarded as distinct species, or only as varieties. But if the characters by which we have attempted to establish ‘them as distinct species, should be found to be constant, they may safely be considered as such. In glauca the leaves are glaucous, in retusa dark green; in the former the bractes are inserted close to the calyx, the vexillum is not reflected, the stamens are partly at least diadelphous; im the latter the bractes are in the middle of the peduncle, the vexillum is entirely reflected, and the stamens are mona- delphous. It seems difficult to decide to which species the ia retusa of Venrenat should be referred i for Ane description accords best with our present plant, re more nearly resembles that of glauca, both in the colour of the leaves and the unreflected vexillum. a sipsni Mmuneg & stas . N 2335. Pub by J brertiy Walworth, . Futy. 11422, Wrdadl fe ( 2335) ASTRAGALUS BRACHYCARPUS. SHORT-FRUITED ASTRAGALUS. RRR RRR RRR KEKE Class and Order. Diapetenia Decanpria. Generic Character. page plerumque biloculare, gibbum. Semina Ves: rialia. , a Specific Character and Synonyms. sien | Astracatus brachycarpus ; acaulis, foliis ellipticis wee G tibus, scajill tatemonis folio longioribus, leguminibus obovatis calycis longitudine. M. Bieb. Flor. taurico- caucas. 2. p. 201. et 3. p. 498. Kjusdem. Cent. plant. rar. Ross. 2. 58. inedit. Astracatus humilis Serpylli foliis. Buxb. Cent. 3. p. 21. t. 38. Asrracatus orientalis Nummularie folio glabro. Tournef. Coroll. 28 ? | It appears, from a imen of this species which we have eaieeh from ti Reena that in its native soil it _ is both of humbler growth and more pubescent than in its cultivated state. It approaches near to Astragalus monspe- lensis, (supra No. 375,) but has rounder leaflets and is more erect; the most important difference is in the legumen, which, in the present species scarcely exceeds the calyx in length, ative of Caucasus near the Constantine-mountain hot- baths, and on the sides of Mount Beschtan. Communicated by Mr. Axverson from the Chelsea garden, who raised it from seeds sent by Dr. Fiscuer = Gorenki. Flowers in May. Waddstl. Sc. Pub. by S. Gartic Walworta tug ILE Zz. ( 2336 ) CRINUM HYBRIDUM ERUBESCENTE-CAPENSE. Hysrip Erupescent Care Crinum. Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. __ Generic Character.—Vide supra No. 2292. Hybrid Character. Crinum hybridum erubescente-capense ; foliis acutis sub 7- pedalibus 5 uncias latis, saturate viridibus,’ margine scabro ; scapo 4-pedali basi purpurascente; germine viridi breviter pedunculato; tubo flaccide curvat:- viridi 5-unciali; laciniis 34-uncialibus albis rubro pallidé striatis, interioribus unciam, exteris 2 latis; filamentis assurgenter curvatis limbo brevioribus, basi _ sub-gibbosa.. Descr. Circumference of the neck of the bulb 10 inches. Leaves 18, the longest near seven feet long, acute, deep _green, 5 inches wide, with a rough margin. Scape 4 feet high, purple near the base. Peduncles % of an inch jong, green. Germen green. Cells with about 14 ovules. | green, curved, 5 inches long. Limb white, striped chiefly on the outside with red, 3 and 4 inches long, the inner an inch, the outer 3 wide. Filaments with the points curved upwards like fishhooks, red towards the extremity. Style as well as the longest filaments about an inch shorter than the limb, a little knobbed at their insertion. Flowers about eleven nearly resembling those of C. capense in fragrance and expansion. => 7 : The bulb which produced our specimen was raised at Spofforth from seed of C. capense ripened in a pond in the garden in the autumn of 1818, the stigma having been impregnated by the pollen of C. erubescens v. maor, = ae __ it flowered for the first time in April 1822, in the stove of the Eart or Carnarvon, to whom it had been given. Some of the plants raised from the same pod, together with several other mules of which capense is the mother, have endured the two last winters, without any protection, in an open and unsheltered part of the garden. The size of the plate renders it impossible to give an accurate representa- tion of this fine plant. Its leaf is only distinguishable by the point which is a little less acute from that of C. longi- florum, Appendix p.11 & 23. Bot. Reg. p. 303. C. capense has from 27 to 31 ovules in a cell; C. erubescens about 5; C. erubescente-capense about 14; C. longiflorum from 9 to ll. The same gibbosity and connecting membrane at the insertion of the filaments is found in longifloruwm and in our mule which derives it from erubescens. It is chiefly distinguishable from longiflorum by the flaccid curvature of the tube in which it follows C. capense, by shorter peduncles and blunter leaves. In expansion, breadth of poate and number of flowers this mule conforms with the emale parent, W.AH. ‘ ‘ie pene Wradell ls B Pub by SGetl: Walworth. Aaug Li8@72, ( 199890; yi MELASTOMA HETEROMALLA. W ooLy-LEAVED MELASTOMA. a Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus, campanulatus. Petala 5, calyci inserta. Bacca 5-locularis, calyce obvoluta. Specific Character. Metastoma heteromalla ; foliis cordato-ovalibus integerri- mis petiolatis subtus flocculoso-lanatis, calycis limbo membranaceo caduco, petalis obcordatis, antheris basi arcuatis. Don Mscr. Descr. Stem shrubby, straight, robust, four-sided, three- or-four feet high, densely pubescent; two of the sides ” convex, the others plane, covered at the lower part with a brownish bark, antl throwing out near the top several short thickish silky branches. Leaves opposite, petioled, broad-cordate oval, quite entire, 5-nerved and reticulately veined, from four to seven inches long, and from three to five broad, covered underneath with a dense, white, floc- culent wool; upper surface green, with numerous adpressed bristly hairs, giving a silky hue to the young leaves. Panicle terminal, many-flowered, decussately branched : branches short, thick, stiff, silky. Peduncles short, bifid or trifid. Flowers violet-coloured on very short pedicles, which are furnished at the base with two small, coloured, membra- nous, caducous scales. Calyx oblong, tubular, five-sided, silky-pubescent: limb five- rarely six-parted, membranous, reddish, generally falling off with the petals: segments oblong, obtuse. Peials five, or rarely six, obcordate. Sta- mens mens ten, rarely twelve, inserted, on the margin surrounding the mouth of the calyx: filaments slender, cylindrical, white : anthers long, subulate, yellowish, arcuate, almost convo- lute at the base, opening at the top with a single pore. Style cylindrical, equal, curved towards the top: stigma small, simple, minutely bearded, pale yellow. Capsule oblong-ovate, berried, five-celled, five-valved, rarely 6- celled, 6-valved, opening in the centre of each cell with an oblong fissure. Seeds numerous, reniform, globose, dotted. Don Mscr. : This very beautiful species of Mexastoma is a native of Brazil. Flowered first in this country as we are informed at Sion House. Our drawing was taken in March last at the fine collection of the Comrrsse pe VANpES, ~ Bayswater. trertiv. Dal Wedd lS PubbyS Gertiy Walworth Aug 11802 ( 2338.) HIBBERTIA DENTATA. BRroOwWN-LEAVED HitpBertTia. EO EE Le Class and Order. PoLyanprRiIA PoLyGyniA.— iO Generic Character. Cal. 5-phyllus, m fructu connivens. Petala 5, decidua. Capsule plurime (1—15) glomerate. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hiszertia dentata ; foliis ovato-oblongis ; aristulato- dentatis, floribus trigynis pedunculatis, caule volubili. Hissertia dentata; foliis oblongis acuminatis glabris aristulato-serratis, floribus pedunculatis trigynis, caule volubili. De Cand. Syst. Nat. Veg. 1. p. 426. Bot. Reg. 282. | Hissertia dentata. R. Brown ined. Lodd. Cab. 347. The genus Hissertia belongs to the natural order of Dilleniacee of De Cannoute, an order first proposed by Sauispury in the Paradisus Londinensis. Most of the genera of this order had been joined by Jussieu either to his order of Magnolie, or that of Rosacee. ) Hieserria dentata isa climbing shrub and if planted in the border of a conservatory, to which it is well suited, will, if properly supported, in a few years attain the height of six or eight feet. It produces abundance of bright yellow flowers, which contrast beautifully with the dark brown foliage amongst which they are seated. In cultivation it _is principally on the younger leaves that the denticulation is observable, the full grown ones being either quite entire or concealing it by the reflection of their margins. Only two species of this genus are inserted in the Hortus Kewensis, the volubilis, figured at No. 449, of this work - under under the mistaken name of Dittenta speciosa, which is a ‘lofty tree, native of the East Indies. In Dr Canpotze’s excellent natural system of the vegetable kingdom nine- teen species are recorded ; all of them natives of New Holland, and most of them first discovered by that eminent Botanist and traveller Rosert Brown, Esq. the worthy possessor of the Banksian library, herbarium and museum, to whose learning, talents for observation and experimental knowledge of the vegetable creation, the eyes of botanical Europe are directed. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and Sons. Flowers in the spring and most part of the summer. Propagated easily by cuttings and sometimes produces ripe seeds. Loves a soil composed of peat and loam. 12339 1 i | + i Coohie Del. Fub by L Gertis Walworth Aug 1.1622. ( 2339 ) BuRCHELLIA BUBALINA. CAPE Burcue tia. KEKE EKER ERE Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoaeynia. Generic Character. Capitulum involucratum. Cor. clavato-infundibuliformis: limbo 5-fido abbreviato fauceque imberbi; estivatione mutuo imbricata contorta. Stamina supra medium tubi inserta ; antheris subsessilibus, inclusis. Stigma cla- vatum. Bacca calyce alte 5-fido coronata, bilocularis polysperma. Brown in Bot. Reg. Specific Name and Synonyms. Burcuenusa bubalina. Burchellia capensis. Brown in Bot. Reg. 466. Lonicera bubalina ; capitulis terminalibus pedunculatis, foliis oblongis integerrimis glabris. Lin. Suppl. p. 146. Crepuauis bubalina. Persoon Syn. p. 202. n. 12. Burret-Horn. Colonis batavis. 3 In the Supplementum Plantarum of the younger Linnzus this plant was referred to the genus Lonicera ; but as it belongs to the natural order of Rubiacee it will by no means associate with that genus. Prrsoon joined it with Swartz’s Cepnzuis the Tapocomea of Auster and Jussieu ; but Mr. Brown,’ not finding it to accord with any esta- blished genus, has considered it as distinct from any, and given it the name of Burcnerua in honour of Mr. Burcuexx, a very enterprising traveller in Southern Africa, who has favoured the public with an interesting account of his travels in that country. And, certainly, persons who, in spite of deprivations and difficulties, spend a large portion of their valuable time in such hazardous under- takings, for the promotion of science, merit this only - wa ward of the botanist; but we can by no means approve of altering the specific name, which, when once established, should remain inviolate, except for very particular reasons; we have therefore thought it right to restore the name of bubalina. Burcneiuia bubalina is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it is called Buffelhorn or Buffaloe-Horn, a name given it by the colonists <_< the extreme hardness of its wood. Flowers in the spring or summer. Requires to be pro- tected from frost and we believe has seldom blossomed in | this country without the assistance of the heat of the stove. Communicated -* Messrs. Loppiees and Sons. : N 2340. J bvartic Dal. a Pub. by. 5. Gontes Walevrths thug. 11402 Weddat.72 ( 2340 ) FuMARIA CAVA var. ALBIFLORA. Wattr . | HoLiow-rootep Foumirory. Fo ae ae Sh he ae ee i oe Class and Order. Diapetrwia Hexanpria. Generic Character. Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta 2, membra-« nacea, singula Antheris 3. Specific Character and Synonyms. Fumaria cava ; caule simplici, racemo terminali, bracteis integerrimis, foliis biternatis apicibus tridentatis, ra- dice tuberosa cava. Fumarta bulbosa; caule simplici, racemo terminali, brac- teis oblongis pedunculo longioribus, foliis biternatis oblongis acutiusculis, radice tuberosa cava. Willd. | Sp. Pl. 3.p. 860. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 239. — Fumaria cava; caule simplici, bracteis longitudine forum integris, radice cava. Curtis in Bot. Mag. n. 232. Fumaria cava; caule simplici, foliolis obtusiusculis, cal- cari recurvo, bracteis lanceolatis acutis, radice cava, Retz. prodr. Fl. Scand. ed. 2. n. 860. Hoffm. Germ, ee WAS. Kirk. beitr. 6. p. 145. pits Corypauis bulbosa. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 269, n. 12. Corypauis tuberosa; caule simplici exsquamato, foliis 2 biternatim sectis, segmentis cuneatis inciso-multifidis, bracteis ovatis integris, radice cava. De Cand. Syst, Veg. Nat. 2. p. \17. Corypauis cava ; radice tuberosa cava, caule simplicissimo diphyllo, foliis biternatis: intermedio producto, bracteis oblongis acutis. Wahlenb. Fil. carp. p. 211. Fumaria major; radice bulbosa, caule simplici, bracteis integerrimis oyato-lanceolatis floribus brevioribus, Roth. Germ. 1. 30, 11. 15). s : Fomaria bulbosa ag a Flor. Dan. t. 605. Kniph. Cent.1, Fomarta bulbosa radice cava major. Bauh. Pin. 143. Fumaria Foumarta radice cava major flore purpureo et albo. Moris. Hist. § 3. p. 261. t. 12. 7. 6. Fumari altera, » Cam. Epit.-891. f- 1. Pistotocuia Fuchs. Hist. 91. ~Ravrx cava. Dod. pempt. 327. Lob. ieon. 759. Park. Parad. 275. Aristotocuta flore albo. Hort. Eystt. ord. vern. 1. t. 2. f. 4. Pseupo-Fumaria. Riv. tetrap. irreg. ic. 73. Mr. Curtis in an early part of this work separated the two varieties of Linnzus’s Fumaria bulbosa into distinct species, and applied to them the very appropriate names of cava and solida, which Linnzvus himself had affixed to his varieties. But Waurtpenow inconsiderately retained the name of bulbosa for the cava, and applied that of Hallert to solida. And as this author has been generally followed in the Hortus Kewensis, our present. plant occurs therein under the name of bufbosa ; though that of solida is adopted for the other species. De Canporte, apparently to avoid the anomaly of a hollow bulb, calls it tuberosa, thus unne- cessarily adding one more to the number of appellations. _ We believe that the character of entire as opposed ta one will always distinguish this species from solida. ~~ ) ~ De Cannotte, in the second volume of his Systema, has erected the genus Fumaria, as established by Linnazus, to the dignity of a natural order, under the name of Fuma- riace@. 'Yhis order is divided into six distinct genera, dis- tinguished chiefly by the number of petals and seeds; and Foumarra is limited to the monopetalous and one-seeded species. To this we have nothing to object; but for the present we prefer adhering to the old name to the adopting that of Corypaxis to which genus our plant belongs accord- mg to this new arrangement. Fumarra cava has not been found indigenous in Britain, though it occurs in shady and moist situations in almost the whole of Europe from the north of Italy to Sweden, and even in Siberia and Kam- tchatka. It was much more common in our gardens formerly than at present. Flowers from February to the latter end of April. Communicated by Messrs. Warrier, Brame, and 1nnE. Propagated by cuttings of the root, of which Parkinson says that “ being broken every part will grow.” In his time the white variety seems to have been most common, but is now of very rare occurrence. N 2341 ord J | é ere, NN Akt ma \\ ens ee Weddell . Jc iam N ~~ > Per ee Pub. by. 5 Gertis Walworth ug id ( 2341 ) Poreritum caupatum. Smootrn Survupsy | Burnet. : ' Class and Order. Moneecta PoLyanpRiA. Generic Character. Mase. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-partita, Stam. 30—50. Fem. Cal. ee: Cor. 4-partita. Pist. 2. Bacca é tubo corolla mdurato. = Specific Character and Synonyms. _ Porertum caudatum [ Dioicum] inerme, frutescens, ramis teretibus villosis, spicis elongatis laxis. Hort. Kew. . ed. 1. 3. p. 354. ed. alt. 5. p. 286. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 423. Poirét Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 4. p. 415. Martyn Mill. Dict. n. 4. _ _ Native of the Canary Islands, from whence it was intro- __ duced into this country in the year 1779 by Mr. Francis Masson, but seems to be very little known upon the con- tinent, as we judge by its not occurring in any of the systematic writers, except as copied from the first edition, of Arroy’s Hortus Kewensis. _ In some respects it differs from the other species of the genus, but has a nearer affinity with spinosum than the rest. It seems to be constantly dicecious, the male and female flowers growing upon distinct shrubs. We have twice in _ different years received specimens from our friend Mr. Watxer of Arno’s-grove both of them female, and from Messrs. Wurrtey, Brame and Minne, a ‘specimen from a _ Male plant. In the female each flower is supported by a _ proportionally large, concave, ovate-acuminate bracte, and _ and two interior smaller ones, (Calyx of Lixnaus) villous, _ Scariose, deciduous, and applied close to the globular, _ Sermen. Calyx (Corolla of Lannzus) four-cleft, green ar . an with white, smooth, persistent and reflected on the germen.. Styles 2, filiform, with pencilled, purple stigmas. But in the plant from which our drawing was made the flowers had generally three styles and six calycine leaflets, which was not the case in the other specimen and is not its natu- ral state. In the male, the bractes and calycine leaflets are the same as in the female, but there being no germen interposed the inner bractes are applied close to the calyx. ALsTRazmErtia. Sebi beiibbeiobieie Class and Order. ‘Fexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-petala, subbilabiata: petalis duobus inferioribus basi tubulo Stamina declinata.. Germ. inferum, 3—6- aNSUIATeds aF exesst 40 yadiang. 2915°°2 cml ig gra om ss et Austremerts pulchella ; caule erecto, foliis sessilibus lan- ceolatis, pedunculis involucro longioribus, petalis re- curvo patentibus acuminatis subequalibus: duobus. erectis maculatis angustioribus. Atsvrameria pulchella. Lin. Suppl. 206 ? AustrameriA Ligta ; caule erecto, foliis lanceolato-lineari- bus, floribus umbellatis, petalis subconformibus. Flor. Peruv. 3. p. 59? Hemerocaxuis floribus purpurascentibus striatis vulgo Ligtu. Feuill. Peruv. 2. p. 710. t. 4. vix dubia. Although we have very little doubt but that our plant is the same species as that described and figured by Father FevitiEs, and referred to by Linnmzus as a synonym of A. Ligtu, and consequently that the species published under that name at No. 125 of this work, is not the original Ligtu ; yet as that plant is now well known in Europe by this name, we think that any attempt to restore the original appellation, were we quite certain of the error, would only add to the confusion. Not to increase unnecessarily the number of species we refer our plant to A. pr:lchella, under which name we received it, though we confess that it does not well agree with the description in the Supplementum a Hs Plantarum ; Plantarum ; and we:do this the more readily as there is no species described in the Flora Peruviana by the name of pulchella, which was taken up by Linneus from a drawing only. There is no figure of AtsrremeriA Ligtu in the Flora Peruviana of Rurez and Pavon, the drawings and dried specimens of that plant being lost by shipwreck, but their description disagrees in very few points with our present subject; and they refer to Fevmxee’s figure without stigmatising it as bad; a character given it by WiLLDENow, and which it well deserves, if intended to represent the plant now known by that name. The specimens preserved in their Herbarium now in the possession of Mr. Lamperr, as A. Ligtu, are more like our plant than the one which is so called at present; but perhaps may be only varieties of Pelegrina. . Our drawing was taken from a weak plant; a stronger may probably produce more flowers in the umbel and consequently a greater number of leaves in the involu- crum. Communicated by Mr. Anperson from the Chelsea garden in June last ; where it flowered in the greenhouse, Natiye of Chili whence the seeds were received in 1820, * T Sowerby. Del, dd : Sowerby. Pub-by:J. Corts Walworth . Oct 11922. Widdell Se. ( 2354 ) PASSIFLORA LUNATA. CRESCENT-LEAVED Passton-FLOWER: ~ Class and Order. MonapecpuiA PEnTANDRIA: Generic Character: -.. Cal. 5-partitus, coloratus. Cor. 5-petala, calyci inserta. Nectar. Corona filamentosa. Pepo pedicellata. | Specific Character and. Synonyms. petiolis eglandulosis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, __. filis corone exterioribus compresso-clayatis. Passirtora lunata; foliis bilobis punctatis basi subcordatis biglandulosis, nectarii radiis exterioribus compresso= clavatis obtusis. Smith. Ic. Pict. 1. tab. 1. © ~~ Passirtora lunata; foliis cordatis bilobis obtusis glabris, etiolis eglandulosis, ese gabe asiiiaribass poate, filis corone clavatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 612. Hort. Kew. éd. alt. 4. p..149. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 220. n. 21. Passirtora biflora; foliis bilobis semilunatis obtusis glabris subtus punctatis, caule quinquangulo, axillis bifloris. Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 36. p. 447. t. 271. Cav. Diss. 10, AbT. t. 288. = = Granapitia folio lunato, flore parvo albo, fructu succulento - evato Houstoni. Mart. Cent. p. 52. t. 52. _ Passiriora Vespertilio. Miss Laur. Passion-flowers. Passrrtora lunata; foliis bilobis punctatis basi subcordatis, Descr. Stem shrubby, five-angled, climbing by means of long spirally twisted tendrils. Leaves alternate, three- nerved, two-lobed: lobes divaricate, obtuse, terminated with a short bristle (as is the midrib of the leaf between the lobes) reticulate-veined, marked with an irregular nt a o of pellucid dots on the inner-side of the nerve of each. Petioles short, curved, Stipules two, subulate, persistent, Pedunceles axillary, growing two together, jointed, with three subulate bractes below the joint, one flowered. Ca- lyx (or outer segments of the perianthium) 5-cleft, green with whitish margin, concave. Petals (or inner segments) five, rather shorter than the calyx, white. Outer series of the nectarium or corona nearly the length of the petals, yellow, compressed, somewhat broadest a little below the pomt. Germen oval, obsoletely three-cornered, sup- ported on a thickish column to which the filaments are united. Anthers oblong. Styles recurved : stigmas large, rounded. . Sir James E. Smrrn, who has given a description and beautiful figure of this plant in his Icones picte, remarks that the observation in the Systema vegetabilium affixed to PasstrLora ‘punctata belongs to this plant, but not so the specific character. We could not discover any appearance of the two glands at the base of the leaf besides he row of pellucid dots, nor do we discover them in either of the figures quoted, nor are they noticed in Sir James’s full description, though inserted in the specific character. Native of Mexico and of Jamaica. Cultivated in the stove, where it blossoms most part of the year. Introduced by Dr. Wittram Hovstown in 1733. : The outline figure represents the leaf of a variety received from JOHN WALKER, Esq. except in foliage, differing in nothing from our plant. ©) WY SP hertis. Del. Publy.Sburtis Wabworth. Oct-12 822, WedddlSe. (2355...) Crinum ARENARIUM. WATER-ISLAND Sanp CRINUM. JE Ebbeekek Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character —Vide No. 2292. Specific Character. , Sect. 1. Patentes. Subdiv. nutantes. Crinum arenarium, bulbo ovato, foliis bipedalibus margine _Sub-scabro, scapo pedali, umbella 5-flora breviter pe- ., dunculata, germine 3-unciali, tubo sub-4-unciali. vi- _.// ridescente, limbo sub-3-unciali albo, stylo laciniis et filamentis longiore. mee = sa Descr. Bulb ovate, covered with whitish brown coats. Leaves two feet long, one inch and half wide, and a little purple near the base, tapering towards the point, with the edges a little rough, rather more glaucous, and less erect than those of americanum, which they much resemble. . Scape near a foot, green. Spathe one inch and half. Umbel — 5-flowered, with bractes. Peduncles three eights of an inch long ; germen quarter of an inch long. Cells with six ovules. Tube near four inches long, pale green, faintly speckled with red, at first curved, afterwards more erect. imb white, two inches and three quarters long, the outer segments three quarters wide, the inner a little narrower, all terminating with a green point. Filaments a little knobbed at their insertion, purple except near their base, at first declined with their points curved upwards, afterwards diverging with conniving points, the base of each being embraced by the margins of the corresponding segment of the limb; the outer filaments six eights, the inner five | eights eights shorter than the limb. Pollen orange. Style purple towards the extremity, half an inch longer than the limb. Stigma triangularly round, large, with long white fimbriz. Buds nodding completely before expansion. Flowers with very little nce 7 Bulbs of this species of Crinum were collected on the expedition to survey the coasts of Australia, in Water island on the N. W. coast, lat. 14°, 3’S. and long. 125°, E. _ of Greenwich, at the entrance of Montagu’s sound. The bulbs were growing about eight or nine inches below the surface of a barren sandy soil; the thermometer stood at 94 in the shade, a sea breeze blowing upon it; the ball of the thermometer being placed in the sand, it rose rapidly to 130, when it was necessary to remove it to prevent its bursting, as the scale went no higher than 133. The bud represented in the figure, nodded completely the day before its expansion, which took place late in the evening ; the flower retained the next morning the posture of tube, limb, and filaments, resembling that of C. america- num; but before noon the base of the petals began to contract round the corresponding filaments: The same change takes place in the flowers of C. defixuwm when they begin to fade. The specimen was sent at the end of May from Lord Carnarvon’s stove at Highclere. Bulbs appa- rently of the same species have been since collected at Cape Flinders, lat. 14°, 10’ S: long. 144°, 18’ E. WH. Erratum. in last Number: Page 2343, line 1 and 12, for tuberosa read tuberosum. INDEX. In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Forty- Ninth Volume are alphabetically arranged. —R SS. GS Pil. 2305 Achania Malvaviscus. 2304 Alée nitida. 2353 Alstroemeria pulchella. 2349 Anchusa Barrelieri. 2350 Arthropodium cirratum. 2319 Arbutus Unedo, 9. integrifolia. 2342 Argemone albiflora. 2282 Arum tenuifolium. 2324 ——-trilobatum. 2329 Aspalathus carnosa, 2321 Aster alwartensis. — 2286 ——= fruticulosus. | 2335 Astragalus brachycarpus. 2276 Athanasia annua. 2308 Azalea hybrida euneandra, 2343 Brachystelma tuberosum. 2339 Burchellia bubalina. 2306 Cactus speciosissimus. 2279 Calla aromatica. 2316 Canna gigantea. 2302 glauca, £. rufa. 2323 —-— pedunculata. 2317 —-— speciosa. 2293 Carthamus ceruleus. 2309 Cerbera Thevetia. 2274 Cicer arietinum. 2287 Cnicus afer. 2852 Crinum aquaticum. 2355 - arenarium. 2301 ensifolium. 2336 ‘hybridum, erubescente -capense. 2292 moluccanum. 2288 Dianthus Pseudarmeria. 2332 Diosma ericoides, 2322 Erica mene as B. tri- umphans. 2348 mutabilis. 2340 Fumaria cava v. albiflora. 2291 Gastronema clavatum. 2303 Gentiana intermedia. 2284 Glycine phaseoloides. 2328 Gnaphalium congestum. 2300 Hedychium spicatum. fag A 2338 Hibbertia dentata. 2273 Hippeastrum pulverulentum. 2315 ————--— spathaceum hy- bridum. 2278 ———_——--— stylosum, 2299 Hyssopus orientalis, 6. 2327 Jacaranda ovalifolia. 2326 Iris brachycuspis. 2331 —— Pallasii, 8. chinensis. 2280. Lilium carolinianum. 2277 Lobelia decumbens. 2295 Lysimachia verticillata. 2346 -— Ephemerum. 2297 Malva Alcea. 2298 —-— moschata, £. undulata. 2307 Maranta arundinacea. 2337 Melastoma heteromalla. 2314 Mespilus odoratissima. 2345 Orobus hirsutus. 2344 Papavernudicaule, 2. rubro- aurantiacum. 2975 Parthenium Hysterophorus. 2354 Passiflora lunata. 2289 Periploca ca. 2347 Phy teats ajdexiai, 2318 Plectranthus comosus. 2341 Poterium caudatum. 2285 Rhododendron —— («.) 2333 Rivina levis. 2310 Rudbeckia pinnata. 2311 Ruta angustifolia. 2320 Salvia bracteata. ats 2290 Saponaria Vaccaria. 2294 Scorzonera purpurea, A. gran- diflora. 2312 Sisyrinchium laxum. 2313 tenuifolium. 2334 Templetonia retusa. 2351 Thysanotus junceus. 2330 Tradescantia fuscata. 2283 Trifolium ceruleum. 2296 Triumfetta annua. 2325 Valeriana ruthenica. 2281 Viburnum nudum. INDEX. In which the English Names of the Plants contained in the Forty- Ninth Volume are alphabetically arranged. —=sA. TD Se Pil. PE =. 2305 Achania, Scarlet. 2323 Indian Reed Peduncled. 2350 Arthropodium, Broad-leaved. 2353 Alstreemeria, Speckled. 2304 Alwée, Polished. 2342 Argemone, White-flowered. 2307 Arrow-Root, Indian. 2324 Arum, Auriculate Three-lobed. 2282 ——- Scorzonera-leaved. 2329 Aspalathus, Oval-spiked. 2335 Astragalus, Short-fruited. 2276 Athanasia, Annual. 2308 Azalea, Hybrid Rhododen- dron-like. 2345 Bitter-Vetch, Hairy. 2343 Brachystelma, 'Tuberous- rooted. 2349 Bugloss, Barrelier’s. 2339 Burchellia, Cape. 2341 Burnet, Smooth Shrubby. 2279 Calla, Aromatic. 2293 Carthamus, Blue-flowered. 2309 Cerbera, Linear-leaved. 2274 Chich-pea, or Chiches. 2287 Cnicus, Barbary, or Twin- thorned Thistle. 2352 Crinum, Aquatic. 2355 » Water-island, Sand. 2296 » Molucca. 2301 —-——, Sword-leaved. 2336 , Hybrid Erubescent- Cape. 2332 Diosma, Sweet-scented. 2340 Fumitory, White Hollow- rooted. 2291 Gastronema, Striped-flowered. 2303 Gentian, Intermediate. 2284 Glycine, Lesser Red-bead. 2328 Gnaphalium, Compact-flower- ing. 2314 So eta Sweet-scented. _ 2322 Heath, Blood-spotted Andro- . meda-flowered. » mutable. 2300 Hedychium, Spike-flowered. 2338 Hibbertia, Brown-leaved. _ 2299 Hyssop, Oriental. 2327 Jacaranda, Oval-leaved. 2302 Indian-Reed, Buff-coloured eee | —~, Nepaul, 2316 » Tall. 2331 Iris, Pallas’s Chinese. 2326 —, Poisonous-rooted. 2273 Knight’s-Star-Lily, Bloom- leaved. 2315 - Long-spa- thed hybrid, : 2278 Long- styled. — 2280 Lily, Carolina Martagon, 2277 Lobelia, Decumbent. 2295 Loosestrife, Verticillate. 2346 ——_—_—--, Willow-leaved, 2298 Mallow, Undulated Musk. 2297 » Vervain. 2337 Melastoma, Woolly-leaved. 2283 Melilot-Trefoil, Blue. 2275 Parthenium, Cut-leaved. 2354 Passion-Flower, Creseent- leaved. : || 2289 Peripleca, Common. 2288 Pink, Long-scaled. 2318 Plectranthus, Tufted, . 2344 Poppy, Orange-coloured, Naked-stalked. 2347 Rampion, Spiked. 2285 Rhododendron, Carolina Det- ted-leaved, ae 2333 Rivina, Smooth. 2310 Rudbeckia, Fragrant pinnated. 2311 Rue, Narrow-leaved. 2320 Sage, Long-bracted; or Clary. 2312 Sisyrinchiam, Loose-flowered. 2313 - , Narrow-leaved. 2290 Soapwort, Cow. : 2330 Spiderwort, Stemless. 2321 Starwort, Fine-rayed. 2286 ————, Shrubby. _ 2319 Strawberry-Tree, Entire- leaved. 2334 Templetonia, Wedge-leaved. 2351 Thysanotus, Rush-like. 2306 Torch-Thistle, Crimson-flow- ered. : 2296 Triumfetta, Annual. 2325 Valerian, Altaic. 2281 Viburnum, Oval-leaved. — 2294 Vipei’s-Grass, Large Purple- flowered.