ace res cil WwW CURTISS Botanical Magazine; OR, FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED: IN WHICH ‘The most Ornamental Forreien Prants, cultivated in 1 the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural Colours. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ‘Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according to the celebrated Linnzus; their Places of Growth, and Times of Flowering ; Together with the most approved Methods of Cutture. A WORK ‘Intended for the Use of such Lapres, Gentitemen, and Garpeners, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate. 4 By JOHN SIMS, M.D. FEeLtow or THE RoyaAt anp LinneEAn Societies. VOL. Lil. BP Being the Tenth of the New Series. % The Fiowers, 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 tHEseE, 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. Lioyp. London: Printed by Eowarp Coucnman, Throgmorton-Street. ‘Published by Suenwoop, Jones, & Co. 20; Paternoster-Row, And Sold by the principal Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. M DCCC XXV. i pe 3 Saa~ Ab 96 : N 2523, ( 2523 ) CALCEOLARIA RUGOSA. SAGE-LEAVED SLIPPER-WORT. » KEE EKER REE ER EEE Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata: labium inferius infla- - tum, caleeiforme. Caps. semibivalvis: valvulis bifidis, Specific Character and Synonyms. CatcrotariaA rugosa; foliis lanceolatis inequalitér serra- tis glabris, pedunculis terminalibus di-trichotomis. Hooker Fl. Exot. 99. Vaht Enum.1. p. 188. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 183. ; ‘Carcrotaria rugosa ; foliis lanceolatis bidentatis, petiolis connatis alatis, pedunculis dichotomis. Fl. Perus. 1. P.19. t. 25. ZO, Catceoraria integrifolia ; foliis indivisis. we Veg. ed, 13? nec edit. 14. vel Suppl. Pl; neque Sm. icon. 3. — CaiceoLaria integrifolia. Bot. Reg. 744 ? Caxceoraria salvie folio vulgo Cuacaun. Feuill. Peruv. 3. wo. 24. 7, 6, CatcrouariA salviefolia. Persoon. Syn. 1. p. 17. a7 % There isa considerable confusion in the synonyms of this ies which we have taken some pains to elucidate. Whether Carcrotaria rugosa and integrifolia of our gar- dens are really distinct species we will not take 7 us positively to decide, we have seen plants under both these names at the Fulham nursery, and have been favoured with specimens of both by Mr. Mine; but, although, when growing together, the eye could distinguish a some-_ what different aspect in the two, particularly that the colour of the flowers was somewhat paler in the oe he yet, upon careful examination, we consider them as mere varieties. According to Sir James E. Smrru, the C. integra of the 13th edition of the Systema Vegetabilium, depends solely on the authority of Frumiisz, and that the one described under that name by the younger Linnzus in the Supple- mentum Plantarum, from the Paris garden, and of which Sir James has given a figure in his icones, is totally differ- ent. To this latter he has since, in the new Systema Vege- tabilium of Rozmer and Scuurres, assigned the specific name of ovata instead of integrifolia which was given to it in the Icones. We have quoted the integrifolia of the Botanical Register with an expression of doubt, because it appears by the figure to be much more pubescent, a character which is extended even to the corolla. Our plant was free from all pubescence except a slight villosity on the upper branches, peduncles, and calyx; and the leaves, on the underside, are somewhat ferruginous ; but, after all, it may be re- marked, that cultivated plants, in general, are known to vary extremely in the degree of pubescence, which they may possess under spontaneous growth. The most remarkable feature in all the varieties of this plant is the globular form of the under lip, and the lid-like shape of the upper, and their meeting so near together as to leave only a narrow slit between them; and the margin of the under lip being often crenulate, gives sometimes the resemblance of a grinning monkey-like mouth. CALCEOLARIA is a very extensive South American genus, of which no fewer than fifty-five species are recorded ; some of these, however, may be only varieties. Of this number only two seem to have been known to Linnaus, viz. pin- nata and integrifolia. Since the discovery of so many more species, the latter name, which will apply to so many of them, may very well be suffered to become obsolete, org abalany our present plant has probably the best claim it. CaLcEOLARIA rugosa is a native of Chili, appears to be annual, and to be propagated only by seeds. It was intro- duced into this country, with so many other plants from that country, through the agency of Francis Pxace, Esq. Our drawing was taken in June last, froma specimen communicated by Mr. Kyicur, of the exotic nursery; King’s-road. ” fuvtis Dede Pred by S.Gertes Wislworht, Moot 1074. ( 2524 ) AGERATUM MEXICANUM. MBEXICAN AGERATUM. Class and Order. SyncENESIA Potyeamia ARQUALIS. Generic Character. Receptaculum nudum. Pappus paleis 4-5, subaristatis (nunc coalitis obsoletisve). Cal. oblongus, duplici folio- lorum, subequalium serie. Corollule 4-5-fide. Specific Character. -AGERATUM mexicanum ; hispidum, foliis cordato-ovatis cre- natis rugosis, corymbo composito, paleis pappi lance- olatis aristatis. Desc. Stem hispid, when flowering, erect, but throwing out, near the base, procumbent sterile branches. Leaves generally opposite, petiolated, cordate-ovate, crenate, ru- gose, hairy. Flowers in a terminal, irregularly branched corymb, of a delicate blue colour. Calyx hemispherical : leaflets equal, tipped with red, hairy, ~Floscules tubular, with a 4- or sometimes 5-cleft border: anthers inclosed. Stigmas very long, exserted. Seeds black, pointed at the base, angular. Palee 4 or 5, lanceolate, terminated with a bristle-like awn. Receptacle naked. Raised by Mr. Tare, of the Sloane Street nursery, from seeds brought from Mexico by Mr. Butxock. N 2525 74, 118 Ra, by S. Serbic. Walworth, Mov. I Gerbis. Bad ( 2985 -) Limnocuaris Priumierrt. Prumrer’s Lime NOCHARIS. SHIEH bakeoak Class and Order. PotyanpriA Potyeynia. Generie Character. Calyx 3-partitus. Petala 3. Filamenta plurima, exte- riora sepius sterilia. Capsule plurime, uniloculares, poly- sperme. Semina reti capsularum parietem intus vestienti affixa, ferri equini instar flexa, transversim scabra. Albu- meno. Embryo hippocrepicus. Kunru. Specific Character and Synonyms. Limnocuaris Plumieri; foliis multinerviis, petiolis scapo- que triquetris, capsulis plurimis in globum digestis. Limnocuaris Plumieri ; foliis multinerviis ; petiolis scapo- que triangulatis: ovariis 15—20, muticis ; stigmate postico. Richard in Mem. du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. 1. p. 374. t. 19 et 20. Big Limnocuarts Plumieri ; foliis emarginatis ; laciniis caly- cinis subequalibus ; ovariis crebris. Kunth Synops. Plant. Hiquin. 1. p. 260. — Limnocnaris emarginata. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. iq. \. p. 116. t. 34. : Ausma flava ; foliis ovatis acutis, pedunculis umbellatis, fructu globoso. Sp. Pl. 486. AMASONIUM maximum plantaginis folio, flore flavescente, fructu globoso. Plum. ic. 115. Desc. “Herb a vascular, lactescent, biennial? aquatick, with fasciculated, fibrous roots. Leaves flat, oval, quite _€ntire, but somewhat undulate, obtuse, very smooth, fteen-nerved : lateral nerves approximate, terminated at the point with a largish pore, secreting water: Petiole three- sided, sheathing at the base, purple at the lower part, and green at the upper, twice as long as the leaf. Scape three- Sided, the length of the leaves, and like them, decumbent, purple, green at the top. Umbel 6-7-flowered (our draw- #0 was unfortunately taken from a scape showing ony S single flower): Spathe of several bractes, which are oval, acuminate, membranaceous, one to each flower. Flowers yellow, pedunculated, opening at noon, and in the even- — ing, at first erect, afterwards deflexed: Peduncles three- sided, enlarged upwards, with reddish angles. Calyx three- leaved, green: leaflets oval, concave, obtuse, opposed to the sides of the peduncle, after deflorescence conniving © over the petals, in exstivation imbricate. Petals three, — twice the size of the calyx, very thin, roundish, semidia- — phanous, nerved, wrinkled, yellow, colour more intense at — the base ; after deflorescence gradually rolled inwards ’till — they are inclosed within the calyx. Stamens very many, — yellow, inserted into the disk in several rows, longer than — the ovarium (germen) ; Filaments ligular, outer ones ste- — rile, inner ones perfect, connivent over the stigmas: An- — thers, small, white, attached to the front of the filament, — two-celled: cells approximate, bursting lengthwise. Pollen — spherical, naked. Ovariwm (Germen L.) oval, with sixteen’ — streaks. Stigmas sixteen, sessile, radiating just in the same’ manner as in Nympuaa.” Fruit (not quite ripe when ex- — amined) globular marked, with the persistent stigmas in — rays, easily separable into sixteen capsules or carpella, with — membranous sides slightly connected together at the centre — and more firmly at the base, when separated opening on ~ the inner edge to discharge the seeds. Seeds oblong, sca- brous, bent like a horse-shoe, with the two ends meeting — and united, attached to the membranous sides of the car- — pella; according to M. Ricuarp, the embryo takes the same horse-shoe form. ~ We had no opportunity of examining this plant when — growing, and are indebted for the above description to the — kindness of Mr. Linpxey for the use of his manuscript latin — notes. ‘These were taken before the formation of the fruit’; — but the communication, by the same gentleman, ofa recent — unripe fruit, enabled us to add the description of that also. — ‘The genus Limnocnaris has been very properly detached — from Atisma by Humsotpr and Bonrxanp, from which it~ differs entirely in the number of stamens, and also in having — numerous seeds, with a parietal insertion. In the latter character it resembles the genus Buromus. ALIsMA was placed by Jussieu in his natural order of Junci; but Ds Canpo.te established a family of Alismacee, in which he has been followed by Mr. Rosert Brown. M. Ricard — has again separated three genera, viz. Butomus, HypRo-_ cLeys, and Limnocuaris, and made of them a distinct fa-_ mily, to which he has applied the name of Butomee, an — order adopted by Kunrn, in his Synopsis. : si Drawn at the Horticultural Society’s garden, in July last. wards Det Pub by J burbs Welporth. Now 1.1824 ( 2526 ) HELIOPHILA sTRIcTA. Upricnt HeEeioputta. KEK EEE KEKE KEKE KEK KEK Class and Order. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQuosa. Generic Character. Siliqua integra vel moniliformis. Cotyledones incum- bentes curvate (2-3-crures) lineares. Filamenta breviora basi extus dentata dum siliqua integra. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character. Heniopuita stricta; caule stricto, foliis pinnato-dentatis integrisque hirsutis, siliquis linearibus subtorulosis pubescentibus erectis clavato-mucronatis. Thirty-eight species of Hrxiopuia, all natives of the Cape of Good Hope, are recorded by Dz Canpozz, besides eight uncertain, yet we cannot find that the description of any one of them accords well with our plant. In many respects it agrees with coronopifolia, but that is described as smooth, whereas our plant is hairy in every part, ex- cepting only the corolla. Its place in Dz Canpoiue’s sys- tem must be near to pilosa, in the fifth section, orTHOSELIS, and first subdivision containing such as have herbaceous annual stems, ) A pretty annual. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in August and September. Communicated by Messrs. CHANDLER and Bucxinenam, from their extensive nursery at Vauxhall. ; (2527...) - MELopINUs mMoNocynus. East INDIAN MELODINUS. EKEEEEEEEEERE EERE RE Class and Oder PentanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. ~ Contorta. Bacca bilocularis, polysperma. Faux co- rollé coronata. Specific Character and Synonyms. MEtopinus monogynus ; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis panicula terminali, laciniis corolla tubo longioribus. MELopinus monogynus ; foliis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, — panicula glaberrima. Bot. Reg. 834. - : Metopinus monogynus. Carey Hort. Beng. p. 39. as nogynus and scandens belong to the same genus, whatever may be the state of the styles in the two species; the most remarkable difference in their flowers, beside that of size, which is much greater in our plant, is, that in scandens, the limb of the corolla is only half the length of the tube, whereas in monogynus the limb is longer than the tube, a circumstance __ circumstance we have taken advantage of in our specific character. The form, smoothness, and position of the fo-_ liag’é appear to be nearly alike in both: i Our drawing was taken at the Fulham nursery, in July last ; and, we are informed by Mr. Wurrtey, that this handsome shrub with many other rare plants, was brought over by his friend Captain Craréik; as a present from Dr. Wiuucs, of the Calcutta garden. It requires to be kept in the stove. The blossoms are. shewy and very fragrant, and, according to Dr. Roxpuren’s” account, the fruit is edible, the pulp being firm, sweet, and, in his opinion, agreeable: in appearance, he Says, it re-_ sembles a small, smooth, deep-coloured orange. We have not the opportunity at present of examining the manu- scripts of Dr. Roxsuren, but were favoured by Mr. Miiyg~ kiss the above memoranda, which he had extracted from i them. Bub. by Satis WalerorDr. Nout 1824 ee ay aa a i Qg8' Iris LoneIspATHA. Lonc-spatnep Fad, Class and Order. TrianpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata peta- liformia. ; Specific Character. Iris longispatha ; imberbis foliis lineari-lanceolatis falcatis scapo subtereti tortuoso, germinibus dodecagonis, spa- tha exteriori longissime attenuata. Iris longispatha. Fisher Mss. Descr. Leaves linear-lanceolate, drawn out to a very fine point, striate, falcate, between two and three feet long, half an inch wide in the middle. Scape nearly round, but a little flattened, twisted, about three flowered. Spathe three bractes: outer one nearly a foot long, very narrow, and attenuated at the end. ers about three. Pedun- cles long. Germen cylindrical, above an inch in length, a little twisted, with twelve furrows and twelve obtuse angles, the alternate ones most marked. Tube of the Corolla very short; upright petals obovate, with a long slender claw, violet coloured ; reflexed petals beautifully veined with blue, on a white ground tinged with yellow. Upper lip of the stigmas deeply bifid ; lacinie rolled back, and serrulate: lower lip three lobed, middle lobe denticulate. Anthers violet coloured : Pollen white. Much deformity existed in all the flowers of this plant, so that it was impossible to find a perfect one to make the drawing from; the twisting of the scape seeming to be continued into the germen, and even more or less into the different parts of the corolla. og eee 8 > Lam ABAD, fw floters : Our drawing was taken in July last, at the Chelsea Bo: tanic garden, where it was introduced by Dr. Fiscuer, director’ of the Imperial Botanic , garden at. St. Peters- burgh. It is a hardy perennial ;_ but although Dr. Fiscuer on his visit here last summer, informed us that he considered it as an undescribed species, to which he had attached the name ; of longispatha, we neglected to enquire of him of what part _ of the Russian dominions it was a native. : A250 aia lL brertis Dot by wrk, Walworth, Nov, i L424, Pub, ( 2529 ) CynocLossum niTipuM. Smootu NaAveL- WoRT oR HovwND’Ss-TONGUE. KEKE KKK KEK EK EK EERE EEE Class and Order. | ‘PentTanpRiA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fornicibus. Semina depressa, interiore tantum latere stylo aflixa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Crnoctossum nitidum; corollis rotatis, foliis lanceolatis acutis nitidis; radicalibus petiolatis; caulinis sessili- bus, seminibus urceolatis margine dentatis. Willd. Enum. 181. Cynociossum lusitanicum ; foliis lanceolatis glabris ad mar- gines nervosis utrinque viridibus, caule flaccido sub- simplici, racemis paucifloris. Brot. lusit. 1. p. 296. nec lusitanicum Linnei. Ompuatopes nitida. Hoffmannseg et Link. p. 194. t. 25. ex Willd. Link. Enum. 1. p. 173. Ompuatopes lusitanica elatior Cynoglossi folio. Touwrnef. Inst. 140. : Picotia nitida; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis nervosis supra glabris nitidis subtus pubescentibus, inferioribus longe petiolatis; superioribus sessilibus. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 84. | Cynociossum nitidum has a near affinity with Cynoeios- sum Omphalodes L. but is undoubtedly a distinct species. The synonym from Tournrrortr above quoted, has been usually applied to lusitanicum; but, according to Vaut, ~ that is a totally different species, nearly allied to linifolium. In the present rage for multiplying genera, the old name of Ompuaxopes given by Tournerort has been . and = use ia eiciaaditali because all generic names terminating in oides are forbid den by a rule of Linnzvs (Philosophia Bot. § 226), Rormz and Scuuures have substituted that of Picorma. But in our opinion, it is far better to retain the name of Cyno- GLossuM, and to divide the genus into sections, as Dr Can: DOLLE has in so Many instances successfully done. | For the opportunity of giving a: drawing. of this rare plant, we are indebted to our friend Rosert Barcray, Esq. of Bury Hill, who communicated specimens of it in May last. The head gardiner Mr. Davin Cameron, informs us, that it was received from Portugal, and has been kept constantly out of doors. A hardy perennial. Native of Portugal, where it grows in moist shady woods and low vallies, but never in elevated situations. | N 2530 Se Wx i+. Walvrorth, WM on 11824. ( 2530 ) JUSSIEUA OVALIFOLIA. OVAL-LEAVED J USSIEUA. KEEEKEEEEE EK EERERERE Class “id Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4- s. 5-partitus, superus. Petala4,s.5. Caps 4- s. 5-locularis, oblonga, angulis dehiscens. Sem. numerosa, -minuta. 7 Specific Character. Jussieva ovalifolia ; caule erecto ramoso, ramis tetragonis subulatis foliis ellipticis acuminatis nervoso-venosis villosis, calycibus tetraphyllis ovatis acuminatis tri- nerviis hirtis. Desc. Stem upright, with alternate branches: Branches uare: angles somewhat winged, hairy. Leaves alternate, elliptical with a short acumen, subsessile, villous, ribbed with parallel oblique veins, which inosculate near the margin. Germen sessile, axillary, solitary, square, hairy, an inch long, a little contracted upwards. Calyx superior, four-cleft : leaflets ovate, acuminate, three-nerved, hairy. Petals four, orbicular, quite entire, yellow, streaked with parallel greenish veins. Stamens eight : Anthers two-celled, inserted near the base into a short filament. Style erect : ens large, globular, with a cup-like margin at the Our figure represents one of the side branches, and, in outline, a leaf from the main stem. Communicated in July last, by our friend Rosert Bar- ciay, Esq. of Bury Hill, who raised it from seeds received from Madagascar, under the name of villosa; but it cannot be the villosa of Lamarck, nor suffruticosa of Linnazus, We have therefore considered it to be an undescribed species. \ ; M2531. JierticDd, ( Ban > CRINUM ARENARIUM (6.) BLUsH-coLOURED | Sano Crinum. KKEKEK EE EEE EEE EEK Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. —Vide No. 2292 et No. 2463. Specific Character. Crinum arenarium (@) pedunculis longioribus, filamentis albis, stigmate minutiore, limbo extis erubescente. Crinum arenarium (a) Vide supra 2355. W.H. The specimen from which our figure of this variety of Crinum arenarium was taken, flowered at the nu of of Mr. Knicut, in the King’s Road, Chelsea, in July 1822. it differs from the water island variety, No. 2355, in having — peduncles, white filaments, the stigma much smaller, an the petals tinged with red on the outside. This species 1s particularly distinguishable, by a style longer than the limb, filaments much shorter and conniving before they — a pedunculated germen very short and almost round, and an ovate bulb, of which the old coats are of a brownish straw colour. The filaments are knobbed at their insertion. The appearance of the foliage produced by the same bulb is very variable. . Native of the coast of Australia and the adjacent islands within the tropics. WH. Push bs, J. Curtis Walworth. ect. ( 2532 ) PERGULARIA SANGUINOLENTA. BLoopy- JUICED PERGULARIA. Seok eobaseokeskeskeskeakokok Class and Order. Pentanpria Dieynta. Generic Character. Asclepiadea. Masse pollinis leves, 10, erecte. Anthere membrana terminate. Corona staminum 5-phylla: foliolis compressis apice indivisis, intus lacinula auctis. Cor. hy- pocrateriformis tubo urceolato. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character. PrreuLaria sanguinolenta ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis glaber- rimis petiolatis, cymis multifloris folio brevioribus, corollz laciniis acuminatis obtusis, succo’ sanguineo. Lindley in Hortic. Trans. ». 5. inedit. ‘embasitiiete As we had no o portunity of examining the plant itself _Wecan give no farther description of it than what is af- forded by the drawing, and the above specific character kindly communicated by Mr. Linptry. The blood-co- loured sap is a remarkable character in this species. e Our drawing was taken in August 1823, at the garden of the Horticultural society at Chiswick, where it was raised from seeds brought from Sierra Leone, by Mr. Gzorce Don, in 1822. | It is a climber, and being a native of a tropical climate _ ‘requires to be. cultivated in the stove. rane TRO TS deal ond. 1824 é : : 5 id } 2 Ss : " in, : eee - seas | i ee * ; ; see snl on 4 ‘ sie . ' " , “e e ( 2533) ~HAMELIA PATENS. SprEADING, SCARLET HamMeE.LtiA. » Be 1eeeberees ie Class and Order. PENTANDRIA Monoeywia, | Generic: Charticter:: Cor..b-fda.. Bocca: blodilarid,: infra, polyapbriaay >: Specific Character and Synonyms, Hamensa patens ; racemis terminalibus coloratis; foliis ter- nis villoso-pubescentibus. Swartz Obs. pi 77. Willd. Sp. Pl.1. p. 980. Hort. Kew. ed. alt.1. p. 3734 Sm: Exot. Bot. 1. p. 45. t. 2A. Hametua patens; racemis patentibus. Sp. Pl. 246. Ex- cluso synonymo Plumieri. Jacg. Amer. p. 72. t. 50. Hameua patens ; foliis subtus tomentosis, tubo corolle cylindrico. L’Herit. Sert. Angl. p. 4. AMELIA patens ; ramis sulcatis, foliis ternis quaternis ob- longo-lanceolatis pubescentibus, floribus cymosis se- cundis. Flor. Peruv. 2. p. 68. t. 221. f. a. Hamexuia coccinea. Swartz Prodr. p. 46. Dunamenia patens. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 203. Roém. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 5. p. 265. Perictymenum aliud arborescens, ramulis inflexis, flore— corallino. Plum. Ic. p. 212. t. 218. f. 2. a This genus was named by Jacguin in honour of H. L. Dunamet pu Monceav, author of several works on trees and piso pie subjects, and Prrsoon, correctly enough, ged the name to Duname.ia, as more consonant to that of the author; but as the genus has been generally wn by the name of Hamexiia, or Hamers, we have ght it right to retain the latter. Descr. hes rounded, clothed with a soft pubes- cence, of a deep red colour. Leaves growing by sig of unequal size, ovate-acumimate, younger ones villous on — _ both sides, older ones tomentose underneath and smoothish — above. Flowers in a terminal compound cyme. .Peduneles — villous, red. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, persistent, — apparently semi-superior, being firmly adherent to the — lower half of the germen, but the upper half of the germen — projects beyond it. .Corolla of.a scarlet. colour: tube an — inch long ; five-angled ; at first yellow, but soon turning red; — limb 5-cleft, four -times. shorter than tube. Stamens five: | Filaments inserted into the melliferous base (not the middle) of the tube: anthers two-celled, affixed to the internal face of the filaments : ‘pollen yellow. Germen fleshy, nearly — globose, 5-celled : ovules many, affixed to a central re- ceptacle: style shorter than the stamens : stigma simple. — Berry we have not seen ; but as half the germen projects beyond the cup of the:calyx, if the berry is really crowned _ by this (as is described) the lower part must increase dis- _ proportionately to the upper. 3 oso | A fine shrub ; native of St. Domingo, Jamaica, and of — the hot woods at the base of the Andes, in Peru; requires to be kept in the stove, where it flowers in August.. Com- — municated by Mrs. Warker, Arno’s Grove, Southgate. ¥ a eg “ee aie. } ae wp # ‘ ee - Whaat Dd. Bub Dy S Lonkic Wo lwrorbic. Dec. 1344. (2534) Cyrtantuus Srriatus.. Srreiatep. Cyr-. TANTHUS. fy Glass tal’ Onder. Hexanpria Monocynua. Generic Character. - Seapus cavus... Tubus inferné curvatus, arctus ; superne infundibuliformis aut ventricosus, amplus. Lacinie breves, alterne equales. Filamenta tubo infra faucem (alterna profundits) inserta.. Stigma trilobum. Capsula erecta, ovalis, trivalvis, trilocularis. Semina cumulata, compla- nata, testacea. 3 peo : Plante africane, bulbo ovato, foliis bifariis. Specific Character. Cyrranrnvus striatus; bulbo fusco, sesq iunciali ; foliis pedalibus, utrinque attenuatis, viridibus, infra rabro maculatis ; scapo 8-unciali; rubescente; spatha 1}- ‘unciali, bracteata rubescente, apice viridiore acuto ; -pedunculis subuncialibus, rubris, apice cu ‘vatis ; ger- mine viridi, rubro maculato; tubo cernuo, mi luteo striato, costis inter filamenta decurrentia mt mito ; limbo luteo, reflexo; stylo incurvato, lutescente, | at et filamentis longiore, stigmate trifido ; a a bre- vibus, rectis, polline aureo. W. H. — eae Descr. Bulb brown, an inch and half. leaves about a foot long, attenuated at both ids, the point hot quite acute; scape reddish, about eight inches high one and a quarter long, reddish, and acute at the point ; peduncles less than an inch ong, red; erm Steen, tinged with red ; tube cernuous, scarlet, striped with yellow, ribbed longitudinally within, from the points where lacinie unite ; limb yellow, reflex ; style curved down- wards from above, yellowish; longer than the filaments and — limb ; stigma trifid ; anthers short, straight, rigid ; filaments Ce es ee oA a ee nsion ; and theirs is probably the true posture of the — ower. It flowered m July, in the green-house, at Spof- forth. This plant belongs to the group which stands under | the name Monella in our Appendix. We have described — it under the name Cyrtanthus agreeably to the wish ex- — pressed by the editor, —_ - ae that ~ mane, ae roperly belongs to Cyrtanthus Obliquus, Id be pre- | a ed to the cer division. We conceive, however, that where no great inconvenience’ results, plants improperly — added to a genus should be detached, under a new name, — and not supplant the species on which it was founded. This — species, however, brings Cyrtanthus and Monella nearer — together, being ribbed between the filaments, though its - ribs are straight ; whereas in C. obliquus they are oblique, — and coalesce, and the filaments inserted in them. The cha- racter above given, using the words infra faucem instead of — prope faucem, will include C. obliquus with Monella;. the main difference in C. obliquus, besides the oblique ribs, is, — the insertion of the filaments in the mid region of the tube, — which, in Monella (appendix), are inserted nearer to its mouth; and. we do uot feel quite satisfied that. either of — ore points furnishes an invariable generic character, a3_ e filaments are not inserted acai at the same depth — in all the species of Monella. Amongst the Amaryllidee — the insertion of the filaments within, or without, or at the — exact termination of the tube, the insertion equally , or al- — ternately, or at graduated depths, furnishes a decisive neric feature; but the greater or less distance from the mouth is indefinite, and may vary in different species. C. striatus: was imported from the Cape, by the late Mr. Lee, — and sold by him to many persons, labelled Amaryllis falcata, _ by the error of the collector. It was supposed'at first to be:a species of Vallota. Vatiora purpurea has'the capsule — oval hke Cyrtanthus. W. A. og oii} 84 ia Bub. by S-Cortic Walworth. Del 461t, ( 2535) Patiurus Vireatus. Nepat Curisr’s- Tuorn. | KEKE KERR EEE REE Class and Order. PeEnTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Generic Character. ogee Calyx urceolatus; basi persistente. Petala 5, staminibus opposita. Capsula supera, coriacea, 3-locularis, clatisa, -margine dilatato, Semina solitaria. Smith Fl. Grac.3. _ . _ Specific Character. P. virgatus, ramulis glabris, foliis oblique cordatis ellipti-- _ eisve acutis trinerviis lucidis, fructis alé integerrima, caule erecto. Don Prodr. Fl, Nepal.p. 189.0 Dascr: A branching upright shrub, from six to ten feet high. Stem about the thickness of one’s finger, covered with a lead-coloured bark. Branches numerous, divided, ee horizontally. Branchlets slender, drooping. _ Lut alternate, drooping, ovate or elliptical, most fre- quently with an onesie ebedad base, thin, quite smooth on both sides, shining above, paler, or slightly glaucous below, furnished with three nerves and with numerous lateral veins, from one to two inches long, and from half an inch to an inch in width: margins finely toothed. Pe- ttoles semicylindrical, slightly hairy, about half an inch long. Stipules two, at first small; but afterwards pé sing into two unequal, firm, shining thorns; the larger one _ straightish, awl-shaped, halfan inch to an inch long, th _ a thickened base; the smaller one recurved, and thrice _ shorter. Cymes axillary, solitary, forked, on a short pe- — duncle, about the length of the petioles. Flowers ir * nine to eighteen, small, greenish yellow, on very short — partial footstalks. Calyx 5-cleft: divisions ‘half-ovate, acute, broadish, green. Petals obovate, concave, yellow, furnished with a claw somewhat shorter than the divisions of the calyx, with which they alternate stamens opposite — the petals, inserted into the broad, green, fleshy disk: filaments short, awl-shaped, greenish: anthers round, yellow. Styles three, very short, upright, united at the base. Stigmas small, obtuse. Fruit dry, spherical, placed on the persistent calyx, surrounded at the top by a broad leafy wing, with an entire straight margin. Nui 3-celled, 3-seeded, imbedded in, and completely concealed by the — enlarged disk. : _Paxiurus virgatus is a native of Upper Nepal, from — whence it was introduced to our gardens a few years ago, by seeds received from Dr. Watiicu. We do not, how- ever, find it recorded among the Nepalese species of Zizy- _ puus described in the second volume of the Flora Indica. — The plant, from which our drawing was taken, is growing in — the Botanic garden, Chelsea. It is now six feet high, and _ produced flowers for the first time in this country, in August and September last. It is perfectly hardy. Its drooping — branches, and shining green leaves render it a pleasing object in the shrubbery. The Patiurus vulgaris, very in- aptly named australis by Gertner, is essentially distin- — guished from our plant, by its decumbent stem, pubescent branches, the leaves never cordate at the base, its more © numerous flowers, and lastly by the wing of the fruit hav- img an uneven crenated margin. The proper place for Paliurus in the Linnean System is evidently Pentandria Trigynia, and not Pentandria Monogynia. | For the above article we are entirely indebted to Mr. _ Davip Don, who has now in the press an account of the plants of Nepal. : e "SO The margin of the wing is at first perfectly even, but when removed — from the parent plant soon becomes corrugate. ut l§2t, Pub by SCuticWatwevtht, Dec 2 Da. ( 2536 ) CLERODENDRUM MACROPHYLLUM. Broap LEAVED CLERODENDRUM, ee Class and Order. DipyNamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Specific Character. _ Cal. 5-fidus, (nune_ 5-dentatus). Cor. tubo cylindrico ; limbo 5-partito, patenti, laciniis subequalibus. Stam. juxta faucem inserta, exserta, adscendentia: antherarum loculis parallelis. Bacca pyrenis 4, monospermis. Brown. _ Specific Character and Synonyms. CLERoDENDRUM. macrophyllum 3 foliis lato-ovatis acumi- natis serratis subsessilibus subtus tomentosis, floribus _ Paniculatis, calycibus quinque-dentatis, corollis la- biatis. ‘een It appears, from the observations of Mr. Rozert Brown, to be very doubtful if there are any real distinctive cha- sacters between Vorkameria and CLeropenprum, and most, if not all, of the species which were once referred to the ormer genus, have been more lately united to the latter. “ae Species however, of which our present subject is one, differ remarkably from others, in the greater irregularity of © corolla: these may perhaps hereafter be formed into a Separate genus. ; : : ur plant has a near affinity with sb cpm ae _ 1NNaus, but differs in having opposite leaves, tomen- — ‘ose underneath. One of the Sines united with that ‘pecies in the Banksian Herbarium appears toagree nearly th our plant, but another with much narrower Jeaves in | te same collection agrees better in the form of its leaves ith the Linnean character, and we think that both can y be united under the same species. In the Lambertian - Herbarium is a specimen of VotKameria serrata, on the authority of Dr. Francis Haminron, which has its leaves _ growing by threes, and branches less decidedly quadrangu- | lar than in our plant: this is evidently the same as the T'sserom-Tuexa of the Hortus Malabaricus vol. 4. ¢. 29. | But in our present subject, besides the above-mentioned _ difference in the leaves, and more decidedly quadrangular’ branches, the fifth lacinia of the corolla is more different _ from the other four, forming a labellum distinct in colour and form. : CreropEnproum belongs to the natural order of Verbenacee of Jussieu and Brown, formerly called Vitices in the Genera Plantarum of the former author. Our drawing was taken from a specimen communicated — last August, by Rozerr Barcray, Esq. of Bury Hill, who © raised it from seeds received from the Mauritius. Requires to be kept in the stove. aha ai Wesy | | Bad By SL fats. Walworth Jan L165 ( -megy ye ZEPHYRANTHES ROSEA. ROSE-coLoRED ZEPHYRANTHES. Class and Order. Hrxanpkia Monoeynri. Generic Character. Scapus cavus. Germen suberectum. Flores semipa- tentes, suberecti. Lacinie alterne dispares...Tubus_arc- tus, angusté infundibuliformis. Stylus declinatus. Stigma trilobum: Filamenta laciniarum’ basi inserta; divaticata ; alterna disparia, superius sepissimé sejunctum. - Anthere infra medium affix. Capsula erecta, trivalvis, triloba, trisulca, trilocularis. Semina complanata biseriatim cumu- — lata, testa nigra. ; Plante Occidentales, bulbis parvulis ovatis, foliis line- arious, scapis 1—2-floris pedunculatis, spathis in unifloris. bilobis, in bifloris bifidis. Specific Character. ZEPRYRANTHES rosea ; foliis humifusis, glabris, apice rotun- datis, seapo unifloro 3—4-unciali longioribus; pedun- culo spatha unciali biloba subrubescente longiore, Viridi; germine et tubo brevibus viridibus; laciniis roseis, inferné viridibus; interioribus angustioribus et filamentis brevioribus appositis ; stylo robusto laciniis vix breviore, filamentis longiore ; stigmate lobis pa-_ agg antheris linearibus, suberecté incumben- 1dus. Zernyranrues rosea. Bot. Reg. 821. Our specimen of this plant was produced in the stove at forth, in the first week of August. Bulbs found by ':Gzorce Don, at the Havannah, were brought home by \ for the Horticultural Society, in whose one. Ae fiowered for the first time in June. In the definition of the. genus Zephyranthes in the Botanical Register, under the article above quoted, we find “‘ Perianthium verticale.” It is however stated in the same article, that the flowers “have a vertical, or nearly vertical position.” As far_ as our observations extend, the flowers in this genus are always nearly vertical, but never actually so. In our first definition of the genus, in the Appendix, we stated, that the germen and tube were not continued in a straight line from the peduncle. In the character of the genus in this article we have used the word suberecti, which will be more correct than verticales. The capsule is vertical, and the germen becomes so when the seed begins to set. The anthers are not attached at the base and erect, but attached below the middle and sloped. W. H. | a. The ripe and bursting capsule. b.. A ripe seed. Bab by S boot Wabwcrth Fan 21826 middie ( 2538.) Pancratium ZEYLANICUM. ONE-FLOWERED PANcCRATIUM, OR SEA-DAFFODIL. KR KKK EEE EK EERE EEK Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Bulbus tunicatus. Scapus solidus. Spatha bifida vel latere uno dehiscens. Germen triloculare, trigoné oblon- gum, subsessile vel breviter pedunculatum. Tubus sub- trigoné cylindricus. Corona staminifera. Filamenta rigida, conniventia, alterna equalia. Anthere breves,.suberecte, medio feré affixe. Stigma simplex aut trigonum. Ovula biseriatim alternantia, complanata, cumulata. Semina testé nigra. Plante Europee, Asiatice, Africane. Specific Character and. Synonyms. Pancratium Seylanicum ; uniflorum, bulbo ovato ; foliis’ lorato-lanceolatis ; spath4 integra ; laciniis tubo lon- Sioribus, inferné corone adherentibus, superne revo- lutis ; stylo staminibus longiore ; stigmate simplici; germine subsessili. Pancratium Zeylanicum Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.1. 417. Willd Sp. Pl. 2.41. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 218. “Ker in IS. 8c. and A. 3.317. Bot. Reg. 479. ) Pancravium tiareflorum. Parad. Lond. 86. oo Narcissus Zeylanicus. Herm. Lugdb. 691. t. 693. Com- _ mel. Hort. Amst. 1.73. t. 38. energe Litiwm Javanicum. Rumph. Amb. 6. 161. t. 70. fig. 2. ‘eee Native of Ce lon, slichtl fragrant. Our specimen flow- ered in July, sa the ove A Spoftorth, where, although it hot ripen its seeds, they were sufficiently advanced to th that the fructification conforms closely with that of, — European species. The genus was founded on P. mari-, vmum, and, in removing the discordant mass that has been ed to it, the name must remain to the true congeners of t species, which belong to Europe, Asia, and, Africa, d ritimum. 2. canariense. 3. illyricum. 4. verecun- “um (which is both biflorum and triflorum of Roxs.) 5. seylanicum. 6. longiflorum, Roxs. If there be such a) lant distinct from the two latter, which is very doubtful, it-is not known now at Calcutta. 7. Probably, maximum, Forskal. fl. ig. ar. 72. Pancratrom has filaments stiff and conniving ; anthers short, attached near the middle; ovules flat, attached to the inner corner of the cell, inter- | lapping horizontally in two rows; seeds covered with a black shell. Hymenocatuis, which belongs to America, has filaments lax, anthers long, attached nearer one end, ovules fewer, oblong, ovately cylindrical, attached to the lower part of the cell, erect; seeds large, oblong, rounded, — fleshy, with a green inseparable skin, like an apple. _Is- menrE has the tube a little curved; filaments short, three - nédding'into’the cup, three conniving and crossing éach other; seeds large, green, fleshy, globular. The editor of the Botanical Register lately figured Srenomesson flavum of our Appendix (Pancratium Ruiz and Pavon) under the name Curysopaiata, adding to the genus our CarpopeTEs and Lereriza. If our character appeared to limit the ge-_ nus’ by an insignificant feature, our name might have been — justly rejected; but there is no ground for substituting another founded on the same feature with the same mean- _ ing and limitation. Stenomesson means narrowest in the middle, referring to the form of the tube ; Chrysophiala is : explained to mean a gold-coloured hour-glass, with refer- ence.to the same feature, a name otherwise objectionable, — since phiala is not an hour-glass, and only one of the known species is yellow. The editor has not even noted to which of the: three genera quoted from our Appendix the plant belongs, and adds, that he cannot comprehend our refine- ments. The three genera ate, however, named. from three important features in. which they differ, and cannot. be, con- founded. Stenomesson having the tube constricted and narrowest in the middle; Carpodetes having the germet and fruit constricted in the middle. Leperiza having nel ther of those features, but the bulb scaly like a martagoD. — Carpodetes and Leperiza are as much excluded from the — genus Chrysophiala, as defined in the Botanical Register, a5 _ they were from our Stenomesson, since Chrysophiala’ iS there defined as having “the tube above and below broader,’ constricted near the middle,” and “ filaments straight and erect >’ Carpodetes, as esented by Ruiz and Pavon, has the lower part of phe s = chaldor and cylindrical; Leperiza has the tube broadest at bottom and narrowest at the mouth, and the filaments sinuosely curved. W. H. ————e (a.) Represents one of the cells after the ovules: haa’ béen! some tame fertilized, 5, One of the ovules, in an advanced state, magnified. Ven ( 2539: > J = Giiontosa ’ vinEscENs, “* Ohi meinen pHewes ERED GLoRIOSA. |... Class and Order. , Hexanpria Monoeynia. . Generic Character. — Cor. 6-petala, undulata, reflexa. Stylus obliquus. Specific Character and Synonyms. : , Gtoriosa virescens ; foliis cirrhiferis, peduneulis pendu- lis, petalis unguiculatis apice undulatis. Guoriosa virescens. Lindley Mss. ome. Guoriosa superba? 8. petalis subovatis, vix undulatis. Lam. Eneyel. 4. p. 133. ag initia We have no doubt but this is a distinct species from LoRiosa superba, not only from the different colour and Sinaller size of the flowers, but because the petals, though teflexed in the same manner, spread more, and are not undulated, except towards the point ; whereas in superba the margins are undulated the whole length, and the petals are quite erect and not recurved at the point, as in this. The peduncles in our plant point downwards, and are not . curved at the end, as in superba; but perhaps this may de upon the position of the stem. _ € plant described as a doubtful variety of superba, by Lamarck, answers very well to our present subject, and sine likewise from Africa, being brought by M. Apanson from Sen — - See, ty gg oe ee | _ His deseri tion, probably taken from a diied specimen, = as follows. The iekves gamble those of the common — : and are in like manner terminated by a tendril. have found no difference, except in the flowers, which are — About one-third part smaller, and are remarkably wider, > * indeed, nearly oval, or rather slightly ovoid, acuminate, entire, scarcely undulated, about two inches in length, and nine lines in breadth. The peduncles are in ge- neral shorter than the leaves.” Our drawing was taken at the Horticultural Society’: a in August last, from a plant sent by Mr. Joux oRBEs, from bique, in 1823. : 4 es, a Weide 9 he, Samed GZ Walwe fartir ‘ud By J | | : ( 2540.) GoopDYERA PUBESCENS. 8. minor. SMALLER Purescent € JOODYERA. SERIE OS pikokbokbebetiag Class and Order. | * Gynanpria Monanpria. Generic Character. _Cor. ringens: petalis exterioribus anticis labello inferne bboso superne indiviso suppositis. Colwmna libera. Pol- angulatum. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. p. 197. Specific Character and Synonyms. * Goopyera pubescens ; foliis radicalibus. ovatis, labello ovato accuminato, petalis ovatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5 p. 195. Liftdley Collect. Bot. 25. (a.) scapo pedali, folis nitide pictis oblongo-ovatis. ‘) minor, scapo spithameo, foliis obscurius pictis brevi- 8. 7 ee Descr. Radical leaves five-nerved ; ovate, acute, dark steen tessellated with white bars: petioles sheathing the Scape and one another. Scape erect, not at all twisted, fibescent, not six inches in length, clothed with alternate, ear bractes, or cauline leaves, somewhat twisted round ’e, the lowermost one broadest and tessellated like the Tadical leaves. Flowers white, scentless? in a long petals are 2 *new.species; but, as far as we could discover, ee | from pubescens in size only, except that the leaves wer somewhat less oblong, ‘ind with more obscure markings from the white colour being less clear. ool Goopyera is a genus established by Mr. Brown; and a comparison of the excellent figures in Mr. Linpieys” Collectanea, (Tab. 25 and 30) seem Satisfactorily to con: firm the propriety of separating it from Neorrta. It is a hardy perennial, and flowered in the open ground, at Bury Hill, in May last. ! Put dy Shots. Wolworth. Jan, "arte Bak - Lavarera nisproa. Harry Lavarera. Monapecpuia Poryanpria. Generic Character. Cal. duplex : exterior trifidus. Capsule plurime mono- — Spermae. | Specific Character and Synonyms. - Lavarera hispida; caule fruticoso pilis fasciculatis hispido, | foliis subcanescentibus quinquelobis ; summis trilobis aut indivisis, floribus:subsessilibus, involucello (calyce exteriore) tripartito maximo hirsutissimo. De Cand. Prodr. Syst. Veg. Nat. 1. p. 438. : : ee VaTERA hispida ; caule fruticoso piloso, pilis fasciculatis, _ foliis superis hastato-trilobis, floribus sessilibus. soli- tariis, calycibus hirsutissimis. Desfont. atl. 2. p. 118. 171. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 252. Poir. Encyelop. Bot. | . - Suppl. 3. p: 309... ? o ys Lavarera hispida. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 793. excluso for-_ | Lay tt SYnonymo Cavan. | ““~vaTera olbia. Poir. Voy. en Barb. 204. AL Pomér, in his travels in Barbary, first observed this ; Plant, and took it for a mere variety of Layatera olbia, Which it bears a great resemblance ; but DesronrainEs, — -@) his Flora Atlantica, considers it as a distinet species. ) tions et does not exactly correspond with the descrip- gen of either of those authors; but the chief difference , << in the flowers being sometimes aggregate as well 9, Solitary, and so they are also represented in the figur the Flora Atlantica, though not mentioned in the de- n. : | ‘ | : ee a ie ae RS H.'s Species is not recorded in the last edition of eG “Hortus Kewensis, but occurs in Sweet’s Hortus suburba- rue? nus. Native of the coast of Barbary, in the kingdom of Algiers. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by N.S, Hopson, Esq. from the botanic garden at Bury St. Edmunds. It is a very handsome shrub, growing to. the height of. five or six feet, and, as.we are informed by Joun Denson, the intelligent curator of the garden, “thrive well, trained againt a south or east wall, but will not stand a severe winter unprotected.” . | Nesal eC a 1 MOY-4- artic Watkers rth: J am JI&IS. ( 2542 ) PHLOMIS LUNARIFOLIA. 8. Russeliana: Rvs- SELLS HONESTY-LEAVED PuLomMis. : Siowinilain Giricghcbasinat: Gesibvit Character. Cal. 5-gonus, 5-dentatus. Corolle gale@ incutbens, carmato-compressa, barbata, emarginata V. incisa; lab. verius proportionatum: lobo medio majore. Stigma superiore breviore. Brown in Hort. Kew. Specific Character and Synonyms. fi Putomis lunarifolia ; foliis cordatis crenatis subtus tomen- tosis, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis fasciculato - ciliatis mucronatis. Smith Prodr. Fl. Grec. 1. p. 414. Putomis samia herbacea, lunariz folio. Tournef. Cor. 10. (¢.) Russeliana, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, verticillis dis- tantibus. eee 7 Putomis Russeliana. Lagasca Mss. ( ERBE —_ forte varietas floribus luteis. Russell Alepp. 2. a +4 Or. or The stem of this plant is square, with the ed; leaves large, ailctc decaste, hairy, though green, on € upper surface, white-tomentose and very rugose-veined 7 on the under; in form they are not unlike those of Lu- NARIA redeviva, or common Honesty ; the Bractes, which are described by Sir James E. Smura as ovate-lanceolate, in our specimens, though somewhat dilated at the base, #re Very narrow, but clothed as he describes with fascicu- lated hairs; the calyx and colour of the corolla also cor- respond with his description. Our friend Mr. Lamserr is enfident that this plant is the Patomrs /unarifolia of the 7, cromus flore grace ; but the eminent Spanish botanist, M. Laeasca, now an unfortunate exile in this country, ang “ sl siders it as distinct. Without an opportunity of compar: ing our plant with the specimens collected by Dr. Sr.) THORPE, it-is difficult to determine the question ; but what | leads us to doubt whether it be really the lunarifolia of | Siru, is the state of the Bractes, which, from a careful examination of the living specimens, we think could not be described as ovate-lanceolaté, much less could they be called wide (late). We have thought it safest therefore, to avoid multiplying species unnecessarily, to steer a mid: dle course, b considering it asa variety. But shouldit — hereafter be determined to be a distinct species, Lacasca’s - name Russeliana will be very appropriate, as we have no doubt but that it is the same species of which Dr. Russeu has given a figure in his history of Aleppo, and which he thought might perhaps be a yellow flowered variety of | Putomis Herba venti. ee we __ A hardy perennial. Communicated by A. B. Lampert, Esq. in June last. We received a specimen of the same | species in July 1820, from Mr. Kent, late of Clapton, in whose garden it was perhaps first seen in this country, but — m whence he received it is uncertain. | (, S5as" yo CALADIUM BICOLOR, Two-coLourED CaLapium. — Class and Order. Monazcia Po.iyaAnpria. Generic Character. Mase Cal. o. Cor. 0. Anthere a multilocu- ~~ in spicam ad apices spadicis com tai Cor. 0. Germina oD bani spedicis ia in- , wi Sislus c 0. Baccal -locularis, polysperies 7 ag Specific Chiaites and Synonyms. | Catapron bicolor ; acaule, foliis peltatis cordato-sagittatis 7 disco coloratis, py spatha cucullata medio con- tracta breviore. illd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 488. Hort. Kew. , edit. alt. 5. p. 311. Cataprom bicolor ; foliis peltatis sagittatis disco coloratis, — | spatha erecta basi subglobosa medio coarctata = : _ OVato-acuminata. Venten. Cels. 30. t. 30. i Arum bicolor ; acaule, foliis peltatis sagittatis disco colo- Tatis, spatha medio coarctata basi subglobosa, lamina subrotunda acuminata erecta subconyoluti ort. - ed, [™* Bot. _~ supra, 820. ; E so The above pl | se to us as a | plant having been communica us tore ies, we udihortanptely did not discover that we had given a figure of it, ay the name of Arum bicolor, — Ean ol ion was struck off, and coloured so it was too | te the publication. == rf ene tas Catone a teers eae y separated from re M. VENTENAT. At ‘the time Poe ot our publishing ormgcount hisauthon. {his plant we had not seen the valuable we e ih ce remarked, that it did not agree 7 | the gen of Anum. Our present figure % é a ne q Ed ae 3 ~ is not entirely useless, as itebaws the parts of fructifi - inwhich it is seen, that the club-shaped spadix is not nakel_ as in Arum, but covered with the male flowers or anthes” disposed in rhomboid masses. EES ae Native country not known; it. was brought to this cou- try from Madeira, where it it cultivated on account of the beauty of its,.leaves, which grow to a much greater sit than represented in either of our figures. The plant from which our present drawing was taken flowered in June, the former one in January. Communicated by Mr. Brooxs, of Ball’s Pond. : N72 Waid (25440) | Matva apuTitorpes. Bawawa Matrtow. Class and Order: Monapetpuia Poyanpri. Cal. duplex : exterior triphyllus. Capsede phurima, 1—2-pluri-sperme, in orbem disposite. _ > eso oF de Speeifie Character and Synonyms. : ig Matva abutiloides ; foliis quinquangularibus tomentosis, — pedunculis mvillaribus Bi paucifloris, involucelli ~~ (ealycis exterioris) foliolis oblongis parvis, fructibus . Slobosis. De Cand. Prodr. Syst. Nat.p.435. Matva abutiloides ; foliis lobatis villosis, caule erecto, ca- _ lycibus brevissimis, capsulis globosis striatis : ‘loculis polyspermibus, Sp. Pl. 971. Marva abutiloides ; foliis quinquangulari-lobatis_tomen- tosis, pedunculis subquadrifloris bifidis axillaribus, capsulis polyspermis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.780. Per- soon Syn. 2. p. 250. Hort. Kew. ed. alt.4. p. 212. Matva abutiloides ; caule fruticoso, foliis cordatis lobatis tomentosis, pedunculis paucifloris, fructibus globosis age one is oligospermis. . Jacq. Hort. Schinbr. 3. Pp. —t : pus Matyas abutiloides ; caule malvarum maximo frutescente, foliis angulatis planis tomentosis, pedunculo axillari ‘ multifloro. Cav. Diss. 2. p. 60. t. 16. f. 2. E Anuniton althwoides, flore carneo, fructu globoso. Dill. WAN 21.71. 6 ‘7 ees This plant has very much the habit of Avraa offici- ; the stem, branches, petioles, peduncles, calyxes, and underside of the leaves are covered with a thick tomentum, ~ “onsisting of branched hairs, on the upper surface the hairs are more scattered, ‘suffering the green colour ty appear; the petals are the only parts which are not pubes. cent, and even the claws of these are.bearded. The flowes_ are of a delicate blush rose colour, streaked with a deeper red, which have a very lively appearance; in Jacgumi figure they are represented ‘much larger, and of a deeper colour than it has occurred to us to see them. In De Canpouze’s excellent Prodromus, Marva abuli loides is arranged in the third primary division of th enus, named Spua#roma ; consisting of such species s- ave two- or many-seeded capsules of one-cell, united into a globular fruit; axillary, mostly many-flowered, pedun- cles, and shrubby stem : a division which this celebrated) botanist; questions if it ought not to be made a distin enus. qt “! Native of the Bahama islands, and with us cultivated a a greenhouse shrub. Flowers in May; June, and July. Ou drawing was made from a specimen received from P. B. Wens, Esq. in July last ; we, had fine specimens of the same species sent us from the Fulham nursery in May 1817; but our draughtsman was at that time so much e that he could not take a drawing from them. N2545. J. turits Dab, \ Buby, Sfertis . Walworfe Feb J 1829 Vaedde? ( 2545) ARISTOLOCHIA LABIOSA. MARCGRAVE’S BirtTuwort. Class and Order. Gynanpria Hexanprta. Generie Character. Cor. ‘Lpetala, ligulata, basi ventricosa. Caps. 6-loct- laris, polysperma, infera. Siieest _ Specific Character and Synonyms. ARisToLocHta labiosa ; caule volubili angulato, folis sub- rotundo-cordatis, corollis basi saccatis: labio inferiore — producto apice suborbiculatim dilatato sub- ODO, Anistorocura labiosa. Bot. Reg. 689. “— — ~SRISTOLOcHIA ringens ; caule volubili, foliis reniformibus | subrotundis cordatis amplexicaulibus, corollis basi ) imcurva saccata, medio bilabiatis, labio superiore ex- Planato bilobo, inferiore canaliculato. Link. Pl. Sel. Berol. 1. p. 35. t. 13. Exclusis synonymis Vahlii et denovii. ; AMavyarmzo. Pisonis. Bras. 260. cum icone. a —-y Considering how easily errors may arise in drawing Plants from imperfect dried specimens, we do not wonder to Professor Linx conceived VAHi’s ARISTOLOCHIA Tingens be meant to represent this species; but the examiation = Van Ronr’s own specimen, preserved in Mr. Brown's “xsian Herbarium, and from which Vaut’s figure was midently taken, proves the two species to be distinct. daa specimen is to appearance tolerably perfect, and and the upper-lip of the flower to be spathula-shaped, the lower-lip lanceolate, as represented in VauHL’s ‘gure, totally different from the form of these parts mon 2 ® plant. It is not improbable, however, that the flower is | Subject to vary considerably in form, as will appear bya comparison of our figure with the two others above quoted; all fives differing in several respects from one another, yet _ there can hardly be a doubt but that they all belong to the same species. In our plant the under-lip of the Corolla retained the crumpled appearance, as when first unfolded, - till it fell off. ) Aristotocuta labiosa is a handsome climber, the leaves being of a delicate lively green and the flowers very large, beautifully variegated, and of a grotesque form; but its scent is very offensive, resembling that of some of the Sta- | pelias, and not very unlike the smell of decayed fish. For an opportunity of offering to our readers a drawing of this very rare plant, we are indebted to the Count bE | VanpeEs, in whose splendid collection at Bayswater, this plant flowered in the hot-house, in September 1824. It is a native of Brazil, from whence it was introduced into the Kew Gardens, by Messrs. Cunnincuam and Bowze, the king’s collectors. —_- VT esa T wtrtee Dad- Bb By. LS Garter . Watmer st, Feb 2182s. ( 2546 ) SoLIDAGO LANCEOLATA. 'TARRAGON-LEAVE : GOLDEN-ROD. : Class and Order. wf Synaenesta Potycamia Superr.wa. Generic Character. 8 * Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii circiter quingue. Cal. squame imbricate, clause, © sg, ee se J oe Z Py, “a . Specific Character and Synonyms. ire : SoLipaco lanceolata ; corymbis terminalibus, foliis lineari- lanceolatis integerrimis trinerviis. Lin. Mant. 114. Soutpaeo lanceolata ; caule glabro ramosissimo, foliis lan- | ceolato-linearibus integerrimis trinerviis (glabris), corymbis terminalibus, ligulis altitudine disci. Hort. Kew. ed. I" 3. p. 214. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2062. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 449. Souipaco lanceolata; caule hirto angulato ramosissimo, foliis lanceolato-linearibus integerrimis erectiusculis tri-quinquenervibus scabriusculis: nervis subtus pi- losis, axillis nudis, corymbis terminalibus fastigiatis, ramulis capitatis, ligulis altitudine disci. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 2. p. 540. é ae Soupaco lanceolata ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, in _ tt-nerviis : corymbo fastigiato; ramulis capitulifi A it a ligulis vix manifestis. (var. «. major). Michaux Fi. _,, Bor. Amer. 2. p. 116. a ae / Curysocoma graminifolia ; herbacea, foliis linearibus lan- . ceolatis glabris, floribus corymbosis. Sp. Pl. 1178. HRysocoma dracunculoides ; herbacea, foliis lineari-lance- olatis tri-nerviis scabris, floribus corymbosis, calyce laxo. Lamarck Encycl. Bot. 2. p. 192?—non Purshii hee biflora. Lin. : ce That this plant, which resembles the Tarracon in its foliage ~ "8@, 18 the Solidago lanceolata of the first — Arron’s Hortus Kewensis we have ascertained by com | ing it with the specimens preserved in the Banksian Her- | barium. In the dried subjects, however, we find the leave | to be scabrous along the margin and nerves. The short- ness of the florets of the ray, which scarcely exceed those of the disk, has easily led to its being confounded with Chrysocoma, and we have little doubt but that the Chry- socoma dracunculoides of Lamarck belongs to this species. _ Micuavx describes two varieties, one with larger and fewer, the other with smaller and more numerous leaves, to the former of which our plant belongs, but perhaps they are distinct species. = Although Solidago lanceolata is a plant of no great| beauty, yet, having been involved in much uncertainty, we are happy in an opportunity of giving a figure of it, espe | cially as we know of no previous existing one. "a A hardy herbaceous perennial. Native of North Ame- | rica, certainly of Hudson’s Bay and Canada, and, according to Pursu, as low as Pensylvania. Flowers in September _ and October Communi¢ated by Mr. Wurrzey from the 9 Fulham nursery, in September 1824. ‘ Prsb.by. S hartis Wa Twarth. Feb 1425 a . SoLANUM PYRACANTHUM. 6. ORANGE-THORNED _ NIGHT-SHADE. . Class and Order. Pentanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. x * | 3 Cor. rotata. ‘Anthere subcoalite, apice poro gemito dehiscentes. Bacca bilocularis. , Specific Character and ‘Synonyms. | * Sotanum pyracanthum ; caule aculeato fruticoso, foliis one ! longis angustis- sinuato-pinnatifidis tomentosis acu- = rae aculeis rectis subcoccineis. Duna Solanum p. — Sotanum pyracanthos ; caule aculeato suffruticoso,, foliis oblongis acutis sinuato-pinnatifidis tomentosis, aculeis rectis subcoccineis. Lam. ill. gen. n. 2364. Potrét m Encycl. Bot. 4. p.299. Persoon Syn. 1. p.229. SoLanum pyracantha. Smith Exot. Bot. 2. p. 9. t. 64. Willd. Enum. p. 238. Hort. Kew. ed. alt.1. p.4038. Sotantm pyracanthon. Jacq. Hort. Schenb. 4. p. 36. t. 470. (2.) pedunculis calycibusque spinosis. : (8.) pedunculis calyctbusque inermibus. SS 2 a ’ Donat, in his mono of the renus SOLANUM, re- marks, that the ered i at alysis OF SoLanuM pyra- | canthum, are sometimes very thorny, and at other times _ Quite without thorns. In our plant d, the common pedi ne S.C Smaller, with reflexed petals, wi ether not much resembling ped pa botany of Sir Jamns E.,Surri, but more like that of Jac- big in his Hortus Scheenbrunensis. We have, however, fry little doubt but that it is one of the various appear- alices of = onuee ieee Nightshade. a A small A small shrub. Native of Madagascar, where it was | discovered by M. Joszpx Martin, and communicated by | him to the Chevalier Lamarck. Introduced to the Kew | garden from Paris, by M. Tourn, in 1789. Cultivated | with us in the stove; where it sometimes produces ripe | seeds. Flowers from August to October. Communicated by Mrs. Wager from her. collection at Arno’s Grove, ou : 7 | | * Fuh by S bevtiz Walworth. Feb.21825. . (2548) i Ye ScuUTILLARIA ALTISSIMA. TALL SkuLtecat: Les LeebE ; Class and Order. Dipynam1a GyMNOSPERMIA. . . Generic Character. __ Cal. ore integro, post florescentiam clauso, operculato. Cor. tubus elongatus. Specific Character and Synonyns. Scurettarra altissima ; foliis cordato-oblongis acuminatis Serratis, spicis subnudis. Sp. Pl. 836. Willd. 3. p. 176. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 136. n. 21. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 429. m. Eneycl. Bot.7. p. 706. : orientalis altissima urtice folio. Tourn. » - ‘——e Ops. Stem erect, Square, smooth, from two to four feet — high. Branches slender. Leaves cordate-ovate ; (lower _ ae with large iim oe sd ion ikes, secund, growing by pairs, e, or ¢ short petlicele feds + a a the ¢ , lan- fate. Calyx increased after deflorescence. large, upright, purple, not blue; tube several times longer than e~ limb two-lipped : lips unequal, entire. _ «rom the very imperfect specimen of TourneFrorT’ s plant, ity eeanksian Herbarium, me cannot decide nr ge > Sut our plant agrees with the garden specim ! “aie herbarium, and, we have no doubt, is the species “ultivated by Par. Mruuen. oo A ea! Scuretzarta alti sima, differs from peregrina in having er bractes, and in the entire, not trifid, under-lip. In . Weng of its tube it exceeds most of the othet Spee ie Gist no Geure of dus plant hae hoe! ' : : pu Native of the Levant. Pro ted by seeds, being rather a biennial than perennial, as we are informed by Mr. Joun Denson, the intelligent curator of the botanic garden, at Bury St. Edmunds, from whence we received ecimens in September 1824, by favour of N. S. Hopsox, sq. to whose energy this thriving establishment owes ifs. existence. : ; » Bish by 5. Curtss Wabworth. 7371925. ( 2549 ) BERBERIS ARISTATA. CuITRIAN BERBERRY. “pee obeedebbbbebiok Class and Order. | Hexanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal, 6-phyllus. Petala 6: ad ungues glandulis 2. Stylus nullus, brevissimusve. Bacca 2-sperma. - — Specific Character and Synonyms. Berseris aristata ; foliis simplicibus obovatis oblongisve selaceo-dentatis, spinis tripartitis, racemis compositis multifloris nutantibus. ¥ D9 aA FRBERIS aristata ; spinis infimis tripartitis, superioribus simplicibus basi vix bidentatis, foliis oblongis glabris entibus 4—5 spinulosis utringue serratis, racemis patulis erectisve multifloris. Decand. Prodr. Syst. Ss Veg. 1. p. 106. Ejusdem Regni Veg. Syst. at. 2. ». 8. | Brrzeris chitria, Hamilton in Herb. Lambert. Bot. Reg. 729. tgp F : Bergeris chitria ; foliis lanceolatis obovato-longisve mu- cronulatis viridibus membranaceis setaceo -dentatis lntegerrimisve basi attenuatis, racemis multifloris nu- tantibus, pedicellis trifidis trifloris, baccis oblongis. * rai a ; 920A. : c . Prodr. Fl. Ne "ree a Athough we wish that De Canpoune had been contented vith the name of chitria, given to this | confusion, by preferring the name which, as first publish) ed, has the right of precedence, especially as the System) Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, is a work that cannot fail | be found in the hands of every botanist, and to be cons-| dered of the first authority. Of this inestimable work, only) two volumes have as yet appeared, and it is at presen!) suspended, to give way to the Prodromus, the nature ol] which allows of its being carried on with greater rapidity.) And if it happen that circumstances should prevent the) great work being ever again resumed, these volumes wil bear ample testimony to the industry, learning, and bola) nical skill of the author. | Berseris aristata is subject to considerable variety il) the form of the leaves, these being sometimes nearly lai-| ceolate, and even quite entire, and the spines under som) circumstances are simple; but the shrub from which ott) drawing was taken, being cultivated in the open grout, is more likely to have a natural appearance than when cil-/ tivated in the stove, or even in the garden of.Calcutta. | _ Native of Nepal, and sufficiently hardy to bear our wil) ters without protection, even as far north as Edinburgh | Propagated by cuttings, or by seeds. Communicated bj) Pa. B. Wess, Esq. from his collection at Godalmin. 1 Tlurtic Da. DV 2556 Pub. by. f Gertis Walworth. Fab. L1G 25 ( 2500-7 | Logetia Tura. MUuLLe1-LEAVED LoseE.ia. KKK EE EEE EERE REE EEE Class and Order. PentaAnpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere co- herentes. Caps. infera 2- s. 3-locularis. 3 | Specific Character and Synonyms. Loneuia 7% 0; caule erecto angulato, foliis ovato-oblongis - acuminatis villoso-tomentosis amplexicaulibus, race- cre terminali elongato, pedicellis bracteas subequan- iii... BELIA Tupa ; foliis lanceolatis integerrimis racemo sp!- ., eg Pl. 1318. ed. Willd. 1. p. 958. Pers. Syn. . p. 211. 7 BELIA Typa ; foliis lanceolatis integerrimis subtomentosis om Sea racemo spicato. Lam. Encycl. Bot. Je p. 582. BF oh es M spicatum, foliis acutis, vulgo Tura. Feuill. Peruv. p. 739. t. 29. S : 2 eubracing, reticulate-veined, covered on both sides with _ © Soft tomentum, and minutely toothed ’ou the er a _ cuteme terminal, two feet long. Flowers. blood red, on _ Pedicels, growing sing] | _ practes, which i and coherent. Style protrudmg beyond the stamens, ter- minated with a suborbicular, two-lobed stigma. = | From a careful comparison of Father Fruriér’s figure and description, we see very little reason to doubt but our | plant is the same species as his, and consequently the | Losevia Tupa of Linnaus, who probably. took it up from | that figure only. Although this represents the leaves as | being quite entire, yet in the description, FEvmLyéie ob- | serves, that the margins are serrate, with very small incon: | - spicuous teeth, as is the case in our plant, though out | draughtsman by a contrary fault has made the serrature much more evident than in fact they were. This plant differs altogether from our Lozexia gigantes the Tupa of the Hortus Kewensis. The inflorescence espe _ cially of that plant is totally different, the flowers growing in the axils of leaves twice the length of the peduncles ant whole flowers together. 3 Lozetia, Tupa is a very handsome species, but if poisonous as represented by Fruitiéz, would be dangerols to cultivate ; the holy father, however, appears upon seve ral occasions to have been too credulous of the exaggerated : tales of the natives. a Our drawing was made at Mr. Brooxe’s nursery, al Ball’s' Pond, im October last, where it was raised from seeds received from Chili, and grew in the open ground, and continued a long time in flower. e oe MEMORANDUM. We flatter ourselves that we have been always cautious of a het names different from what have been already given, even although sv may not have been published. And in answer to the accusation laid against us in the last number of the Botanical Register, of our having beet” led into a different line of conduct, we have only to state, that the ZizipHs incurvus of ROXBURGH, according to the specimen preserved in Mr. LA BERT’s Herbarium, is totally different from our PaLiuRus virgatus; an Dr. WALLIcH’s description, in the Second Volume of RoxBuRGH’S Flory Indica, proves it to be a true Zizrpuus, bearing a drupe with a two-cele! nut, not the three-celled capsule of a PALIURUS. © ee ee I waa” +e by Sf hurts Wadesrth, March, 11925 Bb S ferhs C aek CENTAUREA spH@ROCEPHALA, Prickiy _ GLoBe-HeApep Cenraury, ash ks ects a * : a - Syncenesia Poryeamia Frustranea. Generic Character. Recept. setosum. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii infundi- buliformes, longiores, irregulares. Specific Character and Synonyms. Centaurea spherocephala; calycibus palmato -spinosis, foliis amplexicaulibus hispidis oblongis dentatis ; in- ferioribus pinnatifidis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2311. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p.156. © Ze AUREA spherocephala; calycibus palmato-spinosis, _ foliis. ovato-lanceolatis petiolatis dentatis. Sp. Pl. soe Hort. Cliff. 423. 8. cwspitosa. Persoon Syn. 2. — p. 486. n.89. a *- ae | Cextaurea ceespitosa ; calycibus palmato-spinosis, foliis— sinuato-dentatis ; inferioribus petiolatis, superioribus oe epee Cyrill. Pl. rar. Neap. fase. 1. ; -. €.8. Pe : : Centaurea cespitosa; calycibus palmato-spinosis sessilibus foliis inferioribus lyrato-pinnatifidis petiolatis ; supe- ; wars: dentato -sinuatis amplexicaulibus. Vahl. Jacea’ erocephala spinosa tingitana. Herm. Lugd. Jucooe: t: 383), Moris. Hist. 3. p. 143. sect. 7. t. 27. f 9. ay rea_maritima capitulo spinoso neapolitana. - a). x 150. od se) Jac This plant was raised in the Chelsea garden from seeds) received by Mr. Anperson, under the name of Cenravrn | Sanonii ; we have, however, no doubt but that it is the| species figured by Cyritto, which he calls cespitosa, but | is now generally referred to the sperocephala of Linnaus. | Native of the south of Europe and the coast of Barbary, | growing in the sand of the sea shores, where, according to Cyritto, it forms large matted tufts. An herbaceous pe rennial sufficiently hardy to bear the winters of our climate. | Flowers most part of the summer. : enti ( 2552 ) PETUNIA NYCTAGINIFLORA. \LARGE-FLOW-. | ERED PETUNIA, — Class and Order. ra PentranpriA Monoeynia. 3 Generic Character. Cal. profunde 5-fidus: lacimiis oblongis subspathulatis. Cor. tubulosa, limbo dilatato subquinquelobo inequali. Stam. inequalia non exserta, antheris subrotundis. Stigma’ capitatum, subbilobum. | Caps. calycis basi infra cincta, apice bivalvis, bilocularis, polysperma seminibus minutis. - Herbe ; folia alterna, floralia ex eodem puncto gemina ; Sores solitarii, axillares. Affinis Nicotiane que Petun asihensium. JussiEv. : Specific Character and Synonyms. Perunta nyctaginiflora ; caule hirto, foliis (Heliotropii) ovatis oblongis pubescentibus ; corollis magnis calyce quadruplo longioribus. Jussieu in Ann. du Mus. 2. Pp. 216. t. 47. 7.2. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 4. p. “i — Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 4. p. 375. Pers. Syn. Nicorana axillaris ; pubescens, foliis subovatis subsessi- libus, pedunculis axillaribus, floribus tubulosis obtusis.— N Lam. Mlustr. n, 2287. Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1. p. 617. coTtaNa nyctaginiflora ; caule herbaceo villoso, foliis — subpetiolatis oblongo-ovatis, floribus axillaribus, . : toll tubo calyce triplo longiore, limbi laciniis subro- tundis obtusis. Lehm. Hist. Nicot. p. 20. ‘Seems Descr. Root annual. Stem upri ight, with alternate fi branches, pubescent. Radical leaves oblong-ovate, quite x re, villous, decurrent down the petiole : cauline leaves 4 ‘hate, oval, quite entire, fleshy, scabrous, decurrent — the petiole : floral —_ growing two —. but not exactly 6 gan sessile. Peduncles axillary, so- litary, one-flowered, viscose-pubescent, generally longer than the leaf. Calyx 5-cleft halfway: segments spathu- late, distant, recurved at the point. Corolla large, white: © tube an inch and half long ; limb spreading, obtusely five- lobed, white with green veins. Stamens five, included within the tube. Style somewhat longer than the stamens; stigma two lobed, nearly globular, green, exserted. Ger- men conical, seated on a yellow glandular receptacle, two-celled. Our drawing takes in only the upper part of a strong plant, and does not shew the alternate cauline leaves. The — ower is beautiful ; in shape it may be compared to the Marvel of Peru, from a supposed resemblance to which, it has received its specific name; but it is much larger. * _. Found by Commerson on the shores of the Rio de Plata, South America, from whose dried specimens JussiEu’s de- seription and figures were taken. Flowers in July and — August. . Communicated by Mr. Anperson,. from the Chelsea botanical garden. — | Pub by J. Gartis, Walworth Marcy 1 162% (2353) _ CAMPANULA LATIFOLIA. y. MACRANTHA. LARGE-FLOWERED Giant Be.ui-FLower. Class and Order. PENTANDRIA Mosoeveta .: Generic Character. Cor. campanulata, fundo clauso valvis staminiferis. Stig- ma 3-fidum. Caps. infera, poris lateralibus dehiscens.. Specific Character and Synonyms. Campanuna latifolia ; caule tereti striato glabro, foliis ovato- lanceolatis duplicato-serratis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris, calycibus glabris, fructibus cernuis. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 5. p.119. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 900. cum Synorymis. 7 | eee Campanura latifolia; foliis ovyato-lanceolatis caule simpli- cissimo tereti, pedunculis unifloris, fructibus cernuis. Smith Flor. Brit. 1. p. 236.—Engl. Flora, 1. p. 290. _.. Engl. Bot. 302. . | (8.) flore albo. % oe (y.) macrantha ; foliis inferioribus cordato-ovatis, corollis maximis, ‘ Campanuna macrantha. Fischer. "eee Descr. Stem three or four feet high, straight, simple, ‘omewhat rough, rounded, striate. Leaves alternate, pu- bescent on both sides ; lower ones petioled, cordate-ovate, "ugose, irregularly double-serrate; middle ones ovate, decurrent down the petiole ; upper ones sessile. Peduncles bl » Solitary, one-flowered, erect when carrying the - “ssom, cernuous in fruit, scarcely equal to the calyx M length. Two of the lower peduncles in our specimen, Probably from the effect of culture, were lengthened out 4° slender branches, bearing each three flowers. Calyx clael® smooth, with a five-cleft border : segments lance- » Patent, pointed, when viewed with a _ Ee toothed at themargins, Corollavery large and shewy, violet- _ coloured ; tube an inch and half long, cylindrical, nerved; border divided into five lanceolate segments, recurved at the tip, and slightly hairy at the edges. Germen three- celled: oyules very many, affixed to a central r p. Style the length of the tube: stigmas three, (rarely four) revolute. Filaments short, dilated at the base into valves covering the crown of the germen, as in the genus; anthers — linear, in the expanded flower variously twisted. The seeds of this plant were received by Mr. ANDERSON from Dr. Fiscuer, of the Imperial botanic garden at Peters- burgh, under the name of Campanuxa macrantha; but we cannot find any characters sufficient to establish a specific difference between it and C. latifolia, of which species — we therefore consider it as a variety only. _ J A hardy perennial. Native of Russia, as respects this variety ; but the species is found in several parts of Great Britain, more especially in the north, as well as on the con- tinent of Europe. Blossoms in June and July. Commu- pir by Mr. Anperson from the botanic garden 2 Boake lng aortic Wadworti. Meariid ibis BoLTONIA ASTEROIDES. STAR-wort-FrLow- | ERED Botronta. Class and Order. © — ES ie GP Soe Syneenesia Porycamia SuPerFiua. — Generic Character. 0s Shall bus Recept. favosum, hemisphericum. Pappus dentato. ciate subbicorais.” Cor. radii plurime...Cal. Amba. “~ Specific Character and Syn onyms, Botronia asteroides ; foliis inferioribus integerrimis. Hort. Kew. ed. * 3. p. 197.—ed. alt: 5. p. YOl. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2162. Bau s7a8 2914592 ol Bouronra asteroides ; foliis omnibus integerrimis, floribus longe pedunculatis, seminibus ovalibus glabris sub- muticis. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 464. Michaux Flor. Bor. Am. 2. p.132? Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 2. p. 560. ee Marricarta asteroides ; foliis lanceolatis integris obliquis. Lin. Mant. p. 116. ee : YSANTHEMUM carolinianum ; foliis lanceolatis integris utrinque acuminatis levibus, caule 5- ad 6-pedali ra- _ Mosissimo, floribus radio albis disco luteis. Walter Fl. Carolin. 204. a In our account of Bouronta glastifolia (vol. 50. n. 2381) We expressed a doubt whether there were really two species of Boronia ; but last October we had the satisfaction of receivin imens of both from the botanic garden at — Bury St. Sand, and are now satisfied that they are ‘Pecifically distinct. The lower leaves as well as ge = tie hea plant are quite entire, and are of a br Steen than those of glastifolia, with no admixture of black- ae, tinge. The plant is much taller and stouter, and the ~~ Wers grow in more branched and closer panicles ; omg ray white, and disk yellow; in glastifolia the ray is of a deep purple upon its first appearance, and, when fully blown, remains of a flesh colour. - ie The seeds in both are nearly alike; those of the asteroides — more obcordate, and have a broader margin ; in both spe- | cies they are crowned with short bristles, and have two long ariste nearly equal in length to the seed. In asie- — roides the peduncles for some distance from the flowers are naked, or quite free from leaves or bractes, but in glasti- — folia small leaf-like bractes are continued nearly to the calyx. From Micnavx’s description of the two plants we — doubt if he saw both, as he says, that in habit, in foliation, and in the colour of the flowers, they are altogether alike. The figures referred to by L’ Herit1er were never published, and, if engraved, are probably lost, so that we conclude our figures are the only existing ones of the two species of — Boronia. ) Boronia asteroides is a hardy perennial. Native of North America. Flowers in September and October. — Raised in the Bury garden, from seeds received from Dr. — Fiscuer, of Gottingen, under the name of glastifolia. The two species have indeed been generally confounded, but the names as we have applied them are the most appropriate; our present plant resembling an Aster more ectly in habit, than the former one; and has the lower leaves quite entire not serrate as in glastifolia. er 2 hea yor ( 2555 ) Nicotiana LANGsporFFil. Lanasporrr’s i Topacco,, i Class and Order. . _ Pewranpria Monoeynia. -_ | Generic Character. Cal. urceolatus quinquefidus. Cor. infundibuliformis ) on: limbo plicato. Stam. inclinata. Caps. 2-valvis, ocularis, ae . Specific Character and Synonym. Nicortana Langsdorffi ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis subintegerrimis sessilibus. cauleque villosis, floribus laxe paniculatis nutantibus, calycibus ovatis acutis, — corolle truncato. Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1. p. Nicottaxa Langedérfii ; foliis inferioribus ovatis obtusis petiolatis ; superioribus sessilibus decurrentibus, co- rolle tubo clavato multoties longiore, limbo obtuso. . et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 323. ex Weinmanno. ‘Seeeencemee Descr. Stem upright, from three to five feet high, ched. Lower Leaves ovate, obtuse, decurrent down : Bat visoo upper ones lanceolate, sessile. The whole t Viscous-pubescent. Flowers yellowish green, nod- o O'S; growing in a nearly naked panicle, subsecund. | ie oval, with lanceolate unequal segments. Tube of olla several times longer than the calyx, incurved, = Hlated at the upper part: limb plicate, quite entire. the length of the tube: anthers blue. Capsule tees 2-celled. Seeds minute, oval. Nearest related to ANA paniculata, but that is a smaller plant with A € leaves petioled. : Taig rather handsome annual. Native of Brazil. First ne here and in other parts of Europe, from seeds sent by Ploy sDoRFF, the Russian Consul, at Rio de Janeiro. ‘Mees in August and September. Communicated by DERSON from the Chelsea Garden. — ( 2556 ) CurysaANTHEMUM sINENSE (var. 17). Ex- _ PANDED LIGHT-PURPLE CHRYSANTHEMUM. _ Sasine in Hort. Soc. Tr. v. 5. p. 153. Syneenzsta Porycamia Superriva. _ Recept. nudum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemisphericus, imbricatus ; squamis marginalibus membranaceis, Specific Character and Synonyms. CurysanrHemum sinense ; foliis coriaceis petiolatis sinuato- Pinnatifidis dentatis glaucescentibus, radio longissimo, caule (sub-) fruticoso. Sabine in Lin. Soc. Tr. v. 14. Pp. io. nee: Currsanruemum indicum. Bot. Mag. n. 327 et 2042 et authorum aliorum. a Mr. Sazine, in the Transactions of the Linnean Society above referred to, has given good reasons for. supposing that the Chinese CurysanTHEMUMS belong to a species distinct from the C. indicum of Linnzus. With respect to the in : ya { hrysanth . : tivate oreat Variety and beauty of these flowers, when cul- to the perfection of which they are capable, render them a superb acquisition fo 6ur gardens. Indeed, till we had seen the si aiog aa cena of all = varieties hi- th obtam ongi eet sodteye ae we had For ei ed “idea oft ie sp exhibition such’ an’ assemblage afforded ; paidae eng a season when, oUF gardens. could otherwise boast of but k little gaiety. The prea variety was imported f for the H Hortic cultural Society in by Captain Mayer, of the honourable E. 1. Company’s ship At We have been fava iby at Sabie with the follow- ing list of the varieties h known. inthis country, with references to the figures o: ‘such as have. been as 6 ee a aiaytt sh . hs! yD ectorrssdqeis eae mubrn G6 veal ee yar aistsit (ut eugene + ee? acta The present List of the Varieties oy the Cursess ie (HRY SANTHEMUM. italol) MY BISGRIION Slot = setts. wis rf yan ¥ ee ik eal si.cabeEn. Mag, ‘327. se set ag RRR eet So ahi q 3 : «<< oe er re. eeeccaed % Reg. 4. mt BPuUwMzE 2 ae un) b eeeeee Sreccec eo d0t, Reg, 455. 5 Tasselled White @eenveeeee e+e 6 Quilled Yellow ......... oe ee “7~Sulphur Yellow............. ae 8 Golden Yellow.,. mses on ie. Reg. 4. _ an 9 - Large teapanl oot Ys eoreee i‘? ; mas a ‘ 10 Rose; or Pink. ome 2S ehb-eeld ds 6 oe! * - fey 13% se ae Buff, or Prowse Bepecceeesese § eal Steg as tae ric D hoe s h Brown ...- : _, Spanis , Peeeeccem ot & mon ad ee ei: SPE rrr : Hort. Set a. vA, na 4 Pe 1S) Early Crimson. oak ee Nim acest ri ie _ Large Quilled Orange .... eevee Hort. Soe. Ty 8- SH. Ps Expanded Light Purple..,.... Bot. Mag. 2556. 18 Bah Parplé ... 0.65. 19° . ee steers | Sweet's Br. Fi. Gare: e Soe Cari Vek Se Fl. Gar, 14. re _ Semi-doubi seve. Hort - 47. 423s 22 Semi-doubl Quilled White... saaasnen pl " 23. Semi-double tilled Orange . Hort. Soe. Tr, v, 51. 424. pl 17, 24 pred ricin orton ereee eee 25° Quilled Salmon Colour.........Hort. Soe: Tr. v: Bi p» 4B3upl. 17**- 26 Small — SoUNss ss occ ess Bert cline timed J Se) 27 Paper White by S28 S74 0.0.0:4 Bee opere ; — —— 7 = sPeei ; oie Bel, Fob WS beartiy, Wodwwrth. Merch, EL/14 andiio! (2557) Herrestis: MonnIERIA. Bs” PORTULACACEA. Porstane-Leavep Herpestis. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Chanaiae. Cal. 5-partitus, ine ualis, foliolis duobus interioribus minoribus, obtectis. oon tubulosa_ subbilabiata, — ; didynama, inclusa: Antherarum lobis divaricatis. Stigma emarginatum, Capsula calyce (ut. _plurimum aucto) in- clusa, bilocularis, bivalvis, dalvig bipartitis ; dissepim to paallelo, ORES placentis adnatis. R. Brows,” * Specific Character and Synonyms. f en 43 “3 pestis Monnieria ; glaberrima, caule “repente, ‘lit obevato-oblongis obtusis integerrimis subcarnosis, edunculis folio longioribus, calycis bibracteati laci- Nis» Seow ovale: oblongis acutis integ eal By, 2.p sees Gr TIOLA Monnieria + ‘ois oblige bil 4 LA Mo A; folie 2 oval shlong : ‘ Horis, caule repente. Lin. Amen. Acad. * i? - Jacq. Obs. 1. p. 4. t.1. Forst. Prodr. p. 4. ONNIER Brownei ; foliis oblongis integris, "gees caule declinato. Mownieria minima re pens, foliis subrotundis, floribus sin- M gularibus alaribus. Browne Jam. 269. , <7 very repens foliis linearibus oppositis. Ehret. t. 14. f. 2. | e thymifolia I elit oblongo-ovatis minoribus ; a Portulacacea ; ie obovatis ene Sepras Sepras repens ; caule repente foliis oblongo-ovatis, floribus — solitariis. Lour. Fl. Cochin. p. 392 7? ANAGALLIs aquatica; portulacee aquatice# caule et. foliis, Sloane Hist. Jam. 1. p. 203. t. 129. f. 1. 8 Herpestis Monnieria is very widely-extended: over the globe, if different species have not been confounded under the same name ; in the East Indies as well as the West, on the continent of South-America, in China, and in the islands of the Pacific Ocean. But, in truth, on comparing the descriptions and figures of the different authors, ‘and also the specimens in various Herbariums, we are forced to conclude, either that this species is extremely variable, or that distinct ones: have been very generally united. Apprehensive that our plant may be really distinct though we have considered it onl as a variety, we have added names which may be adopted should this be found to be the case. — a Our plant agrees so well with the description of that found by Humsgotpt and Bonptanp in the island of Cuba, that there can’ be little doubt respecting it. Jacevi'’s plant, found in the island of St. Domingo, is probably the same, although the peduncles are represented 10 ‘bs figure shorter than the leaf, and the flowers are describ- as snow-white. In Roxsuren’s figure and descriptiol the peduncles are shorter than the leaf, and otherwise admit of some doubt. The Seprtas of Lourerro doubtless belongs to the same genus, but the species may be differ- ent. The genus Herpestis was first established by the younger Gzrrver, in his Carpologia, and has been sinc? generally adopted; the name of Monnrerra having beet previously applied by Auster to a very different genUS. _ Our plant was communicated, in flower, in August, 1823, by our lamented friend, the late Joun Waxxer, 254 Being a native of a tropical climate it requires to be cl UVAres Th the give. ACO SHIOL cam aoreh AuamEET oak 4 £) Sf tae git eer ans (Saks CHR SASS a Tt ie N. 2558. Tedd Pub.byJ batic. Walworik. MorehL1320. | calycis lobi, et iis alterna, raro nulla. Stam. tot quot ca- — ZANTHOXYLUM NITIDUM. SHINING-LEAVED © * ’ Bs i . lo eniy fab, asf * ZANTHOXYLUM ss ot ioisn® leiniinn . oa 15 att: yf ‘ , ; of LHOGYw: lt vil Diacta Penranpria (nunc Tetrandria). — » Generic Character. rf Flores hermaphroditi aut abortu diofei aut monoic , Cal. 3—9-lobus, sepius 4—5-partitus. Petala tot q 4 % lobi, interdum basi connate aut libere, abortu sepe : Minorem numerum reducte, imo interdum solitarie#, ma- ture bivalves 1—3-sperme. Semen nitidum. Ds Cann. lycis lobi, iis opposita. Capsule (carpella) tot quot vers r ~~ Specific Character and Synonyms. Lantnoxyium nitidum ; ramis petiolis costisque aculeatis, foliis impari-pinnatis 2—3-jugis : foliolis oblongis lucidis remote glanduloso-crenatis apice Sty 7 emarginatis, racemis axillaribus tasciculatis. De | Prodr. Syst. Nat. Veget. 1. p. 727. } Xantuoxyton nitidum. Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1. p. 945. Pacara nitida. Roxb. Fi. Ind. 1. p. 440. ‘cana piperita. Loureiro. Fl. Cochin. p. 80.” — ht As we had not the opportunity of seeing this plant srowing, we are not nels whethes our plant is really the to which we have referred it on the authority of -Liyptey, Botanist to the Horticultural Society; but Tom Dr. Roxmt Rren’s account of his Facara nitida, w 7 : by his editor, Dr. Watticn, to ZanTHoxyLoM, We have very little doubt about it. \ccording to Mr. Joun Reeves, who has been long a 4 resident in China, and is well acquainted with the plants © country, it is the Facara piperita of spree ro“ with whose description, it immost respects agrees toler ably well; but it cannot as the Facara Lagi: of La. NEUS:7 / TT» IVWIVYIE -) oa ae Fie ae ce Our drawing of this rare “surab was taken at the Hort. cultural Society’ s greenhouse, in February 1824. Weare informed “+ Mr. Sasine, that it has been received from China by the Society at various times, particularly in 182, from Mr. Joun Ports. In China it forms an impenetrable fence. It is nearly _— enough to be cultivated in the open ghar pat \ c re 2 = ae SS & iS b ly LS. Crertic, Walwe rth. April IOLs. 2559 a ( ) = A. a. Axel a Ado haces a QCaTASETUM TRIDENTATUM. TRINIDAD CATASETUM. | Class and Order. Gynanpria Monanpria. Generic Character. — Corolla resupinata. Petala quinque, subequalia. La- bellum (nectar. L.) saccato-concavum. Columna bicornis : corua retrorsa, filiformia, arcuato-conniventia. Anthera operculata, columna infra apicem ittenuato -subulatum insidens. Pollinis masse duz, pedicell communi suffultee, « Rich. Mss. in Kunth Syn. mutatis terminis. eviore, petalis ioribas Riessasten isa very spl to the natural order of Orchide humber has been in our ¢ r better understood, than agp od, than, till of late years, was Sup- - Posed possible. Although it is not long. since this genus vas first established by the late M. Ricuanp, in Kunta’s Sy- Hopsis of the Plants collecte by Humsoxpr and Bonerann, 1) the tropical regions of America, five distinct species have been already enumerated by Mr. Lanpuey in the Botanical Register. : oes 2 had We had no opportunity of examining this plant our- S €s, we cannot tie pe description of it; and. p<. therefore extracted the complete one in Hooxer’s “otic Flora only remarking that, the flower being resup!- » the Jabellum as in some other orchideous plants, at wards in the natural situation of the scape, forming a galea or helmet. The cornua, which form one of the principal characters of the genus, are not visible in our drawing, being concealed within the labellum. Dr. Hooker, in his description, by considering the flower as separated from the scape, reverses the position of the parts, and thus de- scribes the germen as slightly curved upwards, which, in reality, is curved downwards, and after deflorescence is quite reflected. } i Our drawing was taken at the Chelsea Botanic Garden, in September 1824. Native of the island of Trinidad, and sent from thence to Mr. Anprrson, by his Excellency Sir Rapa J. Wooprorp, the Governor. The outline figure is a diminished representation of the whole plant. a Professor Hooxer’s description of Cataserum tridentatum. . : F * “The whole plant from a foot and a half to two feet in height. Root com- posed of many, large, white, thick, smooth fibres. Bulb five or six inches in longth, oblong, subcompressed, covered at first with the sheathing bass _ of the leaves, afterwards naked, green, marked with reddish rings where the leaves have been inserted, and longitudinally striated. Leaves from six to tet inches long, broadly lanceolate, keeled, striated, undulated, bright green, & pering towards the base, but enlarging again very considerably, so as to form the sheathing of the bulb, these sheaths are of a more membranaceous textur than the léayes themselves, paler green, and very closely striated. Scape arising from the root by the side of the bulb, twelve or fourteen inchesi — height, cylindrical, green, jointed and furnished with short, membranaceols — sheaths, which are slit on one side, terminated at the extremity by a spike ms about a dozen very large and beautiful flowers, which are resupinate, and of ce highly remarkable structure. The jive petals which compose the corolla ae subconnivent, and form an arch over the column of fructification ; of thes? the three outer ones are lanceolate, concave, green; the two inner ones st broadly ovate, concave, subacuminate, yellowish brown, ele spotted wi ' purple. Lip large, cucullate, ventricose, its margin entire, except in tht front, where there are three obtuse teeth, the outside faintly and obliquely striated ; its colour is a bright yellow, greenish at the summit; there Bo Sometimes a few indistinct purple spots within. Column united by its base ¥" the back of the lip, an inch long, curved forward, yellow, the back conve the front, concave, its extremity suddenly acuminated, and. having @ pre claw-like process at the very point. From the margin or front, and neat centre, proceed downwards two slender filiform processes, nearly an inch Jon§> | which curve towards each other, and are placed within the lip. Stigma pt | cave, subquadrate viscid. Anther operculiform (deciduous), and applied ® ‘the upper attenuated part of the column, lanceolate, yellow-green, havils | within at its base two cells. Cells containing each a large spherical, WO! | ollen-mass, 2-lobed at the back, united by their bases to an oblong, brow 6 a -footstalk, whose margins are recurved, and whose base is fixed up? thickened quadrangular gland. ‘The germen, about an inch long, is slighY | urved upwards, furrowed, not at all twisted.” : ri J. 2829. Pook by 5 feaehic Wakwravth....Aps ( 2560. ) ELsHOLTZIA CRISTATA. CRESTED © ELSHOLTZIA. | oe FEE Class and Order. Dipynamia Graxoseents ae Generic Ceri Cal. tubulosus, 5-dentatus. Cor: bilabiata ; ‘dam a supe- rius 4-dentatum ; inferius superiori Jongius, indivisum, sub- crenulatum. Stam. distant E S en Specific Character ‘and ~ Eisnourzia cristata ; spica solitaria. “unilaterali erecta. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 59. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 381. Etshourzia cristata. Willd. in Uster. . Mag. pars Ll. p. 5. t.1. Hyssorus ocymifolius ; follis ovatis dentatis, spicis secundis, floribus bracteis ‘subrotundis tice obtectis. Lam. Encycl. Bot. 3. p. 187. Lam. Ill. t. 102. t 1. Schkuhr Hand. 2. p. 136. t. 167. Yssopus bracteatus. Binal op txtHA Patrini ; floribus spicatis, spicis reclinatis a dis, ex dupla serie verticillorum densorum conflatis ; foliis lanceolatis serratis petiolatis, caule brachiato. oe in Noo. Act. Tee 1, p. 336. t hiss IS a very ant annua Kina Hiatal by order of Habidtr ative of Siberia, and first aise Sel by y M. Pp Parrin, near the lake Baikal, and d d ped DY fcc. $s most tx, who referred it to the genus | es ; authors fave since, to that of Hyssopus, caw hak ow, — Mding ‘that it did not corres ond with the character of oe ve established genus, raised it into a distinct ane P's Magazine, and gave it the harsh sounding 1an Ao ¢ t Etsnourzra, from John Sigismund Exsnourz, auth r of | am * unpublished *Flora Marcica, preserved in the ae library, at Berlin. It is particularly remarkable, by the flowers growing in dense spikes of half-whorls, looking all one way, and supported at the back by a double rowof round ovate mucronate bractes. According to the Hortus Kewensis, it was introduced, in 1789, by Ricuarp Moreswortu, Esq. and was, for some years after, more frequently met with in our gardens, than of late; but we believe no coloured figure of it has been before published. A hardy annual, worthy of cultivation, both for its remarkable aspect and pleasant aromatic scent. Flowers from June to August. Communicated by the late Mr. Water, of Arno’s Grove, in August 1823. i «< 56l. bdr ge Bab by J Gate Wider Bh, Ayer 11206 erect * ( 2561 ) CROTALARIA RETUSA. - WEDGE-LEAVED CROTALARIA. Class and Order, ee DiapEtpuia Decanpri. - Generic Character. | Legumen turgidum, inflatum, pedicellatum. Filamenta - Connata, cum fissura dorsali. ee a pee Specific Character and Synonyms. CroraLarra retusa ; foliis simplicibus oblongis cuneifor- mibus retusis, racemo. terminali... Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. Ree se Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 272. Bot. Reg. | Croratarra retusa ; foliis he fp ar oblongis cuneiformi- bus retusis. Sp. Pl. 1004. Vahl. Symb. 1. p. 52. ex- cluso forsan synonymo Forskohlei. gee _ *ROTALARIA asiatica floribus luteis, folio singulari cordi- lo formi. Herm. Lugdb. p. 200. cum icone. eo a — POTALARIA major. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 278. t.96.. } “ANDALE-Corti. Hort. Malab.9. p.45.t.25. i Shag - Stem a foot and half high, upright with a few | “tt branches, fluted, leafy from the bottom. Leaves } dite entire, oblong, wedge-shaped, point obtuse, and ter- Minated with a short mucro, clothed underneath with short | p}.ssed hairs, and roughish from small elevated points. | sin very short, fleshy. Stipules minute, recurved, | . Inflorescence, a terminal raceme, of about twelve — 7 lowers Pedicels short, when the flower is ex nded, hori- — Diss » afterwards recurved. Bractes two small ones at the OSes two very minute about the middle, patent. — | gi? 2-cleft, the two upper segments largest and divari- — | Yello € lower ones approximate. Corolla large, | “toned ‘ vexillum round, subemarginate, streaked at the | ~~ With a short claw, and two hooked appendices: Sore shorter than vexillum, ear-shaped, with short channellel claws. Carina shorter than the ale, gibbous, villous at the back, with ineurved margins. Filaments united hal. way up, with a dorsal fissure: anthers five globular ant five linear : pollen minute, globular, yellow. | Germen ob- long, recurved: Style ascendent, longer than the stamets, villous along the apper side. Legwmen inflated, cylintti- | cal, turgid at the sides, and broadest at the point. Seeds kidney-shaped. | Crorararia retusa is a handsome annual, with large blos- soms. Native of the East Indies. Our plant was raisel from seeds, received from Mexico, by Mr. Tarz, at the Sloane Street nursery, although most probably not a natite of that country, but collected from a garden, in which si picion we are confirmed, by the same packet having col: tained seeds of European plants. Flowers from June! August. : — ———_—s~—~>oo—n The outline figures represent, 1, A Legumen. 2, One of the lower leaves. 3, The pistil and stames the petals being all removed. persen Nim sh patho. LlurticDe Pidby Loti: Wainertt, Aunliias, be ( 2562 ) CACTUS TRUNCATUS. Pat tae l 2 oe a ee ak ae Pe MZ Class and Order. IcosanpriA Monoeynia. i. be ‘* Generic Character. Cal. monophyllus, superus, imbricatus. Cor. multiplex. Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. .* Specific Character and Synonyms. Sect. VII. Puynranrat (vide supra ‘No. 2306.) Cacrus truncatus ; articulatus prolifer, ramis foliaceo-com- rie cuneatis dentatis apice truncatis setosisque, | oribus terminalibus solitariis nutantibus. | Cactus truncatus; ramis recurvo-divaricatis, foliaceo-com- pressis, articulis apice lunato-truncatis, floribus termi- nalibus solitariis nutantibus, obliquato-ringentibus, staminibus adscendentibus, stigmatibus compacte con- niventibus. Bot. Reg. 696. PIPHYLLUM truncatum; articulis brevibus subquadrato- oblongis apice abrupte truncatis (flore rosco tubuloso, S fauce ringenti, limbo reflexo). Haworth Suppl. Succut. ee a Vbs. in Hort. Dyckensi notateé. anno 1821, | pa. fF 3 . a This plant is very much branched, the terminal joint only of each branch bears a solitary rose-coloured shew _ Scentless flower, the inner petals of which are very muc — and the opening oblique, the stamens and style endent. : __, As the branches are very numerous and the terminal _ fonts in a thrifty plant generally productive of a flower, _ ltmakes altogether a handsome appearance. = The joints are short and have a few. irregular notches at : ite sides, which, as well as the truncated termination are finished with a pencil of reddish bristles. Pore i a Native of Brazil. Cultivated in the stove. Flowers in November and December. Our drawing was taken from a specimen sent from his collection at Norwich, by Mr. Tuomas Hircuen. We received a specimen likewise from Mr. Hoop, of South Lambeth, in whose collection it has flowered very beautifully in the three last winters. In the Prince pr Satm Dycx’s collection it flowered in the months of November and December of 1720, and is minutely described in the observations above quoted. Waddle LE. 7787 Vad wo hth, 4y ii p ¥ , by. J. burtis Fth " » > 4. bait bed ad th LoBELIA LONGIFLoRA. ‘Lone-FLo een?” Mii ati i it LoBELiaA..| 505) » i pine oT ebiio¥e RR ao ; | vormon +l yd betost Pentanpria Monoeynra of DAR (Olim. Syneenesta Monocamta.) i eevee ; ; j ‘ ‘ ‘ a fh : od " oe » te ai Generic Character. _ Att hn E . Cer. tubo hiné Rhos raro integro, liibo 5-partito tite a there connate. Stigma bilobum, nunc indivisum. Caps. bilocularis (raro 3 loc.) apice supero bivalvi. : R. Brown. Specific Character and Synonyms. 5 ee cael . Lopenia longiflora; foliis lanceolatis dentatis, pedunculis | brevissimis lateralibus, tubo cor fili simo. Sp. Pl. 1319. Willd. 1. p. 942. Pers. ‘ 2. p. 213. n. 29. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 357. Roem. et Sch. Syst. 5. p.45. Jacg. Hort. Vindob. 1. p. 10. | t. 27. Jacq. Am. p. 219.—Am. Pict. t. 200. Browne Jam. p. 322. | RaPuncurys aquaticus, foliis cichorei, flore albo: tubo — longissimo. Sloane Hist. 1. p. 158. t. 101. f.2. Raj. Suppl. 383. ques ge "gue sonchi folio, flore albo longissimo. Phun. ic. (eee —_Drscr. Root ennial. Stem a foot, or foot and half high, right, Raarer Leaves alternate, from three to SIX inches” long, irregularly notched : teeth mucronate. the wMeles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, very short, when © plant is in flower upright, but cernuous when in fruit. J* 5-toothed ; teeth subulate, the lower one smallest, | ee other four equal. Tube of Corolla above three inches ne Cylindrical, villous: limb five cleft : Jacinie lance- we equal, white, veined. Filaments united at the | the’: anthers united, curved, bearded at the tip. & , "pollen of the stamens: Stigma globular, hairy, green : white. LopeLia \ Lozetia longiflora, accordig to Jacguin, who suffered himself from its acrimony, is a very poisonous plant, pro- ducing incurable diarrhceas, if taken internally, fatal to horses that may browse upon its leaves, and in aming the skin where touched by-the juice, especially the lips and eyelids. ‘The same author observes, that if kept ina part of the stove, where the air stagnates, this becomes s0 in- fected by its noxious effluvia, that a person cannot beat to remain long in it, from its irritating effects on the lungs and nostrils. : Native of Jamaica and. other islands in the West Indies. Requires to be kept in the stove. Flowers from June to September. Communicated by Tuomas C. Patan, Dsq. of Bromley, in Kent, who raised it from seeds gathered in. the reat des Plants, at Paris, in 1823. J ——— We are desired by the Secretary to the Horticultural Society to correct the following mistakes in the last number. No. 2556, For “Captain Mayer” read “ Captain Mayne.” _, No. 2558, For “Botanist to the Horticultural Society” read “ Assistalt Secretary at the garden to the Horticultural Society.” N 2564. LhurtisDa. Pb. by. J bartit Wadwerthe Aprtd 162g Wisdeld Si ( 2564 ) PRIMULA SINENSIS. CHINESE Primrose. KEKE KK EEK EEE EEE EK Class and Order. PENTANDRIA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Calyx: 5-dentatus. Cor. hypocrateriformis tubo cylin: ico fauce, pervia. Stigma globosum. Caps. unilocularis apice 10-dentata. peri; wresolss | Specific Character and Synonyms. Primuza sinensis ; foliis lobatis incisis. hirsutis, floribus umbellatis : umbellis sepe proliferis, calyee inflato conico basi intruso. Painuta sinensis ; foliis lobatis. incisis hirsutis, floribus verticillatis, corolle limbo obliquo, calyce conico- inflato. Hooker Exot, Fl. 105._ MULA sinensis; calycibus inflatis decem-dentalis, co- ry rollis crenato-incisis. Lindley Collect. Bot. 7. : RIMULA prenitens; (pubescens, umbella nunc bis proli- fera) calyce membranaceo, ovato, ventricoso, inde- finite multifido ; focto capsula inflato-distento: corolle -Taciniis superne inciso-dentatis, Bot. Reg. 539... mile -Dascr. Root perennial. Leaves all radieal, cordate- | ag frequently red underneath, many-lobed : lobes den- ati lower ones incurved; Petioles longer than the leaf, the 4. channelled, dilated at the base, and, as well as ™ whole plant, covered with a soft pubescence. Scapes - “Yeral from the same root, bearing ma purplish crim- “flowers in an umbel, which is frequently once or twice liferous making the flowers verticillate ; but this pro- flo ly arises from luxuriance, and is not natural. The | mii are supported singly on slender peduncles two or Tractnches long, at the “base of which are lanceolate - tised } Sometimes quite entire, sometimes vari _“«; Corresponding in number to the peduncles. inflated, inflated, conical, with a flattened or intruded base, striate, | with five connivent teeth, quite entire in the specimens which we examined... Corolla saucer-shaped ; tube half an inch long, cylindrical: limb plain, five-cleft ; lacinie ob- cordate, generally with quite entire margins ;. but, some- times on the same plant ‘from luxuriance, variously incised, oblique with respect to.the tube. Stamens five : filaments very short: anthers oblong-oval, included within the tube: pollen yellowish. Germen globular, sessile, streaked at the point, marking out the future dehiscence of the ripe cap- sule: Style and globular stigma both included. The first plant that flowered in this country had so ge- nerally more than five teeth to the calyx, and a corolla so variously jagged, as to lead to, a doubt whether it really belonged to the genus Primuta, and Dr. Hooker has coi sidered the species as consisting of two distinct varieties; but to us it-appears most probable, that when the num- ber of the teeth of the calyx exceeds five, and the margins of the corolla are not entire, this deviation is the effect of cultivation, and arises from luxuriance only ; as we suspect does also the verticillate appearance of the scape, a kind of monstrosity which sometimes takes place in the common ipolyanthus. 9 9 0 : his beautiful acquisition to our greenhouses was 'e — ceived from China, and first cultivated with success m this country by Tuomas C. Parmer, Esq. of Bromley, in Kent, | _ who kindly communicated recent specimens in its di stages. of growth. This gentleman observes “ that it is. generally considered as very shy of producing seed, but that he always has sufficient, and remarks, that impreg®? as a very hardy greenhouse plant ; says it thrives best ™ rich loam with a large proportion of sand, and requires be well watered, but not over the plant, as it is apt t rot at the crown. It is rarely out of bloom, but is in its beauty in the winter and spring months.” | _. In the present month (March 1825), at the Horticulturtl society’s establishment at Chiswick, we were delighted with seeing a large collection of these plants under glass i? the front of one of the houses; when viewed in this tion is assisted by blowing into the flower. He treats.tt assembled many together, they are seen to much greater | “—_ than in detached individuals. sid _. Our drawing was made from a fine plant communica in April, 1824, by Mr. Jose aa of the exotic nu" sery, in the King’s Road, Chelsea, ba - Pub. by 5. turbir Walveo rsd, May 1238. ( 2565 ) ‘Licustrum tucipum. Cxinese Privet, oR WAX-TREE. Class anil, Order. Dranpria Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 4-dentatus. Cor. A-fi d Beane Z * i dae | Specific Chgracter and Synonyms. lieustrum lucidum; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis supra lucidis, panicula divaricatissima. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 19. Roem. et Sch. 1. p. 17. Poirét Encycl. Bot: supple. p. 369. foe ae os oS tee ~ es en et oiale “* ae — The Licusrrum lucidum is a very handsome shrub, eight or nine feet high, sufficiently hardy to bear our winters without protection, at least if planted against a wall, in a Warm situation. The branches are covered with a kind of corky glands ; the lower leavesare much larger than those represented in our figure, ovate-acuminate, or ovate-lanceo- » Narrowed at the base, shining on the upper surface © and on the under covered with a very minute pubescence, invisible to the naked eye, and small dots. The flowers are white, ee Aa = and grow at the extremities of the branches in very large, mostly trichotomously di- Vided panicles. ‘This fine shrub was introduced from China, about the year 1794, by the late Sir Josera Banxs, Bart. . j as our gardens, ee . lt flowers from July to September. Propagated by cut-— tings, From the berries, which have not been produced here, a vegetable wax is said to be procu ‘ed in China. Our drawing of this plant, of we do not know that there exists any published ‘ — communicated by E, of the Fulham N TlurkrDa, Pub. by Stioniis Walwortie. May. 1225 Ne566 Wedd fe. ( 2566 >) - GEnoTuera TRILOBA. DANDELION-LEAVED EVENING-PRIMROSE. : SHEHIE HE beskokokaksoleae Class and Order. OctTanpria Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cal. 4-fidus, tubulosus. Petala 4, calyci inserta. Caps +locularis, 4-valvis, cylindrica, infera. Sem. nuda, Specific Character and Synonyms. — Exoruera triloba; subacaulis, foliis glabris runcinatis, petalis subtrilobis capsulis sessilibus, coronatis quadri- alatis: alis uni-dentatis. ‘s = ae OTHERA triloba; acaulis, foliis interrupte pinnati dentatis elabris, petalis apice trilobis, capsulis, qua alatis magnis. Barton Flora of N. Amer. 49 . ex Nui > eee = Descr. Root annual or biennial. Leaves all radical, nooth, unequally and pinnatifidly incised, with theterminal lobe igs, ainidelate ovate boothel very like those of the Dandelion. Flowers yellow ; at first sessile at the crown of ° root, but, under cultivation, after the flowers are over, the stem rises to about two inches in length, bearing alter- ite, sessile capsules. Tube of the Calyx about two inches ms : limb lanceolate, folded back. ‘Petals approaching . Orbicular, overlapping, undulate, crenulate, mucronate yt @ small middle lobule, giving them somewhat of a th lobed appearance. Filaments shorter by half than tha als: Anthers versatile, oblong. le alittle longer the stamens, declined: Stigma A-cleft, segments leaflere §°_.Capsule ovate, crowned with four spreading kh ets, 4-winged, each wing having one tooth about the iddle, Pointing downwards, four-celled. Seeds many, t three cornered. in In Dr. Barron’s Flora the capsules are described as en- tirely radical, but in our plant, after the flowering was over _ they were raised upon a short stem. The flowers imhis figure are smaller than with us, and more decidedly three — lobed at the point. | There is a near affinity between this species and the acaulis of Cavaniuugs, the grandiflora of the Flora Peru- viana, which also, under cultivation, becomes caulescent, and to a. greater degree, as appears by the figure given of it in the Botanical Register ; but that species has white flowers, and differs in the form of its capsules, and in other respects. Triloba is not a good name, we think that tarax- - acifolia would have been much better, but having been ublished under the former in America, we do not hold — it right to change it. ot A hardy annual or biennial. Native of the arid and al- most denudated Prairies of the Red River, in North Ame- rica, where it was first discovered, in 1819, by Professor Norratt, who gave seeds of it, with his name attached, to Rosert Barcray, Ese. of Bury Hill, to whom we are indebted for the communication of the plant from which our drawing was taken, in September, 1824. Ne Bud. by 5. artis Walworth. Liny 1825 ( 2567 ) UrTICA RETICULATA. NET-LEAVED NETTLE. EREEEEERE EER EREE EE ER Class and Order. Monaecia TETRANDRIA. Generic Character. Masc. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 0. Nectarium centrale, cyathiforme. = ce ; : Fem. Cal. 2-valvis. - Cor.o. - Sem. 1, nitidum. Specific Character and Synonyms. Urtica reticulata; foliis oppositis oblongis acutis serratis subtus reticulatis, stipulis ovatis integris, racemis paniculatis (dichotomis) foliis brevioribus. Swartz Prodr. 35.—Fl. Ind. occid. 1. p. 286. J ide T1ca reticulata; foliis oppositis oblongis acutis trinerviis ~ _ pice serratis subtus reticulatis crassiusculis, corymbis folio brevioribus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 351. “Hort. Kew, ed. alt. 5. p. 262. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 552. n. 13. a A small shrub ; leaves opposite, petiolated, ovate-acumi- » three-nerved, serrate, except at the rounded base, ed on both sides, but reticulate-veined on the under. overs grow, from the axils of the leaves, in dic ously divided corymbs, shorter than the leaves, but the common peduncle is longer than the petiole. It is distinguished from “assifolia by the corymbs being shorter than the leaves by the want of hairs on the underside of the leaves. ough a nettle, the Urrica reticulata is rather a hand- Tee plant, from the deep green foliage and yellow and red »Wers. Native of Jamaica. Requires to be cultivated Wate Stove. Introduced in 1793, by Rear Admiral ttiaM Buigx. Communicated by Mr. Buaxe, from the , (illection of the late Mr. Vere, at Kensington Gore, in , » 1821. We believe no figure of this plant has been published. tient é owerby Del. Pub by /aarbic Walworth. May. 1B15. iy tin ( 2568 ) ‘Sotanum Bawpisit. Baxpis’s NicuTsHape, : ? - Class and Order, se ; ee PewrAnpRiA Monoeynia. as ee =i ‘a | eatin: j _ Generic Character, AN Holley Cal. naib lia _persistens, 5—10-fidus. Cor. i; tala, rotata, 4-b-6-divisa, Anthere 4—6, oblonge, apice poris duobus dehiscentes. Bacea 2—6-locularis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Soranum Balbisii ; euules frilicowo villoso aculeato, foliis pinnatifidis, laciniis acutis ssinuato-dentatis, racemis cymosis lateralibus terminalibusque. Dunal Solan. p: 232: t. 3. Fempe os Sotanum Balbisic >. foliis: subbipinnatifidis Hensodichiveais mek laciniis acutis sinuatis, pedunculis lateralibus sis, caule suffruticoso visemmsn inate aculeato. Springel Syst: Veg. 1. p.687. sunt fearon Balb. Te. et Deser. fos 1. p. 17. ti. Scan aeidal Jacq. Belog. 1. p. 14. Num inflatum ; caule hispido, elie i ciniis ‘sinuatis acutis, calycibus ‘qunqangarib diacaledtis fructum duplo minorem obtegentibus. “lear nem. Hort. Hafn. 1. p. rs ieee ee aoe isymbrifolium ; aculeatum, 1 fidis ie villous aculeatis: lobis pastas Lam. ll. n. 2386. fide Dunal. yet. 0k. ; roe: viscosum ; villoso- pre oral : subbi innatifido-sinuatis, un nOF Shesinoee- suiltificce, calycibus fructiferis subinflatis membranaceis. Lagasca Nov. Gen. et ‘Spec. p. 10. fe n. 145, Sei Descr. A branched under-shrub. Stem dina “iNabdaite anches covered with glandular hairs mixed with yel- 3 brane = lowish lowish straight prickles. eaves sinuate-pinnatifid, with lobes sinuate-dentate, prickly on both sides along the nerves, and villous, but nevertheless shining deep green on the upper. Peduncles lateral, frequently opposite the leaves, hairy, viscous, and prickly, terminated in a few- flowered corymb: pedicles shorter than the calyx. Calyx — somewhat inflated, five-cleft, with lanceolate segments, prickly. (Baron Jacquin remarks, that in the sterile flowers the calyx is hairy, and in the fruitful flowers prickly). Corolla large, the size of that of the potatoe, white, with a very slight tinge of purple, filaments very short: anthers equal, yellow, distinct, not connivent. We have not seen the fruit, but Jacquin describes it as being orange red, and of the size and form of a cherry. ; ) This species belongs to a section to which Dunat has given the name of Cryprocarpum, from the fruit bemg covered by tne enlarged calyx. It has fallen to the lot of few species to undergo sucha variety of names. Besides the six inserted in the above synonymy, it is supposed that four others occur in the catalogues of different gardens, viz. formosum, mauri- tanum, Thouinii, and viscidum, making together ten names all applied to the same species, . the Soranum Bal- bist of Dunat. : at P gite 3 Some of the above synonyms are of older date than Dunat’s, and have therefore the right of priority ; but as the latter has been adopted in the two general systems noW in course of publication, those of Roemer and ScHvUtLT#s, and of Sprencex, and will no doubt be preserved by Dé CanpDoLLE, any attempt to restore any of the others W be only increasing the confusion; we have therefore no! hesitated to follow Dunat, the author, under the auspice of De Canpotze, of a laborious and useful monograph Soxanum. We presume, however, to hope, that the pre ceptor when he revises the genus for his own system, ¥ u frame a better arrangement ; for the making the first div- sions depend upon so variable a character as the Inerm4 _ and Aculeata, seems to us to be stumbling at the vey _ Native of South America. | Cultivated in the stové Flowers most part of the summer. 7 The specimen from which our drawing was taken was communicated by A. B. Lampert, Esq. from his collectio™ at Boyton, in June 1815. : aes, SS ( 2569 ) | ORCHIS SULPHUREA. PALE-vELLow Orcuis. JERS HSbsbeisiselek Class and Order. Gynanpria Monanpria. Generic Character. Cor. ringens. Labellum subtus calcaratum. Glandule l~2 pedicellorum pollinis incluse cucullo unico. Browy. a; Specific Character and ‘Synonyms. | Oncmts sulphurea ; scapo nudo, labello apice levissime —e cornu adscendente, bracteis germen #quanti- | us. — 4 -Orcuts sulphurea. Schrader ex Steudel nomencl. ? -Okcuis sambucina. Broteri non Linnei? ‘eee: ‘pecies, not having any means of comparing ScHRADER’S _ account, Our plant, which has been supposed to be the ; aca, quo [pe has no | Ce 6s equal the whole flower in m is crenate all ma | 4 with a purplish ‘olour, ar. Lhe Ci ; has drawing was taken from a plant communicated, in er M Leay, Esq. hgh eA 1824, by our friend ALEXA? a Nes N Pub ly ironic Wadworth. May 1622. | SI burhis Ba, ( 2570 )« -ACONITUM oOCHROLEUCUM. PALE-vELLOW WOLF’ s-BANE. SERRE KEKE KEKE Class and Order. Poxtyanpria TRicyntA. Generic Character. Cal. o. Petala 5: supremo fornicato. Nectaria 2, pedun- culata, recurva. Silique 3. s. 5. 3 Specific Charncteél and Synonyms. -Aconrrum ochroleucum ; galea conica elongata, calcare arcuato, labio (nectarii) lanceolato, foliis vix subtus pubescentibus palmato - quinquelobis, laciniis tripar- titis acute inciso-dentatis. Decand. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 371. Marsch. v. Bieb. Cent. pl. rar. ross. 1. t. 12. Aconitum ochroleucum; cuculli caleare arcuato obtuso, labio lanceolato emarginato, galea conica elongata, foliis subtus pubescentibus palmato - quinquelobis : laciniis tripartitis inciso-dentatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. P. 1233. Marsch. v. Bieb. Flor. Caucas. 2. p. 14. Suppl. p. 372. Se a | aig Lycoctonum orientale, flore magnoalbo. Tourn. or. p. 30? ; eee ee es, Aconrtr species Lycoctono affinis. Tourn. It. ed. gallic 2. p. 128. fide Marschall 0. Bic. = ) a hee ee i Perhaps several of the synonyms applied by De Can- >oLLE to A. Lycocronum may belong to thiss _4re both very nearly allied; we have indee t to decide to which our plant ou; ut we have the authority of Dr. FiscHer 2 with the figure above quoted, in Marsci nina Centuria in support of its being ecies. They The two nectaria whichare 0! cealed within the helmet- formed petal are supported on pedicles nearly an = long, are lanceolate, and emarginate at the point or label- lum, obtuse, and revolute at the base or spur end. The calear or spur of the upper petal is somewhat curved, but not spirally twisted. ‘The leaves are smooth on the upper surface, and only slightly hairy along the nerves on the under, and the lobes are more acutely incised than in A. Lycoctonum. The flowers are said in the uncultivated state to be very frequently quite white. A hardy perennial. Native of the mountainous pastures of Caucasus. Flowers from June to September. Intro- duced in 1794, by Messrs. Loppices and Sons. Commu- nicated by Mr. Josern Knicur, of the Exotic Nursery. bert ie Walworth. May. 1915 Jects considerably beyond th ( 2571) CAMELLIA JAPONICA. var. 7. CHANDLER’S NEW CAMELLIA. . 7 a a ? SREP te ‘J i Periet = i rm, Se ee _ The varieties of this’ beautiful tree are become almost — innumerable. Many have been imported from China, and Y Messrs. Cuanpier and Vauxhall. as of Cametis, numerous y into petals, without anthers, ate entirely the pistillum ; mM these, of course, no seeds can be procured. But in € anemony-flowered, or Warratah variety, although the stamens are all converted in > small tals, the pistillum ts left perfect, and the style te minated by its stigma, pro- | } central petals, as may be Seen in our figure n. 1654, which allows of the flower : ng impregnated by such varieties as may happen to perfect anthers. In our present variety the general — : ‘Selour is a bright crimson, variegated with white; the in- ternal | ternal part of the flower consists of stamens converted into — small petals as in the anemony-flowered, but the outer broad petals are more numerous. The pistillum seemed — to be perfect, with its style and stigma, though scarcely protruded beyond the central petals. Communicated in January last, by Messrs. Caanpier and Buckinenam. ¥§ Tlurtis Dol Pb By L burs Wadwsrth May 192: ( 2572 ) ‘CoTYLEDON COCCINEA. SCARLET NAVEL-Wort. Class and Order. _Decanpria PEntTAGyYNis. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala. Squame nectarifere 5, ad basin germinis. Caps. 5. Specific Character and Synonyms. -CoryLEpon coccinea ; foliis obovatis acutis carnosis, spica foliosa terminali. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 756. LEDON coccinea; foliis subspathulatis acutis carnosis, floribus spicatis sessilibus. Cav. ic. 2. p. 54. t. 170. Corvizpon coccinea; caulescens: foliis capitato-collectis spathulato-lanceolatis concavis mollissimis pubescen- tibus, racemis Jateralibus longissimis adscendentibus, _ bracteatim foliolosis. Haworth succul. suppl. p. 25. Corvtepon coccineum. Lodd. Cab. 832. ‘ees | Stem fruticose, marked with the vestiges of the fallen leaves. Leaves alternate, obovate, acute, recurved, villous, — {lite entire, aggregate at the extremities of the barren ’ branches. Flowers in terminal spikes, alternate. Bractes —e€ under each flower, subulate, deciduous. Calyx five- f, villous : segments subulate, spreadin Dace tg Marly the length of the corolla. Corolla obtusely five-— angled ; petals erect, keeled, acute, at first deep orange, “lumning redder with age, pale within. Stamens ten. ag laments half the length of the petals, five opposite the Seaeikees five between them. Germens on Styles green, vent at their points. Stigmas simple. ; A hardy raed seen shrub. Native of Teneriffe. Com- jhuicated by Messrs. Wurrtey, Brame, and Mune, of "e Fulham Nursery, in February, 1822. - Wadd eli Sv. Pub ov S hurtis Weelers rth: Jue 1825 tierbert Dal W = (2573. ) ‘| Hprastrum SoLANDRIFLoRUM, ~. SoLan- DRA-FLOWERED K NiGHT’s-sTAR LILY, var. 2, zal Class and | Order. Hexanprra ‘Monoeyrnia. Generic Cla ily é Vide supra No. 2273. Specific. haracter and. Synonyms. 3-pedali, corollé. cernua, 8—10-unciali, tubo 3—4- unciali, fauce leyi, stylo corolla breviore, stigmate breviter trilobo. — Rts solandriflora. Lindley Coll. Bot. t.11. “FPEASTRUM Solandriflorum.— Nobis in appendice, p. 31. (a) corolla chloroleucd. Lindley Coll. Bot. t. 11. (8) coroll chloroleuc4, rubro striata. (y) corolla chloroleucd, tubo purpureo. ee () Se chloroleucé striat, tubo purpureo. Bot. Reg. Descr. Bulb like that of vittatum. Leaves channelled, fe green, two inches wide, from one to two feet long. “bea yard high. Flowers three or more, with little re “> scent. Corolla cernuous, from eight to ten and a half thes long. ‘Tbe from three to four and a half inches p2 SMooth within. Limb greenish white; in var. 6, the ‘Semen, tube and limb, are striped outwardly with dingy . - * M var. a, the tube is green; in y, purple ; nd, oo ‘the Purple, and the limb striped. Filaments shorter than the style: the upper filament inserted half an inch within Sy a ; the lowest an inch lower than the upper one. ittle shorter than the limb. ‘Stigma shortly three- Bulbs of two varieties were imported by Mr. Brooxes, fom Cayenne. The figure of var. #, 10 the Collectanea — . es - | Hirerastan solandriflorum ; foliis pallidé viridibus, seapo - o #, Botanica was made, from a plant which flowered at hisnur- | sery, with the corolla, eight inches long, without any red | stripe. Our sketch of var 8, was taken from a bulb § imported by Mr. Lez, from Brazil, which flowered, in the Spofforth collection, with flowers, measuring from nine to | ten and a half inches. That with the purple tube, figured | in the Bot. Reg. and var. «, both from Maranham, have also _ flowered at Spofforth ; variety y, flowered in Mr. Carruty’s collection, at East Barnet. The flowers of this fine species have a general resemblance to those of Lixrum japonicum. The graduated insertion of the filaments in the tube, which - is one of the most important features of the genus, is strik- ingly conspicuous in this species, of which the lower side of the tube is abbreviated by a full inch. The view of its tube and filaments, given in the Collectanea Botanica, as 2 dissection, does not shew either the obliquity of the tube,.or the insertion of the filaments. The tube, though shorter than the limb, is longer in proportion in this, than in any other known species. The bulbs thrive freely im the stove, and flower upon a shelf. Mules have been produced a! | Spofforth by its pollen, from H. stylosum, H. pulverulentum, and H. regine-vittatum. W.H. : ie. — ——— Reference to the figure of the dissection. _ 4. Section of the upper part of the tube, shewing the graduated inset” tion and the length of the filaments. N. B. The two ieetil filaments, which adhere to the portion of the tube which is cut away, to give a view-of the 8 side, correspond in length and insertion with the opposite laterals 4. and ¢. os pad ll fe J bsrtiz Dil. Pub by Sharts. Walworth Junel bis ( 2574 ) Mania viscosa. Criammy Mapzia. . KEEEEEEEEEEER ER Class and Order. 2\eha ~ SynGEnesia PotyeamiA SuPERFLUA. Generic Character. Recept. nudum. Pappusnullus. Cal. duplex: exterior 8—10-phyllus :.interior polyphyllus. Sem. plana, convexa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Mania viscosa; foliis sessilibus sublanceolatis viscosis, floribus axillaribus. Cav. Ic. 3. p. 50. t. 298. ; Map1A viscosa ; foliis lanceolatis sessilibus viscosis, calyci- bus exterioribus decaphyllis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1952. Persoon on 2. p. 430. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 31. Poirét Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 3. p. 570, __ ae ApIA mellosa; foliis sessilibus, calycibus decaphyllis, — radiis quinquefloris. Jacg. Hort. Schenb. 3. p. 29. — Mania mellosa ; foliis amplexicaulibus lanceolatis. Molina Chil. ed. ital. p. 137, ed. gallic. p. 108. a _We have very little doubt, but that Map1a mellosa and biscosa are the same species, in different stages of growth ; We ought, therefore, perhaps, to have made use of the for- iner appellation, as having the right of priority; but the tter having been generally adopted in the systems, we think it best to adhere to it, as least likely to occasion con- on. : The number of the leaflets of the outer calyx is uncertain ; but after the flowering is over, they increase irregularly in Size, and exceed the inner calyx; whereas, in an early stage, outer calyx is considerably shorter than the inner. The — plant is covered with glandular hairs, which exude * clammy secretion. ae Our plant was raised in the open ground, and, prow, upon that account, never arrived at a perfect state, as the flowers did not produce any radius. Mo ina mentions only two species as growing in Chili, ots one wild and the other cultivated. The latter doesnot ear to have been ever brought to Europe ; although in Chili, they procure from the seeds, either by pressure or simple boiling, a very pure eatable oil, which Frvurit preferred to that of olives. Native of Chili. Introduced in 1794, by Arourpatp Menzies, Esq. Our specimens were communicated by N. Hopson, Esq. from the Botanic Garden, at Bury St. Edmunds, in July, 1823. fe ahi Papb. by. J. bavtis Walworth. Fanei 625. Sas = ( 2575) Drac@na stricta. Urricut Dracana. Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynia. Generic Character. Cor. 6-partita, erecta. Filamenta medio subcrassiora (aut simplicia.) Bacca 3-locularis : loculis I-spermis. Specific Character. Draczna stricta ; caule fruticoso stricto, foliis confertis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis margine scabris, racemo __ laterali cernuo composito. ‘eee ; a Me. ‘ the marks ~ OF becots : Stamens’ six, the 1 ength of the see filaments inserted Into the base of the laciniz : anthers equalling the filaments, long, versatile, yellow. Germen superior, globular, Figs imple. callad: i le long: stamens : stigma simp “ise t corresponds with the € cannot find that % pe pe description — description of any recorded species of Dracana ; it differs : ‘ from australis in having a compound lateral, not a supra- decompound terminal raceme ; and if compared with the young plants of Australis, in Messrs. Loppiers and Soy’s _ collection, the leaves are less rigid ; in the latter, the leaves are not at all recurved, are smooth at the margin, and of a paler, yellower green ; in other respects the foliage of both is much alike. We at first thought it might be the indivisa of Forsrer ; but on comparing it with the sketch of that plant, by the author, preserved in Mr. Brown’s library, we find it bears very little resemblance to it. Our drawing and description were taken at Mr. Brookes’s Nursery, at Ball’s Pond, where it flowered in the stove, in March last, but we could not learn with certainty its native country ; supposed, however, to be New Zealand, or New Holland. Ber, B The outline-figure represents the whole plant in miniature. BEE RES URE TG aL RU ae a enn ele Se Fy ae eRe tee a Tisrtas Dad Peed by S artic Walkera th Frcs 18 af. N2596. ( 2576 ) -Antayi~iis HerMANNIM. LAVENDER-LEAVED KIpNEY-VETCH. Seebeebbbnidebeeiek Class and Order. Diapsurmia Decanprta, Generic “Character. Cal. yentricosus. Legumen subrotundum, 7. —-_" No- s. oe j | AyrHy Lots Eiostnagitiing | ffabtitiosn, “foliis Gaus lineari- Sear subpetiolatis, calycibus campanulatis, ramis spinescentibus.. Vahl. Symb. 3. p. 88. Willd. Sp. 1.3. p. 1020. Hort. . Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 284. Per- soon. Syn. 2. p. 293. 3 Anrayiuis hermannie ; fricosd foliis ferpatia subpetiolatis, calycibus nudis. Sp. Pl. 1014. Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grec. 2. p. 60. Icon. Fl. i | t. 683. ined. Mart. Mill. Dict. Rycnium foliis solitariis, floribus ad alas confertis. Hort. Cliff. 371. Aspatatnus cretica ; foliis trinis ‘SmnSfortibus glabris, lateralibus brevioribus, stipulis obsoletis, floribus con- gestis. Sp. Pl. 1002. fide Vann. —~ ‘tists grecus ; foliis simplicibus | nceolato-linearibus, ramis angulatis. Sp. Pl. 1043. fi e Smiru. Barga Jovis cretica Linarie folio, flore luteo ‘e4 0. Tourn. ca Cor. 44. Riwin. Tetrap. wreg. eg. 4 f PARTIUM Spinosum. Alp. Exot. 27 ‘ees It is ver remarkable, that Linneus in his elaborate Work, the Species Plantarum, in which he has described all plants known to him at that time, should so very rarely - have recorded the same plant under two different names ; _ Jet it has been the fate of this species to have been given, il in that work, under three different genera, viz. Aspalathus, Cytisus, and Anthyllis; and in one of the same author's — earlier works, the Hortus Cliffortianus, he had before called it a Dorycnium. A small shrub; native of the Levant; generally kept in the Greenhouse, but supposed to be sufficiently hardy to bear our ordinary winters, as Mriter remarks, that it was not uncommon in our gardens, till all the plants were de- stroyed, by the severe frost of 1739—1740, after which he had not seen it. Flowers from April to July. Communicated by P. B. Wess, Esq. from his late col- lection at Godalmin, in July, 1822. : ae tlie ite @ ae te ( 2577.) CaMELLIA Japonica. var.e. Kwuient’s NEW WaARRATAH CAMELLIA. Class and Order. mee id * _ Monaverpnta Poryanpris. Generic Character. gg imbricatus, polyphyllus : foliolis interioribus majo- ribus, Specific Character and Synonyms. - 7 Cametiia Japonica; foliis acute serratis acuminatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 842. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 235. Bot. Mag. supra N* 42, 1654, 1670, 2571. ponent 3 This variety of Camexuia japonica was raised, by Mr. Joserx Kxrenr, from seeds procured from the Warratah, or Anemony-flowered variety, impregnated probably by the pollen of a semi-double variety, at the Exotic Nursery in the King’s Road. It differs from the one figured in our last number, particularly in having fewer of the large petals, and in the eee: | ones bearing some, more or less perfect, anthers. . Pub by Shartic Walasrth June IBS fe Q 3 3 . Re ( 2578 ) BrRuNsviGiA JOSEPHINE. y. JOSEPHINE BrunswickK-LiLy, TATE’s VARIETY. Class and Order. _ Hexanpria Monoeynia, ; Generic Character. Scapus et pedunculi solidi. Germen trigoné obovatum, declinatum, ovulis paucis biseriatis. Tubus angulosé sub- cylindraceus,, sepe subnullus. Zacinie sursum. curvate apice reflexze subeequales. Genitalia sursum curvata. Fila- menta laciniis prope basin inserta; tria (externis scilicet) "ix profundiis. Anthere incumbentes, medio affixe. Stig- ma simplex vel obtusé trilobum. Capsula recta, trigona, _ ‘Msulea, trilocularis, trivalvis. Semina pisiformia vel ob- ongo-ovata, carnosa. fe eee - Plante Africane, bulbis ovatis aut subrotundis, foliis tregulariter bifariis, scapis latis compressis plerumque pre- ‘ocibus, laciniis non undulatis. Ogi JSF 23 cea Specific Charact eee, Brunsvicia Josephine ; foliis lorato-elongatis erecto-paten tubo unciali, limbo minimé expanso, apicibus refi _ . laciniis inferioribus porrectioribus canalicul: _ (#.) Amaryllis Josephine. Red. Lat. 370, 371, 372 — (@) angustifolia. Bot. Reg. 192, 193. — (y.) flore striato. W. H. ; , 4 pr eee lower ah of the three inner segments, which are greenish white, strongly streaked, and blotched with deep purplish red, expand- ing little, but with the ends of the petals revolute, or reflex. The two lower inner segments more channelled and extended straight to a greater length, the lowest outer segment channelled, and pushed apart downwards by the curvature of the filaments. Filaments purplish red, whitish below, broader, and flattened at the base, inserted without the tube, near the base of the segments, a little lower on the outer segments. Style of the same colour. a simple. - Anthers purple; pollen whitish. i his variety of Brunsviaia Josephine, differing a little in colour from those already known, was imported by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane Street Nursery, from the Cape. The known species of Brunsviaia are,—l. multiflora. 2. Josephine. 3. striata. 4. Radula. 5. lucida. A sixth small species, imported by the late Mr. Lex, under the erroneous name of CyrtTantTHus veniri- cosus, has not yet been observed in flower. Amaryuuts Belladonna was the type of the Linnean genus AmARYLLIs, and, as he assigned his reason for the name, it must remain to that species; though it is singular, that, out of the num- ber of species since added, it has but one real congener, A. blanda, which is perhaps only a gigantic variety. This, however, occa sions no great inconvenience, as it gives its name to the whole ee Amaryllidee. Amanyuuis has a regular funnel-shaped corolla; Brunsvieta is separated from it 3 an irregular, not funnel-shaped corolla, curved upwards, and as far as we have seen, by petals not undulated. Nerine is separated from Barons ) viata by the gibbous union of the filaments before their inset tion, Ammocuaris ; viz. falcata and coranica, forms a link be- tween Amaryllis and Crinum, to which it approximates in seve points. Bupuane (Boophane, Appendix) forms a link betwee — Amaryllis and Hemanthus. Of Buphane there are three know? species.—1. toxicaria (supra 1217). 2. ciliaris. 3. disticha (Amary.uis disticha, Patterson.) Disticha has the bulb harder, rounder, and much larger than toxicaria, and, as appears PatTTERson’s engraving, flowers fewer and larger; he does not mention the colour. Gigantic bulbs of disticha have been lately imported by Mr. Tats. All the above-mentioned genera have the scape solid, the seeds fleshy, the mouth of the tube closed; by which features, the group of Amaryllidee should peer be limited. The genera with the scape hollow, the seeds $ elly, ‘ the capsule oval, and the mouth of the tube open, might ee called Cyrtanthee ; those with the scape hollow, the seeds shelly; the capsule three-lobed, and the mouth of the tube closed, Hipp “astree. W.H. | ; on fe mas represents the whole plant in miniature. The head of — in oured drawing is diminished to one-third its natural size : + ; ( 2579 ) _Haxea FLORIDA. MANY-FLOWERED Hakza. KEKE EERE EEE EEE . Class and Order. Terranpta Monocrnta. Generic Character. Cor. 4-petala, inn - Anthere apicibus concavis corolla immerse. renee etiam dimidiata (rar biloba). Folliculus superus, eus, 1-locularis : loculo excentrico. Seminum ala apicis ongior nucleo. R. Brows. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hakea florida ; foliis angus Sepia is spinuloso-denta- tis minutissime ] L ounctatis: -marginibus scabriusculis, ramulis pedunculoque communi brevissimo pubescent tibus, capects % icalcaratis convexiusculis. Brown m Li BT 10 9.108 Lee Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 208. Fe This little te was <" t disdybeced by Mr. Rosest Brown, in the Southern coast of of New Holland, and was in- troduced to the Kew Ga ‘dens, in 1803, by Mr. Perer Goo?, but is rarely met with in c e ales. It received its — name of florida from the abv padance of white flowers pre duced al over it. ao The specimen from which our drawing was taken, W® | communicated in July, 1824, by P. B. Wess, eres in, in Su It has not, as far as we call been heretofore Sigunedl . N2579 Thos Bat Bub dy 5 Gertie Witter th N 2590 | ( 2580 ) (uUPHEA SERPYLLIFOLIA. TRINIDAD CupHEa. te Sie Si Sis aie se Mc hc ci Class and Order. _ DopEcanpRIA Monoeynta. < Generic Character. j - Cal.6—12-dentatns: basi hine gibbosa. Petala6, calyci inserta. Caps. 1-locularis, hinc cum calyce longitudina- liter dehiscens, é . i ih 4 ; ee ‘ hy tea ms ee Oo eid, 3 ¢ “earls eo s x b’ be A E.7 . apr -ribus folio longioribt ‘eee Our drawing of this plan t Society’s garden, at Chiswi : introduced the year — —. ra \s we had no opportunity of ex: which, as we are Siaicaél, = € to give a more partic accoun Parsonsia and C. Melanium, to which it approaches, it is listinguished by the length of its peduncles, the flowers in these species being nearly or quite | : by. +: burtir Walworth Find asia Weddellle le! SBepeiypinos saibovge wow) 4 og ef a 7 ; * = e ed . Cal. superus. Cor. I-petala. Filam. recep lo inserta. Bacca 4-locularis, polysperma. e eR a PF “e | Specific Character and Synonyms Vaccrxrum macrocarpon ; foliis integerrimis ovali-oblongis obtusis planis, caulibus repentibus, pedunculis latera- libus elongatis, = a a AccIntum macrocarpon ; foliis integerrimis ovali-oblongis obtusis planis, caulibus repentibus filiformibus. Hort. ew. ed. prior. 2. p. 13. t. 7.—ed. alt. 2. p. 359. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 355. Vacornrom oxycoccus, @. oblongifolius. Michaux Flor. Am. Bor. 1. p. 228. Lam. Ene. Oxycoccus palustris, 8. macrocarpus. Pers. Syn. 1. 419. Ycoccus macrocarpus Te ens ; caulibus adscendentibus, foliis oblongis integerrimis planiusculis obtusis glabris Subtus albicantibus, ‘pedicellis elongatis, corolle la- ciniis lanceolatis. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 1. ‘teen 7 arating Oxyco om Vaccinrum. Most of the Am 1€S some are decandrous and other characters forbid their separation. a veral authors have considered V acciniuM arpon, as @ mere variety of V. Oxycoccus ; but they are undoubt- edly distinct, and always may be readily cstingooiee = ae the peduncles of the latter being terminal ; growing for the most part two together ; sometimes only one, and now and then three or four ; whereas, in V. macrocarpon, the peduncles are always lateral; growing alternately from the axils of smaller leaves, or bractes, below the extremity of the branch. There is likewise, besides the difference in the foliage, a considerable diversity in their habits, the stems of V. Oxy- ‘ coccus being entirely prostrate ; whereas, in V. macrocarpon, the flowering branches are assurgent. Both species are cultivated with success in a soil, by no means damp, at the Fulham Nursery. : The American Cranberries are larger and fairer to the eye than the European, and by some they are preferred in tarts or preserves ; but in our opinion the taste of the English Cranberry is pleasanter than that of the American. Native of North America, from Canada to Virginia. Flowers with us in June and July. Communicated by Messrs. Waiter, Brame, and Minne. : l V258 7 | | Weddeli Se, ) (2587+) | 5 PeyTsTEMON Dierrauis. Fox-Guove-1ike Be ald PENTSTEMON. Class and Order. Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character. | Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, ventricosa. Rudimentum lamenti quinti superne barbatum. Caps. bilocularis. Specific Character. - | Pixtsremon Digitalis ; caule stricto foliisque lanceolatis | amplexicaulibus glabris, panicula terminali trichotoma, corollis externe glanduloso-pilosis. a a | telower part, green above. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, | tndulate, toothed, stem-embracing ; top-ones ovate-acu- | Mate ; bottom-ones very much narrowed at the base. Powers in a very long, terminal, trichotomous panicle, Yhite, with purple streaks on the inside. Bractes cordate- | tminate. Peduncles erect. Pedicels mostly three to- ‘ether. Calyx small, five-cleft : segments revolute, shorter | “an the contracted tube of the corolla. Corolla covered | the outside with short, glandular, viscid hairs: Tube | Sntracted, channelled on the upper side. Faux bell- | shaped, open at the mouth, and somewhat hairy. Limb — | "0 lipped : upper-lip bifid, with smaller revolute Jaciniz > | "der-lip trifid, with larger lacinie. Fertile stamens four, hequal ; Filamenis curved : Anthers, before the expan- fon of the flower, kidney-shaped, purple at the back, aud Glow from the escaping pollen in front: sterile filament ‘‘mewhat longer than the fertile ; straight ; thinly covered ae a hairs. Germen superior, ‘ ards the point with elas wee? bilocular : Descr. Stem evect, three feet high, roundish, purple at the stamens. . _Pentstemon Digitalis is by far the finest. species of this genus that we have seen, growing upright to more than three feet in height, and bearing a very large panicle of delicate white flowers, of which the size of our work would , not admit half to be inserted. Communicated by our friend Roserr Barctay, Esq. to whom the seeds were sent by Professor Nurratt, in March, 1824, under the name which we have adopted, thinking it probable, that it may have been published by it in America ; otherwise a substantive specific name should be confined to such species as have before constituted a different genus. A hardy perennial. Native of the At Kansa territory. Flowers in June and July. A AL A ED In the outline figure on the left, the corolla is cut away to shew the sta- mens, the style, and the barren filament. ‘The right hand outline figure repre sents one of the lowermost leaves. ’ bilocular : style curved at the point; scarcely so long as_ Fab byl. Gatir Walworth. dug 13s 2598 (2588). Narcissus Macrrar. Macieay’s NARCISSUS. Jeidbslebieisisieksiokedottekaten Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. Ss $e | Generic Character. e t 4 apt Petala 6, equalia. Nectariwm infundibuliforme, 1-phyl- lum. Stam. intra nectarium. , : ¥ Specific Character and Synonyms. Narcissus Macleaii ; spatha uniflora (raro biflora), scapo compresso foliis lato-linearibus obtusis breviore, nec- tario cylindrico truncato subintegerrimo. Narcissus Macleaii ; spatha 1—2-flora, scapo compresso subancipiti, petalis patentibus imbricatis tubo necta- rioque cylindrico truncato integerrimo paulo 0- ribus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 792. sine icone. Narcissus albus oblongo calice luteo precox mino ‘Old Parkinson describes his “ small early whi with a long cup,” as follows :—“ The leaves Daffodill are broad, very green, and not wh three or four standing + ther, abouta fo among which riseth up faves, bearing one flower at the toppe t able bigness, but not so great as the late of six white leaves, but not perfect white i a cream colour appearing in them ; lle isa long round yellow cup, about halfe an inc pe! From this description, we have very li boa ® Parginson’s plant as synonym of we Na We have received specimens of this species, in. years, from the garden of our much r ted friend. anvER Macteay, Esq. of Tulbester Lodge, Surry, but always with a single flowered scape, and a nectary or cup cylindrical and truncate, but not perfectly entire at the edge, being somewhat crenate, or at least undulate. It does, however, sometimes, though rarely, produce two flowers on the same stalk. © = ee Supposed to have been a: ay r: Pick by Lheotis. Watmrarth, Aug 1824. ( 2589 ) SERRATULA PULCHELLA. PuRPLE-scaLep Saw-wort. JSS EE HESS SHSSHHHbEk Class and Order. . ee - SyneenessA PotycaMiaA QUALIS. lacjdtin i. nat ings — Serrarura pulehella 1; fol ~ dentatis integerrimisve ; globosis : squamis ser Se | a2 SS Stem ‘angtilar, -grooy g natifid;. deeurrent, scabrous on the on the under : segments lanceola €ntire; terminal one elongated. — leaves simple or slightly andi imps growin ‘compound corymbs. bricate, With scarious, purple, fring floscules female, with exserted re or central-ones s apparently male: White pollen. ~Pappus plumo' We find no described species of aes ch i respect agrees with our plant except th RA of Tuongere, hich-appears by th ription to have Steat affinity wil h it, but-the flowers are a ee Ing in a compact panicle, whereas in’ plant they grow in lax corymbs. Although the calyx is globose, not cylindri- cal; its general aspect as well as other characters declares it a true SERRATULA. Communicated by N. S. Hopson, Esq. from the . Wee Garden. Mr. Denson, the curator, informs us, that the seeds were received from Mr. Fiscuer of the Gottingen Garden, under the name which we have adopted, and marked ‘as coming from the Gorenki Garden. The seeds were sown in the autumn of 1823; one plant only was produced, which, in June, 1825, had twelve stems, each bearing a many-flowered corymb. We find no species under this name in Dr. Fiscuer’s Catalogue of the Gorenki Garden. A hardy perennial. Native country unknown. : Serratuxa pulchella appears to be a connecting link be- tween Serratula and Jacea; we have indeed some doubts to which genus it ought to be referred. ThertisLel, Pub. by Gratis Walwo rid Any 1825, Waddlide ( 2590 ) LoBELIA MINUTA. SMALL LOBELIA. — KKK EKER KKK KE KKKKEK Class and Order. PenTANDRIA Monoeynta. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe- tntes. Caps. infera 2—s. 3-locularis. - Specific Character and Synonyms. jlopetia minuta ; acaulis, cespitosa, foliis ovatis undulatis petiolatis, scapis erectis ebracteatis. BELIA minuta; foliis radicalibus ovatis, scapis capilla- ribus. Lin. Mant. 292. Hort. Kew-ed.alt.1. p. 360. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 947. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 214. n. 54. Schultes Syst. Veg! 5. p., 55. n. TA. Vix _ Lobelia minuta Thunbergii. | 2 BELIA minuta ; foliis céspitosis radicalibus: aliis ovatis obscure crenatis, aliis oblongo-spathulatis dentatis, scapis capillaribus. Lam. Eneycl. Bot. 3. p. 587. n.26. Exclusis synonymis. = \ : ; ‘a ey 2. ee — : “Seem | We have before given a figure of a plant nearly related this, under the name of Lopetia minima (vide supra | 70: 2077) ; from which this differs in being stemless, the Ves all radical, and the scapes naked, or without bractes ; || al which characters, it agrees with Linnaus’s descrip- }"0n of Lopexia minuta, in his Mantissa altera. | The plant from which our drawing was made, was trans- jhitted to us by our friend N. S. Hopson, Esq. from the Votanic Garden at Bury St. Edmunds. Native of the Cape "Good Hope. Flowers from June to September. Re- |{Uites to be protected from frost, to be planted in a humid jal, and not too much exposed to the sun. Zz Eig: Bo ol Ne591 Waa aeble- J burbir Led, : Buddy ‘eck Wolwrer bos 25. i, . . purple: limb spreading, divided in bo, five ite (OLY Taonnencta’ ALATA: Woeeessists ag Jo F333 2. gbye fe Sea to Tuunpereta. ru ee ee Jeeta Awol Class sant Glide. scillainoss Adathee Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. Cal. duplex (nune ‘i si <): tesior diphyllus ; inte- | tor (nune obsoletus aut ‘nullus) 12-dentatus. Cor. cam- } panulata. Caps. ‘gees 2- locularis. = Le Specific Character. | Taunpercia aleia.; seandens, foliis cordato- detstgrolaribns sinuato-dentatis Tey petiolis alatis. ; : 1 ‘ ti inn Sj Desce. Stem climbing, squan lare tens opposite, dependant, nearly triangular, Teiase, i aceaiee five- herved, rugose-veined an “white-tomentose underneath, gteen and villous above: petioles the length of the leaves, | Winged to very near their insertion into the stem. Pedun- | axillary, one-flowered. Calyx calyx, Corolla one-petaled : : ee ake rounded, cream-coloured lacinie: ff mens four, unequal, contained within t limbriated. Style somewhat longer bh . igma concave, one-lipped.. A Our friend Rosert Bandar, Esq. who indly communi- he tube : anthers the stamens ; ated the plant from which our drawing was taken, recelv- ¢d the seeds from _the Mauritius, through Mr. Tenrair, ‘Marked Tuunzeresa alata of Boser, and stated to be a Aative of the islands of Zanzebar and Pomba, on the East Coast of Africa. e do not know that any description of Code ie > alata alata has been published, hut the name under which the seeds were received, given it by Mr. Bosrr, a German botanist, app: to,us very appropriate, We aco trformed by Mi Dab Cauzann the head gar- dener at Bury Hill, that the seeds were sown last February, and the plant flowered in the stove, at Bury Hill, in the following June; it has probably, therefore, not a long abiding root. But its extraordinary beauty makes it a _ valuable acquisition to the stove. Wilertert.Del. Pub. by Lori Walworth Aug igs. Wadd old Se LEGANT CRrINUM. * me? A Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. eté viridibus ; scapo subtereti, decli- sreviore, viridi ; spathé 4-unciali, pallida, 0; bracteis albicantibus ; umbella 14- ne oblongo, viridi; tubo 23-unciali, viridi, istis, albis, 34-uncialibus ; stylo apicem filamentis albis, vix longiore, laciniis bre- te parvalo albo; polline aureo. as; Dr. Carey, M.S. Nobis in Spec. Enum. 2 uncias Iatis, nato, foliis b nt by Dr. Carey, flowered at Spofforth in . Raised by seed from Rangoon, it rarely - offsets with him. Though of larger sta- ry near to C. longifolium and lorifolium. wo, similar to each other in bulb and s fewer flowers, ore erect, spathe e), tube and than the limb), s white, equal are red half- more fimbriated umbel less dif- ¢ the limb longer style. The colour of ts umbel accords with ~~ Jongifolium bey at = =f ~ e . > jongifolium, and the sn of, its. scape seems to indicate, — that it flowers likewi8e during’ inundations. C. venustum, with obtuser leaves, pager in growth and habit. We have not yet seenmits?flower. “The Birnian Crina are not easily cultivated. “Macrocarpon, which grows near Ran- goon, with very long narrow stiff leaves, laciniz white, rather broader thafi those of toxicariaia, and erythrophi- . lum, about.the size of longifolium, with deep, red leaves, | * are botli lost at Calcutta ; three bulbs of procerum perished — at Spofforth, being impatient of wet amongst the leaves. _ The more we consider the nice gradations by which the species of this extensive genus slide into eaeh other, and ~ the facility'with which the most remote interbreed, the more »- © difficulty we shall find in detiding’what features constitute . a specific difference, and the more we shall be led to view — _ the whole genus, incl s “a with Amaryllis, as having b We are inelined to the sa have in d the poll . Bers bat the a ‘f any ~ dioli ni lity ore complete, the deficiency, 1! 2) ~ being tite pallor WH. = eX 2S : Dgeo vat Bs Sea : : r: ai hi Cys _ PUBS Curtis Walworth Sop 1G 25. N 2593. om, *, = aoe ee ad } 7 ee : aa _ ie - & Bey = “. ( 25938" Je fe nc (POS a as v | + s ay" : o —Zernyranrurs Sgeiata, upper- two toothed : inci 3-toothed, the middle tooth smaller _ than the others. Bractes two, very small at the of the _ calyx. Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum, ale, and carina of equal length. Stamens diadel, pho us _ the point : stigma villous. Legum is species of Haxtia is not reco of the Hortus Kewensis. It is anative of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in June and July. Requires the protec- _ tion of the Greenhouse in winter. Communicated by Mr. Tare, from his Nursery, in 3 e Street. ed in the last edition WHerbert . Del. Weddell fv Pub dy. fBartizs. Wales rtiSon 18 2. patel € 2597 yu : P23 “3 Hasrantius BIFIDUS. ‘Two-cuser = BF mo phe ra pe é% iy +e . fe pater Bg es : “Class ‘and a ;. NE Hexaxpara MonoeyntA. i. As : ba shonics os Je te Generic Character. ba et pedealeode peels "Flite sdeclinati. as nedié parte constrictum, ‘summa latius. » Tubus corolle ‘qualis, fauce claus&. Genitalia fasciculata, declinata, ‘sum curvata. Filamenta tubi fauci inserta, ‘alterna dis- jatia inter se discrepantia. Anthere incumbentes,’ versa- tles, Capsula trisulca, trilocularis, trivalvis.. Ovula bise- ‘iatim-cumulata. Semina complanata, testa nigra. | - _ Plante bulbo rotundo, vel oblongo, vel media parte: con- ito, tunica exteriore nigra 5 fee naucis, angustis, his, bifariis'; —— precoce, 1—pduci-floro ; flo ie Wepitice' bulbo r | pedalibus’; scapo 4-flor nim viridesce’ albis; itis, qua. laciniis interioribus apponuntur, ribus, imo mints producto; que exteris, brevi- » summMo minis abbreviato ; antheris x orim = uteis ; luteis ; stylo filamentis longiore, laciniis 4-unc. brevi- ore; stigmate trifido, lobis brevibus. W. H. — This four-flowered species is named from its long two-cleft spathe. It was imported by Lorp Carnarvon from Buenos Ayres ; and, with it, another four-flowered species which we propose to call H. spathaceus, appearing by the dry specimens, which accompanied the bulbs, to have large purplish flowers, and a very broad spathe split on one — side only. We believe that we have besides two other undescribed species of Hasranruus. The flowers of this — genus expand in the sun, and probably those of H. bifidus — are at times much more open, than when our sketch was — made from a fresh specimen, carefully brought to us in atin — box, by J. R. Gowen, Esq. from Highclere. It wasseent- less. When the flowers of H. bifidus are full, blown, the anthers seem to hang by the middle, but earlier they are seen to be attached nearer one end. The two upper | segments of the corolla are the broadest, the two lower — laterals the narrowest, those opposite being equal. _ All the species of Har Us appear to thrive Mm the greenhouse, but do not succeed well out of doors. A_ little artificial heat during the period of rest. promotes the flowering of these, and indeed of all-the tender bulbs, | which like Amaryius Belladonna produce their blossoms — before the leaves. We have subjoined, as subsidiary — to the generic character, those features which appear !? belong to all the species of the genus, but do not limit! necessarily. . . The bulbs of all the species of Habranthus are neatly” round when imported. Ter having been potted a yeal, they generally become elongated, sometimes to the lent of six inches, and constricted in one place or more.. ee suspect that this singular habit, which seems peculiar to" genus, is an effort of nature to withdraw the bulb to # greater depth, and that the long neck would become ovated. gradually, af, remained longer undisturbet “a. Represents the inside of the lowest sepal detached. 3.. p thane and style. ¢. a seed. d. the germen magnified, shewing the inst e VCE Bites me aad the cells containing 24 ovules. +8 N 2508 sae fo Pub-by.S Gerti,. Walwersh.. Sem. 18 24, yes 7 Lerks. Dot. § oN \ §59Quaye od 2 Wo ( ye 02 vod | Srynipium apnatum. 6. One-ceLiep\ Seiigne. iii r¢> patentibus ( art clinata duplici flex * It is possible that the plant here fig observes, “‘ may belong to a species diff from natum, whose spike is generally sessile, and more subdi- vided ; I am inclined, however, to unite them, and to add, as a third variety, S. propinguum, which was taken up from imperfect materials. : : “Tn the section of the genus to which S. adnatum be- longs, the best. specific differences are found in modifica- tions of the structure of the capsule, and by these alone the species at present known may be readily determined. © Thus in §. breviscapwm the cells and valves of eae . n the . sule are in form and contents perfectly equal, as i : other other sections of the genus. In fasciculatum the cells are dissimilar in form, but of nearly equal size, and both fertile. In falcatum the posterior cell,,still more different in form, is also considerably reduced in width and entirely without _ ovula, nor is it, as I have stated in the specific character, fertile. Lastly, in adnatum, of which I am now disposed to consider propinquum a variety, the posterior cell is not only entirely destitute of oyula, but is reduced to a capil- lary tube, which continues to adhere to the fertile cell. ** From this series of species, in which the upper or pos- terior cell is gradually obliterated, we are led to the true explanation of the structure of Lysrromia. This genus, belonging to Lobeliacee, is described by M. Kunru, as having a single parietal placenta; it may, however, be regarded ash ing a septum so closely pressed to the upper ide of the capsule.as to leave no manifest cavity, and Pte cntengid produces ovula on one:side only.” Sari isis eile. — F The genera Styuiprum, Levennooxra and Forstera form Mr. Brown’s natural order of Stylidee ; since adopted by Jussieu, in the 18th volume of the Annales du Muséum. By the separation of Lobeliacee, Goodenovie and Stylidec from the Campanulacee, the genera belonging to each, as Mr. Brown observes, are more readily defined, and the attention of Botanists better directed to the very singular structure of these tribes. = Te We have before given two species of this very curious genus. For the present one, a native of King George’s, Sound, on the South coast of New Holland, we are again indebted to our friend Roserr Barcray, Esq. who commu- nicated a flowering plant in June, in the present year. All the Sryzip1a require to be protected from frost, and some of them aawer tec better for the assistance of a little artificial heat. i ix oi 9 NV 2599 W. Harb ort Ded. Pub by, .Awrbit Wabwo riley l62 5. TicgripiA Herpertr. Mr. Georce — Herpert’s Tigkr-FLOWER. | MonapetentA TRIANDRIA. Generic Character. — nage 2 gh Be gis . Spatha 2-phylla.. Calyx o. Petala 6, basi urceolata: | Mamentum columnare, stylum adnatum circum-amplec- lens. Anthere erect, sessiles. Capsula 3-locularis, 3- valvis, polysperma, infera. Semina compressione angularia. Specific Character. - eeolata, purpura minutissimé notata ; tribus exter bus latioribus, obscuré aurantiacis, linea atro-purpurea, media parte compressis, extrema dilatatis ; interioribus media parte incurvatis, summa recurvatis, apice ¥ —reflexo ; columné brevissim4, antheris sessil seminibus parvis, subfuscis. : = | ee | the same species have been also raised there from Brazilian 4 a seeds. All the stems produced at Spofforth are bifurcate, — with two bractes at the fork, and each limb terminates in | from three to six branches three or four incheslong, accom- — panied by about as many bractes ;. each branch bearing a terminal flower on a peduncle a little longer than the | spathe. The column, which in Tierivia pavonia is very — long, in this species is very short, the base of the anthers being almost in contact with the corolla: the pollen is borne upon their edges. The outer petals are not much unlike in form to those of T. pavonia; but the imner ones are most singularly curved inwards in the middle part, with — the upper part curved backwards, and the point reflected — under the flower so as almost to touch the germen. The form of the stigmas is not less singular; they are two-lobed, each lobe being trifid, the outer point shorter and obtuse ; the inner acuminate and horned, the third curved down- wards outwardly. The bulbs were planted in peat, and kept in the greenhouse, where they retained their leaves, during the winter, and were placed in the open air in May. They will probably thrive in the open border, if taken up in the winter. W.H. - We had prepared this article for the press under the name of T. ramosa, but having learnt from Mr. Liyptey, that he was about to describe the same species under the name Herberti, in compliment to the memory of the late Hon. and Rev. Gzorce Herzerr, deeply lamented by the many to whom he was dear, in whose conservatory a Burghclere it flowered for the first time in pinks om in the Autumn of 1824, we have not hesitated to adopt his name. a eee a. Represents the column with the anthers and stigmas a little magnified. 6. one of the stigmas magnified. ¢, a seed of the natural size. Neco waadgele. Pubbdy JS. fertis Walworth Jen] OLS, i Barrand ba - ( 2600 ) LECHENAULTIA Formosa. Handsome” LECHENAULTIA,. £ ee ; j oe ald bi i oe Siig} sities and Order. . ae io? i a2 _ Pentanpria Monoeynia. fa a ot. - Generic Character. Cal. superis. Cor. tubo hine Jongitudinaliter fisso. Anthere sub anthesin coherentes.» Pollinis granula com- = oe SE Specific Character and Synonyms ; é oe LecHENAULTIA formosa; floribu: axillaribus Prodr. p. 581. Roem, et Sch. Syst. _Descr. A small heath-like shrub, Leaves scattered, linear, scarcely half an inch long, recurved, smooth. _ Flowers axillary, solitary, nodding, of a deep orange colour, tinged with purplish red. Germen inferior, linear, about an inch long, recurved, purple, resembling a peduncle. _ Calyx 5-cleft ; segments like the leaves, but smaller, recurv- _ ed. Tube of the Corolla split at the back : border 2-lipped : _ upper -lip 2-lobed: lobes oblique, erect, united at the — and mucronate : Lower-li; ‘3-lobed : lobes large, re- exed, obcordate with a small mucro in the sinus. Sta- mens 5, at the bottom of the tube: filaments woolly : _ Anthers after defloresence oblong. Style longer than the tube. Stigma (Indusium or vest surrounding the true Stigma, according to Brown) 2-lipped ; one lip pubescent, _ the other naked, filled with pollen which appeared to the Naked eye globular, LECHENAULTIA Lecnenauttia belongs to the natural order of Goodeno- vie, a family first established by ‘Mr. Brown, in his in- valuable Prodromus. The name was given. by him in honour of his friend M. Lescuenavutr, Botanist, to Baupen’s expedition, who has ‘since: travelled much in the East Indies, and is at present, we believe, director of the bota- nical establishment at Cayenne. | Our drawing was made from a plant communicated by Roserr Barctay, Esq. from his very interesting collection at Bury Hill, early in last July. ‘We are informed that the plant was raised from New Holland seeds, given to Mr. Barcray by Mr. Hoare. According to Mr. Brown, it is a native of Lucky Bay, on the South coast, but is not found in New South Wales. . It is most probable, there- fore, that the seeds, both of this plant and of Sryziprium | adnatum came to this country’ through the means of Francis Hencuman, Esq. who, at a very great expence, sent Mr. Baxrrr, late gardener to the Count De Vanpzs, to that part of the country where Lecnenavunria formosa weaned. and where no-other collector has of late years We were favoured, on the same day, with a plant of this King’ 8 pont Ms. Mags aasnt the Belgrave ae! in on ing’s Road, raised from seeds eathered in Luck ay, by Mr. Hencuman’s collector, = SeOresSl ‘ N01 i ; 1 } Waddell Sc | Bud. Dy beers Wadror fh Wb IIE, a: s at a ots ( 2601)» , Corviivon CORUSCANS. ‘Srarwuine e. a Navet-worr. : am F _ © of tt esdane ad ; i { | Class and Order. _, Decanpria Pentacynia, nectarifere 5, ad CorvLEpon corus ans ; foliis cuneato-oblongis acuminatis ~ Marginibus crassis incurvatis, floribus umbellatim pani- culatis pendenti : LEDON coruscans ; ery oblongis subcuspidatis viridi- bus, ad solem_ undique micantibus marginibus sursum singulariter incurvantibus. Haworth Succ. Suppl. p.21. Coryiepon africana frutescens folio longo et angusto, flore —— Commel rar. 23. t. id C. spuriz proxima. _ Descr. Leaves te, flesh; ny, oblong, somewhat ~~ €-8 , being broader at the base, andnarrowing up- , channelled on the upper surface, margins very thick ) and incurved, terminated with a purple mucro. | Seape above a foot long, rounded, parila, nearly naked, having only three or four membranaceous scales or bractes. Flowers in an umbel- formed panicle, pendulous, orange-red, oming deeper with age. Calyx five-cleft : segments acute, closely embracing the base of the Corolla, which is ‘Monopetalous, an inch and half long ; tube nearly cylin- drical: lacinie of the limb revolute, ‘lanceolate. Necta- iferous scales at the base of the germens, five, concave. s10: Filaments inserted at the bottom of the tube, hairy near their insertion. Anthers yellow, before dehiscence four-cornered, erect. Germens five, gradually narrowed into * into five styles, recurved at the point, becoming longer than the stamens: Stigmas simple, acute. This species is certainly rognely related to CoryLepon spuria ; and if we were sure that the synonym from Com- MELIN, referred to by Lannzus and in Hortus Kewensis were correct, we oe not much hesitate to —_ it to that ies ; but Mr. Haworrn rejects that synonym for spuria ; Git when he applies it to our curviflora pe i 2044), it is surely without any good reason, as Commetin’s figure repre- sents the leaves to be channelled, with incurved margins, which, in curviflora are semicylindrical, and the flowers _ have Abel little resemblance ; the form of both the calyx — and corolla being quite different. Our drawing of this fine plant was taken in April last, at Ai ee ree waia F ad South-Lambeth. in - Native o Cape of Good-Hope. Requires pro- tection of the greenhouse, or dry sce: ee urtes Del. ‘Oper wee. ar Weddell Je. Brak -by Sbarts, Walworth Dit 2375 ) METROSIDEROS VIRIDIFLORA. GnRrEEN- FLOWERED METROSIDEROS. Class and Order. Icosanpria Monoeynia. Getctie Character. Cal. 5-fidus, semisuperus. Petala 5. Stamina longissima, exserta. Stigma simplex. Caps. 3- vel 4-locularis. i 4 j Specific Character. | Merrosiprnos viridiflora ; spicis terminalibus, foliis alternis ___ lanceolatis rigidis pungentibus, petiolis adpressis, sta- minibus deflexis corolla quater longioribus. | Cee This species, which appears to us to be an undescribed one, approaches very near to M. saligna ; but differs in having flexile branches, leaves quite smooth, darker green, smaller, more rigid and pungent, not so much nar- towed at the base, and more evidently petioled; calyx, Corolla, and stamens all green; the latter much longer, and Pointing downwards. The flowers grow ina crowded spike, -atfirst quite at the extremity ; the terminal shoot not ap- pearing: till some time after the flowers are fully expanded. _ This handsome shrub was raised from seeds by Messrs. Wurrtey, Brame and Munye, of the Fulham Nursery, and | cupreeieg in oink J few? “ a _ Native of New Holland. Appears to be a hardy - house shrub, which can be opagated by cuttings ; but Whether it is equally hardy with M. saligna has not been as yet ascertained. ae NV2603 J ber tis, Dyl 44 rt oa Lub ay l hers Wibrro rt? ? Wedaet Bite fel LO CF y rp deedoe te | Sy. ( ) OPLOTHECA FLORIDANA. F toripa OPLOTHECA. Class’ and Order. Penranpria Monoeynia. . Generic Character. sf Calyx semiquinquefidus, bibracteatus. Corolla nulla (nisi nectarium 'velis). Nectarium (vel: filamenta coalita) tubulosum, 5-dentatum. Anthere 5, in ore tubi sessiles, dentibus alternantes. Utriculus 1-spermus. Stylus indivi- sus: Stigma capitatum. — ye a ee Fi Specific Character and . -Optorneca floridana ; caule erecto, spicis confertis opposi- _ tis; inferioribus distantibus, ‘ikvetien globosis den- sissime lanatis. : of) | gets (Optorueca floridana. 5 ) ie Ps q I Desc. Stemerect, clothed with short brown | posite, lanceolate, undulate, 1 rr ywed towards the bular, 5-toothed: tube nearly cylindrical: teeth spreading. Anthers five, apparently sessile at the mouth of the tube of the nectarium, and alternate with its teeth. The necta- rium is supposed, perhaps justly, by some botanists to be composed of the united filaments. _Germen oval, superior: style undivided : stigma capitate, appearing scaly, or lobular when magnified. . : Oprtorneca* belongs to the natural order of Amaranthacea, and has been established as a genus by Professor Nurratt, who unites with it, as a second species, the GomPHRENA interrupta ; Gompurena Humboldtiana of Rormer and Scuutrss, the lanata of Kunru, if it should not turn out to be the same, will certainly makea third, It is distinguished from Gompurena chiefly by the form of the stigma. Native of North America. Found on the banks of the Altamaho, by Dr. Barpwin ; on the sandy beach of the Arkansa, by aus Nurran. ‘= desi Communicated by Rozerr Barctay, Esq. of Bury Hill, in September, 1824. It was raised from seeds given to Mr. Barcray, by Mr. Nurratt. ee Se & From owAor armour and Snen, a sheath, in allusion to the seed of this plant being protected in an armed sheath. Nurr, eed The outline figure, on the left hand, represents the calyx displayed to shew the nectarium within, and the bractes, or concave scales at its base (the outer calyx of Nuttall) ; and that on the right hand, the nectarinm, also laid open, to shew the insertion of the anthers and the germen, style and stigma. Both figures are considerably magnified, N 2604. Tbuxtit Dal. Bub. by Sturtir. Wadwortty, OcbI025. sipsmecre - NOLANA PARADOXA. VIOLET-COLOURED NoLana. ~ Class and Order. Pentanpri4 Monoeynia. Generi¢ Character. Cor. campanulata. Sty 3 inter germina. Nuces 5, 2—4-loculares. _ 4 | Specific Character and Synonym. Notana paradoxa ; caulibus prostratis hirsutis, calycibus sepius triangularibus, corollis infundibuliformi-cam- panulatis. i ; _Notana paradoxa ; caule prostrato et foliis ovatis obtusis tiolatis pilosis, calycis laciniis triangularibus, nucu- is ae monospermis. Lindley in Bot. Reg. n. 865. t, > a _ We examined several flowers of this plant at different times, but in all we found five germens, united together, _ and seated on a glandular five-lobed receptacle. In no in- stance did we meet with any thing like what is described _In the Botanical Register ; so that we suspect the specimen _€xamined by Mr. Linptey may have been a monstrosity. The principal difference we could observe in this species _ from Noxana prostrata existed in the calyx and corolla. In Notana paradoxa the calyx was very generally, in an early stage, divided only into two navicular segments, one ~ them with one, and the spe Sie 4 seigg A in _ later stage, these segments often split at the keels, when — _ the calse Becomes feral differing from that of prostrata only in the want of the spur-like processes towards the The corolla in our present plant is larger, more funnel-shaped, and of a bright violet colour, with a wie | | star star in the centre: in prostrata, the limb is more patent, the colour a pale blue, with dark purple streaks, radiating from the centre... The stems of paradoxa are stronger, and more pubescent, the central one sometimes growing up- right, and becoming woody.‘Mr. Davin Cameron, the head gardener at Bury Hill, informed us, that one which he planted out ina border in. May. last, had; by the latter end of August, covered a space of four feet diameter. Our drawing was taken at the collection of the late Joun Waxker, Esq. in May, 1823, where it was raised from seeds, imported from ‘Chili, by Mr. Francis Prace. But we had no opportunity of examining the plant parti- cularly, and comparing it with prostrata, till we received specimens of both species from Bury Hill in August last. } ai4 > Po Seb ss Ree ee | eas Hi ‘ 4 ws t0OF eitda sine eel io olmteoia olass - ar M2605 a &, FT bwrtsr Del. * . le . Le Yo Prk, by J Surtir Walworth Dob 1825. bess 1 _Orreanum Marv. LavenpEr-scentEep | MArsoram. Sie Sie Se Se i ae a Class and Order. Dipynamra .GyMNOSPERMIA. Generic Character. _ Strobilus tetragonus, spicatus, calyces colligens. Corolle lbium superius erectum planum ; inferius tripartitum, la- cinis zqualibus. eho Specific Character and Synonyms. ke t3 | " Oricanum Maru; spicis hirsutis, foliis ovatis tomentosis sessilibus. Sp. Pl. 825. Excluso synonymo Tourne- fortii. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 137. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 129. nm. 14. Smith in Rees. Cyclop. in loco. Lam, Encycl. Bot. 4. p. 608. n. 11. ., eed Masorana cretica, rotundifolia, Lavandule odore, capitulis minoribus incanis, flore purpurascente. Tournef. Cor. 13. ex auctoritate Ill. Smith. 1. ¢. 8 Marv creticum. Alpin. Exot. 289. ¢. 288. en # a 2 t 7 a * M. Porrét, in the supplement to the Encyclopédie, ex- presses a doubt, whether this species is not the same as the egyptiacum, which doubt has probably arisen from the ex- -4mmation of the synonyms, in which, according to Dr. Sonanper, Linnavs has confounded at least three different Species. ; | is: From the specimen of egsptiaes Hacum in the Banksian Her- barium, idk kerces with that in our own, Ortcanum Maru _ differs extremely, the capitula in that being crowded to- pether on very short peduncles, and the es between the eaves, which are petioled, being much shorter. There is a rigidity and nakedness in our plant, which x at at first sight distinguishes it from all the other species of — the genus. That our figure represents the real Oricanum — Maru we have the authority of Sir James E. Smrru, having © compared it with his authenticated specimen in the Bank- — sian Herbarium, collected by the late Professor SisrHorrs. — Perennial. Native of the Sphaciotic mountains in Crete. Requires to be protected from frost. Not recorded in Hortus Kewensis ; nor in any of the later catalogues of our — gardens, that we have seen. 7 The specimen from which our drawing was taken was communicated by Mr. Hopson, from the Botanic Garden at Bury St. Edmunds, in August, 1823. Pud.ty S.burlis Walworth: Oct,16 2: NV 2606. ( 2606 ) CALADIUM SEGUINUM, 8. MACULATUM. PoIson- ous CALADIuM, orn Dump Cane. peer KEKE KEK - Monazcta Poryanoria. A ceersc Gieiaaice, Masc. Cal.o. Cor. o. Anthere peltate, multiloculares, _ in spicam ad apicem spadicis composite. _ Fem. Calo. Cor. o. . Germina ad basin spadicis in- _serta. Stylus, Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. CaLapium seguinum ; caulescens, suberectum, foliis oblon- gis cuspidatis, spadice spatha oblonga breviore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p.4. 90. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. 312. Catapium seguinum. Vent. Cels. 30, . _ , Arum seguinum ; caulescens, suberectum, foliis lanceolato- ovatis. Sp. Pl. 1371. Jacg. Amer. p. 239. t. 151. Mill. Ic. p. 197. t. 295. ee _ Arum caule erecto geniculato inferne nudo, foliis oblongo- ovatis. Browne Jam. p. 331. Arum caule geniculato, canne indice foliis, summis labris _ — mutos reddens. Sloane Hist. Jam. |. p. 68. ae AruM a Canne indice foliis. Plum. Amer. p. 4. ¢. 61. Mr. Anerson, the curator of the Apothecaries’ Garden at Chelsea, has three different varieties, or perhaps species under the name of Dumb Cane. The one here figured does not appear to be specifically different from that figured by Panis Mixer, but to have just the same rela- tion to it, as the spotted Arum has to the plain variety. But a third kind in the same collection may perhaps be considered \ considered to be a distinct species, having brond-oval leaves, and stronger parallel ribs on the under side, running ob- liquely from the mid-rib. to the margins. Many of the plants of the family of Aréid@ are very acrid; but this perhaps exceeds them all in this quality. Sir Hans Stoang, in his History of Jamaica, gives the fol- lowing account of the reason. of the name by which it is known in the West Indies. “« If one cut this Cane with a knife and put the tip of the tongue to it, it makes a very painful sensation, and occa- sions such a very great irritation on the salivary ducts, that they presently swell, so that the person cannot speak, and do nothing for some time but void spittle to a great degree, or salivate, which in some time goes off ; in this, doing, in a greater degree, what European Arum does ina lesser ; and from this its quality, and being jointed, this Arum is called Dump Cane.” It is said, that the masters sometimes imflict a severe punishment upon their slaves, by rubbing their mouths with this plant. It is, also, an ingredient in the highly acrimo- nious liquid used in the preparation of sugar. . Native of the West Indies, and the tropical part of the continent of America, growing in marshy places, where it attains the height of five or six feet: Cultivated in thestove. _ Flowers at different seasons. Our specimen was com- municated by Mr. Anprrson in March in the present year. ’ The Outline figure shews the spadix, with the onthe: removed ; in which the male flowers are seen at the upper part, and the female at the lower. ites emt ( 2606* ) AMARYLLIDEARUM SyNopsis. eo a oo a § I. AMARYLLIDIFORMEs. Scapus solidus. Tubi faux arcta, Semina carnosa. Crinum. Folia basi tubulosa. Germen medio cras- sius. Twubus cylindricus, germine gracilior, _ Fila- menta extra tubum inserta; plus minus declinata, recurvata. Anthere incumbentes. Stigma trigonum aut trifidum. Capsula difformis, sine valvis aut sulcis, dissepimentis obsoletis. Ammocuaris. Folia basi non tubulosa. aes Oporantuus. Germen ovale, complanatum. Tubus et limbus infundibuliformes, erecti. Filamenta tubo pariter inserta, erecta, conniventia. Species lutea et forsan exigua, citrina. | 6. STERNEBERGIA. iv 6. Sterneseraia. los radicalis, aphyllus, erectus, sta- i é : minibus erectis, antheris 4-locularibus, twbo partim + subterraneo. Capsula oblonga, trigona, humo ex- | trusa. Semina globosa, nigra, funiculo fungoso | crasso albo subarillaté immersa. Species colchici- flora Kitaibel ; et proculdubio clusiana. Genus ad | _ Colchicum accedens. i 7? Cuinanruus. Germen subrotundum, trisulcum. Tubus — et limbus infundibuliformes. 8? Cuuipanruus. Germen trigoné ovale. Tubus cylin- dricus. Filamenta extra tubum inserta, erecta. Anthere ima parte aflixe, erecte. §1V. Cyrranrnirormes. Scapus cavus. Tubi faux bE ampla. Semina. testacea. 3 Ss Pyaorniton, Germen ovale. Tubus rectus, infra | cylindricus, supra campanulatus. Limbus infundi- | - buliformis, reflexus. Filamenta erecta. Stylus | declinatus. Stigma trifidum. 2. Vartora. Tubus rectus, infra cylindricus, supra in- — fundibuliformis. ilamenta conniventia, tubi lateri = -adherentia. Capsula ovalis. i 3. Gastronema. Germen ovale. Tubus curvatus, infra _ cylindricus, supra ventricosus. Filamenta tubo in- — serta, tria torte declinata, tria inferiora recta apice ~ conniventia. ‘ 4. Cyrrantuus. Tubus et stylus incurvati. Filamenta © super’ regione tubi inserta. Capsula ovalis. 3 5? Urceotarsa. Germen pendulum, ovatum, trisulcum, © triloculare. Tubus rectus, infra cylindricus, supra | <-ventricosus. f 6? Bravoa. Corolla. infundibuliformis, pendula. Fila- _ menta fundo tubi inserta. * In prima et secunda sectione genera gradatim feréaCrino ad Narcissum transeunt; in tertia et quarta ab Hippeastro, — ad Cyrtanthum aut Bravoam. Ixiolirion, App. 37. ob cau- — Jem ramosum foliigerum non hic bene convenit. W. H. je a hone INDEX. In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Fifty- Second Volume are alphabetically arranged. y eee i as: a ae ad Pi. 2570 Aconitum ochroleucum. 2524 Ageratum mexicanum. 2606* Amaryllidearum synopsis. 2576 Anthyllis Hermanniz. 2545 Aristolochia labiosa, 2549 Kerberis aristata. = 2554 Boltonia Asteroides. 2578 Brunsvigia Josephine y. 2562 Cactus truncatus. 2543 Caladium bicolor. 2606 seguinum, 2523 Calceolaria rugosa. 2571 Camellia j japonica, x. 2577 se. 2581 Campanula Lorei. 2553 —————- latifolia y macrantha. 2559 Catasetum tridentatum. ' 2551 Centaurea. sphwrocephala.” 2556 Chrysanthemum sinense.var.17. 2536 Clerodendrum et nagar On Coccimed, 2572 © _ 2603 il 2531 Crinum guonatiunt 8. 2592 elegans. 2561 Crotalaria. retusa. 2580 Cuphea serpyllifolia. 2529 Cynoglossum nitidum. 2534 Cyrtanthus striatus. . 2584 Dendrobium Pierardi. 2575 Dracena stricta. 2560 Elsholtzia cristata. 2585 Gladiolus debilis. 2539 Gloriosa virescens. 2582 Gnaphalium involucratum. 2540 Goodyera pubescens, 8. minor. 2597 Habranthus bifidus. 2579 Hakea florida, 2596 Hallia imbricata. 2533 Hamelia patens. msi = 2526 Heliophila stricta. 2557 Herpestis Monnieria, B, joe: lacacea. — 2573 Hippeastrum solandreflorum, B. Sox, 2528 Tris em tinned 2605 _Origanum Mara. : apo PL eek. 2530 Jussieua ovalifolia. 2541 Lavatera hispida. 2600 Lechenaultia formosa. 2565 Ligustrum lucidum. 2525 Limnocharis Plumieri... 2563 Lobelia longifiora, _ 2590 minuta. 2 “= 2519 rhizophyta ‘2 2574 Madia viscosa. 2544 Malva abutiloides. 2527 Melodinus mono 2602 ° Metrosideros_vi 2588 Narcissus Maclaii. |} 2555 Nicotiana Langsdorfhi.. 2604 Nolana paradoxa. —., “2566 CEnothera triloba.. - ; 2603 Oplotheca floridana. azne 2569 Orchis sulphurea.. MUS. oy og iflora, i rae arate raze unarifolia, 2 e. care 2564 Primula sinensis. _ ese 2548 Scutellaria altissima. . we 2589 Serratula pulchella. tin 2568 Solanum Balbisii. . : ) a 2547 — pyracenthum, 6. wa6 2598 Stylidium sie, The oun 2591 Thunbergia alata. 2599 Tigridia Herberti. -— 2567 Urtica reticulata. % 2594 Zephyranthes carinata. a 2537 - rosea. 2593 - striata. | 2583 verecunda - IN DE X. In which the English Names of the Plants contained in'the Fifty- | Second Volume are Alphabetically arranged. = SS Pi. . Pi. : 2524 Ageratum, Mexican... 2573 Knight’s-Star-lily, Solandra- 2606* Amaryllidee, Synopsis of. flowered. 2553 Bell-flower, Large-flowered giant 2581 Pollini’s. 2549 Berberry, Chitrian. 2545 Birth-wort, Marcgrave’s. 2554 Boltonia, Starwort-flowered. 2578 Brunswick-Lily, Tate’s variety of Josephine’s. 2562 Cactus, Ringent-flowered. 2606 Caladium, Poisonous or Dumb Cane. 2543 — Two-coloured. 2571 Camellia, Chandler's new. 2577 Knight’snew Waratah. oars Catasetum, tear : Centaury,Prickly globe-headed. 2535 Christ’s-thorn, Nepal. 2556 Chrysanthemum, Expanded 2586 Cranberry, American. 2531 Crinum, Blush-coloured Sand. 2592 Elegant. 2561 Crotalaria, W edge-leaved. 2582 Cudweed, Globe-headed New- Zealand, . 2580 Cuphea, Trinidad. 2534 Cyrthanthus, Striated. 2584 Dendrobium, Pierard’s. 2575 Dracena, Upright. Dumb Cane, see Caladium. 2560 Elsholtzia, Crested. 2566 Evening-primrose, Dandelion- leaved. : 2528 Flag, Long-spathed. 2539 Gloriosa, Greenish-flowered. 2546 Golden-rod, Tarragon-leaved. 2540 Goodyera, small pubescent. 2597 Habranthus, Two-cleft. 2579 Hakea, Many-flowered. 2596 Hallia, Tiled. 2533 Hamelia, Spreading scarlet. 2526 Heliophila, Upright. 2557 Herpestis, Purslane-leaved. 2529 Houndstongue, Smooth, or Na- vel-wort. 2576 Kidney-vetch, Lavender-leaved 9530 Jussieua, Oval-leaved. 2541 Lavatera, Hairy. — 2600 Lechenaultia, Handsome. 2525 Limnocharis, Plumier’s. 2563 Lobelia, Long-flowered. 2550 Mullein-leaved. 2590 Small. 2519 Spathula-leaved. 2574 Madia, Clammy. 2544 Mallow, Bahama. 2605 Marjoram, Lavender-scented. 2527 Melodinus, East-Indian. 2588 Narcissus, Macleay’s. 2601 Navel-wort, Sparkling. 2572 Scarlet. 2567 Nettle, Netted-leaved. 2568 Nightshade, Balbis’s. 2547 -- Orange-thorned. -}} 2604 Nolana, Violet-coloured. 2603 Oplotheca, Florida. - — 2569 Orchis, Pale-yellow. 2538 Pancratium, One-flowered, or Sea-Daffodil. 2587 Pentstemon, Foxglove-like. 2532 Pergularia, Bloody-juiced. 2552 Petunia, Large-flowered. 2542 Phlomis, Russell's Honesty- leaved. xs 2564 Primrose, Chinese. 2565 Privet, Chinese or Wax-tree. 2589 Saw-wort, Purple-scaled. 2548 Skull-cap, Tall. ; Sea-Daffodil see Pancratium. 2523 Slipper-wort, Sage-leaved. 2598 Stylidium, One-celled. || 2591 Thunbergia, Winged-leaved. 2599 Tiger-flower, Herbert's. 2555 Tobacco, Langsdorff's. 2595 Waldsteinia, Avens-like. Wax-tree, see Privet. || 2570 Wolf’s-bane, Pale-yellow. 2558 Zanthoxylum, Shining-leayed. 2594 Zephyranthes, Keel-leaved. 2583 odest. 2537 Rose-coloured. 2593 Striped.