CURTIS’S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; OR Flower Garden Displayed: In which the most Ornamental Foreren Pants cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented and coloured. To which are added, THEIR NAMES, CLASS, ORDER, GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF LINNUS; Their Places of Growth, Times of Flowering, and most approved Methods of Culture. . CONDUCTED By SAMUEL CURTIS, F. L. S. THE DESCRIPTIONS By WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, L.L. D. F.R. A. and L. 8S. and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. VOL. VU. &/ OF THE NEW SERIES; Or Vol. Lx. of the whole Work. *€ Who can paint Like Nature? Can Imagination boast Amid his gay creation, hues like these, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other ?” LONDON : ' s Printed by Edward Couchman, 10, Throgmorton Street 3 FOR THE PROPRIETOR, SAMUEL CURTIS, AT THE - . BOTANICAL MAGAZINE WAREHOUSE, GLAZENWOOD, NEAR COGGESHALL, ESSEX : Also by Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 23, Paternoster Row; J. & A. Arch, Cornhill; Treuttel, & Wurtz, Soho Square; Blackwood, Edinburgh; and in Holland, of Mr. Gt. Eldering, Florist, at Haarlem: And to be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country. 1833. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE COUNTESS OF DALHOUSIE, OF DALHOUSIE CASTLE, &c. &e. WHO, NOTWITHSTANDING THE VARIED DUTIES OF HER EXALTED STATION, BOTH IN THE CANADAS AND IN BENGAL, HAS RENDERED ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO BOTANY BY HER EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS, AND BY THE INTRODUCTION OF MANY INTERESTING SPECIES TO THE GARDENS OF THIS COUNTRY, THE PRESENT VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT, BY HER FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, W. J. HOOKER. GLascow, Dec. 1, 1833. WAM del! Tub by §. Cartes, Glazenwood Essex. Jan 1, 1888. 3206. ( 3206 ) GLOXINIA sPEcIosA, var. albiflora. Snowy Gvioxinia ; White-flowered variety. KEE KEE EE KEKE KEKE EK Class and Order. Dipynami1a ANGIOSPERMIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Gesneriea. ) Generic Character. Cal. superus, pentaphyllus. Cor. campanulata : limbo obliquo. Filamenta cum rudimento quinti imo tubo co- rollz inserta. Caps. 1-locularis. Recept. 2, biloba, late- ribus inserta, Specific Character and Synonyms. Guioxinta* speciosa; subacaulis, foliis ellipticis crenatis pubescenti-hirsutis, pedunculis erectis tlore longiori- bus, corolle tubo inflato. Groxinia speciosa. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 28. Bot. Reg. t. 213. Bot. Mag. t. 1937. (6.) floribus albis. : The usual, or purple-flowered state of this plant has been already figured and described, both in the Botanical Magazine and Register. It remains for us to give a repre- sentation of the white-flowered variety of this plant, which we believe is yet uncommon in the stoves of this country, though a pale-purple-blossomed kind is not unfrequent. * So named by L’HEéRiTIER, in honour of Dr. BENJAMIN PETER phate ro of Colmar, who had published on Marrynia and some allied enera. VOL. VII. B er } J . 9, & , . y ~ « WS H.ded! Pub by $. Curtis Claxenwood Essex. Jan 1]833, Swan S¢ ( 3207 ) LOBELIA MUCRONATA. SHARP-POINTED LOBELIA. KEKE RRR REE REE Class and Order. a Pentanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Loseuiscez. ) Generic Character. Corolla tubo hine fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito : Anthere counate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). Capsula_bilocularis (raro 3-locul.), apice supero bi- valvi. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Loses mucronata ; foliis sparsis sessilibus oblongo-lan- ceolatis serrulatis utrinque pubescentibus mucronatis, racemo brevi subfolioso laxo. Lospeuia mucronata. Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 516. t. 516. Schultes ee Veget. v. 5. p. 43. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. T1O, Derscr. Root perennial. Stem erect, herbaceous, two and a half to three feet high, simple, slightly downy, pur- plish-red. Leaves numerous, scattered, sessile, by no means amplexicaul, oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, three to four inches long, minutely serrated, tipped with a short point or mucro, downy and very soft to the touch on both sides : colour a pale green, tinged with red, especially at the mid- rib beneath. Raceme terminal, short, lax, of twelve or fourteen spreading, large, and richly-coloured flowers, sub- tended at the base by bracteas which are, below, large and foliaceous, above smaller, more or less tinged with purple. Calyx : tube short, somewhat angled, downy, with five nearly equal acuminated teeth. Corolla bright crimson, downy, downy, pale in the bud, slit on the upper side for nearly its whole length, through which the style and column of sta- mens are more or less protruded, limb deflexed, five-cleft, and somewhat two-lipped. Combined filaments, a cylin- drical, slender tube, reddish. Anthers lead-coloured. Seeds of this very beautiful plant were communicated to the Glasgow Botanic Garden from Chili, the native country of the species, by ALExanpeR CrucxsHanxs, Esq., and blossoms were produced in the greenhouse in August, 1832. Like the Losetia Tupa it will probably be found to be hardy enough in England to bear the open air, and will then prove a great acquisition. It is, however, a much smaller plant than that, in all its parts, bearing a much shorter and more lax raceme of flowers, but which are equally brilliant in point of colour. It does not appear to be known to any author except Cavanities, who has given a very accurate figure of it in the work above quoted. <3 ) CRYPTOPHRAGMIUM VENUSTUM. STATELY CrRYPTOPHRAGMIUM. I i ae ee Class and Order. | Dranpria MonoeyniA. —_— Ord —AcaNTHACER. ) Generic Ebnriilcr. Cal. 5- partis equalis. Cor. bilabiata val" ringens,, tubo erecto. Stam. 2, lateri infero tubi inserta. Anthere bilo- cellate, antice maxime contigue rimaque simplici dehis- centes, loculi fundo septo communi bilamellato diviso. Capsula tetragona, bilocularis, septo adnato, polysperma, a basi seminifera. Semina retinaculis sustensa.— Inflores- centia 5 racemi vel spice secunda@, vel glomerato-subverti- _ Bractew et bracteolz pales: ol i cit Nees v. Esenb. re = ects Character and Borys! CrypropHracMium * venustum ; spica terminali composita brachiata, foliis ellipticis in petiolum alate decurrenti- | bus denticulatis aga bhi corolla calyce multo sgn. ‘ Nees. CryProPHRAGMIUM vena Nees von Bieab. Atootle. Ind. Orient. in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. v. 3. p. 100. Justicia venusta, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. v. 1. pe t. 66. Ajied. Catal. n. 2470. a. b. 23 Dascr. A ahr according to Dr. Warsi, aitaintlig a height of four to men feet in its native country, with ‘a slightly * From xpuwros, concealed, and Qpuyyos, a partitides = the concealed’ dissepiment of the anther. slightly branched, but rather stout stem, branches four-— sided. Leaves opposite and decussate, the full grown ones — a span or more in length, ovate, acuminate, obscurely ser-— rated, rounded at the base, and then suddenly attenuated into a broadly-winged and waved petiole, scabrous on both sides: the midrib sends off numerous parallel and nearly transverse nerves, and these again lesser ones or veinlets, — which anastomose with them. Panicle terminal, large: peduncle and pedicels four-sided, downy. Flowers hand- some, arranged in distichous, yet subsecund spikes on the ultimate ramuli. Calyx small, ovate, five-partite, the seg- ments nearly equal, narrow-lanceolate, straight or slightly incurved. Corolla an inch and a half long: the tube straight, pale purple, the limb deep-purple, white in the centre, cut into two patent lips; upper lip in two, lower in three, linear-oblong segments. -Anthers white, promi-_ nent... Style white, a little longer than the stamens, slightly © thickened upwards : stigma small, two-lobed. _ 4 A folio plate were scarcely sufficient to do justice to the” large panicle of this beautiful plant, which Dr. Waxiich declares to be the loveliest of its tribe with which he is_ acquainted. The colour of the limb of the flowers is a peculiarly rich purple, but they are too much scattered on a single branch of the panicle to give the effect produced ls the entire panicle. It was discovered in the mountains of Pandua on theeastern boundary of India, and cultivated in the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1825, whence Dr. Wat- Lica introduced it to the English Gare ens, through that of the Horticultural Society of London in 1828. Its flower- agg the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden is tober. . oo: eb ME, ot , ane Pe 4 Fig. 1. Flower. vd Stamens and portion of ‘the Style : magnified. at WILE del? Pub: by S Curlis, Clazenwood Essex, Jan 11833. Swan Se ut iit - - Pe S o ts E rs Sd 5 oe 5 ial en eet oe Eproexpnum Piivinenne, Mrs. Harrtson’s EPipENDRUM. 4 | Jeeeeeeebeeaeiesoak ve ‘Class and Order. -s 2 ee - : _GyNanpRia Moxanprsa Pr i= (Nat ‘Ord. —Oncanoes. i | Generic ‘Chanfiler. Columna cum ungue labelli longitadinaliicr connata in -tubum (quandoque ecurrentem ovarium). Masse pollinis - A, parallele, septis completis beeeaeous; pistinete, basi _ “filo Seo ela: weg. auctae. Bre se . eas ae Eaadulatis obtusis, Praintale cloupaadl wf ‘bracteato terminali, racemo subumbellato, petalistri- bus exterioribus ellipticis, 2 interioribus lineari-oblon- gis, labello profunde trifido, segmentis cuneato-ob- longis obtusis, intermedio lacinula reflexa byobe-* 2 aim, Sitipasitic. " weche kedioa, peallite. many dis- ~ tichous, coriaceous, linear- -oblong, somewhat waved leaves, sheathing at the base, blunt at the extremity. Beyond the leaves, the main-stem is elong: = and incurved, and forms - a terminal peduncle, somewhat compressed, and clothed with many sheathing, acuminated, membranaceous, com- pressed bracteas. Flowers large, of a pale, delicate green, whitish in. the centre, arranged in a corymb-like raceme. ils patent ; the three outer ones the. largest, elliptical, obtuse, the two inner ones linear-oblong. Labellum : tenti-reflexed, the lower part combined with the semicylin= drical column ; thence suddenly dilated and deeply three-_ cleft, the segments -oblongo-cuneate, the middle one the broadest, ie ae _ broadest, and haying a small point ago reflexed, ~ which makes the middle segment appear two-lobed. At the base of the lip are two small tubercles. Anther small, half-immersed. | Pollen-masses, as in all the Genus, yellow. This is a fine and very distinct species of Eripenprum, allied in size and general mode of growth to E. nutans, but very different in the form of the labellum. It was communicated from the stove of Mrs. Arnonp Harrison, of Aigburgh, having been detected in Brazil by her brother, ~ Mr. Wiiuiam Harrison. ; te ii Fig. 1. Under side of the Lip. 2. Pollen-masses : magnified. oS td Me. on i < sips + x? ae - Z é Soran So. WAR ded? fab by S Curtis Clazenveod Essex. Jan. ME ( 3210 ) MeLALeuca Frasert. Mr. Fraser’s | | MELALEUCA. Class and Order. PoLyaDELPHIA POoLYANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Myrracez. ) Generic Character. Calycis tubus subhemisphericus, limbus 5-partitus. Pe- tala 5. Staminum phalanges totidem elongate, petalis opposite. Stylus fiiformis Stigma obtusam. oy Nev RIL Pad. by NS. Curhs Glaxenwood Essex . Ipril 7 28 dwan Se ( 3227° yas ERYTHRINA VELUTINA. VetvetTy Ery- | THRINA, i oo eo ey Oe OO Os OO Class and Order. Decanpria DIADELPHIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Lereuminos#. ) Generic Character. Cal. tubulosus ore truncato subdentato aut spathaceus, Corolle vexillum longissimum, oblongum, ale et carina dipetala vexillo multo breviores. Stamina diadelpha, recta, decimo nune ceteris subcoalito nunc libero alis multo bre- viore aut rarius deficiente. Legumen longum, torulosum, bivalve, polyspermum. Semina ovata, hilo lateralii—Ar- buscule aut Frutices, rarius Herbe. Stipule parve a peti- olo distincte. Folia petiolata unijuga cum impari, foliolis loco stipellarum glandulis basi stipatis. Caules et petioli interdum aculeatt. Racemi elongati, pedicellis sepe terna- tim approximatis. Flores rubro-coccineit. Semina sepius rubro et nigro mixta nitida. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Eryrurina * velutina; caule arboreo ramisque sparsim spi- — nosis, racemis petiolis foliolisque furfuraceo-tomen- tosis inermibus, foliolis obtusissimis basi subcordatis terminali deltoideo, lateralibus rotundatis, calycibus campanulato-spatheformibus hine fissis 5-denticulatis subcoriaceis densé furfuraceo-tomentosis, vexillo ovali magno lato reflexo, staminibus submonadelphis lon- gissime exsertis, carina obtusissime alarumque petalis - imbricatis concavis exsertis calyce longioribus. Lowe. — Eryrarina velutina. Willd. Nov. Act. Berol. v. 3. p. 426. — Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 904. De Cand. Prodr. v. _ * Bpvbzoc, red; from the fine red colour of the flowers of most of the species. _ VOL. VII. E eo 412. Humb. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 6. p. 435. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 244. (non Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr.) Descr. A Tree about thirty feet high, with a cylin- drical, straight trunk, seven or eight inches in diameter, unbranched, in the single individual observed, to a con- siderable height, twelve feet or more, covered with a smooth and even olive-blackish bark, and furnished with a few scattered, distant, single, very short and small, but strong, thick, conical, straight spines, three-fourths of an inch long, each seated on a small knob. Branches spreading, but not peculiarly straggling, nor with the stunted habit of E. Crista Galli, L., few in number, distant, elongated, some- what siinple and straight, growing mostly horizontally, and forming an irregular, spreading head of fine, densely-clus- tered, bright green foliage ; armed with spines similar to those of the trunk, except those of the last year’s growth, which are unarmed, thick in proportion to their length, strong ? wrinkled upwards annularly, and marked with the scars of the fallen petioles; otherwise smooth, and of a dark olive-green. Leaves deciduous in Madeira, the tree con- tinuing naked from December to June, produced in tufts at” the ends of the branches, coming out at the same time, but on different branches from those which produce the flowers, of a dark but bright green. Stipules (at the base of the petiole) very small, membranous and quickly deciduous, densely furfuraceous, ovato-acuminate. Petioles quite un- armed, round, five or six inches long, covered with a dense, furfuraceous, pale ferruginous, or tawny coat. Petiolules thickened, short, articulated upon the petioles, with a pair of minute, ovate, acute, fleshy, dark-green stipulets (stt- pelle) at the joint of the terminal leaflet, and a single one on the outer or lower side of the joint of each lateral one. Leaflets three, large, covered; principally beneath and while young, with a copious furfuraceous, pale yellow- ish-brown tomentum, which on the upper surface at least finally wears off and nearly disappears: all very obtuse, Subcordate, or truncate at the base, and slightly three- nerved ; all the nerves pale, more furfuraceous than the rest, prominent beneath, quite straight, nearly simple. The terminal leaflet is subdeltoid or somewhat three-lobed, broader almost at the base than long, the three lobes rounded or very obtuse and shallow. ‘The lateral leaflets are smaller and rounded, scarcely at all deltoid or oes lo F lobed. Racemes unarmed, a foot long, conical, several at the ends of a leafless branch from the base of its terminal, yet unexpanded leaf-bud ; widely divaricate, horizontal, and growing out at right angles with the branch, densely furfuraceo-tomentose in all its parts except the base of its main-stem, which is more or less naked, and dark blackish- — purple on the upper side, and wherever the coat is acci- dentally rubbed off ; the main stem is nearly as thick as the little finger at the base, then gradually attenuated, round throughout and perfectly straight. Flowers produced in June and July, very conspicuous, large, and handsome, in irregular, distant, partial whorls of from four to eight or thereabouts ; the stamens and carina always directed to- wards the base of the raceme. Bracteolas at the base of the pedicels, scarcely visible, very minute or obsolete, quick- ly deciduous ; none at the apex as in E. potanthes, Brot. — Pedicels round, densely furfuraceous, generally three to- gether, seldom more, occasionally only one or two, growing at right angles to the main stem, but irregularly all round it, halfan inch long. Flower-buds elongated, round, sub- lageniform, their ends truncated obliquely. Calyx densely furfuraceo-tomentose, pale brown, of a leathery but soft substance, dimidiate, or splitting partly down on the upper side, and resembling a campanulate spatha ; the lower lamina or limb or part opposite to the cleft, broad, wrink- led across, truncated obliquely, and with five irregular, blunt, shallow, nearly equal, small teeth. Standard re- flexed, large, ample, as broad (an inch and a half to two inches) as long, bright orange-red (red-lead approaching to vermillion) ; its limb broad oval scarcely notched, faintly lined or striated ; the claw short, green at its base. Wings exserted, Jonger than the calyx, ovate, concave, imbricated and closing over the keel, about three-fourths of an inch long and half an inch broad; at first green, finally chesnut- red, their edge intense purple-red. The éwo petals of the keel are similar in shape and colour to the wings but smaller; they can scarcely be said to form any keel, but are imbricated beneath the two wings, their tips appearing a little beyond these last. Stamens submonadelphous ; sometimes apparently diadelphous, nine and one, but the tube is only split a little farther down than usual, and the upper single stamen is united at the base with the rest. However, nine of the stamens are farther and more per- fectly united to each other than to the tenth in most cases. The tube formed by their filaments is pale green or white at the base, deep crimson or purple upwards, cleft wags own down or more on the upper side ; abruptly deflexed at the base, then straight and ascending’, far exserted, 7. e. an meh or more beyond the keel and wings. Filaments free for about half an inch below the anthers, smooth, deep pur- plish-red; five longer than the rest. Anthers small, brown. Pollen greenish-brown, subtrigonal, equilateral, the angles very obtuse or rounded. Style as long as the anthers, deep red. Stigma small, capitate. Ovary slender, elongated, tomentose, subcompressed. Not unfrequently there are two ovaries with their styles in one flower, which in other respects preserves its symmetry, except that the tube of the filaments is split farther down. Ovules numerous, but few come to maturity. Pods ripe in December ; the only one I have ever seen was about three inches long and half an inch broad, two-seeded, oblong, compressed, contracted between the seeds, beaked at the apex, stipitate and atten- uated at the base, perfectly smooth and even, or with a few faint, irregular veins or wrinkles, dark brown, gaping a little at the suture, on each side the edge of which runs a slight groove accompanied by a rib. Internally, it ap- pears separated into as many large, irregular cells as there are perfect seeds: the spaces between them as well as the beak and the slender base of the pod being filled with @ hard, spongy mass, like pith. Seeds much smaller than their cells, smooth and even, ofa uniform vermillion-red, each with a regular equilateral, trapeziform or lozenge-shaped, black mark, rather larger and better defined than in E. poianthes, Brot., close below the hilum, which is itself convex, with a fine groove down its middle, and dark-brownish : the seeds are of a tumid kidney shape, the back rounded, with a very slight trace of keel ; one-third of an inch long and a quarter broad. The Pods are very rarely produced in Madeira, the flowers usually falling off together with their pedicels. This is the case indeed with all Eryrurine here. The only individual of this noble species which I have seen in flower is growing amidst a plantation of other rare exotic trees in the garden of the Quinta de Valle near Funchal, at a height of three hundred or four hundred feet above the sea. Of its particular history and intro- duction it is now impossible to learn any thing with precision. It was probably imported by a former proprietor of the place, Mr, J. Murpoc#, with many other rare exotics, inmates of our stoves and greenhouses in England, which have now attained, in this favoured spot, the size and luxuriance of forest trees. Lowe. I am indebted to the Rev. R. T. Lows, for the above description, and for the drawing made from the living plant in Madeira. It is to be hoped that it will not be long ere our gardens are in possession of this splendid species. Fig. 1. Legumen. 2, 3. Seeds :—nat. size. Saran Se. Aub: by $. Curtis Glazenove 2 Essex drills Wed Ht clad? C 3228 )- PsyCHOTRIA DAPHNOIDES. DAPHNE-LIKE PsycHotria. ss Class and Order. PrentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Rvsiacea. ) Generic Character. ot Cal. tubus ovatus, limbus brevis 5-lobus, 5-dentatus, aut subinteger. Cor. infundibuliformis, brevis, 5-fida, regu- laris, limbo patente aut recurvo, fauce barbata aut glabra. Stam. 5, antheris exsertis, aut in fauce inclusis. Stigma bifidum. Bacca drupacea, dipyrena, calycis limbo coro- nata, per exsiccationem obtuse 10-costata, pyrenis char- taceo-coriaceis costatis l-spermis. Semen erectum, albu- mine cartilagineo, embryone parvo basilari.—Arbuscule, Frutices, rarius Herb equinoctiales. Folia opposita, peti- olata. Stipule varie. Pedunculi nunc axillares, sepius terminales, Flores paniculati aut corymbosi, rarius 4-meri, et interdum in wisdem individuis 5 et 4-meri. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Psycuorria* daphnoides ; fruticosa dichotoma glabra, ra- mis furcatis precipue apicem versus foliosis, foliis obo- vatis basi attenuatis, stipulis suborbicularibus bidenta- tis parvis, corymbis terminalibus paucifloris, corolle ore villoso. Psycnorria daphnoides. Allan Cunningh. in Hort. Reg. Kew. 7 ? Descr. Apparently a small shrub, with terete, forked, glabrous branches. Leaves opposite, about an inch long, submembranaceous, © * From wx», life, and tee, fo support ; on account of the powerful me- — dicinal properties of the PsycHoTRia emetica. ae submembranaceous, quite entire, attenuated at the base and sessile. Stipules small, membranous, roundish, with two teeth at the extremity. Flowers in small, few-flowered, terminal, pedunculated corymbs, generally bearing three flowers at the extremity of each ramification. Calyx small, adherent with the ovary, subglobose, slightly downy, with two small dracteas at its base, and crowned with five minute teeth. Corolla somewhat hypocrateriform, pure white: the tube a little ventricose, clothed with hairs: the limb of five oval, concave, spreading, obtuse segments. Stamens much exserted. Anthers linear-oblong, pale grey. Style scarcely reaching to the mouth of the corolla, tipped with a rather large, bifid, glandular stigma. An inhabitant of the margins of woods on the banks of Brisbane River, New Holland, where it was discovered by Auian Cunnincuam, Esq., and by him a living plant was introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew, in 1829. A flowering specimen was obligingly transmitted by W. T. Arron, Esq. It requires a warm greenhouse, where it flowers in the month of April, at which time our specimens were communicated. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil. 3, Stipules: magnified. . a ~ hein ei AS . ee REE EE EE EE EEE ERE ERE e = Class and Order. Dracia PoLyANpRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Eurnorsiace2. ) Generic Character. Flores dioici. Calyx 5-partitus, reflexus; prefloratio convolutiva, Petala o. Masc. Stamina 12 aut multo plura, receptaculo multiglanduloso imposita, filamentis exsertis, antheris adnatis, extrorsis, oblongis. Fam. Stig- mata 2—3 sessilia, lacera ; evarium carnosum, disco glan- duloso impositum, 2—3-loculare, loculis l-ovulatis. Fruc- tus capsularis, 2—3-coccus. Juss. Specific Character and Synonym. Getonium * fasciculatum ; foliis ellipticis obtusis, floribus fasciculatis foemineis stigmatibus brevibus apice laceris. Getonium fasciculatum. Roxb. Hort. Bengh. p. 73. Descr. A glabrous shrub, or, probably, small tree, with rounded,-green branches and alternate leaves, which are on very short petioles, elliptical, but sometimes approaching to oblong, at other times almost ovate, obtuse, the margins entire, or in the younger leaves not unfrequently furnished with a few coarse serratures. Stipules very caducous, falling off as the young leaf unfolds, aud apparently of the same nature as those of the fig-tribe. Peduncles opposite to the leaves, short and branched, so that the flowers appear to be fascicled. The perianth is of a greenish-white colour, s consisting * A name given by Dr. RoxpurGu, of which the derivation is not stated. consisting of five oval leaflets, slightly jagged at the edge, Male flowers with a wrinkled, fleshy disk in the centre, which bears several stamens: Filaments white; Anthers oblong, yellow. Female Flowers, according to Dr. Rox- BuRGH’s drawings in the East India Company’s Museum, with a similar perianth, and annular disk, surrounding a rounded, three-lobed germen, crowned with three spread- ing, wedge-shaped stigmas, lacerated at the extremity. Introduced from the East Indies to the Royal Gardens of Kew, whence specimens and a drawing were kindly com- municated by Mr. Arron. It exists probably in other col- lections ; for Mr. Arron observes that it bears the name of Saracopa glabra in some gardens :—and by that generic name it was probably Dr. Roxguren’s intention once to distinguish it ; for he observes in the Flora Indica, where two other specimens are mentioned, (G. bifarium and lan- ceolatum) that the Telinga name is Soora-gada. It flowers in August, and requires the heat of a stove. I have only seen specimens of the male plant. The pistil I have copied from Dr. Roxsuren’s figure in the India House. Fig. 1. Flower-bud. 2. Portion of the glandular body of the Male _ Flower, bearing Stamens, 3 and 4. Anthers. 5. Pistil from a Female Flower (copied from Dr. Roxsurcn’s drawing) :—more or less magnified. Hyprastis Canapensis. AMERICAN ~ Hyprastis. : ie SEEK EE EEE EEE EERE Class and Order. PoLtyanprRIA Potyeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncutace2. ) Generic Character. Cal. 3-sepalus, sepalis ovatis ; Pet. 0. Stamina ovari- aque plurima. Cariopsides baccate, plurime in capitulum, stylo terminate, 1-loculares, 1—2-sperme. Semina obo- voidea levigata. D.C. For Specific Name and Synonyms and Description and Figure of the Flowering Plant see our Tab. 3019. Under the remarks at the Figure just quoted, I mention- ed the great rarity of this plant, and that, notwithstanding the extensive correspondence | enjoyed with the Botanists of North America, it had never been in my power to examine a native specimen. Through the kindness of Dr. Dartine- ton of West Chester, Pennsylvania,I have lately been placed in communication with Dr. SHorr of Lexington, Kentucky, and amongst a very extensive collection which that gentle- man had the kindness to send me, (unquestionably one of the most beautiful I ever received,) I had the great pleasure to find specimens of Hyprastis Canadensis, and what was still more valuable, a beautiful drawing of the fructified state, as it is here given, taken from the living plant. If in the flowering state, Hyprastis Canadensis, has little beauty to recommend it to general cultivation, such is not the case when it has arrived at maturity; at which period, the two ample leaves terminating the erect and unbranched stem, are crowned, as it were, with the rich scarlet berry as large as a raspberry. It is composed of about a dozen obovate, ° obovate, fleshy, and very juicy pericarps, each tipped with its persistent, recurved style, and containing shining, black, smooth seeds. The natural affinities of this plant may well give rise to suspicion that the fruit is better to the eye than the palate, and it might be dangerous to make experiments on its esculent properties. About Lexington, the Hypras- tis Canadensis appears to be not unfrequent, producing its inconspicuous blossoms before the leaves are fully de- eae early in April, and its scarlet fruit the beginning of uly. Fig. 1, Fruit. 2. Under-side of ditto, nat. size. 3. A single Carpel. 4, 5. Seeds : magnified. HLH dif Fick: by A Curtis, Claxenwood. Essex, April LUIS, - EpipeNDRUM pycmmuM. Dwarr Epr- — DENDRUM. A _ oral SHEE * i Class and Order. 4 a GyYNANDRIA MonanpriA. ( Nat. Ord.— OrcuipeE2. ) Generic Character. Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis equalia v. angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. bellum cum marginibus columnz omnino v. parte connatum, limbo integro vel diviso, disco sepius calloso, costato v. tubercu- lato ; nune in calear productum oyario accretum et cuni- culum formans. Columna elongata: clinandrio marginato sepe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2—4-locularis. Polli- nia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.—Herbe (Ame- ricane) epiphyte, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudo-bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi v, pa- niculati, terminales v. laterales. Lindl. Meg Specific Character and Synonyms. ErmpenDRuM pygm@um; caule repente radicante, bulbis oblongis diphyllis apice floriferis, floribus subsessi- libus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, petalis lineari-lanceo- latis, labello columnz arcto adnato trilobo, lobis late- ralibus rotundatis incurvis intermedio integro acuto. Eripenprum pygmexum. Hook. in Bot. Misc. N. Ser. p. A9. t. 118. ined. oe ‘ Descr. Stem about the thickness of a crow’s quill, elon- gated, wavy, creeping, clothed in part with dark brown, sheathing scales ; throwing out from beneath rather long, branching roots, and from above, oblongo-lanceolate, com- pressed, * ressed bulbs, each of the latter terminated by two ob-— ongo-lanceolate, obtuse, coriaceous, spreading, dark green leaves, paler beneath. Flower small, solitary, from the axil of the two leaves, upon a very short peduncle, which is sur- rounded by a dark brown, sheathing bractea, and several lesser and pale green ones, some of which appear to be abor- tive flowers. Three outer segments of the perianth or sepals are ovato-acuminate, greenish, the two inner, or petals linear- lanceolate, of the same colour as the outer ones. Labellum white, adnate with the white, rather short, cylindrical column, three-lobed ; two lateral lobes large, incurved, rounded, the intermediate one acute, straight, tipped with red. Column with a tooth in front of the anther. Anther orange-coloured. Pollen-masses deep yellow. Germen clavate, acutely triquetrous. Capsule oval in its outline, — sharply triquetrous, tipped with the withered floral cover- ings. } in 1832, I had first the pleasure of receiving this plant 4 from Mrs. Arnorp Harrison of Aigburgh, to whom it was # sent by her brother from Brazil. In January 1833, speci- mens, both in flower and in fruit, were obligingly commu-_ nicated to me by Cuartes Horsraut, Esq. of Liverpool who received the plant from Wituiam Parke, Esq. Kings- ton, Jamaica. It has the habit of Dinema, Lindl., but Se in its flowers the true structure of an EprDEN- Fig. 1. Flower and Bractea. 2. Front view of a Flower. 3. Two of the. s, Column, and Labellum. 4. Capsule: magnified. | if Esse%. Alay 27997, a a , “rhs. Gla * nn cc: ERYTHRINA POIANTHES. NAKED-FLOWERING CoraL-TREE. KEKE KEK EKER EER EK Class and Order. Diapeven1aA DecanpRiA. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos2. ) Generic Character. ge Cal. tubulosus ore truncato subdentato aut spathaceus. Cor. vexillum longissinum oblongum, ale et carina dipe- tala vexillo multo breviores. Stamina diadelpha recta, decimo nunc ceteris subcoalito, nunc libero alis multo breviore aut rarius deficiente. Leguwmen longum torulosum bivalve polyspermum. Semina ovata, hilo laterali—Ar- buscule aut frutices,rarius herbe. Stipule parve a petiolo distincte. Folia petiolata 1-juga cum impari, foliolis loco” stipellarum glandulis bast stipatis. Caules et petioli inter- dum aculeati. Racemi elongati, pedicellis sepe ternatim approximatis. Flores rubro-coccinet. Semina sepius rubro et nigro mixta, nitida. DC. iin, Specific Character and Synonyms. EryTurina poianthes ; caule arboreo, ramis_petiolisque sparsim aculeolatis, foliis imermibus ovntosdéltdideld obtusis basi subcordatis, junioribus utrinque petiolis ramulis racemisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus subto- mentosis, calycibus tubuloso-campanulatis subcar- nosis pubescentibus, ore constricto truncato dentibus obsoletis, vexillo lineari-lanceolato elongato subfalcato, staminibus subdiadelphis inclusis vexillo paullum brevi- ore, carina alisque parvis inclusis calycem equantibus. Eryturina poianthes. Brotero in Linn. Trans. v. 1A. p. 342. ¢. 10,11. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1246. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 411. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 248. Descr. A low free, fifteen to twenty feet high, with the ¢runk and branches thick in proportion, the former being sometimes four feet in circumference. Branches at first erect and straight, but soon becoming curved and even bent downwards from their own weight and the pecu- har softness of the wood, which is so light and pithy when dried, as to resemble cork, and splits very readily. Zrunk and branches covered” with an even, greenish, ash-coloured bark, the smaller ones almost white, with small, solitary, scattered, hooked prickles: the main stem oblique, or even horizontal in old trees, bearing many, subdivided, erect branches, each tipped, from April to June, with a spike of brilliant scarlet flowers, which VOL. VI. F which are unaccompanied, for most of the time, with a single leaf, and thus present a most singular and beautiful appearance. Till the © period of inflorescence is half over, the tree is quite naked, and does not produce its full foliage till July, a few racemes only continuing through eat part of the summer. Leaves copious, large, and handsome, borne in terminal tufts and springing from buds which are densely clothed with tomentose, small scales, Stipules ovate, minute and downy, fleshy, at length indurated, woody and permanent. Prickles from a small point — or protuberance between the stipules, close beneath the large, prominent scar of the petiole, and requiring at least two years for their develop- ment. Petioles round, even, with rarely more than two small, hooked prickles béneath, covered, when young, with tawny pubescence. | leaflets on short, thickened stalks, each furnished with a minute stipule, inequilateral, ovato-deltoid, somewhat heart-shaped, obtuse, one with a longer petiole, and two small stipules of the same figure, but ae and larger than the lateral leaflets; all pubescent beneath when young: the entire leaf measuring nearly a foot in length. Aaceme— nearly straight and erect, solitary or two or even three s ringing from the summit of each branch, and at the base of the terminal, unexpanded leaf-bud, consisting of numerous, closely-crowded flowers, in a _ cone of spirally arranged buds; its main stem fulvo-pubescent, rounded — finally nearly a foot long. Flowers of a most brilliant vermillion scat™) ~ irregularly whorled. Pedicels very short, each bearing a small, ovate tea at the base, and a pair of similar ones beneath the calyx. lyz col pressed, brownish below, reddish above, downy, rigid, fleshy, subcampanula”®s — truncated, the mouth contracted, entire, teeth obsolete or with the intervals — filled up by a continuing membrane. Vezillum forming the whole flower, — strongly folded together for its whole length, linear-lanceolate, narrow, obtuse, slightly curved upwards, faintly streaked with longitudinal darker Jines. Wings very small, their tips just eegpesring beyond the calyx, oblong, concave, TOUNT ed, pale reddish at i i green below, striated, Petals of the keel rather shorter and narrower than the wings, but nearly of the same form and hue, closely embracing the base of the stamens, which last are imperfect! é diadelphous, a little shorter than the vexillum, and generally sheathed by it Filaments white ; anthers small, linear; triquetrous. Style subulate stigma acute. Pod four to nine inches ong, compressed, smooth, dark brown, oe moniliform, containing a pithy substance, and two 10° four seeds, which are oval, of a dull scarlet, with a small, black lozenge mark just below the hilum. pro- ot an unfrequent inmate of the gardens in Madeira, to which it was Pr” bably brought immediately from Peston where it is much cultivated, the native country of this splendid tree being Asia. Besides its singularity and beauty, the facility with which the various species of ERYTHRINA ame PP” ted is no small recommendation. Every branch, however y a en and carelessly stuck in the ground, will readily take root and ira The flowers are perfectly scentless, like those of the other Coral- S; bee spread horizontally as they continue to expand, the lower ones opening * and off in succession as the upper ones advance : thus the maoeme® preserve throughout the appearance of a candelabrum. In Madeira, few oil are produced, the blossoms almost all dropping off with the calyx entire, © ; ving the pedicels attached to the main stem for some little time longer. These, however, fall also, before the uppermost flowers of the raceme vs ” The Sat rida plant from which the drawing and description tas ei ws in the garden of the Quinta da Valle, close to its rival RYTHRINA telutina. Rev. R. T. Lowe. __Fig.1, Corolla, 2,3. Wings. 4. The two Petals of the Keel, nat. size. 5+ rae, eee eee Swe af ‘ey. ( 3235 y ze SANTALUM ALBUM. SANDAL Woon. Class and Order. TETRANDRIA Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.— Sanraracez. ) x Generic Character. - Perianthium 4-fidum, tubo ventricoso, deciduum. Glan- dule 4, fauci inserte, staminibus alternantes. Stigma 3—4- lobum. Drupa baccata, apice marginata.— / bores %. frutices glabri. Folia opposita, plana, latiuscula. Flores terni in pedunculis opposite ramosis : Onenter? caducis. Br. _ Specific Character and Synonyms. Sanrarom * album; foliis ovato-lanceolatis venosis, 1 racemis paniculatis. Sinraite album. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 497. Roxb. Fl. Indie. v. 1. p. 462. SANDALUM “ebuit Rumph. Amboyn, v. 2. p. a2: t. 11. gli Descr. Trunk twenty to thirty feet high, hed low down, two and a half to three feet in circumference, Bark brownish, scabrous, longitudinally cleft. Branches numer- ous, much divided, spreading, , and rising in every direction, forming nearly a spherical | head : the young shoots round and smooth. " Leaves opposi entire, glaucous below, from one and a half to three inches long. Petioles smooth. Thyrsi of flowers axillary and terminal. Pedicels opposite, the lower pair of each thyrsus generally three-flowered. Flowers numerous, small, at first straw-coloured, changing to a deep, te ied purple, scentless, as are all the external parts of the Srowing plant, . 2a even * From the Arabic Ssandal ; or from the Persian Sundul sufed. ; petioled, oblong, smooth, ~ this has been done, is commonly called root Sandal, and is of superior quality. In smoothing the billets, chips of the Sandal are of course cut off ; so are also fragments in squar- ing their ends. These chips and fragments, with the smaller assortment of billets, answer best for the Arabian market ; and from them the essential oil is distilled. The larger billets are sent to China ; and the middle-sized ones are used in India. The Sandal, when thus prepared and sorted, for at least three or four months before it is sold, ought to be shut up from the sun and wind in close ware- houses ; but the longer it is kept, with such precautions, the better ; its weight diminishing more than its smell. Pre- pared in this way, it rarely either splits or warps; both of which accidents render it unfit for many of the purposes to which it is applied. Before the year 1797, Sandal-wood was sorted into three sizes. Of the first size, thirty-five pieces made a Candy of 560ibs.: of the second size, forty-five pieces, and of the third size, fifty-five pieces. Since the year 1797, the sizes. have been sedaded. The first sort now contains sixty-five, the second sort seventy-two, and the third sort ninety pieces. All pieces smaller than these, all rank and knotty pieces, whatever may be their size, together with cuttings, roots, and the like, are called Carippu, and form a fourth sort. The chips which are removed in polishing the logs form a fifth assortment. The first three sorts only are exported to China, the Carippu to Bengal and Muscat, but to the former in the greatest quantity. The chips are sent to Bombay, Cutch, and Muscat. oa" : The Sandal-wood of the Sandwich Islands, of which I possess specimens gathered by Mr. Menzies, and by Mr. Macrae, is a very different species, and is Santatum Frey- cinetianum of GaupicHAND, and is almost the only article of commerce that those islands produce ; by means of it, a very lucrative trade has been carried on with China. Five new species of this Genus are also given by Mr. Brown as natives of New Holland, mostly of the tropical parts. The wood of a species of Prerocarpus, the P. santalinus, isalso known in commerce by the name of Red Sandal-wood, having been sent to Linnzus, says Sir J. E. Smiru, from the East Indies as a kind of Sanratum rubrum, or red Sanders-_ wood, and ascertained to be such by K6nie : it is described as a hard and heavy wood, of a deep red colour, with black veins, and as taking a fine polish. Santaline of M. Prt- LeTIER, is the colouring principle extracted from this wood. a lub by 5 Carts Glaxenwood Essex May 11033 ( 3236 ) ‘ DRYANDRA ARMATA. SHARP-POINTED — DryanpRa. i Class and Order. %, Pentanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Proreacez. ) Generic Character. Perianthium quadripartitum vel -_quadrifidum. Siena apicibus concavis laciniarum immersa. Sguamule hypo- gyne 4, Ovarium uniloculare, biovulatum: Ovula post feecundationem coherentia. Folliculus lignosus. Disse- pimentum ligneum, semibifidum fructus maturi. omnino simile. Receptaculum commune planum, floribus indeter- minatim confertis ; paleis angustis, raro nullis. Involucrum commune imbricatum.—Frutices plerumque humiles. Rami dum adsint sparsi vel umbellati. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida vel incisa, plante juvenilis conformia, Involucra solitaria, terminalia, raro lateralia, sessilia, foliis confertis, interiort- bus quandoque nervis obvallata, hemispherica, bracteis ad- pressis, in quibusdam apice appendiculatis. gle ae oe rianthio vix eae Br. Specific ———. and Syronyme. # icciches flexuose, ~ Leaves alternate ; often ; i 1 , hr glabrous, clothed with a brown k “%. often fasciculated, on short branches, patent or reflexed, very rigid, lanceolate, glabrous, below only furnished with several rather long, rigid, dark-coloured hairs, deeply pin- natifid, the segments patent, triangular, acute and mucro- nate, dark green above, paler beneath, marked with nume- rous reticulated, slightly elevated veins, which are glabrous, while the small areola are white as if mealy. Involucre terminal, solitary, of numerous imbricated, linear scales, clothed with short, dark brown hairs, surrounded by a sort of ray of numerous leaves. Flowers numerous, long, slen- der, yellow, deeply divided into four very narrow, linear laciniz, slightly enlarged upwards, in which portion the linear anthers are, as it were imbedded, Pollen copious, and as well as the anthers, yellow. . In the inestimable Prodromus Fl. Nove Hollandie of Mr. Brown, thirteen species of Dryanpra are enumerated, and in the Supplement to the same work, twelve new spe- cies are added ; all of them, as Mr. Brown observes, natives of the South-western shores. “It is worthy of remark,” says that gentleman, “ that while Banxsia is generally read over all the coasts of New Holland and of Van jemen’s Island, Dryanpra has hitherto been observed only on that part of the South coast called Lewin’s Land, - where, however, its species are nearly as numerous an abundant as those of Banksia itself.” “D. armata was dis- covered by that gentleman in the country just mentioned, and from seeds sent from thence by the late Mr. Fraser, plants have been raised in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, which flowered in February, 1833. — Fig. 1. Segment of a Leaf, seen from beneath, —Magnified. 5237. TH del? Lub by ¢ - Serre Se S.Curtes Glazenwood Essex May 11853 ( 3237 ) HETEROPTERIS CHRYSOPHYLLA. GoOLDEN- -LEAVED CHRYSOPHYLLA. : KEKE EEE EEE EEK EER EEE Class and Order. DecanDRIA 'T'RIGYNIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Matpieu1ace. ) Generic Character. — Cal. 5-partitus, extus ad basin 8—10-glandulosus. Pe- tala unguiculata, subrotunda. Stam. 10 filamentis subula- tis basi coherentibus. Styli 3 sursum non dilatati. Car- pella indehiscentia 3, monosperma, subdistincta, demum separabilia, desinentia in alam simplicem membranaceam deorsum (nec superne) incrassatam. Semen 1, pendulum in quogue loculo. Cotyledones crasse inequales. Radi- cula supera ad hilum versa.—Arbores, fruticesve sepe scan- dentes. DC. Gees cee Specific Character and Synonyms. Hererorteris* chrysophylla; foliis ovato-oblongis acutius- culis versus apicem subsinuatis subtus tomentoso-niti- dis aureis, petiolis brevissimis apice biglandulosis, floribus axillaribus paniculatis. Hererorreris chrysophylla. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 5. p. 163. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 391. Banisteria chrysophylla. Lam. Dict. v. 1. p. 368. Cav. | Diss. t. 24. Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. t. 105. _ Descr. A twining shrub, attaining to a great length, with opposite, rounded branches, clothed with dense ap- pressed, rusty, and shining hairs, the younger ones com- | “= : pressed. * “Erspos, various, and wrepoc, a wing, from the variable shape of the wing of the fruit. pressed. Leaves opposite, on short, rounded petioles, oval, or oval-oblong, entire, somewhat acute and waved, coria- ceous, dark green and glabrous above, marked beneath, with several glands near the margin, and clothed with a beautiful golden-brown, satiny pubescence, as are the pe- tioles, which have moreover two lateral, green, convex glands near the extremity. Peduncles axillary, bearing an umbellated panicle, much shorter than the leaves. Calyx five-partite, clothed with rusty pubescence, and bearing eight large, oblong, bright-green, shining, prominent glands, Corolla of five petals, which are roundish-oval, minutely crenulate, unguiculate, orange-coloured, becoming deeper and almost red in age. Stamens ten, erect : filaments subu- late ; five alternately smaller ; anthers roundish, reflexed, black at the back, pale and almost white in front. Germen — ovate, clothed with dense, rusty hairs. Styles three, short, terete, green. For the opportunity of figuring this desirable inmate of the stove, with the rich and golden clothing to the under- side of its leaves, I am indebted to J. T. Mackay, Esq. ho sent it from the Dublin College Botanic Garden, in the early part of March, 1833. It is a native of Brazil and the Caraccas, and I have received splendid specimens from the late Rev. L. Gurtpine of St. Vincent’s. In the older state. of the plant, I find the glands to be obsolete, and thus, ex- cept in the larger terminal and leafy panicles, I do not see P how Mr. Linptey’s H. nitida, 8, differs as a species. ——- 7 ; Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Anther. 4, Pistil :—magnified. ( 3238 ) PoGosTEMON PLECTRANTHOIDES. PLECTRAN- THUS-LIKE POGOSTEMON. KEKE KE EEE EKER ERE EERE Class and Order. DipyNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. ( Nat. Ord—Lasiurs. Div. Menrnomwex. Benth. ) Generic Character. Cal. equalis, 5-dentatus. Cor. 4-fida, subbilabiata, labio superiore trifido patente, inferiori integerrimo acuto subde- flexo. Stam. 4, exserta, distantia, subdeclinata. Filamenta barbata. Anthere terminales, 1-loculares, rima transversali dehiscentes. Benth. , Specific Character and Synonyms. Pocostemon * plectranthoides ; suffruticosum, foliis ovatis petiolatis inequaliter dentatis pubescentibus, spicis secundis obtusis. Desf. ae Pocostemon plectranthoides. Desf. in Mém. du Mus.v. 2. p. 155. p.6. Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. No. 1530.00 Descr. Stem woody, erect, obscurely four-sided, more distinctly so in the branches, very slightly swollen at the - joints ; bark pale brown, striated, tomentoso-pubescent on — the young shoots. Leaves five inches long, two and a hal! broad, opposite, petioled, spreading, ovate, acuminate, coarsely and unequally serrated, entire and subcunez the base, pubescent on both sides, veined, the mid L and primary veins (which pass obliquely for ) promi nent behind, petiole about a fourth part of the length of the leaf, channelled above, pubescent. Flowers in = * From xwyw, a beard, and chyw, a stamen, in consequence of the beard- ed stamens. nal, bracteate panicles ; rachis and its branches tomentoso- pubescent, sprinkled with purple spots, which are also seen on the back of the uppermost leaves and the lower side of — their petioles ; bractea ovate, acute, strongly ciliated, pu- bescent on both sides spotted with purple. Calyx green, scarcely spotted, clavate, shorter than the bractea, five-cleft, ubescent, segments acute, subequal, the lowest rather the ongest. Corolla white, tube slightly compressed, laterally declined ; limb scarcely so long as the tube, bilabiate, upper lip erect, trifid, segments blunt, pubescent on the outside, slightly reflexed at their apices, the central the smallest; lower lip simple, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, deflected. Sta- mens exserted, distant, deflected: filaments twice as long as the corolla, lilac, and covered on their outsides at the mid- dle with long lilac, moniliform hairs ; anthers pale yellow, unilocular, and bursting by a slit a little to one side of their vertex, forming two rather unequal valves. Style lilac, glabrous, bifid. Stigmas minute, terminal. Germen four-lobed, placed on a cylindrical disk. o The seeds of this plant were received at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mauritius in 1830; it blossomed in the stove for the first time in January and February, | 1833, the blossoms coming in succession for a long time. Whatever it has of beauty, is derived from its long, lilac, — _ Ihave referred above to the Kamoun specimen in Wat-_ uick’s Herbarium, with which our plant is identical, because — more careful examination may induce Mr. Benruam to con- sider the specimens from other stations distinct. It is pos- sible that it may have been introduced to Mauritius from — India. Graham. a | I have been favoured with a drawing and specimens of this plant also from the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it was introduced in 1830, by seeds sent from Dr. WALLIicH, and where it blossomed in December of the same year. —" Fig. 1. Flowerand Bracteas. 2. Flower scarcely expanded. 3. 3. Anthers. 4, Part of a Hair from a Filament: magnified. ee Corti: Glazenwvod Essex M hb by § ( 3239 ) AZALEA LEDIFOLIA, var. 8, phenicea. Purpie- FLoweErep Fracrant InpIAN AZALEA. _ KKK KEKE KEKE EEE Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Ruopopenprez. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. infundibuliformis limbo 5-fido. Stam. receptaculo inserta. Caps. 3—5-locularis, valvis dissepimentum formantibus. Sem. nuda. Specific Character and Synonym. Azauea ledifolia; floribus ternis, calyce erecto glanduloso- -viscido, staminibus sursum curvatis. Azatea ledifolia. Bot. Mag. t. 2901. (White-flowered.) Aza.ea Indica, var. aliorum. Var. 8. phenicea, semiduplex, floribus pheniceis, corolla — segmentis tribus superioribus maculatis (Tas. 3239.) — The richly-coloured flowers of this plant make a brilliant appearance in the greenhouse during the months of Janu-— ary and February, and form a striking contrast with the more frequent white-blossomed state; but the present is by no means so ready a flowerer. That it belongs to the same species (and not to the A. Indica) there can, I think, be no question ; it possesses all the essential characters, and the fragrance is similar, or perhaps more powerful, and — to persons who are insensible to that of the whi I have already, under t. 2901, suggested that the double rose-coloured var. of Azatea Indica, t. 2509, should be re- ferred to this species : another var. is that given at. t. 2667 of the present work. e" ga Bac sa WIH det* Pub by S. Curtis Clasenwend. Exsox May 1 18358, a - Brecunum LaNceota. — LANCE-SHAPED | BLecuNnum. oi So joct Class and Order. Cryprocamia Fi1ices. ( Nat. Ord.—Fuices. ) Generic Character. Sori lineares continui gemini utrinque ad costam. IJnvo- lucra membranacea plana versus costam dehiscentia. Specific Character and Synonyms. Buiecunum* Lanceola; frondibus cespitosis lanceolatis acu- minatis integris, sterili latiore. Biecunum Lanceola. Swartz, (according to Sprengel). Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 92. Biecunvum lanceolatum. Raddi Syn. Fil. Bras.n.118. Ejusd. Fil. Bras. p. 52. t. 60. f. 3. Descr. Root densely fibrous. Stipites several from the same root, tufted, two to three inches long, smooth, or rough with a few minute, deciduous scales. Fronds four to five inches long, membranaceous, lanceolate, acuminated simple and quite entire, glabrous, dark-green above, paler beneath, costate with many parallel, simple, oblique nerves, — which reach from the costa to the margin. The sterile fronds, when present, are seen to be shorter and broader than the fertile ones. Sori linear, continuous, one on each side the costa, and contiguous to it. Involuecrum continu- ous also. Capsules numerous, dark-brown. oe From the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it bears its fructifications abundantly. It is increased by parting * Breysor, or Baaxyor, in Greek, from Parad, powerless, insipid. wound the roots and planting them in moist earth placed etween two pieces of broken garden pot, a practice, we believe now very general in the cultivation of Ferns, and a _very rational one, since such fragments retain the moisture longer than the soil itself, and thus imitate, as it were, the crevices of rocks, where this beautiful tribe of plants so much delights to grow. B. Lanceola is a native of Brazil, where it appears to be not uncommon. It is named B. lanceolatum by Ranpp1, but SPRENGEL gives it as the B. Lanceola of Swarrz, though I know not in which of that author’s writings it is so called. It is not in his Synopsis Filicum, and WitipENow has no species of BLecnnum with a simple and undivided frond. Fig. 1. Portion of a fertile Frond—Magnified. IRAE ERE ITE POT ORRIN ES TREES 3241. Swan Funel 1838. Liab. by S. Curtis. Glaxenwoed, Bosex. MLA alt . i ( 3241 ++) Cynara CarpDuNcULUS, var. COMMON CarDOooN. KKK KEE KEK KEK KEE KEK EE Class and Order. SyNnGENESIA Potyeamia ALQUALIs. ( Nat. Ord.— Composir#. ) Generic Character. Squame involucri basi carnose, spinose. Receptaculum carnosum paleis fissis munitum. Pappus sessilis, plu- mosus. Spreng. + Specific Character and Synonyms. Cynara Cardunculus ; foliis decurrentibus pinnatifidis si1ts62 tomentosis, magis minusve spinulosis, st gtect invo- lucri ovato- oblongis. Cynara Cardunculus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1159. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 1691. Desfont. Fl. Ail. v. 2, p. 28. De Cand. Fl. Fr. v. 4. p.108. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4.p. 487. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 384. Spreng. cot Veget. v. 3. p. 368. Cynara sylvestris. (Artichant sauvage.) Lam. Dict. o. 1, p. 217, Common Carpoon. Mathews in Trans. of Hort. Soc. v. 4; pif (B.) foliis angustis fere inermibus, involucro superne con- tracto squamis obtuse spinosis. Bot. Mag. t t. 2862. After what has been said of the var. 8 of this plant, figured at t. 2862, it is needless to enter into a description of the present individual, which I take to be what Mr. Martuews, in his Memoir on the Cardoons above quoted, considers as the “ common Cardoon” of our gardens, the . Cardon pleine inerme” of the French, “‘ growing from. four VOL. Vil. - G ee four to five feet high: the leaves large and strong, with broadish segments to the leaflets, of a shining green, with a little appearance of hoariness on the upper surface, and generally destitute of spines, though some of the plants have a few small ones at the base of the leaflets.” Our plant, which was drawn from a specimen cultivated in the garden of the Edinburgh Horticultural Society, had only very small and soft spines in the tips of the lobes of the | leaflets. - The descriptive pages of the variety above figured having — been chiefly devoted to an account of the singular appear- ance made by this plant in the Pampas of Buenos Ayres, the present will be occupied by an account of the mode of its cultivation, as is practised at the garden of the Horti- cultural Society of London. The soil to be chosen for the growth of Cardoons, should be deep and light, but not over rich. The seeds are to.be sown about the middle of April, in trenches about six inches deep, by twelve inches wide, into which a small — quantity of rotten dung has been previously dug. The — rows are to be set four feet distant from each other, and the seed sown in patches (three or four together) at abot eighteen inches apart ; when the young plants have acquil ed a few leaves, they should be thinned out to single plants. During the summer, they must be kept free from weeds, — and in dry weather frequently watered. They require — much moisture. About the end of October, when the — plants have attained nearly their full size, a dry day isto — be chosen, when the plants are free from damp, to com- — mence the operation of blanching, which is thus performed. — The leaves of each plant are carefully and lightly tied — together with strong matting, keeping the whole apes : then — and the ribs of the leaves together. The plant is bound closely round with twisted hay-bands about an inch — and a half in diameter, beginning at the root, and contin-— uing to about two-thirds of its height, covering the whole so as to prevent the earth, when applied to it, coming contact with the ribs of the leaves. If the Cardoons are £0 be used early, and before frost sets in, the plants may re main thus banded, without earthing up, and will become sufficiently blanched for use. But if there is any danger of their being exposed to frost, then it is necessary that they should be earthed up in the same manner as Corey | care being taken not to raise the earth higher than hay-bands. : A more A more common practice is, instead of using hay-bands, simply to tie the leaves together with matting, and then to earth up the plants, like Celery ; the first earthing to be in the beginning of October, and then repeated once a fort- night, until the plants are sufficiently covered. Upon com- parison of the Cardoons so treated in the Horticultural Garden, with those blanched by hay-bands, the latter have been ascertained to be superior, both in colour, and in the greater length of the parts blanched. A French method of blanching has also been tried at the Society’s garden ; it was done in the following manner :— The bottom of the plant was first moulded up a little, the leaves were then tied together with pack-thread, and the whole nearly to the top was enveloped with a quantity of long, clean straw, placed in the direction of its length, and then tied round with strong matting or small ropes: the leaves were thus blanched without being earthed up, and speedily became eatable. The process is good, and affords a neat appearance ; but it is more troublesome than that first mentioned, and much more expensive; because if frost is to be excluded from the plant, a very large quantity of straw must be consumed for that purpose. In either of the cases of the use of hay-bands or straw, it is very necessary, to be careful that the plants are perfectl pes before they are enveloped in the covering: they will otherwise rot. It is frequently the practice to sow the seeds of Cardoons in beds, and to transplant the young plants after they have been so raised ; but it has been found preferable to sow the seeds where it is intended the plants should remain: for they are then better enabled to stand a dry summer, and are, besides, not so liable to run to flower as when they have been removed. Hort. Trans. ege In France, the flowers of the Cardoon are gathered and dried in the shade ; when so preserved, they are used instead of rennet to coagulate milk. alt Notwithstanding that the Cynara Cardunculus is a native of the North of Africa, and other countries bordering upon the Mediterranean, it bears our climate remarkably well, and independent of its usefulness for coeeatien, or in it really makes a fine appearance in a large garden, or ina shrubbery. SFumedl 1835. tub by § Cartis Claunweod Brsex WS del? ( 3242 ) CoRYDALIS BRACTEATA. BrACTEATED CoryYDALIs. KEK KEKE EK EEEEEE KEE EK Class and Order. DiapevpoiA Hexanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Fumartacez. ) Generic Character. Pet. 4, unicum basi calcaratum. Siliqua 2-valvis, com- pressa, polysperma.—Herbe glabre sepe glauce. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Corypatis bracteata ; caule simplici diphyllo basi unisqua- mato squama recurvata, foliis biternatim sectis seg- mentis bi- vel tripartitis laciniis oblongis brevissime mucronulatis subintegris, bracteis cuneatis flabellatim Incisis pedicellos superantibus, calcare adscendente recto obtusissimo pedicellum superante. - Lede. Corypatis bracteata. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 269. De Cand. Prodr. ». 1. p. 128. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 160. Ledeb. Fl. Altaica, v. 3. p. 243. Fumaria bracteata. Steph. in Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 3, p. 858. Descr. Root a globose tuber, throwing out a few radi- cles from its base. Stem simple, inclined at the base, then erect, a span or more high, bearing a recurved, oblong, brown, membranous scale above the base, and above it, two petiolated, rather glaucous leaves : these are biternate ; the primary divisions on partial petioles ; the secundary ones sessile cuneate, more or less deeply trifid, or multifid, the segments linear or oblong, very obscurely mucronulate. Raceme terminal. Bracteas large, foliaceous, broadly cu- neate, multifid ; the lower ones as long as the flowers, all longer than the pedicels. Flowers of an uniform pale yellow yellow colour; the upper and lower petals with large round- ed deeply emarginate, spreading lamine, often with a mucro in the notch: calear or spur rather long, nearly straight, having only a slight curvature towards the obtuse extre- mity. Inner petals quite closed over the stamens and style. Germen linear-oblong ; Style short ; Sizgma capitate. By the liberality of Professor Leprsour of Dorpat our gardens and our Herbaria have been enriched with some imteresting species of this Genus, the result of his arduous journey to the Altai Mountains. The April number of our Magazine contains the pretty C. longiflora, of which much finer specimens than are there represented have been since communicated from the Birmingham Botanic Garden, by its zealous Curator, Mr. Cameron. The species here figured also accompanied them, and both were sent to Mr. CAMERON _ by Professor Leprsour. Native specimens from the same — able Naturalist differ only in their larger size, and the — almost entirely straight spur to the corolla. It is cultivated in a cool frame, and in such a situation flowers in March. — The species iscompared by WitipENow with C. nobilis but that is a larger plant, and has a far more leafy stell denser raceme, shorter and much incurved spur, the lamine of the upper and lower petals are smaller, and those of the — two inner petals dark-coloured. | Fig. 1. Bractea and Flower : magnified. 3243, Pub by §. Curtis, Claxenwood. Kisex Sune LIPns. ( 3243 ) EPAcriIs CERHFLORA. WAX-FLOWERED Eipacris. KK KKK EEK EEK KKK RRR EK Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacripes. ) Generic Character. Calyx coloratus, multibracteatus ; bracteis textura caly- cis. Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala : antheris supra medium peltatis. Sguamule 5, hypogyne. Capsula placentis columne centrali adnatis. Br. Specific Character and Synonym. Epacris cereflora; foliis lanceolatis patentissimis nudius- culis subaveniis apice attenuato-mucronatis margini- bus scabris, floribus patulis axillaribus solitariis se- cundis, corolle tubo ovato calycem acutum ciliatum bis superante. Epacris cereflora. Graham in Edin. New Phil. Journ. Descr. Stem erect, branched, very slender. Branches tomentose, purplish. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, dark green above, paler below, mucronate, subpetiolate, spread- ing wide. Flowers collected near the extremities of the branches, white, secund, peduncled, patent. Calyx seg ments lanceolate, ciliated. Corolla : tube ovate, obscurely pentagonal, thrice as long as the calyx, pitted on the out- side between the calyx segments, and having, correspond- ing elevations within ; limb revolute, segments undulate, subacute. Stamens subexserted ; filaments alternating with the elevation within the tube, and adhering through their whole length to the inside of the corolla; anthers dark leaden-coloured, pollen granules white. Stigma capitate, ¢é sublobate, sublobate, flattened on the top. Style glabrous, somewhat thickened above its base, and again contracted, tapering a little towards the stigma. Germen green, glabrous, sub- rotund, embraced by the hypogynous scales at its base. Unripe Capsule subturbinate, pitted at the insertion of the style. Seeds erect, on a central placenta. This species, a native of Van Diemen’s Land, was raised at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds communi- cated by Mr. Newsiceine ; and likewise by the Rev. Ep- warp Craic, in January, 1831. It flowered for the first time in April and May, 1832, the plants being still very small. Many of the plants flowered much more freely in March and April this year. Graham. BL. A. deb Luh by S.C arts. Glarenwood Kiser, Jomo L353. ( 3244) ACACIA DECIPIENS, var. premorsa. Para- DOXICAL Acacia, variety. KEE EEE EEE EEK EK EKKER EEE Class and Order. Potyeamia Monaecia. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) Generic Character. Flores polygami. Calyx 4—5-dentatus. Petala 4—65, nune libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stamina numero vario, 10O—200. Legumen continuum. DC. Specific Character and Synonyms. Acacta decipiens ; stipulis spinescentibus deciduis, phyllo- diis triangularibus passimque trapezoideis, nervo lateri inferiori approximato in spinam producto, margine superiore dente acuto unico glandulifero (varietate, sepius premorso dentibus duobus vel tribus glanduli- feris), capitulis subsolitariis multifloris. Graham. : Acacta decipiens. («.) Brown, in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 465. Bot. Mag. t. 1745. we rg rh v. 2. p. 449. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. ef Var. 8, premio leihat, in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. for April, 1833. ‘ee, Descr. Shrub erect, twigs arched, angled, glabrous ; bark brown on the stem, green on the twigs. _ Phyllodium With one nerve, which passes near its lower side, triangular, the upper angle, except at the apices of the branches, trun- cated, and terminating in two or three short points, tipped With the glands, the lower angle extended into a prickle the continuation of the nerve. Stipules spinescent, spread- ing, subdeciduous. Peduncles glabrous, pellucid, spreading longer than the phyllodia. Flowers yellow, capitate, nu- = merous merous in each head. Calyx four-toothed, teeth blunt and — ciliated. Corolla of four petals, petals lanceolate, reflexed. — Stamens numerous, longer than the corolla. Pistil longer than the stamens ; germen ovate, downy. We received, 1831, at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mr. Knient of the King’s Road Nursery, the plant here described, under the name of Acacta premorsa. It — was probably imported by Mr. Baxrer. There seems, how- ever little doubt, but that it is a variety of A. decipiens; — distinguished chiefly by its paler flowers, by the petals — being more reflected, thus allowing the stamens to spread more, and producing a less distinctly lobular capitulum, and farther, by the upper angle of the leaf being oftener irregularly truncated than is the case in A. decipiens. It flowered very freely in the greenhouse, receiving the usual treatment of New Holland Acacias. Graham. 2 ——— Fig. 1. Portion of a Flowering Stem. 2. A single Flower: magnified. I! Fo M' Nab. dei* Tas. by S. Curtis. Glaxenwoed Bote. Sane Lis3ss. © 3245) LEONTICE ALTAICA. Ataic LEontTicr. ERE KEE EEE EEE EERE Class and Order. HexanpriA Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.—Berserines. ) Generic Character. Sepala 6, extus nuda. Petala 6, intus basi squamulam gerentia. Capsula vesicaria, 2—4-sperma. Lamina in fundo capsule inserta, globosa.—Herbe radice tuberosa, foliis varie sectis, calycibus sepe coloratis. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lrontice* Aléaica; folio caulino solitario, petioli a basi tripartiti ramulis segmenta 5 oblonga integra subpeti- olulata palmatim disposita gerentibus. D C, Leontice Altaica. Pall. Act. Petrop. 1779. p. 257. t. 8. f. 1,2, 3. Willd. Spec. Pl. v. 2. p. 149. Pers. gar v. 1. p. 386. De Cand. Syst. Nat. v. 2. p. 26. Prodr. v. 1. p. 110. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 121. Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 22. Ledebour, Fl. Altaica, v. 2. Descr. Root tuberous. Stem erect, succulent, een, purple at the base. Leaf solitary, petioled ; petiole 3-par- tite, divisions spreading, each bearing upon its summit, five elliptical, glaucous, unequal leaflets, each, particularly the largest, and those adjoining it, on partial petioles. Racemes terminal, deflected, of about twelve flowers: bracteas large, obovate, the lowest rotundato-reniform ; pedicels spreading, Single flowered, twice the length of the bracteas, farther ae elongated a vlecenilii —— * From aAsw», acovros, from a fancied resemblance in the leaves to the print of a lion’s foot. elongated and cernuous when bearing the fruit. Flowers — yellow. Calyx of six, spreading, elliptical, leaflets. Petals — six, yellow, opposite to the leaflets of the calyx, erect, — semi-cylindrical, truncated, biaristate at the apex, about — half the length of the calyx. Stamens six, yellow, opposite — to the petals, and longer than they; anthers bilocular, | opening by the sides folding upwards to the apex, where | they adhere to the connectioum. Stigma small, simple: — Style short, angular: Germen inflated, membranous, unilo- — cular. Ovules four, obovate, green, erect from the base of — the germen, and afterwards exposed by the rupture of its — apex. 3 PThis very pretty plant was received by Mr. Fatconer — from Mr. Goxpie, and flowered very freely in a cold frame — at Carlowrie in April. It is a native of the Altai Moun- tains, towards the Western part of which, it appears from _ Leprzour, it is most abundant, flowering early in spring, — while in the Eastern part it was not observed. According — to the same author, it does not differ from Leontice Odes sana of Dr. Fiscuer. ” In a most valuable collection of Lepesour’s plants, which _ I possess through the inexhaustible kindness of my friend — Mr. Hunneman, there is a specimen illustrating the singular appearance occasioned by the protrusion of the unripe seeds through the ruptured, membranous capsule. Graham. ; 4 “& . Fig. ‘1. Flower and Bractea. 2. One of the Petals and of the Stamens- 3. Pistil. 4. Ovules situated in the base of the cell, 3 tH att Lich. by §. Curtis, Harenuoodl Bsvex Sumol 41853. Javan Se ( 3246 ) ARABIS ROSEA. Rosk-coLoureD Rock- CRrEss, | : Class and Order. TETRADINAMIA SILIQUOSA. - ( Nat. Ord.—Crucirerz.) . Generic Character. Siliqua linearis ; valvis planis medio uninerviis. Semina in quoque loculo uniserialia, ovalia aut orbicularia, com- pressa. Cotyledones plane, accumbentes. Flores albi aut rarius rosei. Specific Character and Synonyms. Arasis rosea ; foliis caulinis oblongis semiamplexicaulibus subcordatis sinuato-dentatis pube ramosa scabris, pe- dicellis calyce longioribus, siliquis lineari-elongatis subattenuatis erectis, px Arasis rosea. De Cand. Syst. v. 2. p. 215. Prodr. v. 1. p. 142. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 90. Descr. Stem erect, or somewhat declined at the base, a span or more high, downy. Leaves oblong, obtuse, downy, with stellated pubescence on both sides, but chiefly be- neath, deeply toothed or sinuated, the lower or radical ones the largest, three to four inches long, tapering at the base, but scarcely petiolate : those of the stem rather numerous, oblong, or almost elliptical, obtuse at both extremities, quite sessile, and somewhat half-embracing the stem, but scarcely cordate. Flowers large in proportion to the size of the plant, collected into a dense, rounded raceme or corymb, of a beautiful and rather deep rose colour. Pedi- cels slender, longer than the calyx. Calyx of four nearly equal, erect, or very slightly patent, ‘oblong, green sepals, Me Vt wo, two, opposite ones, very slightly saccate at the base. Petals oblong, cuneate, clawed, obtuse or almost retuse at the extremity ; the claws pale or even yellowish at the base. Stamens, the longest of them, shorter than the petals. Fila- ments whitish purple: Anthers yellow. Pistil : Germen linear, with four glands at its base. Style short: Stigma small, two-lobed. As the fruit advances to maturity, the raceme becomes considerably lengthened. The pods are three inches or more long, erect, linear, compressed, very slender, attenuated into the short, persistent style, slightly beaded by the numerous seeds within, ithaged in a single row. _ For the opportunity of figuring this beautiful and rare plant, I am indebted to H. F. Tarzor, Esq. M. P., who obligingly communicated the specimens here represented from the garden of the Rey. Mr. Setwyn, of Kilmington, Wilts ; where it flowered, probably for the first time in — this country, in the month of February, 1833. The nearly ripe fruit appeared in March. The species is a native < Calabria, and it is best treated by keeping’ it under a fram though it will perhaps prove quite hardy, only having 8 flowers retarded by the backwardness of our springs. smmsaiates — ; : Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3, Stamens. 4. Pistil: magnified. 5. Ra BLM del? oO Peer Libby S. Curtis Claxenwood . if Besecx. Fanelli | ( 3247 ) PTERIS PEDATA. PEDATE-LEAVED Brake. EHH inekeok Class and Order. - Crrprogastta Fidtcee: ‘Se Nat. Ord.—Finices. ) Generic Piven. * Sort continui, lineares, marginales. Inclicrat e mar- gine frondis inflexum interius ¢ esas, | ‘te % Specific Character and. Synonyms. Preris* pedata; fronde 5-partita glabra, Jaciniis nnati-— fidis acutiusculis, lateralibus basi unitis, Gdns ‘ae. flexis, stipite levi. . Preris pedata. Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 205. ~- Schick p. 91. t. 100, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 358. Ra Brasil. p. Ad. t. 65. f. 3. t. 66 a y bis. _ Spreng. § | , Veget. 0.4. p. 10. ~ Hemionitis foliis atro-virentibus, Se. Aline, —— 0. iF p. 12 ale profunde laciniata, &c. Plum. Am. p. 2A. t. oF. It. p. WB 4. 162. Se Descr. Root a dense mass of dark brown, woolly fibres. Stipites several from the same root, four to six inches long, dark purple-brown, glabrous, smooth and very glossy, often alittle wavy. Fronds very variable. In the specimen before me, the young ones are palma ely six- -lobed, the lobes short, obtuse, the margin sinuated. As these advance to matu- rity, the divisions become ¢ -, the seginents longer, and the frond is cer dae palmated manner; the ar e is. * The same as wreps, a Fern, , and that from wrepué, a plume, or Seather. dle division deeply pinnatifid, or even bipinnatifid ; the seg- ments lanceolate, rather acuminated, but not very sharply : the lateral ones, two on each side, combined at the base, (or they may be considered, each pair, as one, and bipartite) ; the lowermost lobes deflexed. The colour is dark green above, paler beneath: the costa dark purple, especially at the base of the lobes, and glossy. The involucrum is con- tinuous along the margin of the whole frond, following all its sinuosities. Such seems to be the most usual appear- ance of the plant, but Rapp1 has described and figured some remarkable variations, to which it seems, in its native country, to be liable, being more or less divided, and the segments of very various breadths. Although not yet common in the stove of our gardens, where it is readily cultivated, it is of frequent occurrence in — the tropics, and probably most of the warmer parts of the — world. It was received at the Botanic Garden of Glasgow — from Jamaica, where, as well as in Brazil, it is extremel abundant. The bright green of the foliage, margined by the pale brown line of the involucre, and the e'lossy black _ purple stipites render this Fern a desirable inmate in @F pees 5248, AING DA, rely ¢ : & % Chere pre we werts. i<¢ Fich. by PS feet ( 3248 )- Limnocuaris Humpoupirir. HumBoupt’s LIMNOCHARIS. Class and Order. PotyanpriA Potyeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Burtomes. ) Generic Character. Calyx trifoliolatus. Cor. tripetala. Stamina numerosa; filamentis exterioribus sterilibus. Pistilla 6—20, arcte posita. Capsule interne longitudinaliter dehiscentes, uni- loculares, polysperme. Semina numerosa reti capsularum parietem intus vestienti affixa, adscendentia, ferri equini instar flexa, transversim scabra. Albumen nullum. Embryo hippocrepicus.—Herbe aquatice ; acaules aut caulescentes. Folia petiolata; petiolo basi vaginante. Scapi multiflori, floribus umbellatis, involucratis, aut pedunculi axillares uni- flort spatha instructi. Kunth. Specific Character and Synonyms. Limnocuaris * Humboldtii; foliis apice rotundatis 7-nerviis, petiolis pedunculisque unifloris cylindricis, petalis calyce duplo longioribus, pistillis 6. — Limnocuaris Humboldtii. Rich: in Ann. du Mus. v.1. p. 369. t. 19. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 1. p. 248. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v. 2. p.634. __ | Stratiotes nympheoides. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 821. Descr. Aquatic. Stems a foot or more long, terete, semipellucid, internally jointed, bearing, at intervals, a whorl, as it were, of petiolated, roundish-oval and some what * From aAwen, mud, and yep, grace, or ornament. Its beautiful flowers adorn moist muddy places. . VOL. Vil. H what cordate, obtuse leaves, with a central rib, which is_ remarkably swollen below, and three slender ones on each side near the margin: petioles terete, almost pellucid, jointed within ; their bases surrounded with oblong, mem-_ branous, convolute stipules. Peduncles elongated, single- — flowered, rising from among the petioles and internally — jointed like them. Calyx of three, oblong, patent, green — eaves. Corolla of three, very large obovato-rotundate, — very obtuse, slightly concave, spreading petals, twice the — length of the calyx, of a delicate primrose colour, faintly — striated, rather a deep yellow at the base. Stamens nu- — merous: Filaments deep, bluish-purple, subulate ; outer — ones sterile: Anthers linear, ‘purple: Pollen yellow. Pistils — six, erect, linear-oblong, standing close together, attenuat- . ed into a rather slender style: Stigma purple, velvety, from — the extremity decurrent for some way down on the inside. Some time ago, I received from Mr. Twerente of Buenos - apie specimens of this plant, gathered in pools or ditches — of fresh water, near that city. Seeds were likewise sent from the same source to the Botanic Garden of Liverpool, where the plants raised from them were successfully treated — in the aquarium by Messrs. Surpnerps, and the handsome — and delicate flowers burst open in great perfection in April, — 1833. They are, however, like those of Hyprocnaris Mor- sus Rane, of our country, very fagacious, and but for We — greatest care on the part of Mr. Henry Suepuerp, 1 ¢ not have received them in a state fit for drawing. ExeeP’ in the absence of the sterile stamens around the fertile ones, | I do not see how the Hyprocieys Commersoni of Rich ABD 1, c. p. 368, t. 18, differs from this plant, and it is a0 jnha- eeu of the same country. I possess what I take to e same plant, gathered abundantly in British Guian@ by C. S. Parker, Esq., inhabiting the same places with the beautiful Pontepersa azurea, Bot, Mag. t. 2932. ——4 ee — and outer sterile Stamen. 2. Pistils. 9. Single Pistil: ( 3249) OXYLOBIUM ELLIPTICUM. ELUIPTIC-LEAVED OXYLOBIUM. ie Se es os ns Os Class and Order. DecanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosa. ) Generic Character. Cal. profunde 5-fidus, bilabiatus. Cor. carina compressa, longitudine alarum vexillum explanatum equantium. Sta- mina toto aut imo calyci inserta. Stylus adscendens. Stigma simplex. Legumen aut subsessile, polyspermum, ven- tricosum, ovatum, acutum.—Frutices suffruticesve. Folia 3im Aim verticillata, integra. Flores corymbosi, flavi. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Oxy ogivum ellipticum; foliis ovali-oblongis mucronatis sub- verticillatis, bracteis infra apicem pedicelli caducis, capitulis terminalibus racemosis (leguminibus calyce duplo longioribus. Br.). : Oxytozium ellipticum. Br. in Hort. Kew. v. 3. p. 10. De Copa. Prodr. v. 2. p. 104. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. Gourcounnts ellipticum. Labillard. Nov. Holl. v. 1. p. 106. t. 135. Cauuistacnys elliptica. Vent. Malmais. t. 115. Descr. Shrub erect; bark on the stem brown, greenish and somewhat silky on the branches. Leaves (one inch long four lines and a half broad) elliptical, mucronate, coriaceous, shortly petioled, dark-green, reticulate and glabrous above, somewhat silky below, reflected in the edges, subverticillate, four in each whorl. Flowers yellow; in terminal, capitate spikes. Bractee single below the TR of each pedicel, and opposite a little above the middle, linear-subulate, | caducous, caducous, silky. Pedicels spreading wide, silky. Calyx equal in length to the pedicel, bilabiate, upper lip of two approximated, lower of three spreading acute, segments. Petals five, nearly of equal length; standard concave, semi- circular, crenate, slightly marked with orange in the throat, claw short; ale elliptical, truncated at the base, claw ver slender, keel of two petals united in the middle, subinflated, each petal shaped like one of the ale, but with rather a longer claw, and with a pouch projecting outwards and backwards to near its base. Stamens hypogynous included, free: filaments slightly compressed: anthers inserted b their backs; pollen yellow. Style ascending, exserted. Stigma,small, blunt. Germen pedicelled, shorter than the stamens, silky. Ovules about eight. Seeds of this plant were received at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Van Diemen’s Land, through Wit.1aM Henperson, Esq. in February, 1829, marked “ Prussian Shrub.” The plant has been treated in the greenhouse, in the usual way of New Holland Shrubs, and in April last, when above three feet high, it flowered for the first time— every subdivision of its numerous branches bearing, upon its apex, a crowded bunch of flowers. It appears from the Hortus Kewensis that the species was introduced from Van Diemen’s Land, by Mr. Brown, in 1805 ; but it seems to have been afterwards lost. The profusion of flowers with which it is covered, and the continued succession of these during a long while, ren- ders it a very desirable species for cultivation. Graham. Fig.1. Back view of a Flower, 2, Front view of ditto, 3, Vexillum, 4. Stamen. 5. Pistil—Magnified. a eS W del? tee Atly LIGES Swetz ( 3250 ) TRILLIUM ERECTUM; var. viridiflorum. Upricntr- STALKED TriL1i1uM ; pale green-flowered var. KEKE REE EEE EEE EEE EKER Class and Order. Hexanpris TRIeyntA. ( Nat. Ord.—Sminacexz. ) Generic Character. Cal. 3-phyllus. Cor. 3-petala, patens. Filamenta gla- bra. Anthere longitudinaliter adnate. Stigmata linearia, sessilia, reflexa. Bacca trilocularis, polysperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Tritium erectum; pedunculo erecto, flore inclinato, petalis late ovatis subreflexis calycem patentissimum sube- quantibus, foliis lato-rhomboideis. Tritium erectum, «, flore atro-purpureo. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 484. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. A470. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 245. Elliott, Carol. v. 1. p.427. Torrey, Fl. of Mid. Un. St. v. 1. p. 376. Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 7. . 1501. ee rhomboideum. Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 213. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 150. (6.) petalis albis. Mich. Am. le. Gal. in Bot. Mag. t. 1027. (y.) petalis ochroleucis. Tab. nostr. t. 3250. 'T. pendu- Jum. Willd. in Nov. Act. Soc. Berol. 3.p.421. Hort. Berol. t. 35. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 246. Elliott, Carol. v. 1. p. 428. That this is the real T. pendulum of W1LLDENow, no one, I think, can entertain any doubt who will be at the trouble of comparing our figure with that of WittpEnow. Yet F ieor that those who will also compare it with T. in, L a will be satisfied that it differs from that in almost nothing nothing save in the colour of the flower. I fear Botanists have been misled by the terms “ pendulous” and “ cernu- ous” applied by authors to the flower of this plant, and hence many have been led to suppose it to be drooping like that of T. cernuwm. Whereas the flower is only slightly inclined, as it were from its own weight, at the extremity of the slender peduncle. Our plants were received at the Botanic Garden of Glas- ow, from Canada, by favour of Mr. Creguorn, and they owered under a frame in the month of April, 1833. It is quite unnecessary to enter into a full description of this variety, which only differs from «, in the differently coloured tals, and from #, in the same particular, and in the roader petals. Fig. 1, 2. Stamens. 8. Pistil: magnified. tub. by §. Curtis. Glaxenwood. Bseux. July L833. YOST H. del? ( 3251 ) Levucopocon Ricuer. Ricue’s Levcopocon. Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacrivea. ) - Generic Character. Cal. bibracteatus. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo pa- tenti, longitudinaliter barbato. Filamenta inclusa. Ova- rium 2—3-loculare. Drupa baccata v. exsucca, nunc crus- tacea.—Frutices sepe humiles. Folia sparsa, quando interrupto-conferta. Flores spicati, axillares v. terminales. Discus hypogynus cyathiformis, sublobatus, raro nullus. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Levcoprocon Richei ; spicis erectis confertifloris folio parum brevioribus, foliis (subuncialibus) oblongo-lanceolatis oblongis vel sepé oblongo-ovatis extra medium lati- oribus 3—5-nervibus supra convexis glabris, drupis ovatis 5-locularibus. All. Cun. Leucorocon Richei. Br. Prodr. Flor. Nov. Holl. vol. 1. p. DAl. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. vol. 4. p. 475. Levucorogon polystachyus. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1436 (non Br. Prodr.) bené. ss Leucorocon apiculatus? Smith in Rees Cyclop. (non Br. Prodr.) Leucorocon parviflorus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1560. Stypnenta Richei. Labill. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 44. t. 60. (fide exempl. a D. Lasmtarpiere.) Poiret Encycl. Method. _ T, p, 483. n. 1. Spreng. Syst. Veget. vol. 1. p. 657. Srypueria parviflora. Andrews’ Reposit. t. 287. mala. STyPHELIA Gnidia. Venten. Malm. t. 23. pessima. es A small, glabrous shrub, with Nae branches. Leaves scattered, scarcely an inch long, lanceolate or ob- longo- longo-lanceolate, acute, rigid, glaucous green, pec three to five-nerved, convex above. Spikes small, crowded, terminal, rather shorter than the leaves. Calyx and brac- teal scales oblongo-ovate, imbricated, white or very pale green, often red in the centre. Corolla white: its tube oblongo-cylindrical : its limb five-cleft ; the segments re- flexed, densely hairy within. Anthers almost sessile, linear- oblong, brownish-red ; pollen yellow. Hypogynous disk cup-shaped, lobed, dark brownish green. Germen round- ish-oval : Style about the same length. Stigma somewhat capitate. ** The Epacripez& form a most remarkable and extensive tribe of plants in Australia, the temperate regions of which they more particularly inhabit, and by their abundance and wide dispersion upon its coasts, and in portions of its ex- plored interior, give a striking feature to the vegetation of that singular country, where they occupy the place of the Heaths of Southern Africa. Of this highly interesting family, so desirable to our cultivation, Mr. Brown has de- _ scribed one hundred and thirty-five species; and of these upwards of one-third are of the Genus of our presett subject. “ Although our plant has been already noticed, and under several names, we are, nevertheless, happy to give a repre- sentation of it, taken from specimens which Twenge Tast year in the Royal Gardens at Kew, because it affords us an si bag of publishing the correct synonymy of a species clearly but little understood, which has been obligingly communicated to us by Mr. Brown ; to whom also we are mdebted for the following observations. «< Sir James Epwarp Situ, in Rees’ Cyclopedia, first remarked that I had improperly referred AnDRew’s STYPHE- LIA parviflora, and Ventenat’s 8. Gnidium to his S. lanceo- lata, and is disposed to consider them as belonging to my Leucopogon apiculatus, from which, they are still more — distinct. Sir James E. Smrrn had received specimens of his plant from Port Jackson, and these specimens I have ascertained to belong to Lrucorogon Richei, to that state especially, in which I observed it between Port Jackson and Botany Bay, in 1803. He remarks (1. c.) that those native specimens agree with a plant then not unfrequent 10 Se panten. and hence probably he refers without hesita- tion to AnpreEws’s figure, which I still designate as a bad — representative of Leucorocon Richei, as 1 had done 1 ~ ferring it formerly to L. lanceolatus. VEnrENnat’s Seay . hy LIA L1A Gnidium, which from circumstantial, rather than internal evidence, was probably intended for the same species, is still worse, especially in its leaves. The figure in the Botanical Register is tolerable ; but Loppiees, in the Bota- nical Cabinet is the best, being much more characteristic than Lazitiarpiere’s taken from a specimen with uncom- monly large leaves, which are not represented as convex, sensibly widening upwards—two characters, on which I chiefly depended in distinguishing this species,’ R. Brown, MSS. “Thus it appears, that our plant is evidently an old inha- bitant of the gardens about London, where, by reason of its disposition to vary in habit as well as in the shape of its leaves, it has borne several names, although it would seem it has never been known among cultivators by that origin- ally applied, and now again restored to it ;—a name, that has a reference to a tale of distress and privation, to which M. Ricug, one of the Naturalists who accompanied D’En- TRECASTEAUX in his voyage in search of La Pryrouse was subjected, in December, 1792, on the desert shores of Southern Australia, when the two French ships La Ré- cherche and L’Esperance anchored among the group of islands subsequently named, after the admiral’s ship, ‘ the Archipelago of the Recherche.’ The discoveries made by Noyts in 1627 on the South coast had terminated at this Archipelago ; and as it does not appear, that either the Dutch at that period, or Captain Vancouver when on that coast in 1791, more than a century and a half subsequently, had effected a landing, our earliest knowledge of the character of the productions of this part of Nuyts’ land, slight as it was, is due to the visit of M. Ricue, and especially to his subsequent misfortune. i a = We gather from M. Lasimarprere, (the Botanist of the expedition,) that on the morning of the 16th of December, 1792, a boat having been sent from L’Esperance to the main shore, for the purposes of Astronomical observation, Citizen Ricne (attached as Naturalist to that vessel) accom- anied the party. me Quien? the beach on which he had landed, (some miles to the Westward of Cape le Grand, in long. 121° E.) and with the design of returning early in ‘the afternoon to the boat, ‘ that Naturalist,’ says Lasmiarpiere, ‘ became enraptured with the riches and novelty of all the produc- tions of that region, which no observer had hitherto visit- ed,’ and, quickly losing his way, he wandered to some - B distance distance inland, over a desert country, occasionally pre- senting plains of calcareous sand ; nor was he able to find his way back to the landing place until the third day ! so that the distress, which his absence had occasioned on board the ships was extreme. A boat was despatched on the second day from each vessel in quest of the lost Naturalist, and the admiral ordered guns to be fired every half hour, to enable M. Ricue, if still alive, to direct his steps with the greater certainty towards the anchoring-place: M. Lasit- LARDIERE himself was of the party. «The parties traced his course over the sterile waste he had traversed, to the edge of a large lake, which they con- cluded had a communication with the sea, as its waters were salt. The print of his shoes, observed on the margin of this considerable water, furnished encouragement to proceed in their search, but that the marks of naked feet which appeared near his, gave grounds for apprehending that he had been dragged by the savages into the interior country. Moreover, one of his pistols and his handker- chief were found on the sands; and these strengthened in their minds, their apprehensions of his fate. Further on, the little smoke that arose from a deserted fire directed theit steps to the spot, and near it they found bits of paper on which they recognized the hand-writing of the unfortu- nate man. Around them, the dismal waste extended far and wide, but no further trace of M. Ricux was to be found; when as they were returning towards the landing place, lamenting the fate of their unfortunate messmate, and had — nearly reached the shore in a hopeless state of mind, they beheld one of the boatmen running to meet them, with the epee intelligence, that Ricue was still alive, and that _ e had just arrived at the landing-place, extenuated with hunger and fatigue, having been upwards of fifty-four hours on shore, with no other provision, than some bits of bis- cuit. When he had recovered from the state of stupor, into which he had been thrown by so long a privation of nourisliment, he told his companions, that he had lost him- self on the first day ; but that near the fire, which he had found burning, there was a little rill of fresh water, at which he had quenched his thirst, and urged by hunger, he had ranged about in the neighbourhood, and in the thickets had discovered a shrub, which furnished him with some small fruit, but in a quantity insufficient for the supply of his necessities. To that shrub, the plant we have here defined ee al and figured, M. Lasiitarpiers, who originally described it, attached the name of the recovered Naturalist, as much out of compliment to him, as with a view to perpetuate the remembrance of the circumstances under which it had been discovered. “ At the little spring of water,—a rare discovery in the midst of an arid waste,—he passed the first night, and the next day was wholly spent in a fruitless attempt to gain the landing-place. ‘In all this painful peregrination,’ says Laprituarpiere, ‘ M. Ricue did not meet with a drop of water, although he saw in those wilds, at some distance from him, Emus, Kangaroos, and even some of the abori- ginal inhabitants, who, however, fled before him as he advanced :—but chance (rather, a kind Providence) happily conducted him in the evening to the same little rill, where he spent a second night.’ Notwithstanding the distress to which his situation had reduced him, exposed as he was to all the horrors of famine, M. Ricue carried during these two days ‘a numerous collection of very interesting produc- tions’ of the country he had traversed ; ‘ but during the third day, his strength sunk so rapidly,’ before he reached the boats, that ‘ he was obliged to abandon the whole collec- tion, not being able to reserve even the most precious arti- cles.’ “* This first landing on the inhospitable shores of Nuyt’s Land by the French was not, however, wholly lost to science ; for M. Lasitiarpiere, amidst his anxiety to urge the prosecution of the search for his lost countryman, did not fail to make some observation on the few birds that inhabit the shores, nor to form some little collection of the fine plants which, notwithstanding the aridity of the soil, were never- theless able to maintain an existence. Thus, among other plants, with which that painful excursion first made us acquainted, may be enumerated, besides our Leucorocon, Banxsia repens and nivea ; Cuorizema ticifolia ; Kucatye- Tus cornuta and Anicgozantuus rufa. The last notice we find of M. Ricue, after his return to France, is from Lasit- LARDIERE himself: namely, ‘ that he fell a victim to his love for science, having made, when already in a very advanced stage of consumption, a long and fatiguing journey, m which he consulted his scientific zeal, more than the state of his health.’ : “ Mr. Brown has substantially perpetuated his memory, by giving his name to a very singular plant likewise of this Order, growing abundantly on the summit and ie ve! foun Mount Wellington *, near Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, which would therefore be almost hardy in our gar- dens, to which, however, it remains yet to be introduced. “ No species of Levcorocon is so widely scattered in its — native country, as the subject of our present paper. It has been observed occupying portions of the sandy shores of — New South Wales, from Botany Bay, southerly towards — Cape Home: again it exists at Port Dalrymple, Van Die- men’s Land, and on the islands in Bass’ Strait ; and it has — been gathered at Port Philip and other parts of the South Coast ; and at King George’s Sound it was observed by Mr. Brown, in the voyage of Captain Fiivpers ; and on the shores of the latter, it was subsequently met with by Mr. Cunnincuam, bearing its white drupaceous fruit in the month of January (1822). At the present day L. Richeit is comparatively rare in our gardens, where it requires the same description of treatment as others of the Order : viz. the protection of a cold greenhouse, and flowering in the — spring and summer months.” Allan Cunningham. a ~ a * This remarkable mountain, is about the same elevation above the level of the ocean, as Ben Nevis in Scotland, and its summit is covered with snow during the winter months. A. C. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil Gy it aie ) MO James MN ab debt NCES Hib. hy S. Curtis. Glarnenwood. Essex Fuly L183, Swan Se, ( 3252 ) PRIMULA AMAENA. Porpite Caucasian PRIMROSE. | MEK ERE EEE KEE KK EEK EK Class and Order. PenTaAnpriaA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Primutacez. ) Generic Character. Flores subumbellati, involucrati. Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus, s. 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, fauce vel nuda, vel glandu- yaa limbo 5-lobo. Caps. apice 10-dentata, polysperma. pr. ! Specific Character and Synonyms. Primuta amena ; foliis spathulato-oblongis rugosis cre- nato-denticulatis hirsutiusculis subtus incano-lanatis, umbellis multifloris tomentoso-villosis, involucris sub- ulatis, calycibus ovato-oblongis angulatis, corolle limbo plano glabro tubo calyce vix longiore, collo hemispherico. | Primuta amena. M. Bieberst. Fl. Taurico-Caucas. v. 1. _ p. 138. Lehman. Mem. Primul. p. 39. t. 3. Roem. — et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 137. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 574. Descr. Leaves (three inches and a half long, one and a quarter broad,) spathulato-oblong, crenate and denticulate, much attenuated towards the base, but agarce’y petioled, slightly hirsute and bright green above, densely covered with white wool below, neatly and regularly rugose, middle rib and veins very prominent behind, primary veins nearly at right angles to the middle rib and secondary veins, which are nearly equidistant, reticulated at the edges of the leaf. Scape, with the flowers, seven inches high, lateral, erect, tomentoso-villous ; wmnbel many-flowered ; involucre awl- shaped ; shaped; pedicels erect, unequal (from half an inch to an inch long), pubescent. Calyx (four lines and a_ half long,) glanduloso-pubescent, pentagonal, ovato-oblong, five-toothed, angles prominent and green, interstices mem- branous, diaphanous, and purplish. Corolla very handsome, purplish-lilac in bud or when recently expanded, more blue after a few days ; tube scarcely longer than the calyx, purple, glabrous, wrinkled ; faux hemispherical, slightly glandu- loso-pubescent and purple on the outside, yellow within ; limb spreading, nearly flat, segments elliptical, emarginate. Anthers nearly sessile in the throat, yellow, pollen yellow. Germen globular, glabrous, lobed. Style (in the specimen described, but, as in allied species, its length probably varies) twice the length of the germen. Stigma large, hemi- spherical. This most desirable addition to the cultivated species of a universally admired Genus, was obtained by Mr. Nei from Mr. Gotpie, who brought it from St. Petersburgh. It flowered beautifully in the cold frame at Canon Mills in April last, producing an umbel of eighteen perfect flowers. In its native station, the Caucasian Alps, it is described by Marscuat Bieserstein, its discoverer, as havyimg an umbel with from three to ten flowers ; and a variety is noticed by Biezerstein in which the scape is wanting, the pedicels being all radical and single-flowered ; another analogy, if any were wanting, to confirm the opinion, that there is no specific distinction between Primuxa vulgaris and P. elatior, - ourcommon Primrose and Oxlip. Graham. US Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Pistil. ree 3 5 NN Ry $ g § j 3 s A. Ct § WoT He dal? ( 3253 ) ae EPAcrIs NIVALIS. SNowy Epadats. KEE EEE REE EEE EEE EEE RE Class and Order. Pentanpria Monogynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacrinea. ) Generic. Character. Cal. coloratus, multibracteatus, bracteis textura calycis, Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala: an- theris supra medium peltatis. Sguamule 5, hypogyne. Capsula placentis colamne centrali adnatis—Fraticuli ra- most, sepius glabri. Folia sparsa, petiolata v. basi simplici. Flores axillares, in spicam foliatam sepius digesti, albi v. purpurascentes. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Epacris nivalis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis patentissimis nu- diusculis infra nervosis apice attenuatis mucronatis marginibus scabris, floribus axillaribus solitariis se- cundis in pseudo-spicis longis aggregatis, corolla tubo campanulato, calycibus acutis ciliatis multo longiora. Graham. Epacris nivalis. Dodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1821. Bot. Reg. t. 1531. La Descr. Shrub evergreen, with many long, slender, to- mentous branches. Leaves scattered, spreading, ovato- lanceolate, attenuated at the apex and mucronate, dark green, slightly paler and three-nerved below, nearly gla- brous, edges slightly scabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary, peduncled, secund, cernuons, collected into long pseudo- spikes on the upper part of the branches ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, tomentous, scaly. Calyx coloured, seg- ments very acute, ciliated. Corolla white, glabrous ; tube campanulate, five-sided, pitted on the outside towards its base, so as to close it over the germen, about thrice as long as the calyx ; limb of five reflected, cordato-ovate seg- ments, Stamens alternate with the segments of the limb ; filaments Jilamenis adhering to the tube ; anthers nearly sessile in the throat, red, linear, versatile. Stigma of five lobes, yellow. Style glabrous, white, attenuated towards itsapex. Germen globular, green. Hypogynous scales semicircular, closely applied to the lower half of the germen. This exceedingly beautiful species was introduced into the garden of Messrs. Loppices, by H. M. Dyer, Esq. in 1829. The specimens now described form pretty large bushes, and most attractive ornaments to the greenhouse in the extensive collection of Mr. Cunnineuam, at Comely Bank Nursery, near Edinburgh, where they were profusely covered with blossoms in April. It is extremely difficult to get written characters to distinguish E. cereflora, KE. nivalis, and E. iwnpressa, though obviously very different species. The difficulties are increased by each seeming to vary con- siderably, and that in parts of structure which were con- sidered diagnostic of the species. In the reformed charac- ters which I have attempted, I am forced, in distinguishing these three from each other, to rely chiefly on the tube of the corolla. There is a variety of E. nivalis cultivated by Mr. Cun- NINGHAM, and obtained from Mr. Low, under the name of E. variabilis, in which the buds are suberect, the peduncle as long as the calyx, the tube of the corolla three times longer than this, twice as long as the leaves, and the sides grooved nearly along their whole length, the throat bemg slightly contracted ; in all of which there is a departure from what has been considered the type of E. nivalis, and the flowers are larger than in this, the plant is more robust, slightly different in habit, and is rather less easily propa- gated by cuttings. Epacris cereflora is a much smaller plant than either of the others, the wood is much more slender, the leaves more crowded, and the flowers little more than half the size of their's. Graham. E. impressa ; foliis lanceolatis patentissimis nudiusculis in- fra nervosis apice attenuatis mucronatis marginibus scabris, petiolis brevissimis, floribus pendulis axillari- bus solitariis in pseudo-spicis congestis, corolle tubis prismaticis calyce acuto ciliato multo longioribus. Graham. Fig. 1. Flower, 2, Pistil: magnified. Swan Se. Pub by 8. Curtis Glarenwood Essex, Jilly 11855. WIM ded? ( 3254 ) PULTENZA SUBUMBELLATA, SUBUMBELLATE : PuLTEN AA. PN the BEBEREREEE EERE EERE Class and Order. _ ts 2 Decanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.— Lecuminosa. ) Generic Character. ‘al. 5-fidus, lobis subequalibus in labia dua dispositis ; basi bibracteolatus, bracteolis interdum tubo adnatis. Ova- rium sessile, dispermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. ~ Stigma simplex. Strophiola seminis lobis posticis incisis. —Frutices Australasict. Folia simplicia, alterna. Stipule sepe concrete, intrafoliacee. Flores flavi, sepius in ca- pitula terminalia congesti. DC. Specific Name and Character. Putrenza subumbellata ; foliis sparsis lineari-oblongis ob- tusiusculis glabris, floribus terminalibus umbellato- capitatis, calycibus hirsutis. i. 3 Descr. A low shrub, with nearly erect, wavy branches, of which the younger ones are clothed with patent hairs. Leaves about half an inch long, linear-oblong, upon an excessively short, downy petiole, glabrous, with a very obscure midrib, rather obtuse at the point, the lower ones on the branches generally nearly erect and somewhat im- bricated, the upper ones patent, and sometimes almost re- flexed. Flowers collected into a somewhat umbellate head, and standing out horizontally, so that on looking down upon the flowers you see nothing but the standards. Calyx very hairy, in two lips, the upper with two, the lower with three obtuse teeth. Vexillum obovate, attenuated at the base, almost keeled on the back, bright orange, with a pale, oblong spot on the back at the base, surrounded Ye a bets deep purple-black ring. Ale yellow, oblong, concave, with a red line. Carina pale. Stamens ten: Filaments free: Anthers rounded, orange-coloured. Germen ovate, very silky : Style long, filiform, curved upwards: Stigma capitate. For the possession of this highly ornamental greenhouse plant, the Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted to Dr. Scort, who sent seeds from Van Diemen’s Land, from which plants were raised that blossomed in April, 1833. The flowers are very bright coloured, and the variegated vexillum or standard is singularly exposed, so that its colours may be seen to the best advantage, and almost every branch bears a head of them. Fig. 1. Side view of a Flower. 2, Under-side of ditto. 3. Stamen. 4, Pistil. 5, Upper side of a Leaf, and, 6, Under side of ditto. NMI ST )ANab delt nh by S Cartis Glazenaved Esses ~~ Aug? LIS3S C°3255 yet 4 CALCEOLARIA CRENATIFLORA. CRENATE- FLOWERED SLIPPERWORT. Class and Order. Dranpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Scropuutarina. ) Generic Character. Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata: labium inferius calcei- forme, inflatum. Caps. semibivalvis, valvulis bifidis. Specific Character and Synonyms. Catcroraria crenatiflora ; herbacea, foliis ovatis sublobatis dentatis inferioribus precipue petiolatis utrinque cau- leque pubescentibus subobliquis, floribus corymbosis labio superiore minimo inferiore amplo maculato cre- nato laciniis calycinis late ovatis nervosis. ! CauceoxariA crenatiflora. Cavan. Ic. Pl. v. 5. p. 28. t. 446. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.1.p.44. Grah. in Edin. Phil. Journ. June, 1833. CatceonariA anomala. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 1. p. 16. } Caxceotaria pendula. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 155. Descr. Herbaceous. Stem (a foot and a half high) erect, purple towards the base, abundantly covered with soft, spreading hairs, some of which are long and acute, a greater number half as long, and glandular. Lower leaves ovate, petioled (with a petiole seven inches long, three and a half broad) decurrent along the petioles, slightly undu- late, sublobate, dentate, suboblique, rugose, pubescent on both sides, dark green above, much paler below, and there purple towards the tip. Stem-leaves ovate, subacute, on much shorter petioles, smaller and more sessile upwards. Flowers corymbose, primary division in two or three branches, branches dichotomous with two flowers in the cleft. Peduncles (an inch and a half long) as well as the branches VOL. VII. I hy , branches having the same pubescence as on the stem. Ca- ~ Iyx-segments broadly ovate, subacute, spreading, densely covered with both kinds of pubescence on the outside, with the glandular only on the inner, entire, nerved, nerves gene- rally five. Corolla with short glandular pubescence over the whole of the outer surface, most conspicuous on the upper lip, glabrous within, except at the insertion of the stamens, where there are a few hairs, yellow, sprinkled with orange-brown spots on the upper part of the lower lip, and on its inner side near the throat, the spots being there larger and round, in the former situation smaller and oblong, while in that part of the lower lip which is inflected in the throat they become streaks. Upper lip small, semi- lunar, compressed upon the calyx, cucullate in the centre; lower lip very large, inflated, about a third of its lower surface parallel to the calyx, the remainder at right angles to this, and the upper surface forming an inclined plane from the throat, crenate at its lower part, the number of crenatures varying from three to five, and each frequently emarginate, the inflected portion of the lower lip flat at right angles to its upper surface. Stamens erect, subexserted ; filaments conical, slightly curved downwards, somewhat compressed, and having upon their surface a few erect, _ Short, glandular hairs; anthers large, pale yellow, lobes divaricated, equal, deeply furrowed on their outsides ; pollen cream-coloured. Pistil longer than the stamens ; stigma small, glandular, capitate ; style glabrous, slightly curved | downwards ;- germen glanduloso - pubescent, shape and structure as in the Genus ; placenta large ; ovules very nu- _ Inerous. t There is no species of this beautiful Genus which forms so striking a0 object in the greenhouse as this. How far it will bear cultivation n _the open air, we have yet to ascertain. I can see no reason whatever _ for the specific distinction between Canceotarta crenatiflora and C. pendula which is attempted to be drawn in the British Flower Garden. The chief distinction stated is the difference of the number of the crena- tures in the lower lip, and the flowers being pendulous or suberect. The former character I find to vary continually in the flowers even on the same corymb ; and the latter seems to me to depend solely on the degree a luxuriance produced by cultivation. I have both plants ME rae Low, who first raised them from seeds gathered in Chiloe by ‘I. ANDERSON, and who furnished the plant figured as CALCEOLARIA pendula in the British Flower Garden, and I cannot see a shade of differ- =o them. The impropriety of unnecessarily changing names is ‘the lutely caricatured by Prrsoon, who, knowing the plant only through the bad figure of Cavanitxes, imagined the lower lip to be flat, not nuated, as in the Genus, and therefore rejecting the name of Cava- NILLES, descriptive of a form found in, though not peculiar to, the spe- cies, he gave a name applicable only to the figure. Graham. as a ‘ lib by 8 Curtis Glazenwood Lisson ehiagy 1833, MID. MiNab, ded? ( 3256 ) SALPIGLOSSIS LINEARIS. LINEAR-LEAVED SALPIGLOSSIS. Class and Order. DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Sotanez. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus seu 5-partitus, subinequalis. Cor. infundi- buliformis, 5-loba. Filamentum quintum sterile (nune an- theriferum). Stylus apice dilatatus. Stigma truncatum, transversum. Capsula bilocularis, dissepimento valvis pa- rallelo. Semzna punctato-scabra. Specific Character and Synonyms. Saupictossis linearis; erecta glandulosa, ramis patulis, foliis lineari-oblongis sessilibus, corolla subregulari infundi- buliformi fauce dilatata calyce duplo longiore. Grah. Satriaxossis linearis. Hook. Bot. Mag. sub t. 3113. NierempBercia intermedia, Graham in Edin. N. Phil. Journ. 1832. Descr. Plant herbaceous, perennial, the whole, except- ing the inside of the corolla, minutely but densely glandu- | loso-pubescent. Stem (in a young plant about a foot high) erect, much branched, branches spreading, ascending. Leaves (an inch and a half long, four lines bread) scatter- ed, numerous, spreading or reflected, oblongo -spathulate, almost veinless, with a distinct midrib behind, somewhat keeled near the base, slightly folded along the middle rib above. Peduncles (one inch long) solitary, filiform, from the side of the clefts in the branches. Calyx persisting, five- parted, angular; segments spreading, foliaceous, linear, blunt. Corolla (nine lines long and nine lines across) fun- -nel-shaped, twice the leugth of the calyx ; limb rich purple, especially when first expanded, darker inwards, and still further towards the throat dotted with purple on a yellow ee ground, ee, ground, paler on the outside, reais regular, five-lobed, lobes emarginate, the upper ones rather shorter and rather more reflected than the lower, throat yellow ; dilated, tube inflated, a little more so on the lower than the upper side, clavate, longer than the calyx, nerved. Stamens five, in- cluded ; filaments glabrous, ascending, of unequal length, adhering to the tube by their somewhat dilated bases, which are concave in front, the two longest and the shortest at- tached to the lower side of the tube at its base. Anthers short, oblong, lobes much divaricated, bent back, and ap- proaching each other below, yellow ; pollen-granules minute, round, yellow. Piséil equal to the shorter stamens. Sétgma bilabiate, green, lobes blunt: Style slightly thickened up- wards, glabrous ; Germen ovate, green, glabrous, with a prominent nerve on two sides, bilocular, dissepiment tumid in the middle; ovules numerous, subglobular. Seeds brown, angled, muricated on the outer edge. Seeds of this plant, which is exceedingly pretty, and very well deserving of cultivation, were reciad by Mr. Neirr from Mr. Tweepir at Buenos Ayres in 1832, and the first specimen brought into flower in the stove at Canonmills in the end of September. It seemed to be about to flower take freely, but probably, on account of the season, all the “i buds dropped off excepting one, which perfected its blos- — _ soms and seeds. In April it flowered much more freely. It : strikes very readily by cuttings, and will probably thrive — well in a dry, light greenhouse. A better example than this plant cannot be wished by Mr. Davin Don, in confirmation of his opinion expressed Z in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, July, 1832, and in Sweer’s British Flower Garden, t. 172, of the generie — identity of Nisremperera and Perunra. | __ The habit of this plant is wholly that of NrereMBERGIA, — the flower in shape and structure precisely that of Savrr — GLossis integrifolia of Hooxer, Nrerempercia phenicea 8” Don. Graham. : _ Even should this interesting plant, and my S. integrifolia — prove not to be genuine species of Sarpieossis (with which — however they accord better than with any other established — Genus,) I can by no means consent to their being united — with Nreremperei, the form of whose corolla is most re-— markable. The stamens in our two plants are manifestly inequal ; there are four didynamous ones, and a fifth ‘smaller than the rest, but antheriferous. H. ; —— _ Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Base of the }¥ i e Stamens. 8. Pistil—Magnifted. of the Flower laid open to show the NS) ray ft fit bth Fth by 8. Curtis Clasenwood Essex MAag* LI8IS Swan Se ( — 3257 ) EPACRIS HETERONEMA. VARYING-STEMMED EPAcris. ERREREEE EEE EEE Class and Order. PrentTanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacripex. ) Generic Character. _ Calyx coloratus, multibracteatus, bracteis textura caly- cis! Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala : Antheris supra medium peltatis. Sguamule 5 hypogyne. Capsula placentis columne centrali adnatis.— Fruticuli ramost, sepius glabri. Folia sparsa, petiolata v. basi sim- pict. Flores axillares, in spicam foliatam sepius digestt, albi ». purpurascentes. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Epacris heteronema ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis concaviusculis subtus striatis, calycibus acutissimis nu- dis longitudine tubi, staminibus inclusis, stylo glabro, ramulis hirsutis. Br. eg Epacris heteronema. Labill. Nov.-Holl. v. 1. p.42.t.56. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 531. ae Descr. A shrub, with numerous wavy branches, which are more or less elongated, bare of foliage below, clothed upwards with numerous opposite and decussate /eaves, which are horizontally patent above, below closely reflexed, all of them elliptical or approaching to lanceolate, sharply acuminated and pungent, thick and coriaceous, slightly concave and dark green above, without any striz, beneath pale-coloured, convex, marked with three dorsal and one marginal stria on each side. Flowers moderately large, in more or less elongated and slightly leafy, terminal spikes. Bracteas Bracteas and calyx-leaves whitish, membranaceous, lanceo- Jate and acuminate. Corolla pure white, the tube about as — long as the five-cleft limb. Stamens situated at the mouth of the corolla, and inclined over it. Filament very short. Anther oblong, deep purplish red. Pollen yellow. Germen subglobose, five-lobed, surrounded by an annular lobed disk. Style short. Stigma globose, downy, yellow. This pretty species of Epacris was discovered by Laxit- LARDIERE in Van Dieman’s Land, where Mr. Brown also gathered it. But it is not confined to that country. Our friend Mr. Arran Cunnincuam found it in moist, rocky situ- ations in the Blue Mountains of New Holland, whence he introduced it to the Royal Gardens at Kew in 1823. It flowers in the month of May, and was obligingly commu- nicated by W. T. Arron, Esq. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil and glandular Ring. 4. Portion of the Stem and Leaves. 5, 6. Front and back view of a Leaf:—More or less magnified. WS Edel? Saar Se lub by S Cartis Glazenwoed Essex ate gy! 11885 : ( 3258) PLATYLOBIUM OBTUSANGULUM. OBTUSE- LEAVED FLAT-PEA. KEKE KEKE ERE EEE KEKE REE Class and Order. | DiApeLpHiA DEcANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminoss. ) Generic Character. Calyx bracteatus, bilabiatus: labio superiore bifido ro- tundato maximo. Stamina omnia connexa. Legumen pedicellatum, compresso-planum, dorso alatum, polysper- mum. Br. Specific Name and Character. Piatytosium obtusangulum ; foliis deltoideis angulis obtu- siusculis cum mucrone, pedunculis brevissimis (caly- ceque ad basin) bracteatis. Descr. Stems weak, filiform, irregularly branched and proliferous from the axils of the leaves, trailing upon the ground if not supported by a stick, greenish, slightly downy. Leaves opposite, rather remote, deltoid, subcoriaceous, the angles rather obtuse, but each tipped with a point: the younger ones almost cordate, without angles, of a pale . yellow-green colour. Flowers large, in pairs from the axils of the leaves, upon peduncles so short that they ma almost be deemed sessile, and these so covered with three or four brown, concave bracteas, as entirely to conceal them : two other larger and opposite bracteas appear at the base of the calyx. Upper lip of the calyx exceedingly large ; the two lobes opposite, appressed : lower lip small and three-toothed. Standard very broad, somewhat reni- form, with a deep notch at the top, within of a bright | orange colour with a red ray in the centre: outside orange- red, red, with a broad grey-brown cloud at the margin: wings deep orange-red at the base above. Keel of two very obtuse whitish petals, deep orange towards the extremity. _ For the possession of this beautiful plant, the Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted to Dr. Scorr, who sent the seeds from Van Dieman’s Land. These have flourished and the plants have been treated as hardy inmates of the greenhouse, where they blossom in May. ‘The species may possibly be only a variety of the P. traangulare of Brown, as given in the Botanical Magazine by Mr. Gawter, at t. 1568. But this has a much more straggling habit, and longer branches, frequently throwing out new shoots from the axils of the leaves, the old leaves have much more obtuse angles, and the young ones are not angular at all :—the flowers are considerably larger and the lobes of the calyx particularly so. In one respect, indeed, neither the present plant, nor that of Mr. Sims, coincides with P. triangulare ; and that is in the exceedingly short peduncles, which are entirely covered with bracteas ; whereas it is stated in the Hortus Kewensis by Mr. Brown, “ pedunculis basi apice- que bracteatis, medio nudis.”’ _ Fig. 1. A Flower and Flower-bud. 2, Back view of the Vexillum. 3. The Ale. 4. The Carina :—magnified. WITH dott Pub br 8 Cartas Glazenwood Lssex, davg "11833 ( 3259 ) PiatyLosium Murrayanum. Mr. Murray’s PLATYLOBIUM. | EREREEEEEE EEE EE EE EEE Class and Order. DiapetpHiA Decanpris. ( Nat. Ord.— Leeuminosz. ) Generic Character. Calyx bracteatus, bilabiatus: labio superiore bifido ro- tundato maximo, Stamina omnia connexa. Legumen pedicellatum, compresso-planum, dorso alatum, polysper- mum. Br. Specific Name and Character. Pratytozium Murrayanum ; caule ramosissimo, ramis erec- tiusculis flexuosis rigidis, foliis deltoideis acute mucro- natis, pedunculis filiformibus folio longioribus basi apiceque solummodo bracteatis. Descr. This plant forms a rather dense bush, about a foot high, dividing from the base into numerous suberect, _ flexuose branches, bearing other lateral, rather short and _ patent ones, all of them filiform, somewhat rigid or wiry, _ and rather woody. Leaves opposite, almost exactly deltoid, sometimes slightly acuminated, the angles acute and mu-— cronate. From beneath the axils of these leaves, conse- — quently in pairs, arises the peduncle, which is filiform, longer than the leaf itself, more or less curved, having at the base about six small, distichous bracteas, and at the extremity, or immediately at the base of the calyx, two minute brown bracteas. Calyx considerably smaller than in P. obtusangulum, but the same in form. The corolla likewise is similar, only smaller in all its parts. Young fruit considerably longer than the calyx, linear, sickle- shaped, stipitate, margined ; the upper margin the — ae Kee both hairy, terminated by the rather short style: about six-seeded. This plant likewise, as well as the P. obtusangulum, was received from Dr. Scorr, from Yan Dieman’s Land, at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and Mr. Murray, the able and zealous Curator of that establishment, at once recognized it as a species quite distinct both from the subject of the pre- ceding plate and from the P. triangulare of Dr. Sims ; and I am desirous that it should bear hisname. It bears a great number of flowers, which expand their vivid petals during the day, closing as the evening approaches. Fig. 1. Flower and Peduncle. 2. Calyx, seen in front. 3. Ale. 4. ‘Carina, 5. Young Legume :—magnified. r y # WILE. del, Pab by 8, Curlis, Glaxerwood Essex dig 11833 ( 3260) EUCALYPTUS AMYGDALINA. ALMOND-LEAVED EUCALYPTUS. Class and Order. IcosanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.— Myrracez. ) Generic Character. Calycis tubus persistens, obovatus aut globosus, cupule- formis, limbus operculeformis, integer, basi circumscissa et regulariter dehiscens, deciduus. Pet. 0. Stam. filamenta numerosa, libera. Capsula 4-locularis, aut abortu trilocu- laris, apice dehiscens, polysperma.—Arbores (Nove Hol- landiea) excelse. Folia integerrima, coriacea, sepius al- terna, rarius opposita, interdum in iisdem individuis varia, paucis, exceplis glaberrima. Pedunculi axillares, breves, umbellam 3—5-floram gerentes. Operculum in nonnullis, ex cl, Brown, exterius calycinum, interius corollinum. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Evucatyprus amygdalina; operculo hemispherico submu- — tico cupula breviore, pedunculis axillaribus et latera- libus teretiusculis petioli longitudine, umbellis 6—8- floris subcapitatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis basi attenu- atis apice acuminato-mucronatis. De Cand. Evcaryrrus amygdalina. Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. 14. t. 154. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.2.p.501. De Cand. Prodr. 3. 219. Graham, in Edin. Phil. Journ. June, 1833. Merrosiveros salicifolia. Gaertner, Fruct. et. Sem. 1.171. t. 34. fig. 3? | Descr. With us a rather slender shrub. Branches pen- dulous. Leaves (three to four inches long) petiolate, linear-lanceolate, acuminato-mucronate, sometimes falcate woe we or subsessile, ovato-elliptical and mucronate; glaucous, — especially when young; distantly sprinkled with minute, — transparent dots: middle rib strong, veins and marginal — callosity scarcely visible till dry. FYowers in axillary five- to eight- (or more) flowered corymbs ; peduncles scarcely longer than the petiole, stouter than it, nearly round, or obscurely furrowed ; pedicels resembling the peduncle, and not much more slender. Calyx, incldding the coher- ing segments of its limb (operculum), scarcely so long as the pedicel ; operculum hemispherical, minutely pointed, shorter than the tube (cupula). Stamens numerous, white, longer than the cupula. Style longer than the cupula, but shorter than the stamens. ’ This species, a native of Van Dieman’s Land, flowered at the Botanic Garden in the beginning of this month, when trained against the wall. We have not yet ascertained whether, like the Eucatyprus pulverulenta, it will thrive without this protection. Graham. | e a Fig. 1. Flower.with its Operculum. 2. Flower, from which the Opercu- lum has fallen. 3. A Flower, from which the Stamens are removed : mag- rol fied. WIE deft Pub: by 8. Curtis Clasenwvod Fissex dagust 2/833. ( 3261 ) PLEUROTHALLIS PROLIFERA. PRoLIFEROUS PLEUROTHALLIS. KEE KEKE EEE EEK KEE Class and Order. GynANnpRIA Monanprlia. ( Nat. Ord.— Orcuiwes. ) Generic Character. Sepala conniventia, subequalia, lateralibus vel omnibus connatis. Petala minora. Labellwm liberum, cum co- lumna subparallelum, integerrimum, petalis difforme. Co- lumna elongata, aptera, libera, cum ovyario continua. Anthera apice membranacea. Pollinia 2, nune materia pulveria ad apicem coherentia—Herbe epiphyte, rhizo- mate repente filiformi. Caules filiformes, monophylli, sepi- us vaginatt. Flores avxillares, solitarii, v. Jaseiculati v. racemosi, herbacei vel fusci. Lindl. Specific Character and Synonyms. PLEvuROTHALLIs prolifera ; caulibus ancipitibus, folio ob- longo cochleato carnoso prolifero racemo duplo longi- — ore, bracteis cuneatis cuspidatis cucullatis pedicello brevioribus, sepalis conniventibus lateralibus semi- connatis, petalis labelloque conformibus duplo longio- ribus, clinandrio dentato. Lindl. ae Prevrotuauus prolifera. Herbert, MSS. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1298. Hyjusd. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. Part I. p. 6. Descr. A parasite, with simple, compressed stems, four to five inches high, partly clothed with two or three large sheathing, membranous, striated scales, throwing out a few flexuose, simple, whitish, fleshy fibres from the base, and bearing a single leaf at the extremity, three to four inches in length, of an ovate form and acute, between ee and» and cucullate, remarkably thick and fleshy. In the hollow — of this, and from near the sinus at the base, the distichous _ raceme of flowers is produced, arising from a little mem- branous sheath, and closely appressed to the surface of the leaf. Bracteas membranaceous, circumvolute, shorter than the small pedicel. Flowers nearly erect. Leaflets or sepals of the calyx also erect, lanceolate, the two lateral, or infe- rior ones, combined for half their length and gibbous, deep blackish-purple, minutely papillose, within more inclining to red, or marked with minute, dark-coloured tubercles. Petals erect, spathulate, half the length of the sepals, of a deep rose colour, pale at the margin, toothed upwards. Lip erect, oblongo-lanceolate, dark purple-brown, minutely hispid at the point, with two small, incurved lobes near the base, which are ciliato-serrated. Column a little shorter than the petals, erect, slightly winged and serrated above, terminating in a membranous appendage (the elinandrium) _ within which the hemispherical yellow anther is situated. Pollen-masses two, obovate. Germen very short, jointed on the pedicel. Our collections are indebted for the possession of this very remarkable orchideous plant, to the Hon. and Rev. Wriuu4am Herserr, who received it from shady rocks at Boto Fogo, near Rio Janeiro. It flowers in June, and re- quires the same treatment as the other tropical parasites of the same family. In general structure the present species bears a great similarity with the P. saurocephalus, (Bot. Mag. t. 3030) which inhabits the same country. Tab. 1. Flower, 2. Flower, from which the sepals and lip are removed. 8. Lip. 4. Anther-case. 5, Pollen-masses :—magnified. € GPA Swan Se a - Onrtis Ulacenweed Esser . Sept 18. § a Pub by WIE del ( 3262 ) CATASETUM TRIFIDUM. 'TRIFID-LIPPED CATASETUM. REE REE EEE EEE EEK ERE Class and Order. Gynanpria Monanpria. ( Nat. Ord.— OrcuiveEz. ) Generic Character. Perianthium rectum sepius globosum. Labellum sac- eatum concavum (raro explanatum), sepalis difforme. Columna aptera bicirrhosa, Anthera cornuta bilocularis. Pollinia postice biloba, in filo maximo denudato transverso, demum elastice contractili, inserta. Lindl. Specific Name and Character. Carasetum * trifidum: floribus maculatis, petalis duobus ~ eum sepalo superiore conniventibus, labello patentis- simo plano trifido segmentis lateralibus acuminatis intermedio crasso obtuso breviore. Descr. Our plant consisted of a former year’s leafless, oblong, jointed, and striated bulb, or bulb-like stem, from the side of which arises a young shoot, with a scarcely bul- biform stem, sheathed with two or three scales, and bearing four to five elliptico-lanceolate, waved, acuminated, stri- ated, and acuminated leaves, bright but pale green above, paler and somewhat glaucous beneath. Scape, from the base of the stem, nearly a foot and ahalfhigh. Flowers in a lax, drooping sptke, large, of lurid green colour, tinged, and copiously spotted with purple. Bracteas rather small, green, * From xara, downwards, and seta, a bristle, from the bristle-shaped appendages to the column which point downwards. VOL. Vi. K green, half embracing the base of the club-shaped germen. © Calyx-leaves or sepals three, broadly lanceolate, spreading, but also incurved, concave, the superior one the narrowest ; and with this the two oblong lanceolate petals are connivent. Labellum very patent, lying close within the lower sepals, shorter than they, plane, or with the sides slightly deflexed, glossy, and of a rather darker green, and more deeply spotted than the rest of the flowers, deeply trifid at the extremity ; the two lateral segments considerably acumi- nated ; the intermediate one shorter, thickened, and purple. Column porrected, rather short and semicylindrical, with a slender, acuminated, subulate point, bearing in front two long, acuminated filaments, diverging beyond the middle and lying close upon the labellum. Anther-case oval, with a subulate point corresponding with that of the column. For this beautiful and most interesting species of Cara- serum, the Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted to Mr. Lockxnart, who sent the living plant from Trinidad. It produced its large spike of flowers in the month of May. Professor Linptry has already figured a species. of the Genus, (C. cristatum, Bot. Reg. t. 966.) which differed from all the then known species of Carasetum in the spreading character of the labellum, and in the manner in which the sepals are expanded ; but in every other respect, in its habit, _ foliage, inflorescence, and especially in the structure of its column, it entirely agreed with Caraserum. The same re- marks may, with equal propriety, be applied to the present individual, which is moreover, as a species, totally distinct from C. cristatum. Fig. 1. Front view of an entire Flower. 2, Anther-Case. 3. Pollen- mass. WIM tel? : Lub by 8.0urlis Alazenwood Keser Sept? 1 1833. C 3263 ) ASTRAGALUS PROCUMBENS. PROCUMBENT MiLk-Vetcu. KKK EKER EEE KEK EKER Class and Order. DiapEtpHi1A DeEcANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Lereuminosa. ) Generic Character. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla carina obtusa. Stamina dia- delpha. Legumen biloculare aut semibiloculare, sutura inferiore introflexa. Specific Character and Synonym. AsTrRAGALus procumbens; ubique hirsuto-tomentosus, caule prostrato ramoso, stipulis concretis liberis, foliolis 11- —14-jugis ellipticis retusis, pedunculis folio longio- ribus, capitulis racemosis, alis carina multo brevioribus, leguminibus (immaturis) linearibus hirsutis reflexis. — Asrracatus procumbens. Hook. et Arn. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. v. 1. p. 18. et in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 186. _Descr. Root descending, perennial. Stems procum- bent, in the cultivated specimen short, in our native ones a foot and a half or more long, procumbent, more or less branched ; the branches terete, clothed with dense, white down. Leaves three to four inches long, pinnated with nearly opposite elliptical leaflets, which in the specimens before me are likewise clothed with very copious and com- — pact, white, woolly down, except the lower leaves which, © have the leaflets broader and almost glabrous. Stipules” free from, or not adnate with the petiole, but meeting on the Opposite side of the stem, where the edges are connate, membranous, reddish. Peduncles terminal and axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves, bearing a dense, oval, or oblong Q oblong raceme of flowers. Calyx with five rather unequal teeth, and clothed with short, but shaggy, blackish hairs. Vexillum broad and roundish, clawed, yellowish in the centre, the rest bright-bluish purple, but not a deep purple, with deeper oblique lines. Ale short, pale yellow, ob- longo-obovate ; Carina obtuse, yellowish below, the rest dingy purple. Anthers orange-coloured. Germen oblong, very hairy : Style curved upwards, slender. Communicated from the Birmingham Botanic Garden by Mr. Cameron, who raised the plants from Chilian seeds. It is found in the plains at Conception, Valparaiso, and Coquimbo, and will probably always require the protection . a greenhouse, or of a frame. Its flowering season is ay. in the Botanical Miscellany, Mr. Arnorr and myself have had occasion to notice the variable character of this plant. We there considered that state as », which is clothed with soft and silky hairs: 6, with the leaves some- what glabrous above: y, with the stem and leaves gla- brous ; and 3 with the leaflets linear. The present may almost be considered a fifth variety, having more copiously and compactly woolly leaves and stems than any of the others. Judging from the very young state of the fruit, I am inclined to think this plant would be more correctly referred _ to Puaca. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil. 3, Section of the Ovary : magnified. Nyt LISS si J > WNW Puck br 8. Curtis Clasenweod Eset ( 3264 ) oa DRACOPHYLLUM SECUNDUM. SECUND-FLOW- ERED DRACOPHYLLUM. ERK KK EEK ERK KKK KEKE K Class and Order. PentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Epacripez. ) Generic Character. Calyx bi- vel ebracteatus. Corolla tubulosa, limbo 5- partito, patenti, imberbi. Stamina epipetala v. hypogyna. Squamule 5, hypogyne. Capsula placentis ab apice co- lumne centralis pendulis, solutis—Frutices v. Arbuscule, ramis dum denudatis annulatis. Folia imbricata, basi cu- cullatis semivaginantibus. Spice vel racemi terminales : ali simplices, hi quandoque compositi. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Dracornyttum* secundum; racemo secundo, pedunculis infimis divisis, corolla tubo subventricoso fauce vix coarctata limbo obtusiusculo, calycibus ebracteatis, staminibus hypogynis. Br. | ; Dracopnytium secundum. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 556. Guillem. Ic. Pl. Austr. Rar. p. 1. t. 1. Schultes’ Syst. Veget.v. 4. p. 385. sexes slimes deena Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.1.p.631. ‘Epacris secunda. Poir. Enc. Meth. Suppl. v. 2. p. 556. — Descr. A singular-looking shrub, with a good deal the _ habit of some monocotyledonous plants. The stem 1s branched, and clothed (except in the lower part, a - mar —_—, * Draco, (Dracena draco), and guar, a leaf, from the general resem- ous blance in the form of the leaves to those of the Dragon Tree. see marked with scars) with the sheathing bases of the foliage. The leaves themselves are two to four inches long, linear- subulate, rather harsh, scattered, reflexed, grooved above, of a glaucous-green, striated, quite entire. The branches are terminated with a long and compound, more or less. dense raceme. Flowers secund, moderately large, Calyx of five deep, lanceolate, acuminate, appressed, reddish seg- ments, almost of five leaves. Corolla in our specimen almost cylindrical, a little ventricose, slightly contracted above the middle, and there having a dusky band: the rest of the corolla is pure white: the mouth is slightly contracted : the limb of five short, spreading teeth or segments. Stamens hypogynous, much shorter than the tube : anthers oblong, red-orange. Hypogynous glands five, alternating with the filaments, nearly square, dark green. Ovary roundish. Style rather shorter than the stamens. Stigma simple. This is a rare and highly interesting suffruticose plant of the Natural Order Epacrivex, communicated by Mr. Arron, from the Royal Gardens at Kew, where it was first raised in this country from seeds transmitted by Mr. Attan Cunnin@= HAM in 1823, and gathered near Port Jackson. The spe-~ cimen was accompanied by the following observations from Mr. Cunnincuam himself. “ It is found in shaded ravines, and such humid situations as Ferns delight in. In its native country, its habit is different from that which it not unfre- quently assumes in cultivation: for, growing there, as it always does, on wet sand-stone rocks, almost wholly de- nuded of soil, its raceme is much fewer flowered, and the — plant itself altogether of slenderer growth. Some speci- mens at Kew exhibit an unnatural luxuriance, the raceme — of flowers being much crowded together, and some of these being monstrous, (the effect probably of luxuriant growth,) formed by the union of three or four corollas, and thus presenting a very broad and somewhat flattened tube, with — many teeth and an indefinite number of stamens: an ap- pearance which | never witnessed in native specimens. The plant is a very desirable one for cultivation, as it flowers freely with the protection of a greenhouse, and there ripens seeds, by means of which it may readily be icreased.”” A. Cunningham. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Hypogynous Scales, Stamens, and Pistil : magnified. Sp! 1138S CIE Pub iy S Curtis Gazenweod WILT ded ( 3265 ) CaTTLEYA Forpesit. Mr. Forpes’ CATTLEYA. BKK KEE EEE KEKE EEE Class and Order. GynAnDRIA MonanpriA. ( Nat. Ord.—Orcnipe#. ) Generic Character. Sepala membranacea v. carnosa, patentia, equalia. Pe- tala sepius majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam in- volvens, trilobum v. indivisum. Columna clavata, elon- gata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis.—Herbe epiphyte, (Americane ) pseudobulbose. Folia solitaria, vel bina, co- riacea. Flores terminales, speciosissimi, sepe e spatha magna erumpentes. Lindl. Specific Character and Synonyms. Carrteya * Forbesii ; sepalis petalisque subundulatis line- ari-lanceolatis subequalibus, labelli trilobo lobo medio — cordato subrotundo-ovato argute dentato undulato — apiculato, Jateralibus minoribus rotundatis planis, pseudo-bulbis cylindraceis cinereis vestitis, spatha cylindracea membranacea pedunculo breviore. Lindl. Carrteya Forbesii. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 37. in textu. Bot. Reg. t. 933. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 117. Descr. Parasitic. Stem six to eight inches tall, slightly swollen, and hence somewhat bulbous, sheathed with long, membranous, cylindrical scales, and bearing at its sabe mi y === = * Named in compliment to WiLLtam CatTLey, Esq. of London, an eminent cultivator of plants and patron of Botany. mity two oblong, firm and fleshy, patent Jeaves, from the centre of which, and from within a subcylindrical but cari- nated and slightly compressed sheath, arises the rounded eduncle, four to five inches long, single-flowered, but jointed and bearing one or two bracteas, as if occasionally two or more-flowered. Flower large, handsome. Sepals and petals spreading, yet imcurved, almost exactly similar to each other, of a yellowish-green colour, linear-lanceolate, faintly striated, often with a brownish tint. Lip externally whitish, cylindrical from the involuted sides, and much curved, three-lobed at the extremity, the central lobe white and crisped at the margin, yellow, and bearing three to four elevated lines in the centre, lateral lobes obtuse, slightly crenate and reflexed at the extremity. Within, the lip is very beautiful, having a broad, deep yellow, elevated line in the centre, the yellow gradually passing into rose-colour at the margin, and the whole is marked diagonally with forked, deep red, elevated lines, most branched near the margin. Column appressed to the labellum, semiterete, whitish, grooved within, and marked with red lines. Stigma large, convex, very glutinous. Anther sunk into a recessyom Th top of the column, four-celled, white, the cells dark brown. A native of Brazil, and introduced to the Gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, by their Collector, Mr. Forses. Our specimen, in the two seasons in which it has flowered, (in June 1832 and 1833,) produced only a one- flowered peduncle, whereas Mr. Linpiey represents two — blossoms on the flower-stalk. But as if to make up for the ~ deficiency, the size of our flower is much greater. Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Ditto laid open. 3. Column. 4, Anther-Case. 5. 5. Pollen-masses:—magnified. 3206 Pet. Vop? / 18 nate F Pub by Sit tetes Clecemmsord / C 8266 ) ACACIA VERNICIFLUA. VARNISHED ACACIA. ’ ; . Class and Order. : \ Potyeamia Mone cia. F . (Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosa. ) Generic Character. | Flores polygami. Cal. 4—}-dentatus. Pet. 4—5, nunc libera, nune in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. / Stam. nu- mero varia, 10—200. Legumen continuum, exsuccum; bivalve.—Frutices aut arbores, habitu et foliatione valde 4 = f nil varie. Spine slipulares sparse aut ae Cand. Specific Character and Synony 18. 7 Acacia verniciflua; phyllodiis lineari-lanceolatis subfalcatis binerviis utrinque glanduloso-punetatis basi attenu- atis antice uniglandulosis marginibus crassiusculis scabris, capitulis solitariis subraecemosisve axillaribus, pedunculis capitulo plus duplo longioribus, ramulis Virgatis viscidis. A. Cunningham. ‘ Acacia verniciflua. A. Cunningham, in Field’s N.S. Wales, p. 344. (1824.) Don’s Syst. of Gard. v. 2. p. A404. Acacia virgata. _ Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 1246 (1828.) Descr. A slender, twiggy shrub, remarkable for a glu- tinous substance, which clothes not only the young stems, but, although in a less degree, the young foliage also. Leaves (ov phyllodia,) remote, alternate, two inches or two inches and a half long, coriaceous, linear, attenuated at both extremities so as to be somewhat lanceolate, more or less faleate, two-nerved, punctato-glandulose on both sides, slightly thickened at the margin, and having a solitary, conspicuous, sessile gland near the base on the upper mar- gin. Flowers deep yellow, in globose capitula of a deep yellow yellow colour, on peduncles which are longer than the heads of flowers, and generally in pairs from the axils of the leaves. This species of Acacia was discovered by Mr. ALian Cunnineuam, during Mr. Oxuey’s Expedition in 1817, in the country around Bathurst, where it flowered throughout the winter. ‘“ It also adorns the barren hills near Cox’s River at the cool season of the year, and about December produces its ripened pods. With us (at Kew, whence the specimen here figured was sent by Mr. Arron,) it blossoms in the spring along with many others of its kindred, mingled with which it forms an agreeable contrast, by its slender habit, and deep yellow flowers. It was first raised at Kew from seeds sent from the Colony in the year 1823. Asa species, its nearest affinity is with A. dodoneefolia, Wi... and A. graveolens, CunnincHam; from both of which, how- ever, it is abundantly distinct.””. A. Cunningham. ss Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Leaf:—magnified. 2 > & : ® $ > < ( 3267 ) Ceropecia WicutTi. Dr. Wient’s CEROPEGIA. Class and Order. PeNTANDRIA DiayniA. ( Nat. Ord.—Asc eEpiapEa. ) Generic Character. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla basi ventricosa, lobo infundi- buliformi, limbi laciniis conniventibus ligulatis. Corona staminea duplex (?): interioris foliola lobis exterioris oppo- sita. Anthere apice simplices. Stigma muticum. Foili- culi cylindracei leves. Semina comosa.—Suffrutices vel herbe volubiles. Wight. Specific Character and Synonym. Crrorecia Wightii ; volubilis glaber, radice bulbosa, foliis ovatis acutis carnosis, corolle tubo basi inflato-globoso limbi 5-fido laciniis linearibus lanuginosis approxima- tis, lobis corone staminez exterioris integris interio- ribus alternantibus, interioris carnosis lateraliter com- pressis albidis recurvis exteriori duplo longioribus. Wight. Ceroreeia Wightii. Graham MSS. Descr. The whole plant glabrous, twining, fleshy. Root bulbous. Leaves opposite, ovate, acute, succulent, about an inch long, three or four lines broad, and often nearly as thick. Umbels lateral, few-flowered. Calyx five-parted, lacinie acute. Corolla about an inch long; tube slender, globular at the base, widening at the border, five-cleft ; lacinie approximated for their whole length, narrow, linear, purple, (or dark green, H.) densely woolly. Organs of frue- tification concealed in the inflated part of the tube, and sur- rounded by the Corona, the exterior lobes of which are ovate, entire, and alternate with the interior; these latter are erect, somewhat fleshy, about twice the length of the exterior series, laterally compressed, white, (stained with deep rose-colour) and from about the middle upwards curved curved outwards, presenting a star-like appearance. -Anthers obtuse, naked at the apex, two-celled: Pollen-masses erect, attached by the base. Stigma blunt. Wight. This very distinct species of Ceropgcta flowered this summer (1833) in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, where it had been received from the East Indies, under the name of C. dulbosa. It agrees with that species in having a tuberous root, a twining, succulent stem, in the leaves, and ‘in the form of the corolla; but is at once distinguished by the corona, which equally separates it from every other species with which I am acquainted. I would take this opportunity of calling the attention of Botanists to‘the form of that organ, as affording the most permanent characters for distinguishing allied species in this Genus.—In some, its interior lobes are very long, while the exterior are reduced to a narrow margin, and these appear opposite the interior, as in C. bulbosa, acumt- nata, and tuberosa, Roxs., and in another East Indian species in my — Herbarium.—A second set has the exterior series in five distinct, ovate, — entire, or two-cleft lobes, alternate with the interior, the interior ones — more than twice their length, and hooked outwards at the point. To — this section, belong C. juncea, Roxs. C. Wightii, perhaps C. Lunda, © Watt. Pl. Rarior. and two undescribed species in my Herbarium.— _ In a third set, all the lobes are ligulate, the exterior double the number — of the interior, and nearly equalling them in length. To this section — belong C. elegans, Watt. in Bot. Mag. and two unpublished speeies in my Herbarium.—A fourth set has the interior lobes long and filiform, the exterior double their number, ovate, obtuse, and scarcely the le of the column of fructification. To this section belong one unpublished species from Nepaul, (C. Wallichii) Wicur in Herb. Royle, and per- haps C. longifolla, Wau. P). Rar. In all these, the exterior lobes are at least twice as long as the inte- — tior.—In the fifth section, the interior lobes barely exceed the column of fructification, and are about one half longer than the exterior. — To this section belong two unpublished species in my Herbarium, These are all that I have had an opportunity of examining with reference to that point.—The species so grouped, often differ very widely in other re- spects, thereby producing some very unnatural combinations. __ In these remarks, I have eniployed the terms erterior and méertor” _ Series of lobes of the corona, from ‘supposing that the terms outer and inner corona used by Dr. Brown in his character of the Genus (in the — _ Wern. Trans.) imply the presence of a double series of parts, or twovel* _ ticils, a structure which does not, I think, exist. The coronal appendage Fe _ 1s apparently a campanulate organ, often resembling in form, the limb oF = the corolla, the ligulate divisions of which represent the interior SeTeS of lobes, while the intermediate, ventricose portions represent the exte- — _ Nior. Taking this view of its structure, I infer, that the organ is compose¢ — of a single verticil of five leaves, the lamina of which ate more oT united, while the coste are each prolonged into an acumen. The act — ‘men forms the inner lobes, while the lamina more or less develope — _ form the outer series, If this be correct, it would appear that the = corona of Crrorzcra, and perhaps of the whole Order AscuEPraDE#, : “ai to the antheriferous tribe of Metrace#, and may form @ these otherwise very distant Orders. A. Wight, 1, Flower. 2, Staminal 4. Pollen-mass- x and Pistil >—mnugnified. Crown. 3. Column of Stamens. a — Pibshy $ Curtis Maxenwood Kesex Sept 1 1853. _ Swan Se: ( 3268 ) ASTRAGALUS VESICARIUS. BLADDERED Mivk-Vetcu. KKK EEK EEE EERE EEK EEK Class and Order. DiapEvpHiA DecanprRiA. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos.. ) Generic Character. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla carina obtusa. Stamina dia- delpha. Legumen biloculare aut semibiloculare, sutura inferiore introflexa. D C. Sect. V. Vesicarii; stipulis nec petiolo nec inter se adna- tis, floribus purpurascentibus aut albidis, calycibus vesica- riis. : Specific Character and Synonyms. AsrraGatus* vesicarius ; diffuso-procumbens pube adpressa sericeo-canus, foliolis 5—7-jugis ellipticis, pedunculis folio longioribus, calycibus vesicariis pube nigra ad- pressa et pilis albidis patulis vestitis, leguminibus hir- sutis calyce paulo longioribus. D C. oe. -Asrracauus vesicarius. Linn. Sp. Pl.p.1071. Vill. Delph. t.42. f.1. De Cand. Astragal.n. 15, Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 288. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.3.p.302. = Astracatus albidus. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung.v. 1. t. 40. Astracatus dealbatus. Pall. Astr. t. 23. f. 1. Asrracatus glaucus. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. n, 1484. Descr. Root perennial, descending, and branched. Stem _ much divided, about a span long, hoary as well as the leaves * So named from its affinity with the aerpayaros of DioscoriDEs, the S Orozus vernus of modern authors. : leaves from minute, whitish pubescence. Leaves with — about five pairs of elliptical, opposite leaflets and a terminal one. Stipules small, linear-lanceolate, free at the base of the petiole. Peduncles considerably longer than the leaves from the axils of which they arise. Flowers collected into a roundish head, which, however, becomes more elongated as the fruit advances to maturity. Bracteas minute. Pedi- cels very short. Calyx large, inflated, ovato-globose, of a greenish-purple colour, five-toothed, downy with black and white hairs. Vexillum oblong, retuse, purple, much bluer in the older flowers, and in the dried specimens becoming deep blue: Ale oblong, on long claws, white with a red- dish tinge : Carina short, obtuse, with long, straight claws, _ white, tipped with purple. Anthers deep yellow, almost - entirely concealed within the carina. Germen oblong, _ very silky, tapering into a long, slender style curved up- wards at the extremity, and tipped with the small stigma. This very handsome and highly desirable species of As- TRAGALUS iS a native of barren wastes in the South of France and of Russia as well as of Hungary, and is perfect] hardy, flowering in May. Although, as cultivated in the Glasgow Botanic Garden from seeds communicated by Mr. Orro of Berlin, the flowers are always of a rich purple colour, becoming darker and almost blue m age, yet they appear in a wild state to be sometimes cream-coloured or white. nifie Pe en ce 1. Flower. 2. Carina and Stamens. 3. Ale. 4, Pistil :—mag-_ 5 etl LIGSS. Pub ly S.Curtus, Hazenweod. Es Wed. BF det? ( 3269 ) Lycunis Pyrenarca. Pyrenean’ CATCH-FLY. Class and Order. Decanpria Penracynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Caryoruytes. ) Generic Character. Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus, nudus. Petala 5, ungui- culata, fauce sepius coronata. Stamina 10. Styli 5. Cap- sula 1—3-locularis, anthophoro longo vel nullo. DC. Specific Character and Synonyms. Lycunis Pyrenaica; glaberrima, caulibus cespitesis, foliis radicalibus spathulatis longe petiolatis, caulinis corda- tis sessilibus, paniculis dichotomis, calycibus tubuloso- subcampanulatis, petalis subemarginatis fauce coro- natis. Lycunis Pyrenaica. Berg. Fl. Vass. Pyren. 2. p. 264. (DC.) De Cand. Fl. Fr. v. 5. p. 608. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 421. Lycunis nummularia. Lapeyr. Hist. des. Pl. des, Pyren. p. 263, Descr. Root perennial, slender, fusiform, and fibrous. Stems several from the same root, a span or more high, slender, diffuse, quite glabrous, as is every part of the plant. Leaves all glaucous green, those of the root spathulate, and on long petioles, those of the stem cordate and sessile. Panicles terminal, dichotomous, few- (3—6) flowered. Pe- dicels long and slender, bracteated at the forkings. Flowers delicate, and very pale rose-colour. Calyx tu bular, smooth, broader upwards, and hence somewhat campanulate, green, _with five rather broad teeth with membranous, brown et gins. — VOL VII. L gins. Petals clawed ; limb oblong cuneate, emarginate, with two erect, lanceolate, serrated, rose-coloured scales : —these petals as well as the stamens arise from a recep- tacle or stalk (anthophora) of the germen. Stamens ten. Anthers oblong, greyish. Germen oblong: Styles five, slender. Capsule (young) elliptical, as a | by the withered stamens and petals, one-celled, many-seeded. An inhabitant of rocky places in the Basses Pyrenées, whence I possess beautiful native specimens from the “Unio Itineraria.”” It has probably only of late been known in a state of cultivation, and no figure that I am aware exists of this highly interesting plant, which is so well suited to ornament an alpine border or rock-work. It succeeds well likewise in a pot, and is perfectly hardy, flowering in June. Our figure is made from plants raised from seeds sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, by Mr. Orro of Berlin. Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Unripe Capsule with the withered Stamens and Petals. 3. Section of ditto :-—magnified, 3270 ( 3270 ) PIMELEA ARENARIA. SAND PIMELEA. ERE KEE EEE KKK KEK KRKEK Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord —TuyMetea. ) Generic Character. Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- mata. Stamina 2, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus oppo- sita. Stylus linearis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, raro baccata.—F rutices: Folia opposita vel alterna. Flores capitati, terminales, foliis involucrantibus sepe dissimilibus, interdum connatis, rarius spicati vel axillares, quandoque dioict. Perianthii tubus in plerisque medio articulatus, ar- ticulo inferiore persistente. Br. Specific Character and Synonym. Pimeea arenaria ; foliis (decussato-oppositis) ellipticis ob- tusiusculis patentibus supra glabris subtus cano-hirtis, floralibus capitulum 5—7-florum subaquantibus, peri- anthii tubo brevissimo suburceolato lanuginoso persis- tenti, stylo staminibus parum longiore, fructu baccato. Allan Cunningham MSS. Pimexea arenaria. Allan Cunningham MSS. Descr. A small, erect shrub, branched in a dichotomous manner, the branches hairy, especially the younger ones. Leaves opposite and decussate, ovate, acute, sessile or scarcely petiolated, standing out horizontally or sometimes reflexed, obscurely downy above, densely clothed with appressed, silky hairs beneath, which give the margins a ciliated appearance ; colour glaucous green. The floral leaves stand closer together than the rest, forming a sort of involucre beneath the flower, but they are not otherwise different. Flowers white, capitate, terminal, pure white, nearly nearly erect, and large for the Genus. Pertanth silky on the outside ; the twbe contracted upwards ; the limb of five broadly ovate, spreading, rather obtuse segments. Fila- ments scarcely any; hence the anthers of a deep orange colour, hardly rise beyond the mouth of the perianth. Germen oblongo-ovate, very silky. Style as long as the tube, slender, filiform. Stigma capitate. “ This interesting Prerea, which appears closely allied to Mr. Brown’s P. cinerea, a native of Van Diemen’s Land, I found growing on the bare, exposed, sandy ridges at the entrance of the river Hokianga, on the Western coast of the Northern island of New Zealand, where it was observed in flower in the months of September and October, 1826. It approaches also near to P. nivea of Laniwy. which, how- ever, has imbricated leaves and stamens extending beyond the tube of the perianth; as well as to P. pilosa, Vaunt, (Banxsta tomentosa, Forsr.) equally an inhabitant of New Zealand; but that is described as a twiggy shrub, with lanceolate leaves.”” Allan Cunningham. Introduced by Mr. Arian Cunninenam, in 1827, to the Royal Gardens of Kew, whence our flowering specimen was obligingly communicated by Mr. Arron, in July, 1833. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil. 3. Upper, and f. 4, under side of a Leaf: magnified. 4 oL A dats Sreare fe t — Pabby- S Curtis Clarxenwood. ksse0e 14833. ay ( 3271 ) PLAGIANTHUS DIvVARICATUS. SPREADING PLAGIANTHUS. i es ss a Class and Order. Monapepuia Decanpris. ( Nat. Ord.—Evupnorgiacez ? Bompacen. DC. ) Generic Character. Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx subhemisphericus, 5-den- tatus. Pet. 5, ovalia, basi cum tubo staminum unita. Stam. 10—12: filamenta in tubum cylindraceum unitum. Pistillum solitarium. Germen ovatum uni- bi-ovulatum, ovulis suspensis. Stylus crassiusculus. Stigma magnum, bilobum, hine decurrens, papillosum. Capsula subdru- pacea, mono-dicocca, apiculata, indehiscens ? Cocculi mo- nospermi. Semen pendens. Albumen carnosum. Embryo immersus curvatus: Radicula cylindracea ad hilum semi- nis versa: Cotyledones majuscule, plane, subfoliacex, lon- gitudinaliter undulate.—Frutex parvus, virgatus. Folia linearia, fasciculata, 3-nervia. Flores subsolitarii, parvi, brevi-pedunculati, flavescentes. ; Specific Name and Synonyms. Pracianruus * divaricatus. 3 : : PLaciantruus divaricatus. Forst. Gen. t. 43. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1.477. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 81. Descr. A twiggy shrub, with dark brown and roughish bark and leaves, which latter are fascicled, small, linear, ge- nerally broader upwards, obtuse, quite entire and glabrous, with a central rib, and two lateral, wavy nerves, showing : some * From waayios, oblique, and arbor, a flower, from an obliquity or irregu- larity of the petals, a peculiarity not observable in the present specimens. some disposition to anastomose with the costa. Among these leaves the flower appears, solitary or sometimes two together, small, and upon a very short footstalk. Calyx _ cup-shaped or nearly hemispherical, persistent, having five small but sharp teeth, glabrous. Petals five, oval or obo- vate, slightly concave, yellowish, spreading, united by their bases to the base of the column. Stamens about twelve; the filaments combined into a cylindrical column or tube: Anthers broadly oval, two-celled, orange-coloured. Pistil solitary : Germen ovate with one or two pendulous ovules : Style thickish : Stigma two-lobed, large and decurrent on one side, papillose, white. The scarcely mature fruit is a dicoccous, or by abortion a monococcous and oblique, sub- drupaceous, slightly downy fruit, with an apiculus formed of the persistent base of the style. Nut, if it may be so called, chartaceous, indehiscent. Seed suspended from the inner margin of the cell with a very short funitculus, albu- minose : Albumen fleshy. Embryo large, green, immersed, curved or somewhat conduplicate, the cylindrical radicle — being turned towards the hilum: Cotyledons large, thin, almost foliaceous, longitudinally waved. Hitherto nothing appears to have been known of this singular plant, except through the imperfect figure and de- scription of Forster above quoted, who discovered the plant in New Zealand. Mr. Arran CunnineuAm found it in the same country, and introduced it to the Kew Gardens, from which flowering specimens were sent to us in May 1833, and young fruit in the following July, by W.'T. Arron, Esq. It is indeed a shrub that has little to recommend it on the score of beauty, but much from its rarity and struc- ~ ture. De Canpotte has referred it to Bompacea, to which it hasa similarity in the column of the stamens. Mr. Cun- _ NINGHAM thinks it may perhaps be allied to a section of Byrrveriacem, DC., and not far removed from HermMaAnntA, or from Waxreria, in which the fruit is reduced to a single- seeded carpellum; and that the generally pentadelphous _ Stamens, and the seeds usually enveloped in a cottony wool or pulp in Bomsacez forbid its union with that Order. Tn some respects, there appears to be an affinity with Eu- _ PHORBIACEA, an idea that has also occurred to Mr. CUNNING- HAM, as well as to Mr. Donn: and there, not, however, without great hesitation, I have placed it. I} = ok 1. 2. Flowers. 3, 4. Pistil. 5. Section of a Germen. 6, 7, 8 Fruits. - The same as fig. 7, from which a portion of the coat of the Nut 1s Te — moved. 10. Transverse, and 11, vertical Secti ete 1 bryo: magnified, 1, vertical Sections of a Fruit. — 3O70 + het f ht Os ‘ ieee ey, on wv Lae ae ae ; : Publy S. Carts. Glicenwood Eisséx. Oct ZI933. Swan Se ( 8272 ) BeaurortiA Damptert. DAMPIER’s BEAUFORTIA. SRK EEK KEKE EK EEK ER EE Class and Order. PoLYADELPHIA PoLyANDRIA. ( Nat. Ord.—Myrracea. ) Generic Character. Cal. tubus turbinatus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis acutis. Pet. 5. Staminum phalanges 5, petalis opposite. An- there basi inserte, apice bifida, lobis deciduis (?). Stylus filiformis. Capsula calycis tubo incrassato corticata, 3- locularis, loculis monospermis.—F rutices Australasici, ele- gantissimi. Folia sessilia opposita aut sparsa. D C. Specific Character and Synonyms. Braurortia * Dampieri ; foliis oppositis decussatis densis lato-ellipticis orbiculatisve obtusis trinerviis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis margine incrassato confluentibus, unguibus phalangium petalo plus duplo longioribus, filamentis patentibus (stam. 7—9). Allan Cunningh. Beaurortia Dampieri. Allan Cunningham MSS. Dammara ex Nova Hollandia, Sanamunde secunde Clusii- foliis. Woodward in Dampier’s Voy. (ed. 1729,) v. 3. p. 110. t. 3. f. 4. Descr. Apparently a dwarf shrub, with many opposite, or subverticillate, tortuose, and sometimes reflexed tetra- gonal (taken in conjunction with the leaves) branches, which when the leaves have fallen away are quite rough with prominent teeth and scars. Leaves small, coriaceous closely placed, beautifully quaternate, generally reflexed, broadly oval, approaching to orbicular, coming suddenly to a rather obtuse point, when dry often carinated, dark green above, scarcely visibly nerved, beneath pale, marked with glandular dots and with three prominent nerves reaching from the base to the point, and also a marginal nerve. Flowers numerous, collected in whorls below the extremity of a branch. Calyx oval, five-cleft. Petals small, erect, — oblong- * In honor of Mary, Duchess of BEavrort, a Patroness of Botany. oblong-oval, concave, yellow or brownish green, redder towards the apex, and obscurely ciliated at the margin: Filaments pale rose, almost white at the base ; the very apex deep rose-colour. Anthers very small, bifid. Pzsézl, appa- rently none in the specimen sent. Fruit is represented from a dried native specimen, gathered by Mr. Cunnineuam, at fig. 6. * A rare plant, and one of the few shrubs that are to be found upon the barren, loose, sandy downs of Dirk Har- tog’s Island, off Shark’s Bay, on the West coast of Aus- tralia, where its seeds were gathered in 1822, during the surveying voyage of Capt. P. P. Kine, in H. M. Sloop Bathurst, and from which the living plants which have repeatedly flowered in the Royal Gardens at Kew were raised. ‘That it is the same plant which the celebrated navigator Dampier gathered in 1699 on the sterile shores of the neighbouring main, namely, at Shark’s Bay, whilst pro- secuting his voyage in H. M. S. Roebuck appears very evident, on a comparison with the figure given in the work above quoted, as well as from the description of the species by Dr. Woopwarp: the differences being only such as arise from cultivation. Speaking of Damara, a generic name which it seems was applied by Rumputvus, not only to Pinus Damara, L. (Damara australis, Lams.) but to Mera- LEucA Leucodendron, L. and another species figured in the Herbarium Amboynense, Dr. Woopwarp says, ‘ This new Genus was sent from Amboyna by Rumpuivs, by the name of Damara, of which he transmitted two kinds, one with narrow and long stiff leaves, the other with shorter and broader. The present plant, he continues, is of the same _ Genus with them, agreeing both in flower and fruit, though very much differing in leaves. The flowers are stamineous, _and seem to be of an herbaceous colour, growing among the leaves, which are short and almost round, very stiff, an¢ _ ribbed on the underside, of a dark green above, and a paler colour underneath, thick, set on by pairs, answering one another crossways, so that they cover the stalk. Its fruit 1s as big as a peppercorn, almost round, of a whitish colour, dry and tough, with a hole on the top, containing small seeds. _ Every one that sees this plant without its seed-vessels would take it for an Erica or Sanamunpa*’, (Passerina, L.) The leaves of this plant are of a very aromatic taste.’ Allan Cunningham. __. For the above account of this interesting plant, I am indebted to Mr. Attan Cunnincuam, and to Mr. Arron for the opportunity of figuring 1t. vases — on account of the purgative qualities by the Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Petal. 3. Cluster of Fi Under-side ee ge eee ilaments. 4. Upper, and 5, Un of a Leaf: magnified, 6. Portion of a dried native specimen in Fruit : nat, size. WISH del Pub. by S Curtis, Glazenwood. Bie see Let? LI8IS Swan i ( $273 ) Lysimacui1a Azorica. AZORIAN LoosE-sTRIFE. Class and Order. PrentanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.— Primvutacez. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Corolla rotata, 5-fida. Stamina 5. Cap- sula globosa, 5—10-valvis. Specific Character and Synonym. Lysimacuia Azorica ; foliis brevissime petiolatis ovato-lan- ceolatis, lateribus incurvis, pedundulis axillaribus so- litariis unifloris, calycis foliolis subulatis, filamentis nudis, caulibus brevibus erectis. Lysimacuia Azorica. Hort. Hafn. Descr. Stems scarcely more than the length of one’s finger, erect, slender, reddish, simple or slightly branched near the base. Leaves opposite, upon extremely short petioles, glabrous as is all the rest of the plant, ovato-lance- olate, somewhat obtuse, the sides incurved, pale green, in remote pairs. Peduncles axillary, solitary, very slender, nearly erect, twice or thrice as long as the leaf, single- flowered. Calyx in five very deep, subulate, pale green segments. Corolla large in proportion to the size of the plant, rotate, bright yellow ; the limb five-partite, the seg- ments oval, very patent. Stamens five, inserted opposite to the segments : Filaments yellow, quite smooth, remarkably slender, patent: Anthers small, oblong. Germen globose, small: Style slender, filiform. This extremely pretty Lysrmacnia was received at the Glasgow Botanic Garden from that of Copenhagen, under the the name here given, whence it would appear to be a native of the Azores. It is cultivated in a pot, and treated as an alpine plant ; that is, protected from the fickleness of our winters, and kept in a cool, shady situation in the — summer ; and in the month of June, a pot filled with this little plant is quite a beautiful object; for the peduncles are _ so long as to elevate the bright and crs spe large yellow flowers above the tops of the stem and the delicate pale green foliage. Different as the plant appears at first sight from L. nemorum, yet, except in the smaller size of the stem (which, too, is erect,) and foliage, and narrower leaves with the sides incurved, it will be difficult to point out any distinguishing characters. Indeed, I suspect it is the var. “8. minor; caulibus erectiusculis” of Gmetin’s FI. Badensis, 1. p. 455, as quoted by Roemer and Scuu res. Fig. 1. Calyx including the Pistil. 2. Portion of the Corolla, with a Stamen : magnified. ( 3274 ) CARGILLIA AUSTRALIS. SOUTHERN CARGILLIA. BEEK EEE EEK KEK KEE EEE Class and Order. OctanpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.— Esenacez. ) Generic Character. Flores polygami. Cal. semiquadrifidus. Corolla limbo quadrifido. Masc. Stam. basi corolle inserta, (nunc hy- pogyne ?) ejusdem laciniis dupla. Filamenta duplicata. Rudimentum pistilliHermarur.—Fam. Stamina effeta, pauciora. Ovariwm 4-loculare, loculis dispermis. Bacca globosa, calyce appresso cupuleformi infra cincto. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Careiiuia * australis ; foliis oblongis glabris apice obtusis basi acutis subtus pallidis, calycibus masculis 4-fidis tubo corolla zqualibus, stylo indiviso. Br. Careinuia australis. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 327. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. t. 204. Descr. A much branching shrub ; the branches alter- nate, rounded, glabrous. Leaves alternate, somewhat dis- tichous, coriaceous, shortly petiolated, oblong, obtuse at the extremity, acute at the base, glabrous on both sides, dark green above, pale and yellow green beneath, ob- scurely veined, the margin quite entire ; petiole very short, rounded. Flowers distinctly four-sided (both calyx and corolla), collected into dense clusters or heads on — short, ’ eee * Named by Mr. Brown, in memory of JamEs CaRGILL, a Physician of Aberdeen, and a contemporary of CaspAR BavHIN, who described with considerable care some Scottish Alge, in the Theatrum Botanicum. short, axillary peduncles, and all inclined to the back of the branch. Calyx downy, four-cleft, the segments, acute, erect. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, some- what campanulate, 4-partite, the extremities above recurv- ed, of a yellowish-white colour, externally obscurely downy. —Male Plant: Stamens included. Filaments eight, in- serted in pairs at the base of the segments of the corolla, and opposite to them, each filament being double, one be- hind the other, and bearing an oblong much acuminated anther, opening by a short fissure to each cell, just below the acumen. Abortive pistil small, subglobose and acute, with eight furrows. «© An inhabitant of dense, shaded woods on the sea-coast of New South Wales, as well as on the banks of the princi- pal rivers of that colony, between the parallels of 27° and and 35°, where it forms a large shrub, and is usually to be met with in fruit in the winter season. The Genus is inter- — mediate between Diospyros of Linnzus and Maza of Fors- TER ; differing from the former according to Mr. Brown, in having a four-celled ovarium, and a calyx but partially divided towards its base, which afterwards forms a cupula or cup around the lower half of the fruit ; and from the latter in the quaternary divisions of its calyx and corolla, the epipetalous insertion of the stamens in the male, and the presence of the rudiments of those organs in the female flowers.’ Allan Cunningham. Our drawing and description are made from specimens sent by favour of Mr. Arron, from the Royal Gardens of Kew, to which living plants were introduced from Port _ Jackson, by Arran Cunnincuam, Esq. in 1825. — _ . Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla. 3. Portion of a Corolla, with two double Stamens. 4, Anther, 5. Abortive Pistil : magnified. Fab, by S. Curtis. Glazenwood.Esvex. Oct# 1.1833 Swan Se WIL del! ( 3275 ) TILLANDSIA SETACEA. SETACEOUS-LEAVED TILLANDSIA, | BN Se ee a oe Class and Order. Hexanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord —Bromentacez. ) Generic Character. Calyx 3-partitus, inferus. Petala 3, convoluta, distincta, basi nuda. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata recta (Lindl. ) vel convoluta. Fructus capsularis. Semina papposa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Tittanpsia* setacea; foliis e basi dilatata ventricosa an- guste subulatis curvatis rigidis extus farinoso-squamu- losis, scapo folioso, spica solitaria magna sim lici, bracteis cymbiformibus distiche imbricatis unifloris, stigmatibus convolutis. Tintanpsta setacea. Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 593. Schultes, Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 1207. ee Descr. A parasite on the trunks of trees. Stem scarcely any. Leaves numerous, imbricated, about a foot long, curved to one side, from a broad, sheathing, and very con- cave base gradually becoming subulate, grooved, rigid, of a dingy green, whitish on the outside owing to the numer- ous, minute scales, which present a mealy surface. At the flowering season, the stem elongates itself into a leafy scape, Scarcely a foot in length, and the leaves become gradually Shorter and broader, till at length, from being imbricated on .* In honor of Extas TiLLANps, a Swedish Botanist, and Professor of edicine in the University of Abo. “> j Por ria ¥ . Cm AA “fC 4A oy, tit v3 on all sides, they become the large, cymbiform, imbricated, distichous, bluntly mucronated scales or bracteas of an oblong, solitary, simple spike :—these scales are coriace- ous, free from the little squamule which abound so much upon the leaves; the margin of a beautiful red. From each of these scales arises a single flower in succession, one only being in perfection at a time, and continuing for a day, and of this the upper half only is protruded beyond the scale. Entire flowers two inches long. Calyx inferior, three-partite, pale yellow ; the segments carinated, imbri- cated : Petals three, twice the length of the calyx, distinct, convolute, white, purplish upward. Stamens six, arising from the receptacle, filiformi-subulate, white or purplish, as long as the corolla: Anthers oblong, brownish- green: Pollen yellow. Germen superior, oblong, and triangular : Style filiform, white: St¢gmas three, closely convolute, yellow. Among a valuable collection of Jamaica plants received by the Glasgow Botanic Garden from Mr. Sirus, was the present truly fine species of Tittanps1a, which blossomed in the stove in the month of May, 1833. The leaves are of a pale or whitish hue ; but the scales or bracteas of the spike are richly variegated with red and yellow, and each bears im succession, a single and delicate dein: which continues but for one day. — Fig. 1. Bractea, and 2. Flower ; nat. size. 3. Pistil. 4, Stamen; slightly magnified, 32/6 | | | WAM Det? ES : : Pub by S Curtis Cla cenweed Bssev Nor V1S&3 | Sranse eos : ( 3276 ) PIMELEA syLvEstrIs. Woop Pimewea. Ce eS ee ee Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Tnymezez. ) Generic Character. Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo A-fido, fauce e squa- mata. Stamina duo, fauci inserta laciniis exterioribus oppo- Sita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, raro baccata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Pime.ra sylvestris ; foliis oppositis utrinque glabris lanceo- latis acutis, floralibus 4—5 rameis subsimilibus capi- tulo terminali multifloro brevioribus, perianthiis gla- bris, tubo infundibuliformi. Br. Pimetea sylvestris. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 361. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 92. (ceeteceens ~~ This pretty species of the Genus, with its copious heads of delicate rose-coloured flowers, and prominent stamens with orange-coloured anthers, has been raised in the Glas- Sow Botanic Garden from seeds sent by the late Mr. Fraser, and adds another to the species not hitherto, we believe, Cultivated in the gardens of Europe. A shrub, with rather copious, green, and rounded branches, quite glabrous. Leaves opposite and decus- Sate, lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, acute, or, not un- Frequently obtuse, single-nerved, glabrous, of a glaucous Steen colour; those of the involucre smaller, aud shorter than the capitulum. Heads of Flowers large, of a pale nse colour. Perianth quite glabrous ; tube infundibuli- orm, curved, very narrow at the base ; limb = nage : ou VOL. vir, M four ovate segments. F%laments much protruded : anthers orange. Germen glabrous, ovate, pale green, inferior, in- serted upon a small stellated tuft of hairs. Style much longer than the tube of the corolla. Fig. 1. Flower: magnified. se NSS eee Saeed Serenata taidaiieaiaaiiaeaieii initia ieee 3977 dwar Lub. by S. Curhs Glarxenwood Lsstx. Nov.’ 118353. a y S & ( 3277.) Hypericum nyssopiro.ium. Hyssop-LeAvep St. Joun’s Wort. ERK EEE RRR Class and Order. PotyapeteuiA Poryanpria. ( Nat. Ord.— Hyrericinen. ) Generic Character. Capsula membranacea. Styli 3—5 in quibusdam nu- mero variabiles. Stamina numerosa, basi polyadelpha, Faro numero subdefinita. Pet. 5. Sepala 5, basi plus mi- nusve coalita et inaequalia——Herbe aut suffrutices. Folia opposita, sepe pellucido-punctata, aut margine nigro-punc- tata. Flores varie dispositi. Specific Character and Synonyms. Hypericum hyssopifolium ; caule herbaceo tereti adscen- dente, foliis linearibus glabris subnervosis, pellucide punctatis glaucis glaberrimis in axillis fasciculatis, calycibus obtusis petalisque contortis ciliato-glandu- losis. Hypericum hyssopifolium. Vill. Delph. v. 3. p. 50. t. 44. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 470. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. ». 2. Dp. 9st. De Cand. Prodr. ». 1. p. 362. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 349. , . Hypericum alpestre. Fischer in Herb. nostr. ‘<_eeee, Of the extensive Genus Hypericum (imtpxoy of Drosco- RipEs) upwards of one hundred and twenty species are enumerated by Dre Canpotie. Some are employed medi- cinally ; but the greater number recommend themselves by the liveliness and number of thet blossoms— “ Hypericum, all bloom, so thick a swarm Of flowers, like flies, clothing its slender rods, That scarce a leaf appears’— —* Fe a quality in which our present species is by no means defi- cient. It is, however, at present but little known in our gardens. It is a native of the South of France and also of Tauria, from which latter country it has been introduced into the Edinburgh Botanic Garden through the liberality of Dr. Fiscuer. It flowers in the open border in June, and may be increased by parting its roots as well as by seeds. «* Stems (a foot and a half high) many from the crown of the root, ascending, much branched, panicled above, glabrous, round, marked with two opposite, obscure ridges, alternating in the inner nodes. Leaves (nine lines long, three lines broad,) decussating, sessile, elliptico-linear, glaucous, glabrous, spreading wide, channelled in the mid- dle, and having a few faint, lateral veins, entire and slightly revolute in the edge, dotted with minute, pellucid points. Panicle \arge, terminal ; peduncles three-flowered, the lateral flowers opposite, and arising from the axils of diminished leaves. Calyx segments ovate, blunt, marked with pellucid streaks, frmged with black glands. Corolla (one inch across when expanded) much contorted ; petals spreading, clawed, obovate, unequal, nerved, pellucido-punctate, sub- serrate, ciliated with black glands ; claws longer than the calyx. Stamens erect ; filaments much shorter than the corolla, yellow, irregularly connate at the base ; anthers incumbent, greenish yellow. Stigmata small, of many mi- nute red points. Styles three, diverging, yellow. Germen ovate, three-lobed, reddish, striated, afterwards of deeper red, three-celled. Ovules oblong, very numerous, attached to the central receptacle. Graham. Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Calyx and young Fruit: magnified. Gna be M! Jai MacNab Dee* i Swat € 3278 ) SyYRINGA Josikma. DEEP-FLOWERED GERMAN Litac. EEKEEREREREKEEEEE EER Class and Order. Dianpria Monoeynta. ( Nat. Ord.—Oternex. ) Generic Character. Cal. 4-dentatus. Cor. infundibuliformis, 4-loba. Caps. 2-locularis, 2-sperma. Specific Character and Synonyms. Syrinea* Josikea; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis ciliatis rugosis utrinque glabris supra lucidis subtus albidis. Graham. Syrinea Josikwa. Jacq. in Bot. Zeit. 1831, p. 67. Reich- enb, Pl. Crit. t. 1049. Ejusd. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 432. Graham, in Edin. Phil. Journ. June, 1833. A new species of Lilac, even though less beautiful than the two in common cultivation, yet being equally hardy, cannot fail to be a most acceptable ornament to our gardens and shrubberies. Our valued friend, Dr. Granam, to whom we are indebted for the specimen and the drawing here given, was not aware of its istary and previous denomina- tion when he lately sent it to us under the name of S. Jac- quinit. From the Botanische Zeitung for 1831, we learn, that at the meeting of Naturalists in Hamburg, in 1830, on the sitting of the 20th September, Baron Jacquin exhibited dried specimens of this plant from Siebenbiirgen, and _. i * From ovpsyé, a pipe, on account of the uses which the Turks make of its tubular branches. its discovery was due to “ Frau Raronin von Josika, ge- bohren Grafin Czaki,” he named it in compliment to that distinguished lady, and gave it a specific character.—In another part of the same work we find that not only is the present species a native of Germany, but that the common Lilac, S. vulgaris, which has hitherto been considered almost exclusively of Persian origin, is stated, by Dr. Heur- rez to adorn with its copious blossoms the inaccessible chalky precipices of the Cverna Valley and Mount Doma- elett in Hungary, as well as the whole groupe of rocks along the Danube, at the military boundaries of Mol- dowa, Szaszka, Csiklova, and Krassova. Our T. Josikea, which flowers in the open border in May and June, is thus described by Dr. Granam, who received the plant at the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh from Mr. Boorn, of Hamburg, in 1833. Shrub erect ; branches spreading, very slightly warted, twigs purple. Leaves (three inches long, an inch and a quarter broad) elliptico- lanceolate, attenuated at both extremities, shining and lurid above, white * and veined below, wrinkled, glabrous on both sides, ciliated, cilie# short. Panicle terminal, erect. Calyx, like the pedicels, peduncles, rachis, petiole, middle rib of the leaf and the branches, pretty closely covered with short, glandular pu- bescence, four-toothed, teeth blunt, and much shorter than the tube. Corolla (half an inch long) clavato-funnel-shaped, deep lilac, glabrous, wrinkled ; tube slightly compressed ; limb erect, four-parted, segments involute at their edges. Stamens adhering to about the middle of the tube ; anthers incumbent, oblong, yellow. Pistil much shorter than the tube ; stigmata large, cohering ; style filiform, glabrous ; germen green, glabrous, bilocular ; ovules four. Graham. ee * Resembling, as is well observed by REICHENBACH, the underside of the leaves of Poputus balsamifera. H. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Calyx and Pistil. 4. Pistil. Nov * 11833, STCX. be a) 2 i x \ » A es = < os ™ ( 3279 ) ACACIA GRAVEOLENS. STRONG-SCENTED ACACIA. i Ss Sr ss Os Os Class and Order. Potyeamis Monazcra. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos. ) Generic Character. Flores polygami. Calyx 4—5-dentatus. Petala 4—5, nune libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stam. numero varia, 10—200. Legumen continuum, exsuccum, bivalve. De Cand. Specific Character and Synonyms. Acacia graveolens ; stipulis deciduis lanceolatis acutis utrin- que attenuatis binerviis undique punctis glandulosis minutis copiose conspersis, margine antico basi uni- glanduloso, capitulis geminis ternisve axillaribus, pe- dicellis cano-pubescentibus capitulum subequantibus, ramulis angulatis virgatis. Al/an Cunningham (1818). Acacia graveolens. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1460 (1829). Don’s Syst. of Gard. v. Ip. 404. n. 44. ~ s Among the remarkable plants of New Holland, and those which form a striking feature in the vegetation of the coun- try, may be reckoned the Acacias, and especially that groupe or tribe whose petioles (the leaflets being abor- tive) become dilated, resembling coriaceous leaves, no doubt perform all the functions of true leaves. Of the real nature of these petioles (to which the name of phyl- lodia has been given) there can be no question, since, In a young state, they bear leaflets, and even when perfect are not always destitute of them. But of the number of these species, and the great beauty of many, few can form an estimate, estimate, except those who haye had the opportunity of seeing the collections recently brought to this country for the Herbarium, especially by Mr. Antan Cunninenam, Mr. Fraser, and Dr. Srezer. To the first of these gentlemen we are indebted for our knowledge of the present species ; who found it on the margins of rivulets in the neighbour- hood of Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, where it was observed in flower and fruit in the month of February. From the seeds which were collected at that period, plants were raised in the King’s Gardens at Kew; whence it ori- ginally emanated to other collections around London, and we also were favoured by W. T. Arron, Esq. with a flow- ering specimen in the month of May, 1833. It forms a twiggy shrub in the greenhouse with angular, ' brown, and slightly viscid branches. Leaves, or rather leaf-stalks (phyllodia) alternate, two to four inches long, narrow-lanceolate, rigid, slightly glutinous, two-nerved, with a somewhat thickened margin, acute and tipped with a curved mucro, at the base having an imperfect gland. Flowers collected into dense heads, the size of a large pea, which are sessile, or very nearly so, and standing in pairs from the axils of the leaves. Calyx cup-shaped, five-cleft. Corolla monopetalous, five-cleft. Stamens very numerous. As a species, it may _pashape rank next to A. dodonee- folia, from which it differs in the more sharply-pointed, two-nerved foliage, and nearly sessile heads of flowers. ——_ Fig. 1. Portion of a Leaf, 2. Flower: magnified. SC 280 . BE io e 3 FP - Tub by So Curtis Claxenwood Bisex. Ni ’ MT! Maenab. delt ( 3280 ) FRITILLARIA MINOR. LeEssER ALTAIC FRITILLARY. KEKE KEE KKK EEE KKK EK Class and Order. Hexanprra Monoeynts. ( Nat. Ord.—Liiacez. ) Generic Character. Corolla 6-petala, nectarifera, supera. Semina compressa, marginata. Specific Character and Synonyms. Frivitzaria minor; caule inferne nudo subunifloro, foliis sparsis linearibus canaliculatis, flore subtesselato, pe- talis exterioribus oblongis, interioribus latioribus obo- vatis. Ledeb. Frititiaria minor. Ledeb. Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. Alt. 2. 12. t. 130.— Ibid. Fl. Altaica, 2. 34. Grah. in Edin. Phil. Journ. June, 1833. Fritittarta meleagroides. Patrin, in Schult. Syst. Veget. 7. 395. Of the Genus Frititxaria, so called from fritillus a dice- box, on account of the shape of the flower, though the chequered blossom rather recalls the idea of a dice- board, nineteen species are enumerated by SprenceL, all remarkable for their large and gracefully drooping flowers, which render them universal favourites with cultivators. Of these, the greater number, perhaps the only legitimate species, are natives of middle or southern Europe or north- ern Asia. The present new species was discovered by Prof. Lepesour, in pastures of the Altai Mountains, and having flowered at Carlowrie, near Edinburgh, early in May of the present year, we are indebted to Dr. Granam for the following description and remarks. Bulb Bulb roundish, white, about the size of a small hazel nut, with many slender roots from its base. Stem (in native specimens, from seven inches to a foot high, in the culti- vated specimen one foot ten inches) erect, simple, single- flowered in native plants, and almost always so in such, according to Lepesour; in the cultivated ones three-flow- ered, pruinoso-glaucous, brown and speckled towards its base, obscurely three-sided, naked for a considerable way above the base. Leaves scattered, smaller upwards (in native individuals four to five, the lower three inches long, in the cultivated seven, the lower six inches long,) lanceo- lato-linear, channelled along the upper surface, blunt, sub- erect, pruinoso-glaucous, half stem-clasping. Flowers geue- rally solitary in the wild plant, one to three in the cultivated, springing from a common point at the top of the stem be- tween two subopposite leaves, and provided with peduncles (above two inches long), nodding, dark blood-red, obscure- ly tessellated, pale, more yellow and more distinctly varie- gated within, nectaries linear ; outer petals oblong, slightly spreading at the apices, inner broader, obovate, connivent at the apex. Stamens subequal, about half the length of the corolla; filaments subulate, slightly dilated at the base, and very sparingly glanduloso-pubescent ; anthers oblong, ellow ; pollen granules small, oblong, yellow. Pistil rather onger than the stamens; stigma tripartite, erecto-patent, green ; style triangular, cleft to about its middle, the stig- matic surface extending along the inside of the segments ; germen of uniform diameter from end to end, distinctly grooved along the angles, and more obscurely along the sides ; ovules very numerous, two-rowed in each cell. This plant was obtained by Davip Fatconar, Esq, from Mr. Goupie, who brought it from Russia. It varies a little from the wild state. have native specimens both from Dr, Fiscurr of St. Petersburg and from Professor Lepesour. The former are smaller, but the inflores- cence is larger, and the leaves, which are longer and narrower, are collected nearer to the flower. Even in a wild state, it appears from Lepesovr, that occasionally, though rarely, there are more flowers than one on the stem, and the two lowest leaves are sometimes subopposite. I cannot but think that this plant scarcely differs more from F. Melea- gris than some of the acknowledged varieties of this species. The great length of the pendulous part of the stem or peduncle, which LepEBoUR considers characteristic, and which is figured in his beautiful illustrations of the Flora Altaica, is not possessed by my native specimens, nor by Mr. Fatconar’s plant, and the flower in the figure is much less lurid, and longer in proportion to its breadth, than any of these. Graham. — —4 Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Pistil: magnified. F287 f é wan Se. GP Mee 4 Pub by S Curtis. Glazenwood Brsex, Nor? TIRG3. Swan ( 3281 ) PIMELEA LONGIFLORA. LONG-FLOWERED PIMELEA. BREE EEE KKK EEK KEK KEK Class and Order. Dranpria Monoeynia. Nat. Ord:—Tuymetez. ) Generic Character. Perianthium infandibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce e squa- mata. Stamina duo, fauci inserta laciniis exterioribus op- posita. Stylus lateralis, Stigma capitatum. Nux corti- cata, raro baccata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. Pimetea longiflora; foliis linearibus villosiusculis passim alternis, floralibus rameis similibus, capitulis termina- libus, limbo dimidium tubi equante, stylo incluso. Br. Pimetes longiflora. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 361. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 92. ‘eee + The vegetable inhabitants of New South Wales being in general readily cultivated in peat earth, and easily increased by cuttings, have been in great request for the greenhouse and conservatory, and among them are the different species of Pimelea, of which thirty-four species are enumerated by Mr. Brown, though thirteen only have hitherto been known amongst British cultivators. The present was ape to our gardens by Mr. Fraser, from the Southern shores o New Holland, and is rendered beautiful by the compara- tively large and globose heads of pure white blossoms ter- Minating the slender and wavy branches. Its flowering Season in the Glasgow Botanic Garden is June. The stem is four feet or more high, slender, but erect, divided upwards with opposite branches ofa lame colour, wavy and almost filiform, hairy, especially upwards. Leaves opposite, or sometimes alternate, linear, approach- ing to lanceolate, hairy, with three nerves, prominent and paler beneath. Flowers collected into globose heads and destitute of any distinct involucre, the few leaves which are situated at the base of the flowers being similar to those of the branches. Perianth pure white, hairy exter- nally. Tube long and slender: limb of five spreading, ovato-lanceolate segments. Anthers yellow, scarcely pro- truded : Pollen orange. Germen inferior, pale green, in- serted upon a tuft of hairs. Style quite included. —— Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Leaf:—magnified. ( 3282 ) Ficus ACUMINATA. SHARP-POINTED Fic. Oe Sie Sie Se os ss OO OO Class and Order. , Poryeamia Dicaecra. ( Nat. Ord.— Urricez. ) Generic Character. Receptaculum carnosum, clausum, apice pervium, andro- Synum. &osculi pedicellati: Masc. 3-partiti. Stam. 3— Fam. 4—8-partiti. Stylus lateralis bifidus. Semina in pulpa receptaculi nidulantia. Spreng. Specific Character and Synonyms. Ficus* acuminata; ramis petiolisque ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis lato-ellipticis obovatisque longe tenuiter acumi- natis supra glabris subtus pubescentibus nervis promi- nentibus, receptaculis solitariis globosis pendulis fari- nosis longe pedunculatis. Ficus acuminata. Ham. Herb.—Wall. in Cat. of Pl. of E. I. C. n. 4478. The Genus of the Figs is one of the most extensive among plants, chiefly inhabiting the tropics, many of the species constituting trees of gigantic height, no less remarkable in their fructification than in the sheathing stipules and milky juice, and bearing a great affinity with the Bread- Fruit (Arrocarrus). Ficus elastica, and other species pro- bably, yields Caoutchouc: a few afford esculent fruits, chiet y the common cultivated Fig, Ficus Carica and the Sycamore of the Scriptures, F. Sycamorus, whilst the F. religiosa, Banyan Tree, or Sacred Fig of the Hindoos, is one of the many astonishing features of Indian vegetation ms ——eeege - * This Tuts traces to the Celtic Figuezen, a Fig. « its wondrous branch Bent down to earth, new stems can launch, Which upward spring to bend again And form a forest o’er the plain.” No where, perhaps, do the species of Ficus so much abound as in the tropical parts of Asia, and Dr. Watticu alone enumerates in his Catalogue no less than one hundred and five species. Among them is the present one, but which nevertheless does not appear to be any where describ- ed. It exists among a set of drawings (of which I possess copies) of Indian Figs, made under the direction of the late Dr. (Bucnanan) Hamitron, and with the name here adopted, though I confess that the appellation under which it has been long cultivated in the Glasgow Botanic Garden (F’. cerasiformis) is more appropriate. It is a handsome species, remarkable for its solitary, pedunculated, pendent, and tempting-looking fruit. It was, we believe, introduced by Dr. Waxticu from Silhet, and the specimen here figured was drawn in 1833. Stem, in our plant, five or six feet high, the branches as well as petioles every where clothed with a dense, rusty- coloured tomentum. eaves four or five inches to a span long, somewhat coriaceous, elliptical; petiolated, veiny, glabrous above and full green, beneath downy, with the veins prominent. Receptacles solitary, axillary, globose, pendent, larger than a bullace-plum, of a deep and bright orange colour, somewhat mealy and tuberculated on the surface, and terminating a stalk longer than itself. Flowers, in the receptacles that were examined, apparently all female. Perianth three-cleft or three-partite, with the segments lanceolate and acuminated. Germen pedicellate, oval, ob- lique, with a lateral style. ee ——— iy aes Receptacle ; nat, size. 2. Female Flower. 3. The same laid open ; magnified. 3283. y EF Bib. by S. Curtis. Claxenwood, Biser. Dee 11835. Soenile Eek ( 3283 ) Lupinus incanus. Hoary Lupine. TREE EEE EERE EEE EEK Class and Order. DiapetpuiaA Decanpria. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) Generic Character. Calyx profunde bilabiatus. Corolla papilionacea, vexillo lateribus reflexis, carina acuminata. Stamina monadelpha, vagina integra ; antheris 5 parvis subrotundioribus preco- cioribus, 5 oblongis serioribus. Stylus filiformis. Stigma terminale subrotundum barbatum. Legumen coriaceum oblongum compressum oblique torulosum. Cotyledones crass per germin. in folia converse. DC. Specific Character and Synonym. Lupinus incanus ; caule suffruticoso ramoso, foliis digitatis foliolis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque sericeis integerrimis subcarinatis petiolo duplo brevioribus, racemo elon- gato, pedicellis equaliter sparsis patulis, calycibus basi nudis, labio superiore bi- inferiore tridentato, vexillo alis breviore emarginato, leguminibus immaturis erec- tis sericeo-lanatis apicibus approximatis. Graham. Lupinus incanus. Graham, in Edin. Phil. Journ. 1833. The beautiful Genus of Lupine, of which the greater number of species, hitherto enumerated in our universal Floras, are natives either of the South of Europe or of the Andes of Peru, has been greatly increased by the disco- veries of Mr. Dovexas on the north-west coast of America, where that indefatigable Naturalist has detected no less than seventeen species in his first visit to the shores of the Co- lumbia, and several have rewarded him on his second visit, as well as in California. Thus the Genus may be consid- ered to have its maximum on the western side of eres lillera VOL. VII. N dillera of North America. The present very handsome species is a native of South America, and “ was raised by Mr. Nem, from seed sent by Mr. Tweepie of Buenos Ayres, and flowered freely in the greenhouse at Canonmills in June, 1833. It approaches very near to Lupinus multi- florus of Encyclop. Méthodique, vol. iii, p. 624, and had it not been for the very conspicuous pedicels in Mr. Nettt’s plant, I should scarcely have separated them.” Descr. “ Whole plant silky, excepting only the corolla, stamens, and style. Stem suffruticose, erect, branched. Leaves (about six inches across) digitate, leafets about nine, linear-lanceolate, silky on both sides, carinate below, entire, very acute. Petiole nearly twice the length of the leafets, compressed vertically. Stipules (an inch and a quarter long,) adhering for about half their length, subulate. Ra- ceme (a foot anda half long) terminal, elongated. Pedicels scattered equally over the rachis to within a little way of its base, which is naked, spreading when in flower, when in fruit erect, springing from the axil of a subulate, caducous bractea. Calyx bilabiate, the upper lip two-, the lowest three-toothed, bibracteate towards the base, bractea small, subulate, adpressed, inconspicuous. Corolla pale lilac; vexillum reflected upwards and at the sides, subrotund, emarginate, cordate at the base, orange, and slightly spot- ted in the middle, keeled behind ; claw short and rigid; ale rather longer than the vexillum, straight in the upper edge, curved in the lower, and there cohering towards the apex, slightly turned up at the point, claws short ; keel half the length of the ale, more rigid and shining than the other parts of the flower, and of deeper purple colour at its point, which is raised above the upper edge of the ale, dipetalous, petals cohering only near their apices. Stamens monadel- hous, included, the five with rounded anthers only a little onger than the others ; anthers orange-coloured ; pollen- granules very small and nearly spherical. Pistil longer than the stamens ; stigma very small, capitate ; style subu- late, glabrous, shining ; germen silky ; ovules several. Un- ripe Legumes erect, silky-woolly, subcylindrical, tapering and connivent at their apices.” Graham. —— Fig. 1. Calyx, includin ari : : me ; g the Carina. 2. Flower, 3. Stamens including the Pistil 4. Young Legume: magnified. Ped, by S Curtis Gla tenweod, Procx Pew t WIS. > ( 3284 ) ANTHYLLIS Wessrana. RoseE-coLourEp Kipney-Vercu, or Lady’s Finger. KEKE EEE ERE KKK KEKE KS Class and Order. DiapetrearA DecanprRis. ( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos=. ) Generic Character. Cal. tubulosus 5-dentatus post anthesin persistens, plus minus vesicarius inflatus. Cor. ale carina et vexillo sube- quales. Stam. omnia connexa. Legumen ovatum 1—2- spermum, rarius oblongo-lineare polyspermum semper ca- lyce induviato tectum.—Herbe aut Frutices. D C. Specific Character and Synonym. Antuytus Webbiana ; herbacea erecta incano-sericea, foliis pinnatis, foliolis 7—11 ovalibus acutis terminali majore, capitulis subcompositis bracteatis, bracteis cuneato- rotundatis vix ad medium multifidis, calycibus sub an- thesin cylindraceis. Antuytus Webbiana. Hort. Birm. The Latin generic name of this plant is derived from avdos, a flower, and sovdcs, a beard, or down, in consequence of the hairy or downy calyces, a character in which the pre- sent plant is by no means deficient : whilst the most popular of its English names has been given from a fancied resem- blance in the bracteas to the fingers of the human hand : hence Lady’s Finger (not “ Ladies Finger,” as commonly written) the Fingers of our Lady, the Virgin Mary, to whose honour many plants were dedicated by the piety of our forefathers. The species now given was communicated by Mr. Cameron in May last, from the Botanic Garden of Birmingham, under the name here retained: it being con- sidered new, and having been introduced from Teneriffe by PuHiie Puiur Barker Wess, Esq. It is indeed an extremely deli- cate and pretty plant *, and has at first sight the appearance of a distinct species, though on a closer examination, it will be difficult to discover characters by which it may be satis- factorily separated from our British A. vulneraria. The side leaflets of the leaves are perhaps more uniform, the bracteas are less deeply cut, the calyx is more cylindrical and longer, and the whole herb is clothed with soft, white, silky hairs, on which, together with the rose-coloured blos- soms, it depends for its beauty. It is hardy, and should be cultivated on a dry soil. Descr. Root perennial. Stems one or more from the same root, erect, or decumbent only at the base, six to eight or ten inches high, branched, silky. Leaves mostly from near the root, pinnated with from seven to eleven, oval, acute leaflets, of which the terminal one is the largest ; all of them white with appressed, silky hairs. Flowers in ter- minal and more or less compound heads. Bracteas round- ish, cuneate, multifid, silky. Calyx densely silky, cylin- drical while in flower, with five unequal teeth. Corolla of a delicate rose colour. Petals, especially the carina, on very long, white claws. Germen stipitate, three-seeded : Style long, filiform: Stigma capitate. * It is teed this species which is mentioned in the List of Plants by Bory DE St. VINCENT, in his “ Essai sur les Isles Fortunées, where, how- ever, it only stands as “‘ ANTHYLLIs,” without any name or remark. a —— Fig.1.1. Flower. 2. Carina, 3. Pistil : magnified. 3285. DeoLseas. Lub by S$. Curtis. Claxenuacd. ever BS del? ( 3285 ) GREVILLEA ARENARIA. SAND GREVILLEA, Class and Order. Terranpria Monocynis. ( Nat. Ord.— Proreaces. ) Generic Character. _Perianthium irregulare ; foliolis laciniisve secundis ; api- cibus cavis staminiferis. Anthere immerse. Glandula hypogyna unica dimidiata. Ovariwn dispermum. Stigma obliquum, depressum, (raro subverticale, conicum). Folli- culus unilocularis, dispermus, loculo centrali. Semina marginata, v. apice brevissime alata. Br. Specific Character and Synonyms. GREVILLEA (Prycnocarpa) arenaria; foliis elongato-oblon- gis obtusis mucronulatis subter cinereo-subsericeis pilorum cruribus adpressis, venis primariis manifestis, racemis recurvis paucifloris, perianthii laminis pariter acutis, pistillis tomentosis. Allan Cunningham ex Br. Suppl. p. 18, in Obs. ad calcem pagine. Grevittea arenaria. Brown, Prodr. v. 1. p. 378. Roem. et Schult. v. 3. p. 412. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 476. q Lissantue cana. “ Knight and Salish. Prot. 117.” Communicated from the Royal Gardens of Kew, through the favour of Mr. Arron, by Mr. Antan Connineuam, who observes, that “ it is an old inhabitant of the English gar- dens, flowering freely in the spring months, only requiring the shelter of a well-lighted greenhouse, and the care afford- ed to others of the same section of this extensive, diversi- fied, and beautiful Genus of Proreace®. It is found in the alluvial, sandy banks of the Hawksbury River, in the pein! 0 of New South Wales, where, however, I never could meet with it, and whence I infer that it has a very limited range in its native country. Mr. Brown considers it to be very closely allied to his G. canescens, figured in Bot. Mag. t. 3185.” So closely indeed is this allied to G. canescens, that, in most particulars, the description of one will suffice for that of the other. The perianth, however, is differently formed, and of a different colour; for whereas in A. canescens it is of a greenish hue, almost of the same tint as the leaves, and the segments much acuminated ; here the colour is a dull or lurid purple, and the segments are simply acute, or almost obtuse, by no means acuminated. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil: magnified. O28h, de me H dei? Pub by S. Curtis, Glazenwoid. Fssex. Dee. 7 P58 Swan. 3 ( 3286 ) ANDROMEDA SALICIFOLIA. W ILLOW-LEAVED ANDROMEDA. KEKE EEE EEE KEKE EK Class and Order. Decanpria Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. ) Generic Character. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata, ore quinquefido. Capsula supera, 5-locularis, dissepimentis e medio valvarum. Specific Character and Synonyms. — Anpromepa salicifolia ; racemis secundis glabris, foliis lan- ceolatis subtrinervibus coriaceis basi apiceque attenu- atis glabris subtus albidis. Anpromepa Salicifolia. Commers. MSS. Lam. Encycl. ». 1. p. 159. Smith, Ic. ined. t. 58. Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 192. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 290. The northern or mountainous parts both of the old and new world are the stations given for the greater number of species of ANDRomEDA: but the present is an inhabitant of the tropics, and not in very elevated situations. It was first detected in the Mauritius by Commerson, and we are inform- ed by our inestimable friend Mr. Texrarr, that it is plen- tiful in the woods of Belombre. Messrs. Hetstnzore and Bosrr gathered it in hilly places on the banks of rivers in the province of Emirena, Madagascar. Hitherto we possess only figures made from native specimens: but, by the late Mr. Te rair* it has been introduced to the garden of the late Roserr * It is with the most sincere regret that we learn from Professor BosEr, of the Royal College of Mauritius, and while this sheet is in the press, that Mr. TELFaiR is no more. Ever since the death of his accomplished lady, which Rosert Barciay, and thence to the Birmingham Botanic Garden, from which we received flowering specimens in May, 1833. The colour of the flowers is ofa greenish hue, partaking little of the fine purple so remarkable in drawings from living, native specimens. It is hardly necessary to say that it needs the protection of a warm greenhouse, and should be cultivated in soil containing a considerable pro- portion of peat. Descr. A low shrubby plant, glabrous throughout. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, entire, tapering at the base into a short petiole, costate and marked _ with a depressed line on each side the midrib, dark green above, pale and almost white beneath. Racemes terminal, and lateral. Calyx five-toothed. Corolla pale green, in- clining to purple, oblongo-ovate, tive- toothed, with a slightly contracted mouth. Stamens with subulate filaments : Anthers oblong, two-celled, each cell opening with a pore at the extremity. Germen five-lobed. Style shorter than the corolla. which took place the preceding year, our valued friend, as he himself in- formed us, seemed to have lost every earthly tie ; and, after a violent, but short illness of only five days, he breathed his last, on the 14th of July. In him science has to deplore one of her most ardent votaries, and society one of the best of men. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen :—magnified. DY? Crevilie. ded? Pub: by S Curbis Glagenwoed Eirex Deel 1833, 3287. — oS SNe heey ( 3287 ) Notratyia Papaver. Papaver-tikr NUTTALLIA. Class and Order. Monapetrpaia Ponyanpria. ( Nat. Ord —Matvacez. ) Generic Character. Cal. simplex (nunc duplex, ext. triphyllo), quinquefidus. Capsule plurime monosperme in annulo congeste. (Nutt. sub Callirhoen. ) Specific Name and Character. Nourrauuia Papaver ; foliis radicalibus lobatis palmatisve, caulinis inferioribus palmatis, superioribus simplicibus digitatisve, calycibus pilosis involucratis, involucro triphyllo, foliolis lanceolatis pilosis. Graham. In the Exotic Flora, at tab. 171 and 172, I had the plea- sure of figuring two distinct species of the present Genus, detected by Mr. Nurratt on the Arkansa River. Their dis- coverer has justly remarked, that this Genus, of which the species are hardy, ornamental, and perennial, “‘ appears to afford an additional link of connection between the Genera Sipa and Matva.” Had he been acquainted with the pre- sent individual, he would have found his idea still further strengthened, for here, with a habit altogether that of the other Nurraii&, there is the involucre of a Marva. The presence of this involucre does indeed appear to me to distinguish the species at once both from N. pedata and N. digitata: and this is constant in the wild specimens sent from Covington, Louisiana, by Mr. Drummonp, in the spring of 1833, as well as in all the cultivated ones raised from seeds transmitted by the same indefatigable Naturalist, and from the same place. These seeds have been distributed among different gardens, and have probably produced flow- ering plants in several collections. Scarcely was our draw- ing finished, from the Glasgow Botanic Garden specimens, when I had the satisfaction to receive a beautiful figure | (made (made by Dr. Grevitxe), and a description from Dr. Gra- nam*, done from plants of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, both of which are here given in preference to my own. It appears to be quite hardy, and is highly ornamental. Descr. Stems numerous, from the crown of the root, as- cending, slightly hairy, hairs adpressed. oot-leaves on very long petioles, lobed or pedate, thinly sprinkled on both sides and on the edges with harsh hairs. Lower stem- leaves palmato-pedate, upper digitate or simple, nerved, all slightly hairy ; lobes of the radical and lower stem-leaves more or less inciso-pinnatifid. Stipule ovate, acute, ciliated. Pedunceles very long, axillary, single-flowered. Involucrum three-leaved, closely surrounding the calyx, leafets lanceo- late, hairy. Calyx five-cleft, segments ovate, acute, three- ribbed, hairy; hairs spreading, acute, rising singly from tubercles placed on the ribs or edges of the segments. Co- rolla of five petals, campanulate, large, red-purple ; petals obovate, truncated, and unequally crenato-dentate at their extremity, cuneate at the base, and there woolly on the edges. Stamens very numerous; filaments united into a somewhat: hairy, conical tube for about two-thirds of their length; anthers kidney-shaped, reddish-yellow, single- celled, opening along the vertex. Pistil at first shorter than the stamens; st¢gmata linear, reddish, hairy, decurrent along the inside of the numerous, deeply divided, at length procuced segments of the style; germen depressed, gla- rous ; cells arranged in a circle, yellowish, each emarginate on the outside, and within extended into a dark green, blunt apex. Ovules solitary in each cell, reniform, attached by the sinuosity and pendulous. Thave hesitated about describing this plant as a distinct species, fearful that in the Genus there may be a strong disposition to vary. So many plants, however, have flowered in different gardens around Edinburgh, some from imported roots, others from seed—as in Mr. CunNINGHAM’S Nursery, Comely Bank, at Mr. Neru1’s, and with Mr. Fatconar of Car- lowrie—and all with precisely the same characters, that I believe it will be thought at least as distinct from either of the two species already in cultivation as they are from each other. The presence of the invo-— lucrum brings the Genus too near Marva. Graham. * It is very much through the instrumentality of Dr. GraHam, that Mr. DrumMonp has been enabled to accomplish his long and successful jour- mies in the southern States of North America, where, amidst many dangers, and notwithstanding the severest attacks of fever and cholera, he has amassed a collection of upwards of one thousand species of plants. The NoTraLLiA — fapaver, and the little known SARRACENIA psittacina are among the most interesting that have been sent home in a living state. From Takes and New Mexico it is expected his collections will be still more valuable. Fig. 1. Flower-Bud. 2. Portio 3 Hit from the Calyx. ortion of the Style with a Stigma. 3. 5289. | va - ‘ j ; . | WILE, delt tub. by S Curtis, Glasenwood Bisex Dée, 1. Usd. sen ( 3288 ) PIMELEA GRACILIFLORA. SLENDER-FLOW- ERED PIMELEA. TEE KEE EEE ERE EEE EERE Class and Order. DianpriA Monoeynia. ( Nat. Ord.— Tuymetes. ) Generic Character. Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- mata. Stam. 2, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus opposita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, raro baccata. Br. Specific Name and Character. Pimetea graciliflora; glabra, foliis oppositis patentibus lan- ceolatis acutis supra punctatis floralibus subsimilibus 6—7 involucratis capitulo multifloro brevioribus, peri- anthiis glaberrimis, tubo gracili filiformi-clavato. Of this extensive Genus the species are very difficult to be distinguished, and at first sight, the present plant might be easily taken for the P. sylvestris, lately given at t. 3276 of this Magazine, and it flowers at the same season ; but on a more accurate examination, it will be found that the leaves, which are narrower, are marked with impressed dots on the upper surface, and the flowers are pure white, with a much slenderer and more filiform tube. It is extremely pretty, flowering freely in the greenhouse im common peat soil, and retaining its snowy blossoms for a considerable length of time. It was raised from seeds sent by Mr. Bax- TER from King George’s Sound. Descr. Stem, in our plants, two feet and two feet and a half high, erect, slender, branched, chiefly upwards. Leaves opposite and decussate, rather remote, patent or horizontal, lanceolate, lanceolate, acute at both ends, dotted above: those of the involucre scarcely different from the rest, shorter than the flowers. These latter are in a rather lax head, and of snowy whiteness. Perianth with a long, pure white, slen- der tube, quite glabrous, slightly dilated upwards: the segments ovate, rather obtuse, spreading. Filaments much exserted. Anthers oblong, orange. Style exserted, very slender, with a capitate stigma. Germen ovate, green, surrounded by a tuft of hairs arising from the receptacle. Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Flower: magnified. ( 3289 ) -MArspeENIA FLAvEscens. YELLOWISH-FLOW- ERED MARSDENIA. Class and Order. Pentanpria Dieynta. ( Nat. Ord.—AsciepiapEz. ) Generic Character. Corolla urceolata, 5-fida, nune subrotata. Corona sta- minea 5-phylla, foliolis compressis, indivisis, intus simpli- cibus. Anthere membrana terminate. Masse Pollinis erect, basi aflixe. Folliculi leves. Semina comosa.— Suffrutices, sepius volubiles. Folia opposita, latiuscula, plana. Cymex nunc Thyrsi interpetiolares. Stigma sepius muticum, quandoque rosiralum, rostro indiviso vel bifido. Br. Specific Character and Synonym. Marspenta flavescens ; caule volubili, foliis oblongo-lance- olatis acuminatis subundulatis supra levibus subtus ramulisque incano-tomentosis, pedunculis petiolo du- plo longioribus, cymis confertifloris, corollis subrotatis, fauce nuda. Allan Cunningham. : ae Marspenta flavescens. Allan Cunningham MSS. The Genus Marspenia was so named by Mr. Brown, in compliment to Witutam Marspen, Esq. an encourager of Botany, and the able author of a History of Sumatra, a work of great interest and research. For the discovery of the species we are indebted to Mr. ALLAN CunNINGHAM, who found it in New Holland, on the sea-shore at the Illawana district, in lat. 344°, whence living plants were imported to His Majesty’s Gardens at Kew, where they flower through- out the summer months, and whence our specimens were sent in in June, 1833, by Mr. Arron. Mr. Cunnincuam observes, that it comes near M. viridiflora, a plant discovered by Mr. Brown in New South Wales, within the tropics. Descr.' Stem climbing, shrubby, rounded, the branches downy. Leaves opposite, petiolate, oblongo-lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous, waved, dark green and glabrous above, paler and downy beneath. Peduncles axillary, about twice as long as the petioles, bearing rather small - cymes of yellowish flowers, with two small, opposite, brac- teas at the base. Calyx five-cleft, downy. Corolla rotate, glabrous, of five deep, patent, ovate, acute, spreading seg- ments. Staminal crown of five, fleshy teeth, united with the back of the anthers, which latter are diaphanous at the extremity. Stigma flat. Fig. 1. 1. Flowers. 2. Corona, Anthers, and Stigma. 3. Pollen-masses: magnified, INDEX, In which the Latin Names of the Plants contained in the Seven Volume of the New Series (or Siztieth. of the Work) a alphabetically arranged. ra 3244 Acacia decipiens, var. pre- morsa. 3279 graveolens. 3266 verniciflua. 3286 Andromeda salicifolia. 3284 Anthyllis Webbiana, 3246 Arabis rosea. 3263 Astragalus procumbens. 3268 vesicarius, 3239 Azalea ledifolia, var. B, phe- nicea. 3272 Beaufortia Dampieri. 3213 Beaumontia grandiflora. 8225 Begonia feeiirnis 3240 Blechnum Lanceola. 3217 Bletia acutipetala. 3229 Brassavola nodosa. 3255 Calceolaria crenatiflora. 3214 integrifolia, var. y, viscosissima, 3274 Cargillia australis. 3262 Catasetum trifidum. 3265 Cattleya Forbesii, 3267 Ceropegia Wightii. 3215 Cineraria Tussilaginis. 3221 Coburgia fulva. 3242 Corydalis bracteata. 3230 ————— longiflora. 3208 Cryptop! ium venustum. 3241 Cynara Cardunculus, var. 3264 Dracophyllum secundum. Dryandra armata. 3243 Epacris cereflora. ~ 3257 — heteronema. 8253 nivalis. 3209 Epidendrum Harrisonie. 3233 —————— pygmeum. ~ 3234 Erythrina poianthes. 3227 velutina. 3260 Eucalyptus amygdalina. 3323 Eugenia trinervia. 3282 Ficus acuminata. 3280 Fritillaria minor. 3231 Gelonium fasciculatum. Pi. 3206 Gloxiniaspeciosa,var. albiflor: 3220 Gongora atro-purpurea, 3285 Grevillea arenaria. 3237 Heteropteris chrysophylla. 3232 Hydrastis Canadensis. 3277 Hypericum hyssopifolium. 3226 Ledebouria hyacinthina. 3245 Leontice Altaica, 3251 Leucopogon Richei. 8248 Limnocharis Humboldtii. 3218 Loasa Placei, var. p. 3207 Lobelia mucronata. 8283 Lupinus incanus. 3269 Lychnis Pyrenaica. _ 3273 Lysimachia Azorica. 8289 Marsdenia flavescens. 3210 Melaleuca Fraseri. 3222 Myrsine capitellata. 3287 Nuttallia Papaver. 3249 Oxylobium ellipticum. 3270 Pimelea arenaria. 3288 raciliflora. 3281 ongiflora. 3276 sylvestris, 3271 Plagianthus divaricatus. 3259 Platylobium Murrayanum. 3258 obtusangulum. | 3261 Pleurothallis prolifera, = 8238 Pogostemon plectranthoides. — 3219 Pomaderris andromedeefolia. — 3212 —————-- betulina. 3216 Priestleya villosa. 3252 Primula ameena. — 3228 Psychotria daphnoides. — 3247 Pteris pedata. 3254 Pultenza subumbellata. 3256 Salpiglossis linearis. 3235 Santalum album. 3211 Scilla villosa. 3224 Symplocarpus fetidus. 3278 Syringa Josikea. 3275 Tillandsia setacea. 3250 Trillium erectum, var. viridi- florum. ‘INDE X, In which the English Names of the Plants contained in the - Seventh Volume of the New Serres (or Stxtieth of the Work) are alphabetically arranged. ar ee PI. , ; 3244 Acacia, paradoxical, var. 3279 strong-scented. 3266 varnished. 3286 Andromeda, willow-leaved. 3239 Azalea, purple-flowered, fra- = grant, Indian. $272 Beaufortia, Dampier's. 3213 Beaumontia, large-flowered. 3225 Begonia, kidney-leaved. 3240 Blechnum, lance-shaped. 3217 Bletia, sharp-petaled. _ 3247 Brake, pedate-leaved. 3229 Brassavola, fragrant. 3214 Calceolaria, entire-leaved, very viscid, var. 3241 Cardoon, common. 3274 Cargillia, southern. 3269 Catchfly, Pyrenean. 3265 Cattleya, Mr Forbes’. +3262 Catasetum, trifid-lipped. 3267 Ceropegia, Dr. Wight’s. - $215 Cineraria, Colt’s-foot. — $221 Coburgia, tawny. $234 Coral-tree, or Erythrina, naked- |... MoWering: 3242 Corydalis, bracteated. e es ac ou esa typtop ium, stately. (3264 Lona ze gem secund-flow- e 3236 Dryandra, sharp-pointed. _ 8253 Epacris, snowy. 8257 ———. varying-stemmed. 8243 sic caren. 3233 Epidendrum, dwarf. 3209 ——__——- Mrs. Harrison’s. _ 3227 Erythrina, or Coral-tree, vel- ae vety. 2 "3260 Eucalyptus, almond-leaved. $223 Eugenia, three-nerved. 3282 Fig, sharp-pointed. _ 8258 Flat-pea, or Platylobium, ob- ee hex: eubaia fe 3280 Fritillary, lesser, Altaic. _ 3231 Gelonium, clustered-flowered. 3206 Gloxinia, showy, white-flower- ae Ob; var: 3220 Gongora, dark-flowered. Pi. 3285 Grevillea, Sand. 3237 Heteropteris, golden-leaved. 3232 Hydrastis, American. 3284 Kidney-Vetch, rose-coloured, or Lady’s Finger. 3226 Ledebouria, Hyacinth-like. 3245 Leontice, Altaic. 3251 Leucopogon, Riche’s. 3278 Lilac, German, deep-flowered. 3248 Limnocharis, Humboldt’s. 3218 Loasa, Mr. Place’s, var. P. 8207 Lobelia, sharp-pointed. 3273 Loose-strife, Azorian. 3283 Lupine, hoary. 3289 Marsdenia, yellowish-flowered. — 2 3210 Melaleuca, Mr. Fraser’s. 3268 Milk-Vetch, bladdered. 3263 —————— procumbent. 3222 Myrsine, cluster-flowered. 3287 Nuttallia, Poppy-like. 3249 Oxylobium, elliptic-leaved. 3281 Pimelea, long-flowered. 3270 Sand. 3238 -——— slender-flowered. 3276 Wood. 3271 Plagianthus, spreading. 3259 Platylobium, or Flat-Pea, Mr. Murray’s. 3261 Pleurothallis, proliferous. 3238 Pogostemon, Plectranthus- like. 3219 Pomaderris, Andromeda-leaved 3212 Birch-leaved. 3216 Priestleya, villous. 3259 Primrose, purple Caucasian. 3228 Psychotria, daphne-like. 3254 Pultenza, subumbellate. 3246 Rock-Cress, rose-coloured. 3256 Salpiglossis, linear-leaved. 3235 Sandal-wood. 3255 Slipper-wort, crenate-flowered. 3211 Squill, hairy-leaved. - ye 3277 St. John’s Wort, hyssop-leaved. a 3224 Symplocarpus, stinking, Skut Weed, or Skunk Cabbage. 3275 Tillandsia, setaceous-leaved. 3250 Trillium, upright-stalked, pale green-flowered, var. =