THE BOTANICAL REGISTER: CONSISTING OF | Coloured Figures OF EXOTIC PLANTS, CULTIVATED IN BRITISH GARDENS: WITH THEIR HISTORY AND MODE OF TREATMENT. — A — THE DESIGNS BY SYDENHAM EDWARDS, AND OTHERS. VOL. XI. €? viret semper nec fronde cadaiteá Carpitur. " LONDON: JAMES RIDGWAY, 169 PICCADILLY. 1825. SOS JIT Try + A, ines atte satan 868 CCELOGYNE fimbriata. Fringed Cologyne. — pr GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. ORCHIDEE. Div. IV. Epidendrex. Sect. IL. suprà fol. 851. CELOGYNE, Lindl. Perianthium resupinatum, patens. Labellum trilobum, cucullatum, cum columna articulatum. Columna alata ultra an- theram producta. Anthera lateralis, opercularis, bilocularis. Masse pollinis duz bipartite (filo nullo). Gynizus intundibularis, bilabiatus. Herbe para- sitice (Indie Orientalis) bulbose ; foliis coriaceis, glabris, nervosis. Flores pauci, racemosi, e spathá squamosá, radicali. Lindl. Coll. Bot. 33. t C. fimbriata, foliis binis oblongo-lanceolatis patentibus, floribus terminalibus solitariis : sepalis interioribus filiformibus; labello fimbriato bicristato. Caudex repens, squamosus, ramosus. Bulbi ovales, glabri, solitarii, bifolii, basi squamis duabus, vaginati. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, basi atte- nuata, 5-nervia, glabra, patentia. Flores solitarii, terminales, in pedunculo brevi undique squamoso insidentes. Perianthii sepala exteriora ovato-lan- ceolata, basi libera, glaberrima, lateralibus labello suppositis ; interiora line- aria, tenuia, uninervia. Labellum liberum, eueullatum, cim columná arti- culatum, bicristatum, 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus erectis, sub-ciliatis, in- termedio retuso, fimbriato, a eristis ad latera fulvo. Columna libera, erecta, obovata, alata, gynizo excavato, bilabiato: labio inferiore lunato recurvo, superiore magno, porrecto, transverso, demum incumbente. Anthera infra apicem columne inserta bilocularis ; loculis bivalvibus completis; antice den- ticulata, marginata... Pollinia 4, non collateralia, sed antica et postica, quo- rum postica minora; basi farinosa nec glutinosa nec glandulifera. - * i This genus is very different from Cymbidium, from which it is clearly distinguishable by habit, winged column below the summit of which the anthera is inserted; and also by the remarkable two-lipped gynizus, which is almost exactly the same as that of drethusee. We established it sometime ago in our Collectanea Botanica, defining two certain spe- cies from Nepal, and indicating another, the Cymbidium nitidum of.Wallich, as probably belonging to the same genus. Our definition of the genus having been drawn up from dried specimens only, it is peculiarly gratifying to us to find, from the inspection of a new living species, that our account of the genus, and of its essential characters, was in all respects correct, with the exception of the anthera being one-celled. That organ being, in the present species, dis- VOL. XI. B tinctly two-celled, we rather believe that the contraction, in the same year, of its interior thin valves in drying, may have deceived us. Our drawing was made in July 1824, at the garden of the Horticultural Society, where the plant had been received, by means of Mr. John Damper Parks, from China. It isa delicate stove plant, requiring the cultivation applicable to similar subjects. Stem creeping, scaly, branched. Bulbs oval, smooth, solitary, two-leaved, at the base sheathed by two scales. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuate at the base, 5-nerved, smooth, spreading. Flowers solitary, terminal, with a short stalk, clothed with many scales. Divisions of the flower; exterior ovate-lanceolate, distinct, smooth; the lateral ones being placed under the lip; interior slender, linear, one- nerved. Lip distinct, hooded, jointed with the column, 2-crested, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes erect, minutely ciliated, the middle one blunt, fringed, from the crests to the sides of a brown colour. Column distinct, erect, obovate, winged, the gynizus hollowed out, 2-lipped: the lower lip lunate, the upper large, porrect, broad, at length incumbent upon the lower. Anther inserted below the end of the column, 2-celled: cells 2-valved, complete; in its front edge tooth- letted. Pollen masses 4, not lying side by side, but anterior and posterior; those behind being smaller than those in front; at their base powdery, and not glutinous or glan- dular. J. L. Vie dag A L^ tL. LASSE =. AB Wale“ ^, 869 PODALYRIA buxifolia. Box-leaved Podalyria. —— DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. LEGUMINOS X. i PODALYRIA, L. Cal. 5-fidus, inæqualis, basi intrusa. Corolla papilionacea, vexillo majore. Stamina persistentia, basi connata. Legumen ventricosum, polyspermum. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2d. 3. 6. P. buxifolia, foliis simplicibus ovalibus supra glabris subtus sericeis, pe- M unifloris, calycibus basi intrusis tomentosis coloratis. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 505. e, : Sophora buxifolia. | Retz. obs. 1. p. 35. Sophora pedunculata. Thunb. prodr. 79. Podalyria, No. 4. Lam. ill. t. 327. Podalyria pedunculata. Pers. syn. 1. 453. Suffrutex, ramis teretibus sericeis. Folia ovalia, plana, mucronulata, supra glabra, subtus sericea ; infra-axillaria majora. Flores magni, purpurei, longè pedunculati, pedunculo sericeo, versus apicem articulato. Calyx campanulatus, bilabiatus, sericeus, labio superiore bilobo, inferiore 3-partito: laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, alis brevioribus. Vexillum explanatum, obcorda- tum. Alæ oblonge, dimidiate, unguieulate, subpatentes, cum carina vexillo multo breviores. Stamina ascendentia, persistentia, inclusa, 3 superiora libera, 7 inferiora in phalange und semiconnata; stamen supremum stigmati applicitum, styli longitudine, inferiora stylo breviora. Ovarium villosum, polyspermum. Stylus glaber. Stigma simplicissimum. This species of Podalyria is nearly related to P. myrtil- lifolia; from which, however, it is constantly distinguish- able, by the much greater length of its peduncle, and by the upper surface of its leaves being entirely destitute of pubescence. To these distinctions may be added, the greater size of the flowers of this species, and the villous, not closely pubescent, surface of its calyx. A pretty greenhouse plant, said to have been introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1790; but not noticed in the last edition of Hortus Kewensis. Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery last July. An undershrub with round silky branches. Leaves oval, flat, with a little mucro, smooth above, silky beneath ; those below the branchlets larger tban the rest. Flowers large, purple, on long stalks; their stalk silky, jointed to- Ha wards the upper end. Calyx campanulate, two-lipped, silky ; the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower 3-parted with ovate lanceolate segments shorter than the wings. Vexillum spread open, obcordate; wings oblong, halved, clawed, a little spreading, together with the keel much shorter than the standard. Stamens ascending, persistent, included; the three upper distinct, the lower half united into one band; the uppermost stamen is applied to the stigma, being as long as the style; the lower are shorter than the style. Ovary villous, many-seeded. Style smooth. Stigma quite simple. J. L. 870 PASSIFLORA gracilis. Slender Passion-flower. —i— MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Nat. ord. PASSIFLOREE. Juss in ann. mus, 6. 102. PASSIFLORA. Supré vol. 1. fol. 13. P. gracilis, foliis subcordatis trilobis, lobis rotundatis biglandulosis, pedun- culis axillaribus solitariis, floribus apetalis. Link enum. 2. 182. Annua. Caules graciles, teretes, glaberrimi. Folia longe pedunculata, cordata, triloba, lobis rotundatis, biglandulosis, intermedio sepius retuso. Flores solitarii, pallidé virides, foliis breviores. Calyx planus, rotatus, quinquepariitus, laciniis patentibus, a lata basi lanceolatis, canaliculatis, radio longioribus. Petala nulla. Radius serie simplici polyphyllus, equalis, patens: foliolis filiformibus. Membrana proxima fere a basi calycis inte- riore, incurva, plicata, margine eroso. Inter basin membrane et stipitis medio adest annulus carnosus cyathiformis, lined elevatá minore extus cir- cumdatus. Stipes cylindraceus, erectus, nudus. . Stamina brevia, recurva: antheris ovato-oblongis cordatis. Ovarium subsessile, ovale. Styli refracti, ovarii longitudine. Semina ovata, utrinque acuta, compressa, facie utráque a centro foveato sex radiata, A curious species of Passion-flower, described, we be- lieve, only in the very useful work above quoted, where it is erroneously marked as a shrub. It was raised, from seeds sent to this country by Professor Treviranus, at Mr. Colvill's nursery, where our drawing was made last August. » A little annual plant, producing its flowers in two months after being sown, and ripening its seeds readily. Its native country is uncertain. With P. hirsuta, gracilis, augustifolia, suberosa, minima, peltata, and some others, it forms a very natural assemblage; remarkable for the absence of petals, and for the general minuteness of the parts of fructification. Stems slender, round, quite smooth, as is every part of the plant. Leaves on long stalks, cordate, three-lobed ; the lobes rounded, and having two glands; the middle lobe generally blunted. Flowers solitary, pale green, shorter than the leaves. Calyx flat, rotate, 5-parted; the segments spreading, from a broad base lanceolate, channelled, longer than the ray. Petals O. Ray many leaved, in a single row, equal, spreading, with filiform divisions. The next Mem- brane arises almost from the base of the calyx, is incurved, plaited, and lacerated at the edge. In the middle, between the base of the membrane and the stipes, is a fleshy, cup- shaped ring, surrounded on the outside by a smaller elevated line. Stipes cylindrical, erect, naked. Stamens short, re- curved; with ovate-oblong cordate anthers. Ovary subses- sile, oval. Styles broken back, the length of the ovary. Seeds ovate, acute at each end, compressed, on either face marked with six elevated ridges, radiating from an exca- vated centre. J. L. addiy Mardy I ll a AP Nau 871 VICIA atropurpurea. Dark Purple Vetch. ——ÀÁ— DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. LEGUMINOS E. VICIA. L. Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus, aut 5-dentatus, dentibus supern? brevioribus. Germen basi hinc glandulosum : stylus filiformis; stigma sub apice transverse barbatum. Legumen oblongum, polyspermum, seminibus rotundis hilo laterali. Caulis erectus, aut scandens, sepé gracilis; folia pin- nata; stipule parve; flores axillares, 1-9 sessiles, aut spicati pedunculati. Juss. gen. 360. V. atropurpurea, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, racemis multifloris secundis, calycibus villosissimis; dentibus setaceis, leguminibus ovato-oblongis cernuis hirsutissimis. Desf. atl. 2. p. 164. V. atropurpurea. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 1097.? Herba annua, decumbens, 2-pedalis, undique pubescens. Folia multijuga, parium circiter 7, foliolis ellipticis, planis, apice mucronulatis, petioli cirrho composito. Stipule semisagittate, nunc integre, nunc versus basin denticu- late. Flores atro-purpurei, in racemis axillaribus, multifloris, petioli longi- tudine. Calyx campanulatus, pilosus, dentibus subulatis villosis: inferioribus fer? alarum longitudine. This plant has been sent to England by Mr. Fischer, Director of the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, as the V. atro- purpurea of Willdenow. Of that plant no authentic speci- mens have come within our observation; but upon referring to the Flora Atlantica of Desfontaines, from which work the species was adopted by Willdenow, we find that writer's description applies to our plant, as well as a definition and description of a wild plant on the northern coast of Africa can be expected to apply to a cultivated individual. The specific character of Willdenow, who appears to have seen a dried specimen of what he judged to be this plant, does not however, entirely agree with it, and his description of the stipules of his plant, which he describes as being finely cut, is so much at variance with what we have observed in the plant before us, that we cannot avoid feeling some doubts whether two species may not be confounded under one name. V. villosa of Roth answers best to the present indi- vidual, but the leaves of that species are villous. In the absence, however, of sufficient materials for a decision of our own, we defer to the authority of Mr. Fischer, and adopt his reference to V. atropurpurea. A beautiful hardy annual plant, our drawing of which was made in the garden of the Horticultural Society in August last. Seeds of it had been received from the Bo- tanie Garden of Góttingen. Stems decumbent, about two feet high, pubescent, as are all parts of the plant. Leaves of about seven pairs, with elliptical, flat, pointletted leaflets. The tendril of the leaf- stalk compound. Stipules half arrow-headed, sometimes entire, sometimes toothletted at the base. Flowers dark purple, in many-flowered, axillary racemes which are as long as the leaf-stalks. Calyx campanulate, hairy, with subulate, villous teeth; the lower of which are nearly as long as the wings. J. L. 872 BREXIA spinosa. Prickly-leaved Brexia. A LI PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. MYRSINEX. POLYPETALE hypogynz, incerte sedis. Pet, Th. GUTTIFERA? Supra fol. 730. BREXIA. Pet. Th. Supra fol. 730. B. spinosa; foliis marginatis spinoso-dentatis, costà concolore. For our drawing of this species of Brexia, which is distinct from that figured at fol. 730 of this work, we are obliged to Mr. John Lee, of the Hammersmith Nursery. The plant is not uncommon in the collections about Lon- don, where it is known by the name of Theophrasta, a genus which, although very distinct from this, we believe must be considered its co-ordinate. In referring Brexia to the Natural Order Myrsinece, we have been influenced by the following analogies. The «esti- vation of calyx and corolla is imbricate, as in Myrsinee ; the stamens are hypogynous, connected by a fleshy ring, and opposite the petals; the ovary is one-celled, with an inde- terminate number of ovules; and the embryo is said to be immersed in copious albumen; all of which characters are quite those of Myrsinez.. We are not aware that this re- semblance has been previously indicated. A fine stove plant, supposed to be a native of Mada- gascar. J. L. VOL, XI. € NOTE. At fol. 854, we took an opportunity of censuring what appeared to our- selves and others an improper change in the nomenclature of a plant well known in gardens. In the last number of the Botanical Magazine, the al- teration to which we alluded, is explained by stating, that there is sufficient evidence in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, and the second volume (unpublished ) of the Flora Indica, that the name supposed by us to belong to the plant in question, has, in fact, been applied to a different species by Dr. Wallich. This assertion being made from the personal observation of our friend Dr. Sims, we cannot hesitate to place full reliance upon its accuracy. But if it had depended upon the authority of a work just published, called ** Prodro- mus Flore Nepalensis," we would have plainly said, that the general cha- racter of that work is not such as to entitle the author of it to our credence. Under the pretence of publishing the collection of Nepalese plants, formed by Dr. Hamilton during his residence in India, the writer of this book has had the extraordinary assurance to incorporate with them a considerable proportion of the plants collected in Nepal by Dr. Wallich, by him confided to individuals in this country, and at this moment publishing under that dis- tinguished and indefatigable Botanist's own direction in India. What object can have been expected by this production we are unable to understand. 'The act cannot be justified upon the ground of the necessity of a work upon Nepalese plants; firstly, because, as we have already said, such a pub- lication is at this moment in activity under the proper authorities in India; and, secondly, because such supposed necessity is not to be supplied by an imperfect account of something like a fourth or fifth part of the vege- tation of the country. We do not suppose the Honourable Court of Direc- tors of the East India Company, to whom this production is dedicated, will feel much flattered by being made the patrons of a work which is not only thus injurious to their servants, but written in so strange a Language, that we can scarcely guess at its name, unless, indeed, it be a specimen of some new kind of Latin, which may be written ** with great facility, after three lessons of an hour each," without the incumbrance of previous educa- tion. That the author of this work should have had the vanity to suppose himself more competent to form an opinion upon Indian plants than Indian Botanists themselves, is what we, at least, never doubted; but that men of sense and character should be found in this country ready to countenance such a feeling, is most incredible and ridiculous. How far Dr. Hamilton is complimented by the manner in which his plants have been published; what opinion that gentleman or others may form of the talent and asp em win which they have been arranged ; why the numerous species from Dr. Hamilton himself, already extremely well published by the learned President of the Linnean Society, should, with the exception of the few in Exotic Botany, never have been referred to; upon what pretence the published names of Dr. Wallich, De Candolle, and others, should have been, in numerous instances, altered; and why, of the Nepalese plants in the Herbaria in London, few besides species of the most obvious character and easy dettrmination should have been selected for the display of Mr. David Don's learning and abilities; these are all points well deserving the consideration of Botanists. gei / ul. 4 IH! » € SN 2 x f / : x Qù N M, NS ^ V dd y D 3 / AM / 2M R fas. 873 SESBANIA picta. Spotted Sesbania. A - DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSJE. SESBANIA, Pers. Flores racemosi. Calyx dentibus equalibus. Ze- gumen elongatum, subcylindraceum, leyiusculum, bivalve. Pers. syn. 2. 316. S. picta; foliis pinnatis, pinnulis linearibus obtusis, floribus racemosis, vex- illo postice picto. Pers. syn. 2. 316, JEschynomene picta. Cav. ic. IV. t. 314. Sesbania gracillima. Hort. Caulis teres, orgyalis, glaber, uti tota planta ; ramis alternis, Folia al- terna, pinnata, pinnulis utrinque fere 18, linearibus, obtusis, aliquando emarginatis, £ pollicem longis; stipule subulate, marcescentes. Flores ra- cemosi, racemis pendulis ; pedunculi partiales ad bracteolam brevem axillares, et prope calyces 2-bracteati ; bracteolis subulatis deciduis. Cal. glaber, cam- panulatus, ore 5 dentato, dentibus brevibus subequalibus. Corolla lutea pa- pilionacea; vexillum orbiculatum, emarginatum, erecto-reflexum, posticá superficie variegatum punctis maculisque minimis nigricantibus : ale ovato- lineares, basi falcate; carina alis brevior basi et apice bifida. Staminum filamenta 10, alba, quorum unicum liberum, reliqua in vaginam fissam con- nexa, apice libera; anthere ovate, fusce. Germen lineare, teres. Stylus subulatus, ascendens ; stigma simplex. Legumen arcuatum, subteres, arti- culatum, articulis 16, plus minusve. Semina ovata. Cay. l. c. This is a very pretty plant, said by Cavanilles to be a native of New Spain and the Cape of Good Hope. The latter locality is probably erroneous. The plant from which our figure was taken was raised at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, from seed received from Mr. D. Lockhart of Trinidad, under the name of Sesbania gracillima. The plants are now six or seven feet high, and coming into full flower. They require the heat of the stove. Stem rounded, as high as a man, smooth, as are all parts of the plant; branches alternate. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with about 18 pinnulz on each side, which are linear, ob- tuse, sometimes emarginate, 4 an inch long; stipules sub- ulate, withering. Flowers in pendulous racemes. Bractes subulate, deciduous. Cal. smooth, campanulate, with five short nearly equal teeth. Standard of the pale yellow co- rolla round, emarginate, from erect reflexed, mottled behind c2 with very small black dots and spots. Ovary linear, round- ed. Style subulate, ascending. Stigma simple. Pod bowed, nearly round, with 16 joints, more or less. Seeds ovate. J. L: — NOTE. In the last leaf of Mr. David Don's “ Prodromus Flore Nepalensis ” it is affirmed, that the Iris Nepalensis, communicated to us by Sir Abraham Hume as a native of Nepal, and published as such at our fol. 818, upon that gentleman’s authority, is an European plant scarcely different from Iris germanica. Upon reference to the official documents which were sent to England with the plant in question, from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, it appears that it was packed up, with other roots, on the 19th of November, 1821, and sent, under the name of Iris Nepalensis of Wallich, by William Leycester, Esq. then in charge of the garden, to Jacob Bosanquet, Esq. by whom it was presented to Sir Abraham Hume. We should not have felt it necessary to notice Mr. Don’s assertion, if we ourselves had been alone concerned; but we cannot pass in silence an attack upon the veracity of a gentleman of rank, who has always been one of the most distinguished patrons of the Arts and Sciences in this country. 7 os lley Lug. A Tab by J I a) 7 opa oy Mi PIES E c/c. P 874 MIMULUS parviflorus. Small-flowered Mimulus. u DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. SCROPHULARINEX. MIMULUS. Ls Calyx tubulosus, angulatus, 5-dentatus. Corolla personata; labio superiore bilobo, lateribus reflexo; inferiore trifido, la- ciniis subaqualibus. Stamina 4, didynama. Antherarum lobis divaricatis. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula calyce inclusa, bilocularis, loculicido-bi- valvis; valvis integris. Herb erecte, procumbentes, aut repentes, rarius frutices. Folia opposita. Flores axillares, solitarii, subspicati, aut rarius corymbosi, ebracteati, flavi, aurantiaci, violacei, aut albi. Kunth synopsis. 2. 127 , M. parviflorus, procumbens, caule terete radicante piloso, foliis cordato- ovatis dentatis 5-nervibus, petiolis pilosis, pedunculis pilosis folio bre- vioribus, Herba annua, decumbens, ad nodos radicans; caulibus teretibus, carnosis, pilosis. Folia opposita, cordato-ovata, petiolata, serrato-dentata, 5-nervia, avenia, plana, pubescentia, petiolo amplexi-cauli, plano, canaliculato. Flores solitarii, axillares, longe pedunculati, pedunculo foliis breviore filiformi, glanduloso-piloso. Calyx campanulatus, pentagonus, 5-lobus, pilosus, lobis compressis, patentibus, superiore multo majore, falcato. Corolla tubulosa, infundibularis, calyce paulo longior, subtus bisulcata, 5-loba, lutea, bila- biata, lobis $, rotundatis, «qualibus, inferiore emarginato, paulo majore: Sauce pilosa, sanguineo maculata, lineis duabus elevatis. Stamina 4, inclusa, didynama, basi tubi inserta ; filamenta filiformia; anthere glabre, hippo- crepice, connectivo gibboso. Ovarium biloculare, polyspermum, disco nullo. Stylus filiformis. Stigma bilobum, lobis equalibus, planis, tenuibus, dilatatis, paulo laceris: inferiore recurvo. A pretty new hardy annual species of Mimulus, raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from Chilean seeds presented by Francis Place, Esq. Our drawing was made during last summer. It is extremely difficult to ascertain whether this plant be actually undescribed or not. It certainly is not referable to any published species, if we are to judge of them by specific characters and descriptions only; but it is not im- possible, that as nearly all the South American species have been described from dried specimens, which in plants so de- licate and vascular as this is, are much changed in their preparation, some allowance should be made for that cir- cumstance. There being no better materials in this coun- try than printed documents, we take those as they are; and will indicate the points in which our plant differs from any of the published species. From M. glaberrimus it differs, in not having a square stem, and in being hairy: from M. an- dicola in its flower-stalk being shorter than the leaves, and its stem not being square; and from M. pilosiusculus in stem, and in the outline of its leaves. To one of the two last we nevertheless suspect it may be referable. A decumbent annual, rooting at the joints; with round- ed, hairy, fleshy stems. Leaves opposite, cordate-ovate, stalked, toothed, 5-nerved without other veins, flat, downy, with a stem-clasping, flat, pilose, channelled petiole. Flowers solitary, axillary, on long stalks, which are shorter than the leaves, filiform, and covered with glandular hairs. Calyx campanulate, 5-cornered, 5-lobed, hairy; its lobes com- pressed, spreading, the upper being much larger than the rest, and falcate. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, a little longer than the calyx, with two furrows beneath, 5-lobed, yellow, 2-lipped: lobes$, rounded, equal, the lower emar- ginate, and a little the largest. Orifice hairy, with two elevated lines, and sprinkled with blood-coloured dots. Stamens 4, included, didynamous, inserted at the base of the tube; filaments filiform; anthers smooth, shaped like a horse-shoe, with a gibbous connectivum. Ovary 2-celled, many-seeded, with no discus. Style filiform. Stigma 2- lobed, with equal, flat, thin, dilated lobes of which the lowest is recurved. J. L. 875 HIBISCUS Richardsoni. Rough-leaved shrubby Bladder- Ketmia. — MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. MAtvacem Juss. D.C. Prodr. 1. 429. HIBISCUS. L. Vide suprà fol. 806. Sect. VIII. Trionum, Medic. Carpella polysperma. Semina glabra. Co- rolle expans&. Involucellum polyphyllum. Calyx demum vesiculosus inflatus. Dee. l. c. H. Richardsoni, suffruticosus, foliis hirsutis quinquelobis : lobis lineari-ob- longis grosse dentatis; posticis nanis, calyce villosissimo involucro lon- iore. H. Richardsoni. Sweet in Colv. Cat. ed. 3. ined. Suffrutex 3-4 pedalis, caule erecto, terete, stellatim hirsuto, versus sum- mum villosissimo. Folia 5-loba, rugosa, undique hirsuta, lobis lineari-ob- longis, grosse dentatis, intermedio longissimo ; posticis abbreviatis, pedunculo Jolio breviore villoso. Flores solitarii, axillares, folio breviores. Involucra polyphylla, calyce breviora, foliolis linearibus villosis. Calyx campanulatus, 5 lobus, undique villis implexis strigosus. Corolla expansa, flava, fundo purpureo. This beautiful addition to the Trionum section of Hibis- cus was raised at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, from seeds col- lected by Mr. John Richardson, at Port Macquarrie, in New South Wales. We are informed by Mr. Sweet, that he has named it after its discoverer. We long ago received specimens of it from Mr. Charles Frazer, collected upon the banks of Nepean river. It is half shrubby, growing three or four feet high during the summer; and, in the greenhouse, dying down within a foot of the ground in winter. It may be propa- gated by seeds, of which Mr. Colvill’s plant ripened two capsules last summer. It flowers during the summer months. Stem erect, round, covered with stellate hairs, which are very long towards the summit. Leaves 5-lobed, ru- gose, hairy on both sides; their /obes linear-oblong, coarsely toothed; the intermediate very long, those behind very much shorter. Peduncle villous, shorter than the leaf. Flowers solitary, axillary, shorter than the leaves. Invo- lucres many-leaved, shorter than the calyx, with linear villous leaflets. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, shaggy all over with interwoven hairs. Corolla expanded, yellow, with a purple eye. PR > ze CORRIGENDA. Fol. 862. In the generic character of Glossula tentaculata, for ** tripar- tita," read “ bipartita." Fol. 865. In the generic character of Nolana, for ** conferruminata, nunc discreta," read ** conferruminate nunc discrete.” The reader is requested to correct these typographical errors, as they affect the meaning of particular passages. At fol. 856 we stated, upon the authority of the Hortus Bengalensis, that Cassia purpurea is an annual. We are now informed by Mr. Sweet, that it is a shrub, three or four feet high. : VAS ABE. ; prr ES A7] a PU / / / IOS LLL CY J) LUAZA AY DO Piccadilly Ajo zul. / P ie he S 876 AMARYLLIS solandreflora. £. vittata. Striped Amaryllis Solandreflora. — HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDE. AMARYLLIS. | V. supra, vol. 1. fol. 23. A, solandreflora ; 2-4-flora, perianthio infundibulari subregulari, tubo gra- cillimo intus nudo limbo multó longiore, stigmate obtuse 3-lobo. Lind- ley, coll, bot. t. 11. D. vittata. Folia lorata, glaucescentia, sub anthesi erecta, scapo multoties breviora, postice recurva, margine paululum cartilagineo. Scapus cylindraceus, fistu- losus, glaucus, subbipedalis. Spatha viridis, erecta, pedunculis duplo longior. Flores sulphurei, immaculati, pedicellati, cernui. Perianthium 9-unciale, infundibulare, subregulare, laciniis latis, ovato-lanceolatis, striatis : infimá angustiore; marginibus infra faucem nudam cum tubo connatis. Stamina declinata, fauce inserta, limbo paulo breviora, ea laciniis interioribus oppo- sita longiora. Ovarium trigonum, 3-loculare, polyspermum. Ovula plana, disticha. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obtuse tri- lobum. Lindl. 1. c. A handsome variety of this most distinct species of Amaryllis, originally imported from Cayenne, about five years ago, by Mr. Brookes, of the Ball’s Pond Nursery. It differs from the type of the species, principally, in having a faint crimson stain along the axis of the outer segments of the perianthium ; and in the style being longer than the stamens. For our figure we are obliged to James Henry Slater, Esq. of Newick Park, near Uckfield ; from whose garden the plant was communicated some time ago *. In the work from which our description has been ex- tracted, it is stated, that “ Notwithstanding the great and striking difference between this plant and Amaryllis vittata * [n our article 867 under Eranthemum strictum, for John, read, James Henry Slater, Esq. Mr. Slater informs us he received that plant, through a friend, from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. VOL. XI. D in the flowers, there is an astonishing similarity in the leaves, by which alone the plants certainly cannot be dis- tinguished." Leaves lorate, somewhat glaucous, at the time of flower- ing erect, and much shorter than the scape, a little curved backwards, with a somewhat cartilaginous edge. Scape cylindrical, glaucous, fistular, about two feet high. Spatha green, erect, twice as long as peduncles. Flowers sulphur- coloured, without spots, stalked, cernuous. Perianthium nine inches long, funnel-shaped, somewhat regular, with broad, ovate-lanceolate, striated segments: of which the lowest is the narrowest; their edges united with the tube below the orifice, which is naked. Stamens declinate, in- serted in the orifice, a little shorter than the limb, those opposite the inner segments longest. Ovary 3-cornered, 3-celled, many-seeded. Ovules flat, distichous. Style fili- form, a little longer than stamens. Stigma bluntly 3-lobed. J. L. y Td TF hy Z OG Teccndelly Ap . E x z. pra 877 ANTHERICUM canaliculatum. £. rufum. Rufous Hairy Anthericum. —_ HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ASPHODELEZ. ANTHERICUM. Supra vol. 7. fol. 564. A. canaliculatum ; foliis subcarnosis pilosis ensiformi-triquetris latere an- gustiore canaliculatis, scapo simplice. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 1.448. A. canaliculatum. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 141. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2,269. Phalangium canaliculatum. Pers. syn. 1.369. D. rufum; floribus rufo-vittatis pedicellisque pilosis. Anthericum canaliculatum. Bot. mag. 1124. ; : Scapus teres, pilosus. Racemus multiflorus ; pedunculi teretes, glabri, vir unciales. Bractex lanceolate, acuminate, sub anthesi pedunculo bre- viores, glabra. Petala patula, alba, dorso sordide virescentia, semiuncialia, Filamenta subulata, alba, petalis breviora, hispidiuscula, tria alterna minus hispida. Stylus longitudine staminum. Hort. Kew. |. c. ; Obs. In varietate nosträ scapus humilior, sepala dorso rufa pilosa, nec sordidé viridia, pedicelli pilosi, filamenta glabra. We were not aware, that the subject of this article had been already published in the Botanical Magazine, until after our plate was in the hands of the colourers. As the drawing was made several years since by Mr. Syden- ham Edwards, representing the plant in a more perfect manner, and in a different state from the figure in the Botanical Magazine, we hope to stand excused for the oversight. From the original state of the species this variety differs, as has been already remarked by Mr. Ker, in the pedicels and interior of the flower being hairy, and marked with a rufous, not green stripe. We have therefore separated it, as a variety of which the characters are so distinct as to make it advisable that it should be permanently distin- guished. _ It isa native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced, upon the authority of the Hortus Kewensis, in D 2 1774. Its flowers appear, in the greenhouse, in March and April. Scape, in the original variety, rounded, hairy. Raceme many-flowered, with rounded, smooth pedicels, scarcely an inch long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about flower- ing-time shorter than the peduncles, and smooth. Sepals spreading, white, dull green at back, half an inch long. Filaments subulate, white, shorter than the sepals, a little hispid, the thin alternate ones less hispid. Style the length of the stamens. In the present variety the scape is more dwarf, and, be- sides the other characters indicated above, the filameuts are smooth. J. L. 878 HIBISCUS unidens. One-toothed Hibiscus. —— MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. MALVACE® Juss. D.C. Prodr. 1. 429. HIBISCUS. L. Vide supra, fol. 806. Sect. VI. Abelmoschus. Carpella polysperma. Semina glabra aut in dorso linea subvillosa. Corolle expanse. Involucella foliolis 8-15 integris constantia. Dec. l. c. $ 1. Caule tuberculis aculeato. H. unidens ; caule sparsim aculeato et piloso, foliis glabriusculis eglandu- losis grossé dentatis, nunc palmato-5-partitis, nunc subrotundis, floribus pedunculatis, involucelli foliolis calycis longitudine intus dente unico infrà apicem appendiculatis, : Caules erecti, virides, pilis mollibus, recurvis vestiti, et aculeis parvis, sparsis, abbidis armati. Folia longissime petiolata, grosse dentata, glabrius- cula, subtus eglandulosa, biformia ; nunc palmato-5-partita ; lobis lanceo- latis; nunc subrotunda, indivisa, Petioli subtus aculeati, rigidi, foliis in- ferioribus multo longiores, Stipule membranacee, subulate. F lores magni, sulphurei, in fundo fusco-purpurei : pedunculo molli, piloso, inermi, petiolo multo breviore. Involucelli foliola 8, hispida, patentia, calyci subequalia, lineari-lanceolata, infra apicem paulà constricta, et ibi dente unico interiore aucta, Calyx 5-lobus, undique pilis mollibus recurvis, et aculeolis hispidus ; lobis acuminatis, trinervibus. Corolla expansa, ad marginem undulato- crispa, citó marcescens. Ovarium | ovatum, sericeum, 5-loculare, loculis A-spermis, ovulis uniformibus glabris. 75, 2 Fer s A new species of Hibiscus, raised at Mr. Colvill’s Nur- sery, from Brazilian seed. To the Hibiscus cannabinus of the East Indies it is nearly related ; but, independently of the geographical differences between our species and that plant, there are some curious external discriminative marks, by which the two are decidedly to be distinguished. In Hibiscus cannabinus, the leaf-stalks and lobes of the calyx are each furnished with a gland, and the leaves are not shorter than their stalks; in Hibiscus unidens, there is no gland upon either the stalks of the leaves, or the lobes of the calyx; and the petioles of the lower leaves are very long and rigid. In the latter the flowers are stalked, and the leaves of the involucre have each a little tooth-like ap- pendage upon their inner surface; while in the former the flowers are sessile, and there is no tooth-like appendage upon the involucral leaves. Our drawing was made last summer, at Mr. Colvill's Nursery ; where the plant was cultivated in the stove. Stems erect, bright green, covered with soft recurved hairs, and small, scattered, whitish prickles. Leaves on long stalks, coarsely toothed, smoothish, without glands beneath, of two forms; sometimes palmate-5-parted, with lanceolate lobes ; sometimes roundish, undivided. Petioles prickly beneath, rigid, much longer than the lower leaves. Stipules membranous, subulate. Flowers large, sulphur- coloured, brownish purple at bottom, with a soft, hairy, unarmed peduncle, much shorter than the petiole. Leaf- lets of the involucre 8, hispid, spreading, nearly equal to the calyx, linear-lanceolate, below the end a little con- tracted, and there furnished with a tooth-like appendage on their inner surface. Calyx 5-lobed, covered all over with soft recurved hairs, and hispid with little prickles ; the lobes acuminate, 3-lobed. Corolla spread open, a little wavy at edge, quickly withering. Ovary ovate, silky, 5-celled, with four seeded cells, and smooth uniform ovules. J. L. S 79. m Halb HK. pa E c. "Z CALA 7? AH € "bg Fc > UU 227 E 7 YG A. G ERANTHEMUM crenulatum. Crenulate Eranthemum. u DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ACANTHACEE. ERANTHEMUM. V. supra. vol. 10. fol. 867. E. crenulatum; suffruticdsum erectum glaberrimum, foliis ovato-lanceo- latis acuminatis obsolete crenulatis, spicá verticillatà nuda terminali, E. crenulatum. Wall. in litt. Suffrutex 1-13-pedalis, undique glaberrimus, erectus, ramis teretibus. Folia petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, obsolete crenulata, acuminata, glabra, supra atro-viridia, subtus pallida. Spica terminalis, erecta, floribus in verticillis nudiusculis, distantibus, dispositis; verticillo inferiore foliis 2 parvis brac- teato. Flores pallide lilacini. Calyx et bracteze viz ullam partem corolle tegentes. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo gracili, arcuato, clavato, laciniis subequalibus, ovatis, planis fere triplo longiore. Stamina inclusa. This pretty little species of Eranthemum was sent to England in 1824, by Dr. Wallich, under the name we have adopted ; and a living plant was presented by the Honour- able Court of Directors of the East India Company, to the Horticultural Society ; in whose garden, at Chiswick, our figure was taken in October last. It appears distinct from any of the species described in the Flora Indica, and is, we believe, a native of Sylhet. In this country it flowers, in the stove, during the winter months ; and is propagated by cuttings. An erect under-shrub, from a foot to a foot and half high, with round branches. Leaves stalked, ovate-lanceo- late, obsoletely crenulate, acuminate, smooth ; above dark- green, beneath paler. ‚Spikes terminal, erect, with the flowers disposed in nearly naked distant whorls; the lowest whorl being subtended by two small leaves. Flowers pale lilac. Calya and bractee scarcely covering any part of the corolla. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a slender, bowed, clavate tube, nearly three times as long as the almost equal, ovate, flat segments. Stamens included. J. L. SSC 890 LISIANTHUS longifolius. Long-leaved Lisianthus. — PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. GENTIANEX. LISIANTHUS, L. Calyx subcampanulatus, quinquefidus ; laciniis margine diaphanis et incumbentibus. Corolla infuudibuliformis; limbo 5-fido, patente, zquali ; fauce imberbi. Stamina 5, paulo inze qualia, ascen- dentia(?). Anthere sagittate. Stylus elongatus. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula bilocularis, septicido-bivalvis. Semina angulata, haud marginata. —Herbe, rariús frutices, foliis oppositis, subsessilibus, integerrimis ; flori- bus terminalibus, solitariis, spicatis, corymbosis, umbellatis aut paniculatis, viridibus, cerulescentibus, purpurascentibus, aut flavis, Kunth. synops. 2. 270. L. longifolius ; foliis lanceolatis acutis pubescentibus, caule terete. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 826. Rapunculus fruticosus linifolius, &c. Sloane jam. 58. hist. 1. p. 157. & 301. f.i. Lisianthus erectus foliis lanceolatis, floribus singularibus terminalibus. Browne jam. 157. t.9. f. 1. L. longifolius. Linn. mant. 43. Lam. ill. (. 107. f.1. Pers. syn. 1.281. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. Suffruticosa, ramosa, 2-pedalis. Caules teretes, glanduloso-pilosi. Fo- lia opposita, lanceolata, petiolata, pubescentia (precipue subtus). Stipule margo integer inter folia. Flores terminales, subterni, ad-basin bibrac- teati. Calyx inferus, pentaphyllus, sepalis angustis, acutis, dorso cari- natis, margine membranaceis. Corolla pallide lutea, infundibuliformis, versus basin constrictus, sursum paulo ampliatus, 5-lobus, lobis ovato-lanceo- latis, acutis, patentibus. Stamina ascendentia, corolle longitudine. Antherae elliptice. Stylus filiformis, corolle longitudine. Stigma capitatum, bilo- bum. Capsula ovata, acuta, calycis longitudine, stylo persistente, non spi- raliter torto, mucronata. Our drawing of this species of Lisianthus was made at Mr. Lees Nursery in August last. It is a pretty half- shrubby stove plant, producing its bright yellow: flowers in abundance, and easily propagated by cuttings. Said to have been introduced from Jamaica, in 1793; but not often seen in collections in this country. The specific name has not been very happily applied. VOL. XI. E We perceive no difference between the cultivated plant and our wild specimens from Jamaica, beyond a greater degree of pubescence upon the latter. “ This elegant little plant is not uncommon in the road to Sixteen Mile Walk, and is frequently met with in the mountains of St. Ann's. It grows in a dry, sandy, but cool soil. 'The whole plant makes an elegant appearance in the woods." — Browne. Half-shrubby, branched, about two feet high. Stems round, covered with glandular hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, stalked, pubescent, especially beneath. Sti- pules an entire rim between the leaves. Flowers terminal, about three, with two minute bracts at the base. Calyx inferior, 5-leaved ; sepals narrow, acute, keeled at back, with a membranous edge. Corolla pale yellow, funnel- shaped, contracted towards the base, a little enlarged up- wards, and 5-lobed; the obes ovate-lanceolate, acute, spreading. Stamens ascending, the length of corolla. An- thers elliptical. Style filiform, the length of corolla. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Capsule ovate, acute, the length of calyx, pointed with the persistent style, which is not spi- rally twisted. J. L. — nn nem $S/ 881 CATHARTOCARPUS Bacillus. Four-leaved Cathartocarpus. — DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. CESALPINIEAR. R. Br. CATHARTOCARPUS. Pers. (1805). Bactyrilobium W. (1809). Calyx 5-partitus, deciduus. Corolla regularis, 5-petala. Filamenta infe- riora arcuata. Legumen longum, teres, lignosum, pluriloculare : loculis pulpä farctis. Pers. syn. 1. 459. . C. Bacillus; foliis bijugis ovatis obliquis, glandula obtusa inter infima, ra- cemis axillaribus pedunculatis, siliqua terete longa. Lin. suppl. 231. sub Cassia. Cassia bacillaris, Willd. sp. pl. 2. 514. Hortus Bengalensis 31. Link. enum. ber. 1. 406. Cathartocarpus Bacillus. Pers. syn. 1. 459. Frutex duodecim pedum glaberrimus. Folia alterna, petiolata, bijuga. Foliola latere interiore obliqua, utrinque glaberrima, inferiora exquisite ovata, superiora magis elongata. Glandula conica, obtusa, inter foliola in- feriora. Stipule nulle, ( minime, subulate, decidue). Racemi azillares, solitarii, pauciflori, erecti. Pedicelli dependentes, angulati. Flores auran- tiaci, mediocres. Legumen omnino C. fistule, ut distingui nequeat, sub- curvum, cylindricum, glaberrimum, acumine filiformi terminatum, longitu- dine pedali, interius isthmis interceptum, quod externe tamen non apparet, L. Our drawing of this plant was made many years ago, by the late Mr. Sydenham Edwards; but we do not know in what collection. It has not been figured previously, and does not appear in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It is a shrubby plant, native of Surinam; whence specimens were sent to Linnaeus, by Dalberg. . We observe, that Dr. Carey refers to this genus, besides the common Cassia fistula, Cassia rhombifolia of Roxburgh, and C. nodosa and marginata of the same botanist, with the Cassia bacillus of Geertner. It is worthy of notice, that the last species is stated in the Hortus Bengalensis to be a Malayan plant, and the C. bacillaris of the Calcutta Garden (which we know, from specimens from that establishment, to be the plant before us), to be a species introduced to E 2 the garden from Surinam, by Sir C. Younge. It therefore appears, that the Malayan C. bacillus requires some further examination, as it will probably be found to constitute an additional and unsuspected member of the genus Catharto- carpus. We are not aware of the claim which Willdenow's name, Bactyrilobium, has to be retained for this genus, in preference to that of Cathartocarpus; which seems to have been published four years previously. A shrub twelve feet high, quite smooth. Leaves alter- nate, stalked, of two pairs. Leaflets oblique on their inner edge, smooth on both sides; the lower perfectly ovate, the upper more elongated. Gland conical, obtuse, between the lower leaflets. Stipules very small, subulate, deciduous. Racemes axillary, solitary, few-flowered, erect. Pedicels hanging down, angular. Flowers orange, middle-sized. Pod exactly that of C. fistula, so that it cannot be distin- guished ; somewhat curved, cylindrical, very smooth, ter- minated by a filiform point; more than a foot long, inter- cepted inside by partitions, which are not visible externally. J. L. $42. " — M rn N ee " wo > >N Se Z - I a “Malis ly AL IL es - "T P aiiis ^ x PD, Ty A PS CIL I Ap. E ap du. au. ALS LOG $ FACH LI . 882 LIPARIS foliosa. Many-leaved Liparis. —— GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. ORCHIDER. Sect. V. Malaxidem. Lindi. supra, fol. 825, in textu. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, decidua. Pollinia 2, v. 4 per paria coherentia, cereacea, filo et glandulis nullis. —Herbze sepissime terres- tres, foliis membranaceis. Scapi terminales. Flores herbacei, inconspicui. Labellum sepius posticum. LIPARIS, Rich. Labellum planum, explanatum, integrum, varie versum. Columna alata. Pollinia 4. L. foliosa ; foliis radicalibus inzequalibus lanceolatis integris acutis carnosis racemo subzequalibus, labello oblongo retuso, clinandrio integerrimo. Herba terrestris, acaulis, bulbis nullis. Folia 3, v. 4, suberecta, crassa, oblongo-lanceolata, subcomplicata, glaberrima, acuta; ultimo spice longi- tudine ; extus ad basin foliis duobus abortivis vaginata. Racemus termi- nalis, erectus, 8-12-florus. Flores parvi, virides, distantes, undique versi. Ovarium bractea multoties longius, cum pedicello articulatum. Perian- thium explanatum, sepalis liberis, subequalibus, lineari-lanceolatis, reflexis ; labello viridi-luteo, libero, oblongo, erecto-patente, integro, retuso. Columna tenuis, erecta, libera, marginata, clinandrio marginato, integro. Anthera bilocularis, terminalis, opercularis, decidua. Pollinia 4, cereacea, filo nullo, v. saltem citissime obsoleto. For this curious new species of Liparis we are obliged to Robert Barclay, Esq. by whom it was received from the Isle of France in 1823. Our drawing was made last August, from a plant cultivated in the stove of that gen- tleman's collection; which is unquestionably the most extensive and useful ever formed by a private individual in this country. The genus Liparis, which was established by the late M. Richard upon the Ophrys Löselii of Europe, has now assumed an extent which certainly could not have been contemplated by that most excellent. and learned botanist, who appears to have been acquainted only with the European Ophrys and the Malaxis liliifolia of N. America. The following is the arrangement which we propose for the ten species of Liparis, at present known to us: Liparis, Richard. (Genus Malaxide certissime distinctum, R.) Sect. I. Folia membranacea. Terrestres. 1. L. Loselii, Rich. 10, L. L. Ophrys Lóselii, L. Malaxis Löselii, Smith. Hab. in Europæ borealis palustribus. (v. v. sp.) . liliifolia, Rich. Ophrys liliifolia, Bot. rep. Malaxis liliifolia. Br. in Ait. Kew. ed. 2. Hab. in Americe septentrionalis palustribus. (v. v. sp.) . nepalensis; foliis oblongis acuminatis membranaceis, caudice re- pente bulboso, sepalis interioribus tenuissimis, labello acumina- tissimo. : Hab. in Nepalià, Wallich. (v. s. sp.) Facies Liparidis liliifoliz. Bulbi foliorum vaginis marcescentibus tecti. Folia 2-na, plana, oblonga, acuminata, nervosa, membranacea, spicà paulo breviora. Sepala filiformia, tenuissima; labello maximo, obovato, acumina- tissimo. . L. flavescens. Malaxis flavescens. Pet. Th. orch. afr. t. 25. Hab. in Mauritio, et Insulà Borboniz. purpurascens. Malaxis purpurascens. Pet, Th. l. c. tt. 26 et 27. Hab. in Mauritio, et Insulá Borboniz. . bituberculata. Cymbidium ? bituberculatum. Hooker, ex. fl. t. 116. Hab. in Nepalia (v. s. c. in herb. Hooker). Sect. II. Folia carnosa. Parasitic®, Cestichis Pet. Th. et Lindl, supr. 837, in textu. . L. foliosa. Supra. Hab, in Mauritio. disticha. Malaxis disticha. Pet. Th. L. c. t. 89. Hab. in Mauritio et Insulá Borboniz. . ceespitosa. Malaxis cespitosa. Pet. Th. l. c. t. 90. Hab. in Mauritio et Insulà Borboniz. L.? reflexa. Cymbidium reflexum. Brown, prodr. 331. Hab. in Nova Hollandià ad portum Jackson (v. s. sp. sine polliniis). At our folio 825 we have noticed the other genera of Malaxidee, to which we have at present none to add. J. L. ^ 4 YG A Co LA hy May. AJ d. yx à A 883 CALLICARPA rubella. Pink-flowered Callicarpa. TETRANDRIA MONOGY NI A. Nat. ord. VERBENACEE. CALLICARPA. Supra vol. 10. fol. 864. C. rubella; folis sessilibus obovatis acuminatis cordatis utrinque tomen- tosis, ultra medium dentatis, cymis pedunculatis bipartitis villosis. Suffrutex erectus, undique pilosus, in ollá 2 pedalis. Rami teretes, densi, tomentosi. Folia decussata, plana, luteo-viridia, sessilia, obovata, acu- minata, versis basin paululum constricta, basi cordata, ultra medium equaliter dentata, subtüs magis tomentosa, 4-5 uncias longa, 2-24 uncias lata. Cymi tomentosi, multiflori, dichotomi, in pedunculo semunciali insi- dentes. Bractee subulate. Calyx parvus, densé tomentosus, obtusissimé 4-dentatus. Corolla rosea, brevis, infundibularis, calyce longior, laciniis erectis, obtusis. Stamina 4, exserta. Anthere majuscule, oblonge, basi emarginata. This species of Callicarpa is well distinguished from all others ofthe genus by the peculiar outline of its leaves, which are sessile and approaching almost to panduriform, with a long taper point. It was brought from China, in 1822, for the Horticultural Society, by the late Mr. John Potts. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in May last. A greenhouse undershrub about two feet high, propa- gated by cuttings. It is covered all over with hairs, which are for the most part simple. The stems are round, and closely furred. The leaves cross each other, are flat, yel- lowish-green, sessile, obovate, with a taper point, a little contracted towards the base, where they are cordate; be- yond the middle they are regularly toothed, and are more densely downy below than above; their length is from 4 to 5 inches; their breadth from 2 to 24. The cymes are downy, many-flowered, dichotomous, and are placed upon a stalk VOL. XI. F about half an inch long. The bracts are subulate. The calyr is small, densely downy, with 4 very blunt teeth. Corolla pink, short, funnel-shaped, longer than the calyx, with erect, obtuse segments. Stamens 4, exserted. Anthers large, oblong, emarginate at base. ry £44. EI PR I GF $ z AT 9902 e AA A- LAGU FAS ECC y May. J In, I AGs. Le 884 ENKIANTHUS quinqueflorus. Red-edged Enkianthus. A — DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Ericex, ENKIANTHUS Lour.—Cal. persistens, 5-fidus. Corolla campanu- lata, 5-fida, facilé 5-partibilis, basi foveis 5 nectariferis calycis segmentis alternis. Stamina basi corolle inserta, pilosa. Anthere bicornes. Ovarium 5-loculare, polyspermum. Stigma simplex. Capsula. Frutices Chine, foliis sparsis, floribus terminalibus, bracteis plurimis coloratis circumdatis. Flores rosei. E. quinqueflorus; folis planis ovalibus acutis marginatis longè petiolatis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis ovarii longitudine, foveis diaphanis coloratis. E. quinqueflorus. Lour. fl. cochinch. 1.339? Sims Bot. Mag. 1649. Melidora pellucida. Salsbury in Hort. Trans. 2.156. Suffrutex ramis nudis, erectis, subsimplicibus, ad apicem foliosis. Folia ovalia, utrinque acuta, plana, glabra, longé petiolata, ad margines et venas rubra. Umbellæ terminales, inter bracteas, et folia nova, numerosas, pallidas, spatulato-lanceolatas, flores equantes. Flores solitarii, penduli in longos pe- dicellos clavatos, rosei. Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, aristatis, glaberrimis. Corolla monopetala, campanulata, humerosa, 5-dentata, den- tibus obtusiusculis, paululum ciliatis, ad basin foveis 5 nectariferis, diaphanis, coccineis, intus levigatis. Stamina 10, dimidiam corolle longitudine, basi corolle inserta, basibus dilatatis approximatis. Filamenta £ latá basi subulata, pilosa. Anthere glabra, bicornes, poro duplice apicis dehiscentes. Ovarium oblongum, 5-loculare, polyspermum. Stylus persistens, filiformis, corolle longitudine. Stigma simplex. The genus Enkianthus was instituted by Loureiro with a character which, from the singular manner in which that worthy Botanist understood the parts of fructification, mis- taking coloured bractez for calyx, young leaves for corolla, and the real flower for the floscule of a compound aggre- gation of florets, was quite unintelligible to Willdenow, who undertook the task of publishing a German edition of the . Flora Cochinchinensis. When, however, the plant of which the annexed figure is a representation first produced its flowers in England, in the year 1814, the identity between dt and the Enkianthus was recognised by the learned Bo- tanists under whose care the Banksian Herbarium was at that time placed; and the identification was not prevented by the statement of Loureiro that his plant produced a berry, the fruit ofthe cultivated plant being at that time unknown. It first produced’ its flowers in 1814, at Mr. Knight's Nursery, Chelsea, and drawings were made at the same time for the Horticultural Society, and for the Botanical Magazine. The figure made for the Horticultural Society gave rise to a paper upon the subject read before that body on the 5th April, 1814, by R. A. Salisbury, Esq., in which the plant was called Melidora pellucida, a name which, it was stated upon the authority of certain seeds given by a Spanish nobleman to Mr. Salisbury, had been applied to the plant by Noronha, a Spanish Botanist. In the month of June of the same year the figure made for the Botanical Magazine was published under the name of Enkianthus quinqueflorus. In neither of these publications was any notice taken of the fruit, although, if Loureiro's statement of its nature had been correct, the genus would barely have been distinguishable from Arbutus. That the Editor of the Botanical Magazine should not have adverted to it, would, of course, have arisen from his not having seen it; but that Mr. Salisbury, before whom it appears that fruit had been placed for examination, should have taken no notice of its nature, is more singular. When, however, it is remembered that M. Noronha, from whom Mr. Salis- bury's seeds were said to have come, died more than twenty years before Mr. Salisbury could have received his seeds, it becomes probable that some mistake existed, as to the quarter from whence the seeds given to Mr. Salisbury by the Spanish nobleman above alluded to actually came; otherwise we cannot conceive how the difference between the real nature of the fruit, which is a capsule, and the re- ported nature ofit, which according to Loureiro's account was a berry, could have escaped the observation of so ex- perienced a Botanist as Mr. Salisbury. From Chinese drawings in the Banksian Library it appears that the fruit of Enkianthus is a capsule crowned by the persistent style, and not a berry, as stated by Father Loureiro. LL Lh. DS 885 ENKIANTHUS reticulatus. Netted Enkianthus. mo rq DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Ericez. ENKIANTHUS. Vide supra vol. 11. fol. 884. E. reticulatus; folis oblongis utrinque acutis reticulatis breviter petiolatis, sepalis ovatis ovario multo brevioribus, foveis obscuris vix diaphanis. Folia obovata, acuta, abrupte acuminata, in petiolo brevi crasso, acumi- nata, reticulata, non marginata. Bractese magis lineares. Calycis dentes parve, acute, minute ciliate, ovario multoties breviores. Corolle majores ; fovee nectarifere obscure, viv diaphane, et color minus splendens. Cetera E. quinqueflori. In the last article we have made some remarks upon the generic character of this genus. We will now offer a few observations connected with its specific divisions. All the species of the genus published in Europe have been referred by us to E. quinqueflorus, but with some doubt. Whether the E. pl of Loureiro was the same as either of the species now published, there is unfor- tunately in this country no means of discovering. For our- selves, we are unable to reconcile the statement of that author, that his plant formed a moderately sized tree, with the fact, that both our species are small bushes. But if we have a doubt as to the identity of either of our plants with the imperfectly described plant of the Portuguese Botanist, we do not experience much less uncertainty as to which of the species now described was intended by the Editor of the Botanical Magazine and Mr. Salisbury. From the attention of the draughtsmen of neither of these gentlemen having been directed to the niceties of difference between two unsus- pected neighbouring species, it has arisen that the figures of both are referable to either of those now distinguished, and that the absence of internal evidence is badly supplied by evidence of another nature. In the figure in the possession of the Horticultural So- ciety, the leaves resemble those of our E. quinqueflorus, but the calyx is that of E. reticulatus. In the figure published in the Botanical Magazine, which was taken from the very same plant as that of the Horticultural Society, the calyx is of E. reticulatus, as are in some measure the leaves; but the nectarial fovez are altogether those of E. quizqueflorus, and the length of the stamens that of neither species. In this uncertainty we have referred both the E. quinqueflorus of the Botanical Magazine and the Melidora pellucida of Salis- bury to the most common plant in our gardens, which is certainly our E. quinqueflorus; trusting to the probability, that the plant of most frequent importation would be that from which the figures above referred to were taken. Both these plants are natives of China. For the speci- mens from which our drawings were made, we are indebted to William Wells, Esq., of Redleaf. They are half-hardy plants, which thrive pretty well in a common conservatory, but which will not succeed in the open air during winter. They are to be propagated, but with difficulty, from cuttings. They flower in January and February. J. L. 386 CURCUMA longa. Common Turmerick. — MONANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. SCITAMINER. CURCUMA L.— Corolla limbo utroque 3-partito. Anthera duplex, basi bicalcarata. Capsula bilocularis seminibus numerosis arillatis. Embryo simplex, albumine et vitello. Fl. ind. 1. 20. Sect. II. Spica centrali. C. longa ; bulbis parvis cum tuberibus numerosis longis palmatis intus au- rantiacis, foliis longè petiolatis lato-lanceolatis unicoloribus. FI. ind. 1. 32. Mangilla-Kua. Rheede Hort. Mal. 11. p. 21. t. 11. Curcuma domestica major. Rumph. amboin. 5. p. 162. t. 67. Amomum Curcuma. Jacg. vind. 3. t. 4. Curcuma longa. Retz. obs. 3.72. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 14. Rom. et Schultes, LIL After the elaborate descriptions of this plant which have been given by König in Retzius’s Observationes, and by Jacquin in the Hortus Vindobonensis, it appears unnecessary to describe it anew. Like the rest of its genus, it produces its flowers enve- loped in an imbricated spike of bracteze, which in this species are pale yellow, with a slight tinge of pink at the top where the bractez are destitute of flowers. Its native country is not known with precision, but it is cultivated to a great extent in every part of Bengal, where it produces large crops of its deep yellow roots, which are known in England under the name of Turmerick. Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill's Nursery during last summer. It is an herbaceous plant, and requires the heat of the stove. The following is stated in the Flora Indica to be the mode of cultivating this plant in Bengal : “ The ground must be rich, friable, and so high as not to be overflowed during the rainy season, such as the Ben- galees about Calcutta call Danga. It is often planted on land where sugar-cane grew the preceding year, and is deemed a meliorating crop. The soil must be well ploughed and cleared of weeds, &c. It is then raised, in April and May, according as the rains begin to fall, into ridges, 9 or 10 inches high, and 18 or 20 broad, with intervening trenches 9 or 10 inches broad. The cuttings or sets, viz. small portions of the fresh root, are planted on the tops of the ridges, at about 18 inches or 2 feet asunder. One acre requires about 900 such sets, and yields in December and January about 20001b. weight of the fresh root.” : E hen. en 887 CAMELLIA japonica : anemoneflora variegata. Chandler’s Warratah Camellia. — — Nat. ord. CAMELLIEX. Decand. th. elem. ed. 1. 214. THEACEE. Mirb. bull. phil. 3. 382. CAMELLIA L. Calyx imbricatus, nempe bracteis sepalisve nonnullis acces- soriis cinctus. Stamina basi polyadelpha v. monadelpha. Anthere ellipsoidee. Capsula valvis medio septiferis axim triquetrum librum post dehiscentiam relinquentibus. Dec. prodr. 1. 529. Camellia japonica. Vide suprà vol. 1. fol. 22. v. Staminibus petaloideis imbricatis petalis involucratis, flore sanguineo, albo, roseoque maculato. This fine variety of Camellia japonica has been lately raised from seeds produced at their Nursery, Vauxhall, by Messrs. Chandler and Buckingham. It was obtained from the Warratah Camellia crossed by the striped-flowered variety. It is remarkable for the vivid colour of its crimson flowers, mottled with white and rose; and is a subvariety of the Warratah Camellia. We subjoin the character applied by M. De Candolle, to the Natural order Camelliez, which he remarks approxi- mates to Ternstrómiacex in the structure of its flower, but differs from them in having seeds without albumen. We may add, that one of M. De Candolle's species of Camelliez (C. axillaris), taken up from an early number of this work, is in fact referable to M. De Candolle's 5th division of Terns- trömiacex, and does not belong to the genus Camellia. ** Sepals 5-7, in sestivation imbricated, the inner often larger than the others, somewhat concave, coriaceous, de- ciduous. Petals 5-6-9, equal in number to the sepals, alter- nate with them, and often cohering at the base. Stamens several. Filaments filiform, at the very base monadelphous, or polyadelphous. Anthers ellipsoid or round, versatile. Ovary 1, ovate roundish. Styles 3-6 filiform, more or less united. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved splitting, by the abor- tion of many of the ovules 3-seeded: the valves (by an accidental alteration of dehiscence) either bearing the dis- sepiments in their middle, or forming them by the inflection of their edges. ‚Seeds fixed to the inner edge of the disse- piments ; large, thick, and few. Albumen none. Embryo with large, thick cotyledons replete with oil, plano-convex, and, as it were, jointed at the base; radicle very short, obtuse, opposite the hilum, drawn inwards, with a hardly conspicuous ascending plumule.” Dec. prodr. 1. 529. J. L. odd. Z7. La BAG, 888 ROSA grandiflora. Largeflowered Scotch Rose. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. Rosacrz, ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. Div. 5. Pimpinellifolie. Setigere armis confertis subconformibus, v. iner- mes; ebracteate (rarissime bracteate). Foliola ovata v. oblonga. Se- pala conniventia, persistentia. Discus subnullus. R. grandiflora, setis ramorum nullis, aculeis subeequalibus distantibus, fo- liolis planis impubibus simpliciter serratis. Lindl. Mon. Ros. 53. The native country of this fine Rose is uncertain. It is said to be an inhabitant of Siberia; but the R. pimpinellifolia of Bieberstein, which was supposed to be the same as this species, being referred in the pr men of the Flora Tau- rico-caucasica to R. altaica of Willdenow, there is now no better authority for considering it a native of Asia than the vague report of gardeners. It is nearly related to Rosa spinosissima, these two species differing, as we have stated elsewhere, nearly in the same manner as R. involuta and Sabini. The chief points of difference between this and R. spinosissima consist in its very large flowers, and in the want of sete among the prickles of the branchlets. It is, moreover, a much more robust plant than any of the varieties of R. spinosissima, and has larger fruit. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society last Spring. J. È. 330 cca ay Mar 889 IPOM AA latiflora. Broadflowered Ipomea. —= PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. CoNVOLVULACER. IPOMZEA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 9. I. latiflora ; foliis cordatis glabris, pedunculis subtrifloris, corolla hypocrateri- formi maxima. Römer et Schultes, sp. pl. 4. 240. Convolvulus flore albo maximo s. Quamoclit flore maximo albo. Plum. MSS. 2. t. 52. Convolvulus amplissimo folio cordiformi, flore albo maximo. Plum. Cat. "aaa p 1. Tourn. cor. p. 83. C. grandiflorus. Jacq. vind. 3. t. 69. Ipomea grandiflora. Bot. repos. t. 403. Convolv. latiflorus. Encycl. Method. 3. p. 561. Caules longissimi, maxime volubiles. Folia acuminata, magna, tenuia, let? viridia, in petiolis longis canaliculatis. Pedunculi solitarii petiolis crassiores, teretes, ad divisiones angulati. Calyces parvi, e foliolis 5, tribus exterioribus longioribus acutis, interioribus obtusis. Corolle nivee, tubo longo, gracili, virente, limbo amplissimo, 5-poll. in diametro, stellá pallide virente. Capsula membranacea, turbinata, feré magnitudine nucis, 3-A-sperma. Flores matutino tempore aperiuntur, meridie evanidi. R. and S. 1. c. This plant seems to have been frequently confounded with the Convolvulus grandiflorus of Linnzus’s Supplement, from which it has been well distinguished in the Encyclo- pédie Méthodique under the name here adopted. From that species it is distinguished by its leaves not being obtuse, by its annual stem, and by the leafstalks and stem not being downy. The Convolvulus grandiflorus is a native of the East Indies; that now before us of St. Domingo and Martinique. We have no memorandum of the place where our draw- ing was made, or of the individual to whom the publishers are obliged for it; neither have we had any opportunity of seeing specimens of it. It is stated to be a fine annual plant which cannot be cultivated without the heat of a stove. In the Encyclopédie the stems are said to be very long, and much turning. Leaves acuminate, large, thin, bright green, on long channelled footstalks. Peduncles solitary, thicker than petioles, rounded, angular at the divisions. Calyx small, of 5 leaves, the 3 outer longer acute, the 2 inner obtuse. Corolla snow- -white, with a long, slender, green tube, and a very large limb, 5 inches in diameter, with a green eye. Capsule membranous, turbinate, about the size of a nut, 3-4 seeded. Flowers opening in the morning, fading at noon. : J. E. NoTE—At fol. 872, we stated it to be our opinion that the genus Brexia, of which a new species was there published, would be found referable to Myrsineee ; in which we were influenced by a belief that the stamens were opposite the petals, and the ovarium unilocular. The specimens which we had examined were in a very imperfect state, and appear to have misled us; for Mr. Brown, who has had better opportunities of studying the genus, has kindly pointed out to us that the stamens are in fact alternate with the petals, and the ovarium not unilocular, in consequence of which the genus cannot be referred to Myrsineæ, but has yet to find its station. E a 4 : Aa — —' e- = - 890 RHODODENDRON arboreum. Tree Rhododendron. ig DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. ER1cEX. ` RHODODENDRON. V. suprà vol. 1. fol. 37. R. arboreum; foliis glabris lanceolatis subtùs tomentosis, capitulis terminali- bus, capsulä valvis 10, caule arboreo, Smith Exotic Botany, t. 9. R. puniceum, R. Hort. Beng. 33. ` Folia ovali-lanceolata, petiolata, acuta, 4-6 uncias longa, 14 lata, suprà glabra, opaca, venis immersis, infrà argenteo lepidota venis glabris, prominen- tibus, nudis. Flores terminales, in corymbo brevi capitati; e gemmá prove- nientes extus tectá squamis oblongis, sensim intüs. acutioribus, concavis, serie multiplici imbricatis, brunneis, ciliatis, interioribus sericeis. Bracteæ, cuique Jlori una, spatulato-lanceolate, arcuate, cymbiformes, albe, sericee, florum longitudine, et cum floribus decidentes. Pedicelli breves, corrugati, furfu- roso-pilesi. Calyx brevis, planiusculus, quinque-dentatus, pubescens. Co- rolla atrococcinea, carnosa, campanulata, basi 5-gibbosa, 5-loba, 14 unciam longa, lobis rotundatis, undulatis, emarginatis, inferioribus majoribus, fauce maculis nigris aspersá. Stamina 10, hypogyna, corolle longitudine. Fila- menta alba, carnosa, filiformia. Anthere brunnee, oblonge, verosimiliter inverse, et igitur apice poris duobus dehiscentes, ecalcarate. Pollen pallide flavum, globosum, ternatim conglomeratum. Ovarium conicum, obtusum, lanatum, filamentis appressis 10-striatum, 10-loculare, placentis totidem polyspermis in axi carnosá conferruminatis. Stylus albus, filiformis, longi- tudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, radiis 10. ** This most magnificent species of Rhododendron was first noticed by Captain Hardwicke, on a tour to Sireenagur, in 1796, growing in the mountainous tract called the Sewalic chain, which separates the plains of Hindostan, between 75° and 85° east longitude, from the Himmaleh Mountains. It is generally found in elevated situations, in forests of oak; the soil a rich black vegetable earth on a stony bed. The natives use the wood for making the stocks of matchlocks, ór common musquets of Hindostan. The stem is columnar, 20 feet or more in height, 16 to 24 inches in diameter." » Thus far Sir James Smith, by whom this superb plant was first published in the Exotic Botany. The figure in that valuable work, taken in India from a wild specimen of the plant, agrees well with the subject of this page, in all respects, except in not representing any of the dark spots of the throat of the corolla, which are so conspicuous in the plant of our gardens. VOL. XI. G It is now several years since the present plant was raised in this country from seed, but not till within a few weeks had it produced its blossoms, in any collection in Europe. Inthe beginning of April we were kindly supplied with the specimen from which our figure has been taken by Mrs. Alexander Baring, under the judicious manage- ment of whose Gardener at the Grange, Mr. Peter M‘Ar- thur, the plant had expanded its flowers in all their beauty. It may easily be imagined, that this will be, at some future time, the most conspicuous ornament of our shrub- beries. In its own country, it thrives only in very cold districts, and with us, such young plants as have been established in the open air seem quite regardless of the severity of European winters. Two very distinct varieties are to be met with in col- lections ; the one with leaves silvery beneath, which is the kind now published ; and the other with the under-surface of the leaves covered with a brown tomentum. These differences should be borne in mind by collectors, because while the one has now been proved to bear flowers of the kind here represented, it is by no means certain that the other is equally beautiful. All the native specimens which we have examined agree with the variety before us; ofthe ferruginous kind we have seen no wild specimen. It is not improbable, that it is indebted for its altered colour to one of two species not yet introduced, with pale flowers, and leaves ferruginous beneath. Leaves oval-lanceolate, stalked, acute, 4-6 inches long, 12 inch broad, above smooth and dull, with sunken veins, beneath silvery, with smooth prominent naked veins. Flowers terminal clustered in a short raceme, proceeding from a bud covered outside with oblong, imbricated brown scales, which gradually become more acute, membranous and silky as they approach the flowers, among which they are finally mixed, as in Enkianthus, in the form of bracts, which are placed singly under each flower, and are spatu- late-lanceolate, bowed, cymbiform, white, silky, the length of flowers, and falling off with the flowers. Pedicels short, wrinkled, scurfy. Calyx short, flattish, 5-toothed, pubescent. Corolla dark scarlet, fleshy, campanulate, at the base with 9 prominences, 5-lobed, 1} inch long, with rounded, wavy, emarginate lobes, of which the lowest are largest; the throat covered with dark purple spots. Stamens 10, hypo- gynous, the length of corolla; filaments white, fleshy, filiform. Anthers brown, oblong, apparently inverted, and therefore opening by two pores at the end, not calcarate. Pollen pale yellow, globose, clustered in threes. J. L. — er a Y 891 BUREHELLIA parviflora. Small-fiowered Burchellia. . AL PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. RUBIACEZ. BURCHELLIA. Supra vol, 6. fol. 446. B. parviflora; foliis ovali-lanceolatis glabriusculis basi subcordatis, antheris medio tubo insertis. Rami subquadrati, tomentosi, ad articulos intrà stipulas annulo villoso circumdati. Folia petiolata, ovali-lanceolata, basi subcordata, 4 uncias longa, 1-14 data, suprà glabriuscula, nervo medio piloso, infra cum petiolo pilis paucis rigidis vestita. Flores terminales, in capitulo sessiles, 6-8 in involucro brevi, pubescente, dentato, erecto, calycibus breviore. Calyx pubescens, corolla multo brevior. Corolla infundibularis, erecta, extús pubescens, semuncialis, coccinea. Stamina medio tubo inserta. The genus Burchellia was constituted by Mr. Brown, in a former volume of this work, upon the Lonicera bubalina of Linneus. At that time one species only had been observed. The present was communicated to us by Messrs. Whitley and Co. of the Fulham Nursery, in March last. It may be distinguished from the original species by its small flowers and differently shaped leaves, which are not hispid, but nearly destitute of pubescence, except upon their nerves. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and is to be preserved in a good greenhouse. A low bush in this country, with somewhat square downy branches, which at the joints inside the stipules are surrounded by a rim of dense hairs. The /eaves are stalked, oval-lanceolate, somewhat cordate at base, about 4 inches long, and from an inch to an inch and quarter broad, nearly smooth above, with the middle nerve pilose, beneath covered like the petiole with a few stiff hairs. Flowers terminal, sessile in a head, from 6 to 8 in number, seated in a pubescent, toothed, erect involucre, which is shorter than the calyxes: Calyx pubescent, much shorter than corolla. Corolla funnel-shaped, erect, pubescent out- side, half an inch long, of a bright scarlet colour. Stamens inserted in the middle of the tube. J. b. $920 £ 4 away S00 emet Kap TA A23. = HZ 892 SEMPERVIVUM caliciforme. Chalice-formed Sempervivum. ` .* — — DODECAN DRIA DODECAGY NIA. Nat. ord. SEMPERVIVEZ. ° SEMPERVIWUM L. V. suprà vol. 2. fol. 99. S. caliciforme; folis lævigatis nudis glaucis densissimé imbricatis capitulo caliciformi incurvatim elegantissime collectis. Haworth suppl. 69. This rare species of Sempervivum was introduced to the gardens of this country by the unfortunate Christian Smith, who collected it, with many other curious plants, in the island of Madeira, while touching there on his way to that unhappy climate whence he was destined never to return. We do not find the species described in any other work than that of Mr. Haworth, which we have quoted. The specimen with which we were furnished was so imperfect, that we have little to remark beyond what is expressed in our figure, which conveys a just idea of the plant. The leaves are glaucous, fleshy, very blunt, with a thin curled whitish edge. Before flowering they are so placed as to represent a small chalice, whence the name has been taken. The flowering stem appears to be glabrous, but the pedicels and the leaves of the calyx are sparingly cövered with fine transparent glandular hairs. The flowers are bright yellow, with filiform petals, and a single row of stamens of the same colour as the petals, and about half their length. Our drawing was taken from a plant in the Nursery of Mr. W. Ross, of Stoke Newington. It is half-hardy, requiring only a dry air, and protection from frost. vag bd E . SANS. ue. 893 TETRANTHERA laurifolia. Laurel-leaved Tetranthera. EUN RN ENNEANDRIA MONOGY NI A. Nat. ord. Laurın&. Br. prodr. TETRANTHERA Jacq.— Flores dioici. Involuerum umbellee, 4-5 phyl- lum, deciduum. Perianthium limbo 4-6 partito v. nullo.—Masc. Stamina *6-15. Anthere 4-loculares. Glandule ad basin filamentorum interiorum. Rudimentum pistilli. Fem. Glandule staminaque sterilia. Stigma dila- tatum, sublobatum. Bacca nuda. Br. prodr. 403. E laurifolia ; folis obovatis oblongis petiolatis supra glabris, petiolo piloso, involucris tetraphyllis tonfentosis. Tetranthera laurifolia. Jacq. Schönb. 1. t. 113. Smith in Rees in loco. Tomex tetranthera. Willd. sp. pl. 2.839. Litsea tetranthera. Pers. syn. 2.4. j Obs. Tomex sebifera Willd. et Litsea chinensis Lamarckii « T. laurifoliá differunt, ut aiunt, floribus asepalis. Herbario nostro tres adsunt ramuli, quo- rum unus ex horto Calcuttense sub nomine Litsee chinensis missus est, alter e Mauritio, tertius Guyaná ; horum prior 3-5 sepalus, alteri plan? asepali ; nullo alio signo distinguendi. Anne igitur he species eedem? Characteres autorum nulla signa ostendunt quibus separande sunt. That the subject of this article is the Tetranthera lauri- folia of Jacquin, there can, we think, be no reason to doubt. Whether itis not also the Tomex sebifera of Willdenow, and the Litsea chinensis of Lamarck, may also be worthy of con- sideration. In the specific characters which have been as- signed to the last-mentioned species by authors, we confess we can detect no differences Beyond that of their being ase- palous, by which they can be divided from T. laurifolia ; between themselves we perceive no distinction whatever. We are unable to tell what value may be attached to the absence or presence of sepals in these plants, but the importance of such a character appears at most to be doübtful. The divisions of the perianthium, or the petals as they have been incorrectly called, are deciduous, and easily overlooked in “dried, and, perhaps, imperfect speci- mens. We have in our own possession three branches of what appear to be of the same species, of which one was sent from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, under the name of Litsea chinensis ; another was collected in the Isle of France, where Lamarck states his L. chinensis to be cultivated for hedges ; and the third was sent from Guyana to Professor Hooker by Mr. Parker. Of these the specimen from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, has distinctly from 3 to 5 de- ciduous sepals, and cannot be distinguished from the plant now figured ; the two others differ from it in no other material respect than in being, as far as we have observed, asepalous. Considering these facts, and that the three supposed species of authors have not been described as different by any botanist who had actually more than one of, them before him, we cannot but entertain a suspicion of the three being repetitions of one species. We have not, however, ventured to combine them; our conjectures. not being supported by the examination of authentic specimens. A tall shrub, native of China, yhere the plant from which our drawing was made was obtained for the Horticul- tural Society, and brought home by Mr. John Potts in 1822. „It flowers in August and September, and requires the heat of a bark-bed. At the Isle of France it is cultivated under the name of Cérisier de la Chine; or Chinese Cherry-tree, the berries when ripe resembling that fruit. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden last summer. J. Le SYS. 894 GASTONIA palmata. Palmate Gastonia. — a —— DODECANDRIA DECAGY NIA. Nat. ord. ARALIACEE. GASTONIA Commers.— Calyx margine elevato integro. Petula 6, basi lata, rarius 5. Stamina 12, rarius 10, ad petalum quodlibet binata breviora. Styli 10-12, minimi, basi juncti; stigmata 10-12. Capsula 10-12-locu- laris. Juss. gen. 2£U. > G. palmata; folis cordatis serratis palmato-7-lobatis suprà glabris subtus ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Gastonia palmata, R. Hort. Beng. 33. Caulis simplex, tuberculis aculeiformibus purpureo-viridibus undique ad- spersis. Folia in petiolo longo, basi vaginato, aculeato, tereti insidentia, cordata, palmata, 7-loba, lobis lanceolatis, serratis, subequalibus, subtüs pal- lida, pubescentiá tenui, ferrugined, stellatá tecta. Umbella composita, um- bellulis 16-18 floris, involucro partiali nullo, pedunculis glabris, punctatis, pedicellis furfure raro, deciduo, ferrugineo vestitis. Calyx subinteger, plica- tus. Petala cito decidua. Stamina 5-9, extra discum crispum, latum, in- serta, Stylus 1, apice multipartitus. * Whefher this plant really belongs to the genus Gastonia, we upfortunately have not the means of judging. The specimens with which we were furnished were incomplete; . but from such an examination as we were enabled to give them, we did not discover any thing materially at variance with Jussieu's character, as the above brief description in some measure shews. We do not find the species recorded in any work besides the Hortus Bengalensis, in which we are informed that the plant is a native of Chittagong, and that it is an upright tree or shrub. Another species, called by Roxburgh G. saururoides, is said to be a native of the Moluccas. Jussieu states that the genus was named by Commer- son in honour of Gaston de Foix, Duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIIL, a patron of botany, and of Morison. He was the founder of the botanic garden at Blois, and the prince who commenced the formation of the collection of drawings of objects of natural history preserved in the Museum at Paris, and continued down to this day. Our drawing was made in March last at Mr. Brookes’s Nursery, Ball's Pond, from a plant about 5 feet in height. Stem simple, covered all over with purple prickle-like warts. Leaves seated on a long prickly round stalk, sheath- ing at its base, cordate, palmate, 7-lobed ; the lobes lan- ceolate, serrate, nearly equal, covered beneath with a fine stellate ferruginous pubescence. Umbel compound; the partial umbels with from 16 to 18 flowers each; without an involucrum; their peduncles smooth, dotted; pedicels covered with a thin deciduous ferruginous” pubescence. Calyx nearly entire, plaited. Petals quickly deciduous. Stamens 5-9, inserted outside abroad discus. Style 1, with many divisions at end. J. L. 895 NAUCLEA Adina. Myrtle-leaved Nauclea, PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. RUBIACER. - NAUCLEA L.— Capitulum calyx, corolla, stamina Cephalanthi, additá quintä floris parte. Stylus et stigma idem. Capsula 2-cocca coccis poly- spermis apice infixis axi filiformi centrali (ut in umbelliferis), a basi disce- dentibus et intüs suturá dehiscentibus; semina plurima marginata minuta, ope funiculi setacei inserta marginibus suture. Arbuscule, capitula axillaria et terminalia, longè pedunculata pedunculo 1-2-squamuloso. Car. fructüs ex G. t. 30. Congener tum Funis uncatus Rumph. 5. t. 34 tum Ouro- paria Aubl. t. 68. (Uncaria Schreb. Agylophora Neck.) cui preterea sepiüs ine adunce oppgsite, folüs decussativé interposite. Juss, mem. mus. 13.402. e N. Adina; foliis lanceolatis glabris, capitulis solitariis axillaribus, peduneulis foliorum longitudine, pericarpio tenui oligospermo. Adina globiflora. Paradisus Londinensis, t. 115. Nauclea Adina. Smith in Rees in loco. Cephalanthus chinensis Hort. An quoque Lamarckü? @Suffrutex dumosus, 2-pedalis. Folia opposita, lanceolata, acuminata, glaberrima, capitulorum longitudine, petiolo brevi puberulo, stipulá inter- mediá acute bilobá. Flores pallide lutei, in receptaculo globoso aggregati, suaveolentes. Receptaculum pales filiformibus clavatis calycis longitudine tectum. Calyx superus, campanulatus, 5-partitus, lobis linearibus, obtusis, glabris. Corolla ¿nfundibularis, 5-loba, intús glabra, lobis ovatis valvatis. Stamina 5, filamentis brevibus, infra sinus limbi inserta. Anthere ovate, acute, biloculares, antice longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus filiformis, rec- tus, corollá dupld longior. Stigma capitatum. Ovarium liberum, inferum, obovatum, pilosum, 2-loculare, ovulis in utroque loculo 4 pendulis. Pericar- pium tenue, 2-loculare, loculis bivalvibus, ab axi persistente calyce coronatá discedentibus. Semina in utrdque valvulá duo, tenuia, marginata utrinque caudata. > A small shrub, a native of China, whence living plants were brought for the Horticultural Society, in 1822, by the late Mr. Potts. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden in September last. It requires the protection of a conservatory, and is easily propagated by cuttings. It is difficult to determine the genus to which this plant should be referred. Mr. Salisbury, who first noticed it in this country, formed it into a distinct genus, which he called Adina. Sir James Smith reduces Adina to Nauclea. To ourselves it appeared, while unacquainted with the fruit, to be in nowise distinguishable from Cephalanthus, from which we still think that nature has not divided it. „ Upon inspection, however, of the fruit, of which there are speci- mens in the possession of the Horticultural Society, it proves to be in the structure of its pericarpium more nearly related to Nauclea, from which it only differs in dehiscence, and in the small number of its seeds. We therefore coin- cide with the opinion of Sir James Smith, remarking only that this and another species with which we are acquainted seem to confirm the opinion entertained by some botanists of authority, that Cephalanthus, Nauclea, and Uncaria can, with Adina, be maintained only as sections of the same natural genus. The unpublished species to which allusion has just been made is also a native of China,'from whence we have specimens in fruit. It resembles N. Adina entirely in habit, but differs from it in the outline of its leaves, and in the great length of the peduncles. It may, therefore, be called . N. Adinoides; foliis obovato-lanceolatis glabris, capi- tulis axillaribus foliis duplo longioribus, pericarpio tenui oligospermo. ^ J. L. du ron AL e by Er Tamay LC Uo tat Kari di 74 fe 8. 5 Hals KL. 896 PRIMULA Pallasıi. Pallas’s Oxlip. ec * PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. PRiMULACEX. PRIMULA. Supra vol. 7. t. 5396 P. Pallas; folis obovato-oblongis eroso-dentatis glabris subundulatis, umbellà pubescente, calycibus ovatis hiantibus, corolle limbo plano. Lehm. Monographia Primularum, p. 38. t. 3. | Romer et Schultes. 4.137. P. altaica. Pall. in Herb. Willd. ex Rom. et Schultes. 4.785. non Leh- manni. Folia cespitosa, vere primo parva, rugosa, erecta, oblonga, acuminata, lamine lateribus in se replicatis, petiolo latissimo ; posteà explanata, multoties majora, obovato-oblonga glabra. Scapus erectus, teres, leviter pubescens. Umbella 6-flora, involucro brevi diphyllo ; pedicelli erecti leviter pubescentes. Calyx oblongus, pentagonus, pubescens, ferè tubi longitudine : laciniis brevibus rectis, post anthesin hiantibus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, pedicello longior, pallide sulphurea, tubo terete calyce vix longiore, limbo plano, laciniis discretis, obcordatis, tubi longitudine. This was first published frog Willdenow's Herbarium, by Lehmann, in his Monographia Primularum. From the Oxlip of our meadows, it is distinguished by the proportion and form of the calyx, and by the form of the leaves. The latter during the time the plant is in flower are very small, with their sides so much folded back as to make the petiole appear as wide as the lamina ; after flowering they become large, obovate, and fully expanded. Raised in 1822 at the Garden of the Horticultural So- ,ciety, from seeds presented by Professor Schrader, of Got- tingen. A hardy perennial plant flowering in the begin- ning of February, and requiring the same treatment as the Primrose and Polyanthus. It is sensibly distinguished from the Oxlip and Cowslip, by the peculiar form of its leaves, and by the pale sulphur colour of its flowers. Leaves tufted, in the first of the spring small, rugose, erect, oblong, acuminate, their sides much folded back, and their petiole very broad; after being fully expanded be- coming much larger, obovate-oblong, and smooth. Scape erect, round, slightly pubescent, about 6 inches long. Umbel 6-flowered, with a short two-leaved involucre. Pedicels erect, slightly pubescent. Calyx oblong, 5-cornered, pu- bescent, almost as long as tube; with short erect segments, gaping after flowering. Corolla hypocrateriform, longer than stalk, pale sulphur colour, with a round tube scarcely longer than calyx; limb flat, with distinct obcordate seg- ments the length of tube. pu > $07 - CLEC A Vp. . A 7 IC A FED, Y z 2 / Au La A by 7 Traga A DA TA Ei e 7 BEDA 897 MAXILLARIA Harrisoniz. Mrs. Harrison’s Maxillaria. — GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. ORcurpzz: tribus Vandew. Lindl. coll. bot. ined. MAXILLARIA Fl. Per.—Perianthium patens, resupinatum. Labellum cum processu unguiformi columnee articulatum, trilobum. Sepala lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu columne connata. Pollinia 4, basibus connata, glandulosa. Herbee parasitice, bulbose, Americe meridionalis. Folia coriacea plicata. Racemi radicales. Maxillaria Harrisonie ; foliis solitariis lanceolatis plicatis, racemo bifloro, perianthio maximo cerino patente, labelli venosi disco glanduloso piloso, lobis recurvis crispis. Dendrobium Harrisonie. Hooker’s Exotic Flora, tab. 120. From an inspection of the specimen from which Dr. Hooker's figure of his Dendrobium Harrisoniz was taken, we have ascertained that it is the same as the plant now published, notwithstanding the difference in the colour of their flowers. The plant which Dr. Hooker examined appears to have been in a less vigorous state of health than that before us, and to have produced only one flower, instead of two, or probably a greater number. A native of South America. The plant from which our drawing was taken was kindly communicated by William Cattley, Esq., from his Conservatory at Barnet. A robust stove parasite, flowering in September. No group of plants has undergone greater changes, in consequence of accurate investigation, and the application of modern analytical principles of botany, than the genus Dendrobium. As it stands in Willdenow's Species Plan- tarum, published twenty years ago, it consists of 25 species. Of these, D. sanguineum has been detached, by Mr. Brown, under the name of Broughtonia; D. graminifolium, by the same distinguished Botanist, as Octomeria; and D. rusci- folium, as Pleurothallis. To the latter genus, D. racemiflorum has been referred by the writer of this article. D. poly- VOL. XI. Hu tachyon is the type of Dr. Hooker’s genus Polystachya; D. utricularioides, and probably testiculatum, are species of lonopsis; D. palmifolium and Barringtonie belong to the genus now reformed. Of the few remaining after these deductions, the East Indian kinds are probably genuine species of Dendrobium, and most of the others require further examination. The genus Dendrobium, as limited by Mr. Brown in the 2d edition of the Hortus Kewensis, should include no species except those with 4, parallel, distinct pollen-masses; and will consequently contain only the East Indian species, which form a numerous group, distinctly characterised by the character above mentioned, and naturally connected by habit. "They are trailing or erect parasites, without bulbs, but with long, leafy, or naked round stems, producing the flowers from their axille, either singly, or in few- flowered fascicles. From these, the American species, agreeing with them in general structure of perianthium, are now divided. They are distinguished by having only two pollen-masses, each divided down the mdidle, and connected at the base by a common glandular process; and by being all bulbous. Besides the kind now published, D. Barringtonie (Maxillaria Barringtonie Nob.) and D. palmifolium (M. palmifolia Nob.), belong to the genus Maxillaria, which will be increased by the examination of the numerous Dendrobium-like plants of the continent of South Ameriea. It is distinguished from Polystachya by the structure of its perianthium, and by its radical in- florescence. Nearly related to Maxillaria, in general characters, and in geographical position, is a genus of which the plant published at tab. 732 of this work, under the name of Dendrobium squalens, must be considered the type. This plant has only two pollen masses, furrowed on each side, and its flowers are in their natural position. It may be called Xylobium, and thus characterised : XYLOBIUM. Perianthium rectum, patens. Labellum cum processu unguiformi co- lumnee articulatum, trilobum, in columna incumbens. Sepala lateralia exteriora basibus cum processu columns connata. Pollinia 2, hinc sulcata. Herb» habitu Maxillarie. Sp. 1. Xylobium squalens. Dendrobium squalens. Supra t. 732. $. L. cual. p 595 ALLIUM fragrans 6. Nepalense. Nepal Fragrant Allium. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ÅSPHODELES. ALLIUM L. Suprä vol. 9. fol. 758. A. fragrans ; scapo terete, foliis linearibus carinatis obtusis contortis, pedun- culis nudis, staminibus planis. Vent. Cels. t. 26. Pers. syn. 1.357. 8. Nepalense ; umbellà 6-flora, antheris luteis. Folia pedalia, debilia, diffusa, linearia, obtusa, glaucescentia, apice con- torta. Scapus glaber, erectus, teres, foliis paulo longior, foliorum colore, basi rubescens. Umbella 6-flora, spathá brevi, scariosd, diphyllá. ^ Pedicelli recti, rigidi, graciles, elongati. Perianthium 6-fidum, turbinatum, laciniis albis, patentibus, obtusis; equalibus, concavis, tubo viridi. Stamina 6, peri- anthi: fere longitudine, erecta, tubi apice inserta. Filamenta lineari-lanceo- lata, alba, basi viridia. ^ Anthere polline luteo. Ovarium cylindraceum, 6-costatum, glaberrimum. Stylus staminum longitudine. Stigma simplex, parvum, depressum. Obs. Flores fragrantissimi. This plant was raised in 1823, in the Chiswick Garden, from seeds presented to the Horticultural Society by the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in à green-house, in October last. We are unable to distinguish it from the Allium fragrans of the French, which is a native of Africa, by any other differences than those which we have indicated ; that is to say, by the yellow, not purple colour of the pollen, and by the small number of flowers in each head. We have com- pared it with numerous living plants received by the Horticultural Society from Paris, as the A. fragrans of Ventenat, and we find them agree in almost every other particular, especially in the glaucous colour of the leaves and stems, in the twist at the extremity of the former, and in the colour and size of their flowers. The Allium Sulvia found in Nepal by Dr. Hamilton seems to be nearly,related to this, but we have seen no specimen of it; and Mr. Don describes it as having a many-flowered umbel, with small flowers, which those of A. fragrans can scarcely be termed. Leaves a foot long, weak, diffuse, glaucous, linear, channelled, obtuse, and twisted at the end. Scape smooth, erect, round, a little longer than the leaves, glaucous, with a little red at the base. Umbel 6- flowered, with a short, scarious, 2-leaved spatha. Pedicels long, slender, rigid. Flowers very fragrant, 6-cleft, turbinate, with white, spreading, blunt, equal, concave segments, and a green tube. Stamens 6, nearly the length of perianth, erect, inserted into the mouth of the tube. Filaments linear- lanceolate, white, green at base. Pollen yellow. Ovary cylindrical, 6- ribbed, very smooth. Style the length of stamens. Stigma small, simple, depressed. J. L. my" cert o 899 COSTUS Pisonis. Red American Costus. MONANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. SCITAMINEE. COSTUS. Supra vel. 8. fol. 633. C. Pisonis; foliis carnosis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis basi angustatis, spicà ovali arcté imbricatà, squamis inferioribus apice foliaceis, corollis roseis. Jacuacanga v. Paco Caatinga. Piso Brasil. 98. Paco Caatinga. Marcgr. Braz. 48. quoad figuram, vir autem descrip- tionem. Caulis herbaceus, 4-pedalis, strictissimus, glaberrimus. Folia grandia, coriacea, elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, versüs basin angustata, superiora minora. Capitulus terminalis, ovi columbini magnitudine, squamis sangui- neis imbricatus, pauciflorus. Squamee lucide, ovate, obtuse, margine mem- branacee, inferioribus apice foliaceis. Flores rosei, magni, è squamis erum- pentes, citó decidui. Dr. William Piso, a Dutch physician, who published an account of the Natural History of Brazil in 1648, was the first author who noticed this fine species of Costus, which he has described with a figure under the name of Jacuacanga, or Paco Caatinga. His figure has not been omitted in the compilations of modern Botanists, who have universally agreed in referring it to the Alpinia spicata of the elder Jacquin. But the last-mentioned Botanist describes his plant as having a yellow flower, and points out the discrepancy between it and the Brazilian plant of Piso. Of Jacquin's plant we have fine specimens from Guiana, communicated by Professor Hooker, and we do not doubt its being distinct from C. Pisonis. The Paco Caatinga of Marcgraaf, which is illustrated by the very same wooden block as was employed by Piso for his Jacu- acanga, is probably a species distinct from both those now mentioned, and remarkable for having its leaves white and downy on the under side, and very large heads of flowers. The kind to which allusion is made by Marcgraafas resem- bling that with downy leaves, ** excepto quod folia inferitis non sunt hirsuta, sed lzevia ut superne, et flosculi sunt rubri," is probably the plant now before us. The figure of Piso is expressive, although rude. This and other species of the same tribe, all of which seem to be known in Brazil under the collective name of Paco Caatinga, are in high repute among the natives of the countries where they grow, as very powerful antisyphilitic medicines. Our drawing of this species was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society during last summer. It had been received in 1823, from Robert Hesketh, Esq., his Majesty's Consul-general at Maranhäo. An herbaceous tender stove plant, rising to the height.of four feet, quite upright, and very smooth in every part. Leaves large, coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, narrow towards the base; the upper smaller. Head of flowers terminal, the size of a pigeon's egg, few-flowered, imbricated with blood-red scales. The latter are shining, ovate, obtuse, with a membranous edge; the lower being leafy at end. Flowers large, rose-coloured, bursting out from among the scales, and quickly perishing. J. L. N 2) MAMAS * Seer <= 4 G £ See /, t 5E. E SADO d e A SSA tg Zu AJ BE LO Ye ly W777 PA P d 900 ISOPOGON longifolius. Long-leaved Isopogon. TETRANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. PmorEACEX. ISOPOGON R. Br.—Perianthium quadrifidum, tubo gracili diutiùs persistente. Squame nulle, hypogynæ. Stylus totus deciduus. Stigma fusiforme, v. cylindraceum. Nux sessilis, ventricosa, undique comosa. Frutices rigidi. Folia glabra, plana v. filiformia, divisa v. integerrima. Capitula terminalia, rard axillaria. Flores modo densissimè imbricati, strobilo globoso ; modo fastigiati, receptaculo communi planiusculo subinvo- lucrato, paleis deciduis, congestis. Br. prodr. 365. 1. Strobilus globosus, squamis densissimé imbricatis tardiüs deciduis. Br. 4.6. I. longifolius ; foliis lineari-lingulatis : superioribus integerrimis : inferioribus passim trifidis, perianthiis sericeis, stigmate glabro. R. Brown Linn. trans. 10. p. 73. prodr. 366. Rom. et Schultes sp. pl. 3.341. Rami teretes, glabri. Folia glaberrima, lineari-lingulata, in petiolo angus- tissime attenuata, apice rotundata, torta, mucronata, nunc obsolete triloba. Flores in capitulo sessili, globoso, terminali, foliis quasi involucrato. Recep- taculum pilis longis albis villosum. Squamee cuneate, apiculate, extüs land albá sericeá obducte, intis glaberrime. Perianthium pube luted sericeum, tubo tenui glabriore, limbo 4-partito sepiüs sub-bilabiato, laciniis reflexis in. apice concavo antheras lineares gerentibus. Ovarium villis densissimis, longissimis, argenteis involutum, qui etiam ad styli basin accrescunt. Stigma fusiforme, glaberrimum, staminum longitudine. B Our drawing of this species of Isopogon was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery. It is a native of the Southern parts of New Holland. A hardy green-house plant, with smooth, round branches. Leaves quite smooth, linear-lingulate, very much narrowed towards the base, at the end rounded, twisted, mucronate, occasionally with three obsolete lobes. Flowers yellow, in a sessile, globose, terminal head, and, as it were, sur- rounded by an involucre of leaves. Receptacle with long v white hairs. Scales wedge-shaped, apiculate, on the out- side covered with long white silky wool, in the inside quite smooth. Perianthium silky, with yellow pubescence, tube thin, and nearly smooth, limb 4-parted, frequently some- what 2-lipped, with reflexed segments bearing the linear anthers in their concave ends. Ovary wrapped in very dense, very long, silvery-white hairs, which also grow upon the base of the style. Stigma fusiform, quite smooth, the length of stamens. J. L. 901 SENECIO venustus. Handsome Senecio. ats. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. COMPOSITE. SENECIO. Vide supra vol. 1, fol. 41. S. venustus ; corollis radiantibus, caule, calyce, foliisque glabris, foliis pinna- tifidis, laciniis linearibus acutis dentatis. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 3.192. Willd. sp. pl. 3.1990. Pers, syn. 2.434. Lindl. in Hort. trans. 6,99. A very handsome herbaceous plant, in favourable situa- tions living for three or four years, but, if treated as a hardy plant, perishing after the second year. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and usually increased by seed. Nearly related to the common Senecio elegans, or Purple Ragwort of the gardens, from which it is distin- guished by the smoothness of allits parts, and by its leaves being more finely divided and more acute. The under- side of the leaves, upon the mid-rib, is frequently beset with soft bristles. | No figure of this plant has been erg published. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from a plant raised from seed presented to the Society from the Royal Botanic Garden at Berlin, by Mr. Otto. | rx 902. ZA 47 Gi 902 ZEPHYRANTHES grandiflora. Largeflowered Zephyranthes. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDEX. ZEPHYRANTHES. V. suprà fol. 821. 2. grandiflora ; foliis linearibus erectis obtusis scapo multo brevioribus, spathá monophyllä, pedunculo breviore, perianthio infundibulari pedunculo duplo longiore. Amaryllis minuta. Humb. et Bonpl. nov. gen. et sp. 1.978. Kunth. synops. 1.285. in: Bulbus ovi columbini magnitudine, nigro-brunneus.. Folia 3, 4-6-uncialia, erecta, linearia, utrinque glaberrima, apice rotundata, subacuta, lete viridia, versus basin paulo rubro suffusa. Scapus cum flore pedalis, teres, fistulosus, glaber, lete viridis, basi coloratus, uniflorus. Flos in pedunculo suberecto, sesquiunciali insidens. Spatha pedunculo brevior, monophylla, ¿fissa, parte libera, integerrima, lateribus involutis, patente. Perianthium infundibulare, 3 uncias longum, late rubicundum, tubo inferiore pallide virente ; lacinie ovales, subequales, usque ad medium divise, exterioribus interiores imbri- cantibus, marginibus fere ad basin usque liberis. Stamina inclusa, perian- thio multo breviora, fauce tubi inserta, non declinata. Antheræ lineares, versatiles. Ovarium breve, trigonum, triloculare, multiovulatum ; ovula compressa, disticha. Stylus filiformis, declinatus, sursùm clavatus, antheris longior, perianthio brevior. Stigma trilobum, crassum, lobis recurvis. Capsula brevissime pedicellata, vestigiis spathe rupte vestita, tritocularis, semi-trivalvis, valvule medio septifere, late, rotundate, apiculate, medio extus, è regione dissepimenti, canaliculate. Semina numerosa, distiche imbricata, ope funicula brevissimi, tenuissimi placente affixa, compressa, semiovata ; testa purpureo-nigra, lucida, membranacea, ad apicem et dor- sum laga; chalaza membrana apicis interior, pallida, subrugosa. Embryo obliquus, in axi albuminis carnosi, copiosi cylindricus, 2 tertias axis occu- pans, paulo eccentricus ; radicula apice imo, hilo proximo, albumine incluso ; plumula minima, è latere embryonis versüs basin erumpens, et apice suo semper denudato ! ! nec embryonis substantia supertecto. A beautiful new species of Zephyranthes, native of Mexico, where it does not seem to be uncommon, especially in the cool high country about Real del Monte and Cerro Ventoso. Introduced this spring for the first time. Our drawing was made in May, from a plant in the possession of Sir Abraham Hume. We have seen others in the collec- tion of the Horticultural Society, to whom they had been presented by Don Mariano La Gasca. When our drawing of this species was made, we had not seen the flower in its most perfect state. Since the figure was in the hands of the engraver, we have had an opportunity of examining the plant under the influence of bright sunshine, and we find that the flowers then expand quite as much as in Zephyranthes rosea. Bulb the size of a pigeon's egg, blackish brown. Leaves 3, 4, or 6 inches long, erect, linear, quite smooth on each side, rounded, but somewhat acute at the end, bright green, a little tinged with red towards the base. Scape, together with the flower, a foot high, round, hollow, smooth, bright green, coloured at base, 1-flowered. Flower seated on a nearly erect peduncle an inch and half long. Spatha shorter than the peduncle, 1-leaved, half-split, the part above the opening entire, spreading with involute edges. Perianth fun- nel-shaped, 3 inches long, bright pink, the limb in the sun- shine opening nearly flat; lower part of the tube pale green; segments oval, nearly equal, divided almost as far as the middle of the flower; the outer lapping over the inner, their edges being distinct almost as far as the base. Stamens included, much shorter than perianth, inserted into the throat of the tube, not declinate, but spreading equally. Anthers linear, versatile. Ovary short, three- cornered, three-celled, with many ovules packed in two rows one above the other. Style filiform, declinate, clavate upwards, longer than the anthers, shorter than the perianth. Stigma three-lobed, thick, with recurved lobes. 3d b ő a. ZO by me a Ted 7 903 HELICTERES verbascifolia. Mullein-leaved Button- Wood. tn MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. BouBaAcEx. Kunth. diss. malv. HELICTERES L.— Calyx tubulosus, sub-5-fidus. Petala 5, ligulato- unguiculata, superné subdentata. Stamina 5-10-15, long? monadelpha, urceolo apici multifido pilis nonnullis sterilibus. Ovarium longè stipitatum. Styli 5, basiconcreti. Carpella 5, 1-locularia, polysperma, intüs dehiscentia, sæpè in spiram regulariter contorta, interdum recta. Semina exalbuminosa, cotyledonibus spiraliter convolutis. Dec. prodr. 1.475. H. verbascifolia ; foliis cordatis acuminatis serratis tomentosis virentibus, pedunculis axillaribus paucifloris, carpophoro longissimo. Dec. l. c. 476. H. verbascifolia. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 504. Link. enum. ber. 2.200. Folia cordata, acuminata, subsimplieiter crenato-serrata, utrinque pilis, nunc simplicibus, nunc stellatis, sericea; petioli hispidi ; stipule subulate, petiolis breviores. Flores axillares, corymbosi, pedunculati, foliis breviores. Calyx dense pubescens. Petala reflexa, calyce duplo breviora. "Tubus stamineus longissimus, filiformis, glaber. A species of Helicteres introduced a few years since from the Brazils. It is a handsome shrub, remarkable for its brownish-red flowers, and the rosy, long, filiform tube of the stamens. From H. jamaicensis it is distinguished by the outline of its leaves, which are never angular or rhom- boid, as they often are in that species, by the greater breadth of its petals, and especially by the tube of its stamens, which is very long and quite smooth, never downy as in H. jamaicensis. Our drawing was taken at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, where the plant is kept in a cool stove. Leaves cordate, acuminate, somewhat simply crenate- serrate, on each side covered with hairs, which are gene- rally simple, but occasionally stellate ; petioles hispid ; stipules subulate, shorter than the petioles. Flowers axil- lary, corymbose, stalked, shorter than the leaves. Calyx densely pubescent. Petals reflexed, twice as short as calyx. Tube of the stamens very long, filiform, smooth. x 904 ERIA stellata. Starry Eria, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Omcmipgz. Div. Epidendrex. ERIA Lindley.— Perianthium lanatum, connivens. Labellum trilobum, articulatum cum processu unguiformi columne cujus lateribus sepala antica adnascuntur. Pollinia octo. Collectanea Botanica 42. B. inedita. E. stellata; folis lanceolatis carnosis 5-nervibus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, labelli lobo medio acuminato, scapo angulato, ovario sepalis- que exterioribus pube ferrugineá lanatis. Lindl. l. c. Dendrobium javanicum. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800 p.247? Willd. sp. 4.137? Herba parasitica, repens, robusta. Folia 13-2 pedalia, erecta, carnosa, glaberrima, lanceolata, tri-quinquenervia, basi squamis ovato-lanceolatis, vaginantibus, nervosis circumdata. - Scapus 2-pedalis, teres, angulatus, undique pube lanatá, rará, ferrugineú obductus. Flores spicati, apice stel- latim patentes, luteo-ferruginei, extüs eddem land ac scapus obducti; basi bracteá ovatd, concavá, scariosd, siccá, deciduá, ovario longiore, extús villosd Suffulti. Perianthium connivens, sepalis apice patentibus, lineari- lanceolatis, acuminatis, equalibus, 5-nervibus, exterioribus basi connatis, extüs ferrugineo lanatis, interioribus glaberrimis: anticis basibus productis cum basi elongata columnae connatis. Labellum erectum, cum columna parallelum, ejusque basi articulatum, ovato-lanceolatum, basi cucullatum, 3-lobum: disco carnoso, tricostato: lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, rotundatis, pallidis, venosis: inter- medio elongato, acuminato, sepalis breviore. Columna brevis, semiteres. Gynizus anticus, concaviusculus, apice ovatus. Anthera carnosa, cristata, ds apice dilatata truncata, omnino bilocularis, loculis discretis, bivalvibus. Pollinia cuique loculo 4, in paribus duobus, collateralia, basibus ad faciem mediam loculi adversis, et materie viscidá connexis. This genus has been founded, in the work above cited, upon a remarkable plant from Nipal, the Dendrobium pubescens of Professor Hooker, and the subject of this article. It differs from all the other genera, having the flower of Dendrobium, in the number of its pollen masses, with the exception of Octomeria, which we have had no opportunity of examining; but whieh, as an American VOL. Xi. I genus, and with a peculiar habit, we cannot doubt is sufficiently distinct. The native country of this species is said to be Java; but we are not acquainted with the time or circumstances of its introduction to this country. For our drawing we have to thank Mr. Cattley, by whom fine specimens were communicated in February last. A stout, creeping, parasitical plant. Leaves 1j or 2 feet long, erect, fleshy, smooth, lanceolate, 3-5 nerved, surrounded at base with ovate-lanceolate, sheathing, nerved scales. Scape 2 feet high, round, angular, covered all over with thin rusty wool. Flowers spiked, at the end spreading in a stellate manner, of a yellow ferruginous colour, and covered on the outside with the same sort of wool as the scape; at the base supported by an ovate, concave, scarious, dry, deciduous bract, longer than the ovary. Perianthium connivent, spreading at end; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, equal, 5-nerved ; the outer connate at base, and covered with ferruginous wool outside, the inner quite smooth; those in front united by their dilated bases with the elongated foot of the column. Labellum erect, parallel with the column, and jointed with its base, ovate-lanceolate, cucullate at base, 3-lobed; disk fleshy, 3-ribbed ; /ateral lobes short, rounded, pale, veiny ; intermediate long, acuminate, shorter than sepals. Column short, half-round. Gynizus in front, a little concave, ovate at end. Anther fleshy, crested, with a dilated, truncate end, completely 2-celled, with distinct, 2-valved cells. Pollen masses 4 in each cell, placed side by side, in two pairs, their bases pointing towards the * front of the cell, and united by a viscid substance. J.A FR: 2 F A / T in SH / j é A « y af o fs Y” A ch gig is IM os 2 DE A A vw o. M fT FF. LAT OG A. AT DIL, JAG ACODHAMAY SUG AY n M. à Ate = e 4 c D 2 905 CYDONIA Chinensis. Chinese Quince. —— ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. Rosacrm. Div. Pomacee Juss. Lindl. CYDONIA L.—Calyx 5-partitus: laciniis foliaceis. Pomum clausum polyspermum. Semina testà mucilagineä. Arbor mediocris (Europe et Japoniz). Folia integerrima, subtús lanata. Flores solitarii, subsessiles. Bracte® sepius solitarie, foliacee. Calyx lanatus. Petala magna, conspi- cua. Styli infra medium lana densa coherentes. Lindley in Linn. Trans. 97. C. Chinensis ; foliis ovalibus argut? serratis utrinque acutis complicatis subtüs tomentosis. C. Chinensis, Thouin. Ann. mus. 19.145. Link. enum. ber. 239. Ramuli pilosi, tandem glabri. Folia petiolata, stipulata, coriacea, ovalia, utrinque acuta, argutà serrata, semi-complicata, suprà viridia, lucida, sepius rubro tincta, subtús tomentosa, petiolo tomentoso suprà canaliculato, serie duplici glandularum ; stipulee pallide, glanduloso-dentate, petioli lon- gitudine, 3-partite, lobo medio erecto ovato, lateralibus patentibus basi extüs auriculatis. Flores terminales, solitarii. Ovarium fusiforme, glabrum, sep? suprà medium bracteatum. Calyx quinquepartitus, reflexus, intús tomen- tosus ; laciniis subulatis, apice glanduloso-serratis. Petala patentia, breviter unguiculata, oblonga, rosea. Styli 5, basi connate. Stigmata capitata. ae 0 This curious species of Quince appears, from a paper of the late M. Thouin's, published in the nineteenth volume of the Annales du Muséum, to have been in existence in England so long ago as the end of the last century. It does not, however, appear to have obtained the notice of any scientifie work in this country, or to have been much known even upon the continent. We first saw it, some years since, in the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co., at Fulham; and it was in that establishment that the figure for our plate was taken, in March last. A handsome, hardy, small tree, or large shrub, pushing forth its leaves in the earliest spring, and frequently damaged by subsequent frosts. In warm situations it would probably be nearly evergreen ; exposed to the full influence of the winter, it becomes entirely deciduous. Its foliage has a striking resemblance to the beautiful Pyrus japonica of Thunberg, and affords a strong argument in favour of cancelling the genus Cheenomeles, which was formerly proposed in the Transactions of the Linnean Society, chiefly upon Thunberg's assertion, that its fruit, when ripe, splits into 5 valves; an erroneous statement, of which it is difficult to account for the origin. We have examined perfect and ripe fruit, produced in the neighbour- hood of London, with fully formed seeds, and we have found that it differs from Cydonia only in the seeds not having a mucilaginous testa. The fruit of this species is said to be large, but not applicable as food under any management. It is oblong, of a pale citron colour, with dry, woody flesh, and very austere juice. It has not, we believe, been ripened in this country. Branches hairy, finally becoming smooth. Leaves stalked, stipulate, coriaceous, oval, acute at each end, finely serrated, half-folded together, above green, shining, generally tinged with red, beneath downy, with a downy stalk, which is channelled, and glandular in two rows above; stipules pale, with glandular teeth, the length of the petiole, 3-parted, with the middle lobe ovate erect, lateral spreading with auricles at the base on the outside. Flowers terminal, solitary. Ovary fusiform, smooth, often bearing f bractea above its middle. Calyx 5-parted, re- flexed, downy inside. Segments subulate, with glandular serrated ends. Petals spreading, on short stalks, oblong, rose-coloured. Styles 5, connate at base. Stigmas capitate. 4. GOO ws mE JE 7 e gg p, Vy AA! Lib Ly JF. 906 ORNITHOGALUM corymbosum. : Peruvian Ornithogalum. LENA HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AsPHODELEX. ORNITHOGALUM. Supra, vol. 2. tab. 158. O. corymbosum ; scapo terete, floribus corymbosis, corollà magna, germine atro. Flora Peruviana 3.68. t. 300. Lindley in Hort. Trans. 6.86. Bulbus semi-subterraneus, suprà terram vestigiis foliorum cicatricatus. Folia 13 pedalia, ligulata, canaliculata, carnosa, debilia, humifusa, glaber- rima, viridia, Scapus 2-pedalis, teres, penne cygnee crassitudine. Racemus corymbosus, decussatus, 6-florus. Bractee acuminate, cordate, membra- nacee, pedicello duplo breviores subdentate, eique appresse, apicem versüs virides firmiores. Flores albi, odore leto Oxyacanthe. Sepala primüm cyathiformia, dein patentissima, imbricata, late ovata, subundulata, venosa, equalia, carnosa, apice quandoque paululum divisa. Stamina 6, petalis duplo breviora, erecta, sepalis inserta; filamenta subulata; anthere ovate, demüm verticales. Ovarium obovatum, nigro-viride. Stylus filiformis, simplex, basi viridis. We extract the following remarks upon this plant from the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, in whose garden at Chiswick our drawing was made. “A bulb from Chili proved, upon flowering, to be the species described and figured under this name, (O. corym- bosum,) in the Flora Peruviana. It is very like O. Arabi- cum, of which it is perhaps a mere variety; remarkable, however, for being a native of a country far distant from any in which O. Arabicum has yet been found. That it is wild in Chili, cannot be doubted, both from the bulbs in question having been sent with other wild plants indiscriminately collected, and because, although it is cultivated in the gardens of Peru, the authors of the Flora Peruviana expressly state their plant to be commonly wild in- the provinces of Chancay, Cercado, and Huanuco. The Peruvian women entwine the flowers, which are very fragrant, in their hair.” Bulb half subterraneous, above the ground marked with the scars of fallen leaves. Leaves 14 foot long, strap- shaped, channelled, fleshy, weak, spreading on the ground, very smooth, green. Scape 2 feet high, round, as thick as a swan's quill. Aaceme corymbose, decussate, 6-flowered. Bractes acuminate, cordate, membranous, twice as short as pedicels, somewhat toothed, and pressed close to the pedicel, towards the end green, and firmer than at the sides. Flowers white, with the perfume of hawthorn. Sepals at first cup-shaped, then spreading, imbricated, broad-ovate, somewhat wavy, veiny, equal, fleshy, a little divided sometimes towards the end. Stamens 6, twice as short as petals, erect, inserted into the sepals; filaments subulate ; anthers ovate, at length vertical. Ovary obovate, dark green. Style filiform, simple, green at base. p 907^ ql BUCIDA buceras. Jamaica Olive-bark Tree. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. CowsRETACEx. Brown. BUCIDA L.—Calyx campanulatus, 5 dentatus. Stamina 10, calyce longiora. Bacca sicca, coronata, 1-sperma, Folia in ramulorum dichotomia et apice conferta; flores spicati, axillares, et terminales, cornu spicam terminante spongioso, forsan inani, Rhizophore clavam mentiente. Juss. gen. 75. B. Buceras; spicis elongatis, foliis cuneiformibus glabris. Vahl. ecl. 1.50. Mangle iulifera, foliis subrotundis versüs summitatem latissimis confertim nascentibus, cortice ad coria densanda utili. Sloane jam. 156. hist. 2. p. 67. t. 189, f. 3. Raj. dendr. 116. Buceras ramulis flexuosis tenuioribus, foliis obovatis confertis, spicis plurimis terminalibus. Browne jam. 221. t. 23. f. 1. Bucida. Amoen. acad. 5. p. 397. B. Buceras. Linn. sp. pl. 556. Lam. ill. t. 356. Swartz. obs. 180. Willd. sp. pl. 2.630. Pers. syn. 1.485. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 3.61. A tree 30 feet high, about 1 in diameter. Branches divaricate, or flexuose, roundish, smooth, and even. Leaves only at the divarications and summits of the branches, crowded together, petioled, obovate or ridge- shaped, obtuse, very entire, veined, smooth, near 2 inches long. Spikes, or rather spike-like racemes, numerous, simple, peduncled, axillary, near the ends of the branches, about the length of the leaves. Flowers small, yellowish, alter- nate, sessile, hoary without, tomentose within. The style, or upper part of the germ, especially at the extremity of the raceme, is sometimes extended to the length of an inch or more, and curved somewhat in the form of a bull's horn, (whence the specific name). A native of the West Indies and South America. In Jamaica it is called Black Olive; in Antigua, French Oak; and in the French Islands, Grignon. Its bark is used for tanning leather; and its wood is excellent for chests of drawers and other kinds of cabinet-work, as it is seldom attacked by worms. Smith. For our drawing we are obliged to Mr. Colvill, in whose Nursery this plant flowered in a stove. The plant is of easy cultivation. J. L. Y. ses Q POGONIA pendula. Pendulous Pogonia. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OrcHIDEX. Div. Neottiex. POGONIA, Supra, vol. 2. fol. 148. P. pendula ; foliis ovatis squamiformibus amplexicaulibus, floribus subsoli- tariis cernuis, labelli lobo medio oblongo crispo, caule angulato, Helleborine mariana, flore pallido purpureo trianthophoros. Pluk. mant. 100. t. 348. f. 6. Arethusa parviflora. Mich. am. 2. p. 160. Arethusa trianthophoros. Swartz act. holm. 1800. p. 230. Arethusa pendula. Willd. sp. pl. 4.82. Pursh. am. sept. 2. p. 590. Triphora pendula. Nuttall am. gen. 2. 193. Herba vix spithamaa, nuda, simplex. Caulis erectus, rubescens, angulatus, basi bulbosus; foliis 3 v. 4, parvis, ovatis, trinervibus, vaginantibus, rubro mar- ginatis. Flores in axillis foliorum superiorum, 2-3, pedunculati, primüm cer- nui, demüm erecti. Ovarium trigonum, v. inaequaliter hexagonum, angulis mar- ginatis. Perianthium ringens, sepalis albis, rubescentibus, liberis, exterioribus linearibus patentibus, interioribus oblongo-lanceolatis erectis, ad dorsum columnae adstantibus. Labellum album, trilobum, cucullatum, unguiculatum, cum columná articulatum eáque parallelum; lobis lateralibus parvis, erectis, intermedio ovato, rotundato, crispo, patente, disco viridi granuloso. Columna libera, elongata, lobis lateralibus labelli brevior, semiteres, spatulata ; gynizo elliptico, marginibus introflexis sursim fornicato. Anthera terminalis, sub- erecta, cristata, carnosa, bilocularis, cum gynizo parallela, valvis purpureis membranaceis. Pollinia 2, sulco longitudinali exarata, linearia, reniformia, è particulis angulatisconstantia. Roots of this curious little plant were collected in Ca- nada, by Mr. David Douglas, for the Horticultural Society, and flowered in an open border in the Garden at Chiswick in August 1824, at which time our drawing was made. It is a very distinct species, much smaller than any other published kind, and easily recognised in any state by its elegant little pendulous white and pink flowers. We cannot agree with Mr. Nuttall in separating this plant from the genus Pogonia, with which it, in our judg- ment, agrees in all essential particulars. From Arethusa it is well distinguished by the segments of the flower being all distinct, and having a nearly equal insertion. This species 'seems to be distributed over nearly all North America, from Canada to Georgia. Mr. Nut- tall says it is parasitic round the roots of beech trees from New York to Kentucky, and that he has also found it in Canada. Our own specimens were collected near the Alleghany River, by Mr. Goldie. A small plant, scarcely a span high, naked, simple. Stem erect, tinged with red, angular, bulbous at base. Leaves 3 or 4, small, ovate, 3-nerved, sheathing, edged with red. Flowers in the axille of the upper leaves 2-3, stalked, at first drooping, afterwards erect. Ovary 3-cor- nered, or unequally 6-angled; the angles edged. Peri- anthium ringent, with white, pinkish, distinct divisions; outer linear spreading, inner obl. lanceolate, erect, stand- ing on each side of the back of the columna. Zip white, 3-lobed, cucullate, clawed, jointed with the column, and parallel with it; lateral lobes small, erect; inter- mediate ovate, rounded, crisp, spreading, with a green granular disk. Column distinct, elongated, a little shorter than the lateral lobes of lip, 4-round, spatulate; gynizus elliptical, vaulted upwards by the inflexed edges. Anther terminal, sub-erect, crested, fleshy, 2-celled, parallel with the gynizus ; valves purple, membranous. Pollen-masses 2, furrowed by a longitudinal line, linear, uniform, powdery, formed of angular particles. E J. L. BA, 909 ENCELIA canescens. Hoary Encelia. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. Nat. ord. Comrosirz. |. Sect. Helianthe@ Cassini. ENCELIA Adans. — Involucrum polyphyllum, imbricatum. Recepta- culum conicum, paleaceum. Flosculi disci tubulosi, hermaphroditi; radii ligulati neutri. Akenia obovata, compressa, margine villosa, apice emargi- nata, et calva. Suffrutices ramosi. | Folia alterna, integra, trinervia. Flores terminales, longè pedunculati, subcorymbosi, flavi. Kunth. sy- nopsis, 2.467. E. canescens ; foliis ovatis trinerviis mollibus alternis, floribus corymbosis. Cav. icones. 1. p. 45. t. 61. Coreopsis limensis. Jacq. ic. 3. t. 594. E. canescens. Lam. encycl. 2.356. Pers. syn. 2.479. Kunth. l. c. Pallasia halimifolia. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2260. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 5.137. Suffrutex 2-pedalis, caule molli, pubescente, terete, ad apicem folioso. Folia /ata, ovata, triangularia, obtusa, trinervia, incana, in petiolo sub-decur- rentia, basi cuneata, utrinque molliter velutina, longé petiolata : petiolis vil- losis, superiora integerrima, inferiora convexa subdentata. Flores termi- nales, gemini, longè pedunculati ; pedunculo pilis albis, patentibus, intertextis villoso, suprà medium bracteá solitarid, ovatá, subsessili, lanatá, recurvá, subcomplicatd. Involucrum villosissimum, duplex, patens, exterius 8-phyl- lum; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, obtusis, torquatis, interius foliolis totidem angustioribus, alternis, assurgentibus. - Flosculi radii lutez, circiter 12, uni- labiati, ligulati, lati, cuneati subplicati, invicem imbricati, omnino steriles, rudimento ovarü abortivo, obsoleto ; discoidei parvi, hermaphroditi, infundi- bulares, basi teretes, glanduloso-pilosi, apicem versüs villis paucis patentibus aspersi, intüs atro-purpurei, in paled cymbiformi, ipsarum longitudine, vil- losd, graminum glume simillimá involuti. Anthere atro-purpuree basi mutice, apice membranacee ovate. Ovarium compressum, tenue, obovatum, truncatum, pilosum, utrinque villis diaphanis marginatum. Pappus nullus. Stylus filiformis, glaber, apice purpureus. Stigmata linearia, recurva, papulosa, atro-purpurea. Receptaculum foveatum, paleis cymbiformibus, supra-dictis squamatum. For the introduction of this pretty genus of Com- posite the public is indebted to Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill, by whom our specimens were communicated in April last. A hardy, green-house shrub, a native of Peru. It differs from Encelia parvifolia, in having a hairy, not downy stem ; corymbose, not solitary, or nearly solitary, flowers ; and leaves with a rounded, not cuneate, base. An under-shrub, about 2 feet high, with a soft, downy, round stem, leafy at the end. Leaves broad, ovate, triangular, blunt, 3-nerved, hoary, running down into the petiole, cun- eate at the base, softly velvety on each side, on long villous stalks; the upper entire, the lower convex somewhat toothed. Flowers terminal, twin, upon long stalks; peduncles villous, with white, spreading, interwoven hairs; abovethe | middle bearing a solitary, ovate, subsessile, woolly, recurved bract, somewhat folded together. J/nvolucrum very villous, double, spreading, the outer 8-leaved, with ovate-lanceolate, blunt, twisted leaves ; the inner with as many narrower, as- surgent, alternate leaves. Florets ofthe ray yellow, about 12, 1-lipped, ligulate, broad, cuneate, subplicate, imbricated, altogether sterile, with the abortive obsolete rudiment of an ovary; those of the disk small, hermaphrodite, funnel- shaped, round at the base, glandular-hairy, scattered over towards the end with a few spreading hairs, in the inside dark purple, wrapped up in a cymbiform palea of the same length as themselves and villous, very like the glume of a grass. Anthers dark purple, unarmed at base, at the end membranous and ovate. Ovary compressed, thin, obovate, truncate, hairy, edged on each side with transparent hairs. Pappus none. Style filiform, smooth, purple at end. Stigmas linear, recurved, papulose, dark purple. Receptacle foveate and scaly, with the boat-shaped pale: above mentioned. 910 ONCIDIUM papilio. Trinidad Butterfiy-Plant. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Omncnipgx. Div. Epidendrem. ONCIDIUM. Supra fol. 727. O. papilio; foliis solitariis ovalibus pictis patentibus, scapo articulato anci- pite paucifloro, sepalis superioribus linearibus longissimis: inferioribus distinctis ovato-lanceolatis undulatis, columnä bicorni: alis fimbriatis. Folia ovalia, patentia, carnosa, in bulbo compresso subangulato solita- ria, supra fasciis interruptis maculata, subtüs purpureo creberrime punc- tata: maculis rotundis viridibus. Scapus radicalis, 3-pedalis, articulatus, nudus, articulis inferioribus terétibus, superioribus ancipitibus, 3-A-uncialibus, margine et disco rubro maculatis, basi squamá scariosá instructis. Perian- thium patentissimum, diametro (in exempl. spont.) 5-unciarum ab apice sepali postici ad apicem labelli ; sepalis 3 superioribus lineari-spatulatis, longè unguiculatis, erectis, atro-aurantiacis, nunc luteo erre Jasciatis ; inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis, falcatis, undulatis, crispis, labelli longitudine, et cum eo luteis aurantiaco nubilis. Labellum panduriforme, basi cordatum, apice dilatatum, emarginatum, undulatum, disco baseos glanduloso, glandulis pallidis purpureo fasciatis, et formam rane cubantis referentibus. Columna brevis, erecta, utrinque alata ; alis patentibus, versis basin. quadratis, car- nosis, margine laceris, versüs apicem angustioribus fimbriatis, ad ipsam apicem cornubus duobus, subulatis, porrectis, apice glandulá capitatis, in- structis. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, unilocularis, ovata, ad cardinem foveata. _Pollinia 2, cereacea, oblonga, collateralia, postice biloba, basi glan- dulá latá rostello affiza. For this highly curious parasite, the public is indebted to his Excellency Sir Ralph Woodford, Governor of Trinidad, by whom living plants have been sent to several collections in this country. The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered in a stove at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, last March; but not in perfection, the blossoms in our only native specimen having a diameter nearly twice as great as is represented in the accompanying figure, and being much more completely expanded. LL fume We have not succeeded in tracing this plant in any work within our reach. The Butterfly-plant of Santa Cruz, described by West, for which the ** Helleborine flore papilionaceo " of Plumier is quoted by authors, is a totally different plant from this. The name has doubt- less been suggested by the brilliant colours of the flower, its singular form, which may easily be likened to the wings, body, antenn®, and tongue of a butterfly, and its fluttering motion when hanging from its stalk at the extremity of the weak, elastic, jointed scape. Leaves oval, spreading, fleshy, seated upon a com- pressed, somewhat angular, solitary bulb, above spot- ted with interrupted fasciz, beneath dotted all over with very numerous purple points, with round, green spots among them. Scape from the root, 3 feet long, jointed, naked, the lower joints round, the upper 2-edged, 3 or 4 inches long, spotted with red at the edge and disk, and at the base having a scariose scale. Flowers spreading, 5 inches across (in wild specimens) from the tip of the upper sepal to the point of the labellum ; the upper sepals linear, spatulate, with long stalks, erect, dark orange, some- times interrupted with yellow ; the lower ovate-lanceolate, falcate, wavy, curled, the length of lip, and like it yellow clouded with orange. Lip fiddle-shaped, cordate at base, dilated and emarginate at end, wavy, glandular at base, the glands pale, variegated with purple, and representing the figure of a couchant frog. Column short, erect, with spreading, fringed wings. x J. L. — — AS T AMI 911 BEAUMONTIA grandiflora. Largeflowered Beaumontia. e PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. APOCYNER. j BEAUMONTIA Wall.—Calyx 5-sepalus : sepalis foliaceis, æqualibus, erectis. Corolla infundibularis, tubo brevi, limbo maximo, campanulato, 5-lobo: lobis erectis. Stamina apice tubi inserta? Anthere sagittate, imberbes, circa stigma coherentes. Squame faucis nulle. Ovarium rotun- $ dum depressum. Stigma fusiforme. Fructus .. «.. Semina hinc comosa. B. grandiflora. Wallich in literis. a Echites grandiflora. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20. Spreng. sys. veg. l. p. 634. non Rothii. Caulis fruticosus, teres, scandens, glaber. Ramuli pubescentes. Folia opposita, petiolata, oblonga, obtusa, apiculata, basin versüs attenuata, plana, atro-viridia, glabra, subtús paululum pubescentes. Corymbi terminales, v. axillares, multiflori. Calyx pentaphyllus, pubescens, sepalis oblongis, apicu- latis, undulatis, margine replicatis- Corolla maxima, alba, coriacea, infundi- bularis, pubescens, tubo angusto calyce breviore, limbo campanulato, quinque- lobato, lobis brevibus subrotundis, acuminatis, crispis; sinubus rotundatis; intús nuda, basi mellifera. Stamina 5, in apice tubi inserta, laciniis corolle alterna, limbo breviora. Filamenta filiformia, apice clavata, basi deorsùm incurva, glabra, Anthere in conum connate, circà stigma coherentes, sagit- tate, glabre ; lobis longis introrsüm fulcatis. Ovarium rotundum, depres- sum, melle viscidum. Stylus filiformis, filamentis longior, et ob stigma cum antheris coherens, arcuatus. Stigma fusiforme. This fine plant has now been known in gardens in this country for some years, under the name of Beaumontia grandiflora, it having.been so called by Dr. Wallich, we believe, in compliment to the Lady of Colonel Beaumont, of Bretton Hall, in Yorkshire. But it had not flowered till the individual from which our drawing was made pro- duced its blossoms, in Messrs. Whitley's conservatory, at Fulham. Be sd i A We are requested to state, that the plant which flowered was sent by Dr. Wallich, m 1818, with many K other valuable subjects, to Messrs. Whitleys, under the care of their friend Captain Craigie. The genus differs from Echites in the absence of hy- pogynous glands, and in the ovarium being of one piece instead of two. It is a native of Chittagong, where it flowers from the beginning of November to the end of June. Our drawing was made in June last. Stem shrubby, round, climbing, smooth. Branches pubescent. Leaves opposite, stalked, oblong, blunt, point- letted, narrowed towards the base, flat, dark-green, smooth, a little downy beneath. Corymbs terminal, or axillary, many-flowered. Calyx 5-leaved, downy ; leaflets oblong, point-letted, wavy, folded back at edge. Corolla very large, white, coriaceous, funnel-shaped, with a narrow tube, shorter than calyx, and a campanulate, 5-lobed limb, of which the lobes are short, roundish, acuminate, crisp : with round sinuses. Stamens 5, inserted in the mouth of tube, alternate with segments of corolla, shorter than limb. Filaments filiform, clavate at end, curved downwards at the base, smooth. . Ovary round, depressed, viscid with honey. Anthers sagittate, enclosing the fusiform stigma. 3 J. L. >> s 3 AN [ME L 912 CARMICHALIA Australis. South-Sea Carmichelia. a cn DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. T. . Nat. ord. Lesumınosz Papilionacee, Br. CARMICHALIA.—Calyx cyathiformis, 5-dentatus. Ovarium poly- spermum. Stigma simplex. Legumen oligospermum (1-3 sp.), replo post lapsum valvularum persistente! Frutex ramosissimus, sub statu florescentie sepiis aphyllus. Caulis ramique primarii teretes, teneriores v. plano-compressi v. ancipites, stipulis minutis alternatim dentati, Folia è dentibus ramorum fruticis jumoris, ternata v. pinnata, (foliolis 3-7 obcordatis). Racemi simplicissimi é den- ticulis ramorum ; pedicelli basi bractea abbreviata, apice binis minutissimis. Flores parvi. Calycis dentes subequales, brevissimi. Petala longitudine subequalia : vexillum lamina latiore quàm longiore, basi absque callis auri- culisve; carina obtusa. Filamenta 1-9 fid. Anthere uniformes, subovales. Ovarium lineare, 5-6 spermum. Stylus subulatus, adscendens. Stigma obtu- sum, imberbe. Semina subreniformia, simu clauso, umbilico nudo. Brown MSS. C. Australis. Brown MSS. Lotus arboreus; leguminibus quinatis, foliolis obcordatis, caule arborco. Forst. prodr. n. 2.278. Willd. sp. pl. 3.1392. Pers. syn. 2.354, For the above character of this very remarkable genus we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Brown, who, for- tunately for science, is in possession of perfectly ripe fruit. The plant was originally discovered in 1769, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander, on the eastern side of the northern island of New Zealand, between latitudes 37°— 39? south; and an excellent description of it, from the hand of Dr. Solander, exists in the Banksian Library, among the manuscripts of that celebrated voyage, by which the botanical riches of the South Seas were first made known to Europe. George Forster, who afterwards met with it in Dusky Bay, referred it to the genus Lotus; and it is remarkable enough, that Willdenow, who appears to have seen the pods, retains it in the genus where Forster placed it. These differ from the legume either of Lotus or of any other known genus, and offer a new form of fruit among Leguminosz, not less distinct than extraordinary. The valves, instead of dividing the pod into two equal por- tions, as usually happens in papilionaceous plants, or by their cohesion forming an indehiscent fruit, separate in Carmicheelia, both from the placentiferous and barren mar- gins which are left upon the plant after the seeds have fallen, and resemble the persistent placentas of a crucifer- ous capsule with an obliterated dissepiment. The term replum, which is employed in Mr. Brown's generic charac- ter to designate the persistent circumscription of the legume, was used by Vitruvius for the frame of a door, and, we believe, has been already applied to the purposes of botanical description in the sense in which it is used here, which is certainly unexceptionable. The garden plant has been compared by Mr. Brown with the specimens from Cook's voyage, in his own collec- tion, and with an authentic specimen from George Forster's Herbarium, as well as by ourselves with others from some part of New Zealand; and no difference has been detected between them. | In explanation of the name applied to this plant, we make the following extract from Mr. Brown's communica- tion upon the subject: ** I have named the genus in honour of my friend, Cap- tam Dugald Carmichael, F.L.S., a very accurate Botanist, whose interesting account of the Island of Tristan da Cunha is published in the 12th volume of the Linnean Society's Transactions, and to whom I am indebted for extensive collections, and many excellent descriptions of the plants of the island of Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope.” A hardy greenhouse plant, of the easiest cultivation, forming a branched, leafless bush, with its young branches compressed or two-edged, and toothed on their edges by minute stipule. Leaves of the young plant are ternate or pinnate, with 3-7 obcordate leaflets. The Flowers are small, and of an agreeable lilac colour, and are disposed in little simple racemes, appearing in profusion from the denticulations of the branches. Calyx cup-shaped, with 5 nearly equal, very short teeth. Petals of nearly equal length: verillum broader than long, without any calli or auricles at the base ; carina obtuse. Anthers uniform, oval. Ovary linear, 5-6 seeded. Style subulate, ascending. Stigma simple, obtuse, beardless. Pod 4-seeded (1-3), with the frame persistent after the fall of the valves. Seeds uniform, with the recess closed up, and the umbilicus naked. Our drawing was made in Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in March last. 3, La E ani 913 OXYLOBIUM retusum. Netted-leaved Oxylobium. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSA. OXYLOBIUM. Supra vol. 5. fol. 392. O, retusum ; foliis ovatis v. oblongis retusis reticulatis, corymbis capitatis foliis brevioribus. Chorizema coriacea. Smith in Linn. Trans. 9.254. Rees’s Cycl. in loco. Oxylobium retusum. Brown prodr. fl. Nov, Holl. vol. 2. ined. Rami subangulati, sulcati, densissimé cinereo-velutini, Stipulse subulate, erecte, tomentose. Folia petiolata, petiolo brevi, tomentoso; oblonga, v. ovata, retusa, apiculata, superficie eleganter reticulatá. Racemi capitato- corymbosi, pedunculati, axillares v. terminales, foliis multo breviores. Calyx campanulatus, quinque-dentatus, villosissimus, basi bracteatus, in exempla- ribus spontaneis ferrugineus, in hortensibus argenteus. Corolla aurantiaca, purpureo venosa. Vexillum fransversum, erectum, planum emarginatum. Ale et Carina compressa, porrecte, equilonge, purpuree, vezilli longitudine. The genus Oxylobium, as defined by Mr. Brown in the second edition of Hortus Kewensis, is distinguished from Chorizema of Labillardiere by its calyx being nearly regular, not distinctly bilabiate; by the carina being com- pressed, and as long as the ale, not inflated and shorter than ale; and by the pod being ovate and sharp-pointed. In the characters of the flower, the subject of this article agrees better with Oxylobium than with Chorizema, and Mr. Brown has been so kind as to inform us, that the pod is that of Oxylobium, to which genus he has referred it under the name we have adopted. A handsome greenhouse shrub, native of King George's Sound in New Holland, whence seeds were brought by Mr. J. Richardson. The specimens from which our draw- ing was made were communicated from Mr. Colvill’s Nur- sery, under the name of Callistachys capitata. Wild speci- mens, collected in King Georges Sound by Archibald Menzies, Esq., and preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, present two forms of leaves, one ovate and the other ob- long; but they are obviously only different states of the same species. The leaves, as represented in our plate, are much too acute. Branches somewhat angular, furrowed, densely velvety, and ash-coloured. Stipules subulate, erect, downy. Leaves stalked, with a short, downy footstalk, oblong or ovate, retuse, with a little point, their surface elegantly reticu- lated with prominent veins. Racemes capitate-corymbose, stalked, axillary or terminal, much shorter than the leaves. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, very villous, with a bractea at base, in wild specimens ferruginous, in the garden spe- cimens silvery. Corolla orange-coloured, with purple veins. Verillum transverse, erect, flat, emarginate. Wings and Keel projecting, purple, the length of vexillum. J.L. D Bi — AAA J 9% "LO 5 Å Waa IC —— —À—ÀÀ — 9 914 STYLIDIUM adnatum. Dwarf Stylidium. —— GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Nat. ord. SE YE. R. Br. STYLIDIUM, Supra vol. 1. p. 90. Div. I. D.—Racemi caulem. foliosum terminantes, Capsula compressa, lanceolata v. linearis, collo coarctato. S. adnatum ; caule multiplici: partialibus indivisis, foliis linearibus, spicá subsessili divisá : partialibus paucifloris, capsulis basi adnatis linearibus : collo calyce breviore; loculo superiore vacuo angustissimo. Br. prodr. 1.572. Caules simplices, humiles, 4-6 unciales, sulcati, glabri, foliosi. Folia linearia, spatulata, patentia, glabra, sub lente minutissim? papillosa, in caule sparsa, ad summitatem verticillata, congesta, longiora, ^ Spica terminalis, multiflora, congesta, floribus bracteatis, rune sessilibus, nunc 2-A-natim pedunculatis. ~ Cal. cor. et alice floris partes non vise. Capsule basi cum proximis, si non solitarie, adnate, divaricate, lineari-lanceo- late, collo coarctato triquetre, biloculares, loculo- dorsali minimo vacuo, ventrali ventricoso polyspermo. Semina minuta, oblonga, castanea; glabra, enequaliter sulcata ; testa tenui, Embryo .... For the opportunity of figuring this species of Stylidium we are obliged to Mr John Mackay, to whom seeds of it had been sent from King George's Sound, New Holland, by Mr. William Baxter, in 1824. It is scarcely. more than an annual, but one of the most beautiful little plants we ever saw. The fine green of the neatly-arranged foliage contrasts well with the rich flesh-colour of the flowers. : We have referred it to the S. adnatum of Mr. Brown, although there appears to be some differences between the plants raised in this country and the wild specimens examined by Mr. Brown. We find the leaves linea- spatulate rather than perfectly linear, and the capsule has a somewhat different outline, nor do we think the neck of it can be well considered shorter than the calyx. In the singular structure of its capsule, it agrees perfectly with S. adnatum. In the latter respect, the genus Stylidium offers some important deviations from the ordinary struc- ture of Capsules, and exhibits those differences in such perfect gradation, as to make it impossible to doubt the real nature of the fruit of this and other incompletely formed species. The common structure of the capsule of Stylidium is bilocular, with a septum horizontal with respect to the axis of inflorescence, and bearing on each of its surfaces a polyspermous placenta. But in S. foliatum the upper cell becomes contracted in its size, so as to be much narrower than the lower cell, the placenta re- maining perfect; and in the species before us, the contrac- tion of the upper cell is carried still farther, and is accom- panied by the complete obliteration of the placenta belong- ing to it, the whole dimensions of the cell not exceeding that of a fine tube. This fact, Mr. Brown has remarked to us, explains the real nature of the capsule of the genus Lysipoma of Kunth, in which the placenta is described as parietal; while, in fact, it is only apparently so, in con- sequence of a similar obliteration of one cell and pla- centa, the whole cavity of the capsule being occupied by the complete cell, the placenta of which is therefore necessarily pushed to one side, and assumes the appear- ance of being parietal, as in the S. adnatum now before us. Stems simple, low, not more than 5 or 6 inches high, furrowed, smooth, leafy. Leaves linear-spatulate, spread- ing, smooth, minutely papillose if examined with a micro- scope, scattered upon the stem, but at the top of the stem whorled, and packed closely together. Spike terminal, many-flowered, clustered. Flowers bracteate, sometimes sessile, sometimes 2 or 4 together on a short stalk. Cap- sules, when not solitary, cohering at their base with those next them, spreading, linear-lanceolate, with a contracted neck, 3-cornered, 2-celled; the dorsal cell very small, empty, the ventral one many-seeded. Seeds minute, ob- long, chesnut-coloured, smooth, unequally furrowed, with a thin testa. deh. E T CCCII LAC >> Yu v COTYLEDON decussata. Cross-leaved Cotyledon. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. CRASSULACEE. COTYLEDON L.—Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla monopetala, tubulosa, 5-fida. Stamina 10, rarius 5, corolle inserta. Germina 5. Capsule 5. Herbee aut Suffrutices. Folia opposita aut alterna, interdum pinnata. Flores terminales, corymbosi, aut spicati. Juss. gen. 207. C. decussata; fruticosa, foliis concinné decussatis subteretibus mucronatis glaucis, floribus paniculatis pendulis. Bot. Mag. 2518. Cotyledon folis angustis oppositis, cum limbo purpureo, floribus pendulis. Burm. afr. t. 22. f. 1. C. papillaris. Haw. Suppl. succ. p. 21. revis. sugc. 20 non Thunberga. Our drawing of this species of Cotyledon was made from the collection of Mr. Hood, of South Lambeth, in May 1824, a figure having been at the same time furnished for the Botanical Magazine, a circumstance of which we were not at the time aware. Not having seen either plant or specimen, we are unable to offer any original description of the species. In the work to which we have already alluded it is thus described. Stem shrubby, erect, but very little branched. Leaves opposite crosswise, sessile, fleshy, nearly cylindrical, somewhat flattened on the upper side, glaucous, or even hoary, narrowed at both ends, varying somewhat in shape, and terminated with a dark purple mucro. Common peduncle terminal, erect, smooth, half a foot long, purple, nearly naked, or furnished with a pair of smaller leaves only, terminated by a panicle of many pendulous red flowers. Calyx 5-toothed, four times shorter than the tube of the'corolla. Corolla large, shewy, red ; tube cylindrical, nearly an inch long; /mb half the length, divided into 5 lacinie, rolled back. Stamens 10, exserted : filaments pass through a hairy ring, near the bottom ofthe tube ; anthers, before the flower opens, upright, with four grooves. Styles 5, rather longer than stamens: stigmas lobular, villous. Nectaries 5 concave scales, one at the base of each germen. There can be no doubt, after an inspection of the Flora Capensis of Thunberg, that his Cotyledon papillaris is a species altogether distinct from this. y TL. nn moa A + P4 LN c >: 7) (60 Frccochllg. 916 LECHENAULTIA formosa. Beautiful Lechenaultia. PP aea * PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Goopenovız. R. Br. LECHENAULTIA. R. Br.—Calyx superus.. Corolla tubo hinc longi- tudinaliter fisso. Anthere subanthesi coherentes. Pollinis granula com- posita. Stigma obsoletum, in fundo indusii bilabiati. Capsula prismatica, bilocularis, 4-valvis, valvis oppositis medio septiferis. Semina cubica v. cylindracea, nucamentacea. Fruticuli (raro Herbe) glabri, foliis angustis, integerrimis. Flores axillares v. terminales, subsolitarii. Br. Prodr. 1.581. Div. 1.—Fruticuli ericifoliz. Flores axillares v. terminales. Capsula val» vata. Semina cubica. L. formosa; floribus axillaribus solitariis ebracteatis nutantibus, corollis bilabiatis glabris. .Br.4. c. Rom. et Sch. v. 5. p. 34. Sprengel syst. veg. 1.719. dm ; Fruticulus glaber, multicaulis. Ramuli gracillimi, angulati. Folia sparsa, linearia, triquetra, patentia. Flores aurantiaci, e summitate ramu- lorum axillares, solitarii, nutantes, pedunculati ; pedunculo filiformi, foliis duplo longiore. Calyx 5-phyllus, patens, sepalis linearibus acutis. Corolla bilabiata, resupinata, hinc (dorso?) fissa, tubo subcylindrico, glabro, intüs versus basin hirsuto, 5-angulari, angulis cum laciniis corolle alternis, labio altero (superiore?) lobis duobus semi-elliptico-lanceolatis, acuminatis, conniven- tibus, altero (inferiore?) lobis tribus, patentibus, unguiculatis, alte obcordatis, ` apiculatis, binervibus, areold mediá plane : lateralibus subplicatis. Stamina 5, basi tubi inserta, hirsutie tubi paulo longiora. Filamenta filiformia, glabra, basi dilatata. — Anthere lincares, .......» Ovarium inferum, cum pedunculo continuum, Stylus tubi corolle longitudine, rectus, parce glandulosus, versits apicem sensim attenuatus. indusium purpureum, to- mentosum, cyathiforme compressum, bilabiatum. Stigma parvam, transver- sum, in basi indusit. This genus was instituted by Mr. Brown, in his Pro- dromus Flore Nove Hollandie ; and is distinguished from all the neighbouring genera of its order, and especially from Anthotium, by having each of the granules of its pollen compösed of 4 little spherical bodies; a minute but beautiful distinction. The plant from which our drawing was taken, was raised in 1824, among a multitude of other curious things, by Mr. Mackay, of the Belgrave Nursery, Pimlico, at his establishment, Upper Clapton. The seed had been col- lected at King George's Sound, by Mr. William Baxter. A pretty little shrub, producing its delicate orange- coloured flowers in June. The indusium, or peculiar covering to the stigma, is highly curious, and much developed in this plant, forming a compressed, two-lipped purple cup, covered with soft down on the outside, and completely enclosing the green viscid stigma which occupies the lowest part of its cavity. It appears to serve the purpose of scooping the pollen out of the anthers of the flower to which it belongs, and retaining it there while necessary; at least all the indusia we have examined were uniformly filled with granules of pollen. With respect to the nature of that singular organ, or appendage itself, we can bave no opinion to offer so valuable as that already given upon the subject by Mr. Brown, in his General Remarks upon the Botany of New Holland, appended to Captain Flinders's Voyage. ** This order I have formerly separated from Campanula- cet, considering the peculiar membranous cup surrounding the stigma, along with a certain irregularity in the corolla, as sufficient distinguishing characters, especially as these are accompanied by other differences which appear to me important. In Goodenovie I have not included Lobelia, which, however, has also an irregular corolla, and although it wants the peculiar indusium of the stigma, has in its place a fasciculus or pencil of hairs surrounding that organ. This structure has been regarded by Jussieu and Richard, in a very learned memoir more recently written on the subject, analogous to the indusium of Goodenovie, to which they have therefore added Lobelia, and derived the name of the order from this, its most extensive and best known genus. To the opinion of these authors I hesitate to accede, chiefly for the following reasons : e Ist. In Goodenovie, the deeper fissure of the tube of the corolla exists in its inner or upper side, a-circumstance readily determined in those species having simple spikes. In Lobelia, on the other hand, the corresponding fissure 1s on the outer or lower side; a fact, however, which can only be ascertained before the opening ofthe corolla, the flowers, in the greater number of species, becoming resupinate in the expanded state,—a circumstance which does not appear to have been before remarked. The relation, therefore, not only of the corolla, but of the calyx and stamina to the axis of inflorescence, is different in these two tribes. 2dly. In Goodenovie, the greater part of the tube of the corolla is formed by the cohesion of 5 laciniw, the distinct inflected margins of which are, in most cases, visible nearly to its base. These lacini; are, in some cases, unconnected, as in Diaspasis, and more remarkably still, in Cyphia, which is actually pentapetalous. I have observed no such structure in Lobelia. 3dly. At the period of bursting of the anthere, the stigma in Lobelia is almost completely evolved, and capable of receiving impregnation from the pollen of the samé flower: the function, therefore, of its surrounding pencil is similar to that of the hairs, which* are almost equally obvious in many composite, especially Cinaro- cephale. On the contrary, in Goodenoviz, the stigma at the same period is hardly visible, and is certainly not then capable of receiving impregnation from the pollen of its proper flower: it is, therefore, either impregnated by the antherz of different flowers, or, in some cases, at a more advanced stage, by the pollen of its own an- there, which is received and retained in the Indusium. To these arguments for the exclusion of Lobelia I may add, that, in the greater part of Goodenovie, with dehiscent fruit, the dissepiment is parallel to the valves of the cap- sule, in which respect they differ equally from Lobelia and the valvular-fruited Campanulacee ; and lastly, that many species of Lobelia, as well as Campanulacee, con- tain a milky juice, of which there is no instance in Goode- novis. If, therefore, in Lobelia the pencil surrounding the stigma, and the irregularity of the Corolla, which, how- ever, in some species is hardly perceptible, be considered as characters sufficient to separate this extensive genus from Campanulacez, it may form a separate order, admit- ting, perhaps, of subdivision into several distinct genera.” A smooth, many-stemmed, little shrub. Branches very slender, angular. Leaves scattered, linear, 3-cornered, spreading. Flowers orange-coloured, axillary at the top of the little branches, solitary, nodding, stalked. Peduncle filiform, twice as long as leaves. Calyx 5-leaved, spread- ing, with linear, acute sepals. Corolla 2-lipped, resupi- nate, slit on one side; Zube subcylindrical, smooth, hairy inside at the base, 5-angled, angles alternate with seg- ments of corolla; one lip consisting of two half-elliptical- lanceolate, acuminate, conniving lobes, the other lip with three spreading, clawed, deeply obcordate, point-letted lobes, which are 2-nerved, the middle space being flat, the lateral spaces plaited. Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the tube, and a little longer than its hairiness. Fila- ments filiform, smooth, dilated at base. Anthers linear. Ovary inferior, continuous with the peduncle. Style the length of tube of corolla, straight, with a few glands, nar- rowed by degrees towards the end. Jndusiwm purple, downy, cup-shaped, compressed, 2-lipped. Stigma small, transverse, lying in the bottom of indusium. : . J. Lh: 917 HIBISCUS racemosus. Nepal Hibiseus. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRTA. Nat. ord. MarvaACEX. ; HIBISCUS.—Supra, vol. 10. fol. 860. H. racemosus; caule-fruticoso hispido pruriente, foliis 5-lobis longé pedun- culatis cordato-subrotundis serratis tomentosis, racemis terminalibus. We must take some future opportunity of ascertaining the station which is to be assigned to this species in the genus Hibiscus, not having had an opportunity of inspect- ing the flowers. It does not appear referable to any published species, nor have we seen it in any collection of dried plants. It is a shrubby plant, producing blossoms in abundance, and was raised at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, from Nepal seeds, communicated by Edward Rudge, Esq.; it has also been obtained, at the same establishment, from others given to Mr. Colvill by Mr. Hood, of Vauxhall, under the name of Hibiscus racemosus. The stem is covered over with an infinite number of acicular, stellate, transparent hairs, which, upon being pressed, excite a stinging sensation, like Hibiscus pruriens, to which we suspect. this plant to be nearly allied. "The foot-stalks are more than twice as long as the leaves, ascending, round, and covered with a soft hairiness. 3, Lo Note upon IPow x4 LATIFLORA, fol. 889. We are informed by the Honourable and Reverend William Herbert, that our drawing of this plant was made, some years since, from a sketch and specimen supplied from his collection at Spofforth. Mr. Herbert is of opinion that the species is distinct both from the J. grandiflora of Roxburgh, and the /pomea latiflora of Desrousseaux. Having, as we stated at the time of publishing the plant, had no opportunity of seeing it, we are glad to avail ourselves of the following description and history of the species, for which we are obliged to Mr. Herbert, who proposes to call it IPOMJEA noctiluca. ** Planta perennis, sepiaria; caulis vix suffruticosus, volubilis, glaber, subrubescens. Folia glabra, sinu profundo ad basin excisa, acuminata, acumine angusto producto, 3-5-uncialia, petiolo parte superiore canaliculato, 1-7-unciali, foliis plerumque longiore, ad basin foliorum tomentoso. Pedunculi axillares, 1-5-flori, 1-5-unciales, subrubescentes, glabri, pedicellis carnosis parte superiore crassioribus, augescente germine cum fructu nutantibus. Calyx brevis, unguiculatus, subrubescens, foliolis apice rotundato eroso, exteriorum trium costä medià in unguem reflexam, internorum duorum superioris in unguem longam, inferioris in brevem productä. Corolla limbo 53-unciali expanso, breviter quinque-lobo, albo, lobis sub-rotundatis, latere exteriore radiis quinque viridibus notato ; tubo cylindrico, 33-unciali, pallidé virente, ad basin albicante. Stamina faucem exsuperantia; filamenta alba, basi pubescentia. Anthere pallidissimé flavescentes. Stigma rotundaté bilobum, album. Capsula uncialis, ovalis, longè acuminata, bilocularis, loculis bispermis. Semina glabra, alba, oblonga, apice acuminato, obsoleté trigona, uno latere planiusculo, duobus rotundatis, quorum alterum angus- tius. Flores nocturni, odorati." Herbert MS. * Raised from seed from Manilla in 1813, labelled Moonflower, and since from Chinese. It flowers regularly at Spofforth after the two equi- - noxes. Differs from Ipomeea bona nox, in being of inferior stature, flowering even in a pot of which the diameter is less than that of its flower, whereas bona nox climbs to the top of the loftiest trees, with a stem as thick as a man's wrist; in having smooth branches without spinous roots; in not pro- ducing sarmentose shoots with halbert-shaped leaves in the autumn, as bona nox does; in its leaves being less glossy, paler, flatter, and more rounded, with a long taper point; the outer leaflets of the calyx having the claws shorter, and bent back, or standing out, instead of being awned with the points crossing each other; in its seeds being white, instead of dark brown; in its flowers being larger, produced after the equinoxes in our stoves, where bona nox flowers in the summer. Ipomea grandiflora of Roxburgh, raised several times from Bengal seeds, was similar to bona nox. I never received seed of noctiluca from Bengal, but I sent them to Calcutta about the year 1819." Herbert MS. J. L. 918 JASMINUM trinerve. Three-nerved Jasmine. DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. JASMINER. JASMINUM. Vide suprà vol. 1. fol. 1. Div. foliis simplicibus. J. trinerve; scandens, glaberrimum, foliis simplicibus ovato-oblongis acu- minatis trinervibus, laciniis calycis subulatis (6-7) abbreviatis, corolla lanceolatis (7-8) tubo mult brevioribus. J. trinerve. Vahl symb. 3. p. 2.-enum. 1. p. 28. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 38. Pers. syn. 1.7. Rom, et Schultes sp. pl. 1.81. Link. enum. 1.31. Volubile, glaberrimum, alt? scandens. Rami teretes, atrovirides. Folia opposita, simplicia, petiolata, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, trinervia, venis paucis transversis versüs apicem feró utrinque immersis. Cymi pauciflori, terminales, glabri, bracteis subulatis persistentibus, patentibus. Calyx glaberrimus, laciniis 6-7 subulatis, obtusis, tubo corolle multoties brevioribus. Corolla alba, tubo cylindrico paulo versús apicem clavato, limbo 7-8 partito ` plano ; laciniis equalibus, lanceolatis, tubo ad minimum duplo brevioribus. As far as we can judge by Vahl's description of Jas- minum trinerve, it appears to us that there is no material difference between. his plant and the present; the only point in which they\do not agree being the compound nature of the inflorescence of this plant, and the solitary flowers of-J. trinerve. But this difference cannot be esteemed important, it having been remarked by Roxburgh, that the flowers of his Jasminum trinerve were solitary the first year the plant blossomed in the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, but became nine in a succeeding season. We have not, however, met with any authentic specimens of Vahl's species. As to the Jasminum trinerve of the Flora indica, although no one has remarked the great discrepancy be- tween the accounts of Roxburgh and of Vahl, it seems to us wu Jy that it must be a totally different plant from the J. trinerve ofthe latter. Roxburgh describes his species with short petioles, having a remarkable joint in their middle, a calyx of six subulate segments, nearly half as long as the tube of the corolla; and with a large corolla, the segments of which are filiform, and an inch and half in length. With none of these characters does the subject of the present article agree. We may add, that J. trinerve of Vahl is a native of Java, while Roxburgh's species is found in forests near Sylhet. For the above reasons, the synonyms of Roxburgh's J. trinerve may be amended thus: J. stenopetalum ; scandens, levigatum, foliis simplicibus, ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis trinervibus, laciniis calycis subulatis dimidio tubi longitudine, corolle (6-8) filiformibus tubo multó longioribus. J. trinerve. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1.91. Rom, et Schultes sp. pl. mant. 7.89. Ker. in Bot. Reg. 9. in app. non Vahlii. in To J. simplicifolium, the subject of this article is nearly related, but that species may at once be distinguished by its leaves not being 3-nerved. We also find, in wild specimens from the Friendly Islands, formerly communi- cated to us by Sir Joseph Banks, that the calycine seg- ments of J. simplicifolium are downy ; but we are uncertain whether that is a permanent character. We do not know upon what authority the Mogorium acuminatum of Lamarck, described with cirrhose petioles, is referred to J. trinerve as a synonymous plant. Persoon retains it as a distinct species. Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill's Nursery. A robust stove plant, twining to a great length before it flowers. The branches are round, and dark green; the leaves opposite, simple, stalked, ovate-oblong, acuminate, 3-nerved, with a few transverse veins towards the end, which are almost immersed on both sides. Cymes few- flowered, terminal, smooth, with subulate persistent spreading bracts. Calyx quite smooth, with 6 or 7 subu- late blunt segments, which are much shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla white, with a cylindrical tube, which is a little thickened towards the end, and a 7-8 parted flat limb, the segments of which are equal and lanceolate, and at least twice as short as the tube. 919 ROSA microphylla. : Small-leaved Chinese Rose. u ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNTA. Nat. ord. Rosacex vere. ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. Div. ix. Canine. Aculei equales adunci. Foliola ovata eglandulosa, ser- raturis conniventibus. Sepala decidua. Discus incrassatus faucem claudens. Surculi majorum arcuati, Lindley. Be R. microphylla ; foliolis nitidis arguté serratis, calyce aculeis densissimis muricato, sepalis brevibus latè ovatis apiculatis. Lindl. ros. mon. 146. R. microphylla. Roxb. fl. ind. ined. Lindley ros. mon. p. 9. ed. gall. p. 104. Trattinn. ros. 2. fol. 194. The earliest information European Botanists received of this plant, was through a collection of Chinese drawings in the possession of Mr. Colebrooke ; upon the authority of which it was first taken up in any scientific arrangement. It was originally supposed to be related to the Macartney Rose, chiefly on account of what appeared in the drawing to be large pectinated bractee. But upon a subsequent examination of dried specimens sent from the Botanic Garden Calcutta, it was ascertained to be referable to the same section as the Rosa indica of the gardens. The living plant does not appear to differ, in any respect, from that of the Botanic Garden Calcutta, whence it is to be presumed that the individuals now in this country were derived. Probably it will not be found more tender than other kinds of Chinese Roses, but its extreme rarity has hitherto prevented its being tried in the open air. Our drawing was made last July, from a plantin a greenhouse at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, where it has now flowered for the first time in Europe. In some nurseries we have been shewn it as a new double yellow China Rose. The Chinese are said to call it Hoi-tong-hong. It is the most elegant of all the roses we are acquainted with, and in the Rosarum Monographia of the writer of this article, is thus described : A little, compact, bright green plant. Branches naked, slender, somewhat flexuose; prickles under the stipules, straight. Stipules very narrow, spreading at the top. Pe- ' tioles somewhat prickly, very slender; leaflets 5-9, very small, shining, roundish ovate, pointed, quite free from pubescence, finely serrated. Flowers solitary, with a narrow pointed bractea, very double, pale red. Calyr covered all over with very close set, straight prickles ; tube round; sepals very short, dilated, pointed, downy at the edge, (like those of R. bracteata in shape). a ES 920 ONCIDIUM pumilum. Mr. Herberts Dwarf Oncidium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. at. ord. OncnipEx. Div, Epidendrex. ONCIDIUM. Supra fol. 727. Div. 1. Perianthii foliola omnia discreta. Lindl. Coll. bot. xxvii. O. pumilum; folis rigidis ovalibus obliquis, paniculä erectá thyrsoideá foliorum longitudine, laciniis perianthii obovatis: superioribus macu- latis, labello trilobo cristato: lobis seequalibus ovatis, alis columne in- tegerrimis. Herba parasitica, pumila, sempervirens, bulbis nullis. Folia disticha, patentia, ovalia, rigida, avenia, sepiüs apice et basi ob torsionem obliqua. Scapus terminalis, erectus, paniculatus, thyrsoideus, brachiatus. Flores luteo-brunnei, parvi. Perianthium patens, 5-partitum, laciniis obovatis, subundulatis, apice incurvis: superioribus fusco maculatis, inferioribus im- maculatis. Labellum luteum, planum, subrotundum, trilobum : lobis ovatis, obtusis, subequalibus : intermedio pauld minore, disco callis duobus longi- tudinalibus sinubus loborum oppositis cristato. Columna alis parvis, inte- gerrimis, rotundatis. Anthera rostrata. This pretty new species of Oncidium was communi- cated to us by the Honourable and Rev. Wm. Herbert, from his collection at Spofforth. It was found by one of his collectors upon the trunk of a Bombax Ceiba, between Rio Janeiro and Boto Fogo. It flowers in June, and grows readily in a stove, in a mixture of dead wood and moss, as indeed does the whole genus, which is, perhaps, the most easily cultivated of all the tribes of Orchidee. It has been contended by some recent Botanists, that the modern principles upon which Orchideous plants are divided intó genera are inadmissible; and we believe that their judgment is influenced, in a great degree, by per- ceiving, that a large number of recently formed genera consist of one or two species only. But to such objections, it appears to us that the genus Oncidium itself is a suf- ficient reply. It consists of a considerable number of species, we believe 23, to which there can be no doubt that many more will be added ; the species have decidedly- marked combining characters in their habit, as well as in the structure of their floral organs, and their union in one genus is in no instance affected by modern principles of analysis, the application of which to some other genera, even of Swartz himself, has sometimes shaken his combinations into almost as many genera as species. But if the mode of limiting genera to which we allude were unsatisfactory, and tended only to disunion, it would scarcely admit so large an assemblage of individuals as Oncidium presents, in a state of combination, nor would the newly-discovered species of Orchidee be continually reinforcing the iden- tical genera, which are pronounced unnecessary, upon the ground of their thinness of species. A dwarf, evergreen, parasitical herb, without bulbs. Leaves distichous, spreading, oval, rigid, veinless, generally having an oblique direction, on account of a twist at their two ends. Scape terminal, erect, panicled, thyrsoid, brachiate. Flowers yellowish-brown, small. Perianthium spreading, 5-parted, with obovate segments, which are a little wavy and incurved at the end: the 3 upper mottled with brown, the lower not mottled. Zip yellow, flat, roundish, 3-lobed ; with ovate, blunt, nearly equal lobes ; the middle one being rather smaller than the others, and having on its disk two longitudinal protuberances opposite the recesses of thelobes. Column with small entire rounded wings. Anther beaked, J. L. nn te amen ARA CASIO 9 92] TESTUDINARIA elephantipes. Hottentots Bread. —9——— DLECIA HEXANDRIA. Nat. ord. . Dioscortz. TESTUDINARIA Salisb.—Perianthium 6-partitum, patens: laciniis linearibus subeequalibus. &. Stamina 6, basi laciniarum inserta. 9. Styli 3-coaliti. Capsula membranacea. . Semina. alata. Herbie ramis annuis volubilibus, caudice maximo rimoso. Flores masculi racemosi multiflori, feeminei subsolitarü. T. elephantipes ; foliis reniformibus planis apiculatis utrinque concoloribus. Tamus elephantipes. Ait. Kew. ed. 1*.—ed. 2. 5.386. Willd. sp. pl. 4.772. Bot. Mag. 1347, $. Pers. syn. 2.618. Link. enum. 2.426. Testudinaria elephantipes, Burchell’s travels, 2.147. Omni parte glaberrima. | Caudex maximus, subrotundus, suberosus, cortice undique alte rimosá. Rami volubiles graciles. Folia alterna, petio- lata, cordata, reniformia, acuminata, apiculata, 7-nervia, avenia, utrinque pallide virentia, lucida.. Flores dioict, odore debili, ingrato, primim albidi, post anthesin lutescentes. | 4 .. Racemi erecti, nunc axillares, nunc, ad nodos, oppositifolii, multiflori, internodiis longiores, minutissime puberuli. Pedi- celli basi et apice bracteati, bracteis ovatis minutis persistentibus. Perianthium erectum, campanulatum, carnosum, limbo sexpartito reflexo: laciniis extefi- oribus linearibus acutis, interioribus lineari-spatulatis retusis. Stamina 6, ad basin laciniarum inserta; filamentis a latá basi subulatis; antheris anticis, subrotundis, bilocularibus, adnatis ; loculis septo incompleto longitudinaliter divisis. Pollen parvum oblongum. | Rudimentum styli trilobum. "This very remarkable plant was first introduced by the late Mr. Masson,,who found it growing wild at the Cape of Good Hope. The plants which he sent to Kew having been males, the genus could not be ascer- tained satisfactorily; but from the resemblance of the male flowérs to those of Tamus, it was referred to that genus till the females should be discovered. Afterwards when that sex was produced upon a plant which flowered at Mr. Joseph Knight's Nursery, the structure of the ovarium was considered to be the same as that of Tamus, and accordingly we find the female figured in the Botanical Magazine without remark to the contrary. But Mr. Burchell having discovered it in abundance near Graaf- rennet bearing fruit, which he describes as a membranous capsule, a new genus has been constituted, and named in allusion to the resemblance the caudex bears to a tortoise. To this genus, which is more nearly related to Dioscorea than to Tamus, a second species has been added by Mr. Burchell, with the following name and character :— Testudinaria montana; folis cordatis semicollapsis latioribus, quàm longis obsoleté nervosis subtüs glaucis. A hardy greenhouse plant, pushing out its annual twi- ning stems to the length of 8 or 10 feet, and flowering from July to November. The old stems, which are occasionally brought from the Cape, and in the grotesque figure of which the principal interest about the plant consists, are easily cultivated in any common greenhouse; but no means of artificially propagating it has yet been dis- covered. Mr. Burchell speaks of it in the following manner :— “ These mountains are the native soil of an extraor- dinary plant called Hottentot’s Brood (Hottentot’s Bread). Its bulb stands entirely above ground, and grows to an enormous size, frequently 3 feet in height and diameter. it is closely studded with angular ligneous protuberances, which give it some resemblance to the shell of a tortoise. The inside is a fleshy substance, which may be compared to a turnip, both in consistence and colour. From the top of this bulb arise several annual stems, the branches of which have a disposition to twine round any shrub within reach. The Hottentots informed me, that in former times they ate this inner substance, which is considered not unwholesome when cut in pieces and baked in the embers. It will easily be believed, that this. food may not be very unlike the yam of the East Indies, since the plant belongs, if not to the same, at least to a very closely allied genus, as the membranaceous capsules, with which it was at this time covered, clearly proved.” a 922 AQUILEGIA atro-purpurea. Purpleflowered Columbine. a SON POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. | Nat. ord. RANvNCuLACEX. Trib. IV. Helleboree. AQUILEGIA L.— Calyx 5-sepalus deciduus colorato-petaloideus. Pe- tala 5, superné hiantia bilabiata, labio exteriore magmo plano, interiore minimo, deorsum producta in calcaria totidem cava apice callosa inter sepala exserta. Stamina plurima in phalanges 5-10 disposita, interiora abortiva, antheris nullis, filamentis dilatatis membranaceis oblongis. Ovaria 5. Capsule totidem erecte, polysperme stylis acuminate. Herbee perennes erecte ; radices fibrose ; folia radicalia aut inferiora longè petiolata, petiolo trifido biternatim secto, segmentis trifidis dentatis sepiús obtusis; superiora in lobos lineares partita aut secta; flores terminales cerulei, albi, rosei aut purpurei, rarissime sordide flavescentes. Decand. regn. vig. syst. 1.333. A. atro-purpurea; calcaribus rectis limbo sequalibus, stylis staminibusque sepala subzequantibus, sepalis longitudine petalorum. Dec. l. c. 1.339. prodr. 1. 51. A. viridiflora; 8, nectariis ceerulescentibus. Willd. sp. pl. 2.1247. A. atro-purpurea ; nectariis rectis, apice incrassato subinflexis, petalis longi- tudine nectarii, stylis staminibusque corollam sequantibus. Willd. enum. 1.577. Link. enum. 2.85. 8. Dahurica; stylis exsertis. A. Daourica, Dec. syst. 1.338. Delessert's Icones Selecte, 1, t. 49. A. atro-purpurea; £, Dahurica, et y, Fischeriana. Decand. prodr. 1. 51. Herba perennis, 1-13 pedalis. Folia erecta, longè petiolata, scapo paulo breviora, petiolo bis trifido, foliolis cuneatis trilobis 2-3-dentatis, suprà glabris, subtis pilosiusculis. Scapus erectus, foliosus, simplex v. 2-3-par- titus. Flores campanulati, nutantes, Fusco-purpurei. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, subvirescentia, petalorum truncatorum longitudine. Calcaria recta, apice incrassata subinflexa, petalis paulo breviora, Styli exserti. A pretty, little, neat, hardy herbaceous plant, native of Siberia. It flowers in the open border, in any common light soil, from April till June. Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, where it had been raised from Siberian seeds communicated by Dr. Fischer. This species was taken up by M. De Candolle, in the first volume of his Systema, without having seen specimens, upon the authority of Willdenow, who had first, in his Species Plantarum, distinguished it as a particular variety of A. viridiflora, and afterwards in his Enumeration of the plants in the Berlin garden, raised it to the rank of a species. M. De Candolle at the same time described from Patrin's Herbarium, a plant collected in Dahuria, which he called A. Daourica, under which appellation we find it subsequently figured in Baron Delessert's valuable illustra- - tions of M. De Candolle's work. But it appears, that before the preparation of the materials for his Prodromus, the learned Professor discovered the specific identity of his A. Daourica, and Willdenow's A. atro-purpurea. In the last-mentioned work, we therefore find the former arranged as a variety of the latter, and distinguished by its exserted styles; and an addition of a third variety, communicated by Dr. Fischer as A. atro-purpurea. The difference between these two last supposed varieties of A. atropur- purea is stated to depend upon the leaves of 8 (A. daourica) being smooth, while those of Dr. Fischer's plant are villous beneath. But among the various individuals which we examined at the time our drawing was made, we observed the lower side of the leaves to vary much in degree of pubescence, from being almost villous to being quite smooth. We have, therefore, ventured to unite the varieties (9 and y into one. We also remarked so much variation in the length of the styles, that we cannot help entertaining doubts of the separation even of ß from g. A perennial herbaceous plant, 1 foot to 14 foot high. Leaves erect, on long stalks, a little shorter than the scape; petiole twice trifid, the leaflets cuneate, 3-lobed, and 2 or 3-toothed, smooth above, and more or less hairy beneath. Scape erect, leafy, simple, or with 2 or 3 divi- sions. Flowers campanulate, nodding, brownish-purple. Sepals oblong, blunt, greenish, as long as the truncated petals. Spurs straight, thickened at the end, and a little bent inwards, somewhat shorter than petals. Styles ex- serted. J. PA u 923 CACALIA salicina. © Willow-leaved Cacalia. udn, SYNGENESIA JEQUALIS. Nat. ord. Cowrosrrx. Juss. Sect. Senecionee Cassini. CACALIA L.—Involucrum profundé multipartitum, calyculatum; la- cinis zequalibus. Receptaculum nudum, Flosculi omnes tubulosi, her- maphroditi. Anthere basi nude. Pappus pilosus sessilis.—— Arbores, frutices, vel herbe, polymorpha, alternifolia. Flores terminales, solitarii, corymbosi vel paniculati, flavi, lutei, aurantiaci, purpurel, rosci, albi, vel virescentes. Kunth. synops. 2.443. C. salicina ; fruticosa, foliis oblongó-lanceolatis connatis subtüs tomentosis, racemis axillaribus. Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 37. tab. 179. Pers. syn. 2.396. Frutex ramis crassis, cinereis, tomentosis, vestigiis foliorum deciduorum cicatrizatus. Folia sparsa, versüs apicem ramorum congesta, petiolata, lan- ceolata, convexa, margine denticulata, superne rugosa, viridia, glabra, subtüs incana, reticulata. Capituli sessiles, axillares, glomerati, non multüm petiolo longiores, bracteis paucis, linearibus, obtusis, tomentosis interstinctis. Invo- lucrum campanulatum, polyphyllam, imbricatum, basi bracteolis 2-3 subulatis : foliolis equalibus, distinctis, margine scariosis, dorso et apice lanatis. Flosculi /utei, omnes hermaphroditi, infundibulares, erecti, limbo 5-lobo, patente, tubo paulo breviore. Anthers basi mutice, filamentis glabris, Ovaria teretia, glabra, mutuo compressione angulata, basi equalia, apice dilatata, Pappus longus, sessilis, apice pilosus, basi asper, serie simplici insertus. Stylus glaber, basi bulbosus, disco epigyno parvo. Stigma bilobum, lobis linearibus arcuatis, obtusis, medio sulcatis dorso minutissimé papillosa, versüs apicem hispido. Receptaculum favosum, paleolis inequalibus subulatis, nunc, sed raro, in paleam filiformem involucri longitudine elongatis, Z That this plant, and we suppose also C. linearis, is of quite a distinct genus from Cacalia, we apprehend there can be little doubt. From Cacalia, as constituted by Linnzus, or left by Willdenow, or limited by M. Cassini, it is distinguished by its imbricated downy involucrum, with a few linear bracteze at the base, by its axillary inflorescence, by its receptacle, the fine ragged palee of which are sometimes elongated into subulate processes as long as the involucrum, and by its whole habit. It is equally distinguishable from Adenostyles and Emilia. We do not, however, wish to interfere with the arrange- ment of the New Holland Composite, by Mr. Brown, the result of whose valuable labours upon the subject will, we trust, be soon before the public. Raised from New Holland seeds presented to Mr. Colvill by Edward Barnard, Esq. It is a hardy green- house plant, requiring no particular treatment, and flower- ing in August. A shrub, with thick, ash-coloured, downy branches, scarred with the remains of the fallen leaves. Leaves scattered, clustered towards the end of the branches, stalked, lanceolate, convex, toothed at the edge, on the upper side rugose, green and smooth, on the under side hoary and netted. Heads sessile, axillary, clustered, not much longer than the leafstalks, with a few linear, blunt, downy bractez between. Znvolucrum campanulate, many- leaved, imbricated, with 2-3 subulate bractex at the base; leaflets equal, distinct, scarious at the edge, woolly at the back and ends. Flosculi yellow, all hermaphrodite, funnel- shaped, erect, with a 5-lobed spreading limb, a little shorter than the tube. Anthers without awns at the base, with smooth filaments. Ovaria round, smooth, angular by mutual compression, equal at base, a little dilated at end. Pappus long, sessile, hairy at end, rough at base, inserted in a single row. ‚Style smooth; bulbous at base, with a small epigynous disk. Stigma 2-lobed, with linear re- curved lobes, which are blunt, furrowed down the middle, slightly papillose at the back, hispid towards the ends. Receptacle favose, with little unequal subulate palez, some- times lengthened into a filiform palea as long as the involucrum. J. L. 924 BLANDFORDIA grandiflora. Largeflowered Blandfordia. — A HEXANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Nat. ord. HEMEROCALLIDEE. Br. prodr. 1.295. BLANDFORDIA. Suprä vol. 4. fol. 286. B. grandiflora; bracteis pedunculum floriferum subeequantibus: interiore minore, foliis serratis. B. grandiflora. Brown prodr. 1.296. Aletris punicea. Lab. nov. holl. 1. p. 85. t. 111? Folia rigida, erecta, lete-viridia, utrinque striata, margine serrata, Scapus erectus, 2-3-pedalis, compressus, striatus, squamis rigidis acuminatis distantibus vestitus. Racemus cylindricus, multiflorus, floribus solitariis, pendulis, bracteatis : bracteis duabus pedunculi floriferi longitudine : exteriore ovata acuminata interiore ad minimum dupld minore. Post anthesius pedun- culi multàm elongantur. Perianthium magnum, inflatum, rubro-auranti- acum, diu sistens, limbo 6-lobo: laciniis exterioribus ovatis obtusis ; ?nterioribus latioribus retusis. At folio 286 of this work, will be found a representation of the-original Blandfordia, upon which the genus was instituted by Sir James Edward Smith. The species now before us is distinguished from that by the greater size of its flowers, by the colour of its leaves, which are bright yellowish-green, not glaucous, and distinctly serrated towards the-extremity, while those of B. nobilis never acquire, even in old dried specimens, any division of their margin, beyond a.slight and minute cracking. In this species the bractee are, during flowering, as long as the pedicels, but in B. nobilis they are at all periods much shorter. The last-mentioned distinction is that upon which Mr. Brown founds his specific character of B. grandiflora ; a circumstance which-excites some doubts in our mind as , to the plant now figured being the same which that gentleman had before him. The difference in the margins of the leaves of this plant and of B. nobilis is so remark- able, that we are persuaded it could not have escaped the notice of so acute an observer as Mr. Brown unless the specimens examined by him, at the time of the publication ofthe Prodromus, were in an imperfect state. It is also worthy of attention, with reference to any question of the identity of this B. grandiflora and that of Mr. Brown, that the Aletris punicea of Labillardiére, found at Van Dieman's Island, and figured in his 111th plate, the leaves of which are described as minutely crenulated, is quoted with doubt as a synonym of Mr. Brown's B. grandiflora. Labillar- diére’s plant, indeed, if dependence can be placed upon the fidelity of either the figure or description given by its author, may be distinct from any described Blandfordia, the divisions of its perianthium being all ovate and acute, not alternately retuse and imbricated as in the species before us. Our drawing of this superb liliaceous plant was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in August. The plant was growing in the open border of a new conservatory, where it flowered in great beauty and profusion. We are informed that it had been raised from seeds collected in some part of New Holland by Mr. John Richardson ; but Mr. Sweet tells us that he cultivated it several years ago, at Stockwell. A hardy, greenhouse, herbaceous plant, with numerous, rigid, pale-green, ensiform leaves, striated on each side, and serrated at the edge. Scape growing to the height of two or three feet, compressed, striated, and clothed with a few distant rigid taper-pointed scales. Raceme cylindri- cal, many-flowered, with solitary, large, pendulous, inflated flowers, having at their base two opposite ovate acuminate bracts, as long as the peduncle of the flower, the inner bract being, at least, twice as small as the other. After thé flowering is completed, the peduncles become much elongated. The perianthium is orange-red, very shewy, and remains in perfection for a long time; its limb is 6-lobed, the outer segments being ovate and obtuse, the inner broader and retuse. r4 q 3 # f sath NEE AR ite ute DT ipe E vias Perg) 925 CASTILLEJA septentrionalis. Labrador. Castilleja. ——— . DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. ScRoPHULARINESR. i CASTILLEJA L.—Calyx tubulosus compressus hinc fissus. Corolla tubulosa compressa bilabiata; labio superiore lineari canaliculato; inferiore brevissimo dentato. Stamina 4 didynama. Stigma capitatum. Capsula ovata compressa. Semina membrana reticulata laxa obtecta. Herbæ, suffrutices, aut frutices. Folia alterna integra aut trifida; floralia dissimilia, brateiformia colorata. Flores axillares ‚solitarii aut terminales spicati. Corolle albide aut virescentes. Kunth synops. 2.99. C. septentrionalis; annua, folis caulinis lineari-lanceolatis: superioribus ovato-lanceolatis trinervibus cauleque striato glabris, spica paniculata, calyce bilabiato (2) corolla breviore. Bartsia pallida, Mich. fl. am. sept. 2. p. 17. Pursh. fl. am. sept. 2.429. Nutt. genera 2.56. et auctorum omnium de Am. sept. Herba annua, caule simplice suberecto striato glabro versüs apicem pilosiusculo. Folia radicalia vix ulla, caulina lanceolata glabra: superi- oribus latioribus trinervibus. Spica paniculata, bracteis pallidis purpuratis, imbricatis, oblongis, apice rotundatis 3-5 dentatis. Flores in axillis brac- tearum solitarü, sessiles, pallide virides. Calyx compressus, tubulosus bila- biatus pilosus, labio superiore bifido, inferiore 3-partito, Corolla tubulosa tomentosa, labio superiore lineari erecto integro canaliculato, inferiore bre- vissimo tridentato glandulis nullis, sed fauce carnosá in loco glandularum. Antheræ glabre, A single individual of this exceedingly rare and very curious plant, sprang up from among some turfs imported from Labrador by the Horticultural Society, in whose garden at Chiswick our drawing was made, in July 1824. It perished soon afterwards, having shed its seed ; but no traces of the plant have been discovered this season. It probably is scarcely capable of cultivation, except, as in the present instance, under accidental circumstances. Although there appear to be no traces of glands in the mouth of the lip of this species, their place being sup- plied by a thickening of the orifice, we nevertheless concur with Mr. Kunth in the propriety of removing it from Bartsia to Castilleja, notwithstanding the difference in the calyx of C. integri-folia and C. fissa, and of the plant before us. At least it can never be admitted into any genus of which Bartsia Alpina and viscosa form a part. It is curious that Mr. Nuttall, who divides Bartsia coccinea from Bartsia, for the purpose of making it into a particular genus which he calls Euchroma, should not have discovered that D. pal- lida was separable on the same grounds as the first species. Euchroma, however, can scarcely be divided from Castilleja. Upon comparing the plant which gréw in the Horticul- tural Society's garden, with wild specimens from Hudson's Bay and Labrador, in the Banksium Herbarium, we find that there is no difference whatever between them even in size. Not so, however, with the B. pallida of Siberia. Of this we possess fine specimens gathered in the Ural Mountains by one of Dr. Fischers collectors; and we find it is quite distinct from the American plant. The principal part of the foliage is radical and extremely nar- row, the whole plant is covered with dense tomentum, the spikes are in all cases unbranched, and the calyx is, espe- cially upon the nerves, quite villous. In Castilleja sep- tentrionalis scarcely any of the foliage is radical ; the leaves are much broader, especially the upper ones, and there is scarcely any down upon the plant excepting a few weak hairs upon the upper part of the stem, the bractex, and calyx. . | The Bartsia pallida of Siberia may therefore be thus characterised, and named : Castilleja sibirica ; annua? foliis radicalibus linearibus acuminatis: superi- oribus ovato-lanceolatis trinervibus cauleque tomentosis, spica simplice, calyce villoso bilabiato (2) corolla breviore. Bartsia foliis lanceolatis indivisis, floralibus incisis. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 201. t. 42. B. pallida. ZL. sp. pl. 839. Willd. sp. pl. 3.186. C. septentrionalis is an annual plant, with a simple striated, smooth, nearly erect stem, a little hairy towards the end. Radical /eaves scarcely any, cauline lanceolate smooth: the upper broader, 3-nerved. Spike panicled, with pale bractez, tinged with purple, imbricated, oblong, rounded, and 3 or 5-toothed at the end. Flowers solitary in the axilla of the bracts, sessile, pale green. Calyx com- pressed, tubular, two lipped, hairy ; the upper lip bifid, lower 3-parted. Corolla tubular, compressed, downy ; the upper lip linear, erect, entire, channelled ; the lower very short, 3-toothed, without glands. L Ki iS 926 DISA grandiflora. Large-flowered Disa. Eae GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncuipex. Sect. 1. Orchidee vere. DISA L. + Perianthium explanatum ; laciniis exterioribus liberis: pos- ticá galeatä 1-calcaratá; interioribus nanis basi columnæ accretis, Label- lum basi columnæ insertum liberum integrum. Columna utrinque alata : alis petaloideis. Clinandrium dilatatum anticè suprà stigma prominens tri- lobum : lobo intermedio inflexo. Anthera verticalis, loculis basi divaricatis solutis in clinandrio incumbentibus. Glandule nude. Stigma ad basin columne. Ors. Disa cornuta que clinandrio non dilatato et presertim anthera horizontali differt, fort? genus proprium Pterygodio affine (REPAN- DRAM) indicat, cui species multe alie spicate referende sunt. D. grandiflora ; laciniis perianthii exterioribus maximis ovali-lanceolatis acu- minatis, calcare conico nutante, caule subbifloro. " Disa uniflora. Berg. cap. 348. t. 4. f. 7. Disa grandiflora. Linn. suppl. 406. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 210. Willd. sp. pl. 4.45. Pers. syn. 2.507. Ker in Journ. sc. vol. 4. p. 205. tab. 5. f. 1. Satyrium grandiflorum. Thunb. prodr. 4. ; i Caulis glaber, pedalis, foliosus, erectus. F olia lanceoluta, acuminata, patentia, basi vaginantia, caulis longitudine, superiora sensim minora: £ lores terminales, 1-3, maximi, speciosi. Bractee ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, nervosa, ovarii longitudine. Perianthium explanatum, patens, laciniis exte- rioribus mazimis, ovali-lanceolatis, acuminatis, lateralibus coccineis planis, superiore ( galeá ) rubescente, venosá, cucullatá, suprà basin calcare brevi obtuso vix ipsd galed longiore ; interioribus minimis ovatis. ad basin columna. Label- lum anticum, lineare, acuminatum, laciniis exterioribus brevius. Columna erecta utrinque appendiculata : appendicibus ovalibus dimidiatis erectis cum antherá parallelis, margine laterali replicato, dentato, et cum dorso columna basi adnato ; clinandrium magnum dilatatum, anticé declive, carnosum, suprà stigma prominens, trilobum : lobo medio inflexo. Anthera terminalis, erecta, apiculata, in parte posteriore clinandrii inserta, connectivo carnoso rigido, loculis parallelis, basi divaricatis, solutis, in lobis lateralibus clinandrii in- cumbentibus. Pollinia gracilia, granulosa, sulcata : glandulis nudis. Stigma carnosum, concavum, ad basin columne. Obs. In estivatione columna arcu- atur et clinandrii complicati lobi laterales tali modo supra stigma invertuntur, ut glandule polliniorum faciem stigmatis viscosam tangunt. For this truly splendid plant, which has now flowered, probably, for the first time in Europe, we are indebted to VOL XI. M Wm. Griffin, Esq., of South Lambeth, by whom ıt was received from the Cape of Good Hope. Our drawing was made in his hot-house, in June last. It must be considered the type of the genus Disa, from which we believe it will be found necessary to separate D. cornuta, and several other species with spiked flowers, on account of their simple clinandrium and horizontal anthers, in the nature of which they approach the curious form of Pterygodium. If the columna and stigma of this genus be examined when the flower is expanded, it seems impossible that any communication can take place between the pollen and the stigma, on account of the fleshy dilatation of the clinan- drium which is interposed. But if the flower is dissected in an early state, it will then be found that the two lobes of this dilated process are folded together, and inverted over the stigma in such a manner, by the contraction of the columna, that the glands are applied immediately to the stigmatic surface. At this stage also of the flower, the grains of pollen, which eventually cohere in the form of an indefinite number of waxy, wedge-shaped bodies, are all separable by the aid of a little nitric acid, and appear to be in their greatest state of perfection. A bulbous-rooted orchideous plant, of extremely diffi- cult cultivation. It will probably succeed best in very fine sandy peat, never allowed to become saturated with moisture, and, during the period when the plant is at rest, kept quite dry. The stem is a foot high, clothed with spreading, lanceolate, acuminate leaves, sheathing at the base. The flowers grow two or three together, and are very large and showy; of the outer segments the two lower are oval-lanceolate, and bright crimson, the upper of a delicate pink colour, and furnished with a short conical spur behind. The two inner segments of the flower are very small, and placed at the base of the column; while their place in the flower seems to be supplied by two petal-like appendages adhering to the column on each side. The /abellum is small, and linear-lanceolate. : 3 T. Wm. Griffin, Esq., of South Lambeth, by whom it was received from the Cape of Good Hope. Our drawing was made in his hot-house, in June last. It must be considered the type of the genus Disa, from which we believe it will be found necessary to separate D. cornuta, and several other species with spiked flowers, on account of their simple clinandrium and horizontal anthers, in the nature of which they approach the curious form of Pterygodium. If the columna and stigma of this genus be examined when the flower is expanded, it seems impossible that any communication can take place between the pollen and the stigma, on account of the fleshy dilatation of the clinan- drium which is interposed. But if the flower is dissected in an early state, it will then be found that the two lobes ofthis dilated process are folded together, and inverted over the stigma in such a manner, by the contraction of the columna, that the glands are applied immediately to the stigmatic surface. At this stage also of the flower, the grains of pollen, which eventually cohere in the form of an indefinite number of waxy, wedge-shaped bodies, are all separable by the aid of a little nitric acid, and appear to be in their greatest state of perfection. A bulbous-rooted orchideous plant, of extremely diffi- cult cultivation. It will probably succeed best in very fine sandy peat, never allowed to become saturated with moisture, and, during the period when the plant is at rest, kept quite dry. The stem is a foot high, clothed with spreading, lanceolate, acuminate leaves, sheathing at the base. The flowers grow two or three together, and are very large and showy; of the outer segments the two lower are oval-lanceolate, and bright crimson, the upper of a delicate pink colour, and furnished with a short conical spur behind. The two inner segments of the flower are very small, and placed at the base of the column; while their place in the flower seems to be supplied by two petal-like appendages adhering to the column on each side. The /abellum is small, and linear-lanceolate. — ———À a! d 927 PANCRATIUM Carolinianum. Carolina Pancratium. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDEX. PANCRATIUM. Supra vol. 3. fol. 221. P. Carolinianum ; multiflorum; foliis non inferne vaginantibus, antheris su- pinato-incumbentibus. Ker. in Journ. sc. cum icone. Lilio-Narcissus polyanthus, flore albo. Catesby Carolina, 3. p. 5. t. 5. Pancratium spatha multiflora, foliis linearibus, staminibus nectarii longitu- dime. Mill. Dict. ed. 7. n. 6. Pancratium Carolinianum. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1.418. Walter, fl. Carol. 120. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. (not of Salisbury in Hort. Trans. 1.338.) P. maritimum. Pursh. amer. sept. 1.222. For the greater part of the synonyms cited above, we are indebted to an excellent monograph upon the genus Pancratium, printed some years since in the Journal of Science and Árts, from the pen of John Bellenden Ker, Esq. We are assured that the plant now published is the true P. Carolinianum of Linneus, and distinct from mariti- mum. It certainly appears to agree perfectly with the figure in the Banksian Library, which Mr. Ker considered an authentic representation of the species, but we are unfortunately unable to add any thing to the information respecting the differences in these two plants, beyond what is afforded by our figure. The specimens reached us in a withered state, and at a time when we had not leisure to contrast the two species, P. maritimum and Carolinianum with each other. It may not be useless, however, to state what the opinions of various Botanists have been with respect to P. Carolinianum. Willdenow, Sprengel, Sir James Smith, and others, consider it the same as P. maritimum. Mr. Salisbury sup- poses Catesby's figure of his ‘‘ Lilio-Narcissus flore albo," to be a bad representation of the plant called P. rotatum, by Mr. Ker, in the Botanical Magazine, t. 827, and conse- quently is of opinion that that plant is the true P. Carolinia- num. To this view of the question Mr. Herbert seems favourable. For ourselves, if we may venture to offer an opinion, we should incline to the belief that this is the true P. Caro- linianum, and that it is different from the P. maritimum of Europe, figured at fol. 161 of this work. Catesby’s figure may be almost any thing. Our drawing was made last Autumn, from a specimen communicated by the late Honourable and Rev. George Herbert, from his garden at Burghclere. J. L. 928 U Yip HN, OG? Oki LOG se EN 7 WR ES A LEHE $ E p 4 Zu Ly «c Aa 928 ACACIA sulcata. Furrowed Needle-leaved Acacia.. POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. Nat. ord. LEcvM1Nosx. Mimosew. ACACIA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 98. Div. L. Foliis simplicibus. A. sulcata; foliis filiformibus undique suleatis: mucronulo innocuo, capi. tulis subgeminis; bracteis basis pedunculi ovatis concavis persistentibus, leguminibus flexuosis. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5.460. Rami glabri corrugati. Folia sepiüs secunda, rigida. Pedunculi soti- taria, foliis breviores, Capituli solitarii pisi minoris magnitudine, e quáque axill foliorum terminalium. . À very rare species of Acacia, described in the fifth volume of the Hortus Kewensis, by Mr. Brown. Itisa native of the South-west Coast of New Holland, whence it is stated to have been introduced in 1803, by Mr. Peter Good, who was employed as gardener in Captain Flinders's voyage. Our drawing was made in a Conservatory, in Mr. Colvill's Nursery, in June 1824. For full directions respecting the cultivation of the very ornamental tribe of plants to which this belongs, we beg leave to refer the reader to the last edition of the Botanist's Cultivator. A small heath-like shrub, with smooth, yellowish-brown wrinkled branches, densely covered with filiform rigid leaves, furrowed deeply from base to point. Peduncles solitary, shorter than leaves, each having at its base an ovate con- cave bract. Heads the size of a small pea, in the cultivated plant usually solitary, and proceeding from every axilla at the end of the branches. J. L. Note upon Amaryllis ignea. Supra vol. 10. fol. 809. We have recently had an opportunity of examining fresh flowers of this plant, which we, at the time we published it, had not seen in a perfect state. At that time, it was supposed that it might, at some future period, be found to constitute a genus distinct from any previously described, and the belief we then entertained is now confirmed. It differs from Amaryllis in having each of the stamens, which are opposite the outer divisions of the perian- thium, furnished with two subulate processes, and from Chlidanthus, in having the stamens distinct, and inserted nearly at the base of the peri- anthium, and in the structure of this latter. This genus may be called Phycella, and thus defined. PHYCELLA. Perianthium subringens, convoluto-clausum, 6-partitum. Stamina basi laciniarum inserta : fertilia 6, declinata, subeequalia; sterilia totidem subu- lata, basi filamentorum exteriorum adnata. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simplex. Semina ...... (membranacea ?) Sp. 1. P. ignea. Amaryllis ignea. Supra vol. 10. fol. 809. Sp. 2%, P. cyrtanthoides. Amaryllis cyrtanthoides. Bot. Mag. u E > Y S 929 AMOMUM maximum. Tall Amomum. —_ MONANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. SCITAMINER. AMOMUM L.—Perianthium limbo interiore unilabiato. Anthera cris- tata; crista lobata y. integra. Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis. Semina plurima arillata. - Embryo simplex albuminosus et vitellosus. Roxb. fl. ind. ex. Anglica vers. pauld mutatis terminis. A. maximum; foliis petiolatis lanceolatis subtüs villosis, spicis ovalibus epigeeis, bracteis lanceolatis, labello elliptico, cristà anthere integra lunu- _` Tata, capsulis rotundis enneapteris. Roxb. l. c. Amomum maximum. Smith in Rees. in supplemento. Römer et Schultes sp. pl. 1.571. Sprengel systema vegetabilium, 1.11. Radix .?.... Culmus erectus, glaber, vaginatus, basi bulbosus. Folia terminalia, 2-3, patentia, 13 pedalia, angusto-lanceolata, atro-viridia, con- colora, supra glabra, sublucida, subtús tomentosa. Flores in capitulo radicali ovali, scapo brevi, squamoso. Bractee lanceolate, ferruginee, perianthio appresse, exterioris longitudine. Perianthium exterius tubulosus, infra fissus, apice trilobus, sphacelatus, pallide rubescens. ^ Perianthium interius limbi exterioris laciniis 3, patentibus, subsecundis, oblongis, canaliculatis, obtusis, citrinis, sublobatis, membranaceis, in tubo brevi arcuato coadunatis ; labello obovato, membranaceo, margine crispato crenato, subdiaphano, venoso, laciniis longiore, basi utrinque dentato. Anthera in labello incumbens, oblonga, apice reniformis, marginata : loculis approximatis, parallelis, in amplexu suo stylum Joventibus. Ovarium ....... Stylus filiformis, glaber; basi corpusculis duobus puberulis. "Stigma obliquum, capitatum, infundibulare, compressum, margine oris ciliato. We were fayoured with this plant, in flower, in June 1824, from the garden of his Grace the Duke of Northum- berland, at Sion House, where it had been cultivated for several years. Its history had been lost. The specimen was not in a healthy state, which may explain the cause of its not having arrived at the height which Amomum maximum attains in the East Indies. In the Malay Islands, of which it is a native, it reaches the stature ofa tall man. It is proper to remark, that the plant now represented differs from Roxburgh's description, in not having the outer segments of the inner perianthium vaulted on the labellum. But in A. maximum, Roxburgh does not seem to attach a high degree of importance to this circumstance; for he not only omits it in the specific character of that species, but inserts it in the definition of A. dealbatum, as if contrasting the permanence of the form in one species with the uncertainty of it in the other. The seeds are said to possess a warm, pungent, aromatic taste, not unlike that of Cardamoms, but by no means so grateful. Professor Sprengel, in his new edition of the Systema Vegetabilium has, in his translation of Roxburgh’s specific character of this plant, mistaken the single lunar lobe of the filament, for three lunar lobes, answering to the pointed divisions ofthe filament, which are common in other species. He also calls the capsule 7-winged instead of 9-winged ; but the latter is possibly an error of the press. A tender stove plant, which may be cultivated in the same manner as others of its tribe. It is recommended by Mr. Sweet, in his Hothouse and Greenhouse Manual, ** to be planted in rich, sandy soil, and to be grown in large pots, in a moist heat." Of this very useful book, we perceive that a second edition has been lately published, containing much new information, especially upon the treatment of those plants which are the most difficult to cultivate. We recommend this work to every lover of gardening. Stem erect, smooth, covered by the persistent sheath of former leaves, bulbous at the base. Leaves terminal, 2-3, spreading, 13 foot long, narrow-lanceolate, dark green, of the same colour in every part, smooth, and somewhat shining above, downy beneath. Flowers in.a radical oval head, with a short, scaly scape. Bractec lanceolate, fer- ruginous, pressed close to the perianthium, and as long as the outer. Outer perianthium tubular, split on its lower side, 3-lobed at end, withering, pale pink. Inner perian- thium with the segments of its outer limb 3, spreading, somewhat on one side, oblong, channelled, obtuse, lemon- coloured, membranous, united into a short bowed tube; labellum obovate, membranous, curled and crenate at edge, somewhat diaphanous, veiny, longer than segments, with a tooth on each side at the base. Anther incumbent on the labellum, oblong, reniform, and edged at the end Cells close together, parallel, embracing the style by their union. Style filiform, smooth, with two downy corpuscles at its base. Stigma oblique, capitate, funnel-shaped, com- pressed, with the edge of the orifice ciliated. J.L "A 930 RODRIGUEZIA secunda. Side-flowered Rodriguezia. — GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Vat. ord. ORCHIDEE. Sect. Epidendree. RODRIGUEZIA. Fl. Peru. Perianthium tetraphyllum ringens : foliolis superioribus erectis ; inferiore labello supposito. Labellum integrum an- ticum unguiculatum basi cornutum medio callosum : ungue columná parallelo. Columna teres apice barbata. Anthera unilocularis. Pollinia 2 posticé ex- cavata filo elastico adhserentia. Gynizus lobatus. Herbe epiphyte. (Americee eequinoctialis.) Folia carnosa avenia disticha vaginantia. Spice azillares secunde. Flores speciosi. 2 R. secunda ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apice obliquis emarginatis basi laxis vaginantibus. R. secunda. Humboldt, Bonpl. et Kunth. nov. gen. et sp. pl. 1 p. 367. t. 92. synops. 1.348. R. lanceolata. Bot. Cab. 676. Pleurothallis? coccinea. Hooker, exot. flora, 129. . Planta epiphyta, acaulis. Folia disticha, basi vaginantia, decidua, patentia, ovali-lanceolata, complicata, enervia, apice obtusa, mucronulata, obliqua; superiüs basi incrassato, compresso, ancipite, corrugato, bulboideo. Spice axillares, multiflori, cernui, pedunculati, foliorum longitudine ante expansionem tritici spicam referentes. Flores pulchre rosei, secundi. Peri- anthium 4-partitum, ringens, laciniis superioribus ovalibus, conniventibus, inferiore cymbiformi, emarginato, labello supposito. Labellum liberum, unguiculatum; ungue faciei columne applicito, marginato, basi extús car- noso, cornuto; lamina cuneata, emarginata, obsolete trinervi, medio carnosá, basi callosá, callo elevato marginato. Columna teres, clavata, pubescens, apice bidentata. Clinandrium nudum, retrorsúm declive, antice pulvinatum. Pollinia duo, albida, cereacea, postice excavata, filo communi elastico glan- dule affixa. Anthera unilocularis, carnosa, anticé truncata. Gynizus sub- quadratus, apertus, utrinque cornutus, apice demüm emarginatus. A beautiful parasitical orchideous plant, which was introduced about the year 1818, from Trinidad. It is more easily cultivated than the greater part of its tribe, growing freely, and flowering in abundance in a damp stove among rotten tan and decayed vegetable mould. Whether this is the original species upon which the genus was founded by the authors of the Flora Peruviana, we dare not decide. There can be no doubt, however, that it is the same as the R. secunda of M. Kunth, and as that excellent Botanist considers his plant distinct from that of the Flora Peruviana, we have no hesitation in fol- lowing him. It was found by Messrs. Humboldt and Bonpland in cool temperate places, in the neighbourhood of Carthagena, growing upon trunks of Crescentia Cujete, and flowering in October. It produces its beautiful spikes at the same time of the year in our stoves in great profu- sion. The labellum seems to be subject to some diversity of form and colouring in different individuals, but the dif- ferences are too inconstant to characterise even varieties. ‘The spikes are usually nodding, as is elegantly represented in Dr. Hooker's Exotic Flora. Occasionally they are erect, as in the plant now figured, and as in that examined by M. Kunth. The genus Gomeza of Mr. Brown is nearly allied to Rodriguezia, from which it is chiefly distinguished by its prominent stigma, by its 3-lobed labellum, and by the absence of any elongation from the base of the same part. The value of the latter character is, however, diminished by the consideration, that the slight elongation of the base of the labellum in Rodriguezia cannot properly be con- sidered a spur, because it is solid, without any correspond- ing excavation between the labellum and columna. The only other published genus with which it is neces- sary to compare Rodriguezia is Pleurothallis, which is essentially distinguished by the absence of an elastic filum bearing the pollen masses, by its axillary inflorescence, and by its solitary, or nearly solitary leaves, which neither Sheath at the base, nor are seated on a bulbous base. It is necessary, however, to explain, that we consider the singular plant represented at fol. 759 of this work under the name of Pleurothallis punctata, and about the same time by Messrs. Loddiges, in their Botanical Cabinet, as a Species of Gomeza (G. tenuiflora), to be essentially distinct from both those genera, from which it differs in several important particulars. Not to mention its radical inflo- rescence, which is a character of some value in distinguish- ing many genera of Orchidee, the labellum is not parallel with the columna in any portion of its length ; the anther, instead of being terminal, as in nearly all the genera of true Epidendree, is placed at the back of the columna! exactly as in Neottiee; there is a large projecting callus at the back of the point of the columna, to which we have seen nothing similar in this tribe of plants; and the columna is tapered off to a point, in which this plant again resem- bles Neottiez ; while the secreting stigmatic surface is not transverse with respect to the columna as in Epidendree, but perpendicular, and like a slit in the face of the columna, occupying half its length. This curious plant may be named NOTYLIA. Perianthium tetraphyllum explanatum : foliolis superioribus cequalibus distantibus; inferiore oblongo bilobo labello supposito. Labellum divari- catum integrum medio callosum. Columna libera teres acuminata. An- thera postica unilocularis cum stigmate parallela. Pollinia duo integra filo elastico glandule affixa. Clinandrium planum apice callosum, postice marginatum. Stigma: rima antica verticalis. Herbee epiphyte (Americe eequinoctialis). Folia solitaria nervosa stipitata. Spice radicales. Oers, Huic affinis est Cymbidium dependens Lodd.; planta nimirúm structurä in Orchideis inauditá, et genus proprium (Cin gu EAM Nob.) efformans. Sp. 1. Notylia punctata. Pleurothallis punctata. Supra fol. 759. Sp. 2. Notylia multiflora. Pleurothallis sagittifera. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. nov. gen. et sp. pl. 1.365. t. 91. A stemless, parasitical plant. Zeaves distichous, sheath- ing at the base, deciduous, spreading, oval-lanceolate, folded together, nerveless, blunt at the end, mucronulate, and oblique ; the upper one thickened at the base, com- pressed, two-edged, wrinkled, bulb-like. Spikes axillary, many-flowered, cernuous, stalked, the length of the leaves before expansion resembling a wheat-ear. Flowers bright rose-coloured, one-sided. Perianthium 4-parted, ringent ; the upper segments oval, conniving, the lower boat-shaped, emarginate, and placed under the labellum. Labellum ungui- culate, separate; the c/aw applied to the face of the columna, edged, at the base outside fleshy and cornute ; the lamina cuneate, emarginate, obsoletely 3-nerved, fleshy in the middle, and bearing an elevated margined callus at the base. Columna round, clavate, downy, 2-toothed at end. Clinandrium sloping backwards, naked, elevated like a cushion in front. Pollen-masses 2, whitish, waxen, hol- lowed out behind, fixed to the common elastic filum of the gland. Anther 1-celled, fleshy, truncate in front. Gynizus nearly square, open, with a little inflexed horn on each side, finally becoming emarginate at tip. JF. L. + 93H ) € x /& y MEL - j- Ys Y (69 TAAL y a Lo F 7 IA 2 977 [^ ^ A À q 7 SAL, 931 GONOLOBUS maritimus. Sea-shore Gonolobus. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ASCLEPIADEE. GONOLOBUS. Supra vol. 3. fol. 252. Div. Floribus umbellatis ; foliis pubescentibus. G. maritimus ; hirsutus, foliis cordatis acuminatis subtüs incano-tomentosis, umbellis sessilibus, laciniis corollee ovatis acutis (obtusis) hirsutis. Sprengel. syst. vegetab. 1.846. Cynanchum maritimum. Jacg. Amer. p. 85. t. 56. Linn. Mantissa, 54. Willd. sp. 1.1255. Gonolobus maritimus. Brown in Act. Wern. 1. p. 35. Römer $ Schultes, sp. pl. 6.59. s Frutex volubilis, hirsutus. Caules dense retrorsum tomentosi, teretes. Folia tomentosa, cordata, acuminata, sinu aperto, p longitudine lamina. Umbelle sessiles, pauciflore, interpetiolares, petiolo breviores. Calyx 5-fidus, pubescens, lacinüs ovatis, obtusis, patentibus. Corolla rotata, 5-partita, pubescens, dorso et margine viridiores, disco purpureo ; laciniis ovatis, obtusis. Corona cyathiformis, viridis, 15-dentata ; dentibus 5 sinubus corolle oppo- sitis majoribus, inflexis, ciliatis. Pollinia didyma, medio affira. Ovaria duo. Stylus unicus, exsertus, filiformis. Stigma obscure bilobum. mps An inelegant, twining, hairy, shrubby plant, found by - Jacquin among bushes on the sea-shore of Tierra Bomba. In this country it requires to be cultivated in the stove, when it flowers in June and July. Our drawing was made in Mr. Colvill's Nursery, who received it from the Caraccas. Specimens from the Car- ribbee Islands, collected by De Ponthieu, and preserved in the Banksian Herbarium, perfectly agree with our culti- vated plant. Stems round, densely downy backwards. Leaves downy, cordate, acuminate, with the recess of the base open; the petiole as long as the leaf itself. Umbels sessile, few- flowered between the petioles, and shorter than they are. Calyx 5-cleft, downy, with ovate, blunt, spreading seg- ments. Corolla rotate, 5-parted, downy, green at the back and edge, purple in the middle ;, with ovate, blunt segments. Crown cup-shaped, green, with 15 teeth, of which the 5 opposite the recesses of the corolla are the largest, inflected, and ciliated. The Pollen-masses are twin, and attached by their middle. Ovaries two. Style single, exserted, filiform. Stigma obscurely 2-lobed. The most recent enumeration of this genus compre- hends 25 species, all of which are American, and 19 of them intratropical. J. L. i ) , np cd eg. Lica Ni LIZ Y e E 932 CALATHEA flavescens. | Yellow Calathea. A MONANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat, ord. CANNES. Br. CALATHEA. Meyer. Perianthium exterius 3-phyllum ; interius limbo utroque tripartito: exterioris laciniis canaliculatis; interioris anticà et uná è lateralibus dilatatis petaloideis: alterá laterali cucullatà difformi. Fila- mentum simplex. Stylus rectus, apice abrupté reflexus. Stigma obliquum excavatum integrum v. lobatum. Ovarium triloculare 3-spermum. In- florescentia capitata. Obs. Huc referenda Maranta Zebrina fol. 385. hujus operis, et procul dubio M. Allouya. MaranTa, limitibus propriis circums scripta, differt, stylo circinato, filamento bilobo: lobo fertili integro, sterili petaloideo sepiüs deformi, inflorescentia paniculata, et floribus nudis, nea bracteis obvallatis. C. flavescens ; acaulis, foliis oblongis, acuminatis, penninerviis, petiolatis gla- berrimis, concoloribus, subtüs glaucis, capitulo sessili, ovato, multifloro, laciniis limbi interioris obovatis, oppositis emarginatis. Folia erecto-patentia, oblonga, acuta, arguté penninervia, plana, glaber- rima, subtüs glauca, petiolis erectis, alatis, vaginantibus ad basin folii, geni- culatis, teretibus. Capitulum sessile & bas? foliorum inferiorum, flores 5-6 citrinos de die in die promens. Bracteæ acute, rigidissime, tubi perianthii longitudine. Perianthium exteriüs triphyllum; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, convolutis, membranaceis. Tubus gracilis, clavatus, arcuatus, perianthio exteriore longior. Per. interioris limbus. exterior 3«partitus : laciniis patentibus, lanceolatis, concavis ; interior 3-phyllus: laciniis 2 mag- nis oppositis, patentibus, obovatis, emarginatis ; alterá parvá, deformi, apice cucullata, hinc cornutá, stylum et stigma involvente. Filamentum stylo con- natum, lobo sterili fere obliterato integerrimo. Anthera unilocularis, mar- ginalis, lobo sterili altior. Stylus teres, rectus, apice horizontaliter rostratus. Stigma concavum, marginatum, integrum. Ovarium triloculare, trisper- mum, e This beautiful plant was sent in 1822, by the late Mr. John Forbes, from Rio Janeiro, to the Horticultural So- ciety. Our drawing was made in the Society's Garden in: August 1824. The plant requires the heat of the stove,’ and the treatment applied to scitamineous plants. The genus Calathea was founded by Dr. Meyer in his Primitie Flore Essequeboensis, upon the Maranta Cassupo of Jacquin. It was probably described after an examina- tion of dried specimens, which may account for the charac- ter given by the founder of it not being so complete as could have been desired. The original species has not fallen under our observation, but we presume that the genus was designed to comprehend all the plants previously referred to Maranta, which have not a circinate style and naked flowers. We have, therefore, reformed the generic character, from an attentive examination of the plant now before the reader, M. Zebrina of the Gardens, and a new species from Brazil, which we propose soon to publish in this work under the name of Calathea violacea. Sprengel refers Maranta Cachibou of Jacq., and M. juncea of Lamarck, neither of which we have seen, to the genus; but he retains in Maranta the A//ouya of Jacquin, which surely is, as far as can be judged from Jacquin's figure and description, a genuine species of Calathea. Cannez have been separated by Mr. Brown, as a dis- tinct order from Scitaminez, on account of the single cell of their anthers, and the absence of vitellus from their seeds ; and the separation is confirmed by nature, who has given to Cannez none of the aromatic properties, so charac- teristic of true Scitaminee. But there is another point of difference between these two orders, to which we believe that no allusion has hitherto been made, and which appears to us to be of at least as great importance as those by which this division has been already effected; inasmuch as it consists in a diversity of structure upon which the respective affinities of the two orders with Orchidee will be found to depend. In true Scitaminex, as has been observed by Mr. Brown, the stamen is always placed opposite to the labellum, or anterior division of the inner series of the perianthium, and proceeds from tlie base of the posterior outer division of the peri- anthium; while the sterile stamens, when they exist, are stationed right and left of the labellum. But what we find remarkable in Cannes is, that the place of one of the sterile stamens of Scitaminee is taken by their fertile stamen, which is therefore no longer opposite the labellum, but stands on one side of it. This peculiarity of arrangement seems to indicate a higher degree of irregu- larity in Cannee than in Scitaminex, which also extends to the other parts of their flower. The suppression of parts takes place in the latter in a symmetrical manner ; the two posterior divisions of the inner series of the perianthium, which are occasionally absent, corresponding with the abortion of the two anterior stamens. In Cannes, on the contrary, the suppression of organs takes place with so much irregularity, that the relation is not always obvious, which thejvarious parts bear to each other. The station of the fertile stamen in Scitaminex, and the regularity of struc- ture in their flowers, may therefore be considered an evi- dence of the more intimate relation of that order than of Cannex with Orchidee, and as a confirmation of the pro- priety of retaining Cannez as a distinct natural order, and not a mere section of Scitamineze, as it appears to be still considered by many of the most eminent continental Botanists. J. L. = M 933 WRIGHTIA tinctoria. Dyer's Wrightia. — PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. APOCYNER. WRIGHTIA R. Br. | Corolla hypocrateriformis. Faux coronata squa- mis 10 divisis. Stamina exserta. Filamenta fauce inserta. Anthere sagittatee, medio stigmati coheerentes. ^ Ovaria duo coherentia. Stylus filiformis apice dilatato. Stigma angustius. Squame 5-10, basi calycis extra corollam inserte, nulle hypogyns. Folliculi distincti v. cohserentes, placentis adnatis. Brown in act. Wern. 1. p. 73. W. tinctoria ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis ovatisque acuminatis glabris, ramis corymbisque divaricatis, corolle tubo calyce duplo longiore, folliculis distinctis. Brown l. c. p. 75. Nerium tinctorium. Roxb. hort. beng. 19. Caulis subvolubilis, frutescens. Folia opposita, subsessilia, ovato-lanceo- lata, acuminata, membranacea, utrinque glaberrima, supra viridia opaca, sub- tùs pallidiora venis prominentibus reticulata. Cymi axillares, pauciflori, tri- chotomi, glaberrimi. Pedicelli virides, teretes, graciles. Bractese subulate. Sepala 5, ovata, transverse corrugata, gibbosa. Squamule inter calycem et corollam minime subulate. Corolla alba, glabra, hypocrateriformis, tubo laciniis duplo breviore : Limbus patens, 5-partitus, laciniis linearibus, suprà pubescentibus, ad apicem incurvulis, ad basin appendicibus totidem fimbriatis per processus breviores filiformes connexis coronam formantibus. Tubus carnosus, intüs mellifluus, basibus filamentorum gibbosis pubescentibus semi- clausus. Stamina 5, laciniis alterna, ore inserta. Filamenta brevia, line- aria, incurva. Anthere subulate, acuminate, in cono conniventes, laciniis corolle multd breviores, basi sagittate, dorso subpubescentes, apice ciliato stigmati fusiformi medio annulato adherente. . Ovarium glabrum, ovatum. Stylus filiformis. Squame hypogyne nulle. For the opportunity of making a drawing of this very rare plant, we are indebted to the Horticultural Society, to whom it had been presented in 1824 by the Court of Directors of the Honourable East India Company. It flowered in June in the stove, where it requires consider- able heat. VOL. XI. N This has been compared with authentic specimens of Nerium tinctorium of Roxburgh, communicated from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, by Dr. Wallich, and found to agree with them in all respects. Stem shrubby, somewhat twining. Leaves opposite, subsessile, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, smooth on each side, green and opaque above, paler be- neath, and netted with projecting veins. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, trichotomous, quite smooth. Pedicels round, green, slender. Bracts subulate. Sepals 5, ovate, trans- versely wrinkled, gibbous. Scales between the calyx and corolla very minute, subulate. Corolla white, smooth, hypocrateriform ; tube twice as short as limb; limb spread- ing, 5-parted ; segments linear, downy above, incurved at end, at the base having as many fringed appendages con- nected by shorter filiform processes and forming a corona ; tube fleshy, honey bearing inside, half closed by the gibbous downy bases of the filaments. Stamens 5, alternate with the segments, inserted in the orifice. Filaments short, linear, incurved. Anthers subulate, acuminate, conniving in a cone much shorter than the segments of the corolla, sagittate at base, somewhat downy at back, and adhering by the ciliated end to the fusiform stigma, which has a ring in its middle. Ovary smooth, ovate, Style filiform. Hypogynous scales none, dh, ET- 934 MARTYNIA lutea. Yellow Martynia. — dp DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. Penatine. R. Br. prodr. nov. Holl. 1.319. (Bignoniarum sect. IIT. Juss. s. Sesamearum Kunth, pars.) MARTYNIA L.—Calyx pentaphyllus insequalis. Corolla ventricosa : limbo 5-lobo subeequali. Filamentum quintum sterile. Ovarium unilo- culare; placentis duabus parietalibus bilobis oligospermis. Stigma bilobum. Capsula lignosa birostris, apice bivalyis, pseudo 4-locularis, seminibus pendulis, M. lutea; foliis cordato-orbiculatis dentatis cum caule glanduloso pubescen- tibus, rostris pericarpio multó longioribus. Caulis annua, 13 pedalis, pallidus, teres, undique pilis glandulosis, bre- vibus, confertissimis diaphanis viscosus. Folia opposita, longè petiolata, patentia, horizontalia, orbiculata, basi cordata, lobis imbricatis, obtusa, den- ticulata, mollia, glanduloso-pubescentia, 5-7 -nervia; petiolis teretibus, glan- duloso-pubescentibus, versús apicem attenuatis, folio longioribus. Racemus terminalis, erectus, pauciflorus, confertus, pose vix altior. Flores undique glanduloso-pilosi. Pedicelli erecti, basi bracted deciduá, lineari, pallidá suffulti. Calyx magnus, pallidus, bracteis duábus conformibus concoloribus oblongis lateralibus involucratus, 5-phyllus; sepalis exterioribus oblongis planis, lateralibus majoribus 3-dimidiatis, interioribus lineari lanceolatis obtusis pauld brevioribus. Corolla magna infundibularis, extàs piloso-glan- dulosa viridi-lutea, intús glabra aurantiaca, tubo constricto, fauce ventricosá obliquá intús sanguineo pulcherrimé punctatá, limbo patente 5-partito, lobis rotundatis subimbricatis: sinubus protrusis; duobus superioribus minoribus basi glandulosis, inferiore multo majore reniformi undulato (sepiüs ter). Stamina 4 didynama rudimento 5'. Filamenta crassa, purpureo fasciata, versüs parietem superiorem faucis arcuata, tubo breviora. Anthere in crucem coherentes, glabre : connectivo luteo, carnoso, diaphano, subundulato, valvulis discretis bilocularibus prominentibus. Pollen album sphericum liberum majusculum. | Ovarium ovatum, dorso carinatum, in stipite brevi lutescente annulari insidens, glabrum, l-loculare, polyspermum, placentis duäbus bilobis parietalibus, lobis stigmatis alternis, ovula horizontala geren- tibus. Stylus filiformis rectus glaber. Stigma bilobum lobis magnis foliaceis demüm recurvis, anteriore majore, utroque uninervi. Capsula lignosa, cym- biformis, aculeata, dorso cristata, cristá bipartibili lacerá, apice bicornis: cornubus biuncialibus, teretibus, inermibus, sursüm arcuatis; semi-bivalvis, unilocularis, pseudo 4 locularis: placentis quatuor lignosis septiformibus utrinque parietibus pericarpii appressis. Semina cuique placente 2 v. 3, pendula, magna, plumbea nitore metallico, compressa, rugosa, ad hilum gib- bosa; testa exterior crassa suberoso-coriacea, fibrosa, interior coriacea, alba, apice depressa hinc spilo discolore et funiculo tenui atriore teste exteriori quasi affixa, basi lutea funiculo. albo diaphano ad hilum verso. Embryo ovatus albus crassus compressus carnosus; cotyledones integre, apice obtusissime, basi leviter sagittate ; radicula depresso-conica, crassa, hilo proxima. For this handsome annual species of Martynia, we are indebted to the Honourable and Reverend William Herbert, who communicated specimens in flower in August last, and by whom it was raised from seeds received from the Brazils. It probably requires the treatment applicable to other half-tender annuals. | The station to be assigned to Martynia, in a natural arrangement, has been fixed by the illustrious de Jussieu in the 3d section of his Bignoniz, and it has been suffered to remain in nearly the same place, by succeeding Botanists. To this arrangement, it may be perhaps considered that there is no material objection to offer; but there are some points connected with the structure of Martynia, to which it is our wish to call attention, whether they be considered confirmatory of its present station or not. In the first place, its capsule has been, we believe always, described as 4-locular; a character which Martynia has been supposed to possess in common with certain undoubted Bignoniacee, rightly, however, designated as pseudo-4-locular, by Mr. Brown. But upon a careful examination of the ova- rium, it will be found that the fruit, in that stage, is neither 4-celled, nor even 2-celled, but consists of only one cell, traversed by two projecting, parietal placente, each of which is two-lobed ; the lobes dividing at right angles, from their point of separation, and bearing on their edges a few horizontal ovula, of which part project into the open centre of the ovarium, and the others into the cavity between the placenta and the lining of the ovarium. Now the capsule differs from the ovarium in no essential point of structure; but the following changes take place: the pericarpium and the placentas become woody and rigid ; the inner faces of the latter become pressed together, so as to destroy the ovula which were placed between them, and to exhibit the appearance of a bilamellar dissepiment, and the remaining ovula become pendulous, and reduced Pa. RN: Esca gaemm M - in number, and exist in the form of large apterous seeds between the inner edge of the lateral lobes of the placenta and the endocarpium. From the 2d section of Jussieu's Bignoniz, or what are now considered genuine Bignoniacex, Martynia is therefore distinguished by its unilocular ovarium: it also differs in the definite number of its seeds, which have a woody testa, and no wing; in its nearly indehiscent fruit; and in the cohesion of its anthers; and in the compound, not simple, nature of its calyx. Of the value of the first point of difference, which we do not consider material, we shall have more room to speak when we come to Eccremocarpus, fol. 939. To the others, we are disposed to attach a higher degree of importance. In fact, they indicate a greater affinity between Pedalinz and Martynia, than Bignoniacez. The former order, which was first proposed by Mr. Brown, excludes Martynia, chiefly on account of the seeds of the latter being more than one or two; but this circumstance is of much less importance than the union of other characters by which it could be included. The texture of the capsule, the testa and form of the seeds, and even the position of the latter, which, although erect in Josephinia, are pendulous in Pedalium, are the same in Martynia and Pedaline. To the latter order, slightly modified, we would, therefore, refer Martynia. We observe, that Pedalinz are reduced to Bignoniacee, by our friend M. Kunth, but in that opinion we cannot coincide. See fol. 939. J. Kc De FG NS was . AA LA er * y 1 935 STELIS ophioglossoides. Narrow-leaved Stelis. St GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OrcutpEx: tribus Malaxidee. Lindl. Coll. Bot. ined. STELIS Swartz. Pollinia 2 cereacea integerrima; v. omnind libera, v. apicibus viscidis cohserentia, caudiculà glanduläque nullis. Anthera terminalis opercularis 1-locularis decidua. Stigma subrotundum excavatum : rostello apiculato. Columna semiteres mutica. Labellum parvum sepalis interioribus nanis liberis subconforme. Sepala conniventia : exteriora basi- bus connata. Herb teneres, epiphyte, (Americe wequinoctialis) non bul- bose. Folia solitaria. Racemi subsimplices. Flores minuti, herbacei, in- odori et quandoque nocturni. S. ophioglossoides ; foliis tenuibus lanceolatis apice szepiüs recurvis, spicis laxis, floribus cernuis quaquaversis obsolete hexagonis, sepalis interi- oribus truncatis, labello basi subcordato. Epidendrum ophioglossoides. Jacquin Amer. 225. t. 133. f. 2. Epidendrum trigoniflorum. Swartz prodr. 135. Dendrobium ophioglossoides. Swartz nov. act. ups. 6.83. Stelis ophioglossoides. Swartz in Schrad. diar. bot. 1799. p. 239. Willd. sp. 4.138. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 442. Folia solitaria, oblonga, glabra, plana, enervia, apice fere integra, in petiolo carnoso, canaliculato attenuata. Spica terminalis, filiformis, multiflora, folio longior, vaginis parvis, truncatis, acuminatis interrupté vestita. Flores vespertini, minutissimi, resupinati, subsecundi, subrotundi, angulis 6 obsoletis. Perianthium subglobosum; sepala exteriora, ovata, obtusa, coriacea, basi connata, sub-fornicata, equalia, interiora nana, carnosa, truncata. Labellum carnosum, cum columná parallelum, sepalis interioribus subconforme, lamınd depressä, cordatá. ^ Columna brevissima | semi-teres, sepalorum interiorum longitudine. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, unilocularis, decidua. Pollinia 2, libera, caudiculá nullá. A native of Trinidad, whence plants were sent by Mr. D. Lockhart to Mr. James Colvill, in whose nursery our drawing was made. A tender stove plant, requiring the treatment of other epiphytal Orchidez. We find much difficulty in ascertaining the true charac- ters by which 5. ophioglossoides and micrantha are to be distinguished from each other; the points noticed by Swartz appearing to be altogether inapplicable. To this species, which we have compared with authentic speci- mens from himself in the Banksian Herbarium, he attri- butes triangular flowers, while, in fact, they possess that character in a much less degree than S. micrantha, to which he assigns hexangular flowers. The latter species, elegantly figured by Dr. Hooker in his Exotic Flora, differs from the subject of this article in having a rigid obtuse leaf, and a compact raceme of nodding flowers, which, when closed, present a distinctly triangular appearance. In all which characters it is opposed to S. ophioglossoides. The leaves of the latter are more membranous, and are almost always recurved at the end, where they are some- times toothed; the flowers are larger and less compactly arranged in the spike ; there is also a difference in the form of the inner floral segments and labellum. S. micrantha would therefore be more satisfactorily characterised thus : S. micrantha (Swz.), foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis coriaceis, floribus nutantibus secundis trigonis, sepalis interioribus apiculatis labelli con- formibus, Of S. ophioglossoides we possess native specimens from St. Vincents, communicated to us by our friend Dr. Hooker ; they in no essential point differ from the plants in our gardens. Leaves solitary, oblong, smooth, flat, nerveless, nearly entire at the end, narrowed into a channelled fleshy stalk. Raceme terminal, filiform, many-ftowered, longer than the leaf, dotted at intervals with small truncate acuminate vagine. Flowers very minute, resupinate, somewhat on one side, roundish, with 6 obsolete angles. Perianth, with the outer sepals, ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, connate, and somewhat fornicate at the base, equal; inner, dwarf, fleshy, and truncated. Zip fleshy, parallel with the column, nearly of the same form as the inner sepals, with a depressed cordate lamina. Column very short, half-round, the length of the inner sepals. Anther terminal, opercular, 1-celled, deciduous. Pollen-masses 2, loose, with no caudicula. J. L. 4 , Ser A cr up ee P A al Zi [5 ag (02 Wy 936 KNOWLTONIA vesicatoria. Blistering Knowltonia. iiti siiis POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEX: tribus Anemone. Dec. regn. veg. 1.129. KNOWLTONIA Salisb. (Thebesia Neck? Anamenia Vent.) Calyx 5-sepalus. Petala 5-15, ungue nudo. Stamina 00. Ovaria 00 recep- taculo globoso imposita. Cariopsides 00 monospermee baccate, stylo deci- duo mutice. Dec. l. c. p. 218. K. vesicatoria ; foliis biternatim sectis, segmentis subcordatis rigidis glabri- usculis, lateralibus basi obliqué truncatis, umbella subsimplici pauciflora. Dec. I. c. Ranunculus perelegans D. Franqueville foliis aculeatis. Lob. st. ill. 135. C africana laserpitii foliis latioribus rigidis et spinosis. Morison hist. p. 279. Imperatoria ranunculoides africana enneaphyllos laserpitii lobatis foliis rigidis margine spinosis. Pluk. alm. 198. t. 95. f. 2. Adonis vesicatoria. Linn. suppl. 272. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 2.264. Willd. sp. pl. 2.1307. Adonis capensis. Lam. dict. 1. p. 46. Knowltonia vesicatoria. Bot. mag. t. 775. Ait. Kew, ed. 2. 3.351. Anamenia laserpitiifolia. Vet. malm. 1. p. 22. in obs. Willd. enum. 586. Anamenia vesicatoria. Dum. cours. bot. cult. 4.438. Adonis laserpitiifolia. Pers. suppl. 1.147. * ^n. M. De Candolle remarks, that this genus is just inter- mediate between Hydrastis and Adonis, with the former of which it agrees in fruit, and with the latter in flowers. It was named after Mr. Thomas Knowlton, formerly cura- tor of Sherard's famous garden at Eltham. It is curious that this, which has altogether the appear- ance of an umbelliferous plant, should have been referred by Lobel to Ranunculus, a nearly allied genus, but to which it bears little resemblance, at a time when the affinities of plants had scarcely been considered. Morison and Plukenet, afterwards, as might have been expected, referred it to Umbelliferz. A hardy greenhouse, evergreen, herbaceous plant, with little beauty. It may be cultivated without any care in a sandy loam, and flowers in the winter months. The acridity of the leaves is such as to cause violent inflammation and cutaneous swelling upon their applica- tion, whence the specific name of the plant. J. L. u 937 BANISTERIA laurifolia. Laurel-leaved Banisteria. DECANDRIA THIGY NIA. Nat. ord. MaLrIGHIACEE: tribus 3. Banisteriese Dec. BANISTERIA L.— Calyx 5-partitus extüs ad basin 8- 10-glandulosus. Petala unguiculata, subrotunda. Stamina 10, filamentis subulatis basi coherentibus. Styli 3, apice seepiús in foliola explanati! — Carpel/a inde- hiscentia 3, 1-sperma subdistincta demüm separabilia, desinentia in alam simplicem, membranaceam, ad latus superiüs incrassatum. Semen 1 pendulum in quoque loculo. Cotyledones crasse, ineequales. Radicula supera ad hilum versa. —— Arbores frutices-ve sepe scandentes. Dec. prodr. 1.587. Div. HI. Foliis ovatis oblongisve. B. laurifolia ; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subcoriaceis glabris, petiolis eglan- dulosis, racemis panieulatis terminalibus ferrugineo-tomentosis, stigma- tibus dimidiatis. Dec. l c. p. 589. Acer scandens foliis laurinis. Sloane jam. 137, hist. 2. p. 26. Rau dendr. 94. B. laurifolia. Linn. sp. pl. 611. Swartz. obs. 182. Willd. sp. pl. 2.740. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 3.106. Spreng. syst. veg. 2.387. We are not aware of the place from which this drawing was obtained. : The plant has long been cultivated in the stoves of this country, having been sent to Miller, from Carthagena, by Dr. Houstoun, before the year 1733. It very rarely pro- duces its flowers in this country, which is probably the cause of its not having been previously represented in any Botanical publication. The specimen from which the drawing was made appears to have been in a weak state, the flowers usually forming, in the West Indies, a small branched panicle. M. De Candolle'seems to consider this a doubtful species of Danisteria, and questions whether it may not rather be an Heteropteris, a genus divided by M. Kunth from Banisteria, on account of the wing of the pericarpium being thickened at the base, and not at the apex. 4. L. nung 72 938 HIBISCUS ficulneoides. Dwarf Yellow Hibiseus. pecan C. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. MarvaACExX. HIBISCUS.—Suprà vol. 10. fol. 860. Sect. III. Manihot. Carpella seu capsule loculamenta polysperma. Se- mina glabra. Imvolucella 4-6 phylla. Calyx spathaceus 5 dentatus longitudinaliter ruptus. Dec. prodr. 1.448. H. ficulneoides, caule fruticoso inermi, foliis cordato-ovatis obtusis grosse dentatis integris trilobisve involucelloque pubescentibus. Althzea indica Hedere terrestris feré foliis flore purpureo magno. Plukenet amalth. p. 11. t. 355. f. 4.?? Specimens of this plant were communicated to us in April 1819, by the Honourable and Rev. W. Herbert, from his stove at Spofforth, with the following note: “ From the Mauritius and the East Indies. Leaves various, some entire, some 3-lobed. A very dwarf, peren- nial shrub. It will flower at the height of six inches, and an old plant seldom much exceeds a foot. It requires a very small pot, and if placed on a hot flue, will flower throughout the year, abundantly in winter. It will thrive with a degree of heat to the root which would scorch the hand, and perhaps grows naturally in the crevices of rocks which become very hot. I have found no other plant able to bear the heat it will endure ginder the root. I have had seed of it, frequently, without name, from different quarters, once from Calcutta, under the name of H. Ficulneus. It has, however, no resemblance to the Ficulneus of Cavanilles, nor, indeed, to any Hibiscus figured by Cava- nilles. In the form of the flowers it a little resembles that of H. pedunculatus of the Bot. Reg., but the flowers ex- pand rather wider than those of pedunculatus in that engraving. The whole plant is downy. The colour of the petals is a deep primrose colour, with a small purple spot ` » at the base of each. The specimen represented is nearly one-third of a plant four years old which has been ın con- stant blossom." We cannot trace this species among any recorded in the works to which we have access. There can be little doubt of its belonging to the Manihot section of M. De Candolle, and, perhaps, it is most nearly related to his H. Pseudo Manihot, found by Bory de St. Vincent in grassy meadows on the borders of the river St. Denis, in the island of Bourbon; but that species is said to have 3-fid long- pointed leaves, and an hispid involucrum. To the H. Bor- bonicus described by Link in his Enumeration of the Berlin Garden, it also appears to have considerable resemblance, especially in the form of the leaves ; it is, however, obvi- ously distinguished from that species by the small size of its flowers, and of the leaves of the involucre, which are an inch long in H. Borbonicus. To H. obtusifolius of Willde- now, it seems to have some resemblance; but that is an annual, and is otherwise distinct. H. ficulneus has prickly stems and palmate leaves. The unappropriated figure which we have ventured to cite from Plukenet is so similar to this plant, that we can- not persuade ourselves of its not being intended for a repre- sentation of it, notwithstanding the purple flower which is attributed to that plant by the author. J. L. ERRATUM. Fol. 930, third page, line 21, for affinis, read affine. d cad ooo v 939 ECCREMOCARPUS scaber. Rough-fruited Eccremocarpus. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. BIGNONIACER. ECCREMOCARPUS. Fl. Per. Calyx campanulatus semiquinque- partitus persistens. Corolla tubulosa: ore constricto; limbo 5-lobo. Sta- mina inclusa subregularia; rudimento quinti glabro. Anthere” libere carnose, glandulose. Ovarium superum l-loculare. Stigma bilamellatum vequale. Capsula supera 1-locularis bivalvis polysperma: placentis parie- talibus. Semina membranaceo-alata imbricata. Albumen nullum. Cotyle- dones integerrimee. E. scaber, scandens, cirrhifer, foliis pinnatis bijugis, foliolis obliqu& cordatis serratis. Sprengel. syst. veg. 2.836. E. scaber Fl. Peruv. prodr. p. 90. syst. veg. p. 157. Pers. syn. 2.173. Caulis inhorto sub dio herbaceus 6-pedalis scandens, tetragonus, sulcatus, glaber. Folia opposita, exstipulata 3-pinnata, petiolo angulato subpubescente, cirrho terminali sulcato ramoso: foliolis carnosiuscults, ovatis v. cordatis, inte- gris v. 2-3-lobis, lobis ovatis obtusis. Racemi horizontales, oppositifolü, laxi, multiflori(8-9). Pedicelli solitarii, 1 3-unciam longi, glanduloso-pubescentes, ut etiam rachis. Bractee breves subulate. Calyx purpureo-viridis, campa- nulatus, semi-5-partitus, equalis, extús glanduloso-pilosus: laciniis ovatis acutis patentibus. Corolla bas? mellifera, calyce tripló longior, tubulosa, dorso plano, ventre inflato, versüs basin constricto, foveis quinque pro recep- tione laciniarum calycis: tubo late eoccineo, presertim versüs basin, undique glanduloso-pubescens, ore constricto, limbo brevi patente aurantiaco obsolete 5-lobato. Stamina ad summum constrictionis inferioris corolle inserta, quatuor fertilia, rudimento brevi quinti, tubo breviora, et ad ejus dorsum appressa. Filamenta filiformia, glabra. Antheree libere, connectivo magno, carnoso, glanduloso-papilloso, alte bilobo, in marginem anteriorem gerente loculos parallelos, approximatos, apice connatos, polline quàm maxime re- pletos. Pollen minutissimum ovale. Ovarium superum, ovatum, papillosum, viride, in disco magno, carnoso, albido, annular insidens, uniloculare, pla- centis 2 carnosis parietalibus polyspermis. Stylus staminum longitudine, cum ovario articulatus, rectus, rigidus, filiformis. Stigma luteum, carnosum, bilamellatum, equale. Capsula nucis avellane majoris magnitudine, papy- racea, ovata, compressa, in pedicello spurio attenuata, et reliquiis calycis discique calyculata, ad apicem teres obtusa; superficie glabrá tuberculatá ; unilocularis, bivalvis, valvulis apice coherentibus (an in fructu omnind maturo?), intüs pariete glaberrimo nitido, placentis duábus parietalibus linearibus corrugatis, per axin valvularum trajectis. Semina plurima, atra, placente imbricatim adherentia, tenuia, plano-convexa, alata. Testa exterior tenuis, in disco subcrustacea, ad marginem duplex diaphana, subintegra, undique venis brunneis, furcatis, distinctis pulcherrime radiata, ad hilum emarginata. Embryo ovatus, compressus, albus, inclusus in testà interiore tenaci, opacá, pallide luted, ab exteriore omnino liberá, nec etiam intra marginem membranaceum extensá, ad apicem tuberculo parvo paululim uni- laterali (chaluza ?), ad basin in funiculo ipsá longiore tenui convoluto productá. Cotyledones, carnosi, compressi, subrotundi. Radicula parva, obtusa, hilo proxima. This splendid plant was first raised in 1824, by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane Street Nursery, from Mexican seeds communicated to him by R, P. Staples, Esq. Our draw- ing was made in Mr, Tate’s Nursery in July last. In Chili it becomes half-shrubby, and climbs all over the hedges and bushy plants in its vicinity, which it orna- ments with a profusion of lovely vermilion-coloured flowers, which appear at almost all seasons of the year. In this country its habits have been scarcely ascertained ; it thrives in the open border, better than in a greenhouse, but the first frost destroys. it. Probably the treatment applied to Cobza scandens, would be the most suitable for it. We possess native specimens, sent from Mendoza, by our friend Dr. John Gillies. M. Kunth has expressed some doubts of the capsule being really unilocular, as that character appeared to be at variance with the structure common to other Bignoniacee. But it will appear, from the above description, that it is, in its earliest state, strictly unilocular with two parietal placente; if, therefore, the single cell of Bignoniacee were an essential characteristic of that order, Eccremo- carpus would not be referrible to it. Let us, however, examine the ovarium of one of the commonest species of Bignoniacez, B. radicans. In this plant two fungous round- ish placentze issue from the sides of the ovarium, and jut- ting out into the cavity, finally meet in the centre, and there become united; now, in Eccremocarpus, these pla- cente have precisely the same fungous form, and derive their origin from the sides of the ovarium in like manner, but they do not extend far enough into the cavity to touch each other, and, therefore, no cohesion takes place. between them; whence the ovarium is unilocular. The same kind of diversity of structure also obtains in Pedaline as proposed to be limited at fol. 934. In that order, at least in Martynia Zanquebarica, which is either a species of Josephinia, or a nearly related genus, the two opposite placentas meet in the centre, where they form a cohesion, but being 2-lobed, and their lobes revolute, a cohesion is again formed with the sides of the endocarpium, where the edges of the lobes touch it; whence the cap- sule is 6-celled, the two anterior and posterior empty cells being formed by the space occasioned by the divergence in opposite directions of the lobes of the placenta, and the 4 lateral seminiferous cells owing their existence to the accretion of the lobes of the placenta to the sides of the ovarium. Now, in Martynia, there,being no folding back of the lobes of the placenta, which, on the contrary, are at right angles with their centre, and no cohesion taking place between the placentas themselves or their edges and the sides of the ovarium, the necessary consequence is, that the pericarpium is unilocular, with spurious cells; whence it may be predicated that Martynia bears the same rela- tion to Pedaline as Eccremocarpus to Bignoniacez. Perhaps Eccremocarpus may most properly be con- sidered the connecting link between Bignoniacex and Gesneriee, agreeing with the latter in their unilocular ovarium, glandular pubescence, and some other peculiari- ties of appearance, and with the former in their more essential attributes. Cyrtandracee of Dr. Jack, which certainly have a 2-celled capsule as described by that lamented Botanist, and not a 4-celled one as erroneously stated by the author of some remarks upon Didymocarpex (which are the same order under another denomination), differ from Bignoniacex only in their apterous seeds and simple stigma, and from Gesneriex in their bilocular cap- sule, and the absence of albumen, agreeing with the latter altogether in habit; they may therefore be considered to have on the part of Gesneriee nearly the same relation to Bignoniacex, as Eccremocarpus on the part of the latter bears to Gesneriez. zh P 940 ' PANCRATIUM Mexicanum. Mexican Pancratium. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI A. Nat. ord, AMARYLLIDEE. PANCRATIUM. Supra vol. 3. fol. 221. Div. II. Floribus sessilibus v. subsessilibus ; limbo radiato; dentibus senis corone stamaniferis. P. mexicanum; bi-multiflorum, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, corollee laciniis linearibus tubo longioribus, coroná rotato-turbinatä denticulatä staminibus multó breviore, stigmate capitato, bulbi collo elongato. P. mexicanum flore gemello candido. Dill, elth. 229. t. 222. f. 289. P. mexicanum. Linn. sp. pl. 1.418. Willd. sp. pl. 2.42. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 2.218. Ker. in Journ. scientie cum ic. ex delineatione in museo Banksiano. Bulbus Narcissi majoris magnitudine, collo elongato. Folia lineari-lan- ceolata, canaliculata, apice attenuata, atro-viridia, glaucedine nullá. Scapus teres. Umbella 4-5-flora, spathá multiplici, foliolis exterioribus late ovatis sphacelatis, tubi dimidio longitudine. Flores sessiles albi; tubus circiter 3-uncias longus, obsolete hexagonus; perianthii laciniee lineares dependentes tubo paulo longiores; corona rotato-turbinata, laciniis multoties brevior, margine denticulato. Stamina rigida è margine corone, erecta, coroná multo longiora, filamentis viridibus. Stylus viridis, declinatus, staminum longi- tudine. Stigma capitatum. Semina carnosa. For the re-introduction of this fine species of Pancra- tium, from Mexico, the public is indebted to Sir Alexander Johnson, by whom it was presented to Mr. Colvill, with many curious Mexican seeds. That it is the same as P. mericanum of Linneus, as determined by Mr. Dryander there can be little doubt. The figure given by Mr. Ker, from the Banksian library, represents a weak aec with two flowers, just as the 1082d plate of the Botanical Magazine exhibits a similar state of P. rotatum, to which this species is most nearly allied. We have not seen the species in a growing state, but it appears, from information communicated to us by Mr. Sweet, that it is very distinct from any other in cultivation. The bulb, which is like that of a Narcissus, has a long, slender neck, and the leaves are of a bright green colour. It also seems to possess the character of perfecting nearly all its seeds, of which in other fleshy-seeded species only a small number arrives at perfection. A hardy, green-house plant, flowering in April and May. Leaves linear-lanceolate, channelled, narrowed at the end, dark green, without glaucousness. Scape round: Umbel 4-5-flowered, with a many-leaved spatha, of which the outer divisions are broad, ovate, and withered, about half as long as the tube. Flowers sessile white; tube about 3 inches long, obscurely 6-cornered ; segments linear, hanging down, a little longer than the tube ; corona rotate- turbinate, much shorter than the segments, toothletted at edge. Stamens rigid, from the margin of the corona, erect, much longer than corona, with green filaments. Style green, declinate, the length of stamens. Stigma capitate. Seeds fleshy. J. L. 941 MIMOSA pudica. Humble Plant. ———9——-- POLYGAMIA TETRANDRIA. Nat. ord. LrcvMiNosz, Tribus VIII. Mimosee Decandolle prodr. 2.425. MIMOSA Adanson.—Flores polygami. Petala 4-5 in corollam infundi- buliformem 4-5 fidam connata. Stamina ime corolle aut ovarii stipiti inserta, numero loborum sequalía, dupla triplave nempé 4-15. Legumen compresso planum 1-00 articulatum, articulis monospermis, costis (replo R. Br.) persistentibus. Stipulee petiolares. Folia conjugato-digitata aut duplicato-pinnata. Flores rosei aut albi in capitula digesti. Folia sepe tactu sensibilia. Decand. 1. c. Sect. I. Eumimosa Dec. Legumina compresso-moniliformia, nempé costis ad articulationes contractis.— Flores rosei. M. pudica; caule herbaceo aculeato plus minis petiolis pedunculisque piloso-hispidis, foliis subdigitato-pinnatis, pinnis 4 multijugis, foliolis linearibus. Dec. l. c. p. 426. FEschynomme spinosa, dec. Comm. hort. 1. t. 29. M. spinosa 3 siliquis parvis echinatis Breyn. cent. 40. t. 18 M. pudica L. sp. pl. 1501. Willd. sp. pl. 4.1031. Bot. Rep. t. 544. Ait, Kew. ed. 2. 5. 455. Var. M.tetrandra. Willd. sp. pl. 4.1032. sec. Decandolle. Our drawing of this plant was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from seeds received from Henry Willock, Esq. his Brittannic Majesty's Envoy to the Court of Persia. It is said to be a native of Brazil, but has now been introduced into every part of the world, not only for its beauty, but for the singular sensibility of the foliage. In this country it may be treated as a tender annual, when it speedily arrives at perfection. To maintain a high degree of sensibility, it is necessary to keep it exposed to the influence of much heat, light, and humidity, It VOL. XE. Q therefore succeeds best in a well-managed iron curvilinear hothouse. We are not sure whether this is the Persian plant called Suluque, mentioned by Christopher A Costa (cap. lv.) under the name of Herba Viva, to which some curious properties are ascribed, and which he says, ** affirmärunt utilem esse virgines corruptas in integrum restituendas.” The singular and well-known property which the leaves of this and some other plants possess of retiring from the touch, and of exhibiting a kind of sensibility which is more the attribute of animal than of vegetable organisation, has lately been the subject of a curious memoir from the able pen of Dr. Dutrochet, a distinguished French Physiologist. As the opinions of that writer are little known in this country, we believe we cannot render a more acceptable service to our readers than by availing ourselves of the present opportunity of giving a short exposition of them. M. Dutrochet states, that having ascertained hot nitric acid to possess the power of separating and reducing to its simplest form the whole mass of vegetable tissue, and that the action of the same acid produced other effects equally advantageous for the examination of the most obscure parts of vegetable structure, he was induced to give his attention to that of the Mimosa pudica, in the hope of gaining some evidence respecting the cause to which its sensibility is to be ascribed. Beginning with the pith, he observed a considerable number of minute globules of a greenish colour, intermingled among the cells, and adhering to them in an irregular manner. After attempting to shew the probability of these globules having deceived M. Mirbel in various points of his analysis of vegetation, and especially m regard to the pores which that Botanist supposes to exist in the cellular tissue of plants, Dr. Dutrochet proceeds to remark, that the application’ of hot nitric acid to these globules renders them perfectly opaque, whence he con- cludes that they are, in fact, minute cells filled with a particular fluid, which is subject to become concrete by the application of acids. Now it is known that such fluids as are thus altered by acids, are usually dissolved and liquefied again by the application of alkalies. A few drops, therefore, of a solution of hydrate of potash were suffered to fall upon ey a portion of the pith on which nitric acid had been acting, and the mixture was exposed to the heat ofalamp. Being examined after a few minutes, the globules were found to have resumed their natural appearance. This curious fact indicated, in the opinion of Dr. Dutrochet a strong and unexpected point of analogy between plants and animals According to the microscopical researches of some modern observers, it has been ascertained that all the organs of animals are composed of a conglomeration of minute cor- puscles, similar to those just described; the corpuscles which constitute the muscles are soluble in acids, but those which compose the nervous system are insoluble in the same acids, and only soluble in alkalies. Now, as the chemical properties and the external appearance of the particles scattered among the cellular tissue of plants, and constituting the nervous system of animals are the same, the author is induced to infer that the spherical particles of plants are in fact the scattered elements of their nervous system. This hypothesis receives additional strength from the great similarity which exists between the medullary substance of the brain of Mollusca Gasteropoda and the cellular medullary tissue of plants. In pursuit of this idea, Dr. Dutrochet made a variety of experiments upon the sensitive plant, the results of which seem to be these. The principal point of locomotion, or of motility, exists in the little swelling which is situated at the base of the common and partial petioles of the leaves; this swelling is composed of a very delicate cellular tissue, in which is found an immense number of nervous corpuscles; the axis of the swelling is formed of a little fascicle of tubular vessels. It was ascertained by some delicate experiments that the power of movement, or of contraction and expansion, exists in the parenchyma and cellular tissue of the swelling, and that the central fibres have no specific action connected with the motion. It also appeared that the energy of the nervous powers of the leaf depended wholly upon an abundance of sap, and that a diminution of that fluid occasioned an extreme diminution of the sensibility of the leaves. Prosecuting his remarks yet further, the author ascertained, that in the motion of the sensitive plant two distinct actions take place, the one of locomotion, which is the consequence of direct violence offered to the leaves, and which occurs in the swellings already spoken of; the other of nervimotion, which depends upon some sti- mulus applied to the surface of the leaflets, unaccompanied by actual violence, such as the solar rays concentrated in the focus of a lens. As in all cases, the bending or folding of the leaves evidently takes place from one leafto another with perfect continuity, it may be safely inferred, that the invisible nervous action takes place in a direct line from the point of original irritation, and that the cause by which this action of nervimotion is produced must be some in- ternal uninterrupted agency. This was, after much curious investigation, determined by the author to exist neither in the pith, nor in the bark, nor even in the cellular tissue filled with nervous corpuscles,.and on which he supposes the locomotion of the swelling at the base of the petioles to depend. It is in the ligneous part of the central system, in certain tubes supplied with nervous corpuscles, and serving for the transmission of the sap, that Dr. Dutrochet believes he has found the true seat of nervimotion, which he attributes to the agency of the sap alone, while he con- siders the power of locomotion to depend upon the nervous corpuscles alone. Without subscribing to this doctrine, unless with some exceptions, such, for instance, as to the essential difference between locomotion and nervimotion, which are, perhaps, capable of being identified, we cannot but express our admiration of the industry, dexterity, and philosophical acumen displayed by the author in every part of his work, which is well deserving the attentive consideration of all physiological botanists. J. L. v 942 CAMELLIA oleifera. Oil-seed Camellia. nn — MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. CaMELLIEX. ` Decand. prodr. 1.529. Theacece Mirb. CAMELLIA L.— Supra vol. 1. fol. 22. C. oleifera; foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis arguté serratis subtüs subaveniis, >- petalis bilobis, sepalis deciduis. C. oleifera; foliis ellipticis acutis subtüs aveniis punctatis, calycibus sericeis, germine lanato. Abel's Journey in China, p. 174. c. icone boná; Appen- dir, p. 363. Frutex altus, v. arbor mediocris, ramosissimus. (Abel. Ramuli teretes, brunnei, pube levissimá obsiti. Folia coriacea, glabra, plama, elliptica, utrinque acuta, apicem versus acute serrata, subtüs pallidiora feré omnind avenia, sub lente puncticulata, pedunculata: pedunculis subteretibus leviter ciliatis. Flores axillares, v. terminales, solitarii, sessiles, albi, magnitudine C. Sasanque. Calyx imbricatus, polyphyllus, sericeus: foliolis inferioribus deciduis, duobus superioribus majoribus petaloideis persistentibus. Petala 5-6, biloba, plana, cuneata, patentia. Stamina plurima, erecta, alte mona- delpha, in annulum basi petalorum accretum et cum iis deciduum cohaerentia. Anthere ut in Thea Bohea, sed basi minis cordate. Pollen sphericum minutissime corrugatum. Ovarium triloculare, loculis 5-6 spermis; ovula angulata, valde inequalia. Styli 3 ad apicem feró connati. Stigmata totidem, simplicia, pauld capitata. This species of Camellia has been overlooked by M. De Candolle in his arrangement of the genus in the first volume of his Prodromus. It was imported for the Horticultural Society, in 1820, by Captain Nesbitt, in the Honourable East India Company's Ship, the Essex, from which, and subsequent importations for the society, all the plants now in this country have been derived. Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, last autumn. It requires the same management as other Camellias. The Thea oleosa of Loureiro seems to be very nearly the same as this, and like it produces an abundance offine pale yellow oil, which is used in China for various economical purposes. Judging, however, from Loureiro's description, the two plants can scarcely be identified, notwithstanding the resemblance in the Cochinchinese name, Ché-deau, ascribed to his plant by that author, and the Chinese name Tcha-Yeoa, mentioned by our friend Dr. Abel, who thus speaks of the C. oleifera which he found in the southern provinces of the Chinese empire. “We sometimes found it ofthe magnitude of a moderate- sized cherry-tree, and always that of a large shrub, from six to eight feet in height, and bearing a profusion of large single white blossoms. This circumstance gave an inter- esting and novel character to the places which it covered. They often looked in the distance as if lightly clothed with snow ; but on a nearer view exhibited one immense garden. The Camellia oleifera seems to flourish best in a red sandy soil, on which few other plants will grow. The Chinese cultivate it in large plantations, and procure from its seed a pure esculent oil, by a very easy process." A tall shrub, or middle-sized tree, with many branches. Branches round, brown, with a very slight down. Leaves coriaceous, smooth, flat, elliptical, acute at each end, towards the end acutely serrated, beneath of a paler colour, with scarcely any veins, but a few minute dots. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary, sessile, white, the size of those of Camellia Sasanqua. Calyx imbricated, many-leaved, silky; the lower leaflets deciduous, the two upper larger petaloid and persistent. Petals 5-6, two-lobed, cuneate, flat, spreading. J. L. nr —— 943 FUCHSIA arborescens. Tree Fuchsia. ————— OCTANDRIA MONOGVY NI A. Nat. ord. ONAGRARIA, FUCHSIA.—V. supra, vol. 10. fol, 847. F. arborescens ; foliis bi-quaternatim verticillatis ovalibus acuminatis glaber- rimis, thyrso terminali multifloro, petalis patentibus apiculatis, stigmate 4-fido radiato. F. arborescens. Mogino and Sesséfl. peruv. ined. secundùm Cervantesium in litteris. Bot. mag. 2620. Frutex arborescens, erectus, ramosus; ramis teretibus; adultis cinereis cortice rimoso, novellis teneris, purpureis, glaberrimis. Folia opposita, vel 3-4-natim verticillata, ovalia, glaberrima, acuminata, versús basin angustata, ad marginem minutissime denticulata, petiolis semiteretibus purpureis. Thyrsus terminalis, multiflorus, fere aphyllus, ramulis teretibus ascendentibus. Bracteole minime, decidue. Calyx rubescens, tubo brevi infundibulari ; limbo tubo longiore, 4-partito; laciniis oblongis, acuminatis, patentibus. Petala 4, calyce breviora, oblonga, apiculata, patentia, purpurea. Sta- mina petalis paulo breviora, inequalia. Pollen album. Stigma *staminibus paulo longius, 4-lobum ; lobis patentibus, radiatis, obtusis. Seeds of this superb species of Fuchsia were received in the spring of the year 1824 from Mexico, by various parties, and in all cases, we believe, under the name which we have adopted. The plant from which our drawing was made, blossomed in great perfection in the greenhouse of John Wrench, Esq., of Camberwell Terrace, in October last. We have since been favoured with beautiful speci- mens from the garden of Alexander Baring, Esq., at the Grange, where the plant grew with astonishing vigour, producing an abundance of bunches of the most lively pink, under the judicious management of Mr. Peter M'Arthur. With ordinary cultivation, the plant has appeared to be of little value, but the representation of it which accompanies this article shews to what perfection it is capable of being brought by skilful and attentive culti- vation. It is nearly hardy, flourishing most in a conserva- tory, where it may be just preserved from frost, and exposed to a free circulation of air. In a confined or over- heated situation the flowers refuse to expand. In general habit this species is so different from any other Fuchsia in our gardens, that, before it flowered, doubts were entertained of its really belonging to that genus. One ingenious gentleman, indeed, fancied he had discovered that it did not even belong to the same natural order, but was a species of Lisianthus. A glance at the other South American kinds, which have not yet been introduced, might have spared such unprofitable specu- lation. The genus Fuchsia is capable of being advantageously divided into two distinet sections, of which F. tenella and gracilis may be considered the types of one, and this species and F. lycioides of the other. An arborescent, erect, branched shrub, with round branches, of which the old ones are cinereous, with a cracked bark, the young ones of a bright, delicate purple. Leaves opposite, or whorled in threes or fours, oval, very smooth, acuminate, narrowed towards the base, very minutely toothletted at the edge; petioles half-round, purple. Thyrse terminal, many-flowered, nearly leafless, with round ascending branchlets. Bracteole very small, deciduous. Calyx pink, with a short funnel-shaped tude, and a mb which is longer than the tube, and 4-parted ; with oblong, acuminate, spreading segments. Petals 4, shorter than the calyx, oblong, apiculate, spreading, purple. Stamens a little shorter than petals, unequal. Pollen white. Stigma a little longer than stamens, 4-lobed ; lobes spread- ing, radiate, blunt, : J. L. 944 KENNEDIA cordata. Large-leaved Kennedia. —— DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lzcvwiwosz. Tribus V. Phaseolee Decand. prodr. 2.381. _ KENNEDIA, Vent.— Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bidentato, infe- riore trifido equali. Corolla papilionacea, vexillo recurvo à carina non reflexo. Stamina diadelpha. Stigma obtusum. Legumen lineare com- pressum isthmis cellulosis transversé multiloculare. Semina strophiolata. Frutices Nove Hollandie, volubiles. Pedunculi axillares. Flores rubri aut violacei : vexillo basi bimaculato. Dec. prodr. 2.383. K. cordata; foliolis solitariis cordatis. ovatis apiculatis petiolo sub- eequalibus, stipulis superioribus ovatis, racemis multifloris petiolo longioribus. Rami volubiles, glabri, angulati. Foliola solitaria, cordata, ovata, api- culata, reticulata, glabra, petiolo non multim longiora; stipule ad basin petioli ovate acuminate, ad basin folioli ovate acute. Racemi axillares, multiflori, erecti, petiolis longiores, glaberrimi. | Cetera K. monophylle. We do not scruple to distinguish this plant from K. monophylla, with which we have seen it confounded in some collections, and under the name of which. our specimens were communicated from the garden of the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bayswater. The leaves are much broader, of different proportions, both with respect to themselves and to their footstalk, and acute with a little point. It is, doubtless, a native of N. Holland, and requires the same treatment as K. monophylla. Our drawing was made in April 1825. While preparing this article for the press, the long- expected second part of M. De Candolle's Prodromus has reached us, in which we find Kennedia occupying a place among his tribe of Phaseolez, which are distinguished from other Leguminose with a curved embryo, by a polysper- mous dehiscent pod, and leaves without tendrils, the first pair of which, after germination, is alternate ; by this last character the tribe is separated from Viciez. The principal points which it has appeared to M. De Candolle advisable to consider, with regard to the distribu- tion of Leguminose into natural tribes, are, 1. the state of the embryo as to the division of its radicle, which is either curved or straight; 2. the nature of the calyx, whether distinctly lobed or not; 3. the insertion of stamens, whether hypogynous or perigynous ; 4. the nature of the corolla, whether papilionaceous or otherwise ; 5. the zstivation of the corolla, whether imbricated or valvular ; 6. the texture of the cotyledons, whether thick and fleshy, or thin and leafy ; 7. the structure of the legumen ; and, 8. the inser- tion of the first pair of leaves produced after germination, which are either alternate or opposite. By the aid of these characters, he has divided the whole order into 11 tribes : viz. 1. Sophoree, 2. Lotee, 3. Hedy- saree, 4. Viciee, 5. Phaseolee, 6. Dalbergiee, 7. ‘Swartziee, 8. Mimosez, 9. G eoffree, 10. Cassie, 11. Detarie@. Under these heads are arranged 282 genera, and about 3806 species. A twining shrub, with smooth, angular branches. Leaflets large, solitary, cordate-ovate, apiculate, netted, smooth, not “much longer than the petiole. Stipules at the base of the petiole ovate acuminate, at the base of the leaflet ovate acute. Racemes axillary, many-flowered, erect, longer than petiole, quite smooth. Flowers bright purple, very handsome. J- Ls 945 CLERODENDRON lividum. Discoloured Clerodendron. — DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. VERBENACEX. CLERODENDRON. Supra vol. 5. fol. 406. C. lividum; foliis oblongis dentatis utrinque acuminatis lividis: petiolo cos- täque tomentosis, calyce inflato pentagono, cymis tomentosis axillaribus foliis brevioribus. Suffrutex humilis, glaber, non lucidus, undique magis minüsve purpu- rascens. Folia petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, grosse dentata, versús basin integra, petiolo costáque tomentosis. Cymi azillares, pedunculati, tomentosi, foliis multd breviores. Calyx coloratus, ovatus, acutus, inflatus, alte 5-par- titus: laciniis marginibus applicitis angulos quinque formantibus. Corolla rubido-alba, hypocrateriformis, tubo recto, subinfundibulari, gracili, calycis longitudine, ad basin staminum hirsuto; limbo obliquo, reflexo, 5-partito: laciniis regularibus, ovatis, demüm revolutis, inferiore porrecto bilobo. Stamina subequalia, corolla longiora, declinata, versüs medium tubi inserta, demüm utrinque gyratim retorta. Anthere glabre, sagittate, atro-brunnee. Stylus filiformis, staminibus brevior. Stigma acutum, bifidum. Ovarium subrotundum, glabrum, 4-loculare : ovulis totidem ascendentibus. A new and remarkable species of Clerodendron, brought from China, for the Horticultural Society, in 1824, by Mr. J. D. Parkes. Our drawing was made at the Chiswick garden, in November of the same year. * This differs from all the species with which we were previously acquainted, in its dull, livid aspect, and inflated angular calyx, which increases in size with the growing fruit. A low livid bush, almost entirely smooth, and destitute of a shining appearance, requiring the protection of a common greenhouse, where the largest plants we have yet seen have not exceeded 3 feet in height. The /eaves are stalked, oblong, acuminate, entire towards the base, with the petiole and midrib downy. Cymes axillary, stalked, downy, much shorter than leaves. Calyx coloured, ovate, acute, inflated, deeply 5-parted; the segments forming 5 angles with their united edges. Corolla white, a little stained with madder, hypocrateriform ; tube straight, some- what funnel-shaped, slender, length of calyx, at the base of the stamens hairy; limb oblique, reflexed, 5-parted, with regular, ovate, finally revolute segments, of which the lowermost is 2-lobed, and projecting. Stamens nearly equal, longer than corolla, declinate, inserted about the middle of the tube, finally curled back on each side. Anthers smooth, sagittate, dark brown. Styles filiform, shorter than stamens. Stigma acute, bifid. Ovary round- ish, smooth, 4-celled ; ovules 4 ascending. J. L. 946 AEGIPHILA elata. ~ Tall Algiphila. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. VERBENACEE. JEGIPHILA L.—Cal. campanulatus 4-dentatus. Cor. 4-fida. Stylus bifidus filiformis. Bacca bilocularis; loculis 2-spermis. Spreng. syst. veg. 1.368. ZE. elata; foliis elliptico-acuminatis membranaceis, paniculis terminalibus, calycibus pubescentibus. Swartz prodr. 31. fl. ind. occ. 1.254. Knoxia seandens. Browne jam. 140. t. 3. f. 3. ZE. elata. Willd. sp. pl. 1.616. Römer and Schultes, 3.102. Spreng. syst. veg. 1.422, - Scandens. Rami teretes, leviter pubescentes. Folia elliptica, utrinque acuminata, presertim ad apicem, membranacea, glabra. Panicule termi- nales, corymbose, compacte, pubescentes. Calyx feré integer, pubescens. Corolla calyce multi longior, flava, glabra: laciniis ovatis obtusis. Stamina exserta, Stylus staminibus brevior, bifidus. Brought to the Comte de Vandes from St. Vincent's, in 1823, by Mr. James M‘Crae. It was originally found . climbing among thickets in Jamaica, by Dr. Patrick Browne, who called it Knoxia, and has given a good uncoloured figure of it in his History of Jamaica. Our drawing was made in August 1824. The plant requires the heat of a stove, and may be increased without difficulty by cuttings. FE. 947 EUCALYPTUS longifolia. Long-leaved Eucalyptus. a — ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. MYRTACEE. EUCALYPTUS L.—Cal. truncatus, in estivatione calyptra caduca tectus. Capsula infera, 4 locularis, polysperma. — Spreng. syst. veg. 2.473. E. longifolia ; operculo hemispheerico submutico, foliis lineari-lanceolatis basi cuneatis subineequalibus, umbellis pancifloris pedunculatis axillaribus. Our drawing of this species of Eucalyptus was made some months since, from a plant 7 feet high, in the con- servatory of the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bayswater. No specimens having been preserved at the time, and the plant having subsequently perished, we are unable to offer any other description of the species than could be obtained from our figure. The numerous species of Eucalyptus of which the forests of many parts of New Holland are chiefly composed, are almost unknown to the European world. Twenty-four only have been enumerated in the most recent botanical compilation which has been published, so that the public are waiting with impatience for the appearance of the 2d volume of Mr. Brown's Prodromus, trom which alone is any really valuable account of the genus to be expected. In the meanwhile the subject of this article may stand as a distinct species, differing from Æ. viminalis in the form of its operculum, in the nature of its inflorescence, and in the greater breadth of its leaves; from Æ. amygdalina in the two latter characters, and from Æ. obliqua chiefly in the form of its leaves. ŒE. resinifera, under which name we are told this plant was purchased by the Comte de Vandes, is quite a different thing, with a long rostrate — 948 / E LIATRIS intermedia. Dwarf-branched Liatris. SYNGENESIA ZEQUALIS. Jat. ord. Compositra. Vernoniee Cassini. LIATRIS.—Supra, fol. 590. Div. I. Spicate v. racemose ; bulbose. L. intermedia; caule humili paniculato pilosiusculo, foliis longis linearibus scabriusculis marginatis, involucris turbinatis multifloris : foliolis exteri- oribus rigidis acutis subfoliaceis appressis, pedunculis foliosis, Radix tuberosus. Caulis 13 pedalis, paniculatus, angulatus, pilosius- culus, subcorymbosus. Folia inferiora graminea, glabra, marginata, tactu scabriuscula, obsolete trinervia; superiora breviora. Involucra terminalia in apices ramulorum, turbinata, multiflora, foliolis imbricatis, acutis, inte- rioribus membranaceis, exterioribus majoribus, sub-foliaceis, pungentibus, ciliatis, non squarrosis, Flosculi sub lente forti sericosi. Ovarium obova- tum, striatum, pilosum. Pappus pulcherrime plumosus. We know of no genus of garden plants which stands in need of such thorough reformation as Liatris, or which would so well repay an acute observer for his attention. The species are all of great beauty; they are easily culti- vated, and preserved without difficulty, if taken out of the ground in the autumn, and kept in pots in frames during the winter; and they are in a state of extraordinary confusion as to characters and synonyms. The specific definitions of American botanists appear to have been formed with reference to the species in a state of nature only: to culti- vated plants they are, almost without exception, inappli- cable. It is impossible but the plant before us inust be known to native writers upon the American Flora, as it is far from uncommon in Canada, whence we have dried specimens, collected by Mr. Goldie, and whence the roots which pro- duced the present plant were brought to the Horticultural Society, by Mr. David Douglas, in 1824. Perhaps it has been confounded with either L. scariosa or squarrosa, from both which it is certainly distinguished by its humble growth and long narrow leaves. + From L. scariosa it differs in its dwarf panicled stem and turbinate involucra, with acute pungent leaflets; from L. squarrosa, also, in the form of its involucra, in the totally different disposition of the leaflets of that part, and in an abundance of other particu- lars. To the various spiked species from L. macrostachya, to the elegant L. spheroidea, it bears very little resemblance. L. gracilis of Pursh, said to be a variety of L. pilosa, which we cannot believe, has small round heads of flowers, with blunt leaflets, and not turbinate heads with pungent leaflets. A hardy, perennial plant, flowering in August and September. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick garden, in 1824, Root tuberous. Stem 1 to 14 foot high, panicled, an- gular, a little hairy, somewhat corymbose. Lower leaves grassy, smooth, hard-edged, rougbish to the touch, obso- letely 3-nerved ; upper are shorter. Znvolucres terminal, at the end of the branchlets, turbinate, many-flowered ; leaflets imbricated acute: inner membranous; outer larger, somewhat leafy, pungent, ciliated, not squarrose. Florets under a magnifying glass very slightly silky. Ovarium obovate, striated, hairy. Pappus beautifully feathery. J. 919 lr PLEA UUA / S N 949 MORZEA Herberti. Mr. George Herbert's Morea. +o TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Irıper. . MORAA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 312. M. Herberti; foliis linearibus acuminatis plicatis scapo brevioribus, scapo ramoso terete multifloro: ramis fasciculatis, spathis inflatis Hore multó brevioribus, sepalis interioribus medio abrupte incurvo-revolutis quàm exteriora minoribus imberbibus. Tigridia Herbertiana. W. Herbert in bot. mag. t. 2599. Ogs. M. gladioloidi Kunthii quàm maxime affinis. Herba bulbosa: bulbo vestigiis foliorum tecto. Folia linearia, acuminata, biplicata, angulis plicarum alatis, letà virides, pedales vel circa. Scapus erectus, 2-3 pedalis, flexuosus, teres, glaucus, ramosus, multiflorus, Flores magni, luteo-aurantiaci, inodori, brevi spatio flaccidi. Perianthium basi campanulatum: laciniis exterioribus oblongo-spatulatis, patentibus, planis, tortis, apice caudatis, per axin purpuratis, basi semidiaphanis, pallidis, pur- pureo lineatis; interioribus nanis, erecto-patentibus limbo revoluto, apice obtuso, medio concavo pallido, utrinque purpureo crebrè penicillato. ; ungue plano, semidiaphano, purpureo striato. Filamenta in stipite brevi carnoso connata, sepalis majoribus et stigmatibus opposita ; antheree 3, erecte, has- tate, stigmatibus breviores, loculis purpureis. Ovarium inferum, Stigmata tria, bifida, medio bidentato elevato. This subject was originally supplied for the use of the Botanical Register, from the garden of the late Honourable and Reverend George Herbert, after which lamented gen- tleman it was then named by the writer of the present article. Some unavoidable delay having occurred in the preparation of our figure for the press, the plant has in the mean while been published in the Botanical Magazine. The difficulty of avoiding repetitions of this kind in con- temporary periodical publications is too obvious to require explanation. With ourselves, however, they are always a subject of regret, because they are seldom advantageous VOL. XII. R + to the public. In the present instance we are fortunately relieved from responsibility on the ground of unnecessary repetition, both from the circumstances we have alluded to, and from the necessity of making an indispensable alteration in the name which has been published in the Botanical Magazine. We beg to declare our perfect innocence of referring this plant to Tigridia, to which we think it bears as little affinity as from its belonging to the same Natural Order it well can bear. In the colour of its flower, indeed, and in the general appearance of the foliage, a resemblance may be easily observed with Tigridia, but in all the essential parts of fructification the differences are so great as to place the two plants in different tribes of the same order. There can be no doubt that it is a genuine species of Morza, a genus well distinguished from the Cipura of Aublet, or Marica of our gardens, by the stamens being opposite the stigmas, and not alternate with them. From Iris, indeed, Morza scarcely differs, as Mr. Ker has long ago shewn, except in having bulbous roots, a natural character in which it agrees with Tigridia. We scarcely need remark, that the latter is at once distinguished from Morea by its stamens, which are united in a long column, by its bifid, slender, convolute stigmas, and sagittate sepals. Morea gladioloides of M. Kunth is the most nearly related to this, but appears distinct in the solitary branches of its inflorescence. It is found in a much hotter country, near Caxamarca, a city of Upper Peru, more than 25 geo- graphical degrees to the north of the station of our species. A native of the temperate regions of South America, and probably hardy enough to thrive very well in a green- house. For ourselves, we have only seen it cultivated in a stove. It was originally imported from Buenos Ayres, by the Right Honourable the Earl of Caernarvon. Mr. W. erbert informs us he has raised it from Brazilian seeds ; and we possess fine specimens collected by our friend Dr. John Gillies, on the high ground about Mendoza, in Chili. Our native specimens are far more luxuriant than any we have seen in cultivation. A bulbous-rooted plant; its bulb covered with the remains of the leaves. Leaves linear, acuminate, twice plaited, the angles of the plaits being winged; bright green, about a foot long, or thereabouts. Scape erect, 2-3 feet high, flexuose, round, glaucous, branched, many- flowered. Flowers large, yellowish orange-coloured, scent- less, soon withering. Perianth campanulate at base; the outer segments oblong, spatulate, spreading, flat, twisted, caudate at the point, with a purple line in the axis, at the base half-transparent, pale, and streaked with purple lines ; inner much smaller, erect-spreading, with a revolute limb, which is obtuse at the end, concave and pale in the middle, and closely pencilled with purple on each side; its claw flat, half-transparent, streaked with purple. Filaments . adhering in a short, fleshy stalk, placed opposite to the larger sepals and the stigmas; anthers 3, erect, hastate, shorter than stigmas, with purple cells. Ovarium inferior. Stigmas 3, bifid, with a two-toothed and elevated * 950 HETEROPTERIS nitida; var. 2. Shining Heteropteris, with brown leaves. — eo. DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Nat. ord. MarricuiacEX. Trib. III. Banisteriee D. C. HETEROPTERIS, Kunth. Omnia Banisterie, sed styli minis apice dilatati, et Carpellorum alc deorsim (ut in Acere) nec superné incrassate. - Dec. prodr. 1.591. H. nitida; folis ellipticis acuminatis superné subsinuatis, suprà nitidis, petiolis eglandulosis, paniculà terminali foliosá. «; argentea, foliis subtüs argenteis. Banisteria nitida. Lamarck encycl. 1.364. Cav. diss. 9. p. 422. t. 244. Willd. sp. pl. 2.740. t H. nitida. Kunth. in H. et B. nov. gen. et.-sp. pl. 5.163. Dec. prodr. 1.592. E 8; aurea, foliis subtüs aureis. Rami teretes, corrugati, verrucis crebris parvis albis scabri. Folia ellip- lica, utrinque acuta, margine subsinuata, supra glabra, infrà tomento aureo sericea. — Petioli i-teretes eglandulosi. ^ Corymbi terminales et axillares, pedunculati, foliosi, paniculati, tomento rufo velutini: ramulis compressis. Flores lutei, speciosi. Calyx 5-partitus; foliolo quoque basi biglanduloso. Stamina sericea. Styli tres, tenues, glabri. — «For this plant we are indebted to Mr. John Lee, of the Hammersmith Nursery, where our drawing was made in July 1825. A tender stove shrub, native of the Brazils, and a beautiful ornament to a collection, for the sake both of its foliage and flowers. : We do not find that it differs from the Banisteria nitida of Cavanilles in any other respect than in the colour of the under surface of the leaves, which is stated to be silvery in that plant, but which is of a bright golden-brown in this. Their inflorescence is alike, the outline of their leaves, especially in the sinuate margin, perfectly agrees, and they are both distinguished from Heteropteris chrysophylla by the absence a of glands from their petioles; the latter plant has also small vermilion-coloured flowers, and an entirely distinct kind of inflorescence. The present is the first representation of the plant in a flowering state; the figure of Cavanilles is uncoloured, and was taken from a dried specimen in fruit. Branches round, wrinkled, rough with numerous little scattered white warts. Leaves elliptical, acute at each end, somewhat sinuated at edge, smooth above, silky be- neath, with gold-coloured down. Petioles half-round, with- out glands. Corymbs terminal and axillary, stalked, leafy, panicled, velvety, with a brown down; branchlets com- pressed. Flowers yellow, showy. Calyx 5-parted; each leaflet with two glands at the base. Stamens silky. Styles 3, slender, smooth. J. X. ——— j ae EV SME 951 HOYA pallida. Pale-flowered Hoya. PENTANDRIA DIGY NIA. Nat. ord. AscLEPIADEX. HOYA, R. Br.—Masse pollinis leves, 10, erecto-conniventes, Anthere membraná terminate. Corona staminea 5-phylla, foliolis depressis, angulo interiore producto in dentem anther® incumbentem. Cor. rotata, Brown in Hort. Kew. 2.84. H. pallida ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis carnosis venosis, umbellä hemispheericá compacta. Obs. Hoya carnosa differt, preter characteribus supra datis, colore foliorum multö intensiore, floribus rubicundis odoratioribus, laciniis corollee acu- tioribus. This new species of Hoya has been known for a long time to exist in colleetions, but we believe that the spe- cimen from which our drawing was made, was the first flowering branch that hadbeen produced. It was commu- nicated to us in July 1825, by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, from his noble garden at Sion House. From Hoya carnosa, and all its seedling varieties, H. pallida may be readily distinguished by the pallid hue Which pervades every part; an absence of colouring which extends even into the flowers. The latter are less fragrant, and their segments are less acute than those of H. carnosa. A hothouse climber, of the easiest culture. i 922. fife APET T p A A ) Lf JF I aga dy LO hy e. A AO: y A pte? Y 952 í HALESIA parviflora. Small-flowered Halesia. ———— DODECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. STYRACEE. HALESIA, Ellis.—Calyx minimus, 4-dentatus. Corolla magna, cam- panulato-ventricosa, ore sub 4-lobo. Stamina 12-16, filamentis basi in tubum connatis et corolle adnatis; anthere oblonge, erecte. Germen inferum. Stylus 1. Stigma 1. Nux corticata, oblonga, 4-gona, angulis alatis, stylo persistente acuminata, 4-locularis, 4-sperma ; loculis 2-3, sæpè abortivis. Frutices; pedunculi plures, axillares, uniflori. Fructüs ale in H. tetrapterá equales, in H. diptera 2 opposite ceteris minores. Juss. gen. 165. H. parviflora; foliis. ovato-oblongis acutis subintegris utrinque pubes- centibus subtús glaucis, racemis foliosis paniculatis, dentibus calycinis ovatis, stylo incluso, floribus octandris. H. parviflora Michaux, fl. bor. am. 2.40. Pursh. am. sept. 2,450. Nuttall. gen. am. 9.83. : Rami adulti leves, brunnei, juniores pubescentes. Folia ovato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, utrinque pubescentia, suprà viridia, subtùs glauca, juniora integra; adulta subdenticulata. Flores albidi, quàm H. tetraptera paulo minores, in racemis subcompositis pendulis dispositi, cum foliis cotemporanci. z Calyx obovatus, tomentosus, 4-dentatus, dentibus ovatis acutis. Petala rugosa, tomentosa, obovata, obtusa, estivatione imbricata. Stamina 8, peta- lorum longitudine. Filamenta pilosa, Stylus inclusus. | : This rare plant was most kindly communicated ta us in May last by the Dowager Countess of Aylesford, from her collection at Stanmore, where, her ladyship informs us, it has existed for fifteen or twenty years, without producing flowers, until the specimen now represented e its appearance. It was sent to Lady Aylesford with t + > of Halesia diptera; an obscure plant, respecting whic have a few remarks to offer. Under the article Halesia in Rees's Cyclopedia, we find the following note by Sir James Edward Smith: “The first botanists in this country were always in doubt concerning Halesia diptera, and the herbarium of Linneus, when it arrived, was anxiously consulted upon this subject, but proved to contain nothing certain except the fruit, the leaves pasted by it being full-grown Styrax grandifolium.” It therefore appears, that as far as Linnaeus is con- cerned, little hope is to be entertained of ascertaining from his writings what he intended by H. diptera. Willdenow, however, was acquainted with a plant which he considered referable to H. diptera, and which was cul- tivated in the Berlin Garden. This plant he describes as having leaves green on each side, twice as large as those of H. tetraptera, and very soft, with minute hairs on the under side. Pursh adopts the definition and account of Willdenow, only adding that the flowers are larger than in H. tetraptera. Nuttall makes no remark upon either Will- denow or Pursh, but observes, that the species is found occasionally round Savannah, in Georgia. It is evident, then, that these writers, who, as we have seen, are the only modern authority for H. diptera, could not have intended to describe the present plant, which has leaves no larger than those of H. tetraptera, and glaucous beneath; and flowers not only smaller than in that species, but having a different mode of inflorescence, an included style, and large ovate teeth to the calyx; all . of which latter characters would necessarily have been remarked by such acute observers. The H. parviflora to which it appears to us that the present plant is referable, is a species unknown to Pursh, who only adopts it from Michaux, and said by Nuttall to be scarcely distinct from H. tetraptera. That from the latter our plant is very different, an inspection of our figure will render obvious. The leaves are, when young, entire, or nearly so, becoming toothed only as they grow old, and not being regularly denti- culate in their earliest state as in H. tetraptera. The flowers are produced at the same time as the leaves, and appear in loose leafy pendulous panicled racemes, not in naked fascicles ; the calyx bas four ovate teeth, which in o H. tetraptera are almost obsolete as in Styrax. Besides these points of difference, while H. tetraptera produces an abundance of blossoms continually, even upon plants a foot high, the present species scarcely flowers under any cir- cumstances. A hardy shrub, with the old branches smooth and brown, and the young branches downy. Leaves ovate oblong, with a short point, downy on each side, green above, glaucous beneath; the young ones entire, the full grown ones toothletted. Flowers whitish, a little smaller than in H. tetraptera, disposed in somewhat compound pendulous racemes, appearing at the same time as the leaves. Calyx obovate, downy, 4-toothed, with ovate acute teeth. Petals rugose, downy, obovate, obtuse, in estivation imbricated. Stamens 8, the length of petals. Filaments hairy. Style included. hap 953 CATTLEYA Forbesii. Forbes’s Yellow Cattleya. Zug GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcuıpex. Tribus VI. Epidendrese Lind]. Coll. Botanica in Append. CATTLEYA Lindl. — Perianthium resupinatum patens: laciniis sub- sequalibus. Columna libera, semiteres, labello eroso cucullato amplexa. Anthera infrà-apicilaris, oprecularis, persistens, columns apice subulato supertecta, 4-locularis; septis completis membranaceis marginatis. Masse pollinis 4, lenticulares, per pares filo elastico granulato in ipsis reflexo con- nex. Herbe parasitice (Americe sequinoctialis); bulbis fasciculatis ; foliis solitariis, carnosis, enervibus ; floribus terminalibus, geminis, grandibus, subodoris. Lindl. I. c. tab. 33. C. Forbesü ; foliis oblongis obtusis planis, sepalis lanceolatis subsequalibus ; interioribus angustioribus undulatis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobo medio cordato lunato arguté dentato apice saccato. Lindl. l. c. Planta epiphyta, è caudice tortuoso,-cicatrizato, repente, promens caules plures, unipedales, teretes, sursum clavatos, vestigiis membranaceis arcte appressis, striatis, albidis, internodiis longioribus vestitos. Folia in fastigio, bina, plana, coriacea, sessilia, ad marginem. scabrella, enervia, ovali-lanceo- lata, subopposita, obtusa, cum apiculo, Flores bini, inodorí cum pedunculo terete folus longiores. Bractea parva, non spathacea, sphacelata, rigida, acuminata, vaginans, pedunculo mult) brevior. Perianthii lacinie lineari- lanceolate, acute, extüs luteo-fusce, intüs ochraceo-virides ; interiores angus- tiores, ad marginem crispe. Labellum pallidissime flavidum, intis luteum, rubro venosum et punctatum, ad apicem trilobum; lobis lateralibus rotun- datis, porrectis, basi interiore sub-cordatis ; intermedio cordato, rotundato, explanato, crispo, arguté dentato, apice saccato. Labellum per atin lineis duabus elevatis. Columna inclusa, pallide ochroleuca, purpureo lineata. Stigma purpureo marginatum. Native of Rio Janeiro, where it was found growing upon decayed trees, by the late Mr. Forbes, by whom it was transmitted to the Horticultural Society in 1823. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in June 1824. The genus Cattleya now contains four well-ascertained species, of which this is the least beautiful. They are all elegant epiphytes, growing among the decayed vegetable matter found upon trees. If planted in a similar substance, and kept in a hot damp stove, they may be easily subjected to cultivation. They are all, however, at present, exceed- ingly rare plants. Cattleya Loddigesii, which is now the commonest, only exists in a few collections ; of C. labiata, which is the finest, we are acquainted with but two plants, both in the possession of Mr. Cattley. The present species is in no other collection than that of the Horticultural Society, where there is but one certain plant. A single individual of C. citrina is also supposed to exist in the latter establishment, but it has not yet blossomed. It will have been remarked by our readers, that we have for some time been endeavouring to establish divi- sions in the extensive tribe of Orchideze, comprising the last section in Mr. Brown's system, and commonly called Epidendrums. Indeed, so long since as the year 1820, we remarked (Coll. Bot. t. 15.) that the parasitical Or- chidez, with waxy pollen-masses, were capable of being separated into at least two divisions, distinguished by cer- tain peculiar and important modifications of the pollen- masses and their appendages. Having at length, in another publication, applied these principles to all the Orchideous plants of which we have any satisfactory information, we think a brief exposition of their final arrangement may not be unacceptable to the readers of the Botanical Register, especially as the work of which we speak is in the hands of but few persons. . The Orchideous plants with waxy pollen are sus- ceptible of the three following modifications of that sub- stance. In the first state the pollen-masses are seated upon a transparent, generally elastic, body, adhering to the upper edge of the stigma by a gland. The elastic body has been named by Richard caudicula, and answers to the extensile pedicel of the common Orchis, and to the fila- mentous axis of Neottiee. The nature of the gland is more doubtful ; but it exists in several tribes of Orchidee, the pollen of which is not waxy. Plants so characterised we term Vandee. The second form of pollen-mass consists in the absence of the gland, and in the caudicula being divided into two or four filiform segments, covered with pollen not in a state of cohesion, and folded back over the C margins of the pollen-masses in such a way as to be inter- posed between them and the Clinandrium, or Bed of the Anther. These constitute true Epidendree. The third state of the pollen-masses depends upon the total absence of both caudicula and gland. Pollen of this nature may be considered to vary the most from the general structure which obtains in Orchidez, and to differ from ordinary pollen only in the intimate cohesion of all the granules. . Plants with this character are called Malaridee. The following is the general arrangement of Orchidew which has been proposed in the work above mentioned :— 1. $. Neottiee. Pollen simplex v. è granulis laxé coherentibus. Tribus I. NrgorriEx. Anthera stigmate parallela erecta. Tribus If. AretHusra. Anthera terminalis opercularis. 2. $. Orchidee. Pollen in granulis demüm cereaceis numero indefinitis coheerens. Tribus HT. Gasrropirx. Anthera terminalis opercularis. Tribus IV. Opurypex. Anthera terminalis erecta v. inversa. Pol- linia caudiculata. 3. &. Epidendree. Pollen in granis demüm cereaceis numero definitis coheerens. Tribus V. Vawbrx. Pollinia caudiculä diaphaná v. glandulä stig- mati affixa. Tribus VI. EPrbENDRrEz. Pollinia caudiculis filiformibus pulvereis replicatis stigmati affixa. Tribus VII. MaraxipEx. Pollinia libera; nunc ad apicem ma- terie viscidá v. pulvereà aut granulosa coherentia. 4. $. Cypripediee. Antheree laterales fertiles: intermedia sterili petaloideä. Tribus VIII. CrrniPEDIEX. Ogs. Affinitas ORDINIS summa cum Scitamineis per Neottieas; in- ferior magisque obscura cum Asphodeleis per Thely- mitram et Junceis per Malaxideas. J. L. VEL 954 BRUNSVIGIA minor. Small Brunsvigia. — — HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDE; BRUNSVIGIA. Supra, vol, 3. fol. 192, 193. B. minor; folis 3-4 oblongis humifusis scapo brevioribus, scapo radiis umbelle longiore, spathá erecta carnosá, perianthiis 6-partitis. For this-beautiful little species of Brunsvigia we are indebted to James H. Slater, Esq., of Newick Park, a gentleman whose valuable communications have often been gratefully acknowledged in this publication. We were at first disposed to esteem it a variety of Amaryllis laticoma, figured at fol. 497 of this work, but upon further consideration, and aided by the intelligent notes of Mr. Slater, we are now satisfied of their dif- ferences. Mr. Slater thus points out the characters by which B. minor is essentially distinguished: ** The flower-stem of my plant rises long before the leaves, that of A. Lati- coma, when they are full grown. The spathe of my plant is fleshy, peculiarly thick, and continued fresh and erect until the flowers died off; in A. Laticoma this is not the case. The leaves of A. Laticoma are described as 18 inches long, by two-thirds of an inch broad. The leaves of my plant are rather broad for their length; perhaps 6 inches long, by rather more than 1 inch wide. Those of A. L. rise from the neck of the bulb, and are described as falcate; those of my plant fall directly, and cling round the edge of the pot; in their growth, as well as in their shape, very much resembling the leaves of B. Multiflora. The germen of my plant very much resembled, in its early state, the germen of B. Josephine; that of A. Laticoma, by the figure, S appears more like the germen of A. fothergillia. The pe- duncles of A. L. are described as peculiarly thick, which in my plant, I think, was not the case. There is so much resemblance between my plant and B. Multiflora, that it occurred to me, from the very first, that it must be a Brunsvigia. Perhaps I might more correctly have com- pared its germen with that of B. Multiflora than B. Jose- phine, but not having seen the B. M. in flower, I did not venture to do so. I have that plant now shewing bud, and the spatha also appears to be very fleshy." The leaves in our figure are represented differently from their description in the above memorandum ; but Mr. Slater observes, that the manner of growth mentioned by him is that which is natural to the plant, and such as it was the year before the flower-stem appeared. This plant is, we suppose, what is meant in the Bota- nical Magazine, tab. 2578, by a sixth small species of Brunsvigia, imported by the late Mr. Lee under the erro- neous name of Cyrtanthus ventricosus, and not yet (June 1825) observed in flower. : A native of the Cape of Good Hope, and requiring the same mode of treatment as other Cape Amaryllidee. š J. da 955 RUELLIA persicifolia. Peach-leuved Ruellia. w— DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. ACANTHACER. RUELLIA. Supra, vol. 7. fol. 585. R. persicifolia; foliis ovato-lanceolatis longè acuminatis serratis glabris, floribus axillaribus corymbosis, corollis venosis pilosiusculis : lobis crispis rotundatis emarginatis, caule angulato glaberrimo ad nodos tumido. Herba pedalis ; caule glabro, angulato, ad nodos tumido. Folia opposita, quasi alterna, ob folium unicum semper nanum, brevi-petiolata, ovato-lanceo- lata, longè acuminata, serrata, glaberrima, utrinque conspicue venosa. Flores in corymbis compositis dispositi, ex axillis foliorum inferiorum deciduorum provenientibus. Bractex imbricate, ovate, acute, glabre. Corolla magna, infundibularis, extús leviter pilosa, leté cerulea, venis intensioribus pulcher- rimè picta; limbo patente, 5-lobo; lobis rotmndatis, crispis, emarginatis, inequalibus. | b y This beautiful Ruellia has been lately introduced from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, by Mrs. Fairlie. Our draw- ing was made at Mr. Colvill's Nursery in September. An elegant little plant, less than a foot high, with a smooth angular stem, which is tumid at the joints. Leaves opposite, appearing alternate from the regular dwarfing of one leaf, on short foot-stalks, ovate-lanceolate, with ve long points, serrated, quite smooth, strongly marked wit veins on either side. Flowers in compound corymbs from the axille of the lowest leaves, which are usually deci- duous. Bractee imbricated, ovate, acute, smooth. Corollas large, infundibuliform, slightly downy on the outside, bright blue, beautifully marked. with darker veins; limb spreading, 5-lobed, with rounded, crisp, emarginate un- equal lobes. J; Ts. ALPHABETICAL INDEX ro VOLUME XI. Folium Folium Acsc sala A er res 928 | Hibiscus Richardsoni ............ 875 Jnphiilé està. rs 946 | Hibiscus unidens .............. 878 Allium fragrans &. ...... Cos ad ER 898 | Hoya pallida ....;.. 0er en es 951 Amaryllis solandriflora &. ........ 876 | Ipomea noctiluca .............. 889 Amomum maximum ............ 929 | Isopogon longifolius ............ 900 Anthericum canaliculatum ........ 877 | Jasminum trinerve .............. 918 Aquilegia atropurpurea .......... 922 | Kennedia cordata .............. 944 Banisteria laurifolia,............. 937 | Knowltonia vesicatoria .......... 936 Banisteria nitida, var. ............ 950 | Liatris intermedia .............. 948 Beaumontia grandiflora ...:...... 891 | Lechenaultia formosa ............ 916 Blandfordia grandiflora .......... 911 | Liparis folio. is. ses Ve ek 882 BEI DES an 872 | Lisianthus longifolius ............ 880 Brunsvigia minor .............. 524 | MOR FERIEN o... .... 949 Dorida RE epe. OOF + DRAPES INTER U nennen 934 Burchellia parviflora ............ 891 | Maxillaria Harrisonie............ 897 Raus GANCINA 275.60... se ete 093 | Mimosa pudica zu dd vx xen 941 Calathea flavescens .............. 932 | Mimulus parviflorus ...... re 874 Callicarpa rubella .............. 883 | Nauclea Adina. ........-. ORE .. 895 Camellia japonica, var. .......... 887 | Nauclea Adinoides, 895, in tertu. Camellia oleifera...... PG Y vi x .. 942 | Oncidium papilio...... ee 910 Carmichelia austral.s ............ 912 | Oncidium pumilum........ orien 920 Castilleja septentrionalis.......... 925 | Ornithogalum corymbosum........ 906 Cathartocarpus Bacillus .......... 881 | Oxylobium retusuM.............. 913 Cattleya Forbesil................ 953 | Pancratium carolinianum ........ 927 Clerodendrum lividum .......... 945 | Pancratium mexicanum .......... 940 Ceelogyne fimbriata ............ .. 868 | Passiflora gracilis....... ER 870 Costus Pisonis...... V vua Cie stas 899 | Podalyria buxifolia .............. 869 Cotyledon decussata ...........- 915 | Pogonia pendula.......... viis d a 908 Curcuma longa ,..............+.. 886 | Primula Pallasii ...............- 896 Cydonia chinensis .............. 905 | Rhododendron arboreum ........ 890 Disa grandiflora .............«..- 926 | Rodriguezia secunda ...... Pray 930 Eccremocarpus scaber............ 939 | Rosa grandiflora ...........-.... 888 Encelia canescens............... 909 | Rosa microphylla .....-.- pac 919 Enkianthus quinqueflorus ......-- 884 | Ruellia persicifolia .......- ss 955 Enkianthus reticulatus. ...... +++ +- 885 | Sempervivum caliciforme ........ 892 Eranthemum crenulatum.........- 879 | Senecio venustus ......o......... 901 Evia stellata |... oer seeker’ 904 | Sesbania picta .......«.«.«....... 973 Eucalyptus longifolia ...... RE 947 | Stelis ophioglossoides ...........- 935 Fuchsia arborescens............-- 943 | Stylidium adnatum.......-.----- 914 Gastonia palmata........ ser 894 | Testudinaria elephantipes ........ 921 Gonolobus maritimus ...... +++ > 931 | Tetranthera laurifolia .......-.-.- 893 Halesia parviflora .............- 952 | Vicia atropurpurea ....+++++-+++- 871 Helicteres verbascifolia .......-+- 903 | Wrightia tinctoria .............. 933 Hibiscus ficulneoides .........-+.+ 938 | Zephyranthes grandiflora ........ 902 Hibiscus racemosus.............. 917 GENERAL ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. MT ae N. The names in Italics are such as have been altered subsequently to their publication, for others referred to in one or other of the Appendixes to the several volumes of this work. — Volumen. Folium. Volumen. Folium. Abroma augusta, v. 6 «eee nn een 518 Amaryllis insignis, v. 7 ----- ET ER ET ET O 579 ACACIA algtas V. hrs 2.00 Vd pe ds Uo e wen e ol 396 Amaryllis ignea, VW. 10»... oc cocivassodió dos 909 Acacia calamifolla, v. 10 cem nr rr 839 Amaryllis advena, v. 10 -<--> +..oooo0oocoooocono 849 Acacia undulata, v. 10. ........ eere 843 Amaryllis laticoma, v. 6. 497; et in append. ejusd. vol. Acacia decurrens ; [OE Saree Te Eo ehe 371 Amaryllis longifolia ; %. v.7-«« «eee 546 Acacia diffusa, v.8 ...-... err IR 634 Amaryllis longifolia ; ye DE nnnm 303 Acacia Houstoni, V. 2 ..... enn 98 Amaryllis maranensis, V. 9- +... .«««ooo.o........ 719 Acacia Lambertiana, v. 9 ++... eL 721 Amaryllis psittacina, v. 3 «e 199 Acacia longifolia, Verr III 362 Amaryllis purpurea ; B. vere 552 Acacia longissima, v. 8 «e 680 | Amaryllis radiata, V.7 «nM 596 Acacia lophantha, v. De «ee reer 351 | Amaryllisreticulata; D. v5 «n 352 Acacia sulcata, v. 11: cece rere eres ee nenn 928 Amaryllis revoluta; A. v.8 «e 623 Acacia vestita, v. 9 «ee 698 Amaryllis revoluta; B. v.8 «e 615 Achania mollis; & v.1-«.-- n nn anne 11 Amaryllis rutila, val «e 23 Acrostichum alicorne, v. 3- «n8 262, 963 solandriflora ; BEH SE 876 Actinotus Helianthi, v. 8 - + -- n 866 654 Amellus Lychnitis, v. 7 ----- nm 596 ZEgiphila elata, v. 11 «eR 946 Ammyrsine buxifolia, v. 7- «e 531 Aeranthes grandiflora, v. 10... 817 Amomum maximum, v. ll +++...» »......-..... 929 Aeranthes arachnitis, v. 10, in tert -........... 817 | Amorpha fruticosa, v. 5... seen nennen 427 Aeranthes sesquipedalis, v. 10, in tertw----+----- 817 Armonia latifolla; v. € 1. SGT UT 151 Aerides paniculatum, v. 3. 220; et in append. vol. 6. Anchusa italica, v. 6 -...- umm 493 ABsculus discolor, v. 4» «n ernennen ne 310 Andromeda floribunda, v. 10... 807 Agapanthus umbellatus; y. V... 699 | Aneilema sinicum, v. 8 «+--+ ++ HI 659 Albuca fastigiata, v. 4- rs ernennen 277 | Anemone palmata, v. 3 ««- e 200 Albuca filifolia, v. 7- +++ eseeto eetere terere 557 | Angelonia salicariæfolia, v. 5. 415; et app. ejusd. vol. Albuca fugax, Ve & «mtt 311 Angræcum maculatum, v. 8. 618; et in append. Allium Cowani, Ve 9- --sesesessesereeeeereserere 758 Antennaria contorta; mas. Ve 7 «nn mI 605 Alium fragrans; f. v. 11-066 898 | Anthemis apiifolia, v. 7 -+++++++eeees ee ee ee en. 597 Alpinia calcarata, v. Le. rro? 141 Anthericum canaliculatum, v. 11 ++..+........... 877 Alpinia malaccensis, v. 4. 328; et in append. ejusd. vol. | Anthericum pomeridianum, v. 7. «e 564 Alpinia tubulata, v.9 ------- ee een nee 777 Anthocercis littorea, V. 3 ++.-. +... .o...oo...... 212 Alstræmeria Flos Martini, v.9 «n0 731 Aquilegia atropurpurea, v. 11 --+................ 922 Amaryllis acuminata, V. 7m" 534 Arbutus Andrachne, v. 2 »+........... ZIEL 113 Amaryllís aulica, v. 6. 444; et tab. in app. ejusd. vol. Arbutus hybrida, v.8 «e 619 Amaryllis aurea, Ve 8 «tnn n n 6 n4 611 | Arctopus echinatus, v. D «m 705 Amaryllis australascica, Ve D «5:500 817 426 | Arctotis acaulis, v- 2 «M 122 Amaryllis Belladonna; Pp. pallida, We Do enn B Bá i 714 Arctotis aspera, v. Jove rh ImIIRIIRSB 34 Amaryllis calyptrata, v. 9. 164; et in append. ejusd. Arctotis aureola, v. 1 «4 IR 32 an. - potet venen ^ D ... nnt d i ida wesent 4 € jcolor, v.9 «mM ME Er PAS 139 | Ardisia lentiginosa, Ve 7 «seems 533 maryllis coranica, v. 2 s > Amaryllis crocata, vel «eet 38 Ardisia paniculata, LA ETAT" 638 5 ee Bo aD cir ir ewe 234 Ardisia punctata, v. 1 en IRRee. 827 Amaryllis equestris; £. v. 3 661 Amaryllis flexuosa, v. EEE IR er 172 Argyreia cuneata, Ve e m I Amaryllis fulgida, v.3 «nnn 7n 226 | Aristolochia labiosa, V. 8 -+-+--- + += =====...... 689 Amaryllis hyacinthia, v. 9. 163; et in vol. 6. fol. 444 | Arum crinitum, v. 10 sree seer seers 831 x Arum Dracontium, v. 8- nnn Hic div 668 ad calcem fol. vers, GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. "olumen. Folium. Arum orixense, V. 6- +++. +. cece cece cece cece nn nn 450 Arum tenuifolium, v. 6--++++- +. <<<. «....... 512 Artabotrys odoratissimus, v. D---++<.+==.=....... 423 Arthropodium cirrhatum, v. 9. enn 709 Arthropodium minus, v. 10 -+-+< <= ++... =.+....... 866 Asclepias curassavica, Ve 1-6 81 Asclepias incarnata, v. 9» 250 Asclepias tuberosa ; æ. v. 1l «e 16 Aspidistra lurida, v. 8... 628 Astelma eximium, v. 7. 532; et in append. ejusd. vol. Astelma fruticans, v. 9... 726 Aster Amellüs, Void 52565 00 esd wenn aes 340 Aster grandiflorus, v. 4 «e 273 Aster Nove Anglis, v. 3 «emn 183 Astragalus caryocarpus, v. 2. 176; et in append. vol. 6. Astrapea Wallichii, v. 9 --..-.--.....<.<....... 691 Athrixia capensis, v. B.--.....o...ooooooooocomo... 691 Azalea calendulacea ; Z. v. 2... eee 145 Azalea indica; alba, v. 10 .----- eee 811 NEE VE Lour A e 414 Azalea nudiflora; y. v.9 .... eee 120 Banisteria laurifolis, v. 11- =... eee ce 0948 937 Banisteris nidi, voll ete 950 Hanise E v.g. 1. rn rra TEE 688 Manksia australis, v.10 -.-.--. arripere 787 Banksia paludosa, v. 9. ..... eee 697 Barleria flava. In notis voluminis 4ti. Barleria mitis, v. 3. 191; et in notis vol. 4. Beaufortia decussata, v. 1 ------+---+-+++-- Ra sted 18 Beaumontia grandiflora, v. 11 +++... .-..-.....- 891 Begonia acuminata, v. 5... 264 Begonia argyrostigma, v. 8 ----- e 666 Begonia humilis, v. 4... 284 Begonia pauciflora, v. 6. 471; et app. ejusd. voluminis. Berberis Chitria; v.9 N 729 Berberis pinnata; v9... INTS 702 Betberis efirica, V.6 ch A 487 Pens procen V.U ee dee 684 Bignonia equinoctialis; ß. Chamberlayni, v.9---- 741 Bignonia grandifolia, v. 5 .-..- eee 418 Bignonia venusta, V. 3. «e 249 Blandfordia nobilis, v. 4. ...-+.---.-+.....--.. 286 Blandfordia nobilis, v. I1 .--.--......-.....---. 911 Börago orientalis, v. 4........... nec see e eee es 288 Boronia serrulata, v. 10 --+-------..-........... 842 Bones cineres, V. NERO 306 Bouvardia triphylla, v. 2 ----- +++. 000.0. ees 107 Be..vardia versicolor, v. 3 ....---...— llus. 245 Brachysema latifolium, v. 2 ..-.... eese 118 Brachysema undulatum, v. 8... eee 642 Brachystelma tuberosum, v. 9. ++ eese 722 erausie márulais, v. 19 -:. 12: 055 Setar eee 832 Brexia madagascariensis, v. 9. 730. et v. 10. 787, in nota. WONG epfaon, Vs 1] es Ss cave OA ees 872 Bromelia melanantha, v. 9 -+++.......<...<..... 766 Bromelia nudicaulis, v. 3 ---+++.«..«o0o0occo.oo.o 203 Bromelia pallida, v. 4. .-.-.-.... nr 344 Brunsfelsia undulata, v. 3----- ++. 22222222220 298 Brütieigia minor, v. dl cc ir O 954 Brunsvigia Josephine; f. v.3-...-......... 192, 193 Brunsvigia toxicaria, v. 7 - +++. «.<=00.0...... 567 Bryonia quinqueloba, v. 1 -+- +++ eese 82 A ia E S E E N 907 Burchellia capensis, v. 6. ----.: o An 466 Burchellia parviflora, v. 11 .................... 891 a TER ERTL 110 Caralig Gualis, Ve EEE gone 101 Cicallà ibas, € 11 000 eS 923 Cactus Dilenii, v. 3 ............. E wes 255 Cactus gibbosus, v.9 - 2.2.2. 137 Cactus repamdus, WEST A 336 Volumen. Cactus speciosissimus, V. 6 «een 486 Cactus speciosus, v. 4» «eI 204 Cactus truncatus, v. 9. -sss Leere reri 696 Caladium odorum, v. 8 <». -e-s eee eee 641 Calanthe veratrifolia, v. 9- +e.» eere 720 Calathea flavescens, v. 11 -.-...n 932 Calceolaria corymbosa, v. 9 «eee 723 Calceolaria integrifolia, v. 9... 744 Calceolaria crenata, v. 10 -++» +++. +«<+«.......... 790 Caldasia heterophylla, v. 2 +++ «<=» een 92 Calendula chrysanthemifolia, v. 1 -----+-++++++- 40 Calendula graminifolia, v. 4- ++...» »=........... 289 Calendula Tragus; 8, v. 1 «eee 28 Callicarpa longifolia, v. 10 «e 864 Callicarpa rubella, v. 11 «em 883 Callistachys lanceolata, v. 3 «enn 216 Callistemon rigidum, v. Bein area 393 Calostemma luteum, v. 5 +--+ +--+ ++ esse eee e ewes 421 Calostemma purpureum, v. 5 --«« or Henne. 422 Calotis cuneifolia, v.6 «el 504 Calotropis gigantea, v. l +++.» +++ ee ee reer cece 58 Calycanthus fertilis, v. 5 «i 404 Calycanthus leevigatus, v.6 +++». -+........... 481 Calytrix glabra, v. 5 «MIR 409 Camaridium ochroleucum, v. 10... .-.. eese 844 Camellia japonica, var. v. ll... +++ en 887 Camellia axillaris, v. 4. 349 ; e£ append. vol. 8. Camellia japonica; 4. v. 2+ -- +++ sess s eee e eee ee 112 Camellia japonica; 4. Vel «e 22 Camellia japonica; 0, involuta, v. 8 ....-..--... 633 Camellia japonica ; luteo-albicans, v. Q +++ ++ +++ ++ 708 Camellia japonica ; A. albo simp, v. D--.-.......- 353 Camellia oleifera, v. 11 +++ ..»+.. «eo. .......-. 942 Camellia Sasanqua, v. 1- «e 12 Camellia Sasanqua; B. v. 7 e 547 Campanula aurea; de Ve 1-06. nenn 57 Campanula coronata, v. 2. 149; et append. vol. 8. Campanula glomerata; ß. dahurica, v. 8---..... 620 Campanula lactiflora, v. 3--.................... 241 Campanula lilifolia, v. 3. +...++.+.............. 236 Campanula pentagonia, v. 1...-... eese 56 Campanula sarmatica, v. 3. 237; et append. vol. 8. Canna edulis, y. De... TRETEN 775 Canna gigantea ; v. 3. 206; et in append. vol. 9. Canna indica, v.9 ...:—.: erre Ier 776 Canna iridiflora, v. 8. 609; et append. ejusd. vol. Canna Lamberti, v. 6. 470; et in append. vol. 9. Canna latifolia. In append. vel. 9. Chhns limbata; ver 77 Canna utes, v 9. R ie 773 Canna occidentalis, v. D-+-+......... vd SEV I ws 772 Cahna patens, v7 ren 576 Carica Papaya; fem. Vo 6 +++. eee 459 Carmichelia australis, v. 11 -...... sses rsss coer 912 Carthamus tinctorius, v. 9... esee 170 Cassia ligustrina, v. 2........... decease eetas 109 Cassia occidentalis, v. 1 >... ra 83 Cassia purpurea, v. 10 «ee vé ts oai 856 Cassinis aures, V. 9. 6s si 6. ir ne 764 Cassinia spectabilis, v. 8-------+- een 678 Castilleja septentrionalis, v. 11- <- +-+- ++ +++. +...» 925 Catesbza latifolia, v. 10 --+--+ <<<. een 858 Catasetum Claveringi, v. 10--..... eee 940 Cathartocarpus Bacillus, v. 11......... sehn 881 Cattleya Forbesii, v. 11 «eese 953 Ceanothus azureus, v. 4-+--- +++. seeeeeceeeeees 29] Celsia sublanata, LOL PRISER RE Ce 438 Cerbera fruticosa, v.5 + rn Seasons 391 Ceropegia Africans; vB: a sus 626 Cheiranthus Cheiri ; y. v. 3.2193 et in append. vol. 7. Cheiranthus scoparius, v. 7. fol. 551. (2.) pag. 4; et append. ejusd. vol. . GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. Volumen Folium Chelone barbata, v. 9 --- ul non cs eere n iesse 116 Chelone obliqua, v. 2 «eese 175 Chimonanthus fragrans; B v. 6... .. eese 451 Chironia jasminoides, v. 3. +- «eee 197 Chlidanthus fragrans, v. 8 «enm 640 Chlorophytum inornatum. In append. vol. 8. Chlorophytum orchidastrum, v. 10 ++.+.......... 813 Chrysanthemum indicum; 4.09. v. 1. .......... 4 Chrysanthemum indicum; 2. v. 6 «eee 455 Chrysanthemum indicum; var. 14, v. 8 +++ ++ +++ 616 Chrysiphiala flava, v. 10... «e e 778 Cineraria speciosa, v. 10... 812 Cirrhopetalum, v. 10, in textu - «en 832 Cistus purpureus, v. 5+ «ee 408 Cistus vaginatus, v. 3..- «eee 225 Crus nobilis; f. v. 9. a ne 211 Citrus Aurantium; Y. v. 4. «ee 246 Clematis aristata, Y. 3-6-0. ds wessen anne 238 Clematis brachiata, v.2 +++ .- ++. «+..<<.o.o.m.o..o 97 Clematis hedysarifolia, v. 7 «n 599 Clerodendron lividum, v. 11... 945 Clerodendron paniculatum, v. 5..... eee 406 Clerodendron squamatum, v. 8 «e 649 Clerodendron viscosum, v. 8 « «e 629 Clitoria Plumierl, v.4 nn 268 Cluytia ericoides, v. 10 «e 779 Calogyne fimbriata, v. 11. 868 Colchicum arenarium ; 8. umbrosum, v. 7 -----+ 541 Colchicum versicolor, v. 7- ++... «+. «==. ....... 571 Columnea scandens, v. 10 «+--+ en 805 Combretum purpureum, v. 5 «e 499 Convolvulus chinensis, v. 4 - +++ +++ +- VCI AERE, LAS 322 Convolvulus elongatus, v. 6 - «n 498 Convolvulus involucratus, V. 4. -+.............. 318 Convolvulis pannifolius, v. 3. 222; et app. ejusd. vol. Convolvulus pentanthus, v. 6 «n 439 Convolvulus siculus, v. 6 «n 445 Convolvulus suffruticosus, v. 2. 133; ef en vol. 3. Coreopsis incisa, Wal RI 7 Coreopsis tinctoria, v. 10 «e - 946 Coris monspeliensis, v. 7° «e Herren er ov BOB Coronilla juncea, v. 10 «MI 820 Corrza alba, v. 6 --««-«-e Ir 515 Correa speciosa, Ve 1 «e 26 Correa virens, V. l «MH 3 Costus afer; & v. B. ss nenn nennen nn 633 Costus Pisonis, v. 1l «HB 899 Costus speciosus; Ês v8 «m 665 Cotyledon decussata; v. I++ +++ =0=........ 915 Crassula versicolor, v. 4 ----- dv ae « binge tea one 320 Crinum amabile; B» augustum, v. - +--+ +++. +++ 679 Crinum bracteatum, v. 3 «s +... ...ooo.oo.. 179 Crinum cruentum, v. 9 «e 171 Crinum pendunculatum, Vel «e 52 Crossandra undulefolia, V. 1 «8 69 Crotolaria incana, V. B. «e n 377 Crotalaria purpurea, v. p TET 128 Crotalaria retusa; Ve 3« «sss . 953 Crotalaria vitellina, v. 6- «m 8 447 Cryptarrhena lunata, v. 2---+- ernennen 153 Cryptopus elata, v. 10. 817, in teztu. Cryptostegia grandiflora, DM 435 Cullumia ciliaris, v. 5 «se 884 Cunonia capensis, V. 10 ««« e 828 Cuphea procumbens, VB III IIR 182 Cuphea Melvilla, v. 10 «m IB 852 Curculigo latifolia, v. 9 «e 754 Curculigo plicata, Ve & «enm 345 Curculigo recurvata, We em III IR 770 Curcuma longa, V» 1l-:« 6 886 Cuscuta chilensis, V. 7. «m n 603 Cydonia chinensis, v. Il» «emt 005 Volumen. Folium. Cymbidium xiphiifolium, v. 7++++«.«.«.......... 529 Cynanchum pilosum, v. 2-««.. eoe 111 Cyphia Phyteuma, v. 8 ...«- 5e 625 Cypripedium venustum, v. 10... esses. 788 Cyrtanthus collinus, v. 2 «eere 162 Cyrtanthus odorus, v. & + nu 503 Cyrtanthus spiralis, v. 9..- «enne 167 Cyrtanthus uniflorus, v. D «ee 168 Cytisus biflorus, v. 4»... 200 Cytisus nigricans, v. 10 +++ e HH nn Henn 802 Cytisus proliferus, v. 2 «ee 121 Dahlia superflua; $+ v. 1 «e nennen 55 Daphne collina; neapolitana, v. 10» +++: +4 eee 822 Davicsia alata; v-9:--:-„-uere ran I der a 728 Delphinium cheilanthum, v. 6... 473 Delphinium cuneatum, v. 4 «e 327 Delphinium grandiflorum ; Êe v.6 ..««........ 472 Dendrobium cucullatum, v. 7 «6 548 Dendrobium squalens, v. 9 «n 732 Dianella longifolia, v. 9-+---+++++-+-++- SICHT 734 Dianella strumosa, v. 9 «n6 751 Dianthus crenatus, v. 3. 256; et in append. vol. 7. Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, v. 8: ++ «e 682 Dienia congesta, v. 10. 825, in tertu. Digitalis ambigua, Ve 1 «em 64 Digitalis canariensis, V. l «m &.. 48 Digitalis lutea, V. 8: 251 Digitalis orientalis, v. 7 ««« ===. eserse nennen nn 554 Digitalis parviflora, v. 3» 257 Diosria amena, V. 7 n n nnn 553 Diosma ciliata, v. 5-8 366 Diosma dioica; mas, Nr. II IIR 509 Diosma hirta, v. 5 «nm M 369 Diosma lanceolata, v. 6 «m 476 Diosma rubra, V. 7 «n mn 563 Diospyros Embryopteris, v. 6 «nnnm n en. 499 Dirca palustris, v. 4« +--+ +++ e+e eres erent reese 292 Disa bracteatay V4 «sm 324 Disa grandiflora, ve 1H pé awh aba EAT e va 926 Disa prasinata; v. 3-«-«ee n t 916 Dolichos purpureus, v. 105 m III IA 830 Donia glutinosa, v. 3. 187; et in append. ejusd. vol, Dracocephalum nutans, v. 10 +... nen 841 Dracontium polyphyllum, WI re er 700 Duranta Plumieri, V. 3 ----+ ++ +... HH 244 Eccremocarpus scaber, v. 11: 6 039 Echinops paniculatus, V.D rh I enn 356 Echium candicans; V. 1 «mH 44 Echium fruticosum, v. 1 «mm m BB 36 Echium grandiflorum, Vo QD e I IIR 124 Edwardsia chrysophylla, v. 9 vocc soo so sooo 738 Elwocarpus reticulata, v. 8. «nn 0 657 Elichrysum proliferum, volesse Huren nn 21 Empusa paradoxa, v. 10. 825, in tertu. Encelia canescens, v. 11 «nnm mmm 909 Enkianthus quinqueflorus, v. LI-----+--++++++** 994 Enkianthus reticulatus, v. 11 » ++ ++ nnt 885 Epidendrum cuspidatum, v. 10 + «nj 703 Epidendrum ciliare, v. 10 «nmn 704 Epidendrum fuscatum, Vs l ---................. 67 Epidendrum nutans, Ve l «tnn Ment 17 Epidendrum umbellatum, v. ] eee eer) 20 Epigwa repens, Vo PP hh hrs 201 Eranthemum crenulatum, v. 11 -++....+.......- 879 Eranthemum strictum, v. 10 «8 967 Eria stellata, voll s tttenmHÁáá8 904 Erica ardens, Y. 2. +-++-- + ernennen nennen 115 Erica colorans, V. 7 «ttt ntn 601 Erica filamentosa, Va 1 :::m8nt 6 Erica tumida, v.1«-« «m tmm 65 Erigeron glaucum, Wal oer mmm 16 Erigeron Vilarsii,v.7 et mnmmgmg gv 583 GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. Volumen. Folium. Erinus Lychnidea, VG iuo nee nene 748 Eriobotrya japonica. In appendice voluminis 6. Eriospermum pubescens, v7 «868 578 Eriospermum folioliferum, v. 10. ++ +++ +++ rer. + 795 Eryngium aquaticum, LAGU 372 Erysimum diffusum, v. 5. 388; et in append. vol. 7. Erythrina caffra, v. 9 «e 736 Erythrina carnea, V. «sse n n tnnt 389 Erythrina crista galli, v. 4. «e 313 Erythrina speciosa, Ins 750 Ethulia conyzoides, v. 9. «6 695 Eucalyptus longifolia, v. 11 + += +++ +++ nennen 947 Euchilus obcordatus, v. 5 +--+ «n reese 403 Eucrosia bicolor, v. 3 ++ +--+ «<<... M 207 Eugenia myrtifolia, v. 8. «e eerste ees 627 Eulophia gracilis, v. 9... 742 Eulophia guineensis, Ve. 8 «m 686 Euphorbia cyathophora, v. 9 +++ <<+=.===........ 765 Euphorbia punicea, v. 3. «m 190 Euphorbia rigida, Ve 4 +--+ +--+ sees eee eee eee 274 Evolvulus latifolius, v. 5 ......- e 401 Flemingia strobilifera, v. 8 «»--...-- e 617 Fragaria indica, v. l 4-8 61 Fuchsia arborescens, v. 11.--..-.. re se ren 943 Fuchsia excorticata, v. 10 +++.» «o». «.eooo.ooom... 857 Fuchsia gracilis, A NS O A ese 847 Fumaria aurea, v. 1. 66; et in append. vol. 7. Fumaria eximia, v. 1. 50; et in append. vol. 7. Fumaria nobilis, v. 5. -.....-« eredi 395 Galactia pendula, v. 4... «eee ». 969 Galanthus plicatus, v. 7-8 545 Galega grandiflora, v. 9... 769 Galega orientalis, v. 4--- +--+ eee 326 GOL MPO, Y. 0. erre hn rho 735 Gardenia florida; &. v. 6 --... ree, 449 Gardenia radicans, v. 1 ---++++-- X eie wp bw See 73 Gastonia palmata, v. ll- +++... +«-+<<.oo.ooomomso... 894 Gastrolobium bilobum, v. 5 +++.+...+.....-. »...- 411 Gazania parvonia, v. 1. 35; et append. ejusd. vol. Genista canariensis, V. 3 ++... -«». «o... ....... 217 Geodorum dilatatum, v. B-+-+...»..«..<.o.-.... 675 Gerberia crenata, v. 10... eere 855 Gesneria aggregata, v. de +. e . 329 Gesneria bulbosa, v. 4... ser or nur en nennen 343 Gesneria prasinata, V. 5 «-- «een 498 Gladiolus edulis, v. 2. 169; et in append. vol, 7. Globularia longifolia, v. 8... .. «eee 685 Gloriosa superba, v. 1: «4e MI 77 Glossula tentaculata, v. 10 -.... eere 862 Gloxinia speciosa, V. 3 «eI 213 Glycine bituminosa, v. 3 -------- anie coa thoes 261 ^ Glycine caribaa, v. 4 «eem IS 275 Glycine comptoniana, V. 4. .... en 208 Glycine alnensigs,w. 8 «irre eem o eroe bere 650 Glycine vincentine, v. 10 -.... nee 799 Gnaphalium apiculatum, v. 3 ---+--++++++.+++.- 240 Gnaphalium congestum, v. 3 «enn 243 Gnidia denudata, v. 9. 757; in append. ejusd. vol. et in append. vol. 10. Gnidia imbricata. In append. vol. 9. Gnidia oppositifolia, v. 1 ......... 2: oser n nn 2 Gnidia pinifolia; &. v. 1 ~... eessen 19 Gnidia pinifolia; B. W.B secs ee 624 Gompholobium grandiflorum, v. 6 +++ =... +... 404 Gonolobus diadematus, v. 3 ..7...... Henne 252 Gonolobus maritimus, v. 11 ++... ..«.eo.oo.oooo... 931 Goodyera discolor, v. 4:0 sono dee sense 271 Gossypium barbadense, v. bess ssssssssoss. osou 84 Grevillea buxifolia, v. 6 «..<..«......... MSS 443 Griffinia hyacinthina, v. 6. in nota fol. vers. 444, Griffinia parviflora, v. 6.511; et tab. in append. ejusd. vol. hd Volumen. Folium. Grindelia angustifolia, v. 10 4n 781 Grindelia glutinosa. In appendice voluminis 3. Grindelia inuloides, v. 3 Grislea tomentosa, v. 1 «e n ee e 949i ED. Guatteria rufa, v. 10. «IR 226 Gymnoloma maculatum, v. 8 +++ -++--++ 20... 662 Habenaria fimbriata, v. 5 --+ +--+ ++ esse ee ..... 405 Hemanthus carneus, v. 6 «m 509 Heemanthus coarctatus, Ve 3«« nn 6 181 Hemanthus pubescens, v. «e 392 Hakea microcarpa, v.6 «e er nennen 475 Halesia parviflora, v. 11... 952 Hedychium angustifolium, v. 2. 157; et in append. vol. 6. Hedychium elatum, ve J se 526 Hedychium gardnerianum, v. 9 ......- eee 774 Hedychium heteromallum, v. 9 +++++.++.......- 767 Hedysarum alpinum, v. 10... 808 Hedysarum ascendens ; ceruleum, v. 10 -+..-...- 815 Hedysarum latifolium, v. 5 «e 355 Helenium quadridentatum, v. 7 «nn 599 Helianthus atrorubens, v. 6 - peste 508 Helianthus linearis, v. 7- ---- en scene 593 Aelianthus pubescens, v.7 «enn een rn 524 Heliconia Bihai, v. 5. 374; et in nota penultima app. ejusd, vol. Helicteres verbascifolia, v. 11 +++.» +. .++=....... 903 Heliophila digitata, v. 10 --.--.. e 838 Heliopsis canescens, v. 7... ---» ern 592 Hepatica americana, v. 5 -ososi ern 387 Hibbertia dentata, Ge v.4-.....- rer 292 Hibiscus digitatus, v. 8 - ++ +++ «+ eere 608 Hibiscus diversifolius, v. B+++»-+ ++.» scere 391. Hibiscus ficulneoides, v. 11 ........... 000000 938 Hibiscus heterophyllus, v. 1... 29 Hibiscus hispidus, v. = A E AA 806 Hibiscus mutabilis, v. 7. ...-...- Re 539 Hibiscus pedunculatus, v. 3 «<= +0 +0ooonooonoros> 231 Hibiscus pheniceus, v. 3 ................L cess 990 Hibiscus raceinosns, v. 11 «4... AIL 917 Hibiscus Richardsoni, v. 11 ............ eese 875 Hibiscus Rosa malabarica, v.4 .......... 2# 2000. 337 Hibiscus strigosus, v. 10... .....-.. eere 960 Eiibisciu tiiscens; v. 3-155035 rad cec 232 THIDISCUS Unidens; V. 11 ers sch ea rias read orn 878 Holmskioldia sanguinea, v. 9 ........- eee 192 ` Homalium racemosum, v. 6--...- mI 519 Bivens COS V. Soe nee CERCARE ++ 990 A RN ortu e O 463 Hovea longifolia, v. 8. --«-.... enm 614 Hoveuia acerba, v. 6. 501; et in append. vol. 1. Hovenia dulcis. In append. vol. 7. Hoya pallida, vell ............. eo ena nhe 951 Hyacinthus amethystinus, v.5. ........ eee 398 Hydrolea spinosa, v. 7. --+++-cceceterccecanesces 566 Hydrophyllum canadense, v. 3... 242 Hydrophyllum virginicum, v. 4»... eee 331 Hyoscyamus canariensis, v. 3. 190; et im appendice ejusdem volum. Hypericum egypticum, v. 3- .-..-. eere 196 Hypotis obten, V. Es otn pan rn t an 150 Hypoxis stellipilis, v. 8 ..--.... eere 663 Indigofers amana,v.& - ss +5 eerte 300 Indigofera australis, v. 5. ........... eee ere 386 Indigofera filifolia. In appendicibus vol. 3 ct 7. Indigofera endecaphylle, v. 10 ...........---- 189 Ings pürpurea, v9 -cess eria es 129 Inula glandulosa, V. 4 ......... eee erreur 334 Ipomea bona nor; f. purpurascens, v. 4.290; et in Gppendice vol. 4. Tpomeea cmrulea, v. 4 - 976 Ipomea chryseides, v. 4 270 GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. Volumen. Folium. Jpomoea denticulata, v. 4 «eee 317 Ipomoea hederacea, v1... 85 Ipom«ea Jalapa; %. v. 4. 342; et append. ejusdem voluminis. Ipomea Jalapa; ß. rosea, v. 8. +++ +--+ D MUI 621 Tpomeea insignis, v. 1. 75; et in append. vol. 7. Ipomaa maritima, v. 4 «++ +--+ eee cece cece ee ees 319 Ipomaa muricata. In M voluminis 4ti. Ipomoa mutabilis, v. 1 +++ ++ «<=» +» +... ....oo»oo. 39 Ipomaa noctiluca, v. 11 «6 889 Ipomæa obscura, v. 3. 239; et append. vol. 4. Ipomoea pandurata, V.7 e 598 Ipomea paniculata, v. «n A 62 Ipomea pendula, v. 8 «e 632 Ipomæa platensis, v. 4 - sen ener ons 333 Ipomoea sagittifolia, V. 6 «e 437 Ipomoea sanguinea, Ve 1 «66 9 Ipomæa setosa, V. 4 ese em 335 Tpomoea tuberculata, v. 1. 86; et in append. volum. 4. Ipomoca tuberosa, v. 9 eM 768 Ipomea Turpethum, v. 4 «e 279 Tris dichotoma, v. 3. 246; et in append. vol. 5. Isle arenaria; V. cree ne nra Tris furcata; v. 10 «erret Iris nepalensis, v. 10+ +--+ I Isochilus linearis, v. 9... ..:- 4-2 n Isochilus prolifer, v. 10 - «e Isopogon longifolius, v. 11 Ixia maculata: cesia, v. 7. 530; et append. ejusd. vol. Ixora Bandhuca, v. 6 «-. eem 513 Ixora blanda, v. 2. 100; et in append. vol. 6. Ixora cuneifolia, v. 8 «Ier 648 Ixora crocata, v. 10 +++ ese seer ec ÓÓ 792 Ixora grandiflora, v. 2. 154; et append. ejusd. vol. Ixora rosea, V. 7 «e 510 Jacaranda mimosifolia, v.8« «e 631 Jacaranda ovalifolia, v. 10. et in append. Jasione perennis, V. 6 ++. «en 505 Jasminum angustifolium; ß. pnm v. 7 -..824 Jasminum auriculatum, v. 4. «ee 264 Jasminum azoricum, v. l +--+ +e sere ee 6 89 Jasminum gracile, Vs DP 606 Jasminum grandiflorum, vi9 ern 91 Jasminum hirsutum, v. 1. 15, et in append. ejusd. vol. Jasminum humile, v. 5 +-.-...... «+... ......... 250 Jasminum paniculatum, Ws oo Re 7 690 Jasminum revolutum, v. 3. 178; et in append. vol. 6. Jasminum Sambac, v. 1: 1 Jasminum trinerve, v. 11-8 018 Jasminum undulatum, v. 6. 436; et in epp. ejusd. vol. Jatropha gossypifoli, Ve RES rrr 746 Justicia eustachiana, v. dove Ie VERREM TA. 309 Justicia Gendarussa, v. 8. 635; et in append. vol. har Justieia pectoralis, VW ee irn Justicia carthaginensis, v. 19- +++. nne Kempferia pandurata, V. 2 «6 173 Kaulfussia amelloides, v.6- «nnn 490 Kennedia cordata, v. 11 «n 6 944 Knowltonia vesicatoria, v. 11 «««« 936 Keelreuteria paniculata, v. 4. «t 330 Lachenalia pallida; & v. 4 «6n 314 Lachenalia pallida ; B.« v4 eM 987 Lambertia formosa, v. 7---+-+- ur erre”. 528 Lantana fucata, v. 10 »-»-+++ ++, HH ann ener nn en 798 Lebeckia contaminata, v. 2. 1043 et ec eiit a 3. Lechenaultia formosa, v. 11 «m 6 916 Leonotis nepetifolia, v. 4 «m 281 Leonotis intermedia, v. 10- «6 850 Leucadendron corymbosum, v. Beoconrorormo.... 402 Leucadendron tortum, v. 10-++ +++... n 68 826 Leucoium tricophyllum ; @ v. 7. 544; et in append. ejusd. vol. ; Volumen. Folium Liatris elegans, v. 4... <<<. snt uere nuna 267 Liatris intermedia, v. 11--........ eset ads bik 948 Liatris pilosa, ve ee JE VE. 595 Liatris scariosa, v. 7: ces 00 revs 590 Lilium carolinianum; v. 7- ++... ce, 580 Lilium dauricum, v. 7. 594; in nota PER, absque icone. Lilium longiflorum; Be v. 7: 224200 one 560 Lilium philadelphicum ; B. andinum, v. 7 -..... 594 Lilium pumilum, v. 2-.......2 t die ee e 132 Limodorum falcatum, v. 4 +...........0....... 283 Liparia hirsuta, 9:1- 5.455 a see dere vd aa 8 Liparis folioga; Yi IT vera en 882 Lisianthus longifolius, v. 11 +++...» +..+.<....... 880 Lissochilus speciosus, v. 7. 573; in textu malé- ... 5 Los tticólor, v; 8 are 667 Loasa acanthifolia, v.10-+.....+.¿o.oo.o.0..o..oo... 795 Lobelia campanuloides, v. 9 ++... +... << ......... 733 Lobelia fulgens, AE A ii Ei 165 Lobelia siphilitica, v. 7 «« «een 537 Lobelia splendens, v. 1 = +++: eese 60 Lomatia longifolia, v. 6... or er near 442 Lonicera dioica; Be v.2.-.-.....«o00oooomos.... 138 Lonicera flexuosa; v. 9 20-85. Ki 712 “Lonicera japonica, v, 1 :::::.. nes 70 Lonicera sempervirens; B. minori, v. 7- --....... 556 Lonicera tatarica, v. lo: 1 id SOCOM 31 Lupinus mexicanus, v. 6 +--+ ++ erreurs 457 Lychnis fulgens, v. 6 «eere. 478 Lycium afrum, v. 5........... nee 354 Macradenia lutescens, v. 8. 619; et in append. ejusdem voluminis. Magnolia cordata, v.4- ........1. een 325 Magnolia pyramidata, v.5....... esse eee cece eee 407 Mahernia grandiflora, v. 3. ..-..... eee eee 294 Malachra fasciata, v.6 : nenn 467 Malpighia coccifera, v. 7- «es 568 Malpighia fucata, v. 3-os 20.200000 eee... 189 Maipighia urens, v. 2: :::: 25 4 ek, 96 Malva calycina, v.4----.-..¿«ooooroooooooomm... 297 Malva capensis, v. 4: siers bwl 295 Malva fragrans, em VE ANA 296 Malva grossularifolia; & inodora, v. 7- ++ +++. +++ 561 Manettia coccinea, v. 9 ..... yr 693 Maranta bicólgr, v:10- 8s (24 LEO ii 786 Maranta zebrina, vs & 3663503 Ha 385 Marica cerulea, v. 9. ....... ees rn 713 Marica gladiata; v. 3-3 III s rae 239 Marica iridifollá, 85 4.16 A a 646 Marsdenia suaveolens, v. 6 «e 489 Martinia lutea; vll: 0: a o PES 934 Massonia longifolia; Pe v. 9: nenn 694 Maxillaria Harrisonz, v. 1] «+--+ eee 897 Melaleuca fulgens, v. 2 «++ ++ ver eese 108 Melaleuca incana; v.5- mann 410 Melaleuca squamea, v.6- ++ ee ee cree onen seen ern 477 Melastoma granulosa, v. 8. 671; et append. vol. Ten Melastoma heteromalla, v. 8- -- Meme hene Melastoma levigata, v. 5 «em Melastoma malabathrica, v. 8 -+................ 672 Melia sempervirens, v. 8- «reir 894 Melianthus major, Pi doe 15 EIC T Ru 45 Melodinus monogynus, v. IO: ur 834 Mesembryanthemum blandum, v. 7 + +++ +++. ++ - 582 Seetiabeyenthemnem obliquum, v. 10 -.-..-....- 863 yanth capitatum, v9 ese 494 Mesembryanthemum elongatum, v. 6 ---.-..... 493 yanth maximum, V. .......... 258 Mesembryanthemum tigrinum, v. 3 -------+- +++ 260 Mespilus japonica, v. 5. 365; et in append. voluminis 6. Mimosa pudica, et PETRIE REET di IA 9241 Mimosa sensitiva, O PPP des 25 GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. Volumen. Folium. Mimulus parviflorus, Wa EL jp tn 974 Mitella diphylla, v. 2 «n6 166 Modecca lobata; mas. v. 5-6 433 Monarda punctata, v«l.-. n reer en eeeee 87 Morea lurída, v. 4. 312; et append. vol. 4. Morea Herberti, v. 11 «m 66 949 Murraya exotica, v. 5 nen enanens 434 Musa rosacea, v. 9 «nnn en una en en en 706 Muscari ciliatum, v. 5... I 394 Mussenda frondosa, v. 6 «n I 517 Narcissus montanus, v. 2 «n n n He 123 Narcissus Macleaii, v. 9. 762, in textu. Narcissus Sabini, v. 9. 762; v. 10. 781. in nota ; et in append. hujus vol. Narcissus gracilis, v. 10 «+++. +--+ en +-eeee reer eee 816 Nauclea Adina, v. ll ......:. nnm 895 Nauclea Adinoides, v. 11. 895, in tertu. Nemophila phacelioides, v. 9 --- «o 740 Neottia australis ; Bo v.7 «eR 602 Neottia orchioides, y. 9... .: «e rene 701 Neottia procera, v. 8 «een M Me 639 Neottia bicolor, v. 10. 794; et v. 10. 823, in tertu. NMerium- odorum; f» y, 1 - 44-2 roh rri 7 Blichtiana nana, vs 10 «=> <-> borrarse kant 833 Nolana paradoxa, v. 10. --- enn nnm mS 865 Nyctanthes arbor tristis, v. 5 «nnn 399 Ocymum febrifugum, Vv. 9- +--+ ++ He HR on er eee 753 inothera acaulli, v. 9 i> ee rai aoro rA 7 £Enothera odorata, v. 9 ...... enn ntn 147 (Enothera Romanzovii, v. 7--- ++ ++ ++ ss ss2seeee 562 (Eonia Auberti, v. 10. 817, in tertu. Olea capensis, v.8-------+- 6025 0oomorerommmos. 613 Oncidium luridum, v. 9... 727 Oncidium papilio, v. 11... I 910 Oncidium pumilum, v. 11... 920 Ophiopogon spicatus, v. 7. sr essen nu ner 593 Ophrys speculum, v. 5 «eI 370 Ophrys tenthredinifera, v. 3: «nnn 205 Orchis longibracteata, v. 5-8 357 Orchis longicornu, v. 3 »-«« en een ener en 202 Orchis tephrosanthos; f. v. 5... 375 Orchis variegata, v5... 367 Ornithogalum corymbosum, v. ll -----+--++-++-- 906 Ornithogalum fimbriatum, v.7 --------- nc a tie hee 555 Ornithogalum niveum}y. 3 «n 235 Ornithogalum prasinum, V. 2 +++». .o.on.oo.ooo.o.. 158 Ornithogalum revolutum, v. $» +++ <<. eene 315 Ornithogalum thyrsoides; Ze v. 4... 0... ....... 316 Ornithogalum thyrsaides; ße v.4 «eee 305 Ornithogalum virens, v. 10 --«- ren 814 Osbeckia chinensis, v. 7... 542 Osbeckia stellata, v. 8...» 0+ nnn nnm 225.074 Osbeckia zeylanica, v. 7 - «n sen een. 565 Othonna abrotanifolia, v. 2 ++... een 108 Othonna cheirifolia, v.4.......... enn 266 Oxalis flava, v.2 - 2. secs ern rm nern nen 17 UxalisPlunierl, v. 10-20 («9 ¿ortiga SERE nase 810 Oxylobium arborescens, v. De «enn 392 Oxylobium retusum, v.11:«.« 6 913 Pachysandra procumbens, y» l+ +++. «+ <0.0........ 33 Peonia albiflora; Bo y. 1 «eese 42 Peeonia albiflora; %- v. 8 --.- e 620 Peoniaalbiflora; 4 V. isse sonne nn 485 Peonia cretica, v. 10 «+++ rhet 819 Peonia mollis, v. 6 ---+--- Week riii e us BRE a 474 Pisonia Moutan; Æ. v. «Net 379 Pancratium Amancaes, v. 7 «eI 600 Pancratium angustum, v. 3 «e 291 Pancratium australasicum, v. 9 +++ «<<<...» n5 Pancratium calathinum, v.3 -+........ n 215 Pancratium canariense, v. 2------- —— er 174 Pancratium carolinianum, v. 11. ++ ee 927 Volumen. Folium. Pancratium guianense, v. 4 «enne 265 Pancratium maritimum, V. 2 ......... ee ren 161 Pancratium mexicanum, v. ll... ............... 940 PanerdHum ovatum; v. 1... rre e NE 43 Pancratium verecundum, v. 5....... eee 413 Pancratium zeylanicum, v.6 +++ +++... .»...-... 479 Papaver bracteatum, v. 8 ......... eee 658 Papaver floribundum, v. 2. 134; et in append. vol. 9. Passiflora adiantifolia, v. 3. ........ eee 233 Ix nep ADIOS; SEEXIREOFINISIEEXCHIEXIXIXGI. 671 Passiflora angustifolia, v. 3 ««« «n 188 Passiflora alato-cerulea, v. 10 ++... ...-......... 848 Passiflora crrulea, v. 6 ---.-» o eros 488 Passiflora filamentosa, PB. v. 7... 584 Passiflora totida, v. 4... v. cs dc lecetptsepec tices 321 Passiflora glauca, v. 1... 88 Passiflora gracilis, v. 11 ++. --....»......o....... 870 Passiflora Herbertiana, v.9 +-+-++»» <=»... ....... 737 Passiflora holosericea, v. 1-........«..-..«...... 59 Passiflora incarnata; & y. 4. «cen n 332 Passiflora incarnata; ß, edulis, v. 2. 152; etin append. ejusd. vol. atque vol. 6. Passiflora laurifolia, v. 1: -« «n HH 13 Passiflora lunata, Y. 7 «4. n m nReBHe 577 Pasiflora lutea, y. 1: entr nnorenanee 7 Passiflora maliformis, v.9....-« n HH 94 Passiflora minima, v. 9»... Re 144 Passiflora Murucuja, V. 7 «m en an en en nee 574 Passiflora pallida, v. 8- «n none 660 Passiflora peltata, v. 6.» ren ss nonnerun en: 507 Passiflora perfoliata, v. 1 +++». He nee ner 78 Passiflora picturata, Y. Be.» «n roe 578 Passiflora quadrangularis, y. 1-4: nnn 14 Passiflora racemosa, v. 4- «e nn e 285 Passiflora rubra, v.2 «n n 6 PAA 95 Passiflora tuberosa, v. 5-------++-++-- mY 432 Passifiora Vespertilio, yeu HR O 597 Patersonia glabrata, v. l- «n cree 51 Pavetta indica, v. 3» .... oer 198 Pavonia spinifex, v. 4e 339 Pedilanthus tithymaloides, v. 10- ----+-rrrr sr +. + 837 Penza squamosa, va 2- sen nennen 106 Pentapetes phenicea, v. 7:6 575 Pergularia odoratissima, v. 5 «m 412 Periploca graeca, v. 10- «m n 803 Peucedanum aureum, Ve 7- «e n n n 559 Phaseolus Caracalla, ve 4 «n 341 Phaseolus semierectus, V. 9 «on seen 743 Philadelphus grandiflorus, v. 7- + +++» +» sis WERE 570 Phlox suffruticosa, v. 1 «n 68 Photinia arbutifolia, v. 6 -+--..--.-...- ANS eM cx 491 Phycella ignea, v. 1 «Hm 809 Phylica capitata, Ve 9 «een tmm 7u Pinguicula lutea, v.2----+-++ PL TARA r 126 Pittosporum revolutum, v. 3 ++... .....ocmmo... » 186 Pittosporum undulatum, ve l «nnn ét 16 Pleurothallis punctata, Y. 9 «nm 759 Plumbago capensis, V, 5 «nm n . 47 Plumeria acuminata, v. 2 -+--.-..... RR ee ee 114 Plumeria bicolor, v.6- «mm nm 420 Plumeria rubra, v. 10 -- nm MR 780 Plumeria tricolor, v.6--- mn 510 Podalyria buxifolia, v. 11 +++» m 869 Pogonia ophioglossoides, V. 2 -...- 8 148 Pogonia pendula, v» Jl «8 908 Polemonium mexicanum, v. 8st 460 Polianthes tuberosa, ve l «te 63 Polygala latifolia, v. 8- «t ree tests 645 Polygala ligularis, v. 8 «tnt 637 Polygala myrtifolia, v.8««««- ntn 660 Polygala oppositifolia, v.8-:-- 006 636 Polygala paniculata, v.9 «enn 761 A. GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. Volumen. Folium. Polygala speciosa, v. 2 -+- ++...» Sieh XI IIA aa o 150 Polygonum frutescens, v. 3 «enn 954 Polystachya puberula, v.10 «eon 051 Ponthieva petiolata, v. 9 «.««- en 760 Portulaca pilosa, v. 10- +... «nnn nn nm nre 192 Portulaca foliosa, v. 10 ->- ++ ¿oso covorerónon, 793 Primula minima, v.7 «enn IIS 581 Primula Pallasii, v. 11 ++. 5... ertt 896 Primula prenitens, v. 7 «een 539 Prostanthera lasianthos, v. 2 «nnne 143 Protea acerosa, v. 6n n II 351 Protea grandiflora; B» v. 7 «n 569 Protea longifolia, v. 1.««« n n 6 47 Protea neriifolia, v. 3 «nn n n n nn nn 208 Protea pulchella, v. 1... 6 20 Prunus japonica, v. 1. 27; et in append. voluminis 6. Prunus paniculata, MMe aos Cavin E hh er aha 800 Prunus prostrata, v. De ++.» sees seer rete erent rene 136 Psidium cattleianum, v. B +++ ++. nm eee 622 Psidium polycarpon, v.8 «nm 653 Psoralea melilotoides, v. 6-8 454 Psoralea Onobrychis, v. 6 nnn 453 Psoralea pedunculata, yodesvbesascsseeveocooces 293 Psychotria elliptica, veB- "er e ee eee eee eens 607 Pulmonaria paniculata; & v. 2 ..... e 146 Pultenza retusa, v. 5 +... «... «o.» MI 378 Pyrethrum feeniculaceum, v. 4 ++... ........... 972 Pyrus coronaria, v. 8 «eH 651 Pyrus salicifolia, v. 6 --« nenn 514 Quisqualis indica, v. 6... 492 Raphiolepis indica, v. 6*8 468 Raphiolepis salicifolia, v. 8 +-++.+..+++......... 652 Reaumuria hypericoides, v. 10.....-. eee 845 Relhania pungens, v. 7 «e 587 ENGE oloréta: Be o seek ect cccsee 227 Rhexia holosericea, v. 4... 323 Rhexia viniines, v. 8 --- «o» .o=oonoocoscconcs 664 Rhododendron arboreum, v. 11 ++............... 890 Rhododendron dauricum; Ê» v. 3... 194 Rhododendron hybridum, v. 3-+...-- iube ec i 195 Rhododendron punctatum; Ê» v.1 «ee 37 Ribes aureum, v. 9 ....... een HI 125 Ricotia egyptiaca, v. 1. 49; et append. vol. 7. Rodriguezia secunda, v. 11 +»... ............... 930 Rosa alpina, v. 5 «mem 494 Rosa Banksia, v. 5 ........ rernm rtr 397 Rosa centifolia; £D. (muscosa flore albo pleno). In ap- pendice voluminis 6. Rosa centifolia; ß- (muscosa flore simplici). In ap- pendice voluminis 6. Rosa ferox, V. d+ +++ enn n nenne 420 Rosa fraxinifolia, v. 6- «m een nennen 458 Rosa gallica; &« v. 6 «m 449 Rosa grandiflora, v. 11 «s 888 Rosa involucrata, v. 9- «rt m I 739 Rosa indica; odoratissima, v. 10 er di mr 804 Rosa kamschatica, V. 5 «e reeeeeeeere 419 Rosa kamschatica; nitens, V. 10 «nn 824 Rosa Lawranceana, V. 7... eo. nn nnm 538 Rosa microphylla, v. 11-« e 919 Rosa moschata; nepalensis, V. 10 «nnn 829 Rosa moschata; nivea, V. 10- vas quer y EL wy 861 Rosa multiflora, v. 5 -« ee eter rre 425 Rosa parvifolia, v- 6- «tttm 452 Rosa provincialis ; B. (muscosa fiore albo pleno). v. 2. 102; et in appendice voluminis 6. Rosa pr lis; Be ( flore simplici). v. 1.53; et in appendice voluminis 6. Rosa rubrifolia, v. 5- -+ «mmm 420 Rosa sempervirens, v. 6 «etn 465 Rosa spinosissima; reverst, vd «ennt = Rosa sulphurea, v. 1 Volumen. Folium, Royena pubescens, v. 6 «een + 500 Rubus reflexus, v. 6... EEE n. 461 Rubus parvifolius, v. 6 «erre 469 Rubus pauciflorus, v. 10 «.... eene 854 Rudbeckia triloba, v. 7 «eee ER, 525 Ruellia paniculata, v. 7 «eene 505 Ruellia persicifolia, v. 11 ..... +++»... ...... + 955 Ruta pinnata, v. 4 «enn 00 o... + 307 Salvia amarissima, v. 4 .........».»............ 347 Salvia ammonia, Va Ú >... eco Pop LE Aro TR 446 Salvia hispanica, v. 6 ........ seen nnn 359 Salvia splendens, v. 8 +.......:..«........... +++ 687 Sanseviera zeylanica, v. 2 +: +++ eee 160 Sanvitalia procumbens, v. 9 «enne 707 Sarcanthus, v. 10. 817, in tertu. Satyrium coriifolium, v.9......... leeren 703 Satyrium cucullatum, V.)-...... «o ........ seers 416 Scabiosa Webbiana, v. 9 «een n 717 Scabiosa graminifolia, v. 10 ..... +++... ......... 835 Schizanthus pinnatus, v. 9 «+++. +..0.......... 725 Schizopetalon Walkeri, v. 9 +++. ........... e 759 Sedum carulem, v. 6 ><. +++... een eee 520 Sedum ternatum, v. De... o... eere dn ss... 142 Selago fasciculata, v. 3 -.......«»...o«.ero.ovoso 184 Selloa glutinosa, v. 6 ---...+...«<.»............ 462 Sempervivum arboreum; v. 9 +... >... venen 99 Sempervivum caliciforme, v. 11 ++... +...» ...... 892 Sempervivum glutinosum, v. 4 ++. .......... .. 978 Senecio speciosus, OIM 41 féheclo venustus, v. 11 «7.2... 00 00 sees eoo he 901 Sesbania picta, v. 11-.....««o««coooorrroscrcios. 873 Sida grandifolia, v. 5 ........ SOS EMIL RIS 360 Silene pennsylvanica, v. 3. 247; et append. ejusd. vol. Solanum amazonium, v. 1. 71; et in append. vol. 2. Solanum decurrens, v. 2. ++ ..o.ocooooocoommmoo..” 140 Solanum fontanesianum, v. 2 ....... nnn 177 Sparaxis grandiflora, v. 3. 258; et append. ejusd. vol. Spartium ferox, v.5- «een enn 368 Spathelia simplex, v.8 ----- APA 670 Spermadictyon suavolens, v. 4... .. nee 348 Sphenogyne pilifera, v. 7 «.... nn 604 Spiranthes cernua, v. 10. +++» +++ eere Spiranthes pudica, v. 7. 602; et v. 10. 123, in tertu. Spiranthes flexuosa, v. 10. 823, in tertu. Spiranthes parviflora, v. 10. 823, in textu. Spiranthes africana, v. 10. 823, in tertu. Spiranthes congesta, v. 10. 823, in tertu. Spiranthes picta, v. 10. 823, in tertu. Spiranthes bicolor, v. 10. 7943 et v. 10. 823, in tertu. Spiranthes diuretica, v. 10. 823, in tertu. Spiranthes quadridentata, v. 10. 823, ín tertu. Spiranthes strateumatica, v. 10. 823, in tertu. Stapelia hirsuta; atra, V. 9 «nnn HR Rn y Stapelia normalis, v. 9 «nn s... 755 Stellis ophioglossoides, Ren 935 Stenanthera pinifolia, Visit 218 Stenocarpus salignus, We LIII 441 Stenochilus glaber, v. 7 «enm 572 Stenochilus maculatus, v. 8 -+++....+............ 647 Sterculia Balanghas, v. 8 «enm onen 00 185 Stevia Eupatoria, v. 2. 93; et > tyson vol. 3. Strelitzia parviflora; juncea, v. 6 - ..... 516 Strophanthus dichotomus, v. 6 «n 469 Strumaria filifolia, v. 6 «m II 440 Stylidium adaatum, v. 11 «nee 914 Stylidium graminifolium, v. 1----++-+++++++++++ 90 Stylidium laricifolium, v. 7 «n 550 Styphelia longifolia, v. 1 «m 24 Symplocos Sinica, Ve D--- +... MI 70 Tabernemontana amygdalifolia, A 338 Tabernzmontana laurifolia, v. 9- -.............. 716 Teedia lucida, v. 9 «n n HR Rn gi 2m Teedia pubescens, vr 3 «e cateo o T GENERAL INDEX TO THE PRESENT AND PRECEDING VOLUMES. Volumen. m Folium. Templetomia retusa, Y. 5 «e 383 Templetonia glauca, v. 10... 859 Testudinaria elephantipes, v. 11 +++... ..... 921 Tetrmithers lautifolia; v. 11.4... «ceret 893 Thunbergia grandiflora, v. 6. «m 495 Thysanotus isantherus, v.8 «s 655 Thysanotus junceus, v. 8 «« nenn 656 Tillansia flexuosa; pallida, v. 9 «nm 749 Tillansia xiphioides, v. 2 «en 105 *Tithonia tagetiflora, V. 7 «n 591 Tournefortia fruticosa, v. 6 «n 464 Trachelium ceruleum, v. 1... 72 Tradescantia fuscata, v. 6... 492 "Trapa natans, v. 3. 259; et in app. ejusd. vel. Tribulus cistoides; v. 10. .-.... S RSE 791 Tribrachia, v. 10. 832, in textu. Triptilion cordifolium, v. 10... 853 Tritonia flava; v. 9 -i< ere 747 Tritonia refracta, v. 2. 135; et wppend. vol. 3. Tropeolum peregrinum, v. 9. 7195 et v. 10. 790, in nota. * Tropzolum aduncum, v. 9. 718; et v. 10. 790, in nota. Tulipa biflora; v, 7 --. eret 535 ee 0 AI NA 127 Tulipa gesneriana, v. 5 «.. en 380 Tulipa oculus solis, v. 3- +... eere 204 Tupistra squalida, v. 9 +... ann 0... 704 Uropetalon glaucum, v. 9... eere 156 Volumen. Folium. Vaccinium amoenum, v. 5: «seen 400 Vaccinium füscatum, v. 4- «eer 302 Valeriana cornucopis, v.2 ----- O vi erp 155 Vanda Roxburghii, v. 6-«- «6 506 Vanda paniculata. In append. vol. 6. Vanda teretifolia, v. G++. .- 2. eere 676 Vella Pseudo-Cytisus, Ae eee ere key eee TE EY 3 Welleja lytata, v. T 3I 551 Verbascum formosum, v. 7 «eene ho... 558 Verbena Aubletia, V. 4 +....+..«e-ooooooosoo... 294 Vernonia sericea; Pe v. 7 +++ eese 599 Vestia lycioides, v. 4. 299; et in appendice vol. 5. Viburnum odoratissimum, v. 6 ++... ........... 456 Viburnum rugosum, v. 5. 376; et in appendice vo- luminis 6. " Vicia atro purpurea, v. 11 +--+ +++ seen cece ee ee ees 871 Vinca herbäten, v. de... ee eee nennen men. 301 Vila MR EEE FR a? Be Viola pubescens; B. v, 5 ...- eee 390 Webera corymbosa, v. 2.- «nee 119 Wedbila btsplda; v. Pci 59 rrr 543 Wedelia radiosa, v.8 -+..-...«.««.ooooo.... »... 610 Witseriin o rer voro avis 5 Wrightia tinctoria, v.11----+.......... A Cra 933 Xylobium squalens, v. 9... 732 Xylophylla falcata, v. 5 --- eere 373 Zephyranthes grandiflora, v. 1l «+-+---+++-++++> 902 Zephyranthes rosea, v. 10 +++. <.0........ MIC 221