MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN LIBRARY BM Conservation of this volume completed through a grant from the Camelot Fund 1978-79 : ee a = Lo onl & Add. bse: —— oe aa AACA AR oe “Saad ao aie L y VL, oS hy OD js S| prep FeLi > ONLY a ee Wiiee) ptanvieat De — \ oe | ed Me “ait Mh, fle the. Ny PLATE CCCCXXXVIT. AGAVE AMERICANA. Great American Aloe. CLASS VIL. ORDER tf. —— HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx nulls. Corolla monopetala, Sex- — EmpateMent none. Blossom one-petalled, six amina sena, corolla longiora. Germ tyl parted. Chives six, longer than the blossom. — Stylus longior staminibus. Cap- Seed-bud beneath. Shaft longer than the ‘toes aris, trivalvis; Semina nume- chives. Capsule -_ -celled, three- wiivet Pt - Seeds many. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. . AGave, acaulis, foliis dentatis, spinosis : po Acave, without a stem ; leaves toothed and medio ramoso : floribus terminalibus in orny : flower-stem in the centre branched: umbellis densissime capitatis: tubo corolla i i lete viridi, e medio angustato: staminibus - headed umbels: the tube of the Blossom is ' corolla longioribus: stylo staminibus lon- i i re, chives are longer than the flowers, and the style longer than the chives, - REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. : A plant in miniature. al si Fe F $3 | @ wo 5. a rsely, . The end of a leaf, the upper part scraped to show its thready fibres. nets . Tats tall and stately plant has ever been regarded, in this country, as an object of sufficient interest and ae cariopity to merit an exposure in the form of an exhibition ; whilst in the southern parts of Spain and or they are so abundant as to form hedges, by way of barriers to repress the inroads of cattle. There are several very slight aria one of whose leaves are edged with yellow, but the same in every other-respect. " Miller enumerates one whose eaiticniated flowers bear a very different aspect. Cortusus is said to be the first Baicipean that possessed this great Aloe, about the year 1561: in 1714 two flow- _ ered at Hampton Court, and one at the duke of Buckingham’ s. At Friedericksberg, in Denmark, one flowered with 19 branches and 4000 flowers; and one in the kin ing of Prussia’ feethigh. They ar ore frequently found in bloom, as rarely a year passes without“one or more of them being advertised for public inspection. itio i = useful properties : aes in his ae History of Valentia ed. as a succedaneum for soap, and the spungy substance of Bs stem The points of the aves are by the Indians made use of to their arrows, wi eae a good substitute for iron; and the thready character of their fibres furnishes ate that is to fasten hops innzeus has ‘separated this genus from stem of the Al two EB ont at Kaecagren Gore 2 a : . Onr figure was male ligt: 5 eac Ting 2000 gue “ about 70 rs old, belonging to — J. Vere, Esq. who perfectly recollects them fo mht thoes warn pt ee ae Missouri Botanical ‘ ue Masoee Limrany | | the extension of the sta-_ ‘ a“ & A VA ‘ ‘ bt ee, ‘ Ed Wy 4 2 ~ 1 N Ent N oe N ww N _ NS Sw si A FoR i a ele ON, Soe eee a elites ay, | ae Se eK, Were "ahaha metas (3p Si ag _ Re TR. om ed pean tune oe yaa.) Be ee LE! a 3 ei Ta SSE ae “i eo ee : = Pp L AT E CCOCXXXIV. “PULTENEA NANA. Dwarf Pultenea, — ? ¥ Si CLASS X. ORDER I. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, Catyx quinquedentatus, utrinque appendicula- Cur five-toothed, with a hanging prop on each tus. Corolla papilionacea, alis vexillo bre- side. Blossom butterfly-shaped, the wings vioribus, Legumen uniloculare, disper- shorter than the standard. A one-celled mum, — | pod, two-seeded, "SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Putten a, foliis iliciformibus, undulatis, con- PutTrenmA, with holly-shaped leaves, waved, tortis, rigidis, acutis: floribus minii colore, twisted, harsh, and sharp-pointed. Flowers us, racemosis. Caulis humilis. minium-coloured, growing from the inser- _ tion of the leaves in longish bunches. Stem low. : 7 A Se eam MESS Ree REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. The cup, with its appendages. The standard of the blossom, One of the wings of the same. The two leaves which form the keel. The chives magnified. The pointal, natural size. The same magnified, A ripe seed-pod. The same spread open. A ripe seed. NOG ROH & ball eS > 8 eT im re Tats lively little Dwarf Pultencea we have not as yet seen any where but in the conservatory of G. Hib- “g ~ bert, Esq. where, contrasted with many large magnificent plants, its minute and diminutive form made a perfectly unique appearance. When we first observed it, its height did not exceed an inch and a half. _ Our figure represents the whole plant, which for six months was in progressive constant bloom, and after flowering ripened its seeds freely ; an evident proof of the plant being in a state of perfection. It now three months since the plant perfected its seeds, during which period we have not perceived the ‘least increase in its size. But, notwithstanding this apparent torpidity, it is now exhibiting the buds of ~ “its future blossoms. It has been imagined by some to be the Chorizema of Billardiere, a new plant found by that gentleman in New South Wales whilst in search of the unfortunate La Perouse; but, upon ss comparing it with the figure in that work, we do not find a sufficient resemblance to sigs us to re- _ gard it as the same plant. : ., 2 yt aes 4 ’ ; eer Te ee j ’ PLATE CCCCXXXV. : : VERBENA MUTABILIS. | Changeable-flowered Vervain. CLASS IL ..ORDER-L DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotxa infundibuliformis, sub-aqualis, curva. Bossom funnel-shaped, nearly equal, and curv- Calyx unifoliatus, dentatus, truncatus. ed. Empalement one-leafed, toothed, and Sem, 2, 8,4, nuda. Stam. 2, s. 4, cut off. Seeds 2, sometimes 4,.naked. Chives _ 2, sometimes 4, % SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Versena diandra, filamenta quatuor: spica lon- VeRBENA, with two chives and four filaments, gissima, carnosa, nuda: foliis ovatis, basi Flower-spike very long, fleshy, and naked. productis, dentatis, scabris, villosis: floribus Leaves ovate, lengthened at the base, tooth- imprimis coccineis, denique incarnatis ; ed, rough, and hairy. Flowers at first scar- caule fruticoso, let, then going off in a flesh colour. Stem shrubby, REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement. 2. A flower cut open, — . 8, Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. TT Tue native place of the Verbena mutabilis seems rather enveloped in obscurity : by some it is supposed to be indigenous to Peru. It is a beautiful plant, and the most desirable Verbena we are acquainted with, as it is at least six months in successive bloom. It is one of those Verbenas that, differing a little from the general character of that genus, has received various titles from different botanists : by Pro- _ fessor Vahl, in his Enumeratio Plantarum, it is called Stachytarpheta. The present species has been recently figured in the Paradisus Londinensis under the title of Cymburus miutabilis, and probably at "some future period it may again receive another title: but until we can ‘find some better path to lead us into the open plain of Information, we shall keep jogging on in the old beaten track, in preference to every crooked turning that may bewilder us into the mazy iabyrinth of affected Science. Qur figure was made from a fine plant in the nursery of Messrs, Colville. —————— ee eT ee ee a a i ahs Verte na. meuleleles 5 ~ the corolla instead of four, PLATE CCCCXXXVI. CORRHA VIRIDIFLORA. Green-flowered Correa. CLASS VIIl ORDER I. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx monophyllus, quadri-dentatus. Corolla EMPALEMENT one-leafed, four-toothed. Blos- petala quatuor. Stamina octo, Germen som four-petalled. Eight chives. Seed-bud superum. Capsula quadrilocularis. Semina above. Capsule four cells, and four seeds. quatuor. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. CorrZa, foliis oblongis, oppositis, undulatis, ~Corr#a, with oblong opposite leaves, waved, stellatim hirsutis, supra viridibus, subtus and beset with divers starlike specks ; green ferrugineis : foliis junioribus conniventibus, on the upper surface and rusty beneath: flores dum parvos obscurantibus, qui postea the younger leaves connive together, and emergunt ex axillis folioram, et dependent. obscure the flowers when young, which Corolla viridis, leviter punctata, petalis afterwards emerge from the axille of the adhzrentibus in forma cylindrica, Rami leaves, and hang down. Blossom green, and Oppositi, ferruginei, lightly dotted, the petals adhering in the form of atube. The branches are opposite, and rusty, enn REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. The empalement. : A blossom detached from the cup, A flower spread open. One of the longest chives, One of the shorter ones, Seed-bud and pointal. Seed-bud magnified. 2 ae So Poe Tuts green-flowered Correa is by no means so desirable a plant as the alba, but is the only addition to this genus as yet in cultivation with us, and as such deserving notice. It has been- already figured in the Exotic Botany of Dr. Smith, but very imperfectly, as it is there represented with only two divisions in and six anthere instead of eight—a deficiency we have not met with: and al- though we have examined a number of livin those characters essential to the genus, t not a striking feature in every species of this genus, Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of Se fora “y # a : OPP, Ube Z Pe 4 i» — PLATE CCCCXXXVII. PROTEA CANALICULATA, Channelled-leaved Protea. CLASS IV. ORDER I. LTETRANDRIA MONOGYNLA. Four Chives. One Pointal, ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Conorta 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Antherz line- Bossom fourecleft, or four petals. Tips linear, ares, petalis infra apicem inserte. Calyx inserted into the petals below the ends, Cup: proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria. proper, none, Seeds solitary, Sas SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ROTEA, foliis canaliculatis, ineurvatis, rigidis, Protea, with channelled leaves, incurved, harsh, linearibus, acutis ; floribus purpureis, ter- linear, and sharp-pointed : flowers purple, ‘minalibus : caule rubro, eS and terminating the branches : stem red. ap. AR eee REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 1, One of the scales of the empalement. 2. The chives magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, Mic ae + ee 7 ‘ mo — a bis ¥ iS Te eal ee , Tats fine Protea is of recent introduction, within the last four or five years, from the Cape of Good _ Hope to the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. From the particular strong channel on the back of its leaves << they are so little accustomed to in their native clime, TEATS CCOCKAAVHI. | PROTEA SPECIOSA. . eo. a Showy Protea. e - . “CLASS IV... ORDER I. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. at . ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. : — ~e Conotta 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Anthere li- Biossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- ae Meares, petalis infra apices insertee. Calyx near, inserted into the petals below the x proprius, nullus. Sem. solitaria. points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. Horr oS Sie es PG in ee le SPECIFIC CHARACTER. . ~~ Protea, foliis lanceolatis, obliquis, pilosis, un- Protea, with leaves lance-shaped, oblique, hairy, > ' dulatis: squamis calycinis superioribus, and waved: the upper scales of the em- lanceolatis, barbatis, luteo-albis; squamis palement are lance-shaped, bearded, and of infra lato-ovatis, tomentosis, barbatis, apice a yellowish white: the scales beneath are discoloratis : caulis erectus, tripedalis. broadly ovate, downy, bearded, and dis- coloured towards the ends. Stem erect, and three feet high. é ge = “ REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A blossom, the petals spread to show the situation of the chives. 2. The seed-bud and pointal. - ‘Tats fine large Protea we believe is not at present in any other collection in Europe, but that of Tia 'G. Hibbert, esq. It is enumerated in the Hortus Kewensis under the name of Protea speciosa, but the _ Plant itself has been long lost to those gardens. Thunberg, in his dissertation on Protea, describes our plant exactly, under the appellation of speciosa: and, that no doubt might remain with respect to the | | Specific adopted, our figure has been compared with a remarkable fine specimen in the herbarium of “ A. B. Lambert, esq., sent by Dr. Roxburgh from the Cape of Good Hope under the title of “ Protea speciosa of Hottentot Island.” It is undoubtedly one of the grandest of this fine section of Protea ; - ae as a section of this numerous family it will always be better understood than it can possibly be asa _ discriminative specific. This extended tribe will, we think, admit of at least four or five partitions, but ‘not Generic divisions, for we can by no means agree with those who think every slight variation of sufficient consequence to form new genera; and in this genus think it more objectionable than in any other. The title of Protea being derived from the God Proteus of ever-varying form, the more removed this tribe of plants are in their externa facie from each other, so much the better do they sup- _ port their mythologic title, {ef tee ieee meri laa Nea SDN aE Aas aOR ier es pd sustereuieR L, YLEAMOUL te PLATE CCCCXXXIX STAPELIA ORBICULARIS. Orbicular Stapelia. CLASS V. ORDER Ii. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. . Five Chives. Two Pointals. GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx. Perianthium quinquefidum, acutum, Empatement. Cup five-cleft, sharp, small, and » persistens. . , rem, Corotta. — crassa, quinquefida, Bossom papain thick, five-parted, pointed, acuta, cont and twisted. ectaria daplicia, stelliformia ; superiore Honey-cups double and starlike ; the upper talia tegente. nectary hiding the parts of fructification. Sramiwna sub-sessilia, ad nectarium adhzerentia. Cuives nearly sessile, and attached to the nec- Antherz bi . Tips two-cleft. oe Germina duo, oblonga, acuminata. Porntar. Seed-buds two, oblong, and tapered. $ Sige subulati. Stigma utroque com- Shafts two, awl-shaped. Summit common mun m, pentagonum. to both, large, thick, and five-cornered. : Weicnceox. Folliculi duo, uniloculares, uni- Seep-vesseL. Two pods, one-celled, one- : ; v ‘ i SeMINa numerosa, pappo coronata. SzEDs numerous, and crowned with a feather. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ie Ritts orbicularis; ramis pluribus, erecto- Stapexia with ar flowers ; branches : patent tentibus, tetragonis, dentatis; corollis merous, erect and spreading, foarsidet = inqueficis, in medio orbiculatis, densis- and toothed ; ‘Sean five-cleft, rounded in < sime punctatis; laciniis cordatis, rugosis, the centre, and closely dotted; segitenits of striatis, fuscatis. the border are heart-shaped, wrinkled, and striped with brown, EE PI . REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. i? 1. The criuabieiiied: nectaries, chives and pointals. ie 2. The nectaries, chives, and pointals, magnified. 3. A section of the above, magnified. 4. The same shown in a side direction, to expose the situation of the chives. 5. The seed- buds, shafts, and summit. mm SSdcaien, new Stapelia we have not met with in any other collection but that of Messrs. Lod- dige, from whom we received it under the title of orbicularis, a specific derived from the circular centre of the flower a very discriminative appellation; and, although not exclusively the character - of this species, is much more distinctly marked in this plant than in any other we have as yet seen. r _ Upon comparing our figure with forty-one species described and figured by Mr. F. Masson, not any _ affinity could be discerned powerful enough to render a reference by any means requisite: there is : a sombre a appearance annexed to almost all the flowers of this most curious tribe, and they more resem- - ble pieces of mechanism than the vegetable productions of nature. They require but little water in summer, and still less in winter; should be carefully sheltered from rain and frost, and they will succeed very well, and are easily propagated by slips from the joints, but very rarely seed in this country. Natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and are called Stapelias after a Dutch botanist of the name of Stapel. CLEA FA Lé b ? : > e YH, tbe Mee PEL € s os PLATE CCCCKL SOPHORA SERICEA. Silky-leaved Sophora. CLASS X. ORDER IL DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Caryx quinquedentatus, superne gibbus. Co- rolla papillonacea, alis longitudine vexilli, Pericarpium, legumen, Empa.ement five-toothed, the upper ones gib- bose, or gouty. Blossom butterfly-shaped, with the wings the length of the standard. Seed-vessel, a pod. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Sorora, foliis sericeis, oblongis, alternatis, pilo mollissimo lucido omnino tectis, apice acutis, revolutis, ad basin stipulis parvis ; floribus simplicibus, axillaribus, pallide pur- pureis ; caulis argenteus. Sornora with silky leaves, oblong, alternate, and entirely covered by a very soft shining hair, sharp-pointed, and rolled back, with small stipule at their base; flowers grow singly from the axillz of the leaves, and of a pale purple ; stem silvery. (ne RR a REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement. 2. The standard. 3. One of the wings. 4, The keel. 5. The chives and pointal. 6. The same magnified. 7. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. . ER Tuts delicate Sophora may literally be said to be an old plant with a new face, as we have been long familiar with the foliage, but entirely unacquainted with its flowers, till very lately we found it in Juxuriant bloom (and we believe for the first time in this country) in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. this month (December), probably not the regular period of its inflorescence, but the effect of casualty assisted by the uncommon mildness of the sefson. It would be a vain endeavour to attempt to do justice to the beautiful shining silky appearance of the leaves; and when aided by its delicate purple flowers, its attraction is equal, if not superior, to any of the genus. The want of freedom in its flowering is a defect not entirely confined to this species only, but is in some degree attached to most Sophoras. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and amis as much air as can with safety be administered to it in this country, PLATE CCCCXLI. EPIDENDRUM FUSCATUM. _ Brown-flowered Epidendrum. a CLASS. XxX. :-GRDER I. GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointels. Two Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. - Necraxivum turbinatum, obliquum, reflexum. Honey-cup top-shaped, oblique. and reflexed. See Pl, XIII. Vol. I. Epidendrum cochlea- tum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Eripenprvm, foliis lanceolatis, caulem vagina EripenpRuM, with lance-shaped leaves, alter- alterne tegentibus, contortis, atro-purpureo nately sheathing the stem, twisted, and discoloratis ; floribus umbellatis termina- discoloured with a deep purple: flowers libus fuscatis, leviter punctatis, vel striatis. terminate the branches in umbels, of a brownish colour, dotted or striped. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1, The nectary, or honey-cup. 2. The blossom detached. 3. The seed-bud, chives, and pointal, the hood lifted up that covers the chives. 4, The same magnified. ea Amonest this numerous parasitic tribe there are many whose claim to beauty is by no means power= * fal, and certainly the present figure has little to boast of in that particular: but the singular and curious structure of their flowers will always render every new species and even distinct varieties desirable, par ticularly as they are an essential connecting link in the interesting family of the Orchidie. We were at first inclined to regard it as the E. fuscatum of Dr. Smith on rare plants; but on comparison with that figure we found it in foliage nearly the same, but so different both in the size and colour of its flowers, that, if it might be regarded as a variety, it must certainly be avery distinct one. It is a _ native of Jamaica, and as such requires the protection of the stove, From a plant plunged in the tan- “Bed-our drawing was made at the gardens of G. Hibbert, esq. : ‘ a es ee ae ee c — ed F él OSULCMLP IH {tts td Ree OOP en a tee PLATE CCCCXLII. PROTEA PULCHELLA, Var. speciosa. Waved-leaved Protea, Speciosa Ve ariety. CLASS IV. ORDER I. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotia 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Anthere lineares, petalis infra apices inserte. Calyx pro- prius, nullus. Sem, solitaria, Btassom four-cleft, or four petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Protea, foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, rabro Protea, with lance-shaped leaves, waved, mar- marginatis, pilosis ; squamis calycis tricolo- gined with red, and hairy; scales of the ratis; capitulo-erecto, terminali: caule ra- cup three-coloured: flower-head upright, moso, bipedali, ; PS ~ and terminal: stem branching, and two feet high, AR REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, i, The empalement and chives. 2, Seed-bud and pointal. A — Our figure represents so evident a variation of the Protea pulchella, that it probably should be only regarded as a fine large flowering variety ; but as it exhibits a strong affinity in the flowers to that fine section of Protea called Speciosa, it is certainly better to denominate it a variety of that species, than to adhere too closely to the appellation of its original, whose specific is of too indiscriminative a cha- racter to be adopted any further than the acceptation of it already may have rendered necessary. The only method to avoid confusion in this extended varying tribe in future, will be to make as few species as possible in addition to those already made, unless they can be founded upon somé apparent leading feature in the plant. Our drawing was made from the Hibbertian collection, } : A 0 lea feitle bella. Fatt ot few at PLATE CCCCXLIUL ERYTHRINA SPECIOSA, + Showy Ergthrina. CLASS XVU. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives in two sets. ORDER IV. 5s 7 Ten chives. GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, integrum, meee ore superne emarginatum, inferne melliferis —— Geos Papilion exillum adenine “itera deflexum, adscen- dens, longissimum. Ale sub-ovate, calyce vix brs nally extra tubum vexilli vix eminentes, Carina recta, longitudine alarum, dipetala, emar- ginata. Stamina. Filamenta diadelpha, filamenta decem, inferne connata, parum incurva, longitudine dimidii vexilli, inequalia, sagittata. Piles, Germen pedicellatum, subulatum, attenuatum in stylum subulatum, longitudine staminum. Stigma terminale, simplex. cage aa Legumen longissimum, ac se- a” 1 ass ? Semrina reniformia. Obs. E. Herbacea staminibus decem distinctis. : Emeacement. Cup one-leafed, entire and tubu- tr, emarginated on the upper part, the part beneath iene little pores containing honey. Biossom. Butterfly-sha Standard \ance-shaped, bowing sideways, ascend- ing, and very lon, Wings ‘early egg-shaped and scarcely longer than the of the ne alement, outside the stan sary and very sm Keel straight out, the length of the wings, two- nd emarginated. Cuives. Threads in two sets, ten threads joined together beneath, slight! turned inwards, half the —— of the standard, unequal, and Seed- bad with a footstalk awl-shaped, and tapering into the shaft, which is awl- shaped, and of the length of the stamens. Summit terminating simple. Seep-vessex. A very long pod, and before the seeds are swelled out terminated with a sharp point ; of one ce Saas. kidney-shape _ E. Herbacea has ten distinct stamens. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. “Eavranina speciosa, foliis magnis, ternatis ; fo- ulis tripedalis, erectus, spinosus, viridis, ErytTurina with showy flowers, leaves large and ivided; leaflets heart-shaped, with prickly nerves on the under side. Stem three feet high, upright, thorny, and green, camino REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. i. 2. 3. The sta 4. One e of the wings. 5. Fhe keel. 6. The chives spread 7. Seed-bud and pointal. PG Rc sensrn ise! ; Turs superb Erythrina was communicated to the author by A. B, Lambert, esq., with whom it flowered in the month of November, for the first time in this kingdom. It is at present treated as a hot-house plant, but Mr. Lambert informs us that it is perfectly hardy, and strikes so freely that, although at _ present it is a nondescript and very rare plant, it will, doubtless, soon make its appearance in most col- Jections : its splendid flowers and easy culture will soon recommend it into general notice. There are but . five species of this genus yet known ; the present subject will therefore be a valuable addition to the number. The falling off of the ipaves | is its only defect, which we have no doubt but a hardier mode : _ of treatment will remove. egiemot native of South America. ee Fd , fy os Af PD xx PLATE CCCCXLIV. LOBELIA HIRSUTA. Hairy Lobelia. CLASS XIX. ORDER VI. - SYNGENESLA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers simple. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Caryx 5-fidus, Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Cur 5-cleft. Blossom, 1-petalled, irregular. Cap- Capsula infera 2- seu 3-locularis. sule beneath, 2 or 3 celled. See Pl, CCLXXIII. Vol. IV. Lobelia pinifolia. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Loszx1a foliis hirsutis, inferioribus oblongis, |; Losgxra with hairy leaves; the lower ones are dentatis, hirsutis; floribus albis, solitariis ax-_ oblong, toothed and hirsute: flowers white, illaribus ; pedunculis elongatis ; stigmatibus and grow singly from the base of the leaves: obtusis, pilosis; caule fruticosa, pilosa, foot-stalks lengthened : summits blunt, and potent. & hairy : Stem shrubby, hairy, and spreading. : ; REFERENCE TO A HE PLATE. 1. The flower and chives spread open and magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, ent ee Tue Lobelias are an extensive family, but in a very confused state at present ; not many of them having __ been described, and almost all that have been figured are blue flowers, a scarce colour in most genera, al- _ though so prevalent in this, and most probably to the attraction of this colour is chiefly owing the notice already taken of them : for, as beautiful little annuals, they have an irresistible claim to our attention. Our present subject does not pos-ess the charm of colour, but from its lively white flowers and constant succes sion of bloom it is well deserving a place in the green-house. Our figure represents an entire plant, ae from the Cape ron of Messrs. Middlemist and Wood, near Shepherd’s Bush on the Edgware oad, a Clie, harrilee PLATE CCCCXLV. EPIDENDRUM LINEARE. Linear-leaved Epidendrum. mHASS XxX; ORDER q; GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives, ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Honey-cur top-shaped, oblique, and reflexed. See Pl. XIII. Vol. I. Epidendrum cochlea- tum. ‘ ; _ Necrarivum turbinatum, obliquum, reflexum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Eripenpxum, foliis linearibus, caulem va- EripenpruM, with linear leaves, alternately gina alterne tegantibus, apice crenatis: flo- sheathing the stem, and notched at the end: ribus terminalibus, spicatis, alternatis, pur- flowers terminate the branches in a spike, pureis ; caulis juncinus, longus, gracilis, alternate, and purple: stem rush-like, long, and slender. oe REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The blossom without the honey-cup, msred open to show the chives. 2. The same magnified. 3. The honey-cup magnified. 4. The pointal magnified. x In the Icones of Jacquin we find a figure of this Epidendrum, under the appellation we have adopted, but evidently taken from a dried specimen, with a reference to the Icones of Father Plumier 182, fig. 1. under the title of Heleborine ; but on comparison we find no affinity sufficiently powerful to induce us to regard them as representing the same plant. In Plumier’s figure there is'no incisure at the end of the leaves, a specific character in our plant ; the rest of the figure is also too obscure to admit of com- parison. The plant, from its long and slender stalks, acquires a graceful bend when in flower. Asa native of Jamaica it requires the tan-bed of the hot-stove for its protection; and, like many other tro- pical plants, is subject to lose much of its beauty by the loss of the leaves on the lower part of the stem. Oar figure was made from the Hibbertian Collection, & aa * sy DOLI Cc HOS HIRTUS. _ Harry-stemmed Dolichos. CLASS XVII...ORDER IV. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives in two sets. Ten Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Vexiitvm callis duobus.ad basin, parallelis, ob- ) Stanpaxp with two callosities at the base; -longis, alis subtus comprimentibus. parallel, and of an oblong form ; the wings beneath binding together. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Douicuos hirtus; caule volubili, tecto ferrugi- Doticnos with a hairy stem: the stalk is twins neis pilosis; floribus luteis striatis rubris ; ing, and covered with rusty hairs: flowers _ foliis ternatis; foliolis sub-cordatis, subtus are yellow, and striped with red: leaves -pilosis ; stipulis duabus ad basin ; radice tube- ternate ; leaflets nearly heart-shaped, and TOS, * ‘ hairy beneath, with two stipule at their base : root tuberous. REE REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The cup. 2. The standard. 3. One of the wings shown from the inside ' 4. The keel. . 5. The chives and pointal. 6. The chives spread open. 7. The seed-bud and pointal. Tus handsome twining plant was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope to the gardens of G. Hib- bert, esq. about the year 1802, and flowered very luxuriantly, but did not perfect any of its seeds nor “make any approach towards it, as the flowers with their empalements all fell off together immediately . aftes flowering ; and for the last three or four years the plant (although apparently in a healthy state) has aires ted the least appearance of bloom 3 and we are inclined to think it might possibly succeed better with the careful treatment of the dry stove than with its present situation in the hot-house ; and if upon ie eniment it should prove successful, it would then doubtless become a plant in request by many cue. 4 _ tivators who # whilst it remains a hot-house plant cannot give it a place in their collection This genus approaches so near to that of Phaseolus, that we cannot help thinking one generic title would have been sufficient for them both. PLATE CCCCXLVII. PROTEA ARGENTIFLORA. Stlvery-flowered Protea. CLASS AV. ORDER I. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Bossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- “near, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. Cornotta 4-fida, seu 4 petala, Anthera li- neagres, petalis infra apices inserte. Calyx proprius, nullus, Sem. solitaria, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Prorga argentiflora; floribus paniculatis, densis- | Prorga with silvery flowers : theflowers grow in sime confertissimis, parvis rotundatis capita- panicles, closely crowded together, in little tis, fragrantibus, nitidissimis ; foliis bipinnatis, round heads, sweet-scented and very shining: linearibus, apice acutis, erecto-patentibus. leaves twice divided, linear, sharp-pointed, ‘ ae ! and between erect and spreading. a # i: REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. One of the scales. ‘ Wik. 2. A blossom detached from the umbel. | 3. A section of it magnified, 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. The cone with the scales attached. 6. The same without the scales, 7. The naked cone, oe RIT Frow the shining silvery appearance sof this Protea we have drawn its specific title, alitoagh aware of the insurmountable difficulty of doing justice to it : but in so extended a genus it will be frequently impossible to give a discriminating or unoccupied specific from. its foliage :—our title may always be ascertained when the plant is in bloom, whether in perfection or not, as the flowers living oF dead always retain a shining silvery aspect. It also possesses a most exquisite sweet scent; but its superiof fragrance only exists whilst the flowers are in perfection ; as after that period it grows fainter, and is at last scentless, Our figure was made from the collection of G. xabbert, €39. PLATE CCCCXLVIII. PHONIA SUFFRUTICOSA ; Var. flore purpureo. Shrubby Peony ; Purple-flowered Variety. CLASS XIII. ORDER V. POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Many Chives. Five Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARAC TER. Caryx 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Stylio. Cap- | Cup 5-leaved. Petals 5. Pointal none. Cap- _ Sule polysperme. sules many-seeded. - SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Pzonia caule suffruticoso, tripedali, ramoso : Pzony with a shrubby stem, three feet high, folia alternatim bipinnata, pedalia et ultra, and branching: leaves alternately two- bifida et trifida, subtus glauca : petiolis lon- winged, a foot or more in length, two- and gis, canaliculatis, amplexicaulibus : floribus three-cleft, glaucous beneath ; the petioles semi-duplicibus, purpureis, splendentibus, are long, channelled, and embracing the: as stem: flowers semi-double, purple, and very splendid, — 35 in the magnifier slight vestiges of the hairs on the edges of the leaves are s = & 8: Seed-bid and po REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. intal. 4. Flower-branch of a small variety. a Turis little Protea is more desirable, , bri tha any beauty it possesses, and exhibits powerfully the great diversity of'character annexed to this nume- i f the b ‘it might never acquire in this climate, and which appearance sessed. By placing !t variations these objections are obviated, and the appearance of repetition avoided : a desir- 9) able ject in a genus so extended as Protea much as possible the number of slight varieti 2 Sab Our drawing was made trom plants in the Hibbe. CE Se CR Sea ne ae ae 2 ae x ip " Lou fi ~ =< ~ sy oN \ fag PN / ‘~ ~~... — i =a, =—\ Nw nr AWNING, “( (6 Ni Rez 4d \¥ Wr © ww PLATE CCCCLXN. MALUS JAPONICA. Scarlet-flowering Japan Apple. et pe CLASS XII ORDER V. | ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNLA, Twenty Chives. Five Pointals. GENERIC CHARACTER. “Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, concavum, ‘Empacemenr, ‘Cup one leaf, hollow, five-parted, quinquefidum, persistens, and remaining. . Corotta, Petala quinque, subrotunda, -con- Briossom. Five petals, nearly round, and hol- low ‘Stamina. Filamenta viginti, subulata, corolla Cuives. Twenty, awl-shaped, and shorter than breviora, calyci inserta, Antherz simplices. the blossom, and inserted into the cup, ips sim =n Pistitum. Germen inferum, Styli 5. Filum Pointas, Seed-bud beneath. Shafts 5. Thread Aongitud:ne staminum. Stigmata simplicia. the length of the stamens. Summit simple, ‘Perrcagrium. ;Pomum subrotundum, umbili- Sgep-vessEL, An apple nearly round, navel- ) catum, vce ee: loculis , fleshy, skinny: partitions five locula- quinqueloculari * ‘Semins. Nonrall vblcaga, sprit basi acu- as els me oblong, obtuse, pointed at the a -hinc convexa, inde plana base, convex on the side, and then flat. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Matus j . foliis alternis, — et JAPAN ae: with alternate leaves lance- and oa emg et lucidis : arginibus spathula-shaped,-smooth, and shining: with scrblats, ‘suffruticibus, et pees, arbo- finely aceed | margins, pains and some- iet ramuli alterni, recti, ad times growing to a es basin nodosi, colore schisti: floribus fasci- large branches are airante and straight out, ? ue quaternis, et cocci- knotty at the base, and of a slaty colour. neis : petalis concavis, quinque vel decem, Flowers grow in bunches mostly of four to- Floret in Martio et Aprili, gether, of a bright scarlet colour. tals are concave, and from five to ten in ee ‘number. Flowers in March and REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. - A petal. 2 eee _2. The empalement, chives, and pointals, ¥ Titus spread open, one tip magnified, 4. Seed-bud and pointals, summit magnified. (a a IRE Tuus handsome fruit-tree will Doabtlens soon become an object of general cultivation in this — from the brillia and duration of its done scarlet blossoms, It is — = but obs wal w j rk : } i * inched returned the genus back to its old standard, not through any a to alter, but abechate sy Be on | ~ Sesame 4 of its eae under the generic Bears Hieeatiod re het ddir ction of this fine plant we ton Gedebaed to the Hon. C. Greville, in whose Bie cg Mt first flowered, and from our figure was taken. a Se Ra oa e * ‘ ’ LY oni | PLATE CCCCLXIII. PHONIA PAPAVERAC EA, Poppy-like Peony. CLASS XL ORDER VI. ‘POLYANDRIA HEXAGYNIA. Many Chives. Six Pointals. ‘ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. ey canst Sitting Petala 5. Styli 0. Capsule | ‘Cup 5-leaved. Petals 5 Pointal none, Cap-- __ Polysperme. sules many-seeded. ie SPECIFIC CHARACTER. | -caule elton ramoso : folia alter- Pzony with a shrubby stem branching beneath : = a6 natim bipinnata,- subtus glauca: petiolis __ Tongjs, canalictlatis, amplexicaulibus : flo- ribus semi-duplicibus, albis, ad basin ele- _ ganter purpureo radiatis: capsula orbicu- lata, continens sex ——- in quibus leaves alternately two-winged, and glaucous beneath, with long footstalks, channelled, and embracing the stem. Flowers semi-- ‘double, white, but elegantly radiated at the base with a purple colour ; capsule orbicular, singulis sunt duo semina containing six cells, with two seeds in each. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. : 1. The seed-vessel, : me 2, The same cut transversely, . a For this beantiful species of Pzeonia lection at - we are indebted to Lad 4 in whose select co Te Wonnley-bury, Herts, it peta for the first time in this pe hen we figured the et ts “i Spe little th ught of having so soon to compare it with ‘a rival of such m nitude, of ‘fhe pat teat The bright radiated purple at the base is a great relief to the surrounding wh Oe of “e ae at would ee ee tand in much greater need of the assistance of art for a pr nitaetive would una voidably i injure their deli The more we become eae "a a , matic Sten the Bester er we — we find attached to it, which appears to o defy gue one fe cies Digynia, or two pointals, up to six or more ° Sheath ‘ ‘han all he tes =e six pointals a and sora ® ee together, and ene es er oe oe lin Poppy, and from whence we wn Sts an a tion a it may ceil be considered with great es. . ak most likely in a ages we i will 80 tea ‘ieee npr alteration : sill eh under any of » whilst i it could to meet it title. cient consequ et: to cosets a neath iy but ger a Peony, we § G i) - ° ALGAE (AG fsb Tbe 4 : ; PLATE CCCCLXIV.. DIOSMA OVATA. Oval-leaved Diosma: CLASS V. ORDER I PENTANDRIA MONOGYNLA. Five Chives. One Pointal.. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.. Gororta 5-petala, Nectaria 5 supra ger- Buossom. Five petals. Five nectaries above the: men. Caps. 3.8, 5, coalite, Semina tecta, seed-bud, Seed-vessels 3 or.5, joined to- oR gether... Seeds covered. . _ SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Diosma. ovata, foliis alternis, oppositis, odo- Diosma with oval Jeaves, alternate, opposite, tis, supra glabris, infra punctatis, patenti- and full of scent, smooth above, dotted he- bus: floribus plerumque duobus, axillari- neath, and spreading. Flowers grow mostly. bus, in medio ramulorum, albis. Caulis |} two together from the axille of the leaves, erectus; ramis simplicibus. . about the. middle of the branches, and are _ white, Stem upright. Branches simple, iillccenemeee ness... ocean REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.- 1; The empalement. 2. Seed-buds, er chives, and pointal... 3. A petal. 4, A chive magnified. 5, Seed-bud and pointal. : a 32 Amonc the minal foliage characteristic of 80 many of the Diosmas the present species is by far the ' most powerful, and is the plant called Buku, so much used by the Hottentots, at the Cape of Good . Hope, by way of perfume. They mix it with grease, and anoint themselves with it so profusely that a stranger can scarcely endure the effluvia of it, The D. serrata also possesses a ‘similar scent, and is most likely used occasionally for the same purpose by the natives. Its scent, when rubbed, remains 4 - Jong time, and by some is thought very pleasant, by others as disagreeable: a difference of opinion in general attending all very strong perfumes. The foliage has a very neat’ appearance, and the clear white flowers give it a lively aspect. Like several others of the genus, it blooms in winter and _ Spring. Our figure was made from the Clapham collection. i PLATE CCCCLXV. PROTEA DIVARICATA. Straddling-leaved Protea. 'CLASSIV. ORDER I. _ TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotra 4-fida, seu 4-petala, Antherz li- neares, petalis infra apices inserte, Calyx — proprius, nullus, Sem, solitaria, Biossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- near, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ProreA divaricata, foliis multifidis, longis, li- Protea with straddling leaves, many-cleft, long, nearibus, teretibus, patentibus: floribus linear, round, and spreading. Flowers grow glomeratis, luteis, in close round heads of a yellow colour. —_£, REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 1, A flower. _2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal. Tats very distinct species of Protea we have not seen. in any other collection than that of G. Hib- bert, esq. nor is it as yet amongst the numerous fine dried specimens in the herbarium of A. B, Lam- bert, esq. and certainly may be considered at present as a rare plant. From the firm luxuriance of the foliage, and woody character of its stem, we should be inclined to regard it as a plant not difficult to = ‘preserve ; and considering the abundance of its leaves, the flowers are comparatively few: and = ~ Tikely this circumstance may best account for its present scarcity ; for, amongst the various beauties of . _ this extensive tribe, numerous flowers, or speciosity of appearance, are the best recommendations (0 — particular attention, = ~ ~S . om x = a Me > q Bo ¢ Vea =f A&B PLATE. CCCCLXVI. GOODENIA TENELGLA Slender Goodenia. CLASS V. ORDERILI PENTANDRIA MONOG YNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Coroia 5-fida, supra longitudinaliter fissa, Biossom five-cleft, longitudinally cloven on the genitalia exserens, Stigma urceolatum, ci- upper side, exposing the organs of genera liatum, tion. Summit cup-shaped, and fringed. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 2 a il Goopenta tenella, foliis prostratis, spathulatis, Goopenia with slender stems, prostrate see margine leviter pilosis. Flores plures, ger- which are spathula-shaped, with lightly minantes a duabus bracteis Oppositis : co- haired margins. Flowers numerous, branch- Tollis luteis: petalis duobus superioribus {| ing out from two opposite floral leaves. maculatis, Rami graciles, longi, emer- Blossoms yellow : the two upper petals are gentes a radice, terram comprimunt, et spotted. Branches slender, long, and i ‘Postea es . ging from the root, press the earth, an¢ afterward ascend. ee __ : REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement, 2. A blossom spread open. _ 3. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified, : ae | Tats delicate new Goodenia represents the entire plant, as communicated to the author by coe eat ~ fewe de Vandes, in whose choice collection near Bayswater it flowered for the first time. It oa tainly one of the most graceful plants hitherto introduced from New South Wales. Its gener ve rior approaches very near a generic division of Goodénia called Velleia, and is by Labillardiere axe under the title of Velleia trinervis. The abundance and succession of its bright yellow blossom, oa ‘to its light and airy appearance, will no doubt insure it a place in most collections. eo PLATE CCCCLXVIL. LYTHRUM FRUTICOSUM. — Shrubby Lythrum. “GLASS XT. ORDER I. . DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ‘Twelve Chives. One Pointal. ‘ GENERIC CHARACTER. Caryx. Perianthium monophyllum, > os aal EmpaLemMEeny. Cup one-leaved, cylindrical, ee : denticulis duodecim, alternis m twelve-toothed: the alternate ones th _, Cororza. Petala sex, oblonga, o obtusiuscula, Biossom, Petals six, selon bluntish, and ea — ntia: unguibus in incisuras calycis spreading : the ung r claws are inserted = insertis. into the divisions of t yx. A ee hal Srawinie Filamenta 12, longitudine calycis, Curves 12 filaments the length of the calyx, > supra: infra breviora, Anthere sim- ee hegre beneath. Tips simple, and i bentes lyin : © area Germen oblongum, Stylus su- PoINTAL. “Seed: bal oblong. Shaft et sh 2 —__ bulatu Borne“ staminum, declinatus. the length of the stamens, bent dow Stigma’ orbi Summit orbicular ‘Penicanriom. Capea eo acuminata, SEED-VESSEL Capsule one —— : -loculamentis duobus tecta covered “with two loculame Sanwa numerosa, a SEEDs numerous, and small. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Lyrarum fruticosum : foliis oppositis, alternis, LytHrum with ashrubby stem, Leaves oppo- se -lanceolatis. Flores in racemis axillaribus site, alternate, and lance-shaped. Flowers . sn nameris irregularibus : corollis tubsfor- | grow in clusters from the axille of the ineis. Sponte nascens in pro- leaves in irregular numbers. Blossoms SE borealibus Hindostani, trumpet-shaped, of a scarlet colour. It grows = in the northern provinces of Hindos a REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A blossom spread open, one tip magnified. 2. The same shown from the outer side. 3. The —— and pointal, ; a A caps 2 . The same ae transverse. « Tas pont seems to. have been hitherto but imperfectly known, having been figured among Dr. Rox- burgh’s Coromandel Plants, vol. i. p. 20, under the title of Grislea tomentosa. It has recently received another new generic title ; “but upon examination we find it to be the Lythrum of Linneus; in which of some of the ablest botanists of the present day. ol. of the’ Asiatic Researches, under the native title of _is ead to grow wild on the hills and banks of a in the northern part of Hi = ‘red | d in in all pb succeed very well in the ‘careful treatment t of tbe rai Loker. The figure ss was taken from a gpa in nae os of Messrs. Colville, at extent for the purpose and forins an importan t branch in the 7 Hs - PLATE CCCCLXVIII. : ALOE ARBORESCENS, Fi Tree Aloe. 3 s CLASS VI. ORDER qi RELA MON OGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. oe Sen GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx neil 3: EMPALEMENT none. Corotta. Monopetala, erect erecta, sexfida, ob- Bossom. One petal, upright, six-cleft, ob- ~ longa. Tubus gibbus, Limbi patuli, par- long. Tube gouty. Limbs spreading and vi, fundo nectarifero. ___ small, with honey at thei z Cuives. Threads six, awl-shaped, the length in- of the blossom, and s carcely above it, in- serted into the réctpiecle: Anthers oblong, dine corolle, fere Stamina, Filamenta ae a. longitu. receptacul serta, Anthere yaad incumbentes. *, and incumbent. Prsriium. ‘Beriuct ovatum, Stylus simplex, . PointTat. Seed-bud ovate. Shaft eng the bs ine staminum, Stigma obtusum, length of the stamens. Summit obtuse, and three-sided. Penicaxrium, mole —— trisnlca, tri- SEED-vesseEL. piri oblong, 3-furrowed, 3+ locularis, trival celled, 3-valve Semtwa plura, angula SEEDs many and an nai Oss, A. vatiegata sola habet stigma et stamina Oss, A. variegata simply has the pointal and decliata. stamens bent downwards, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. — tote a tree-like stem. Flowe; rs pd = Atoz arborescens: floribus spicatis rubescenti- bus, apice viridibus : foliis porrectis, lan- a red colour, green at * ceolatis, carneis, apice recurvatis, ma margini- Sada Leaves straight out, aan bus serratis : caule ad basin nudo, superne fleshy, and recurved, with sawed margins. foliis circumsesso, Stem naked at the base, surrounded by the _ leayes on the upper part. ae : REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, ? : ye 1, A leaf. 2. A flower spread open. ty 3. Seed-bud and pointal. 4, 4, iature representation of the ‘plant, : ee - ae or pet :Bas been but rarel hich out figure Y seen in bloom near town. The specimen from w _ Was made, was se to London by the Rey. George Reading Leathes fac m his collection at Bury St. Bamana eacdaphy: his fiend sir T. G, "Cullum, bart. a obligingly secanrack to us by that gentleman. » and i the dichotoma and ferox caceytalh. a Pre cakeo 8 faich ia cs as one of the lottiest of the A ibe (the in circumference r os. branches. Colonel nd the tem, twenty feet high, and four hundred round the extremity * the hat after crossing the C : Sand Boos Bixee he visited a European dad his fatale who with the a t fur wets > their cattle had no other tenemen nature had furnished them with in the Aloe echaicen ag ao | “i ) g ¥ 2. & : , t ; 5 ( 3 & LG & = 3 PLATE CCCCLXIX. PROTEA CORONATA. Crown-flowered Protea. CLASSIV: ORDER I. TE TRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotxa 4-fida, seu 4-petala, Anthere li- Biossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- neares, petalis infra apices inserte. Calyx near, inserted into the petals below the proprius, nullus, Sem. solitaria, points, Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Protea with lance-shaped oblique leaves stand- ing sideways in a horizontal direction, with downy edges. The upper scales of the Protea foliis lanceolatis, obliquis, transverse et horizontaliter sitis, marginibus tomentosis : squamis calycinis superioribus spathulatis, angustis, tomentosis, margine piloso, in- carnatis: squamis infra lato-ovatis, to- mentosis, intus melliferis: caulis erec- empalement are spathula-shaped, narrow, downy, with hairy edges, and flesh-coloured. The scales beneath are broadly ovate, downy, tus, sesquipedalis. and furnished with honey on the inner side. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. SERENE REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower complete. 2. Seed-bud and pointal. a Tuts Protea may be regarded as an intermediate character between the P. mellifera and that fine wees of Protea called speciosa ; and certainly, in point of beauty, deserves to be ranked among that poe division: but as the leading feature in the Speciosas exists in the powerful feathery ye n the edges of the imbrication, and t present one possessing so very slight a characteristic O al _ description, we could not with propriety rank it amongst them. Its affinity to the P. mellifera 's me in the honey-bearing character of its flowers, which, like that species, contain a quantity of pagent ferous juice. The unoccupied term of coronata is adopted, from the resemblance its ae a form of a crown, and which is more apparent in this species than in any other as yet In ~ tion with us. Our figure was made from the Clapham collection, FLATE CCCCLXX: OPHRYS ARACHNOIDES., Spider-like Ophrys. GEASS xX ORDER 1 GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotzra 5 petala, su -ringens : petalis paten- Buiossom 5 petals, nearly gaping: petals spread- tibus : labellum oo e basi oh patens, ing: the lip of the oney-cup comes fr Anthere duz, terminales, adna the base of the shaft, spreading. Chives two, terminal, and close together. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Orurys arachnoides, caule folioso: foliis lan- Orurys with spider-like flowers : leaves enfo- ceolatis, glauco-viridibus, striatis : corollis liating the stem, lance-shaped, of a glau- patentibus, sub-albis; iribus exterioribus cous green and striped obtusis ; duabus interioribus acutis, bre- and nearly white: the three outer ones are vissimis: labello nectarii magno, sibro- obtuse, the two inner ones inted, an tundo, fusco, convexo, villoso: rope very small: the lip of the pw! = basin labelli duz sunt appendicule oppo- large, nearly round, brown, convex, i a site, flave: centrum nectarii interline hairy: near the base of low i est, maculisque flavis notatum se are two oppose appendicles of a yé . medio marginis tuberculum carnosu colour: the centre of the honey-cup is terlined, and Gok ted with yellow ; and in the centre of the margin there is a fleshy substance, Pee REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The blossom 2. The same tie from the outside. 3. The hon 4. Chives and pointal, magnified. essear, to the Tuts interesting species ‘0 f the Orchideze family was sent from — by 7“ sid to bea native nip rand a ‘ben. The arachnoides may therefore be con: nsieeod; if not a distinct speci t the author strong marked variety, and is at present a scarce plant. It remains so long in La made the draw- : observed it at the nursery of Messrs, Whitle ey and Brames, three weeks after ing, Realy 28 perfect as the figure represents, = Nrh Me of We PLATE CCCCLXXI. OPHRY Ss MY ODES. Fly-hke Ophrys. CLASS XX: “ORDER I. GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotta 5 petala, sub-ringens: petalis paten- Biossom 5 petals, nearly gaping: petals spread- tibus : labellum nectarii e basi styli, patens. ing: the lip of the honey-cup comes from Anthere dua, terminales, adnate. the base of the shaft, spreading. Chives SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Orurys myodes, floribus alternis, Jateralibus : Orurys with fly-like flowers, alternate, and late- nectarii labio tripartito: Jaciniis latera- ral: the lip of the honey-cup is three-cleft : libus : lineari-lanceolatis, media oblonga, the side segments are linear, and Jance- biloba, longior Jateralibus: petalis patenti- shaped: the middle one is oblong, two- us: tribus exterioribus lanceolatis, viridi- lobed, and longer than the side ones: the bus, obtusis : duobus interioribus lineari- petals are spreading: the three outer ones: bus, brevissimis, purpureis: caule folioso: are lance-shaped, green, and obtuse, bulbo subrotundo. two inner ones are linear, very short, and purple : leaves enfoliating the stem: bulb roundish, Ee REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1, The blossom. 2. The same shown from the outer side. 3. The honey-cup. 4. The same shown from the under side. 5. Chives and pointal, magnified. . “4 SR Amonesr the Alpine plants of G. Hibbert, esq. we met with this curious little insectiferous plant, and which, like the preceding figure, is said to be indigenous to almost all Europe. It is figured in Botany of Dr. Smith, but apparently from a taller plant, and differs in the colour of the body. also represented in the Botanical Magazine, of a higher stature, but nearly the same in colour. im. tions probably the mere effect of climate, and a different mode of culture. As they a ben .#. uivocal resemblance to the fly, so exact a representation of ever so humble a species of nature will no doubt be always thought deserving a place in every collection. PL AT E*CCCCLXAXITI. HIBBERTIA CRENATA. Scolloped-leaved Hibbertia. CLASS XIII. ORDER X. POLYANDRIA DECAGYNIA. Many Chives. Ten Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. - Caryx 5-phylltis. Petala5, Stamina nume- EMPALEMENT 5-leaved. Five petals. Chives rosa, receptaculo inserta. Germina quin- numerous, inserted into the receptacle. que vel decem, desinentia in stylis, oligo= Seed-buds 5 or 10, terminating in shafts, sperma, few-seeded. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Hiseertta foliis crenatis, sub-cordatis: flori- Hissert1a with scolloped leaves nearly heart- bus solitariis, axillaribus, luteis, patentibus. shaped. Flowers grow singly from the in- Caulis fruticosus: ramis patentibus, nu- sertion of the leaves, are of a yellow colour, merosis, purpureis, and spreading. Stem shrubby. Branches spreading, numerous, and purple. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1, The empalement. 2.. A petal. "3. Chives and pointals. 4, Seed-buds and pointals. 5, A seed-bud and pointal, magnified. iciohseisieliaaiiliicamen~. ‘Tuts is an addition to the genus Hibbertia, but differs from the H. volubilis in having ten pointals instead of five ; and will most likely, when more of the genus are in cultivation with us, . roe _ section under the title of decagynia, and the original of the genus as pentagynia : a mode frequently ~ adopted, to prevent that confusion too often attending the formation of new genera. Under this = the genus of Hibbertia will be considerably enlarged, and certainly no genus mom od _ deserves it than that which bears the name of such a liberal promoter of botanic science. os _ Our figure represents the entire plant, from the nursery of Messrs, Colville, where it was first from seeds received from New South Wales, ~~ PLATE CCCCLXXIII. YUCCA GLORIOSA. Superb Yucca. CLASS VI. ORDER I. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx EMPALEMENT no Coroiia males nulata, sex- partita, unguibus ‘Brossom bell- sabi, six-divided, fastened toge- cohzrens : laciniis ovatis, maximis, paten- the claws. The segments ovate, tibus. large, and rBbirse mg ob Filamenta sex, brevissima, superne Cuives. Six threads, very short, thick above, ra, reflexa, and reflexed. ‘Tips sma Pistittom. Germen oblon ngum, obtusum, tri- staminibus longius. Stylus nul- lus, Stioma trisulcum, obtusum : laciniis TViis bifidis, pe a Capsula ob onga, obtusa, tri- angularis, trilocularis, pe SEMINA ‘indica, gemino ordine incumbentia. SPECIFIC Yucca floribunda, ramosa, patens: corollis siformi- pons Jae pendulis : — bus, plicatis, apice mucro Habitat in America boreali. P: PoINnTAL. pigs bud oblong, blunt, — Sha longer than the chives ft no mit three-furrowed, obtuse. The segments : ° ule angled, three-celled, three-valved. Szgps many, two-ranked, lying on each other. © CHARACTER. Apam’s NEEDLE, with _ numerous flowers ms sha nd hanging down. Leaves sword- shaped and plaited, with a mu poin' Native OF "otk America. a REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The end of a leaf. 2. The plant in miniature. 3. The chives and pointal. . Seed-bud and pointal. 5. The seed-bud cut teinnaveicly. Or i ges of plants there are as Bea aa —. but four species. The present one, from magnificent exterior of unrivalled beauty it is a Sind giciie a in fine bloom, the term of esti utifal. It . rin tearing t air and sun ss te ortega ee i want -_ - Seo ten feet high, in luxuriant bloom, at Hedsor Lodge, ts specific ys stile is by josa must ae : PLATE CCCCLXXIV. PSORALEA PINNATA, Winged-leaved Psoralea. CLASS XVII. ORDER Iv. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives, ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, Caxrx longitudine leguminis. Stamina diadel- Empacemenr the length of the pod. ’ Chives pha. Legumen monospermum, sub-rostra- diadelphous, Pod.one-seeded, beaked, and tum, evalve. valveless, z SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Psoravza pinata, foliis patentibus apice acutis, PsoraLea with winged leaves, spreading, sharp- recurvatis : floribus axillaribus, pedunculis pointed, and recurved. The flowers grow longis, 3 ! from the axille of the leaves upon long footstalks, ieee REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. }. The empalement. 2. The standard of the blossom, 3. One of the wings, 4. One of the same shown from the inside. 5. The chives, 6. The seed-bud and pointal. Tue Psoralea pinnata is a very ornamental plant for the conservatory, and certainly denerves . = . Fepresentation, At present there are only two uncoloured. engravings of it extant: one in the tetrapetala of Rivinus, No. 5.; the other in Hermann’s Hortus Lugdunensis, tab, 273. The par are a well marked natural genus, and appeat.much more characteristic of each other than many Our drawing was made from a fine specimen received from the collection of the Hon. W- Irby. . . F . 7 i Ped INE, , -e . . — 4 = : < : <= ~ “A wo Taps jilere: | PLATE CCCCLXXv. SERAPIAS CORDIGERA, Heart-hearing Serapias. — CLASS XX. ORDERI GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotta 5 petala, ringens : petalis conniventi- Biossom 5 petals, gaping: petals approaching bus: labello nectarii ecalcarato: lamina de- together. The lip of the honey-cup grow- flexa : anther styli longitudine, adnate. ing from the spur: the lip bending down- wards. The chives the length of the style, and attached to it. : SPECIFIC CHARACTER. oe | ie be | latis glaucis, adb cu Serarias with larice-shaped glaucous leaves latis. Nectarium tripartitum, ferrugineum : spotted at the base. Honey-cup three laciniis lateralibus obtusis, erectis, con- — divided, and of a rusty colour : the side sg- niventibus: divisio media ovata, acuminata, ments obtuse, upright, and approaching: <4 pilosa, dependens : corollis implicatis, apice middle division is ovate, sharp-pointed, hairy, involutis, extus pallentibus, intus fusco and hanging down. Blossom folded together purpurascentibus, and turned inwards at the point, pale-o0- loured on the outside, and of a purply brown on the inside. : | SS , REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. i, The flower spread open, 2. The lip of the honey-cup, : a The chives and pointal, with the spur of the honey-cup, magnified. ee - the on the other. From the Ophrys it is not easily distinguished; but from Neottia 2 % ee the plant is well known by the title of cordigera, a specific asi analogy so resemblance the lip of the nectarium js supposed to bear to the shape of a heart: but = indigenoss certainly not very powerful. The flowers remain a-considerable time in perfection, It to Spain, Barbary, Italy, &c. oe i oe age ee ee t er ——$ wa . 7, ae, > “ PLATE CCCCLXXVI. i MELALEUCA DIOSMAFOLIA. ane Diosma-leaved Melaleuca. CLASS XVIII. ORDER IV. _ POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, Threads in many Sets. Many Chives ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Caxyx quinquefidus, semisnperus, Petala quin- Cur five-cleft, half above. Petals five. Threads que. Filamenta multa, longissima, in quin- | numerous, very long, united into five bo- que corpora connata. Pistillum unum. dies. Pointal one. Capsule 3-celled. Capsula 3-locularis, _ See Melaleuca Ericzfolia, Pl, 175. Vol. III. / ‘ SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Mztarevca foliis alternatis, ovatis, reflexis, MeEtacevca with alternate leaves, ovate, and : subtus punctatis, odoratis : floribus sessili- reflexed, punctured beneath, and Lge bus in medio ramorum, viridibus, confertis : scented. Flowers sessile about the middle ramis yerticillatis, patentibus, of the branches, are of a green colour, bee and crowded together. The branches are ag : whorled, and spreading. i - Seeiiiaiieemeee eee = REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower complete. eee ce? ; 2. A flower spread open, without the empalement. oe ee 3. One of the five bundles of chives, 4. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A ripe seed-yessel, . | perfectly new species of Melaleuca was sent to us by Mr. J. Milne, botanic gardener at Fontbil is very successful in the cultivation of new plants, The punctured or dotted character nite side of the leaves gives it an affinity to the Diosma tribe, as does also its scented foliage, ean ‘when rubbed emits a grateful aromatic odour ; and which the leaves retain in some energy flowers, although not splendid, are perhaps equally estimable from the rarity of ther ied ich is a bright green when in perfection ; but in retiring they acquire a yellower tint, It isa nd, and requires the careful treatment of the green-house. - - PLATE CCCCLXXVI e LINUM VENUSTUM Graceful Linum. | ~— 4 CLASS V. ORDER V. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives. Five Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx 5-phyllus, Petala 5-phylla. Capsula } EmpaemMent 5-leaved, Petals 5-leaved. Capsule 5-valvis, 10-locularis. Semina solitaria. | 5-valved. 10 Loculaments. Seeds solitary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, j Linum foliis ovatis, acutis, 5—7-nervosis, mar- Linum with ovate sharp-pointed leaves. Nerves gine pilosa: floribus in umbellis panicula- _}} from § to 7, and hairy at the edge, tis : ramis alternis : corollis magnis, paten- Flowers grow in paniculated umbels, Branches alternate. Blossom large, spread ‘ tibus, incarnatis. Caulis erectus, pedalis. ; ing, and flesh-coloured. Branches a foot high. _Nascens in Monte Caucaso, Native of Mount Caucasus. *: , a Tus fine new Linum was raised from seed by Mr. J. Bell, in whose garden near Brentford it bas flowered for the first time in England. It is nearest in affinity to the L. hirsutum of Jacquin, under . which specific title the seed was received by Mr. Bell. The flowers when dead ot dried lose their fine pinky tint, and acquire a blueish colour, the same as it first appears with in the bud state. Jt might then compare with Jacquin’s figure in point of colour, but would. be too far removed in its IRR for us to have adopted the specific of hirsutum with any propriety. We may therefore with P regard it as a beautiful nondescript species. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, flowers in June - Jaly, and seeds so freely that it will no doubt be soon abundantly cultivated. ¥: : PLATE CCCCLXXVIIT. CRINUM LATIFOLIUM. Broad-leaved Crinum. Sew UASS Vi. ORDER. I. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Corotia supra, infundibuliformis, sexpartita, Bossom above, funnel-shaped, six-parted, equal: equalis: filamenta fauci tubi inserta: se- threads inserted into the mouth of the tube : mina ad basin corollarum, vivipara. seeds at the base of the blossoms, viviparous, = SPECIFIC CHARACTER. = Crinum latifolium, undulatum, glabrum, luci- Crinum with broad, waved, smooth, shining . dum ; spatha multiflora: tubo corolle la- leaves: sheath many-flowered: the tube of — ciniis longiore, que mucronate sunt: post the blossom longer than the segments, which ane florescentiam capsula crescit in bulbum ' are pointed: and after flowering, the 2 aoe magnum, et plantam format futuram, | capsule swells into a large bulb, and forms the future plant. if: Habitat in India orientalis arenosis. Native of the sandy parts of the East Indies. EEE REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A leaf. 2. The plant in miniature. 3. The chives, as attached to the tube of the flower. 4. Seed-bud and pointal. 5. The seed-bud, or bulb, inflated, as it appears after flowering. 6. The same stripped of its outer covering. en Tue Crinum latifolium is certainly one of the most attractive of the genus, as, in addition to the five red colour of its flowers, it possesses an aromatic odour of agreeable fragrance. It is a bulb-bearer, as are all of this genus, although several of them have been placed erroneously amongst the genus Amaryllis, which does not bear bulbs. The genus Crinum, at present a short one, will there fore, with a good grace, admit a few additions; whilst that of Amaryllis, already very pay will receive no injury by a slight curtailment. It is a native of the dry sandy parts of the East and was introduced by Mr. Lambert in the year 1803, but has not flowered till this summer—a period of four years. But there is little doubt of its now blooming annually, as it is not uncommon for a imported —- a great distance to enjoy a state of quiescence after their arrival. Our figure was 5 gat juxuriant bloom in the hot-stoye of J, Vere, esq. ~ PLATE CCCCLERIX. FRAGARTA™ INDICA Indian Strawberry. CLASS XXII ORDER V. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Many Pointals. GENE RIC CHARACTER, * " Caryx. Perianthium monophyllum, planum, Emracement. Cup one-leafed, flat, ten-cleft: decemfidum : laciniis alternatim exteriori- the bai are alternately exterior, and , bus, angustioribus. narr Corotta. Petala peas subrotunda, paten- Brdvton. five-petalled, nearly round, spreading, tia, calyci inse and inserted into the calyx Stamina. Filam zak viginti, subulata, corolla Cuives. Threads twenty, awl-shaped, shorter breviora, aici inserta, Anthere lunu- an the een be into the calyx. lares, Tips like a half-m Pistirtum. Germina -numer TOSa, PoINTAL, Seed bitds # pepaea and small, col- capitulum collecta. Styli abies tee lected into a head. Shaft simple, inserted germinis inserti. Stigmata simplicia. into the side of the germ. Summit sim Pe Pericarrium nullum. Bacca fit receptaculum SEED-VESSEL none. e berry becom the commune seminum, rotundo-oyata, pul- common receptacle for tie sale isof around _ posa, mollis, magna, colorata, basi trun- ovate form, pulpy, soft, large, _ coloured, cata, decidua cut off at the base, and deciduou SEMINA numerosa, minima, per superficiem SEEDs numerous, small, on the ti. of the receptaculi sparsa, receptacle, scattered. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Fe Fracanrta foliis tripartitis : foliolis ovatis, acu- STRAWBERRY with three-divided leaves: leaflets tis, crenatis: petiolis longis: calyce de- ovate, pointed, and scolloped: footstalks < cemfido, inferne Piloso: quingue exteriori- lon alement ten-cleft, and hairy be- bus rotundatis, crenatis : interioribus ovatis, nea the five — ones ar di 4d acutis : unculis longis: floribus luteis : notch th are pe fructu toe insipido. Rami pilosi, re- pointed : peduncles pret flowers al pentes. fruit red and insipid. Branches bad, creeping. ? ae REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. The empal seed-buds, chives, and pointals. The same shown. ceom the under side. A petal. Seed-buds, — og ee, A seed-bud and poin The same nientied. - A seed-bud from the ripe fruit. same magnified, SARS Pp # @sr * a is de- : Turi new species of Fragaria, ae, the lively Ss flowers and brilliance. of its fine ocigeg te ts fruit, sirable as an ornamental plant, but is in no oth r respect estimable, from the insipidity “Our figure _— is entirely destitute of flavour. Itisa natok of the north-east parts of ee ee Honourable made from the on] ant that ardens of c ey y plant that has as yet flowered in England, in the g 4 * = PLATE CCCCLXXX. VACCINIUM NITIDUM. Shining-leaved Whortle-berry. CLASS VIH:.. ORDER L im OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx superus. Corolla monopetala, Fila- Cup superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads menta receptaculo inserta, Bacca quadri- fixed to the receptacle. A berry with four locularis, polysperma, cells, and many seeds, See Vol. 1. Pl. XXX. Vaccinium ARrcrosTa- PHYLLUS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 3 Vaccinium foliis nitidis, ovatis, acutis, obso- WuorTLe-BERRY with shining leaves, egg- lete serratis: floribus umbellatis, terminali- shaped, sharp-pointed, and obscurely sawed, bus, pendulis: corollis sub-cylindraceis, Sta- Flowers grow in umbels, terminal and pen- mina decem: ramis Oppositis, alternatis, dulous: blossom nearly cylindrical : chives Caulis pedalis, erectus, ten: branches opposite, and alternate, Stem a foot high, and upright. (NS eR RN Rt cre REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The blossom spread open, 2. The chives spread. 3. A chive magnified. : 4. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal. Seimei. cae a Tue Vaccinium nitidum is one of the handsomest species, but not so often to be met with as many of the genus. It is nearly allied in its foliage to the V. crassifoliam ; for, if leaves of both were de- tached, and mixt together, they might be easily mistaken, The habits of the plants are, however, very distinct, as is also the shape of the flowers, During the month of May and beginning of June this plant is in the greatest perfection. After that period the flowers lose much of their fine red colour. _ Our figure was made from a beautiful little shrub, above a foot high, in the nursery of Messrs, Whitley and Brames, ‘ oe s i PLATE CCCCLXXXI. PLATE CCCCLXXXII. Alpine Pink. ui CLASS VI. ORDER IL. DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. Ten Chives. Two Pointals, + 3 GENERIC CHARACTER. ge Saag em cylindricum, tubulosum, EmpaLemenr cylindrical, tubular, lined, re- tum, persistens; os 5-dentatum, basi outh is 5- toothed, sur- pica quatuor m, Oe inter- rounded “by four squamz at the base, or um Corotta. Dogan lo ongitudine ca- lycis, angusti, receptaculo inserti: limbus extus te laminis late obtusis, crenatis. STAMINA, Wilamen ta decem, subulata, longi- tudine calycis: antherz ovales, oblonge, m en ovale. Styli duo, su- bulati, cess a ores. Stigmata re- curvata, acum Pericarpium, Cini a cylindrica, recta, uni- locularis, quadrilateralis, apice dehiscens, Semina plurima, compressa, subrotunda, a re- ceptaculo liberata, SPECIFIC Dianraus alpinus. Frutex pygmzus, elegans, foliis appositi, alternis, linearibus, curva- tis, bus: floribus er atiat rubris, in medio circulo albo. sometimes two opposite ones beneath. Biossom 5 iin $: the a the length of the calyx ow, and inserted into the recep- Giche: Secees Sigs withant, broadly obtuse, and notched. Cuives. Ten threads, awl-shaped, the st 4 of the c ess fh Le oval, oblong, compressed . eit i _ Pointat. = ed bud oval. Shafts wali ht pie abs and longer than the chives, Sum mit recurved, and pointed. bin csi Capsule tindrical straight, o loculament, four-sided, and splitting at the end, _Sgeps many, compressed, nearly round, and freed from the receptacle, CHARACTER. Arrive pink. An elegant dwarf shrub, with opposite alternate sir linear, curved, and and red, a short. Flowers termin small circle of white in te centre. ite REFERENCE Seed-bud, c 2 a gM sal ltl TO THE PLATE. The empalement. A petal shown from the a — he seed-bud cut transversely, ea ee EN eee Tue Dianthus alpinus is a very scarce & plant, little known, ng a place in every one ts the entire plant, from the euliestion of — its beauty sian it deservin Our figure represe . fen seed whieh he setts Austriaca of Sobiatis: from diminutive stature, tmany, a Native specim and rarely to be met with in any collection, and its size would never exclude it from Isaac Swainson, esq. who raised it = spend coloured representation of it extant 1 is in and of no greater magnitude than our figure Fe- particularly heresies of the true Alpine : pink, ; » ra oé P Mt ergy, Pb aes Agcy pose: thy, AG MENS ena Py, te ee eee ty) SS. ee le ea aaa ek 9d of iN ebiat PLATE CCCCLXXXIII. DAHLIA PINNATA NANA Dwarf Winged-leaved Dahlia. e CLASS XIX. ORDER II. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Caxyx duplex. Corolla radiata, radiis lacinias EmPALEMENT double. Blossom radiated, with calycis numero zquantibus: corollule pe- the rays equalling in number the segments dicellate, Receptaculum paleaceum, Stig- of the empalement : the florets pedicelled, mata plumosa, Receptacle chaffy. Summit plumose, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Dautra foliis pinnatis : pinnulis quinque, ova- tis, acutis, dentatis : floribus duplicibus : caulis humilis, Dautia with pinnated leaves: the pignules five, ovate, pointed, and toothed : flowers double: stem low. I eect REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1, One of the radiating florets, 2. A floret of the disk with its scale. 3. A flower spread open. 4, Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. nee Tats double-flowered dwarf Dahlia is certainly the most attractive of the genus. It is supposed . be only a variety of the D. pinnata, but the variation is almost powerful enough to constitute a species; as, besides the difference in its flowers, we have never found it arrive to more than half the height of the pinnata, although we have seen it every autumn for four years in luxuriant bloom. At present it is a scarce plant, and appears to be not quite so hardy as the taller species, nor so easily increased. Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of the Right Hon, Lady Holland, at Holland House, Kensington, PED 2 LO lip) ‘Om PLATE CCCCLXXXIV. NIQGULIANA GLUTINOSA. Clammy Tobacco. CLASS V. ORDER I. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC Caryx. Perianthium monophyllum, ovatum, 5-fidum, persistens. Coxroxia monopetala, infundibuliformis : tubus ce longior: limbus patulus, 5-fidus, Filamenta quinque, subulata, vix longitudine corolle, adscendentia : antherz CHARACTER. EmpaLemMent, Cup one-leafed, ovate, 5-cleft, and remaining. Biossom one petal, funnel-shaped : tube longer than the calyx: segments spreading, 5- cleft, 5-plaited. Cuives. Threads five, awl-shaped, scarcely the length of the blossom, and ascending : : tips oblong. Pistittum. Germen ovatum, Stylus filifor- Poinrat. Seed-bud ovate. Shaft thread-shaped, mis, longitudine corollz. Stigma capita- h tam, emarginatum. Pertcaretum. Capsula sub-ovata, linea utrin- gee ins ‘ Aa ; the length of the blossom. Summit headed, a line imprinted on both sides : two tum, punctatum: dissepimentis affixis. SeMINA numerosa, reniformia, rugosa, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. _ Nicorrana foliis petiolatis, sub-cordatis, glan- Toracco with petiolated and nearly heart- dulis minutis viscosis circumsessis i haped leaves, beset with minute viscous , alternis, solitariis, ad partem superam ra- morum : corolla campanulata, pallide pur- purea, viscosa: ramis glandulis minutis tectis, viscosis, nate on the u i blossom bell-shaped, of a pale purple, and viscous: the branches covered “with glands eg very small, and clammy, Habitat in Peru. Native of Peru. ; (EE Pe REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement. 2. The blossom spread. 3. Seed-bud and pointal. Stamatis... 1. eo. Slt fo POP PLATS CCCCLXXXV. MELALEUCA SALICIFOLIA. Willow-leaved Melaleuca. CLASS XVIII ORDER IV. ‘POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads in many Sets. Many Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CaLyx quinquefidus, semisuperus. Petala quin- Cup five-cleft, half above. Petals five. Threads gue, Filamenta multa, longissima, in quin- numerous, very long, united into five bo- que corpora connata, Pistillum unum. dies, Pointal one. Capsule 3-celled. Capsula 3-locularis, See Melaleuca Ericefolia, Pl. 175. Vol. II, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. © Mexaevca foliis oppositis, lanceolatis, punc- Mexateuca with opposite lance-shaped leaves, tatis: floribus paniculatis: corollis luteis, dotted: flowers grow in panicles: blossoms magnis, et patentibus : ramis oppositis, al- yellow, large, and spreading: branches op- ternatis ; caulis erectus. | posite, and alternate: stem upright. ar ——— REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower complete, spread open. 2. The same shown from the outside, 3. One of the bundles of chives, 4, Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal. en ene Very few species of plants revolt so much in appearance from their original: genus as the present one, whose exterior bears very little resemblance to Melaleuca, although, upon examination, it perfectly accords in every particular, It is a native of New Holland, and, we are informed, was first raised from seed by Mr, Barr, nurseryman at Ball’s Pond, Islington. ‘Onur figure was made from a plant in fine bloom at the nursery of Messrs Whitley and Brames. cre, ey POA“MM OA 4. - PLATE CCCCLXXXVI. PEONIA DAURICA. Dauric Peony. CLASS XIII. ORDER IL POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA. Many Chives. Two Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Carrx 5-phyllus, Petala 5. Stylus 0. Cap- | Cup 5-leaved. Petals 5. Pointal none. Cap- — sulz polyspermz. sules many-seeded, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Pzowia foliis pinnatis : foliolis sub-ovatis, glau- Pony with winged leaves: the leaflets are ‘cis: floribus rubro-purpureis: caulis her- nearly egg-shaped, and glaucous: flowers baceus, bipedalis, of a red purple: stem herbaceous, and about two feet high. enemmeitinemmeamen 0. GwaPuAtium grandiflorum : floribus panicula- GnaPHatium with large flowers: flowers grow tis, albis, lucidis : pedunculis albis, lana- in panicles, white, and shining: footstalks tis: foliis ovato-acutis, albA land tectis, white, and woolly : leaves are ovate-pointed, and covered with a white wool. a REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A scale of the empalement.. 2. The same shown from the under side. 3, A flower complete. 4. The same magnified. 5. The seed-bud} chives, and pointal magnified. 6. Seed-bud and pointal, 7. The same magnified. ns a Tuts Gnaphalium is at present the largest flowering species (the G. eximium excepted). Its flowers are © equally durable with those of any Xeranthemum, nor does it vary essentially in any particalar from genus (as a section of which it would have been much better understood). The genus Elychrisam we find, upon examination, to be built upon the same equivocal ground, and there is little doubt but at some future period those two superfluous genera will fall into the old Linnaan genus of LS a themum. Our figure was made from a fine plant in the Clapham collection, about a foot and a balf high. We have seen it grow much taller, but it is not then so handsome. It is certainly not aneW — plant, but has not been as yet figured in any modern publication. The whiteness so prevalent if it flowers and leaves (by way of contrast to the green foliage of most other plants) would rend ~ deserving a place in every collection, even if its. long-lived shining flowers were not 4 sufficient °° commendation, : \ x = PLATE COCGG. PONTEDERIA RPeua tl AT x. Dilated Pontederia. CLASS VI. ORDER L HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx. =— communis, ise. latere de- EmpaLemMent. Spathe common, oblong, open- hiscen ing sideways, Corowta tachiodtstn, Biossom one-petalled, 6-cleft. Stamina. Filamenta a5 aie inserta. An- Cuives. Threads six, inserted into the blossom. | there ablonge, Tips oblong. PistTiLLuM, Germen oblongum, inferum, Pointat, Seed-bud oblong, beneath. Shaft Stylus sim simple. ie "Cali trilocularis, triangu- SeeD-vessEL. Capsule three-locular, three- angled. Semrina plurima. SEEDS sae any. Oss. In quibusdam s i germen est supe- Ozs. In some species the seed-bud is above, in rum: in aliis inferam _ others beneath. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. PonTepeRia germine supero : foliis ae PonTEDERIA with the arg a above : leaves is, vel acutis: floribus umbellati shee se obtuse, or pointed: is, ceruleis, : owded umbels, OF 2 a blue colour. Habitat in India Orientali, Native of “the East Indies. - —— _ REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1, A blossom spread open. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 3. The plant in miniature, Tats handsome aquatic is a native of the East Indies, and figured in Col, Syms’s Embassy to the King- dom of Ava, under the title of Pontederia dilatata. On examining some plants in the hot-house of J. Vere, esq. (whence our figure was taken) we observed so much yariation in them, that we are in- clined to think the P. hastata of Dr, Roxburgh’s Coromandel Plants represents (from a weak plant) the same species our figure delineates, PEATE ._ CCCCXCE GARDENIA RADICANS. ' Rooting Gardenia. GLASS V.. ORDER‘. : “4 : Pp ENTANDR [A MON OGYN Id. Five Chives. ‘One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. Catyx ies 5-fidus, persistens, EmpacemenT 1-leafed, 5-parted, and remaining. ‘Corowa contorta, monopetala, 5-partita. Brossom twisted, one-leafed, 5-parted, Sramina. Filamenta nulla. Anthere quin- Cuives, Threads none. Tips 5. Berry be- que. Bacca infera, 2-locularis, polysperma. neath, 2 loculaments, many-seeded., Shaft Stylus elevatus, bilobus, above, 2-lobed. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Ganpenia foliis lanceolatis : corollis hypocra- GarpentA with lance-shaped leaves: blossom teriformibus, albis, odoratissimis : oe pitcher-shaped, white, and very swee® angulato : caule radicante, scented: cup angular; stem rooting. REFERENCE TO°THE PLATE, ‘Tue Gardenia radicans is a native of Japan, and is figured by Thunberg in his Botanical Dissertation. The figure is smal] and coarse, but yet characteristic. We have represented a fine young plant, as its fragrant flowers are then much better relieved by the surrounding leaves. It is at present cultivated in the hot-house ; but we are inclined to think it might succeed in the protection of the green-house, The luxuriance of its petals frequently absorbs nearly all the parts of fructification, But our specimen fortunately afforded three anthera out of the five, and the pointal entire. Our figure was made from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, een egress Pte SEARO Ee ma teers ptr op 4 é 4 Pie 4 a ‘. LP yy ¢ aoe 5 T: get +e ie cd ileal oe ar m hy co eee ee M o PLATE CCCCXCTII. ’ OXYLOBIUM CORDIFOLIU M. Heart-leaved Oxylobium. * CLASS X. ORDER If. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER.. Caryx simplex, quinquepartitus. P EmPALEMENT simple, five- sige Conoxta papilionacea. 7 Brossom butterfly-shaped.. Sryzus subulatus, Stigma obtusum.. Suart awl-shaped. _ Summit blunt. LzcumEN ovato-acuminatum, apice compres~ Pop pointedly egg-shaped, compressed at the sum,, polyspeemum.. end, and many-seeded.. EE REFERENCE TO THE PLATEs A leaf magnified, d. A back view of the same, One of the wings. - The keel The chives,. The same spread eo one tip magnified, . Seed-bud i a . ileal manele . A ripe seed-vesse. . The same ms open. caged th ageen ER ‘Pranrs of a a Papilionaceous character furnish the most frequent rtunity for generic divisions. Nine Genera have already cas made by Dr. Smith wikasthers to : pe carla Nettle .. - H.H. Shrub. June. 455 Polygala mixta . . Mixt Polygala - G. H. Shrub. All the Year. 56 Lachenalia flava . ‘ Yell oweflowered Lachenalia | G. H. Bal pe 92: 457 Banksia spinulo . + Thorny-leaved Ban G. H. Shrub. All Summier. enia malacce . Malay Apple-tree oe ae H.H. T July. 459 Lasiopetalum,ferrugineum . . . . Oak-leaved ee G. H. Shrub. June. ac lia sessi a or 3 essile-flowere Lachenalia, a G. H. Bulb. July. * 461 Protea teretifolia a * + ity ved P. ‘ Goa. Shr June. 462 Malus Japonica . . > Re aga hte. Japan Apple Har. Shrub. June. 463 Pxonia papavaracea . - + Poppy-like Pzony — - G. H, Shrub. July. 464 Diosma o ges Ses ee ve eases Dio . GH. Shrub. May. 465 Protea divaricata ° sys + ese « Straddling-leaved — . G. H. Shrub. July. 466 Goodeniatenella : ... . . . » Slender Goodenia - +» + + . G He Shrub. June. 467 Lythrum orstan er es Ee ie Shrubb Lythrum * po ~ «we. G. Ho Shrub. Al Saninet 468 Aloe ens E ets Ak - . +» « HHL Shrub. June. 469 Protea coronata . . Crown-fl hawecdl Protea oa ge, eee ly. 470 Ophrys arachnoides . . . . ‘ a Sele ‘ - + + + « GH. Shrub. July, 471 Oph ‘odes . .. Fily-like Ophr cart we G. H. Shrub. July. 47 ibbertia ga Ve hee ee os. eno pens leaved Hibbertia Nene G.H. S$ eo aelys Cs 473 Yucca glorios ees Ue Superb: Mites ine oe ee ee Shrub. July, — 474 Psoralea pi intity oc 024 ie an Winged-leaved Psoralea - + + + . GH. Shrub. July. 475 Serapias cordigera . . . +. . ~ Heart-bearing Serapias - - . HH. Shrub. June. A76 lala tie diosmusfelia 20k... © Diosma-leaved Mel: Gore ® Cpa GH. 5S ee uly. 477 Linum venustum . , . . . . . Graceful Linum . siti : . « Har. Shrub. July. 478 Crinum latifolium . . 9. . - Bread-leaved Crinum - - oe ae Re Bul August, 4/9: Fraparia indica. =. . Indian Strawberry - - + + Har. Herb, July 480 Vaccinium niti ME . Shining-leaved Whortle-berry - - Har. Shrub. June. 481 Cinchona caribra ens “pit ath rk-tree : . Sh August. 482 Dianthus alpinus Om 28 . Alpine Pin ‘ . G.H. Shrub. July. fee: 48 hlia pinnata nana ; ~." Doeyarf wingedleaved Dahlia G. H. Herb. September. 484 Nicotiana glutinosa . .. - Clammy T rt. * G. Her ugust. 485 Melaleuca salicifolia . . . eo Willo-leaved greene a Ss tea G. H. “Shrub. July. 486. Pxotia Daurica . . . « Dauric Pony oo eee ee, = ler June.. 487 Xeranthemum herbaceam Rink gine etadeon Erernal Flower caer ie a H. Herb. a —_— 488 Broussonetia H ee Mulberry - : . . 489 Gnaphalium Lani th echt Largeslowered Gnaphalium G. H. Shrub. August. Pontederia dilatat 5 : eo P wep ;- ta a September, 491 Gardenia radicans . . . « Rooting Garden Tae eae eee ee 492 Oxylobium cordifolium Dig. sees ex eaves Oxylobium » +» + « + GH. Shrub. July, |e : ERRATA. Plate 438 read 433. pest instead of Ly & line 4 thrum of Linnzus, r ex Lythrum fi fratceun of Ln nngeus. e bottom, instead of “height ceed %