Ww. TER oe OS NS EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL AL REGISTER: dl oh Ne.) sees ORNAMENTAL FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY: CONSISTING OF COLOURED FIGURES OF PLANTS AND SHRUBS, CULTIVATED IN BRITISH GARDENS; ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR History, West Method of Treatment in Cultíbation, Propagation, Kr. CONTINUED By JOHN LINDLEY, Ph.D. F.R.S. LS. AND GS. PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, &c. &c. óc. Pew Series. VOL VI. U OR VOL. XIX. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. viret semper —— nec fronde caducá Carpitur. i AZT CS 1 L1 | / LON DON: JAMES RIDGWAY, 169, PICCADILLY. M.DCCC.XXXIII. LONDON: J. MOYES, CASTLE STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE. bl id Eee ts Toe ae C adi 1565 The Crimson Creeping CEREUS. A . - ICOSANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. CacrEx Vent. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 54.) CACTUS.—Supra, vol. 16. fol. 1331. GARDEN VARIETY. Although the object of the Botanical Register is by no means to give a place to transient Horticultural varieties, yet we have occasionally deviated so far from our original plan as to introduce very remarkable races when there has been any thing either in their history, or their general appearance which seemed to justify such a proceeding. In the present instance we have a combination of much that is curious in history and beautiful in structure. The subject of the present notice was raised a few years ago by Mr. Mallison, Gardener to Sir Samuel Scott, from seed of Cactus speciosissimus fertilised by Cactus flagelliformis ; the former the well-known erect species with brilliant scarlet blossoms, the latter the equally common trailing kind with pale rosy flowers. The result has been, as perhaps might have been expected, a hybrid, as nearly as possible intermediate between the two parents, having all the brilliancy of colour ofthe female line combined with the prolific constitution and trailing habit of the male. It was exhibited for the first time at a meeting of the Horti- cultural Society in 1832; the specimen was about 2 feet long, and excited much admiration. It was loaded with flowers, of the most healthy appearance; and what was especially remarkable, the colour of its stem was not the dull green of Cereus flabelliformis, but the rich bright hue of Cactus speciosissimus. The only plant we are ac- quainted with is in the possession of Sir Samuel Scott: it must be classed among the very best hybrids which Horticulturists have succeeded in obtaining. It appears to be a hardy greenhouse plant, and will doubtless increase freely by cuttings. J. E. VOL. XIX. B A ERA decidi hs. IURE PSU Rs DELETE 1566 MAXILLARIA* racemósa. Raceme-flowered Maxillaria. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncuipgx. $ Vandee. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) MAXILLARIA.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 897. $ 2. Scapigere. Pedunculi radicales. Labellum anticum (Corax). Scapi 2-multiflori. M. racemosa ; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis tetragonis monophyllis, foliis eblongo-lanceolatis tricostatis scapis gracilibus strictis multifloris breviori- bus, sepalis oblongis acutis: lateralibus basi valdé elongatis in calcar spurium connatis, petalis linearibus spatulatis tripló minoribus, labello oblongo cucullato indiviso undulato emarginato in axi calloso, columná pubescente.—Lindl. gen. et sp. orch. p. 149. ined. M. racemosa. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2789. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1318. Pseudobulbi 2 poll. longi. Folia 4 poll. longa, basi in petiolum angus- tata. Scapus pedalis. Flores sordide flavi, membranacei. Sepala pa- tentia: superius cum petalis parallelum Cymbidiorum more. — Labellum cum sinu sepalorum lateralium articulatum, album v. sordidé flavum purpu- reis maculis pallidis notatum. Anth. 1-locularis. Pollinia postice sulcata, caudiculá brevi, glandulá parvá. This rare little Maxillaria was originally sent from woods near Rio Janeiro by Mr. William Harrison, and afterwards flowered in several collections. It has now become very scarce, being apparently too delicate to bear the imperfect cultivation that such plants receive even at the most skilful hands. We have seen it thrive for a short time planted in moss, and suspended in a pot from the rafter of a stove; in such a situation, in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, the plant flowered from which our drawing was taken in October 1829. Its flowers are pale green, or greenish yellow, and have not much beauty; their lip is prettily marked with light crimson dots in the inside. J. L. * See fol. 1428. 1567 CALOCHÖRTUS* luteus. , Yellow Calochórtus. HEXANDRIA TRIGY NIA. Nat. ord. Littacex Juss. - (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 279.) CALOCHORTUS.—Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1152. C. luteus ; caule subtrifloro, foliis convolutis acuminatis pedunculis gracilibus brevioribus, sepalis apice recurvis, petalis cuneatis apice rotundatis medio transverse barbatis. C. luteus. Douglas. Caulis pedalis v. citrà, teres, foliosus. Folia convoluta acuminata ; su- perioribus pedunculis brevioribus. Flores 2, v. 3, terminales. Sepala viridia, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, petalis subequalia. Petala apice lutea, medio viridia, sanguineo punctata, fasciá pilorum luteorum ; basi viridia, glabra. Ovarium lineare, triquetrum, petalis fere 3-pld brevius. Anthere Rave. Several species of this charming genus have now been discovered, besides the fine purple sort figured at fol. 1152 of this work, and the two others described by Mr. Douglas in the seventh volume of the Transactions of the Horticul- tural Society. Of these, the subject of the present notice is among the most interesting. It was discovered by Mr. Douglas in California; and a few roots of it were received from him by the Horticultural Society in 1831. Cultivated in their Garden at Chiswick, it proves hardy, flowering in the months of September and October. Its blossoms are not fugitive, but, on the con- trary, remain without fading for a week or ten days. It is the more interesting, as we have nothing at the same season which resembles it at all in character. It appears to succeed perfectly in a north border in * See fol. 1152. sandy peat. From the lateness of its flowering, it is not likely to produce seeds; let us hope it will form offsets in sufficient abundance to enable the Horticultural Society to distribute it as extensively as it is desirable that so beautiful a species should be. We refer Calochortus to Liliacee on account of its ap- parent affinity to Fritillaria ; it nevertheless differs in a very remarkable manner in having its sepals distinctly leafy, in which particular it approaches Commelinee. Probably it is a transition genus connecting Liliacee with the tripe- taloideous orders of Monocotyledons. J.. b. / 3 0, 1568 DUVAUA* ovata. Ovate-leaved Duvaua. POLYGAMIA MONECIA. Nat. ord. ANACARDIACEZ R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 127.) « DUVAUA.— Flores monoici aut dioici. ^ Calyx 4-fidus, persistens. Petala 4, concava. Stamina 8, sub disco inserta, 4 petalis alterna, longiora, in flore 9 effeeta. Discus urceolatus, 8-dentatus. ^ Ovarium sessile, l- ovulatum, conicum, in ¢ sterile. Styli 3-4, brevissimi. Stigmata capitata. Drupa globosa, nucleo coriaceo. Semen 1, pendulum, exalbuminosum, cotyledonibus planis, radiculà superá longá. Arbor chilensis, subspi- nescens, glabra. Folia simplicia, subintegerrima. Racemi axillares, multi- Jlori. "Variat fl. 5-fidis. De Cand. prodr. 2. 74. D. ovata; foliis ovatis dentatis acutis obtusisve, floribus seepiüs octandris. Frutex sempervirens, ramosus, spinescens, verosimiliter orgyalis. Folia lucida, terebinthinum forte olentia, formá variabilia, plerumque tamen ovata, acuta, dentata; nunc obtusa, oblonga, v. obovata. Racemi stricti, Solus paulo longiores. Flores herbacei, sepiüs octandri. Almost all the plants from Chile which are as yet com- mon in our Gardens, are herbaceous or annual species, more remarkable for the beauty of their flowers than of their foliage; Aristotelia Macqui forming nearly a solitary exception. This has probably arisen from the shrubby species having been found impatient of cold, and unpro- ductive of flowers. Nevertheless that country produces many things well worth the attention of those who have gardens, especially its different species of Duvaua, of which at least three are to be found in the collections near London; all of them are * So called after M. Duvau, a French Botanist, known as the editor of the original edition of Richard’s Analyse du Fruit; and for some observa- tions upon Veronica. very handsome evergreen bushes, with a bright shining foliage, which emits a strong but grateful odour when bruised ; they will not bear the climate of London without protection from frost; but if trained to a wall, and sheltered by a roof of thatch in winter, they succeed perfectly: in short, they are about as hardy as myrtles. Of these, the subject of the accompanying Plate is one which has been in this country seven or eight years; we never saw it in flower till last year, when it blossomed abundantly upon a south wall in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society in July. It is nearly related to D. de- pendens, but differs essentially in its leaves being usually sharp-pointed, and its flowers octandrous; while D. de- pendens, on the contrary, has its leaves almost always very blunt, often very little toothed, and chiefly decandrous. It is true that passages from one to the other may be dis- covered ; but the plants are so different when growing side by side, that we cannot think it right to combine them; and where is the genus of which the species do not run the one into the other? Propagated by cuttings of the ripe wood struck in sand under a bell-glass in a gentle heat. It will grow in any soil or situation. which is dry in the summer, and well drained in winter. It would probably succeed in the cre- vices of rocks in Devonshire or Cornwall. b 77 1569 ONCÍDIUM* Harrisoniánum. Mrs. Arnold Harrisoms Oncidium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncutpgx. § Vandee Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) ONCIDIUM.—Supra, vol. 16. fol. 1349. $. Folia plana; v. complicata. Sepala lateralia libera. Labelli lacinie laterales nane, v. obliterate. O. Harrisonianum ; pseudobulbis subglobosis monophyllis, foliis carnosis lineari-oblongis acutis recurvis, paniculá ramosá multiflorä, sepalis pe- talisque linearibus obtusissimis, labelli laciniis lateralibus minutis auri- culiformibus intermediá unguiculatá transversá emarginatá, cristá 5-lobá centro pubescente, column alis deltoideis rectiusculis. Pseudobulbi ovi passerini magnitudine sed globosi, late virides, leves. Folia 4-6 poll. longa, omnino avenia. Scapus e squamá tubulosá proveniens, ascendens, pedalis v. ultra. Panicula composita, apice cernua, ramulis divaricatis, v. decurvis. Flores vitellini. Sepala petalis paulo majora, atrofusco maculata. Labellum unicolor, sepalis lateralibus longius. Crista e tuberculis 5 constat, quorum 4 lateralia, compressa, rotundata, leviter incurvantur ; quintum anticum multd est angustius et cornu parvum refert ; inter omnia adest area pulvinata pubescens. For what purpose can the world have been adorned with these Orchideous plants? To man or animals they are scarcely ever of any known use. No honey is secreted by their flowers; neither poison, medicine, nor food, are collected in the recesses of their stems; and their very seeds seem unfit for feeding even the smallest bird. We can scarcely suppose them provided for the purification of the unwholesome atmosphere of the forest recesses in which they delight, for their organization is that of plants whose leaves perform their vital actions too slowly to effect such * See fol. 1349. a purpose. For what then can they have been formed, unless to delight the sense of man, to gratify his eye by their gay colours and fantastic forms, and to shew the inexhaustible fertility of that creative power which we recognise every where in Nature. If this be not the object of those countless changes of form and colour which the Orchis tribe exhibits, we shall scarcely comprehend why in this very genus Oncidium the lip bears at its base a collection of tubercles which are not only different in every species, but so strangely varied, that ** Eye of newt, and toe of frog,” are the least singular of the forms that lie cowering in the bosom of their petals; the heads of unknown animals, reptiles of unheard-of figures, coils of snakes rising as if to dart upon the curious observer, may all be seen in the blossoms of the various species, whose very flowers may be likened to unearthly insects on the wing. This very distinct species was discovered on the Organ Mountains of Brazil by Mr. William Harrison of Rio Janeiro. We have taken the liberty of naming it after a family more distinguished than any other for the number of species they have introduced, and for the success with which they have cultivated them. Whenever Horticulture shall again find an historian, he will have to record the period when the difficulty of cultivating tropical Orchidee, which was once considered insuperable, was successfully overcome ; in such a history the names of Mr. William Harrison, of Mrs. Arnold Harrison, and of Mr. Richard Harrison, will stand among the foremost. ©. Harrisonianum is easily recognised by its fleshy, slightly channelled, recurved leaves, each of which is placed upon a little pseudobulb, not much bigger than a sparrow's egg, but round and shining. The panicles of flowers are about a foot high, and arranged in a graceful manner, some- thing in the way of Oncidium flexuosum. Our figure has been made from a drawing and specimen communicated by Mrs. Arnold Harrison in October 1832. Cultivated among moss and rotten wood, in which it grows freely. Fig. 1 is a magnified representation of the face of the column and the base of the lip, shewing the way in which the tubercles are arranged. One might fancy they were a bat's head, of which the downy centre forms the forehead, the back tubercles the ears, the horn in front the snout, and the two lateral tubercles a pair of flaccid cheeks. J. L. / / AA . VE 7 27 / IEJ ANT P A e 1570 | PAPAVER* pérsicum. Persian Poppy. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Paraveracez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 8.) PAPAVER L.—Sepala 2, convexa, decidua. Petala 4. Stamina plurima. Stylus 0. Stigmata 4-20, radiantia, sessilia, super discum ovarium coronantem. Capsula obovata, l-locularis, è carpellis 4-20 in thalami productione membranaceá inclusis constans, sub stigmatum coroná valvulis brevibus dehiscens. Placente intervalvulares intús in dissepimenta incompleta product. Herbe perennes, succo albo fete. Pedunculi ante florescentiam apice inflexi. De Cand. prodr. 1. 117. $ 1. Capsulis hispidis. P. persicum ; capsulis hispidis ovalibus, sepalis setosis, foliis pinnatifidis setosis : laciniis subindivisis seepiüs aristatis, caule folioso paniculato. Herba annua, 1-13-pedalis, caule setoso paniculato. Folia glauca, pin- natifida, setis tecta, laciniis sepiüs indivisis, aristatis, nunc pinnatim lobatis. Alabastrus fere exacte oblongus, villosus. Petala subunguiculata, lateritia, basi maculá viridi notata, citissimé decidua. Stamina brevia. Ovarium radiis stigmaticis 4, apice conicum. Seeds of this Poppy were received by the Horticultural Society from Mr. Otto, of Berlin, under the name of ** Papaver sp. from Persia." It is an annual, which would be pretty if its petals were not so quickly deciduous. It grows a foot or a foot and half high, and flowers in June and July. It is easily propagated by seeds. * So called, according to the most learned etymologists, because it was commonly mixed with the pap, papa, given to children in order to procure sleep. This plant and its names have ever been associated with the idea of sleep in most languages, in poetry and philosophy, in history and fable. Its Juice is still the best opiate known, and in general use.—Smith. The word opium is derived from the Greek ez’, juice; it being the inspissated juice of the poppy; Homer called it Nepenthe. In a Botanical point of view its nearest affinity is with P. Argemone, from which it differs in having an oval not obovate fruit, with 4 not 5 stigmata, and in the glaucous colour of the leaves, which are much less divided. J. L. 1571 ASTER* adulterínus. Glossy Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. COMPOSITÆ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. Sect. Genuini, homophylli, sessilifolii, laxiflori, versiformes. Nees. A. adulterinus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis mucronatis amplectentibus levibus margine scabris, caule à basi paniculato-decomposito, ramis corymboso- racemosis, periclinii obovati subsequalis foliolis spathulato - lanceolatis squarrosis post florescentiam magis auctis. Nees ab Esenb. gen. et sp. ast. p. 85. A. adulterirg. Nees synops. 22. Willd. enum. 2.884. Pursh fl. am. sept, 2. 553. ? Symphyotrichum unctuosum. Nees l. c. p. 135. A. cespitosus. Hort. Caulis circiter pedalis, erectus, strictus, teres, striatus, glaber. Folia approximata, basi subcordata caulem amplectentia, 3 pollices longa, 4-6 lineas lata, patentia, lanceolata, acuminata; inferiora in medio remote appresso-serrulata, glabra, margine scabra, rigida, et post exsiccationem Sragilia, venoso-penninervia et utrinque valdé reticulata, supra nitida, lete viridia, subtús pallidiora; ramea pauca, remota, minora, integerrima. Rami folio suo breviores vel ejusdem. longitudine, rigidi, angulati, biquadriflori ramulis (pedunculis) rigidis fastigiatis, foliolis parvis cordato-lanceolatis patentibus adspersis preditis. Periclinii foliola subequalia, erecta, sub- imbricata, stricta, linearia, acutiuscula, margine subdenticulata, basi, pre- sertim interiora, utrinque pallida, apice viridia, crassiuscula, glabra, et dorso levia. Clinanthium planum, areolatum, areolarum marginibus parüm ele- vatis integris, in disco papilla umbilicata ( flosculi articulo) preditis. Achzenia obconica, paucissimis setulis, infra pappum limbum constituentibus, inspersa, costisque quinque elevatis notata, quarum due interiores approximate ; sulci interjecti scrobiculis porcati. Pappus in annulum solubilem basi coherens, radiis pluribus albis scabris. Ligule lineares, periclinio breviores vel idem equantes, purpurascentes, distantes. Stylus longus; stigmata longa, linearia. Flosculi disci lutei, tubulosi; tubus glaber, limbi obconici longitudine ; lacinie triangulares, obtusiuscule. Antherarum appendices acuminate. Stigmata lanceolata, acuta, crassiuscula.—Nees sub Symphyotricho. * See fol. 1487. A native of North America, according to Willdenow: - we are, however, not aware that any one has seen other than garden specimens, so that it may be either, as Nees. v. Esenbeck suspects, some variety of A. Novi Belgii, or rather perhaps the offspring of that species and A. lzvigatus, or some of those allied to it. We find this under two different forms in our gardens; one of which is about 2+ feet high, with sharp-pointed leaves, and pale purple flowers, and agrees with the plant cultivated under the name of A. adulterinus in the Berlin Garden. The other, which is a much dwarfer plant, ex- tremely compact in its habit, with short rigid branches, obtuse leaves, and pale lilac flowers, is that here figured: it is known by the name of A. cespitosus. From this last we must confess our inability to distin- guish our friend Von Esenbecks genus Symphyotrichum, with a sight of the original specimen of which we have been favoured by that learned Botanist. If it were not for a total absence of hairs from the stem of Symphyotrichum, we should suppose it and the plant now figured to be identical. As to the character upon which the supposed genus is founded, namely, the separation of the pappus from the achenia by an annular base, we find this so common a circumstance in the very ripe fruit of many species, that we cannot attach any importance to it, even as a specific, far less a generic, distinction. A hardy perennial, flowering in September. It increases freely by division of its roots, and will grow in almost any soil or situation. J.A. / LA rare Wa, RM P 1572 BANKSIA* prostráta. Prostrate Banksia. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. PnorEACEZ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 68.) i i BANKSIA.—Supra, vol. 8. fol. 688. B. prostrata; foliis elongatis sinuato-pinnatifidis lobis integerrimis: subter venuloso-reticulatis venulis glabriusculis lacunis tomentosis, caule pros- trato tomentoso, amento aphyllo, perianthii unguibus crispato-tomentosis ; laminis glabriusculis nunc apice pilosis, stigmate subulato subexsulco. R. Br. suppl. prodr. p. 36. A very distinct species, found by Mr. Baxter, in 1823, on the south-west coast of New Holland, in the country about St. George's Sound. It appears to be a prostrate shrub, not exceeding a foot or two in height. Its branches ` are deep brown, and covered with a close down. The leaves are seated on long hairy stalks, and are deep bright green on the upper surface, but somewhat glaucous beneath, except the veins, which are brownish., The flower-heads are rather small, but of a deep rich cinnamon brown, beauti- fully set off by the bright yellow stigmata. Our drawing was made in Mr. Low's Nursery in August 1832. The species was first described in Dr. Brown's learned memoir upon the new Proteacez of New Holland, pub- lished in 1830. In this very curious dissertation are several highly interesting remarks upon the anatomical structure of the order, some of which, as the work must be in ve few bands, we shall take this opportunity of translating, * See fol. 1316. VOL. AIR: c for the benefit of such of our readers as are interested in microscopical inquiries. Dr. Brown considers the position of the respiratory pores or stomata, their form, and relative size with respect to the areolations of the cuticle, to be often points of much value in determining the limits and affinity of genera, and even of their natural subdivisions. In the genus Banksia, he says, * There are no cutaneous glands" (meaning breathing pores) “ on the upper surface of the leaves; those of the lower surface are oval, sometimes broader than long, with an annular simple limb, and a linear disc; they are always concealed by a sort of curly wool; when the leaves are veinless, or furnished with anastomosing veins, they are scattered pretty equally over the cuticle; but more frequently, when the veins of the leaves are reticulated, they are clustered in the bottom of the hollows between the veins. Hollows ofa similar nature, and with precisely the same arrangement of clustered glands (stomata) in their bottom, exist in Nerium Oleander and odorum: these hollows were formerly well represented in the N. Oleander by Malpighi, and more recently by Krocker; both these authors considering them pores or clefts of unusual size and form. More recently they have been considered by M. Adolphe Brongniart as perforations in the outer layer of a double epidermis, the inner layer of which (in the bottom of the hollow) this author describes as destitute of glands." To these curious observations, the accuracy of which we have ourselves verified, is prefixed the following explana- tion of the anomalous structure of the fruit of Banksia. Every body who has ever opened a cone of a Banksia knows that the two seeds which are contained in each cavity are separated by a loose partition; and Botanists are aware that the origin of that partition is a problem Which had never been solved till Dr. Brown undertook it in the appendix to Captain King's Voyage. The explanation given of it is contained in the following description :—** The ovarium is one-celled, with two ovules. These ovules are collateral, and attached by their edge above the middle; their skin has on the outer side a longitudinal open cleft, im consequence of which the principal part of the inner membrane, which encloses the nucleus, is laid bare. Soon after fecundation the skins of the two ovules grow firmly together by the sides which are in contact; they gradually become larger and harder, till at last they form in the ripe fruit that loose bifid woody partition, to the faces of which, hollowed out by the pressure of the nuclei, the seeds are applied; these seeds are winged at the apex, and are covered by a single integument formed from the inner membrane of the ovulum.” So that Dr. Brown's opinion is, that the partition is caused by the adhesion of two slit primines, one belonging to each ovule; and that this is proved to be the fact by the circumstance of the seeds having but one integument, namely, the secondine, instead of two. But, ingenious as this explanation undoubtedly is, we cannot help remarking, that what Dr. Brown calls the primine, or outer integument of the ovulum, may rather be considered of the nature of an arillus; and that the presence of but one integument instead of two upon the ripe seeds, or even the ovulum itself, is less demonstrative of the accuracy of his explana- tion than it at first sight seems to be; because there is nothing to prove that Banksia has naturally more than one seminal integument, or that it does not agree in the struc- ture of its ovulum with Alnus and the like, which have been proved by Mirbel never to have more than one in- tegument to that part. Jeli 1573 DUVAUA* dependens. Round-leaved Duvaua. POLYGAMIA MONECIA. Nat.ord. ANACARDIACER R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 127.) DUVAUA.—Supra, vol. 6. n. s. fol. 1568. D. dependens; folis in ramulis floriferis obovatis obtusis v. emarginatis parcé dentatis integrisve, floribus seepids decandris, racemis foliorum longitudine. D. dependens. Decand. prodr. 2. 74. Hooker bot. misc. 2. 176 (æ). Amyris polygama. Cav. ic. 3. p. 30. t. 239. To this we have already adverted at fol. 1568. It is probably the species intended by Cavanilles, as it cer- tainly is that which is considered so by Dr. Hooker in his invaluable paper upon Chilian plants in the second volume of the Botanical Miscellany. From Duvaua ovata it differs not only in its leaves being almost always, especially upon the flowering branches, obovate and very obtuse, or even emarginate, with scarcely any denticulations, but also in its racemes scarcely exceed- ing the leaves in length, and in its flowers being altogether smaller, and usually decandrous. Its fruit consists of little dry blackish-purple berries, which it produces abundantly upon a south wall. Its time of flowering, and mode of cultivation, are the same as those of D. ovata, fol. 1568, which see. J; b. * See fol. 1568. M 7; ¿SA ZI rar a ed Pardo L f PR 4 , j A, FE PA :. "P, A TS 24 v VA f 12 LERMA AZ 1574 GOMPHOLÓBIUM * venulósum. Veiny-leaved Gompholobium. DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. LeavwiNosm Juss. $ Papilionacee. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) GOMPHOLOBIUM.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 484. G. venulosum ; foliolis 3 lineari-lanceolatis venulosis mucronatis margine revolutis, stipulis petiolo longioribus, pedunculis subterminalibus solitariis apice bibracteolatis, corollis calyce longioribus. Frutex parvus, glaberrimus; ramis ascendentibus, gracilibus, subangu- latis. Folia ternata; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis linearibusque, reticulato- venosis, rigidis, mucronatis, margine revolutis. | Stipule virides, subulate, petiolo longiores. Flores solitarii, terminales, aut sepiüs, ob evolutionem gemme ultime axillaris, subterminales ; pedunculis foliis longioribus, sub apice semper, supra basin aliquandd bibracteolati. Calyx viridis, glaber- rimus, alte 5-fidus, corollá brevior. Vexillum cordatum, emarginatum, margine subcrispum, antice vitellinum, dorso subroseum. Ale €t carina pariter vitelline, obtusissime, vexillo breviores. The south of New Holland seems to abound as much in Gompholobia as the south of Europe in Lathyri, for almost every new collection yields additional species of the genus. That now figured was raised by Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, from seeds collected by Mr. Baxter: it differs from all that are yet known, in its leaflets being distinctly marked with little elevated slightly anastomosing veins, after the manner ofthe Mirbelias. Its stipule are also remarkably sreen and persistent. Judging from M. De Candolle's specific character, it may be related to G. tetrathecoides; but that species has downy hispid branches. This is a delicate little shrub, flowering in July and August. It requires precisely the treatment to be adverted to at fol. 1578. Rn Am * See fol.. 1468. wi u’ 1575 CLARKIA* élegans. Californian Clarkia. OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Ox AGRARIE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) CLARKIA.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1100. C. elegans ; foliis ovatis dentatis integrisque, caule glauco racemoso, petalis rhomboideis indivisis, stigmate pubescente, ovario piloso. C. elegans. Douglas in litt. Annua. Caulis erectus, excurrens, parce ramosus, 2-pedalis, teres, glaucedine roseo suffusus ; ramis racemosé nec corymbose dispositis. Folia ovata, subsessilia, munc dentate, nunc integerrima, glabra. Flores in racemos excurrentes dispositi, in alabastro mutantes, sub anthesin erecti, sessiles in axillis foliorum parüm mutatorum. Ovarium lineare, pilis longis obsitum. Calyx viridis, secundus. Petala roseo-purpurea, rhom- boidea, subsinuata, indivisa, obtusa, unguiculata. Stamina fertilia petalorum longitudine, patentia: antheris rectis purpurascentibus ; sterilia erecta, bre- viora: antheris albidis. Stigma parvum, pubescens, 4-lobum. The name of Clarkia, like that of Rose, carries a charm with it which beautifies even a weed; for it is impossible not to associate with it the idea of that sweet North Ameri- can flower that in a few short years has changed from an obscure Botanical rarity to the ornament of every flower- market from London and Paris to Moscow and Stockholm. The species now figured was raised last year in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and blossomed in the open air from July to October. It had been discovered in California by Mr. Douglas, along with some new Esch- scholtzias, and many other things of surpassing loveliness, as well as great Botanical importance. * See fol. 1100. Like its namesake it is an annual, and is probably quite hardy, although native of a more southern climate. In aspect it is very different; its flowers appear in racemes, which keep growing longer and longer till the points are covered with flowers, and the bases are furnished with ripe fruit. The petals are of a similar colour to those of C. pul- chella, but are not so large, and have not the deep divisions which give so singular an appearance to the flowers of the old species. It appears from Mr. Douglas's wild specimens that the figure we have given scarcely does justice to the plant; and that under favourable circumstances 1t becomes more ornamental. J. L QT A ZUA Y 0) " . 4 F © x. y gr Y l. Magway LO G tcc aae AS 1576 CALCEOLÁRIA* Herbertiána ; var. parviflora. Mr. W. Herberts Calceolaria ; small -flowered variety. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. SCROPHULARINER Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) CALCEOLARIA.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. C. Herbertiana. Supra, vol. 16. fol. 1313. Var. parviflora; corollis duplo minoribus: labello sulcato. 4 Having already described this species at the place above referred to, we have on this occasion only to make some further observations upon its characters, and to explain in what the plant now figured appears to differ. C. Herbertiana is more properly a suffruticose than a shrubby plant, inasmuch as it loses its stem entirely in our English winters; and even in a warmer climate only retains the lowest part of it in a woody state. Its corymbs are usually bifid, instead of irregularly panicled, as formerly represented ; and its lower leaves taper gradually into the footstalk. It is not unfrequent in the collections about London. The variety now figured is, like it, a native of Chile, and differs in the following particulars: its lower leaves are rather more coarsely and regularly toothed, and they very slightly approach in some cases to a somewhat hastate figure ; the flowers are smaller, more densely corymbose, and more numerous ; and the lip, which is less inflated, has three distinct projections, which give it a sort of plaited appearance. It is a native of the neighbourhood of Valparaiso, where * See fol. 1214. - it was found by Mr. Cuming (no. 530); and also of the lower ranges of the Cordilleras, near Aconcagua, whence specimens have been sent by Mr. Bridges (no. 95). From the seeds brought home by Mr. Cuming, the specimen was raised from which our figure was taken in the Garden of the Comte de Vandes in May 1832. It requires the same kind of treatment as Calceolaria chiloensis, integrifolia, &c.; that is to say, an open border in a dry sheltered place in the summer, and a well-ventilated greenhouse in winter. We have been the more anxious to figure this wild variety, in order to contribute, as far as is in our power, to distinguishing real natural varieties from those beautiful but transient domesticated forms with which our Gardens are becoming filled. J.E 1577 STENACTIS* speciósa. Shewy Stenactis. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Composıtz Juss. $ Asteree. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) STENACTIS Cass.— Capitulum radiatum, radio foemineo sæpè bi- vel pluriseriali, ligulis angustis linearibus discoque hermaphrodito fertilibus. Involucri subhemispheerici foliolis 2-3-serialibus, imbricatis, subeequalibus, angustis, subfoliaceis, rigidulis. Receptaculum planum, v. convexum, ver- ruculoso-punctatum. Pappus duplex: exterior brevis paleaceus, paleolis angustis; interior uniserialis, radiis distantibus, subeequalibus, filiformibus, serrulato-scabris, deciduis. Nees gen. et sp. aster. p. 273. term. quibusd, mut, S. speciosa; caule erecto apice corymboso multifloro glabro, foliis ciliatis acutis integerrimis: radicalibus spatulatis caulinis ovato-lanceolatis sub- amplexicaulibus, radio involucro duplo longiore. Perennis. Caules erecti, sulcati, glabri, 2-pedales, corymboso-ramosi, let? virides. Folia ciliata, acuta, glabra, atroviridia, integerrima ; radi- . calia spatulata, in petiolum longum angustata ; caulina omnia sessilia : su- periora acuminata. Ramuli monocephali. Capitula magna, speciosa, in pedunculos longos pilosos nudos insidentia. Involucrum hispido-ciliatum, hemisphericum, ligulis fer? 3-pló brevius, subbiseriale : foliolis subulatis creberrimis. Ligule circiter 120, atroviolacee, obtuse, indivise, v. apice denticulate. Discus intense luteus. A hardy perennial, native of California, whence it has been sent by Mr. Douglas to the Horticultural Society. It Is very shewy, and flowers from July to October. It increases freely by parting its roots; and: it also produces seeds abundantly. Although a perennial, this may also be treated as an annual; for seedlings flower early enough the very first * Apparently from cerezo, to sigh; if so, the application is unknown to us. Could the author of the name have had in view what his countrywomen call couleur de soupir ? year to ripen their seeds. It will grow in any common garden soil, and seems to require no care in its cultivation. A bed of it thickly planted is very pretty. It entirely agrees with the genus Stenactis as limited . by Nees v. Esenbeck in the character given above. J. L, ——— / dis MO 1578 PIMELEA* hispida. Long-stalked Pimelea. DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. TaymrLzz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 75.) PIMELEA.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1268. 1. Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Involucrum ‘foliis rameis dissimile. P. hispida ; involucris tetraphyllis longé pedunculatis: foliolis subrotundo- ovatis extüs glabris intüs levissimé pubescentibus capitulo dimidio bre- vioribus, calycis tubo dimidio inferiore hispido, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis linearibusque. P. hispida. R. Br. prodr, 360. dE Frutex omni parte glaber, salvis floribus, erectus, ramosus; ramis gracili- bus, ascendentibus, pallide viridibus, mox rufescentibus. Folia inferiora linearia, opposita, superiora oblonga, v. oblongo-lanceolata, subalterna. Capitula ante expansionem subglobosa, apiculata. Involucri foliola subro- tundo-ovata, extüs glabra, intús levissime pubescentia, margine roseo-colorata. Calyces rosei; tubo inarticulato, sericeo, basi pilis longis hispido, apice sub laciniis pilis similibus barbato. A beautiful little shrub, native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where it was originally discovered by Dr. Brown. It is nearly allied to the older and better- known P. rosea, to which it is superior in beauty, and from . Which it is readily known by its broader leaves, larger flower- heads, and especially by the long stiffish hairs that clothe the base ofthe calyx densely, and the apex sparingly, so as to give the flowers the aspect of delicate feathers. These hairs are long, uninterrupted, very transparent tubes, with a considerable number of minute particles within their Cavity; they are doubtless extremely well adapted to shew distinctly that curious motion in the fluids of plants * See fol. 1268. which forms so singular a species of circulation in their system, and which seems to be universal in hairs, so long as they are alive. There is no difficulty either in cultivating this species, or in striking it from cuttings, provided attention be paid to the following circumstances. All plants from the southern coast of New Holland, or from Van Diemen's Land, naturally enjoy a climate which in the winter season is about as cold as the winters of the south of France: they are found very much in dry exposed situations; and many of them, espe- cially-the Pimeleas, are physically incapable of enduring cold and moisture together, although the former by itself, if above a certain amount, is not prejudicial to them. They, therefore, should be kept in winter in a cool airy place, where a perfect command of ventilation is possessed ; and the temperature should not be allowed to. rise much above 40° or 45° in the winter months. Upon this plan Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, manages the young plants obtained from the collections formed by Mr. Baxter, and with such success that no doubt can be entertained of its excellence. ie dais. was made in Mr. Knight's Nursery in June T. 1579 BENTHÁMIA* fragífera. Strawberry-fruited Benthamia. TETRANDRIA MONOGY NIA. ‘ Nat. ord. Connex De Cand. BENTHAMIA.— Calycis limbus minimus, 4-dentatus. | Petala 4, car- nosa, cuneata, Stamina 4. Stylus l, Fructus è drupis plurimis concretis coadunatus; quoque carpello biloculari. Semina solitaria, pendula. Arbores v. frutices. Folia opposita. Flores capitati, involucro petaloideo cincti. B. fragifera. Cornus capitata. Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. 434. Pl. asiat. rar. v. 3. 2. 10.,8. 214. For the excellent drawing and following account of this very rare plant we are obliged to Mr. Booth, Gardener to Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., of Carclew, in Cornwall, in whose rich cöllection it flowered, and fruited last year for the first time in Europe. “ This valuable addition to our collection of hardy shrubs was raised in 1825, in the Garden of John Hearle Tremayne, Esq., at Heligan, Cornwall, from seeds received from his relation Sir Anthony Buller, during his residenee in the East Indies. It is a very handsome evergreen, flowering in great profusion during summer, and producing an abundance of large, globular, reddish fruit in autumn. “ The plant from which the accompanying figure and de- Scription were made has attained the height of a large shrub. The branches are round and twiggy, with a pale-brown or ash-coloured bark. They are destitute of leaves, with the * The Benthamia of Achille Richard being the same as Herminium, we have great pleasure in availing ourselves of the present opportunity of naming this very distinct genus in compliment to our highly valued friend George Bentham, Esq. VOL, Xix. D exception of the numerous small twigs, which are each fur- nished towards their extremity with three or four large leaves, and about the same number of smaller ones. The size of the former varies from 21 to 3 inches in length, and an inch in breadth in the widest part, from which they regu- larly taper towards the base and point. They are slightly pubescent on both sides; beneath they are of a silvery green; above they are ofa rich light green colour. The foot- stalks are short and slender, rounded beneath, and flattened above. “ The flowers are terminal, congregated together in globular heads at the extremity of a round, striated, pale- green peduncle, varying from an inch to two inches in length, and surrounded by a large involucre, composed of four coloured parts resembling petals. Each of the seg- ments is ovate-acuminate, and about half an inch in breadth; when expanded, the whole measure nearly two inches in diameter. The flowers are greenish, small, and incon- spicuous, appearing destitute of petals, in place of which there are four permanent, elevated, fleshy protuberances, encompassing the four stamens, which are alternate with them, and rather shorter than the petal-like processes. The style is simple, round, thick, and persistent; about twice the length of the stamens. The fruit when ripe is of a reddish colour, a good deal resembling that of the mul- berry, but exceeding it considerably in size. The flesh is yellowish white, rather insipid, but not unpleasant, although a little bitter to the taste. The seeds are six, elght, or more in number, apparently contained in two cells, sur- rounded with a viscid pulp. “The plant seems to flourish extremely well in common garden soil, and may be increased with facility either by - seeds or layers." Dr. Wallich describes it thus : — * It grows to be a small tree, which, according to Sir R. Colquhoun's observation, has much of the habit of the custard apple. Branches woody, spreading, opposite, like all the other parts covered with short, stiff, adpressed hairs; the younger ones slightly compressed. Leaves op- posite, coriaceous, tapering at both ends, entire, about two inches long, scabrous, covered on both sides with reflexed hairs, which, on being rubbed off, leave an impression on the surface; glaucous, very pale beneath, with elevated, sometimes pink-coloured, sublongitudinal, arched nerves, having each a minute gland in their axils. — Petioles very short, furrowed. Head terminal, solitary, round, as large as a moderate-sized cherry, thickly covered with flowers, supported by a sulcated, club-shaped peduncle, which widens at the upper end into a convex ligneous receptacle for the insertion of the flowers. Jnvolucre consisting of four spreading, somewhat . unequal, coriaceous, yellow, obovate-cuneate, sometimes broad-ovate, veined, scabrous leaves, an inch long, rounded at their ends, with a short, slightly grooved point. Calyx cylindric, pubescent, with four oblong, erect, obtuse segments. Corol twice as long as the calyx, consisting of four spreading cuneate leaflets ; their upper surface slightly keeled. Stamens equalling the petals, subulate, recurved. Anthers ovate. Ovarium im- mersed in the receptacle, oblong, 2-celled, with a pendulous ovulum in each cell. Style thick, clavate, striated, shorter than the stamens, surrounded at its base by a short, cylindric, flestry, crenulate nectary. Stigma truncate. “ Obs. — This beautiful tree is very distinct from all the other species. It approaches a little to C. florida and cana- densis; but is easily recognised by its copious, harsh, adpressed hairs, its stature, which is that of a large shrub or small tree, and the position of its leaves." We do not understand upon what principle this very distinct genus has been combined with Cornus, from which it differs essentially both in flower and fruit. Whether or not C. florida, which agrees with it in habit, is also a species of Benthamia, our materials do not enable us to determine. J. L. 1580 DUVAUA* latifólia. Broad-leaved Duvaua. POLYGAMIA MONGECIA. Nat.ord. ANacarpiacez R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 127.) DUVAUA.—Supra, vol. 6. n. s. fol. 1568. D. latifolia ; foliis oblongis grossé dentatis undulatis subcomplicatis acutis, floribus seepiüs octandris, racemis densis foliis subeequalibus. D. dependens. Hooker bot. misc. 3. 176 (y). D. latifolia. Gillies MSS. Frutex sempervirens, terebinthinum forte olens. Folia atroviridia, nitida, tali modo undulata ut quasi plicata videntur, breviter petiolata, grossé et subduplicato-dentata. Inflorescentia ut in D. ovata. Flores masculi; disco lato lobato: sinubus numero staminum respondentibus ; rudimento tantüm pistilli. Flores hermaphroditi ; tubo calycis ¿ntus disco non lobato induviato ; staminibus subequalibus, è fauce tubi ultra discum ; ovario simplici, supero, monostylo : stigmate capitato : ovulo solitario appenso. A native of Chili, where it seems to be very common, and called Huingan. Whatever may be thought of D. ovata and dependens, there can be no doubt that this is a totally distinct species; for not only are the leaves in their outline, surface, and colour, and the whole plant in its habit, very different, but we find it maintain all its peculiarities un- changed when raised from seeds. A pretty phenomenon is exhibited by the leaves when thrown into water: after lying a short time, they will be found to start and jump as if they were alive, while at the Instant of each start a jet of oily matter 1s discharged into the water. This circumstance appears to be owing to some peculiar irritability of the parenchyma of the leaves, which, Ted: * See fol. 1568. when acted upon by water, causes the turpentine-sacs, that abound in the leaves, to empty themselves with violence; and the movements of the leaves may be ascribed to the recoil produced by the discharge. Thus we have in every leaf a sort of vegetable battery, which will keep up its fire until the stock of ammunition is expended. Like the other species already figured at fol. 1568 and 1573, this is about as hardy as a myrtle. It is increased by seeds, which are often imported from Chili. Flowers in June and July. From the fruit of this, or a nearly allied species, we are informed by Dr. Gillies that the Pehuenco Indians prepare by fermentation an intoxicating liquor. d, La 1581 LUPÍNUS* élegans. Drooping-leaved Lupine. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. LEGU Bee 88) minosa Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of LUPINUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. racemis elongatis peduncu- losi labio inferiore acuto stipulis setaceis. L. elegans ; herbaceus erectus molliter pilosus, latis, floribus subverticillatis, calycis sericeo-pi integro, foliolis lanceolatis acutis subtüs adpressé pilosis, De Cand. prodr. 2. 408. L.elegans. Humb. et Kunth. n. gen. et sp. 6. 477. x d 2-pedalis, undique molliter pilosus. ‚Foliola 5-9, lineari-oblonga, Bu ata, pendula, petiolo subequalia. Stipulee discolores, apice subu- puri. E ie subverticillati. Bractee parve, subulate, de- ss ‚alycis labium inferius acuminatum, superius ovatum obtusum ; acteä minimd utrinque inter labia. Flores primum atro-violacei disco vexilli albo basi luteo, demüm roseo suffusi. nual Lupine, native of Mexico, whence seeds were sent to the Horticultural Society by Dr. Deppe in 1831. It flowers in the open air, most abundantly, in June. Its seeds are ripened in tolerable quantity; and by them it is increased. A very pretty an ines this is by far the handsomest: it even rivals the best of the perennial species. o A ee [7 en ee ee * See fol. 1198. 1582 PIMELÉA* sylvéstris. Forest Pimelea. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. TnvMzLxx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 75.) PIMELEA.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1268. * Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Folia floralia rameis sub- mua. * P. sylvestris ; foliis utrinque glabris lanceolatis acutis: floralibus 4-5 capi- tulo multifioro brevioribus, perianthiis glabris: tubo infundibuliformi. R. Br. prodr. 361. Frutex glaber, strictus; ramis teretibus, pallidè viridibus. Folia ovato- lanceolata, v. lineari-oblonga, acuta, utrinque glabra. Capitula terminalia, ramulis lateralibus breviora, multiflora ; bracteis involucri lineari-oblongis, Floribus brevioribus, Flores albi, glabri, rosco leviter tincti. Calyx limbo infi undibulari, in tubum basi valdè angustatum producto. Stamina longè exserta. —— 0 s SSE A > SM. © _ A native of the southern coast of New Holland, where it was originally found by Dr. Brown, and more recently by Mr. Baxter. For the opportunity of making our drawing, we are obliged to Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, in whose ursery the species flowered in June last. Es hardy and very pretty greenhouse shrub, easily increased by cuttings. IL * See fol. 1268. 1583 POTENTILLA* glandulósa. Glandular Cinquefoil. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. Rosacrz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 81.) § Potentillee Juss. POTENTILLA.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1359. P. glandulosa ; caulibus erectis foliisque glanduloso-pilosis : radicalibus pin- natis 3-4-jugis foliolis oblongis grossé duplicato-serratis : caulinis supe- rioribus sessilibus ternatis foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, stipulis membranaceis subrotundis cuspidatis, paniculis subdichotomis paucifloris, laciniis calycinis ovatis acutis integerrimis, petalis ovatis obtusis calyci eequalibus. _ Omnes partes pilis glandulosis viscidis obtecte. Folia inferiora caulis pinnata, sed foliola magis magisque approximata versus fastigium. Rami panicule corymbos paucifloros gerunt, folüs duobus, oppositis, sessilibus, simplicissimis, lanceolatis, serratis, stipatos. Flores parvi, lutei. A new species lately received by the Horticultural. Society from California, where it was found by Mr. Douglas. It is botanically allied to P. viscosa (fol. 1492), but is obviously and essentially distinguished from that specıes. It is a hardy perennial, easily increased by the division of its roots. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden in August last. +. b. * See fol. 1379. 15, 4 1584 PULTEN /ÉA* rosmarinifólia. Rosemary-leaved Pultenea. . DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Lesumınosz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) PULTENZA.—Supra, vol. 5. fol. 378. P. rosmarinifolia; capitulis multifloris, bracteis calycibus brevioribus, foliis linearibus mucronatis margine revolutis subtüs pubescentibus, stipulis 2 in unam bifidam concretis petiolo longiorem. ; EE Frutex ramosus, sempervirens ; ramis teretibus, pubescentibus, murinis. Folia Roris marini omnino facie, capitulis longiora. Calyces intus roset. Flores lutei, carinà sanguine. This pretty new species of an extensive New Holland genus was found on the south coast of New Holland by Mr. Baxter, and was raised in the Clapton Nursery, where Had drawing was made last May, by favour of Messrs. Lowe and Co. It is a greenhouse shrub, easily increased by cuttings. From P. stipulacea it is easily known by the revolute margins of its leaves, and its much shorter bracte®. Mr. Cunningham remarks to us, that P. mucronata of some few Gardens, and of the Botanical Cabinet, is also closely allied to it, but is known by the want of the numerous hairs that clothe the stems and the under side of the leaves. Js de . * Named by Sir James Smith in honour of Dr. Richard Pulteney, a biographer of Linneeus, and a respectable Botanist. His writings are said e lave “ contributed more than any work, except perhaps the works of Stil- lingfleet, to diffuse a taste for Linnean knowledge in this country. 1585 OXÁLIS* Bówiei. Bowie's Oxalis. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. OxaripEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 140.) OXALIS.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1249. Ox. Bowiei; radice bulbosá, foliis ternatis, petiolo viridi, sexunciali, foliolis magnis, rotundaté obyerséque cordatis, viridibus, medio biunciali majore, scapo petiolis longiore viridi nutante, dein suberecto, umbellà circiter 12-florá, bracteis minutis rubescentibus, pedunculis 1-3-floris 13-unciali- bus ex viridi rubescentibus curvatis, suberectis, dein recté devexis, calycis foliolis oblongis, acutis, rubro marginatis, corolle tubo luteo limbo saturaté roseo, expansione 13-unciali; staminibus tubo brevioribus, stigmatibus provectioribus, quinque cseteris longioribus; planta totâ (perianthio excepto) minutissimé pubescente. — W. H. “ This most beautiful and florid plant is hardy, and in the open ground will flower in the autumn; but it blossoms most profusely when kept in a pot under glass, especially if, after a short period of rest at midsummer, it is placed in à stove or warm greenhouse for a very short time to make lt start freely. The specimen from which the sketch is made grew in a 5i-inch pot, from which arose fifteen nearly simultaneous scapes, with a succession of younger ones, and about thirty of its great leaves, of the most fresh andlively green. Its flowers expand in a very moderate temperature." For the foregoing notes upon this very interesting species We are indebted to the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert. $. b. * See fol. 1249. Lib by SJ Faden Rey ¿09 Fueccidiht y / 2o 1586 AMYGDALUS* Pérsica ; alba. The White Peach. ICOSANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. AMYGDaLEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 84.) AMYGDALUS.—Suprà, vol. 14. fol. 1160. GARDEN VARIETY. The White Peach is one of those curious variations from the natural state of a species, the origin of which is as little known as the cause that may have produced it. One would scarcely have expected that a plant, which, like the Peach, In ıts ordinary state is quite remarkable for the rich rose or purple colour not only of its fruit, but of its flowers and even of its branches and leaf-stalks, would ever acquire a tendency to lose its brilliant tints, and to assume the pallid hue of sickness; unless, at the same time, it became un- healthy. This variety, however, and the White Nectarine, both of which are perfectly healthy, and not less hardy than the coloured kinds, shews that the loss of colouring- matter in plants is not always a sign of disease, but may arise from some constitutional peculiarity by no means incompatible with health. It is now well known that whiteness in vegetation is very different from absence of colour; and that while the latter is caused by the total want of the colouring-matter, or chromule of plants, the former is caused by the chromule being of some exceedingly pale tint; for, as M. De Can- dolle has justly remarked, if an apparently white flower is placed before a perfectly white sheet of paper, it will always be found to exhibit some tint of yellow, or pink, * See fol. 1160. or blue, or green, &c.; a circumstance of which the French flower-painter Redouté successfully availed himself in his Botanical drawings. There is, perhaps, no subject of more interest than the cause of colouring in plants; it is one upon which till Se no very definite notions were possessed; but it has at lengt attracted the attention of the skilful vegetable-chemists of Geneva; and the phenomena relating to it are daily be- coming more and more intelligible. It appears, that the opinion long since expressed by Lamarck, that when leaves and fruits acquire their autumnal colouring, they are in a morbid condition; and that flowers are, from their birth, in a state analogous to that of leaves in decay, is very near the truth. Taking the green colour so prevalent, and so fre- quently exclusive, in vegetation, as the fundamental colour of plants, it appears that deviations from it are chiefly caused by their chromule being combined with oxygen in different degrees. When leaves are green, they absorb oxygen at night, and part with it by day; but just before they change their colour, they cease to part with this gas, continuing, however, to absorb it at night. Hence it has been inferred by Mr. Macaire, that oxygenation takes place, which, in the first instance, discharges the blue, and leaves the yellow, and next produces red; for in all cases red is preceded by yellow in leaves which change their hue. It 1s supposed that other colours may be caused by alkaline matter, or peculiar vegetable acids, being present; and that in what are called white flowers, the chromule is only in an imperfect condition; as apparent evidences of which, De Candolle points out, 1, the analogy of the colour with that of blanched plants; 2, the much greater proportion of white flowers in northern than in equatorial countries; and 3dly, the well-known fact, that many flowers which are at first white become coloured afterwards. For further informa- tion upon this highly curious subject we refer the reader to De Candolle's valuable Physiologie Vegetale. The White Peach is a hardy ornamental shrub, with the habit of an Almond. It flowers in May, and is increased like the other varieties. Its fruit has little merit. J. L. ——————— 1587 (ENOTHÉRA* tenélla ; var. tenuifólia. Large Purple Chilian Evening Primrose. A ——— OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. ONAGRARix Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) @ NOTHERA.— Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. (E. tenella ; annua, caule simplici v. ramoso erecto v. ascendente glabro, folis obtusis linearibus v. lineari-spatulatis planis v. canaliculatis rectis v. recurvatis nunc subdentatis, petalis obovatis crenulatis, staminibus patentibus «equilongis, stigmatibus 4 subrotundis glandulosis, capsulis cylindraceis tomentosis. Œ. tenella. Cavan. ic. 4. 68. t. 396. f. 2. Flora Peruviana 3. t. 316. De Cand. prodr. 3. 48. B foliis longioribus magis glaucis, floribus majoribus. (E. tenuifolia. Cav. ic. 4. 67. t. 397. De Cand. prodr. 3. 48. . When a little purple-flowered Evening Primrose was introduced some years since from Chile, it was immediately recognised as what had been called CE. tenella by the Spanish Botanist Cavanilles. Grown in very poor soil it had a simple stem, terminated by a few small axillary blossoms ; but planted in the rich cultivated earth of the Gardens round London, it branched, and acquired greater Vigour, putting forth longer and broader leaves, so that it could scarcely be recognised as the poor starveling stranger that had been just received. In course of time 1t was neglected, for its novelty was gone, and its flowers wanted Size; so that at last the little CEnothera tenella was only to be found in botanical collections. .. In 1829 the collectors who went out to Chile and the islands of the Pacific with Captain Beechey, returned ; and * See fol. 1142. VOL. Xix. E Mr. Lambert procured from them, among other things, specimens of another Evening Primrose, the CE. tenuifolia, upon which ripe seeds were found. These, being sown, produced the plant now figured, which is, as far as Gardens are concerned, a very different plant, but which, in the eye of a Botanist, can hardly be considered distinct. It differs from CE. tenella in having longer and more channelled leaves, and much larger and far more shewy flowers; for while in CE. tenella the flowers are half hidden by the leaves, in CE. tenuifolia the leaves can scarcely be discovered for the flowers. Beyond these differences we can discover nothing worthy of notice; and in our wild specimens so many grada- tions of size are visible in all the parts, that we feel it impossible to consider the two supposed species as any thing more than wild varieties. Among the specimens dis- tributed by Mr. Cuming, No.522, referred by Dr. Hooker and Mr. Arnott to Œ. tenella, is precisely intermediate between the two; while the specimen now represented has flowers much larger than any wild ones we have met with. Mr. Don, to whom we are obliged for some notes on the subject, considers it to be also the CE. subulata of the Flora Peruviana; but this we are not disposed to admit: at least it is very different from the specimens from Conception referred to Œ. subulata by Hooker and Arnott. A hardy annual of great beauty, requiring no particular treatment, and ripening seeds in abundance. It flowers in July and August. J.-b. 1588 CALCEOLARIA* rugósa. Sage-leaved Slipper-flower. DIANDRIA MONOGY NI A. Nat. ord. ScroPHuLarINEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) CALCEOLARIA.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. C. rugosa ; fruticosa, ramis junioribus pulverulento-lanatis, foliis oblongo- lanceolatis grossé divergenti-serratis rugosis, pedunculis terminalibus subtrichotomis apice cymosis. ; C. rugosa. Ruiz et Pavon fl. Peruv. 1. 19. t. 28. f. 6. Hooker in exot. Ji. 2. t. 99. Lindl. in hort. trans. vol. 6. p. 63. Hooker et Arn. Bot. of Beech. voy. p. 39. : Caulis fruticosus, erectus, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis et ultra; ramulis pur- Pureis, junioribus land pulverulentá obductis. Folia rugosa, atroviridia, Serraturis grossis divergentibus marginata ; supra glabra, subtus arachnoideo- Pubescentia, in petiolum angustata. Flores lutei, nunc solitarii aut terni quaternive terminales, nunc cymosi, in apicem ramulorum pedunculiformium, Paniculatorum, trichotomorum. Corolle labium superius parvum, ovatum, inferiore inflato inflexo intus plicato ferà absconditum. j Although this was introduced so long ago as 1824, it is Still uncommon ; and yet there is not one of the shrubby Species which so well deserves cultivation. In many respects It approaches C. integrifolia, the only one with which it can be confounded; but it is readily known by its deeper Yellow flowers, its brownish purple branches slightly covered With wool on their youngest parts, by the coarser diverging Serratures of its leaves, and, as Dr. Hooker has well ob- Served, by the small upper lip of its corolla. As far as auty is concerned, it is much the better of the two; for the leaves are of a brighter green, and the flowers of a more Striking appearance. o OE * See fol. 1214. It is a half-hardy plant, requiring in the winter no pro- tection beyond a cold frame, or even a roof that extends over the border in which it is planted. Flowers all the summer long. Found in various parts of Chile. We have it from Cumbre, a pass in the Andes, from Mr. M'Rae, and from the neighbourhood of Valparaiso, where it is common, ac- cording to Mr. Bridges, whose No. 89 it is. X 1589 AMELANCHIER* flórida. Many-flowered Amelanchier. ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. Pomacex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 83.) AMELANCHIER.—Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1171. A. florida; folis oblongis utrinque obtusis versus apicem grosse serratis semper nudis, bracteis stipulisque apice plumosis deciduis, racemis strictis multifloris, staminibus calyce extüs glabro brevioribus. : Frutex erectus, glaber, ramis viridibus v. fusco-viridescentibus. Folia oblonga, basi utrinque obtusa, nunquam pubescentia nisi aliquando sub verna- tione, versus apicem grosse serrata. Stipule brunnez, marcide, lineares, intus ad apicem villis longis plumose ; citissimó decidue. Racemi termi- nales, cylindracei, multiflori, glaberrimi, stricti ; bracteis linearibus, acutis, apice villosis, citissime deciduis. Calyx extüs glaber, intús pubescens; dentibus acuminatis, staminibus longioribus v. equalibus. Petala lineari-spatulata. Stamina erecta, brevissima. ——M A native of North-west America, where it was found by Mr. Douglas. It forms a handsome hardy shrub, in the way of the Snowy Mespilus, flowering in May. Like that species it is best propagated by layers. It is at once recognised by the shortness of the stamens, otherwise it is very near A. sanguinea, already figured at fol. 1171 of the present work. But that species has more- over smaller and more capitate flowers, the teeth of the leaves are finer, the bractes and stipule much more Pubescent, and the calyx far more downy inside. The petals vary in length; in one of our wild specimens from Mr, Douglas they are more than ¿ths of an inch long. J. L. Herrero CR * See fol. 1171. 400 1590 CALLIPRORA* lútea. Yellow Pretty-face. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AsenopELEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) CALLIPRORA.—Perianthium subcampanulatum, cum pedicello con- tinuum, 6-partitum. Stamina 6, omnia fertilia, fauce exorta, verticillata, quorum 3 breviora ; filamenta petaloidea, biloba, antheris inter lobos ses- silibus. Squamae hypogyne 0. Ovarium stipitatum, 3-angulare, 3-loculare, polyspermum. Stylus simplex. Stigma trilobum. Capsula membranacea, 3-ptera. Herba Allü facie. C. lutea. = T Folia lineari-ensiformia, acuminata, canaliculata, late viridia, debilia, scapo longiora. Scapus erectus, teres. Flores umbellati, lutei, laciniis medio extus fusco-purpureis. Bracteæ spathacew ovate, scarı05@, pedicellis multà breviores. Lobi filamentorum acuti. Received from Mr. Douglas as “ a new genus allied to Brodiza :” it was found in Northern California, but in what situations we are not informed. It proves to be a hardy, very handsome, bulbous plant, growing freely in a shaded peat border, and flowering in July. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society. At figure 1 is a magnified view of the inside of the tube of the flower, cut open so as to shew the origin of the stamens, the form of the petal-like filaments, and the pis- tillum. From this, its distinguishing characters will be at once perceived. From Brodiea it differs In the want of scales at the base of the pistillum, and in its stamens being all fertile and in the same whorl; from Leucocoryne 1n the * From xaaaimewgos, pretty-face ; in allusion to its beauty. same characters ; from Triteleia in the filaments being petal- like, and all originating from the orifice of the tube, instead of partly springing from the inside of the tube. It is propagated by offsets, which it produces pretty freely. No seeds have yet been ripened; but it is to be expected that they will be formed when the plants become stronger. 51 £4 g 7 1591 MÍMULUS* róseus. Rosy Monkey-flower. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. ScROPHULARINER Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) MIMULUS. — Supra, vol. 11. fol. 874. M. roseus; caule erecto viscido-pubescente, foliis oblongis apice dentatis 5-costatis pilosis, calycis dentibus brevibus subeequalibus, corolle laciniis oblongis obtusis ciliatis, staminibus tubo brevioribus. . Herba perennis, pedalis, undique viscido-pubescens, ramosa. Folia ses- silia, oblonga, 3-5-costata, apice simpliciter dentata. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, foliis floralibus, caulinis simillimis, breviores. Calyx viridis, rubescens, apice subequalis, 5-dentatus, angulatus, tubo corolle duplò brevior. Corolla rosea, bilabiata, ciliata, lobis labiorum subequalibus, cuneato-oblongis, emarginatis; palato hirsuto, luteo. Stamina et stylus tubo corolle breviores. — This beautiful Monkey-flower was sent by Mr. Douglas from Northern California in 1831. In his letter to the Horticultural Society he spoke of it as extremely rare, and the most striking object he had met with in that country. A very few grains of seed were all that reached England; and from those a small number of plants was obtained, one of which is now represented. . It is found to be rather difficult to manage, or else the right mode of treating it has not yet been tried ; for the plants that were kept in the open border during the summer by no means answered the expectations that were enter- tained of it. Only a very small quantity of seed was saved last year, by means of which it has been preserved. It is, however, a perennial, and may be readily multiplied by cuttings. It flowers in July and August, and we suspect * See fol. 1330. will grow better in a greenhouse than in the open air; just as is the case with the beautiful M. glutinosus, from the same . country, which we now so seldom see. The plants in the Garden of the Horticultural Society have been potted in loam and leaf-mould, and have been kept under glass: they are succeeding much better this season than the last. J. L 1592 NICOTIANA* persica. Shiraz Tobacco. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. SoLanez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 231.) NICOTIANA.—Supra, vol. 10. fol. 833. N. persica; foliis radicalibus oblongo-spatulatis caulinis sessilibus semi- amplexicaulibus acuminatis, calycibus acutè 5-fidis, tubo corollæ hypo- crateriformis gracili clavato, fauce ventricosá, limbi laciniis ovatis emargt- natis subinæqualibus. : i Caulis sesquipedalis, viscido-pubescens, erectus, subramosus. Folia radi- calia spatulata, oblonga, acuta, basi cordata; caulina sessilia, multd minora, semamplexicaulia, vix repanda. Flores racemosi, extra axillares, noctu leviter odorati, breviús pedicellati. Calyx oblongus, corollá ad minimum quadruplö brevior ; dentibus angustissimis acuminatis. Corolla hypocrateriformis ; Lee 2$ uncias longo, viridi, apice in fauce ventricoso; limbo extüs viridi, intüs albo, patente, paululüm obliquo, laciniis ovatis, obtusis, apice canaliculatis, sæpiùs emarginatis. We are happy to have the opportunity of laying before our readers a genuine figure and description of the plant Which produces the far-famed Tobacco of Shiraz : the com- mon Virginian tobaeco is also cultivated in Persia; but this It 1s from which the finest quality is manufactured. Seeds of it were brought from Persia by Sir Henry Willock upon his return from his late residence at the court of Ispahan, and communicated to the Horticultural Society, in whose Garden it blossomed in September and October last. It is rather a handsome annual, exhaling a faint but pleasant odour in the evening, at which time its flowers are in perfection. In Persia it grows 3 or 4 feet high. Dun a i CREE í * Named after Jean Nicot, a French ambassador in Portugal, who first rought tobacco to-France, in 1560. Those who are interested in such matters will find a full account of the method of manufacturing this tobacco, used by the Persians, by Dr. Riach, in the first volume of the New Series of the Horticultural Society's Transactions, p. 205. It appears to require a dark, rich soil, and most abundant watering during all the season of heat. 1. L en 1593 CENOTHERA* densiflóra. Close-flowered Evening Primrose. OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. ONAGRARIZ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) ENOTHERA.— Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. (E. densifiora, annua, incano-tomentosa, foliis lineari-lanceolatis sessilibus acuminatis dentatis, ramulis axillaribus corymbosis in caulem racemosis, ovariis cylindraceis bracteis brevioribus, sepalis subcoloratis intüs glabris, petalis bilobis obtusis, staminibus quatuor sæpè sterilibus fertilibus duplo longioribus. i Planta annua, undique incano-tomentosa. Caulis strictus, in solo pingui corymboso-ramosus. Ramuli axillares, superiores foliis vix longiores, apice foriferi corymbosi, caulem racemosum constituentes. Folia caulina lineari- lanceolata, sessilia, acuminata, dentata; suprema, prope flores integerrima. Bracteæ villose, foliis conformes, margine sepe colorate, floribus paulo Tewores. Petala purpurascentia, subrosea. Stigma capitatum, 4-lobum. Stamina 4 breviora, fertilia, 4 longiora, sepids sterilia; omnium antheræ reves, retuse, lutee. A remarkable new species, of which seeds were sent by r. Douglas from Northern California in 1831. It flowered last year in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where » d drawing was taken. It proves to be a hardy annual, producing seed in great abundance. In some respects this is different from the numerous Species of Evening Primrose already in cultivation ; and at one time we were disposed to think it might even prove a distinet genus, Its peculiar habit arises from each of the axillary buds of the main stem, which usually produce a single flower, being developed into a short branch, that DE. mee ^ t 5 D e — M M q * See fol. 1142. itself bears flowers in the axille of its leaves. The inequality of length in its stamens is found in many species of genuine (Enothera ; and the deep lobing of its petals would not form a character by itself, even if it also were not to be found in the CEnotheras. Upon the whole, we incline to consider it a connecting link between Gaura and CEnothera. J. L. 1594 COSTUS* píctus. Variegated-flowered Costus. MONANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Scrrauix Ex R. Brown. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 265.) COSTUS.—Supra, vol. 8. fol. 633. C. pictus; foliis lanceolatis pilosis, spicà ovata terminali, bracteis apiculatis, labello trilobo; lacinià intermedià brevissimá inciso-dentatà revolutà. D. Don MSS. ; Caulis erectus, cubitalis, undulato-flexuosus, crassitie digiti minoris. olia brevissime petiolata, lanceolata, acuminata, suprà pilosa, subtis glabra, concoloria, spithamea. Ochree brevissime, membranacee, leviter ciliate. Spica ovata, pauciflora, terminalis, pollicaris. Bracteæ subrotundo-ovate, mucronulate, coriacee, virides, undique adpressó imbricate. Perianthii foliola 3 exteriora lanceolata, acutiuscula, flava, subequalia. Labellum Cuneato-oblongum, convolutum, apice dilatatum, trilobum, purpureo aureoque variegatum ; laciniis exterioribus rotundatis, integerrimis ; intermedia inciso- dentatd, revolutá, brevissimá. Filamentum lingulatum, petaloideum. Anthere loculis oblongis, parallelis, medio filamenti adnatis. Stylus gracilis, com- Pressus, inferne attenuatus, intra loculos anthere latens. Stigma bilabiatum, on bilobd suffultum : labiis plicatis, bilobis, papilloso-fimbriatis. - Don “ Introduced from Mexico by seeds communicated to r. Lambert by M. Deppe, a zealous Prussian Botanist, Who has been engaged for several years prosecuting re- searches in Natural History in that country. The plant Owers more freely, and appears to be less tender, than the 9ther species at present cultivated in the Gardens. The structure of the labellum affords a good character, which will readily distinguish it from all those hitherto described. E K : Under this name weré known to the ancients three sorts of aromatic roots, which Dioscorides calls the Indian, Arabian, and Syrian. It is sup- posed that they were produced by some of the Ginger-tribe, to which the modern Costus belongs. à For the preceding notes and descriptions we are in- debted to Mr. Don. The specimen from which the drawing was made was supplied by A. B. Lambert, Esq., from his hothouse at Boyton, in August 1832. J. L. ——£ PP A PA TT 1595 LUPÍNUS* rivuláris. River Lupine. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. LEcuM1Nosx Juss. $ PapILIONACEE D. C. (Introduc- tion to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) LUPINUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. L. rivularis ; perennis, subsericeus, viridis, caule herbaceo, foliolis 7»petioli longitudine subtüs levissim& pubescentibus, racemis verticillatis, bracteis pedicellis subzequalibus, calyce ebracteato : labiis integerrimis superiore basi gibboso, vexillo sessili alis sessilibus parallelo et equali. L. rivularis, Douglas in litt. a Perennis. Caules erecti, bi-tripedales, pallide virides, levissime pubes- centes. Foliola sepius 7, anguste obovato-oblonga, obtusiuscula, subcarnosa, apice recurva, subtüs levissime pubescentia, petioli longitudine. Stipulee parve, subfalcate, erecte. Racemi verticillati, multiflori, fere glabri. erticilli subsexflori. Bracteæ lineares, acute, pedicellis paulo longiores, CHissimé decidue. Calyx ebracteolatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore ovato, basi gibboso, inferiore longiore, cymbiformi, indiviso, obtuso, subcarinato. Vexillum sessile, subrotundum, emarginatum, ferà album, roseo paululum tinctum, basi ceruleo puro maculatum, alarum longitudine ; ale sessiles, oblonga, obtuse, ventricose, ceruleo-violacee ; carina alba, apice purpurea, Tostrata, margine ciliata. Stamina omnind monadelpha. A native of California, whence seeds have been recently sent to the Horticultural Society. It forms a handsome hardy perennial, flowering in great profusion from May to September. In some respects this is even a better species for Gar- dens than L. polyphyllus ; for, if less stately, it is more gay In its appearance, and a longer flowerer. The diversity of Colours in the petals no doubt contributes very much to this effect, which i$ increased by its loose, but not straggling, mode of growth. u N * See fol. 1198. VOL. xıx. F That this is very distinct from all the Lupines yet in our Gardens, no one who is acquainted with those plants would for a moment doubt. Yet it is most difficult to point out any positive characters by which it may be defined. It varies apparently in the degree of hairiness of its leaves and branches; and seems better distinguished by its pubescence being of the silky kind, by its short bractez, and by its ebracteolate calyx, than by any thing else that can be mentioned. Increases freely by seeds and cuttings. ————————— UNE 1596 CACTUS* speciosíssimus ; var. lateritius. Brick-red hybrid Cactus. —— ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. kes ord. CacrEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 54.) CACTUS. — Suprà, vol. 2. fol. 137. GARDEN VARIETY. _ The race of Cacti, approaching Cactus speciosissimus In habit and in the general appearance of their flowers, 1s DOW become one of the most striking objects of modern Horticulture. Derived from parents unrivalled in the vege- table world for vigour of constitution, brilliancy of colour, and boundless fecundity, they are now to be met with in every greenhouse and drawing-room, throughout the entire year, Ata late meeting of the Horticultural Society, Mr. Snow, the Gardener of Sir Edmund Antrobus, exhibited Individuals, each of which was literally covered with blos- soms; as many as between two and three hundred being found upon a single plant. This same cultivator has stated, that, by judicious management, a succession of such speci- Mens may with ease be procured during every month in the year, The variety now represented was raised by Mr. Pressley, ardener to Walter Boyd, Esq. of Plaistow, in Essex. t approaches C. Jenkinsoni in many respects, but has Paler and more brick-red petals. It was exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society on the first day of ay, 1832, and was much admired. Ha a S * See fol. 1331. No one seems to have any difficulty in cultivating plants of this description; nevertheless, it may be well to know that they succeed much better in soil composed of a large proportion of leaf-mould mixed with sand and loam, than in any other compost. 12 1597 ASTER* córdifólius. Heart-leaved Aster. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosırz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) $ Corymbiferee Juss. Asterete Cassini. ASTER.— Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. Secr. 3. Genuini. Periclinium imbricatum v. larum; foliolis margine magis minusve membranaceis, membranacea parte basin versüs increscente et totam fere basin, in iis que fortids sibi incumbunt, occupante. Cli- nanthium alveolatum, alveolorum marginibus dentatis. Achenia vel glabra, vel sparsim puberula, nunquam pubescentid densiori obtecta. Pappus pluriserialis, scaber. Heterophylli. Folia radicalia saltem, vel et inferiora caulis, basi cor- data, v. rariüs rotundata, in petiolum distinctum abrupte transeuntia. Nees infr. cit. : A. cordifolius ; foliis cordatis serratis petiolatis supra scabris subtus pilosis, caule racemoso-paniculato, ramis paucifoliis laxis, periclinio arcte imbn- A Cato. Nees gen. et sp. Aster. p. 52. 5 : . cordifolius. Linn. sp. pl. 1229. Ait. Kew. 3. 207. ed. prim. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. 2036. ex parte. Pursh. Fl. Am. sept. 2. 552. Nutt. Gen. Am. 2. 156. — . A species sufficiently common in our Gardens, where it is usually confounded with Aster paniculatus, from which it is distinguishable by the leaves being much more cordate, and usually covered more or less with harsh hairs, either on both sides or at least on the upper, by its flowering branches aving scarcely any true leaves on them, and by the flowers eing about one-third smaller. We do not, however, dis- cover the distinction, pointed out by Professor Nees v. Senbeck, in the involucrum of this being closely, and of the other laxly, imbricated. NN, ND eoi * See fol. 1487. In herbaria this is not unfrequently confounded with A. corymbosus, a totally different plant, belonging to the new genus Eurybia. Apparently a common North American plant: we have it from Canada and from the neighbourhood of New York; and it has been met with as far to the south as Florida. It flowers in September, and varies in height from a few inches to three feet. L 3.3: SI e 1598 CALANDRINIA* speciósa. Shewy Calandrinia. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. PorTULAcER® Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 159.) y CALANDRINIA.—Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1194. : * Staminibus 10-15. : : C. speciosa; glaberrima, diffusa, foliis spatulatis acutis longé in petiolum angustatis, floribus racemosis, pedicellis bracteis brevioribus, petalis calyce longioribus. Herba annua, diffusa, carnosa, cespitem diametro pedalem v. ultrà for- mans. Caules ramosi, leviter angulati, glaberrimi. Folia carnosa, lineari- spatulata, longé in petiolum angustata, acuta, superne sensim angustiora. Racemi terminales, sep? longissimi, multiflori, foliosi, pedicellis clavatis extraaxillaribus, bracteis duplo brevioribus ; in plantá cultá folium anan- thum sepe florifero alternat. Sepala 2, ovata, acuta, subcarnosa, carinata. Petala 5, obovata, concava, atrophenicea, calyce dupli longiora. Stamina 9-10, hypogyna, equalia, conniventia : filamentis nunc inter se coalitis. Stigma simplex, costis tribus glandulosis. Of all the Purslane tribe this is unquestionably the handsomest. On a hot dry bank or bed, when the sun 1S shining full upon it, with all its large rich crimson blossoms fully expanded, and reposing upon the soft velvety bed formed by its succulent leaves, it is a most beautiful object, resembling indeed C. pilosiuscula, but very far superior to 1t. A native of northern California, whence its seeds have been recently sent by Mr. Douglas. It is a hardy annual, propagated readily by seeds, Which it bears in great abundance. It loves dry and ex- Posed situations, and flourishes most in scorching weather ; Ea o eee oe * See fol. 1194. but it should be grown in tolerably rich soil, or if in very poor soil, it should be sown thick: under the former cir- cumstances it forms a patch a foot and more in diameter; in the latter case its branches are not above two or three inches long, as in the wild specimens in the Horticultural Society's possession. _ It would doubtless be a valuable plant in the dry and hot climate of the south of Europe, and upon the face of rockwork, where scarcely any other plant would survive. Flowers in May and June if sown early, or in Septem- ber and October if later. n AS Fs ig Hr CHS Es : Lea. — CAE. a — 5 a ———— m 1599 LOASA* Plácei. Mr. Places Loasa. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, on POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. = ord. Loasex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p- 58. LOASA.— Supra, vol. 8. fol. 667. L. Placei; caule erecto ramoso, foliis oppositis superioribus sessilibus pal- mato-pinnatifidis: laciniis incisis, calycis laciniis ovato-lanceolatis indi- visis, petalorum interiorum appendicibus ovatis sessilibus. dimidiato- oblongis cirrhosis, capsulá hispidissimá clavatä. L. Placei. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. vol. 6. p. 95. L. acanthifolia. Ker in Bot. Reg. 785. z nitida 6. Hooker in Bot. miscell. 3. 238. ‘L, nitida. Don in Sweet's fl. gar. n. s. 195. Our drawing of this plant was taken in Mr. Knight's Nursery in July last. It had been raised from some of Mr. Cuming's seeds. Long since it was in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where, however, it has been lost for Some years, nothing now remaining but L. nitida. Ifit were not for its abominable stings, this would be a valuable hardy annual; but it is almost necessary that to every plant a board should be affixed bearing the old Scottish motto, “ Touch not the cat, but the glove ;” extremely unpleasant E ons having arisen from ladies being stung incautiously with it. Easily propagated by seeds, and flowers from June to August. It is Quite hardy during the summer, but should be raised in a hot-bed, and planted out in wet weather. A * Meaning unknown. The soil should be very poor, or half the beauty of the blos- soms is lost. Nothing can well be more confused than the synonymy of this species and L. mitida. Without pretending to say what the exact plant may have been to which the latter name properly belongs, —an inquiry which is far more curious than interesting or useful, —we are contented with stating, that under the name of L. nitida there lie two totally different plants; one with small flowers and a humble stature, the other with large flowers and a size so considerable as to have led to the supposition of its being the L. acanthifolia —not however by us, as our friend Dr. Hooker inadvertently states. Mr. Ker indeed supposed it to be the same (in fol. 785), but we were the first to correct this error. Of these, the one—that which is now figured —is known not only by its greater size, but by its having the appendages of its inner petals sessile, undivided, much larger, and regularly three in number, and by its having flowers at least twice as large as those with which it is compared. The other, which is very likely to be confounded with it, is known by its small flowers, much more dwarf habit, and by its having the appendages of its inner petals pedicellate, jagged, and often only two, the third being either altogether wanting, or existing in the form of a little tendril, or now and then like the two lateral appendages. . This species is nearly related to L. prostrata of Dr. Gillies. Its characters and synonyms are as follow: L. nitida; caule erecto ramoso, foliis oppositis superioribus sessilibus pal- mato-pinnatifidis : laciniis incisis, calycis laciniis ovato-lanceolatis ser- ratis, petalorum interiorum appendicibus angustis ovatis pedicellatis incisis cirrhosis: intermedio s:epiüs obsoleto, capsulá hispida turbinatá. L. nitida. Hooker Exot. ft. 1. 83. L. tricolor. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 667. In the third volume of the Prodromus, M. de Candolle separates the L. tricolor of the Bot. Reg. from L. nitida, of which it is a mere synonym ; and he quotes to the L. acan- thifolia of Lamarck the figure in the Bor. Reg. 785, which belongs to L. Placei; and finally, he omits L. Place: itself. On the other hand Dr. Hooker makes Cuming's No. 663, which is L. Placei, a variety of L. nitida; and he has another plant from Bridges, with which we are unac- quainted, No. 269, as our L. Places. It is no doubt possible that physiologically L. nitida and Placei may be the same; but they can only be united when Rosa spinosissima and R. indica, Rubus fruticosus and R. corylifolius, Fragaria vesca and F. collina, and all such species, recognised by every Botanist, are united also: a proposition in which we are far from unwilling to concur; but for which- Botanists are not yet-prepared. "n \ Masa Drake. del. 1600 BURTÓNIA* conferta. Clustered Burtonia. ——4»———— DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Lraumivosa Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) BURTONIA R. Br.— Calyx profundé 5-fidus. Petala 5, decidua, longitudine subeequalia, 2 carinalia dorso concreta. Ovarium dispermum. Stylus subulatus, basi dilatatà. Stigma obtusum, imberbe. Legumen sub- rotundum, modicè ventricosum. Strophiola seminis nulla. Suffrutices Australasici. Foliola aut folia subulata. Rami sep puberuli. Pedicelli solitarii. De Cand. prodr. 2. 106. B. conferta; foliis simplicibus confertissimis lineari-subulatis margine re- volutis ramisque glabris. De Cand. l. c. INIT Frutex glaberrimus, ramis ascendentibus, angulatis. Folia simplicia, subulata, apicibus subrecurva, basi pallida, marginibus revolutis. Corymbus terminalis, multiflorus. Calyx viridis, glaucus, levissimà pubescens, 5-parti- tus, laciniis acuminatis subequalibus, inferiore paulo longiore. Petala vio- lacea ; vexillum transversum, subreflexum, emarginatum, basi sanguineum ; ale oblonge, acute, dimidiate, cum carina parallele, basi non auriculate ; petala carinee apice sanguinea, connata, et viz nisi vi separanda. Stamina 10, subequalia, declinata ; antheree oblonge. Ovarium obovatum, v. oblongum, dispermum, in stylo glabro ascendente sensum angustatum. We believe the figure now given is the first that has appeared of any species of the rare genus Burtonia. It was obtained from a plant collected by Mr. Baxter on the south-west coast of New Holland, which flowered in the Nursery of Mr. Knight in the King's Road, in July last. Another species is said to have been growing at Kew in 1803; but we have never met with it in the Gardens of this country. = nn — * So called by Dr. Brown, in memory of Mr. David Burton, a diligent collector for the Kew cans, who died in New Holland, after sending ome a considerable number of plants to this country. It is a pretty greenhouse shrub, forming a compact bush, and increased by cuttings, in the same way as Ken- nedya and its other kindred. Sir James Smith seems to us to have judged rightly when he expressed his doubt of there being any important difference in character between this and Gompholobium ; but wrongly when he asserted there was no difference in habit. If the Linnean genera Vicia, Pisum, Lathyrus, and Orobus, are to be retained, as they surely must, therr must we also assent to Dr. Brown's separation of Burtonia from Gompholobium. 1. Represents the calyx and stamens. ; 1 2. A portion of a leaf, shewing the singular manner in which the edges are rolled back : both magnified. J. L. — — e a see 1601 NEMOPHILA* aurita. Ear-leaved Nemophila. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Hyprormyııem R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 244.) NEMOPHILA.--Supra, vol. 9. fol. 740. N. aurita ; foliis pinnatifidis basi alatis auriculatis, caule angulato asperrimo, corollà calyce pentagono duplo longiore. . . Annua, prostrata; caulibus carnosis, fragilibus, angulatis, ad angulos pilis rigidis uncatis exasperatis. Folia pinnatifida, scaberrima, basi alata, dilatata in auriculis duabus semiamplezicaulibus ; lobis oblongis, acutis, integerrimis v. lobatis, retrorsum flexis. Ramuli floriferi sepiüs, nec semper, oppositifolii, 2-4-flori. "Pedunculi scabri, purpurascentes, corollá longiores. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis erectis, ovatis, acutis, basibus sagittatis connatis. Corolla monopetala, violacea, hypocrateriformis, tubo brevi et limbo concavo ; laciniis rotundatis, imbricatis. Stamina ezserta, antheris nigro-purpureis, ovatis, sagittatis, sub anthesi resupinatis, basi tubi inserta, lacinüs alterna, utrinque squamis duabus purpureis recurvis suffulta. Ovarium ovatum, apice hispidum, basi annulo prominente circumdatum, uniloculare ; placentis 2, fungosis, hemisphericis, intra cavitatem projicientibus, in facies contiguas ovula 2 gerentibus. Stylus purpureus, basi pubescens, apice bifidus. Stig- mata simplicissima. N.B. Ovula immatura agud pressa, materiem we u- losam fundunt è moleculis rotatoriis Brunontanis guttulisque innumeris oleosis minutissimè microscopicis compositam. Rather a pretty species, found in California by Mr. David Douglas. It is a hardy, trailing annual, requiring a damp shady border, where it grows and flowers from May to the end of August: butif sown in a place ex sed to the sun, it soon withers up and perishes. It is ol very recent introduction by the Horticultural Society, and is at present mo o CURED OMM * From vwo, a grove, and Qíaso, to delight in; in allusion to the native station of the species of this genus. extremely rare; but as it seeds tolerably freely, it will soon be more abundant. To Botanists this is more interesting than to Horticul- turists. It belongs to a small natural order, in which the species are generally of rare occurrence, and which have several interesting peculiarities in their structure. Not the least of these is the singular manner in which the seeds are fixed to the pericarpium. In the beginning the ovarium has but one cell, from the bottom of the cavity of which, and from opposite sides, there spring two little plates attached by a small stalk, and bearing two conical, rather distended, obtuse bodies upon their inner face; at this time the plates are formed of very minute and laxly cohering vesicles of cellular tissue. By degrees these plates enlarge, and become succulent and form two fungous placente, filling up the whole cavity of the ovarium, while the bodies that they bear, changing to ovula, are jammed in between the two opposing faces of the placente. At a later period, when the flower has withered, the placentz so completely fill the cavity and conceal the ovula, that they may easily be mistaken for half-grown seeds. After this time they generally diminish, till they become, when the seeds are ripe, a mere membrane, which lines the cavity of the capsule. The ovula themselves, if squeezed in water, emit a cloudy matter, which, when examined microscopically, 1s found to consist of minute moving particles, mixed with drops of an oily fluid. L J. L. — ————— AA Yi Am a FU: z JÓ - ff £ LIG by L. Teudguray 109 Liccadilta Aug. JIGS I. 1602 BCEBERA* incana. Upright-branching Bebera. — SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Comrosırz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) Trib VII. SewrecrowipEx. Subtrib. 4. Tagetinee Lessing genera compositarum, p. 236. : BUE BERA W.— Pappus biserialis, paleis exterioribus oblongo-ellipticis, equalibus, brevissimis, integris; interioribus longis, paucioribus, et in pilos fasciculatos divisis. Folia alterna et opposita, profundé pinnatifida, pel- lucido-glandulosa. Capitula terminalia, radiata, ramos superne aphyllos terminant. Involucrum biseriale. Lessing. B. incana ; foliis incanis subtis glaucis profundé pinnatifidis : laciniis li- nearibus subintegris, involucro exteriore 8-phyllo squamis integerrimis, pappi paleis omnibus in pilos fasciculatos divisis. Caulis rigidus, strictus, suffruticosus, 14-2-pedalis, angulatus, pilis duris debilibus incanus; apice: racemosus, ramulis suberectis, distanter foliosis, Subdichotomis, monocephalis. Folia opposita, sessilia, pinnatifida, pilis albis scabra, subtüs glauca, punctis magnis pellucidis notata: laciniis linearibus, acutis, apice lacinula una alterave instructis, inferioribus brevioribus ; summa alterna, simplicissima, ovato-linearia, demúm in squamis involucri abeuntia. Capitula mediocria, solitaria, erecta. Involucrum verticillis duobus ordi- natum, quorum exteriori squamc 8, ovato-lineares, distincte, abrupt? acute, virides, pilose, apice patule, interiori totidem longiores, lutescentes, oblonge, obtuse cuspidate, extús pilose, nunc pellucido-guttate, in calathum mono- Phyllum basibus suis connate. Flosculi radii feminei, ligulati ; ligulá aured, oblongd, carnosd, tridentatá, dente intermedio minore ; venis quibusdam sim- Plicibus parallelis in medio, lateralibus venulas ramosas hinc emittentibus ; Ovarium cuneatum, compressum, leviter pilosum ; pappus é paleis constans Pluribus, valde in@qualibus, acuminatis, in laciniis numerosis filiformibus Pennatifide divisis; stylus glaber, longitudine tubi corolle ; stigmata linearia, acuta, minutissimé scabrida. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi ovario pappoque radialium ; corolla tubulósa, colore ligularum, pappi longitudine, apice obtusa, glabra, tubo extüs pubescente ; anthere, apiculate, basi rotundate ; Stigmata linearia, apice conica, fimbrillata. Receptaculum alveolatum, alveolis dentatis. B5 * So named by Willdenow, after a Russian Botanist of the name of Ober, whose merits are now forgotten. A native of Mexico, whence seeds were obtained some ears since by Edward Barnard, Esq. We are ignorant of its locality ; nor have we seen any wild specimen. It is a half-shrubby greenhouse plant, of little beauty, and possessing the peculiar odour of the French marigold, to which it is botanically nearly allied. This odour resides in a number of little transparent bags enclosed within the leaf, which are filled with a very volatile oil. It flowers in November. This species does not precisely answer to Lessing's defi- nition of Boebera; but we presume the want of any entire scales on the outside the pappus will hardly suffice for the character of a new genus. cn > 1603 PASSIFLORA* phaenicea, Crimson Passion-flower. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Nat. ord. PassırLorex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 148.) PASSIFLORA.--Suprä, vol. 1. fol. 13. Sect. 6. Granadilla. De Cand. mem. soc. gen. 1. part 2. p. 435. Prodr. 3. 327, —Anthactinia. Bory de St. Vincent am. gen. 2. 138. Involucrum sub flore triphyllum, foliolis integris dentatisve non laciniatis. en l0-lobus. Pedicelli 1-flori et cirrhi simplices ex iisdem axillis. De and, P. phenicea; foliis glabris oblongis cuspidatis integris, petiolis apice bi- glandulosis, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis petiolo brevioribus, bracteis cor- dato-ovatis basi serratis. A splendid acquisition, for which we are indebted to the Right Honourable the Countess of Bridgewater, in Whose stove at Ashridge it flowered in September 1832. It is nearly allied to P. alata and quadrangularis, from Which it differs in having only two glands at the upper end ofthe leaf-stalk, and in the form of the leaves of its involucrum. It is also much more brilliantly coloured than either of those well-known species. „The stem is quadrangular, about as thick as a swan's quill, twining, slightly tinged with purple, extending to the length of many feet. The leaves are large, bright green, about 6 inches long, of an oblong figure, rather abruptly Pointed ; their petiole rather more than an inch and a half long, with two yellow conical glands at the upper end. he stipule are very narrow, taper-pointed, one-third the * See fol. 1339. EJ length of the leaf-stalk. The flowers are produced singly from the axille of the leaves, upon stalks rather shorter than those of the leaves. On the outside of the flowers grow three ovate green bracteal leaves serrated at the base, where they are also a little heart-shaped: these constitute -the involucrum, which is shorter than the sepals. The calyx is composed of five sepals, united at their base into a short bell-shaped tube; they are of an oblong figure, very convex, and obtuse at the point, each bearing below the end a little bristle; before they expand, these sepals are slightly imbricated and coloured at the edges. . The petals are longer than the sepals, and of the same form; in the inside of a rich deep scarlet, on the outside deep violet, with a white streak along the middle. The crown is about as long as the petals, composed of several rows of tapering processes, which are collected into a cylinder, and are white, with crimson bands on the lower half, a deep rich violet on the upper half; these processes are smaller in the interior rows, but suddenly diminish into mere teeth. The inside of the tube is surrounded by two narrow rims, of which the upper is the broader. With the fruit we are not acquainted. L J. L. > eL memet % 3 * CN er 1604 CENOTHERA* biénnis; var. grandiflora. Large-flowered biennial Evening Primrose. OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. ONAGRARIE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 56.) @NOTHERA,—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. (E. biennis; caule erecto muricato-pubescente tomentoso glabrove, foliis planis lanceolatis v. obovato-lanceolatis dentatis basi angustatis, tubo calycis ovario duplö longiore, capsulis cylindraceis glabriusculis costatis. 4. caule glabriusculo, floribus mediocribus. (E. biennis. Linn. sp. pl. 492. De Cand. prodr. 3. 46. 8. caule glabriusculo, floribus maximis, ovariis magis pubescentibus. (E. grandiflora. Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 2. De Cand. prodr. 3. 46. (E. suaveolens. Desf. tabl. ed. 1804. De Cand. l. c. Y. caule aspero muricato-piloso, seepé villosissimo. (E. muricata. Linn. syst. veg. 296. De Cand. prodr. 1. 47. . We have no doubt that all the synonyms above men- tioned are really referable to varieties of the same species. The very great similarity that exists between all of them must be familiar to every body who has ever cultivated them; and if we seek for positive characters ‘by which they may be known, we shall not be ablé to find such. The only differences that can be pointed out consist 1n the size of the flowers, and the nature of the hairiness of the stem: the former character is in excess in the beautiful subject of this Plate; in Œ. muricata it is diminished; and in the - biennis it is in its nearest approach to the wild form : if we add to the varieties CE. parviflora, as we probably should, the petals will in that case be reduced almost to a state of abortion. ‘So with the pubescence : (E. biennis is a little * See fol. 1142. *« . muricated, but scarcely at all downy; a plant called in gardens CE. salicifolia differs in nothing but its stem and leaves being silky with down, and free from the rough points ; in CE. grandiflora there is scarcely any hairiness ; while in CE. muricata the stem sometimes becomes entirely covered with stiff hairs and red rough points or bristles. The plant now figured is not uncommon in gardens; it is one of the handsomest of all biennials, and as easily managed as the common CEnothera biennis itself. The seeds should be sown at Midsummer; and the plants so obtained should remain in their seed-bed till the next year, when they will flower. It is a bad plan to transplant them, as it prevents their blooming well; and it is unnecessary, for if they are thinned when young, they will require no further care. FRE 1005 “P 1605 CALANDRÍNIA* arenäria. Sand Calandrinia. —— POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. PonrULACEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 159.) CALANDRINIA.—Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1194. C. arenaria; glauca, caulibus plurimis prostratis glabris foliosis, foliis li- nearibus, pedunculo communi terminali nudo simplici v. ramoso, racemis corymbosis, pedicellis bracteas ovales membranaceas nervo medio atro- purpureo subramoso pictas paullo superantibus, sepalis ovatis membra- naceis venis simpliciusculis pictis, seminibus glabris. Hooker et Arnott bot. misc. 3. 246. ES Annua, prostrata, succulenta, caulibus ramosissimis, purpureo tinctis ; ramorum superiorum nodis tumidis. Folia linearia, obtusa, valde glauca, obtusa, versüs basin angustata, inferiora alterna, superiora verticillata ; stipulee minute, setacee. Racemi pedunculati, subsecundi, multiflori, evolu- tione subcircinato. Petala calycis longitudine, rosea, emarginata. Àn inconspicuous annual, very common in sandy places near Valparaiso, whence seeds were brought by Mr. Hugh Cuming. It flowered last year in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society, where our drawing was made in July last. Like many other weedy things, this possesses peculiar beauties if carefully observed. If neither its corolla nor its leaf are curiously formed or richly coloured, the singular markings ofthe calyx and bractes are extremely pretty. hese parts are of a uniform bluish green colour, and at first sight seem slightly stained with purple; but upon an attentive examination, it will be seen that the latter colour Is principally confined to the veins and their ramifications, A E * See fol. 1598. spreading from them on each side, and forming a sort of border. Occasionally the colour of one vein runs into that of a parallel one, and so forms transverse bands, pro- ducing a speckled appearance. This appearance is still more strongly shewn in the beautiful Calandrinia picta, an alpine species, which looks like a Calandrinia grandiflora, the growth of which had been arrested by the snows and storms of the Andes. A hardy annual, readily increased by the little shining black seeds, which are produced in great abundance. y. RE LOO 0 1606 OPUNTIA* aurantíaca. Orange-coloured I. ndian Fig. ICOSANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Ti ord. Cacr&& Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 54. « OPUNTIA Tourn.— Sepala numerosa ovario adnata foliiformia, summa plana brevia, intima petaliformia obovata rosacea expansa, tubo supra ovarium nullo. Stamina plurima, sepalis breviora. Stylus cylindricus, basi constrictus. Stigmata plurima, erecta, crassa, Bacca ovata, umbilicata, tuberculosa, sepids spinifera. Embryo subspiralis, teretiusculus. Cotyledones semi- teretes, germinantes foliacese, planee, crasse. Plumula parva. Frutices trunco demüm tereti, juniore ramisque rarissimis cylindricis sepids plus minus compressis articulatis, articulis ovatis aut oblongis fasciculos acu- leorum aut setarum ordine quincunciali seu spirali dispositos gerentibus. Folia sediformia caducissima sub quoque fasciculo juniore. Flores ? fasciculis aut marginibus articulorum orti, flavi aut rubentes. Stamina tactu sub- writabilia. De Cand. prodr. 3. 471. . $2. Divaricate Haw. Caules humiles, ramis divergentibus, articulis lineari-lanceolatis crassis subteretibus. Aculei fasciculati validi. . D.C. O. aurantiaca ; articulis linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis divaricatis apice compressis basi teretibus atro-viridibus, aculeis 2-3 elongatis glabris. Cactus aurantiacus. Gillies MSS. ie, In horto bipedalis, et verosimiliter mult altior evasura. Flores solitaru, mediocres, petalis luteis obovatis marginibus inflezis, staminibus albis in cylindrum ordinatis petalis breviorem. Se EM A native of Chile, whence it was originally sent to this country, in 1824, by Mr. Nugent. It has also been brought home by Dr. Gillies, whose unpublished Cactus aurantiacus it appears to be. The plant from which our drawing was ratios eii Maso SO ATT iR So called from having been found wild in the country of the Opuntii, a Grecian people. i ¡ En made, is a branched dark-green bush, consisting of joints 6 or 7 inches long and an inch or three quarters of an inch wide in the broadest part, nearly round at their base, but very perceptibly flattened towards the point. From each of the little tufts of hairs there proceed several spines, of which two or three are considerably larger than the rest. The flowers are of a clear bright yellow colour, about an inch and a half wide when expanded, with a column of white stamens in their centre. The treatment that this requires is the ordinary manage- ment of the dry stove. It is a very free grower, and less impatient of cold than many of the order; readily multi- plied by its jointed branches. ‚Every one knows that the spines of the Cacti are always difficult to extract when they have entered the skin. If . the spines are magnified, it will be found that this property is owing to their being closely covered from the point down- wards with numerous barbs, which have their cutting bases directed towards the base of the spine: in appearance they are very like the arrow-heads, with several rows of barbs, such as are used by certain Indian nations. The whole substance of this plant is extremely succu- lent, and the branches can scarcely be said to contain wood. It is, however, obvious, that all the internal parts are arranged upon the same plan as in other Dicotyledonous plants. [f a transverse section is made of it, it will be seen that the bark is represented by a thick layer of cells planted perpendicularly in rows upon the epidermis, with their longer axis directed towards the centre; within these cells is a circle, formed by several bundles of woody fibre enclosing spiral vessels ; these bundles do not touch each other, but they derive their origin from the buds, and are evidently the commencement of a woody structure. Every thing within these bundles is a mass of loosely cohering oval cells, placed confusedly, and containing countless numbers of starlike crystals. The cuticle is hard to the touch, an is so leathery that it may be easily torn off the subjacent tissue; its toughness is owing to its being composed of sma thick-sided cells, in each of which is a firm, flat, lentiform nucleus, which will bear cutting in every direction. What the use is of these nuclei is uncertain; it is probable that they are connected with the power, which the cuticle of these plants possesses, of preventing the evaporation of their internal moisture in times of drought. An interesting fact relating to the common European Opuntia is mentioned by M. De Candolle. * Among the practical consequences," he observes, ** that result from the facility with which Cacti strike from cuttings, there is one which deserves to be noticed, on account of its importance: itis, the manner in which the Opuntia is employed to fertilise the old lavas at the foot of Etna. As soon as a fissure is perceived, a branch or joint of an Opuntia is stuck in; the latter pushes out roots, which are nourished by the rain that collects round them, or by whatever dust or remains of organic matter may have collected into a little soil; these roots, once developed, insinuate themselves into the most minute crevices, expand, and finally break up the lava Into mere fragments. Opuntias treated in this manner pro- duce a great deal of fruit, which is sold as a refreshing food throughout all the towns of Sicily." ee 1607 RUBUS* róridus. Dewy Bramble. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. RosAcEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 81.) RUBUS L.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 461. $. Folüs simplicibus lobatis sed non pinnatis nec palmatis. R. roridus ; ramis teretibus villosis aculeatis, foliis cordatis lobatis argute duplicato-serratis subtus tomentosis, racemis inferioribus axillaribus erectis petiolo brevioribus, stipulis bracteisque pectinato-multipartitis glandulosis, sepalis multifidis, petalis rotundatis subsequalibus. Habitus verosimiliter R. moluccani aliarumque specierum affinium. Rami graciles, dense villosi, aculeis paucis sparsis recurvis armati. Foliorum lobi utrinque. circiter tres, intermedio nullo modo productiore ; supra feré glabri, atro-virides, subtús velutini, pallidiores, costá aculeatá, Racemi infe- rores, breves, bracteis calycumque lobis glandulis viridibus diaphanis pulchre Conspersi, et hinc quasi rore viridi suffusi. Petala alba. . We are obliged to Mr. Lambert for our specimens of this rare species, which flowered in the Garden at Boyton Ih the autumn of 1832. It is a native of Madagascar, and Strikingly different from all the known species of simple- leaved brambles, in its finely cut stipules and bractez, which are covered over with numerous little transparent green glands, giving all the parts that surround the petals an appearance of being sprinkled with green dew. We presume this requires a greenhouse, and that it may easily be multiplied by layers. It is chiefly an object of tanical interest, there being little in it to attract the mere lover of shewy flowers. Its fruit is unknown. 7 er E According to De Théis, the word Rubus is derived from the Celtic rub, signifying red. tema ——Á——— e i i . sn 1608 MALVA* umbellata. Umbel-flowered Mallow. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. Matvace® Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 33.) MALVA.— Supra, vol. 4. fol. 296. $ Spheroma. Carpella unilocularia 2-oo-sperma in fructum globulosum coalita. «Pedunculi axillares seepius multiflori. Caulis fruticosus. — An genus proprium ? De Cand. prodr. 1. 435. à : M. umbellata, flocculoso-tomentosa ; foliis cordatis sub-7-lobatis, pedunculis elongatis sub-5-floris, bracteis calycinis obovatis deciduis, stipulis subu- latis, caule fruticoso. .D. Don MSS. M. umbellata. Cav. ic. 1. p. 64. t. 95. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 779. Dec. prodr. 1. p. 435. M. rosea. Dec. l. c. 1. p. 435. ; : Planta fruticosa, erecta, ramosa, ulnaris et ultra, pilis stellatis confer- tissimis flocculoso-tomentosa. Folia longè petiolata, cordata, subseptem- lobata, peltati-nervia, suprà plana, demüm glabrata, viridia, subtüs incana, costata, palmaria: lobis brevibus, acutis, margine crenatis. Petioli teretius- culi, tripollicares. Stipule breves, erecte, subulate, decidue. Pedunculi axillares, cylindracei, 3-unciales, plerumque triflori, rariùs 2- v. 5-flori. Pedicelli semiunciales, robusti. Bractee calycinee 3, obovate, concave, decidue, Calyx amplus, campanulatus, coriaceus, 5-lobus : lobis semiovatis, acutis, erectis. Petala obcordata, pollicaria, coccinea, ungue albido. Fila- mentorum columna alba, petalis brevior. Anthere auree. Stigmata rosea. Ovaria numerosa (50-60), in massam spheroideam agglomerata. D. Don MSS. “ This curious species has, as Cavanilles has already Well remarked, more the look of a Sida than of a species of „the present genus. It belongs to M. De Candolle's section Pheroma, which, in our opinion, deserves to be regarded as a distinct group. It is an inhabitant of Mexico; and, * See fol. 1362. although cultivated many years ago in the Royal Gardens at Madrid, it had never found its way to our collections until introduced from its native country by Mr. Lambert in 1826. It has hitherto been treated as a hothouse plant, for it is apt to suffer from the damp of a greenhouse in winter, other- wise it appears to endure a considerable degree of cold. “ It is rather a coarse-looking plant; but its many ele- gant scarlet blossoms compensate for its less graceful habit." For the foregoing account we are obliged to Mr. Don. "Our specimens were received in September 1832. A fe pn : "7 po? FIDO: 33 Mau Le LF 7) FR An y rS ^ oD: PAT OUS i Mus Dyate vd. ud lif J dou AY L AMAULE LD HR P. T IS. 1609 CALCEOLARIA* crenatiflóra. Crenate-flowered Calceolaria. DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. ScnoenvrARiNEX Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) CALCEOLA RIA.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. C. crenatiflora; herbacea, foliis ovatis sublobatis dentatis inferioribus præ- cipuè petiolatis utrinque cauleque pubescentibus subobliquis, floribus corymbosis, labio superiore minimo inferiore amplo maculato crenato, laciniis calycinis laté ovatis nervosis. Hooker in Bot. mag. 3255. . crenatiflora. Cavan. ic. 5. 28. t. 446. Graham in Edinb. phil. journ. June 1833. . anomala. Pers. synops. 1. 16. . pendula. Brit. fl. gard. 1. 155. - suberecta. Hort. GGO O One of the handsomest of the Chilian Calceolarias, collected in the Island of Chiloe both by Mr. James Anderson and Mr. Cuming ; from the latter of whom we ave a specimen numbered 52. It is an herbaceous plant, growing from a foot to two feet high, and of a remarkably dark rich green m the foliage. he root-leaves are stalked, broadly ovate, blunt, crenated, and slightly hairy. The stem has two or three pairs of Opposite, smaller, sessile leaves, which are nearly entire, and either obtuse or taper-pointed. The flowers grow in large loose corymbs, and have slender, rather long, an slightly hairy ramifications, which are neither hoary nor clammy; the calyxes are green and hairy; the corollas very large, bright yellow spotted with crimson, the upper lip small and emarginate, the lower bagged, with about * See fol. 1214. OR. XIX. H five plaits on its upper surface, which give the outline a crenated appearance. The stamens have very large anthers, - and are about half the length of the upper lip. It is as hardy a species as any of the genus, and ad- mirably adapted for employing as the male parent of a race of hybrids. Like all the other species, plenty of air and a cool situation, when in the growing state, are absolutely indispensable to it; for in no way do the whole of the herbaceous kinds thrive so well near London as kept in pots in a cool shady frame. Increased by seeds and by division of the crown of the root. Our drawing was taken in Mr. Lowe's Nursery in May last. J. L. SOTO. 1610 DENDRÓBIUM * speciósum. Shewy Dendrobium. — GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcuineæ Juss. $ Malaxide® Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) DENDROBIUM.— Supra, vol. 7. fol. 548. D. speciosum ; caulibus erectis apice 2-3-phyllis, foliis ovali-oblongis inte- gerrimis racemo terminali multifloro brevioribus, perianthil foliolis an- gusto-oblongis, labello infra divisuram carina’ unica, lobo intermedio latiore quàm longo ecarinato.. R. Br. prodr. 332. Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. 87. Hooker Bot. mag. 3074. Bauer's illustrations of Orchid. tab. VI. genera. _ Scarcely any plant is more common than this in collec- tions near London; so readily is it cultivated, that 1t rarely happens that a Gardener does not succeed in keeping it healthy, and multiplying it abundantly: tied to a stick or planted in earth, preserved in a greenhouse or stimulated In a stove, in all cases it preserves the deep green of its leaves and its aspect of robustness. But it seldom flowers. his is owing to the weakness of the specimens, compared with what is natural to them in their own country : - not enough to keep their leaves green and plump, 1t 15 also necessary that the plants should grow rapidly, and to at least twice the size we are accustomed to see them ; then and then only will they yield their stately and beautiful racemes of pale-yellow wax-like blossoms. The specimen from which the accompanying m Was taken, was one of five produced upon the same c Fond of stems, in the garden of the Rev. Mr. Huntly, of Kim- REA. CONNU ER * See fol. 1239. bolton: each stem was nine inches long, stout in propor- tion, and emitted from its base many scores of long white healthy roots, which extended to the distance of near a foot all round it. It flowered in March of the present year. The method pursued in its cultivation was merely that repeatedly recommended in this work, namely, to keep such plants growing in a warm damp atmosphere, in pots extremely well drained ; and not exposed to the direct light of the sun. Under such treatment the stems soon begin to throw out a number of little green-tipped delicate roots, which gradually turn white and lengthen, adhering to the surface of garden-pots, or any thing they may be near. If no accident befalls such roots, nothing is likely to interfere with the future progress of the plant; but slugs and wood- lice are great enemies of them, feeding upon the youngest and tenderest tips; and it is indispensable that these animals should be completely kept away ; for a root of this sort once injured rarely recovers. Job / off. HN au » "P. 6 Hal 1611 CALCEOLARIA* viscosíssima. Clammy Calceolaria. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. SCROPHULARINER Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) CALCEOLA RIA.— Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. C. viscosissima ; suffruticosa, viscido-glandulosa, foliis caulinis oblongis ru- sosis sessilibus cordatis v. amplexicaulibus v. connatis crenatis v. irregu- lariter denticulatis, paniculis confertis corymbosis, corolle labiis sub- :equalibus. C. integrifolia, y viscosissima. Hooker in Bot. mag. 3214. C. rugosa macrophylla. Hort. C. rugosa latifolia. Herbert in litteris. Caulis sublignosus, 2-3-pedalis, viridissimus, pilis viscidis dens obtectus. olia viridissima, valdé rugosa, viscida, obtusa, nunc subcordata, nunc amplexicaulia, nunc omnino connata, ambitu crenato v. inequaliter denticu- ato. Panicule terminales et axillares, conferte, viscidissime, multiflore. Corolle aurez v. flave. Stamina styli fere longitudine. Luo um U ~ A beautiful shrubby species, with the habit of C. integri- folia, except that it has a far more herbaceous character. lt is covered all over with viscid hairs, so densely, that it is difficult to separate it from any thing that is pressed Upon it. It grows about 3 feet high, and produces ample crops of flowers all the summer long. We first received it from the onourable and Rev. William Herbert in the autumn of 2; and it is from specimens subsequently communicated y that gentleman that our drawing was taken. Mr. Lowe also sent it from his Nursery, at Clapton, in May of the * See fol. 1214. present year; and we have seen it in the collection of the Horticultural Society, under the name of C. rugosa macro- phylla. This appears to be subject to vary in the degree of ser- rature of its leaves, in their thickness, greater or less hairi- ness, and in the colour of the flowers, which are in some specimens bright yellow, in others very pale; the base of the stem-leaves is also different in different individuals, in some being absolutely connate, in others deeply cordate, in others eared, and even in some cases but slightly cordate. Nevertheless we consider this and its deviations an un- doubted species, distinguished essentially by its sessile auri- culate stem-leaves, viscid branches, and nearly equal lips of the corolla. We presume it is the No. 529 of Mr. Cuming's collection, and perhaps also the 281 of Mathews, and 88 of Mr. Bridges, who says his plant is very common near Valparaiso, where it is called Arguenita. A frame plant, easily multiplied by cuttings. 5 dks: 1612 LOBÉLIA* Túpa. The Tupa-Poison Plant. SYNGENESIA MONOGAMI A. Nat. ord. Lopettacex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 187.) LOBELIA.--Suprà, vol. 1. fol. 60. L. Tupa ; tomentosa, caule erecto angulato foliisque oblongis decurrentibus rugosis incanis, racemo terminali folioso multifloro, calyce subrotundo 5-dentato velutino, corollá tomentosa fissá alté 5-partitä : laciniis paral- lelis falcatis secundis obtusis. L. Tupa. Linn. sp. pl. 1318. Willd. sp. pl. 938. Römer et Schultes, 9.98. Bot. mag. Rapuntium spicatum vulgó Tupa. Feuillee, journal des observations, &c. 2. 739. t. 99. Of this plant we read as follows in the curious Journal of Father Feuillée, who visited the west coast of South America between the years 1707 and 1712. “ All this plant is a most ready poison ; its root yieldeth a deadly milk, as also doth its stem ; the odour of its flowers produceth cruel sickness. When one handleth them, care must be had not to bruise them between the fingers ; for if one thereafter rubbeth his eyes, some of the milk having touched them, a man will surely lose his sight, as hath been remarked by experience. *** I found this plant on the mountains of the kingdom of Chily, as high as 37 degrees of south latitude." . We have no evidence of the accuracy or inaccuracy of this statement; but we know that all Lobelias are dan- EE 0A, T. ps XM * See fol. 1200. gerous inflammatory poisons, and therefore this is likely to participate in similar properties. At the present day it is found in the same country as is mentioned by Father Feuillée. We have it from Concep- tion, where it was gathered by Cuming, from Valparaiso from Macrae, and from the classical island of Juan Fer- nandez, where it was gathered by Douglas. In the gardens it is an herbaceous plant, growing from 3 to 6 feet high, producing a number of unbranched erect stems, covered with broad gray leaves, and terminated by a raceme of dull, but rich purple flowers. It is not hardy enough to bear our winters without protection, because of the wet; but keep it dry, and it will require no other care, for it grows in any soil or situation. In Mr. Lowe's Nursery, where our drawing was taken, it occupies a long bed at the back of one of the stoves, where it increases amazingly. When in flower, in August and September, it is a very handsome species. J. L. /673. NA AS. ME VARAS » 1613 XEROPHYLLUM* setifólium. Tough-leaved Xerophyllum. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Merantuace® R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 272.) XEROPHYLLUM Richard. — Calyx hexapetalopartita, subrotata, petalis eglandulosis : alternis pauló minoribus. Filamenta erecta, basibus Inter se et cum germine contigua. Anthere subrotunde, utrinque mar- ginate. Stigmata 3, angusté ligulata, canaliculata, superné revoluta. Capsula subtestacea, feré globosa, quasi tricocca, apice rima triplici externé dehiscens, 3-locularis : loculis 2-spermis. Semina basi loculorum adnata, erecta, oblonga, compressa. Mich. X. setifolium : foliis caulinis subulato-setaceis, racemo thyrsoideo, bracteis setaceis pedicellis brevioribus, filamentis basi dilatatis petala ovato- oblonga ;quantibus. Römer et Schultes, 7. 1567. X. setifolium. Michaux fl. boreali- Amer. 1. 210. Torrey flora. 1. 370. Helonias asphodeloides. Linn. sp. pl. 485. Xerophyllum tenax. Nutt. gen. 1.235. R. et S.l. c. Helonias tenax. Pursh fl. Am. sept. 1. 243. t. 9. A beautiful herbaceous plant, whether we regard the tufts of bright green, curved, neat-looking leaves, or the tall spikes of white and violet flowers, which it throws up 1n June and July. In a peat border it grows vigorously, and will thrive in the most exposed situations and driest seasons. A division of the crown of the roots is the usual mode of Propagating it, unless it ripens seeds, which sometimes happens. . It grows wild in various parts of North America, espe- cially in the sterile tracts called Pine-barrens, both on the * So called from Engos, dry, and pianon, a leaf ; in allusion to the texture of the foliage. east and west sides of the continent. The natives, inha- biting the highlands of the Rocky Mountains, where it is abundant, weave their water-tight baskets out of its tenacious leaves. Since the time of Pursh the plant used for this purpose, and the common American kind, have been considered dif- ferent; but we are unable to detect the slightest mark by which they may be separated. That now figured was raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society from seed collected on the north-west coast of America by Mr. Douglas ; and it seems identical with the Helonias aspho- deloides of the Gardens and of Botanists. yoy 1614 ASTER* éminens. Curve-leaved Aster. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Compositx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. A. eminens ; foliis lanceolato-acuminatis subamplectentibus inferioribus in medio arguté serratis supra in ambitu laté scabris, caule paniculato patulo, ramis apice simpliciter corymbosis, periclinii turbinati subeequalis foliolis lineari-lanceolatis patulis. Nees gen. ast. 87. .Junceus. Hort. Kew. 3. 204. - longifolius. Lam. enc. meth. 1. 306. n. 33. . eminens. Willd. en. hort. Berol. 2. 886. . mutabilis. Hort. Kew. 3. 205. -levigatus. Pursh. fl. am. 2. 553. . Virgineus. Nees synops. ast. p. 22. > > > > > Pp A very common North American Aster, found in marshes and by the sides of ditches, from New York to Carolina, according to Pursh; and also in Canada, as we learn from Dr. Hooker’s Herbarium. | Scarcely any species of this most variable genus is less constant in its appearance than the present ; and it may be said that the state now represented is ill calculated to give à correct notion of it. We are, however, disposed to con- sider this the most extreme and genuine form, from which all others are to be considered deviations. In a great many cases the leaves are wider and serrated ; in others those that subtend the flowers are shorter; sometimes the stem 1s hairy, sometimes smooth; in many the involucrum 1s less PEE rip 000 000 * See fol. 1487. squarrose ; and occasionally the whole plant assumes the appearance of A. larus. A. eminens may be certainly known from all the other species in the same section by its involucral leaves not only being leafy, and more or less squarrose, but spreading very much at the time the plant is in flower; and also by the taper-pointed figure of the floral leaves. _ A. squarrosulus, a very nearly allied plant, has shorter involucral scales, which contract about the florets, and much smaller flower- heads. This plant is a hardy perennial, growing often as high as 5 or 6 feet, and bearing in the latter end of September a profusion of bright lilac flowers. It is often called salici- Jolius in the gardens. IL LS 1615 GOMPHOLOBIUM * ténue. Delicate Gompholobium. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Lecuminosa Juss. $ Papilionacee. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 87.) GOMPHOLOBIUM.— Supra, vol. 6. fol. 484. G. tenue; glaberrimum, caulibus filiformibus levibus, foliolis 3 linearibus angustissimis margine revolutis mucronulatis, floribus solitariis peduncu- latis, vexillo emarginato carina imberbi dupló longiore. Suffrutex glaberrimus, debilis, ramis filiformibus angulatis levibus uni- floris. Folia 3-foliolata, foliolis linearibus, venosis, margine revolutis, mucronulatis ; stipulis subulatis petioli longitudine. Calyx viridis, laciniis subequalibus. Petala lutea, vexillo extus purpurascente. A little under-shrub, found on the south-west of New Holland by Mr. William Baxter, from whose seeds it was raised in the Nursery of Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, where it flowered in August last for the first time. . Itis nearly related to G. virgatum, from which it differs in the proportion borne by the standard to the keel ; and also to G. venulosum, from which it is distinguished by its very narrow leaves. A greenhouse plant, increased by seeds and cuttings. It requires to be kept in an extremely well-ventilated situation. E. —— Ó— * See fol. 1468. 1616 GONGÓRA* maculata. Spotted Gongóra. - GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncnipgx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) . GONGORA Fl. Peruv.—Perianthium explanatum, Sepala lateralia libera divaricata, supremum cum dorso columne connatum. Petala minora; columnee medio adnata. Labellum cum basi columne continuum, liberum, unguiculatum, hypochilio explanato utrinque cornuto, epichilio verticali ancipiti (faciebus oppositis complicatis connatis) acuminato. Columna longissima, arcuata, clavata, marginata. Anthera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, inearia, in caudiculam cuneatam sessilia.—— Herbe epiphyte, pseudobul- bose. Folia plicata. Racemi longissimi, flexuosi, multiflori. Lindl. gen. et sp. Orchid. pars IIT. p. 158. G. maculata ; foliis 5-plicatis obovato-oblongis basi valdé angustatis, sepalis lateralibus è lat basi angustatis, hypochilio oblongo subtús convexo ur obtusé bicorni apice truncato angulis acutis in cirrhis duobus producto, epichilio acuminato. TOS Epiphyta, acaulis, pseudobulbis ovatis angulatis. Folia pedem et ultra longa, 4 pollices lata, pm viridia. Racemi radicales, penduli, ome 23 pedes longi. Scapus purpureus, glaber, squamis quibusdam } l longs distantibus vaginatus. Pedicelli divaricati, cum ovari0 g ps ds m i wi purpurei. Sepala vitellina, purpureo interrupt? fasciata; supremum “ear? lanceolatum, erectum, dorso columne accretum ; lateralia qu jo eroe flexa, marginibus revolutis, à latá basi angustata, et à basi supremi pe s only vallo Sejuncta. Petala pallidé purpurea, obscure maculata, — viridis, acuminata, antrorsim arcuata, sepalo supremo mora. ae ta ut obscure maculata, semiteres, clavata, feré sigmoidea, ta une a erit in ovarium obliquissime recumbit, et in pedem productissimum Se Cirrhea utringue labellumque in medio. Clinandrium valde d hi li " sub- ellum compressum, colore sepalorum, hypoc Me qu MET sagittatum duplo minore. * Named by the authors of the Flora Peruviana in honour of D. Antonio i i f Santa Caballero y Gongora, Bishop of Cordova, who, while Archbishop el Fé and Teer p New Ganit was a zealous A m the celebrated Mutis, and an ardent promoter of all branches of Natural History. YOL. Ar, I Many a strange figure has been met with among Orchi- deous plants, and numerous are the animal forms which Botanists have fancied they could recognise among their singular flowers. Some are said to bear little men aud women swinging below their canopy of petals; others have appeared to carry the likeness of lizards, frogs, and other reptiles, crouching among their leaves; while some have been compared to Oberons and Titanias hanging- by their tiny arms from the bells, where they have concealed them- selves. To what the flowers of the plant now figured can be likened, we profess not to know, unless to some of the fantastic animals of heraldry ; a griffin segreant, as they term it, would do as well as any other for a comparison. This most curious species was sent us by Richard Har- rison, Esq., from his Garden at Liverpool: it was originally introduced from Demerara, in 1832, by Mr. Thomas Moss, of Otterspool. It flowered in the hothouse in May; its bunches of flowers were two feet and a half long, and hung down most gracefully from the pot in which the plant was suspended; of this our diminished figure in the back- ground is intended to be a representation. A few years ago the genus Gongora was so little known, that some doubts were even entertained of its existence. Our Gardens now possess two species, neither of which is the kind originally figured in the Flora Peruviana. Ji La 1617 ERYTHRÍNA* poianthes ; var. subinermis. Thornless naked-flowering Coral-tree. pe Seen, DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Leguminosae Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) ERYTHRINA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 313. E. poianthes. Supra, fol. 1246. B subinermis; foliis floribusque contemporaneis, caule subinermi. E. poianthes. Lowe in bot. mag. 3234? We can scarcely doubt that the plant from which the accompanying figure was taken, and that illustrated by Mr. Lowe in the Botanical Magazine, are the same; neither can we hesitate to consider both of them materially dif- ferent from the species figured at fol. 1246 of this work. In the latter the flowers appear without the leaves, and the stems are extremely prickly: in the kind now repre- sented we find the flowers and leaves accompanying each other, and the stem scarcely producing any prickles. It is true that Mr. Lowe describes his plant as producing the flowers before the leaves; but then he figures the young shoots without prickles, in which we conceive the material difference to consist. According to Mr. Lowe this plant -i of the gardens of Madeira, where it is cul it becomes a low tree, 15 or 20 feet high, with a trunk sometimes 4 feet in circumference, and so soft that its Wood resembles cork ; its branches are said to strike root sa great ornament Itivated, and where * See fol. 1246. with great readiness; so that a piece, however rudely broken off, will grow when stuck into the ground. Our drawing was made from a beautiful specimen growing in the stove of his Grace the Duke of Northum- berland at Sion; it was 6 feet high, had a richly streaked bark, and was crowned by a thick cluster of leaves and flowers. We regret to learn that the splendid collection at Sion is no longer under the care of Mr. Forrest, who has retired from its superintendence, to practise the profession of a Landscape Gardener, for which his skill, experience, and good taste, render him eminently qualifjed. 3:15 1618 SAUROGLOSSUM* elätum. Tall Lizard's Tongue. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncnutipEx. $ Neottiee Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) SAUROGLOSSUM. — Perianthium connivens, sepalis lateralibus li- nearibus, arcuatim patentibus, basi in ovarium decurrentibus, Labellum anticum, lineare, canaliculatum, ecallosum, basi dilatatum. Columna elongata, semiteres, basi producta, apice subspatulata ; clinandrio declivi immarginato, rostello ovato. Pollinia 2, biloba, caudiculá brevissima.— Herb terrestres (Americee sequinoctialis) foliis radicalibus, floribus racemosis herbaceis scapo insidentibus, radicibus carnosis fasciculatis. S. elatum. Radices terrestres, fasciculati, carnosi. Folia radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, suberecta, carnosa, plicis nullis, scapo 3-plà breviora. Scapus strictus, fer? 2-pedalis, pubescens, squamis foliaceis viridibus distantibus vaginatus. Ra- cemus pedalis et ultra, densus, cylindraceus. Bractee canaliculate, subu- late, florum ferà longitudine. | Ovarium pubescens. Perianthium cylin- draceo-convolutum, sepalis viridibus lineari-lanceolatis, versus apwem lati- oribus, superiori petalis agglutinato, lateralibus arcuatis, basi valdè obliquis, antic paululàm sub labello connatis. Labellum album, cum columna parallelum, lineare, canaliculatum, sessile, basi ecallosum, pauld dilatatum, medio pubescens, apice ovatum, dilatatum. Columna libera, elongata, sem- teres, anticè producta, apice ovata, stigmate cordiformi, rostello acuto, vix bifido, clinandrio retrorsüm declivi, immarginato. Pollinia 2, bisulca, pulverca, caudiculá brevi, glandulà ovali. For the specimen from which our drawing of this new - are indebted to Mrs. Orchideous plant has been taken, we are arch Arnold Harrison, who obligingly communicated it in Marc REN many of the parts of this * So named from cutee, a lizard ; anger pie pte : the leaves may curious plant may be likened to the tongue 0° ©. be Wie La to the tongues of antediluvian Saurians, and the sepals to those of modern species. last. It is a native of the woods of Brazil, whence it was sent by Mr. Henry Harrison. A stove plant, requiring to be cultivated in earth, like other terrestrial Orchidex of the Neottia tribe, to some of which, such as Spiranthes grandiflora and Pelexia spi- ranthoides, it bears a good deal of resemblance. Its struc- ture is, however, distinctly different from that of any published genus. As there are several other genera of the Neottia division of Orchideous plants, which are at present only known by name, we avail ourselves of the present opportunity of defining some of those which are the most remarkable, in order that no confusion may be introduced into our nomen- clature, in consequence of Botanists being unacquainted with the plants upon which such genera are founded. Sywassa Lindl. Sceletos. Perianthium connivens? Sepala superiora et petala agglutinata, lateralia labello supposita, basi producta in calcare cum ovario connato. Labellum cum columná omnino connatum, apice crispum, dilatatum, callis duobus infra apicem, basi cuniculatum. Pollinia 2, bisulca.—Sp. 1. Synassa co- rymbosa ; in Peru. : CNEMIDIA. Perianthium connivens. Sepala lateralia semiconnata, basi in calcare spurio producta. Labellum posticum, liberum, calcaratum, canaliculatum, acuminatum. Columna teres, apice acuminata, clinandrio declivi immargi- nato. Pollinia duo, caudiculä subulatá. Anthera subulata. (DECAISNIA Lindl. in Wall. cat.; nomen libenter mutatum ob Decaisniam Ad. Brong- niartit nuperius editam, sed melius cognitam et multó magis divulgatam.)— Sp.2. Cnemidia angulosa et C. semilibera. TniPLEURA Lindl. in Wall. cat. Perianthium explanatum, cruciatum, quasi tetraphyllum, sepalo supremo lato petalis agglutinato, lateralibus linearibus patentissimis. Labellum pos- ticum, liberum, concavum. | Columna teres, brevissima, antice processubus membranaceis (stam. steril.) corniformibus instructa. Anthera subrotunda, apiculata, terminalis. Myopa Lindl. in Wall. cat. Perianthium reflexum, petalis sepalo superiori agglutinatis. Labellum anticum, cum columná connatum, apice unguiculatum, hastato-tripartitum. Columna teres, clavata, clinandrio carnoso cucullato, rostello M obliquo. Stigma punctum parvum, bilabiatum. Anthera ovata. Pollinia 4. ZEUXINA Lindl. Sceletos. Perianthium. connivens. Sepalum supremum basi saccatum, lateralia —— ——————— ————— SM—— á—MÀ—— connata. Labellum anticum, basi membranaceum, bicallosum, cum columná connatum, apice unguiculatum, carnosum, dilatatum, concavum. Columna brevissima, teres, clinandrio membranaceo, antheram involvente. Pollinia 4 (v. sec. iconem Hamiltoni 8), in duas massas connata, caudiculá brevi ligu- latâ, glandulá uncinatá. Gerorcuis Lindl. in Wall. cat. Perianthium cylindrico-connivens, basi ventricosum. Labellum anti- cum, sessile, basi intus pilosum, cucullatum, apice convolutum. Columna brevissima. — Clinandrium longissimum, acuminatissimum, immarginatum. Anthera acuminatissima. Pollinia 4, minuta, caudiculis totidem longissimis setaceis separabilibus. HyrornuirA Lindl. in Wall. cat. Perianthium connivens. Sepalum supremum arcuatum, lateralia oblique recurva, feré uncinata. ^ Labellum nanum, anticum, liberum, saccatum, dependens, apiculatum. Columna brevissima, clinandrio proclivi, rostello curvo subulato. Anthera subulata. Pollinia 2, caudiculá subulatá. Hamaria Lindl. Sceletos. Gonogona Link. Perianthium explanatum, sepalis lateralibus reflexis. Labellum liberum, anticum, basi bicallosum, testiculato-saccatum, apice obliquum, unguicu- latum, subsagittatum, planum. Columna teres, clavata, clinandrio carnoso, cucullato, oblique torto, rostello acuminato. Anthera bilocularis, acumi- nata, clinandrii cucullo semioccultato. Pollinia 2, sulcata. Trorınıa Lindl. in Wall. cat. Perianthium connivens. Sepala lateralia majora, basi obliqué producta, calcar mentientia. — Labellum liberum, sessile, ventricosum, compressum,' lateribus reflexis lamellatis, apice constrictum, cucullatum. Columna teres, clinandrio longè infra stigma excavato. Anthera dorsalis, mutica. Pol- linia 4, in massas 2 bilobas coheerentia, caudiculà brevi. Herpysma Lindl. in Wall. cat. Perianthium connivens, sepalo supremo paulo sejuncto, lateralibus et petalis antrorsüm arcuatis. Labellum anticum, calcaratum, cum pog connatum, basi dilatatum, apice abrupté subrotundum, sub apice bicallosum. Columna semiteres, clinandrio marginato. Pollinia 2, caudiculis distinctis, polline sectili. T 1619. 1619 ASTER* coficinffus. Neat Aster. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. Composirz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) ASTER.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 183. A. concinnus; foliis lanceolatis amplectentibus remote arguté serratis margine scabris, ramulorum oblongis integerrimis, caule laxo subco- rymboso, ramis virgatis dichotomo-paniculatis, periclinio arcté imbricato. Nees gen. et sp. Aster. 121. A. concinnus. Willd. en. hort. Berol. 2. 884. Pursh fl. am. sept. 2. 554. A native of the plains and woodland of North America, from New York to Pennsylvania, according to Pursh. In the gardens it is a common hardy perennial, growing about 3 feet high, and flowering in September and October. . It is among the most distinct of the species of this difficult genus, being known among the division to which It gives its name, by the smallness of its involucra, and by the lax and very compressed character of its inflorescence on the stronger branches. In only assumes- the racemose appearance of our figure on the weak shoots arising from the roots. In general the upper leaves are all very entire, and have an almost linear outline, the lowest only being serrated; but occasionally the leaves are distinctly serrated as high as the lower ramifications of the inflorescence. For those who have gardens, this is one of the most Worth cultivating, because of the gay colour of its flowers, and its neat appearance. The stem is <a ct inc a More or less with purple. u * See fol. 1487. REST $ " ^ 3 " 2005 Y Gat. f, DN Bee Pe Gf lp) ¿n RP. WIRD > M Ma. da Rag by Z ra pu duy Zó G Fige taildy Cel. PRAA a 1620 OXALIS* divérgens. Diverging Wood Sorrel. Pages ne DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Nat. ord. Oxatipex De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 140.) OXALIS.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1249. O. divergens, acaulis, glabra, foliolis 3 cuneatis bilobis: lobis divergentibus rotundatis, scapis multifloris, sepalis ovatis apice maculà didymá notatis, stylis staminibus brevioribus. O. divergens. Benth. in herb. Lindl. A A a A native of Mexico, whence bulbs were sent, a few years since, to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Graham, from whom we have a wild specimen. It is easily culti- vated under a frame which excludes all wet and very severe cold ; and, like all the American species of the same habit, prefers the open soil to the confinement of a pot. It flowers from June to September. The Botanical affinity of this species is greatest with O. grandifolia, like it a Mexican plant with white flowers : it is also allied to O. violacea; but the form of the lobes of its leaves distinguishes it from either species. TL ES ae? A * See fol. 1249. 1621 CALCEOLARIA* purpúrea. Purple Calceolaria. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. ScrOPHULARINEZ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) CALCEOLARIA.— Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. C. purpurea; herbacea, caulibus erectis ramosis, foliis venoso-rugosis his- pidis, radicalibus cuneato-spatulatis serratis postice integerrimis subacutis, caulinis cordatis superioribus minoribus integerrimis, corymbis termi- nalibus multifloris. Graham in bot. mag. 2775. Caules pilosi, apice subviscidi, bipartiti, racemoso-corymbosi. Folia pallide viridia, crassiuscula, scabrida, grosse reticulata. Flores purpurei, corolle labio superiore minore subfornicato, inferiore tripló majore, plicis 3-4 gibbosis, Ovarium ovatum, cum stylo glabro staminibus glabris paulo longius. . A species but seldom seen in collections, being of little interest to the florist, on account of its delicate constitution and want of beauty. It is probably in its native soil a perennial; but it is scarcely better than a biennial when cultivated, from the great difficulty of preserving it alive through the winter. It succeeds best in a pit or cool greenhouse, but not so well in the open air; and is increased both by seeds and offsets. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Comte de Vandes in June 1832. The Species is a native of Chile, where it was found near Valparaiso by Mr. Cuming ; and in the Cordillera by r. Cruckshank, to whom we are indebted -for its intro- duction. BL oem nn NS * See fol. 1214. 1622 COLLÓMIA* coccinea. Brick-red Collomia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat.ord. PorzwowiacEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 219.) COLLO MIA.— Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1166. C. coccinea ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus supremis ovato-lanceolatis integer- rimis, v. apice profunde 3-4-dentatis, calyce semi-5-fido : laciniis lato- lanceolatis obtusis, corollis calyce plus dupld longioribus, staminibus inclusis, capsule loculis monospermis. Bentham MSS. ‘ - coccinea. Lehm. delect. sem. hort. Hamburg. 1832. C. lateritia. Don in British flower-garden, t. 206. _A hardy annual, resembling Collomia linearis, from which it is distin- guished by its deep-red flowers and by the frequent division of the points of the leaves into three sharp segments of unequal length. : It is a native of Chile, whence its seeds were brought by Mr. Cuming. If sown thick in a large mass, it is tolerably pretty ; but single plants have very little to recommend them. It is, however, a good plant to mix with other flowers for bouquets. .. The seeds should be sown in March, in the open border, when the flowers will appear in June : if again sown shortly after that time, à second crop of flowers may be had in September and October, seasons which suit it rather better than the dog days. > : Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. and remarkable new species of this tly received from California by the furnished us with the will be extremely : À considerable number of very pretty rue order of plants having been recently rec orticultural Society, Mr. Bentham has obligingly ollowing epitome of their.characters, which we are sure acceptable to our Botanical readers. HucELra.+ Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus sem! niis subinzqualibus linearibus rigidis subspinosis. : reviter exserto, limbo 5-partito, laciniis oblongis integerrimis. i-5-fidus, sinubus vix membranaceis, s. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo Stamina ad faucem + In honour of er Hugelia of Reichenbach is igel : i s ugelia of Reic i Didisoús S of Baron Charles de Hügel of Vienna g E É inserta. Antheræ lineares, sagittate. Capsule loculi polyspermi. — Herb» annus vel perennes plus minusve albo-lanate. Folia alterna, linearia, integra vel pinnatifida. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, calycibus bracteisque imbricatis lana densa basi immersis.——A Gilia differt habitu et antheris. 1. H. densifolia, humilis, caule glabriusculo, foliis crebris fere omnibus pinnati- fidis glabratis, segmentis utrinque 2-3 acerosis, corolle tubo exserto, staminibus corollam subaquantibus.—Corolle ccerulee.—California Douglas. 2. H. elongata, ramis elongatis divaricatis vel procumbentibus tomentosis, foliis brevibus simplicibus vel utrinque segmentis 1-2 auctis, omnibus albo-tomentosis vel demum vix glabratis, corolla tubo exserto, staminibus corollam superantibus.—Flores intense ccrulei.— California Douglas. 3. H. virgata, erecta stricta, foliis elongatis simplicibus vel pinnatifidis laxe albo-lanatis, corolle tubo exserto, staminibus corolla brevioribus.—Flores intense cerulei.— California Douglas. 4. H. lutea, erecta, foliis inferioribus elongatis simplicibus glabratis, superioribus abbreviatis pinnatifidis albo-lanatis, corymbis parvis, corolle tubo incluso, staminibus corollam zquantibus.— Flores lutei.—California Douglas. LiwawTHUs.* Calyx tubulosus membranaceus, nervis 5 viridibus validis apice in dentes subulatos recurvos productis. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo brevi, limbo 5-fido, laciniis obovatis apice crenulatis. Stamina tubo inclusa. Anthere filiformes, basi vix sagittate. Capsule loculi polyspermi.— Genus calyce, antheris, et habitu distinctissimum. 1. L. dichotomus. Herba annua, glaberrima. Folia opposita, sessilia, palmati- secta, segmentis 3-5 lineari-subulatis. Flores in dichotomiis solitarii, subsessiles, ebracteati, versus apicem ramorum plurimi approximati. Corolle magnitudine et forma et fere colore Lini suffruticosi.—California Douglas. LrrrosrrHow.t Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, æqualis, semi-5-fidus, lobis lineari- subulatis acutis, sinubus membranaceis. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo longe exserto tenuissimo, limbo campanulato 5-fido, lobis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis. Stamina ad faucem inserta. Anthere oblonge basi sagittate. Capsule loculi polyspermi.—Herbe annuz, basi glabre, apice pubescentes. Folia opposita, sessilia, palmatisecta, segmentis linearibus vel subulatis. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, axi sublanato. Bractew imbri- cate, foliis conformes, segmentis ciliato-hirsutis.——A Giliis sectionis Dactylophylli corolla forma distinctus. 1. L. grandiflorus, subsimplex, foliis 7-11-fidis, laciniis subulatis strictis margine revolutis, corollæ tubo limbo vix duplo longiore, filamentis brevissimis.—Coro cerulec fundo aureo vel purpureo. California Douglas. i 2. L. androsaceus, foliis 5-7-fidis, laciniis oblongo-linearibus, corolle tubo —_ 2-3-plo longiore, staminibus corolla limbo triplo brevioribus.--Corollw minores et intensius coloratz quam in precedente.—California Douglas. . 3. L. luteus, foliis 5-7-fidis, laciniis oblongo-linearibus, corolle tubo limbo sub- quadruplo longiore, staminibus limbo corollæ subtriplo brevioribus, stylo corollam = ^^ gt ei lutee fundo intensiore, in var. ß pallidiores. — California ouglas. : 4. L. parviflorus, foliis 5-7-fidis, laciniis oblongo-linearibus, corolle tubo limhe quadruplo longiore, staminibus limbo corollæ vix dimidio brevioribus, stylo sub- exserto.— Corolle pallide flavæ fundo intense luteo.—California Douglas. i 5. L.? densiflorus, foliis 9-11-fidis, laciniis subulatis strictis margine revolutis, corolle tubo limbo breviore.—Corolle pallide purpurascentes ? — California Douglas. da non genus proprium inter Leptosiphones et Gilias sectionis Dactylophylli um, ,FENzLIA.Í Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, profunde 5-fidus, sinubus membranacels laciniis linearibus acutiusculis erectis. Corolla subinfundibuliformis, tubo hii io 5-partito, laciniis obovatis dentatis. Antherm ovate, sagittate, e tubo breviter Capsule loculi polyspermi. 1. F. dianthiffora. Herba pusilla, subsimplex, 2-3-pollicaris, glabra vel mm EEE. - Linanthus, from the resemblance of the flower to several species of Linum. T Leptosiphon, from the tenuity of the tube of the corolla. ‚+ Fenzlia, in honour of Dr. Fenzl, of Vienna, now publishing a monograph of Alsinee. : pubescens. Folia opposita, linearia, integerrima. Flores 1-3 pedunculati. Corolla fere pollicaris, purpurascens, fundo luteo.— California Douglas. Gırıa Cav.— Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, margine et sinubus membranaceis. Corolla infundibuliformis vel subcampanulatus, limbo 5-partito, laciniis obovatis integris. Stamina ad faucem vel vix intra tubum inserta. Anthere ovato-subrotunde, Capsule loculi polyspermi.—Herb:z, foliis (in Ipomopside et Eugilia) alternis pinnatisectis, segmentis pci dissectisve, vel (in Dactylophyllo) oppositis palmatisectis, segmentis integris subulatis. Sect. 1. Dactylophyllum. Folia inferiora opposita, omnia sessilia palmatisecta. Flores sad longe pedunculati. Corolle tubus brevissimus, limbus patens.—An genus pro- prium l. G. liniflora, foliis inferioribus oppositis omnibus sessilibus palmatisectis, corollis calyce triplo longioribus.—Flores albi? forma et magnitudine Lino tenui- folio similes.— California Douglas. " E. 2. G. pharnaceoides, foliis inferioribus oppositis omnibus sessilibus palmatisectis, corollis calyce duplo longioribus.—A G. /iniflora differt floribus dimidio minoribus.— California Douglas. * AVES s 3. G. pusilla, foliis inferioribus oppositis omnibus sessilibus palmatisectis, corollis calycem vix excedentibus. — Habitus Arenarie tenuifolim. A G. p rnaceoide dif- fert floribus dimidio minoribus, corollis minus patentibus.—Chili (La Punta de Cortes) Bertero. Sect. 2. Ipomopsis. Folia alterna pinnatisecta vel pinnatifida. Flores solitarii vel subglomerati. Corolle tubus elongatus longe exsertus. fe 4. q coronopifolia Pers. syn. 1. 187. Ipomopsis elegans Sm. .t. 13. Carolina. 5. Gilia pulchella Dougl. MSS. Ipomopsis elegans Lindl. bot. reg. 15. t. 1281. North-West America. : foliis bi . 6. G. tenuiflora, caule erecto elato superne viscoso ‚subnudo paniculato, fo mu Pinnatisectis glabris, floribus subsolitariis, corymbis laxis longe pedunculatis, coro. calyce 4-plo longioribus.—Flores coerulei.—California Douglas. | G. arenaria, caule humili viscoso subnudo, foliis pinnati aries subglomeratis, corollis calyce 3-plo longioribus.—Flores ouglas. iis pinnati _8. G. crassifolia, caule erecto viscoso superne paniculato $ vbanio, fes Enders, fidis sublanatis demum glabratis, segmentis oblongo-l Rz re ste floribns subsolitariis divaricato-paniculatis, corollis calyce duplo longioribus flavescentes ?—Chili Cuming, Bridges. Sect. 3. Eugilia. Folia alterna pinnatifida vel pinnatisecta.—Flores subsolitarii vel Sepius glomerati. Corolle tubus calyce subbrevior. To SR em inconspicua Dougl.; Bot. mag. e t. 2883. Ipomopsis inconspicua Sm. exot. fl. t. 14.—North -West America Douglas. 3 E: 10. G. tricolor, caule erecto glabro folioso, foliis > capere o cwm rii subulatis, corymbis 3-6-floris virgato-paniculatis, corollis calyce subtrip r p: u. tubus luteus, limbus Labbe ae is puri rr. t - G. laciniata Ruiz et Pav. fl. Per. et, Ghib = 24 pare : Bridges, Bertero, Cuming, 729. &c. Peruvia Ruiz et Pavon. Fuer na etnia 12. G. multicaulis, caule erecto glabriusculo, foliis a ae tis, segmentis linearibus, corymbis 3-10.floris longissime wee w E corollis calyce vix duplo longioribus.—Corolle cæruleæ.— Californ abs sequuta | 13. G. achilleefolia, caule erecto glabriusculo, foliis bi-tri-pin secta, exot. bot. 1. fidis, lobis ovatis, i, —California i issi calycibus lineari-snbulatis, coryrabis capitatis multifloris longissime pedunculatie, © at, pu yce y longioribus, staminibus corolla brevioribus.— Corollee cerulez.-— California Douglas. "T | 14. G. capitata Desain: Hook. bot. mag. 56. t. 2698. Lindl. bot. reg | t. 1170.—North-West America Douglas. basi membranaceus, apice 5-fidus, laci- /Écocnroa.* Cal ulatu > ta ios LOA. yx tubuloso-campanulatus, » formis, tubo nus inequalibus rigidis integris multifidisve spinosis. Corolla subhypocrateriiormis, NL c E * /Egochloa, from the fetid smell of some of the species. calycem subequante, limbo 5-partito, laciniis oblongis integris. Stamina intra partem superiorem tubi inserta. Antherz ovato-subrotund®. Capsulz loculi polyspermi.— Herbae plerumque glutinose foetide. Folia pinnatisecta, segmentis incisis acutissimis. Flores dense capitati, bracteis inciso-multifidis spinosis suffulti. 1. Æ. intertexta, erecta ramosa, foliis glabris pinnatisectis, segmentis lineari-subu- latis acutissimis incisis divaricatis subspinosis, calycis sublanati dentibus plerumque multifidis, corollis calyce subbrevioribus, staminibus exsertis.— California and North- West America Douglas. y 2. AR. cotulafolia, erecta stricta, foliis glabris bipinnatisectis, segmentis lineari- subulatis acutissimis foliorum superiorum floraliumque spinosis, bracteis villosulis, dentibus calycinis subintegris, corollis calycem zquantibus, staminibus exsertis.— California Douglas. : 3. Æ. pubescens, molliter pubescens, caule ramoso, foliis pinnatisectis, laciniis inciso-pinnatifidis, lobulis divaricatis subspinosis, calycibus bracteisque basi mem- branaceis glabris apice inciso-pinnatifidis villosis, corollis calyce subduplo longioribus, staminibus e tubo exsertis. California Douglas. 4. JE. pungens, Gilia pungens Dougl.; Hook.. bot. mag. 57. t. 2977. viscoso- pubescens, foliis pinnatisectis, segmentis integris incisisve, laciniis lanceolato-linearibus acutissimis spinosis, bracteis ciliato-hirtis basi dilatatis, dentibus calycinis lanceolatis subintegris, corollis exsertis, staminibus tubo inclusis.— California Douglas. 5. ZE. eryngioides, Gilia eryngioides Bot. zeit. 1833. 1. 122. G. mucronata Lehm. del. seni. hort. Hamb. 1832?—Chili Cuming, Bridges, Bertero, &c. ; 6. JE. atractylioides, viscosissima, foliis pinnatifidis rhachi dilatata, lobis subulatis divaricatis spinosis, floralibus ovatis imbricatis spinoso-dentatis flores amplectentibus, dentibus calycinis subulatis integris. — Habitus Atractylidis humilis.— California: Douglas. Corrowia. Calyx campanulatus 5-fidus vel sub-5-partitus, lobis lanceolatis lineari- busve equalibus integris. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo tenui exserto, limbo patente 5-partito, laciniis oblongis integris. Stamina versus medium tubi inserta. Anthere ovato-subrotunde. Capsule loculi 1-2-spermi.— Herbz, folia alterna, rarius inferiora opposita integra inciso-dentata vel rarius pinnatifida. Flores dense capitati, bractels lato-ovatis integerrimis suffulti. 1. C. heterophylla Hook. bot. mag. 56. t. 2895. Lindl. bot. reg. 16. t. 1347. — North-West America Douglas. 2. C. coccinea Lehm. Supra. 3. C. grandiflora Dougl. Lindl. bot. reg. 14. t. 1174. Hook. bot. mag. 56. t. 2894.— North-West America Douglas. 4. C. linearis Nutt. gen. 1. 126. Lindl. bot. reg. 14. t. 1166. Hook. bot. mag. 6. t. 2893.— North -West America. 5. C. gilioides, foliis pinnatisectis, segmentis linearibus integris, calycibus profunde 5-fidis, staminibus tubo corollæ inclusis, capsulæ loculis monospermis. — C. gracilis.—California Douglas. TRA 5 6. C. glutinosa, procumbens, foliis subpinnatisectis, segmentis oblongo-linearibus integris vel subincisis, calycibus sub-5-partitis, staminibus corolla longioribus, capsulæ loculis monospermis.——Corollæ C. gracilis.— California Douglas. _ 4. C. gracilis Dougl. Gilia gracilis Hook. bot. mag. 56. t. 2924. Calyces 5-par- titi. Folia inferiora opposita. — North West America and California Douglas, Ch Cuming, Bertero, Bridges, &c. 147. Phlox pinnata Cav. ic. 6. 17. t. 528. f. 1. is probably another Collomia, and d aggregata Pursh fl. amer. sept. 1. 147. a Gilia; but I have not. seen either of them, an they are too imperfectly described to refer them to either genus with certainty. E J . L. 1623 EPIDENDRUM* oncidioídes. Oncidium-flowered Epidendrum. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcuipex. $ Epidendree Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) EPIDENDRUM.—Suprà, vol. 17. fol. 1415. $. Foliis in pseudobulbos insidentibus. Lindl. gen. et sp. of Orchideous plants, p. 97. E. oncidioides, foliis in pseudobulbos ovales ancipites 2-3 ensiformibus pani- culá terminali ramosá breyioribus, sepalis petalisque obovatis unguiculatis patentibus, labelli liberi trilobi lobis lateralibus nanis oblongis columnae longitudine intermedio subrotundo cuspidato basi 5-costato. Pseudobulbi oblongi, ancipites, pallide virides. Folia 2-3, late ensi- formia, subobtusa, fere bipedalia, 14 poll. longa, pallid? viridia. Scapus Sere à basi paniculatus, terminalis, 3 pedes longus, divaricatim ramosus. Flores odoratissimi. Sepala et petala sordide lutea, versus apicem fusco- purpurea. Labellum sordidè luteum, lineis quibusdum brevibus in discum. For this noble plant we are indebted to our indefatigable correspondent Richard Harrison, Esq. of Liverpool, who favoured us with a splendid specimen, along: with a sketch by Mrs. Arnold Harrison, in June last. It has so much the appearance of Oncidium luridum, that we at first sight took it for a new species of that genus: it is, however, a genuine Epidendrum, nearly allied to E. odoratıssımum, With which it agrees in its delicious and powerful fragrance: when the specimen was unpacked, the whole air of the room became perfumed as if a basket full of violets and roses had been scattered over the floor. America, No doubt it is a native of some part of South but of what country in particular is uncertain. Mr. Har- * See fol. 1415. VOL. XIS. K rison informs us, that he received it from Mr. Cattley, who knew nothing of its history. It has been many years in the country, and is in almost every collection; but it never flowered before. Generally the plants one sees are so weak as to resemble the very different East Indian species called Liparis longipes; and the history of Mr. Harrison's having at last succeeded in flowering it, is no doubt his superior mode of cultivation. The leaf we received with the speci- men was near two feet long; and the panicle itself fully three feet from one extremity to the other. We think it is one of the most interesting species we have yet figured ; for it is not only handsome, singular, and fragrant, but its flowers are very durable, remaining in perfection for at least a fortnight. E 1624 ANTHOCERCIS* viscósa. Clammy Anthocereis. ELE A PR DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.,/ i Nat. ord. ScRoPHULARINEE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 228.) ANTHOCERCIS.— Suprà, vol. 3. fol. 212. — A. viscosa ; foliis obovatis glanduloso-punctatis margine scabriusculis : no- vellis ramulisque tenuissime pubescentibus, capsulà ovatà calycem sub- equante. R. Brown prodr. 1. 448. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2961. icc Te _ A native of the southern coast of New Holland, where it was first found by Dr. Brown. It is a handsome shrub, with dark green neat leaves; and if kept in health is a very desirable greenhouse plant, easily propagated by cuttings, and flowering in May and June. Being of a soft nature, never forming any hard wood, or well-ripened shoots, it is peculiarly liable to injury from over-watering, or from the earth in ‚which it 18 planted becoming saturated ; if this happens, it immediately sickens, is leaves losing their dark green colour, and becoming of a pale yellow hue. Inconvenience of this kind any gardener will know how to guard against. Lowe's Nursery in May Our drawing was made in Mr. last. | This genus, usuall referred to Solanez, appears rather to belong to Scrophálafiiili for reasons which will be explained at fol. 1626. | opi ———ss * Ksgxss, a ray, in combination with »9«, a flower, furnished M. Labil- lardiére with a name for this star-flowered genus. ————— REPRE O nn 1625 LEPTÓTES* bícolor. T'wo-coloured Leptotes. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. OncuipEx. $ Epidendree. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) LEPTOTES.—Sepala et petala linearia, subeequalia, patentia. Label- lum posticum, trilobum, cum columna parallelum, laciniis lateralibus nanis circa columnam convolutis, intermedia oblonga marginibus reflexis. Columna brevis, crassa, semiteres. Anthera ....++- Pollinia sex, incumbentia, quorum 2 superiora pyriformia obliqua compressa, 4 inferiora ineequalia tenuiora, anterioribus duplà minoribus. Caules breves, teretes, squamas vaginati. Folia teretia. Scapus terminalis, simplex. Leptotes bicolor. Caules unciales, inter muscos provenientes, teretes, squamis membranaceis acuminatis vaginati, quorum superiores caulem sepiüs superant. Folia solitaria, 3-4 poll. longa, atroviridia, rigida, cylindracea, supra sulcata. Racemus triflorus, folio brevior, bracteis minimis ; pedicelli erecta, pedunculo longiores. Sepala et petala candida, equalia, linearia, patentia. Labelli lacinie laterales, candida, lineari-ovate, obtuse ; intermedia sanguinea, apice et margine candida, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, pone basin quasi fracta, et ibi fascia angusta, pallida, notata. Columna viridis. Pollinia lutea, filis nullis replicatis, nec glanduld ullá separabili adherente. ‚It is to Mrs. Arnold Harrison that we are obliged for this pretty little plant, which flowered in her stove 1n April last. Itis a native of the Organ mountains of Brazil. Its habit seems to be to grow among broken potsherds, decayed vegetable matter, and moss ; treated in this way, a small portion, sent to us with the sketch from which our drawing was made, struck root, and has now become a little healthy plant. * From »srros, slender; in allusion to the leaves. Leptotes differs from Tetramicra,* next to which it should be placed in any system, firstly, in the singular structure of its pollen-masses ; secondly, in the dwarf cha- racter of the lateral lobes of the labellum ; and thirdly, in the want of a spur adhering to the ovarium. It is also nearly related to Brasavola, from which it is known by its pollen-masses, and by its 3-lobed labellum. i l qe k * This genus, founded on the Cymbidium rigidum of Willdenow, is the Brasavola elegans of the Botanical Magazine, t. 3098; a plant which we believe has not yet been introduced. ab PH D "AM f d ^ adi O £7 LO Y Piccadilly Hor. Í fe ^. v d 1626 PETÚNIA* violácea. Purple Petunia. AE PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Soranez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 231.) PETUNIA.— Calyx breve tubulosus, laciniis foliosis. Corolla tubo cylindraceo v. ventricoso, limbo plicato ineequali plano 5-lobo. Stamina 5, insequalia, inclusa, medio tubo corolle inserta. Ovarium disco insertum, dente unico utrinque ad suturam instructo. Stigma capitatum. Capsula valvis 2 integris, seminibus spheericis reticulatis. P. violacea ; caulibus prostratis viscido-pilosis, foliis ovatis brevi-petiolatis acutis, corollee ventricosee laciniis ovatis acutis. Petunia violacea. Brit. fl.-gard. n. s. 193. Salpiglossis integrifolia. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 3113. Nierembergia pheenicea. Brit. fl.-gard. n. s. 193. Semina minuta, spherica, pallide testacea ; testá levi grosse reticulatá, hilo minimo. Embryo brevis, rectus, in axi albuminis copiosi carnosi albi, radiculá hilo versá. A native of Buenos Ayres, plants from the same country, during the summer; in winter i frost. There is perhaps no plant y border-flowers have begun to before any of the hardy border-™ expand. Planted singly against a , Y * Petun is the Brazilian name of one of the species. p] open ground, it is also a striking ornament; but it is only when collected into a large bed in the open air, and allowed to entangle and interlace its branches, till every piece of soil is concealed, that its whole splendour is developed. It then produces, from August to October, a succession of its purple blossoms, which are yielded in such profusion, and of so bright a colour, as to render the spot where it grows almost too bright to look upon. It will grow in any sort of earth, but prefers a rich old long-cultivated soil, with a warm and sheltered exposure. It is readily increased by cuttings, which should be struck like those of a Geranium. Petunia violacea, Nierembergia phanicea, and especially Salpiglossis integrifolia, are the names by which it is known. We adopt the first in preference, for the following reasons: Salpiglossis is a genus now common in this country, with didynamous stamens and an imbricated corolla, two highly important characters, which are wanting in this plant ; Nierembergia is, like it, pentandrous; but the peculiar form of the corolla, the absence of teeth upon the disk, and the singular lunate stigma of that genüs, render it impossible to place this in Nierembergia without violating every principle of generic distinction : if there is any one genus in Solaneze more natural and more positively defined by obvious and important characters than another, It 1S Nierembergia, properly so called, with which this ought on no account to be confounded. But from Petunia, of which the now common Petunia nyctaginifiora may be taken as the type, the plant before us differs in nothing whatever except the inflated tube of its corolla, and the size of its embryo: Petunia is remarkable for the thickene bases of its filaments, which all arise upon the same plane from the middle of the tube, for its capitate stigma, the oblique limb of its corolla, the leafy segments of its calyx; and for its disk, which bears a distinct tooth on each side where it touches the suture of the ovarium. Now there 15 not one of these highly characteristic marks in which this plans differs from Petunia, to which we, without any scruple, reier it. Having been referred to Salpiglossis by so acute and experienced a Botanist as Dr. Hooker, it is to be presume that some doubt is entertained whether it belongs to Solanez or Scrophularinee ; we will, therefore, take the liberty of offering a remark or two upon this subject. The general mode of distinguishing Solanee from Scrophularinez is by thé very obscure character of the curved embryo of the former. It is true that Dr. Brown adds to this a plaited corolla, and stamens equal in number to the segments of the corolla and calyx ; but it is plain that he considers these less absolute than the curved embryo, because he admits such plants as Anthocercis, which has didynamous stamens and an imbricated corola, placing them indeed in a distinct section, but still referring them to Solanee. Dr. Bartling, in his valuable work on the Natural Orders of Plants, does not adopt this view, but attaches only a subordinate importance to the form of embryo, and makes the distinction between the two orders depend upon the plaited corolla and symmetrical flowers of Solaneze, as contrasted with the imbricated corolla and didynamous flowers of Solanee. Dr. Hooker adopts Dr. Brown's opinion, as we have also ourselves in “* the Introduction to the Natural System of Botany ;” and Mr. Arnott does the same, but with some misgivings as to its being right. In our latest work upon such subjects, the Nizus Plantarum, we have followed Dr. Bartling, aban- doning our former view of the matter. We trust we may now be permitted to explain wherefore. There can be only one reason for such a character as the curved embryo being adopted as an absolute distinc- tion between two nearly allied orders, 1n preference to all others, and that must be its uniformly accompanying other essential points of structure. How far this is the case will be apparent from two or three plants allied to that now under consideration. In Petunia nyctaginiflora is found the common curved and twisted embryo of Solaneze; but in Petunia violacea the seeds of which cannot externally be distinguished from those of the latter, not even when sm lying side by side upon the feld of the microscope, the ight, and much shorter, SO that it specific importance in this the embryo is curved and characters the genus agrees with Scrophularinez ; finally, in Nicotiana persica, which no one can doubt being a genuine species of Solanez, the embryo is nearly straight. We therefore are obliged to conclude, that a false importance has been given to this, as it certainly has to a great many other microscopic characters ; a truth which has not escaped the acuteness of Fries. But to the plaited corolla and symmetrical flowers there are no exceptions that we know of; and these, therefore, we prefer as marks of distinction. Solanex and Scrophularines are, however, orders so very nearly related in nature, that scarcely any real limits can be expected between them. Where they touch, their similarity must almost amount to identity. "Nevertheless, as the orders are no doubt most truly and naturally distinct to a great extent, we could not for the reasons just men- tioned combine them. "They should rather be considered as the connecting groups of two larger masses of plants, of which one has a tendency towards regular flowers and symmetrical stamens, and the other a tendency towards irregular flowers and didynamous stamens. This arrange- ment, which we have carried into effect in the Nizus Plantarum, may be thus expressed : — g A E DICARPE E Petunia. | Salpiglossis. Š PERSONATE. (42) g E 2 Q Y J. L. ie: tiene 1627 CYRTOCHÍLUM* flavéscens. Straw-coloured Cyrtochilum. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Oncniprz Juss. $ Vandeew Lindl. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) CYRTOCHILUM Humb. et Kunth.—Perianthium explanatum. Se- pala libera, lateralia unguiculata. Petala pauló minora. Labellum ecalca- ratum, indivisum, ungue tuberculato cum basi columne continuo. — Columna brevis, alata. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, caudiculá filiformi, glandulá minutä. Herb: epiphyte, v. terrestres, pseudobulbose. Folia coriacea. Scapi radicales, paniculati. Flores speciosi. Genera et sp. of Orchideous plants, p. 210. C. flavescens ; foliis lineari-ensiformibus geminatis scapo «equalibus, scapo compresso arctissim& vaginato, Tacemo multifloro, bracteis glumaceis (flavescentibus) floribus subeequalibus canaliculatis, labello sessili ovato- lanceolato repando crispo basi pubescente inappendiculato. . Rhizoma epigea, teres, tortuosa, repens. Folia primordialia brevia, lineari-oblonga, è medio pseudobulbum, oblongum, angustum, diphyl'um pro- mentia; perfecta lineari-ensiformia, obtusa, apiculata, pallidà viridia, patula, racemi longitudine. Vaginee scapi arctissime imbricate, acuminate, cart- nate, flavo-virides. Bractee ultra 2 poll. longe, glumacez, straminea, canaliculate, acuminate, floribus parim breviores. Sepala et petala flava, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata. Labellum sessile, flavum, sanguineo-macu- latum, basi pilis crebris loco tuberculorum munitum. A native of Mexico, whence it was imported by Mr. Tate about three years ago. It lowered for the first time in June last in the collec- tion of Richard Harrison, Esq. of Aighburgh, to whom we are indebted for a specimen, along with a sketch from the pencil of Mrs. Arnold Harrison. * From xvezà;, convex, and sires, A lip; in allusion to the form of the labellum. It is interesting not only for its beauty, but also as being the first species of the genus which has yet blos- somed in Europe. Like the other kinds, its flowers turn orange-colour in drying. A tender stove plant, growing upon a branch of a tree, or in a pot among decayed vegetable matter and potsherds. J. L. 1628. 7 ja B Muss Drake del, Ur. á / (/) / / A A os d MAX LA Y (f y zy vL 1h EIA Pa P AR 4 Fuse WM U Y if SAM VU / OY Suea ly Merz af VIF I 1628 CALCEOLÁRIA* séssilis. Sessile-leaved Calceolaria. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. S : system of Botany, o. MAA Juss. (Introduction to the natural CALCEOLARIA.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. essilis; herbacea, caulibus erectis ramosis incanis, foliis sessilibus ovato- btüs incanis, cymis em s serrulatis rugosis semiamplexicaulibus su Rap n axillaribusque subpaniculatim otdinatis, corolle labiis sub- qualibus conniventibus, stylo subulato staminum longitudine. au Herb. Mathews, no. 207. . sessilis. Fl. peruv. 1. p. 18. Syst. 332. Römer et Schultes syst. veg. 1. 187. Dietrich sp. pl. 1. 597. gn incano-tomentosus, subquadrangu ttescei Foli ds. equalia, superiora presertim sessilia, subamplexicaulia, basi tri- pallid? en serrulata, supra reticulato-rugosa, subtús incana. Corolle i utee, labiis conniventibus subequalibus. Cymee nunc longè nunc vi pedunculate, unde inflorescentia vel laxa v. compactior. oS A A A eae h In no collection of dried specimens of Chilian plants ave we seen this, except in one from Mr. Mathews, who caben it about Valparaiso. - The Hon. and Rev. W rial raised it from seeds collected by Mr. Cuming, an obliged us with specimens in September 1832. We have met with it in no collection near London. It is always a neat-looking herbaceous species, with a tendency to become shrubby». and is very beautiful when Dor vigorously in the open border. Its habits are no oubt those of C. integrifolia, to which it is nearly related : pi O —————— * See fol. 1214. laris, basi frutescens. Folia it is readily known by the hoary colour of the under-side of the leaves, and by the upper leaves being generally sessile, with almost triangular bases. The figure we have given is taken from a very rapidly grown specimen, in which this character is less distinct than usual. p 1629 HIBISCUS* spléndens. Splendid Hibiscus. — > MONADELPHIA POLY ANDRIA. Nat. ord. Marvaceæ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 33.) HIBISCUS.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 29. . Sect. 2. Carpella polysperma. Semina glabra aut in dorso lineà sub- villosà. Corolle expansee. Involucella foliolis 8-15 integris constantia. (Abelmoschus.) De Cand. prodr. 1. 449. H. splendens; caule aculeato ramoso arborescente incano, foliis palmatis 3-5-lobis velutinis petiolo costáque aculeatis, involucello 15-fido, laciniis lineari-subulatis hispidis. H. splendens. Graham in Edinb. phil. journal et bot. mag. t. 3025. A native of New Holland, whence seeds were sent by the late Mr. Frazer in 1828. In this country it 1s a stove plant, requiring plenty of light and atmospheric moisture during its season of growth. It flowers in August, and is readily propagated by cuttings. Dr. Graham first described the species from a plant that flowered in the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh ; and, speaking of its great beauty, quotes the following passage from one of Mr. Frazers letters: ** This 1 consider the king of all the known Australian plants. I have seen it twenty-two feet and a half high; the flowers this. year measured nine inches across; they were of the most delicate pink and crimson colour, and literally covered the entire plant. ^ T J. L. * See fol. 1463. » T. Ae, “ap PLA PL oag Ga Aff ah 77792 B. v Ub LA. gia Fibby I Sadgway JOG Gcadilty Dee, | IEIS. ' JS Bue Pen 1630 LIBERTIA* formósa. Handsome Libertia. MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. $ Hi ord. IrınE = Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, LIBERTIA Spreng. (Renealmia R. Br.; Nematostigma Dietrich.)— Perianthium 6-partitum, regulare ; foliolis interioribus majoribus basi angus- tatis. Filamenta inferné connata v. distincta, superné patentia. Stig- mata 3, involuto-filiformia, acuta. Capsula obovato-clavata. Semina an- gulata. Inflorescentia subpaniculata, fasciculorum spathis abbreviatis. — Herbe sylvicole glabre. Radix fibrosa, nunc e rhizomate. Folia graminea, ara, nervosa. Caulis teretiusculus, quandoque divisus. Fasciculi alterna, umbellati, spathis persistentibus. Perianthium album, patulum, citò deci- duum ; foliolis exterioribus extùs sepiüs virescentibus; interioribus sepe unguiculatis, Capsula membranacea. Semina biseriata, atra. R. Brown Prodr. sub Renealmia. SN ormosa ; caule folioso, foliis radicalibus caule brevioribus margine levibus, laciniis perianthii exterioribus ovatis apice subherbaceis carinatis, inte- rioribus unguiculatis cordatis retusis, filamentis basi coheerentibus, fruc- tibus lore minoribus. Graham in Edinb. phil. journal, Oct. 1833. EM Ve ae ; We are obliged to Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton Nursery, E the opportunity of figuring this rare plant, which was ound by Mr. James Anderson in the island of Chiloe, growing on the sea-shore within reach of the waves. lt is a half-hardy herbaceous plant, flowering in May, and Increased by dividing the root-stock. ‚Dr - Graham, from whom we borrow the following de- scription, judiciously adopts the name Libertia for. this seus, in preference to that of Nematostigma given 1t by — oiselle M. A. Libert, a learned * So called in compliment to Madem Belgian botanist, y O L . X I X B L Dietrich. The Libertia of Lejeune, or Michelaria of Du- mortier, is considered with good reason to be a Bromus. ** Root-leaves (6 inches to 1 foot long, 2 to 44 lines broad) equitant, every where glabrous, membranous at the edges ot the sheath, linear-swordshaped, acute, nerved, the central nerve thicker and stronger than the rest; stem- leaves few (about three), sheathing, smaller upwards (the uppermost 11 inch long), in form and structure like the root-leaves. Stem (1 foot 4 inches high) simple, very slightly compressed, glabrous, light green, jointed at the origin of the leaves. Flowers capitate, pedicels light green, round, glabrous, outer spathe bivalvular, longer than the pedicels, membranous, repeated on the inner flowers, which expand in succession. Perianth superior, 6-partite, glabrous, ro- tate, tube none, outer segments small, narrow, ovate, and colourless at the base, concave, keeled, and subherbaceous at the apex; inner segments (7 lines long, 6 lines broad) about twice the length ofthe outer, unguiculate, cordate, entire, very slightly crisped, retuse at the apex, somewhat fleshy or like white wax, with a distinct, somewhat diaphanous middle rib, and very faint diverging lateral nerves, Stamens 3, inserted into the base of the corolla, opposite to the outer segments, about as long as the inner; filament, like these segments, pure white, erect, cohering for about a quarter of their length, above which they diverge a little; anthers yellow, incumbent, oblong, cleft at both ends, but especially at the lower, opening along the sides. Stigmata minute, terminal, capitate, colourless. Style white, single, shorter than the stamens, cleft into three to the point where the filaments cohere, segments diverging be- tween the filaments, each thicker than the cohering part included within the sheath of the filaments. Germen in- ferior, oblong, triquetrous, green, glabrous, 3-locular. Ovules numerous, oblong, mutually impressed, fixed into a central placenta.” J.L. n i 1631 COMBRETUM* grandiflórum. Large-flowered Combretum. DECANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Nat. ord. CousRETACcEx R. Brown. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 66.) COMBRETUM.—Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1165. C. grandiflorum ; inerme, scandens, foliis oppositis brevé petiolatis oblongo- subcordatis acuminatis integerrimis utrinque ramulisque parcé hirsutis, spicis secundis axillaribus terminalibusque, bracteis ovatis acutis, floribus 5-petalis 10-andris erectis confertis, calycibus subglabris, staminibus inclusis (exsertis). Graham in Edinb. phil. journal, April 1832. f C. grandiflorum. G. Don in Edinb. phil. journal, 1824, p. 346. De Cand. prodr. 3.21. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2944. Graham in Edinb. phil. journal, April 1833. One of the many noble plants in which the once-fatal colony of Sierra Leone abounds. It is not a climber, as it is sometimes called, but rather a scrambling plant, raising Itself upon other plants by means of a very curious kind of hook with which nature has ingeniously supplied it. At first Sight one would wonder what this hook can be; for nothing like spine, or prickle, or tendril, can be discovered upon the branches; for want of these, it is necessary that i er place should be supplied by some special provision, which is of the following kind. When the leaves are first ully formed, they are seated upon a footstalk of a very Common appearance ; but after a time they fall away, leaving the leafstalk behind ; the latter does not wither up, but gradually lengthens, hardens, sharpens, and curves, till at tit becomes a powerful hook, admirably adapted for Re M * See fol. 1165. catching hold of the branches of any tree that it may be near, and thus elevating the plant from the earth. In this country it can only be cultivated in the. stove, where it forms a bush ofa few feet in height, and where its hooks are not produced ; they appear only in its native woods, where it is more vigorous, and where alone it has occasion for them. It strikes freely from cuttings. For the opportunity of figuring it we are indebted to her Grace the Duchess of Buccleugh, from one of whose drawings the accompanying Plate has been engraved: it represents this plant in all its glory, as when it flowered at Dalkeith for six weeks in succession, in December 1832, producing, as we learn from Dr. Graham, in the course of that time not fewer than one hundred splendid clusters. J. L. 7632. 7 * A. à DAS, G wit M e 7), p CC. HL at " * s E Y JI LL CO TALL MA i -— n 1632 PULTENZEA* subumbelláta. Subumbellate Pultenca. DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Al ee Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of PULTENZA.—Supra, vol. 5. fol. 378. s obtusiusculis utrinque P. su Sree E bumbellata ; ramis cinereis pilosis, foliis linearibu s setaceis plumosis eb capitulis terminalibus multifloris, bracteis liberi oe alee muticis hirsutis multd brevioribus. -Subumbellata. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 3254. i a first sight this would hardly be considered the same B on figured in the Botanical Magazine; but upon a and D comparison of the specimen we have from Mr. Lowe ihe r. Hooker's description, we have arrived at the con- $ men, that what we now publish differs only in its less is ur and health. "The principal differences consist in the og flowers and spreading leaves of P. subumbellata; but BOR Characters are in all probability owing to the cause rem ee The bractex of this plant are setaceous an sho arkably feathered with. white hairs; but they are so rt as to be easily overlooked. b aardy greenhouse plant, native May 1 il was made in Mr. om SIS of Van Diemen's Lowe's Nursery, 1n J A —E EEE * See fol. 1584. Y / / 4 g: Á E Eon , 75/7 AE UY) SAMYWUY f OY SACHALMLY AAN > -t 1633 PASSIFLÓRA* kermesína. Crimson Passionflower. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Nat. ord. Passirtorrx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 148.) PASSIFLORA.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 13, ^ 3i es. De Candolle, mém. soc. Gen. 1. pars 2. p- 435. Prodr. P. hermesina ; glaberrima, foliis cordatis trilobis denticulatis subtüs vinosis, petiolis biglandulosis, pedunculis solitariis foliis multo longioribus. ‘ Kermesina. Link et Otto. Caulis scandens, teres, fruticosus, glaber, atroviridis, gracilis. Folia triloba, cordata, supra atroviridia lucida, subtis vinosa discoloria, lobis basi serrulatis ; petioli teretes, glandulis geminis minimis stipitatis in medio ; stipulee foliacee, semicordate, apice subcirrhose, versus basin aliquandd denticulate, Pedunculi solitarii, axillares, graciles, foliis multd longiores, involucri loco articulo manifesto. Calyx sanguineus, laciniis lineari-oblongis acutis, tubo brevi. Petala conformia et concoloria, sed paulo majora, plana, patentissima, demüm reflexa. Corona series unica filorum brevium purpu- reorum patentium ; adsunt praterea in medio tubo annulus crassus, Cujus margo inferior deflectitur, et ad faucem conus albus membranaceus extus serie unicá filorum longiorum erectorum appendiculatus. We have not at hand the book in which this Passion- flower has been published; but we believe it is described and figured in the work of Messrs. Link and Otto upon the new plants of the Berlin Garden. It was from that esta- lishment that it was brought to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Bentham, in the autumn-of 1831; and it has been almost ever since in flower. , itis beyond all comparison the in cultivation, except P. racemosa. ii ey most beautiful species Its lowers have a rich- — * See fol. 1339. ness of colour which art cannot imitate; they are produced in very great abundance at almost all seasons; and in con- sequence of the length of the slender stalks from which they singly hang, the whole plant has a graceful aspect, which is unrivalled even among Passionflowers. Unfortunately it is propagated with considerable diffi- culty, no part of the stem striking from cuttings except what is very woody and completely formed; and this, which is always at the bottom of the stem, can scarcely be procured without cutting down the whole plant. Requires a hot and damp stove. : J: ds N —À j V » QV | | 1634 PASSIFLORA* gossypiifólia. Cotton-leaved Passionflower. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Nat. ord. Passtrtorex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 148.) PASSIFLORA.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 13. 3 m e De Candolle, mem. soc. Genev. 1. pars 2. p. 436. Prodr. P. gossypiifolia ; caule petiolis foliisque utrinque molliter velutinis, foliis p cordatis: lobis ovatis obtusis acuminatisve subdentatis, ovario villoso. P. hibiscifolia. De Cand. prodr. 3. 331. nec Lamarckii. P. gossypiifolia. Desv. in Hamilt. prodr. p. 28. Link et Otto Abbildungen, P. 91. t. 46. ute erc E ARA A native of several of the tropical parts of America. It has been found by Dr. Hamilton in the West Indies, and by Messrs. Deppe and Schiede in Mexico. About Lima, in Peru, it seems to be common: from seeds collected in that quarter by Mr. Cruckshanks, the plant from which our rawing was taken was raised in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society, where it flowered in August 1832. It is not a plant of much interest, unless minutely examined, when the green stalked glands of the involucrum and leafstalks will be found beautiful objects. A perennial stove plant, multiplied by cuttings. J. L. * See fol. 1339. 1635 ANTHÚRIUM* erácile. Slender Anthurium. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AroIDER Juss. Subtribus Pothoinee Schott. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 286.) ANTHURIUM. — Spatha abbreviata, reflexa, persistens. Spadix sub- sessilis flosculis tetrandris. Ovaria bilocularia, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis axı appensis. Stigma oblongum. Bacce 2-4-sperme. Semina albumi- nosa, Americane, tropice, subacaules, erecte, v. scandentes; foliis pal- matis, digitatis v. sepids foliolo unico perfecto, reliquis abortivis (petiolis apice tumidis); vaginis stipularibus (in speciminibus floriferis !) petiolo alter- nantibus persistentibus. Schott et Endlicher meletemata botanica, p. 22. A. gracile ; subacaule, foliis cuneato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi vald angus- tatis: venis marginalibus obsoletis, petiolis gracilibus, pedunculis fili- formibus, spadicibus gracillimis paucifloris. Pothos gracilis, Rudge plant. Guian. rar. p. 23. t. 32. Römer et Schultes Syst. veg. 3. 432. Messrs. Schott and Endlicher, in a very elaborate memoir, have lately, and we think rightly, separated the American plants usually referred to Pothos from that genus, and have given them the new name of Anthurium. € type of the genus Pothos, in the acceptation of these learned Botanists, is the Pothos scandens figured at fol. 1337 of this work. This species is a native of the tropical parts of America: the plant from which our drawing was taken was commu- nicated by our liberal correspondent Mr. Richard Harrison, Who obtained it from Demerara, through the assistance of homas Moss, Esq. of Liverpool. It has little beauty A ^ From ados, a flower, and oóga, a tail; in allusion to the form of the adix, when in flower; but its spikes of crimson berries give it rather a pretty appearance when in fruit. It agrees precisely with specimens from Guiana, for which we are indebted to Dr. Hooker, and which we refer to the Pothos gracilis of Rudge. It is also closely related to Pothos Harrisii, from which it chiefly differs in its nar- rower and more tapering leaves, and in its slender peduncles bearing spadices, which may be called few-flowered if com- pared with the long, crowded inflorescence of Pothos Har- risil. Requires the heat of a stove, and a treatment similar to that of epiphytal Orchideous plants. x a i 1656. 7) sh es 470% by E AR Wy es Leif 1 OE N AY s / / a ) FI), /á recalls 1 t Miss Hr be . der. “Ye ey / 7 UW oe D Y ae 1636 ASTER* puniceus ; var. demissus. Dwarf Blue Aster. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. ord. ComPosırz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) ASTE R.— Suprà, vol. 3. fol. 183. A. puniceus; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis amplectentibus acuminatis medio adpresso-serratis supra scabris, caule hispido patulo-racemoso, ramis inferis racemosis superis simplicibus, periclinii laxi foliolis lineari-subu- latis equalibus. Nees gen. et sp. Asterearum, p. 67. A. amenus. Lamarck. A. puniceus. Linn. aliorumque. A. hispidus. Lamarck. : ; Var. demissus, caule sesquipedali corymboso, floribus coeruleo-violaceis. : puniceus y demissus. Lindl. in D. C. prodr. vol. v. ined. . Aster puniceus is one of the commonest and most gene- rally known of all the North American species. Its tall hispid racemose stem will at once distinguish it from others that are generally met with. Accordingly we find, that While endless errors are committed in the determination of the species of this most difficult of all genera, the A. puni- ceus has, with few exceptions, been kept in books unmixed With its neighbours. ; The variety we now represent has long been known ın English gardens, but we have not met with it in any oreign collection; for which reason we hesitate to con- Sider it the same as Nees von Esenbeck's variety B. Its abit is so peculiar, that we formerly took it for a distinct species; and it was distributed from the Garden of the dd E * See fol. 1487. Horticultural Society under the name of Aster demissus. But the absence of all trace of it in a wild state, and its close approach to A. puniceus in most respects, except stature and the colour of its flowers, has induced us finally to rank it as a simple variety. It is a very compact herbaceous plant, not exceeding a foot and a half or two feet in height, with very pale-green leaves, and a corymbose stem closely covered with masses of bluish flowers, which appear in August, long before those of the true A. puniceus. It is among the handsomest of the genus. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society, where it had been received from the Liverppol Garden, under the name of Aster, No. 7. bL. 1637 GESNERA* Suttóni. Captain Sutton's Gesnera. — DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. ord. Grswerex® Richard. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 227.) GESNERA.—Supra, vol. 4. fol. 329. G. Suttoni ; herbacea, foliis cordato-ovatis crenatis tomentosis, caule race- moso, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, corollee labio superiori oblongo undulato, inferiori parvo revoluto. G. Suttoni. Booth in litt. For the communication of the drawing and following account of this new plant we are obliged to Mr. William Beattie Booth, Gardener to Sir Charles Lemon, of Carclew. “ We owe the introduction of this fine plant to Captain Sutton, of His Majesty's Packet establishment at Falmouth, Who informs us that he found it growing in a wood, on a sloping hill, near the Bay of Bomviaga, Rio de Janeiro, at an elevation of between 30 and 40 feet above the level of the sea, and not exceeding forty yards from the water. Its beautiful flowers attracted his attention, and induced him to dig up the plant and bring it home. On his arrival. in England, in March 1833, he presented the choice collection of Orchideous and other interesting plants he had formed, to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P., and George Crocker Fox, Esq., Grove Hill, Falmouth, in whose Garden the present plant flowered in July, under the judicious manage- ment of Mr. Friend, who favoured us with the specimen from which the accompanying figure and description were taken. It has some resemblance to Gesnera bulbosa ; but o o * See fol. 1158. is evidently distinct from that species, differing from it in foliage, as well as in the flowers, which are larger, and have a broader outstretched upper lip. * Root tuberous. Stem herbaceous, round, tomentose, growing to the height of about 2 feet. Leaves of a rich green colour, produced on footstalks about i an inch in length, opposite, ovate, cordate at the base, crenated, and densely covered on both sides with hoary pubescence. Flowers axilary, rising singly on a round hoary peduncle, about the length of the tube of the corolla. Calyx of 5 equal-sized acuminate segments. Corolla of a fine scarlet colour outside, very pubescent, tubular, and slightly ventri- cose, swelling at the base, inside smooth, yellowish red. Upper lip large and spreading, the edges undulated ; /ower lip very short, and revolute. Filaments filiform, hairy, protruding to about the length of the upper limb of the corolla; four in number, with the rudiment of a fifth. Anthers connected. Style large, round, densely pubescent, the same length as the filaments, of a pale yellow colour, excepting at the base, which is green, with two white fleshy processes, a, on the part that is uppermost when the flower is in its proper position. Stigma open, swelled at the point, and bifid. ** We have named the species in honour of the gentleman by whom it was introduced. It requires the constant heat of the stove, and flourishes in a strong rich soil. It has not yet been increased ; but we have no doubt that cuttings of it will strike root without much difficulty." J: L. (DIS 1638 AMARYLLIS* kermesína. Carmine Amaryllis. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AmarYuLIDEE R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 259.) AMARYLLIS.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 23. foliis linearibus obtusis scapo brevioribus, umbellá triflora, A. kermesina i alibus infundibuliformibus pedicellis parum floribus suberectis subæqu longioribus. A beautiful plant, with which we are acquainted only from the accompanying figure and notes, for which we are obliged to Mr. W. B. Booth, Gardener to Sir Charles Lemon, of Carclew. “ Roots of this pretty species of Amaryllis from Brazil, in the early part of 1833, by Lieut. Holland, of the Royal Marines, who presented them to Miss Street, of Penryn, to whom we are indebted for the specimen from which the accompanying figure and description were taken. It appears to rank next to A. advena, Bot. Reg. t. 1125. f. 1. and A. intermedia, Bot. Reg. t. 1148, but is perfectly distinct from either, and indeed from any species with which we are acquainted. * Bulb somewhat larger than a pig outer covering of a dark brown colour. Leaves two or more in number (our specimen had only two, but we saw some with three), from 8 inches to a foot in length, and about one-fourth of an inch in breadth, linear-lorate, obtuse at the point, slightly glaucous, and of a green bright colour. CRI. QUEM MICE * See fol. 1188. VOL. MIX. M lis were brought eon's egg, with the Scape glaucous, paler than the leaves, a little compressed, and about a foot high. Flowers pedicelled, three or four in number; pedicels round and slender, from 2 to 3 inches in length, and surrounded at their base with a pale brown, bivalved, acuminate spathe. Perianthium about 21 inches long, funnel-shaped, slightly campanulate, of a deep carmine colour, marked with darker veins. Segments six, oblong- lanceolate, all nearly equal in size, the three outer ones tipped with a small inwardly-barbed mucro. Stamens assurgent, rather more than half the length of the perianthium, two of them much shorter than the rest. Anthers large, roundish- oblong. Style about one-third longer than the stamens, of a pale red colour, thickening gradually towards the stigma, which is 3-lobed, spreading, and recurved. Ovary turbi- nate, 3-celled, many-seeded. Ovules distichous, flat ? “ We have not observed any disposition in the plant to increase itself by offsets from the principal bulb. The soil in which it thrives very well is a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. It has hitherto been kept in a warm vinery.” SB \ | / Dur 9 Es gu Ku xm IG FL A Laut. Med, Feb by SL. IAJAAY ZE 7 IPeccardidlay Lar. 7.73 TEL. « 1639 HESPEROSCORDUM* lácteum. Milk-white Hesperoscordum. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. AsPHODELEX Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 273.) HESPEROSCORDUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub tab. 1293.— Perianthium subcampanulato-rotatum, 6-fidum, cum pedicello articulatum. Stamina 6, fertilia, filamentis dilatatis membranaceis sequalibus è fauce exortis, basi subconnatis. Sguame hypogyne 0. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare, polysper- mum, apice triglandulosum ; stylus teres, cum ovario articulatus; stigma simplex. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis, polysperma, valvis medio septiferis. Semina nigra, angulata, subcrustacea. Herba ( Boreali- Americana) cormis tnduviatis. Flores umbellati. H. lacteum ; floribus exterioribus ascendentibus pedicellis duplo brevioribus. Cormi nucis avellane majoris, v. Croci magnitudine, induviis nitidis argute reticulatis vestiti. Folia debilia, linearia, canaliculata, scapi longi- tudine. Scapus sesquipedalis, debilis, teres. Umbella multiflora; involucri polyphylli foliolis linearibus subulatis. Flores albi. Sepala ovata, acuta, Subcarinata, petala emarginata, omnia lined brevi viridi in axi. Found by Mr. Douglas in California, whence its roots Were sent to the Horticultural Society in 1833. Our draw- mg was made in July last, at which time it flowered for the first time in Europe. it proves a hardy perennial plant, of but little beauty, with very much the aspect of some white-flowered Allium. t seems to grow freely in any sort of soil, and will probably thrive if left to its fate in the open border all winter. Being at present rare, this experiment has not been tried ; but the Toots have been taken up, and treated as Tulips, in order that no risk may be run of losing them. ie € .* Literally “ onion of the west ;” so named from its resemblance to an Allium, and its origin in the western world. It is very like the original species, from which it differs in having smaller flowers; and especially in the umbel being far less compact, with the stalks rather more than twice as long as the flowers themselves. In H. hyacinthinum, on the contrary, which is reported to be sky-blue, the umbel is very crowded, and the stalks of the outer flowers are curved downwards, and not longer than the flowers them- selves. The latter may be defined thus: H. Ayacinthinum ; floribus exterioribus decurvis pedicellorum longitudine. J. L. X FL. Ar is Has U ar: CUL Sf OY Ficadk TER GR LY A Sugri / D L^U 1640 LIMNÓCHARIS* Humbóldti. Humboldt's Limnocharis. — AÁ—— POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. Butomex Richard. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p..253.) . LIMNOCHARIS Rich.—Flores tripetaloidei. Staminum series exte- rior sterilis. L. Humboldti; foliis subrotundo-ovatis cordatis natantibus costá inflatà, pedunculis unifloris articulatis teretibus. L. Humboldti. Richard in mem. mus. 1. 369. t. 19. Humb. et Kunth, n. 9: et sp. pl. 1. 248. Hooker in bot. mag. 3248. Stratiotes nympheoides. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 821. New aquatic stove-plants are almost as uncommon as new hardy evergreens; and if they are less valued than the latter, it is only because their beauty must of necessity be confined to the few whose wealth enables them to enjoy the pleasure of extensive hothouses.. Generally plants of this description are very beautiful, either in their flowers or their foliage, or remarkable for the singular manner in Which nature has enabled them to pass their lives amidst the water. Unless provided with floating apparatus, the small quantity of air contained in their leaves would be Insufficient to support them on the surface of the water; and they would sink and drown like animals themselves. But to prevent this occurrence we always find some curious and beautiful contrivance, such as a distension of the leaf- Stalk, till it assumes a swollen and gouty aspect; or the * The name of one of the heroes in the Battle of the Frogs and Mice; literally ** Lake-lover." * The strong Limnocharis—— With heaving arms a massive fragment caught, And fiercely flung where Troglodytes fought. construction of myriads of air-chambers in the solid stem itself; or the roots distended into vegetable swimming- bladders ; or, as is the case with the species now before us, some special alteration of other parts. In this plant the midrib of the leaf is so enlarged and filled with air, as to render it impossible for the leaf to sink, although loaded with thrice the weight it has to carry ; not, however, all the midrib, but only the under-side of it, by which means any upsetting of the leaf, or application of the breathing side (which is the upper) to the surface of the water, by which it would be smothered, is effectually prevented. The plant itself was originally found by Humboldt in marshes to the west of Caraccas; but it seems common over all the east side of South America. We possess specimens collected in British Guiana by Mr. Parker, for which we are indebted to Dr. Hooker ; and the seeds, from which the plants in the Gardens were raised, were sent to the Botanic Garden, Liverpool, from Buenos Ayres. _ The flowers are very fugitive, opening in the morn- ing, and withering up in the course of the day. The petals are extremely transparent and delicate ; but the chief beauty of the species resides in the rich purple fringe of barren stamens which surrounds the fertile ones. It flowers all the year round in a tank in the stove. Our drawing was made in Mr. Lowe's Nursery in May 1833. y. Lo 1641 PANCRÁTIUM * pedále. Long-flowered Pancratium. HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. AmaRYLLIDEE R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 259.) PANCRATIUM.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 221., > P. pedale ; foliis lato-lanceolatis canaliculatis coriaceis acutis, umbellà ses- sili multiflorä, perianthii tubo longissimo: laciniis lanceolato-linearibus canaliculatis undulatis, corona brevi obconicá plicatà inter stamina bi- dentatá. Hymenocallis pedalis. Herbert append. bot. mag. p. 44. P. pedale. Römer et Schultes, vol. 7. p. 916. One of the most beautiful of the Amaryllis tribe, ex- celling them all in the extraordinary length of the flowers, which measure a foot from the base of the tube to the tip of the segments. The latter are very narrow and wavy: in our drawing they are represented all turned one way; but we suspect that this position is unnatural, and caused by the specimen having become a little flaccid when the figure was taken. Communicated, in April 1833, by Richard Harrison, Esq. from his hothouse at Aighburgh. The bulb was sent by Mr. Barnard from near Truxillo. EL. * An old name, signifying “ all-powerful.” it seems to have been originally applied to the squill, on account of its medicinal effects. Why it was transferred to the genus that now bears the name is not apparent. LARE ‚del. Ia. FA LA OL 2 / —— 1642 LUPÍNUS* albifrons. White-leaved Lupine. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Nat. ord. Lecumivosz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) LUPINUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. L. albifrons ; fruticosus, caulibus decumbentibus foliisque argenteo-sericeis, foliolis obovato-oblongis basi angustatis, floribus verticillatis bracteolatis, calycis labio superiore bifido inferiore integro. Bentham in Hort. trans. vol. 1. new series, p. 410. Frutex 3-4-pedalis, undique pube sericeá albicante obtectus. “Foliola 7-9, obovata, acuta ; stipule lato-subulate, sericea. Racemi terminales, pedem et ultra longi, verticillati. Bracteæ breves, decidue. Calyx bipartitus, bracteolatus ; labio inferiore angustissimo acuto, superiore bidentato basi gibboso. Flores ceruleo-violacei ; cariná leviter ciliatd. A fine species of shrubby Lupin, raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds sent from Cali- fornia by Mr. David Douglas. It has been lately described In the Transactions of the Horticultural Society by Mr. Bentham, with the following account : — “ Very near L. ornatus, from which it differs in its shrubby habit, short leaves, long and slender racemes, and rather smaller deep-blue flowers: although not so hand- some as L. ornatus, it is well deserving of cultivation. The seeds are of a light chestnut colour, marbled with brown. * Tt is perhaps not hardy enough to bear the rigour of Our winters without protection; but it seems to thrive in a Slass pit, and would probably succeed in the front of a south wall, covered from wet in winter. It does not seed freely, nor does it strike readily from cuttings." = * See fol. 1198. 1643 HELLÉBORUS* odórus. Sweet Hellebore. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. RANuNCULACEZ Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 6.) HELLEBORUS L.—Calyz persistens, 5-sepalus, sepalis subrotundis, obtusis, magnis, seepé viridibus. Petala 8-10, brevissima, tubulata, inferné angustiora, nectarifera. Stamina 30-60. Ovaria 3-10. Stigmata termi- nalia, orbiculata. Capsule coriacee. Semina duplici serie disposita, elliptica, umbilicata. Herbe perennes, dure, coriacee, glabre, aut vix sub foliis pubescentes. Folia radicalia, petiolata, palmatim pedatimve secta, segmentis oblongis dentatis; caulina sep? nulla, formá varia. Caules nunc ramosi, multiflori, foliosi, nunc subramosi bracteas sub ramis gerentes, pauciflori, nunc aphylli 1-flori. De Cand. syst: veg. 1. 315. H. odorus; acaulis, foliis radicalibus rugosissimis lucidis pedatis subtüs pubescentibus: segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis arguté serratis basi in- tegris, caule bifido, sepalis ovato-subrotundis virescentibus. H. odorus. Waldst. et Kitaib. in Willd. enum. 592. De Cand. syst. 1. 318. Prodr. 1. 47. Acaulis. Folia perennantia, erecta, petiolo pedali, sesquipedem lata, nitida, rugosissima, subtús venis valde prominentibus reticulata, pedata, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis inequaliter serratis basi integerrimis ; inodora. Caulis foliorum longitudine, erectus, bifidus, pubescens, foliis palmatis apice tantum serrulatis, petiolis latis membranaceis vaginantibus. Flores magni, virides, odore debili gratissimo uvarum moschatarum vulgo de Frontignan dictarum. Petala cuneata, cucullata, atroviridia, margine exteriore inflexo. H. viridi diversissimus, foliis latis rugosissimis subtüs pubescentibus et alte reticulatis; purpurascente folis majoribus non incisis, pubescentid, et petalis brevioribus; atrorubenti propior accedit, sed petalis obtusis nec acutis, sepalorum formá et colore, carpellorum figurá, necnon pubescentiá foliorum facile distinguendus. A very desirable addition to the scanty store of winter- blowing flowers, lately introduced from Hungary by the * 'The black Hellebore of the ancient Greeks, with which it is said that wells were sometimes poisoned, and which had so great a reputation as a dangerous medicament, was undoubtedly a species of the present genus. Horticultural Society. It is nearly related to H. viridis, which is deservedly excluded from Gardens, notwithstand- ing its flowering at Christmas, because of the rank elder- like smell of all its parts: this species, on the contrary, has not only no such odour, but its flowers have a faint and most agreeable fragrance, which we can compare to nothing so well as to newly-gathered Frontignan grapes, or to wine of Lunel. The broad glossy leaves form a rich green tuft, amongst which the modest nodding flowers are almost hidden. It thrives in a peat border among bushes, where it is probably quite hardy : being at present extremely rare, it will, however, be better to protect it in winter with litter. 3. Lh. A Mat. RAU. c [^ bby 2 E CULA A WI. L La Y Vs 4 Y ^U A Be N à AME. a. — A CI M M, "LA 1644 CORYDALIS* bracteáta. Large-bracted Corydalıs. DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. Nat. ord. FuuARIACEZX De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 18.) . CORYDALIS De Cand.— Petala 4, unicum basi calcaratum. — Siliqua bivalvis compressa polysperma. Herbe glabre, sepé glauce, perennes v. annue. De Cand. prodr. 1. 126. C. bracteata ; caule simplici diphyllo basi unisquamato : squamá recurvatá, .. foliis biternatim sectis segmentis bi- v. tripartitis, laciniis oblongis bre- vissimé mucronulatis subintegris, bracteis cuneatis flabellatim incisis pedicellos superantibus, calcare ascendente recto obtusissimo pedicellum superante. Ledebour fl. alt. vol. 3. p. 243. Fumaria bracteata. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 858. C bracteata. Por synops. 2. p. 269. De Cand. prodr. 1. 128. Bot. mag. 3242. . A pretty little hardy herbaceous plant, found abundantly in damp shady places among the Altai mountains, where it appears with the earliest of the flowers of spring. In this Country it succeeds well in a peaty soil, if it is sheltered from wind, and protected from the sun’s direct rays. It is, however, as yet extremely rare, for it yields no seed, and increases very slowly by its roots. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- tural Society in March last. The specific name is derived from the unusual size of the bractex; a circumstance more obvious in the wild than in the cultivated plant. J. L. . * This word is said to be derived from the Greek word xogudzAdis, a lark; in allusion to the lengthened base of one of the petals, which has been compared to the spur of a lark. 1645 FRANCÓA* appendiculáta. Sowthistle-leaved Francoa. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Frawcoacez Ad. de Jussieu in ann. sc. nat. vol. 25. p. 9. (Galacinee Don. Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 161.) FRANCOA Cav.—Calyzx 4-partitus, liber. Petala totidem. Stamina 8, hypogyno-perigyna, alterna breviora, glandulis totidem interjectis. Ovarium 4-loculare, polyspermum, stigmatibus 4 sessilibus. Capsula membranacea, Septicido-4-valvis, polysperma. Semina integumento duplici; exteriore laxo corrugato. Herbe subacaules (Americans). Folia radicalia, pinnata, lyrata. Flores longe racemosi. F. appendiculata ; racemis subsimplicibus calycibusque tomentosis. F. sonchifolia. “ Cav. ic. v. 6. p. 77. in obs.” Spreng. syst. 2. 262. Ad. dee in ann. sc. v. 3. p. 192. t. 12. Hooker and Arnott Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 249. F. appendiculata. “ Cav. ic. v. 6. t. 596." Spreng. syst. l.c. Graham in bot. mag. t. 3178. Don in brit. fl.-garden, t. 151. Hooker and Arnott l. c. laupanke amplissimo sonchi folio. Feuillée chil. v. 2. t. 31. Capsula membranacea, oblonga, basi calyce persistente vestita, 4-locularis, 4-valvis, septicido-dehiscens, axi nullo separabili. Semina numerosissima, minutissima, griseo-testacea, oblonga, integumento duplici; exteriore lazo, corrugato, facile separabili, reticulato ; interiore nucleo arcte adherenti, striato, apice chalaza castanea insignito. Embryo minutus, hilo proximus, in basi albuminis carnosi locatus. _A pretty herbaceous plant, found abundantly in various parts of Chile, by the sides of hills and in rather moist situations. In this Country it grows freely in the open air in the summer, but requires Protection in the winter: it, however, thrives better if constantly ept in a greenhouse, especially if it be planted in the = soil, where it can be freely exposed to light and air, without which the * So called by Cavanilles after a Spanish Botanist of the sixteenth century, named Francisco Franco. beautiful spots of its petals are scarcely developed. It is propagated by seeds and offsets. We have no hesitation in uniting the two supposed species F. sonchifolia and F. appendiculata; for, after an attentive examina- tion of specimens, we can discover no distinction of importance ; indeed, even the white-flowered kind, F. ramosa, which is now com- mon in collections, would have but slender claims to being preserved if it were not for the absence of pubescence from its inflorescence. The genus Francoa is botanically interesting in a very high degree, in consequence of the many conflicting opinions that have been held regarding its position in a Natural System. M. Adrien de Jussieu would have it near Crassulacee; Dr. Hooker suggests its really belonging to a section of that order; Mr. Don combines it with Galax into a distinct natural order called Galacinez, which he places near Saxifrageee ; M. De Candolle rejects these opinions, and stations it in the vicinity of Rosacex. We have, without examina- tion, adopted in the Nirus Plantarum the first of these views; but we are bound to admit, now that we have carefully considered all the points of the structure of Francoa, that we have great doubt regarding the soundness of the opinion: it is true, that looking only to certain parts of its structure, its resemblance to Crassulacex would seem to be of a very striking nature, especially the separation of its carpella when ripe, and their consequent septicidal mode of dehiscence ; but if Tetilla really is allied to Francoa, as M. Adrien de Jussieu considers, this character, as usual, proves of no value; and there are some circum- stances at variance with the approximation, which deserve to be well considered. For example, the foliage has no relation to that of any known Crassulacez ; the inflorescence is equally at variance with that order; neither do the carpella taper gradually into stigmata; an the embryo of Francoa is exceedingly minute ät the base of the albu- men, instead of occupying the principal part of the interior of the seed, to the almost total exclusion of albumen. On this latter account we would suggest its more immediate affinity to be with Dionea ; and that it is one of the genera which will, with others hereafter to be discovered, complete the ordination of the albuminous cohort of polypetalous dicotyledons. (See Nirus Plantarum.) J. L. 1646 CALÁNTHE* densiflóra. Clustered Calanthe. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcuipem Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) CALANTHE.—Supra, vol. 9. fol. 720. C. densiflora; scapo foliis multó breviore, squamis laxis ventricosis, racemis densis multifloris corymbosis, labelli cum columná parüm connati lobo medio cuneato bilobo, disco bilamellato, calcare longo recto pendulo apice clavato. C. densiflora. Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. p. 250. Rhizoma subterraneum, brevissimum, pullulationibus junioribus duris rigidis cornutis sanguineo pallido punctatis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, plicata. Scapus semipedalis et ultrà, squamis 2-3 ventricosis sanguineo-punctatis laxe vaginatus. Flores pallide lutei, in corymbum densum multiflorum congestt. Sepala et petala conniventia, equalia. Labellum cum columné parúm conna- tum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus ascendentibus rotundatis, intermedio cuneato rotundato bilobo basi lamellis 9. cornutis brevibus ornato ; calcar curvum, pendulum, apice clavatum. A native of the mountains of Sylhet, whence it was obtained by Dr. Wallich. The specimen from which our drawing was taken was communicated by W. W. Salmon, Esq., in October last, and was said to have been procured from Ava. When we first saw it, the flowers were drooping and injured, and we supposed it might prove a new species ; but a fine flower-spike subsequently given us by Messrs. Loddiges, has satisfied us that it is Calanthe densiflora, of which we had previously examined nothing better than a few badly-dried flowers. A terrestrial species, growing Very freely in loam and decayed vegetable matter in a damp stove ; propagated by division of the crown of the root. J. L. * Formed from two Greek words, signifying literally * Pretty-blossom." VOL. XIX. N , Ta RO À i i PTA f "ER 2 OMe 7 Ke GO / gy A I ARAS. LE. Lata T AL Cbg, EL Fi UY .. TELA LAY OG Meca lp Frl. VI Dre: A Vale. A 1647 GASTROLOBIUM * retüsum. Blunt-leaved Gastrolobium. DECANDRIA MONOGYNI A. Nat. ord. LecuwiNosz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) GASTROLOBIUM.—Supra, vol. 5. fol. 411. G. retusum ; foliis cuneato-oblongis retusis subtüs subsericeis reticulatis : mucronulo deciduo, capitulis paucifloris. Caulis erectus, sericeus, ramis compressis. Folia verticillata, uncia breviora, cinereo-viridia, cuneata, apice retusa, mullo modo biloba, nunc acutiuscula, mucronulo uncato prominente deciduo ; subtüs reticulata, sub- sericea, demüm calva ; stipule setacee, plumose, recurve, petiolis longiores. Capitula terminalia et axillaria. Calyces villosissimi. Corolle aurantiace, purpureo striolate, cariná concolore. A smaller plant than the old but rare species G. bilobum, already figured at fol. 411 of this work. Its flowers are of the same rich orange yellow, but in smaller heads; and their keel is not purple, but of the same colour as the other petals. A native of the south coast of New Holland, whence it was received by Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, in whose Nursery our figure was made in May last. It is a pretty greenhouse plant, easily propagated by cuttings. Fig. 1. is a magnified representation of the calyx ; 2. of the ovary ; and 3. of the stamens with the ovary in their middle. LL x . . * From yacrig, the abdomen, and 20835, a pod: it might be Englished “* Bladder-pod,” the pods having an inflated appearance. 1648 HELICÓNIA* pulverulénta. Powdered H. eliconia. i AS PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Musacez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 269.) HELICONIA Linn.—Calycis limbi lacinie tres exteriores inter se coalescentes, subeequales, lineari-lanceolatee, acute; tres interiores, quarum 2 exterioribus subconformes, approximatee, uná infimá multo breviore acu- minatá. Stamina 5, longitudine calycis, et basi laciniarum inserta. Stylus simplex; stigma depressum, à summo stylo vix distinctum, 6-lobatum, lobis brevissimis. Capsula subdrupacea, apice umbilicata, in coccos tres secedens ; coccis monospermis subosseis indehiscentibus; semine erecto. —— Herbee caulescentes, aut acaules, foliis petiolatis bas vaginantibus ; spathis pluribus superpositis distichis ; floribus in axillá spatharum insertis. Ach. Richard, Act. acad. nat. cur. xv. suppl. p. 13. H. pulverulenta; foliis basi obtusis cordatisve apice acutis subtùs pulveru- lentis, spathis ternis paucifloris folio bracteali brevioribus. _ Caulis glaucedine paucá vestitus. Folia sesquipedalia v. majora, 8 uncias lata, suprà let? viridia sanguineo angustissime marginata, subtús glaucedine copiosissimá pulverulentá facile separabili tecta; ultimum semipedale, acu- minatum, petiolo glauco basi vaginante, spathis dupld longius. Spathe 3, distiche, convolute, acuminate, coccinee, ex apice vagine foli ultim erum- pentes. Flores virides ; filamenta flava ; antheræ cineree. A beautiful stove plant, for which we are obliged to Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., in whose hothouse at Wormleybury it flowered in July last. | All the Plantain tribe are remarkable either for the beauty, or size, or singularity of their foliage; but this, although inferior to many in the magnitude of its parts, nists call Musa. The name A ]v related to that which Bota et Hause on which they dwelt. of the Muses naturally recalls that of Mount Helicon, yields to none in beauty. It is impossible to imagine any thing more delicate than the blue bloom which thickly covers the under-side of the leaves, or more brilliant than the vivid scarlet of the flower-leaves or spathes, among which nestle, as it were, a few bright-green flowers. We are unacquainted with its native country; but as the genus Heliconia is one of those which are absolutely confined to the new world, it is probable that the present species is the spoil of some South American forest, whence 1t has been brought to contribute to our vegetable riches. Sob. y ; 3 25 f Eg ums ^ Ze vy Z 727.9 J LT 7 + « del. Pad by L Gudguray [oq Secaslıı ly Fab LL. A PAS M 1649 NIEREMBERGIA* filicaulis. Slender-stemmed Nierembergia. PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. Nat. ord. Sotanex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 231.) E: NIEREMBERGIA Fl. Peruv. — Calyx obconicus, laciniis foliosis. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo filiformi, limbo plano plicato 5-dentato. Stamina 5, subequalia, fauce inserta, stylo parallela et appressa. Ovarium disco edentulo insertum ; stigma lunatum. Capsula (bilocularis, bivalvis, dissepimento valvulis parallelo demum libero, Kunth). N. filicaulis; caule herbaceo erecto filiformi foliisque lineari-lanceolatis glabris, filamentis glandulosis. Caulis pedalis, ascendens, filiformis, glaber. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuta v. obtusa, glabra. Pedunculi oppositifoliz, glabri, capillares. Calyx glaber. Corolle tubus glandulosus, limbus lilacinus centro luteo. Stamina quasi monadelpha, filamentis glandulosis. m A en This new species was communicated to us in flower, by Mr. Tate, in May last; we presume it is a native of Mexico. It is a pretty greenhouse perennial, easily mul- tiplied by cuttings, and requiring but a moderate degree of protection in winter, provided 1t 1s kept in an airy place. It differs from N. gracilis, not only in the colour of its flowers, but also in being entirely destitute of the down found on all parts of that species ; the tube of its corolla is also shorter, and its stamens covered with minute glandular hairs. Let any one compare this with Petunia violacea, figured hom this genus has M i ieremberg, a Spanish Jesuit, to whom rre din a r ; in sixteen books, of been dedicated, is said to have written a Natural History, which nothing is now-remembered. at folio 1626, and we think he will hardly adopt the opi- nion, that the genera Petunia and Nierembergia should be united. Figures 1. and 2. are different views of the stamens; 3. is the corolla cut open, shewing how the stamens originate in the orifice of the tube; and 4. is a view ofthe ovary, style, and crescent-shaped stigma. J: E: N END 1650 VIBÚRNUM* cotinifólium. Quince-leaved Wayfaring- Tree. PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Nat. ord. CarrıroLiacez Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 206.) VIB URNUM.—Suprà, vol. 5. fol. 376. V. cotinifolium ; foliis cordato-oblongis rugosis subintegris suprà calvis v. pubescentibus subtüs cymisque cano-tomentosis, corollis infundibuliformi- bus, fructibus oblongis. V. polycarpon. Wall. cat. no. 455. De Cand. prodr. 4. 328. V. cotinifolium. Don prodr. fl. nep. 141. De Cand, l. c. 327. 8. foliis minds cordatis, adultis supra pubescentibus. Frutex facie omnind V. Lantane, cujus forsitan mera est varietas, cha- racteribus ex climate potius quam ex differentiis ab origine stabilitis pendenti- bus. Differt enim foliis majoribus magisque cordatis, ex quo Forte expli- cantur serrature minores; habitu magis frigoris impatiente, fructibus mag's oblongis latioribusque, denique corollis haud. rotatis seu leviter campanulatis sed infundibularibus et majoribus. This rare plant is a shrub with so much the appearance of Viburnum Lantana, our English Wayfaring-tree, that unless the flowers were seen, one would feel persuaded it was a mere variety. Its leaves have the same wrinkled gray aspect, its branches the same mode of leafing and budding, and its fruit a very similar form ; but the flowers are much larger, more coloured with pink, and neither flat nor slightly bell-shaped, but of a distinct obconical figure. Itis a native of the mountains of Kamaon, one of the northern provinces of British India, where it was disco- vered by the plant-collectors of Dr. Wallich, who sent live o bind with twigs ; and hence, they say, re used as withies. = * The Latin word vieo signifies t comes Viburnum, the shoots of which we specimens of it to England. Mr. Royle informs us that it is common in the Himalayas, at elevations of from 5000 to 7000 feet, in 30° N. lat. The hill people call the plant Juwa, and occasionally eat the fruit. It proves, tolerably hardy, flowering in May ; and will doubtless increase by layers, like the Lantana itself. Among wild specimens under the name of V. poly- carpon, for which we are indebted to the liberality of the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company, are two branches, one in flower, and the other in fruit, which are identical with the plant now figured, and a third, which, although resembling the others in many respects, has the leaves on their upper surface downy, even when the plant is in fruit, and much smaller, scarcely at all cordate at the base, with a few slight toothings at the margin. It appears to be only a variety ; but it deserves to be recorded. J. L. Hr Pr) Z 7 , (Ed Dicca lily AO AMOS, 1651 ONCÍDIUM* altíssimum. Lofty Oncidium. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Nat. ord. Orcnınzz Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 262.) ONCIDIUM.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1050. O. altissimum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, foliis ensiformibus rigidis carinatis carnosis scapo (6-pedali) erecto ramoso multo brevioribus, sepalis petalisque labelli longitudine lineari-lanceolatis undulatis, labello cordato utrinque introrsüm arcuato apice dilatato subreniformi emarginato, cristà enneadactylä, column alis abbreviatis. Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. p. 200. a. alis columne rotundatis. Epidendrum altissimum. Jacq. amer. 229. t. 141. O. altissimum. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 1481. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 112. Hooker in bot. mag. 2990. 8. alis columnee truncatis. O. Baueri. Illustrations of the gen. and sp. Orch. t. 7. Genera. Epidendrum gigas. Richard in herb. Vahl. One of the most gigantic of Epiphytes. The specimen from which our drawing was made received a medal from the Horticultural Society, and had a flowering stem from six to seven feet high : it was grown in the nursery of the late Mr. Colvill. It is described by Richard as frequently attaining the height of nine feet, with leaves as long, m its native woods in Guiana; and we have actually had a spe- cimen from Mr. Harrison of Liverpool, the flower-stem of which exceeded ten feet in length. The blossoms are beautifully marked with green, yellow, and scarlet, but are not of large size: the appearance they A D MEETS * See fol. 1542. present may be judged of from our diminished figure at the back of the single branch drawn of its natural size. Many of the Orchideous epiphytes are found to succeed best if tied to short pieces of the branches of trees with rugged bark; none succeed better upon that plan than the different species of Oncidium; and provided so large a plant as this, with its long heavy leaves, can be made fast to a.branch, we have no doubt it will also be found to like that kind of treatment. The specimen, however, from which our drawing was taken had been grown in a pot in decayed vegetable mould. It is a native of most of the tropical parts of America, from the eastern to the western shores. 4b — NN S Wess: OST AV 1652 SCÓTTIA* levis. Smooth-branched Scottia. —— Abp9——— DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. LeeuMt1NOs x Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) SCOTTIA.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1233. S. levis; foliis ovatis basi truncatis insequaliter denticulatis, ramulis levibus. Frutex facie S. dentatee, sed diversus foliis angustioribus crebriüs denti- culatis, ramulis levibus nec scaberrimis, denique floribus unicoloribus nec coccineo tinctis. enun A third species of the rare genus Scottia was hardly to have been expected so soon after that we published at folio 1266. We owe it to the same rich collection; Mr. Knight having raised it from seeds gathered on the south coast of New Holland by Baxter. It differs from S. dentata, not only in its flowers having no tinge of red, and in its narrower, more finely-toothed leaves, but also in its branches being altogether free from the numerous rough projecting points which are found in both the other species. A delicate greenhouse plant, requiring a cool shelf in the winter, and abundant ventilation. iL # See fol. 1233. ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO VOLUME VI. OF THE NEW SERIES, VOLUME XIX. OF THE WHOLE WORK. OR Amaryllis kermesina ........... Amelanchier florida........ S08 Amygdalus persica, var. alba .... Anthocercis viscosa Anthurium gracile Aster adulterinus........ Aster coneinuus ......++..... oe Aster cordifolius ....... Aster eminens ..... Gene . Aster puniceus, var. demissus .... Banksia prostrata. . .... Wi es Benthamia fragifera Bebera PACED REN Boronia conna o... Cactus speciosissimus, var. late- ul o T o Calandrinia arenaria ............ Calandrinia speciosa ........... Calanthe densiflora ............ Calceolaria crenatiflora ......... Calceolaria Herbertiana, var. parvi- flora Calceolaria purpurea ....... .... Calceolaria rugosa .. Calceolaria sessilis .. Calceolaria viscosissima. . . Calliprora lutea .......... er Calochortus luteus ............ Cereus, crimson creeping ....... Clarkia elegans ...... Collomia coccinea Combretum grandiflorum ...... Corydalis bracteata ...... Costus pictus ... Cyrtochilum flavescens ......... Dendrobium speciosum .... Duvava dependens ...... Duvaua latifolia Duvaua ovata Epidendrum oncidioides........ Erythrina poianthes, var. subiner- NE. Francoa appendiculata ......... Gastrolobium retusum .......... Gesnera Suttoni .............> Gompholobium tenue .......... "ect n] ............ RR ¿DS "^ ^ .ooooo,ponon.oo. ro... Folium 1638 1589 1586 1624 1635 1571 1619 1597 1614 1636 1572 1579 1602 1600 1596 1605 1598 1646 1609 1576 1621 1588 1628 1611 1590 1567 1565 1575 1622 1631 1644 1594 1627 1610 1573 1580 1568 1623 1617 1645 1647 1637 1615 Gompholobium venulosum...... Gongora maculata ........... ve Heliconia pulverulenta ......... Helleborus odorus ........ .... Hesperoscordum lacteum ....... Hibiscus splendens ...... ....s Leptotes DIO N sess ees Libertia formosa Limnocharis Humboldti ...... (x LOMA Placer SI Ie ese eee Lobelia Tupa ........ Lupinus albifrons Lupinus elegans ........... ... Lupinus rivularis Malva umbellata ..... Maxillaria racemosa ..... Mimulus roseus Nemophila aurita............ Nicotiana persica Nierembergia filicaulis ....... (Enothera biennis, var. grandiflora CEnothera densiflora ......... (Enothera tenella, var. tenuifolia . Oncidium altissimum Oncidum Harrisonianum Opuntia aurantiaca . Oxalis Bowiel 2.2... ; e*t o n eoon... q... .oco 070 60868 6668 sett nt ..» s.s.s...» .... -Oxalis divergens ........... s Pancratium pedale ....... Papaver persicum ............. Passiflora gossypiifolia .... Passiflora kermesina ........ Passiflora phenicea....... Pr... Petunia violacea .... Pimelea hispida .............. Pimelea sylvestris .............. Potentilla glandulosa ........ Pultenza rosmarinifolia ..... Pultenea subumbellata ......... Rubus roridus .........- e uos Sauroglossum elatum .......... Scottia levis Stenactis speciosa..... Viburnum cotinifolium .......».. ..... "e*t, t n 'Xerophyllum setifolium ........ Folium 1574 1616 1648 1643 1639 1629 1625 1630 1640 1599 1612 1642 1581 1595 1608 1566 1591 1601 1592 1649 1604 1593 1587 1651 1569 1606 1585 1620 1641 1570 1634 1633 1603 1626 1578 1582 1583 1584 1632 1607 1618 1652 1577 1650 1613 GENERAL ALPHABETICAL INDEX VOLUMES I. II. III. IV. V. AND VI. OF THE NEW SERIES. Folium Acacia albida --*«*.ee n er en nennen nn nenn 1317 Acacia leprosa «sette 1441 Acacia lunata ----serr+ ser esse en er en en usos INE Acacia pentadenia- ++... =.......* a 1521 Acacia uncinata «seem 1332 Acena pinnatifida «««« een nenne 1271 Aceras secundiflora -+- +++, ernennen 1525 Adenotrichia amplexicaulis » +» ++ .rer: 1190 Aerides cornutum «++ --r rer rennen nenn nenn 1485 Agave geminiflora --« ttn 1145 Alströmeria psittacina +++" FR 1540 Alstrómeria pulchella, var. pilosa ++... .**=** + 1410 Amaryllis acuminata, var. longipedunculata .- - 1188 Amaryllis coranica, var. pallida «n 1219 Amaryllis intermedia --««tn0nn nn 1148 Amaryllis kermesina -++ tserte renten 1638 Amelanchier florida -.«««áááátá 1589 Amelanchier sanguinea +++ mente 1171 Amygdalus communis, var. macrocarpa ++": 1160 Amygdalus persica, var. alba -- 7°" 1586 Anemone vitifolia »+-+-++-- rer nennen 1385 Angrecum eburneum - + mreeetett 1522 Anomatheca cruenta ---- +++ dee 1969. Anona laurifolia ---.. == ===. otectttttttoo” ... 1328 Argemone grandiflora «+++ 01 077 1264 Argemone ochroleuca + +++ nennt" 1343 Aristolochia caudata "+++" +... xix. OO Aristolochia cymbifera +++" Jas 1543 Aristolochia trilobata +++ +++" BET, 139 Asphodelus luteus, var. sibiricus » rer tt” 1507 Aster adulterinus +++. ent 1571 Aster amygdalinus ----*** e 1517 Aster concinnus -----* AA eee d 1619 Astercordifolius -« tt 1597 Aster coridifolius ee 1497 Aster cyaneus +++" aec bupaces es 1495 Aster eminens ---**** devAscEu sens bue b kRRREEN s Aster fragilis POLS. O cr oo NEUEN EET Aster levis -**** ee ART? 1500 Aster pallens - +++ "*""" m— poroso... 1509 Aster puniceus, Var. demissus «ttt » 1636 Aster spectabilis e Sa TUN 1527 Astragalus succulenfus pisan c cA AE 1324 Audibertia incana ::*:*** rs nasser. 2000 Azalea calendulacea, Vat. subcuprea «ttt 1366 Azalea calendulacea, Var ba IIA 1402 Azalea calendulacea, Var Stapletoniana: -+ ** * ++ 1407 Azalea nudiflora, var. scintillans - -****** ...... 1461 Azalea nudiflora, var. thyrsiflora» *******77 sare > Azalea pontica, var. sinensis m mnes eme Folium Banksia littoralis «+-+... —— Ü 1363 Banksia prostrata ---..... Gebvovse O .. 1572 Banksia querci Folia o. ......o...... 1430 Banksia undulata..«**see eet ann ent 1316 Barleria lupulina » «+++ een À zás. 1483 Bauhinia cumanensis -******* P.omon.o.... ^»... 1133 Begonia gilik oo cooccorrorrocrcranoscasaso. 1259 Benthamia fragifera---..--....** II 1579 Berberis aquifolium -+..........* AS . 1425 Berberis glumacea -.....--* rm mnm....... . 1426 Berberis repens -+-+*- Wévéeesebeceno Bas cr adu - 1176 Bignonia Cherere - ++ +++ va cecopse vo: 1901 Billbergia pyramidalis, var. bicolor - -* ** esee tn 1181 Blackwellia padiflora ------ BINE EU E AN 1208 Bletía florida ------...oos.oo=oocccnrntnnsnos 1401 Borbera incana +++ + een 1602 Brasavola nodosa - »- ++ er rer nennen ne 1465 Brasavola Perrinii » +++ ernten coos 1561 Brodiza grandiflora-+---.----** A A AE y] Browallia grandiflora - +++" ccccccscees 1384 Brownlowia elata ------ coozo«aubesesPeesecses. 1472 Brunsvigia ciliaris -------** Soe peters patria 1153 Brunsvigia grandiflora +... .+==e.strtectttos? 1335 Buddlea heterophylla ese... esseososoooossocoo 1259 Burtonia conferta- + een. 1600 Cactus Ackermanni - ee 1331 Cactus speciosissimus, var. lateritius ---....... 1596 Calandrinia arenaria een 1605 Calandrinia grandiflora » +++" cove 1194 Calandrinia speciosa nee 1598 Calanthe densiflora *««««*ssttttttnmt g gz .. 1646 Calathea grandifolia Pr ooporsrrccrcrcn.». s... 31210 Calceolaria arachnoidea - ++ +» +- eere.. m es 1454 Calceolaria ascendens +++ +++" coovsces: ERLO Calceolaria chiloensis ---»+ ++ rent .. 1476 Calceolaria crenatiflora ---.....** ¿irnos ¿eS MB Calceolaria diffusa moto” viscoso» 19796 Calceolaria floribunda: --+-- isis o8 vesvsse 1814 Calceolaria Herbertiana +++." aere MES Calceolaria Herbertiana, var. parviflora -.-.-* 1576 Calceolaria purpurea --++**""""""" ........... 1621 Calceolaria rugosa. «- e« +. ser seeeer 22292 2e. 1588 Calceolaria sessilis 266545 6p) boe es) FERPe vet" 1628 Calceolaria viscosissima - «- **** itokee MI Calceolaria, Mr. Young's saccéseut T di 1448 Calliprora lutea 3 49050 NR TREE" 1570 Calochortus macrocarpus +" "71°"""" 1152 Calochortus luteus E ree 1567 Camassia esculenta vet vanis dr Krk 1486 Camellia japonica, var. imbricata en. .n..... 1398 Camellia japonica, var. punctata +++" "*"""" 1267 Camellia japonica, var. Reevesiana----* ee 1501 Canavalia i nennen ........ 1199 Canna Achiras ---=***=****** E ves venne 1358 nr dio TN GENERAL INDEX TO THE NEW SERIES. Folium Canna lagunensis ++... .ooococoncanonsonacas.. Canna speciosa AA O ... Capparis acuminata» «« «seen Caprifolium longiflorum -------- PIED Caprifolium occidentale- «««* «4e Cassia biflora --«««««s enm Cassia Herbertiana ++. ........o..ooommssr.... Castilleja coccinea «+++ erem Cattleya crispa +-............. o Cattleya guttata +...» ++ rennen nenn Be Cereus, crimson creeping ++... ......ooo.... .. Chasmonia incisa ++...» +.......»..oo.oooonno... Cheiranthus mutabilis ++.... +... .+........... Chelone nemorosa +++...» +... oooooocmonsn... Chorozema ovatum ++... +.«.oooooonsosssmos... Chorozema triangulare +++ +»......ooomom..... Chrysanthemum indicum ++... «+==.....moo... Chrysanthemum indicum, var. planum +. +++ Cirrhea Loddigesii --- «ee Clarkia elegans ---«»+.oooococoaranescrcmsn... Clematis chlorantha :««-.4 mI Cleome speciosissima ++»+..»o.oooooncnsmomm.. Clerodendron hastatum +-.+.+.+++.+.+ooo.o.o... Clintonia elegans +-...-+.. Ssodvedces Vie$ ve se ... Clivia nobilis ----- cece cede cccccccpecccccscece Coburgia fulva O ocd ne cc enedecececcseceseosce Collomia grandiflora .«..... nern ennn nen Collomia coccinea- +++...» eer mI Collomia heterophylla »++.+.++.+ooooomoo.o.o... Collomia linearis - .+..++»«..»+.oooocooooomoo.. Combretum comosum +++...».»ooocommooo.o.. Combretum grandiflorum .....« 0. Conanthera campanulata ++.++.++...o.o..o..... Conocephalus naucleiflorus ++++...+....»....... Convolvulus fariposus "X nee Cordia grandiflora ....--.ee MI Coreopsis Atkinsoniana ------ T Coreopsis aurea- +...» eee cece cece Correa pulchella +..+....«.«........ rcc ee Peer Corydalis bracteata «-.«..eee I Costus pictus -«« «eee RII Cotoneaster frigida -.«-... e Cotoneaster laxiflora »...+.+.++...»+.».......... Cotoneaster microphylla, var. Uva Ursi-.. +...» Crassula turrita......ooooooooocorcconcorossss Crataegus cordata ++... »=ooooonencrororonso... Crategus heterophylla -++-+-+++++eeseeeceees Crinum latifolium ++.+-+++»..+.....oo.o...oono.. Crocus vernus, var. leucorhyncus- -............ Crocus vernus, var. pictus.».+o....oooooooor... Crotalaria verrucosa -.....»ooooooosoomomoro.. Cuphea Llavea -+....+«+ooooooooccrorononcon.. Cymbidium marginatum +++...+.»..o.ooooomoo... Cyrtanthus carneus »......o.oonooosonomomo..».. Cyrtochilum flavescens ++....«.«oororoomm....o. Cyrtopodium Woodfordii ......-...... eese Cypripedium macranthos -+++.+++o..oooooo.mo.o Cytisus multiflorus ........... eee erre Daphne hybrida +....o.ooooooooocoomormoomo.. Delphinium Menziesii-+»++».»+o»»..oooooooom.. Delphinium speciosum ++...» +.oooooomomooo»ooo Dendrobium anceps +++.++»»»o.ooooooccororoo.. Dendrobium chrysanthum .................. Dendrobium longicornu :-. .-««.. eee Dendrobium moniliforme... ...... eese Dendrobium secundum ..-...... 4er Dendrobium speciosum ++»+.+.»+»............. Dianthus Libenotis - »----- «o ee po oe oo soomescns Digitalis laciniata ... --.--.-- «eee eene Dillwynia glycinifolia .....o=oooooooosorccocos Diospyrus Mabola +..oooconasconrorcronsro». 1311 1276 1322 1232 1457 :1310 1422 1136 1172 1406 1565 1244 1431 1211 1528 1513 1287 1502 1538 1575 1234 1312 1307 1241 1182 1497 1520 1174 1622 1347 1166 1105 1631 1193 1203 1323 Folium Draczna surculosa «mmm nm Drimia villosa +....+..-»+. +... oo.ococcooc. c.. Duvaua dependens a a ae ¿er Duvaua latifolia -.-.».......«««...o........... Duvaua ovata +-.+......»«o.ooooooococsons.. Echeveria gibbiflora----«« «een Eleagnus angustifolia ««««... I Epacris nivalis A bas scs e Epidendrum odoratissimum- +++...» ......... " Epidendrum oncidioides :-.-... "PP Erauthemum fecundum +........ Eriophyllum capitosum ++ ++++++.o.ooooono.... Erythrina carnea ++-..+........oo.o... Fett Erythrina poianthes: --------- Perth tnt n Erythrina poianthes, var. subinermis «+... ..... Escallonia montevidensis ------- sehn Eschscholtzia californica -+.-.-.-...-+* m Eulophia ensata »»+--+ror sr MIHI Eulophia Mackaiana :-:.-4 mM Eurybia corymbosa +++ .+...=ooooooorssnsco..» Eurycles Cunninghamii ++.» »» «eem Eutoca multiflora.-...+.+ +...» +++... ........... Francoa appendiculata A RR ARAM EEE EN Fuchsia bacillaris «tI Fuchsia globosa dl eddie n be M EN sor. Fuchsia microphylla -+..-....+..+ esaescegee .. Fuchsia thymifolia --------- oe ee ccsccccccecce Gaillardia aristata ---...-..-- occ cnavecsesecces Galipea odoratissima ------ Gastrolobium retusum 5:446 III Gaultheria Shallon ------ cee acce cenae ese e..... Genista procumbens +» ++..+........ —— Gesnera macrostachya-+....«»+»ooooomonanso... Gesnera rutila +...» += t III Gesnera rutila, var. atrosanguinea «........... Gesnera Suttoni -«-..4 m III Geum chilense, var. grandiflorum ++......... : Gilia capitata-««««««e II Gladiolus psittacinus +............ Glycine biloba PR A pet nnt Gompholobium capitatum --+-+--- etn Gompholobium Knightianum +++ +++.......... Gompholobium tenue: -- -- +........ eee eo see Gompholobium venulosum +++». .»..o.o.o..... Gompholobium marginatum +++ ++........... Gompholobium tomentosum +++.+»........... Gongora maculata ++.+».»..oooscomonmo..».. Grevillea concinna ++. +++++..+.»..»..»......... Grevillea punicea.++....o..ooooononcsmmom»m.o... Guettarda speciosa ++.+.o.ooooomarononcronano.. Habranthus Andersoni ++..+.»»»...»............ Habranthus Bagnoldi+++....»o.ooooooonommon... Habranthus Phycelloides --------- tht Hakea linearis ----.-».--.....-- eorerebeaseens Hamelia ventricosa -....+..+...«oo=ooo.ooson... Haylockia pusilla- ««--.« eee Hedychium coccineum ++» +ooooooommormo.... Helianthus lenticularis ++.++++»».....o......... Helianthus tubeeformis ++..+++.».++............. Heliconia pulverulenta ++++.+.+o.o.oooooonono. Herminium cordatum +++.» oo»ooooomosorsromo Hesperoscordum lacteum -++.+.»+»»...»ooomoo... Heuchera micrantha .......- rene sane to PU p^ C Hibiscus Lindleii ....... 2e eee enm Hibiscus palustris-«« «ee eere Hibiscus splendens ........ rr Hosackia bicolor --«...... err rmt Hosta cerulea :-....... trm IIS Hovea chorozemefolia ».....».....- Hovea lanceolata ......»+..»»o..o.».............. Hovea purpurea. +.» ooooocoocrrcacconcoss... Hovea vill0s2.--+.+.».o.»oooooooooo.oocorsossros Ipomopsiselegans «nnm mE 1169 1346 1573 1580 1568 1947 1156 1531 1415 1623 1494 1167 1327 1246 1617 1467 1168 1147 3433 1532 1506 1180 1645 1480 NIN ET EA GENERAL INDEX TO THE NEW SERIES. Folium Iris bicolor +» -» RAR ae ae. Iris tenax Isopogon formosus -- Jasminum ACUM Ad rr rr Jasminum Wallichianum -+.o...onmesnrrtoro? Justicia carnea een Justicia guttata---«...** Justicia picta --- ..... OD oss 60 6020006 > Justicia quadrangularis ++. enennennee Justicia venusta A A Oo Kempferia Roscoeana eescctesosscecócsocvenóa Kennedya dilatata ++»... e O Kennedya inophylla cevvowsnese ae eoo.n.os.. Kennedya monophylla, var. longiracemosa --.. Lachenalia pallida -.-.....ooososorccorrrtos? Lathyrus californicus -=i -asee a Lathyrus tingitanus EEE AT TTI anA eepose Ledocarpum pedunculare » nennt" Lepechinia spicata -+++r+rs7*"""" ETSI AC XR Leptotes bicolor NO AA seus Leucocoryne odorata esveesétepaessososbecone Leucopogon parviflorus..««««eseettttttt Libertia formosa + een Limnocharis Humboldti de Linum mexicanum ----...* Is. Linum sibiricum, var. Lewis «tttm Liparis elata NA 2 ee Lissanthe sapida Pa O A EE AS Loasa ambrosisfolia idos rre res Loasa Placei ee EI ANA Lobelia longiflora-*-******:****7 Lobelia purpurea --......* TT Lobelia, Low's purple = +" Lobelia Tupa --* Lonicera involucrata Lophanthus anisatus «ent Lophospermum erubescens »+-+---errrreerert Lotus arenarius- ----+.* BEAT E o Lowea berberifolia III Ps" Tapas arbustus++-+*-9< eee ee te Lupinus albifrons E EE yo T TRE pil Mi «riso Ee TELLE Lupinus elegans SA A es nde Lupinus laxiflorus Lee abe code cach Ree etre eeee Lupinus lepidus eos Lupinus littoralis» +- ++ ++ +° perry yeasts Lupinus micranthus erro crono pcscorcsrrs... Lupinus mutabilis ir ds. Lupinus ornatus AS A id Lupinus plumosus cokers O he QUEE TE Lupinus polyphyllus, var. albiflorus Lupinusrivolansee(6- ne m en oe Madia elegans A eame dppes <0 tee: Magnolia Y ulan, var. Soulangiana- «*«* «7 Mala MUIBOBS «certe vera een C IUE Malva purpurata «+++ onen ent Malva umbellata ->si +. een creren este Mammillaria pulcra ner Mammillaria tenuis- -- een"! Maxillaria ciliaris Maxillaria decolor TUE I N S ke Maxillaria racemosa Maxillaria tetragona ET IL N rk de Maxillaria viridis.-- oem ee 0 Michauxia levigata- --- sites Sinn EII Microstylis ophioglossoides » «++ 7""" Milla Biflora ===“ rem coos Mimulus propinquus + mente Mimulusroseus neriti eiie Mirbelia Baxteri === eto” Moscharia pinnatifida Nanodes discolor +++ + O E RA RATA A rh dl ni AS bd TII .......o..... ..o..... PETER III TTE O a "Pée .oo.o... oe... ...........e "PII AU e PA as Dr eet i Pet 1404 1218 1288 1296 1409 1397 1334 1227 1340 1380 1212 1526 1421 1336 1350 1144 1388 1392 1292 1625 1293 1560 1630 3640 1326 1163 1175 1275 1390 1599 1200 1325 1445 1612 1179 1282 1381 1488 1261 1230 1642 1242 1501 1140 1149 1198 1251 Folium Nemophila aurita + een nennen Nierembergia filicaulis «+++ rer enert . Nicotiana persica - «rennen terres (Enothera anisoloba A A A nds Œnothera bifrons» «4*4 (Enothera biennis, var. grandiflora» -+++ (Enothera decumbens--+-++++++++rerseererre* (Enothera densiflora «4M (Enothera glauca ---.»...eeseeoeeeeeeeeeeeeee (Enothera pallida +++++-++eererceererseeeceere (Enothera tenella, var. tenuifolia + ..........* (Enothera viminea «etm nennen Oncidium cornigerum «...o..oomommm... Oncidium altissimumn---....oooommmmmnmmon..”. Oncidium Harrisonianum ---......oommmmo..”.” Ononis peduncularis A eph .... Ophrys aranifera, var. limbata-«««««ee tttm, Opuntia aurantiaca ra.e s sses esere ertrar Orchis papilionacea ----+- Po...” Osbeckia nepalensis, var. albiflora ******** .... Oxalis Bowiei ---- Oxalis Cummingi- +++ rennen Oxalis divergens E AAA PO DUE de Oxalis tortuosa een nennt Oxalis variabilis --.....eereeeeeeeeeereeeeree Pachypodium tuberosum +-+++++erreerererere Palavia rhombifolia ----+ ernennen. Peeonia albiflora, var. Pottsii „++... en. Peeonia hybrida «4n Peony, Semidouble tree -»»+rrrrrrer rennen. Pancratium pedale «++ rennen Papaver persicum «eee Passiflora ligularis PPD E nee ccocooooooso Passiflora gossypiifolia +.+++eeeseeeeeeeereeeee Passiflora kermesina --.........oonmonmo...”.. Passiflora phoenicea--+++s++errretsts teeters Pentstemon acuminatum +++-++r+r*rrrererrr" Pentstemon attenuatum -+rsr+rrrserrerreer’ Pentstemon confertum » +++ rennen Pentstemon deustum ---..........* cvccccvce Pentstemon diffusum --« «een Pentstemon glandulosum «+++ rreeneneee Pentstemon glaucum ++. rer nerenenenene Pentstemon pruinosum » +++ teen Pentstemon pulchellum. +++» unnneneer Pentstemon Scouleri Pentstemon speciosum »sr-- re rrrenenneenet Pentstemon triphyllum » =..." rer eneennee Pentstemon venustum -+-rrerrurnerenenenene Pereskia Bleo Perilomia ocymoides » ++.. re rereeeren nen Persea gratissima + een enent Petunia violacea EAS Pharium fistulosum Phlomis floccosa - ++ +++" ++ Phlox speciosa soree A TT AA Pholidota imbricata «e«t tá gg z Phycella Herbertiana » -+ **** PA A eds uo Pimelea humilis Voeséebes toten SUE RA Huren Pimelea hispida PE O A aas) e PP RM Pimelea intermedia - +++" nnmene"" Pimelea sylvestris Pleurothallis prolifera EAS dd EEE IL EIN FEN EEE AN AA ............. eae ba O ia A 6b bnedvb Ue Plumeria Lambertiana Sabaspseeso poss E APR. . Podolobium trilobatum.«««sseeeettmnnt Polemonium czruleum, var. piliferum- ++ ****- um + Ly Polygala oppositifolia, var. major «emnt Polygonum injucundum cocasvecvecsvcessees Potentilla arguta ««: eere Potentilla glandulosa -*«*«**:::**1*17077 7777 Potentilla Hopwoodiana ehren Potentilla laciniosa nett Pol ile IA idad: At 1601 GENERAL INDEX TO THE NEW SERIES. Folium Folium Potentilla missourica +.........- ido... 1419 Sempervivum villosum +++.++..o..oo»...omo... 1553 Potentilla Russel!'s -----.--- OS iver’ went 1496 Senecio lilacinus +++.+..+..+.+++.»+.............. 1342 Potentilla viscosa: +........... RE LE 1492 | Senecio Tussilaginis -++.++++++++.==..=......... 1550 Pothos scandens «--.5..:2: 0 0. fe vo eror 1337 Serapias cordigera, var. longipetala *-..-.-... 1189 Pratia begonifolia -...... m 1373 Silene laciniata ««««..ee III 1444 Prunus candicans-+...».++++..oooomoooommmo... 1135 Sinningia villosa --------- weve cece ces eceee ve 1194 Prunus dasycarpa ------- Mas e 1243 Sisyrinchium grandiflorum +++ +.............. ` 1364 Pultenæa rosmarinifolia -----+-+--+++++++++ - 1584 Sisyrinchium odoratissimum ++.....- +... 1283 Pulfenza subumbellata --- +--+ e+e ee 1632 Solandra guttata ---+---- Poo... evsoceeocevseve 1551 Purshia tridentata ++... +++... ooo... 144 Solanum crispum +++ «eee eccorocosors. 1516 Pyrus angustifolia - +... .»-.=-..+** —— 1207 Sollya heterophylla - ++ o-+oooooosocommo.... .. 1466 Pyrus Bollwylleriana ----------- ii 1437 Sophora velutina »++++++++-- (——— 251188 Pyrus grandifolia “so. hororororr.». ——— 115 Soulangia rubra +-+..........- ee oonooc.oso soe 1498 Pyrus nivalis--------- o sie eos 1484 Sparaxis pendula --+-----+-++++++++ A Pyras salvifolia--.....». seen 1482 Spermadictyon azureum ----- $^ ee evo voco 1935 Pyrus sinensis «Henn. 1248 Sphacele campanulata ++..«..=..oomno..... Ser 1389 Pyrus spuria +....oomrrernercnnano tH 1196 Sphenotoma capitatum +» +++. <+....o.oo.o.. EI IBID Ranunculus creticus, var. macrophyllus ++++++ 1432 Spiræa ariefolia -.-............ eH eee 1365 Reevesia thyrsoidea WR Lu DUE. QE su 1996 Spiræa chamzdrifolia. ------- bukoi weve cee’ .. 1222 Renanthera coccinea -.......oooooonono.. sre 1131 Stachys albicaulis....... nn 0n. ...... 1558 Rhaphiolepis rubra ++...» «==...o...oooo rn - 1400 Stachys germanica, var. pubescens --+-+++++++-- 1289 Rhododendron Alta-clerense -------- Pomo...” 1414 Stachys Salvie --. +... .«<o.ooooooononomm... ++ 1226 Rhododendron arboreum, var. roseum --+++++ 1240 Stanhopea eburnea -.-...-........- ED . 1529 Rhododendron, Cartons- ---- ra »» 1449 Statice puberula ----------- m eos 1450 Ribes cereum-:---- descaro... cece cece cccccce 1263 Stemodia chilensis ------- - ov cecccesese s.... 1470 Ribes divaricatum +++ +++» I IO 1359 Stenactis speciosa----+++++++++ n ec 1577 Ribes inebrians- -.-.-----=.=.......... AA 1471 Sterculia lanceolata- ----- vesébassteaeceovksves 1956 Ribes punctatum -------- ER LER “1078 Sterculia Tragacantha --+-+++++++-++++ Scares AS Ribes sanguineum Vudu teee wires ss rece Ul dee QM Streptocarpus Rexii aa Cees E A (es... 1173 Ribes setosum «.-..................... ee. 1237 Stylidium fasciculatum *-*.- eer on 00. 1459 Ribes speciosum FETT Sd E Y TE EI E ies 1557 Tabernzmontana densiflora + «ee 1273 Ribes tenuiflorum -----.. +... nme 1574 Tacsonia pinnatistipula - +... ++.» +.=......... 1536 Rose Clare -.....-.o.oooooooooonororornror... 1438 Tellima grandiflora- --..«- ++ .».ooo==.moon.... 1178 Rosa multiflora, var. platyphylla- -----+- tS * 1372 Teucrium orchideum :-«.:. n I 1255 Rosa Ruga--».- bo...» AI op 1389 Thermopsis fabacea oo... e ... 1272 Rubus nutkanus +++ +++» ..o.o.ooooomocom=.n... 1368 Thryallis brachystachys- «I .... 1162 Rubus roridus +++ +++ +» conan - 1607 Tillandsia acaulis.................... RE 1157 Rubus spectabilis conororssono. ricos ro... 1494 Tillandsia rosea --««-« III 1357 Ruellia Sabiniana s: 1238 Tillandsia stricta -.«.......+ e II 1338 Saccolabium papillosum »»--..r en enneen en 1552 Trachymene caerulea -..ooooomcncoommmass.. . 1295 Sagittaria angustifolia --------- teh 1141 Tradescantia undata - «e Poo... ++ 1403 Salpiglossis atropurpurea = ii eo sssi eeenenene 1518 Trichopetalum gracile -+.....+.- E ...... 1535 Salvia angustifolia ---.... ==... rennen. woe 1554 Trifolium vesiculosum ------- eI tessere 1408 Salvia foliosa--««« «eese 1429 Tropzolum pentaphyllum +.+«<<oo.o.ooo o...» 1547 Salvia fulgens --+ +++. .=........ III 1356 Tulipa Oculus solis, var. persica -........- .... 1143 Salvia Grahami---....--- E E 1370 Tulipa Oculus solis, var. preecor--...-.... sv... 1419 Salvia involucrata «sm 1205 Tupistra nutans --......... m 1293 Sarcanthus guttatus «MR 1443 Turrea pinnata --....-- rr ds E 1413 Sauroglossum elatum -++++++ ++ +228 n 1618 Ulex genistoides -------- Porn ee eee 1452 Schizanthus pinnatus, var. humilis. ........... 1562 Vaccinium ovatum ---.......... iS odeetesecuuh 1354 Schizanthus retusus. ««*«*- e MM 1544 Verbena Melindres --->--++++++++- Saurier ¿e 1184 Scilla plumbea ------ creer reer erccecseccscccs 1355 Vernonia axilliflora- ---- — orcas 1464 Scottia angustifolia--------- ILLI 1266 Viburnum cotinifolium » ++ ++ ++ + enn 1650 Scottia dentata -»» +++ +. + oleonodoorommscocos "TS Villarsia reniformis ----- DID ec 1533. Scottia lzvis -.....-- E esit esq 1652 Viola premorsa «s. n II 1254 Scutellaria alpina V dwg eee és s da e Wh nC Bortäsene 1460 Westringia longifolia sesoses DERE e. 1481 Scutellaria alpina, var. lupulina ----+-++-+++- . 1493 Xerophyllum setifolium +++» +++. +==+.........- 1613 Sedum Cepxa --...-- AS 1391 Zephyranthes mesochloa ---.+....+.- eH + 1361 Selago Gillii « «m ASE 1504 Zinnia violacea, var. coccinea -........... si. PUE THE END. LONDON: J. MOYES, CASTLE STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE.