THE .g^^ BOTANICAL REGISTER: ^Th CONSISTING OF ColourelK jfigfixt^ ojr EXOTIC PLANTS, CULTITATXD IK BRITISH GARDENS; WITB TBfilR HISTORY AND MODE OF TREATMENT. THE DESIGNS BY FELLOW OP THE LINNZAN SOCISTT. VOL. IV. B •viret semper— ^— nee fronde caduc& Carpitur. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JAMES BIDGWAT, PKCAPIIXY. 1818. t^^nted by S- Goanel!, Little Uueen Street, London, PENDIX TO THE CATALOGUES OF BOO IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD VOLUMES: OR. I^ ^ Books quoted in the Fourth Volume in addition to those quoted in t?ie Firsty Second^ and Third. ACT* Stockholm^ vide act, holm, ia catalogo librorum volumme primo cita- torum. Act,palaU Historia ct Commentationes Academife Electoralis Scientiarum et Elegantiorum Literarum Theodoro-Palatinae. Mannheimii, 1766, seqq. 4to. Bauh, hist. Historia plantarum universalis Joh. Bauhini et Joh, Henr. Cherleri. Tomi 3. Ebroduni, 1650, 1651- foL Blachv, Elizabeth Blackwell. A curious herbal, containing 500 cuts of the useful plants, 2 voJs. 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Supplementum post mortem auctoris additum. BeroHni, 1813. Svo. AI.PHABETICAL INDEX TO VOLUME IV. ^SCULUS decolor 310* Albuca ^ligiata , . 277. Albuca fugax , 311. Alpinm malaccensis 33S. Amaryllis longifolia. 7 303. Aster Amellus 340. Aster gTandiflorus ^73. Be^onja humilis , , - . . 284. Blandfortlia nobUis QBG, Borago orientalis ^68. Bossieea ctnerea 30G, Bromelia pallida 344. Cactus repandas , . . , 336. Cactus specioaus 304. Calendula ^amiDifolia <2a9. Camellia axillaris , . , , 349. Ceanothus azureus 29 1 . Citrus Aurantium. y 346. Cliloria Plumieri 9f»8. Couvolvulus chtnenais 392. Convolvulus iarolucratus 319. Crassula versicolor 320. Curculigo plicata 343. Cytisus bifloru 306, Delphinium cuneatuni 327* llirca paltistris 293. Disa bractcata 324- Erytlirina crista ^lli SI 3. Euphorbia rrgida 274. Galactia penUula 269. Galega orientalis , 326. Gesneria ag^regata 329. Gesneria bulbosa 343. Glycine caribaea 273. Glycine comptoniana 298. Goodyera discolor 27 1 - Hibbcrtia dentata. a 2i2. tlibiscus Rosa malabarica 337- Hovea Celsi 2S0, Hydrophyllum virginicum 33 1 . Indi^ofera amoena 300- Inula glandulosa 334. Ipomaa bona nos B- purpurascens, 290/ et iu motu ad catcem hujus voitttHinu, Iptmvtn csrulea 27^. IponioDa cbryscidet 270. Ipomtra denticulata 3 1 7. Ipomcea Jalapa^ at 342. Ipomceamaritima 3)9. Ipomcea muricala. I/i notis huicce volumini appensif, Iponicra platensis 333- Ipomoea sctosa 335. Ipomtra Turpetbuni 279. Jasminum auiiculatuiu 264* Justicja eastachiana 309. Kcelreuteria paniculata 330. LachenalJa paUifla. « 314. Lachcnalia pallida. $ 287- Leonotis nepetifolia 2BI. Liatris elegans 267. Limodorum falcatum 283. Magnolia cordata 395. Malva calycina 297. Malva capensTS 295. Malva fragrans . , , 296. Monea lurida 319. Ornitbogalum revohitum 315. Ornrthogalum thyrsoides. a 316- OiTiitbogalum thyrsoides, 303. Otbonna cbeirifolift 266. Pancratium guianense 965- Passitiora fcetida 321. Passidora incarnata. a 33^. Passiflora racemosa 235. Pavonia spinifex 33d. Phaseolus Caracalla 341. Pyrethrum fceniculaceuni 279< Kfaexia holosericea .'-... 593. Ruta pinnata 307> Salria amarissinia 347- Semper\'lvum glutinosum 378. Sperm ad id yon suav^^olens 348. Tabcrn^emontana amygdallfolia 339. Vaccinium fntcatum 302. Vella Pseudo-Cylisus 293- Verbena Aubletia 294. VeiIJa lycioides 999. Vinca hcrbacea 30l. I f 4 i * t i * ' 264 JASMINUM aurlculatum, JEared-leaved Jmniine. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. NaL ord, Jasmtke-e^ Jussteu getu 104, Div* //. Frtictus biccatus* Jasmines. Brown prod, 350, JASMINUM. Supra vol. l.foL 1, Dh, Foliis compositis. J. attriculatum^ foliis ternatis ; ramulorum flonferorum simplicibuSi calycibut angulatis ramLsqUe teretibus pubei^centibus. Vahl ^mb. 3- 1. Jasminum auriculatum. WUld, sp, pL 1. 33. Vahl enum. 1, 30. Hort^ Kew. ed. % 1. 17. Mogorium trifoiiatum. Lamarck encifc.4. 114. illmtr^ !• 24, Yutnica. Asiat, research* 4. 246- Frutex cano-pubescens : caulis Ugnosusy Jlexuoso-erectus^ pallido^fuscuSf cortice riinoso.' rsLvtii tereteSf onpositi^ non Qonfevi volubtles Jlex lies cum Jbliis ternatiSf floriferi non volti biles strictiusctdi cum Jbliu simplicibus. Folia disticho'Oppositai patentisdma^ vitlositatem densam viridi-pellucentia, subtus Jer^ lanata; foliola ovata^ costato-nervosay supr^ acuminata cum mucrone^ tet' tninale multoties majus lateralibus 2 exiguis: majora sesquiunciam longa, inter-' dum elliptica v, subrotunda: petioli hirsutit communes i^-plo breviores Jbliolo terminaliy partiales brevissimi. Paniculae breves, terminates^ in hortts nos* tratibus Sispius ex Jloribus nonnutlis aborttentes: pedunculi decussato-tricho* tomi pedicellique teretes tomentosi. Bracte^e parvtdtB, patuIcB. Flores in singula trichotomia subsessili-congesttf e minimis generis, candidly odoris Jucunditate congeneribus pr^stantes. Cal- angustus, turbiHatO'CylindraceuSy crassus, tomenlosus^ suturts quinoue ienuissimis membranosis verticalibus den* tibus totidem alternantibus obtusulis tUririque pubescentibus notatus, Corollte limhus 5^7 -partitusj breviortubo^ \acinm steUato-distantibus, lineari^oblongis, obtusis cum brcvi acuminulo, margine revolutist } partem uncice tongis: tubus cum fauce simul ^-plo longior catyce, j partem uncite subtequans, striatutus, ptinctis ubi inseruntur Jtlamenta extus utrinque protuberans ; f&u^ coarctato* turbinata compressa vix brevior tubo. Fil- brevia, JUiJormia^ bast abrupt'^ introrsum flexa axique Jaucis convenicntia : antlu linearesy lutea^ S-plo longiores JilamentOy mucronat^E^ Jauce reconditee. Stylus cequans Jaucem^ virens: stigma viride^ clavato-crassum, compressum acumine subulato, kino Jlexum, utrinque saturatiim quasi ex 2 conferruminatis. Germ, glabrum, Sacca globosoy ut in J. Saivbac* Perhaps the least ornamental species of the genus. The flowers are small and not numerous, and the white appears . less clear than in others of the same colourj owing to a cinereous hue imparted to the foliage by the short dense fur that clouds its green; but the fragrance they diffuse seems to us the most grateful of any of the species. Native of the East Indies, where however it is said not to be a VOI-. IV, B common plant. Introdaced by Sir Joseph Banks in 1790. No drawing of it has been published before the present, which was taken in the summer at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co. Fulham ; where it is treated as a tender greenhouse plant. A grey furred shrub, in the plant we saw, of straggling growth : stem upright, flexuose, bark cracked, pale brown : branches opposite, round, when not flowerbearers twining and flexile with a temated fohage, when flowerbearers straight and rather stiff with a simple foliage. Leaves distichly op- posite or facing by pairs in two ranks only, witiespread; leaflets ovate, nerved, the end one many times larger than the two diminutive side ones, largest (seen by us) about an inch and an half long, acuminated at the top and mucro- nate, in some instances broadly elliptic and nearly round : petioles shaggily furred, general ones about 4 times shorter than the terminal leaflet, partial ones extremely short. Paiiicles short, terminal, trichotomous, in the gardens of this climate partially abortive: peduncles and pedicles round tomentose or short- wooUed. Bractes small, somewhat open. Flotoei^s in each trichotomy crowded and subsessile, of the smallest size in the genus, white. Calyx narrow, turbi- nately cylindrical, furred, thick, marked lengthways by five equidistant extremely narrow membranous seams, five- toothed, teeth bluntish, pubescent inside and outside. Limb of the corolla 5-7-parted, stellate, shorter than the tube, segments standing apart, linearly oblong, bluntish with a short point, edges of the sides revolute, about a quarter of an inch in length; tube together with the faux 4 times longer than the caljTc, about a third of an inch long, streakletted, with a small external embossment on both sides at the point of insertion of each lament: faux almost as long as the tube, narrowly turbinate, compressed. Filaments short, bent abruptly inwards at the base, and projecting from the wall of the faux, so as to meet together at its axis : anthers yellow, linear, three times longer than the filaments, mu- cronate, below 'the orifice of the faux. Style even with the faux, green: stigma clavately enlarged, compressed, subulately pointed, seamed down the sides. Germen smooth. Berry globular, like that of the Arabian Jasmine. s ^'-. 265 PANCRATIUM guianense Cayemie Sea-DoffodiL HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, NaL ord. Narcissi, Jussieu gen. 54, Dh. IL Germ* infenim. Amarifllide^ Brown prod, 296- Sect. L PANCRATIUM. Supr^ voL l.fj. 43. Div. Flora sessUes v. iubscssUes: Umbo radiator dentiius senis corona ttamin^erU. F* guianeme^ sessili-multifloruro ; foliis longd petiolaUs ovBli-oblongis, abrupt^ acuniinatis; spatha valvis 4 decussato-oppositifl erectis; tubo plurtmilai longiore limbOt coronft angusti 4-plo breviore laciiiiia lioea* ribusj repando^inuata sinubus integerrimis. Pancratium. Exemplar in Herb* Banks, bulbo GuianS ttUato et paucis abhinc annU Horto Kewemifloridos decerptum. Fol. saturate viridia, ^etiolata; lamina ehngafo-ovalis utrtnaue aite^ nuata^ cuspidata, costa paulb promhienle, suboctouncialis v. uUrA latitudine triunciali, in sicco visa cuithrato-venosa : ^eiio\usangustus, SA^undalii^ tubtri' guetro^analicalatus, carind obtusii. Scapus anceps. Spatha ^^alvzs, valvis herbaceo-albicarUibuSy oblon^is^ longissimum subtrtunciahbu$ : omheWA sessilis^ subS'fiora ; floribus candidts^ septenis centraiem arcH ambientibus, in exlensum H'Unciaies; tubus chloroleucus, semipedalis^v. uUrdf rectiusctUus^ teresy oh* soleti angulosuSf estriaiust crassitndine Jere duplA penn^e corvintSy supri tmgustior atque mani/estius trigonus; limha^ steliattu, patentissimus, lactnns linearibus 4-5 uncialibus lattiudine 2-3-/tnfan, longi acuminatis, acutis, in* ^ent^ versHs arctaiis et canaliculatigy interioribus sublatioributf nunc into margine crispu/is. Corona angusta^ diametro vix majore tubi^ sexcostatop 4f-pk brevior limbo indeque ommnb libera^ sinubus interstamineis integerrimiip curvo lent excisis. FiL virentia^ gracUHma^ getaceo^i/brmiat i parte v. circ^ breviora limbo: anth. viteUino-fiaincantes.. lineares^ angustisstmtBt ob^ liquo*incumbentest signioideo^x^e. Stylus viridity aqualis corolla, S-plo crassior JUamentisi stig. capiteUatnm. Germ, breve, eUipticum, S-gonum: ovula 8-10 in singula ImuIo^ oblonga^ ascendentia^ imo an^do loculi biseriu' ilmajixa. A species, which while only known to us through the specimen in the Banksian Herbarium, we had set down in a review of this genus, in the Journal of Science and the Arts, for the same as the undulatum of Messrs. Humboldt and Bonpland, a species known to us solely by description from the dried subject. But the comparison of our plant in a fresh state with this description, has induced us to separate the two, though manifestly very near akin. ITie crown in undulatum is described with a tooth in each interstamiueous B 2 RinuSj here each sinus is quite entire and even ; the limb is there so far undulated or curled as to have suggested the specific name, but is clearly not so here; the leaves are there of the dimensions of 6 inches in length and 4 in breadth, affording very different proportions to those found in the leaves of the present plant, where they are about 8 inches in length, and scarcely 3 in breadth. Both however have thia peculiarity in common, viz. that the dried foliage bears a great resemblance to that of Hemerocallis japonica, not merely in point of contour, but also in the ap- pearance of the nerves, which are barred or latticed: a cha- racter hardly to be perceived in the fresh state in this species, nor probably in the other. The plant now represented is the produce of seed re- ceived by Mr. Lambert from Demerara; was reared in his hothouse at Boyton, and blossomed in November. The specimen in the Banksian Herbarium (unquestionably of the same species) had been obtained from a bulb that flowered several years ago at Kew; and which came out of a vessel captured in the late war, having on board a collection of plants of Cayenne for the Botanic Garden at Paris. I eaves deep green, petioled ; hlade elongatedly oval, tapered at each end, abruptly pointed ; petiole 3-4 inches long, channelled, narrow. Scape ancipital or two-edged. Spathe 4-valved, valves green inclining to white, oblong, the longest about 3 inches high, decussatedly opposite. Upright: umbel sessile, about 8-flowered; flowers white, 7 surrounding a central one, when extended about 11 inches long ; tube greenish white, half a foot high or more, round, straightish, faintly angular, streakless, about twice the thickness of a crow-quill, narrowed above and more con- spicuously triangular: limb radiated, widespread, segments linear, about 2 or 3 lines broad, from 4 to 5 inches long, tapered to a point from far below, at the lower part nar- rowed and channelled, inner ones broadest, sometimes slightly curled at the lower edges. Crown naiTow, scarcely wider than the tube, 4 times shorter than the segments of the limb, from which it is entirely detached. Filaments ex- tremely slender. Anthers orange-yellow, very slender. ^/igTna a small head. Germen short, elliptical, triangular: ovula 8-10 in each cell, oblong, pointing upwards, attached to the lower angle of the cells in two ranks. V o o ill \ * i I 1 V ; ) V — V - t*-*^ L^ J*>i ^ _ V i- u^ J-Vty- / , . 7 - *- ^ ^66 OTHONNA chemfolia. Stock-leaved Harhary Ragwort SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIC SUPERFLVA. Nat. ord. Corymbifer^. J jissieu ^ert* 177* £>iv, IL Receptaculum nudum, Sem, papposum, Flores radiati- OTHONNA. Supra voL ^.JbL 108. * Div* Foliis divists dentatis integer rimisve* O. cheirifolla, foliis lanceolatis trinerviis integerrirais, caule suffruticoso repente- Linn. sp.pL 2, 1310. Othonna cheirifolia, Gouan kort, 46*, Dtiham, arb. 2. 94. t. 17- Hort, Keiv. 3- 277. ed. 2- 5, 176- Wilid. sp, pL 3. 2376- Desfonl. atL 2. 306. Othonoa foliis cuneiformibus integerrimis sessilibus, caule fruticoso pro- cumbente, pedunculis longissimis- Mill, diet* ed, 7. n* 6, Othonna foliis cuneiformibus integerrimis sessilibus. MilL ic, 2* 163. tah^ 2.45-/^. I. Siiffrutex sempervirens glaucus, suhbipedalis, caules ckeiranthoidi'Ugnes* centesy radicantes^ aespitoso-procumbentes^ pallid^ Jitscescentes, ramis herbal' ceisy crasnsy assnr genii bus ^ axillts Jbliorum proltferis* FoL attema^ disticha^ •semiamplexicauliay tntervallis brevibus distincia, erecta^ carnosula^ trinervia^ spaihutata v, cuneata, elongnto-obhnga, S-uncialta v. ultrh^ ad maximum latitudine \ partinm uncics^Jine rotundata cttm patDO acumine^ margine in aciem cartilagineam tenuem albidam attenuata : floralia 5ttmmff Uneari-oblongay quorum -unum ih et alterum nunc brevissimum atgue subovatum. Pedunculi unifiori^ terminates^ solitariitlongioresfoliisy erecliy crnssiusculij ieretes^ glauciy propi calycem incrassati* Cal. campanulatus, sub'S^dust glaber, glaucuSf sub^ semuticialisj segmentis acuniinatis apice, vzihso-ciliatisy membranosO'fnarginatism Cow avrea, diametro itnciam excedente, radiata; Gosc, radii Jieminei, JerttleSy (12-13?) y longiores cal^cey lamina latius ligulata, obovato^oblonga ^ 5-nervi^ lateribus involutisy dorso biplicata, S-denticulataj glabra, iuho gracili glabra Jiii/ormi pallide virente; stig.Jlavo bifidoy longius exseriOy lobis linear i^oblongisp patnlisy laferibus in longum rejlexis; germ, albo, duplo breviore papnOy tereti- tnrbinafOy glabra; p^ppo alba plumoso numeroso^ £equa ate tubum: flosc. radii kermaphrodiii steriles, elongatO'inJundibuliJbrmeSy glahri lutein limbo erecto acuminata cum fauce simui a:quante iubum Jiliformem : anlh^ Jlavis parum exsertisy actais': stij;, clavatOy subexserio, erecto, viridiusctdo^ pubescente: germ^ Ji/j'formi, longitudine tubi neque crassiore; pappoywiwco, raro. Recept. nudum^ conicum. Of the thirty-five species which have been recorded of this genus, the present is the only one that is not indigenous of tlie Cape of Good Hope; though by an oversight it is stated to be so in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It was found by Dr. Shaw near Tunis, and cultivated by Miller at Chelsea, in 1752- Professor Desfontaines has recently observed it in the same place where it was seen by Dr. Shaw. At the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co. it is treated as a hardy phmt, and grows in great hixurianee, foniiing a close grey-leaved bush of considerable chcnni- fereneo, and about a foot and half high; but flowers too late in the year for the bloom to be seen in perfection any where but in the greenhouse. The specific name has l)een derived from tlje likeness of the foliage to that of the common Stock or Gilliflower; tliough the resemblance appears to us much stronger between the stem and branches of the two plants than between their foliage. The principal distinction of Othonna, besides'the barren disk and fertile ray, is a simple definitely cleft calyx. Chclrifolia is an evergreen glaucous thickish leaved un- dershrub; stems like those of the common Stock, procum- bent, rooting ; branches assurgent, herbaceous, glaucous, fleshy, proliferous or shootbearing in the axil of every leaf. Leaves alternate, distich, halfstemclasping, with short inter- vals, rather fleshy, spathulate or cuneate, elongatedly ob- long, about 3 inches in length and \ of an inch at the broadest, round-topped, with a small obsolete point, sur- rounded by a narrow white cartilaginous roughish edge: Jlnral ones oblong, 1 or 2 sometimes very short and ovate. Peduncles one-flowered, terminal, solitary, upright, round, thickish, longer than the leaves, smooth. Flowers golden yellow, more than an inch in diameter, rayed. Calyx green, of one piece, campanulate, about half an inch deep, 7-8- cleft, smooth, glaucous, segments acuminated, villous at the point, with a white membranous edge. Florets of the ray fertile, 12-13? one third longer than the calyx, blade broadly ligulate, obovately oblong, 5-nerved, turned in at the sides, twoplaited at the back, 3-toothletted, tube slender, filiform, smooth, greenish; stigma twocleft, deep yellow, frosted, lobes short, linear, oblong, reflex along the sides, protruding; gemien white, turbinate, round, twice shorter than the pappus, smooth: pappus white, numerous, feathered, dense, equal to the tube: florets of the disk barren, long- funnelforin, smooth, yellow, limb pointed upright together with the faux equal to the tube: anthers deep yellow, pro- truding but little: stigma clavate, pubescent, greenish, pro- truding: germen slender or filiform, equal to tube: pappus thin, few-rayed. Heceptacle naked, conical. \ J \ K « t ^ \\: ^.^ f ■ / 267 LIATRIS elegans. Hairy-cupped Liatris. SYNGF.NESIA POLYGAMJA MQVAf.JS. KaLord. CoRYMBrPER^. Jussieu gen. 177, Div, L Recept. nudum. Sem, papposum. Flores flosculosi, LI A Tills. Recept. nudum. CaL oblongus, imbricatus. Papput plumosus, Hort. Kexv. ed, 2. 4. 503. Div. Spicalce seu racemose; drd/jos^e. 'L. eleganSf caule sirapilci villuso, foliis linearibus 8ut>fa]catis scabro-punc- tatU, spica subfoliosa^ pedicellis brevibiis, calycinis squamis intimis ligulatis coloratis, Pursn amen sept. 2. 509- Liatris elegans. JVilld. sp. ^. 3- 1635. Michaux bor^ amer. 2, 91. Uort^ Ketv. ed. 2, 4- 504-- Eupatorium speciosum- Ventenat eels. 79- Staehelina elegans. Walt^ carol. 202- Serratula speciosa. Hort. Kew, 3. 138. Herba perennis^ radice bnlbosa. Caulis simplex^ tereSy stnatus, erectus^ pilosusy JoHosus., Fol. sessilia, crebra^ undique laxius sparsa, decrescentia, -patentia^ subfalcatoMneariay sesquHineam circitir latay utroqne Jtne ali^uari' tuliim attenuata Jiervo medio &implicissimo utrinque canaliculato-depres&o per* cursa^ glandidis immersis densius utrinque punctata^ acnmive brevissimo^ su&glabra pilis panels vagis^ longiora trinncialia^ Spica ci/lindraceo-elongata, erecta, sparsa^ simplex^ numerosa^ plus minus conferta, sub/bliosa, de su/jerni infeme versus Jlor ens. Flores subsessiles pedicella brevissimo crasso piloso^ uncialeSf solitarily singuli Jbliolo Uneari'Qttenuato mucronato extus pilostusculo iongiore cal^ce axillares. Cal. oblongus^ angustus, squairosus^ viridi-roseus^ pilosus; fotiola lineari-lanceolatay subaristatO'Cuspidata^ angusta^ exteriora plurimay brevioruy omnino kerbacea^ interiora (6?) ungne virtdi oblongo extut pubescente {squanteflosculos., lamina membranosa^subscariosa^ lanceolaid^ rosed, cuspidatd^ pafuld, utrinque glabra^ i^quante stigmata. Flosculi 5, tubulosiv^ discoidei, infundibuliformes^ extus pruind alba micantes^ transverse rugulost, . elasticit fauce inflattusculdt limbi laciniis palentibus, oUongo-lanceolatis, dilute cameisf intHs glabrisy concavisy S-plo Jere breviaribus fauce cum tubo. simul. Anth. atropurpurece, polline albo. Stylus non eiasficus : stig. 2> ' longa^ rosea^ clavntO'tineariaj patentia^ extiis convexa^ intus canalicnlata et roscidum humorem secernentia, dorso glaberrima nee pube pro auferendo pol- line antherarum munita. Germ, oblongum, aJtgustum, villosum: pappus , plurimus^ albus, plumosus* A Species distinguishable amongst its congeners by a ' coloured ray formed by the interior leaflets of the calyx, by which the flower resembles that of an Elichrvsum and Xeranthemum. Indigenous of Carolina and Virginia, where it grows in sandy places, and flowers from September to November, It is a very ornamental plant, but has as yet been generally fomur to cUymdle away with u9 in a very short time, and is far from common in our gardens; in some of which it is sheltered in a garden-pit during winter, wliile in ■ others it is treated as a hardy plant, and grown in the open horder. We are obliged to Mr. Lambert for the speci- men which has afforded the present drawing; it came from his seat at Boyton in November last. Root perennial, bulbous: stem simple, round, tinted, Upright, furred, leafy. Leaves sessile, numerous, scattered loosely in all directions, decreasing as they ascend upon the stem, spreading, linear and slightly falcated, about a line and a half broad, rather tapered at each end, midrib simple sunk below the surface on both sides, as are the minute glands with which they are thickly pitted, very shortly pointed, almost smooth or with a few straggling hairs, longer ones three inches in length or more. Spike cyTin- drically elongated, upright, scattered, simple, numerous, more or less close, somewhat leafy, flowering from the top downwards. Flowers an inch long, subsessile with an ex- tremely short thick furred peduncle, solitary, each from the axil of a smallish linearly tapered mucronated externally .furred leaf, which is longer than the calyx. Cafyx oblong, narrow, squarrose, furred, green and rose-coloured ; leaflets Jinearly lanceolate, long pointed and somewhat awned, nar- row, outer ones many, shorter than the others, entirely green, mner ones (G?) with a green oblong externally furred unguis equal to the florets, and a rose-coloured membranous Bubscariose lanceolate long pointed spreading blade, even with the stigmas and smooth on both sides. Florets 5, tu- bulous, funnelform, glitteringly and whitely frosted on the outside, transversely wrinkled, elastic; faux rather inflated; segments of the limb spreading, oblongly lanceolate, some- times faintly tinged with pink, smooth on the inside, con- cave, about three times as short as the faux and tube taken together. Anthers blackish purple; pollen white. Style not elastic; stigmas 2 ^ long, rose-coloured, clavately linear patent, externally convex, channelled within and covered with a dewy moisture, not furnished with the brush-like pubescence at the back, by which in most of this order the pollen is carried out of the anther of the florets of the disk, Germen oblong, narrow, villous; pappus white, mimerous, ff one ovately lanceolate lobe larger than the rest, lower of 3 distinct lanceolate lobes, middle one recurved and larger than its side-ones: traversed at the base by two lanceolate minute villous close-pressed deciduous bractes. Petals of one length, tender: vexillum cuneately oblong, nearly 3 times broader than the wings, accumbent: aUc straight, elong- atedly oblong, narrow, obtuse, confining the keel between them; carina bifid, straight, ol)tuse, of '2 petals exactly like the wings: ungues all short. Filaments diadelphous, straight, reddish at top i*/5/i7 straight: ^ermp» many-seeded, silky, linear: ^/y/e capillary, smooth: A//^»?a a minute head. Pod about 2 inches long, narrow, with several beedsi 270 * I i I 'WkLCt.SC .^iar:i.i^23. 270 IPOMCEA chryseides. Mr. Ilerherfs Ipomcea. PENTANDRIA MO.\OGyX/.t. NaL ord* Convolvult. Jusslcit gert^ 132, ///r. /, Stylus unicus. CoNVOLVuLACE-T,. BroivH prod, tSl. Sai, L Germ. 1. IPOMCEA, Supr^ voL I, /oh 9. I- chn/serdeSj folira oblongo-cordatis angulari-acuminafrs, nunc repando- subdentatis rarO obsolete subtriiobt!); peduncalis superuis tri* (siobiscutn abortu uni-J floris breviorlbus tblio, infernis subTfloris 3-i-pli> longiori- bus folio: calyce lacvissimo, radiis multiplicibus atro-virentibus insi^jnito, inucronato*retu^o^ rigidissimo. Convolvulus. Herb. Banks^ Exemplar zn India Orientali 2 Kcentgio iectum, Quoil-fa. Chiytensilms. Dom, Herbert in litt, Perennis^ suffruticosay gracili^y, JUiformi-ramosa^ verruculis minutissimis tactui pins minus scabrata^ c^ierum nvdiusculdy striata^ Juscescens. Fol. subsecunda, distaniiay glabra^ }\ unciiB longa^ ubilatiora latitudine i unci^^ nervo medio alios horizojUali'ascendentes utrinque emittente^ petiolus duplo Jere hrevior Jolio v. illi submqualiSj supra canaliculo subtilissime villoso^ Pedunculi soliiarii, axillares^ teretes^ Jirmi, crassiores petiolist erecliusculit Ci^muld frichotomd ^-l-Jlord ierminati^ s^p^ ut rami gramdoso-scabrati^ in hortis nostratibus siBpius ob Jlorum 2 lateraliutn abortum uniflori^ pedicelljs quinauies sexiesve brevioribus illisy aliqunndo Jlore altera axilla trichotomia sessiiis, Cal. cajnpamdato'Connivens^ viridisy crassiusculus subcartilagineo^ durust radiis crebris verticalibtis obscure viridtbus superne divergentibus noia- iuSf Jbliolis erecUs late cuneatis reiuso-truncalis mucrone corniculifbrmiy 2? summo margine subciliatts. Cor, lutea, h^pocrateri/brmtSt tubo et plids limbi extHs rubro^/iilvescente lineisque pallidis notata; tubus altior calyce, inliis in/erne pdosus: linnbus rotatus diametro subsemuncia/i, brevissime Sdobus^ rotundatus absque omni nngulo lobis emarginatis, Anth, ovato-oblong(Bj iw cnmbentes. Stig, granuloso-ghbosum, longius exsuperans stamina. It may certainly be imputed to the distinctions which have been of late adhered to in deciding between Ipom(ka and Convolvulus, that their adoption has been arbitrary and empirical; and that generic marks have been assumed inde- Eendently of their controul over the habit of either group, lut besides answering in point of convenience, we find them in fact at least so far consequent, as that they are seen t« determine the exclusion of the former genus from within the boundaries of Europe, where the latter rauges throughout by various species. Among the unnamed specimens of Convolvulus in the Banksian Herbarium, we find two of the present species. gathered in the East Indies by Koenig. The one from which the drawing is made, was raised by Mr. Herbert at Spofforth, from seed which that gentleman informs us came from China, under the vernacular name we have quoted. It is not to be traced in any recorded species, and most probably has been now first introduced into our European gardens. The plant is twining and perennial ; blossoms plentifully and in long succession during the winter, rarely and sparingly during the summer. Stem slender, round; branches filiform, spirally streakedj in some parts roughish to the touch, owing to a minute warty or granular efflorescence. Leaves nearly in one rank, wide- set, smooth, oblong, cordate, angularly acuminated, general- ly undivided, at times faintly three-lobed below the middle, often repand and more or less denticulated, about an inch and one third in length, nearly | of one broad at the widest part, middle nerve branching each way horizontally: petiole sometimes nearly equal to the leaf, often much shorter, slender, grooved on the upper side, groove minutely villous. Peduncles solitary, axillary, round, nearly Upright, firm, thicker than the petiole; upper ones shorter than the leaf, terminated by a short trichotomously three-flowered cyme (having generally only one flower with us from the failure of the two of the sides before they expand) ; lower ones 3-4- times longer than the leaves, generally with a 7-flowered cyme, and usually with one flower sessile in the fork of the trichotomy; pedicles 5-6 times shorter than the peduncle. Cali/x campanulate, thickisb, of a subcartilaginous hard- ness, green, very smooth, shot or rayed longitudinally with numerous dark streaks, which are slightly divergent near the top, leaflets broadly cuneate, straight, truncatedly re* tuse with a mucro or point in the centre of the sinus; two? slightly fringed at the upper edge. Corolla yellow, hypo- crateriform, on the outside of the tube and of the plaits of the limb of a reddish tawny colour, streaked with paler lines : tube higher than the calyx, pubescent near the bottom on the inside: limb rotate, about half an inch in diameter^ rounded without the appearance of any angle, Iqbes exceed- ingly shallow emarginated or notched. Anthers ovately oblong. Stigma granulated, globular, elevated mugb s^bove the anthers. 271 y/T/y ^////A ■>/>/'- '. \' 1 \ i 1 '■yards del . Jba^-wai/ Sc Sons jLidid- 271 GOODYERA discolor JBrasil Goodyera. GYXANDFJA MOyANnUIA, Nat. oriL OnciiiDEii:. Jusdeu gen. 64^. Broivn prod, 309- DiiK IL Authera stigmati parallela pcrsistens, Mctssa; pollinis v. fa- rinacea; v, e corpusculis angulalis ; apicibus stigniati aifixae. Brown in Horl, Ke-w.ed. 2, 5- 197. GOOD YER/L Cor. ringens : petalis exterioribus anticis labello inferne gibboso suporne indiviso suppositis. Columna libera. Pollen angulatum. Ji?^oivn loc. ciL Div. IL Fetalis exterioribus anticis horizontnli-pateniibus* G- discolor^ rhizomate horizontali, caudescente, fnliis discoloribus ovalilms crassiusculis, spica multiflora, ungue labelli ad basin bullato-didyino adnatoque lamina transverse oblonga, RItizoma carnosum subrepensy radicato-caudescens, cylindricum crasaiiti' dine dii^itij Jbh'orum vesliglis annulafumy fusco'sanguineum, supernejfiiiosum, indivisum- Folia ambient ia^ sparsa^ discolora, xmgiuosO'petiohita vagin^ sanguineo-rubente ; lamina crassiusada^ ovaiis, ntrinfjne atteuuaia^ acuminata^ subtriiincialisy supra papHlis atomoideis densis lucido-priduata ^ alro virens aliquii irrepcnte rztbedine, siibius glabrata punicea longitiidinafitar nervosa nervorum intervallis Jlcxuoso-vennsa* Scapus simplex erectits cylindraceus ^ sub* pedalisj teres crassitudive tuhi pennon scriptorice vel majore, albo-hirsufus, bracteis aliquihns vacuis J/orum majoribus appressis hlc hide munitus, Spica simplex^ erecta^ eylindracea-, subtriundalis^ laxiiks midtiftora, BractesE mem* hranos^^ rnbicundcu^ prtiinoso-micanles^ lanceolato-actiminatcej convolutce^ longiores germinCy ^i-nerves, erector, cuspidatte, std)Cilintce. Flores supinati^ nntantes, sessilf^Sj niveiy cruciato-ringenfes^ ^partes unci^e transversi : germ, semunciale^ alburn^ hirsutumy tortmn, apice fiexum^ sitblongins corolla; cor. tctrapetaloidea; pet, ^(juilonga^ extcriora pruinoso-opaca, tnteriora pruinoso' lucida; ga\oa ovato-ellfpticay erecla^ oblusa^ disco extrorsum gibbosa^ Jbnnaia petalis 2 latcralibu^ interioribus ditnidiato^lanceolatis angustis cum media ovfdi duplo latiori ad uium wargincm iitrinyue imhricatO'Siibcohcercntibns ; pet. 2 exteriora lateralia ohlongwovata acumine obtuso, horizontali-divnricatay rictunh Jloris exacie dccussrinlia, ajigustiora galea^ deorsiim obliquala lateribus moda tali dcpressis id promineat discus, extiis apice macula jjarvu chi ntunomeO' rubrnte notata; labelium difpjrme, indivisum, concolor^ ungnicidatnm ; unguis Vt-plo ma^rhve longior lamhta^ Uneari-ohlongnSy subtubnloso-convolutus^ li saccule brcvissimo didymo-hemisphccricQ antice bibnllato-proiubcrante adnaius basi coliimnce; lamina irm.^ transverse oblonga integern7na apicuio obsoleto^ basi levissime subcordat a, glabra. Columna alba^ duplo fere brevior corolla^ libera, errctiusctda, infcrne cylindrical mprii postice subdidymo-gibbosa, JlavesccJis^ lucida, vcrtice depresso: anih. opercularis^ persistens, biloculariKy receptacnh oblougo acuminato antrorsum incumbente processu glandidoso rostellaihn pro- ducto atque areolam papulosam secerncntem stigmatis parallcli obnmbrante: massae pollinis binee sulphurei^ pedicellato-clavata:^ e lobulis obversis prcsHone anctido^is axim elasticam glutinosam imbricathn contegentibui^ conjlattr, Differt GooDYERis veris hnbitii v-alde robustiore atque carnosiore, charactereque tcniis ex petalis 2 extimis alarum instar dispansisy neque labello suppositis alque col- lalerali'connivcntibus; aliiis vero jylurimhn cum genera con^eniif, VOL. IV. I* An unrccorticd orcliidcoiis spc-ies, rccpiitly introduced from the Ika^iis by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of the Ilam- mersniith Nursery, ^yherc the drawinj,^ was taken from a plant that flowered in the hothouse in January last. We have enrolled it under Goodveua, notwithstanding the dis- agreement in regard to a characteristic that has heen pro- posed as essential to that genus; viz. the convergence of the tM'o exterior front segments of the eovoUa nnder the label, ■whicJi two segments are here widely divergent, and extended like wings. In general resemblance, however, the plant approaches too near to Goodvera to suggest the expediency of originating a new generic grou]) from it, especially as that genus is still sparingly stocked with species. A very slight modification of the present generic character will make room for our plant. Roofstock fleshy horizontal, cylindrical, about the thick- ness of a mans finger, scored in circles by the scars of the fallen leaves, blacldsh red or liver-colom'ed, candescent and radicant upwards, imbranched, leafy at the top. Leaves scattered all round, two-coloured, sheathingly petioled, sheaths red, hhde thickish, oval, tapered both ways, acu- minate, about 3 inches long, finely and shiningly cluigreened, blackish green on the tipper side, on the under smootli, and crimson-coloured. Ion git udiu ally nerved, flexuosely veined in the intervals of the nerves. Scape terminal, npngiit, stiff, about a foot long, of the thickness of a pen or thicker, round, covered by a white fur, furnished here and there with I>arren close-pressed bractes larger than those of the inflorescence. Spike simple, npriglit, cylindrical loosishly manyflowered, about 3 inclies long. Bractes mend>ranons, red, glitteringly frosted, lanceolately acuminate, convolute, longer than the germeu, 3-nerved, upright, sharp-pointed, slightly fringed. Flower* reversed, nodding, sessile, white, crucially ringent, about | of an inch across: germen twisted half an inch long, bent at the top, rather longer than the corolla, white-furred. Corolla appearing as of 4 segments only; y^^meff^y of one length, outer opaquely frosted, inner shiningly frosted; casgue ovately elliptic, upright, obtuse gibbous at the back, formed of 2 lateral narrow paraboli- cally lanceolate interior segments that lap over and adhere by their inmost edge to each side of a middle oval one of twice their own breadth; 2 exterior lateral segments ob- longly ovate with a rounded point, horizontally spread, in- tersecting the ricture of the flower transversely, slanting downwards, narrower tlian ttie casque, disk convex, edj^e de- pressed, with a small .cinnamon spot at tlic top on tlie out- side : label all white, biformed, untiividcd, unguiculated, unguis 3 times as long as tlic l)lade or more, oblong and .strai!>long angularly pressed lobules collected round un elastic glutinous axis. D 2 \\ 7 \ y ■ / ^" -^ X: ■•! i - .A ■..■^- //^ /f ^<^:^^Ar y ^ QJ2 PYRETHRUM foeniculaceum Fennel-leaved Feverfew. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMI.i SVPERFLVA. Nat. ord. ConvMBlFER^. Jussieu gen. ISJ), Div.III* TJrcf;;/. nudum, Sem. nudum sou non papposum. Flares radiuti, PYlilVniRUM, Recept, nudum. Pappus marginatus. CaL hemU sphajricus, imbricatus; squaniis acutiusculis, niargine scariosis. Smith flor* IriL 2. yOO. V,Jieniculaceifmi foliis pinnatifidis, carnosis, lacinlis linearibus integerrimis, pedunculis elongatis subcorymbosis, caule Auticoso. Willd. enum. 903; pede pag, in ttofa, Chrysanthenmm feniculaceum, Broitssonnet tned. iZM\\hfruticrhvts^rai}wsus; rnxm teretes^ sttbangulosi^ ascendentes, coryw.' ho^o-fastigiantes^ nipcrnc herbaceiy^foUod. FoL mnnerosa^ amhieyttia^ sparsa, proxima, laxa^ erecto-patenlia^ glaiica^ carnosa^ linearis, pinnalijida^ supra plana ncrvo medio couxpicuo^ ^-^-nncitdia^ segmcHtis opposilis r, stibalternis, distantissimis, integerrimis^ mucronato-acuiis^ imis 2medioaxi(i similifms sub- a^qualibnstpie^ summis 2 triplo breviorilms nltrave ; suprema v.Jloralia ternafa vel simplicissima. Fiores plures (4-6), in siimmis Jhliis axillareSy distanicr corymbosi; pedunculi soUtarii, iiniflori^ graciles^ anguloso-striati^ long'tores Jbliis, crectr, Flos sesguiunciam transversKs, inodorus^ radio albus: caU drevisy hemisphcericiis, glabcTy arctissime imbricatus, foliolis interne versus grndafhn mapribtts, margine scario&is^ intimis cum lamina scariosa fusca rotundatay cxtimis mininus subtdato-ovaiis coivexis glaucis : radius duplo uUrave latior disco; flosc, Uneariroblongi, angusii, bisulciy binervcs^ disco convexo^ prominenies^ obtusi, tridentadj marginibus reflexi^ tubo brevi virente glandu* ioso-pube'^cente; stigmata 2 exserta^ lutea^ brevia^ Unearia, revoluta^ apice non pubescentia, intiis canaliculata: d\^cxi% fiavits; ^osc. breves^ vel t^qu ales tubis radii micanter pruinosi^ tubo crassiusculo curvoyjauce cijUndracco-campa- nulata, laciniis limbi angulari-ovatis recurvo-patentibus duplo brevioribns ^Jauce; stigmata Q^Jlava^ revolttto-replicatay brevia, Uneariay intus canaliculata^ apice ddatata atque pubescentia. Germ% radii elliptical glaberrima, extiis convexa, intiis concava, iricostata costis membranoso-alatis denticulatis, 2 late* ralibus, altera media introrsum prominente: pappus margo brevis membranosus dentatO'iniFqualis obliquntus: ^erm\ Ahci oblonga^ deorsum attenuata, telra' guetra angulis membranosoalatis at obsoletiiis radii; pappus radii Jerc similis, Receptac- f zWi/r, nudum, elevatum, conicum. A shrubby species, native of the Island of Teneriffe^ wheie it was observed by M. Broussonnet, and first published by Willdenow, in the Catalogue of the plants in the Berlin Garden. The drawing was made at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brame, and Milnes, at Fulham. The plant has been recently introduced from Berlin. Not to be found in any general system of vegetables- Stem shrubby, branching; branches round, slightly an- gular, ascendent, somewhat corymbose, herbaceous at the upper part, leafy. Leaves numerous, scattered round, near, uprightly spreading, glaucous, fleshy, linear, pinnatifid, flat above with a faintly raised middle nerve, 3 or 4 inches long, segments opposite or sometimes alternate, very dis- tant, quite entire with a sharp point, tlic two lowermost about equal to and exactly like the main or middle part, the 2 uppermost three times shorter than the other or more; leaves next the flowers ternate or sometimes quite simple. Flowers several (4-0) in the axils of tlie top leaves, disposed in a wideset corymb ; peduncles solitary, one-flowered, slender, fluted, longer than the leaves, upright. Flower about an inch and an half across, scentless, with a white ray: cab^oc shallow, hemispherical, smooth, closely imbri- caiit, leajlets increasing gradually in size in the inner ranks, scariose at the edge, tlie inmost of all rounded with a brown scariose blade, outermost very small, subulate, con- vex, glaucous: rai/ twice broader than the disk or more; Jlorets linearly oblong, narrow, two-furrowed, two-nerved, convex along the middle, obtuse, three-toothed, bent back at the edges, tiihe short, green, glandularly pubescent; stigmas 2 protruded, yellow, short, linear, revolute, not pubescent at the top, channelled on the inside; ///a7v deep yellow, florets short, about even with the tubes of the ray, glitteringly frosted, tube curved thickish,yoH.rcampanulate, segments of the limb angularly ovate spreading, recurved, twice shorter than the faux; stigmas 2, deep yellow, revo- lutely divergent, short, linear, channelled on the inside, widened and pubescent at the tips. Germens of the ray elliptic, quite smooth, convex on the outside, concave on the inside, three-ribbed, nb membranously winged and toothed, 2 at the sides, one along the middle fronting inwards : pap- pus a short membranous unequally toothed slanting border: germens of the disk tapering downwards 4 cornered with membranous angles, but shallower than in the germens of the ray; pappus very like that in the ray. Receptacle green^ naked, raised, conical. A greenhouse plant of easy culture and propagation. 17- -> 273 ASTER grandrfloms. Catesbt/'s Star-ivort. SYNGENESIA POLyGA.\fIA SUPERFLVA. Nat. ord, Corymbtfer^. Jussieu gen. 177* Biv, IL Receptaculum nudum. Semen papposum- Flores radiati; (in Tussilagine cl SeuGcioncJlorcs partim^osculosLJ ASTER. Supra voL %.foL 183. T)iv. Herhacei Joliis lineartbus lanceolatisve inlegerrimis* A. grandfjlorus^ ioXm Jinearibus rigidis acutiusculis subampJexicauJibus, rameis reflcxis, nmrgine ciliato-hispidis, caule ramoso hirto, rarais uni- floris, calyciois squamis squarrosis Hneari-liinceolatis. Pttrsh amer.sepU 2, 550. Aster grancJjfiorus, Linn. sp. ph % 1231. Mill. diet. ed. 8. n. 15. HorL Kew, 3- yOO. cd. % 5. 55. IVilld. sp.pl 3- 2033. Michaux bor. amcr. 2. 111. Hqff'tn. phyt. \. 65. f. A.^fig. 1. Aster caule coryraboso, foliis lanceolatis reflexiSj floribus solitariis, calycU bus patulis. MUL ic\ 188. t. 282. Aster caule corymboso, foliis lingulatis reflexis, floribus solitariisj calycibus squarrosis, Gron. xnrg, ed. 2. 124-. Aster grandiflorus asper: squamis reflexis. DHL elth, 41, t, 36.^g. 41. Aster virgioianus pyramidatuSj buglossi foliis aspens, culycis squamuljs foliaceis. JSJarL cent. 19- 1, 19; (male). Uadix perennis. Caulis /lerdaceus^ erectus, xtrictus, ^-pedalis v^ ultr^f tereSy hispidusyjusco-rubesccnsy pamculalo-rajfiOius ; rami sufjlkr/rsoideo-digesti mnnerosi^ striatic Jiispidi, axillarcs, patentes^ Jbliosi, simpiices x\ divisi^ Jlore soUiario ienmsiali^ rigidi. Foi. spars/i^ ?iu}?ierosay sessiliaj- Uueari'lanceoiata V. suhlingulataj rejiexa, acuta^ hispida^ sultus albicantia. Fiores violaceo* piirpurei, sesquiunciam vet circh transvcrsi. Cal, subroiimdus, sguarro&us; foliola Uncari'hnccolaiav.subUngnlata^ a?igusia, glandidcso-cdiata^ apicc ru^ bentia, mncronata cum nervo medio^ inieriora temiiora^ angustiont: fiosc. ^nAWJieminciy obveru' lauceolatiy concaviiesadit 2'3-dcnfatii jdicato-Uriati^ tubus hrcvis subpdostis viride.^cens; ilosc. disci /wrmaphrodUij iuteo-vireutes, clavati: Htiibus ereclO'palens laciniis brevibus acutis exliis pilasiiiscuUs^ tubus brevis gracilis paritm angusfiorjlmce. Awth^riB Jlavesccntes striis apicibus^^uc ptir* purco-fusccsceniibus acutis. Stig. in fcem. 2 ceqtudia tincaria sulcata erecta Jiircata obliqna^ viridi'lutesccnlia^subpuhescenlia; in hermaph. littescentia^con-' niventia^spathulatay pubesvcntia. Gennen in tdrisque oblongum dense jjilosfim: ■pappus Jloscitlis disci brcvior, ad knlem subciliatus. Uecept. planiusculum^ nudum^ atveolalum; akcolantm marginibm acutis dentatis membrano&is. Native of North America; first cultivated with ns in 1720j having been introduced from Virginia by Mr. Mark Catesby. It is a liardy perennial, and flowers in our gardens hi November; but from tiie hiteness of tlie season the flowers seldom appear in perfection, unless the stems have been cut off and placod in ,tlie house in water, when tliey will expand completely, and last for a long time in beauty. We liave taken the above technical description chiefly from a paper in Hoffmann's " Pfiytographische Blatter," pul)Iishc(I at Got- ting"en. The drawings was made at tlie nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co. FuUiam. Stem herbaceous, Tipright, straiii;ht, two feet or more in height, round, hispid, brownish red, panicnlately branched; branches numerous, fluted, hispid, axillary, spreatling', leafy, simple or divided, stiff, terminated by one flower each. Leaves scattered, numerous, sessile, linearly lanceo- late and generally somewhat sputulate, reflex, sharp- pointed, hispid, whitish underneath. Flowers of a deep purplish blue, about an inch and an half across. Cali/x roundish, squarrose, leajiefs linearly lanceolate, narrow, glandularly ciliate, red at the tips, pointed, with a nerve along the middle, inner ones thinner and narrower: florets o/' Me ra(/ pistil-bearing, obvcrsely lanceolate, slightly con- cave, 2-3-toothed plaitcdiy streaked, tube short, slightly pubescent, greenish : Jlorets of the disk with stamens and pistil, greenish yellow, clavate, Ihnh upriglitly spreading, with short pointed segments slightly pubescent on the out- side, tube slender, short, nearly the width of the faux, j^n- thers deep yellow withbrownisi) purple streaks and pointed tops of the same colour. Stigmas in the riuf greenish yellow, linear, grooved', upright, forked, slanting, very slightly pubescent; in the disk yellow, converging, spatulatc, pu- bescent. G ennens ohXon^, with thick hair; pappus shovtcv than the florets of tlic disk, when magnified somewhat feathery. Receptacle naked, flattish, pitted, the pits bor» clered by a sharply toothed memliranc. 27^ ^^ ^«^^ ^ ^ t -1 v* 1 274 EUPHORBIA rigida Tartarian Spurge. DODKCANniUA TIUaYXfJ. J^'at. ord. KupHORBiJE. Jussieu gen. 385. D'lv. Styli plures de- fiiiiti, sECpius tres, EUPHORBIA. Stiprh vol %foL 190. -Dm- Florilms umhcUatis : caJi/cvns segmentis btcornibus s. lutiaiis. E, rigida, umbella multifida bifida, foliis lanceolatis niucronato-pungentibus coriaceis miiltifariam inibricatis margine Ixvibus, involucellis reniforrai- cordatis, petalis diiatatis creaulatis, capsulis glabiis. Marsck. Bieb.Jl. tavr. cauc. 1- 375. Euphorbia pungens. Herb, Banks* Exemjjlara P. Russell M. D, in monitbus SyriiB ledum. Plania perenniSi rigida^ glauca. Caules simpHces, aggregati, pedales ad fiesquipedales^ teretes, calamum crassi, albido'virentes^ hinc inde aliquo rubore suffusi. FoK eloiigatO'Oblon^ay lanceolata acumtne producto pmtgentCy eras- siuscula^ coriaceuy aveniay glauca margine Icevij longiora biuncialia^ maximiim semunciam v. circa lata^ patentia, sparse amhientiay iiumerosa, laxiuscutaf decrcscentia. Uinbella sub-S^da^ subsesquiuncialis^ termina/is, fiavo-virensy hinc inde fu%co^ulvescens, Involucrum poluphyllumy patentissimum, brevius nmbelldy ibilola cuncalo-oblongat via: duplo latiara quam longa acumine brevi innocuo. Umbellulse Iriftd^ey fiore medio masculo breve pedicellato, lateralibus he^maphroditis subsessilibus. Involucella diph^lla, rhomheo-cordata y fenera 7nucrone mollis primaria j uncico alia, secundaria hifra semiunciam, Flores magnitudinejerc Ribium, graveolentes. Cal- turbinatus pallens o-Jidus, seg' vientis erecto-conniventibuSy brevibus, subrotundis, margtne crenulatO'lami- ginosis, lequanlibus petala. Pet. 4, glandntoso-incrassaiay extra calycem roiaiO'patentia^ transversa oblonga u. obsoletissime rcniformia, integerrimay sub anlhesijacie interiore madentia saturateque Jlavicantiay hicornia comnbus ex angulis marginis superioris subtus eductisy clavotO'teretibuSf tnterdum coHtfaio- geminis triplicibi(sv€. Stam. in bermaph. 12; anth. didwi/^ loadis globosis: poll, fiavum. Germ, oblongUuculumy glabrum^ rotundate S-gomtm, stipite tpquanie calycem: styli % fasciculati, virides^ sublongiores^ gerpuney stigma- tibus brevibus bifidis lobulis subrotundis phniusculis saturate viridibus. A Species observed by M. Mai-schall von Biebei-stein in Southern Tartary, growing in dry spots on the chffs of tlie Black Sea- A specimen, found by Dr. Ptitrick Russell on the mountains of Syria, had however been long ago depo- sited in the Banksian Herbarium, by the name we have cited ; but the species was not published until it appeared in the '* Flora Taurico-Caucasica/* and has not been even yet inserted in any general enumeration of vegetables. It resembles Ettphobbia Myrsinites in many respects, but VOL. IV, K differs by iipriglit taller stems, longer narrower leaves, even at the etl^e juul not cartilaijinonsiy serrated as in that, by a straij^iit i)riekle at the end of these instead of a slantingly hooked one, nor are the general and partial involncres finely serrated at the edge as there; the segments of the calyx also are here more conspicnously uneven at the edge. The plant l»as been very recently raised by Mr. Knight, nurseryman in the King's lload, Chelsea, from seed received from Moscow. Mr. Marschall has denominated " calycine segments" the parts that have been termed " petals " by others, and vice versa. A stiff glaucous perennial plant. Siems aggregated, simple, from a foot to a foot and half high, round, about as thick as a common pen, greenish white, here and there stained with purple. Leaves elongatedly oblong, lanceo- late, tapered and pointed by a small prickle, thickish, lea- tiiery, veinless, glaucous, even at the edge, longer ones about '2 inches long, broadest half an inch wide, spreading, scattered all round, numerous, loosishly set, diminishing in size as they ascend the stem. Umbel generally 8-rayed, about an inch and an half long, terminal, greenish yellow, here and there shaded with tawny brown. General involucre of many leaflets, widespread, shorter than the umbel, leaflets cuneately oblong, with a small soft pi'ickle. Partial umbels 3-rayed, middle flower stamenbearing shortly pediclcd, side- ones witli both stamens and pistil, subsessile. Partial invo' lucres two-leaflctted, rhomboidally cordate, tender. Flowers about the size of those of the common currant, of an un- pleasant smell. Culi/.v turbinate, pale, 5-cleft, segments uprightly convergent, short, roundish, crenulate and downy at the edge, about equal to the petals in depth. Petah 4, glandularly thickened, rotately expanded on the outside of the segments of the calyx, transversely oblong or very faintly renifoim, deep yellow, entire, wet and clammy at the inner surface, two-horned, horns clavate, issuing from under the corners of their front edge, sometimes doubly, sometimes triply headed. Stamens 12 in tlie primary flowers: anthers twin, with globular cells: pollen yellow. Gennen somewhat oblong, smooth, roundediy 3-cornered: stt/les 3, fascicled, green, rather longer than the germen, with short two-cleft stigmas, the lobes of which are of a deep green colour, flattish and roundish. f ^10 L*^-^ tA* ^ V ^- — fc ^ 275 GLYCINE caiibaea Trailing Glycine. DTADELPIIIA nECAXnuiA, NaU ord* Leguminosje. J'/x^ku gen, 315. Div. K GLYCINE. Supra voL 3.foL 2G1- G- carih{Fa, foliis ternatis ovato-rhombcis subtus lesinoso-punctatis, racemis folio longioribus, leguminibus acinaciforruibus disperniis hirsutis, caule volubili, Willd, sp, pL a. 1064. Glycine caribsea, Jacg. ic, rar, 1. /. 146- CullccL 1. Q6. Hort, Keiv, 3- 34. ed. 2. 4- 298. Frutex vohibtUs ; caules lignosi, cinerei, calnmum crasn el gfahri ; (Jacn,) reVi^ua planta visco.so-pu/jescens : rami viretttcs, hiriius v/Z/o-^i^ ierctes* Folia dfstattier alternay 2 nncias pau/b cxccdcnlia^ Itele vlrcniia^ pitosiitscvht pilis glandula minuta visilis^ su/Uus elflorc^ceniut reduosa consperMi; foliola subrotundo-rhombea^ angidari-acuminata aciiviine producto offii/stdo, ramoso^ itervosa^ reticulato-venosa^ ierminale subundale^ lateralia Jere dnplo minora^ tiicequilatera latere interiore avgutiiissimo^ brevissime pedoiata : petiolus communis longior Jbliolo ierminali, strict hiscid us ^ hirsute vilhsusy svpr^ canaliculatus bast articulatus et cvrnjldiolis: stlpula^ 2 oppositcPj ovftto-Ianceo' latcBy breves J vir ides, erectO'pai elites y extus glandidoso-piloR^y nervoso-siriatt^ * partiales null^* Racemi axillaresy solilariij rarius divisiy longiores Jbliisy erecti, pluri-multi (4-20)^t>r/, S'S-nnciales : pedunculus graci/is, villosusy Jlexuoisus ^ floies subsenrnticialeSy Jfavi^ brevissime pedicdlaii; pediceIJi bractca parva ovata acuta herhacea pubescerite caduca ad basin stipati (Jlos iermtnnlis bractea altera superiore subu/ataj. CaL 4-*partilus pallida virens^ glanduloso-pubescenSy duplo or evior corolla ^ bilnbiaius, subcompressvs ; labium superius brevius ovatO'^attenuatum dorso profunde convexum gibbosum apice hijidum lobulis aculis, inferius rectum irijidum segmeniis laizceolalO'-'iubulatis^ imo medio lateralibus duplo longiore, Corollae petala aquiloifga - vex. ^/rm- tum^ re/lexum, obcordalo-rotuudum, exliis villosum^ striis purpureas jriconi" pletis pictum, basi lamina aniice supra ungttem caruncula viridi semicirculari^ prominula munitum^ indegue utrinque convolnlo-auriculatum; ungue longi^ tudine calycis convexo: b\2^ oblong^Bj biungmculati^, 3-plo angustiores vexiliOf carinam concludevtesy Jidvescenies^ obtus^e: car. poiTCcta^ subjalcaia^ venosa^ pallida, inflatiuscula^ subventricosa^ obtusissinia^ supra aperta, infra parthn cokierenSf petalo ulroque apice purpureo-maculato* Fil, diadelpha (simplex ei ^•Jidum) tequaliay pr^eter decimum breviier divisa: anth. oblong£P^ breves^ lute^e, erector. Germ, dispermumf subfalcato-oblougum^ brevius stylo, sericeo* hirsutum: stylus albus^ porrecto-assurgens^ glaber, medio carnuso'tuinidus veljiisijormi'incrassatus: stig- punctum oblique depressum simplicissimutn* Leg. compressum^ viscoso-hirsutunty oblonguniy mucronato-acumnatum. A West Indian species, introduced by Lord Petre about the year 1742. The plant from which the drawing has been taken, was raised from Jamaica seed, at Mr- Herbert's, E 2 Spoffoi-th; wliore it grows in the bark-bed of the vStove, and flowers principally in the wintei-season. A twiiihig shrub; stems woody, ash-colourerl, about the thickness of a pen and smooth; all the rest of the plant covered with a viscous fur: branches f»;recn, shaggily villous, round. Leaves wide apart, alternate, scarcely exceeding two inches, of a lively green, thinly haired, each hair standing on a small glandular base, spotted underneath by a resinous etllorcscence; leaflets roundishly rhomboidal, angularly and longishly acuminated with a blunt tip, branchingly nerved, reticulately veined, the terminal one about an inch long, lateral ones nearly twice smaller, in- equilateral, veiy shortly petioled: common petiole longer than the terminal leaflet, stillish, roughly villous, chan- nelled above, jointed at the base and with all its leaflets; sfipiiles 2, opposite, ovately lanceolate, short, green, up- rightly patent, glandularly haired on the outside and streaked; partial ones, none. Racemes axillary, solitary, generally undivided, longer than the leaves, upright, from several to many (4-20-) flowered, .'J-5 inches long; peduncle slender, villous, flexnose; J?oR'er^ about half an inch long, deep yellow, very shortly pcdicled; pedicles furnished at the base with a small ovate iioiuted herbaceous pubescent cadu- cous hracfe. C^(//.r 4-parted, i>ale-grecn, glandularly pubes- cent, twice shorter tlian the corolla, bilabiate, slightly com- pressed; upper lip shortest, ovately tajiercd deeply convex at the back, bifid at tiie tip, the lobules acute; lower Up straight, trifid M'ith lanceolately subulate segments, the middle one of which is twice as long as the side ones. Petals of the corolla equal iu length: vejeillum streaked, reflex, obcordately round, villous on the outside and marked with incomplete purple streaks, furred at the base of the front of tlie blade with a green semicircular fleshy ridge, and convolutely eared on each side: ungues of the length of the calyx, convex: tvings oblong, doubly imgnicnlated, 3 times as narrow as the vcxillum, enclosing the keel, taw- nyish, obtuse: keel pointing straight forwards, slightly fal- cate, veined, pale, somewhat ventricose, very obtuse, each petal stained with purple at the top. Filaments equal: anthers oblong, short, yellow, upright. Germen two-seeded, oblong, slightly falcate, shorter than the style, furred : stt/le white, smooth, swollen in the middle: stigma a slantingly depressed simple point. y ■ft I ^ i 4 ; / / ^TaJv. L _ . ^76 IPOMCEA ceeriilea. Roxburgh' s Ipoinaza. PENTAXDKI A MOSOG VSIA. Nat. ord. CoxvoLVOLi. Jussieu gen. 132. Div. Stylus untcus. CuNvoLvuLACE^. BfoxDii prod. 481. Sect. I. Germeo nullum. IPOMCEA. Suprd vol. l.fol. 9. X.ccBrulea, annua, volubilis, pilosa; foliis cordatis, trilobis, villosis; pe- dunculis 2-3-floris, margjne corollBe subintegra; stigmatibus S-Iobis; capsutis trilocularibus. Roxburgh corom. ined. cum tab.pict. Orgt/aiis et ultrh, caule crassitudine penna corvincet terete, piloso. Folia atterna, distantia, lato-cordata, triloba, pilosa^ bi-quadriuncialia, lobis acutit iitlcnnedio majore longlus acuminata, Pedunculi axillares, solitarii^ longt- tudincjerme petiolorum, ^-3-fiori. Bracteoe lineares. Calyx hirsutiiis pilosvSf S'plo V. ultra brevior corolla, JfiHolis erectis, patulis, lanceolntis suprd subu- lathn elongatis, uometris, interioribus duobus angustioribus. Flores imgnit jmllide at vivide ctsrulesccntes. Cor. subi nfundibulijbrmis ; tubus eequalis calyci, plus quam duplo brevtor Jiiucc alba; Hmbus subrotato-patens 2-plo brevior Jhiice cum tuba simul sumta, laciniis rottindatis viticronato-emarginatis. Stam. albicantia^ cequalia Jiiuci, incequaUa, ^XameiWh hifeme pilosis ; antheris uchrolevcis. Stigma gramilato-capitatum. Capsulse loculis dispermis. The present plant will be seen at once to be very closely allied to tlie Convolvulus Nil of Linnaeus, excellently figured in the J 88th plate of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. The principal mark which appears to distinguish it, is that here the segments of the limb of the corolla are circular and very shallow, while in X'tl they are deep and tapered into a point; the colour is likewise much paler in our plant and the foliage more deeply divided. Slight as these differences may appear, they have been found by Dr. Roxburgh, after a continued cultivation of the two in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, to be constant, and one plant has never been per- ceived to make the least advance towards the other by any variation in these respects ; so that we have not hesitated to keep the two distinct, after the example of Dr. Roxburgh. Native of the East Indies, where however it is said to be a rare plant, growing principally in hedges and on old walls. The seed is sold by the native apothecaries at Calcutta, un- der the name of Kalladmha, and used medicinally. With ^s it is treated as a tender annual, and blossoms late in the summer. The flowers are among the handsomest of the genus. We are not aware that the species has hcen ever introduced into this country, hefore it was lately sent from Madras by Mrs. Clarke to Messrs. Whitley and Co. of the FuUiam nursery, where it was raised last summer. The seed had been procured from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. The whole plant, except the corolla, furred. Stem round, from six to twelve feet high, about as thick as a crow-quill at the base. Leaves alternate, distant, liroadly cordate, three-Iobed, 2-4 inches long, lobes pointed, middle one larger and farther tapered. Peduncles axillary, solitary, about the length of the petioles, 2-;Vflowered. Bractes linear. Calyx more rougldy furred than any other part of the plant, 3 times shorter than the corolla or more, leaflets upright, lanceolate with a long narrow subulate point, of one length, two inner ones narrower than the rest. Flowers large, of a bright pale blue colour. Corolla nearly fun- nelform ; tube equal to the calyx, more than twice shorter than i\\efaux, which is white; Ihnh subrotately expanded, twice shorter than the tube reckoned together with the faux, segments rounded mucronately notched or emargiuate. Stamens whitish, even with the faux, of unequal lengths ; Jilaments furred below; anthers creaux-colourcd. Stigma a granulated head, slightly and obscurely three-lobed. Cells of the capsule two-seeded. 277 ALBUCA fastigiata. Level'tojyped Alhuca. HEXANDRIA MONQGYNIA. Nat, ord. Asphodeli, Jussien gen, 51, Div. IV, Flores spicatL Radix bulbosa. Corolla sexpartita, basi staminifera. AsPHODELEiE- Brovou prod, 274. ALBUCA, Cor. sexpartita, laciniis 3 interioribus ssepe erecto^conni- ventibus, varius omnibus stcllato-patentibus, apice semper fornicatis* Sti^lus triqucter, crassus v- robustus. Stigma hirtum. Sem, plana, alata. nigra- Difjert Ornithooalo laciniis coroll^e alternis apice fomicalo-incurvis atque incrassatis * stf^lo triqudro quasi ex tribus coadnnatis ; stigmate glandu' loso-pubc^cente ; Antherico ob radicem sdido-bulbosam. Nob. in Curt- Magaz. foil, 871 ec I0i6. D/tj. Staminibus omnibus fertitibus, A,J(tsii^^iata^ petalis interioribus apice foroicatis, foliis glabris, pedunculis longissiniis. Dryandcr Avt, hnlm, 1784, 2D6- Albtica fastigiata- ThitnL prod, 65, HorU Keixi. 1. 436. ed, 2. 2. 250. fVilULsiu pi, 2, lOI. Aiidrecv^'s reposlL 450. Redoute liliac, 474- Fol, linearin, primiim canaliculata, dein planiuscula^ sesquipedalian itnciam lata, Scapus Jf)fiis dimidio brevior crassitie penme anserintE. Racemus Jasiifriatus longihtdine scapi. Pedunculi sub anthesi palenteSy post JloreS' ce/itiam erecli iri- v- qiiadriunciales, liractea; viembranaceie kyaliiKB dorso rttfeaceules semiuncinles, Flores albi' Petala exteriora liueari-oblonga apice zitcrassafa unda breviorat interiora ovali^oblonga apice Jbrnicata^ exterioribtis pnu(o brevior a, Filanienta omnia fert ilia ^ tria allerna patdb brevioruj exliis convexar intiis cnnuUcnlata ; stylus prismaticus sulcalus germine paido lougior^ staminibus paulo allior, lectus ramcntis brevissimis pr^cipue versits apicem^ viridis sulcis Ittleisy terminalus stigmaCe ex angulis styli apice roiundatis* Drj'and- 1- c. A genu s confinina: with Orxithogalum, from which it differs in teclinical character by having the ends of tlie al- ternate seg-nients of the corolla arched inwards, a prisinati- cally3-si ^J Wjm'J^..t- Jr- > 2,Jy/3 ^79 ' It^OMCEA iNirpethum. Square-stemmed East Indian Ipomcea. MOA Div Nai.ord. (Jonvolvuli. jussieu gen. 1S2. ^. CoxvoLvuLACEiE. Browrt vrod. 4:81. Sect IPO MCE A. Suprh vol. 1 . fol. 9. I. Turpethum, folii,s cordatis angulatis, caule membranacjeo-quadranffulari peduncuiis multifloris. Linm sp. pi. h 221 ; fsub CoNVoiTvtrLo)* ' Convolvulus Turpethum. Mill. diet. ed. 8. ». 31. Hort. Km. 1. 211. «/. 2.1. 332. Blachv. L 379. JVilld. sp. pi. 1 . 859. Convolvulus ihdicus alatus maximus, folils Ibisco nonnihil similibtw an* gulosis. Herm. lu^db. 177. tahk 178» 179i Turpetum repens, foIiis althaeae vel indicuoii Bauh, pin, 149. W) Planta Novae Hollandise caule angustius alato. Ipomoea Turpethum, pubescens, foliis cordatis acutis integris: inf^rionbtt* nunc angulatis, peduncuiis inferioribus naultifloris ; superioribus l-2-flori8; Brawn prod. bracteis ftienabranaceis ovatis caducis, calycibus sericeis mis tenuiiisimis inclusie, seniiaibus £rlabrls« caule ansuIatG 1 . 485. Obs. Planta (indica) Herbarii Hermann!, quae hujus speciei tinicii kufctoj^ites, k nostra (Nova-Hollandica) pauld diverta ctiule latids alatmi8 of Linnaeus has been divided by Messrs . Persoon and Brown, in their respective works. It is distinguished from the two others, principally by the very short nearly evenly trifid quickly withering nether lip of the corolla ; and from Leo- NURUs, by having the uppir lobe of the stigma greatly shorter than the under. We owe the specimen from which the drawing has been made to the kindness of Sir. Abraham Hume, by whom the plant was raised at Wormleybury, from seeds brought home hy an officer who survived the melancholy enterprise of exploring the river Congo. There is however no sample of the species in the Herbarium of Dr. Smith, the botanist of that expedition, nor any seeds of it among the collection brought home for the Kew Gardens; nor have we indeed any direct notice where the seed that produced the plant was collected, nor if indigenous of the place where it was- found. We have been unable to detect in it any difference whatever from the East Indian plant, under the name of which it is now given, Except that the upper part of the calyx has rather a longer for in the indigenous samples than in ours. In some samples of the species all the whorls of the inflorescence are separately subtended by a pair of opposite leaves below the involucre, in others only the lower whorls are so, in others none. Specimens having been formerly brought from Surinam, of which country however it seems to be ascertained that it is not an aboriginal plant, Hermann has been led to apply to it the epithet of " americana.'* It is an annual species. Requires to be kept constantly in the hothouse, where it grows to the height of from 4 to 6 feet. It bears a great resemblance to the fine Cape species (L. Leonurus) well known in our gardens by the name of " Lion's Tail ;" but the foliage is here much broader, and the corolla three or four times smaller. Introduced from the East Indies by Sir Joseph Banks in 1778. Stem simple, upright, quadrangular, obtusely cornered, furred with a close white extremely short down, like thai on the skin of a Peach, with 4 deep broad furrows. Leaves e^ B. oirsuta auttpeckM ei propinqutor.) Begonia suaTeoIens. Loddiges bat. cabinet. 69. Tota planta camosa, peUucida. CauUs petiolt et pednnculi pallidi nc* bentes. Cauiis teres^ gentculis tumidiSp prima anna sptthamaus^ altera anno bipedalis. Foh semicordata^ acuminatay dupHcata-serrata : serraturis aUatis t suprd saturate viridia^ hispida i sirigis moUibus erectis bast tuberadatis^ subtus pallidi viridia^ glaberrima pr^eter strigas rarioribus in venis^ qtude$ etiam in petUdis. Stipul«e semiovaiie^ cancava^ ciliatay hyaline. Pedunculi axillares^ scepius dicnotomi. Bractea ad basin pedicellorum ovata^ ciliata^ ^inuta. Fi-OR, masc. pet. alba: 2 cdrdata^raiadata magna; 2 minimaf qn€e in quibusdam floribus amnino desunt. FiUcircitir I5f hrevissima; anth* oblangip, Intern. Flor. fobm« pet. 5, alba^ persistenttay abomto-oblonga : 2 patdo angustiora. Germ, ^-gonum^ anpdis acutis^ alts rafundaiis^ mirdm incequalibusy pallide cameis. Styli 3, brevissimi: stig. 9,-partita: facinias divaricat€e dein canvergentes et tierum divergentes^ lutecey tectie glandulis minimis. Caps-j/f^wri germinis. Dryand. loc. cit. The figure of the species and Mr. Dryander's masterly description in the Linnean transactions, are both taken from a dried plant, a circumstance that ^dll account for some slight difference in the appearance it makes in the figure here given, especially when it is recollected that the whole vegetable is succulent and tender. Out specimen, when we • ^ obtained it for descnption, was not in a state to induce us to attempt to add any fiirther particulars to Mr. Diyander's ac- count ; the small bractes had all fallen off; and the flowei-s withered. We observed that the upper stipules were near an inch in length, oblong-,^ with a longish subulate point, membranous or less succulent than the leaves, the lower ones smaller and more tapered. This extensive genus, or natural order, as it is made by some botanists, is among tiie many whose affinity with other vegetable groups has not yet been satisfactorily demon- strated; it has therefore no settled place in any of the na- tural systems. The species are traly monoicous, having flowers of two different configurations mixed together in the same bunch, those of one kind destined to bear the stamens alone, those of the other placed on a germen sup- porting the pistils only. The latter are of five petals instead of four, and^ha-d not expanded in our specimen. The title of humills was applied under a false impression, the species having been described and determined from a yearling plant, before it was known that it would survive another season, and grow up to the height of two feet. The wliole genus is tropical, and belongs chiefly to Asia and America. No species has been found on the con- tinent of Africa, though three are native of the adjacent islands. The present comes from the West Indies, where it was observed by Mr. Alex. Anderson. It was first cultivated in this country in 1 788, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of the Hammei-smith nureery. Jussieu, in a summary of the general habit of the species, chai*acterizes them as plants that belong naturally to lakes, some few suffrutescent, but the greater portion herbaceous with a leafy stem or else a naked scape. The whole genus has something both of the habit and taste of the Sorrels. We have omitted in our synonymy the Begonia humilts of Bonplaud, the stem being roughly fiirred in that, and the foliage deeply indented; it seems to be either the hirsuta of this genus, or a species more nearly allied to that jthan to the present. The inflorescence differs also in some respects. The drawing was taken at the nunsery of Messrs. Lod- diges and Sons, Hackney, the only place in which we have ever met with it. a A stamen-bearing flowen h A pistil-bearing flower, c The same with the petals removed; showing the germen, style, and stigmas. t ^i-J .5^^ /^ .J^ %Jyr^..y ,fA >^^V^///^^^.r.V/v/.// m5 racemosa. MS SIFLORA JBunch-Jlowerfid Passionflower, * H MONADELPHIA PEHfTANBRIA. NaU ord. Passij*lore^. Jnssieu PASSUPLOBA. Supra voL l.fol 10^. n [b4«glanduloso; racemis aphyllis pendul cinis Dftvicularibus. ala ventricosa c dupio raajoribus petalis ; cororxa pluries breviore calyce. Passiflora racemosa. JBrotero in trans^ lin* soc, 12« ?!• i* 6« Passiflora Princeps. JLoddiges's botan. cab\ Martyrio cacbudo. Vernacule luszL brasiL cariDatis 84 filiformibuSy lentissimisy pro longo spatio sub racemis loco Joltorum nft prqferentibiis* FoL misjloriferis cirrhos atque cea, glabra^ ^ ^ , dBteruTn- tri'' lobata lobis acuminatis sinubus obtusis inter stinctis, laterum diver gentibuSf medio longiore: petiolus subdtiplo brevior lamina^ glandulis parvulis ova-' tis apice concavis^ bast articulatus: stipulse caducartibili8y partialibui angulo interao dehiscentibus. Sem* biseriata, margmibua autUFae inserU» testa laxa pubescent!^ Herhm perennes. Radix jfSSr^)^. Fol, radicalid Unearia elongata, Basi dilatatis semivaginantibus ; caulina distantia^ a6breviata» CauHs teres^ sini^ plex. Racemus terminaliSf indhisus. Fedicelli fioriferi reeuroi^ Jruetiferi erecti; basi bibracteaii^ bractei alierd interiore hterali minore* Affinitakf proxime accedit Hemekocallidi ceeruleae- Brotjon prod. L 295. B. nobilis, bracteis pedunculo florifero dupld brevioribus, foliis angusto* linearibus. Brown L c. 296. Blandfordia nobilis. Smith exot. bot, 1. 5.^.4. Alton's Epitome. 364?; in add. Rhizoma horizontaley carnosum. Folia radicaUa plura^ ambientia^ h piano obversa, erecto^patentiaj nnx duas lineas latitudine excedentia^ canaHculatO"^ explicata, carinata^ tandem margine revolufa. One of the few ornamental Kliaceous plants yet found in New Holland, and adopted by Sir James Edward Smith, in his Exotic Botany, as the basis of a separate genns. Ano- ther species, belonging, like this, to the neighbourhood of Port Jackson, has been subsequently observed by Mr. Brown, and recorded in his Prodromus of the Flora of those re^ons; where it is ranked in an ordinal group, first em- bodied in that work under the title of Hemerocallidece^ the co-ordinates of which scarcely differ from those of the Lilia of Jussieu, except in having the lower part of the corolla tubular, and not divided to the base* The Aletris punicea of Labillardi^re is considered by Mr. Brown rather as the synonym of his B. grandiflora than of the present species. The drawing was taken from a plant that flowered in April last, in the greenhouse of Messrs Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, and had been imported from Botany Bay* We are told that it is the first sample which ha« bloomed in this country. Not having had an opportunity of dissecting the flower, we shall not attempt to make any addition to the very correct outline of it by Mr. Brown. A perennial herbaceous plant. Rootstoch fleshy. Radi- cal leaves several, surrounding the stem, the flat side facing inwards, narrowly Hnear, elongated, scarcely exceeding two lines in breadth, channelled, keeled, ultimately revolute along the edges, raembranously enlarged and half-sheath- ing at the base: cauline ones distant, short. Stem round, simple. Raceme terminal, undivided. Peduncles while flowerbearing recurved, when fruitbearing upright ; bractes at their base double, twice as short, one interior and shorter than the one at the side. Corolla tubular, six-lobed at the orifice, withering. Stamens placed on the tube. Anthers fixed on at the conical aperture of the base. Germen pe- dicled. Style subulate. Stigma simple. Capsule prism- shaped, partable into three, each of which opens at the in- terior angle. Seeds in two rows, inserted at the edges of the seam or suture, testa or outer coat loose, pubescent. The germen begins to protrude from the mouth of the flower, BooD after the flower expands. ^ ^' 1 , tnl C^'-- J fzi' f^ i Jrjv u/a.t K.n^./ /8/(i ^/U //t /^.-: 287 LACHENALIA pallida. ^, Straw-coloured pale-flowered Xiachenaiia, HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord* Asphodbli. Jussieu gen. 51* Div. 11 L Floret spicati* Kadix bulbosa. Corolla basi tubulosa, LACHENALIA. Cor. infera, scxdivisa, oblato-v^ q^lmdrico-campa- nulata, laciniis 3 exterioribus brevioribus obiongis calycino-conntventibua caruncula externa infra apicem, interioribus 3 alternis supr^ rotundato^ dilatatis patulis. FiL basi laciniarum coroUaa inserta, subassurgentias anth. incumhentes. Stylus subassurgentdr porrectus : *%. simplex. Caps. merabranosa, subtrilobo'trigona, S-loc, S-valv. Talvia medio septiferis: sem. biseriata, plura in loculo, globosa* Bulbus tunicatusj fol. l-plurima, ambieniia^ suhcamosa^ ienera^ linearia ad latO'Ovata. Scapus^ carnosus* Flores erectO'Sjncati c. racetnosi^ undi^ ?rue sparsL In Scilla proxima ^corollarum lacinia conformes atque csqui^ ongcB^ organa recta. In Drimia corolla reflexa et €equali$^ stamina recta. Collineat Massoniam ^pusilld sua. L. pallida^ corollis campanulatis, petalis 3 interioribus lon^ioribus, floribus brevissirnd pedunculatis horizontalibus, foliis ' linean-oblongis scapo longioribus, Hort. Kew. I. 4^60. Lachenalia pallida. ThunLprod. 64.. RedoutS liliac. 22. WiUd. tp.pl. % 172. Hort. Kexti. ed. 2- 2. 285. Lachenalia mediana. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t* 392, coU. 3. 242. ctl flore pallido subcserulescente. /3) flore pallido sublutescente. FoL binuy 9-uncialza v. pedaUa, erecto-recurva, gkira, lucsda^ semuncmm "ne convoluta-vamnosa. Scapua glaucescens. Racemua nft pedicellia pluri^s brew>ribus corotldf bracteis late ovaio-acumnalis, breoibus. Cot. | um:us pauIo superans, oblonga, cylindraceO'Campanulata^ suburceolata ; lac. 3 extenorea i circiter brevioresy obtusissimce carunculd externd viridi tnjra aptcem, sub- qarinatce, una summa sublongior conspicuius carinata^ 8 interiores smthulato- obovat^e, pallidzores, tenuiores, carina supri obsolete virente, una subangusttor emarginaia. Stam. conniveniia, subiequalia corolla: pollen luteum. trerni. mHde, oblongum, subconicum^ rotundate hexagonum suku S aUerms pro- Jundius impressis. A genus closely akin to Scilla: differing chiefly m having the three alternate outer segments of the coroUa shorter than the three inner, which last have also a dilated blade, and by the stamens and style being sUghtly bowed, as in Aloe-. About 30 species are known, all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Some of them are very ornamental: indeed we do not know a handsomer plant than the spotted leaved variety of ILachbnalia quadricolor, which, when grown in large patches, as we have seen it at Mr. Griffin's, makes even a gayer and more showy appearance than the Hyacinth or Tuhp planted in the same way. All seem of easy culture, and are propagated abundantly by offsets from their bulbs. A conservatoiy or greenhouse is the situ- ation that suits them best, and a mixture of loam and peat- earth the fittest mould for them . We take our plant to be a mere seminal variety of pallida ^ the prototype sample of which has pale blue colour in those parts of the corolla where the present has pale yellow ; and we see nothing to determine their distinction as species . The drawing was made last March at Mr. Griffin's, at South Lambeth, from a plant imported from the Cape of Good Hope. Bulb tunicated. Leaves two, uprightly recurved, li- nearly oblong, smooth, shining, from 9 inches to about a foot high, half an inch broad or more, convolutely sheathing at the lower part. Scape somewhat shorter than the leaves, glaucous. Raceme many-flowered ; Jiowers rather loosely arranged, horizontal ; j^eiic/e^ several times shorter than the corolk; hractes broadly ovate, short, pointed. Corolla scarcely exceeding f of an inch in length, oblong, cylindri- cally campanulate, slightly urceolate ; 3 outer segfnenfs about T shorter than the others, very obtuse with a greenish subtriangular caruncle on the back a little below the top, one rather longer than the rest, and more conspicuously keeled, 3 inner ones spatulately obovate, pale, thinner, with an obsolete green streak at the upper part of the keel, one of them rather narrower than the rest, with a deep notch at the end. Stamens convergping, nearly equal to the corolla: pollen yeDow. Germen green, oblong, slightly conical rounded hexagonal six-furrowed, with three of the ftuTOws deeper than the othei*s. Lachenalia viridis and Scilla serotina, have both been removed from their former places, and transfen*ed to the genus Uropetalon, of which a species has been represented in the 156th article of this publication. \ \ >r/ ^d r^i/^^ifux^/j c/tU'. ^/' /y ^: ^.^..«^ 'l[\A',ij//fO:/?,-,,r.A//y JuJU- / . A^/^y- BORAGO orientalis. Oriental Borage. I'ENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 492. Nat.-ord. BoRAaiNEJE. Jussieu gen.2B. Div. IV. Brotm prod, BORAGO. CaL 5-partitu8. Cor. hypogyna rotata 5-fida, plerumi fjaux instructa 5 sq __,_^ , ^^.w..^.«, prominulis in ejusdem Jaciniarum basi; extr^ hiulci«:) squamul^e^ohtmm emarginatae. Stigma 1 : (fructus gymno-tetraspermus: J sent, rugosa, calyce connivente tecta. Herb^e plerumque asperifolia. Juss. 1, c. 131. B. orientalis, cafycibus tubo corollse brevioribus^ foliis cordatis, Linn. sp. pi. I. 197. Borago orientalis. MilL dicU ed. 8. n. 2. HorU Kern, 1. 184. ed. 2. 1. 297. "w/M prod. Jl. grac. 122. FL grceca 63. tab. 175. fVilld. sp. pi. I, 78. Borago constantlnopolltana. MiiL ic. 1 . 45. t. 68. Borago constantinopolitana, flore reflexo caeruleo, calyce vesicario. Toum. cor. 6. Ejusd. it. 2. 13. cum icone. Buxb. cent. 5. 16. t. 30. Radix tiiberosay perennis, extiis nigra. Caulis herbaceus, erectiis, pedalis aut sesqidpedaliSf anguiato-teres, hispidus^ purpurascens ; supeme pantculato* ramosusyjbliolosus. Fol. radicalia maxima^ longius petiolata^ cordatoy acuta^ undulata, reticuIato-Denosa ; utrinque setoso-scabrd^ subtHs pallidiora : caalins minora, alternay brevius petiolata; superiora ovato4anceoiata, basi elongata, angustata, subsessilia. Petioli canaiiculati^ subretrormm hispidi, ban wr- finnntes. Racemi in apicibus ramorum^ gemini, breves, ptlosi, nutantes^ racteati. Bracteae ovat^e, obtusiB, pilosee^ pedicellis breviores* Floren copiosi, purpuro-ci^ruleiy cernui. Calycis lacini^ obovato-oblonga, pilosise, erectce. Corollae tubus calyce duplo fere longiory nlims, sursHm ampliatus; faux intus pilosa, xmlvulis brevious rotundatis, emarginatis^ pubescent ibus, albis coronata; limbus purpuro-cceruleust tubo longior, laciniis linearibus, subfUg pilosis, basi horizon tatibus, apice revolutis. Staxn^Jauce inserta. Umbo ex- planato brevio7'a, subulata, erecta, conniveniia^ incarnata, intus pilosa* Antherae incumbentes, oblonga, nigra^t Germ, parotimf 4f^dum* Stylus Jillformis, roseusy glaber^ staminibus parnm longior^ Stlg. Qbtusum^ nigrum^ Smith Flor. Greeca. I. c. Indica, zeylanica, and africana^ three former species of this genus, have been lately withdrawn by Mr. Brown, and combined into a separate group by the title of Tri- CHosDESMA, distinguished from Borago by a considerable difference in the structures of the anther and fruit, as well as by not having the remarkable appendices which crown the mouth of the tube of the corolla in that. A reform by which Borago is reduced to five or six recorded species, all, we believe, belonging exclusively to the Levant and the Coast of VOL. IV. I Barbary, except offidnalisy which is common to our own country as well as many other parts of Europe. OrientaUs is found wild in Turkey; was received by Miller from the Botanic Garden at Paris, and cultivated ai Chelsea in 1752. Flowering here in the open ground a» early as March, the blossom is very liable to be defaced by the cold winds of that month, and is not often seen in perfec- tion with us. Miller recommends the planting of it in old rubbish or on walls, where it grows less rankly, and is of course not so subject to be injured by the effects of early frosts, which sometimes destroy it in other situations . Rootstoch perennial, fleshy, 4 or 5 inches long, rather •mailer than the finger, blackish without, white within. Root-leaves petioled, large, cordate, acuminated, undulated^ reticulately veaned, of a dingy green, thinnishly hispid on both sides, from 3 to 5 inches broad, sometimes nearly 6 long : petioles channelled, nearly of the same length as the Mades, thickly and subreversedly hispid, sheathing at th« base; stem-leaves small, alternate, more shortly petioled, uppermost ovately lanceolate, nearly sessile, tapered at the base. Stem herbaceous, upright, from a foot to a foot and a half high, angularly round, hispid, purplish; upwards paniculately branched, and leafy. Racemes at the top of the branches, twin, short, ftirred, nutant, bracteate. Bradet ovate, obtuse, furred, shorter than the pedicles. Mowers numerous, light-purplisb-blue, cemuous. of the cali/x obovately oblong, furred, upright. Tube of the corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx, white, enlarged upwards ; Jaux frured within, encircled at the top by short rounded emarginate pubescent wMte valvules (hollow like the spur of a flower, with the orifice opening on the outside) ; limb longer than the tube, segments linear, furred underneath, horizontal at the bottom, revolute at the top. Stamens inserted into the faux, shorter than the limb when expanded, upright, connivent, subulate, furred within, pinkish. j4n- thers incumbent, oblong, black. Germen small, 4-cleft. Style fili^rm, rose-colourisd, smooth, but little higher than the stamens. Stigma obtuse, black. The principal part of the above specific description is a Tersion of «ir J. E. Smith's, in the Flora Grseca. The drawing was taken at the nursery of Meiwrs. Whit- ley and Co. Fulham. J / / ■ y^,i/^/i '^ mg CALENDULA graminifolia. Grass- leaved Cape MarygoM. SYNGENESIA POLYOAMIA NECESSAMM. Nat. ord. Cokymbiferje. Jussieu gen. 177. Div* IIL Reeept ium. Sem. nudum s. non papposunn Fiores radiatL CALENDULA. Suprh vol. l.foL 28. C. graminifolia^ foliig linearibtts subintegerrimis, caule iUtmudo (iinifloro, seminibus obcordato-orbiculatis laevibus). Linn. sp. pi. 2. 1305* Calendula graminifolia. Mill diet. ed. 8. n. 7. Berg. cap. S\U ThunB. prod. 163. Hort. Kevo. 3. 271. ed. 2. 5. 167. Wiild. sp. pi. 8. 23*5. Loddiges's bot. cabinet. 57. Calendula foliis linearibus denticulatig et integerrirais, MiU. ic.L 51. f. 76. Calendula africana surrecta, rosmarini folio. Plui. mant. 35. t. 310. Jl 7. Caltha africana, foliis croci aneustis, florum petalia externd purpuraacenti* bus internd albig. Boerh. lugdb. \. 113. >:'i Dimorphotheca statices fdio. Vaill. in act. paris. 1720. Bellis africana, florum pediculis foliosis, foliis angustls et integrb. Comm. hort. 2.67.^.34. Rhizoma in caudicem hrevem divisum undique JhUomm exurgem. FoK Unearia^ an^ta, amplexicauliay scabriiis villosa^ dUuta^ in^ra v. $ap^ margine dentibm nonnuUii vagis distantibus brevibus interrupto^^ dear^m $u6- attenuata, neroo medio crassiore carinata^ bad diloMa canaiiculata ; cau- ^iclnn, numerosa^ injfeme imbricatoHipproximata, subSundaUai ctixAinmKmgm rematiora decrescentia. Caules ramorum caudici$ continrnth-tefmhudes^ ietuU" dales ad pedales^ 1 -^^ri^ scakro-pubescenteSf angulo$o4er€te$t^ $9^ More longi GphuUi^ obscuri virenies^ propi cal^em incrassati et^fistulim. Cal. virent^ scabro'pubescem^ turbinato-patentissimuff foUoUi kneari^meeolatu rnern^ hranaeeo-marginati^. Cor. suhsesquiundam trBnroersa^ disco nigrescens^ radio intiis aibuy pede purpurascens^ extiU purpureo^ulveseeiu* Jlogc. radii flosc. dinci Jkioescenles^ pilosiusculi^ Umbi hdmiis acummmUf Mice n^ncanit* bsiSi anth*. apiculis 5 membramosis nigricantHms^ polline vitmno^vescente ; sti^. fubclavato^tusatis apice pubeMmiibus n^rtcantibus. Germ, radii w- nrfw, obovato-oblonga^ S-gona^ scabruf disci obcordaia, fdato-compressa^ margine scabra. A g«tms belonging to an order of the syngenesious class, where the florets of the circumference of the flower are provided with fertile pistils, but have no stamens; while thc^e of the centre have both stamens and pistils, the latter of which however are sterile, and act merely as auxi- liaries to the stamens in dispensing the pollen to the other-- wise unprovided stigmas of the ray. I 2 The species is native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was cultivated at Chelsea in 1731; but had been known in Holland as far back as 1698. At present a very rare plant in our collections. The specimen from which the drawing was made grew in the greenhouse of the Comtesse de Vandes at Bayswater, and was produced from imported seed. Perennial. Roots fock rising into a short thickly leaved branching stem (caudex). Leaves veiy narrow, linear, not very unlike those of the Crocus, in Vaillant's view, like those of the Cushion Pink, roughly villous, ciliated, en- tire or sometimes with, the margin broken by a few distant short teeth, tapered downwards, keeled underneath by a thick prominent midrib, stemclasping, broader and chan- nelled at the lower part, those of the stem numerous, set round at all points, imbricately crowded below, about 3 inches long, those of the fiowerstalJts scattered loosely and gi-owing gi*adually shorter. Flowerstalks continuously terminal of the arms of the stem, often reclined, from 6 inches to a foot long, one-flowered, roughly pubescent^ angularly round, leafless to a great distance below the flower, dark green. Calyx herbaceous, roughly pubescent, leaflets lanceolately linear sides membranous. Corolla about an inch and a half in diameter ; dish blackish ; ra}f white on the inside and puiple at the foot, on the outside of a purplish tawny brown : florets of the ray twice the length of the calyx, marked with 4 dark lines at their backs, tri-. denticulate, with a short purple glandularly wooled tube: florets of the disk subpubescent, segments of the limb pointed and black-topped: anthers with 5 blackish mem branous points: pollen orange-yellow: stigmas clavately ob-i tuse, black : germens of the ray obovately oblong, trigonalj^ rough: of' the disk obcordate and flatly compressed. \ i Q 0. i' / k A"' r - ^r.U. 't: I ''^^y. V ^^. /.? 7 (■ O^ f the corolla, the smaller size of the parts (where however the same proportions are preserved), a calyx in which the leaflets can scarcely be said to be either sb far or so slenderly prolonged as to be called awned, as they are in the other, and the shortness of the floral organs, which do not emerge from the mout h of the feux as there. The excrescences which are seen on the stem, especially near the knots where the leaves issne, and which have been usually held to be spines, seem to us in both varieties mere sprouting radicles, such as are met with in other plants that grow along the ground as this sometimes does. In the Banksian Herbarium there is a specimen of our variety, which had flowered in some collec- tion in this country many years ago, A smooth annual plant. Siem sometimes twining, some- times sarmentose, reddish. Leaves broadly cordate or sometimes variously angular, acuminated, with longishlv tapered mucronate points, from 3 to 5 inches long ; petiole nearly of the same length, firm. Peduncles axillary, thick, short, 1-3-flowered; pedicles fleshy clavately thickened, thickening with the gi-owth fruit, and ultimately refracted together with that, bearing generally a small clos^-pressed bracte at the base. Oifya? many times shorter than the tube; leaflets ovately lanceolate, converging, fleshy along the middle with a sharp keel, sides widish, membmnous, acuminate. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube 2-4 inches long, ending in a shorter rather wider faux , together with which it is as long again as the limb; limb from 2 to 4 inches in diameter, nearly flat, very shallowly 5-lobed, lobes broadly tapered mucronate. Stamens either rising a little above the mouth of the faux, or remaining within it. Stigma capitate, granular, slightly 4-cleft. Capsule bilocular, 4-seeded., The drawing was taken from a sample which flowered in Mr. Herbert's hothouse at Spoffbrth. Both varieties are natives of the West Indies. The white one, of Carolina and Geor^a as well as the W^t Indies. -2.C}/ ■ f ■\. ^ iiV ^w V' A^ V ■1 V-- \ m 1 / \ .' \ \ X. -i^"^ M' '- . '\ r/. \ V. '."'. ■■^ ■-v~ y / >?■ ■C-' !-• m- V) .\ "A -: ^^. V ■ V' '« I Ji H /. / ./■. ,-y. ^t. ~.-T ^. ^' )^" /A \ '-^■'^/"% ■ 'ji. 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SiqiMBii^ Germ formia longii^g unguiculata (saccaU fomtcaU). Siam. full petal 3-gonum; stylu$ 1, S-fidiwj itig. S. Bocm iicca S*cocGa S-partibilM, intils dehi^centibus l-spermtSy basi caljcis perstitefitt impoftiUu fal. idtGrtms flares racemon. terminaks aut axiiiar€$. Jumu V K'i C. azurmt, pubescens; foliis aratoHoblongts aeuoiittatis^ icabro ^ie rr a tMiy Aubti^ft ramisque tOD3entosi% paniculis thyrsoideb: partialibut et mm* plicibui brevibus ex fasctculis plurifloris in peduncuto craMia totncnto<# a basi ad apicem dispositis. Ceanothus azureus. Desfont* tabL 232; (ed* 1816)* Ceanothus caeruleus, JLoddiges's iotan. cabinet, llO*. Frutex erectusj ramis teretiims tometUom^ tandem whfermginehm FoL sttbiriuncialia latitudine sesguiuncialia t?. circitir^ moUtustma^ tuprh nudiuB pubescentia vireniia immerse nervoM et subfugoso-venom nerois 3 prindpUmt iongitudinalibus ascendenier raniom subtiis varicamy serraiurm margtnaiig dentibus mucrone tW spinuM cariilaginea ptmfixUj tomenta paghue pronm tandem subferrugineo : pedoluft plur^s hrexnar lamina jmbe$cen$: stipubs mfida, caauca^ acuminata^, Panicube $» ramulis opp^iUii axiUarilmi pro^ venientes^ bracieataf axiiiares^ sin^Uces semumciam pis excedenieif terminaUe^ €ompotit€e panialibus oltemiM bncte^Jmi^kraceii cadmm locoJbHwmm inters Miinctis: pedicelii l^&ri jUifi^rmet iequahi pHari aibidi ereeti per phalangee ' '" T . . Floret axurei, inexpand magmtmdime granum oblata- plurtfioros bracteatm ^ggrega^ 9em$nis Coriandri su&aquantes. Cal* petalarwm eoncol&r at i *< mxmpantdatus^ subpentagonuSf ultra medimm S^um tesgrnentu eomnivetUibms ovaiO'^ngulatii membranaceis^ Cor. erecto-^radiata f^ pel* 5* Jbmicat narrowe4 fiirthef downwards , than up wards. * ♦ * - f W _ f The drawing was taken at the Uurse^ of Messrs. Whit- >. Brames, and Milne, Fulham. ■T b I I . V / ■ HI r .. 1 .J . b ' « \ yyi "/'/ m^i^A Jj del. ^-/ya i / <;- ./V>? i^ /uua.r/4^^^- n 7 ^^fy / /n/i) ./hn i^ . ^C 295 't . r ' 4 L «3h n X 1 4 < I > * VELLA Pseiido-CytistBSi: Shruhbi/ Cres^-rockeL i • » ' " f » TETRADYNAMIA SILICVLOSA. Nat ord. Crugifer^. Jussieti getu 237. D/t?. //. Fructus i losQs. Stylus unicus. " VELLA. Silicula ventricosa; stylo foliaceo ovfito. Cottfledomt duplicatae. CaL clausus. Broxjon in Hort. Kexv, ed. % 4. 79, . Snffrutices integrifolii, aut herboefoliis pinnatifidis. Juss, 1, c. 241. VI V, Pseudo'CytisuSy foliis integris obovatis ci]i«itis^ siliculis erecticu LitUM^ Vena Pseudo-Cytisus. MilL diet. ed. 8. w. 2, Hort. Kern. % sVo. ed, 2. 4. 79. CavanilL ic. 1. S2. /. 42. La^narck ilL L 555./. 2. fTiZ/rf. sp.pl. Pseudocytisus flore Leucoji luteo. Bauh. pin. S90. Cytisi facie Alysson fruticans quorundam. Lob. ic. 2. 49* Bank. hist. !• 374. Suffrutex bipedaUs v. magis erectuSy kispiduSf pilis btedSus valdi rambiui^ carticeJusco^paUescente. Fol* laxius sparsa^ axillis it^ subprolijera utternata sessiliajere simulenty crassiora, jduro-carnosat spathulata lamina elliptic^ ob* ^ ovatdve, pilis antrorsum inclinatis hispida, ciliata. Kacemi tertnindleSf muU ti^ri, iaxius sparsi, dbiongi, cylinaracei^ erectly simpiiceSy pafientes. Pe- ri icelU uni^ntri, brevimmi^ ebracteati:^ Mores iuteif erectiuimlif i,nfra p€* talorum iaminas scepius ante emarcescenthm ustulafo-purpurMcenteSy odortf ^\ uncicB longiy CaL j unciis longusy scabro-pubescens, tubulosus$ Jbliolis 3, marginibus membranaceis std}Coheerentibm, oblongis^ obtum. Pet. obcordSato^ spathidataj ungne^i/omn subtfiplo longiore iarkznS^ eMra Mh^Cmi comooluto^ lartiin4 unicolore venosd parvd oocordatd. Stam. onmim JertjRa fnecut vult Linnaeus paribus connatis castraiisj^emicantia calyce; axxthQm mice replicatism Germ, omle, glabrum, compressum^ anceps, subsessile: stjj^lus lamellarisy ob^- longusi complanato-anceps^ magnitudinejeri germims cut iransversuSf pallida^ vitremt stigmate parvuio rotumio mbbUobo pruinma satmrnH virtdi pr^fixuu r ■ '^ ■■ *4 nly faint and equivocal distinctions The parts commonly selected to distiftgnisli tbe chai-ac- tere of gen/eric ^loups, owing to a- great degree of eqna^ bility in the transitions of the species of the natural or- der to which onr plant belongs, having been found to afford ; it has occurred to Mr. Brown to avail himself of the seminal viscera, called cotyle- dons or seed-lobes, in aid of the former inefficient means. The account to which he has turned the expedient will be seen by referring to the characters in his reform of the genera of this class in the late edition of the Hortug Kewensis. k2 The essential marks of the present genus, ar6 ; a shoii; ventricose pod or silicle, a broad flat oblong style, condu- plicate seed-lobes and a close calyx. It consists as yet only of three species, all native of Europe. The present belong to Spain, and is not often met with in our collections, though cultivated by Miller in 1759, Usually preserved in a pit or jframe. An upright suffrutescent plant from two to three feet high, very much branched, with a short hardish haired fur, and pale brown ripd. Leaves loosely scattered, generally widi two smaller ones in their axils, giving the appearance of their being temate and sessile, like those of Cytisus sessilifolius ^ whence we are told the specific name was sug- gested, thickish hard and fleshy, spatulate with an elliptical or^n obovate bWe, roughly fuiTed with the pubescence in- clined forwards, ciliate. Racemes terminal, manyflowered, loosely and scatt^redly disposed^ oblong, cylindrical, up-, right, spreading, simple. Pedicles one-flowered, very short, bi'acteless. Flowers yellow, ascendent, before they decay generally turning to brownish purple below the blade o^ the petals, odorous, f of an inch long. Cah/x §^ of an inch long, roughly furred, tubular, leaflets cohering slightly by their membranous edges, oblong, obtuse. Petals ob- cordately spatulate; unguis filiform, nearly 3 times longer than the lamina, convolute above the calyx ; lamina of one colour, veiny, small, ob cordate. Stamens all fertile (not with the two connate pairs antherless, as described by Lin- nsetis), coming above the calyx: anthers recurved at the top. Germen ova}, smooth, compressed, ^ncipital, sub- sessile: sti/le laminar, oblong, in a cross direction with the germen, nearly of the same dimensions, flatly ancipitaJ, palely green, headed by a small round somewhat bilobed frosted deep green stigfnq. The drawing was taken in May, at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, Fulh^m. ■^ J ^// /'/ y.j9,,/yf.>,y fJi-nJ. /yC' ,/i^nn/ffJj/. Jff^^/. / /f}/ii\ • yjnf//i <^ 294 ■' t^ VERBENA Aubletia, Mose Vervain, ■^ 4 * ^ DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. NaU ord. VERBENACEiE. Jussieu in ann. du museum* 7. 65. ' Brtnom prod. 510. VEHBENA. CaL 5Sdm, lobo inaraiuU Stam. non exserta, Slig. obtusUm. Sem. 2-4' nuda, cal^ce persistentf tecta* Juss» gen^ 1 09 i iatis. V. Auhldta^ assurgens: folus vane dissectis: spicis «oatanis, peauncuiacia» ^ irnbricatis, grandifloris. Michauxbor. amer. 2, 13. - Verbena Aubletia. Lin. supjd. 86. Jacq. hart* vindob. 2. S2. #* 175. Hort. Kevo 308? WiUd.$p.pL 119. Pursh amer. sept. 2. 415. Verbena Oblaetia. Reizin act. Stockholm. 1773. 144.*. S. Verbena Obletia. Medicusin act.palat. 3, 194-. *. 7^ Verbena longiflora. Lamarck illustr. 1. 57* Obletia. liozierjourn. 1. 367. t. 2. Giandularia caroliniensis. Gmel. syst. nat. 2. 920- Anonymos caroliniensis. Wall, carol. 164. • ^uchnera canadensis. Linii. mant. 88. Erinus laciniatus. Linn. sp. pL 2. 878. ^ ^ ^ ILychnidea verbenae tenuifolise folio. Feuillee it. S. 35. #. S5. ^ ^ ^ Radix JJirci^a perennis. Caulis herbaceus Jf-gMUS^hirtUtU^^^tn^rfa^ f** *??osti«, rami* suiprosiratis ad nodos inferiares radicdntHmSp fUaUt nkrdfng^i Fol. ^ngm5 firmuwe petiolata, opposita, per paria di^antta^ paUtmmmh hirsutay ovato-^oblonga, lobatQ-laciHiatoque'dissecta, ocummMa, mbtnuncmUa. immerse nervosa, petiolum canaUculatum anguiHmme Mturrentm. Sp»ca numerosa, imbricata^ undique sparsa, paulatim se exUnden$t mfti^ob ati cad^ntes corollas soziarrosa, suprd^ corymboso:fasiigtata ; htBCU»aibbreviore^ calyce hirsutce linean^lanceolata . Cal. glanduloso^hirsutus, tubo corolla \ hrevior, lineari^tubulosus, pticatO'-pentapnus, denttbus *f«'«***'^?^ f **f ' f^m minare. Cor. uncialU, hypocraler^ormis : tubus duph pro^i^^ hmbOr pubescens, paUidus, infancem 4rplo brevtorem pamm ampliarem MwnMi Hmtnm obliquo^rotatm, labio uno vkra medium S^Jido, lacmm omeMo^bccrdattf, divirgentibus, mediS mbmajore, labio altero f ctrc^ mnore hjido, lacmm collaterali^anvergentibus. Faux intiis barbata, ortfcw pibs carcnata. KL bmijauds inserta, par unum ferV obsoletum. Germ. oAfo;^i»^Jh^ gonum angulis obtuSs: stylus essertus, cla^ato^fatfor^, ^ ^^^ brexHh diffbryniMobum, lobo uno acuta erecto, altero croM *'f depresso glanduloso, bad macula atrwirente notato The stock of this sample was imported from Carolina about seven years ago by Mr. Lyon, and has been considered in our gardens as specifically iHstmct from the plant of the above name, introduced from North Amenca by Monsieur Richard in 1 774, by some called perennial, by others bi- «nnial. The one before us is clearly perennial when culti- vated in the conservatoiy, and we suspect the other will be found so under the same circumstances. We have ex- amined the descriptions and figures, as well as indigenous and cultivated samples of AMetia, and confess ourselves unable to discover such marks as in our view w^ould justify a speculative sepai-ation in the species of the two plants. The samples vary in height, in the deeper or shallower inci- ' sions of the leaves, in the greater or less elongation of the fi^me, as well as of the petioles. Nor can we distinguish the Chili plant of Feuill^e from either. A comparison of the Kving subjects deemed distinct, or the difference of their dorsction being established by experience, may enable others to form a different opinion. We are obliged to Mr. Lambert for 4he opportunity of making the drawing. Root fibrous spreadi stem herbaceous, 1-2 feet higl or more, 4-coi*nered, hirsute, bmnching at the bottom, the branches procumbent for some distance, and often rooting at the joints. Leaves longly or shortly petioled, opposite, spreading, hireute, ovately oblong, lobedly and laciniately Assected, acuminated, at most about 3 inches long, depress- edly nerved and veined, veiy shallowly decurrent along the sides of : the channelled petiole Spike tlitary minal numerous, scattered, imbricated, extending itself gradually, the lower part, by "the quick fall of the corolla becoming squarrose, upper part corymbosely fastigiate, the long flowers shooting up in succession round the central unopened ones, jBf*ftcfM linearly lanceolate, hirsute, i-ather shorter than the <^yx Calyx glandularly hireute, about I shorter than hharterfoMx: limb obliquely tube of the corolla, linearly tubular, plaitedly 5-cornered, teeth subulate, one much smaller than the rest. Corolla aibcnit an inch lonflr hypocrateriform : tube twice deeper than mb, pubescent, pale, with a slightly enlarged 4 times rotate ; one lip 3-cleft to below the- midfile, s^ments cuneately obcordate^ divergent, the Aiddl^ sdmiewhat; larger, /Ae other lip about r smaller ^-cleft, s egmen ts collaterally convergent. Faux bearded within, and at ih^ ofificeT G^e?wejir6bt6hg,"4-fiifr6wed, 4-comered with routed corners, greea: sti/k clavatdy filiform, flattened «b4 if^dened above : stigma eh^rX, biformly 2-lobed, one lobe poiptied and upright, the other thick obtuse glandulai' ^d bieiit; djOKidti . * . c « ■ « ^ ^4 ,.* ^ ' L *%^V*f^ los / ^ r/^'V/ -VW/ //^/ i/fJ'/^ . ^ 296 MALVA fragrans. Sweet-scented Mallow. MONADELPHIA POLYANBRIA. Nat. ord. Malvaceje. Jussieu gen. 271. Div. IL Stam. in tubnRi corolliferum connata, indefinita. Fructus multicapsularis; capss* Terticil-* latae, in orbem dispositse aut in unam compactse. MAL VA. Supra foL 295. Dh.Jbliis angulosis^ M.Jra^rans, caule frutescente viscoso atropurpurascente, foliis cordatm «5-7-Iobatis crenatis, floribus solitariis peduncmis captllaribos folio breri- oribus. Cavan. diss. 2. 72. t. 25. Jl 3. Malva fragrans. Jacg. horU vindob. 3. 20. t. 33. Thunb.prod. 118. fforf^ Kexv. ed. 2. 4. 213. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 782; (excluso synontfrno PluknetiJ^ M. scabrosa. Lin. in amcen. acad. 4. 825. M. capensis. y. Lin. sp. pL 2. 968. M. foliis subcordatis laciniatis hirsutis, caule arborescente. MiU. dRct. edm 7. n. 14. M. africana frutescens flore rubro. Comm. hort. 2. Vjl* t. Frntex erectus S-12-pedalis viscido'hirsuiusy viretis^ axiUari-ramosut^ foUu odorem gratissime balsamicum redolens. Fol. aUerna^ m&Uia^ sesmii-S'^uncialia, hirta, subriigoso-venosa^ transverse longitudinem aquantia^ acute crenatay bas$ subcordata^ lobis obtusis subsinuatis^ medio ovato productiore: petioius 8-p/a brevi&r lamindv. magts. Stipulse 2, ovato-acuminataf breves^ patenHmfn^^ integerrimo! . JPeduncuIi axiUareSy snepiils binaiiy l^J^riy recti^ patentissimi^ Jiliformesy hirsutiy subbreviores folio ^ his teroe longhres petioloy foliolo vd bracted ad basin. Flores cameo-purpurei, diametro infra unciale^ rotate^ "^ campanulati. CaL exterior 3{4f)'^huUus, bis brevior inierioreffoliolis linearis lanceolatis^ planis: interior setnuB-jUus hirsutus, segmentii avato-^minatis. Pet. nan multum prqfundiora calyce, collaterali-contiguay lamind oblato^ rotunda^ venosdy margine superiore suhcrenato-^mdy basi saturattus rubente, vnme brevi albicante villosiusculo ciliato. Columna staminea f circa brevior coroUdy albicans^ nudiuscula v. pilis paucissimis stellatis obsita^ bast maculis 5 ctnerets grumaso-concsreniwus. oij'u v^^»/ ^i^^wj papill^ Uigm^tom glandulosd parilm crassiore pallente terminati The whole of this shrub diffuses a very gratefiil balsamic odour, perfuming the hand for some time after it has been drawn over the plant, and rendering it one of the most desii-able species of the genus for the conservatory. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated by Miller, at Chel- sea, in 1759, In bloom from April to July, and longer. VOL* IV. 1- An upright leafy shrub, growing to the height of 10 or 12 feet, hirsutely and viscidly furred, gi-een, axillarily branched. Leaves soft, alternate, from an inch and a half to three inches long, roughly furred, veined and slightly wiinkled, about as broad as long, shaiply crenated, cordate, 5-7- lobed, lobes obtuse shallowly sinuated, the middle one ovate and longer: petiole 3 times shorter than the blade or more. Stipules 2, ovately acuminated, short, entire, spread hori- zontally. Peduncles axillary, generally double, one-flowered, outspread, straight, filiform, roughly furred, mther shorter than the leaf, 2 or 3 times longer than the petiole, generally furnished with a leaflet or bracte at the base. Flowers of a purplish pink, less than an inch in diameter, rotately cam- panulate. Outer calyx three-leaved, aa short again as the inner one, leaflets linearly lanceolate, flat: inner one half 5- cleft hireute, segments ovately acuminated. Petals not much longer than the calyx, touching each other by their sides without lapping over; lamina or broad part oblately round, veined, subcrenately eroded at the upper margin, of a deeper red at the base; unguis short, whitish, slightly Nin«i«8, ciliate. Column of stamens about J shorter than the corolla, whitish, nearly naked, having only a few pencilled or stellated hairs, marked with 5 crimson stains between the petals at the base, bearing the anthers in a tuft at the upper part: anthers rtm^oviHy blackish purple, pollen of smooth ash-coloured globular grains, clotted. Styles 12? w)sy-crimson, filiform, protruded beyond the stamens; stigma a pale terminal glandular papilla but little wider than the style. The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Whit- ley, Brames, and Milne, Fulham. ,t/K.;^^"**^-^^ ^y,/ ^' i^>4'iri,/.j f/t-/. .X?/ /y /. :ff„/y ,,'yfy„,j/yr>A,„./. //^ yi,U/ /, / /, 5 / /'..,//< ./^ 297 MALVA calycina. Broad^cupped Mallow, MONADELPHIA POLY^yDRIA. Nat. ord. Malvacb^, Jussieu gen. 271- Div, IL Stam. in tubum eorolliferum connata, indefinita* Fructus multicapsularis; capu. verdcU- lats, in orbem dispositce aut in unara compacUe. MAL FA. SuprdfoL 295. Div* Foliis subiitdivisis, M* calycina^ foliis cordatis crenatis iodivisis piloio-hispidis, floribus soHtarj'ii iongd pedunculatiSf calyce exteriore maximo. Cavan, diss. 2* 81* t. 22. Malva calycina. Thunb. prod. 1 18. JVilld. sp. ^. 3. 777. Frutex interdum subbhrgyalis, ramosus, subxnscoso-hirsutus^ corttce sap^ rubescente. Fol. undique sparsa, remotiuscula^ cordata, virentta^ parum iongiora quam lata subsesquiuncialia v. ultras hirsuta, rugosa, subtus vartcoso* venosaj crenato-denfata^ obsolete sinuata^ suprema non adulta sublobata; ^etiolMs plurih brevior laming, Stipulee 2 breves, ovatiB^ obtnsiuscuke, suprh convexiB. PeduncuH axillares, swiiariit l^fiorit longiores petiolo, birii, Jbliolo ad basin stipaiu Floras oblaio-campanulati^ cameit tnjerne nervii puniceis radiati^ 1,5- undce transversi. Cal. exterior S-phyllus^ ^B^ans in- terioremy Jbliolis ratione congenerum capensium latissimis, ell^wo-ovatiSf ncuminatist p^be brevi hirlis; interior semi-5-Jidus^ infemi suban^ulasa' iurbinatuSy superni campanulato-patenSf segmeniu lato^ovatis acununatu acu^ tissimis. Pet, rotundo-obcordata lamnSobuitSf summo marginesinu latoobso^ ieto subrepando-excisat lateribtts imbricato-incumbeniia^ injfr^ lanugine minutis- sima ciliata; ungue brevi albo. Tubus stamineus 5- brevior eorwlS^ basi ma^ cuUs 5 puniceis inter petala pictusy inferni glaber albus^ juxta in/ra comam uniherosam jpUorum brevium peniciUis paucis barbatus: anthene nigns rent' Jbrmesy polltne cinereo grumoso c spnarulis lavibus. Styli {l^i) punicei, papiUa siigmaiosa glunduiosd pallidS parum latiore capitati. We suspect the reason, why we do not find this shrub among the rest of the genus recorded in the Hortus Kewensis, to be, that it has been overlooked as a variety of some of the Cape species. Plants of it from 13 to 16 feet high, with the appearance of age, are met with in our collec- tions, and show that it is one of no very recent date in them* There is a spontaneous sample of it in the Banksian Herbarium, from the Cape of Good Hope. The specific name was suggested to Cavanilles by the leaves of the outer calyx being proportionately the broadest of any of the con- genei-s known to him. It has never been represented by any published coloured figure before the present* L 2 A branching subviscidly furred shrub; bark generally more or less red. Leaves scattered on all sides, standing widishly apart, cordate, green, roughly furred, but Uttle longer than broad, an inch and a half in length or upwards, wrinkled, prominently veined underneath, crenately toothed, obsoletely sinuated, sublobate before they are full grown; petiole several times shorter than the blade. Stipules double, short, ovate, bluntish, convex on the upper side. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, rough-furred, longer than the petiole, with a leaflet near their foot. Flowers oblately campanulate, flesh-coloured, about an inch and one third in diameter, marked below with radiated crimson streaks. Outer calyx equal to the inner, 3-leaved, leaflets very broad, elliptically ovate, acuminated, shortly and roughly pu- bescent ; inner one half Scleft, subangularly turbinate at the lower part, at the upper spreadingly campanulate with brojid- ly ovate sharp-pointed segments. Petals roundly obcordate, lamina oblate with a wide shallow subrepand nearly obso- lete sinus at the top, lapping over each other at their sides, minutely ciliated below; unguis short, white. Stamineous tube about i shorter than the corolla, marked at the base of the petals, with 5 alternate crimson spots, smooth at the lower part, bearded by a few short pencils or stellated villi near the anthere : anthers black, renifonn ; pollen cinereous, clotted, grains sphaerical smooth. Styles 12? crimson ; stigma a pale glandular slightly broader papilla. The drawing was taken from a sample in the greenhouse of Messrs. Whitley and Co. at Fulham, where it flowers for a long time in succession during the summer months. 1' -_--■ 1 ^0 ~yi^(/ C Jwu fd,. cu^l y^uj, f». /'/^Jc<^. ^^/l, J / .'/ y. 298 GLYCINE comptonmna* Lady Northamptoii s Glycine. DIADELPHIA DECANDniA, Nat. ord, Leguminos^. Jussieu gen. 345- Div. T. GL YCINE. Supra voL 3,/oL 261. G. comptonianay glabra; ramis teretibus margine farevissimo ^uandrangulatU^ foliis ternatis petiolatis, folioHsoblongo^ovatisobtusissiniis cum oiucrone^ racemis multifloris longioribus petiolo, pedicelHs geminatis. Glycine comptoniana- Andrews's repostt. 602. Frutex lignosus volubilis, ascevdenti-ramosus^ ramisJusco-virentihuM. Fol- olterna, remota^ subtriuncialia^ obscuri viridht reticulato-venosa, Jbliolis iateralibus arikulo crasso Jlexili petiolo annexts^ medio paulh majore sesfpii" vnciam Jere longo: petiolus strictus^ slriatus, canaOculatuSt arikulo tumido offijEus cauli: stipulae communes gemims^ semiovata^ arUtato-acuminatat subrubentesy partiales minut^f Uneari-subulatee^ rubida. Racemi simptices, axillar€Sy erectly subbiuncialesy longiores petiolo, laxius multtfiori, peduDculo ^si 2'6racteato^ Jlexuoso, striato, virenti, pedicellis collaterali-geminis^ per paria alternis, subbreviores corolla, intervaUa Jlorum subaquantibusy angulosis^ cum calyce arliculatis, Flores violacei, \ uncice circith- longi, erediusculi, CaK suScoloratus, plus quam duplo brevior corolla, tubuloso-campanulatut, hi^ labiafus, dorso giboosus, margine subvillosus, labio suromo brevi 2;fido lobtUu acutis rectis, infimo 3^do segmentis ivqualibus stdlaio-patentibus, acvminaiis^ mucronatis. Vex, obcordato-orbiculatum^ violaceum, rdlexum, medio jnacuU alba didymS viridi picta insignitumy obsolete uTigtdcuiatum : aJae isti a^ui' long{By concolorest porrecta, adcarinam d piano interiori appresue, dolabr^or-^ mes, ungue bijurco brevi: car, remota vexiUo, pallida, rfwjpto minor alts qw^s conclusQf e petalis ^Jalcatis obtusis, unguibus inaquaU-6icrurUms albts* FiL diadelphoy nan muitum longiora calyci^ suprd cum angulo acutiori ascendcntia : anth, chloroleuca, ovalo-^brotundaf poUine ffrumoiO'granulato. Germ, glabrum, compresso-lineare^ sessile, longitudine calycis, itylo Atcti isoperme^ tro continuo incurvo terminatum; hXig.punctum obiusum puoeruluau In the nurseries the resemblance of the blossom of this species to that of Kknnbdia monophylla has raised the opinion, that it belongs to the same genus. But Mr. Brown, ever liberally communicative of his accurate and extensive information, tells us that our plant is not comprehended within the character by which that group has been defined. We have therefore left it to the genus in which it stands in the work we have cited, where it was first published. When Glycine undergoes a revisal, our species will probably be generically separated from it. Native of New Holland, and, as Mr. Brown believes, of the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. Introduced some years back by Lady Northampton. The draAving was taken from a specimen kindly sent to us by Mr. Herbert, from his col- lection at SpofFor'th, near Wetherby. The plant is one that does not flower freely till of some years standing ; when it is very ornamental. It does best planted in the border of a conservatory, and climbs to a considerable height. A smooth woody twining branched shrub, branches brownish green, round, shallowly 4-cornered. Leaves ter- nate, distant, dark green, nettedly veined, about 3 inches long, leaflets oblongly ovate rounded at the top and mucro- tiate, lateral ones fixed to the petiole by a thick flexile joint, the middle one a little the largest, about 1 k inch long; petiole stiff, striated, channelled, with a t^ick fleshy joint at the base. Common stipules two, semiovate, awnedly acu- minated, reddish, partial ones minute linearly subulate, red. Racemes simple, axillary, manyflowered, longer than the petiole, upright, two inches or more in length, peduncle flexuose, striated, gi*een, with 2 bractes at the base, pedicles in alternate pairs, rather shorter than the corolla, about equal to the intervals between the pairs, angular, connected by a joint with the calyx. Flowers violet purple, about half an inch long. Calyx coloured, more than twice shorter than the corolla, tubularly campanulate, 2-lipped, gibbous at the back, slightly villous at the edge, upper Up shortly 2-cleft, with acute straight lobules, lower one 3-cleft, with Etellately spread equal acuminated mucronate segments. Vex- illum obcordately orbicular, reflectent, with a white double green-figured spot in the middle, obsoletely unguiculate: wings equal in length to this, of one colour, pointing for- wards, pressed to the keel by their inner flat surface, hatchet-shaped, with a short bifurcated unguis : keel diverging from the vexillum, pale, twice smaller than the wings, of two falcate obtuse petals, with white unequally two-pronged ungues. Filaments diadelphous, not much longer than the calyx, turned up with a sharpish angle: anthers greenish yellow, ovately round; pollen granular and clotted. Germen smooth, compressedly linear, sessile, the length of the calyx, terminated by a short continuous style of nearly the same thickness ; stigma an obtuse slightly pubescent point. ^90 ^)y/r^ . 0^/^M£X^i^^.de/ ,f/f/' /y .f ^^/tA/,i^ff,y y../V'//./ /y/" rff /'/4.. fnfy/ /J/J ,> / ■/ '/ ^ f T. ' 299 VESTIA lycioides. SoX'tliomiike Vestia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNU. Nnt^ ord, Solane^. Jussien gen* 124- Brown prod. 449. VESTIA, CaL catnpanulatus, 5-dentatus. Cor, tubuloso-campaDH* lata. Stig* capitatum. Caps, 4-valvis. Sent, nuda. fVUld. enum* 208. Vestia lycioides* Willd, envm. 208. Frutex graveohns^ erectus^ ramosus, ramis copiosijbliosis, tfretihus, ml- losis, ToL alleme sparsOf approximata^ oblongo^ovalia^ glabra^ Integra^ sub- tessiiin v. brevissime subpetiolata^ patentia, supri niuda, iowiora sesqui' vncia/ia, Pedunculi iaterales, all/us axillis extra lineamjmorum positi^ toliiarii, l-2Jlorij erecti, tereies villosiy niodb bractea vagd stipati, J uncuc lonely non muUum infra calycem articulatu Cal. opaco-membranaceust inferuSf 3^ brevwr corolla, cupulato-tubulosus, pallide virescent S-nervis, margint nnuato-5'dentatus lanugmosus. Cor. monopetala^ pallidi lutescens, elongato' tubulosa, unciam exsuperans ; tubus calyci ^equalis ; f^ux cylindrical sublatior tuboy inferne obsolete S'gona ; limhus S-parlituSt Jauce S-plo brevior^ steUatO' expansuSy aqualis, extiis tomentosus, lac. angulaio-ovatis, acutis, Fil. longilU exserta, subaqualia, apicibus conniventia^ capiUaria^ ore ttibi infra Jaucem inserta, basi dilatata albo4anata: BXUh^Jusca, sagittato-cordatee, breves, biloculares h Jurca baseos infix^e, versatiles, utrinque Imptudinalitir dekis- centes, locuVys dejloratis pellato-orbiculatis. Germ, rotundum, suturis 4 supemc notatumy virensy polyspermunty biloctdaref receptaculis 2 placentaribut dusepi" mento utrinque adnatisy o\u\\s globosis: stylus Jtliformis, virescens^ fiamenii$ tsqnilongus^ at Z-plo crassior^ erectus^ summo gemiinit umbilico insertusi stig. continuum, parum crassius, obtusum^ vix capitatum* A genus instituted by Willdenow from the present species, which he suspects to be the same with the Periphragmos fa^tidns of the Flora Peruviana. The two plants plainly coin- cide in some remarkable characteristics; but still, if we are to put faith in figures and descriptions, they can scarcely be the same species. The plant of the Flora Peruviana ha$ 3-flowered peduncles, which terminate branchlets that issue from a separate fascicle of small leaves, in our plant these proceed nakedly from the side of the main branches out of th« line of and above the axil of the proximate leaf, and have ge- nerally only one flower. The calyx is there described as of a black violet colour, and the Umb of the corolla as pale violet, neither of which circumstances applies to this plant. The seed-vessel shown in the plate of the above work would re- move all perplexity, for that never could belong to our species; but then it is questioned by Willdenow whether this is not a wrong one, introduced there by mistake. We con- fess our persuasion of their being distinct. On Mr. Brown's suggestion we have placed the genus in the order Solanece. It comes very close to Lycium. We are obliged to Mr. Lambert for the opportunity of taking the drawing, from a sample that came from the hot- house at Boyton, his seat in Wiltshire. Native of South America. Very lately introduced into the Physic Garden at Chelsea, from Berlin; where it had most probably been raised fi-om seed brought home by Messrs. Humboldt and fionpland. An upright branching rank-smelling shrub; branches copiously leaved, round, villous. Leaves scattered, near, oblongly oval, smooth, entire, subsessile or very shortly subpetioled, outspread, longer ones IJ or 2 inches in length, rather glossy at the upper side. Peduncles lateral, placed above and out of the direction of the axil of the leaf, as- cendent, 1-2-flowered, round, villous, s of an inch long, jointed a little below the calyx. Cafyx inferioi*, 3 times shorter than the corolla, tubularly cupshaped, 5-nerved, with a sinuated 5-toothed downy edge. Corolla of one piece, pale yellow, elongatedly tubular, more tban an inch long; tube equal to the calyx ; Jaux cylindrical, rather wider than the tube, obsoletely pentagonal below; llmh 3 times shorter than the faux, even, stellated, tomentosely villous, with- out segments, angularly ovate, acute. Filaments longly protruded, nearly equal, connivent above, capillary, inserted below the faux at the mouth of the tube, widened at the base and bearded with a white wool: anthers brown, sa^t- tately cordate, didymously locular, fixed at the notch in their base to the point of the filament, loculaments, when the pollen has been voided, of a round peltate form. Sti/le as long as the filaments, 3 times tWcker, greenish, inserted at the umbilicated summit of the germen ; stigma deep green, obtuse obsoletely indented- Germen round, marked above with 4 seams, green, many-seeded, bilocnlar, with two placentiform receptacles, one gi'own to each side of the dis- sepiment; ovula globular. I % -/// ^ til - rAf // A y / Af//i^n(itilY^jr,t-^ /7^ ./nf tploU p6* ior foHolis^ cum ramo articulatus Qcjidiola cutm itlo : stipuls % herbacete, subutato-aristattSt hispidtfff ^aducm, ^ PeduDCufi amllaresy solitarii, erects spicatim rijcemosi^^ plHrih hngioretfylio; floribak numerosis, sparsis^ (fpproxtmatis, paienfissimsy iubsemunfiaUbWt roseo-pur* purascentibus ; pedicelfis hkpidisf orevissimist cum calyce continuisg bracteifl caducisf sub^quantibus calucem^ subcoioralis^ punclaiis^ lamind compressor Jbrnicaia aristato-acuminata pcde brevi viridipostiS^ Cal. ki^ndus, cotoratus^ campanulatus^ transverse lalior^ subtriph ^repior corolla, semiSfiduSt Hmho 2-hbiatOy segmentis ini^qtfalibus ciliatis Uneari'Subulatis% labii gummi divaru effiis deorskm obliquatis^ labii imi pectinato-coUatcral^St medio mi^ore. Pet concolora^ venosa, sub^gvUonga ^ vex, okhngum, rhombeo-avatum^ jub^ acuminatum, de iu/ra medium re/'ractum, wkgaetafo, rubro, concavo non tecto calycej dorso bigihbo, lamina ad pedem notata mactdd didymS albq et mohceo ^riata/ a\as Jaicato4anci^tiP, divaricatie^ acumine lanuginosa, ungue ««i- plici: Cftr. defi^x^t, lanceolatO'navictdaris, utringue mucronato-calcaratay un^ guibus simplicibus oblongs divergentibus rubris, Stam, difffielpha: tubus fila^ tnentosus brevissimi 9;fidus, supr^ rubescens, apice incurvus: antb. erecfa^ &oat€B, apiculo postici cristaio, barbS i^lbS tomentosS ad basin. Germ, teres^ viilosum, rectum; stylus bis brevior r. magis, iereti-si^ulatus, rubescens, incunncss %i}g' glandnhso-ciipitatum, subctfmpressum, alburn^ This pretty species does not seem to have been recog- nised of late in our collections for the Indigofeba anuena^ .which it clearly is. In all the gardens where we have met with it, it has been known by the appellation of Indigofera purpurea. Belongs to the Cape of Good Hope; and was in- troduced in 1774 by Mr. Masson. A ft-ee-flowerlng green- house plant. A grey branching upright shrub, with a short hispid flat^pressed silvery fur, in the samples we have seen, seldom VOL, IV, M exceeding a vard in height; branches flexuose, 4-ridged; the small bristles that form the fur are decumhent and fixed down at their middle with the two ends pointed and de- tached, as we see them on a larger scale in Malpighu. Leaves alternate, widesct, widespread, with a thicker fur underneath; leaflets ohlongly oval, scarcely an inch long, nearly equal, with a small recurved point, nerves, excepting the main one, very faintly marked: petiole usually shorter than the leaflets, fixed to the branch by a joint, as the leaflets are to that: stipules 2, herbaceous, subulate, awned, caducous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, upright, several times longer than the leaves ; flowers numerous, in a spike- like raceme, scattered, near together, widespread, about half an inch long, purplish red; pedicles x^vy short \ bractes -caducous, about equal to the calyx, coloured in part, spot- ted, formed of a compressedly vaulted awned lamina and a short green unguis. Cali/x hispid, coloured, oblately cam- panulate, about 3 times shorter than the corolla, haltScleft ; limb bilabiate, segments unequal, linearly subulate, ciliate, in the upper lip divaricate and slanted downwards, in the lower placed parallelly like the teeth of a comb, the middle one largest. Petals all of the same colour, veined, nearly of one length: vexillum oblong, rhomboidally ovate, slightly acuminate, refracted fi-om below the middle, unguis red, broad, concave, gibbous at the back, not covered by the calyx, lamina with a double white and violet streaked spot 'at the base: tcings falcately lanceolate, divaricate, downy at the point, unguis simple: keel deflected, lanceolately navicular, with a short-pointed spur at each side: ungues simple, oblong, divergent, red. Stamens diadelphous : the tube of the filaments vei-y shallowly 9-cleft, reddish and incurved at the top: anthers upright, ovate, with a small crested point at the back, tomentosely bearded at the base. Germen round, villous, straight: st^le as short agmn as that, subulate, reddish, incurved: stigma a white compress- ed glandular head. The drawing was taken at Messrs. Whitley and Co.'s, Fulham. '''■f)l f , r ^v ^^.v / / , / y / '''y ■ y^//j ^ Mm/d/^. ly / y//f' X. // I 301 VINCA herbacea, Hungarian Periwinkle. FENTANDBIA MONOGYNI^. Nat, ord* Apocyke^. Jussien gen^ 143, Div^ /. Germcn duplex* Fructus bifollicularis. Semina iioii papposa. VINCA. (Contorta). CaL 5-partitus persistens. Con hjrpocratert* formis tubo lon^o, fauce 5-gona, limbo piano obtusd 5-lobo* Anth* mem* branaceae. Status I; 5/^;^. urceoJatura ec subtds peltato-orbiculatum. FU* iiciifi erecti cunniventes obtoiigi angusti; sem. oblonga, nuda, Suffruticet frarius /terb^ej, quidam non lactescentes^ quidam caulilus diffusUtJoi, cppO' sita ; Jlores axiUares, Juss, I- c. I44-. V. krrbacea, caulibus herbaceis prostratis ; folijs oblongo-IanceoIatU glabru, floribus pedunculatis, calyce ciliato. IVilld. enmn. 274. Vinca herbacea. Waldsl. et'Kitaib. hung. 1.8./. 9. Persoon syn. 1. 267._ ^nA\x perennis. Cstu]e$ kcrbacei procumbenles, in iolo arenoso prostrati, linea recta ad 1 1-2 pedes protcndendi, nee nisi in grdmiKOsis A recta directione deflectendi atque npice erigendi, i'tdem jioriferi et radicantes {nee ut in Vinca niajore et mlnore Jlorentes erecti, non ^orentes procutn- Itentes), simpficlmmiy rarb rainosi ramis oppositis altera brevtore, nudi, Iteves, nititli. et velut atomis ^uibusdam sub epidermide aspersi, non rarH purpurascentcs, subqaadranguli angulis ^ petiolorum margine atrinque decur- renfibus, laterlbus 2 majoribus convexis, minorihus subcanaiiculatis. FoU siibsessilia, opposite, oblusa, suprh obtcuri viridia, nitida, subtus pallidiora, atrinque nuda, marginibus tamen subrevoiutis ciliata setuUt brevisstmit "g^ uscmIis, injima nonnunquam subrotunda, proximo ovala, oblongo-ovata, tandim lanceo/eta, omnia hueme emorienlia. Flores 4-5 in eodem cauie, ttutentati. pedunculis erectts axillaribus, rarv oppositis, folia aquantibut v. superanttbut, teretibits v. subcompressis, post Jlorescentiam recurvandis, CaL (lubaaoraius/ a-pariitus, erecttts, persistens, lac. ( disiantibus ) acutis, subcdtatit, baxi utrinque glattduia dentatis. Cor. congenerum, violaceo-caruUa (subiesqut^ unciam transversa)^ nonnunquam Candida, tubi parte angusttore sulcu 5 pro* fundioribus inscubita, fauce hirsut/i, piUs albis cfausa. Fil. ubi corolla ad- nascuntur hirsuta, hinc prominentia, glabra, aibida, versus antheras dilatata. Anth. lutea, exthi versiis apicem hirsuta, medio utrinque lamina membranaced nucta. Germ. 2 ovata, interjectA utrinque slandulS mellf/erdovata virtdt- lttte6. Styli albi. Stig. ( dbo-lanatum ) . FollicuH 2 subcylmdria, medio nonnunquam an'rustati. subangulati, versHs apicem tenutores, alter sapS abortiens, Sem? oblonga, hinc convexa, inde foveS longitudmah excavata, Wald. & Kit. 1. c. TfiS species is native of Hungary, and was first recorded by MessiS. Waldstein and Kitaibel in their splendid work on the rarer plants of that kingdom. It differs m several points from its weU-known congeners m»jor and mtnor; most decisively however in not having a suifrutescent ever- green stem, but one that dies in the winter. The drawing M 2 #ds taken at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co. Ful- ham, where it has been very recently received from the Botanic Garden of Berlin. It is perfectly hardy, and flowers in May and June. Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, procumbent, radi- cant, from a foot and a half to two feet long, quite simple, seldom branched, smooth, frequently purplish, slightly 4- comered. Leaves subsessile, opposite, obtuse, dark green above, subrevolute at the edge, very shortly and bnstly ciliate, the lowermost nearly round, the next ovate, then oblongly ovate, and lastly lanceolate. Flowers 4-5 Upon a stem ; peduncles solitai-yj axillary, seldom opposite, upright, equal to the leaves 6r longer, round or slightly compressed, recurved after the flower has faded. Cali/x slightly coloured} 5-parted, upright, persistent, segments wideset, acute, mi- nutely ciliate, toothed on each side the base by a small gland. Corolla like that of the congeners, about an ihch and half across, vai'ying from a deep violet pui*ple to white^ deepishly five-fiirrowed at the naiTow part of the tube, faUx closed by a white pubescence. Filaments hirsute where they join to the corolla, prominent oti otte side, smooth, white, dilated towards the anthers. Anthers yellow hirsutely furred at the top without, having a membranous lamina on each side their middle. Germens 2, ovate, intercepted on each side by a yellow green melliferous gland. Styles white. Stigmas White*Woolled. Follicles 2, sometimes narrowed In the middle, subangular, narrower towards the top) one of them often miscarrying. Seeds oblong, on one side^ with a longitudinal cavity on the other. .3^':^ 'j tie/. :/■ / J V / Ji'. ,/,^,t,a4/ Y-^'^' ^/C- ■^'' /.y / //I/./'. J^,/'//. // T r- 30^ VACCINIUM fuscatum. Clmter-Jiowered Wkortle-herry . OCTANDRIA C^ECANDRIA. Pttrth.) MONOGYNU. Nat, ord* £kic^. JussUu g^H^ 1S9. Div* IL Genncn inferum ant seminiferum. EfticE^t Browi prod* 557- VACCINIUNL CaU supetils 4-{5-) dentatus aut integer^ Cor, cam* (utnulata 4-(5-} fida lacmiis reflexis (4*partita omnino reflexa in Oxycocco)* ■ Staf^, nan epipetala, quandoque exserta; antk. bicornes & dorso 2-aristat«b Gerr^, inferum. Bacca parva, infera» globosa, umbilicata, 4-loc.» oligo* sperma. Fr^iiceSf squaviis gentmarnm s/rpi persistentibus in ramvlorum basif Jbl* alterna^ in quibusdani sempervirentia g Jlores pedtceUatiy solitarii, asS* idres, V. plurirrti terminaies bracteati^ interdiim Stfidi, lO^ndru Jiiai. J, Cm 162. Div^Jbliis annotinis seu deeiduis, y,Juscahm^ folus oblongjs acutis serrulatis glabris, racemig a^egatts ter* minalibus corymbosis bracteatis, pedicellis longis nutantibuSt corolUi cylindraceis, laciniis erectis brevlbus, calycibus acutis erectit^ stylo _ . subexserto* Pursh timer, sept. 1. 287. Vaccinmm fuscatum. Hort, Aw. 2. U- ed, 2. ?. S56. WiBd. tp. pL % S5U VaCciniuin formosum* Andrevbss reposii. 97. Frutex S'S-pedaiiSj jSexnoso-ramosus, FoL decidn&, oNonga, ^iptic&^ i^blanceolata^ acuta^ SubtiUi^r serrulataf vents suUus viUosiusaaaf subtes^* Uncialia^ sentunciam lata vd ultrd, Racemi compo&iii^ obtango-paniculait im tamulis mbapkyUis ^xMsis s partia!ea ^emmacei j^uri^ri laterales ei ter^ minalest aitemiy snbcorumboso-conttacti^ pedunculo stricto baud muUum longiore pedicelUs; pedicelli lucidij viridi-rubentesy nutanUs^ longttudine Jernii coroU^e, supra basin bracteati, bracteb membranaeeitj rubrist ianceo* tatis^ caduciSf i^arpne htn^ginoso^liatis, Flores albi, roseo-viUati^ odorem melleum redolentes, Cal. brevist oblatocampanulatus^ S-fidus^ i&bulis a£utui$ troatis subciliatis aptce recurvis* Cor. ovatO'C^indracea^ diametro 3p/o tu nlir^ breviore longitudine^ saprh subpUcnto-angulosa^ ore angusto S^o^ iacinuUs brevissimis acutulis margine villosiusculis, Stam* 10, §■ breviora eoroUa^ erecta: fil. cylindraceo-contigua^ alba, plana, linearia^ tongitudins antberarvniy pilosa: axith. JerrugintiFt loculis basi muticis, arutis^ prqfixu iongioribus ipsis. Stylus virescenSy teres, strictus, subexsertus: stig. papt^ loso-capitatum. Twenty^five North-American species of this genus have been recorded by Mr. Pursh in the work we have cited ; among which the present little shrub is the most ornamental in point of blossom . It is SMd to grow naturally in the swamps of Lower Carolina and Georgia. Was first introduced in 1770 by Mr, William Young. The specific name of ^- catum refers to the colour of the calyx. The drawing made at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co. at Fulhaniy where the plant is cultivated in the open ground in bog- .carth. It flowers in May and June. A flexuosely branching deciduous shrub, seldom ex- ceeding 2 or 3 feet in height. Leaves oblong, elliptical, sublanceolate, pointed, very finely serrate, about an inch and half long, about the half of one broad or more, slightly villons underneath along the veins. Racemes compound, in oblong flexuose subleafless panicles; partial ones several- flowered, lateral and terminal, alternate, contracted to nearly a corymbose form; peduncle straight, stiff, not much longer than tlie pedicles, generally with a scale or two of the floral bud remaining at the base; pedicles reddish, shin- ing, deflected, nearly of the length of the corolla, furnished above the base with red membranous, lanceolate downy- edged caducous bracies. Flowers white and red, smelling Kke honey. Calyx continuous with the germen, short, oblately campanulate, 5-cleft, lobules pointedly ovate, slightly ciliate, recurved at the tip. Corolla ovately cylin- drical, the diameter three times less than the length or more, plaitedly angular at the upper part, mouth narrow, 5-cleft, segments minute, somewhat pointed, slightly vil- lous at the edge. Stamens 10, a third shorter than the corolla, upright: ^/amew#5 cylindrically contiguous, white, flat, linear, fiirred, the length of the anthers: anthers of the colour of rust, without any appendage at the base, headed by two awns longer than the cells- Style green, .round, straight, nearly protruded from the mouth of the corolla; stigma capitate, papulous. The principal distinctions between Vaccinium (which varies with 8 and 10 stamens) and Andrombda, are the berry of the first, and the capsule of the latter. '303 \ • /yi^ ( iffiftf'ff/^ (/ff yj,/. ^.xv^., /;/.,.,.// ^/'.Xv/. /Vr ./9.,,r,///^ ./^^y /. /J'/i^- _v 303 AMARYLLIS lonf^olia; y. longiflora. Tall-fiowered iong-leaved Amaryllis, HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nat. ord. Narcissi. Jussien gen. 3^, Div. II. Amaryllipe.^ Brouin prod. 296. Sect. I, AMAR YLLIS. Supr^ vol. 3. fol. 228. Div. Sulbispermee. Foliis wultifariii, A. longifolia, umbella multiilor'a, brevit^r et obese petlicellata ; foliis lorato* attenuatis margine scabris: iimbo suberecto subduplo breviore tuba. Nobis injourn. of science and the arts. 2. 366. Amaryllis longifolia. L'Herit. serf. ansl. 13. Hart. Kern. I. 419. ed, 2. 2. 2^7. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. 36+. coll. 4. 205.,/ragm. 3. /. 2.,/ig. 1. Nobit in Curtis's tmgaz.66l. Redoute liliac. W7 . fVilld. sp. pi. -2. 36 1 feaclusit uudique Linnteo autoribmque ab eocitatis, Brossvigiau fiUcatam intel- ligenlibns). ■Amaryllis bulbisperma. Burm, prod. 9. Amaryllis capensis. Mill, diet', ed. 8. n. 12. («) minor; bulbo angusto cyliadnco; foliia glaucis; germine subrotundo- elliptico colorato. Amaryllis riparia. Burchell MSS* {&) major,- foliis glaucis; germine oblongo, Tiridi, rotundftW 3-Iobo. Curtis's magaz. loc. cit. (y) mnxima; foliis non glaucis, strictioribus, germiDe oblongo lucido absque omni sulco v. gibbositate. Bulbus obloneus, integnmentis fitscis, Tolplura, muUifarihrn recurvanda. tubisoperimetri. Corolla tubus linearis, obtme S-gonus, nunc curvatus, re- ferens peduncalum, ore nudo: limbus tnrbinato-campanu/atus, tubsemirtngenir ad basin usque 6-partttus, duplo fere brrvior tubo, tacinm ovali-oMongit, » exterioribm latioribus apiculo hamnto. YH.panicea, tiicltnata, \Jermi brevma limbo: anth. vibrata, vacua lunata, poUine sulphureo. Stylus gractlti puniceo-purparascens i stig. depretso-capitatum, tubtrigonuntf prumosum. C^ps. iulbitperma. The plant which has afforded our drawing was received by Mr. Griffin from a garden in Jamaica, without notice of its being or not being indigenous of that Island. Were it native of those parts, we should have had no hesitation in deeming it distinct from the Cape species, under the name of which it is here published. It differs in having a firmer more upright and in no way glaucous foliage, a full third longer flowers, and a bright green furrowless germen. Mr. Griffin thinks that the bulbs of the two are different. But as the distinctions we observed, were such as we con- ceive to be within the scope of both seminal variation and exotic culturcj we think it safer to record the plant aa a dis- tinguished variety of the present species, than to separate it by a new name, before either the permanence of the dif* ferences has been proved, or its original abode ascertained. The dmwing was taken in May last, at Mr. Griffin*s, at South Lambeth, where the plant flowered in the hothouse. There are other specimens of it both in the Cambridge and Liverpool botanic gardens. Bulb oblong, with dark brown membranous integu- ments. Leaves several, in different directions, recurved, convolutely sheathing below, longer than the flqwer-stem, inner ones narrower, more upright, sharply channelled. Flowerstem from a foot and a half to two feet high or mope, round, very faintly and bluntly two-edged, glaucous, solid, Spatke two-valved, dry, acuminate, twice shorter than the ^mbel. Flowers 6^, from 6 to 9 inches long, rose-coloured and white, sweet-scented: "peduncles very short, nearly as thick as the germen. Tube of the corolla linear, obtusely 3-cornered, sometimes curved, resembling a peduncle, smooth at the orifice: limb turbinately eampanulate, slightly semiringent, sixparted quite to the base, nearly twice shorter than the tube, segments ovally oblong, three outer ones tho broadest, with a hooked point. Filaments crimson, inclined, about a third shorter than the limb: anthers balanced, when the pollen is evacuated curved like a crescent : pollen ^ulphur-coloured. AiYy/e very slender, crimson f stigma de^ pressedly headed, slightly trian^lar, subpubescent, Cflf|fH 9^^e bulbispermous. \ m f Ki I... ./ ill.,, J'n.. Ou., I If I?, r/ P e^^oJ.' I > V I* 504 CACTUS speciosus. Mose-flvwered Indian- Ftg, ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Nat. ord. Cacti. Jussieu gen. 310- Div* IL CACTUS. Suprh voU 'i.fol. 137- Div^ PhyUantku €• ^eciosvSf caulibus articulatis, compressis, foliaceii, serrato-rmandis ; ' noribus magnis tubo inermi, squaiiiulosa. Botipland nav. et malmais, 8. ^3; fnon vero WUldenovii in suppL enum* hort. beroh^ ciyus planta est Cactus speciosissimus. Menu du mus^m. 3. 190. /. 9-) Cdctus speciosus. Desfont.tabL \9\. Frutescens. CauHs articulatuSy ramosus, l^te virescenSy suhnudus, camo" sus, marginibus crenalO'excisuSy ex cyliudraceo sispeqne subanguiari cum crassitudine pennm scriptoria in laminam^oliaceam obtottgam latitudine sesqui' blunciuU longiludine plus minus sesunciab extenuatus, nervo medio alios parol- klos utrinque cmfttente percursuSf imo crenantm sin& arrttatus Jascictdis ?nnidarum mimdarum lanugine albicanie cinctus vix oculis nudis manifestis. lores in crenis caulinis so/itarii^ quadriuncialeSy infundibuliformes^ curvuU^ extics squarroso'Vecurvit inius iubuloso'convergentes. Germ, oblongum^ piurtes bre'vius tubo calycis. Cal. oblorrgus, cylindriciis^ tubopallide virente, squamis ^ropnrpureis refiexis munitOy breviore segmentis limbi. Cor. It^e rosea^ sub* hngior calvce; peU elongato-oblonga^ ttpice mucronata^ intima in campanam tuQuioso'oUongam conniventia, Stam, numerosa aquantia cordlam: fil. i«i* iapillaria, tenera, alba. Stylus tsqualis staminibus^ Jiliformis. Stig. 5 p- 7- This beautifiiUy blossomed and curious plant was first observed by Messrs. Humboldt and Bonpland during their memorable travels in South America. They met with it, in 1801, growing wild near the village of Turbaco, situated a few leagues to the south of Carthagena, at the elevation of 126 fathoms. The species belongs to a section distinguished in the genus by a thinner flesh, less substantial yet succulent stems, the articulations of which are extended into the form of fiat elongated leaves, are nearly free from the thorny pencils that beset the surface of the rest and largely indented at the margin- It differs in its own section of the genus, fi-om alatus in not having a small greenish white flower, and from Phyllanthus in not having a long slender white one. The drawing was taken last June, in the conservatory of Mrs, GUbert, at EarVs Court, where the plant had been received fi-om France the year before. The first time it VOL. IT. N bloomed in Europe was in 1811, near Paris, in the garden of La Malmaison, then belonging to the Empress Josephine. It was supposed to have been raised from seed brought home by the celebrated travellers, by whom we have already said the species was firet observed. Stem shrabby, jointed, branching, of a clear soft green colour, nearly smooth, fleshy, largely and crenately indented at the edge, from cyhndrical and often sub- angular with the thickness of a common pen, dilated into an oblong foliaceous lamina, from an inch and a half to two inches in breadth and about six in length, traversed longitudinally by a midrib branching into parallel side- nerves, armed at the angles of the indentations with pencils of minute prickles scarcely visible to the naked eye and imbedded in short white wool. Flowers in the indentations of the branches, solitary, 4 inches long, funnelform, slightly curved, squarrosely patent without, within converging cylin- drically. Germen oblong, several times shorter than the tube of the calyx. Calyx oblong, cylindrical, with a pale green tube beset with blackish purple reflected scales and shorter than the segments of the limb. Corolla of a fine rose-colour, a little longer than the calyx ; petals elongatedly oblong, with a small point at the end, inner ones tubularly campanulate. Stamens numerous, equal to the corolla: filaments of an almost capillary fineness, tender, white. Style equal to the stamens^ filiform. Stigfnas 5 or 7. Jo*^ I < ^ y/iU f///*r// y ^'■.J'jOj'cauul'fl; / "y .//./ vv/o 305 ■ J b r ORNITHOGALUM thyrsoide»; ^, Jlavescem, Pale yellow thyrse-Jiowering Star-of- Bethlehem, HEXANDRIA MONOGY!{I^. Nat. ord. Asphodeli, Jussieu gen. 53. AspHODELE^. Urowi prod. 2141. ORNITHOGAL VM. Siipr^ vol. ^fol. \ 58. O. thyrsoides, corymbis multifloris racemirormibus, filamentis alterois fiir- catis, foliis lanceolatis. Hort. Kew, 1. 442. Ornithogalum thyrsoides. J(icq. hort. vindob. 3. 17. t. 28; (mala). Sust. veg. Murr. 328. Thunb. prod. 62. Curlis*s magaz. 1164. Hort. Kew. ed.^.2.261. Redout^ lilUc. S33. JVilld. sp. pi. 2. 12^; (quoadjS.) Ornithogalum arabicum. Redouti liliac, 63s (nee aliorum licet mali pro eo in edit. secundS Hort. Kew. citatum sit). Ornithogalum stiiiopicutn. Clus. cur. post. 21. Park, par, 138. (^)floribus nondum apertisaurantiis, inde albo-flavescentibus. Ornithogatura aureum. y. WiUd, sp. pi. 2. 124. Ornithogalum flavcscens. Jacg. ic. rar. 2. /. 437. coU. 3. 233. Bulbus tunicatus, subrotundus, Fol. plura (6?) ambientia^ recurco-re- tumbentia, lorato-acuminata, planiuscuh, lucida, lanvgine subtiti ciliata, 'ubSuncialia, basi convoluto-complexa. Scapus tereSt gfaucus, sesquipedalis v, vltrot Jlexuoso-erectus. Racemus multifiorus, corymboso-fasti^anst semi- pedalis v. idtrd, prima aurantius inde Jlnvo-pallescetis. Bracteae singulares, convoltito-ovateB cuspide elongata, dupto v. uUrh breviores pedicellis sybses- ^iuncialibus. Cor. rotate-campanula tOt citiuspost anthesin connJvens, nee vn- quhm explanata, vix sest/uiunctam transversa; laciniis elliptico-oblonets^ suba- yualibus, concavis, utrinque invicem imbricato-contiguts. Stam. 3-plo breviora corolla, erectO'patentia, siipr^ ijicurvata, cinerascentia ; fil. subulata, inferni alata, alis alternorum latioribus profundioribus et utrinque unidentatis devtibut conniventibus. Germ, cinerascens, oblongum, obtuse trigonum, mbsexsuU cum; stylus continuus, brevis, crassiusculus, triqueter: stigma trilobo-capi- latum, puberuluvi, brevius stylo. Native of the Cape oi Good Hope- Differs from aureum in having segments of the corolla that lap over each other at the sides, and with ends more shortly pointed; from revolu- ium in having the same not divaricately outspread, and with sides which do not become revolute; from lacteum by hav- ing a corymbosely fastigiate inflorescence. The white variety was received by Clusius out of a Dutch ship fi-om the Cape ; and was cultivated by that learned naturalist, in the Low Countries, as long ago as 1605. The present va- riety was originaUy introduced by Mr. Masson. The speci- men which afforded our drawing was imported by Mr. Gnt- fin; and flowered in his conservatory at South Lambeth in n2 June last. The white one has been fi-equently mistaken for arahkum, a veiy distinct species, and remarkable for its black-green shining and nearly globular germen, faithfully represented by the figure in Curtis's Magazine. Bulb tunicate, nearly round. Leavejt several, in dif- ferent directions, lorately tapered, recurved and usually re- cumbent, flattish, shining, edged with a fine short down, about 5 inches long, embracing each other convolutely at the base. Scape round, glaucous, a foot and a half high, flexuosely upright. Raceme manyflowered, corymbosely fastigiate, about half a foot long, at first of an orange- yellow, afterwards strawcoloured. Bractes single, convo- lutely ovate, with a long point, twice shorter than the pedicles or more, these last being about an inch and a half in length. Corolla rotately campanulate, about an inch and a half aci'oss, converging over the germen soon after expansion, at no time completely and flatly expanded, seg- ments elliptically oblong, nearly equal, concave, lapping over each other by the edges of the sides. Stamens 3 times Shorter than the corolla, from upright spreading, bent in- wards at the top, ash-coloured ; filaments subulate, winged at the lower part, the wings of the alternate ones broader and deeper than those of the others, and furnished at the top with two blunt-topped convergent teeth. Germen asli- coloured, oblong, obtusely three-cornered, slightly 6-fur- rowed; style continuous, short, thickish, three-cornered: stigma 3-iobedly headed, slightly pubescent, shorter than the style. An ornamental greenhouse plant of easy culture. Propa- gated by offsets from the bulb. ■ . .1 ■:>oC o^^"M^ '^'r-t -'' /r,.^/-/6y^naJM/y i,y/ /^'/,^ J.,.'ll> ^' 306 BOSSIJEA cinerea. Sharp-leaved Bossicea. DIADELPHIA nECANDRIA. - Nat, ord, Leguminosje. Jussieu gen. 345. Div, V, BOSSIMA. CaL bilabiatus: labio superiore majore semib]6do obtUM. Stam, omnia connexa. Legumen plano-compressunir pedicellatum, poly^ spermum, margine utroque iQcrafisatum* Sem^ 8trophioIata« Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4, 266. B. cinerea^ ramis foHosis teretibus, caule erecto ramosiesimo, foIiU ovato* lanceolatis; supr^ scabris; subtils pubescentibus ; margimbus recurvis. ■ Srown in loc* ciL 268. Bosfiiaea calcarata. Herb. Banis, Fruticulus erecttis^ striclus, panicidalo-ramoiust ramis mbaUemis^ sim^: pUcibus^ lanatO'villosis, FoL mimerom, prtmma, alterna v. nunc in summit ramis opposita^ patentisstma, brevisstmi petiolatay semuncialia v* ultrd^ longi acuminata mucrone spini/ormi^ margine deflexo deniiculalO'Sca&rata, suprh corrugatO'venosay puoescentiS parca et caauc^f subius yiUoio-cinerascentia nervis varicosis: petiolus glanduloso-crassuSf rugosus^ stipulatus: 3tipute % opposit£E, membranosay purpuro-rubenteSy linear i-elor^atay acuta, angustis* simcBf recurvo'divarzcdntes, Flojres nufnerosit solitarih axiilaresy subaguales Joliisy in ramis formantes racemos foliosos spicattm elongatos ; peduncuJj^i> Jbrmesy atro-rubentes^ villosiusctdi, breviores Jlore^ bracteolis 2 minutis pallia dis oppositis prope calycem cum quo sunt continui. Cal. turbinato-campanU' latusy 5-Jidus, limbo incsqualissimi bilabiate; labio summo conduplicato, vafde majore, subtruncato-rotundo, emarginato; irao S-partilo, lobulis subulo" tis wqualilms co!lateraUbus recurvis. Con {■ partem uncif paulb exsuperant^ purpuro-flavescensy duplo longior calyce; pro describendd verb non habuimus pneter emarcidam. A very rare species in our collections, and till now un- figured; fii-st observed by Mr. Brown in Van Diemen's Island, and introduced in 1803. The drawing was made from a specimen which flowered in Mr. Herbert's garden at Spofforth, near Wetherby, a source fi-om which we have been liberally and munificently supplied for the use of the present publication. It is cultivated in tbe greenhouse, and flowers from May to July. A small bushy shrub; stem upright, stnught, nume- rously branched; branches subaltemate, round, leafy, simple, with a short woolly fur. Leaves numerous, near to each other, alternate or sometimes opposite at the upper part of the branches, widespread, ovately lanceolate, about half an inch long, far acuminate with a point resembling a small prickle, recurved at the margin, denticulately and roughly edged, wrinkly veined and shagreened on the upper side, thinly and caducously pubescent, villous and grey at the underside, where the veins are varicose, very shortly petioled: petioles glandular, thick, wrinkled, stipulate: stipules 2, opposite, membranous, purple, linearly elongated, extremely narrow, pointed, recurved and divaricate. Flowers numerous, solitary, axillary, about the length of the leaves, representing as they are placed along the bmnches long spikelike leafy racemes : peduncles filiform, dark-red, slightly villous, shorter than the flower, with two minute opposite hractes near the calyx. Calyx turbinately campanulate 5- cleft, with a very unequally bilabiate limb ; upper Up folded, greatly the largest, subtruncately round, notched in the middle of the mar^n ; lower Up 3-parted with small equal subulate parallel recurved segments. Corolla about half an inch long, purple and yellow, twice the length of the calyx ; but we had no opportunity of observing it before it was decayed. The genus has been named after Boissieu-Lamartinifere, a french naturalist. V ■3 (/I I ^cLy ^fjnx] f 7 (KJi i ( <-uh fuj / J^/// I 307 RUTA pinnata. Canary Huf, r J Nat, ord^ IluTACE^ Jussjeit gen, 296. Div* IL Folia alfern*. RUTA, CuL 5-partitus parvuti perfiistens* Pei, S unguiculata coj\* cava. Fil, has! iatiora- Stig, 1. Caps, 5-loba» ^^loc, inter apices quique* fari&m dehi3cens» loculis patyspermis: semina renjformia. HhrlM aut wf* JruticBSy fo{ia simplicia aut s^ius X-^-pinnata ; Jlores terminalts CQTtfn^m aut cymosif in B. graTeolei)te amrfes s^mmo excepto 4f'petali S-antfri f-foc^' lares, Ju^. ]. c, 297- U^pinnaia^ foliis pinnatis^ foliolis lanceolaiis bati attiQDifatjs fterratq-crett^tiiy pelalis integerrimis. Hort. Kew, 2. 58* ^uta ptanata. Linn, suppl. 232, fVilld^ sp, jd, 2. 544-* Ifart, Kep, etL 2. a- 35. Frutex erectusy glauciusculuSt tritm digitis resinam redoUns; rami teretes, jmnctis minuiis scabrati, Fol* ^-uncialia v. magUt abomnipaficpuncticulaia^ nlterna, distantia^ impari-pinnatay bi-trijuga, paifiniissimijy suUus albicantia^ tuprema dmjdicia^ senst^ in nfcras bracteas decrescentia ; fuliola erenatO' ^entatay deorsum attenuatai petiolatq, subbiuncialia, hteraliay Hor^ato- ohtongay sublanceolaia, opposita, distantia, terminate latiuty subav(ilo4anceo^^ iiftttm: petiojus commui^is S-nncialiSy teresy strictiusculiu, articulo JlexUi pallida subtumido ramo annexus, Flores^oi, in summit ramis corymboso* j>aniculaii; peduncuH axiUares et termmales, suprh ^foliaceo^umosi^ tub' dichotomiy purifiori^ ascendentes: pedicelU teretes, Izfioriy subagualet co- TfMct, Cal- 4- ffions primarii 5-?) partitus, subcoriaceoherbaceus, per' sisiensy segnientis 3 acuminatis appresstSy uno myore ligulato-oblongo recurve fatenle. Cor. ^-(Ji-oris primarii S-?) petalay caduca. Germ, subghbotumy Ytrenst suprh ptilvinaio^^-5'lobumy umbdicatumy insidens disco crasso duriut carnosp extiis lutescente inferne poris. 10 circumcircd pertuso^ 4f-5't<^lfijtj pr{efixum stylo seti/qrnfi erecto persisfente. Nine qi the ten «pecics which have been rpcpr^pd of this genus helong either to the south of Europe, the I-evant, t>oast of Barbary, Egypt, or Arabia, The present is indi- genous of the C^naiy Iglaijds, and was jn^cpduced by Mr, Francis M^ssotj in 1780. It has not bepp represented by ^ny publislipd fignpe; and was by pq means a common plant in our coljcctioqs. We were favpjjred with the speci* meo by Mr. Biggs, the Curator of the Pptanic (Jardeu at Canjbiridge, The type of this genus does not seem to have been ob- served in any part of the New World. VOL. IV. o An upright slightly glaucous shrub, when bruised emit- ting a resinous odour, the flavour of which however is not rank and nauseous, like that of the common Garden Rue ; branches round, roughened at the surface by minute pro- jecting specks. Leaves about 4 inches long or more, co- vered with small dots on both sides, alternate, distant, unequally pinnate, of from two to three pairs of leaflets, widespread, whitish underneath, uppermost simple, and diminishing at last into mere bractes; leaflets lanceo- late, crenately toothed, tapered downwards, petioled, about 2 inches long, side ones elongatedly oblong, sublanceolate, opposite, wideset, terminal one broadest, subovately lan- ceolate: commora /)e/iWe about 3 inches long, round, stiffish, fixed to the branch by a pale glandular flexile somewhat en- larged joint. Flowers deep yellow, forming a corymbose panicle at the tops of the branches: peduncles axillary and terminal leafily cymose at the upper part, subdichotomous, several-flowered, ascendent: pedicles round, one-flowered, about equal to the corolla. Calyx 4- (perhaps in the pri- mary flowers of the panicle 5- ?) parted, subcoriaceously herbaceous, persistent with 13 acuminate and close-pressed segments, the fourth larger llgulately oblong spreading and recurved.. Corolla 4- (primary flowers 5- ?) petalled, cadu- cous. Germen subglobular, green, pulvinately 4-5-lobed at the upper part, umbilicated, 4-celled, seated upon a thick hardish fleshed circular basement (disk) which is yellowisli \nthout and perforated at the lower part of its circumference by. ten oozing pores : style bristleshaped, upright, pet- siatent. 1 o. ■/ ^Jt%,t*rtfx{j r/ ^ ». '.M/f -^7 //•- . 'A, V'«, y ,.// / * 308 CYnSUS biflonis. Hungarian Chfiisus. mAI»;LPHIA DECANnniA. \ Sal. nrd. Legumisos^. Jussieu gen. 352. Div, V, - ! ' CYTIHUS. SujjtA vol. ^./ol. m . . _ ". . . . C. biflorus, pediinculis subbinatis, calyci'bus oblongtg yillosis biliUiiads, Jsbio superiore biJ5do, foliolis oblongo-cliipticis. Hort.JCew. S^B2. Cytisus biflorus. L'Herit. stirp. 18*. Wiiid. arb. 197. Ejutd. sp. pi. 3. 1 125. JValdst. ei Kitaib. hung, 2. 181. t. 166. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. i, 321. Cytisus gJaber. Ltn. suppl. 328. £aa^. hist. 1.' 2. ^. 373. Frutex uir^/i/o-rrti5o*i«; rami ascendentes^ laxi et sjmmm^iosiy terete^f sericei, seniores fiisco-cortkati^ Jloriferi ramulis gemmaceis irevtssimis^/erm^fi oOsotetis 'oerticiUnto-iifoHis subbifloris numerosissimis spicatim obsttu rol. iudine brevissitfiis craxsis. Cal. pallido-virens, membranaceHS^ yillosus, duplo ii wor vexillo, tnbuioso-oblotigus, inJatiuscultUf cotnpressiusculus, brevism..^ iUabiatus, labiis erectis coarciatis, superiore obtuso emirginato, in&nor« ovaio-attenuato tridenticidato. Vex. ungup duriuscido, cunealo, compUc^o, tequante laminam sidroiundam lalertbus replicatam, supemi marine UTidma- hm: alas AaudJnuftum breviores, oblongee, obtusa, appres$a carma, snarmae aorrHgaia: car. viridiuscula, oblongo-fahxaa^ tanto brevtor dit quanto ^If vexillo. Fil. monade^kai «nth. vUellinat oblmga. Germ. Uneare, comr pressum, sericeum .■ stylus parum brevtor ittoj tu^latus, gtabriusculusi BUg. apex obtusus pitberultis. ' ' • * Native of Hungary. Introduced bjj Mr. James Gordon about 1760. We are obliged to Mr. Biggs, the Curator of the Cambridge Botanic Garden, for the sample from which the drawing has been made. The species comes very near to mpinusi but differs from that in having assurgent, and not decumbent branches, leaves that are smooth above and silkilv pubescent underneath,, not slightly pubescent above and hireutely furred underne^h, bud-scales that are dry and caducwis, not herbaceous round and persistent, a pale silky furred calyx with a tridcnticulate under lip, not a roughly furred calyx \nth a quite entire under hp, and lastly, by a corolla which does not turn to a deep purple-red colour before it decays, as it does in supinus, which is also a much commoner plant in our gardens than the present. 2 A virgately branching shrub ; branches loosely and scat- teredly leaved, smooth, silkily ftirred, older ones with a dark brown bai-k, when flowerbearing beset like a spike on all sides by numerous very short and sometimes nearly ob- solete verticillately 4-leaved generally 2-flowered branchlets issuing from their proper buds. Leaves ternate, about an inch long, silkily furred underneath; Zeo^e/^ elUptically ob- long, rather pointed, nearly of the same length as the petiole, ^ith a small mucro or distinct sharp point ; petiole silkily furred. Flowers yellow, oblong, about an inch and a quarter Ipng, longer than the leaves parallelly paired: peduncles short, very thick. Calyx pale green, mem- branous, villous^ twice shorter than -the vexillum, tubu- larly oblong,, slightly swollen, slightly compressed, very ^hallbwly bilabiate ; lips straight contracted, upper one ob- tuse nolehed, lower one ovate tapered tridenticulate. Vex^ ilium with a hardish euneate folded ungiiis, of the length of the round lanlina, which last is bent back at the sides and waved at the lip^er part of the margin : i^i)ftgs not much Shorter than this, oblong, obtuse, pressed dlostely to the sides of the keel, wrinkled at the edge: heel greenish, ob- longly falcate, as much shorter than the wings as these are shorter than the vexillum. ^laments monadelphous: an- thers deep yellow, oblong. Germen linear, compressed, Mlkily fiirred: ^tyle but little shortter than this, Subulate, nearly smooth: stigma a blunt slightly pubescent pbint. oVi) ' 4 t f i ./■/,/ C '^*'^vuIj.Ja'^ .Al ly. f±J^o.<^.y}/j:'n,./'/r:f^cc.(M'>j '^pl-.l .h^l^'^'- Ai'tli. / 4 ' 309 JUSTICIA eustachiana. St Eustatia Justicia. NaLird. Acanthi. Jussteu gen, 102^ Div, II, AcANTHACBA. Brown prod. 472. JUSTICIA. Cal. aequalis, 5'partitus» Cor. valdfi irregularis, bila- fciata, V. ringens, labio inferiore diviso. Anth^ 2-loc., locmtt inBertionv k^i^s in^equalibus^^ Fil, sterilia nulla v, obsoleta* Gemiiuis loculi S-tpemi. Disiepimentum adnatuni^ Sem. retinacuiis cubtensa. Herbte v. Jruticts caulescenteSt infloresceniiS variS* Brown 1- c, 475* Div. Cnlyce UmpUciy caroHis UlabiaiU : laMis divhis* J\ eiisfachiana^ fruticosa, corollis bilabtatU 'divisit, foliis oblongU acuminatiP^ apicis axillaribus Wmihalibusque, bracleU verticillis remotU lanceolatis^ antheris Solander in Smed* Bahlc^^ ad exentplarium spontaneum in Herb. Banks. des<^ipt* Justicia eustachiana* VakL symb< 2> 15. EJusd* enum, 1. 144. Jaeq^amwr* 4. U 4- JVUld, sp. pL 1. 93. Hort. Ketv. erf. 2. 139. Frutex ramosus 2-3^edalist subiiliiir subvillnsus sbiuraie virescens; rami ^eretes striatic viridissimi juniores s^btetr&goni, FoL oppositOt disiantia^ 6vato-eiongata, lanceolataf acuminata, nervosa, iufeme repando'Subdenit^f tapeque undulata^ subtriuncialia^ ftUitudineJeri \ partium uncia^ bast brevi attenuata; petiolus linearis pluries brevior lamina. Uaceini ^cati^ '^gg*^- f' atiy subtrfni? frmlti/iorit floribus approximatis brevi pediceHatis, briict^if Erbaceis lineari-mbulatis soabriiis vtUosis xiUis brevissmis atpkatis, unS ad basin pediceUi^ 2 oppositis stiperioribus duplo breviaribus calyce* Cal. tub-' staniia pubegue bractearum^ S'plo bremor corolla, i bate iurbrnata glanduhsA cum peaicetto continvus, segmenlis linearibus acutis conniventibus. Cor- wA- tcarioso-rigens^ dilviius punicanit tesg^iuncialist esiut laxi et brei^ viUota^ ludda, tubidoso-infundibulifdrmity com^pressja^ ringent; tubua cylifrdraceuM virens, sub^equalis cal^ci, faux sertsim dtlatata compresta paUidi purpttrascent, intusjlavescens, duplo longiortubo; limbi rictm tuba^alis Javd^ taturaiiut rubens flavo et viridi-pictus, labia a^ilonpiy aupenus anguttiut, linearis oblongfim^ convolutO'Concavuntt dorto S^tulco-ttfiatum, apicebreyi aften^atum kmarginalum viridi et Jiavo varieeatum lobulit obtutit r^xit^ inferius iriph iaiius^ patent, S^dum laciniis oNongit carimtis iniHt taturati purpureit ttriS media iongitudinali Javicante extus Jlavo^refdibut apice 2^dit replicatit, medi^ sub&tiore tubovato-oblongSfsturS divaricatiore. TtUtubapialw limbo, temifiltforfftia ©- linearia hinctereiia, indi plana, injrh intra faucem piUmug^ cula, Amhk iineari-lanceolata^ viridet^ uni-v, bUoculares, brevittimi peakeUatm Germ, oblongum tupr^ viUosiutcubim^ disco potitumglanduiotoglabro: stylua coroS4, glab^.Jili/ormiti atig. apex iransverti ^Jidum wentglaber. After much doubt, we have decided in regard to the ^ecies of this plant, by the indigenous specimens in the Banksian Herbarium brought from the Island of St. Chris- fopfaer by Mf. Masfion, and \i^cb baTe- been the authority 1 1 for the species both to Dr. Solandei' arid Mn Dryandcf* Jacquin's figure is from a dilapidated dried sample, and is good for little. Vahl's description has been most probably derived from the same source as that of Messrs. Solander and Dryander; if so, it is far from correct. The bractes are not cuneate, as he describes them. In fact we rely simply upon the Banksian Herbarium for the species. A branching shrub from two to three feet high, JEinelv and loosely villous, of a deep green ; branches gi-een, round, except at the newest joints, where they are slightly squared, streaked. Leaves opposite, distant, elongatedly ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, nerved, at the lower part re- pandly subdentate, often waved, about 3 inches long and | of an inch broad, shortly narrowed at the base; petiole linear, several times shorter than the blade. Racemes axiU lary, terminal, spiked, aggregated, by threes ? manyflowered, flowers near, shortly pedicled ; bractes herbaceous linearly subulate roughishly villous with very short headed villi, one at the base of the piedicle, two above which are twice shorter than the calyx. Calyx of the same substance, and with the same pubescence as the bractes, 3 times shorter than the corolla, segments linear pointed connivent. Corolla subseaiiosely stiffened, of a diluted purplish crimson, an inch and half long, villous on the outside and shining, tubularly funnelforin, compressed, ringent; tube cylindrical, green^ of nearly the length of the calyx, /flw^r gradually enlarged, compressed pale purple, yellovV on the inside, twice the length of the tube, the lips of' the limb about. the length of the faux, of a deeper red and marked with yellow and green, equal in length, upper one narrower, linearly oblong, 'coH- volutely concave, at the back trisulcately fluted, shortly tapei-ed at the top, notched and variegated with green and yellow, lobules obtiise reflectent, lower lip three times broader, spreading, 3-cleft, segments oblong keeled deeply purpled inwards with a yellow streak along the middle, out- wards yeUowishly green, bifid at the end and reflectent, tlie middle subovately oblong, rather broader than the rest, with a wider fissure at the end. Anthers linearly lanceolate, green, shortly pedicled, generally with one loculament, fiometiraes with two. The drawing was taken in the hothouse of Messrs. Whit- ley aucl Co, in June last. Introduced in 1799 by Sir Joseph Banks. . , ,. . J/T .Jf/ /fr'tZ^7|^/./ M'/-petala, vancoso- venosa, punctis viscosis atropurpureis ^retccns i pet. 2 exteriora oppostta, erecta, ieguantia ungues 2 tnteriorumJaminS cordatA apuerofundo; 2 inte- riora erecto^onniventia, Uneari-spathulata, iptnitid parvS obcordato-rt^undd pntrorsHm obliguatS. Slam. 7 inclusa, loJigituditt.epefalorum estertorum, inaqualia: &. lanato-pilosa .- - ^nth. amttpUoca. Pi»U fi^qmle stamtmbus: germ, oblongum, nlh-hirsutum: stylus parpureo-fomentosns erasstor fla. mentis. V tree-like shrub, in the gpecimen we buw .ut imnu two feet high, but mentioned by Mr, Pursh by whom fi first recorded, as attaining the height of four feet, A tree-like shrub, in the gpeclmen wo saw not more than Indigenous of North America, whefe it is found principally in the western territory of Georgia. Inti-ociuced some ycai-s ago by Mr. Lyon; but is Still extremely rare wj h us; indeed we are not aware that it is in any other collerf.m than tlrnt of Messi-s. Whitley, Brumes, and Mdnes, ol tl.c Fulham imraery, where the present drawing ww taken. It is perfectly hardy, and flowers in May and June. The fpti^e is extremely handsome. The genus has been sometimes divided into Hippocasta- nuniy consisting only of the common Horse Chestnut, a native of Asia; and Pavia, now consisting of six species, all natives of North America. In the first the corolla is 5-petalled, in the second always 4-petalled. The species in the last are palled by the Anglo-Americans Buck's-Eye- iVees, frona the appearance of the chestnut out of its shell. Barh smooth, pale brown. Leaves soft, with the petioles sometimes a foot and half long: leaflets unequal, oblongly lanceolate without the least appearance of wrinkles, cuspi- dately acumjiiate, smooth an(J of a tender green above, with a midi-ib putting out from each side numerous parallel ascendent nepyes, obsoletely seiTate, covered underneath with a white woolly down, far tapered ^Qwnwards, the lowermost side ones slanted. Thyrses terminal, upright, loosely manyflowered, 3-4 inches long, spre^ing, furred over with a close down ; peduncle round, pedicles jointed at the base, lower one 3-flowered, npper ones l-floweredj several times shorter than the corolla. Flowers an inch and half long, some with only stamens, some with sta- mens and pistil, viscously tomentosp, tricoloured, the red dots predominating in the hue. Calyx membranous paler than the corolla, cylindrical, somewhat swollen, *i times shorter than the 2 longest petals, 5-toothed^ teeth short, broad, unequal, rounded, one larger than the rest. Corolla 4-petalled, varicosely veined, dotted with minute dark purple viscous glands: 2 outer petals opposite, upright, equalling the ungues of the two interior ones, with a cordate round pointed lamina: 2 inner petals upright, connivent, linearly spatulate, with a small obcordately round lamina slanting forwards. Stamens 7, inclosed, the length of the shorter petals, unequal; Jilaments woolly haired: anthers with orange-coloured pollen. Pistil equal to the stamens: germen oblong, hirsute, white: style thicker than the fila- ments, coveted with a purple downy pubescence. / . on \ t^ ^■^ ■ ' ', L r/< i fnJ^ ^^ ^<^- ty . rXfdr^u 'ny^: -yen J. //(^ ^/.( cc^f- .hlli, '/ /:. A /V * * y 311 ALBUCA fiigax. Fugacious-flowered ^Ibuca. HEXANDRIA MONOQYJfU. Kat.ord. Asphodbli. Jtusieu gen, SI. Dvo, IV. AsPHODELEiE. BrOXOIt pTod, ^4i, ALB VCA. Snprhfol. 377. jD/p. CordlU aqualiiir patenti&us^ ^^J^S^f fbliis numerosiB, subtrigono*61iformibu8| 8ubuljitii» duplobrerlo* ribus scapo, erectis : stylo declinnto, curvo, Anthericum fragrans- Jacq, hort, schcenb. 1 . 45. U 86. WiUd, sp.pl,%l 85. Hort, Keto, ed. 2. 2. 266. BulbuB subrotundusf compacto^squatnosuSf sordescens* FoL numeroiaf €rea erecta> involuto-decidua, hexapetalo-partita fl* tubuloso-sexfida^ laciniis obversis, rotatis s* infernd conniventibus^ alternis consimilibus; ex^ terioribus ungue ssepd barbato, seepd foveo14 ad basin, laming nunquam erectS; interioribits aogustionbus, rard minimis v. nullis, interdi^m omnind erectifi. Stylus triquetro-filiformifi, erectus^ liberus. Siig. 3* petaliformia, trifaria antic^ fornicata> posticS carinata, bilabiata labio interiare bifido reflexo exterius breve retusum multoti^s v. fermd non excedente: rarb lineari-radiata, bipattita, segmentis convotutO'61iformibu5. FiL corollsc t* V, limbi disco imposita^ libera s, partlm v. omnind connata. Anth^ ercctep, f extrorssc, lineari-oblongse, factebus stigmatum appressie^ vel segmentis in- terserte- Caps, membranacea, ovato-globosa ad prismatico-columnarem, S-loc, loculis biseriato-polyspermis, 3-valv, valvis medio septigeris. Sem^ septi margini interior! utrinque annexa, rotunda s. angulato-pressa; albumen corneum. Radix hulbo'tuhery integumento externa senescente ^utamineo-Jibroso^ reti- culdtO'timoso s folia radicalia pauca, transversa bifaria^ ^stulato-vaginantiap inde convoluto4oratat Siepius caudatO'CUspidaia^ raro plura et acuti canaUcu-^ iata^ nunquhm collaterati'disticha ; cumW^ culmaceus^ va^inoso:foliatus , simplex ttd ramostssimum rami e vagind ad artfculos, solilartit interdum a^^e^ati, rarodivisi; dotes terminates, jtedunculati, sapiusjiigaces* MoRMA iridioJdei ud Iridem cum nomine morseoidis rectiUs iraTis/erenda* Nobis in Curtis'i magaz. 1612. Div* Corolla hexapetalo-partita : sti^ata petaliformia. M. lurida, uniflorai papiIIoso-f»ubbarbata; fohis subtrinis Imearibus, caule - itimplici; corolla biformi^ in^quah'^ lamim's exterioribus aubrotundis* io* terioribus 8ub4p1o minoribus integerrimis. Spitkamaa magisve, erecta. Cautis graciSimus, vix tr/plo crassior pUo eapittSy strictusy elasticusj bi-triarticulatus^ subtrifolius* FoL fn-amiuea, glabra^ imum infemh vagitians^ ind^ convduto-explicatum, lineare iaiiludinc Jerm'h 2 linearum, striat^um, superne versus attenuatum, alia 2 breyia^ vagi- nantiat distantia. Spatha subhiuncialts, fusiformis^ viridis, aristato^cu' minaia, valvis convoluto-complexis. Pedunculus svbaqvnlis snatbfe. Germ. oblongum, viride, obtusi prismaticumj SA-pla brevius pedunculo* Cor.rubro' Juscat diametro subsesqtiiunciali, urceolato-rotata : lac- 3 exteriores p^w* minux ^plo majorest elongato-obovattBy ungue cuneato concavo intiis papdhsO' pruinato, iam'ma breviore urtfrufy subrotunda utrinque refedenda acumtne ob- soleto brevi: 3 interiores tpatfiulato-cuneata, exteriorum unguibus longUudine aquales^ S-^-plo angustiores, invduto-concava, glaberrima^ lamina brevis- sima oblato-ovata acuminata, Stam, subsuperantia ungues laciniarumy aquaiia stigmatibus: Si* mdnadelpha v. discreta^ sublongiora antheris: anlh. /iwar«, p2 tests nigncante, polline aurantiaco^ Stig. linean-oblonga, connatisJtlammtU eoarctato-ereetOt istu discretis ttiMizriiatat lurido-purpurea, labio interiori tegnieittis aeitminatist exteriori breviori concohri piano. Excepting Mor^a Stsvrinchium, the roots or bulb-tubers t)f Which are known by the ilame of Spanish nuts, and are esculent, the whole of this beautiful and numerous genus, as far as we are acquainted with it, belongs to South Africa. We say this under the impression that the species which have been ranked under Morxa in Mr. Kunth*s edition of Humboldt and Bonpland*s Flora of South America, will be found, when inspected in the living plant, not to be genuine congenei-s of iti We have elsewhere observed, that the Only constant mark between this genus and Ibis, exists in the nature of the root, which is here a bulb-tuber, but never Buch in Iris. A distinction, which as it constantly induces a concomitant variation in the general habit of the plants, is as usefully available as one found in some other part of greater technical privilege* The present is an unrecorded species, and has been lately introduced from the Cape by Mr. Griffin, with whom it flowered at South Lambeth in June last. No vegetable group displays a greater variety of beautiful and brilliant hues than this genus. The tint of the present flower, though sombre, is singular and of a richness in the living flower that cannot be adequately rendered, by any means within the reach of a work of this nature. Its nearest congeners are tricuspis, tenuis, and tristis; but it differs from the two firet in having the inner alternate segments of the corolla undivided, and from the latter in having the same several times smaller than the outer ones. About a span high or rather more, upright* Stem simple, very slender, not much more than thrice the thick- ness of a hail*, elastic, straight, two or three jointed, with about three leaves. Leaves grassy, Hnear, smooth, lower- most one sheathing at the lower part, upwards convolutely flat, about two lines broad, streakletted, tapered towards the top, two others short, sheathing, distant. Spatke one- flowered, fusiform or spindle-shaped, about two inches long, green, awnedly acuminate, the valves rolled one within the other. Peduncle about equal to the spathe. Germen ob- long, gfeen, prism-shaped with obtuse comers, three or four times shorter than the peduncle. Corolla of a reddish brown colour, urceolately rotate, about an inch and a half across : 3 outer segments about 4 times the largest, elong- atedly obovate, unguis cuneate concave and papulously frosted within on the space where the beard usoaUy is in many others, lamina shorter than the unguis, nearly round> reflected on both sides, ending in a short point: 3 inner segments spatulately cuneate, the length of the ungues of the outer ones, 3 or 4 times narrower than these, involutely concave, quite smooth, lamina very shallcrw oblately ovate acuminate. Stamens rather higher than the ungues of the segments, equal to the stigmas : filaments connate or some- times separate, rather longer than the anthers: anthers linear, blackish; pollen orange-coloured. Stigmas linearly oblong, when the filaments are connate upright and closed convergent, but when these are sepai-ate widespread, of a dingy purple colour; inner lip with pointed segmeatS; outer short, of the same colour, flat. I I A .3)3 h t yu i- ij f: n^^ary rjht, /^o ^^ir.xuUU^. A^j^ /. /r/^. V /,..,ll ^ • 313 ERYTHRINA Crista gaUi. Cock' s-comb Coral-tree. f* BIADELPHIA DEC^NDRI^. Nat. ord, Leguminosjc. Jussieu gen. S4S. J)iv. V. ER YTHRINA. Cal. limbo lobato iiisqualj v. subinte^, recto v. obliquo. . Vex. longissimum ; alee et carina 2-petala inu)td brevionss. Sftnii, basi monadelpha. Legum. longum polyspermura torulosum, sent, renl- formia hylo lateral!. Arbusculte aculeatte inermesve, auifrutices interdtim tuhherbacei ; folia ut in DohiCHO ternata stipulaceat petitduUs artiadatis et aristatis s. glandulosis, raritis simplicia ; JHoresJasciculati axiUaret aut spicati terminaleSf seepe coccinei. Statu. E. Crista galU diadelpka. AUs et carina vexillo eequales in E. isopetala Lamarck idea forte non congeneri, Jujm. 1. c. 356. E. Crista galli, foliis ternatis, petiolis subaculeatis glaodulosi*, caule «r- boreo inernii. Lin.si/st. nat. ed. 12. 473> Erythrina Crista galli. Lin. Mant. 99. Hort. Ket». 3. 9. ed. 2. 4. 252. Ztf- marck encyc. 2. 391, Willd. sp. pi. 3. 916. Smith exot. tot. 2. 69. t. 95. Erythrina laurifolia. Jacq. obs. 3. 1. 1. 51. Coral arbor non spinosa trifolia. Pet. mut. 76. MaJ. dendr. 100. We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the specimen of this fine plant. It flowered in his hothouse at Spofforth. As we had however no opportunity of taking a description while the blossom was fresh, we shall borrow Sir James E. Smith's description in the Exotic Botany : " Its branches are round, furnished, as well as the leaf- " stalks, with a few hooked prickles. Every part, except " the germen, is destitute of pubescence. Leaves temate; « leaflets ovate, entire, stalked, with prickly ribs. A pair «' of glands are placed at the base of the partial footstalks. « Flower-stalks clustered, terminal and axillary, short and « simple. Flowers of a rich unpolished red. Calyx bell- « shaped, with two small bractes at its base ; its margin " sliffhtly 2-lobed, membranous, with 2 Uttle teeth, one of « which is hooked. Keel of one petal, more than half as « long as the standard. fTrngs very smaU, slightly 3-Iobed. « Stamens truly diadelphous. ^^iw sm^ simple, or « slightly capitate. Germen downy. The fruit we have " not seen. " The monopctalous keel, the perfectly ^adelphous sta- " mens, and the form of the stigma, do not properly belongs « to tWs genus, yet the habit is such that it would be rash ** on those characters alone to form a new one. In some *« other species the calyx is no less anomalous." In its native country, Brazil, it is s£ud to be a lofty tree. When grown here in our stoves, it has been seldom seen above 6 feet high. Introduced by Mr. Francis Bftareley in 1771. Flowers Spring and Summer. J/4 -^^ff ( (6j.'dtct^- (Id •^ 71.1. yd en/ an c f:.,.l7o f,rnM/,,. r^rf i.i^i^. ~fn}:fn ■ ' f 314 LACHENALIA paUida. a. Pale-hlue-flowered Lachenalia HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. J Nat. ord. AsPHODELi. Jussieu gen. 51. Div. III. Lachenalia pallida. Vide supr^fol. 287. We have thought it useful to add a figure of the proto- type variety of this species, to that we liave rauked as its variety /3 in the 287th article of this work ; whei-e we refer for the synonymy and history of the plant. The present variety is by no means common in our collections. We are obliged to Mr. Griffin, for the specimen from which the drawing was taken. It flowered this summer, in the conservatoiy at South Lambeth; and had been impoited from the Cape of Good Hope. VOL. IV. ** o d/rj *^//. i -i^/^^rl-u/a ^''l /y J. ./>;,/,/, r,n "/,]/./;'.../. /y(\A... ,./>//,, A/ /. /S/^ . f 315 ORNITHOGALUM revolutmn. B.evolute-Jlmv€red Star-of- Bethlehem, HEXANDRIA MONOGYNJA. Nat, ord, Asphodelt. Jussieu gen. S3. AsPHoDELEiE. Broton prod. 274-. ORNITHOGAL UM. Supri vol ^.fd. \ 58. O. revolutum, racemo paucifloro, petalis lineari-oblongis obliquS flexis emarginatis, filamentis lanceolato-subulatis, foliis liaearibus. IViUd. tp, ^.2.118. Ornithogalum revolutum. Jac^. hort. scha-nh, I. 46. /. 89- Curiu's ma^t, 658. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2, 258. Totum glabrum. Bulbus subrotundusy tunicatus, tdbidus, avellana mag* niludine. Folia Sispe tria^ suhlinearia, integerrima, obtusula, in/erne canau- culata, cateriim ptaniusculay erectiuscula, plus minus semipedalia. Scapua teres, calamo gracilior, plus minus octo uncias longuSf flexuosus, erectus, racemosust rmUtifioriis. Pedunculi crassidi, unciales. Bracteae lancedaUe, acuminattB, conniventes et amplexanteSy scarioste, infeme elbidee, supemi Juscescentes, pedunculis duplo breviores. Coroll« lacinitB obversi ovattr, o6- tusulce, ad oras revdutee, convexultB, patentissinu^, subtequales, Jeri unciales^ alba cum base sold utrtnque virente. Fil. subulata, planiuscula, erecta, brevia, alba, tria alterna basi latiora. Anth. oblongiBf subincumbentes, fiavee. Genn. ovatum, 3-sulcatum. Stylus crassus, brevis. Stigma capitatum, subrotun- dum, flavescens. Jacq. loc. cit. We are obliged to Mr. Griffin for the specimen from which the drawing of this rare species was taken. The bulb had been imported from the Cape of Good Hope, where it is native, and had been first observed by Mr, Masson, who introduced it in 1795. Not having had an opportunity of describing it from the present plant, we shall subjoin a description which we have given in another work from another specimen. Bulb tunicated. Leaves 3-6 inches long, ambient, re- curvedly patent, linearly lanceolate, thickish, nearly flat upwards, channelled downwards, edged with a very slender minutely ciliate white cartilage. Scape about eight inches high, upright, round, flexuose. Raceme conically oblong ; flowers white, with a round darkish stiun at the base, scent- less ; hractes acuminately lanceolate, convolute, some of the lower ones equal to the peduncles, upper ones gradually shortened, greenly or sphacelately membranous. Corolla Q 2 i divaricately expanded, segments revolute at the sides, lience Mdth the appearance of being linear and convex in front, outer ones somewhat obovate, often emarginate or slightly threetoothed ; inner ones more pointed and entire. Fila- ments three times shorter than the corolla, upright, con- nivent subulate, involutely channelled downwards, mem- branously winged towards the base where they are pressed [ close to the germen, the three alternate ones opposite to the inner segments have their membranous wings flatly extended and terminating in two connivent teethlets, but not so con- spicuously as in many other species of the genus. Anthers incumbent, dehiscent at both ends. Pistil equal to the sta- mens. Germen oblongly oval, bluntly three-cornered, blackish green, marked by six parallel lines continued along the style. Sti/le subulate, twice shorter than the germen or more ; stigma subtrilobedly capitate, lobes channelled. ^'. . ;■fjc Aaf-^^- { 318 CONVOLVULUS involucratus Leafy-cupped Guinea Bindweed. PENTAXDRIA MOXOGYyiA. ^ Nal.ord. CosvoLVun. Jussieu gen. '13'2. CoNVOLvuLACE^. Bioion prod. 481. CONVOLVULUS. Supr^ vol. %JU. 133. _ Hh. Cnule nolubilL C. involucratus, foliis cordato-hastatis pubescent! bus, pedunculis subtrifloris, calycibus bracteatis. IVilld. sp. pi. I. 84>5. Planta annua, tota villosa. Caulis herbaceus, teres. Folia cordato- naslaia, sulitriuncialia, loho medio ovato-acuminalo^ cuspidato, lateralibus plunks minoribiis horizonialibus, brevissime ovatis: petiolus teres, parum breviorjblio, crasdtudine fere ramorum. Pedunculi so/i/oni, l-3^ri, mid- tum ioiigiores at graciliores petioio, longiores vet eequales folio^ tereles^ stric- ttusculi, nunc supra semcl v. bis breviter divisi, bracteis 2 oblongo-acuminatit sub quaque divisura : peiUcelli breves. Bractese florales 2 angustie, lineari- lanceoiatfE, breviores calyce sub quoquefiore. C&\.foliac€us, magnus, inaqua- lis, viUosuSf persistens, mollis, recurvo-patens ; foliola 2 extenora maxima, inter se aqi/alia, lato-ovata, acuta, opposita, nervosa, (h Willdenovio pro "Tacte'is habita? J ; interiora tria istis conjbrmia, minora, inter se inaqualia. Cor. extils pubescens, rofato-iiifundibuliformis, limbo obsolete quinquangulari. FiJ. subulata^ alato-membranosa, planiuscula, subpubescentia , tubo brevi ad- 7iata, singula post ice adjuncluram cumjauce dentibus 2 obsolelissimis excepta. Anth, pallidee, erectte, sagittatoMneares, longitudinejer^jilamentorum. Pistil* i^xm tequale caltfci : germea hirsutum semibiloculare, ir-spermum; Bty]oacapil- iaris, pilosus, coloralus, indivisus: stigmata 2, lobijbrmia, divaricata, sub- ovato-oblonga, crassa, carnosa, granulata. We are obliged to Sir Abraham Hume for the specimen of this rare and curious Bindweed. There is no reason to suppose that the species has ever been introduced into Europe till now. Sir Abraham's gardener informs us, that the seed was received from the Isle of France; and was raised in the bark-bed of the hothouse at Wormleybury, where it has nui up among and wound round the other plants. The flower opens either in the night or very early in the morning; finally closing about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The plant, from which WiUdenow insti- tuted the species, was native of Guinea ; the one preserved in the Baoksian Herbarium is from the same quarter; m them the peduncles have sometimes 2 and even 3 flowers. In technical character our plant agrees very well with the VOL. IV. " genus Calystegia of Mr. Brown, hut the involucre is here smaller than the calyx, and the general habit of the plant is yeiy different from tliat of the species which have been ranked there; so tliat we have thought it advisable to leave the species in the generic group where we have found it. A villously furred annual plant. Stem herbaceous, round. Leaves cordately hastate, nearly three inches long, middle lobe ovately acuminate, cuspidate, lateral ones several times smaller, horizontal, very shortly ovate: petiole round, little shorter than the blades, nearly as thick as tlie branches. Peduncles solitary, 1-3 flowered much longer but slenderer than the petiole, longer than or about equal to the leaf, round, stiffish, sometimes twice or thrice divided at the top, with two oblongly acuminate hractes under each division : pedicles short. Floral bractes 2 under each flower, shorter than the calyx. Calyx foliaceous, large, uuequal, villous, persistent, soft, vecurvedly spreading, two outer leajiets by far the largest, equal to each other, broadly ovate, sharp pointed, opposite, nerved (mistaken by Willdenow for bractes ?) 3 inner ones of the same shape as these, much smaller, and of different sizes from each other. Corolla pubescent on the outside, rotately funnclform ; limb obsoletely 5-cornered. Filaments subulate, membranous and winged, flattish, sub- pubescent, very shallowly adnate to the tube, every one re- ceived behind at their union with the faux by two small obso- lete teeth. Anthers pale, upright, sagittatcly linear, nearly as long as the filaments. Pistil equal to the calyx : ger- men shaggy, semibilocular, 4-seeded : style capillary, hairy, coloured, undivided: stigmas 2, lobeshaped, divaricate, subovately oblong, thick, fleshy, granulated. ^ /J ^ iltlUff.M Jri / ' / / ? / 4> , /l,d Ji /, 319 ^ IPOMCEA maritima. Tropical Sea-shore Ipomoea. rENTANDRIA MONQGYNIA. NaU ord. CoNVOLVuLr. Jussieie gen, 481. CoNVoLVuLACE-^:. liroxvu j^rod. 481, Ipomcea- Supra vol, l.foL 9. Div, IL Caulis repens v. prostrattts, FoUa indivisa intcgra x\ incisa, I. maritima^ repens, glaberrima, foliis subrotundis emarginatis bilobisve crassiusculis basi subtus biglandulosis, pedunculis 1 muitifloris, calycibus j obtusis: foliolis exterioribus brevioribus. Brown prod, 486- ! Convolvulus maritimus, Lamarck encyc, 5'}0. Convolvulus Pes caprae. Lin. sp. pL 1. *22G. fVilld. sp, pL 1, 876. Hort. Kew, 1. 214,^^. 2. 1. 337. ' Convolvulus brasiliensis. Lin, sp. pL 1. 2'i6. MilL dicL ed. 8- //. 14. >>- If^il/d. sp, pi. 1. 877. Uort. Keiv. 1.215. c(L 2. 1. 338, C. maritimus zeylanicus, folio crasso cordiformi. Ilerm, higdb, 174. U 175. C. marinus. Jlumph, nmL 5- 433. /. \59.Jl I. C. maritimus, foliis nitidis subrotundis emarginatis, petiolia biglandulosis* Browne Jam. 153. C marinus catharticus, foHo rotundo, flore purpureo. Plum, amer, 89- /- 104. C. marinus s. Soldanella brasiliensis. Marcgr. 6ras,5l. Pis. bras* 258. Schovanna-adamboe. Rheede maL II. 117- U 57- foliis basi cuneiformibus. Lamarck* foliis binato-bilobis, transversis, basi subtruncatis. Id. y) foliis majoribus, ovato-subrotundis levitSr emarginatis- Id. Radix perennisy sublignosa, repensj longissima, sape 12-pedalis, eras* sitie pollicis* Caules plerumque S^u. "t-pedaleSj interdum tamen S'OrgyaleSp procumbentest parhn ramose teretes, gtabru FoL aliema, petiolata^ sub* orbicnlata, integerrima^ emarginato-retusa^ glaberrima, crassa, compacta^ magnitudine palma. Petioli scBpius foliis longzores, stiprd canaliculatit glabri^ pleriim^ ' ' "' - ^ - -- -- ^-7^= -■- --'-7. i.s.^^i.. i. s» quasi tiflo} , ^ . , - « bus subdivisis. CsAych foliola ovata cnm parvo acumine (vost forescentiam, obtusajy concava^ glabra, erecta, ^qualta, ivho corollm dupto breviora (vix \ uncialia), persislentia : postjlorescentiam capsulam amplesarttia, illaque dujdo breviora. Cor. e rubro-purpurascens. Caps, subglobosa, subtus plamuscula, glabra^ a basi ad medium calyce circumdaia, diameiro unguis poUms, 2'loc.f 4f'Valv, Dissepimentum membranaceum, tenue. Sem. 2 in smgulo loc,, ovata, magna, ejctHs convexa, intUt angulata, Jusca, vtUosa, angulu adhuc viUosioribus. ,. . ^^ i i • i_ j Obs. Caps, interdhm Uoc.; sem. tunc sohtaria, Solander m sched. banks, sub Conv. brasiliensi. ;?i We have followed Messrs. Lamarck and Brown in con- sidering the Pes caprce and the brasiliensis of Linnaeus as one species, and in combining the two under a new specific title. It seems to be a very general plant in the sands of the tro- pical shores of Asia and America. Mr. Brown found it in New Holland. It may be looked upon as holding the same place in the tropical regions, as Convolvulus Soldanella does in the extratropical portion of our hemisphere. It is a rank growing creeping plant, and takes up too much room to be generally cultivated in our hothouses, where we believe it is seldom met with. We have to thank the Comtesse dc Vandes for a specimen, which flowered this summer in her botanical establishment at Bayswater. The South American plant, usually described as 3-flowered, was introduced by Mr. Mark Catesby in 1726; the East Indian plant usually described as one-flowered by Mons. Richard in 1770. There is considerable variation in the size and outline of the foliage of the plants; but this is equally the case in several other species of the genus. Root perennial, sublignescent, creeping, gi'owing to a great length, often to 12 feet, of the thickness of a man's thumb. Stems generally 3 or 4 feet high, but sometimes twice the height of a man, trailing along the ground, with few branches, round, smooth. Leaves alternate, petioled, nearly orbicular, with a quite entire edge, emarginately retuse, very smooth, thick, close, about as large as the palm of the hand. Petioles usually longer than the blade, smooth, generally red. Glands 2, at the insertion of the leaf, on each side of the petiole, linear or almost as if from a red cleft. Peduncles axillary, solitary, longer than the petioles, many-flowered ; middle pedicle simple, longer, 1-2 inches in length ; side ones subdivided. Leaflets of the calyx ovate with a small point (obtuse after ilowering), smooth, upright, equal, twice shorter than the tube of the corolla, persistent : embracing the twice higher capsule after flowering. Corolla pui-plish red. Capsule subglobular, flattish underneath, smooth, surrounded by the calyx from the base to the middle, about the diameter of the thumb nail, bilocular quadri valvular. Partition thin, membranous. Seeds 2 in each cell, ovate, large, convex on the outer side, angular on the inner, brown, villous, with angles more thickly villous. t 9^ biu-." ^ '/ C. Jiiy^^xch.tt^/y, V- 320 CRASSULA versicolor Red and white Crassula. 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A^ X■■^^. ■\ ■-5 --- -A,- ■■x -. ■- --L hi b l::^ '--^tT'^- ^i^ 1"^ Cr I ■ \ V / ( r'' ^'i tS"! r^ -'^- -y- :>^ -^- \-i» -^ -• ^^^'^ *>.^ ■^ ^^^^vTvVN;^ r'* ■ ■^ ■^; / -^1- t* ■ 111' '/'' -vV— - "n-h A . ^ ^v.-- — ^ r^ -' -' -- \ ■-^ ■-y ■-■^ 7' 7/ ii I ~' - r/n ,— I'/ >-, >1 f/ -^ _. '— .T' '■'31* .^■ /. \^ \' N \ V-. '-^ -. '■^ -T"'^^ ■'V \ \\i ■ I ' i^ ■ '.,A- --■ -- . TJ,__ . \ ) \ \ ■11 \ \ \ ■\l -1 / . ^ \ \ \ \ \ -^ \ V \ \ \^^' \ X s. V. ■■- L- \ ■■ ■ ___.!.■--—■■- s-- \ r- -— \ y >.: 'y ' (' i/r.-'ff,'f{/^ f/^y .Al.y JMcdy«uy J-J:,u /'/{'Jn-r^^. yiruS -y ■ % 1 > ^ 323 RHEXIA holosericea. Velvet' leaved Rhexia, OCTANDUIA (DECANDRIA) MONOGYNJ^. Nat, ord. Melastom^ (recentius Melastomace/e). Jussieu gen. 328, IJlV, II. lb RHEXIA. Cal. cum germine, et dein cum capsula partim v. omnind conferrumiiiatus (v. germine et capsula liberus). Pet. 1-5-G. Slam. 8-10- 32, omnino libera. Caps, sicca, caljce obtecta. Sem. plurima reccptacuJis axi central! atlhaercntibus, et in unoquoqae loculo singulis inserta. Vente- nat in mem. de I'inst. 1807. 8. II. (sub Mehiana et Kiiexia). R. holosericea, foliis subcordato-ovalibus, utrinque sericeo-tomentosi*, 7- nerviis, sessilibus: paniculii terminali: floribus bracteaceis decandris, IIumL et Bonpl. Rhexia. 29. /. 12. Melastoma argentea. Lamarck encyc. 4'. 4'5. Frutex lO-pedalis, sericeo-tomentosus ( sericeo-pUosus ) . Rami opposiftf acuti, tetragojti. Fol. approximata, pateniia, sexsilia, subcordata, ovaHot crassa, utrinque sericeo-tomentosa pUis densissimis incumbentibus, l-S-nerviOf tntegerrima. Florum panicula (brachiala) terminalis ramulis p/erumque irifidis composila. Flores violaceo-purpurci bracteati. BractesB 3 v. 2 calycis longitudiney oblongce, sericea^ singulis JascicuUs Jlorum, caducts, Cal. tubu- losus, sericeo-villosus, 5'Jidus, laciniis tubo brevioribtts, interne glabris. Pet. 5, obovata, caluci vauhdum longiora, patentia, interne glabra, extend pilota. Stam. 10, corolla longiora: fil. concolora petalis, introrsum arcuala, ad apicem infra antkeram tuberculis 2 appendtctdata : anth, lineares, basi affixee. Germ. oblongO'Ovatum, dentibus 5 villosissimis umbilicatum, 5-valv., 5-loc,t poltf- sperma. Bonpl. loc. cit. Though very lately introduced into our collections, this fine plant had been long since observed both by Commer- son and Sir Joseph Banks, while growing on its native spot near Rio Janeiro in Brazil, and samples are presei-ved in each of their Herbariums. The species had not been noticed in any publication, until taken up from Commerson's specimen by the Chev . de Lamarck, in his valuable En- cyclopedic Botanique. It has been since described and figured from the dried plant, in the splendid Monograph of this genus by Monsieur Bonpland. We are not to confound it vnt\i the Melastoma sericea of the works of Linmeus and his editors, where, as Mr. Dryander observes, a very dif- ferent species is manifestly intended, though it so happens that a sample of the present stands in the Linnoean Her- barium under that very title. Nor has our plant any thmg s 2 to do with the Melastoma argenfea of Willdenow and Per- soon- We are obliged to Sir Abraham Hume for tlie oppor- tunity of making this drawing. The plant flowered in July last, for the first time, in the hothouse at Wormieybury. We have seen it in several of the principal nurseries about town. Monsieur Bonpland not having framed any character n)r the genus, we have adopted one from Ventenat, uniting however his Meriana with his Rhexia. A shrub of about ten feet high, cloathed with a white silkily tomentose fur. Branches opposite, sharply four- cornered. Leaves opposite, spreading, sessile, subcordate, oval, thick, silkily tomentose on both sides, with veiy dense incumbent hair, 7-9-nerved, quite entire. Panicle brachiate, terminal, composed of branchlets which are in general trifid. Flowers violet-purple, bracteate, about an inch in diameter. Bractes 3 or 2, of the length of the calyx, silky, placed un- der each of the floral fascicles, caducous. Cfffyj: tubular, not unaptly likened by Lamarck to the form of a Clove, silkily villous, fivecleft; segments shorter than the tubular part, smooth on the inside. Petals 5, obovate, a little longer than the calyx, spreading, smooth on the inside, hairy on the outside. Stamens ten, longer than the co- rolla: ^/a?«en?.s of the colour of the petals, bowed inwards, having two small tubercles at the top below the anther: anthers linear, falcate, fixed on at their base. Gennen ob- longly ovate, with an umbilicus of 5 veiy villous teeth, 5- valved, 5-celled, many-seeded. We have depended upon Monsieur Bonpland for the description, which was taken fi-om the diied plant, as well as the figure we have cited fronj his work. 7 1 1\\ 1 m ' i: i; ,^ ' '■■ ' J •39 '-f ■■ s ^ V :xAi \i^^v f*.^^ 4: I '< v '^^ \ ^ i> f- L y^^/A ^'\ -^ r I n A V/ \ \i -■^x. '-. l'* ■ 'h c^ <'.. / ^ \ Vi\ >'] li -0 ? .i^^- 1 I /.:!.:i^ I, J 'I 11 Mi'- , i V\ (ill Lb '■"» '^ '/flu i<£.f/jy J I '///i^ J 1 1 I :i A it a i' r t(A --'■■/. r :' V ■v .UUrUUlhJ /;„ / ///^. j^iiin/o -'^^•' 324 DISA bracteata. Small -Jlowered Disa. G^'NANDRIA MONAXJ-iRiA. .■ Nat. ord. OncHiDE/E. Jussieii geti, 6^. Brown prod. 309. Div. T. ' Anthem adnata subterminalis persistens. PolUnis massie ii lobulis angulatis elastic^ coIiEerentibiis; basi affixie. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 188. niSA. Supr^ vol. S.foL 210. Div. Calcare longiore. D. bracteata, galea obtusd, calcare oblongo, labello Haeari apice latiore, spica cylindricu, bracteis erectis floribus longioribus. Sxuartz act. holm. ISOO. 211. Disa bracteata. JVilld. sp. pi. 4. 4-8. Swartz in Schroder's neues journ.fur die hot. 1. 28. Exenip. spont. in Herb. Banks, repostum. Planta spithamtsa. Tuber subroiundum. Folia caulina plura {5-6) Itin- ceohla erecia concaviuscula. Spica mullijlora bipotlicaris. Bracteie altitu- dine circiter Jlorum^ Joliacea:, lanceolata acumine hrevi. Germ, cylindraceum iorlum in flore expanso, subsesxile. Flares porvi, luteo-virides galea pallide Jusca, erecti. Galea erecia ovalis ohtusa modice concava, calcari ipsa ealeA ter breviore desccndcnti obttiso Jusco. Petala 2 infen'ora exteriora arete re- Jlexa lanccolalo-subovata acutiuscida plana; interiorum 2 superiora crassiiis- ctda, conniventia lanceolato-linearia viridia basin versus semim laliora ibigue columns latera amplexantia apice lineari integro citiiis ttiarcescente. Labellum Unfftilato-lineare obtusum integerrimum planum dependens primtttn viride deind^ superiore parte citius marcescente. Brown MSS. Of the four or five species, of this curious South African genus, introduced into the gardens of Europe, two are due to Mr. Griffin; viz. the present and the praninata of the 210th article of this publication. ■\^'e have to thank Mr. Brown for his vciy liberal com- munication of a description of the plant made by himself at South Lambeth, where it was in flower in June last in the conservatorv, the root having been veiy recently received by Mr. Griffin from the Cape of Good Hope. Our only guide to the species intended by Swartz by his Disa bracteata is the above short specific phrase, unaccom- panied by any note: with this our plant, however, in Mr. Brown's opinion, agrees too closely to justify a separation ; and being moreover clearly of the same species with the spe- cimen in the Banksian Herbarium, deemed to be (he brac- teata of Swartz, we have no hesitation in giving it under the present title. Plant a span in height. Tuber roundish. Leaves can- line, several (5-6) lanceolate upright slightly concave. Spike manyflowered two inches long. Bravtes about the height (a little higher) than the flower; foliaceous, lanceolate with a short point. Gtrme/* cylindrical, twisted when the flower is expanded, subsessile. Flowers small, yellowish-green with a pale brown casque, upright. Casque upright oval obtuse moderately concave, with a spur three times shorter than the casque itself inclining downwards obtuse brown. Two lower outside petals closely reflected liinceolately-sub- ovate rather pointed flat: two inner upper ones thickish con- nivent lanceolately linear green gradually broader towards the base, where they embrace the column of the fructifica- tion, the top part linear entire withering before the lower portion. Label lingulately linear obtuse quite entire flat dependent, at first green, afterwards decaying earlier at the upper part than the other, "2 r J fu.-'l '•■"'!• 325 MAGNOLIA cordata. Heart-leaved Magnolia. POLYANDUIA POLYGYNIA. Nat. ord. Magnohace;e- Decand. Syst. NaU 439. MAGNOLIA. CaL S-phytlus, deciduue, interdim nullus (foliolis for- B^n omnino petaloideis et pro petalis cxternts Iiabitis). Pe/- 6-12, bi-trU quadruplicive ordine disposita, decidua, AniL extrorsffi. Caps, indefinitfc spicatnri secus racliln c}']indricam in conum imbncata?, libera, 2-vaIves» 2-**permac, extrorsum dehiscentes. Sem, baccata, subcordata, funiculi unibilicalis longissimi ope extra capsulam pendula. Arbores puicherrimas. foLintepa; stipula; 2 ojipositiB^ folia juniora tegentes^ in gemmam acumi- uatamconvolt/t£Uf cito caduc^ ; Jtores ad apices ramorum terminates^ solitarii^ breviter peduncnlati ; braclea miica laferaiiterjissa out 9 opposita alabastrum includentes mox cadiicm et Uneam circularem super peaiculum, ut ttipulm secus ramulos^ relinquentes. Decand. 1. c. 44-9- M. cordatay foliis deciduis cordiformibus subovatis acutis fiubtdft subto- mentosis supra laevibus^ petalis 6-9 obiongis. Decand. loc» cit* 455. Magnolia cordata. Michaux bon amer, 1. 328, EJu&d.fX, arb. 3- 87. /. 4, Piirsli amer, sept, 2. 382. Hort. KexK\ ed, % 3- 331. Arbor 40 50 pedes alia. Rami teretes^ fmciy iactni asperiuscnli; nove^ villosit medidld crassa rufe¢e. Fol, eiUptico-ovata^ acida^ seniora infri cordaia^ supra obsoleliiis lanuginosa, niieniia^ subtus brevi iomenio pallentia^ nervis plunmis obliquis^ 5-6'Uncia/ia latitudine subtriunciali : petiolus teres^ *vitlosusj subuncialis* Stipulae membranosa^ sesquiundnles^ viuosiSf pallidat Jigura Jere folioloTum cmycinorum^ caduct^, Pedunculi Mny?an, terminales, hreviores petioto^ crassly atomoideO'punctaiif pavlo infra fiorem cicatrice circulari notati. Flos diametro ultra Aa-uncialem , gtauco-JlavescenSf ertetaSt subodoratus, Cal. ultra duptum breviore petatis^ foliotis 3 lineari-oblongis cum brevi acumine^ petalorum subconcoiorat teneriora vera et caduca. Pet. 6^ Jlacciday cuiteato'obovnia, cum brevi acuminCt altema aliquaiUulum angustiora, Jorisque magis virentia^ One of the rarer species of this magnificent genus. In- troduced in 1801, by Messre- Frasers, of the Sloane Square Nursery, from North America, where it is found chiefly in Carolina and Georgia. Quite hardy, and thriving with the treatment of the more common sorts. Said to acquire the height of 40 or 50 feet in its native soil; but with us it is still a mere shnib in size. The drawing was taken from a plant that flowered in the fine collection of Mr. Vere, at Kensington Gore. We had also a specimen from Messrs, Whitley and Co. of the Fulham Nursery. Eighteen species are now recorded ; 9 from North Ame- rica, and an equal number which belong to India, Japan, or China. Branches round, brown, roughish to the feel: young ones villous, with a thick reddish pith. Leaves eliiptically ovate, pointed, older ones cordate at the base, obsoletely downy above and shining, coated underneath with a shoit thick downy nap, and hence opaque and pale, 5-6 inches long, about 3 broad, with many slanting nerves, deciduous: petiole round, villous, about an inch long. Stipules mem- branous, an inch and an half long, pale villous, of nearly the same shape as the leaflets of the calyx, caducous. Pe- duncles oneflowei'ed, terminal, shorter than the petiole, thick, finely dotted, marked with a circular scar a little below the flower. Flower more than 4 inches in diame- ter, of yellowish buff colour with a slight glaucous tint, upright, veiy faintly odorous. Calyx more than tmce shorter than the petals; leaflets 3, linearly oblong, with a short point, nearly of the same colour as the petals, but tenderer and caducous. Petals 6, flaccid, cuneately obo- vate, with a short point, alternate ones rather narrower, and greener on the outside. There had been doubts, whether the Asiatic species would prove to be true Magnolia, when their fruit was ex- amined. The examination has been lately made by Mr. Brown, who finds that the fruit of Asiatic species, in the Banksian Herbarium, does not differ essentially from the fruit of the American ones. "t J A'^^y y./f/^r/f, -S7,IiI//l . 7c t o 26 GALEGA orientalis Oriental Galega. WADELPIIIA DEC^XDnL-i. Nat. ord. LEGUMrNOS^, Jussim gen. Si^5. Div, VL GALEGA. Cal, tubulosus 5-dentatus dentibus sabulatia subflequaltbu9, Legumen oblongum rectum subcompressum, polygpermum ad singula semina fiaepe nodosum, inter eadem oblique striatum aut transverslm sulcatum, Fnifi'ces aut septus herba^y (jua^dam iinctoii^ ; stipulw h petiolo dutincta s ^flores spicati axillares et ternnnales, Jussieu loc, cit. 359- Hiv* Foliis pinnatis, G. orieninlh, foliis pinnatis, foliolis ovatis acuminatis glabrig, stipulis ovatis floribus cernuis. Wilid. sp~ pL 3- 124K Galena orientalis. Lamarck encyc. 2. 589- Hort. Kew. ed^ 2, 4» 355, Marsch, Bief), taur. cauc. 2. 182- Galega orientalis latifolia, altissima, flore cxruleo. Toumef. con 27/ cujus specimen archelypum in Herb, Banks* videndum est, Herba perennis. Caulis i-pedaliSf erectus^ Jlexuosus^ Jidiosus: rami Jtiitulosiy tereteSy villosi, striatuli, ascendenles, Fol- impari'pinnata, ampla^ subSjugay sessilia, subtus et ad peiiolum communem villosay suprd glabra^ cUiolata^ venosa^ foliolis ovato-lanceolatiSj subsessilibus^ duplo Jeri longiori^ bus intervallisy fongiludinc nunc biunciali latitudine subunciali^ aaiminaiitsi' ^lis, nervis laterum ascendeniibusj ramosis* Stipulee gemina^ mugnay ovaia, brevius subacute, integnB subsemiamplexicaulesy nervostet subtiit vtUosa^ «*- pra glabrae, Racemi longi^ laxius multi^ori, erect/, terminates et axiUaresi iloribus cernuis; pedunculo capitafo-villoso ; pedicellis J^exf/i^M, gracillimis, hrevioribus corolla, longioribus calyce. Bractese angustie, lineares, acuta^ capitato-villosiBy longitudinejere pedicellorum, erectee* Cal- capitaiO'villotut^ duplo brevior corolla v> ultra. Stigma parvuluntf capiteUatum* IjCgumina cernua^ This species was first recorded by Tournefort, by whom it was observed during his travels in the Levant, where it is native- It was afterwards described from the specimen of that naturalist by the Chevalier de Lamarck, in his excellent Encyclopedic Botanique, and thence transferred by Willde- Tiow into his edition of the Species Plantarum. A sample gathered by Tournefort, and which formed a part of his Herbarium, is now deposited in that of Sir Joseph Banks, by whom the plant was introduced into this country in 180K It may be easily known from officinalis, by the greater size of its foliage and stipules, and by its nodding flowers and pendulous pods. The leaves remind us of those VOL. IV. T of some of the Orobi, but have odd paired leaflets, while those of the Obobi have even paired leaflets. The specimen from which the drawing has been made, was sent us by Mr. IJiggs, the curator of the Botanic Gar- den at Cambridge. The plant is far from common in ou * collections; though we believe quite hardy. Flowers from June to August. Said by Mr. Marschal von Bieberstein, to be abundant in the forests of the subalpine regions of Mount- Caucasus. A perennial herbaceous plant. Stem 4 feet high, up- right, flexuose, leafy: branches hollow, round, villous, streaked, ascendent. Leaves unevenly pinnate, large, about 5-paired, sessile, underneath and on the common petiole villous, smooth above, slightly ciliated, veiny; leaflets ovately lanceolate, subsessile, nearly twice longer than the intervals, sometimes two inches in length and one in breadth, acuminate, side nerves Eiscendent, branching. Stipules in pairs, opposite, large, ovate, shortly pointed, entire, about halfstemclasping, nerved, villous underneath, smooth above. Racemes long, loosely manyflowered, up- right, terminal and axillary; flowers cernuous; peduncle capitately villous ; pedicles flexile, very slender, shorter than the corolla, longer than the calyx. Bractes narrow, linear, pointed, capitately villous, about the length of the pedicles, upright. Calyx capitately villous, twice shorter than the corolla or more. Stigma sniall, headed. Pods cernuous. i \ ■Jul III 'L 327 DELPHINIUM cuneatum- Wolga Larkspur. POLYANDRIA TRTGYNIJ, NaLord. Ranunculace-t:. Becmid. syst naL 1. 129. Div, L Ra- nunculaceae Verse. Tribus IV. Helleboreas, DELPHINIUM. C^//. coloratus 5-phyllus, foliolo superiore boAi in calcar cavum producto. Pet, 4, interdOm inter se coalita, 2 sup. basi in appendices intra calcar contentas (caJear internum) producta. Germ. J-5, saepius 3. Capss. totidem distinctBB 1-vaIv. foNicuIares. Sem. indefiiiita aridohaccata. Herb^ radice annua esilz atit perenni subjascictdata donaim; caules erecii rnmosi; foU peiiolata cauiha palnuitim muUifida; Gom race* mosiy swpiils ccemlei aut albi rosei et variantes purpurei, in I specie^vi; bracte^e 3 ad shgulum pedicellum^ 1 sub basi (bractea), ^ secus pediceUum (bracteoJa;) stepius oppodtte^ nunc ad basin ui in D, Staphisagnfi, nunc in medio pedkeUi ut in D. Requienii, nunc circa apicem ut in Delphinastris. Dec- 1. c, 340. Sect. IIL Delphinastruni- Subd. % Pelalorum inferiorvm Uinbo l-jiJo. D. cuneatum^ petiolipS basi oon dilatatis^ foliis basi cuneatis 5*7-IobatiSy lobiff incisis acutis^ racemo laxo raraoso, bracteolfs calycibusque glabris, cap- sulis subpubescenttbus. I>ec. I. c. 359. Delphinium cuneatum. jSV^. diss. ined. &veet hort. land. 231. rn add* Delphinium azureum. Hort.paris. (non Michauxii). Delphinium elatum fi. Lamarck enc^c. 2. 265. Delphinium hybridum. Herb, Linn, (non aliorum}. (jS) pubiRorum. Dec- /- c, in add. 546. Planta etata S'4f-pedaiis ; caulis erectus apice ramoso-panimlatus, fol. pctiolain, petiolo basi non dilatato^ Wmho ban cuneifor mi- attenuato irreguia'^ Titer ultra medium ^-S-lofjato, lobis oblongis acuminatis incisis ^ssisve ; racemi longi laxi ramosi; bract, sitbulatm tenuissima glabra pedicellis bremoress bracteolfle glabne Jlori adpressa: cal'. glabri pdchri cartdei; calcar hori^ zontale rectum calycis longitudine; petjltsca, 2 sup. glabra apice Integra^ 2 inf, "^'Jida pilis jlavis barbata; gernira. glabra aut puis raris pubesceniia. Variat superjicie omnino glabra ct tenuissime velutino pubescente* fi. Spon^^ taneum circa Saratnflectum, hortensibus differt pedicellis bracteolii calyciius imb capsulis juniorious pube densd tenui velutinis. Dec. I. c. et in add. Fifty species of this genus have been distinguished in Systema Naturale Regni FegetabUis of Monsieur Decan- dblle They belong to the northern hemisphere, and are common to the old and new continents; six of the species only, however, falling to the share of Amenca. The present is the hyhridum of the Linnean and Banksian Herbariums, but not of the works of WiUdenow or Marschal t2 von Biebei*stein. By the Chevalier de Lamarck it was re- corded as a variety of datum. Subsequent observations have decided its specific distinction. We do not find it in the Hortus Kewensis. In Sweet's Hortus Suburbanus Lon- dinensis, it is inserted in the Appendix; and is stated to have been introduced in 1815. We have never seen it in any other collection than in that of Messi-s. Whitley and Co. of the Fulham nursery, where the drawing was taken in June last. A hardy and very ornamental perennial. Grows naturally in the Russian dominions, in the neigh- bourhood of Saratof, on the banks of the lower Wolga. The present is a straight plant of about 3 or 4 feet high ; stem upright, branchingly panicled at the top; leaves pe- tioled; petiole not undulated at the base; blade cuneately tapered at the base (or rather at the base of the lobes), irre- gularly 5-lobed to beyond the middle; lobes oblong, acumi-. nate, incisively scored or cleft; racemes long loose branch- ing; bractes subulate, very thin, smooth, shorter than the pedicles; bractelets smooth pressed close to the flower; calyxes smooth, of a beautiful blue; spur horizontal^ straight, the length of the calyx; petals brown, 2 upper ones smooth entire at the top, 2 lower ones bifid bearded with deep-yellow hairs; germens smooth or else covered with a thin pubescence. The plant varies with an entirely smooth surface, and one that is very finely velvetted. A spontane- ous specimen sent from Saratof to Monsieur Decandolle, differed from the garden ones, in having the pedicles, brac- telets, calyxes, and even the capsules, in a younger stage, covered with a fine dense yelvet,-like pubescence. > r r r / o IS. J Niun y^ 328 ALPINIA malaccensis Petiolate Alpinia. MONANDRIA MOXOGYX/A. m Nat. ord. Cann^, Jussieu gen, 62. ScrTAMiNEiE- Brown prod. 305- ALPINIA. Supra voL 2.foL 141, vestitit superni vUlost^ A, malaccensis, foliis Janceolatis, petiolatis, subtus vilJosis: racemis termt* nalibus, simplicibus. Labello trfinsversim Jatiore^ obsolete trilobo^ lobii in tubum invoJuto-conniventibufi- RoxL in nsiat. res, 11.353- Alpinia malaccensis. Roscoe in trans, linn. soc. S. 34-5. Alpinia petiolaris, Soiander in sched. hanks, et ad specimen in Horto ketjoenn Jioridum herbarioque bankstano repostum^ Renealniia sumatrana. Bonn cant. ed. 8. 2. Maranta malaccensis. Burm. ind, 2. WiUd.sp.pl. 1. 14. GalangM malaccensis. Humph, amb. 5. 176. t. 71-/^- K Daun Andong. Patjing. Malayensibus. Caules simplicesy erectly iereies, vaginis Jbliorum 5-8 pedes alti. Fol. aUerna, peliolafa, ovalo-oblongaj ellipticaf acuminata^ tnte^errima^ supr^ glabra^ subtus villosa, 2'pedatiat prctaita nervis nume^ rosissimisj tenuissiviist ad unguium acutum convergerUibus. Petioli supri canaliculati, palmares. Racemus temiinalis^ simplex, spic^ormis^ subcylin-^ ^raceusy multiflorus, pedalis. PedicelH nniflori, breves, 2 v- 3 lineas longi, subiBqualeSy villosi. Spatha infera, oblongo-ovata, "jentricosa, glabra, niveCp unciam tonga, biparttta: Laciniffi ovat^y acuta: apicibus rubicundis. Peri- anthium superum^ monophyllum, tubulosum^ in/erne gibbosum, glabrum, olbum, ahitudine spatha^ basin corolla arete invotvens^ marcescenti-persistens^ apice trifidum: Laciniae ovata, acuminata^ apice rubicunda. Con exterior 'ntonopetala, albida, sesquiuncialis. Tubus cylindraceus, erectus, glaber, se^ fnuncialis. Limbus defiexus, S-partitus: Laciniae oblongas^ obtusa^ extHs villosa, sericea: suprema reliquis paulo latior: cor. interior (labetlum) Tnonophylla^ longior extertore, basi in tubum contracta^ Jhuci exterioris adnata^ dein diUitata et tandem expansa in Laminam magnam, subrotundam, margine undulatam, apice in lobis ^ oblongis {^tineas hngisj productam sursiim in-- dinatam; iniiis rubram punctis hneolisgue interruptis lutds irroratam: exiiU luiescentem lineis paucis rubris omatam. Fii* 1, tubo corolla interioris (labelli) sub lacinia superiore exterioris insertum, crassum^ laliusculumy SU' perne pro antherd dilatatum, albidum^ longitudine corolla. Antb. maxima^ adnata^ longitudinaliter bipartiia^ apice bijida, atbida. Germ, in/eruj»^ globosum^ vitlosum. Styinsjltybrmis, tenuis^ longitudine stamnis, JJamento adpressus^ inter lobos anthera supeme indusus. Stigma capitaium, compreS' sum^ album. Caps, globosa, villosa, crassiuscula, 34oc. lybrti etihm S-valv.). Sem. nonnulla, subrotunda^ angulata. Solander in «ched. baaks- sob Ah^imA petiolari^ In Dr- Roxburgh's opinion this is the most stately of all the scitamineous plants of India, not excepting the nutani of the same generic group, so long considered as a chief ornament of our stoves. We do not find the species re- corded in the Kew Catalogue; but we find a specimen in the Banksian Herbarium, which is stated to have flowered in the garden at Kew. We believe the plant to be exceed- ingly rare ^vith us, and never heard of its flowering in this country, except at Kew,- till we Avere favoured with the present sample by Mr. Fawkes; who had the kindness to send it us from Farmley Hall, his seat in Yorkshire; where it blossomed in the hothouse during the present summer. According to Dr. Roxburgh, a native of Chittagong. According to others, of Java also. We have no autho- lity for the time of its introduction. Stems simple, upright, round, covered by the sheaths of the foliage, villous at the upper part, from 5 to 8 feet high. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovately oblong, elliptical, acu- minate, quite entire, smooth on the upper side, villous on the under, 2 feet long, furnished with very numerous fine nerves which converge at an acute angle. Petioles chan- nelled at the upper side, a palm long. Raceme terminal, simple, subcylindrical, spikeformed, manyflowered, a foot long. Pedicles oneflowered, short, 2 or 3 lines long, nearly of one length, villous. Spathe infeiior, oblongly ovate, ventricose, smooth, snow-white, an inch long, 2-parted: segments ovate, sharp pointed: the tips reddish. Calyx superior, of one piece, tubular, gibbous below, smooth, white, the depth of the spathe, surrounding the base of the corolla closely, withering but persistent, trifid at the tip: segments ovate, acuminate, reddish at the top. Outer co- rolla of one petal, white, an inch and an half long. Tube cylindrical, upright, smooth, half an inch long. Limb de- flectent, 3-parted: ^egmen/* oblong, obtuse, villous on the outside, silky: uppermost rather broader than the othei-s : inner corolla (label) of one piece, longer than the outer one, contracted at the base into a tube, adnate to the faux of the outer one, thence dilated and lastly expanded into a large roundish lamina or border, undulated at the edge, prolonged at the top into 2 oblong lobes (4 lines long), in- clined upwards ; red on the inside and sprinkled over with dots and little broken yellow lines ; yellow on the outside and ornamented with a few red lines. Filament 1, in- seited at the tube of the inner corolla nnder the upper seg- ment of the outer one, thick, broadish dilated at the top for the reception of the anther, whitish, the length of the co- rolla, jinther very large, adnate, 2-parted lengthways, bifid at the top, whitish. Germen inferior, globular, vil- lous. Style filiform, slender, the length of the stamen, pressed close to the filament, enclosed at the upper part be- tween the lobes of the anther. Stigma capitate, compress- ed, white. Capsule globular, villous, thickish, three-cell- ed (perhaps also 3-valved). Seedji more than one, roundish cornered. NOTE. The IpOMtEA botta nox 0. purpurascens of the 290th article of this work, as Mr. Herbert has kindly suggested to us, is evidently the Ipomcea muri- cata. Jacg. kort. scficenb. 3. /. 323. A correction which we shall make more fully in tne Appendix to the present volume. ■P' i -^^ (y ./j^-y^.^.,.y ^ ^, ,, //'/? /:rr.tj'% /i>' :/ /?j^; L.,'l ' 329 GESNERIA a^regata. New Bra%il Gesneria^ DIDYNAMIA ^NGIOSPERMIA. Nat.ord* CAMPANutACE-iE. Jussieugen, 163. Div, L Anthene dif- ttncUe. Gbskere^. Richard apud Kunih noD. gem etspec^^* 315. -i GESNERIA, CaL germini adnatus ; iimbo lioero, 5-partJto. Cor- tubulosa, supernd ampliata; Umbo bilabiaCo; labio supenore emargmato- btlobo, inferiore 3*fido. Stig. bilobum. Cum, calyce vestita, KlociiJaris, ' 2-yalvist placentis parietalibus 2 oppositiV, bifamellatis. HerbiB^ suffruttces autjrutices Jblits oppositis, temis cut qutdemig^ inie^ gris, Pedunculi axillares 1- aui muki-^ri^ aut spiae terminaies, Corolls coccine^e ant virescentes^ KuDth loc- cit- G* aggregala, tota villosa ; ramis teretibus ; foliis oppositis oblongo-ovatii crenatis ; peduncuJis 2-4^ as;i)laribu8, unifloris, aggregatis ; corollit clavato-cylindricis, hinc basi subdidymo-ventricosis- Herbacea? erecta. Fol- rugosa, subtus tomeniosO'albicantta ; petiolut pluries brevior lamina, ¥edxinc\i\i JiliformeSyfiexiles, hngiores Jloribus nw tantibus, Cal. herbaceusj 4^'plo brevior corolla, segme^Uis stellatO'patentibus angulaiO'Ovaiis, uno subrnajore. Cor. cocdnea, villosa^ reci/uscula, tubuncio' Us^ diametro /ere peiince scriptori^y postic^ ad basin ventre brevi abrupto sub' didymO'protuberante : limbus subceqttalis multoties brevior tubo^ obf^olete bila^ hiatus, laciniis rotundatis, 2 infimis lateralibus imbrkato^conniventibus, Stan). cequalia corollis, rudimentum quinti nullum: fil. alba^ glabra: anth- subqua^^ dratO'Con7iex£ey 4}-loculares^ loctdis receptaculo camoso papilloso insitis : pollen cchroleucum. Germ, conicum^ vUlosunty^ angustum, subbrevi^is segmentis calycinis : stylus JUiformis^ continuus, villositisculus, cuniculatus : stigma apertunty simplex* Glanduls 4> ad juncturam califcis cum germine in* sertiBy S albtv parvuliB denti/brmes iequidistantes, 1 lutea superior major du^ plicato'denti/brmism As far as we have been able to trace, the present species appears to be unrecorded. It has been very lately introduced from the Brazils. Flowers in the summer, and continues by a succession of bloom a long while in beauty. The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, where it is cultivated in the hothouse, but not in the tan-pit. It answers very well to the specific character of the Gesneria tubiflara of Cavanilles; but a reference to the de- tailed description and the figure of that species, allowing even for their being obtained from a dried plant, proves to us that the two can never be of the same species. VOL. IV. u . r Perennial ? herbaceous ? wprigbt, villously furred^ branches round. Leaves opposite, oblongly ovate, crenate, wrinkled, whitely tomentose underneath: petiole several ti[nes shorter than the blade. Peduncles 2-4, axillary, con- gregated, filiform, flexile, longer than the flowers. Cal. 4 times shorter than the corolla; segments angularly ovate, stellately spreading, one rather larger than the rest. Corolla scarlet, Villous, clavately cylindrical, slightly curved, rather more than an inch long, nearly of the diameter of a smallish pen, shallowly and subdidymously protuberant at the back of the base: limb many times shorter than the tube, obso- letely bilabiate, segments equal, rounded, two lower lateral ones approaching each other so as to lap over. Stamens equal to the corolla; we perceived no signs of the rudiment of a fifth: Jitaments white, smooth: anthers connected nearly in a square, 4-ceUed, cells seated upon a fleshy papulous l^ceptacle: pollen cream-coloured. Germen conical, vil- lous, narrow, rather shorter than the segments of the calyx: style filiform, continuous, slightly villous, piped: stigma open, simple. Glands 4, inserted at the junction of the , calyx with the germen, 3 white small dentiform equidistant, 1 yellow superior larger doubly dentiform. f r l^C^ U ^4 O ■) yoo '^nr r^i^ '. ,^/. I- /.uM 330 KGELREUTERIA panictHata. Panicled Kcelreuteria, 4 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNiA. Nat. ord. Sapiwoi. Jiissieu gen, 24-7. Appends 4^51. jD/p. /. Petnla - dupHcata, seu petalo Interiore ad unguem aucta. KCELRE UTERI A. CaL 5-phyllus. Cor. 4-petaIa irreguUris- Necf. squauiDe 4» bifidae. Caps, S-Iocularis, ioculig dispermis. fVilldi sp, «/. 2. 330. ^ ^ K. paniculata. Laxmann nov* comment* petrop. 16. 561- t, 18, fVtiid* ar^^ 163. JE//W- .^J- Z''- 2. 330. Hort, Kew. % 7. ed. 2, 2. 351. Koelreuteria paullinoides, L'Herit, sert. angL 18; (tab, licet undique citata reverU ined,} ■ Sapindus chinensis- Lin, sysi, veg. ed. 13. 315. Lin.fiL suppL 22S, Frulex, Folia alterna impari-pinnata, Foliola petiolata oblongO'Qvat(B laciniato'dentata ban cuneatn^ apice oLlusa utrinque glabra^ Panicula axil" laris angusta, Wdld. sp. pi. 2. 330, CaU petitaphf/llus : foliola oblongar obtnsa^ erecta, glabra, subciliata^ sefi" quiliaearia : 2 ittferiora remottora, paulb majorat Pet- 4 receplaculo insertc^ Ungaes lineares, erecii, calt/ce breviores, vUhsi^ Laminae oblong€e7 obtus^p catj/ce triplo longiores, fiax^ce; 2 inferiores paulh minores^ bast invicem remotee, Nect, processus duo ad basin singula lamirue, plicati, primum lutei, dein coc* . eznei- Fil< 8, receplaculo inserta^ germen undique cingentia^ jUifonniat kirla^ . Jlavicantia^ sub anthesin erecta^ calyce vix longiorUy tandem declinata^ clongata* Anth. oiw^/T, cinerascentes. G^rm, superunif oblongum, trigonum^ pubescens. Stylus Ji/j/br mis y petalis paulo brevior. Stigma obsolete trifidum. Pericarpium ^ immaturum^ oblongum, triauetrum, 34ocular€, Seoo. in singula loculamento bina. Dryander in Sched. itanbsiaDJ^* A hardy Chinese treelike shrub^ said to have been intro- duced by Lord Coventry about 1763. We were favoured with the present specimen by Lady Aylesford; in wliose col- lection at Stanmore it flowered this summer. It was also in flower at Messrs. Whitley and Co/s at the Fulham nursery- The species is said by L'Heritier to be polygamous. We had no opportunity of describing the plant; but shall subjoin the account we find in Martyn's edition of Miller's Dictionary, and a version of Mr. Dryander's excel- lent description of the flower taken from the Banksian ma- nuscripts* Trunk arboreous, upright, round, smooth, branched, exceeding the height of a man. Branches scattered, spreading, twisted, when young having dotted glauds v-Z " scattered over them. Buds from the axils of the leaves, ^'very resinous, cone-shaped with imbricate scales. Pe- " tioles scattered, spreading very much, club-shaped at the *' base, channelled towards the top, very long. Leaves un- ^' equally pinnate, with six pairs of leaflets, which are ovate, " laciniate, serrate, acute, smooth, flat. Peduncles ter- " minating, scattered, spreading, branched into many " pedicles. Flowers panicled, three or more on each pe- « dicle." Calyx five-leafletted : leaflets oblong, obtuse, upright, smooth, subciliate, a line and an half long: 2 lower ones further removed, a little larger. Petals 4, inserted into the receptacle. Unguis or narrow part, linear, upright, shorter than the calyx, villous. Lamina or broad part oblong, obtuse, three times longer than the calyx, deep yellow; two lower ones a little smaller, wide of each other at the base. Nectary formed of two plaited processes at the base of each of the laminae, at first yellow, at last scarlet. Filaments 8, inserted into the receptacle, girdling the germen, filiform, roughly furred, yellowish, while the flower is in perfection upright, scarcely longer than the calyx, finally bent down- wards and elongated. Anthers ovate, of a grey or ash colour. Germen superior, oblong, three-cornered, pubes- cent. Style filiform, little shorter than the petals. Stigma obsoletely 3-cleft. Pericarp (observed when unripe) obloiig, 3-Bided, 3-ceUed. Seeds two in each cell. I 331 HYDROPHYLLUM vir^nicum. Virginian Water-leaf. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI^. Nat. ord. Boragine^. Jussieu gen^ 128. Dm- //. HyDROpHYLLE-ffi. Btovm ined, Obs. Distincti (^ Boraginek nempd) ordinis initia constituunt geifna capsularia Hydrophylluw, Phacelia, et Ellisia, ob albumen copioeaqi cartilagineum, et folia coraposita v. alte lobata. Br&wnprod. 492. HYDROPHYLLUM. Suprd vol. S.fol. 242. '*- a* vir^inicumy glabriusculum ; foliis ptnnatifidis ovalUIanceolatis inciso-wr- ratis, fascicuHs fiorum conglomeratis. Pursk amer, sepU 1.134. Hjdrophyllum virginicum. Lin, sp, pL 1. 208; (virginianum), Miil. diet, ed, 8. Hart. Keu), 1. 197- ed, 2. 1- 313. Michaux lot. amer. 1. 134- Ijk- march illustr. U 97. Jl 1. Sckkuhr kandb, 1. 114, U 35. Willd. sp.pl. I. 814. Hydrophyllum Morini. Toum.inst. 81. MilL diet. ed. 7* Hydrophyilum- Gto». virg. ed. 2. 26. Hydrophyllum floribus speciosis albis. Clayt. n. 291* ^Qxh^ perennisy scabrius pubescens, raaice fibrosa. Fol. radicalia plttra^ erecta, piunalifiday immersi venosa, lobis 3-7, horizontalihuSf recurvisf ob' lon^Q4anceolattS9 superne serraiis^ sub^uncialibus, imis 2 s€Bpi bidigitato' incisist terminali latiori^ inferri^ cuneato, haud rarb 34obatim'diviso ^ petiolus ereclusy subsemiteres, tn/emi livido-purpurascenSf subsesundalis v. pturtmum longior laminS. Caulis uix S-uncialist fiexnosus^ distanter snb^oliatus, eras- sUtidine substantia et colore feri petiolorum^ Jbliis munitus radicaHum con-' Jarmibus, minoribus tamen^ infiorescentiA remotis. Pedunculi subbini, termi- naleSf suprh racemosiy phirifiorit floribus secundo^ymosis longiori&us pedicel- lis ajypressi hirsutis. Cal. herbaceus, S-partiius, extus appressi ptlosus^ seg- mentis lineari'subulatzs^ ad basin usque refiexis. Cor. albtdaf ^ unciiB v. ctr- citir jprofuTida^ oblongo-campanulata^ infra medium usque S-fida ; limbi lacinizs erectis oblongis obtusuy nerve medio dorsali ; tubo sulcis 5 intermt longitudinalibus mellt/eris filamentorum intermediis ntarginatis cum Idhris con-' niventibus, Fil. subduplo longiora coroUdy aqualiay erecta^ filiformia, medio pilosa, basi Caroline inserta : anth. o&long^y Jiisc^y incumbentesj poUine ockra- leuco. Germ, puis albis erectis hirsutum^ subrotundum .- BtyluB albus^ filifiyr- ms, strictus : stig. 3 v. 2, erectO'patentia brevia teretiafine prunioso. Two species of this genus have been introduced into our collections, of which the other has been already published in this work. Both, are hardy perennials and natives of North America. The present was cultivated by Miller at the physic garden, Chelsea, in 1739. Roughishly pubescent: root fibrous. Root-leaves several, upright, pinnatifid, imraersedly veined; lobes 3-7, horizon- tal, recurved, oblongly lanceolate, serrate at the upper part, about 3 inches long, two lower ones often dissected bidi^tately, terminal one the broadest, cnneate at the lower part, not unfrequently trilobedly divided: petiole upright, nearly semicyiindrical, lividly purple at the lower part, about six inches high, much longer than the blade. Stem scarcely eight inches high, flexuose, remotely subtri foliate, of nearly the same thickness, colour, and substance as tlie petioles, furnished with leaves of almost the same foim as the root-ones, only smaller, standing wide of the inflores- cence. Peduncles about two, terminal, racemosely flowered at the upper part ; ^owerj several in a cyme pointing one way, longer than the close-pressedly hirsute pedicles. Califx herbaceous, 5-parted, close-pressed iy furred on the outsi(k*; segments linearly subulate, reflex to the base. Corolla . whitish, about one fourth of an inch deep, oblongly campa- nulate, 5-cleft to below the middle; segments of the limb upi*ight oblong obtuse, with a middle dorsal nerve; tube furnished at the inside with five prominently bordered longi- tudinal honeybearing furrows or channels placed alternately with the stamens. Filaments about twice the length of the corolla, equal, upright, filiform, hairy at the middle, in- serted at the base of tlie corolla: anthers oblong, brown, incumbent ; pollen cream-coloured. Germen roughly furred with upright hair, roundish: stifle white, filiform, stiff: stigmas 3 or 2, uprightly spreading, short, round, with . frostedly roughened summits. The drawing was taken last summer from a plant which had been imported from America by Messrs. Frasei-s, of the Sloane Square nursery; and formed part of that very ex- tensive collection of rare North American plants. i 351 hj I i> ...J I.I '14 J^yvTJij'tfu i...r/oJ\.,.,j.fij JJ.r'.nHiH ,./fH(t/f ft( 332 ^ PASSIFLORA incarnata. S. North American Jiesh- coloured Passionflower or May^ Ap^le. MONADELPHIA PENTAS'DRIA. Nat. ord. Passiflore^. Jussieu in annales du mus^tn. 6. 102. PASSIFLORA. Supra vol. l.fol. 13. Passiflora incarnata. Vide supra vol. 2.Jbl. 152, «§* »« ^otis tomo eidem ap- petisis. The present is the North American plant included by Linnteus in his Passiflora incarnata; but if it is to be held r a distinct species from that which we have given as the variety /3 in the 152d article of this work, not the one by ' which the genus first made its appearance in Europe ; al- though both have been combined under the Linnean incar* nata. The species which first appeared in Europe, we have little doubtj was that which we have given in the above cited article, and which has since been published in Curtis's Ma- gazine and in the Horticultural Transactions, by the specific title of edulis. Some botanists however are of a different opinion, and think the original plant was neither the present species, nor that we speak- of, but a different, though closely allied, one. We have referred to our former article for the synonymy, leaving our readers to apply the various synonyms according / to their own judgment. We have not discovered, on a comparison of the living plants, any differences, beyond colour, of which we were not aware when we pubhshed the variety ^ in the 152d ar- ticle of this work ; except that the lower portion of the calyx in the Brazil plant is contracted into a shallow tube, with a partitioned nectaiy, while here the same part is nearly flat and the nectary not partitioned. The drawing was taken this summer from a plant which flowered in the rich and well kept collection of Mr. Vere, at Kensington Gore. 9 9 9 * V _' / / r / ' c/j ru t. C^ "'/■ / * /- '/0./\.c,'JAK..Mr,.im^- J iVi'li. >c^ r| r 334 INULA glandulosa* GlaTidular-leaved Inula, SYXGENESIA POLYG^MIA SUPEHFLU^. Nat.ord, CoitYMBiFERJE. Jussieu gen. Vj*l, Div. IL Receptaculum nudum. Semen papposum. Flores radiati. In Tussilaoine et Senecione floras partim ilosculosi. INULA. Flores radiati ligults numerosis. CaL imbricatus sguamis patulis, exteriortbus majoribus* Anth. basi bisetse. Pappus pilosus. Flores luiei asillares ant terminalesy s^Ep^ corymbosu Juss. loc. cit. 18K J* glandulosa, foliis sessilibus oblongis obsolete serratls serraturis glandu- losis^ caule hirsuto unifloro, calycinis squamis lanrceolatis villosis. WiUd, sp.pL S,20&7* Inula glandulosa. Marsch. BieL taur, cauc, % 319. Adam apud Weber et Mohr caL 1. 68, n. 40- Willd. enum. 896- HorL Kew, ed. 2. 5- 78- Curlish inagaz. 1907. Inula oricntalis. Lamarck encyc. 3- 255- Herbacea^ perennis^ Caulis ascendens^ liirsuiusy subteres^ striaius. Fol- distantiay decrescent ia^ sparsa, erecliuscula, semiamplexicanUa, margine glati' dulls nigricantibus obsolete dentata; hiferiora lanceolato-oblonga, superiora ovatO'lanceolataySt(btusvaricoso*venosa^ longiora 3-uncialta vel ultray latitudine circiter uncialL Csth inultiplex^ mollis ^ Jusco-hirsutissimus^ squarrose v, sine ordine patens^ dttplo v. ultra brevior radio, Jbliolis exterioribus lim'nri'lanceo' latis angustis^ interiorihus anptstissimis. Flosculi radii numerosi, lineares, nngustij JlavicanteSi ultra unciam longiy aptce tridentati, dorso piloai^ FloscuJi disci Umbo turbinalo-patente^ laciniis acutts erectiuscuHs^ Auu\.Jlava. According to Count Mussin Puskin^ a native of that part of Georgia which is near the Caspian Sea. Mr. Marschall of Bieberstein found it on Mount Caucasus, growing along with the grandiflora of the same genus, from whici), he ob- serves, it differs only by having the glands of the leaves produced on a completely entire border, instead of at the points of the teeth of a serrated border; and adds, that it seems to be a mere variety of it, though, as well as Will- denow, he records the two as specifically distinct in his work. We do not see why this useful botanist has quoted La- marck's Inula orientalise professedly adopted by that author from Tournefort, as a synonym to his glandulosa, while he adds the plant from Tournefort's own work as a synonym to his grandijlora. This seems an oversight- Introduced in 1804 by Mr. Donn, the then Curator of X 2 the Cambridge Botanic Garden. Flowers in July and Au- gust. A hardy perennial plant. Stem upright, shaggily furred, nearly round, nervedly streaked. Leaves wideset, decres- cent, scattered, pointing rather upwards, halfstemclasping, owing to the hlackish glands at the edge showing the appear- ance of being ohsoletely serrate, lower ones lanceolately ob- long, npper ones ovately lanceolate, varicosely veined un- derneath, longer ones tln-ee inches or more in length, and an inch or more in breadth. Calyx of numerous leaflets, soft, with a dark coloured and very shaggy fur, squarrosely or irregularly spreading, twice shorter than the ray or more, outer leaflets linearly lanceolate, narrow, inner ones very narrow. F/ore/s o/'/Ar ray numerous, linear, narrow, deep yellow, more than an inch long, three-toothed, haiiy at the beick. Florets of the disk with a turbinately spreading limb, segments rather pointed and nearly upright. '- 3d5 A .,' ^^ f^ ) Ju'^f d<' dfl /y / ^ 'X/"^..yi\ J.n.: /y^'' f^^:cJ-!^y Ji'u " I injCj F f ^■^ 336 CACTUS repandus. H^avy-angled Tm'ch-thkile. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. NaL ord. Cacti. Jussieu gen. 310. Div. 11, Petala et Stamina inde- nnita. CACTUS. Suprh vol. 2.fol. 137. Div. Cerei erectif stantes per se. C. repandus, erectus, longus, octangularis: angulis compressis undatis: sptnis lana longioribus. Lin. sp. pi. ed. 2. I. 667> Cactus repandus. tVilld. sp. pi. 2. 940. Hort. Keiv. 2. 151. ed. 2. 3. 277. Cactus erectus cylindrlcus sulcatus tenuior summitate attenuatus, aculeu confertis. Browiejam, 238. Cereus gracilis. Mill. diet. 8. w. 8 ; (rectius quant Cereus repandus ejusdem loci n. 5. in Hort. Keio. citatus). Cereus altissimus gracilior, fructO extfis luteo, intiis niveo serainibus nign's pleno. Sloanejam. 2. 158. Trevs ehret.t. 14. Native of Jamaica and other parts of the West Indies, where it grows in the woods, to the height of fifteen or twenty feet. Sloane tells us that the fruit ripens in October, and is eaten. By some this is described as having the flavour of a strawberry. The dry stem of the plant is used by the natives for a torch to catch fish by, in the night-time. They hold it at the ends of their boats, lighted, and the fish leaping at it, they strike them with spears for the pur- pose. The plant rarely blossoms in this country. The present drawing was taken from one that flowered and ripened its fruit, at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, Fulham. Introduced by Mr. Philip Miller, in 1728. It is for from being so well known in our collections as the Great Night- flowering Cereus (Cactus grandifiorus) , nor indeed is it^ so deserving of the attention of the gardener, the flower being far less ornamental, and the fruit not worth being procured at the expense of a hothouse. VOL. Vf. \ ' / /'V r/. . c/'/. \-. yUv.>-'/-//^ C./^/^//;^ ^ 3S7 HIBISCUS Rosa malabarica, The Malabar Rose Hibiscus* MONADELPHIA POLY^yDRIA. Nat. ord. Malvacejb. Jussteu gen. 271. Div. HI. Staniuia indefi- nita. Fructus simplex multilocularis. HIBISCUS. Suprdvol. \.foL29. H. Rosa malabarica, foliis cordatis, acute serratis; ramls subhirtla; caule ^ fruttcoso. Kcenig in apecimine arcketvpo herb, banks, asservato. Hibiscus phoeniceus. Roxburgh MSS. tn iched. banks, cum tab.; (non aliO' rum. J Suryatniuii (or gem of the sun). Sanscrit. Sjamin. Rheede mal. 10. 1. tab. 1. iff) Hibiscus hirtus. Lin. sp. pi. ed. 2. 2. 977- Cav. diss. S. 156. /. 67. Hibiscus pliceniceus; 0. hirtus. (Exclusa varietate a, supri in vol. S.Jbl. 2S0. data.J Alcea frutloosa malabariensis^ angustJs foliis rigid iuxcul is, floribus amoend rubellis, semine papppso. Pluk. aim. 14. t. 25^._fig. 3. Frutex (hirtiusculus) toWhcordatiSy serratis, acutis, viUosis; stipuHs «(&• tilatis; pedunculis axillaribus, solUariis, unijloris (non articulatis nob.) t foliolis calucinis esierioribus 5-6; antheris verticUlalts; capsulis globotist feminibus tavalis. Variatjlore albo. Roxb. loc. cit. Clearly a very distinct species from the Hibiscus phoe- niceus of the younger Linnaeus and Jacquin, published in the third volume of this work, fol. 230; although probably a mere variety of the Hibiscus hirtus of the elder Linnseus, incautiously subjoined by Willdenow to phceniceus as the va- riety /3. In pkceniceus the peduncles are jointed, and the upper part is thicker than the lower; which is not the case here. The leaflets of the inner calyx are there membranous, rather smooth, and three times broader than in our plant, where they are herbaceous and roughly furred. Phoeniceus is altogether a much slenderer plant, not so conspicuously nor stiffly furred as the present; and we suspect that it is not even an East-Indian vegetable. Jacquin's specimen is pre- served in the Banksian Herbarium, and is evidently of a distinct species from the three other specimens from three distant parts of India preserved in the same place under one name ; and which appear all to be of the species of our plant. Probably Jacquin's plant is really South-American, as he asserts. Y 2 The drawing was made from a sample which flowered late in the summer at Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne*s, Fulham ; where it had been raised from seed, sent from Cal- cutta by Mrs. Clarke. According to Van Rheede it grows to be a pretty large shrub. Kcenig speaks of its being very generally cultivated in the gardens of the temples of India. Dr. Roxburgh says it is common in all parts of that coun- try. Linnaeus has not adduced Van Rheede*s figure to his hirtus ; and it being possible that his plant may be specifr- cally distinct from the present, we have deemed it siafer to abide by Koenig's specific name; his plant being clearly the species and variety of Van Rheede and Roxburgh, as well as of the present article. We do not know that the species has been before intro- duced into this country. Cultivated in the hothouse. The colour of the flower is extromely brilliant. 35 S ;^/. /.,,.y ji:/,,, O JccraM^y. X.u^/ l/J ; /iiit'/'-''^- 538 TABERNJEMONTANA amygdalifolia jllmoTid'leaved Tahe'i^cemontana, PENTANDRIA M0N0GYNI.4. Nat. ord* Apocine^* CaL 5*divi$u6, persistens. Cor, l-petaln, hypo^ gyna, regularise S-loba* sestivatione Jmbricata, decidua. S£a)}}, epipetala^ lacmiis limbi aUerna. FiL distincta. Ant/t, 2-locuIares, longitudinalit^r dehiscentes. Pollen granulosum, stigmati immediate applicitum. (iermina 2, V, 1, btloculare^ in plurimis polyspermum. Siyli 2, v, 1, Stigma ]» Fructus folticularis, capsularis, drupaceus^ v. baccatus, duplex v. simplex* Semina saepissim^ albuminosa. Embryo fuliaceus. Plumula inconspicua. Arbores V* yrutices sape lactescentes. Folia opposite, nunc verticillata^ rarii sparsa^ integerrima ciliis glandulisve interpetiotaribus Sispius tnstructa^ Brown prod. 1.465- Dix^. JL Semina non comosa. Fructus bifollicularis. TABERNMMONTANA, Cor. hypocrateriformis, limbo 5-partito,. Stamina inclusa: Antkeris ^SigxitaXiB* Germinal., Stylus ^Wfoimi^, Stigma ^ dilatata base biBdum. Folliculi % Semina pulpa immersa. ArbuscuUe, Folia opposila. StipuUe irtterpetiolares^ infrh aanatiSy apice soluta* Ci/m^ subdichotomte. Calyx persintens. Brown loc. cit. 467* T. amygdalrfoliat foliis oppositisovali'lanceolatis^ staminibus tubum coroUs superantibus. WiUd. sp*pL 1. 1245. Taberncemnntana amygdalifolia. Jacq. amer. 39* tab, 181-J^^* 15. Cestrum nervosum. Mill. diet. 8. n, 3; (affirmante specimine archetypo in Herb, Banks* asservato.) Cestrum foliis lanceolatis oppositis nerris transversalibus pedunculis ramo^ift. MilL diet, ed, ?• n. 3. The Cestrum nervosum of the eighth edition of Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, appears never to have been taken up either as a S3monym or separate species, in any other enume- ration of plants; and seems to have been entirely overlooked in all subsequent botanical works. We know however that it is of the present species, and that it has flowered with us, by Miller's own specimen, gathered in the Chelsea Garden, and now preserved in the Banksian Herbai-ium. It does not appear in either edition of the Hortus Kewensis even by the present title, though it has been cultivated in our collections for more than half a century. What plants there are of it in this country, we suspect, are scions of the one originally received by Miller from Carthagena in South America, where Jacquin's plant was also found. The drawing was taken at Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, of the Fulham nursery, where it is cultivated in the hothouse. The following is the description of the plant, as given in the Gardener's Dictionary. " It rises with a shrubby stalk (e K t( t( ** five or six feet Iiigh, covered with a brown bark, and " divides upwards into many small branches, which are " ^rnished with spearshaped leaves, about four inches long " and a little more than one bi'oad ; these are smooth, of a " liglit green, and have many horizontal veins, running " from the midrib to the sides, and are placed opposite by pairs. From the wings of the leaves, towards the upper part of the branches, are produced the flowers, standing " upon branching footstalks, each sustaining four or five " flowere, whose tubes are swelling at the base, just above the cup, but contract upwards to the mouth, where the petal is cut into five broad segments which spread flat; they are white." This species differs in regard to one of the features enu- merated in the present generic character, by having stamens which stand above the mouth of the tube of the corolla. It may not be useless to subjoin a version of the character by which Mr. Brown has circumscribed the natural order he has detached, under the title of Apocine^, from that of his Asclep!.\ue.e; which orders previously formed the Apo- ciNEiE of Jnssieu. Calyx five-cleft, pei^istent. Corolla monopetalous, in- ferior, regular, 3-lobed, (before expansion) imbricate, deci- duous. Stamens placed upon the corolla, alternate >vith the segments of the limb. Filaments distinct. Anthers bi- locular, bursting longitudinally. Pollen granular, applied immediately to the stigma (not by the intervention of a par- ticular process, as in the Asclepiade^). Germens 2, or 1 and hilocular, in most manyseeded. Styles 2 or 1. Stigma \. Fruit follicular, capsular, drupaceous, or berried, double or single. Seeds generally furnished with an albumen. Em- bryo foliaceous. Plumule inconspicuous. Trees or shrubs, often milky. Leaves opposite, sometimes verticillate (whorled), seldom scattered, quite entire, generally fur- nished with either ciliw or glands between the petioles, /w- florescence subcorymhose. We learn from the same accurate observer of natural affinities, that this subdivision forms a truly natural group, with perhaps the exception of one or two genera ; but which if even these were excluded is hardly to he technically defined: though easily distingui^^hed by the economy of the anthers and the stigma from the Asclkpiadr^, which are besides more uniform in the structure of the flower and fruit. The order is also allied to the Gkntiane^ and Ru« 1IIACK£. SSQ. 3. 203i. HorL Kew. ed, 2. 5- 54. Mar&ch, hieb.Jlor, iaur. cauc* 2. 31 1. Aster caule folioso, foliis scabris, ciliatis, lanceolatis, obtusia, calycioii squamis ovatis, cUiatis. HaU. helv. n, 83. Aster atticus csruleus vulgaris. BauA. pin, 267. Aster atticus, Dod, pempt, 266- Aster VIII., Italorum Fuchsii. Clus, hist, 2. 16. Amellus virgilii* Calceol, veron, 4^56, (a) foliis obovato-lauceolatis planis, corollis radii numerosissimis subimbfi- catis. (jS) foliis lanceolatis rugosiusculis subundulatis, corollis radii divaricatis. Radix perennistjiisca^ multicepSt ^brisque numerosis jubata^ c^uXe^ gigf^t itnnuatim plures^ erectos vel basi ascendentes, A dimidio pede ad duos pedeM altosy scaoros, villosos, teretesy subslriatos^ plerum^ue supra medium modd eiidra totos ramosos. Folia ponuntnr altematim, tanceotato-oblonga, ^cabra, ad oras villosula^ integra, obtusiuscula, caulina infima et radicalia prtiolata, reliqua sessilia, Calycis virentis squamie sunt oblongee^ ad orax villogukeg interiores ereciis et ad apicem purpurea, CoroUulae radii cum lavi purpurS CiFrulescunt : discus est tuteus, Seminum pappuB est pilosus et sessilis, Jacq. Joe. cit. A hardy perennial plant ; native of various parts of the South of Europe. Flowers with us from August to Septem- ber, Cultivated in 1596 by Mr. John Gerarde. Stems several, upright or ascendently slanted at the base, from half a foot to two feet high, rough, villous, round, somewhat fluted, generally branching above the middle, and sometimes for the whole length- Leaves obovately lanceolate, flat, rough, slightly villous at the edge, entire, the lowermost stem-ones and all the root-one« petioled, the others sessile. Ca/y* green, lea/lets oblong, VDi/. rv. 2 slightly villous at the edge, inner upright and purple at the end. Florets of the ra^ violet-coloured or purplish blue: of the disk yellow. Pappus or seed-crown simple- haired, sessile. The plant has been fancied by some among the elder herbalists to be the flower meant by the Amelias or Amello of Virgil : F Est etiam flos in pititisj cui nomen Ajnello* ?>u i ^' / .<;/ /'T/ *#* ECANDRiA. Kat. ord, LeguMIWos^, Jussieu gen. S45. JDw. K CoroHa irregtl^ larig papiJionacea, Legumen uniloculare bivalvte. Friaices aui herbasJoHa stmpltcia aut temata aut rarius digitnia; stipule nunc subntdl^, nunc con* ^pioKs imo petiolo adnattB aut ab eodem distinctiB^ PHASEOLUS, C^/. 2-labiatus, supri emarginatus, infra tndentataii^ SfCp^ basi bibracteatus. Vesillum reflexum; carina cum siaminibm et stt^o in spiram convoluta. L^umen ohlongixmf polyspermutn, formfi variuqi; s^. reniformia aut subrotunda» hylo lateralis lierbcs^ pler^que volubiies ; Jolia ternaia petiolata^ stipulis a veiioto distinctisj Jbliola supri eundem arti' culata . petioluto ierminalt infrh oiaristato; lateralibus untaristatiSf arisiU ^tipul€eformibu5 : flores Sispe spicati axitlares i legumen sapi glabrunff rarius viliosum aut etpmriens* Embryo eoij^edonibus distinctus, Jusb. loc. cit. 356. Div* Scandentes^ P. Caracalla^ caule volubili^ vexiljis carinaque spiralit^r convolutis* Lin. sp.pl. erf. 2-2. 1017. Phaseolus Caracalla. MilLdicLed.S. r?. 2. Andrews^s reposit. 5'il, Hort. . Kew, 3, 30. ed. % 4. 290. Brolerojlar, lusiU 2. 129. Phaseolus indicus, cochleato flore. Triufnf. ohs. 93. U 94- Cochliasanthus; (in iexiuj; Caracalla; (in icone), Tretv pi* tar. 14. U 10- Cal, bilabiatus, labio superiors etnarginatOf in/eriore tridentato* Vexillum cordatuntf obtusuvty emarginaium^ recbnatum lateribus rcftexis: alae Qvaf^e^ longitudine vexilii, unguibus longis insidentes : carina angusta spiraliler contr^ solem convoluta. Vihdiadelpha C simplex et Q-^fidum), intra carinam spiralia. Germen oblongum, compressum^ viliosum, Stylus^ltformis, spiraliter inflexus^ superne pubescens : stigma obtusum, crassiusculunty viliosum, Legum. /ow^m, rectum^ coriaceum^ obtusum cum acumine: sem. renifomxia^ oUonga^ com'^ pressa* Trew loc. cit. Native of India. Cultivated in the garden at Hampton Com-tj as long ago as 1690, We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the sample for our drawing. It was part of a plant which flowered last au* tumn in the hothouse at Spoffbrtfa. We believe the species is not now often found in our collections. Miller tells us that it is much cultivated in Portugal on account of the fragrance and beauty of the flowers; that it thrives there in the open air, and serves for bowers and trellis-work. We suspect, however, that this excellent horticulturist is not to be relied on in point of orthography, z2 when he tells us, that the plant is called Caracalla^ in that country; but that the right name is the one we find in Brotero, viz. Caracoleiro (i.e. snail-plant); from Caracol, the Portuguese word for Snail. Brotero speaks of it as a subarborescent shrub; with us it has been looked upon as a pei-ennial herbaceous plant. Stem twining, from 1*2 to 20 feet high. Leaves very like those of the Common Kidney Bean, only smaller. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip emar^nate, lower tridentate. Vexillum (standard) cordate, obtuse, emarginate, reclined, with de- flex sides: alte (wings) ovate, the length of the vexillum, with long ungues: carina (keel) narrow, twisted spirally. Filaments truly diadelphous, twisted spirally within the carina. Germen oblong, compressed, villous. Style fili- form, spirally twisted, pubescent at the upper part: stigma obtuse, thickisb, villous. Pod long, straight, coriaceous, obtuse with a point : seeds reniform, oblong, compressed. The seed is seldom produced in England. The twisted carina is a principal feature in the generic character of Phaseolus. In the present spedes the vesdUiun is likewise twisted. V,9 (L> 342 IPOMCEA Jalapa. «. Jalap Ipomoea. PENTANDRIA MONOOYNIA. Nut, ord. CoMvoLVULi. Juttieu gen, 132. Div, I. Stylus uiucoB* CoNvoLVULACE^ Brown prod. 4^1. Sect, L GeilDin unicuni. I X. Jalapa ; pubescens ; foHis cordatis integrifl lobatigque plicato rugo»ii ilils t^s subtotnentosis, pedunculis 1'3-flonsy foliolis calycis ovalibus muticai, corollfs campanulatia, seminibus proljxd laQUginosis, radice craMissinio. Pursh amer* sept^ 1. 146. Ipomcca macrorhiza* Michaux bor.'Omer. 1* HI. Conrolrulus Jalapa. Lin. Mant 42. Hort^ Km>. 1. 211* ed^ 2* 1, SSI, fVilld* sp. pL 1, 860. DesfonL in annates da museum dhisU naL 2. 12$, tabb. 40- 41. at) corollce limbo albo. Hujus locu j3) corollae limbo roseo. Curtis s magaz, tah 1572* Kadix tuberosof magna, perennis* Caules kerbaceat orgytdes^ volmbif^, ramosif striatic Folia ptibescentia, cordata, subtus tomentomt Integra nd 2'7'lobaia9 nervosa : petiolus vix duplo breuior laming* Pedunculi axillaru, Solitarii, pubesceniesy breviores foliOf subtriflori $ pedicelU glandidis 2 oppo^ sitis bracteolisque 2 ovalibus caducis basi muniti, Cal* paUido-vtrens, xi0oius^ obhngO'Ovalist ^ undue drdtir longzts, segmentis avaltbusy obtusisy subapiQ" iibus, arctius conniventibus. Cor. extlis pubescens, hypocrater^onnis^ iubui subbiuncialisy cylindricus^ supemi parUm an^iatusy duplo Jer^ profundior Umbo (in pr^senti spedminej corrugato. Stamina et Stylus indusa: stig, subbHobo-capitalum^ d^etsum: filam* purpurethvillosa* Semina sertceo^ pubesceniia^ It seems to be admitted that the plant with a rose- coloured corolla from Mexico, and the present^ with the limb of the corolla quite white, from South Carolina and Georgia, are merely varieties of the same species; that which aiTords the true Jalap. We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the specimen we have figured, as well as for an admirable drawing, made by himself, of the flower. The plant was raised in the hothouse at Spofforth, from seeds received from South Carolina about four years ago; but never flowered in perfection till Sep* tember of the present year- The leaves in the present plant varied much, but were nearly all divided in^o a greater or less .number of lobes, there being only here and there a few entire ones. Its flowers, Mr. Herbert informs us, expanded about 9 o*clock at night, and continued in beauty about twenty-four hours. When the corolla is fresh, the limb is Of a pure white, but assumes a pui-plish hue at the plaits when dried. We are not aware that this variety has been introduced till now. Root tuberous, large, oblong, perennial. Stetris her- baceous, six or seven feet high, twining, branched, streaked. Leaves pubescent, cordate, tomentose underneath, entire or from two to seven-lobed, nerved: petiole twice shorter than the blade. Peduncles axillary, solitary, pubescent, shorter than the leaf, about threeflowered ; pedicles furnished with two opposite glands and two very small oval caducous bractes at the base. Cal^x palish green, villous, oblongly oval, about two thirds of an inch long; segments oval, obtuse, nearly equal, converging closely round the lower part of the tube of the corolla. Corolla finely pubescent at the outside, hypocrateriform ; tube nearly two inches long, cylindrical, but little enlarged at the upper part, nearly twice longer than the limbj which in the present specimen was wrinkled, much in the way of the petals of some of the Cisti. Stamens and sti/le not protruding beyond the tube : stigma capitate, slightly hilohed: ^laments slightly furred with purple villi. Seeds covered with a silky fur. We are obliged to Mr. Herbert and to the descrip- tion by Mods. Desfontaines, for what we have said of the plant. 3 /^ ) ^-' '^z^',/'/,/^. j:i/'. /y y. J\Jy.e..^ //' A.y / '/O yLun/fZ/y :r./r / ■ Ai'/Cj . ' 343 GESNERIA bulbosa. Bulbous Gesneria. OlDTNAMIA AXGtOSPERMJA. ^ JVirt. ord. CAMPANtrtACEJE. Jameu gen, 163. Div. I. Anthera dia- tincte. G&aNEnE£. Richard apud Ktmth nov. een. et spec. 2. 345. GESNERIA. Suprdfol.S&. O. hulhota, tota pubescens; foliis opposite, orato-ellipticM, bosi corAaiis, serrato-crenatis ; paiiicul^ numerosa, subopposita, patente, distante; pedunculis corymbosia breTioribua pedicellis t I'mbi ineequalissinii labio summo porrecto oblongo maximo, imo brevissimo revoluto. Herbacea, rhizomate perenni bulbi ad instar rotundato, tunicSfuscS mem- branaceB. Caiilis simplex? erectus, tubfiexuosiUt tercs^ bipedaks, distatttir Joliosus. Folia camosula, subtus densiUs tomentosa, decrescentia, majora subSundalia latitudine triunciali; petiolus crassus, brevis. Pedunculi corym- boso-muUifloriJuliolis diminuiis sensim superni hracteaceii tubtensif pediceJli uttWori bracteoia subulate herbaceS soliioria ad basin. Foliola calycis brevia, suoulata, herbacea^ subbremorajundo externa tubrotundo pubescente germtnis, ctijus marginem parietalem continuant. Corolla coccinea, pubescens, clavalo- tubuhsa, diametro ferh pennts olorina^ basi circumcirc^ protuberans ; Iabii« iimbi inaqualissimist flummo elUpticO'oblongo concolori lateribus de/lexis, imo obliquato intua macule atropurpured aibo-marginatS picto. Fil. pubesceniia, rubentiai anth. cruciato-conoexte. Stylus pertittens, exseiius, coccineus, pu- bescens. We do not trace this fine plant in any recorded species. Jt differs from all we are acquainted with, by the round bulblike rootstock and by the great inequality of the limb of the corolla. Not having had an opportunity of inspecting the inflorescence, after the drawing was made, we have described that part of the plant from the figure. Recently introduced by Mr. Lee, of the Hammersmith Nursery. It was sent him from the Brazils, where it is native, by Mr. Chamberlain, the English Consul at Rio Janeiro; and flowered for the first time with us m Sep- tember. It requires to be kept in the bark-bed of the hot- house; where it proves a most valuable ornament by the beauty, abundance, and long succession of the bloom. Herbaceous, perennial, furred. Rootstock fleshy, re- sembling a round bulb, covered with a brown membranous coat. Stem simple? slightly flexuous, round, about two feet high, distantly leaved. Leaves opposite, mther fleshy, VOL. IV. A A ovately elliptical, serrately crenate, decrescent, cordate at the base, more thickly tomentose underneath, larger ones about five inches in length, and about three in breadth : petiole thick, short. Panicle terminal, numerous, nearly opposite, spreading, distant: peduncles corymbosely many- flowered, shorter than the pedicles, subtended by small leaves gradually diminished into mere bractes at the upper peduncles: pedicles one-flowered, with a small subulate herbaceous biacte at their base. Leaflets of the calyx short, subulate, herbaceous, scarcely so long as the roundish furred inferior portion of the germen, of the outer covering of which they are a continuation. Corolla scarlet, pubescent, cla- vately tubular, nearly of the diameter of the stem of a swan- quill, shallowly protubei'ant at the base; lijis of the limb very unequal, upper one very large, outstretched, one- coloured, sides deflectent ; lower one slanted, very short, re- volute, max'ked with a purple stain having awhile border on the inside. Filaments furred, red. Anthers cruciately con- joined. Style scarlet, persistent, slightly protruded, furred. 344 BROMELIA pallida. Pale-Jloivered Bromelia. HEXANDRIA jVOXOGYNIj^, NQLord. Bromel!/e. Jussieu gen. ^9. Dk. IL Gernien inforum. BROMELIA. Suprh voL S,JoL 203. ^^ pallida^ paniculu laxissima, patentissimfi, pauciflorS, pedunculis 2- (in nostra plajita abortu J-) floris; spathis supremia fertilibus, florem a;(|uan- tibus, divaricatis. FoK tnultifariam ambientiaj erectO'divergentia, coriaceo^Jirma^ lauceolato- lorala acumine brevt^ remotius spinulosO'cUiata^ convolutO'Concava^ longiora spithamaa v. vltr^. Caulis erecius, dodrantatis v, tdir^j tere^ simplex^ spathaceo'Vaginatus : spathffi singularesj sparsm, sphncelnto-membranostB^ tnvotuto4anceolatat acttviinat^^ iiif^Tioxes Juscescentes^ imbricato-erect^e^ su^ periores longiores^ divaricatiet vimdc pxmicantes^ Ramuli v* pedunculi SKbangulosi, disiantes^ sparsi^ crassly patenteSy mnrgine anteriori in bracteas 2 obsolete producii^ inferiores in snatkis axiliares^ superiores nudiy S-plo irevioresjlore -j. ultr^* FJores tnbulosi subbiuncialesy diametro circiier pennm scriptoriiB vulgaris^ chloroleuci apicibus tivido-cteruiescentibus, summitate ramslorum gemtnis collateralibus, supremo v, exieriore in nostra exemplari con^ stanier ahoriiente, Cal. duplo brevior coroUSy firmior^ nervosa^ segmentis ^nceolato'acuminatis corollce arete applicitis. Cor. subsesquiuncialiSf ore hrevi ^ttbbiiabiatO'patenSf laciniis ligulatis convoluto-imbricaiis^ acumine obtusiusctdo hrevi. Anth. lutetBt linearesy Versailles. Germ, cylindracetim^ obton^my viride, sulcaio-striatnm^ triplo breuius cortdlS. Stylus subexsertus^ vindis^ stigmata saturatius viridiay dimidiato-lanceolatay linearia, in unum contorta, vel tandem sotuta. Sertum squamosum ad basin interioremfioris omninb ut in Brohklia nudicaulif ci^us descriptio videnda in vol. S.Jbl. 203. As far as we have been enabled to ascertain, our plant is of an unpublished species. It differs widely fi-om any we are acquainted with in the disposition of the inflorescence and colour of the corolla, the dulness of which forms a singular contrast with the brilliancy of the upper spathes of the stem. We have not learned its native country- The drawing was taken at Mr. Malcolm's nui-sery at Kensington; where it was cultivated in the tan-pit of the hothouse, and flowered about the latter end of November. It had been obtained from a garden at LiverpooL We sus- pect it to be a South American plant. Leaves multifariously ambient, from upright divergent, of a leathery firmness, lanceolately lorate shortly tapered at AA 2 the point, prickly ciliate, prickles very small, rather wide- set, longer ones 7 or 8 inches long or more. Stem upright, 9 or 10 inches high or more, round, simple, spathaceously sheathed: sheaths single, scattered, sphacelately mem- branous, involutely lanceolate, acuminate or long pointed, lower ones brownish, imbricately upright ; npper ones the longest, divaricate, brightly crimsoned. Branchlets or pe- duncles slightly angular, wideset, scattered, thick, spread- ing, with the front edge slightly elongated into two shallow broad hractes scarcely observable but when carefully looked for, lower ones iji the axils of the upper spathes, upper ones naked, all three times shorter than the flower or more. Flowers tubular, about two inches long, of the diameter nearly of a common pen, very pale pejir-green, blueish at the tips, placed in pairs side by side at the ends of the branch- lets, the uppermost or outer one in our sample always prov- i[ig abortive, as shown in the present figure. Cali/x twice shorter than the corolla, more substantial, nerved; segments lanceplately long-pointed sitting close about the corolla. Corolla nearly an inch and an half long, the orifice shortly and subbilabiately spreading J segments ligulate, convolute, overlapping each other at the sides, shortly pointed. Anthers yellow, linear, vibrating. Germen cylindrical, oblong, green, furrowed, 3 times shorter than the corolla. Sti/le slightly protruded, green: stigmas dark deep green, halved lanceolate, linear, twisted into one or else loose. The small scaly crown at the bottom of the interior of the flower resembles exactly that of Bromeua nudicaulis, the descrip- tion of which may be seen in vol. 3, fol. 203, of the present publication. 345 CURCULIGO plicala. ;S. Stnooth phiited'leaved CurcuUgo HEXANDRIA J^OXOOYm^. . Nat. ord. Asphodeleje. lirown prod. I. 274. Div. Genera inter As- ^ phodeleas et AtnaryJlideas media. /. c. 288. CURCULIGO. Cor. supera. Twiw stylo occretue, perslstens. Lm- bus 6-partitus, planus, deciduus. Oerm. 3-Ioculare, loculis polysperrats. Stigmata 3, angulia styJi adnata (r. rard distincta.} Bacca obJonga, tubo corollce coronata. Semma pulp4 carnosS (strophiolisn dititincta, unibilico- laterali rostelliformi, Hypoxidi, nee Gethyllidi, proximum gems. Processus lateralis Gffirtneri est umbilicus verusf sinus inter quern et seminis extrcmitatem tuperi- orcm,^ ubi radicula papilla indicata existitf repletus est came albo, ab axi peri- carpii ortum ducente et pro stropkiola umbilicalt kabendo. Heec struclura in CuncuLioiNs ensifoliae/ brevifoliS observata; reliquas species Indies Orien- talis nondum examini subjeci* In Cuhculiqine plicat^ umbilicus quoipie lateralis esse videtur : scd superiore extremitate magis approximatus, et adpressus nee rostrum efficierts. Brovn loc. cit. 289. C. pUcata, fuliis lineari-8ubu)atis, floribus scssiltbus. Vryander in Jfort, Kevo. ed. 2. 2. 253. Curculigo pHcata. Nobis in linea penultim^ obs. ad char, gen, Gethtllidis. in Curtis's magax.Jol. 1088. Gethyllis pUcata. Jacq. hart, schcenb. 1. 4. 2. t. %Q. WiUd. sp. pi. 2. 105. Hypoxia plicata. Lin. suppl* 197. Tkimb.prod. &). Fabricia plicata. Thunb. tn Fabricii it. norveg. 29. («) foliis subpubescentibus ciliatir ifi) foliis nudis margine glabro. Bulbiu depressuSf aveilanS major, albidus, tanicS cinereS reticulata vestitus. Foil, radicalia, pauca, ab 1 ad 6, Hneari-ensiformia, plicatula^ acuta, integer- rima, infiore erecta et plus minus i-unciatiaf utrinque hirtula, ad basin vagina spathaceeB inclusa, (denuZ ad 8 v, 10 uwias elonganda). Ftores sessiles, pauci, modoriy radicati. Spaths pauca pallida et metnbranacea basin corolla cir- cumdant, Corollae tubus scapum meniitur, ex quo diJUulter extricatur Btylai. himhi supri kavissimi lacinim 3 alterna forts cum virore JIavent, 3 reliqua subtiis virent. Til Jlavent. Anth. sunt lutea. Stylus albtdusy lupemd luteus nti et stigma. Fructus e terr^ attolluntuTt Colchici more, CoroUte tubus longissimus, JUiformis, triangularis, erectiusculus. Limbi 6'fdi lacinia: Ian- ceolata, acuminatay planay striaiula, patentissima, auarum 3 aUerna paulb breviores et angustiores. Fil. brevissima, erecta, subulata. Anth. obtusa, magna, bisidcata, erecta. (Jerm. Uneare, 3-angulare, compressum. Stylus cnpillaris, creclus, supra corolla iubum incrassatus. Stigma semitrijidum, laciniis ercctiusculis lineartbus aciiiis. Jacq. loc. cit. The species whicJi at present compose the genus are found in the East Indies, New Holland, and at the Cape of Good Hope ; those of the latter region were first incorporated with those of the former by Mr. Dryander in the last edition of the Hortus Kewcnsis^ upon a suggestion of our own in an observation subjoined to the generie character of Gethylus, at the place we have cited above. All have a resemblance in habit to Colchicum, by the germen from radical and subterraneous, becoming a stalked fruit above gi'onnd ; and by the foliage from sliort during inflorescence, becoming greatly longer and acqumng its complete size while the fruit ripens. The present species is native of the Cape of Good Hope ; and was introduced by Mr. Masson in 1788. It varies with a smooth foliage, and with one that is slightly furred and ciliate. Specimens of both are preserved in the Banksian Herbarium. The drawing was taken at the nm-sery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, where it is kept along with other Cape bulbs in a garden-pit or frame. Bulb depressed, twdce the size of a hazel-nut or more, with a membrano-fibrous, reticulated tunic. Leaves radical, from one to three, lineai'ly ensiform, long-tapered towards the point, slightly plaited or striate, during the flowering of the plant upnght and about two or three inches high, but growing to the length of eight or ten inches during the fruiting of the same, enclosed at the lower part by a root-sheath. Flowers sessile, few, scentless, standing upon the root. Spathes few, pale, membranous, surrounding the base of the corolla. Tube of the corolla looking like a pe- duncle or stalk to the flower, very long, filiform, tz'iangular, straight: limb deep yellow, sixparted, flatly stellate; seg- ments lanceolate, long-pointed or acuminate, streakletted, 3 alternate ones partly green at the back, 3 entirely so. Fila- ments deep yellow, very short, upright, subulate. Anthers pale yellow, large, obtuse, upnght. Germen linear, trian- gular, compressed. Stifle grown to the inside of the tube, yellow, very short beyond the tube. Stigma yellow, semi- trifid, lobes nearly upright, linear, pointed. ; fffd ^^ r/zcxe-^t^j^f/c/, rn y /^y Sweet's Ilortiis Snbnrhaiuis Londincnsis that it has been introduced ever is'invv. 18()."3. The (h-awing was tahen from a yeading phmt at tiic nnrsery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and MiJne, at Fulhain, where it was cultivated in the open ground. Tlie ilowers are said to he larger on old plants and tlie foliage smaltei-. The seeds which produced the specimen we saw, had been received from Madrid by the above nurseivmen. Perennial. Stem 2-0 feet higli, sufrruticosc, branching, bluntly 4-cornercd, 4-furrowed, hispid. Leaves opposite, cordate, acute, crenate, wrinkled, viscous, villous, soft, rank smelling, very bitter, 2-4 inches long, with a hispid petiole about half their length, close below the base of which are two small parallel round glands of a pale green colour. Spili'es terminal, upright, long. Flowers verticillate (in whorls), shortly pedicled. Bractes deciduous, opposite, under the wliorls, lanceolate, cuspidate, striate, subserru- late, ciliate, very widely spread, reflectent, purplish. Calyx campanulate, compi-essed, generally ten-streaked, roughly furred, bilabiate, with the lips of equal length and upright ; w/»/>er OHe roundish, rather pointed, large; fo(f er twoparted with seuiiovate [)ointed segments. Corolla villous on the outside; ^M^r; wiiite;/a?^r white and twice longer than the calyx; limh deep blue, ringent: casque ovate, oblong, emar- ^nate (notched), connivent: //)> 3-lobed, outspread, longer than the casque, middle segment nearly round, emarginate, much the largest, lateral ones obtuse, small, placed near to the middle one. Stamens and Pht'd enclosed in the casque. \ '-J /3/3 % ' 348 SPERMADICTYON suaveolens. rKNrANniiiA Moxoayy/j. Nat, ord, RvBJACEJE, Jumeu gen, I9r>, ^ SPEUMADICTYOS. Caps, inleni, iiniloculans, qwmqm^.vaUk. Sem, quinque, ariUo reticuJato. Cor. infuiKiibiiJilbrmis. Stig^ua .5-liduni. Hox- burgh coram. voL 3. 3^2, (ex anglko vers J, S. sttaveohnSf fruticosuni: foliis opposi^is, ellipticis: floriluis (crminaJibus umbeilato-capjtatis. Id. he. cil, tab. '2VAy ; (ex ungL vn\^.). Frutex erecUts: rami oppositi^ hrachiali, a,scmde//tes^ corner (abi HgueiJ cznerea puuciis Jusco-purpurascentibu'i eoasperna* Jol. -tUiplico-lauccolatay glabra^ Zhlegra^ a tribus ad sex uncias longa: petioJi breves. StipuIiC xk potius membraniE connectUes^ lat nhsiformes (t^ulndata), vi/Ii^scp, plures Jhsciculum quemqiie v. capilulum invol tier ante <, oElenc flares ftingidos distiiiguentes. Cal- sr/perus^ qiduqu^dtiSj penistenst segment h sufudafis. Cor, monopetala^ infundibulifonnis : tubo gracdi paifjy^on oriflcinm versus dilatescente ; iimbo quinqnepartito^ paientc; lacl*^''^ oblon^is, Vil*, brevis' siina^ iiiho pajdulam infra orijidum inserta^ antherai semierectce^ Uucares. Germ* inferuTHy ovale: stylus longitudi^^ialn coroltcc: stigma qidnguefidum. Caps, oblonga^ ab apice dehiscem Scmina 5, sitiguhim pro valva singtdd capS7dce^ nigra, compressa, ay^*^ arido reticulata tecta. Roxburgh loc- cit. (ex ai)gIico)- A fiftecies first observed by Dr. Roxburgh, and made tlic /Giindation of a genus, to which he had given the name of IlAMtLTONiA; but that name being found to be preoccupied by a diiferent group^ has been changed for the present by Mr- Brown, The essential generic mark seems to be the netted arillus, which envelops each seed, and has suggested the generic appellation of Spehmadictvon. A delightfully fragrant shrub; found by Mr. William Roxburgh in India on the Rajainahl Hills, and introduced into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where it blooms during the cold season of that country- It has been very recently received in England; and has not we believe attained any considerable size. The drawing was taken in November last from a sample which flowered in the tan-pit of the hot- house of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, nurserymen at Fulham. nB2 {{ tt It is described in " the Coromandel Plants" as follows: " Stem erect, shrubby. Branches opposite, cross-armed, " ascending. Bark of the ligneous parts ash-coloured, with dark purplish specks. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, from elliptic to lanceolate, smooth, entire; length from *^ three to six inches. Stipules or I'ather connecting mem- *' branes, broad, ensiform. Flotvers sessile, in terminal " corymbose heads, on short tnchotomous branclilets, nu- " mcrous, pure white. Bractes ensiform, villous, several " surrounding each fascicle or head of flower's, as well as " intermixed among them. Calyx above, 5-cleft, perma- " nent; divisions subulate. Corolla l-petalled, funnel- " shaped. Tube slender, widening a little towards the mouth. *' Border of five spreading oblong divisions. Filaments 5, " very short, inserted into the tube of the corolla a little " within its mouth. Anthers half-erect, linear. Germen '* beneath, oval. Style as long as the tube of the corolla; " stigma 5-cleft. Capsule oblong, haiiy, one-celled, five- *' valved, opening from the apex: seeds o, one for each valve «* of the capsule, black, compressed, enclosed in a di-y " latticed aril " w i i .i^^.4 .^^./^/...y ^./^.v/;7Z> .e.w,/^_^^-/,'/l^ , yT///^/- -^^ 349 CAMELLIA axillaris. Pulo'Pinang Camellia. MONAnELI'HlA POLYASnRIA. Nat. ord. Aubantia. Jussleii gen* 262. Dtv. III. Fructus poly- spermus capsularis. Folia non punctata. Genera An- RANTiis et MELiid affiiva. Theace^. Mirbel in Nouv. Bulletin. 3. 382. CAMELLIA. Suprdvol. l.fol. 12. C. axillaris, arboreus; foliis oblongis, acutis, serrulatis; pedunculifi asUIa- ribus, solitariis, unifloris ; calyce penta-hexaphyllo sericeo. Roxburgh MSS.in Mus. Banks, conservatix ; (exanglico). Caulis teres, superne ramosus, raam junioriOus virentilms. Fol. sparsa, patentissima, coriaceo-incrassala, oblonga, cuneato-lanceolala, integra vd superne acute serrata, glaberrima, superne versiis breviier attcnuala, itifemi versus in petiolum brevissimum crassum prolLcius altenuata, longiora octuunci- alia V. ultrh, ubi latiora diametro 2 unciarum cum dimidio alleriiis vel magit; novellissima uti et squamae gemmarum sublus subtilissime sericea. Cal. kexaphyllus, crassiusculus, subcartilagineus, } partes uncia transversus, cam- panulato-rotatust extHs sericeus, squamis pluribus caducis cinctus; folioHs tequalibus, suirotundis, convexis, superne scarioso-fu&cis, summo margine Jtsso-emarginatis. Cor. alba, aliquH suffusa jlavedine, imbricato-rotata, sub- aqaalis diametro subbiunciali, hexapetata, petalis lato-obcordatis, emarginatis, superne recurvis, basi breviter nngustatis; 3 exterioribus tfrmionAttf, sub- ynajoribus, vix undulatis, 3 interioribus tenerioribus, undulatii. Pedunculi crassi, sericei, brevissimi, pluries breviores calyce, lapsamm squamarum vestigiis cicatrizati. Anth. in nostra specimine poUtneJeri destitute. GermeB now tnspeximus. Stylus erectus, strictus, cdumnarts, tubexsuperans ttammai stiemata 3, virentia, subbifida? patentia. An unpublished species, lately received from the Bo- tanic GarSen at Calcutta, where it was introduced by Df. Roxburgh from Pulo-Pinang, or, as it is more commonly called amongst us. Prince of Wales's Island. It makes the third species by which this popular genus is known m our collections. All thi-ee are natives of the Indian re- ^ons of Asia. The drawing was taken from a plant at the nursery of Messrs. Whitlef, Brames, and Mihie, F^^^am, where it was cultivated in the hothouse and flowered m December for the first time. According to Dr. Roxburgh an '"•l'0'<=f ''«•>* ^hrub; in the plant we saw not exceeding three feet. Stem round. branching towards the upper part, young branches green. Leaves scattered, widespread, coriaccously thickened, ob- long, cuneately lanceolate, some entire, most sharply ser- rate at the upper half of tlie hiade, tapered far downwards into short thick petioles, larj^est sometimes exceeding 8 inches in length and two and a half in Ijreadth; the very young ones as well as the scales of the hud arc finely and silkily furred at the under side. Calyx of six leaflets, thickish, subcartilaginous, campanulately rotate, about ^ of an inch in diameter, silkily furred on the outside, surrounded by several caducous scales; leaflets nearly equal, suborbicu- lar, convex, brown and scariose at tlie uj)per part, emargin- ately split at the upper part of the horder. Corolla white, suffused with yellow, imbricately rotate, nearly equal, two inches in diameter, hexapetalous ; petals broadly ob- cordate, emarginate, reciu-ved at the upper part, very shortly tapered at the base; three outer ones rather the largest, more substantial, scarcely nndulate; 3 inner ones tenderer, undulated. Peduncles thic\\, silky, several times shorter than the calyx, scarred from the falling of the scales. Anthers in our specimen with scarcely any pollen, and that imperfect. We did not inspect the germen. Style upright, columnar, overtopping the stamens ; stigmas 3, green, spreadhig, subbifid. The incompleteness of the stamens and the apparent completeness of the pistil in our sample, suggested to Mr. Brown the possibility of the species being androgynous. This however he mentioned as matter of mere surmise, it being very probable that the incomplete development of the sta- mens might arise from the flower being produced out of its natural climate. GENERAL ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO VOLUMES I. II. III. AND IV. Acv\ciA lloiistoiii. v. 2 ;*s, Acb;iuiii iiioDis. «. v, 1 11- Acrosticlmm hU'iciU'iic, v, ;i. 2(;2, sr;:*, Aerides )>!inicul»tiim. v. ;( 220. ^T^sciilus discolor. \. 4 ,S10. Alfjuca faslii,'r;*ta. v, 4 277. Albufa fui^ax, V, '1 311. ATpinia c;ilcHr.ita. v. 5 141- Alpiiiia malacconsis, v. 4 .';3fl. Amaryllis calyptmta. v. 2 WM. AmaiTllis conmica. v. 2 Li*)- Amaryllis cnicjktii. v. I .'*8. Amaryllis equfslris. 0. v. :j 2:H. Amaryllis ilcMrosa, v. 2 172- Amaryllis fol^ida, v. ;i 22ii. Amaryllis IiyaciiifUiim- v. 9 l'>;J* Amaryllis Ioii:»ifolia. '^h v. 4 -t03. Amaryllis psitl^tcina. v, 3 If)?). Amaryllis rntila. v. l 23, Amsi>tii;i latifolia. v> 2 151. Ain'mdiK- jialiuala, v, ;4 200. Anthocurcis littort-a. v. 3 213. Arbutus AndraduR'. v, 2 113- Arctotis acaulis, v. 2 122. Arctotis aspeia. v, l 34. Arctotis aiirtola. v. 1 39, Arctotis msiculata. v. 2 130. ArctotJs tricolor, r. 2 131. Aacltrpiiis curaasavica. v- 1 Bl. A&clepias incarnata. v. 3 250. Asctepias tul)ero?a. tf. v. 1 76- Aster Amellus- v> 4 340. Ast<^r grandiHorns. V. 4 273. AsttT Novie Anglitr, v. 3 183. Astragalus caryot^arpiis. v, 2 176- Azalea talorululacca. tf. v. 2 145. Azalea HudiH*>ra. y* ^'^ *^*^- Barleria flava- In notis ftppvntL hftjusce voh- Barhyiamitit. i\ 3. \^\ % et in noiis appnuL vol. 4. prfpseiitis. Beaufortia dt^cussata- v. I I **' Bej^onia liumilis. v. 4 284- Bi^iionia vonusta. v, 3 ^^O^ Blandfordia nobilis. v. 4 2ft'i. Boraso orii'ntalis- v. 4 288- Bossiica cioiTca. r. 4 30*7, Bouvardia triphyUa, v. 2 107- Bouvardia versicolor, v. :i 245. Brachysoma liiTiJ*>hi/m. v. 2 n ^■ Bromelia iiudicauti^. v. -i ^"-^- Bromelia pallida, v. 4 M-X- Bruiisf4:lsia iindulata. v. 3 22H. BrunsTkgia Jofiepbinic. 0- v. 3. .. in2, l.')3. Bryonia (juioqutloba- r- 1 82. Cacalia bicolor. r. 2 1 10, - . > * ■ . ■ ■ * f'aaUia ovalis. v. 2. . . (actus Dillciiii, V. ;i, C'julus t;il>bosii!<. v. ^Z. Ciit'liis rrpaTidiis. v. 4. Cactus spcciosiis. v. 4 t.ulda&ia hett-rophylla. v. 2. . . . ( aliiidula chrysaittbcmirolia, v. Calendula ^raitLJui folia, v. 4. . CaK-tidiila Tia>;us. 0, v. I Callistaclivs lanceolate, r. 3. , . Calotropis jripintca, v, I Camellia a^cillaris. v. 4 C'aniellia ja|ionica. j. t. 2 Camellia jajKiJiica. fA,. v. 1 Camellia SasuiKjua. v. 1 Campanula aurca. a. v, 1 CampajHila coronata. v. 2 ('ampanula lactiliora. v. 3. , . , Campanula lllirolia. v. J Cam|>anula pcnta^'onia. r. 1. .. (!;mipatmla sarmatica. v. 3. . . - Canna t^iicauCea. v. 3 Carlhamu^ ttiLctorins. v. 2 Cas>ia li^Uklriiia. v. 2. ....... Cassia oc^jdcutaliS' t. 1 CennoUius azureus. v, 4 Cbeiraiitbus Cheiri. 7. v. 3. ... (Uielone barbata. v. 2. Cbelone oljljtjua. v. 2 Chironia jasminoides. r. ;*. .,. Chrysaiitheniimi indicum. «. 3- v Cistus vaj^inatn^. v. 3 Citrus nobili^. 0. r. 3.... Citrus Ainantium. 7. r. 4. Clematis aristata. v. :L . . Clematis linicbiata. v. 2. . Cliiona riuiiMcri. v. 4. - . Convolvulus thinensis. v. 4- . - ('onvolvulus involnt ratiia. v, 4. Convolvulus pannifolins. \. 3. Convolvulus snHiJt(ic<«*ns. v. 2, C(»rt»<>]]sis itu'isa. v. I Corrsta ^^pccins.i. v. 1 ...... - t!ornpa virrns. v. 1 Cra-ssiila vcrsitoliT. v. 4. .. Crinuni br:iercn!iiiii. v. 3. . - Cnniiru cnirnlnirw V. 2 Crinijm iicdiJtuul,"ln;ii. v. I. Cr*>sScUi(Ira un^liili li^ii;*. v. I. (totiili^.ii.L }iiiri»ui( .1. V, 2. . . ( f < l,i] 11 ,''\ III:: -w. r. ;;...... Cryiktanlu ii;v hiiHiTni. v. J. . . Cnpbra pnwuaibciis. v, 3. <^nrcurn:'> |ditatn. v. 4. .. Cynaiitbfun piio-UTu. v. 2. <\rta[iibn-. coliino-^- v. 2. V 4 « * » ' ■ * ■ i * i i « i « * i 101. * i * 4 ¥ w 4 * i « ia7- 386. ..304. .. 9%. .. 40. ..989. . . 29. ..91b\ ..349- ..119. .. 99- .. 19. 57. 149. 941, 236\ 56'. 937. 906. 170. 109. * * SO* ..991. .-919- 116- 175. 197. 4. 995. 911. S46. 93A. 97. 968. 399. 319. 929. 133. 7. 9fl, . 3. .390. - 179- . 171. . 59. 69. 19«. 953. 153. 189. ;t45. in. 1 rJ2. * * + 4 m 4 i + « * GENERAL INDEX TO VOLS. I- 11. Ml. AND IV. ■ * ' ■ A • • • ■ Cyrtanthas spiralis, v. 2. . Cyrtanthn* unifloms, t. 3. CytisuB biriorus. v, 4. Cytisui proliferus. t. ^. ... Dahlia mperHiia. r- v. i. . . . Delpbiniuni cuneatum. r. 4. Dinntbus crenatus. r. 3. . . Digitalis anilii|^tia« v. 1. .,. Digitalis caiiaiiensis. v. 1. . Digitalis liitri*. v- 3 Digitalis parviflora. r. a. . . DircA palustris. v, 4 Disa bractcata. v. 4 Disa pnisir)ata. y- 3 2}oHut ffttfloiwa, \\ S* 187; append. tjuAti. voL Diiraota Pliitnit^ri. v. 3 Ecbium candicaus, r. 1 Ecbium friiticosiim. v. I Ecliium grandifloTuriK v. ^. .. Elicbryauni proliferuDi. v, l. . Epidendnmi fuscatnm. t. I. .. Epideudrum duIaiis. v. 1 Eptdeiidrum timbvllaluni. v. 1. Epigsa repcns, r, 3 Erica ardcns. t. 2 Erica filamcntosa- v. i Erica tumidn* v. 1 Erigeron g1aucu)»Hi^ v. i Erytbrina crista galli. v. 4. . , Eucrosia bicolor. v. 3 Euphorbia punicea, v. 3 Eupliorbia rigida. r. 4. Fraganaindfc!!. v. I. . Fumarla aurea- t. i . . Fumaria eximia, v, i Oalactia pendula, v. 4 Galega oritiilalis. r. 4 Gardenia radicatis. v. I Gazaoia pavonia. r. I Genista caiiariensis. v. 3 OesDcria aggregata- r. 4. ... Gesncria bulbosa. r- 4 Gladiolus edulis. v. $ Gloriosa supcrba. v- i Gloxinia spotiosa. v. 3 Glycine bitutninosa. v- 3. ... Glycine caribsa. v. 4 Glycine coiuptoniaoa. v. 4. . GnapkialUuu apiculatum. v. 3. Goaphaliuin con^cstum. v. 3. Gaidia oppositifolia. t. 1 Gnldia piiiifoUa. v. I Gonolobua diitdfiuutus, y. 3. . Goodyvra discolor, v- 4 Gos«ypium barbad4:nse. t, i, . , Griadclia glutinosa. In hoIU votmninis 3, Grindelia inuloid^s. r. 3. ... Gmica tomciitosp. v. I Hsemantbus coarctatnn. v. 3. Hedycbium ani;ns1i folium, v. 3 Hibbertia dcutata. d. r. 4. .. Hibiscus betcrnpbyllus. v. 1. . Hibiscus pedunculatus. v. 3. . Hibiscus pbfieniccuft. v. 3. ... Hibiscus liosa uialaliarica. v. 4. lUt^scattihaceu». v. 3. * t €t Hi . IG7. . 168. .308. . 131. . 55. .327- . 256\ . 64. . 48. .251. .257. • 299. .324. .310. Hilt is .944. . 44. * * . 124, 21. *>7. 17. . sa. 201. 115. «. b'5, 10. -207. . Ifli). .274. . *>*>. . 50. - 2*i;N .32^. - 73- . 35. .217- - 329. .343. . 169. ■ 77. .213. .2t>l. .275. . 29S. .240. 243. 2. 19. 252. 271. 84. apptfHtiUU ,24a, . ;*o. - IHI. - 157- . 2H2. - 29, .23K . 230. .337. .232. yolumen, Folii Hovca Cclsi. v. 4 280, Hvdrophyllum canadense. v. 3 242. Hydnipbyllum virgiiiicuni. v. 4 331. Hyostjamus canarieiisis. v. 3 ISO. Hypericum argyptictnn. v. 3 )9ti". llypoxis obtnsa. r. 2 1 59- Indit^ofera amcena. r. 4 300. Indi^fcra filifolia. In notts appeiidicis to- iKininis 3- Inga purpurea, v. 2 1^9. Inula glandiilosa. v. 4 334. Ipomosa bona nox 0. purpuretceitM. v. 4. 290; Kt in uoth huJrtA- volutniitit^ Ipomcca c^rulca. v. 4 276. lpoiii. Ipown^a niuricata- In tiotU aj^endicis hnjut volitrtiiHts* Ipomn-a mutabilis. v. 1.. Ipoiiitra obsciii-a. v. 3. . , Ipniurca panicutata. v. 1. lpoinmaca Tiirpetbum- r. 4. Iris dicliotoma. v. 3 Ixora blanda. v. 2 * * i « * ¥ Ixoia gratidiflora* v, 2^ * + • • ^ 4. * * ¥ * 39. 239. C2. 333. 9. 3J5. 279. 246. 100. 154. 264. 89- 91- 15. 1. 178. 309. 171*. 330. 314- 287. . • . . Jasminutu auriculatum. v. Jasminum azoricum. v. 1. .. Jasminuui grnndiflotum- v. 2. .lasminum lirr?^ittiun. v, I. ., Jasminum Sarniiac. v. 1 Jasininnm rcrolutum- v, 3- - r Justicia eustacbiana. r. 4. . , . Ksmpfcria pandnratii. v. 2. . Koelrcuteria paniculata. v. 4. Lacbenalia pallida. «. v. 4. Lacbenalia pallida. 0. v-4. hebeckia cmitaminata, v. 2. 104; etinnotis fippemlicis vdnniinU 3. Leonotiss neptifoLia. v. 4- Liatris ele^ans. v. 4- Liliuni pumiVum. r. 2. .... Limotlorutn falcatum. v. 4. Lipana birsuta. r. i- I^helia fuljL^ns. r. 2. Litbiflm spteudeuft. v. l. Lonicera diuica. 0, v. 2. Loikictrrn ja|>onica. v. 1. Lotiiccra tatarica. v. I. . Mai^nolia conlata. v. 4- MahtTnia gran>Iittfira. v. 3. Malpi^bia fuci^a. v. 3. .. Malpigbia urrns. v. 2. ... MaUa ciiiyrina. v. 4. ... Malva citpi-nsU. v, 4- Malia fiaj^rans. r. 4. . Marica ^Imltata. r. 3. . Melakuca fu1gcn». v. 2. Mcliantbus major, v, 1. Meiembriaiitbennim tignniim. t. 3 Mimosa s^usitiva. v. I. 4 • 4 P * * 4 * * P * * ^ * I * * ¥ * « 4 4 * ■ * * « 4*44 « 4 » ■ .-291. ..267- - - 132. - , 283* B. 165- 60- 138. 70. 31. 325. 224- 189- 96. 297. 295. 296- 229- . - 103, . - 46- - , 260. .. 25. 4 ■ GENERAL INDEX TO VOLS. I^ II. Ill, AND IV. • r * > * « . I * A • P'ohatien, MitellA diphylU. t, «, Monarda punclnta. v. 1. MorfcA lunda. v. 4, Narcissus m on tan iu. v. 2 Nerium odorum, 0. t. I tEnothera Odorata. v. 2 Ophrys tenthiedinifera. t. 3. . Orclils longicomu. v. 3 Ornithogahim niveum. r. 3- . Omitho^alum prasinuin. v. «• OrDttho^altim rcvolutum. v, 4. Omitliogalum tliyrsoides. «. v. Ornitho^alum tliyrsoide»p 0. \\ Othoana abrotanifolia, v, 9. . , , h Othonna clieirifalla. v. 4 Ozalis flava, v. 2 , Pac by sand ra procum bens. \,\* Pieonia a!bi3ora. 0. v, I Pancratium an^staia. t. 3. . * Pancratium calatbinum. v, 3- . Pancratium canariense. t. 2, , , Pancratium gaianense. r. 4. .. Pancratium maritiiuum. r, 2, . . Pancratium ovatum- v. l Papaver floribundum. v. 2 Passiflora adfantifo'ia. t> 3. . . . Passitlora angastifolia. v> 3. , . . PassiAora foetida. v. 4 Passiflora glauca, r. ] Passiflora faolosericea. r. I Passiflora incarnata. «. r, 4. . PassiJIora incarnata. 0, r. 2, , . , Passiflora laurifolia, t. 1 Passiflora lutca. t. I Passiflora maliformis. t. ^. Passiflora minima, v. 2. . . Passiflora perfoliata* v, I.. Passiflora quadrangularis. t, 1. . Passiflora raccmosa. t. 4. . Passiflora rubra, v, 2 Patersonia glabrata. t, I. Paretta indica. t* 3. Paronia spinireK. v. 4 Penaea squamosa, v. 2 Fhaseol us Caracal ta. v. 4 Phlox sufFruticosa, t. 1 I^nguicula ]ut«a. v. 2 Pittospomm rerolutum. t> 3- . Pittosporum undulatum. v. 1. . Pluuieria acuminata, v. 2 Pogonia opbioglossoides. v. tc. . Polianthes tuberosa. v, I Polygala specioaa. v- 2 Polygonum frutescens. v. 3. . > Frostanthera lasiantbos- r. $. Frotea longifolia. v, 1 Protea acrufolia, t. 3 • 4 t * « * * • 4 4. 4. ■ . - . ■ ■ ■ . • i I * » ■ V 4 1 ■ k - . ■ ■ 4 • ■ > ■ t I I ' * ■ # . * . • ■ • • « * ■ . 1 • A 1 - i . ■ «....■■* • « . * . ' i • ■ * ■ • « ■ * . ■ * ■ ■ ■ ■ Folium. , , - 87. .8L2, . 123. . 74. . 147- .205, .202. .235. . 158. ,315. -3iff. .305. , 108. 2*)S. . U7. 33. 42, 278. 215. 174. 265. \6V. 43. 134. 233. 188. 321. . . 9S, . . 69. -.332, . . 152. . . 13, . . 79. .. 94, . . 144. 78. 14. 285. 95. 51. 198. 339. loe. 341. 68, 126. 186. 16. 114. 148. 63. 150, 254. 143. 47. %0B, . . . . I . 1 4 . « . . . ■ ■ . 4 . FttUtitn. . , 20. . . 27, . , 136\ . . 223, . , 14b*. . . 272. . .227. ,323. . 194- 4 195. . 37- Protc^a pulchdia. v. I. , Prunus japonica. t. l. . Pruuus prostrata. v. 2 Psoraica pedunculata. \. 3. Pulmonaiia paniculata. v. 2. Pyretbrum rccnlcularcitm. t- 4. KtsL-da odorata. 0. r, 3 Rhexia holoKericea. v. 4 , Rhodndendron daiincum. 0. v. 3. Bbododcndnm liybridunj. v- 3. Rbod(>dondron punctatum. 0. v. j. Ribes aurcum. v. 2 125. Ricotia «egyptiaca. t. 1 49. Rosa provincialis. 0. (mfacosa fl*rre nlho pUiio.J V. 2 102. Rosa provincialis, 0. (mu^cosa Jior9 timpUci.} V. 1 53, Rosa Bulphurea. v. 1 4b\ Ruta plnnata. v, 4 307* Salvia amarissinia. v. 4 347. Sanscrii^'ra zeylanica. r. 2 160- Sedum ternatum. r. 2 142. Scfago fasciculata. r. 3 1 84. Sempervirum arboreum. v. 2 99- S^mperrivum glutinosum. v. 4 278» Scnecto specrosus . r. 1 41. Silenc pensylranica. t. 3 247- Solanum ama^onium. t. 1 71* Solanujii decurrens. t. 2 140. Solanum fontanesianum. r. 2 177- Sparaxis ifrandiflora. v. 3 258. Spenuadictyon suacvolcns. v, 4 348. Stenantbera pinifolia, v. 3 218. Sterculia Batangbas- v. 3 185. Stevia Eupatoria, v. 2 93. Stylidium gnuDinifolium. t. 1 90- Styphelia longifolia. r. 1 24, Tabemomiontana amygdalifDlia. v. 4. 338. Teedia lucida. v. 3 209, Teedia pubescens. v. 3 214. 105. 72, 259- 135- 127. 204, 156, 302. 155. 203. 994. 299. fr i w i » i « » i i 4 i ■ « 4 4 i * * i * * i » * Titlandsia xipbioiiles. T. 2. . Tracbelium ccmleum. t. l. Trapa naUns. t. 3. ... Tritonia refracta. r. 2- . Tulipa comuta. v. 2. . . Tulipa oculns solis. t. 3. , , Unipetalon glaucum, v. 2. . Vaccinium fuscatum. r. 4. Valeriana Comucopi«. t. 2. Vella Pfcudo-Cytbus- t. 4. Verbena Aublctia. v. 4 Vestia lycioides, r. 4, .»•,....-. Vinca herbacca. r, 4 :*0I. Viola alUica- ^- 1 ^^■ Webera corymbosa. y. 2 119- Witscnia maura- t. 1 • . . * ■ 5. . ■ VOL. IV. c c NOTES. IpouCBA tuherculaia. VoL l.Jid. 86. This species was published at Vienna in the Eclogie Flantafum of Baron F. J, Jacquin nearly about the same time when it appeared in the above cited article of this work. The fasciculus, however, in which it is contained has only lately reached us; and as we cannot ascertain precisely which name should be retained in right of priority, we merely ofier the foU lowing quotation as a synonym; IpoMOiA dasycarpa. Jacg. eel. 1. 132* t, 89- The species is spoken of by the Baron, who received the seed from Kngland, as a native of China* Dr. Roxburgh, by whom it was introduced, speaks of it generally as native of India* 5ARi-EniA mUis. Vol. S./oL 191, This plant has been also published by Baron Fran* Jos. Jacquin, in a fasciculus of his Eclo^ which had not reached us when we gave the article. By the date of the Volume (now complete) in which this fasciculus is in- cluded, it is evident that the name there conferred has the priority of the one offered hy us by at least some months* We were not aware of the synonymy which we find attributed to it; and which we now subjoin ; BARLERIA flava, ^ Barleria flava* Jacg, ecL 1. 67. /- 46. Dum. Cours. boU cult, ed. 2* 2. 566. Eranthemum flavum. JVilld, enum* suppL 2* Jufiticia flava* Vahl symb. 2- 15, Wuld. sp.pl. 1. 92. Vahl enum. 1. 139. Dianthera flava. VaMsi/mb. 1. 5. Dianthera americana. a* flava, Forsk. descr, 9. The flowers in strong plants, form an imbricated decussated upright spike, 3 or 4 inches in length. The leaves are sometimes a foot long, and 4 inches broad. The stamens vary from 2 to 4 and even 5- Jacquin de- scribes the style as twice the length of the corolla. Tlie species is native of Egypt; and was introduced into the gardens at Paris some years ago. Our figure was taken from a newly imported plant; the inflorescence of which seems to have been a very feeble and imperfect sample. No one could ever, we suspect, have divined the plant through the description by Vahl. The synonymy has been most probably made out by access to some Herbarium which we have not here; or else the prior knowledge of the habitat had suggested a search in Foriikars work on the Egyptian plants* Ipomcea obscura. Vol. %fd, 239. The subject of this article, which had been generally deemed an annual plant, proves to be perennial, and evergreen. Iris dichotoma. To/- 3. yb/. 246- . We have attributed the appellation of " Scissor-Plant, which this «pecies has acquired in Siberia, to the dichotomy of the stem; but believe that it should be attributed to the shape and appearance of the foliage. Tha kA»o»A* ia on A^umrkinmr fhmt anv nn«> mfiv decide for himielu c c 2 NOTES. Ipomcea bona nox. $. purpurascenS'. Supra JoL 290, ^Vlien we published this plant as a variety of IpohOSA bona nox^ we had been informed, by the gentleman from whom we received the sample, that it was native of the West Indies; and being able to detect no distinction be- tween the two plants, in the state they were known to us, we did not judge it safe to separate them specifically on the Score of diiFerence of colour* We now learn that our plant is native of the East Indies, and has been long re- corded by the specific title of niuricata. It was however deemed by Linnsus so nearly connected with bona nox (a Weiiit-Indian plant)^ that he thought it necessary to say expressly that it was not that species, though he gives os no mark to distinguish the two. Whether specifically distinct or not, the fol- lowing synonymy belongs to our plant, and had we been aware of it, we should have given the article as follows ; IPOMCEA muricata. Hough* stalked Ipomcea, I. muricata^ foliis cordatis, pedunculis incrassatis calycibusque Isevibus, caule muricato. Linn, mant* 44; (sub Convolvulo), Ipomoea muricata. Jacg^ kort, schcenb, 3. 40. t, 323. Convolvulus muricatus. Lin, loc- cit, Hort, Kew, ed. 2. 1. 332. WiUd* sp. pL 1- 858- Idem enum* 1. 204- Mr. Herbert has observed, on a comparison of bona nox and muricata^ both cultivated in his hothouse at Spofforth, that in the first the foliage is entirely smooth, in the second roughishly pubescent at the upper side; that in the first the stem becomes rather woody towards the bottom, but not so in the second, which rarely survives 5 or 6 months; that in the first the points of the leaflets of the calyx are much longer and more spreading than m the latter ; and that in the first the limb of tlie corolla is Hatter and rounder than in the second, where it Is rather concave and angular. MonE^ Species, Vzd, suprd Jbl, 312. I- Stigmata velbipartita laciniis convoltitO'JiliJbrmibus^ vel diminuto-pelali-^ Jbrmiajere ut in Croco. virgata. Jacq, ic* rar, 2. /. 228- elegans. Jacq^ hort* schcenb. 1. 1. 2. flexuosa. Nab, in Curlis*s mag* f. 695* spicata. Nob. in loc. cit. t, 1283. p,oIyanthos. Vahl enum, 2. 157* Exemplar adest in Herb. Banks. collina. Nob. in Curt. mag.iabb.lOSS, llOS, 1612, )xxncea. Lin, sp.pl. 59. pavonla. Nob, in loc.cit.t. 1247- II. Stigmata j}etalifoTmiay ampla* tripetala. Nob. in loc, at, t, 702. lurida. Nob> svpr^ t. 312- tricuspis- Nob, in Curtis's mag. tabb, 696, 772- Iris pavonia, Curtis in loc. cit.t, les, villosa. Nob. in loc. cit. tab. 571 ; (sub Iride at male). tenuis. Nob. loc, cit. t, 1047. un^uiculata. Nob, in loc. cit. t, 593. angusta. Nob. in loc, cit. t, ] 276. edulis. Nob. in loc. cit, tabb, 613, 1238. vegeta. Jacq. ic. tar. % 224 ; nan Linhai, Iris longifolia. Vahl enum,2, H9~ sctacea. Nob.in ann.nfbotA 219. Ihis. Thunb.de Iride,tA,fgA, NOTES. longiflora. No6. in Curt. mag. t. 71^. spathacea. NobAnann.ofbot.\.2\9. Iris. Vahl enum.2.14S. polystachia. Nob in ann.of&ot,l.2l9. Ibis. Vahl enum. 2A50. IrwU- cera. Lamarck encyc. 3. ZO^. bituminosa. Nob. in Curt, mag. 1. 1045- viscaria. Nob.in Curt.mag,L5S7 1 (sub Iribe at mai^J. plumaria. Nob. tji ann.oj hoi. 1.219. lais. :i;hunb. de InwB 16. Morma eriopetala. Vahl enum. 2. 158 ; exdusis MUlero et Linnao cum varietaH- bus oc.^. ramosa. Nob. in Curt. mag. t. 771, tristis. Nob. in Curt, mag. t, 577; (sub Iride at malij. Morjea vegeta, Lin^^p.pl.59. MilLlc.t.lS8,Jig.2. iriopetala. ^. Fahl enum. 2.1 SB; exdusis Tkunb, Diss, et Prod, uti et Linn.suppl. criflpa. Nob. in lac. cit. tabb. 759, J 214. Sisyrinchium. Nob. in loc, cit. 1. 1407. ciliata, Nob.in toc.cit.tabb. 1012, 1061. papiiionacea- Nob. in loc. cit. t. 750- minuta. Nob.in ann.ofbot.l.2l9. Iris. Vahl enum. 2. 1S8. The Mon^A iridioidesy WiUd^ sp.pl. 1, 244, (the Morjea i)^eta of MiJler, but not of Linnaeus, and the Iris compressa of Thunber^) should clearly be ranked under Ikjs- See our note in Curtis's magaz. K<'- 1407* verS'^/bl. We have omitted the American species included in this genus by Mr. Kunth as editor of the '< Nova Genera & Species, &c/' of Messrs- Hum- boldt and Bonpland ; believing that when examined in the living plant they will be found not to belong to this generic group. Alpinia malaccensis. Suprajbl. 328- Since the publication of that article, Sir Abraham Hume has obligingly informed Mr. Edwards, that the plant, of which the one that flowered at Mr* Fawkes*s seat in Yorkshire was a scion, and has afforded the figure we have published, had been sent to him along with mutica (a species o( which we believe no figure has been yet published) by Dr. Roxburgh from the Bota* nical Garden at Calcutta. IpoMfEA Jalapa. ol. Supr^JbL S^2. Since that article was published, we have seen copies of two new works on North American plants, from which we have extracted the following synonyms as belonging to the subject treated of in that articie- CoNvoLVULUS macrorhizus. Elliot sket. 1,252. Nuttallgen.l. 123. »- 13, Mr. Elliot tells us that the plant is native of the islands of (in) Georgia and Carolina ; and that it twines itself round ^h^ubs and fences, and flowers from June to October. The root in old plants, weighs from 40 to 50 pounds: the flesh of it is white and insipid. The following observation is due to Dr. BaJdwyn. " My information respecting the medicinal qualities of the Ipomcea « macrorhiza of Michaux, has been derived from actual experiment. Six *' drachms of the pulverized root has been given under my notice, without •' producing any cathartic effect. 1 have also subjected the dried root to *' the test of chemical analysis, and found it to contain no resin (in which •' the active powers of the officinal Jalap reside), or so small a quantity as *' not to prevent its being used as an article of diet. It contains a great <' deal of saccharine, along with a considerable quantity of fannaceoua « matter It is probably not more cathartic than the CoKvotviTLua « (IpoMfflA. nob.) Batatas (Sweet Potatoe), nor contains more retjn. Ny- ** groes I have been informed sometimes eat it.** ERRATA. Foh «ff8. pag. 3. L «0- For « bnicte»" rcftd " bnmcb«", FoL 307. 1. 6, from bottom. For << and vw" read *' and U'\ FoK309,Ki8- For** ed. it. 1 39'\ read « frf, 9, K 39^ FoJ, 328. 1. «. froDi bottom. For *' ttri^ea" read " hohtfrice(/\ Fol, 333. 1. f . Pro « J" lege *' «". FoK33fiJ. lU Pro " 277" lege " 177". FoK33e,Li7- Pro « rrew eAr*/. /. 1 4" lege " TVw eAre*. 8. /, 14". FoL 337-1. 13. Poftt " hirhu," iniere *' ^tlid.ip.pL 9. BIS i" rt pro ««E3iclaifL' pone " exelusfi " Fol. 949. L 13. Pro « 331" lege " 35«", THE END OF VOL, IV. S. Oomcll, Printer^ little Queen 5tr«rt> London.