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IN WHICH
The moft Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultivated in the
Open Ground, the Green -Houfe, and the Stove, are
accurately reprefented in their natural Colours.
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Their Names, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according
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and Times of Flowering
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Albuca vittata. Riband-Albuca,
C/tf/> d^/ Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.— Fid. No. 1046.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
ALBUCA vittata; (bulbus ovatus ;) foliis pluribus, ambienterradicalibus, ere&o-divergentibus, linear! fcmitere-
tibus, anguftis, convoluto-canaliculatis, acuminatis,
extus ftriatis, fcapo tereti-attenuato; racemo ereclo,
remotius paucifloro; pedicellis divaricatis, brac-
teas folitarias lanceolato-attenuatas fufcas fubae-
quantibus ; corolla pendulo-cernua, hexapetalo-
partita, tota rotato-patente ; laciniis ifometns, ex-
teripribus fubduplo anguftioribus, lineari-oblongis
apiculo callofo obfolete puberulo ; interioribus
obovato-ellipticis, apice incurvulis et extrorfumfubpenicillatis ; ftaminibus corollae fubasqualibus,
ere&o-divergentibus, deorfum pro ger minis lon-
gitudine membranacee alatis, inde fubulato-fili-
formibus ; alternorum membrana duplo latiore
denticulis binis terminata ; caeterorum cuneato-
oblonga, edentula ;'germine quam fty Ins fubduplo
breviore, columnari, rotundato-trigono fulcis tribus
facialibus ftriis totidem angularibus ahernantibus ;
ftylo corollam exfuperante, fubcIavato-Lereti, tri-
ftriato, fubfiexuofo, filamentis triplo craffiore,
finem verfus muricato-pubefcente. G.
Bulb about the fize of a pigeon's egg : Jiem (in our fpecimen)
rather fhorter than the leaves^ which were about five or fix
inches long ; flowers yellow ; each petal-like fegment inter-
fered by a bright green vertical itripe or fillet.
XTo*
Not recorded by any author known to us. Differs fromAnthericum allucoides (the Ornithogalum albucoides of
Thunberg's Prodromus ? and, as far as we can judge fromthe fpecimen in the Bankfian Herbarium, the OrnithogalumJemndum of Jacquin and Willdenow) in having narrower
leaves without a cartilaginous edging and ttriate on the outiide;
in having cernuoufly pendulous and not upright corollas ; as well
as in having alternate ftamens with a bidentately alate membranethat reaches only half their length. But Anthericum albucoides
(according to our conception of the genera) is, as well as this,
an Albuca, not an Ornithogalum, much lefs an Anthe-ricum. Blooms in the latter end of the fummer. Native of
the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was introduced into
this country by Mr. G. Hibbert, of Clapham.Ourdran : "g was made at Mr. Knight's Nurfery, New-
Road, Fulham. G.
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JyJ^&dwar.y 1.3yj:Cur& z't£j\rpi/.ll310.
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Allium tlavum. Yellow Garlic.
J§t- >5& J&. ?!* ^k.A't >'».j^..«k >'•_ .«S». ^». .'i»..«'i * A J» A A A^j» sjcvjcv,* «j» »,» v^vjvv,* #,>r sj» vjs yf» >,-» v,» >;» ^jf^jc jj*^*
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C/4 j/} (3«t/ Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.—Fid. No. 774.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALLIUM flavum ; (bitlbus ovaius, Jimpfcx ;) foliis fubtrims,
tereti-attenuatis, longe vagmatuibus, caule liepius
brevioribus, laminis remotis, glaucis, (ante anthrfin
Jrequentius emortuis) ; caule tereti ; l'patha bivalvi,
umbcllam bis terve excedente, valvis a bafi con-
cavo-di latat a convoluto-cufpidatim auenuatis pa-
tentiffimis reflexifve ; umbellalaxa (ad periph<eriam
ftfpius pendula)y pedicellis corolla pluries lon-
gioribus flexiiibus; corolla fubtrigono-cainpariu-
lata ; laciniis oblongis, obtufatis, fubaequalibus ;
exterioribus fuhconcavioribus ; ftamirtibus fub-
ulato-filiforaiibus, corolla duplo longioribus ; ger-
mine laciniis duplo breviore, rotundo-turbinato,
trilobato-trigono fulcis trinis facialibus finis totidem
angularibus ; ftylo fetiformi ftaminibus denuoifometro. G.
ALLIUM f.avian ; Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1. 428. Jacq. Auftr.
tab. 141. Hort. Keiv. 1. 425. IVilld. Sp. Pi. 2.
72^ (fxcln/o Millero). LiL a Redoutet
tab. 119.
Lam. et Decand. PL Franc. 3. 226. n. 1970.A. fol. teretibus, vagina bicorni, umbella lutea pendula. II.
Hall. Opufc. 385, 386.A. juncifolium J-jteum. IVcinm. Phyt. No. 39. fig. C.
MOLY montaiii quarti fpecics prima Clufii. Ger. Emac. 188.
fi& 7-
ALLIUM juncifolium bicorne luteum. Rudb. Ely/. i$j.
fig. vi.
ALLII montani IV. fpecies I. CluJ. FUJI. 197. cum Lc.
Bulb with but a flight degree of the ufual flavour of Garlic ;
integuments thin, browniih j fhm 1—2 feet high j valves of
the
the fpathe 3—9 inches long ; the bloom, which has little or nofcent while in the open air, is faid, when placed in a room, to
diffufe conliderable fragrance. Differs from paniculatum andpallensy to both of which it is clofely allied ; from the firft by-
its glaucous leaves and yellow umbel, as well as the roundnels
of the former, which are not ftrongly ftriate or ribbed on the
back, as in paniculatum / from the fecond by the far greater
proportionate length of both flamens and ftyle. Native of
Auftria and the South of France. The fpecimen was com-municated by Mr. Haworth. G.
NOTE.
In No. 1143, we had corrected the miftake, of having
given in No. 973, a plant for Allium paniculatuniy which,
though mofl clofely allied, we think really diftin6t ; but have
in the fame place itated that in paniculatum " the pedicles are
intermixed with fmall round bulbs ;" this obfervation fhould
be expunged, as it applies to oleraceum, between which and
-paniculatum thefe bulbs are one of the chief diftinftions. Theflamens are longer in paniculatum than in caucajeum* G.
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Aloe carinata («), Keel-leaved Aloe.
•$$ %-%- fc fr#JMnNt j|h^ ft
C/w/Jr a«</ Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Characlcr.— Vid. fupra No. 756.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALOE carinata g (ecaudicala ; infiortfeentia omnino Linguae,
fupra No. 1322;,) foliis lubradicali-ambien. ibus, nu-
merous, aflurgenter divancatis, a In 1 ba;i iubacmaci-formi-acuminatis, fupra concavis infra carinato-con-
vexis, craffis, rigidis, tuberculis pallidis parum clevatis
(nunc in nieras marulas fuhjidentibus) vagis parcius cre-
briufve ineequaliter (nunc partimmodo) confperfis. G.
ALOE carinata. Mill. Dirt ed. % n. 21. (excl. Hort. Amfl.)Hort. Kew. 1. 469. IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 189. (excl. Linn.
Sp. PL et Mart. Cent.) Haworth. Linn. Tranf 7. 13.n. 24.
A. carinata. A. acinaciformis. Decand. PL Gr.fol. 63. (excl.
var. B. enjiformr'y qu<e una cum tabula ad verrucofam,
fupra No. 837, pertmet).
A. trijlicha. Medicui. 'Theodora. 75. n. 15.
A. africana foliis planis latioribus conjugatis carinatis flore
rubro. Mill. Ic. tab. 19.
A. feflilis fol. verruqofis apice triquetris carnofis. Mill. Dicl.
ed. 7. n. 2 1 ,• (excl. Hort. Amfl.)
A. africana folio in fummitate triangular! verrucis albidis
notato. Weinm. Phyt. No. 59.A. africana feflilis, fol. carinatis verrucofis. Dill. Hort. Ellh.
22. tab. 18. fig. 20.
(@.) foliis fubdiftichis. G.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated by She-hard in his garden at Eltham, and by Miller in the Chelfea
garden. A greenhoufe plant. Blooms late in the fummer.
Leaves
Leaves of a dark, fometimes purplifh-brown green. Theinflorefrences of macula/a verrucofa Lingua and the prefent
fpecies are fo nearly alike, that they are of fearcely any avail
in fpecifically dirtinguifhing them from each other. Decan-dolle makes this and verrucofa varieties of each other; but
Miller, who had cultivated them from feed, denies their
being fo ; and we entirely agree with him. A plant of eafy
culture and propagation ; not quite fo common in our col-
lections as either Lingua or verrucofa. We have to thank
Mr. Haworth for our fpecimen. G.
NOTE.
No. 1322. To the fynonyms of the variety a. of Lingua^
add ;
ALOE verrucula. Medicus. Theodora. 73. ;/. J4.
ERRATUM.No, 1924, pag. alt. 1. 14, after *' gracile" inftead of a "comma" put a
" femicolon," after which infert the word n and,"
Leaves of a dark, fometimes purplifh-brown green. Theinflorefrences of maculata verrucofa Lingua and the prefent
fpecies are fo nearly alike, that they are of fearcely any avail
in fpecifically diltingui filing them from each other. Decan-dolle makes this and verrucofa varieties of each other ; but
Miller, who had cultivated them from feed, denies their
being fo ; and we entirely agree with him. A plant of eafy
culture and propagation ; not quite fo common in our col-
lections as either Lingua or verrucofa. We have to thank
Mr. Haworth for our fpeciaien. G.
NOTE.
No. 1322. To the fynonyms of the variety «. of Lingua>
add
;
ALOE verrucula. Medicus. Theodora. 73. », 14.
ERRATUM.No. 1T24, pag. alt. \. xa. after u gracile" inftead of a " comma" put a
" femicolon," after which infert the word " and."
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Aloe depressa. Short-leaved
PERFOLIATE AlOE.
Oafs and Order.
H E X A K D R I A MONOGYNIA,
Generic Charatier,—Fid. No. 756.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
ALOE deprefa ; (caudcx brevis crajfus vcl totns folia tits vet
u, orfum dennd<dus ; fores e niajorilus, trigone tubu!o/it
reelr, prndttli ;) foliis ambientibus, divancarim paten-
tibus, ovato-acuminatis, brevibus, e fiavo-vifentibua
glauco rore obnubilatis, rigido-craflis, iucculentis,
deritibus acutis albido-cartilagineis remotius margineet fubtus finem verfus armatis, aliorumque rudimentis
vagis macularum facie in utraque pagina parciffime
confperfis ; racemo fpicatim elongate), parco, erecto ;
pedicellis ereftis bra&eas fubaequantibus corolla dupiovel ultra breviorihus ; ftaminibus inclufis. G.
ALiOE depreffa. Hawortb. Linn. Tranf 7. 16. n. 33.A. perfoliate!, *. depreffa. Hort. Kezv. 1. 467.A. perfoliata.
f.Linn. Sp, PL ed. 2. v. 1. 458. Willd. Sp.
PL 2. 186.
A. Breviorihus. Mill. Did. ed. 8. n. 8.
A. foliis amplexicaulibus utraque fpinofis floribus fpicatis.
Mill. Did. ed. 7. a. 8.
A. africana caulefcens foliis glaucis breviffimis, foliorum parte
interna et externa nonnihil fpinofa. Comm. Prcelud. 72.(nee uti plerifque 7
1
.) tab. 2 1 . fine f.
Stem fimple ; leaves about two inches broad at the bafe,five long; corolla pale red, greenifli towards the end. Mil-ler in his Dictionary, under the head Aloe, has evidently-
committed fome blunder concerning the eighth and fixteenth
fpecies.
pecies. He has quoted the fame fynonym to both ; while the
fpecific character of each is reciprocally reverfed by the de-
fcription in the fubjoining obfervation : we have adopted that,
the fpecific characler of which applies to our plant, as havethe editors of the Hortus Kewenfis. Mr. Haworth has
quoted the one, of which the defcription in the obfervation
only is applicable.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Blooms in the fummer.We are obliged to Mr. Haworth for the prefent fp'ecimen. G.
$&*imiUX*. ^fyT.<MW'6^Crffe**ye3,.rUfilO. JT.Sanforn Jun.J
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Panax quinquefolia. Five-leavedPanax or Ginseng.
frfM $iM< i -&-&
Oafs and Order.
Polygamia Dicecia. (Pf.ntandria Digynia Perfoon).
Generic Character.
Gz/.5-dentatus. Cor. 5-petala. Bacca infera, cordata, 2-fperma.
Cat. in flore malculo integer.
Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms.
PANAX q" :'iqiiefolia'y foliis ternis : foliolis quinis petiolatis,
pedunculo petiolis breviore, radice fuliformi.
PANAX quinquefolium ; foliis ternis quinatis. Sp. PI. 1512.ReicL 4. p. 362. Kalm. it. 3. p. 334 Blacks, t. 513.Rpgn. Bot. Zorn ic. 355. Woodv. Med. Bot. 270. /. 99.Gron. Ft. Virg. 35. prf id. 162. Marf. A// 7. Did.
PANAX quinquefolium ; caule herbaceo, foliis ternis, foliolis
quinis ovalibus acuminatis petiolatis. Michaux FLBor-Amer. 2. p. 256. Perfoon Syn. i. p. 298.
GINSENG. Jartoux; Lettres edifiantes et rurieufes, v. 10. p.
172. Philofoph. Iran/, v. 28. />. 237. /. 5.
AURELIANA canadensis, Lafiteau Ginf. p. 87. c. tab. Catrjb.
Carol, app. t. 16. Breyn. Prod. pi. 2. p. 35. /. ad. p. 52.ARALIASTRUM, Quinqucfolii folio ; majus, Ninzinvocatura
D. Sarrazin. Vaill.Jerm. 43.ARALIASTRUM foliis ternis quinquepartitis, Ginfeng f.
Ninfen officinarum. Trezv Ehret. t. 6. f. 1.
Ginseng has been a famous remedy among the Chinefe
from time immemorial; it is undesitood however to be
found only in Chinefe Tartary. In the year 1709 Father
Jartoux, a miffionary at Peking, was fent by the Emperorof China to make a map of that country. Whilfl engaged in
this bufinefs he fell in with an army of Tartars who were em-ployed in collecting this highly valued root for the emperor;
which gave him an opportunity of defcribing and making a
drawing of the plant, and tranfmitting the fame to Paris, in a
letter to the procurator-general of the millions of India and
China; a tranflation of which was publifhed in the 28th vol.
oFthe Philofophical Tranfactions.
Jartoux fays that the Ginfeng is found between the thirty-
ninth and forty-feventh degree north latitude, where there is
a long traft of mountains covered with wood. It grows ontf>e declivities of the mountains, on the banks of the torrents,
and
and about the roots of trees ; but not in the vallies, nor in
open iituations. It is remarkable, that this miflionary (hould
gueis from the fimilarity of the countries, that the fame
plant might probably be found in Canada. The Jefuit's
fufpicion excited Lafiteau, a miflionary in that country, to
make fearch for it ; and after a time his labour was crowned
with fuccefs.
The Iroquois Indians, though acquainted with the plant as
a remedy among them, do not appear to have had fuch extra-
vagant ideas of its virtues as- the Chinefe ; but it is i'uffh iently
remarkable, that they call it G'are nt-ogucn, a compound word,
fignifying the lower extremities of a man ; thus having the
fame fignincation and fome fimilarity of found with Ginfeng : it
might be adduced as a corroboration of the notion, that part
of America was originally peopled from the north of Tartary.
Since this difcovery, large quantities of the root of Panaxquinquefolia have been collected and lent to China, where it
has fold at a great price ; but not having undergone the fame
preparation as that collected in Tartary, it is lefs clteemed by
the Chinefe. Loureiro even doubts if it be the fame plant;
but the figure and defcription given by Jartoux, are fuffi-
cient to afcertain that our plant, a native of the lofty moun-tains of North-America from Canada to Virginia, is precifely
the fame fpccies as what he faw in Chinefe Tartary; andconfidering the circumftances under which he obtained it, it is
not at all probable that he could be deceived with refpect to
the genuine Ginfeng.
The fcnfible qualities of this root do not promife anyparticular efficacy, according to European ideas ; and this
prejudice may perhaps occihon us to under-value it. loralthough it can hardly be doubted but that its virtues are
highly over rated by the Chinefe, yet it does not feem credible
that any abfo'utely inert remedy could for ages, and in diftant
countries, maintain fo high a reputation. The Sium N'mfi
cultivated in Japan, appears to us to have been miftakenly
adopted for the true Ginfeng, being fuppofed to have beenbrought from Coraea in Chinefe Tartary. It is found, as
Kaempfer obferves, to poflefs little or none of the virtues
afcribed to the imported root ; what he fays of the value
fet upon the latter, muft be confidered as applicable to the
Ginfeng ; Ninfi being only another mode of expreliing the
fame word. Its flowers are very fweet fcented.
Peter Collinsom received this plant from Penfylvania;
and it flowered and produced ripe fruit in his garden at Peck-ham, in the year 1746. It was from this fource that Catesby'sfigure was drawn. Communicated by Mr. Fraser, who broughtplants of it from North-America, on his laft return fromthat country.
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Panax pusilla (*). Lesser Panax.
CAj/} <?«;/ Order.
POLYGAMIA DlCECIA.
Generic Cbaratler.— Fid. Nm- 1333.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
PANAX pnfilla ; foliis ternis: foliolis fubfeffilibus, pedunculopetiolis longiore, radice rotunda.
PANAX' trifolium ; caule herDaceo, foliis ternis ternatis
quinatifve : foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis. IVilld. Sp.
PL v. 4. p. 1124.
PANAX trifolium; foliis ternis ternatis. Sp. PL 1512. Reich.
4. p. 362. Mart. Mill. Dill.
PANAX trifolia ; pufilla, radice fubrotunda, foliis ternis :
foliolis fubfeffilibus. Perfoon Syn. 1. p. 298. MichauxFL Bor. Am. 2. p. 256.
PANAX foliis ternis ternatis, quandoque quinatis, pumila.
Gron. Vtrg. 35. ed. 2. 163.
(».) foliolis quinatis baji angufl'atis.
ARALIASTRUM Ouinquefolii folio minus D 1, Sarrazin.
Vaill. Sam. 43.Plamula marilandica'^ foliis furnmo caule ternis, quorum nnum-
quodque quinquefariam dividitur, circa margines
ferratis. Raj. Hift. 3. p. 658.
ARALIASTRUM foliis ternis tripartitis et quadripartitis.
Trezv Ebr. t. 6.f. 2.
(j3.) (rri folia) foliolis ternatis bafi rotund'aiis.
ARALIASTRUM Fragaria= folio minus. Vaill. Serm. 43.
NASTURTIUM Anemones fylvaticae foliis, enneaphvllon,
floribus exiguis. Pluk. Mant. 135. /. 435./. 7-
Desc. Root a round tuber, having much the appearance of
a fmall potatoe. Stem ere&, about three inches long, branching
at
at the top into three petioles bearing five lanceolate leaflets,
fawed at the edges, Alining underneath, nearly feffile. Peduncle
from the bofun of the petioles, erect, longer than thefe and
equal to the whole leaf. Flowers iri a clofe hemifphericat
umbel, with a many-leaved involucre the length of the pedicles,
which are (hort. Catvx fuperior, very obfoletely five-toothed.
Petals white, five. Stamens five, the length of the petals,
often wanting. Germen three-cornered, three-cePed. Styles
three. Stigmas obtufe. We have observed no plant* bearing
male tlowers on!v, but many of the florets were fema'e in modof the umbels that we examined, and in the one from which
( ur drawing was taken, all of them; but whether originally fo
or only from the falling of the framens we are uncertain.
In variety ((3) of which we have only feen dried fpecimens,
the l< aflets are fhorter, more oval, and rounded at the bafe,
? . are well reprelented in Pluke net's figure above quoted,
it is not improbable that our two varieties may be hereafter
confidercd as diftinet fpeciesj and for this reafon we have
thou In it belt to limit the name of trifolia to the latter, to
which alone it id at all applicable; for although variety (a)
may occafionally produce Only four or three leaflets, as in
E'iret's figure, yet this is evidently from abortion; which
does not appear to be the cafe in (0j.
There is no ground whatever for Lin nous's fufpicion that
this plant might be the male of Panax quinquefolia. No two
fpec.es can be more diltinft. The three diltin6l ftyl'es wouldrather lead to the idea of a different genus : the fruit we have
never feen.
Native of Penfylvania, Maryland, New-York, and Vir-
ginia. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by
MeMrs. Loddig..s and Sons; but we defcribed it from
fpectmens in Mr. Vkre's garden at Kcnfington-Gore, in
May 1807.
MSJ335.
I'uilyrTfiir&rS.'' Guo.CrcfcejU jVev. rl.iBJC.
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FUMARIA FORMOSA. BlUSH FUMITORY.
JMNhNE » »»^i ft » ft* »
<
MCA//Jr <7;; t/ Order.
DlADELPHIA HeXANDRIA,
Generic Chart:tier,
Cal. 2-phyllus. Csr. ringens. Filamenta duo membranacea,fingula antheris tribus. Corydalis Per/con.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
FUMARIA formofii • (bicalcarata) fcapo nudo, racemo com-pofito, calcaribus incurvis. Dryander in Hort.
Kew. vol. ined.
FUMARIA jormrjfa. Bot. Repof. 393. Bonn Cat. ed. 4.
This fpecies approaches very near to Fumaria Cncu'/aria,
No. 1127, ana" is the fame that is there mentioned, as being
preferved in the Bankfian Herbarium, under the name oferubefcens. It was difcovered by Mr. Archibald Mknziesat Nootka-Sound, and introduced by him into the royal garden
at Kew, from whence it has moft probably extended to the
nurferies about town. Has a creeping flefhy root, by which it
increafes rapidly. Its habit is very fimilar to that of Cucullaria,
but the/cape is fomewhat longer than the leaves, and is fre-
quently much more branched. and flexuofe than in the fpeci-
men from which our drawing was taken. Peduncles grow feveral
from the fame point, are nearly the length of the cer&lfas,
which are pendent, and of a bright carnation colour of very
much the fame form as thofe of Cucuifaria, but the fpurs are
fhorter and have their ends turned towards each other. Thefilaments adhere (lightly in two bundles, but are eaftlv feparabie
into fix, inferted below the germen, which is fpindle-fhaped
and contains feveral fmooth elliptical ovula with a large caruncle
attached to the bafe of each. A fmall, linear, coloured
kra.cte is inferted at the bafc of each peduncle.
Our
Our drawing was taken at Mr. Salisbury's Botanic
Garden in Brompton ; and we received very fine fpecimens
from Mr. Knight in the King's-Road, who has obferved
it to be an excellent detergent, the juice of it rubbed on the
hands getting out any ftains, much more expedkioufly than
foap ; but in a fingle trial with the ftain of the outer coat of
walnuts, we did not find it fucceed.
J?J3jd
JVd^EjvrarcLr 2,7. AiAfTdZStt* Ore CrsfotntJIfa I :eiO. Aifan/'omJu
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Claytonia perfoliata. Perfoliate
Claytonia.
Clafs and Order.
Pentandria Monoxjynia.
Generic Character.
Cat. 2-valvis. Cor. 5-petaIa. Stigm. 3-fidum. Cap/. 3-vahis,
l-locularis, 3-fperma.
Specific Characler and Synonyms.
CLAYTONIA perfoliata i foiio caulino fuborbiculari per-
fohato.
CLAYTONIA perfoliata. Donns CataL ed. 4. p. 50. Willi.
Sp. VI. 1. p. 1186.?
CLAYTONIA cubcnfis. Bonpland in Annates du Muf, d'HiJi.
Nat. v. 7. p 82. /. 6. Humb. et Bonpl. Plantes
EquinoxialeSy p. 91. /. 26.
Desc. Root annual, fibrous. Radical leaves on long foot-
ftalks rhomboid-ovate. Stems many, erect, fimple, fucculent,
naked, except the orbicular, perfoliate involucre or cauline
leaf. Common peduncle generally fimple, fometimes branched,
jointed, bearing fmall white nodding flowers, upon pedicles
varying in length, feveral from the fame point at the
upper part and fewer at the lower, chiefly looking oneway, without bracles, except a fmall ovate one at the bafe
of thofe pedicles which grow immediately above the in-
volucre ; thefe are ufually few. The finwers are white, very
fmall : petals (lightly emarginate. Capfule roundifh, three-
valved : valves burfting firft at the apex, afterwards their fides
fuddenly curl inwards with elaflicity, which difperfes the feed.
Seeds three, mining, lenticular, notched at the bafe, whichnotch is filled up with a white caruncle projecting beyond the
feed and terminating in a ftring, by which the feed is attached
to
to the bafe of the capfule. This caruncle frequently falls off
in the dried feed. The whole plant is fucculent, mild, and
probably eatable, like purflane.
Profeffor Willdenow probably had the feeds of his plant
from England ; but his fpecimens muff have been very de-
fective. His inaccurate defcription has, of courfe, led Mr.Bon pl and into an error, inducing him to believe the plant,
which he calls cubcnfis, was a different fpecies. It is how-ever undoubtedly the fame ; and his figure and defcription
being taken from plants that came up fpontaneoufiy every
year in the Botanic Garden at Paris, leads to a fufpicion
that their origin was from the mould that came with ionie
plants from England, and not, as fuppofed, from feeds gathered
in Cuba, by Humbolt and Bon plan d. If not, it is rather
extraordinary that the fame fpecies fhould be native of Nootka-
Sound and the Ifland of Cuba : a plant too, whole very habit
declares it more likely to be an inhabitant of the ar&ic than
of the tropical regions.
The Clayton i a perforata was difcovered on the north-
weft coaft of America, by Mr. Archibald Menzies, and
introduced by him into the Kew Garden, in the year 1796,where it has maintained itfelf ever fince, and whence it has
been communicated to moft of the Botanic Gardens in the
kingdom.Flowers nearly all the fummer; and in a moift foil, not
too much expofed, will fow itfelf, and the young plants will
come up in the fpring, requiring no other care than to prevent
their being choked by more powerful weeds, or cut off by that
deftructive inftrument the hoe. Our drawing was taken at
Mr. Salisbury's Botanic Garden, Brompton, the latter endof the fummer, when the plants are lefs vigorous than in the
fpring; at which feafon the fcape is much longer, and appears,
as it were, jointed, the flowers growing in bunches at each
joint. The cauline leaves are then for the moft part moreperfectly connate, and form a nearly orbicular involucrurn,
through the centre of which the fcape paries.
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Aloe rigid a. Stiff-leaved Aloe.
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C/j/Jr and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Charafter.—Fid. No. 756.
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Specific Characler and Synonyms.
ALOE rigida ,• (caudex fubnullus vel palmaris, imbricato-
foliatus ; fiorcs minores, erecli;) foliis axem multifariam
ambientibus, oblongo-acuminatis, carinato-cufpidatis,
brevibus, coriaceo-craffis, atrovirentibus, puiulatim
corrugatis, recurvato-divaricatis, fupra convoluto-
concavis, infra convexis ; caule fimplici, nudo ; ra-
cemo fparfo, rariufculo ; pedicellis corolla triplo.bre-
vioribu.^ bra£tea fubduplo longioribus ; corolla
bilabiato-tubulofa, fexftriata, tertiam ufque fexfida
;
laciniis tribus fuperioribus convergentibus, recurvato-
ereclis, planioribus, obtufatis ; inferioribus diver-
gentibus, revoluto-deflexis, canalici-latis ; ftaminibus
fubdeclinatis, alterne brevioribus, tubum asquantibus ;
ftylo illis fubduplo breviore ? ftigmate obtufulo, ob-
folete puberulo. G.
ALOE rigida. DecandolJetPL Gr. tab. 62.
ALOE expanfa. Haworth, Linn. Tranf. 7. 8. n. 8.
ALOE cyiindracea. (3. rigida. Lam. Dic7. 89. n. 19.
A greenhoufe plant. Native of the Cape of Good Hope
;
whence, according to Mr. Haworth, it was introduced into
our colledions by Mr. Malcolm. Blooms during thefummer
months. Why Mr. Haworth fhould doubt of its being the
fame with Decandolle's plant we cannot guefs, fince it
agrees in every point with the very detailed and minute de-
scription of that author, and fufficiently with the figure given
in the fame work. The fpecimen was kindly communicatedby Mr, Haworth, Q. •
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Aloe pentagona. Pentagonal Aloe.
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Clafs and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.—Vid. No. 756".
Specific CbaracJer and Synonyms.
ALOE pentagona g (caudex imbricato-foliatus ; flares e minori-
bustereHi 1) foliis axem ex deorfum pentagono-
decuflatim fuperne verfus fpiraliter fparfimque am-bientibus, ovato-acuminatis, pulvinato-craflis, brevibus,
rigidis, carinato-cufpidatis, atrovirentibus, glabris vel
minutiflime elevato-punQiculatis, margine carinaque
denticulatis, inferioribus divaricatis, fuperioribus,
convergentibus, fupremis minoribus pallidioribus
convolato concavis (nuncfiibtus tubertulis paucis albidis
param Jalientibus notatis) g caule ramofo ; racemis
multifloris, fparfis, laxis ; pedicellis corolla 3—4plo
brevioribus, bra&eas aEquantibus ; corolla columnari-
tubulofa, eaplicata, glabra, in lacinulas iex parabolicas
regulari-patulas tubo quadruplo breviorcs interiores
fubanguftiores fubere&iores foluta ; ftaminibus tubo
ifomctris, fubdeclinatis, alternis brevioribus j ftigmate
fimplici. G.
ALOE pentagona. Hawortb, Linn. Tranf. 7. 7. n. 6.
ALOE fpiralis. /3. pentagona. Hort. Kew. 1. 471. WMd. Sp,
PI. 2. 191 / (exclufa pajfim var. a.)
We have been induced to confider the prefent plant as
fpecifically diftincl; from fpiralis, not fo much by the difference
in the arrangement and expanfion of the leaves, as by the total
abfence of the tranfverfe wrinkles, fo remarkable in the corolla
of the latter, in which there are alfo other minuter diftinftions.
Eut ftill they may poffibly be mere varieties of each other.
MiLtER, in his Di&ionary, when fpeaking of fpiralist fays,
" there
" there is a variety of this fort which has been raifed from
feeds, which is much larger, the leaves thicker, and the floweris
grow upon taller foot-ftalks ; but this is onlv a feminal variety."
But whether he had the prefent plant in view, or fome real
variety of fpiralis, we cannot now determine from fuch loofe
defcription.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cultivated in the KewGardens. We have to thank Mr. Haworth for the fpecimen.
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Anthericum lonciscapum. Glaucous-
leaved Anthericum.
C/^/j <z»^ Order,
Hexandria Monocynia.
Generic Character.—Fid. No. 3 16*.
Specifc Character and Synonyms-
ANTHERICUM Iongifcaptm ; (rhizoma jlcpius mutliceps,
rarius vel modo brevijjime cuiidrfcens ; fila-
ment* lanato-barbata ;) foliis plunmis, lub-
radicalibus,fafciculatim ambiemibus. erefto-
divergentibus, femitereti-linearibus, cufpi-
datim attenuatis, craffis, fuccuientis, glau-
ciflimis, bafin verfns r.onvoluto equitamibus
membranaque angufta glabra integerrima
marginatis ; caule (f<epius pluribus atque
fuccejjivis) illis qtiadrupio altiore, ftricto,
angulofo ; racemo numcrofo, laxe fpicatrai
elongato ; bra&eis brevibus, cuipidatis,
lanato-ciliatis ; pcdicellis corolla duplo vel
ultra longioribus, defloratis hamato-rc-
curvis. G.
ANTHERICUM longifcapum. Jacq. Coll. Suppl. 84. 1c. Rar.
2. tab. 404. Willd. Sp. PI. 2. 145.
(ANTHERICUM qfphodehides. Hort. Kew. 1. 450 ,- (exclufis
fynonymis) ; nee vera Linn<ei, Milleri, Jac-
quini, aut fVilldenovii planta. Herb. Bank/,
quoad folum fpecimen primarium ex Ihrlo
regio Kewenji ; alterum enim in eodem folio
prout eadetn fpecies perptram adjunUum ad
verum afphodeloides pertinet, vemtque
Vienna a Jacqnino miffum.
ANTHERICUM altijfimum. Mill Dicl. ed. 8. n. 8.
ANTHERICUM acaule, foliis carnofis teretibus fpicis florum
longtffirais laxis. Mill. DicJ. ed. 7 n. B.
Icon. fol. 26. tab. 39 (in ipfa hone male
That
That the present plant is the afphodeloides of the Hortus
Kewenfis, is proved by the Englilh name of " glaucous-leaved"
adopted in that work, as well as by the original fpecimen from
the Kew Gardens, preferved in the Bankfian Herbarium. That
the editors of that work have confounded it with the Linnean
afphodeloides^ is likewife proved by a fpecimen of that fpecies
tranimitted by Jacouin from Vienna, which they have ar-
ranged with the prefent fpecies in the above Herbarium under
the fame name. To Millf.r, by whom they had both been
cultivated, they were well known, and had been diftinguiibed
by him under different fpeciftc names, after he had determined
that they were not varieties for reafons which he details at
large in his I ones. The leaves of our. plant are exceedingly
glaucous, which is not the cafe in the other ; they are alfo
much longer, with the edges quite entire, and not toothletted,
as in that ; the flower-Hem in this is alio much longer ffome-
times three feet high) in proportion to the leaves than in ;he
Linnean afphodeloides ; the raceme is alfo far longer and morenumeroufly flowered; and the corolla fmaller and paler.
Throws up fuccefiive flower-items from April and May to
Auguit and September. The Linnean afphodeloides is figured
by Jacquin in the Hortus Vindobonenlis. Added to what
we have laid before, there is alfo a_great prima /dd^diffimilitude
between the two fpecies. The feeds of our plant were received
by Miller from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1751 ; probably
the real afphodeloides was loft to the Kew Gardens before the
publication of the Hortus Kewenfis.
Our fpecimen came from Mr. Haworth. G.
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Tradescantia erecta. UprightSpiderwort.
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Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Charafter.—Fid. No, 105.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
TRADESCANTIA ere8a ; foliis ovatis bafi anguftatis glabris,
pedunculoterminali nudo bihdoracemofo.mild. Sp. PL 2. 17.
TRADESCANTIA ere&a. Cavan. Ic. 1. 53. tab. 7. 4, Jacq.Coll. 4. 114. Ic. Rar. tab. 354, Ul. aRedout£t
tab. 239. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.
v, 2. 205.
T. undulata. Vahlt Acl. Soc. Hifi. Nat. Hafn. 2. P. 2. p* 27.tab. 3.
T. bifida. Roth, CataleR. Botan. 1. p. 42.
An annual plant. Native of Mexico. We are told bythe Nurferymen, that it fometimes fpring* up from the earth,
which has been fent to them about the roots of p'ams which
they have received from Jamaica. Requires to be kept in
the hot-houfe ; where it attains a variety of heights, and is
more or lefs branched according to the vigour with which it
grows.
The fpecies has been fo repeatedly and fo largely defcribed
by others, that it were needlefs for us to add any of our ownobfervations. Blooms in July and Au-ull. Introduced bythe Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, in 1794. G.
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FOTHERGILLA ALNIJOLlA, VCLT. ot. OBTUSA*
Blunt-leaved Fothergilla.
Clafs and Order.
PoLYANDRIA DlCYNIA.
Generic Chara&er.
Col. truncatus, integerrimus, perfrftejns. Cor. o. Gcrmen2-fidum. Cspf. 2-locularis, 4-fariam dehifcens. Sent* folrtaria,
ofl'ea.
Specific Name and Synonyms,
FOTHERGILLA alnifolia. Linn. SuppL 267. IVilld. Sp. PL2. 1225. Ejufdem Arb. 113. Hort. Kew. 2.
241. Mart. Mill. Ditl.
FOTHERGILLA Garden* : foliis fubovalibus, fuperne
crenato-dentatis, fubtus fubcanefceutibus.
Michaux Flor. Bor, Am. 1. p. 313.a,, obtufa ; foliis obovatis fuperne crenulatis / juniofibus fubtus
fafciculatim puberulis.
p. acuta ; foliis angujlis acutis fubintegerrimisfubtus albidis.
FOTHERGILLA Gardeni. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 100. Colled. 1.
P' 97-y. major ; foliis fuperne ferratis obtufiffimis quandoque cum
acumine : junioribusfubtus tomentofis. (vide N ,n- 1342.)
$. ferotina ; foliis oblongis acutis fuperne crenato-dentatis fubtus
viridibus.
Fothergilla alnifolia is a native of Carolina, where it
was firft difcovcred by the late Dr. Garden of Ch^rleftown,
who named it in honour of John Fothercll, M. D, manyyears a celebrated Phyfician in London, and a great patron of
natural hiftory. He formed an extemive Boranic garden at
Upton in JEflex, where he accumulated plants from -very
quarter of the globe, and particularly from North-America, a
country
country to which he was ever warmly attached. There appear
to be ieveral varieties, though perhaps none of them are fuffi-
ciently marked to form diftinct fpecies. The one here figured is
alow ihrubj the younger leaves, when minutely examined, have
afcattered pubelcence, collected in little bunches; in form they
frequently vary between obovate and wedge-ihaped, and with
ferratures at the upper part more or lefs deep.
Flowers in April and May, frequently, but not always, be-
fore the leaves appear. Quite hardy. Our drawing was madeat Meffrs. Whitley and Brame's, Old Brompton.
Variety |3 acuta, as figured by Jacquin, has ovate fpikes;
leaves a little undulated towards the point, but fcarcely
ferrate. The third variety is the next article. The fourth,
ferotina, was mown us feveral years ago, by Mr. Whitley,who obferved that it never produced its bloffoms till Auguft,long after the fhrub was clothed with leaves, which are
oblong, fmooth, and when frefh, green on both fides, thoughin drying the under furface grows much paler.
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fothergilla alnifolia, vclt. y. major.
Broad-leaved Fothergilla.
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Clafs and Order,
POLYANDRIA DlGYNIA.
Generic Char-after.—Fid, Nm- 1341.
Specific Name,
FOTHERGILLA alnifolia. Vide Nm- 1341.
y. major; foliis fuperne fcrratis ^obtujijjimis quandaque cum
acumine: junioribus Jubtus tomcniqfis.
This is the handfomeft variety we have feen, being con-
fiderably larger in all its parts, as well as in its foliage. Theleaves, when older, are more or lefs white underneath ; the
younger ones are quite tomentofe and a little ferruginous;
fome of them have a broad obtufe terrnination v and in others
the terminal tooth projects far forward; the ferraturcs are fome-
times ver\ large. The fpike of flowers is" larger and longer
than in lhe other varieties.
Known in fome nurferies by the name o{fpeciofa. Flowers
in May and June, a month later than obtufa. Drawn at MefTrs,
Whitlky and Bramjs's, Old-Brompton;
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ARCTOTIS GLUTtNOSA. CLAMMY ArCTOTIS.
Cfo/} <2#</ Order.
Syngenesia Superflua.
Generic Charatler.
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus o. Gj/>w hemifphaericus, im-bricatus : fquamis marginalibus membranaceis.
Specific Charatler.
ARCTOTIS glutinofa ; fruticofa, foliis cuneatis dentato-pin-
natifidis glutinofis feffilibus fubdecurrentibus,
floribus terminalibus folitariis.
We are not certain tbat this fhrub ought in reality to bereferred to Arctotis, but it certainly has a near affinity withfome of the fpecies, at prefent collected under that genus,which feems to have been ufed as a common receptacle for
many Cape (hrubs, of this family, that will not properly unite,
and muft at a future time undergo a new arrangement.It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, has an up-
nght fhrubby item, covered with a greyifh bark, but the
branches are herbaceous, green, and, as well as the leaves,
covered with a glutinous, mining fubftance. The leaves are
alternate, wider at the upper end, and narrowed downwards,feflile, and decurrent a fhort di dance along the branch, rather
deeply indented on the fides : each tooth, of which there are
about three pair, has an appendix or toothlet at its bafe, fo
much reflected, as not to be feen on the upper furface. Theblofl'oms are large and the colour of red lead.
Communicated by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, who raifcd
ft from Cape feeds about five years ago. Flowers in Apriland May. Requires the protection of a greenhoufe. Propa-gated by cuttings.
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Phlox Carolina. Rough-stemmed
Lychnidea.
Clafs and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. hypocrateriformis. Fihm. insequalia. Stigma trifidum.
Cal. prifmaticus. Cap/. 3-locularis, l-fperma.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
PHLOX Carolina; foliis lanceolatis laevibus, caule fcabro,
corymbis fubfaftfgiatis. Sp. PI. 216. Reich. 1. p.
432. Willd. 1. />- 841. Marl. Mill. DM. n, 6.
Hort. Kew. ed. nov. 1. 326.LYCHNIDEA caroliniana, floribus quafi umbellatine difpo-
fitis, foliis lucidis craflis acutis. Mart. Dec. 1. /. 10.
Desc. Stems ereft, between two and three feet high, roughwith ftiffj fhort, white hairs, producing a mealy appearance, but
otherwife nearly invifible to the naked eye. Leaves oppofite,
lanceolate, fmooth, flefhy, fubconnate, lower ones almoft
linear: upper pairs more diftant. Peduncles rough, bearing
feveral flowers crowded together, alternate, forming a rather
denfe corymb. Calyx fmooth, with a pentagonal bafe : teeth erecl,
lanceolate, generally reddifh. Corolla faucer-fhaped : tube
twice the length of the limb, curved, fmooth, ftriate : limb
divided into five roundifh quite entire fegments. The colourof the tube is* violet, of the limb bright purple, flarred in the
centre, fading violet. Anthers in part exfened.We know of no other fpecies that has rough Items and
peduncles and at the fame time fmooth leaves. According to
Martin, in his Hiftoria Plantarum Rariorum, it was firft
introduced by Mr. Cowell, a Nurferyman at Hoxton, beforethe year 1728. It has, however, been probably for fomeyears loft from our gardens. Our drawing and defcriptionwere taken from plants imported by Mr. Fraser, Sloane-square, the laft fpring, from South-Carolina.
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Aloe Radula. Rasp-leaved Aloe.
C/rf/ir «#<:/ Order.
Hexandria Monogynia,
Generic Character.—Vid. No. 756.
Specific Characler and Synonyms.
ALOE Radula; (ecaudicata ; annofior defpitofim jlolonifera ;
fores e minoribus, erecli ;) foliis radicalibus, plurimoordine fafciculato-compa&is, divaricatim divergenti-
bus, incurvulis recurvulifve, lanceolato-fubulati?,
plano-convexis, coriaceo-craffis, faturate viridibus, per
tubercula cretaceo-albicantia, mutica, in prona parte
groflioralaxius, in fupina minutiora creberrime, radulae
more afperatis ; caule gracili flexili laxe racemofo ;
pedicellis corolla ter quater brevioribus, bracleas ae-
quantibus, corolla fextriato-tubulofa, bafi ttirgidula,
ufque circa medium fexfida, revoluto bilabiata, labio
infimo fubdepreffiore ; laciniis divergentibus, lineari-
oblongis, obtufulis, imarum duabus lateralibus convo-
luto-anguftatis ; ftaminibus tubum aequantibus, alter-
nantibus; ftylo germen sequame ; ftigmatibus tribus
minutis. G.ALOE Radula. Jacquin. Hort. Schcenb. 4. tab. 35.ALOE attenitata. Hatvorth in Linn. Tranf. 7. n. n. 18.
ALOE africana margaritifera minor, foliis multo longioribus.
Boerb. Index. Alt. 2. 130. n. 27.
This plant feems never to have been diftinSly recordedexcept in the books above quoted ; but has been mod pro-bably confounded among the varieties of margaritifera ; fromwhich it differs, by flenderer far attenuated /eaves, as well asin the flatnefs and roughening or toothing of their inner fur-ace, which refembles that of a file or rafp, and is of a yellowifh
green
green colour ; by its corolla not being fubfeffile, as well in
being flenderer and parted nearly to the middle, with farther
divergent and fpirally revolute fegments ; the Jtcm is alfo flexile
and far flenderer, with fewer and more difant flowers. Leaves
from one and a half to near three inches long, about half an
inch acrofs at their bafe, gradually attenuated, elongated-
cufpidate ; the tubercles are fmaller and of a chalky white-
nefs, without the pearl-like hue of thofe on the leaves of
margaritifera. Mr, Haworth, to whom we are fo often and fo
much obliged for his kind communications, has a plant of
this fpecies, which by its numerous fuckers forms a compacthemifphaerical buffi of a foot or more in diameter.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; blooms in the green*
houfe during the latter months of fummer. G,
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Aloe saponaria (/3.) latifolia. Largestcommon Soap-Aloe.
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C/t z/J- OJrJ Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.—Fid. No. 756.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
ALOE faponaria ; (craffene e longe caudefcens ; fiorcs emajoribus^
penduti, cylindracei i) foliis caudicem fummum diver-
genter ambientibus, imbricaco-confertis, ovato vel
oblongato-lanceolatis, lamina maculis (qitam in pifta
triplo-grandioubus) a)bis verticaliter ellipticts in feries
imperfectas fubtranfverfnn directas compaclis utrinque
picla, margine fpinis brevibus fubirregulariter dentata
;
caule fimplici vel ramofo ; racemo umbellatim con-
tracto ; pedicellis afcendenter divergentibus, corollae
ifometris, bratiea fufce nervofa bis longioribus; co-
rolla pendulo-cernua, fubclavato-cylindrica, obfoiete
trigona, leviter curvata, bafi infra ftri&uram fubglobofe
extumefcente ; laciniis tres partes ufque inter fe con-
cretis, inde conniventibus, ore brevi patulis ; antheris
fubexclufis. G.ALOE faponaria. Haworth in Linn. Tranf. 7, 17. «. 35 •
(exclufa varictatc obfcura).
(«.) minor ; foliis anguftioribus, lateribus re&ioribus, fub dio
hepatico-fufcefcentibus; caule fimplici.
A. faponaria. minor. Haworth. I. c.
A. umbellaia. Deeandolle. PL Gr. tab. 98 ; (excl. fynon. jam
fupra No. 1323 ad pi61am citatis.)
A. pifta, j3. minor; (quoadfolumfynonymon Hort. Kew. ; eaenim
Linncei et Dillcnii pi&am in No. 1323 fpetlant.)
A. perfoliate t. faponaria. Hort. Kew. 1. 467.A. perfoliata. 0. x. Linn. Spec. PL ed. 2. 1. 458.A. difiicha. Mill. Die?, ed. 8. n. 5.
A. mtuulofa :
A. maculofa : (moucheth) Lam. Encyc. i. 87. n. g.
A. caulefcens, foliis caulem ampleclentibus, floribus auranti-
acis. Braal. Hijl. PI. Succ. Dec. 4. 1 1. cum Icon.
A. africana maculata fpinola major. Dillen. Hort. Eltham. 17.
tab. 14, fifr 15.
A. caulefcens, foiiis Ipinofis maculis ab utraque parte albi-
Cantibus notatis. Comm. Hort. dmft. 2. p. g. tab. 5,
(fine flore.) Beerb. hid. Alt. 2. 230. n. 19.
(j3.) latifolia ; foliis latioribus ovato-lanceolaiis faturate viri-
dibus ; caule ramofo.
A. faponaria. latifolia. Haw. 1. c. p. 18.
The caudex feldom rifes above two feet high; Millerfays, that " the leaves are of a dark green colour fpotted with
white, refembling foft-foap ;" which muft account for the
whimfical fpeciftc name. The bloom appears in Auguft and
September. Corolla nearly two inches long, of a beautiful
red-lead colour. Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; although
it has been carelefsly called by Bradley, " Common fpotted
American Aloe;" and by others, according to Miller,*' Carolina Aloe/' An old inhabitant of our greenhoufes.
We have to thank Mr. Haworth for the prefent fpecimen. G.
-Ji*£ if i/" Otr-Aj~. Wal-vor&t.y/an 1.1811
[ *347 ]
Tamus elephantipes. FvEmina. Female CapeBryony, or The Elephant's Foot.
Clafs and Order.
Dicecia Hexandria.
Generic Character.
Masc. Cal. fexpartitus. Cor. o.
F^m. Cal. fexpartitus. Cor. o. Stylus trifidus. Baccatriloc. infera. Sem. 2.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
TAMUS elephantipes ; rhizomate ab humo extante, amplo,
.
hemifphaerico, folido-carnofo (covfiflnitia fere Napij,
corticefuberofeincraflata,areolatim rimofd; caulefub-
lignefcente, volubili, axillariter implexeque ramofo;
foliis alternis, cordatis, fubfucculentis (cucumcrinis),
.
immerfe fubfeptemnerviis, tranfverle venulofis ; pe-
tiolis lamina brevioribus, bafi ftrumofis ; racem is ad
petiolorum bafin extraaxillaribus, paucifloris, divari-
catis, pedicellis unifloris fuperne verfus apprefle
uni-tribra6teolatis ; genuine nudo, fufiformi-pyra-
midato, coftato-trigono, faciebus interangularibus
leviter puftulatis; calyce (corolla miht) infundibuli-
formi-rotato, quam id bis breviore, firmula, mar-
cefcente, laciniis linearibus, asqualibus, canaliculars,
obtufulis, apice inflexulis ; flaminibus (in Fam. ef-
fetis) imo calyci adnatis ; ftylo laciniis parum bre-
viore, rotundato-triquetro, triftriato, Iobulis trinis
ftigmatofis recurvatim divergentibus. G.
TAMUS elephantipes. L'Heritier. Serf. Angl. 29 ; (tabula licet
in lihris citata hucufque inedita). Hort. Kew. 3. 401.
Gmel. Syfl. Nat. 2. 570. Willd. Sp. PI. 4. 772.Pes elephantis. Vulgo.
From the uncouth maflive appearance as well as colour of the
root/lock, our plant has acquired at the Cape of Good Hopethe
the appellation of " The Elephant's Foot ;" in other refpe&s,
it very much refembles the common black Bryony (Tamuscommunis) of our hedges. The ftem, winch is about the
thick nets of the little finger at the bafe and twining, re-
quires fupport, by the help of which we have feen it reach the
height of about eight feet. Found in the neighbourhood of
Cape Town by Mr. Masson, by whom it was introduced into
the KeA' Gardens in 1774, where a male plant bloon.ed in
1783. to which L'Heritier owed his engraving; an engraving
that has been repeatedly cited, but as yet never publifhed.
We do not know that the female plant has ever before flowered
in this country. Both L'Heritier and the editors of the
Hortus Kewenfis profefs merely to guefs between Tamusand Smilax for its genus, not being able to ascertain the
pofition of the germen from the male flower, the only one
they had feen. The rootftock in our fpecirnen was a foot in
diameter ; the older or lower leaves were obtufely or rounded-
cordate, the new ones acutely fot all entire and fmooth, of a
pa[er green beneath ; corolla of a pale rufty yellow colour,
fcentlel's, and fhorrer than the petioles. The foliage fh rinks to
half us fize in crying.
Our drawing wa i made from a plant that flowered late this
fummer, m Mr. Knight's greenhoufe, King's-Road, which
had been imported iome years back for Mr. George Hibbert'sCollection at Clapham. G.
Nf'i^ft
lUb.lyf. Gtr&j-. Walv/orTA, 7cmJ.J82l. J^fanfo'
[ 1348 ]
Hermannia tenuifolia. Fine-leaved
Hermannia.
Clafs and Order.
MoNADELPHIA PeNTANDRIA.
Generic Character.
Cal. campanulatus, 5-fidus. Petala 5, fpiraliter cucullata.
Filamentii lanceolata. Styli 5, in unum approximate Cap/.
5-locularis polyfperma.
Specific Characler and Synonyms.
HERMANNIA tenuifolia; foliis pinnatifido-linearibus.
We know of no fpecies of Hermannia with leaves
fo finely divided as the one of which we now prefent a figure,
drawn feveral years ago from a plant, at that time we believe
in poffeffion of the late Mr. Curtis; but which we have never
met with in any of the collections that we have examined.
There is a defective fpecimen in the Bankfian Herbarium,under the name of decompofitat which appears like it.
Native of the Cape, requiring a greenhoufe and the fame
treatment as the reft of the genus.
M£J3?$
J'vdT'FJvnrd.rZltl. Al.iyj:CwJv WaZwrtA Jan.l.ieiJ.£fanfom Jo
[ 1349 ]
Hermannia flammea. Night-smelling
Hermannia.
4fr jfi » ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft
CAt/j* tfjfctf Order.
MONADELPHIA PfiNTANDRIA,
Generic Character.
CaL carnpanulatus, 5-fidus. Petala 5, fpiraliter cucullata.
Filam. lanceolata. <57j// 5, in unum approximate Caff. 5-locularis, polyfperma.
Specific CharatJer and Synonyms.
HERMANNIA flatnmea ,• foliis cuneiformibus apice truncato-
dentatis glabris, racemis terminalibus fecundis,
pedunculis geminatis : altero bifloro.
HERMANNIA flammea ; foliis cuneiformibus apice truncato r
denticulatis planis, calycibus patentiffimis.
Jacq. Hart. Schoenb. 129.
HERMANNIA flammea. mild. Sp. PI. 3. p. 595. Per/. Syn.
2. 1. 217. Bot. Rep of. 550.
Desc. A low fhrub : tranches weak, rough, reddifh brown.Leaves wedge-fhaped, truncated and ufually three-toothed ;
Sometimes, the outer teeth being truncated, the leaf becomesobfoletely five-toothed, naked. Stipules two, linear-lanceolate,
nearly half the length of the leaf. Flowers grow in terminal
racemes looking one way. Peduncles nodding, two together,
°ne of which is two-flowered, the other fingle-flowered. Brakesthree, at the bafe of the peduncles, like the ftipules, and fromtwo to four fmaller ones near the flower. Calyx campanulate,very patent, fcariofe. Corolla of five petals very much twifted,
externally of a deep orange or flame-colour, internally a very
Pale yellow : petals remain long firmly twifted together, andare fcldom completely expanded. Stamens five ; filaments united.
Anthers
Anthers oblong, incumbent. Gertnen five-angled. Styles five,
united, longer tban the ftamens.
The flowers are very odoriferous after funfet, but appeared
to us to be fcemlefs during the day. Jacquin fays they
fmell like new hay, but does not mention whether by night or
in the daytime.
This fhrub flowers in the greenhoufe, during moll of the
fummer ; was introduced from the Cape by Georgei Hib-bert, Efq. at whofe garden at Clapham our drawing was taken
feveral years ago ; but our description laft fummer at Mr.Knight's, Nurferyman, in the King's-Road, Little Chelfea,
the prefent pofleflbr of Mr. Hibbert's collection. Native of
the Cape of Good Hope and eafily propagated by cuttings.
M°J3so.
JytZ^E<2wardsZ3~l, ±>ub.by S. Curtur WmS**rtk fan*.l*L'
C *35° ]
Astragalus sinicus. UmbellatedAstragalus,
C/t7/} dW Order.
DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
Generic Charafter.
Carina obtufa. Legum. biloculare aut fubbilocularc futurainfcriore introflexa.
Specific Character and Synonyms,
ASTRAGALUS finicus s caulefcens proftratus, umbellis pc-
dunculatis, legurainibusprifmaticis triquetris
ereclis apice tubulatis. Linn. Mant. 103.Reich. 3. p. 534. Mill. Philof. Tranf. 1764.
p. 138. n. 2059. Willd. 3. p. 1292. Thunb.
Jap. 290. iVr/^ Syn. 2. p. 335. Decand.
Ajlrag. 97.ASTRAGALUS loioides ,* caulefcens glaber ramofus, foliolis
fubtrijugis ovalibus, pedunculis axillaribus
folio longioribus capitatis, leguminibus reclis
triquetris acuminatis. Pa//. Ajlrag. n. 106".
£#///. £«r. 316.
Desc. Root annual. Stems decumbent. Leaves on long
footftalks, odd-pinnate : leaflets four pair, obovate, dillant,
minutely ciliated and hairy underneath. Stipules two, ovate-
acuminate, erecl, inferted below the petiole. Peduncles axillary,
jolitary, nearly equaling the leaf in length. Plozvers in a
nemifpherical umbel on very fhort nodding pedicles. Calyx
«ve-toothed : teeth nearly equal, the two upper ones morediftant. Corolla papilionaceous: vexilhtm obcordate, reflected
at the fides, pale purple, ftreaked in the middle : wings white,
obliquely truncate : keel longer than the wings, broad and of a
deep
deep purple colour at the extremity, two-petaled : petals ad-
hering at the under edge. Filaments diadelphous, one and
nine, diftin£l at the upper part. Germen very (lender, nar-
rowed at both ends : Jiyie Tubulate : fligma rounded. Theleaves have a grateful (cent, fomewhat refembling that of fome.
freih apples.
This is the only krown ipecies of Aftragalus with flowers
growing in an umbel, in the manner of a Coronilla. It is a
pretty, delicate plant, propagated by feeds only, which fhould
be raifed on a hot-bed in the fpring and planted in the openborder the latter end of May or beginning of June. Being a
native of China and Japan, where, according to Thunberc,it abounds by the wayhde, it is probably not very tender.
It is however with us very rare, occurring neither in Aiton'sHortus Kewenfis, nor Donx's Hortus Cantabrigienfis, thoughwe have, in our pofleffion, a fpecimen gathered in the latter
garden, about forty years ago, by Mr. Lyo.vs.
Communicated feveral years fince by Mr. Loddiges, fromhis garden, at Hackney.
mi3si.
.JT-Ea'-wonir D-i'. JUih rtfi JenJJMS
C i35i ]
TropvEolum peregrinum. Ciliated
Trop/eolum, or Indian-Cress.
Oafs and Order.
OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.
Generic Character.
Cal. i-phyllus, calcaratus. Petala 4, inzequalia. Bacc<e 3,ficcgE, i-fpermEe. x
Specific Charctfler and Synonyms.
TROPyEOLUM peregrinum ; foliis fubpeltatis fubreniformi-
bus 5— 7-lobis, petalis minoribus ciliato-
laceris.
TROP/EOLUM peregrinum ; foliis fubpeltatis quinque-lobis
dentatis, petalis ciliato-laceris-. Syjl. Vcg.
357. Reich. 2. 145. 2. 299. Matt. Mill.
Dill.
TROP/EOLUM peregrinum. Willi. 2. 299. Hort. Schsenb*
98. Bot. Repof 597.CARDAMINDUM quinquefolii folio, vulgo Malla. fituilt.
Peruv. 2. p. 756. /. 42. ?
Desc. Root annual. Stem rounded, fmootb, climbing.
leaves on long petioles, which a£t as tendrils, fabpelrate, the
lootftalk being inferted near the edge, not in the centre as in
viajus, hollowed at the bafe, five-lobed, lobes rounded, ter-
minated with a fmall macro : tjie lower leaves are cut into
•even 'obes, which are again divided. Peduncles folitary,
a*: tary, one-flowered, equal to the leaf. Calyx pufhed in at
the bafe, five-cleft; fegments nearly equal, bilabiately ar-
ranged : upper lip terminated in a funnel-lhaped fpur orSectary, fubulate, and hooked at the end- Corolla pale yellow,ringent, five-petaled, inferted into the calyx ; two upper petals
large,
large, cut into five laciniae, obtufe with a mucro, inferted by
claws into the middle fegment of the upper lip of the calyx:
three inferior, fpathular-fhaped, lacerate -ciiiate. Filaments
eight, inferted into the bafe of the calyx. Anthers four-
grooved. Gcrmen 3-lobed, three-cornered. Style fhorter than
filaments. Stigmas tripartite, acute.
Tafte of the flower more bitter and biting than that of
Trop/eolum majus.
In the above defcription we have, with Jacquin, called the
large petals fuperior, fome authors fpeak of them as the
inferior, in which cafe the flower muft be confidered as reverfed
or refupinate.
As Feu 1 l lee makes no mention of the fmall petals being
fringed, and they appear entire in his figure, we much doubt
whether the fpecies defcribed by him be the fame as ours.
It is a tender annual and a great climber ; has not, that weknow of, hitherto fucceeded in the open air, but will probably,
like the Marvel of Peru, become accuftomed to the climate
after a few generations, if ripe foeds (hall be produced here.
Mr. Lambert cultivated it in a melon-frame, where it (lowered
freely, but did not ripen its feeds. Our drawing was taken at
Mr. Vere's garden.
M°ZM2.
C 135* D
Aloe foliolosa. Small-leaved Aloe,
#»»»Oafs and Order,
{Iexandria Monogynia.
Generic Qjaracler.
Inflorefc. feorfim bra&eata. Cal. o. Cor. infera, tubulofo-iexfida vel hexapetaloideo-partita in tubum connivens, orefummo regulari patula vel recurvatim bilabiata, carnofulanrma, direfta flexave, erefta pendulove-cernua ; laciniis ligu-
Jatis, exterioribus interiores altcnas ifometras bifve longiores
imbricantibus. Statn. immediate hypogyna, deflexo -a/Tur-
gentia, Iongitudine alternantia, tubo sequalia vel exferta.til. tereti -gracilefcentia (in quibufdam Jlatim pofl anth.Jin
fiexitofe detenfa velutque art'uulofa). Anth. ereQae, oblungae.
Stylus exfertus vel fubnullus trifulcus. Stigm. {implex,vfl 3 minuta replicata. Cap/. ere£ta, membranacea, fcariofa,
aiveiTimode oblongata, rotunde acuteve trigona, venofa
;
tnloc., trivalv., valvis medio feptigeris. Seta, numerofa, bi-
ferialia, fubronindo-complanata alata, angulofave angulis mem-branacee extenuatis. G.
Obs. Plantae perennes fempervirentes flolonifira alterne indivife at
epetiolate crafiifolia ; rhizoma nunc exititer fujiforme neque ex humoemergens, nunc in caudicem pahnotdee arboreum ac Jlolonizanter ramofumaJ[urgens ; fotia fuccofa, convolute amplexicauh'a, plurifariam difpoftta,
fnodo bifaria a piano obverfa yrarhts decujfata \ imbricatlm amb entia, modo
'quitantia, raro dijlantia ; radicatia, vel inferiorum cafu excelfe terminalia,
nunc axim afummo ad imum compaEle loricantia ; fquamiformia vel fupra*res pedes longa ; pulvlnatim laxata vel hinc glbbofa velpiano-convexe deprejfa ;°l> mfra latioribus cufpidatim attenuata, nunc linguiformia rotundn fine ter-
minala ; lavia, vel tuberibus vcrmculis papillifve cartdagineis in parte vel
totaliterfcabrata aut tantum marginata ; nuda, vel fpinis mollibus innocuis
Vel durijjimis pungentibus quadantenus aut per tolum muricata, duntaxatve
aliata; caul is in/erfoliaceusftmplex vel ramofus, foliolis bracleaformibusVag's perpetuus vel multis fquamatus ; racemus [ut et partiaies) umbellatimcr>ntruclus, velfpicatim pyramidatus, vel diffuft ehngaius ; pcdiccWlfubnuUic ollamve a:quantes
y umfori, eretli refraBeve collapfi, bradea ipfts longiore
bfoe breviore except:'. A confermina TritOMA dignfeatur capfula ne-
Ifaquam cartilaginea nee o-vata, femitiibus marginatis, corolla carnofiore neque
(fquatis imbricationis rugisj expticata, Jlaminibus declinato-'wflexiSy foliorum
"yuper habitu haudquaq'uam Jcirpoidee gramineo. G.Specific
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALOE foliolofa ,• (caudex totaliter imbricato -foliatus ; flora
e minoribusi
erefli, regulares ;) foliis plurifariam am-
bientibus, fquamiformibus, ovato-acuminatis, tranf-
verfim latioribus, parum (pro genere) craflis, rigidis,
glabris (junioribus pcrobjcure denticulatis), fupra patulis,
caudicem a fummo ad imum fquarrofo-loricantibus
;
caule fimplici, filiformi^ flexili ; racemo laxo ;pedi-
cellis corolla duplo brevioribus ; corolla re£ta, cylin-
dracea rotundatis angulis, ore breviffimo regulari
patula; ftaminibus inclufis. (7.
ALOE Joliolofa. tiaworth. Linn, Tranf. 7. 7. n. 3. Hort. Kezv.
ed. 2. v. 2. 298.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it has
been introduced into our gardens, by Mr. Masson, fince the
publication of the Hortus Kewenfis. The leaves are the
fmalleft and thinneft of any fpecies known to us, of a dark
green colour. Nearly allied to fpiralis. Is propagated with
more difficulty, but blooms more freely than that. May be
kept in the common greenhoufe. Had never been diftin&ly
recorded by any author preceding Mr. Haworth, to which
gentleman we are indebted for the fpecimen. G.
W13J3.
J7j'an/b'Tt
C 1353 ]
Aloe recurva. Recurved Aloe.
jfo.jtt. >'*.AA-A »''.. A.jit. >'*.jfe. iicJ^L tk. alt «ls. A »!* >'i. \'»*j. jfPTfrTjrTp •,» •>,» v,» <j» *,» «i» VjT *,tv,» *ji sjt" v,v v,«r »j&"Vj«"
C7<z/i #;/;/ Order.
Hexandria MonoGYNIA.
Generic Character.—Fid. No. 1352.
Specific Characler and Synonyms.
ALOE recurva ; (ecaudicata ; fiores a minorthus%
erecli, bi-
labiati ;) foliis paucis, radicalibus, plurifariam am-bientibus, recurve divaricatis, brevibus, pulvinato-
craflis, oblongo - attenuatis, piano convexis, rore
canis, a fupino glabratis lineifque paucis fatura-
tioribus infcriptis, a prono denfe papillofis, margine
cartilagineo-ferrulatis ; caule tenui flexili ; racemolaxo ; corolla ab imo gibberula attenuato-tubulofa ;
riclurevolutim difpanfo; ftaminibus tuboaequalibus. G.
ALOE recurva. Havoorth. Linn. Tratif. 7. 10. n. 17. Hart.
Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. 300.ALOE tricolor. Id. foe. cit. App. 25. n. 2.
ALOE venofa. Lam. Encyc. 1. 89. n. 16.
ALOE americana Hyacinth? flore. V/einm. Phyt. t. 71. «.
ALOE africana humilis foiio nonnihil reflexo, floribus ex
albo et rubro variegatis. Commeb Pralud. 80. fig. 29.
A native of the Cape of Good Hope ; from whence it was
introduced into the Dutch gardens by Governor VanderSt el, in 1701 ; into the Englifh, more recently, by Mr.Masson. The leaves are very apt to turn red, if long ex-
pofed in the open air. Mr. Haworth, from whom we hadthe fpecimen, tells us that it is very apt to rot ; and that
rnon ihan ufual care is required to preferve it.
Our fpecimen is fomewhat Imaller than thofe figured byWeinman and Commelin ; thefe were probably older, orbad been better cultivated. Seems to us to be intermediate
between rigida and arachnoides. G.
Pui.Sy S-G+r&r
C *354 ]
Aloe mirabilis. Rough-leavedCushion Aloe.
# $ $» $$$ $ 4t $ fr fr $.$
Oafs and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Characlcr.—Fid. No. 1352.
. Specific CbaracJer and Synonyms.
ALOE mirabilis ; (ecaitdicata • fores e minorthus% erefli, bi-
lahiati ;) foliis radicalibus, compa&e ambientibus,
brevibus, pulvinato -incraffatis, tcneris, femi-rhombeo-
oblongatis ; introrfum, ventricofis declive truncatis
laevibus lineis faturatioribus verticaiiter infcriptis ; dorfo
fubcarinato convexis papillofe fcabratis acumine con-
tinue) ; margine atque carina demiculatis ; caule
fimplici gracili flexili ; racemo remotius paucifloro ;
corolla tubulofa angulis rofundatis, ad terdam ufque
revoluto-bilabiata; laciniis utriufque labii ab invicem
difcedentibus ; flaminibus tubum asquantibus. G.
ALOE mirabilis. Haworth. Linn. Tranf. 7. 9. n. 13. Hort.
Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. 300.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; from whence it was
brought into our gardens by Mr. Masson in 1790. Seems to
be intermediate between arachnoides and retufa ; by fome it maybe fufpefted to be a mere variety of the latter, or a mule of
the two fpecies. We are indebted to Mr. Haworth for
the fpecimen. Should be kept in the common greenhoufe ;
requires no particular care. The foliage is of a darker green
than that of retufa. G.
ERRATANo. 1346, 1. 8. pro * crajjene e longe" lege " crajfe neclonge"No. 1347, pag. alt. 1. 19. for u corolla of a pale rufty yellow colour," rea4
** corolla from a reddifh white fading to a pale rufty yellow colour."
X'isss.
•'d'KEJvrarJo'Lrl
C *355 1
Aloe virens. Apple-green-leaved
Aloe.
4 »»»»»» $ » » »»» » & »$
+
C/o/ir #;/^ Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.—/^/. iV5?. 1352.
Specific Charafter and Synonyms.
ALOE virens ; (fubcaudefcens ; fiores e majori&us, cylindrid%
rec7t\ cernui ;) caudice fubnullo vel brevi ; foliisfafci-
culatim ambientibus, recurvato divaricantibus, ligu-
lato-attenuatis, plano-convexis, ab acie curvatis,
tenerioribus, a prona parte albo rariter a fupina
parciffime ac prominule guttatis, ad oram molliter
diftanter ac direfte fpinofis ; racemo diftanti, diffufe
fpicato ; pedicellis afcendentibus, corolla bis brevioribus
braclea duplo longioribus ; corolla pendula, clavato-
tubulofa, rotundate trigona, ab ima anguftiore ven-
tricofo-dilatata, conniventer patula, laciniis ad mediumfere ufque conferventibus ; ftylo exferto. G.
ALOE virens. Haworth. Linn. Tranf. 7. 17. n. 34.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Nearly allied to
humilis. The caitdex is fometimes fcarcely above the level ofthe ground, at others half a foot high, throws out abundance°f fuckers, fo as to become bufhy ; leaves of a bright apple-
green colour 5 about an inch broad at their bafe ; flowers of a
yellowifh red tint, about an inch and half long. Blooms in
the autumn. Of eafy culture.
We never faw this plant in any other collection than that ofMr. Haworth, where our drawing was taken. Moft probablyintroduced fince the publication of the Hortus Kewenfis. Wecan find no traces of it in any book known to us. Can hardlyhave been confounded with the varieties of humilis ? G.
Jffasf.
WniwcrtA J^e-i. 1.2811.
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Hibiscus surattensis. Prickly-stalked
Hibiscus.
C7^/> ii«i Order,
MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA*
Generic Charafter,
CaJ, duplex : exterior polyphyllus. Stigmata 5. Cap/. 5-locularis, polyfperraa.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
HIBISCUS furattenfis ; recurvato-aculeatus, foliis quinque-
lobis, calycibus exterioribus appendiculeatis fti-
pulis femicordatis, floribus pedunculatis. Sp. PL
979 $yft' Vegtt* 630. Burnt, Ind. 152. Reich 3.
p. 363." Wiltd. 3. 824. Mart. Mid. Di&. n. 27.
Loureiro Cochin. 420 ? hjort. Keiv 2. />. 457.HIBISCUS aculeis recurvis, foliis digitals, Calycibus appen-
diculatis. Cav. Dtff 3. p. 149. /. 53. /. 1.
KETMIA indica fpinulofa profunde laciniata, Acetofse fapore*
Burm. Zeyl 135.Herba crinalium vulgaris 1. fylveftris. Rumph, Ami. 4.^.41.
t, 16.
The variety j3 of Linn^us, Narinam-pouilli of the Hortus
Malabaricus, is probably a diftinct fpecies. Perhaps Lou-Re iro's plant, which differs from ours in being a fhrub ofthe growth of fix feet or more, and in having flowers faffron-
coloured within and very red without, alfo belongs to that, orJ s different from both.
Rumf alfo aefcribes two fpecies or varieties of his Hsrbacrinalium
t the domejhca and fylveftris. To the former heafcribes a perennial root, and fpeaks of it as forming a large
wide-fpreading fhrub, with extremely tough braqches, but
green and not ligneous. The latter he fays is herbaceous,
with
with weak trailing flems, unable to fupport themfelves without
the affiftauce of feme neighbouring bufh. The flowers ofboth are fimilar to thofe of our plant, which exaftly corre-
fponds with his defcription of the latter. Some of the leaves
are three-lobed, others five-lobed. The leaves of all thefe
plants are gratefully acid, and, on that account, are ufed as
culinary herbs.
Native of the Eaft-Indies, cultivated by Philip Miller,in 1768. It is a tender annual, and muft be raifed in a hot-
bed or Hove. Flowers in July ; rarely ripens its feeds with
us. Is very beautiful, though without fcent, and its flowers
are expanded but a few hours, and that in fine weather only.
Communicated by MefTrs. Loddiges and Sons.
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DlOSMA PULCHELLA. BLUNT-LEAVED
DlOSMA.»**»Clafs and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Cbaracler.
Cor. 5-petaIa. Neclaria 5 fupra germen. Cap/. 3 f. 5, coalitae.
Semina calyptrata.
Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms.
DlOSMA pulchella ,- foliis ovatis obtufis glandulofo-crenatis,
floribus geminis axillaribus. Sx/1. Veg. 239.DlOSMA pulchella; foliis ovatis glandulofo-crenatis glabris,
floribus axillaribus geminis. Tbunb. Prod. 43.Willi. 1. 1140.
HARTOGIA pulchella. Berg. Cap. 69. Sxft. Nat. p. 625.SPIRAEA capenfis fpicata ferpyiii folio margine quafi per-
forato. Raj. App. 249. n. 67.
Linnius, in the twelfth edition of the vegetable kingdomin his Syftema Naturae, had adopted the divifion of the genus
Diofma, propofed dvBergius; feparating fuch as had the
male and female flowers diftinft and only three capfules, underthe name of Hartogia : and this fpecies, though it agreed in
the latter refpecT: only, was united with the new genus. But
Li n n.£ u s foon found that in this polymorphous genus, there
were no characters thendifcovered, fufficiently ftable to grounda diftin&ion upon ; and in the thirteenth edition of the
Syftema Vegetabilium he again reduced the whole under
Diofma.
Diosma pulchella is a very beautiful little fhrub, producing
its lively flowers in great profufion throughout moft of the
fummer. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, requiring onlyto be protected from froft. Introduced into the Kew GardenDy Mr. Francis Masson, in 1787. Our drawing was madeat the moft extenfive collection of Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy,Hammerfmith.
Nfjase.
H&.&o-J Curtur Whl:wr?hFe.b.l.li
C 1358 ]
JUSTICIA NERVOSA. BlUE-FLOWERED
JUSTICIA.
Cla/s and Order.
DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA,
Generic Character.
Cal, (implex vel duplex. Cor. irregularis vel fubregularis.
Cap/. 2-valvis, 2-locularis : diffepimentum valvis contrarium :
retinaculis feminum uncinulatis.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms,
JUSTICIA nervo/a ; (calyce duplicit antheris parallelis) fpicis
axillaribus terminalibufque imbricatis, brafteis ob-longis venofis foliifque ovatis acuminatis. VahLEnum. 1. p. 164. Hort. Kew. fed. 2.) 1. p. 42.
JUSTICIA pulchella; (calyce duplice) corollis fubaequalibus
:
laciniis oblongo-femiorbiculatis planis, foliis el-
liptico-ovatis acutis glabris rugofis obfolete den-
tatis, filamentis compreffis bafi tortis. (Ker)
Recen/. Plant. Repof. p. 41.
JUSTICIA pulchella. Roxb. Corom. 2. p. 41. /. 177.ERANTHEMUM pulchellum. Bot. Repof, 88. Donn Hort,
Cant. ed. 4. p. 4.
RUELLIA varians. Ventenat Celf. 46.
The late Profeflbr Vahl, in his Enumeratio Plantarum,
in which he has recorded no fewer than one hundred and fixty-
feven fpecies of Jufticia, has arranged this under his 5th feftion,
containing thofe that have a fingle calyx, and a nearly equal
corolla. It feems however more properly to belong to his
firft feftion, thofe with a double calyx and parallel anthers.
*VVe have uniformly found, within the large brafte, a glume-
like two-valved outer calyx, clofely embracing the tube of
the
the inner or true calyx, as mentioned by Mr. Ker, in the
fynonym above quoted. In other refpects, Vahl's description
agrees with oui own obfervations.
Perhaps the outer calyx in this and in every other Justicia,
where it occurs, may be more properly considered as two
{mailer biattes. 1 he ftruclure is exactly the fame in Cros-sandra unduUfolia of Salisbury, except that m the latter
the two inferior bra£tes are equal in length to the exterior.
Indeed thefe two plants appear to us to have fo near an affinity,
as to throw great difficulty in the way of eftablifhing Cros-sandra as a diftinft genus; for the mere circumltance of
two or four anthers does not feem fufficient to form a generic
diftin&ion, and on this account Ruellia is not eafily feparable
from Jufticia.
As the fpecific name of pukhcUa was applied not only by the
author of lhe Botamft's Repository, but by his reviewer, whoreduced it to the genus Jusncr\, prior to Vahl's publica-
tion, and had been fiuce adopted by Dr. Roxburgh, wethink it mould have been retained by the author of the
Hortus Kewenfis. But as the latter work will probablv beconfidered as the ftandard for names of plants cultivated in
this country, we give up our own opinion, rather than run the
rifk of adding to the confufion of the nomenclature.Native of marfhy places on the coaft of Coromandel.
Requires a bark ftove, where it flowers very nearly the wholeof the year. Introduced into Kew Gardens, by Mr. Petes^Good, in the year 1796. Propagated by cuttings.
jv/iMp.
l*mraLrZ)*l .TUbby-d: <W^- WaJvrprff, Te.}. 1.2811. J^ifan/trmi-fc-
[ 1359 ]
Nymph^ea nitida. Cup-flowered
Water-Lily.
Clafs and Order.
POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.
Generic Charafter,
Cat, 4—5-phyllus. Petala plurima germini fub ftaminibus
inferta. Stigma radiatum, feffile, medio neclariferum. Baccafupera, multilocularis, polyfperma. Smith.
Specific Characler.
NYMPH^EA nitida; foliis fuborbiculatis integerrimis ; lobis
obtufiflimis: venisutrinqae exaratis, rhizomate
perpendicular!, petalis obtufis calycem tetra-
phyllum aequamibus.
That this fpecies, which is very nearly related to Nym-ph^a odorata (vid. No. 819) is really diftinct, we are per-
fuaded by the obfervations of Mr. Anderson, Gardener to
James Vere, Efq. of Kenfington Gore. This intelligent
cultivator finds that the roots afford the moft difcriminative
characters in this genus, and at once point out a real difference
between thefe two nearly allied fpecies. In nitida the root-
ftock is perpendicular and does not feem ever to acquire any
confiderable length, whereas in odorata, this part extends ho-
rizontally along the mud, in the fame manner as in alba.
Nymph/ea nitida feems to require the conftant heat of a ftove
or hot-bed to preferve it alive, whilil odorata is now found to
be quite hardy. We have not been able to learn of what
country nitida is a native, but from the above circumftance
it probably belongs to a tropical clime. The flowers are
without fcent. We are not yet fatisfied whether the finking
of the veins below the furface of the leaf, which in this inftance
was the cafe on both fides, be a conftant and permanent cha-
racter, or variable according to the age of the leaf or from
other accidental circumftances. Is propagated by offsets.
Bloiioms in Auguft. Drawn at Mr. Vere's garden in Auguft,
tymo.
JyJ^rfwardrDet f^i $y SOtrfis* WatrorHi^ifarJ.lS/J
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[ 136° ]
ALOE MARGARITIFERA (y); MINIMA. LEASTPearl-Aloe.
* jtM » J* f ijiit
C/<t/} <7«i Order.
Hexandria Monocynia.
Generic Charatier.—Vid. No. 1352.
Specific CbaracJer and Synonyms.
ALOE margaritifera ; (ecaudicata ; flores e minoribust erecli,
bilabiati ;) foliis plurimis, radicalibus, aggregatim
ambientibus, varie patentibus, rigidis, pulvinato-
craffis, fubulato-lanceolatis, gibbis, bullulis cartila-
gineis margaritaceo - candicantibus undique afperfis,
carinato-cufpidatis ; caule firmulo, ramofo ; racemoerefto laxius multifloro ; bra&eis ovato-acutis, fub-
undulatis, brevibus ; pedicellis corolla quinquies brc-
vioribus fubnullifve ; corolla ereclo - divergente, e
deorfum ventricofiore tubulofe coarclata, fexftriata,
ad quartam circiter bilabiato-foluta ; laciniis fuperi-
oribus ereclioribus explicatioribus imbricato-conver-
gentibus media lat'orc, infimarum lateralibus convoluto-
anguftatis recurvato-varicatis ; ftaminibus tubo inclufis;
ftylo craflo brevi, apiculo ftigmatofo trilobulato-
depreflo. G.ALOE margaritifera. Hort. Kew. 1. 468. Gartn.Sem. 1.67.
/. 1 7. f. 5. Mart. Mill. Dicl. Hazvor/b Linn. Tranf.
7.11/n. 19. Decand PL Gr.fol.tf. Willd. Sp. PL
2. 188. Supra No. 815. Hort. Ktw. ed. 2. v. 2. 301.
ALOE pumila. Tbunb. Dig. n. 8. Prod. 61.
ALOE pumila. margaritifera. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2. t. 460.A. foliis ovato-fubulatis acuminatis tuberculis cartiiagineis,
undique alperfis. Mill. Dicl. ed. 7. n. 14.
(«.) major.
A. africana folio in fummitate triangulari margaritifera flore
funvir^di.. Comm. Hort. Amji. 2. 19. tab. 10.
A. africana marg \ntifera foliis uadique verrucis numerofiffirn.s.
Bradl. Sitcc. 3. p. l. /. 21.
(j3.) minor.
(j3.) minor. Supra No. 815. Decand. I. c. cum tab.
A. africana margaritifera minor. Comm. Hort. 2. 21. t. 11.
DHL Hort. Elth. 19. /. 16. /. 17.
(y.) minima. Supra No. 1360.
A. africana margaritifera minima. DHL Hort. Elth. 20. t. 16.
/. 18. Com. Pr<el. p. 43.
We refer to No. 815 for a general account of the fpecies.
To this we have nothing to add, but that for media, minor fhould
be fubftituted as the fubfpecific diftinQion, and in the laft
line but one of the fecond page for " fmalleft" K fecond" is to
be read. We had theprefent fpecimen from Mr. Ha worth'scollection. G.
M°13<fl.
C 13G1 3
Aloe Arachnoides (/3.) pumila. Dark-leaved Spider-Aloe.
$ jjHjt sM» # sNhJi JhJhMe fr>
£/«//> and Order.
Hexandria Monouyma.
Generic Character,— Vid. No. 1352.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
ALOE arachnoides. Vid.fupra No. 1314.
(«.) major communis s foiiis margine dorfo atque cufpide mem-branaceo cchinatis. G. Vide Jupra No. j^6t
ubi fymnymaipfuis varieLitis propria ; quibus addas. Hort. Kew* ed. 2. 2.
((3.) pumila; ctefpitofim ftolonifera, minor; foiiis atrovirend-
bus, herbaceo-fpinulofe dentads, dorfo papilhilofis. G.
A. arachnoides ; pumila. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 301. IVilld.Sp.
PL 2. 188.
A. pumila. Haworth. Linn. Tranf. 7. 10.
A. atrovirens. Decand. PL Gr. tab. 51.
A. pumila. 1. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1. 460.
A. herbacea. Mill. Dtft. ed. 8. n. 18.
A. africana minima atroviridis, fpinis herbaceis numerofis
ornata. Boerh. tni. Alt. 2. 131. Mill. Diet. ed. 7. a. 18.
(y.) reticulata j foiiis obefioribus, obtufiufculis, paiiidis, venis
tranflucentibus reticulatim infignitis, glabris, margine a?que
carina rotundatis obfoleteque denticulatis. G. Vid.fupra
No. 1314.A. reticulata. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 229.
{$.) travjheens : foiiis dilutiffime virentibus pellucidis, margine
atquc carina dentads, cufpide non echinata; fcapo fquamis
crebrioribus. G.
A. tranjlucens. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 300. Hazvor/h. Limn. Trauf.
7. 10. 8.15.A. pumilio. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. v. 4. tab. 34.
We have here enumerated four plants, by many confidered
aw diftinft fpecies, for varieties of" each other. We do not
mean
mean to be pofitive of their being fo, finee we do not knowfor certain that they have fprung from the feed of one ftock ;
but merely to (hew that they feem to us to differ, only by fuch
modes as are analogous to the modes, by which we have ob-ferved indifputable varieties to differ the one from the other
elfewhere. For thofe who think differently from us, we haveattached, by way of fubfpecific diftinclions, the fpecific namesgiven to them by others, to be retained at difcretion. The prefent
plant has been recorded as a variety of a, in both editions ofthe Hortus Kewenfis ; although «?, Mill lefs diftinft, has beenfpecifically fepaiated as well as y ; which laft however differs the
molt of the two. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Weare obliged to Mr. Haworth for the prefent fpecimen. G.
\:*J36'2.
[ i362 ]
Aloe mitr^.formis(/3.) brevifolia. LeastMitre-Aloe.
Clafs and Order.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Charatier.—Fid. No. 1352.
Specific Charabler and Synonyms.
ALOE mitraformis ; (caudcx annofior fuborgyatist defuperne
humotcnus defoliates ; fores e majoribus, pendulo-eernui,
reb~li ;) foliis fparfe ambientibus, fucculento-fragilibus,
ovato-acuminatis concaviufculis, fubtus fubcarinato-
convexis furfum incurvulis (forma fere depreffo-navi-
cularij dentibus cartilagineis brevibus diftantius mar-ginatis, a prono fsepius acumina nonnulla vaga exferen-
tibus, fummis confertioribus fubcapitato-conniventibus,
inferioribus fentim difiantioribus ; fcapo fimpiici vel
corymbofo ramofo ; racemo crebro multifloro oblato-
cylindrico vel umbellato-contrafto retrorfum imbri-
cato ; pedicellis divaricantibus corolla fubifometris
braftea bis terve longioribus ; corolla re&o-tubulofa,
fexpartito-foluta, rotundato-trigona, ore brevi regulari
patula; antberis akernis fubemicantibus. G.
ALOE mitr<eformis. a. Fid. fiipra No. 1270, ubi fynonyma
videnda ei propria.
ALOE mitraformis. (3. brevifolia ; foliis ovatis brevibus dif-
tantibus fubtus tuberculatis. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2.
294 ; (ad u. reduela figura ex Decandolleo ibi minus
rctte ad j3. allegata.)
A. brevifolia. Haworlb. Linn. Tranf. 7. 23. «. 51.
A. mitrteformis ; angultior. ( Le petit mitre.) Lamarck. Eneye,
1. 87.A. prrfoliata. ?r. brevifolia. Hort. Kew. 467.
Obs. Aloe brevifolia. Decand. PI. Gr. 81, omrtinc alia ac diver-
fflinia fpecits. G.
We
We do not find the prefent plant diftinctly noticed in any
work prior to the firft edition of the Hortus Kewenfis. Wecannot agree with Mr. Haworth in confidering it as a different
fpeciesfrom the larger plant already given in No. 1 270. Native
of the Cape of Good Hope. We have feen it with a ftem
more than three feet high. Our drawing was taken from a
plant that flowered at Mr. Loddiges's Nurfery, Hackney. G.
ERRATUM.
No« *353» !• »8. for f Id" read " Hanuorth"
ATjafc.
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Strumaria crispa. Glittering-flowered
Strumaria.
C/<z/j a»<i Order,
Hexandria Monogykia.
Generic Charatler.
Spatha conduplicato-bivalvis, generalis. CaL o. Cor, fupcra,
erefta nutanfve, regularis, fubaequalis, hexapetalo partita vcl
raro bafi in tubulum breviffimum connexa, turbinato-campa-
nulata vel rotata laciniis elliptico lanceoiatis. Slaw, incraflato
corollae fundulo defixa, breviora vel exferta, credo divergentia,
alterna parum muhumve longioia. til. tereti gracilefcentia,
libera vel deorfum monadelphice vel nunc akerne et cumftylo gynandrice connata. Anth. fubovato-oblongae, erectse,
extrorfae, fiiamentis aliquoties breviores. Stylus fufiformi-aci-
cularis, ftri&iflime direftus, fulcato-alatove triqueter, fupra
bafin varie protuberans, ftaminibus aequalis duplove brevior.
Stig. 3, lobuliformia attenuata, replicata aut in cufpidem con-junct. Capf. membranacea, rotundo-turbinata, tritorofa, 3-
loc, 3-valv., valvis medio feptigeris. Sem. biferialia, globofa,
in loculamento pauca vel modo unicum bulbiliofo-laxatum
albumine herbaceo-emollito. G.
Obs. Bulbus tunicafus, membranaao-ve/litus ; folia e vagina radical*)
duo-plura, fliformia lorato-obhnga, crajjiufcula, a plan? bifariam
oppc/ita, nunc/capo tardiora ; umbella a parca laxa ad congejle mulfira-
diatam, fpatham tranfeuns, bra£tearum ramentisfwpe intcrjUncla. Modoaccedunt ffrumae 3 interJlylum et ftamina cum eo non cancreta tnatce. In
bulbifpermis pericarpium tenuius ac a nimio pramaturoque foetus increment*?
irregulariter rumpendum. A LeucojO dignofcatur fpjtha neutiquam fol-
liculofa a latere dehifcente, antherifque filament aliquoties breviiribus
apice nee demijfo neque hiante. In hoc genere definiendoy Jiyli Jlrumofo
auclu duntaxat nifus, Jlriclam ejujdem naturam inconfuliius negkxit Jac-quinus ; ac inde perperam ftellarem et crifpam Amaryllidi bus per-
mijeuit. Difcrepat HjEMAitTHofpatha haudquaquam pa rivalvi capjula-
que baud baccata, G.
Specific Charatler and Synonyms.
STRUMARIA crifpa ,• foliis binis, angufte linearibus, cana-
liculars, divaricantibus, utrifque (vel tantum
altera) fcapum poftvenientibus tandemque fu-
perantibus; umbeila laxe pauciflora ; pedi-
cellis craffiufculis, ftri&is, fpatbam duplo
tranfeuntibus,giandulofepun£Hculatis; corolla
iis bis terve breviore quam germen vero toties
longiore>
Jongiore, nutantc, gemmulofo-micante, tur-
binato-rotata, recurvula ; laciniis fubungui-.
culato-lanceolatis utrinque inflexo crifpatis;
iilamentis fubaequalibus liberis, corolia duplo
brevioribus ; antheris ovatis; itylo ftaminibus
bis breviore, prifmatico-fufiformi, trifuico
;
ftigmatibus attenuato-linearibus, replicatim vel
necquicquam difcedentibus. G.
AMARYLLIS crifpa. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. 37. tab. 72.
IVtlld. Sp. PL 2.61. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. 229.
Bulb about the fize of a walnut, outward membrane brown
;
leaves attaining at leaft fix inches in length, one fome-
times preceding the other and appearing nearly at the fame
time with the/cape, which is about four inches high ; pedicles
dark green, rounded triquetral, about an inch and half long;
corolla about nine lines in diameter, white fuffufed with role-
colour, tranfparent when viewed againft the light; is a very
beautiful objecl through a magnifying glafs ; germen fhining,
brownifh ; anthers brown, pollen yellow. Native of the Cape
of Good Hope, from whence it was imported by Mr. Masson,in 1790. Requires to be kept in a greenhoufe ; blooms in
November ; has no fcent that we could perceive. We have to
thank Mr. Cuff, of Curzon-Street, for the very liberal com-munication of the fpecimen, as well as for much kind afiiftance
to the prefent work. G.
Specierum Enumeratio.fpiralis. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 213. Carpolyza. Parad. Lond.
t. 63. Crinum. Bot.Rcpof. t. 92. HiEMANTHUs. Hort.
Kew. 1. 405. Thunb. Prod. 58. IVtlld. Sp. PI. 2. 28.
Crinum tenellum. Jacq. Coll. Sitppl. 43. ic. rar. 2. /. 363.rubella. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 212. Jacq. I. c. 46. /. 358. Willd.
Sp. PL 2.31.ftellaris. nobis. Amaryllis. Hort. Kezv. ed. 2. 2. 229. Jacq.
Hort. Schoenb. 1. /. 71. IVilld. L c. 61.
crifpa. nobis fupra No. 1363. Amaryllis. Hort. Kezv. ed. 2.
/. c. Jacq. L c. 72. Willd. I. c.
undulata. Jacq. Coll. SnppL 50. ic. rar. i. 360. Willd. L c. 32.
linguaefolia. Jacq. I. c. 45. t. 356. Willd. I. c.
truncata. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 212. Jacq. I. c. 47. /• 357.Willd. I. c.
anguftifolia. Hort. Kezv. ed. 2. /. c. Jacq. I. c. 48. /. 359-Willd. I. c.
filifolia. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 213. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. p. 14*
Willd. Sp. PL 2. 213. Leucoj um y?rHj«<3/«w. Hort.
Kew. 1. 407. /. 5. Jac. Coll. 3. 222. Ic. rar. 2. 361,
in ipfa icone nee vera in textus fagina. Thunb. Prod.
5 8 -
M°13#+.
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[ 1364 ]
NYMPHiEA RUBRA (,6) ROSEA, ROSE-colocred Water-Lily.
C/tf/} <w/ Order.
PeNTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.
Generic Characler*
Cal. 4—5-phylIus. /W<z/tf plurima germini fub ftaminibusinferta. Bacca iupera, multilocularis, poly/perma.
Specific Characler and Synonyms.
NYMPHIEA rubra; foliis peltatis dentatis fubtus pubefcenti-
bus immaculatifque. Videfapra No. 1280.m. fioribus fatur atijjhne rubris, foliis obfuris.
0. (rofea) fioribus rofeisy foliisfuperne virentibus maculatis.
While we record this beautiful plant as a variety of Nym-ph*a rubra, we have to obferve that it may perhaps be a
diftinct. fpecies. Mr. Anderson, under whofe care this was
flowered laft fummer at Mr. Vere's, of Kenfington-Gore,
where our drawing was made, has preferved ripe feeds, which
he means to fow, and hopes to be able to determine whether the
apparent differences be permanent or not. In N. rofea the
footftalks are longer than in rubra ; the leaves larger, of a
bright yellowifh green with dark fpots on the upper furface.
Thefe fpots in rubra are fcarcely vifible, on account of the
darknefs of the whole. On the exterior or enveloping leaflet
of the calyx, in the flower bud, there is generally a little in-
dentation towards the point, which Mr. Anderson has not
obferved in rubra ; but, as this nearly difappears in weakly-
flowers, it does not feem to afford any characler. The habit
of both is exafclly fimilar, and the roots of both bear a tuber,
much refembling that of the Jerufalem artichoke (Helianthus
thberofus).
Native of the Eaft-Indies. Requires the heat of a ftove.
jlptsAr.
C 1365 ]
Lotus australis. New-Holland Lotus.
Ai*>y ..*if ^A "if 'if 'if 'If rif.jjf Sk-ifr.. ife y'f JtAA Jt"jp. v,Vjf^r^>' ^ «jv <^^^v^v ^ ^ «p' *?• ijr^'^Jr Tjr
C/4/jr and Order.
DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
Generic Charatler.
Legumen cylindricum ftri&um. Ala furfum longitudinaliter
conniventes. Calyx tubulofus.
Specific Character and Synonym.
LOTUS aujlralis ; capitulis paucifloris bra&eatis, foliolis
ftipulifque obovato-cuneatis aequalibus, leguminibuscylindricis glaberrimis.
LOTUS auftralis. Bot. Repof. No. 624.
Desc. Stem fomewhat woody, reddifh, branched, difFufe,
flexuofe. Leaves trifoliate, petiolated : leaflets obovate, wedge-
fhaped, fometimes quite obtufe with a minute mucro, fome-
times pointed, fmooth above and filky underneath. Stipules
attached to the bafe of the petiole, fimilar and nearly equal in
fize to the leaflets, fo as to give the leaves the appearance of
being quinate. Peduncles axillary, folitary, three times the
length of the leaf, roughifh, ftraight. Flowers bright rofe-
coloured, few, 3—5, growing in a half umbel or capitulum,
nodding, with an ere&, feffile, trifoliate leaf or brafte on one
fide. Calyx fubcampanulate, pubefcent ; teeth 5, bilabiately
arranged, nearly equal, awl-fhaped, longer than the tube.
Corolla papilionaceous : Standard orbicular, emarginate, re-
flexed, whitifh and ftriped at the bafe. Wings fomewhat
lefs, connivent at the upper fides, embracing the keel. Keel
narrow, mucronate. Stamens diadelphous, 1—9. Germen
cylindrical : Jlyle filiform, naked. Stigma fimple. Legume
cylindrical, quite fmooth, twice the length of the calyx. Seeds
many, globular?We
We believe that this plant was firft raifed in this countryfrom feed, from New South- Wales, at the Nurfery of MeflW.Chandler and Buckingham, (then Napier and Chand.les) Vauxhall-Road, from whence we received a flowering
fpecimen in Auguft 1807.
Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated byMeflrs. Loddiges and Sons, the latter-end of July i8og. It
is now not uncommon in feveral nurferies about town.
Among the drawings of New-Holland plants in Sir JosephBanks's library, there is one of a Lotus with red flowers, andleahVs and ftipules very narrow and hairy. This was found in
Thirftv Sound, juft within the tropics, between 22 and 23fouth lati.ude, and, though nearly allied, is undoubtedly adiftin6l fpecies from the one here figured.
Propagated by feeds and by cuttings, and requires onlyprotection from froft.
A&3&'
CCurfa Wa/we>r>A
C 1366 ]
Cnicus spinosissimus. Feathery-headed
Cnicus.
>V V!* '&&&-&•'& *V & *iV, ffr, ifr. &. SS*,! >V .*k
C/^/> #»</ Order.
Syngenesia ^Equalis.
Generic Character.
Calyx ventricofus imbricatus, fquamis fpinofis, obvallatus
bra&eis. Corollula aequales.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CNICUS fpinqjijjimus ; foliis amplexicaulibus finuato-pinnatis
fpinofis, caule fimplici, floribus feffilibus. Sp. PL1157. Mart. Mill. Dtcl. n. 6.
CNICUS Jpinofijfimus. mild. Sp. PI. 3. p. 1684.CARDUUS fptnnfijfimus. Lam. Encyclop. Wood in Cyclopad.
Perfoon Syn. 2, 390. Villars Dauph. 3. p. tuCIRSIUM Jpinofijftmum. Scop. Cam. 2. n. 1006.
CIRSIUM foliis caulinis femipinnatis, pinnis angulofis fpino-
fiffimis, terminantibus mollibus, ciliatis, umbellamfloralem comprehendentibus. Hall. Helv. n. 172.t. S .
CIRSIUM acanthoides, foliorura coma flavefcente, montis
Carthufiani. VailI. n. 1718.CNICUM alpinum humile fpinofum j flore pallente. Ponted.
Epijl. ad Sherardum.
CARDUUS alpinus, fpinofiffimus, polycephalus ; foliis in
fummitate albicantibus, albo flore. Ant. Tita It.
CARXJNA polycephalos alba. Bauh. Pin. 380.
Moft botanifts continue to quote Gmelin's plant (v. 2.
P« 64. t. 25. J as a fynonym of this, although Haller haddenied that it was the fame. We have the additional authorityof our friend, Dr. Smith, who poffeues Gmelin's ownSpecimen, and affures us that it is totally different.
The
The genus Cnicus appearing to Lamarck to be founded
upon too flight characters, he has united it to Carduus, in
which he has been followed by Per soon in his Synopfis,
Wood in the New Cyclopaedia; and by Villars. But in fo
large a genus as Carduus, there is a great convenience in
the feparation, even though not founded upon the founded
principles. We therefore retain the i.innean name of Chic us,
without meaning however to uphold Willdenow in his ac-
cumulation of heterogeneous fpecies under this name.Cultivation, as is ufual in fuch cafes, makes fome change in
the habit ; inHead of the flowers being crowded together at
the extremity of a fimple ftem, thev Hand nearly fingie on fhort
branches, but are each furrounded with beautiful feathery
yellow iflr-white bracle*. Haller dei'cribes not only the
florets but the anthers as yellow-white Vfiofculi cum vagina
ocbrtieui ij
; in our garden fpecimen the latter were blueifh-
purple, the former as defcribed by Haller.Though a native of the herbaceous regions of the Alps of
fouthern Europe, the plant flourifhes extremely in KewGarden, from whence we were favoured, by Mr. Aiton, with
the fpecimen from which our drawing was made, in July laft.
Dr. bMiiH gathered it on little Mount Cenis, in an expedi-
tion recorded in the third volume of his Tour on the Con-tinent, on the 14th of Auguft. " As I look on the fpecimen,"(he fays in his letter on the fubjecr.) " alljhc charming fcene
recurs to my memory." Every one muft have occasionally
witneffed a fimilar feeling. The author has elegantly expa-
tiated on the fame idea in the fecond volume of his Tour,where he remarks that " a plant gathered in a celebrated or
delightful fpot, is like the hair of a friend, more dear to
memory than even a portrait ; becaufe it excites the imagina-
tion, without prefuming to fill it."
To the Readers of the Botanical Magazine,
S the Botanical Magazine certainly owes its repu-
tation, in great meafure, to the excellence of the figures, all
of which, except feventy-five, have been drawn by Mr.Sydenham Edwards, it affords us pleafure in compliance
with his requeft to publifh the following ftatement, in order to
rectify feveral errors of the letter-engraver, that occur in the
early volumes.
Twenty-four plates have Mr. Sowerby's name affixed, but
of thefe the following twelve were in reality drawn by Mr.Sydenham Edwards, viz. No. 18, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31,
34. 35> 36» 3 8>and 43-
Of thofe which bear no draughtfman's name, the fifty-five
following were drawn by Mr. Sowerby (the reft by Mr.Edwards) viz. No. i, 4, 10, 11, 17, 28, 42, 44, 47, 49, 50,
5 1* 5 2
> 54. 55>, 5 6 > 5 8 >6l
» 67, 7°' 7 2> 7 6 » 79. 8o
»85»
from 87 to 109 inclufive, 111, 113, 115, 116, 118, 121.
The laft-mentioned number which occurs in vol iv. andWas publilheci in June 1790, is the laft figure drawn bv Mr.Sowerby. All pofterior to this (except eight bv7 Mr. San-sum, in the fixth volume, to which his name is affixedy wereexecuted by Mr. Sydenham Edwards.
We are induced to republifh the above ftatement, not only
to point out with accuracy, by whom each figure has been
drawn, but likewife becaufe we wifh that the former hand-bill
upon this fubjecl:, which accompanied No. 1232, in vol. xxx.
fhould be cancelled altogether.
t
.
That hand-bill was published in hafte, without reflecting
that fome expreffions contained in it might be hurtful to the
feelings of a friend for whom we have ever entertained the
higheft refpecl and efteem. And Mr. Edwards is himlelf
convinced that the mifreprefentations there complained of,
and which are effectually rectified by the above ftatement, did
not originate in any enmity towards him, but were occafioned
by an inference, natural enough though contrary to the faft,
that not only all thofe figures which had Mr. S >werby'sname affixed to them, were executed by him, but alfo all fuch
as had no name whatever.
A/J30/.
Jfd^gdwmr&nZ/vl. IhyStitf&r Wal+er#u4b>r11911.
C 13^7 ]
Anacampseros filamentosa. ThreadyAnacampseros.
i(f1 1 iHr$fif#% >C/tf/i #»</ Order.
POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.
Generic Character.
Cat. 2-phyllus. Cor. 5-petaIa, fugaciflima. Gz#£ conica,
i-locularis, 3, feu 6-valvis. &w. alata.
O b s . Suffrutlces fucculent<z> foliis carnojis gibbis,Jilpulis lanatis, braftcls
laceris.
Specific Characler and Synonyms,
ANACAMPSEROS filamentqfa ; foliis globofo-ovatrs utrin-
que gibbis araneofis, ftipulis ramentaceis
folio longioribus.
PORTULACA filamentofa ,• foliis imbricatis expanfis atro-
viridibus arachnoideis, fuperne rugofis ;
filamentis axillaribus folio longioribus.
Haworth Mifceh Nat. p. 142.
PORTULACA Jlipularis ; foliis ovatis utrinque gibbis ob-
tufis lana indutis, ftipulis ramentaceis,
pedunculo paucifloro. Dryand. MSS.apud Banks.
Mr. Haworth, by whom we were favoured with the plants
from which the prefent and the following article were drawn,
has given the moft complete account of the genus Portulaca,as constituted by Linnaeus, that we have feen any where. It
is from one of his fections that we have, agreeably to his fug-
geftion, framed the genus Anacampseros, a name by whichLinnjeus originally diftinguifhed one of the fpecies, thoughhe afterwards united it with Portulaca. This he probably wouldnot have done had he known that there were feveral other
clofely
clofely allied fpecies, all natives of the fouthern promontory
of Africa. Loe fling has likewife infilled upon the propriety
of keeping Anacampferos di Hi net from Portulaca; but he pro-
bably had in view the American flat-leaved fpecies, which, as
fuggefted by Haworth, we would retain under Adanson'sgenus Talinum, adopted byJussiEU and Willdenow,The Cape fpecies appear to us to be as diftinft from thefe as
Talinum is from Portulaca. According to Mr. Haworth,all the fpecies of Anacampferos have a (lender conical feed-
veffel of five or fix valves, which would afford a fufficient
diftinction from the three-valved fpecies of Talinum ; but
the capfule of the very fpecies on which we are now treating,
is defcribed by Drvander as three-valved; as is that of
P. Anacampferos Linn, by other authors. Probably the valves
in decaying may fplit in the middle, a circumltance not very
unufual, and which may have impofed upon Mr. Haworth.Wc hope hereafter to take an opportunity of examining the
fru6tification of this genus more carefully.
This plant was found by the late Mr. Mass on at Carro,
beyond Hartequas Kloof. Flowers in Auguft and September.Requires the fame treatment as the Cape fpecies of Aloe andMefembryanthemurn.
J&J36t
\*
C 13M 1
Anacampseros. arachnoides. White-flowered Anacampseros.
## $ $ $ %%$$
C/4/lr and Order.
POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.
Generic CharaBcr.—Fid, Nm- 1367.
Specific Characlcr and Synonym.
ANACAMPSEROS arachnoides ; foliis ovatis acuminatisfubtus gibbis fupra planiufculis araneofis,
ftipulis filamentofis folio brevionbus,pedunculis elongatis.
PORTULACA arachnoides; foliis ovatis acuminatis difformi-
bus viridibus lucidis arachnoideis, ra-
cemo (implici, pedunculis teretibus
elongatis. Hawortb Mifc, Nat. p. 142.
This fpecies has the neareft affinity with Portulaca Ana-
campferos Linn, but is a much fmaller plant; the leaves,
efpecially about the lower part, are covered with a kind of
web, and the woolly ftipules, common to the whole genus, are
mixed with longer and more robuft threads than in that,
though fhorter and finer than thofe of A, jilamentofat in which
they refemble in degree fine (havings of horn, and are more
than twice the length of the leaves. The flowers are white
with a delicate tinge of purple. Mr. Haworth obferves
too that the feeds are much lels winged than thofe of P.
Anacampftros.
This author enumerates five fpecies under the fame fe&ion,
all of which will be included under the genus Anacampseros;
but as we have not yet had an opportunity of examining the
whole, we mail not undertake to determine whether they mayall be fufficienily diftina, but of the two fpecies here figured
we think there can be no doubt.
Flowers at the fame time and requires the fame treatment as
the preceding fpecies.
Wiafy
jyd^djsardsJJeL Jhi.iy J!Cu-r?u- ItfaJworZA- ^4pr.l.l81J.*/ 9" JTJh
C 1369 ]
Aristolochia tomentosa. Downy-leaved Birth-wort.
C/4/j #«</ Order.
Gynandria Hexandria.
Generic Charatler.
Cal o. Cor. l-petala, ligulata, bafi ventricofa. Cap/. 6-
locularis, polyfperma, infera.
Specific Charatler.
ARISTOLOCHIA tomentofa s caule volubili frutefcente,
foliis petiolatis cordatis fubtus tomen-tofis, pedunculis folitariis ebra&eatis,
corollae tubo retorto : limbo fubaequalirer
trifido : ore hiante.
We do not know that this very handfome fpecies of Aris-tolochia has ever been noticed by any botanical author.
Perhaps it may have been confounded with A. Sipbo (Bot. Mag.No. 534) which it entirely refembles in habit ; this fufpicion is
ftrengthened by the circumftance of Mich a ux's having omitted
in his character of A. Sipbo the very remarkable oval bra&es.
For although thefe, being deciduous, may be fomctimes want-
ing, yet the mark from whence they have fallen is always vifible
on the peduncle. In our plant there is no trace of thefe
bra&es ; the limb of the corolla is more deeply divided than
in Sipbo ; the form too is different as well as the colour; andthe mouth quite open, inftead of being contracted as in that.
Native of North-America. A hardy climbing fhrub. Hasflourifhed for feveral years on the front of Mefirs. Lee and
Kennedy's (hop, at the Hammerfmith Nurfery, where ourdrawing was taken.
Flowers in June.
C 137° ]
Erica monadelpha. MonadelphousHeath.
jfc A, A A A A A A A A. A . A. A A A At^STTjrs^^jsnij'nfn^r'^fr'jpi /^ jy /^r if ^y jft jpr
C/j/> <2#^ Order.
OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Generic Characler.
Cal 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta.
Anthera bifidae. Cap/. 4-locularis : difiepimenta e valvularummarginibus.
Specific Character and Synonym.
ERICA monadelpha (Filamenta corolla longiora : antherae
muticae) corollae limbi laciniis reflexis coloratis,
antheris patentibus.
ERICA Bankfia var. purpurea. Andrews Heaths, vol. 3.
This beautiful and lingular Heath has a very near affinity
with Erica Bank/ii, and has not been taken up by Mr.Dryander in the new edition of the Hortus Kewenfis. It
appears to us however to be very fufficiently diftinft from that
fpecies, from which it differs in having the limb of the corolla
purple, inftead of white ; filaments not the colour of the an-
thers and more perfectly united into a cylindrical tube ; but
more efpecially in that its anthers diverge fo as to make a
radiated termination to the flower, inftead of conniving at the
points as in E. Bank/ii, This circumftance will make it ne-
ceflary to add to the fpecific character of the latter antheris
conniventibus. Unluckily thefe peculiarities militate againft
the general character of the fubdivifion under which EricaBank/ii is, and of courfe E. monadelpha mufl be, arranged.
This is not the Erica monadelphia of Andrews and Will-denow, which is Erica furfuro/a of Salisbury and the newedition of the Hortus Kewenfis. The appellation is however
much
much more applicable to this fpecies, and Salisbury's namehaving the right of priority and being adopted in the HortusKewenfis, where by far the moft complete account of this
genus will be found, that of monadelpha became vacant.
Our drawing was taken laft September at the Nurfery of
Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, by whom it was
introduced from the Cape of Good Hope.
ffi3p
an/cm- ifoIJ81I.
C 1371 3
Rhapis Flabelliformis (,<3.) mas. MaleDWARF GROUND-RATAN.
CAz/Jr rt»i Order.
POLYGAMIA DlCECIA.
Generic Character.
Hermaph. Cz/. 3-fidus. Cor. 3-fida. Stam. 6. Piji. 1.
Masc. Cal. Cor. Stam. ut in Hermaphrodite.
Specific Characlcr and Synonyms.
RHAPIS flalelliformis, frondibus palmatis plicatis : plicis
marginibufque aculeato denticulatis. Hort. Kew. 3.
473. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 3. tab. 316. Willi .Sp.
PI. 4. 1093.
CHAM^ROPS excel/a. Syji. Veg. Murr. ed. 14. 984. Tbunb.
Jap. 130.
(«.) excelfior. Tbunb. 1. c.*
RHAPIS flabelliformis. Gifeke in Linn. Prcclecl. Ord. Nat. 96 f
SJURO & SODIO, vulgo et Iiteratis. Palrnae montanasmalabaricae folio magno complicato acuto GoddaPanna. Hort. Mai. 3. 1. di&ae affinis ; folio minori
tTrrxSaxTvXoiie ; hoc ccelo (Japonia nempe) fterilis et
ob ornatum culta. Kampf. Amcen. Exot. fafc. v.
898.
(|3.) humilior. Tbunb. Hort. Kew. Jacq. in he. cit.
SOO TSIKU, vulgo SJURO TSIKU. Prions fpecies minor,
foliis in fcaporum extremitate pinnatis arundinaceis.
Kampf. I. c.
Obs. Ex incurla aliqua Jijlltur inflarefcentia in tabula nojlra ftatu
nondum plene maturato, unde corolla formam dart aliquantulum contratliorem
coloremque impt^berem viridem pro adulto luteo videmus. G.
Desc. Stem about a foot and a half high, of the thicknefs
of the thumb, fheathed by the fphacelate reticulate perfiftent
bafes
bafes of the leaves; leaves about 8, petioled, palmate; petioles
round ancipital, naked, very obfcurely denticulate, lamina
5—7-parted, figments fubplicate, ciliate-fpinulous along the
edges and keel of the plaits, indented-erofe at the end; fpadix
fparfe, paniculate-branched, 4—5 inches long, /pikelets thickfet
with feffile yellowifh flowers ; calyx of one piece, urceolate,
flefhy, green, fmooth, fcarcely a line in length, trifid, fegments
roundifh-pointed, upright, with a membranous border ; corolla
yellow, monopetalous, coriaceo-flefhy, obovate-oblong, tube
clavate, triquetral, twice the length of the calyx, limb trifid,
three times fhorter than the tube, fegments ovate acute fub-
connivent ; filaments 6, filiform-triquetral, fhorter than the
corolla, adnate to the tube, alternately fomewhat thicker andmore detached. Native of China and Japan. Introduced into
our gardens by Mr. Gordon, of Mile-End, in 1774. Bloomsin Auguft, if kept in the hot-houfe.
The drawing of the inflorefcence of our fpecimen was taken
in rather too early a ftage of its growth, fo that the corolla
appears fomewhat more contracted than in its adult ftate, andof a green inltead of the yellow colour it then acquires : (*.) is
added as a variety, on the bare authority of Thunberg : wedo not believe this has yet found its way to England ; the Ja-panefe are faid to make brooms or brumes from the bark. Bybark, we mould fufpeft, is meant the bafes of the leaves
which furround the ftem.
In the Hortus Kewenfis* a figure from L/Heritier's" Stirpes Nov<e" is quoted ; but as that part of his work ftill
remains unpublifhed, we have omitted the fynonym. Wehad no opportunity of feeing the plant ourfelves, but haveborrowed our defcription chiefly from the very valuable MS.notes of Dr. Solan der, preferved in the library of Sir
Joseph Banks. We fufpeQ. that the hermaphrodite plant is
ftill a Ilranger to the European collections. G.
JplJJi
vardrDel J"cu.lp
[ *37* ]
Lachenalia lucida. Glossy-leaved
Lachenalia.
Clafs and Order,
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.—Vid. N's- 745, 854, 993.
Specific CharaHer and Synonyms.
LACHENALIA lucida ; foliis binis divaricatis, fcapo bre-
vioribus, gla'oris, a fupino lucidis, altero
fereduplo latiore eliiptico-obiongo ; racemocylindraceo, confertiufculo ; pedicellis flore
4p]o brevioribus, bra&eas ovato-acuminatas
fubaequantibus ; corolla ere&o-divergente,
re^ulari, curtim tubulofo-campanulata, ore
recurvo-patula, laciniis fubasqualibus; fta-
mmibus corolla fubextantibus. G.LACHENALIA fragrans. Bot. Rep. tab. 302 f Nee Jacquini.
Desc. Bulb ovate-globofe, whitifh ; leaves gloffy on their
upper fide, 3—4 inches long, broadeft nearly an inch over ;
Jlevi 4—5 inches high ; corolla about 4 lines long, whitifh, with
a cinnamon-red oblong ftreak on each furface of the upper part
of all the fegments. Differs from pallida in having the feg-
ments of the corolla nearly equal in length, from contominata
(to which if comes the neareft) in the number and form of the
leaves. The laft-mentioned fpecies was firft taken up in the
Hortus Kewenfis, the original fpecimen of which is ftill
preferved in the Bankfian Herbarium ; whence we have
afcertained it to be the fame with the hyacinthoides of Jacquinand Wjlldenow ; its defcription in the Hortus Kewenfis is
incorreel: in feveral points, and has mifled both the laft-
mentroned authors, in fo far as they have not recognifed the
identity
identity of the two plants ; by the Iaft orthopetala has been
adduced as a fynonym to contamtnata, although a very diftiucl:
fpecies with a cyathiform corolla nearly three times longer,
and is the fame with the fpecimen preferved in the Bankiian
Herbarium, under the name of nftulata. We have little or
no doubt, but that the anguJlifoltat No. 735 of the prefent
work, is a mere variety of contaminata differing only in fize,
and that it mould along with hyacinthoides be arranged underthat fpecies.
Our plant is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, fromwhence it was imported by Meffrs. Chandler and Bucking-ham, Vauxhall-Road. Blooms in May. We fufpecl it to bethe fame with thzfragrans of the Botanift's Repofitory ; whichis at all events a diftinft fpecies from thefragrans of Jacquinand Willdenow. G,
W*l«orif^ ESan/am J~cutp-
C *373 3
Lachenalia unicolor (0.) Plain-leaved
SELF-COLOURED LACHENALIA.
Hexandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.—Fid. Niu745, 854, 993.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
LACHENALIA unicolor; foliis binis lanceolato - ligulatis,
carinatis, fcapum fubaequantibus, deorfumconvoluto-conduplicatis ereftiufculis, furfura
divaricatis ; racemo mukifloro laxo oblon-
gato ; pedicellis ere&iufculis flore parum* brevioribus, braftea longioribus ; corolla
curto - cylindracea, fubnutanti - horizontal^
fundo rotundato - piano ; laciniis extimis
ultra tertiam partem brevioribus, intimisfupra
patulis ; ftaminibus porrefto-aflurgentibus,
fubfafciculatim convergentibus, corolla fub-
duplo longioribus. G.
(«.) foliis a fupino puftulis paucis vagis partim notatis. G.
LACHENALIA unicolor, Jacq. Ic Rar. 2. /. 389. Coll.
Suppl. 61.
L. purpureo-c<erulea. /3. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 177. (excl.var.x.)
(0.) foliis abfque omni puftulatione uniformiter viridibus. G.
L. unicolor. |3. fupra No. 1373.
(y.) foliis variegatis ; corolla alba. G.
Li fragrans. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. 43. /. 82. Willd. Sp. PI.
2. 176.
The prefent plant was imported very lately from the Cape
of Good Hope, by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, in whofe
magnificent
magnificent collection it flowered laft Auguft. Differs from
purpureo-carulea in having the fegments of the corolla far moreunequal, ftamens proportionately longer, as well as in other
points.
We do not know that it has ever before been introduced
into our Gardens. G.
ERRATA.
No. 745, 1. 2, pro " Purpvro-c^rvlka " lege •' Purpureo-c/erulea,'
•It 14 et 21, pro ** furpuro.carulea" lege M furpureo caruka.'
In which the
1 EX. on wnicn tne i>atin Names cf^the Plants contained in the *Thirty -Third Volume are alpha- $betically arranged. a
PI. *329 Albuca vittata. v330 Allium flavum. ^361 Aloe arachnoides (jS) pumila.
33 1
33 2
35 2
354360
irinata (a),— depreffa.— foliolofa.
—- mirabilis.
margaritifera (y) minima.
^62 —— mitr2eformis(/3) brevifolia,
538 pentagona.
345 Radula.
353337346
355
i- recurva.
- rigida.
- faponaria (j3) latifolia.
- virens.
368 Anacampferos arachnoides.
067 filamentofa.
339 Anthericum longifcapum.
343 Arftotis glutinofa.
369 Ariftolochia tomentofa.
350 Aftragalus finicus.
336 Claytonia perfbliata.
366 Cnicus fpinofiflimus.
357 Diofma pulchella.
370 Erica monadelpha.
341 Fothergilla alnifolia (a) obtufa. ty
342 (7) majo
335 Fumaria formofa.
349 Hermannia flammea.
348 tenuifolia.
356 Hibifcus furattenfis.
358 Jufticia nervofa.
372 Lachenalia lucida.
272 , unicolor (jS).
365 Lotus auftralis.
359 Nymphaea nitida.
364 rubra {$) rofea.
334 Panax pufilla {a),
233 - quinquefolia.
344 Phlox Carolina.
371 Rhapis fiabelliformis, mas,
363 Strumaria crifpa.
347 Tamus elephantipes.
340 Tradefcantia erecia.
351 Tropasolum peregrinum.
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INDEX.In which the Englifh Names of
the Plants contained in theThirty -Third Volume are alpha-betically arranged.
PL [
329 Albuca, Riband.
355 Aloe, apple-green-leaved.
361 dark-leaved fpider.
331 . keel-leaved.
3 j 6 largeft common Soap.362 leaft Mitre.
360 leaft Pearl.
338 pentagonal.
345 rafp-leaved.
353 —— recurved.
354 —— rough-leaved Cufhion.
332 fhort-leaved perfoliate.
352 fmall-leaved.
337 ftifF-leaved.
368 Anacampferos, white-flowered,
367 thready.
339 Anthericum, glaucous-leaved.
343 Arftotis, clammy.
350 Aftragalus, umbellated.
369 Birthwort, downy-leaved.
347 Bryony, female Cape, or Ele-
phant's-foot.
336 Claytonia, perfoliate.
366 Cnicus, feathery-headed.
357 Diofma, blunt-leaved.
341 Fothergilla, blunt-leaved.
342 broad-leaved.
335 Fumitory, blufti.
330 Garlic, yellow.
371 Ground-Ratan, dwarf, male.
370 Heath, monadelphous.
348 Hermannia, fine-leaved.
349 night-fmelling.
356 Hibifcus, prickly-ftalked.
358 Jufticia, blue-flowered.
3-2 Lachenalia, glofly-leaved.
373 plain-leaved, felf-
coloured.
365 Lotus, New-Holland.
344 Lychnidea, rough-ftemmed.
333 Panax, five-leaved, or Ginfeng.
334 LeiTer.
340 Sp:der-wort, upright.
363 Strumaria, glittering-flowered,
351 Tropjeolum ciliated, or Indian-
Crefs
.
359 Water-Lily, cup-flowered.
364 Rofe-coloured.
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