Chapter II: Part 2

This is one of the species referred to in our description No. 605, and flowered last November in the collection of T. Evans, Esq. at Stepney; where we were informed, that it grows naturally in shady woods in Pinang, or Prince of Wales’s Island, and was introduced to this country in 1808. Its beauty is certainly far inferior to the Bengal species, with which however it agrees very well in essential characters; but the nectary here nearly resembles a little cup, and is not contracted above, as in that species. The height of the plant above ground is only about two inches.

PLATE DCXXXV.

CELOSIA CERNUA.

_Nodding Celosia._

CLASS V. ORDER I.

_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Stamens. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX triphyllus. Corolla pentapetala. Stamina basi nectarii
plicata, conjuncta. Capsula horizontaliter dehiscens.

EMPALEMENT three-leaved. Blossom five-petalled. Stamens at
the base of the nectary, folded, and joined together. Capsule
splitting horizontally.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CELOSIA floribus in spica aggregata, cernuis; foliis lanceolatis
cum petiolis longis. Caulis costatus.

Celosia cernua. _Roxb. MSS._

CELOSIA with flowers growing in an aggregate spike, nodding.
Leaves lance-shaped, with long footstalks. Stem ribbed.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. Empalement and blossom. 2. The stamens. 3. A stamen magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

This elegant little annual was raised from seed last year (1810) in the collection of Sir A. Hume, Bart. who communicated a fine specimen of it, from which our drawing was begun, and finished from another plant of equal beauty sent to us by A. B. Lambert, esq. last month. It is a brilliant addition to the stove. Native of the Raja Mahl hills, and not mentioned by any one but Dr. Roxburgh in his Plants of the Coast of Coromandel.

PLATE DCXXXVI.

IPOMŒA INSIGNIS.

_Magnificent Ipomœa._

CLASS V. ORDER I.

_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Stamens. One Style.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX 5-partitus. Corolla campanulata v. infundibuliformis,
5-plicata. Stigma capitatum, 2-vel 3-lobum. Capsula 2-3-locularis.

CUP 5-parted. Blossom bell-or funnel-shaped, 5-plicate. Stigma
headed, 2-or 3-lobed. Capsule of 2 or 3 cells.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

IPOMŒA caule volubili longissimo et ramosissimo, glabro; foliis
crassis, glabriusculis, inferioribus palmato-quinquelobis;
superioribus cordato-ovatis ovatisque; mediis subtrilobis:
umbellis pedunculatis, axillaribus, compositis, multifloris.

IPOMŒA with a turning smooth stem exceedingly long and branching;
the leaves fleshy, nearly smooth, the lower palmate-5-lobed; the
upper ovate, or a little heart-shaped; the intermediate commonly
3-lobed: the umbels axillary upon footstalks, compound, and
bearing many flowers.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A leaf from the base of the plant. 2. A blossom spread open. 3. Seed-bud and pointal.

This remarkable species of Ipomœa was brought from Mrs. Benyon’s hothouse at Englefield, Berkshire, last August, where the plant, after rising to the top of the trellis, extends both right and left to a length of about 30 feet, branching in various directions with hundreds of bunches of flowers. The foliage is singular as to texture, varieties of form, and colour; the lower leaves being of a strong purple on their under side, and dark green above. The plant is perennial, and continues flowering during the greatest part of the summer, but does not ripen its seed--most probably owing to the extreme luxuriance of its inflorescence. All our attempts to discover its native soil, or time of introduction, have proved abortive; neither have we been able to find that any account of it has before been published, or any specimens of it in herbariums.

The propagation is by cuttings; and we are informed that Mr. Lambert, who favoured us with the specimens, is already in possession of some very fine plants of it.

PLATE DCXXXVII.

TRICHILIA ODORATA.

_Sweet-scented Trichilia._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX 4-5-dentatus. Petala 4-5. Nectarium cylindricum, in apice
dentatum, antheras 8-10 gerens. Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis.
Semina baccata.

EMPALEMENT 4-5-toothed. Petals 4 or 5. Nectary cylindrical,
toothed at the end, and bearing from 8 to 10 stamens. Capsule
3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds berries.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

TRICHILIA petalis quatuor et decem antheris: foliis pinnatis:
foliolis lanceolatis, undulatis: floribus axillaribus: caule
erecto, moschato.

TRICHILIA with four petals and ten stamens. Leaves pinnated:
leaflets lance-shaped and undulated. Flowers grow from the axils
of the leaves. Stem upright, and musk-scented.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. Empalement. 2. Blossom spread open. 3. Seed-bud and pointal.

The genus Trichilia is certainly at present in a confused state, from the latitude annexed to it of 4 to 5 petals, and 8 to 10 stamens. It appears to contain at least two genera. This fine species is said to have been sent over to England from the botanic garden in the Island of St. Vincent’s by Doctor A. Anderson about the year 1801, and is not we believe (at present) in any other collection but that of Sir Abraham Hume, who favoured us with the specimen here delineated in fine bloom last summer (1810). It possesses the same fragrance that is attributed to the Trichilia moschata, of which we have never seen specimens.

PLATE DCXXXVIII.

DAVIESIA LATIFOLIA.

_Broad-leaved Daviesia._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX angulatus, simplex, quinquefidus. Corolla papilionacea.
Stylus subulatus. Stigma simplex, acutum. Legumen compressum,
monospermum.

CUP angled, simple, 5-cleft. Blossom butterfly-shaped. Shaft
awl-shaped. Summit simple, acute. Pod compressed, one-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

DAVIESIA spicis multifloris, axillaribus: foliis late lanceolatis,
undulatis: calyce regulari.

DAVIESIA with spikes of many flowers, axillary: leaves broadly
lance-shaped, and undulated. Cup equal.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement. 2. The standard. 3. One of the wings. 4. The keel. 5. The chives spread open. 6. Seed-bud and pointal.

This little shrub from New Holland is both new and beautiful, well adapted to grace any collection, being of easy culture, small in size, with abundance of brilliant little flowers growing from the axils of every leaf. The specimen we have delineated was communicated to us by Mr. J. Milne, from the Font Hill gardens, in fine bloom, in the month of April 1811.

PLATE DCXXXIX.

CAREX FRASERI.

_Fraser’s Carex._

CLASS XXI. ORDER III.

_MONŒCIA TRIANDRIA._ One House. Three Stamens.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

_Masculi flores._

AMENTUM imbricatum. Calyx squamosus, solitarius. Corolla nulla.

_Feminei flores._

AMENTUM imbricatum. Calyx squamosus, solitarius. Corolla
monopetala, apice bidentata. Stigmata 2 seu 3. Nux triquetra,
corolla persistente inclusa.

_Male flowers._

CATKIN tiled. Empalement skinny and solitary. Blossom none.

_Female flowers._

CATKIN imbricated. Empalement skinny and solitary. Blossom
one-petalled, with two teeth at the end. Summits two or three. Nut
three-sided, within the persistent blossom.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CAREX floribus androgynis capitibus terminalibus; masculis
superioribus, femineis inferioribus. Stigma tripartitum: foliis
lanceolatis, undulatis, marginibus crenulatis.

CAREX with hermaphrodite flowers growing in terminal heads; male
flowers above, females beneath. Summit three-parted. Leaves
lance-shaped, undulated, with finely scolloped margins.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A stamen magnified. 2. A blossom spread open, magnified.

For this curious little plant we are indebted to the late Mr. Fraser, nurseryman, Sloane Square, Chelsea; whose ardour in the pursuit of plants carried him thrice over to America in search of botanic novelty. Mr. J. Fraser informs us, that his father and himself discovered this singular species of Carex, in the autumn of 1808, near the Table Mountain, and upon the banks of the Catawba River in the neighbourhood of Morgan Town, North Carolina.

PLATE DCXL.

HELICONIA BIHAI.

_Wild Plantain Tree._

CLASS V. ORDER I.

_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

SPATHA universalis partialisque. Calyx 0. Corolla 3-petala.
Nectarium 2-phyllum. Capsula 3-locularis, monosperma.

SPATHE common and partial. Empalement none. Blossom 3-petalled.
Nectary two-leaved. Capsule 3-celled, one-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HELICONIA foliis ad apicem acutis, spadice erecto, radicalibus.
Spatha disticha, multiflora: nectarii folio superiore trifido.

Heliconia Bihai. _Willd. Sp. Pl._

HELICONIA with leaves pointed at the end, with an upright spadix,
radical. Spathe two-sided, with many flowers. The upper leaf of
the nectary trifid.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The plant in miniature. 2. A flower. 3. A blossom spread open. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A transverse section of the seed-bud.

This fine species of Heliconia is known by the common appellation of the Wild Plantain Tree, and grows in mountainous boggy places in South America, and also in most of the West India Islands. It is not generally cultivated with us, on account of the room it occupies, its elegant large foliage being but ill adapted to the confinement of the stove. Our figure was made about the middle of April, from a plant in the collection of the Countess de Vandes.

PLATE DCXLI.

PROSTANTHERA LASIANTHOS.

_Downy-flowered Prostanthera._

CLASS XIV. ORDER I.

_DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds naked.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX post florescentiam clausus, utroque labio integerrimo.
Corolla monopetala, lanata, ringens; antheris appendiculatis:
baccæ quatuor, monospermæ: foliis petiolatis: pedunculis
lanceolatis, serratis: floribus paniculis axillaribus
terminalibusque: ramulis oppositis, quadrangularibus.

Habitat in Capite Van Diemen.

_Labillardiere Nova Hollandia_, vol. ii. p. 18. tab. 157.

THE empalement after flowering shuts, both segments entire.
Blossom one-petalled, woolly, gaping: chives with an appendage:
berries four, one-seeded: leaves with petioles: footstalks
lance-shaped, and sawed: flowers terminate the branches in
panicles from the axils of the leaves: branches opposite, and
four-sided.

Native of Van Diemen’s Land.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement, seed-bud and pointal. 2. The same as it appears after flowering. 3. A blossom spread open. 4. A chive magnified. 5. The same shown from the inner side, magnified.

This fine plant is perfectly new to the British gardens, and the only species of a genus named and figured by Labillardiere in his _Nova Hollandia_, or Description of New South Wales.

It was raised from seed in the summer of 1807, in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Grenville, at Dropmore, who favoured us with specimens in full bloom, last June, 1811, being the first time of its flowering in this country. His Lordship’s botanic gardener informs us that the plant is about eight feet high, and the stem one inch and a quarter in diameter; that during the first year it had the appearance of being herbaceous, but afterwards became woody; its growth is very luxuriant, flowering at the termination of every branch, and seems as if it would thrive in any sort of earth, and was nearly if not quite hardy, as the roots remained in the ground one year at Dropmore, and shot up strong again in the summer. It may be increased by cuttings, and will be found not only an acquisition in point of novelty, but ornamental from its numerous light graceful blossoms, which possess an agreeable fragrance.

PLATE DCXLII.

GOMPHOLOBIUM GRANDIFLORUM.

_Large-flowered Air Pod._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX campanulatus, simplex, alte 5-fidus. Corolla papilionacea.
Stigma simplex, acutum. Legumen inflatum, sphæricum, uniloculare,
polyspermum.

EMPALEMENT bell-shaped, simple, deeply five-cleft. Blossom
butterfly-shaped. Summit simple, acute. Pod inflated, spherical,
one-celled, many-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

GOMPHOLBIUM foliis ternis vel quinis, linearibus, apice
mucronatis: corollis coccineis: pedunculis basin versus
bibracteatis: caule volubili.

GOMPHOLOBIUM with leaves in threes and fives, linear, and
mucronated at the end: blossoms of a scarlet colour: peduncles
with two floral leaves near the base: stem climbing.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The standard. 3. One of the wings. 4. The keel. 5. The chives and pointal. 6. Seed-bud and pointal. 7. A ripe seed-vessel. 8. The same split open.

This nondescript species of Gompholobium is, when in flower, the most elegant of the genus, but when out of bloom few plants have less attraction.

It was first raised in the Royal gardens at Kew, about the year 1809, and is as yet in very few collections. Our figure represents an entire plant from the conservatory of the Countess de Vandes, which flowered in the month of June 1811, and perfected its seed about the middle of September, at which period its slender branches had grown nearly six inches longer (than they were when in bloom), and, twining round a small stick placed for their support, had every appearance of becoming a graceful climbing plant.

PLATE DCXLIII.

JUSTICIA BICOLOR.

_Two-coloured-flowered Justicia._

CLASS II. ORDER I.

_DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Two Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX simplex seu duplex. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula
ungue elastico dissiliens: dissepimentum contrarium adnatum.

EMPALEMENT simple or double. Blossom one-petalled, irregular.
Capsule splitting with an elastic claw: partition contrary to the
valve affixed.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

JUSTICIA fruticosa: foliis ellipticis: floribus plerumque ternis:
pedicellis calycibusque hirsutis: caule terragono.

Habitat in Insula Jamaicæ.

JUSTICIA with a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic: flowers mostly by
threes: footstalks and calyx hairy: stem four-sided.

Native of Jamaica.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement. 2. A blossom spread open. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

This ornamental stove plant was raised from West India seed, by Mr. J. Milne, nurseryman at Fonthill, about the year 1807; and from a fine specimen communicated by him in June 1811 our figure was delineated.

It is a perfectly new species, and has not hitherto, we believe, been either figured or described.

PLATE DCXLIV.

LOBELIA SPECULUM.

_Lobel’s Venus’s Looking-glass._

CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.

_SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula infera,
2-seu 3-locularis.

CUP 5-cleft. Blossom 1-petalled, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2-or
3-celled.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

LOBELIA foliis linearibus, integerrimis, superne acutis, ad basin
dentatis, et ad apicem latioribus: corollis atro-purpureis,
laciniis subequalibus: frutex pygmeus, ramulis numerosis
tenuissimis patentibus.

LOBELIA with linear leaves, entire, and pointed on the upper part
of the plant, but toothed on the lower part, and broader at the
end: Blossoms of a dark purple colour, with nearly equal segments.
A dwarf shrub, with numerous slender spreading branches.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A blossom spread open. 2. The empalement, chives, and pointal, tips and summit magnified.

Of this perfectly new species of Lobelia we do not find either figure or description in any author ancient or modern. The resemblance it bears to the _Campanula Speculum_, or Bell-flowered Venus’s Looking-glass, induced us to give it the same specific title. It is a delicate slender little annual, with an abundant succession of dark purple flowers, which appear to great advantage when the sun shines. In the regularity of its corolla it differs essentially from the genus Lobelia, and in a manuscript of the late Dr. Solander we find an intention to separate it by the generic title of _Speculare_.

PLATE DCXLV.

EPIDENDRUM FRAGRANS.

_Sweet-scented Epidendrum._

CLASS XX. ORDER I.

_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

NECTARIUM turbinatum, obliquum, reflexum.

HONEY-CUP top-shaped, oblique, and reflexed. See Pl. XIII. Vol. I.
Epidendrum cochleatum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

EPIDENDRUM folio lanceolate bulbo innato, scapo abbreviato
multifloro, lamina labelli cordata acuta.

_Wildenow’s Sp. Pl._

EPIDENDRUM with a lance-shaped leaf upon the bulb, with a short
stalk, many-flowered.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement, chives, and pointal. 2. The honey-cup.

This species of Epidendrum is an old inhabitant of the hot-house, and much esteemed for the fragrance of its flowers, and the only one at present known to us (the angustifolium excepted) with a single leaf. It is enumerated in the Species Plantarum of Willdenow, as described by Swartz; but we do not find that any figure of it has before been published.

PLATE DCXLVI.

PROTEA RADIATA.

_Radiated Protea._

CLASS IV. ORDER I.

_TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

COROLLA 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra
apices insertæ. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.

BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into
the petals below the points. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

PROTEA foliis obtuse lanceolatis, obliquis, horizontaliter sitis:
squamis calycinis spathulatis, rubris, tomentosis, marginibus
pilosis: caule erecto, bipedali.

PROTEA with leaves obtusely lance-shaped, standing sideways in an
horizontal direction: scales of the empalement spathula-shaped,
red, and downy, with hairy margins. Stem upright, and about two
feet high.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower complete. 2. The empalement and flowers of a green variety.

This Protea is nearest allied to the P. coronata published in the Seventh Volume of this Work, Pl. 469, but differs essentially from it (and also from every other species of Protea at present known to us) in having so few flowers, that the centre looks like an empty cup, the flowers being spread out towards the imbricated scales of the empalement in a circular manner; whence its specific title of radiata. In the bud state it does not promise that splendid appearance which it exhibits when expanded. Our figure represents a plant from the nursery of Mr. Knight, of the King’s Road, Chelsea. At the base we have added the head of flowers of a green variety, communicated to us from the Hammersmith Nursery, raised from Cape seed, at the same time as the red, about the year 1809, and which flowered for the first time in this country last autumn (1811).

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In our last Number we forgot to mention that the figure of the Lobelia Speculum was taken from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Colville, and the Epidendrum fragrans from the collection of J. Vere, esq.

PLATE DCXLVII.

ANDROSACE CORONOPIFOLIA.

_Buck’s-horn Plantain-leaved Androsace._

CLASS V. ORDER I.

_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Stamens. One Style.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

INVOLUCRUM umbellatum. Corolla hypocrateriformis, 5-loba, ore
glanduloso. Capsula quinquevalvis.

UMBEL with an involucre. Corolla salver-shaped, five-lobed, with
glands at the mouth. Capsule with five valves.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

ANDROSACE foliis lineari-lanceolatis dentatis, umbellæ radiis
laxis sub-capillaribus numerosis, corollis calyce duplo
longioribus.

ANDROSACE with linear-lanced toothed leaves: the rays of the umbel
hair-like, loose, very numerous, and the blossoms double the
length of the calyx.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement. 2. A blossom spread open. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. A ripe seed-vessel. 5. The same opened to expose the seeds.

Our drawing of this elegant little plant was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Malcolm and Co., at Kensington, July 1811. No figure or description of the species has before been published; but we have seen wild specimens of it in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq., gathered by the Swedish naturalist Laxman, near the Lake Baical in Siberia, and marked _Androsace angustifolia_. The height of the plants in cultivation with us varies from three to ten inches, the number of rays in the central umbel are from twelve to twenty, and in the lateral ones from six to fourteen; the plant is annual, and generally sows itself upon the borders where it grows. We are informed it was introduced about 1806, by Mr. Bell, of Sion Gate near Brentford, who received seeds of it from Siberia, under the name of _Androsace lactea_.

PLATE DCXLVIII.

CROTOLARIA SALTIANA.

_Salt’s Crotolaria._

CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.

_DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA._ Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

LEGUMEN turgidum, inflatum, pedicellatum: filamenta connata, cum
fissura dorsali.

POD turgid, inflated, pedicelled. Chives conjoined, with a dorsal
fissure.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CROTOLARIA frutescens, floribus spicatis: ramis teretibus,
tomentosis: foliis ternatis: foliolis ovatis, tomentosis: petiolis
uncialibus.

SHRUBBY Crotalaria. Flowers grow in spikes: branches are round and
downy. Leaves ternate. Leaflets ovate and downy. Petioles an inch
long.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement. 2. The standard. 3. The under-side of the same. 4. One of the wings. 5. The keel. 6. The chives. 7. Seed-bud and pointal.

This nondescript species of Crotolaria was introduced by Mr. Salt last April (1811) from the distant region of Abyssinia. We have therefore named it after him, in compliment to that ardour, which in the pursuit of natural history has twice impelled him to undertake a journey to so remote a country. Our figure represents a fine specimen communicated to us by A. B. Lambert, esq., who raised it from seed in his hot-stove at Boyton, and where it flowered last summer (1811) for the first time in this country.

PLATE DCXLIX.

ALSTROMERIA EDULIS.

_Eatable Alstromeria._

CLASS VI. ORDER I.

_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

COROLLA 6-petala, sub-bilabiata: petalis 2 inferioribus
basi-tubulosis. Stamina declinata.

BLOSSOM 6-petalled, nearly bilabiate: two of the lower petals are
tubular at the base. Stamens standing sideways.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

ALSTROMERIA foliis alternis, ellipticis, lanceolatis, acuminatis,
glabris: floribus terminalibus, cernuis, pedunculis longis. Caulis
volubilis. Radices tuberosæ, globosæ.

ALSTROMERIA with alternate elliptic leaves, lance-shaped, pointed,
and smooth: flowers terminate the branches upon long footstalks,
nodding. Stem twining. Roots tuberous and round.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower spread open. 2. The same shown from the outer side. 3. A half ripe seed-vessel.

This elegant plant was introduced to this country by T. Evans, Esq., who received it in 1801 from the late Dr. Anderson, of the Botanic Garden in the Island of St. Vincent, and which flowered for the first time in the hot-house of the Countess de Vandes at Bayswater last autumn (1811).

The only figure of it extant is a good coloured one recently published in the Flore des Antilles, by F. R. Tussac, a colonist of Saint Domingo; who describes it as being eagerly sought after by the Negroes, not for the beauty of its flowers, but for the sake of the roots, which not only serve them for food, but for an article of commerce, which they take with them when they travel to the Cape of Good Hope, and sell under the title of white Jerusalem artichokes.

This species very much resembles the A. Salsilla. The principal and almost only distinction is, that the roots of the Salsilla are long and ligneous, while those of the edulis are round and succulent, about the size of young potatoes, and when boiled are said to be a light and delicate food. A farinaceous or mealy substance is also made of them, from which cream is made, wholesome and very agreeable to the taste.--All the species which compose this fine genus are to be found in the superb gardens of the Incas of Peru, where it is indigenous.

PLATE DCL.

XERANTHEMUM FASCICULATUM, _var. flore rubro_.

_Bundled-leaved Everlasting Flower; red-flowered variety._

CLASS XIX. ORDER II.

_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

RECEPTACULUM paleaceum. Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus,
radiatus; radio colorato.

RECEPTACLE chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, rayed; the ray
coloured.

See _Xeranthemum speciosissimum_, Pl. LI. Vol. I.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

XERANTHEMUM foliis caulinis linearibus, fasciculatis, longissimis:
floribus solitariis; squamis calycinis lanceolatis, rubris.

EVERLASTING FLOWER with the stem-leaves linear, roundish,
bundled, and very long. Flowers solitary; the scales of the cup
lance-shaped and red.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. An hermaphrodite floret with its seed magnified. 2. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified.

This Xeranthemum was raised from seed brought over from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Niven in 1809, and resembles in its habit and foliage the X. fasciculata figured in the Fourth Volume of this Work, Plates 242 and 279, but is much more esteemed than either of them for the brilliance of its fine red flowers. It requires no other treatment than what is common to most of the genus, and continues in flower from May till October.

PLATE DCLI.

CYMBIDIUM ANDERSONII.

_Anderson’s Cymbidium._

CLASS XX. ORDER I.

_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointals. Two Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

COROLLA 4-5-petala, erecta vel patens, labello basi concavo.
Anthera opercularis, decidua.

BLOSSOM 4-5-petalled, upright or spreading, with a nectary concave
at the base. Tips covered, deciduous.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CYMBIDIUM caule elato: foliis vaginatis, lanceolatis, costatis:
floribus in spicis longis ramosis: corollis flavis.

CYMBIDIUM with a tall stem: leaves sheathed, lance-shaped, and
ribbed. Flowers grow in long branched spikes: blossoms yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower without the nectarium. 2. The nectarium.

Our figure represents a nondescript species of Cymbidium communicated to us by T. Evans, Esq., in whose collection at Stepney it flowered last summer (1811) for the first time in this country. We have given it the specific title of _Andersonii_, as a tribute of respect to the late Dr. Anderson, by whom it was introduced in 1804, with many other fine new plants, from the botanic garden in the island of St. Vincent, and may be considered as a valuable addition to the hot stove, from its great height and numerous large yellow blossoms.

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⁂ In the description of the Alstromeria edulis of our last Number, Cape of Good Hope is inserted instead of Cape François, a mistake occasioned by our writing it off in a hurry along with some pages of the Erica, a tribe of plants (with few exceptions) all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. We detected the error as soon as printed, but did not think it of sufficient consequence to cancel the page and prolong its publication, as it had already been too long delayed; and should have only noticed it in the Errata at the end of the Volume, (which is nearly terminated,) were it not for the partial criticism in the Monthly Magazine given by an interested friend to the Botanical Magazine, who probably imagines the sale of our work is detrimental to that publication, and reminds us of the story of the man with a very short nose, who was always railing at the long nose of another person; which led to the conclusion that he thought it was made at the expense of his short one. But as our readers may think these observations long enough, they will doubtless think those of the botanical report still more so, as in the comments on the Protea radiata, fifteen lines are nearly filled with technical phrases, in an ineffectual attempt to explain the meaning of two botanical terms which he allows to be differently accepted by different authors, and at last leaves off just where he began. But meeting with a better opportunity in Alstromeria edulis, he has not only made the most of that, but rather more than enough of it, verifying the old adage, that those who can make something of nothing will make a little go a great way.

PLATE DCLII.

XERANTHEMUM HUMILE.

_Low-growing Xeranthemum._

CLASS XIX. ORDER II.

_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, Pappus setaceus. Calyx imbricatus,
radiatus, radio colorato.

RECEPTACLE chaffy. Feather bristly. Cup tiled, rayed, the ray
coloured.

See _Xeranthemum speciosissimum_, Pl. LI. Vol. I.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

XERANTHEMUM foliis subulatis sub-vestitum. Caulis humilis,
robustus, ramulis procumbentibus: floribus magnis rubris.

XERANTHEMUM with awl-shaped leaves nearly clothing the stem. Stem
low and stout, with branches hanging down. Flowers large, and of a
red colour.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. An hermaphrodite floret with its seed magnified.

This fine dwarf species of Xeranthemum was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope at the same time with the X. fasciculatum rubrum by Mr. Niven. It is a hardy robust green-house shrub, of humble growth, and appears as if it would always retain that character. It requires an airy situation, and when watered (which should not be often) to be thoroughly wetted, as partial watering is a general destroyer of plants, by suffering the atmosphere to exhale the humidity before it has half penetrated to the bottom; which by repeated wetting rots the upper part, and leaves the roots below to starve for want of moisture.

PLATE DCLIII.

CORRÆA SPECIOSA.

_Showy Corræa._

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.

_OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Eight Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX monophyllus, quadri-dentatus. Corolla 4-petala. Stamina
octo. Germen superum. Capsula quadrilocularis. Semina quatuor.

EMPALEMENT one leafed, four-toothed. Blossom four-petalled. Eight
chives. Seed-bud above. Capsule four cells. Seeds four.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CORRÆA foliis oblongis, oppositis, undulatis, hirsutis, supra
viridibus, subtus tomentosis, ferrugineis: ramulis oppositis,
alternis, ferrugineis, scabre pilosis: corollis bicoloribus,
scabris.

CORRÆA with oblong opposite leaves, waved, and harshly haired,
green on the upper surface and downy and rusty beneath. Branches
opposite, alternate, rusty, and roughly haired. Blossoms
two-coloured, and rough.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A blossom spread open. 2. One of the chives. 3. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal. 4. Seed-bud magnified.

This elegant species of Corræa, a native of New Holland, is enumerated in Donn’s catalogue by the specific title of speciosa, but has been overlooked in the new edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It is a hardy green-house plant with brilliant flowers in great succession, and may be propagated by cuttings. It requires an airy situation, and must not be too often watered. Our figure represents one half of a fine plant in the collection of Messrs. Colvilles.

PLATE DCLIV.

GNAPHALIUM EXIMIUM.

_Showy Gnaphalium._

CLASS XIX. ORDER II.

_SYNGENESIS POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA._ Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

RECEPTACULUM nudum. Pappus pilosus vel plumosus. Calyx,
imbricatus, radiatus, radio colorato.

RECEPTACLE naked. Down hairy or feathery. Empalement imbricated,
rayed, with the ray coloured.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

GNAPHALIUM foliis sessilibus, ovatis, confertis,
erecto-patentibus, lanatis: floribus terminalibus, paniculatis.

GNAPHALIUM with sessile ovate leaves crowded together, erect,
spreading, and woolly: flowers paniculated and terminal.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. One of the scales of the empalement. 2. A floret. 3. The chives and pointal. 4. Seed-bud and pointal.

This magnificent species of Gnaphalium was introduced to the British gardens from the Cape of Good Hope by Capt. W. Paterson in 1704, and is said to be found in a wild state on the borders of the Caffre country 50O miles from the Cape. It flowers in perfection during the months of July and August, and when in the bud state much resembles a rich ripe fruit, with leaves like flannel. The only figure we have seen of it is a small one given in the Botanical Magazine many years ago, before it was well naturalized, and on that account better adapted to the scale of their work. Our figure was taken from the Clapham collection when in its greatest splendour, and where several fine plants of it flowered with a luxuriance fully equal to what we have represented. It should be kept in an airy part of the greenhouse; and when watered, care should be taken not to wet the leaves, as that frequently destroys the plant.

PLATE DCLV.

CERBERA MANGHAS.

_Poisonous-fruited Cerbera._

CLASS V. ORDER I.

_PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Stamens. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

FLORES contorti. Corolla infundibuliformis, pulposa. Drupa
monosperma.

FLOWERS contorted. Blossom funnel-shaped, pulpy. Seed-vessel
one-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CERBERA foliis alternis, lato-lanceolatis, glabris: ramis
floriferis terminalibus: corolla alba, infundibuliformi:
perianthio 5-phyllo: foliolis lanceolatis, deciduis: fructu
persistente.

CERBERA with leaves alternate, broadly lance-shaped, and smooth:
flower-branches terminal: blossoms white and funnel-shaped:
empalement 5-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped and deciduous: fruit
persistent.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A blossom spread open. 2. Empalement, summit magnified.

Our drawing represents a new species of Cerbera introduced from Pulo-Pinang in 1809, and which flowered late in the autumn of 1812, for the first time in this country, in the hot stove of T. Evans, Esq. whose collector informs us that it grows in abundance by the sea-side, and is a handsome shrub about three feet high. By the natives it is called Devil’s flower, a title they apply indiscriminately to all noxious plants. But although it is considered as poisonous (as are all the Cerberas at present known) the natives of Amboyna are said by Rumphius to use it medicinally as a purgative, but that it is too powerful to be taken with safety by strangers. In Macassar an oil is expressed from the fruit, which is burnt in lamps, and emits a disagreeable smell. It bears a variety of names. By the Dutch it is called Mükhout; in Portugal and Malay, Manga Brava; at Amboyna, Wabba; in Macassar, Lambuto Baleyice, Bintaro and Sassura Utan, and by some Caju Mattu, Buta or Blinthout. There are three uncoloured figures of it; one in Burmann’s Zeylanica, page 150, tab. 70. figure 1; another in Rumphius’s Amboynensis, vol. ii. page 243, figure 81; and in Rheede’s Hortus Malabancus, page 71, tab. 3. there is a representation of it by the title of Odallam; and, although a rough draft, it is certainly not the worst figure of the plant.

PLATE DCLVI.

CRASSULA PERFOLIATA.

_Perfoliate-leaved Crassula._

CLASS V. ORDER V.

_PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX pentaphyllus. Petala quinque. Squamæ quinque nectariferæ ad
basin germinis.

EMPALEMENT five-leaved. Petals five. Five honey-bearing pores at
the base of the germ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CRASSULA altissima: foliis subulatis, crassis, amplexicaulibus,
subtus convexis, glaucis.

CRASSULA with a tall stem: leaves awl-shaped, thick, and
surrounding the stem, convex beneath, and of a sea-green colour.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower. 2. The pointals.

Of this species of Crassula we know of no other figure extant, but a very small uncoloured one in the Hortus Elthamensis of Dillenius. Our specimen was taken from the hot stove of the Countess de Vandes, where it flowered for the first time in this country in 1809--in size and grandeur like the C. obliqua, with an equal profusion of blossoms, and bending down as if the weight of the terminal mass of flowers was too much for the stem to support; which we do not consider as the positive character of it, but only arising from the situation in which it stood; being too near the glass, which most likely drew too much of its strength out in length of stalk, and in all probability occasioned the loss of the plant, as it damped off very soon after flowering.

PLATE DCLVII.

PASSIFLORA LUNATA.

_Crescent-leaved Passion-flower._

CLASS XX. ORDER V.

_GYNANDRIA PENTANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointals. Five Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

TRIGYNIA. Calyx 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Nectarium coroniforme. Bacca
pedicellata.

THREE styles. Cup 5-leaved. Petals 5. Honey-cup forming a crown.
Berry standing on a footstalk.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

PASSIFLORA floribus axillaribus, binis: foliis lunatis: flore
parvo, albo: fructu succulento, ovato.

PASSIFLORA. Flowers axillary, by twos: leaves crescent-formed;
flower small and white: fruit oval and succulent.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower spread open.

This Passiflora is (like every one of the genus) a graceful meandering plant, and calculated to make an ugly wall look beautiful. It bears an abundant succession of delicate small flowers, which are fragrant, and open early in the day, and during the summer and autumnal months is a great ornament to the hot stove. Our drawing was made from the collection of the Countess de Vandes at Bayswater.

PLATE DCLVIII.

STYLEDIUM GRAMINIFOLIUM.

_Grass-leaved Styledium._

CLASS XX. ORDER II.

_GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointals. Two Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX bilabiatus. Cor. tubulosa, irregulariter 5-partita,
laciniis interioribus tripartitis. Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis,
polysperma.

EMPALEMENT two-lipped. Blossom tabular, irregularly 5-parted:
segments of the interior 3-parted. Capsule two-locular,
two-valved, many-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

STYLEDIUM foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis: floribus
spicatis: corollis 4-partitis. _Swartz. Nov. Act. Soc. Natur.
Scrut. Berol. vol. 5. fig. 1. Billardiere, Nova Hollandia, tab.
215._

STYLEDIUM with radical leaves linear and lance-shaped: flowers
grow in spikes: blossom 4-parted.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement. 2. A blossom spread open. 3. Chives and pointals, summit magnified, both from the upper and under surface. 4. A half-ripe seed-vessel.

This curious genus, in its style of action, displays an appearance of locomotive power superior to the Mimosas; for, whilst they shrink from the touch, this boldly comes forward with singular elasticity; and although it may not exceed in beauty, it certainly possesses a more moving power than the utmost grace and beauty of other plants can boast. Like most of the productions of New Holland, it bears a strict appearance, and is seen to most advantage in a plant about three years old, such as our figure represents, as it flowered for the first time in this country at the Hammersmith nursery.

PLATE DCLIX.

LOBELIA FULGENS.

_Refulgent-flowered Lobelia._

CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.

_SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA._ Tips united. Flowers simple.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula infera,
2-seu 3-locularis.

CUP 5-cleft. Blossom 1-petalled, irregular. Capsule beneath, 2-or
3-celled.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

LOBELIA foliis lanceolatis obsolete denticulatis, supra
tomentosis, glabris, subtus lucidis: racemis compositis,
terminalibus.

LOBELIA with lance-shaped leaves obscurely toothed, downy on the
upper surface, smooth, and shining beneath: the racemes compound
and terminal.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The chives. 2. Empalement and pointal, summit magnified.

Amongst the Lobelias, this elegant species claims altogether precedence; superior in colour even to the L. cardinalis, large in its flowers, tall in growth, and so easily cultivated that their abundance and beauty will ensure them admission into every collection. Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. in the summer of 1810. It was raised from Botany Bay seed at the Hammersmith Nursery in 1809.

PLATE DCLX.

CAMELLIA JAPONICA. _Var. flore pleno roseo._

_Rose-coloured Camellia._

CLASS XVI. ORDER VI.

_MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA._ Threads united. Many Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.

EMPALEMENT tiled, many-leaved: the inner leaves the largest.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CAMELLIA floribus roseis: petalis exterioribus magnis, patentibus:
interioribus parvis, erectis: foliis latis, nitidis.

CAMELLIA with rose-coloured flowers: the outer petals are large
and spreading: the inner ones small and upright: the leaves broad
and shining.

CAMELLIA JAPONICA. _Var. flore pleno incarnato._

_Flesh-coloured Camellia._

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CAMELLIA foliis conspicuè nervosis: floribus petalis numerosis,
pallide carneis.

CAMELLIA with leaves strongly nerved: flowers with numerous
petals, of a pale flesh colour.

So high in estimation is every variation of the Camellia Japonica, that even a new and rare plant is not considered more interesting, nor of so much value as one of these beautiful varieties; the number of which is now extended to sixteen, at least so enumerated by cultivators, and all considered as perfectly distinct. The rose-coloured variety was introduced to the royal gardens at Kew about 1808, and the pale variety was first cultivated in the conservatory of the late Lady Amelia Hume, we believe, in 1806. It is nearly allied to the white, and in severe winters so little colour is visible, that Mrs. Beaumont (with whom this flowered last December at Bretton Hall) informed me it was only by comparing it with the white that it could positively be said to possess any colour; but, upon comparison, a blush was evident. So delicate a test is only requisite in rigid seasons from the want of sun. Both these varieties flower from December till March.

PLATE DCLXI.

MIMULUS LUTEUS.

_Yellow-flowered Mimulus._

CLASS XIV. ORDER II.

_DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA._ Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX prismaticus, 5-dentatus. Corolla ringens, labio superiore
lateribus replicato. Stigma crassum. Capsula bilocularis,
polysperma.

EMPALEMENT prismatical, 5-toothed. Blossom ringent, the upper lip
folded back at the sides. Shaft fleshy. Seed-vessel two-celled,
many-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

MIMULUS foliis subcordatis, multi-nervosis, dentatis.

Habitat in Peru.

MONKEY-FLOWER with nearly heart-shaped leaves, many-nerved and
toothed.

Native of Peru.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A radical leaf. 2. The empalement. 3. A blossom spread open. 4. Seed-bud and pointal.

The Mimulus luteus flowers the same year it is sown, like an annual; but from its habit and manner of throwing out round the base of the flowering stem prostrate branches, which take root, and from the extremities of some of them other flowering stems shooting up, we are inclined to think it biennial. It was long ago described and figured by Father Feuillée in his Flora Peruviana, and quoted from him by Linnæus, who inserted it in his Species Plantarum under the specific title of luteus. It flowers in the autumnal months, and enlivens the borders with its successively numerous bright yellow blossoms; is easily propagated by seeds; and, according to Donn’s Catalogue, was introduced in the year 1812.

PLATE DCLXII.

CAMELLIA JAPONICA. _Var. petalis plicatis._

_Plicate-petalled or Warratta Camellia._

CLASS XVI. ORDER VI.

_MONADELPHIA MONOGYNIA._ Threads united. Many Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX imbricatus, polyphyllus: interioribus majoribus.

EMPALEMENT tiled, many-leaved; the inner ones the largest.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

CAMELLIA foliis lato-lanceolatis apice reflexis, nitidissimis:
corollis rubris, fulgentibus: petalis quinque exterioribus magnis,
patentibus: interioribus numerosis, parvis, plicatis, erectis.

CAMELLIA with broadly lance-shaped leaves reflexed at the end,
very shining: blossoms red and brilliant: the five outer petals
are large and spreading; the inner ones are numerous, small,
folded together, and upright.

The flowers of this Camellia very much resemble those of the genus Anemone, and it is certainly the most distinct variety at present known. By cultivators it is denominated the Warratta Camellia, from the brilliance of its flowers resembling the Embothrium speciosum, or Warratta. Our drawing was made from a plant in the conservatory of Mr. Alnutt of Clapham Common, where it flowered in February 1813 in great perfection. It also blossomed again last winter, but, from the severity of the season, inferior in colour, and much reduced in size.

PLATE DCLXIII.

LILIUM CONCOLOR.

_Self-coloured Lily._

CLASS VI. ORDER I.

_HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

COROLLA 6-partita, campanulata. Nectarium linea longitudinalis.
Capsulæ valvæ pilis cancellatis connexæ.

BLOSSOM 6-parted, bell-shaped. Nectary a longitudinal line. Valves
of the seed-pod connected with a lattice-work of hair.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

LILIUM foliis sparsis, subverticillatis, lanceolatis: floribus
erectis, fasciculis terminalibus 3-6-floris: petalis recurvis,
patentibus: stylo brevissimo.

LILY with scattered leaves, nearly in whorls, and lance-shaped:
flowers upright, in terminal bunches of 3-6 flowers: petals
recurved and spreading. Shaft very short.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. Chives and pointal.

The Lilium concolor was first raised in the conservatory of the late Sir Charles Greville at Paddington in 1806, and still continues to be one of the rarest of this showy genus. Our figure was made from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, late in the autumn of 1813. Of what country it is a native is not positively known, but it is supposed to be of Chinese origin.

PLATE DCLXIV.

ARBUTUS LONGIFOLIA.

_Long-leaved Arbutus._

CLASS X. ORDER I.

_DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

CALYX 5-partitus. Corolla ovata, basi pellucida. Bacca 5-locularis.

EMPALEMENT 5-parted. Blossom egg-shaped, transparent at the base.
Berry 5-celled.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

ARBUTUS foliis longis, lanceolatis, serratis: floribus paniculis
verticillatis: pedunculis hispidis, glutinosis: caule arboreo.

ARBUTUS with long lance-shaped leaves, sawed: flowers grow in
panicles, whorled: footstalks hispid and glutinous: stem woody.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A blossom. 2. The same spread open. 3. A chive magnified. 4. A side view of the same magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

Our drawing of the Arbutus longifolia was made from a fine specimen, obligingly communicated by Mrs. Beaumont, from the superb collection of Colonel Beaumont at Bretton Hall, in March 1814, whose gardener, Mr. Benning, informs us that it is kept in the conservatory, is eleven feet high, bears eight heads of flowers like the one figured, and sheds the old bark annually. It was first raised at the Hammersmith nursery from seeds received from the Island of Madeira. It is also said to be found in the Canary Isles, where the berries are made into a sweetmeat. Although sixteen years in cultivation with us, it has very rarely flowered. May be increased by cuttings or layers.

INDEX

TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. X.

Plate 609 Citrus medica, _odoratissima_ Bergamot Lemon H. H. Shrub. May.
610 Ruellia formosa Beautiful Ruellia H. H. Shrub. June.
611 Daviesia corymbosa Corymbed Daviesia G. H. Shrub. August.
612 Pæonia albiflora, _flore pleno_ Tartarian Pæony, _double-flowered variety_ G. H. Shrub. August.
613 Ipomæa pendula Pendulous Ipomæa G. H. Shrub. July.
614 Fumaria nobilis Noble Fumitory Har. Herb. May.
615 Globba purpurea Purple Globba H. H. Herb. May.
616 Euphorbia epithymoides Broad-leaved Spurge H. H. Shrub. May.
617 Euphorbia meloformis Melon-shaped Euphorbia H. H. Bulb. July.
618 Anneslea spinosa Armed Indian Water Lily H. H. Aquatic. September.
619 Eugenia Zeylanica Ceylon Eugenia H. H. Shrub. August.
620 Schinus dentata Toothed Schinus Har. Shrub. September.
621 Jussieua exaltata Tall Jussieua H. H. Shrub. August.
622 Leptospermum scoparium New Zealand Tea G. H. Tree. June.
623 Ardisia elegans Elegant Ardisia G. H. Shrub. August.
624 Lotus australis Southern Lotus, or Bird’s Foot Trefoil G. H. Shrub. August.
625 Barleria cristata Crested Barleria H. H. Shrub. September.
626 Geodorum citrinum Lemon-coloured Geodorum H. H. Shrub. October.
627 Begonia Evansiana Evans’s Begonia H. H. Shrub. October.
628 Clerodendrum pyramidale Pyramidal Clerodendrum H. H. Shrub. October.
629 Desmanthus natans Floating Desmanthus, or Aquatic Sensitive H. H. Aquatic. September.
630 Ardisia littoralis Seaside Ardisia G. H. Shrub. November.
631 Styrax officinale Storax Tree Har. Tree. June.
632 Cytisus elongatus Elongated Cytisus G. H. Shrub. May.
633 Liatris odoratissima Sweet-scented Liatris H. H. Shrub. July.
634 Peliosanthes humilis Humble Peliosanthes G. H. Shrub. August.
635 Celosia cernua Nodding Celosia G. H. Annual. August.
636 Ipomæa insignis Magnificent Ipomæa G. H. Shrub. August.
637 Trichilia odorata Sweet-scented Trichilia H. H. Shrub. July.
638 Daviesia latifolia Broad-leaved Daviesia G. H. Shrub. April.
639 Carex Fraseri Fraser’s Carex Har. Shrub. September.
640 Heliconia Bihai Wild Plantain Tree H. H. Herb. April.
641 Prostanthera lasianthos Downy-flowered Prostanthera Har. Shrub. June.
642 Gompholobium grandiflorum Large-flowered Air Pod G. H. Shrub. June.
643 Justicia bicolor Two-coloured flowered Justicia H. H. Shrub. June.
644 Lobelia Speculum Lobel’s Venus’s Looking-glass G. H. Annual. August.
645 Epidendrum fragrans Sweet-scented Epidendrum H. H. Herb. September.
646 Protea radiata Radiated Protea G. H. Shrub. August.
647 Androsace coronopifolia Buck’s Horn Plaintain-leaved Androsace Har. Annual. July.
648 Crotalaria Saltiana Salt’s Crotalaria H. H. Shrub. July.
649 Alstromeria edulis Eatable Alstromeria H. H. Shrub. September.
650 Xeranthemum fasciculatum, _var. flore rubro_ Bundled-leaved Everlasting Flower, _red-fl. variety_ G. H. Shrub. July.
651 Cymbidium Andersonii Anderson’s Cymbidium H. H. Herb. August.
652 Xeranthemum humile Low-growing Xeranthemum G. H. Shrub. September.
653 Corræa speciosa Showy Corræa G. H. Shrub. September.
654 Gnaphalium eximium Showy Gnaphalium G. H. Shrub. August.
655 Cerbera Manghas Poisonous-fruited Cerbera H. H. Shrub. September.
656 Crassula perfoliata Perfoliate-leaved Crassula H. H. Shrub. September.
657 Passiflora lunata Crescent-leaved Passion Flower H. H. Shrub. August.
658 Styledium graminifolium Grass-leaved Styledium G. H. Shrub. September.
659 Lobelia fulgens Refulgent-flowered Lobelia G. H. Shrub. August.
660 Camellia Japonica, _var. rosea et incarnata_ Camellia Japonica, _rose and flesh coloured varieties_ G. H. Shrub. February.
661 Mimulus luteus Yellow-flowered Mimulus Har. Herb. September.
662 Camellia Japonica, _var. petiolis plicatis_ Camellia Japonica, _plicate-petalled variety_ G. H. Shrub. February.
663 Lilium concolor Self-coloured Lily Har. Bulb. September.
664 Aibutus longiflora Long-leaved Arbutus G. H. Shrub. April.

ERRATA.

Justicia bicolor, for 663, read 643.

Plate 649, description, line 7., for Cape of Good Hope, read Cape
Francois; and in the last line, for it is indigenous, read they
are indigenous. #/

_Alphabetical Index to the 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. and 5th. Volume of the Botanist’s Repository._