The Project Gutenberg eBook of The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol 7 [of 10]

Comprising
Colour’d Engravings

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New and Rare Plants

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With Botanical Descriptions &c.

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Latin and English ,

after the

Linnæan System.

by

H. Andrews

Botanical Painter Engraver, &c.

PLATE CCCCXXXIII.

This tall and stately plant has ever been regarded, in this country, as an object of sufficient interest and curiosity to merit an exposure in the form of an exhibition; whilst in the southern parts of Spain and Portugal they are so abundant as to form hedges, by way of barriers to repress the inroads of cattle. There are several very slight varieties; one of whose leaves are edged with yellow, but the same in every other respect. Miller enumerates one whose paniculated flowers bear a very different aspect. Cortusus is said to be the first European that possessed this great Aloe, about the year 1561: in 1714 two flowered at Hampton Court, and one at the duke of Buckingham’s. At Friedericksberg, in Denmark, one flowered with 19 branches and 4000 flowers; and one in the king of Prussia’s garden, said to be 40 feet high. They are now more frequently found in bloom, as rarely a year passes without one or more of them being advertised for public inspection. In addition to their grand exterior, they possess many useful properties: Cavanilles, in his Natural History of Valentia, mentions their abundance, and the numbers of people employed in manufacturing them; for, when bruised, separated, and steeped in water, they yield a strong thread, of which all the bags are made in which dollars are imported. The juice of the leaves is said to be used as a succedaneum for soap, and the spungy substance of the stem for tinder. The points of the leaves are by the Indians made use of to head their arrows, whose hard consistence is a good substitute for iron; and the thready character of their fibres furnishes all that is necessary to fasten them. Linnæus has separated this genus from Aloe, from the extension of the stamens and style beyond the corolla, and the resting of the corolla on the germ: they also differ in growth, as all Agaves have their central leaves closely enfoliating and embracing the flower-stem, which, forming in the centre, never appears till they are expanded; it then proceeds with a rapidity that in a few weeks reaches maturity, and when the flowers are past the plant dies. On the contrary, the flower-stem of the Aloe comes out from the side annually from the same plant. Our figure was made from two plants at Kensington Gore, each bearing 2000 flowers, and about 70 years old, belonging to J. Vere, Esq. who perfectly recollects them for above half a century: but in those warmer climes, where they are so abundant, 25 or 30 years are sufficient to bring them to perfection. [Pg 3]

PLATE CCCCXXXIV.

This lively little Dwarf Pultenæa we have not as yet seen any where but in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, Esq. where, contrasted with many large magnificent plants, its minute and diminutive form made a perfectly unique appearance. When we first observed it, its height did not exceed an inch and a half. Our figure represents the whole plant, which for six months was in progressive constant bloom, and after flowering ripened its seeds freely; an evident proof of the plant being in a state of perfection. It is now three months since the plant perfected its seeds, during which period we have not perceived the least increase in its size. But, notwithstanding this apparent torpidity, it is now exhibiting the buds of its future blossoms. It has been imagined by some to be the Chorizema of Billardiere, a new plant found by that gentleman in New South Wales whilst in search of the unfortunate La Perouse; but, upon comparing it with the figure in that work, we do not find a sufficient resemblance to induce us to regard it as the same plant. [Pg 5]

PLATE CCCCXXXV.

The native place of the Verbena mutabilis seems rather enveloped in obscurity: by some it is supposed to be indigenous to Peru. It is a beautiful plant, and the most desirable Verbena we are acquainted with, as it is at least six months in successive bloom. It is one of those Verbenas that, differing a little from the general character of that genus, has received various titles from different botanists: by Professor Vahl, in his Enumeratio Plantarum, it is called Stachytarpheta. The present species has been recently figured in the Paradisus Londinensis under the title of Cymburus mutabilis, and probably at some future period it may again receive another title: but until we can find some better path to lead us into the open plain or Information, we shall keep jogging on in the old beaten track, in preference to every crooked turning that may bewilder us into the mazy labyrinth of affected Science. Our figure was made from a fine plant in the nursery of Messrs. Colville. [Pg 7]

PLATE CCCCXXXVI.

Corræa , foliis oblongis, oppositis, undulatis, stellatim hirsutis, supra viridibus, subtus ferrugineis: foliis junioribus conniventibus, flores dum parvos obscurantibus, qui postea emergunt ex axillis foliorum, et dependent. Corolla viridis, leviter punctata, petalis adhærentibus in forma cylindrica. Rami oppositi, ferruginei.

Corræa , with oblong opposite leaves, waved, and beset with divers starlike specks; green on the upper surface and rusty beneath: the younger leaves connive together, and obscure the flowers when young, which afterwards emerge from the axillæ of the leaves, and hang down. Blossom green, and lightly dotted, the petals adhering in the form of a tube. The branches are opposite, and rusty.

This green-flowered Corræa is by no means so desirable a plant as the alba, but is the only addition to this genus as yet in cultivation with us, and as such deserving notice. It has been already figured in the Exotic Botany of Dr. Smith, but very imperfectly, as it is there represented with only two divisions in the corolla instead of four, and six antheræ instead of eight—a deficiency we have not met with: and although we have examined a number of living and dried specimens, yet we have always found it perfect in those characters essential to the genus. The only variation we have ever observed has been sometimes a super-abundance of petals in the corolla; (instead of a deficiency) five instead of four, a frequent occurrence in many genera when the plant is in a state of luxuriant growth: and certainly little illustration, but much confusion, might probably arise from giving a figure from any specimen so very defective. We find this genus published by Billardiere under the title Mazeutoxeron—our present figure under the specific of rufum—an excellent specific, were it not a striking feature in every species of this genus, living or dried, that we have as yet seen. Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. [Pg 9]

PLATE CCCCXXXVII.

This fine Protea is of recent introduction, within the last four or five years, from the Cape of Good Hope to the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. From the particular strong channel on the back of its leaves we have adopted its specific title, and have no doubt that a feature so visible in every stage of the plant will always discriminate it. The leaves are enlivened by such brilliant red stalks, as, in addition to its flower, render it an attractive object: nor is it so difficult to preserve as many of them are; for the greatest of care is requisite to preserve numbers of this fine tribe from the damps of this island, an enemy they are so little accustomed to in their native clime. [Pg 11]

PLATE CCCCXXXVIII.

This fine large Protea we believe is not at present in any other collection in Europe, but that of G. Hibbert, esq. It is enumerated in the Hortus Kewensis under the name of Protea speciosa, but the plant itself has been long lost to those gardens. Thunberg, in his dissertation on Protea, describes our plant exactly, under the appellation of speciosa: and, that no doubt might remain with respect to the specific adopted, our figure has been compared with a remarkable fine specimen in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq., sent by Dr. Roxburgh from the Cape of Good Hope under the title of “Protea speciosa of Hottentot Island.” It is undoubtedly one of the grandest of this fine section of Protea; for as a section of this numerous family it will always be better understood than it can possibly be as a discriminative specific. This extended tribe will, we think, admit of at least four or five partitions, but not Generic divisions, for we can by no means agree with those who think every slight variation of sufficient consequence to form new genera; and in this genus think it more objectionable than in any other. The title of Protea being derived from the God Proteus of ever-varying form, the more removed this tribe of plants are in their externa facie from each other, so much the better do they support their mythologic title. [Pg 13]

PLATE CCCCXXXIX.

Pistilla. Germina duo, oblonga, acuminata. Styli duo, subulati. Stigma utroque commune, magnum, crassum, pentagonum.

This perfectly new Stapelia we have not met with in any other collection but that of Messrs. Loddige, from whom we received it under the title of orbicularis, a specific derived from the circular centre of the flower a very discriminative appellation; and, although not exclusively the character of this species, is much more distinctly marked in this plant than in any other we have as yet seen. Upon comparing our figure with forty-one species described and figured by Mr. F. Masson, not any affinity could be discerned powerful enough to render a reference by any means requisite: there is a sombre appearance annexed to almost all the flowers of this most curious tribe, and they more resemble pieces of mechanism than the vegetable productions of nature. They require but little water in summer, and still less in winter; should be carefully sheltered from rain and frost, and they will succeed very well, and are easily propagated by slips from the joints, but very rarely seed in this country. Natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and are called Stapelias after a Dutch botanist of the name of Stapel. [Pg 15]

PLATE CCCCXL.

This delicate Sophora may literally be said to be an old plant with a new face, as we have been long familiar with the foliage, but entirely unacquainted with its flowers, till very lately we found it in luxuriant bloom (and we believe for the first time in this country) in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. this month (December), probably not the regular period of its inflorescence, but the effect of casualty assisted by the uncommon mildness of the season. It would be a vain endeavour to attempt to do justice to the beautiful shining silky appearance of the leaves; and when aided by its delicate purple flowers, its attraction is equal, if not superior, to any of the genus. The want of freedom in its flowering is a defect not entirely confined to this species only, but is in some degree attached to most Sophoras. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and requires as much air as can with safety be administered to it in this country. [Pg 17]

PLATE CCCCXLI.

Amongst this numerous parasitic tribe there are many whose claim to beauty is by no means powerful, and certainly the present figure has little to boast of in that particular: but the singular and curious structure of their flowers will always render every new species and even distinct varieties desirable, particularly as they are an essential connecting link in the interesting family of the Orchidiæ. We were at first inclined to regard it as the E. fuscatum of Dr. Smith on rare plants; but on comparison with that figure we found it in foliage nearly the same, but so different both in the size and colour of its flowers, that, if it might be regarded as a variety, it must certainly be a very distinct one. It is a native of Jamaica, and as such requires the protection of the stove. From a plant plunged in the tan-bed our drawing was made at the gardens of G. Hibbert, esq. [Pg 19]

PLATE CCCCXLII.

Our figure represents so evident a variation of the Protea pulchella, that it probably should be only regarded as a fine large flowering variety; but as it exhibits a strong affinity in the flowers to that fine section of Protea called Speciosa, it is certainly better to denominate it a variety of that species, than to adhere too closely to the appellation of its original, whose specific is of too indiscriminative a character to be adopted any further than the acceptation of it already may have rendered necessary. The only method to avoid confusion in this extended varying tribe in future, will be to make as few species as possible in addition to those already made, unless they can be founded upon some apparent leading feature in the plant. Our drawing was made from the Hibbertian collection. [Pg 21]

PLATE CCCCXLIII.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, integrum, tubulosum, ore superne emarginatum, inferne poris melliferis instructum.

Corolla. Papilionacea.

Vexillum lanceolatum, lateribus deflexum, adscendens, longissimum.

Alæ sub-ovatæ, calyce vix longiores, extra tubum vexilli vix eminentes, minimæ.

Carina recta, longitudine alarum, dipetala, emarginata.

Stamina. Filamenta diadelpha, filamenta decem, inferne connata, parum incurva, longitudine dimidii vexilli, inequalia, sagittata.

Pistillum. Germen pedicellatum, subulatum, attenuatum in stylum subulatum, longitudine staminum. Stigma terminale, simplex.

Pericarpium. Legumen longissimum, ac seminis nondum tumidis acuminate terminatum, uniloculare.

Semina reniformia.

Obs. E. Herbacea staminibus decem distinctis.

Empalement. Cup one-leafed, entire and tubular, emarginated on the upper part, the part beneath with little pores containing honey.

Wings nearly egg-shaped and scarcely longer than the tube of the empalement, outside the standard and very small.

Chives. Threads in two sets, ten threads joined together beneath, slightly turned inwards, half the length of the standard, unequal, and arrow-headed.

Pointal. Seed-bud with a footstalk awl-shaped, and tapering into the shaft, which is awl-shaped, and of the length of the stamens. Summit terminating simple.

Seed-vessel. A very long pod, and before the seeds are swelled out terminated with a sharp point; of one cell.

This superb Erythrina was communicated to the author by A. B. Lambert, esq., with whom it flowered in the month of November, for the first time in this kingdom. It is at present treated as a hot-house plant, but Mr. Lambert informs us that it is perfectly hardy, and strikes so freely that, although at present it is a nondescript and very rare plant, it will, doubtless, soon make its appearance in most collections: its splendid flowers and easy culture will soon recommend it into general notice. There are but five species of this genus yet known; the present subject will therefore be a valuable addition to the number. The falling off of the leaves is its only defect, which we have no doubt but a hardier mode of treatment will remove. It is supposed to be a native of South America. [Pg 23]

PLATE CCCCXLIV.

The Lobelias are an extensive family, but in a very confused state at present; not many of them having been described, and almost all that have been figured are blue flowers, a scarce colour in most genera, although so prevalent in this, and most probably to the attraction of this colour is chiefly owing the notice already taken of them: for, as beautiful little annuals, they have an irresistible claim to our attention. Our present subject does not possess the charm of colour, but from its lively white flowers and constant succession of bloom it is well deserving a place in the green-house. Our figure represents an entire plant, taken from the Cape Nursery of Messrs. Middlemist and Wood, near Shepherd’s Bush on the Edgware Road. [Pg 25]

PLATE CCCCXLV.

In the Icones of Jacquin we find a figure of this Epidendrum, under the appellation we have adopted, but evidently taken from a dried specimen, with a reference to the Icones of Father Plumier 182, fig. 1. under the title of Heleborine; but on comparison we find no affinity sufficiently powerful to induce us to regard them as representing the same plant. In Plumier’s figure there is no incisure at the end of the leaves, a specific character in our plant; the rest of the figure is also too obscure to admit of comparison. The plant, from its long and slender stalks, acquires a graceful bend when in flower. As a native of Jamaica it requires the tan-bed of the hot-stove for its protection; and, like many other tropical plants, is subject to lose much of its beauty by the loss of the leaves on the lower part of the stem. Our figure was made from the Hibbertian Collection. [Pg 27]

PLATE CCCCXLVI.

This handsome twining plant was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope to the gardens of G. Hibbert, esq. about the year 1802, and flowered very luxuriantly, but did not perfect any of its seeds nor make any approach towards it, as the flowers with their empalements all fell off together immediately after flowering; and for the last three or four years the plant (although apparently in a healthy state) has not indicated the least appearance of bloom; and we are inclined to think it might possibly succeed better with the careful treatment of the dry stove than with its present situation in the hot-house; and if upon experiment it should prove successful, it would then doubtless become a plant in request by many cultivators who whilst it remains a hot-house plant cannot give it a place in their collection.

This genus approaches so near to that of Phaseolus, that we cannot help thinking one generic title would have been sufficient for them both. [Pg 29]

PLATE CCCCXLVII.

From the shining silvery appearance of this Protea we have drawn its specific title, although aware of the insurmountable difficulty of doing justice to it: but in so extended a genus it will be frequently impossible to give a discriminating or unoccupied specific from its foliage:—our title may always be ascertained when the plant is in bloom, whether in perfection or not, as the flowers living or dead always retain a shining silvery aspect. It also possesses a most exquisite sweet scent; but its superior fragrance only exists whilst the flowers are in perfection; as after that period it grows fainter, and is at last scentless. Our figure was made from the collection of G. Hibbert, esq. [Pg 31]

PLATE CCCCXLVIII.

This elegant plant is the purple variety mentioned in our last Vol. Pl. 373. and flowered at the same time, with completely double flowers, and so equal in point of beauty, that we hesitated some time before we could determine to which we should give the preference. But had we seen the purple one in its present semi-double state, it would undoubtedly have claimed precedence, as well from its preserved botanic character, as its superior beauty. The singular versatility of these plants we were entirely unacquainted with when we figured the rose-coloured one; as, since that period, we have seen them in bloom with single flowers, the following year with double ones; and again the year after we found this purple one in the semi-double state which our figure represents, the plant then bearing five-and-twenty flowers in full perfection, forming a coup-d’œil superior to any shrub we have ever seen. [Pg 33]

PLATE CCCCXLIX.

Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum, lanceolatum, erectum, persistens.

Corolla. Petala infundibuliformia quinque, oblonga, superne sensim latiora, obtusa, patentia.

Stamina. Filamenta quinque subulata, erecta, longitudine calycis (rudimenta filorum insuper 5, alternantia). Antheræ simplices, sagittatæ.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Styli 5, filiformes, erecti, longitudine staminum. Stigmata simplicia, reflexa.

Pericarpium. Capsula globosa, pentagona, decemlocularis, quinquevalvis.

Semina solitaria, ovato-planiuscula, acuminata, glabra.

Empalement. Cup five-leaved, lance-shaped, upright, and remaining.

Blossom. Funnel-shaped petals five, oblong, widening upwards by degrees, obtuse, and spreading.

Chives. Five filaments, awl-shaped, upright, the length of the calyx (there are five alternate slight rudiments of threads). Anthers simple, and arrow-shaped.

Pointal. Seed-bud ovate. Shafts 5, thread-shaped, and upright, the length of the stamens. Summits simple, and reflexed.

Seed-vessel. Capsule globular, five-sided, ten-celled, five-valved.

Seeds solitary, of a flattish oval form, sharp-pointed, and smooth.

This perfectly new Linum is by far the most showy of the genus, and illumines all the gloomy months of winter with its fine large flowers, whose brilliance is not often surpassed even in the height of summer, when Flora reigns with undiminished lustre. It has been hitherto regarded as a hot-house plant, but is now found to succeed much better with the careful treatment of the green-house. It is published by Capt. Hardwicke in his enumeration of the plants of Sireenagur in the Asiatic Annual Register of 1800, and was found by that gentleman on the sides of the mountains in fine bloom in the month of December, and from whom it received the specific title of trigynum. Its provincial name is said to be Gul Ashorfee; from Gul a flower and Ashorfee gold, a coin current in India of the value of 2 l. sterling. There is a figure of this Linum in the Exotic Botany of Dr. Smith, copied from a drawing, and represented with deeply serrated leaves; a character very different from any of the living plants we have as yet seen in bloom, not one of them exhibiting the slightest vestige of a serrature on their foliage. Our figure was made from a plant in luxuriant bloom at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames. [Pg 35]

PLATE CCCCL.

Calyx nullus.

Corolla hexapetala; tribus interioribus conniventibus, exterioribus patulis.

Stamina. Filamenta sex, apice inflexa, basi dilatata. Antheræ oblongæ, in medio affixæ. Stylus triqueter. Stigma triquetrum.

Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, angulata, 3-locularis, 3-valvis.

Semina numerosa, plana.

Obs. In quibusdam speciebus tria stamina sterilia sunt.

Empalement none.

Blossom. Six petals; the three inner ones conniving together, the outer ones spreading.

Chives. Six threads turned inwards at the points, and widened at the base. Tips oblong, and fastened in the centre. Shaft three-sided. Summit three-cornered.

Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, angular, 3-celled, 3-valved.

Seeds many, flat.

Obs. In some species three of the stamens are sterile.

This genus approaches so near to Ornithogalum, that they may easily be mistaken for each other; the only visible distinction resting in the unexpanding character of the three inner petals, or calyx; for opinions vary with respect to their denomination—Jussieu, an able botanist (through all the divisions of this family), regarding that as the empalement which we, following Linnæus, describe as petals. In the Species Plantarum of Willdenow we find our plant enumerated under the specific title of fastigiata, with a technical description annexed to it. From a plant in the garden of G. Hibbert, esq. about three years ago, we made a drawing of this Albuca, but are inclined to think it rather scarce, not having seen it since that period. [Pg 37]

PLATE CCCCLI.

This new species of Diosma so nearly resembles the genus Erica in its foliage, that, regarding it as an unequivocally good specific reference, we have adopted it. The only place in which we have as yet seen it was at the Cape nursery last December, where we observed several plants in fine bloom; and although not showy, they are certainly estimable from their neat and delicate appearance, particularly at a season when so many of the beauties of vegetation are in a state of quiescence. Upon comparing our figure with a fine dried specimen of the D. hirsuta in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq., we find so powerful a resemblance as induces us to regard our plant as only a variation of culture, more especially as in the magnifier slight vestiges of the hairs on the edges of the leaves are still discernible. But no fear need be entertained of any mode of culture rendering our present specific term impervious to the naked eye. There is a dotted or punctured character which pervades the under surface of the foliage of most Diosmas, many of which, when rubbed, emit a powerful odour. The present subject, although deficient in both those respects, still possesses a peculiarity that we have thought deserving a magnified place in the dissections. It is a hardy green-house plant, and a native of the Cape of Good Hope. [Pg 39]

PLATE CCCCLII.

Calyx duplex. Interior monophyllus, semi-striatus, sub-cylindraceus, quinquefidus, persistens. Exterior octophyllus, basi leviter coalitus.

Corolla sub-clavata, convoluta. Petala quinque, basi uno latere alternatim auriculata, lobis columnam staminum convolventibus.

Stamina. Filamenta plurima, ad basin in tubum corolla longiorem torta, in partem superiorem tubi coalita, cujus apex liberatus est.

Pistillum. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma decemfidum.

Pericarpium. Bacca sub-globosa, quinque-locularis.

Semina solitaria.

Empalement double. The inner one-leafed, half-striped, nearly cylindrical, five-cleft, and remaining. The outer eight-leaved, and slightly attached at the base.

Blossom nearly club-shaped, and folded together. Petals five, alternately eared on one side of the base, the lobes of which are rolled round the columnar shaft of the stamens.

Chives. Threads numerous, united at the base into a tube longer than the blossom, twisted, and united near the upper part of the tube, the point of which is liberated.

Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit ten-cleft.

Seed-vessel. A berry nearly round, with five cells.

Seeds solitary.

This handsome hot-house plant is certainly an old one, having been a sojourner with us near thirty years, but has not as yet been figured in any publication that we know of:—a neglect most probably resulting from the singularity of its unclosing flowers; so uncommon a character naturally conveying an idea that the plant was in an imperfect state. Under this prejudice it has lost the charm of novelty, and many a less attractive object has been preferred before it. This genus approaches so close to the genera of Hibiscus, Althea, Malva, &c. that it must certainly be considered as a very near relation to that family. Its foliage is frequently deciduous on the lower part of the stem; a defect to which stove plants in general are but too subject. It is a native of South America and the West India Islands, was found by Dr. Houston in Jamaica in 1731, and introduced by B. Bewick, esq. in 1780. It flowers from July till the end of the year. [Pg 41]

PLATE CCCCLIII.

The appearance of this Protea, as cultivated in the gardens, is diametrically opposite to its natural character, which, as its specific indicates, is repent or creeping; instead of which, the branches of the plant are bent from their natural habit, forced as upright as possible, and fastened to a stick; in which situation the flowers only would compare with our figure. But so averse is it to this confined mode of treatment, that, as soon as the branches are liberated, they instantly take the direction most natural to them, and which is certainly the most graceful. Although repens is the more general title of this Protea, yet we have heard it sometimes called amplexicaulis, a name given by some cultivators to a plant whose foliage is so nearly resembling the one now figured, that, when it arrives at a flowering state, it will most probably prove to be no more than a variation of culture. It is a difficult matter to say in what stage the flower is most beautiful, whether in the bud state, before the pointals are released, or afterwards. From their long confinement, the pollen adheres so strongly to them, that when relieved they appear like the antheræ. Our drawing was made at the Hibbertian collection from a plant in fine bloom in the month of February. [Pg 43]

PLATE CCCCLIV.

This plant is most completely armed in all directions, and known by the appellation of the Horrid Nettle. The fierceness of its exterior evinces grandeur, and the bright red flower-stems combine some share of beauty: and notwithstanding its ferocious aspect, the Common Wild Hedge Nettle suffers a light approach with less impunity than this terrific plant; thus proving the old axiom of an open enemy, however powerful, being less injurious than a pretended friend, whose insidious character, like the Hedge Nettle, unheeded stings. In the Hortus Schœnbrunnensis of Jacquin it is described and figured, and also in the Icones of Plumier, p. 259, tab. 260, who gives it the additional specific of arborescens: and there is but little doubt of its forming a tree-like appearance in the Antilles and Blue Mountain Valley of Jamaica, where it is indigenous. The figure represents the upper part of a large specimen, communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq. with whom it flowered in the summer of 1804. [Pg 45]

PLATE CCCCLV.

Amongst the numerous introductions of novelty to the gardens of G. Hibbert, esq. the Hesteria section of the genus Polygala (although not splendid) are all of them particularly desirable, from their lively, long, and (of this species) we may say continual bloom; it having been seen in flower throughout the whole year. There is a variety of it with white flowers of equal durability, and so perfect a fac-simile in every other particular, that a separate figure will by no means be requisite, especially as in the winter season the purple flowers are sometimes almost bleached by the cold, and the distinction in consequence less apparent. It is well known by the cultivators under the appellation of mixta ; a specific given to it from the promiscuous manner in which the flowers and leaves are profusely mixt together. [Pg 47]

PLATE CCCCLVI.

This Lachenalia may be regarded as a perfectly new species, there not being a figure of it extant, nor is it enumerated in the Species Plantarum of Willdenow. We were at first inclined to have called it ringens, from the wide-gaping character of the mouth of the flower: but as so many of this genus have received a specific title in reference to their colour, the appellation of flava in the present instance will doubtless be generally as well accepted. The figure was made, from the only plant that has as yet flowered in this country, at the nursery of Mr. Williams of Turnham Green, who informs me that he has had the plant three or four years, but has found it difficult to flower, and slow of increase. [Pg 49]

PLATE CCCCLVII.

The flowers of this Banksia bear a considerable degree of affinity to the B. ericæfolia already figured in Pl. 156, but very distinct in the foliage. From the small thorns on the upper part of the leaves it has acquired the specific title of spinulosa. It is not very often seen in bloom, although an old plant; which is accounted for in the slowness of its growth, and the size it generally attains to before it becomes a flowering plant: and as this character is prevalent through the whole genus, it no doubt prevents them from being so generally cultivated as they would otherwise be; since, when in flower, they are certainly both curious and beautiful. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion-House near Brentford; where, under the care of Mr. Hoy, several fine species of this genus are in very great perfection. [Pg 51]

PLATE CCCCLVIII.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, superum; in medio orbiculus, supra quem quadripartitum est: laciniis concavis, persistentibus.

Corolla. Petala quatuor, calyce duplo majora, obtusa, concava.

Stamina. Filamenta plurima in orbiculo calyci inserta, longitudine corollæ: antheræ parvæ.

Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. Stigma simplex.

Pericarpium. Drupa quadrangularis, coronata, unilocularis.

Semina. Nux subrotunda, glabra.

Empalement. Cup of one leaf, above: in the middle is a little circle, above which it is four-divided: the segments are hollow, and remaining.

Blossom. Petals four, twice the size of the calyx, obtuse, and hollow.

Chives. Threads many in a little circle inserted into the calyx: tips small.

Pointal. Seed-bud top-shaped, beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the stamens. Summit simple.

Seed-vessel. A berry four-angled, coronet-shaped, and one-celled.

Seed. A nut nearly round, and smooth.

Eugenia foliis oppositis, alternis, latis, ovalibus, apice acuto, leviter torto, glabris, lucidis. Caulis erectus. Ramuli superiores dumosi, cortice rugoso, colore pulliginoso: ramis floriferis oppositis, alternis, rectis: corollis alternatim oppositis, purpureis.

Eugenia with opposite alternate leaves, broad, and of an oval form, with an acute point, slightly twisted, smooth, and shining. Stem upright. The branches above are bushy. The bark is wrinkled, and of a light brown colour. The flower-branches are opposite, alternate, and straight out. The blossoms are alternately opposite, and purple.

The figure of this Eugenia was made from the finest plant in this country in the hot-house of G. Hibbert, esq. where we were in hopes it would have perfected its fruit; but were disappointed, as in a very forward state towards ripening it fell off. But, as far as it was advanced, we have represented it, as in this climate it might probably never arrive at greater maturity, unless a larger house were constructed for it: otherwise the degree of heat necessary to preserve the smaller tropical plants would always be subject to injure those of a large size, from the natural extension of their roots approaching too near the flues. But although so much care is required for it in this clime, in the warmer regions of Macassar, Amboyna, and the Moluccas, where it is indigenous, not the least attention is necessary; for, such is the extreme indolence of the natives, that it is imagined, if any care had been requisite for its preservation, it would soon have been lost for want of it. In the Hortus Malabaricus of Rheede there is an uncoloured figure of it, with descriptions, in which it is said to be a fruit-tree of great general utility to the country from its extreme abundance, grateful taste, and salubrious quality, flowering twice in the year. The fruit in an unripe state is of a bitterish and rather astringent character; but, when ripe, of a fine flavour, exceedingly wholesome, and beneficial as an allayer of inflammation in feverish habits. The flowers are by the Dutch at Amboyna preserved, and frequently eaten by way of salad. It is said to form a tall umbrageous tree, and when in fine bloom must certainly be an object of great beauty. [Pg 53]

PLATE CCCCLIX.

Lasiopetalum quercifolium, ternatum: foliis duobus ad basin minoribus; supra viridibus, subtus nervosis, ferrugineis, stellatim setis tectis: racemis floriferis longis, foliis oppositis: corollis purpureis. Rami et ramuli, pedunculi, &c. setis stellatim tecti, ferruginei. Caulis humilis.

Woolly flower with oak-shaped leaves, by threes; two at the base are smallest; green on their upper surface, veined beneath, of a rusty iron colour, and beset with hairy star-like specks. Flower-branches long, and opposite to the leaves. Blossoms purple. The small and larger branches, footstalks, &c. are beset with star-like specks, and of a rusty colour. Stem low.

Throughout almost all the plants as yet introduced from New South Wales, there is a strong marked leading feature that proclaims them of Botany Bay extraction, either in the upright strictness of their habit, a hard harsh character in the foliage, or a rough and rusty exterior. Of the last description is our present figure; but it is nevertheless a very handsome plant, and the only addition (to this otherwise solitary genus) as yet in cultivation with us. Labillardiere, in his Description of New South Wales, has given a figure of a plant under the title of Lasiopetalum triphyllum, very much resembling our quercifolium—probably a variety of it—or, if intended to represent the same plant, there must be a considerable inaccuracy in the delineation. Our figure was taken from a plant at the nursery of Messrs. Colville. [Pg 55]

PLATE CCCCLX.

This Lachenalia is perfectly new, an attraction that may counterbalance its want of speciosity. From the total absence of footstalks to the flowers we have derived its unoccupied specific title. Professor Jacquin has figured many handsome species of this genus not yet introduced to this country, and amongst the number two equally sessile with our plant, but in no other particular resembling it. From a drawing made for the collection of G. Hibbert, esq. in 1803 our figure was taken; since which period we have not seen any vestige of the plant, and therefore imagine that, like many other Cape bulbs, it is lost to us for the present: but it probably may soon reappear amongst the frequent importations we are in the constant habit of receiving from that inexhaustible botanic mine. [Pg 57]

PLATE CCCCLXI.

This little Protea is more desirable, by way of contrast to those splendid imbricated species, than for any beauty it possesses, and exhibits powerfully the great diversity of character annexed to this numerous genus. Attached to the dissections is part of the branch of a minor variety, and which is by some considered as specifically distinct: and were extension our object, it certainly might be made a separate species, from the difference of its character after flowering, the larger one forming a cone the size of an egg; which the lesser one does not. It also differs in the manner of its growth; but only in the dried specimens which we have seen that have been collected from old plants at the Cape; and in them the small variety forms its branches after the manner of a corymbus, and the plant has thence received the appellation of corymbosa. But had we given a separate figure of it, we could not (without making an awkward apology) have adopted a specific title whose characteristic appearance it might never acquire in this climate, and which our figure would not have possessed. By placing it amongst the variations these objections are obviated, and the appearance of repetition avoided: a desirable object in a genus so extended as Protea; and we shall take every opportunity of abbreviating as much as possible the number of slight varieties, particularly when their attractions are not considerable. Our drawing was made from plants in the Hibbertian collection. [Pg 59]

PLATE CCCCLXII.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, concavum, quinquefidum, persistens.

Corolla. Petala quinque, subrotunda, concava.

Stamina. Filamenta viginti, subulata, corollâ breviora, calyci inserta. Antheræ simplices.

Pistillum. Germen inferum. Styli 5. Filum longitudine staminum. Stigmata simplicia.

Pericarpium. Pomum subrotundum, umbilicatum, carnosum, membranaceum: loculis quinquelocularibus.

Semina. Nonnulla oblonga, obtusa, basi acuminata, hinc convexa, inde plana.

Empalement. Cup one leaf, hollow, five-parted, and remaining.

Blossom. Five petals, nearly round, and hollow.

Chives. Twenty, awl-shaped, and shorter than the blossom, and inserted into the cup. Tips simple.

Pointals. Seed-bud beneath. Shafts 5. Thread the length of the stamens. Summit simple.

Seed-vessel. An apple nearly round, navelled, fleshy, skinny: partitions five loculaments.

Seeds. Some oblong, obtuse, pointed at the base, convex on the side, and then flat.

Malus japonica, foliis alternis, lanceolatis et spathulatis, glabris, et lucidis: marginibus serrulatis, suffruticibus, et interdum arborescentibus. Rami et ramuli alterni, recti, ad basin nodosi, colore schisti: floribus fasciculatis, plerumque quaternis, læte coccineis: petalis concavis, quinque vel decem. Floret in Martio et Aprili.

Japan Apple, with alternate leaves lance-and spathula-shaped, smooth, and shining: with finely sawed margins, shrubbyish, and sometimes growing to a tree. The small and large branches are alternate and straight out, knotty at the base, and of a slaty colour. Flowers grow in bunches mostly of four together, of a bright scarlet colour. The petals are concave, and from five to ten in number. Flowers in March and April.

This handsome fruit-tree will doubtless soon become an object of general cultivation in this country, from the brilliance and duration of its fine scarlet blossoms. It is perfectly hardy, but flowers with most freedom in the shelter of the green-house. The fruit is about the size and shape of a walnut. Why or wherefore Pyrus is the generic title adopted for Apple we were at first at a loss to conjecture, but upon investigation find it built on the egotism too inseparable from human nature, and must confess ourselves very sorry to be under the necessity of placing the defect to its original source; the celebrated Linnæus, who it appears altered it from Malus (the genus of Tournefort) to Pyrus, for no other reason but that his own system (unquestionably the best in almost every other particular) might not bear any resemblance to that of Tournefort. Jussieu in the Introduction to his Genera Plantarum, commenting on this very subject, concludes with this most excellent remark: “Such is the love of undivided praise!” We have therefore returned the genus back to its old standard, not through any desire to alter, but absolute necessity; regarding the absurdity of its nomination under the generic title of Pyrus as already too long retained; for whilst the tree is known by its fruit, that fruit should certainly be called by its name.

For the introduction of this fine plant we are indebted to the Hon. C. Greville, in whose conservatory at Paddington it first flowered, and from whence our figure was taken. [Pg 61]

PLATE CCCCLXIII.

For this beautiful species of Pæonia we are indebted to Lady Hume, in whose select collection at Wormley-bury, Herts, it flowered for the first time in this country. When we figured the fine purple variety, we little thought of having so soon to compare it with a rival of such magnitude, and of equal beauty. The bright radiated purple at the base is a great relief to the surrounding whiteness of the petals, that would otherwise stand in much greater need of the assistance of art for a strength of shadow, that would unavoidably injure their delicacy. The more we become acquainted with this attractive genus, the greater latitude of growth we find attached to it, which appears to defy all systematic rule, varying in some species from Digynia, or two pointals, up to six or more. The present one differs more than all the rest, having six pointals and seed-buds attached together, and enshrined within a globular exterior, resembling a Poppy, and from whence we have drawn its specific title; for, as a distinct species it may certainly be considered with great propriety; and most likely the distinction will by some be thought of sufficient consequence to license a generic division: but in a genus so mutable, were the alteration still greater, whilst it could be recognised as a Pæony, we should regret to meet it under any other title. [Pg 63]

PLATE CCCCLXIV.

Among the scented foliage characteristic of so many of the Diosmas the present species is by far the most powerful, and is the plant called Buku, so much used by the Hottentots, at the Cape of Good Hope, by way of perfume. They mix it with grease, and anoint themselves with it so profusely that a stranger can scarcely endure the effluvia of it. The D. serrata also possesses a similar scent, and is most likely used occasionally for the same purpose by the natives. Its scent, when rubbed, remains a long time, and by some is thought very pleasant, by others as disagreeable: a difference of opinion in general attending all very strong perfumes. The foliage has a very neat appearance, and the clear white flowers give it a lively aspect. Like several others of the genus, it blooms in winter and spring. Our figure was made from the Clapham collection. [Pg 65]

PLATE CCCCLXV.

This very distinct species of Protea we have not seen in any other collection than that of G. Hibbert, esq. nor is it as yet amongst the numerous fine dried specimens in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq. and certainly may be considered at present as a rare plant. From the firm luxuriance of the foliage, and woody character of its stem, we should be inclined to regard it as a plant not difficult to preserve; and considering the abundance of its leaves, the flowers are comparatively few: and very likely this circumstance may best account for its present scarcity; for, amongst the various beauties of this extensive tribe, numerous flowers, or speciosity of appearance, are the best recommendations to particular attention. [Pg 67]

PLATE CCCCLXVI.

This delicate new Goodenia represents the entire plant, as communicated to the author by the Comtesse de Vandes, in whose choice collection near Bayswater it flowered for the first time. It is certainly one of the most graceful plants hitherto introduced from New South Wales. Its general exterior approaches very near a generic division of Goodenia called Velleia, and is by Labillardiere figured under the title Velleia trinervis. The abundance and succession of its bright yellow blossom, joined to its light an airy appearance, will no doubt insure it a place in most collections. [Pg 69]

PLATE CCCCLXVII.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, cylindraceum: denticulis duodecim, alternis minoribus.

Corolla. Petala sex, oblonga, obtusiuscula, patentia: unguibus in incisuras calycis insertis.

Stamina. Filamenta 12, longitudine calycis, supra: infra breviora. Antheræ simplices, incumbentes.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum. Stylus subulatus, longitudine staminum, declinatus. Stigma orbiculatum.

Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, acuminata, loculamentis duobus tecta.

Semina numerosa, parva.

Empalement. Cup one-leaved, cylindrical, twelve-toothed: the alternate ones the smallest.

Blossom. Petals six, oblong, bluntish, and spreading: the ungues or claws are inserted into the divisions of the calyx.

Chives 12 filaments the length of the calyx, above, shorter beneath. Tips simple, and lying on them.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft awl-shaped, the length of the stamens, bent downward. Summit orbicular.

Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, sharp-pointed, covered with two loculaments.

Seeds numerous, and small.

This plant seems to have been hitherto but imperfectly known, having been figured among Dr. Roxburgh’s Coromandel Plants, vol. i. p. 20, under the title of Grislea tomentosa. It has recently received another new generic title; but upon examination we find it to be the Lythrum of Linnæus; in which opinion the author is sanctioned by the concurrence of some of the ablest botanists of the present day. This handsome shrub is described in the 4th vol. of the Asiatic Researches, under the native title of D.hawry, and is said to grow wild on the hills and banks of rivulets in the northern part of Hindostan, where it is as much esteemed for its utility as its beautiful red flowers, which are gathered both for the use of dyers and apothecaries; the latter giving an infusion of them as a cooling medicine. When used in dyeing, they lose their colour, and only yield a slight brownish tincture to the water; so that the benefit derived from them when used with [A] Aal seems to depend solely on their action as an astringent, and which appears to be confirmed by the substituting of [B] Purwas, a strong astringent, as an equivalent for the flowers of the D.hawry. It is at present treated as a hot-house plant, but would in all probability succeed very well in the careful treatment of the green-house. The figure was taken from a fine plant in the nursery of Messrs. Colville.

PLATE CCCCLXVIII.

Calyx nullus.

Corolla. Monopetala, erecta, sexfida, oblonga. Tubus gibbus. Limbi patuli, parvi, fundo nectarifero.

Stamina. Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, fere ultra, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum, trifidum.

Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, trisulca, trilocularis, trivalvis.

Semina plura, angulata.

Obs. A. variegata sola habet stigma et stamina declinata.

Empalement none.

Blossom. One petal, upright, six-cleft, oblong. Tube gouty. Limbs spreading and small, with honey at their base.

Chives. Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, and scarcely above it, inserted into the receptacle. Anthers oblong, and incumbent.

Pointal. Seed-bud ovate. Shaft simple, the length of the stamens. Summit obtuse, and three-sided.

Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, 3-furrowed, 3-celled, 3-valved.

Seeds many and angular.

Obs. A. variegata simply has the pointal and stamens bent downwards.

This fine tall plant has been but rarely seen in bloom near town. The specimen from which our figure was made, was sent to London by the Rev. George Reading Leathes, from his collection at Bury St. Edmund’s, to his friend sir T. G. Cullum, bart. and obligingly communicated to us by that gentleman. It grows twelve feet high, and is considered as one of the loftiest of the Aloe tribe (the dichotoma and ferox excepted), the former of which is said to arrive sometimes to the enormous height of twelve feet in circumference round the stem, twenty feet high, and four hundred round the extremity of the branches. Colonel Paterson, in his Travels in Africa, mentions, that after crossing the Cousie or Sand River he visited a European and his family, who with their cattle had no other tenement but what nature had furnished them with in the Aloe dichotoma. [Pg 73]

PLATE CCCCLXIX.

Protea foliis lanceolatis, obliquis, transverse et horizontaliter sitis, marginibus tomentosis: squamis calycinis superioribus spathulatis, angustis, tomentosis, margine piloso, incarnatis: squamis infra lato-ovatis, tomentosis, intus melliferis: caulis erectus, sesquipedalis.

Protea with lance-shaped oblique leaves standing sideways in a horizontal direction, with downy edges. The upper scales of the empalement are spathula-shaped, narrow, downy, with hairy edges, and flesh-coloured. The scales beneath are broadly ovate, downy, and furnished with honey on the inner side. Stem upright, a foot and a half high.

This Protea may be regarded as an intermediate character between the P. mellifera and that fine section of Protea speciosa; and certainly, in point of beauty, deserves to be ranked among that showy division: but as the principal leading feature in the Speciosas exists in the powerful feathery fringe upon the edges of the imbrication, and the present one possessing so very slight a characteristic of that description, we could not with propriety rank it amongst them. Its affinity to the P. mellifera is only in the honey-bearing character of its flowers, which, like that species, contain a quantity of nectariferous juice. The unoccupied term of coronata is adopted, from the resemblance its imbrication bears to the form of a crown, and which is more apparent in this species than in any other as yet in cultivation with us. Our figure was made from the Clapham collection. [Pg 75]

PLATE CCCCLXX.

Ophrys arachnoides, caule folioso: foliis lanceolatis, glauco-viridibus, striatis: corollis patentibus, sub-albis; tribus exterioribus obtusis; duabus interioribus acutis, brevissimis: labello nectarii magno, subrotundo, fusco, convexo, villoso: prope basin labelli duæ sunt appendiculæ oppositæ, flavæ: centrum nectarii interlineatum est, maculisque flavis notatum: et in medio marginis tuberculum carnosum.

Ophrys with spider-like flowers: leaves enfoliating the stem, lance-shaped, of a glaucous green and striped. Blossom spreading, and nearly white: the three outer ones are obtuse, the two inner ones pointed, and very small: the lip of the honey-cup is large, nearly round, brown, convex, and hairy: near the base of the nectary there are two opposite appendicles of a yellow colour: the centre of the honey-cup is interlined, and spotted with yellow; and in the centre of the margin there is a fleshy substance.

This interesting species of the Orchideæ family was sent from Switzerland, by Dr. Messear, to the gardens of Isaac Swainson, esq. at Twickenham, where it flowers annually. It is said to be a native of Britain, France, Portugal, &c. and is known by the appellation of Ophrys arachnoides, or spider-like, but is generally thought to bear a stronger analogy to the humble bee. In the Flora Londinensis of Curtis, there is a figure under the title of Ophrys fuciflora very much resembling our plant in most particulars, except in the colour of the flower, which is very different. The same plant is again figured in Dr. Smith’s English Botany, under the specific of aranifera; and thus the plant is known both as a spider and a drone. The arachnoides may therefore be considered, if not a distinct species, as a very strong marked variety, and is at present a scarce plant. It remains so long in bloom, that the author observed it at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, three weeks after he had made the drawing, nearly as perfect as the figure represents. [Pg 77]

PLATE CCCCLXXI.

Ophrys myodes, floribus alternis, lateralibus: nectarii labio tripartito: laciniis lateralibus: lineari-lanceolatis, media oblonga, biloba, longior lateralibus: petalis patentibus: tribus exterioribus lanceolatis, viridibus, obtusis: duobus interioribus linearibus, brevissimis, purpureis: caule folioso: bulbo subrotundo.

Ophrys with fly-like flowers, alternate, and lateral: the lip of the honey-cup is three-cleft: the side segments are linear, and lance-shaped: the middle one is oblong, two-lobed, and longer than the side ones: the petals are spreading: the three outer ones are lance-shaped, green, and obtuse, the two inner ones are linear, very short, and purple: leaves enfoliating the stem: bulb roundish.

Amongst the Alpine plants of G. Hibbert, esq. we met with this curious little insectiferous plant, and which, like the preceding figure, is said to be indigenous to almost all Europe. It is figured in the English Botany of Dr. Smith, but apparently from a taller plant, and differs in the colour of the body. It is also represented in the Botanical Magazine, of a higher stature, but nearly the same in colour. Variations probably the mere effect of climate, and a different mode of culture. As they all bear an unequivocal resemblance to the fly, so exact a representation of ever so humble a species of animated nature will no doubt be always thought deserving a place in every collection. [Pg 79]

PLATE CCCCLXXII.

This is an addition to the genus Hibbertia, but differs from the H. volubilis in having ten pointals instead of five; and will most likely, when more of the genus are in cultivation with us, form a section under the title of decagynia, and the original of the genus as pentagynia: a mode frequently adopted, to prevent that confusion too often attending the formation of new genera. Under this arrangement the genus of Hibbertia will be considerably enlarged, and certainly no genus more deserves it than that which bears the name of such a liberal promoter of botanic science.

Our figure represents the entire plant, from the nursery of Messrs. Colville, where it was first raised from seeds received from New South Wales. [Pg 81]

PLATE CCCCLXXIII.

Calyx nullus.

Corolla campanulata, sex-partita, unguibus cohærens: laciniis ovatis, maximis, patentibus.

Stamina. Filamenta sex, brevissima, superne crassiora, reflexa. Antheræ minimæ.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, obtusum, triquetrum, staminibus longius. Stylus nullus. Stigma trisulcum, obtusum: laciniis bifidis, perviis.

Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, triangularis, trilocularis, trivalvis.

Semina plurima, gemino ordine incumbentia.

Empalement none.

Blossom bell-shaped, six-divided, fastened together by the claws. The segments ovate, large, and spreading.

Chives. Six threads, very short, thick above, and reflexed. Tips small.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, blunt, three-sided, longer than the chives. Shaft none. Summit three-furrowed, obtuse. The segments are bifid, and may be passed through.

Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, obtuse, three-angled, three-celled, three-valved.

Seeds many, two-ranked, lying on each other.

Of this genus of plants there are as yet known but four species. The present one, from its specific title, might naturally be supposed to possess a magnificent exterior of unrivalled beauty; which is by no means the case: for although it is a grand plant when in fine bloom, the term of gloriosa must certainly be regarded as a metaphysical hyperbole, very inapplicable to any plant ever so beautiful. It is indigenous to North America, and of great utility to the natives, who make cords from the stringy texture of the leaves, and use it in the fabrication of their houses, to fasten the ends of them together. Their swinging beds, called Hamacks, are also said to be made of the same materials; and most probably the sailor’s bed, so well known by the appellation of Hammock, derives its title from the Hamack of the Indians. It is easily increased from the young shoots, which become flowering plants in about five years in the open ground: but if kept in the green-house, it might remain for twenty years without blooming, for want of sufficient air and sun to bring it to maturity.

Our figure are was made from a plant ten feet high, in luxuriant bloom, at Hedsor Lodge, the seat of Lord Boston. [Pg 83]

PLATE CCCCLXXIV.

The Psoralea pinnata is a very ornamental plant for the conservatory, and certainly deserves a coloured representation. At present there are only two uncoloured engravings of it extant: one in the Flora tetrapetala Rivinus, No. 5.; the other in Hermann’s Hortus Lugdunensis, tab. 273. The Psoraleas are a well marked natural genus, and appear much more characteristic of each other than many of the Papilonaceous genera.

Our drawing was made from a fine specimen received from the collection of the Hon. W. Irby. [Pg 85]

PLATE CCCCLXXV.

Serapias foliis lanceolatis glaucis, ad basin maculatis. Nectarium tripartitum, ferrugineum: laciniis lateralibus obtusis, erectis, conniventibus: divisio media ovata, acuminata, pilosa, dependens: corollis implicatis, apice involutis, extus pallentibus, intus fusco purpurascentibus.

Serapias with lance-shaped glaucous leaves spotted at the base. Honey-cup three-divided, and of a rusty colour: the side segments obtuse, upright, and approaching: the middle division is ovate, sharp-pointed, hairy, and hanging down. Blossom folded together, and turned inwards at the point, pale-coloured on the outside, and of a purply brown on the inside.

For this luxuriant specimen of the Serapias cordigera we are indebted to the Right Hon. the Marquis of Blandford. It is a rare plant, of a curious structure but very sombre aspect. It is one of those numerous divisions of the class Gynandria approaching the genus Ophrys on the one side, and Neottia on the other. From the Ophrys it is not easily distinguished; but from Neottia it is separated by the difference of its habit. This plant is well known by the title of cordigera, a specific derived from the resemblance the lip of the nectarium is supposed to bear to the shape of a heart: but the analogy is certainly not very powerful. The flowers remain a considerable time in perfection. It is indigenous to Spain, Barbary, Italy, [Pg 87] &c.

PLATE CCCCLXXVI.

This perfectly new species of Melaleuca was sent to us by Mr. J. Milne, botanic gardener at Fonthill, who is very successful in the cultivation of new plants. The punctured or dotted character on the under side of the leaves gives it an affinity to the Diosma tribe, as does also its scented foliage, which when rubbed emits a grateful aromatic odour; and which the leaves retain in some degree when dried. The flowers, although not splendid, are perhaps equally estimable from the rarity of their colour, which is a bright green when in perfection; but in retiring they acquire a yellower tint. It is a native of New Holland, and requires the careful treatment of the green-house. [Pg 89]

PLATE CCCCLXXVII.

This fine new Linum was raised from seed by Mr. J. Bell, in whose garden near Brentford it has flowered for the first time in England. It is nearest in affinity to the L. hirsutum of Jacquin, under which specific title the seed was received by Mr. Bell. The flowers when dead or dried lose their fine pinky tint, and acquire a blueish colour, the same as it first appears with in the bud state. It might then compare with Jacquin’s figure in point of colour, but would be too far removed in its appearance for us to have adopted the specific of hirsutum with any propriety. We may therefore with justice regard it as a beautiful nondescript species. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, flowers in June and July, and seeds so freely that it will no doubt be soon abundantly cultivated. [Pg 91]

PLATE CCCCLXXVIII.

Crinum latifolium, undulatum, glabrum, lucidum: spatha multiflora: tubo corollæ laciniis longiore, quæ mucronatæ sunt: post florescentiam capsula crescit in bulbum magnum, et plantam format futuram.

Habitat in Indiæ orientalis arenosis.

Crinum with broad, waved, smooth, shining leaves: sheath many-flowered: the tube of the blossom longer than the segments, which are pointed: and after flowering, the capsule swells into a large bulb, and forms the future plant.

Native of the sandy parts of the East Indies.

The Crinum latifolium is certainly one of the most attractive of the genus, as, in addition to the fine red colour of its flowers, it possesses an aromatic odour of agreeable fragrance. It is a bulb-bearer, as are all of this genus, although several of them have been placed erroneously amongst the genus Amaryllis, which does not bear bulbs. The genus Crinum, at present a short one, will therefore, with a good grace, admit a few additions; whilst that of Amaryllis, already very extended, will receive no injury by a slight curtailment. It is a native of the dry sandy parts of the East Indies, and was introduced by Mr. Lambert in the year 1803, but has not flowered till this summer—a period of four years. But there is little doubt of its now blooming annually, as it is not uncommon for bulbs imported from a great distance to enjoy a state of quiescence after their arrival. Our figure was made from a fine plant in luxuriant bloom in the hot-stove of J. Vere, esq. [Pg 93]

PLATE CCCCLXXIX.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, planum, decemfidum: laciniis alternatim exterioribus, angustioribus.

Corolla. Petala quinque, subrotunda, patentia, calyci inserta.

Stamina. Filamenta viginti, subulata, corolla breviora, calyci inserta. Antheræ lunulares.

Pistillum. Germina numerosa, minima, in capitulum collecta. Styli simplices, latere germinis inserti. Stigmata simplicia.

Pericarpium nullum. Bacca fit receptaculum commune seminum, rotundo-ovata, pulposa, mollis, magna, colorata, basi truncata, decidua.

Semina numerosa, minima, per superficiem receptaculi sparsa.

Empalement. Cup one-leafed, flat, ten-cleft: the segments are alternately exterior, and narrowed.

Blossom five-petalled, nearly round, spreading, and inserted into the calyx.

Chives. Threads twenty, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom, inserted into the calyx. Tips like a half-moon.

Pointal. Seed-buds numerous and small, collected into a head. Shaft simple, inserted into the side of the germ. Summit simple.

Seed-vessel none. The berry becomes the common receptacle for the seeds, is of a round ovate form, pulpy, soft, large, and coloured, cut off at the base, and deciduous.

Seeds numerous, small, on the outside of the receptacle, scattered.

This new species of Fragaria, from the lively yellow flowers and brilliance of its fine red fruit, is desirable as an ornamental plant, but is in no other respect estimable, from the insipidity of its fruit, which is entirely destitute of flavour. It is a native of the north-east parts of Bengal. Our figure was made from the only plant that has as yet flowered in England, in the gardens of the Honourable C. Greville. [Pg 95]

PLATE CCCCLXXX.

The Vaccinium nitidum is one of the handsomest species, but not so often to be met with as many of the genus. It is nearly allied in its foliage to the V. crassifolium; for, if leaves of both were detached, and mixt together, they might be easily mistaken. The habits of the plants are, however, very distinct, as is also the shape of the flowers. During the month of May and beginning of June this plant is in the greatest perfection. After that period the flowers lose much of their fine red colour. Our figure was made from a beautiful little shrub, above a foot high, in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames. [Pg 97]

PLATE CCCCLXXXI.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, superum, campanulatum, 5-dentatum, persistens.

Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis, 5-partita.

Stamina. Filamenta 5, minima: antheræ oblongæ, intra faucem corollæ.

Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, inferum. Stylus longitudine corollæ. Stigma crassiusculum, oblongum, simplex.

Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, bipartita, calyce coronata, in duas partes dehiscens: partes interiores dehiscentes, dissepimento parallelo.

Semina plura, oblonga, compressa, marginata.

Empalement. Cup one-leafed, above, bell-shaped, five-toothed, and remaining.

Blossom one petal, funnel-shaped, and five-parted.

Chives. Threads 5, small: tips oblong, within the mouth of the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, beneath. Shaft the length of the corolla. Summit thickish, oblong, and simple.

Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, in two parts, crowned by the cup, the two parts cleaving together; the inner parts gaping, with equal dissepiment.

Seeds many, oblong, compressed, and emarginated.

Cinchona foliis alternatis, ovatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, glabris, venosis: inter folia stipula parva, cauli adpressa: floribus axillaribus, simplicibus, albicantibus, glabris, odoratissimis. Rami alternati, oppositi.

Habitat in Caribæis: succedaneum cortici Peruviano.

Cinchona with alternate leaves, sharp-pointed, entire, smooth, and veined: between the leaves there is a small stipula pressed to the stem: flowers axillary, and single, of a whitish colour, smooth, and very sweet-scented: branches alternate, and opposite.

Native of the Caribæan Islands: as bark, substituted for the Peruvian species.

This specimen of the Cinchona Caribæa, or Jesuits Bark of Jamaica, was communicated to the author by A. B. Lambert, esq. who raised it from seed, and with whom it has flowered for the first time in this kingdom. Opinions are various as to the time and means by which the medicinal virtues of the Peruvian bark were first discovered; but as the discovery of most very useful things is generally the effect of chance, Geoffroy’s account of it (as given in the Medical Botany of Dr. Woodville) is certainly the most natural, who states it to have been occasioned by some Cinchona trees having been blown into a pool of water, and lying there till the water became so bitter that nobody would drink it, till one of the neighbouring inhabitants being seized with a violent paroxysm of fever, and having no other water, drank of this, and was perfectly cured. He prevailed on some of his friends, who were ill, to make use of the same remedy, and it proved successful. But the use of it was little known till the year 1638, when a signal cure being performed on the Countess del Cinchon, the lady of a Spanish viceroy at Lima, (from whom it derives its generic title) it came into general use, and a large quantity of the bark was by that lady distributed amongst the Jesuits, in whose hands it increased in reputation, and was by them first introduced into Europe. The Caribæan species is said to be an excellent substitute for the Peruvian bark, and therefore a most valuable acquisition to us; as Mr. Lambert, in his description of the genus Cinchona, informs us that well grounded fears are entertained of the Peruvian species being some day lost to us, as, from the extreme decortication they have experienced, they are nearly extinct in those parts where they were formerly most abundant. [Pg 99]

PLATE CCCCLXXXII.

Calyx. Perianthium cylindricum, tubulosum, striatum, persistens: os 5-dentatum, basi squamulis quatuor cinctum, quarum interdum duæ oppositæ, inferiores.

Corolla. Petala 5. Ungues longitudine calycis, angusti, receptaculo inserti: limbus extus planus, laminis late obtusis, crenatis.

Stamina. Filamenta decem, subulata, longitudine calycis: antheræ ovales, oblongæ, compressæ, incumbentes.

Pistillum. Germen ovale. Styli duo, subulati, staminibus longiores. Stigmata recurvata, acuminata.

Pericarpium. Capsula cylindrica, recta, unilocularis, quadrilateralis, apice dehiscens.

Semina plurima, compressa, subrotunda, a receptaculo liberata.

Empalement cylindrical, tubular, lined, remaining: the mouth is 5-toothed, surrounded by four squamæ at the base, or sometimes two opposite ones beneath.

Blossom 5 petals: the claws the length of the calyx, narrow, and inserted into the receptacle: border flat without, broadly obtuse, and notched.

Chives. Ten threads, awl-shaped, the length of the calyx: tips oval, oblong, compressed, and incumbent.

Pointal. Seed-bud oval. Shafts two, awl-shaped, and longer than the chives. Summit recurved, and pointed.

Seed-vessel. Capsule cylindrical, straight, one loculament, four-sided, and splitting at the end.

Seeds many, compressed, nearly round, and freed from the receptacle.

The Dianthus alpinus is a very scarce plant, little known, and rarely to be met with in any collection, although its beauty renders it deserving a place in every one, and its size would never exclude it from any. Our figure represents the entire plant, from the collection of Isaac Swainson, esq. who raised it from seed which he received from Germany. The only coloured representation of it extant is in the Flora Austriaca of Jacquin, from a native specimen, and of no greater magnitude than our figure represents—a diminutive stature, particularly characteristic of the true Alpine pink. [Pg 101]

PLATE CCCCLXXXIII.

This double-flowered dwarf Dahlia is certainly the most attractive of the genus. It is supposed to be only a variety of the D. pinnata, but the variation is almost powerful enough to constitute a species; as, besides the difference in its flowers, we have never found it arrive to more than half the height of the pinnata, although we have seen it every autumn for four years in luxuriant bloom. At present it is a scarce plant, and appears to be not quite so hardy as the taller species, nor so easily increased. Our figure was made from a plant in the collection of the Right Hon. Lady Holland, at Holland House, Kensington. [Pg 103]

PLATE CCCCLXXXIV.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, ovatum, 5-fidum, persistens.

Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis: tubus calyce longior: limbus patulus, 5-fidus, 5-plicatus.

Stamina. Filamenta quinque, subulata, vix longitudine corollas, adscendentia: antheræ oblongæ.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine corollæ. Stigma capitatum, emarginatum.

Pericarpium. Capsula sub-ovata, lineâ utrinque insculptâ: bilocularis: bivalvis, apice dehiscens: receptaculum dimidiatum, ovatum, punctatum: dissepimentis affixis.

Semina numerosa, reniformia, rugosa.

Empalement. Cup one-leafed, ovate, 5-cleft, and remaining.

Blossom one petal, funnel-shaped: tube longer than the calyx: segments spreading, 5-cleft, 5-plaited.

Chives. Threads five, awl-shaped, scarcely the length of the blossom, and ascending: tips oblong.

Pointal. Seed-bud ovate. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the blossom. Summit headed, and emarginated.

Seed-vessel. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, with a line imprinted on both sides: two loculaments: two valves, splitting at the point: receptacle half-way divided, ovate, and dotted: dissepiments cleaving together.

Seeds numerous, kidney-shaped, and rough.

Nicotiana foliis petiolatis, sub-cordatis, glandulis minutis viscosis circumsessis: floribus alternis, solitariis, ad partem superam ramorum: corolla campanulata, pallide purpurea, viscosa: ramis glandulis minutis tectis, viscosis.

Habitat in Peru.

Tobacco with petiolated and nearly heart-shaped leaves, beset with minute viscous glands: flowers grow solitary and alternate on the upper part of the branches: blossom bell-shaped, of a pale purple, and viscous: the branches covered with glands very small, and clammy.

Native of Peru.

This species of Nicotiana is called the Spanish Tobacco; and although we cannot exactly ascertain whether it is cultivated for the purpose of manufacturing into tobacco or snuff, yet there is little doubt of that being the case. The general appearance of this species very much resembles the common Tobacco plant, so well known. The most ostensible difference appears to exist in the glutinous character of the present species, whose stalks, leaves, and flowers are beset by numerous little glands, that emit a viscid juice. There is not much beauty attached to it; but, as a scarce and unfigured species, it well deserves a representation, as would any species of a genus that forms so considerable a branch in the commerce of a mercantile country. Our figure was made from a fine specimen received from A. B. Lambert, esq. [Pg 105]

PLATE CCCCLXXXV.

Very few species of plants revolt so much in appearance from their original genus as the present one, whose exterior bears very little resemblance to Melaleuca, although, upon examination, it perfectly accords in every particular. It is a native of New Holland, and, we are informed, was first raised from seed by Mr. Barr, nurseryman at Ball’s Pond, Islington.

Our figure was made from a plant in fine bloom at the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames. [Pg 107]

PLATE CCCCLXXXVI.

This fine Pæony is at present a scarce plant; nor is there any figure of it extant, if not in the Flora Russica of Dr. Pallas. The specimen our figure represents was received from Mr. J. Bell, who raised it from seed, and with whom it has flowered for the first time in this country. It may with propriety be ranked among the most attractive of the herbaceous species. The flowers expand in the early part of summer; and from the cold climate whence it is indigenous, little doubt need be entertained of its resisting our winter, if it can but endure the sudden changes of weather to which this island is subject; a transition that frequently proves more fatal to plants the natives of a cold northern clime, than to those of southern origin. [Pg 109]

PLATE CCCCLXXXVII.

This handsome species of Xeranthemum may be regarded as truly herbaceous, as the plant not only dies down annually, but even whilst living keeps constantly sending up fresh shoots from the root. The white appearance of the leaves is owing to their being enveloped by a kind of wool: but there are two varieties; the one whose foliage is almost without this woolly coat, and the other entirely divested of it, and of a rich green colour; but in every other particular the plants are all exactly alike.

Our figure was made from a small plant in fine flower in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. [Pg 111]

PLATE CCCCLXXXVIII.

This useful plant is the Morus papyrifera of Linnæus, but certainly would not have been so called by him, had both, the male and female plant come under his inspection, as it does not belong either to the class or order of the Mulberry. Neither of the plants, when in bloom, possesses much beauty, but they have rather a sombre aspect: yet the female plant, when in fruit, is certainly very handsome. In Japan and the South Sea Islands, where it is indigenous, the bark of it serves to make a clothing for the natives. In Japan, it not only makes cloth for them, but all the Japanese paper is made from the bark of it. There are four sorts. The first is a royal size, of a square form, very smooth, and painted on one side. The second is a fine letter paper, in sheets often three feet long. The third is used for covering their best varnished articles, and so fine as sometimes to look like a spider’s web. The fourth is a common writing-paper, varying in size and form. The process of its manufacture is by cutting off the shoots after the leaves fall, and boiling them till the bark separates. It is then peeled off, and steeped 3 or 4 hours in water, to purify, and the black outer cuticle, and green matter within, are scraped off and separated, according to their qualities. It is again boiled with a little ashes, and stirred with a bamboo stick; and the boiling is complete when its downy fibres can be separated with a touch of the finger. It is then agitated in water till it appears like a lump of tow, and again beat with camphor wood battens, and strained, for the coarser paper. An infusion of the roots of the Hibiscus manihot, or the leaves of Rivaria Japonica, with the flour of Japan rice, is then mixed with it, and poured on their moulds; which are not, like ours, formed of wire, but of fine rushes, and the sheets laid on a matted table with a fine shred of bamboo between each, and covered by a board with a stone upon it, to squeeze out the water, dried the next day singly on flat boards, and then packed up for sale.

PLATE CCCCLXXXIX.

This Gnaphalium is at present the largest flowering species (the G. eximium excepted). Its flowers are equally durable with those of any Xeranthemum, nor does it vary essentially in any particular from that genus (as a section of which it would have been much better understood). The genus Elychrisum we find, upon examination, to be built upon the same equivocal ground, and there is little doubt but at some future period those two superfluous genera will fall into the old Linnæan genus of Xeranthemum. Our figure was made from a fine plant in the Clapham collection, about a foot and a half high. We have seen it grow much taller, but it is not then so handsome. It is certainly not a new plant, but has not been as yet figured in any modern publication. The whiteness so prevalent in its flowers and leaves (by way of contrast to the green foliage of most other plants) would render it deserving a place in every collection, even if its long-lived shining flowers were not a sufficient recommendation. [Pg 115]

PLATE CCCCXC.

Calyx. Spatha communis, oblonga, latere dehiscens.

Corolla monopetala, 6-fida.

Stamina. Filamenta sex, corollæ inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, inferum. Stylus simplex.

Pericarpium. Capsula trilocularis, triangularis.

Semina plurima.

Obs. In quibusdam speciebus germen est superum: in aliis inferum.

Empalement. Spathe common, oblong, opening sideways.

Blossom one-petalled, 6-cleft.

Chives. Threads six, inserted into the blossom. Tips oblong.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, beneath. Shaft simple.

Seed-vessel. Capsule three-locular, three-angled.

Seeds many.

Obs. In some species the seed-bud is above, in others beneath.

This handsome aquatic is a native of the East Indies, and figured in Col. Syms’s Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, under the title of Pontederia dilatata. On examining some plants in the hot-house of J. Vere, esq. (whence our figure was taken) we observed so much variation in them, that we are inclined to think the P. hastata of Dr. Roxburgh’s Coromandel Plants represents (from a weak plant) the same species our figure delineates. [Pg 117]

PLATE CCCCXCI.

The Gardenia radirans is a native of Japan, and is figured by Thunberg in his Botanical Dissertation. The figure is small and coarse, but yet characteristic. We have represented a fine young plant, as its fragrant flowers are then much better relieved by the surrounding leaves. It is at present cultivated in the hot-house; but we are inclined to think it might succeed in the protection of the green-house. The luxuriance of its petals frequently absorbs nearly all the parts of fructification. But our specimen fortunately afforded three antheræ out of the five, and the pointal entire.

Our figure was made from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brames. [Pg 119]

PLATE CCCCXCII.

Calyx simplex, quinquepartitus.

Corolla papilionacea.

Stylus subulatus. Stigma obtusum.

Legumen ovato-acuminatum, apice compressum, polyspermum.

Empalement simple, five-parted.

Blossom butterfly-shaped.

Shaft awl-shaped. Summit blunt.

Pod pointedly egg-shaped, compressed at the end, and many-seeded.

Plants of a Papilionaceous character furnish the most frequent opportunity for generic divisions. Nine Genera have already been made by Dr. Smith and others to contain the Butterfly flowers of New Holland. Our little novelty agrees with neither. From Pultenæa, Aotus, Mirbelia, and Dillwynia, it differs in the pod not being two-seeded. The two last genera have also the cups two-lipped, and the first with appendages attached to it. Gompholobium has a globular pod, and Chorizema an oblong one and a bilabiate calyx. Daviesia, Viminaria, and Sphærolobium have pods one-seeded. Thus situated, we are under the necessity of adding one more to the number of genera, perhaps already too extended. We have never seen it exceed a foot in height. The foliage is mostly in whorls: and the stem, leaves, cups, and fruits are hairy.

Our figure represents one of the plants from the nursery of Messrs. Loddige, who first raised it from seed, and where we observed its brilliant little flowers in successive bloom for at least six months. [Pg 121]

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Plate	433	Agave Americana	Great American Aloe	G. H.	Shrub.	September.
	434	Pultenæa nana	Dwarf Pultenæa	G. H.	Shrub.	All Summer.
	435	Verbena mutabilis	Changeable-flowered Vervain	H. H.	Shrub.	All the Year.
	436	Corræa viridiflora	Green-flowered Corræa	G. H.	Shrub.	March.
	437	Protea canaliculata	Channelled-leaved Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	December.
	438	Protea speciosa	Showy Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	December.
	439	Stapelia orbicularis	Orbicular Stapelia	G. H.	Shrub.	December.
	440	Sophora sericea	Silky-leaved Sophora	G. H.	Shrub.	December.
	441	Epidendrum fuscatum	Brown-flowered Epidendrum	H. H.	Shrub.	June.
	442	Protea pulchella, Var. speciosa	Waved-leaved Protea, Specious Variety	G. H.	Shrub.	April.
	443	Erythrina speciosa	Showy Erythrina	H. H.	Shrub.	April.
	444	Lobelia hirsuta	Hairy Lobelia	G. H.	Shrub.	March.
	445	Epidendrum lineare	Linear-leaved Epidendrum	H. H.	Shrub.	July.
	446	Dolichos hirsutus	Hairy-stemmed Dolichos	H. H.	Shrub.	August.
	447	Protea argentiflora	Silvery-flowered Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	August.
	448	Pæonia suffruticosa, Var. flore purpureo	Shrubby Pænoia, Purple-flowered Variety	G. H.	Shrub.	April.
	449	Linum trigynum	Three-styled Golden Flax	G. H.	Shrub.	April.
	450	Albuca fastigiata	Level-topped Albuca	G. H.	Bulb.	July.
	451	Diosma ericæfolia	Heath-leaved Diosma	G. H.	Shrub.	All the Year.
	452	Achania mollis	Soft-haired-leaved Achania	H. H.	Shrub.	July.
	453	Protea repens	Creeping Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	June.
	454	Urtica baccifera	Berry-bearing Nettle	H. H.	Shrub.	June.
	455	Polygala mixta	Mixt Polygala	G. H.	Shrub.	All the Year.
	456	Lachenalia flava	Yellow-flowered Lachenalia	G. H.	Bulb.	June.
	457	Banksia spinulosa	Thorny-leaved Banksia	G. H.	Shrub.	All Summer.
	458	Eugenia malaccensis	Malay Apple-tree	H. H.	Tree.	July.
	459	Lasiopetalum ferrugineum	Oak-leaved Lasiopetalum	G. H.	Shrub.	June.
	460	Lachenalia sessiliflora	Sessile-flowered Lachenalia	G. H.	Bulb.	July.
	461	Protea teretifolia	Cylindric-leaved Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	June.
	462	Malus Japonica	Scarlet-flowering Japan Apple	Har.	Shrub.	June.
	463	Pæonia papavaracea	Poppy-like Pæony	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	464	Diosma ovata	Oval-leaved Diosma	G. H.	Shrub.	May.
	465	Protea divaricata	Straddling-leaved Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	466	Goodenia tenella	Slender Goodenia	G. H.	Shrub.	June.
	467	Lythrum fruticosum	Shrubby Lythrum	G. H.	Shrub.	All Summer.
	468	Aloe arborescens	Tree Aloe	H. H.	Shrub.	June.
	469	Protea coronata	Crown-flowered Protea	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	470	Ophrys arachnoides	Spider-like Ophrys	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	471	Ophrys myodes	Fly-like Ophrys	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	472	Hibbertia crenata	Scolloped-leaved Hibbertia	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	473	Yucca gloriosa	Superb Yucca	Har.	Shrub.	July.
	474	Psoralea pinnata	Winged-leaved Psoralea	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	475	Serapias cordigera	Heart-bearing Serapias	H. H.	Shrub.	June.
	476	Melaleuca diosmæfolia	Diosma-leaved Melaleuca	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	477	Linum venustum	Graceful Linum	Har.	Shrub.	July.
	478	Crinum latifolium	Broad-leaved Crinum	H. H.	Bulb.	August.
	479	Fragaria indica	Indian Strawberry	Har.	Herb.	July.
	480	Vaccinium nitidum	Shining-leaved Whortle-berry	Har.	Shrub.	June.
	481	Cinchona caribæa	West India Bark-tree	H. H.	Shrub.	August.
	482	Dianthus alpinus	Alpine Pink	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	483	Dahlia pinnata nana	Dwarf winged-leaved Dahlia	G. H.	Herb.	September.
	484	Nicotiana glutinosa	Clammy Tobacco	G. H.	Herb.	August.
	485	Melaleuca salicifolia	Willow-leaved Melaleuca	G. H.	Shrub.	July.
	486	Pæonia Daurica	Dauric Pæony	Har.	Herb.	June.
	487	Xeranthemum herbaceum	Herbaceous Eternal Flower	G. H.	Herb.	All Summer.
	488	Broussonetia papyrifera	Paper Mulberry	Har.	Shrub.	June.
	489	Gnaphalium grandiflorum	Large-flowered Gnaphalium	G. H.	Shrub.	August.
	490	Pontederia dilatata	Dilated Pontederia	H. H.	Aquatic.	September.
	491	Gardenia radicans	Rooting Gardenia	H. H.	Shrub.	August.
	492	Oxylobium cordifolium	Heart-leaved Oxylobium	G. H.	Shrub.	July.

Plate 438 read 433.
467 instead of Lythrum of Linnæus, read Lythrum fruticosum of Linnæus.
468 line 4 from the bottom, instead of height read size .

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