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Andrews</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: February 8, 2023 [eBook #69992]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Biodiversity Heritage Library)</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY FOR NEW AND RARE PLANTS; VOLS 1 & 2 ***</div> -<hr class="full"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" height="550" alt=""> -</div> - -<p class="toc"> - -<a href="#INDEX-vol1"><b>Index to Volume I</b></a><br> -<small><a href="#ERRATA1"><b>Errata Volume I.</b></a><br></small> -<a href="#INDEX-vol2"><b>Index to Volume II</b></a><br> -<small><a href="#ERRATA2"><b>Errata Volume II.</b></a><br></small> -</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> - -<h1> -<a href="images/title-1.jpg"> -<img src="images/title-1.jpg" -height="550" -alt=""></a><br> -<i>Vol. 1.</i><br><br> - -<i>of the</i><br> -Botanist’s Repository</h1> - -<p class="c"><i>Comprising<br> -Colour’d Engravings</i><br><br> - -of<br><br> - -<i>New and Rare Plants</i><br><br> - -ONLY<br> -<br> -With Botanical Descriptions &c.<br> - -<br>——<i>in</i>——<br><br> - -<i>Latin and English</i>,<br><br> - -<i>after the</i><br><br> - -Linnæan System.<br><br> - -<i>by</i><br><br> - -<i>H. Andrews</i><br><br> -<i>Botanical Painter Engraver, &c.</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span>  </p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span>  </p> - -<h2><a id="PREFACE"></a>PREFACE.</h2> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> utility of this undertaking at a crisis, when the taste for -Botanical pursuits so universally prevails, will, it is presumed, be -readily admitted by all those engaged in them, whether as theorists, -collectors, or cultivators. Such a work, under the immediate direction -of some principal leader in the science, of this country, has been a -desideratum of long expectance; but either from the great expence -necessarily incurred, before any adequate return could be made, or from -the trouble attendant on publications, where colouring forms so -considerable a part, as yet, every similar attempt has proved abortive. -The Bot. Mag. of Mr. Curtis, a work of singular merit in its way, has -occasionally furnished, it is true, a few specimens of new plants; but -the greatest part, as its title-page indicates, consists of those well -known, common plants, long cultivated in our gardens; the direct reverse -of the proposals and intentions of the author, in the prosecution of -this. From a wish to prevent confusion, it was a determined principle at -the outset of the work, not to give any generic or specific synonims; -but to follow the most generally accepted names, of known and named -plants, without a cavil, of our best English botanists, or cultivators, -if no flagrant error was perceptible, according to the Linnæan system: -being satisfied, nothing contributed so much to repress the ardour of -young botanists as the difficulty of affixing the right name to those -plants, which, (from a captious desire in every publisher, to foist in -something of his own coinage, upon the most trifling supposed -difference,) have undergone several changes of title. If the plant was a -certain novelty, with us, to have followed the sexual system, without a -schism; upon that truly grand and comprehensive scale of nature; when -the formation of a new genus was necessary; if not, to refer it to some -one already made, if such was to be found, in any orthodox author: the -specific name to be formed from some opposed, leading feature, in the -habits of the different species of the genus. But although such were the -Author’s intentions, when he entered on this business, yet, from a wish -to oblige many of the supporters of the work, who have signified a wish -that synonims should be given, an alphabetical Index, with all the -various Synonims collated from the best authorities, shall be printed -separate for the use of those who may wish for such an addition.</p> - -<p>As a fair excuse for the Author, (who throws himself upon the candour of -the Public,) in extenuation of the inaccuracies which have, and will -necessarily occur in the prosecution of the work, it is just to say, -that the difficulties to be encountered, and of which none but those -engaged in similar concerns can form any adequate idea, are -incalculable; arising chiefly from the nature of a monthly publication, -composed entirely of novelty, which cannot be anticipated, and of -course, so very little time can be allotted for revisal or correction. -To remedy as far as possible such slips, a list of Erratæ will be given, -with the Index, at the close of each volume.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p><p><span class="smcap">Knightsbridge</span>, Oct. 1799.</p> - -<h2><a id="ERRATA1"></a>ERRATA, VOL. I.</h2> - -<table> -<tr><td rowspan="19">Plate</td><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_2">2.</a></td><td>Springalia, lege, <i>Sprengelia</i>. Bloss. one leaf, read, <i>one petal</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td> </td><td>Peri. 4-valvis, 4-locul. l. 5-val. 5-loc. S. V. 4 val. 4 cells, r. 5 val. 5 cells.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_3">3.</a></td><td>Cor. æquila, l. <i>æqualia</i>. Emp. Sheath, r. <i>Sheaths</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_7">7.</a></td><td>Calyx, multiflorium, l. <i>multiflorum</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_9">9.</a></td><td>Calyx, diciduis, l. <i>deciduis</i>. Stam. acumenatæ, l. <i>acuminatæ</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_11">11.</a></td><td>Sp. Ch. post roseis, ins. (,).</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_12">12.</a></td><td>Ord. II. r. IV. Seeds, become, r. <i>becomes</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_14">14.</a></td><td>Emp. cup, r. <i>sheath</i>. Poin. put (,) after beneath.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_15">15.</a></td><td>Standard, cut, r. <i>cup</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_20">20.</a></td><td>Sem. acumenatæ, l. <i>acuminatæ</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_23">23.</a></td><td>Bloss. after spreading, put (,). No. 2 of Ref. put (<i>the</i>) before chives.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_25">25.</a></td><td>Sp. Ch. post plenis, ins. (,).</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_27">27.</a></td><td>Ord. II. r. IV.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_30">30.</a></td><td>Line 6th of Descr. leave out (<i>not</i>).</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_37">37.</a></td><td>Ord. II. r. IV.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_41">41.</a></td><td>Bloss. one leaf, r. <i>one petal</i>; divided into six, r. <i>with six divisions</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_47">47.</a></td><td>Stam. post subulata, ins. (,).</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_65">65.</a></td><td>Emp. fruit-stalks, r. <i>fruit-stalk</i>.</td></tr> - -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_67">67.</a></td><td>Descr. line 2d, for makes an addition to, r. <i>makes one of</i>.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p> - -<p class="cb"> -<small>THE</small><br><br><span class="lspc"> -<span class="big"> -BOTANIST’S REPOSITORY,</span></span><br> -<br> -<small>FOR</small><br> -<br><span class="big"> -<i>NEW, AND RARE PLANTS</i>.</span><br> -<br> -CONTAINING<br> -<br><span class="big"> -COLOURED FIGURES</span><br> -<br> -OF SUCH PLANTS, AS HAVE NOT HITHERTO APPEARED<br> -IN ANY SIMILAR PUBLICATION;<br> -<br><small> -WITH ALL THEIR ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, BOTANICALLY ARRANGED,<br> -AFTER THE SEXUAL SYSTEM OF THE CELEBRATED LINNÆUS;</small><br> -<br> -<i>IN ENGLISH, AND LATIN</i>.<br> -<br><small> -TO EACH DESCRIPTION IS ADDED,</small><br> -<br> -A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PLANT,<br> -<br><small> -AS TO ITS TIME OF FLOWERING, CULTURE, NATIVE PLACE OF GROWTH,<br> -WHEN INTRODUCED, AND BY WHOM.</small><br> -<br><small> -THE WHOLE EXECUTED BY</small><br> -<br><span class="big"><span class="lspc"> -<i>HENRY ANDREWS</i>,</span></span><br> -<br> -AUTHOR OF THE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS, IN FOLIO.<br> -<br> -<br> -LONDON:<br> -<br> -<i>PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY</i>,<br> -AND PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, Nº 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.<br> -<br><small> -To be had of <span class="smcap">J. White</span>, Fleet-street, and all the Booksellers.<br> -<br></small> -1797.<br> -<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_1"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> I.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CORTUSA MATTHIOLI.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Alpine Sanicle.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquefidum, persistens; laciniis obtusis, -concavis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, rotata, quinquepartita, laciniis sub-rotundis, -ad quarum basin prominent tubercula quinque.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque brevia. Antheræ bipartitæ, oblongæ, -erectæ, exteriori parte affixæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simplex.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpuim.</span> Capsula ovata-oblonga, utrinque longitudinaliter -sulcata, unilocularis, apice quinquevalvi, valvularum marginibus -involutis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, oblonga, scabra.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with five divisions, permanent; the segments blunt, -and concave.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, wheel-shaped, five divisions, segments nearly -round, having five prominent tubercles at their base.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five short threads. Tips divided in two, oblong, upright, -and fixed to the blossom by their backs.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong egg-shaped, channelled on each side, of -one cell, the top has five valves, which are turned inward at their -margins.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, oblong, and rough.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Cortusa, foliis cordatis, laciniatis, petiolatis; calycibus corolla -brevioribus.</p> - -<p>Sanicle, with heart-shaped jagged leaves that have foot-stalks; -empalements shorter than the blossoms.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind"> -1. The Empalement, and Fruit-stalk.<br> -2. The Blossom cut, and spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> beautiful little herbaceous plant, a native of the Germanic Alps, -was known to, and described by all the elder, as well as modern -botanical theorists; yet till this time, has there not been one good -representation of it. Having been nearly lost to us for a number of -years, it may be considered as deserving a place amongst those plants we -deem rare; as a specimen of such it has been given. It delights much in -shade; is perfectly hardy; thrives best in a light but pure soil; as -dung, or other mixtures, are apt to rot the roots when in a state of -inaction; flowering in May and June, and producing seeds. But the surest -mode of propagation is by the root, which may be divided with success -about September.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 1<br> -<a href="images/ill_001.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> - -<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_2"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> II.<br><br> -<span class="chead">SPRINGALIA INCARNATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Star-flowered Springalia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIS MONOGAMIA.</i> Tips united. Flowers simple.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, quinquefida, rotata, laciniis acumenatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, lineares, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ -pilosæ, erectæ, conatæ in cylindrum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, turbinatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma -obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarfium.</span> Capsula quadrivalvis, quadrilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, minima, rotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, cut into five segments, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, cut into five segments, wheel-shaped, the -divisions sharp pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, linear, fixed into the receptacle. Tips -hairy, upright, united into a cylinder.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit -blunt ended.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule four valves, four cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, small, and round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Springalia, foliis alternis, amplexicaulibus, mucronatis; corollis -sub-solitariis, incarnatis, rigidis, micantibus.</p> - -<p>Springalia, with alternate leaves, embracing the stem, and sharp -pointed; blossoms mostly single, flesh-coloured, harsh, and -shining.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (natural size).<br> -2. The Blossom divided from the Empalement.<br> -3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -4. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Springalia, must certainly rank among the most beautiful of the -various new genera which have been introduced from New Holland; the -delicacy, brilliancy, and number, of its blossoms render it particularly -attractive, whilst their extreme permanency adds greatly to its merits; -the flower being of such singular durability, as to retain nearly the -same appearance when the seeds are perfected, as at their first opening. -The figure before us, was taken from a plant in the nursery garden of -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, who raised it from seeds about -three years since, and where it has flowered these two successive years. -The Botany-bay plants, (as they are generally called) are best preserved -in the greenhouse; but although this is sufficiently hardy for such -treatment, yet its situation must be dry, being very susceptible of -damps, flourishing best in sandy peat earth; continues flowering through -the whole summer; and propagates easily by cuttings. The characters, and -habit of this genus, like almost all the plants from New Holland, being -perfectly new, there was a necessity to form a fresh generic name for -it; which has been done by the deservedly eminent Dr. J. E. Smith, -botanical professor, and president of the Linnæan Society.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 2<br> -<a href="images/ill_002.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_3"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> III.<br><br> -<span class="chead">NEOTTIA SPECIOSA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Flesh-coloured Neottia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, longitudine æquila, anguste-lanceolata, -erecta.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> monophyllum, indivisum, acuminatum, intra petala -interiora positum, basin styli semiamplectens, erectum, superne -patulum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, ex limbo styli dorsali orta, lanceolata. -Antheræ duæ, lineares, longæ, locatæ in loculum filamenti.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, curvatum, sulcatum, inferne attenuatum. -Stylus crassus, adnatus labio superiori nectarii. Stigma obsoletum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula unilocularis, carnosa, longissima, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minutissima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath scattered. Fruit-stalk simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, of equal length, of a narrow spear-shape, and -upright.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> one leaf, undivided, sharp pointed, placed between the -two inner petals, half embracing the base of the shaft, upright, -spreading at the top.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, rising out of the back of the shaft, -spear-shaped. Tips two, linear, long, placed in the cells of the -threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, curved, furrowed, tapering at the base. -Shaft thick, growing to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit -indistinct.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule with one cell, fleshy, very long, three -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, very small.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Neottia, foliis radicalibus, undulatis, lato-lanceolatis, basi -attenuatis; floribus confertis, spicatis, incarnatis, -speciocissimis.</p> - -<p>Neottia, with leaves growing from the root, waved, of a broad -spear-shape, tapered at the base; flowers pressed together in a -spike, flesh-coloured, and most beautiful.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom, Seed-bud, and Sheath, (natural size).<br> -<br> -2. The Seed-bud, and three Petals of the Blossom; the two inner cut out, to shew the position<br> -of the Honey-cup, (natural size).<br> -<br> -3. Seed-vessel, and Honey-cup magnified; shewing the situation, and shape of the Chives,<br> -within the Honey-cup.<br> -<br> -4. The same magnified; shewing the situation of the Pointal, at the back of the Honey-cup.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Professor</span> Jacquin of Vienna, having figured the Neottia in the third -volume of his Collectanea, with justice has determined it a new genus, -and given it the name it here bears; the whole habit of the plant being -entirely dissimilar to any old genera. It certainly must be placed -somewhere near Limodorum, or Epidendron, from either of which, however, -it stands perfectly distinct. This is the only species yet in England, -and was introduced from the island of Jamaica, about the year 1793, by -the Hon. Mrs. Barrington. The drawing from which the present figure is -taken, was made (by her kind permission) from a plant in the extensive -collection of the Hon. Lady Archer, Ham-common. Like all plants from -that island, it requires the heat of a pine-stove, and rich earth, to -make it flourish; is increased by the root, and flowers in the early -part of the year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 3 -<br><a href="images/ill_003.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_4"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> IV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">RHODODENDRON DAURICUM.</span></h2> - -<p class="chead3"><i>Dauric Rhododendron.</i></p> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> quinquepartitus, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, rotato-infundibuliformis: limbo patente; -laciniis rotundatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitudine corollæ, -declinata. Antheræ ovales.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen pentagonum, retusum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine corollæ. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minima, lineares.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> of five divisions, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, of a roundish funnel-shape: the limb spreading; -and its segments rounded.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten hair-like threads, the length of the blossom, bent -downward. Tips oval.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud five-sided, and dented. Shaft thread-shaped, the -length of the blossom. Summit blunt-ended.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oval, five-celled.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, small, and linear.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis, petiolis longissimis; -corollæ violaceæ, foliis ampliores, rotatæ.</p> - -<p>Rhododendron, with smooth leaves, naked on both sides, and long -foot-stalks; the blossoms light purple, larger than the leaves, and -wheel-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Blossom, (natural size).<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural size); one tip detached, (magnified).<br> -3. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span> this shrub has been described, and is well known to botanists, -it has not, till within these very few years, been seen in Great -Britain. It is a perfectly hardy plant, being a native of the coast of -the Black and Caspian seas, and parts adjacent; from whence it has been -conveyed to Petersburg by Dr. P. Pallas, and figured by him in his Flora -Russica. Mr. Bush was the person who brought it to England, on his -return from Russia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March, -continuing through April and May. As yet (from its scarcity) the best -method of cultivating it can scarcely be known; but it seems to like a -sheltered situation, and light soil, like most of the genus; and has -been increased by layers. The drawing was made from a plant, at the -nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 4 -<br><a href="images/ill_004.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_5"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> V.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS LONGIFLORUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Long-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in -tubum conata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum -inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium. -Stigma trifidum, concavum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, cut into six segments, and gaping. Petals oblong, having -all their claws connected into a tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads, awl-shaped, fixed into each alternate -division of the petals. Tips oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. -Summit divided in three, and concave.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, obtuse, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus, foliis ensiformibus, plicatis, villosis; corollis -tubiformus, longissimis; petalis undulatis, reflexis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus, with sword-shaped, plated, hairy leaves; blossoms -trumpet-shaped, and very long; petals waved, and bent back.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation, and insertion of the -Threads; the Threads, and Tips, remaining attached.</p> - -<p>2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit.</p> - -<p>This species of Gladiolus, (as are most of the genus) is a native of the -Cape of Good Hope, about Table Mountain; where the roots of Ixia, -Antholyza, Gladiolus, &c. form a chief part of the food of the -inhabiting monkies. It came to England amongst many other roots and -seeds of beautiful and rare plants, collected by J. Pringle, Esq. of the -island of Madeira, when on an excursion at the Cape; and sent by him to -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith. Like most bulbs, it has its -period of rest; during which, it should be kept without moisture, but -whilst growing, requires abundance; flowering about June, or July, and -producing good seeds. It should be treated as a greenhouse plant, and -planted in light sandy earth. Like the Crocus, the old root perishing, a -number of fresh ones are produced, which may, (if thought necessary) be -kept out of the ground two or three months.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 5 -<br><a href="images/ill_005.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_6"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> VI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">HEMEROCALLIS CÆRULEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Blue Day Lily.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, infundibuli-campanulata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, declinata; -superiora breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, assurgentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen sulcatum, superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine -et situ staminium. Stigma obtuse-trigonum, assurgens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula trigona, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> None.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, has six segments, of a funnel bell-shape.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six awl-shaped threads, the length of the blossom, bent -downwards; the upper ones the shortest. Tips oblong, fixed by their -sides, and turned up at the ends.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud furrowed, and above. Shaft thread-shaped, of the -length and position of the chives. Summit bluntly three-cornered, -turned up at the point.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Hemerocallis, foliis cordatis, petiolatis; corollis cæruleis.</p> - -<p>Day Lily, with leaves that are heart-shaped, and have foot-stalks; -the blossoms blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the Blossom.<br> -2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br> -3. A Seed of the shape and size when ripe.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> variety of character exhibited in this new species of Hemerocallis, -so different from its congeners, in foliage, flower, and seed; would -almost induce us to think like Gærtner, a generic division necessary; if -we were not withheld, by that strong rule of Linnæus, (from which, it -will be a leading feature of this work, not to swerve) not to increase -the number of genera, but where absolutely necessary. This species, as -well as a white variety, which has been figured by Kæmpfer; and -continued since him by Welldenow, in his new Species Plantarum, under -its present denomination; is a native of China, and introduced to our -gardens from thence by G. Hibbert. Esq. of Clapham, from whose most -extensive and beautiful collection this specimen was taken. It is as yet -cultivated as a hothouse plant, where it flowers in the spring months, -perfecting its seeds: perhaps when better known, it may be found, like -many Chinese plants, to bear our climate. It is propagated as well by -parting its roots, as from the seeds.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 6 -<br><a href="images/ill_006.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_7"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> VII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Siberian Primrose.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Involucrum polyphyllum, multiflorium, minimum. Perianthium -monophyllum, tubulatum, pentagonum, quinquedentatum, acutum, -erectum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala. Tubus cylindraceus, longitudine calycis, -terminatus colo parvo hemisphærico. Limbus patens, -semi-quinquefidus; laciniis obcordatis, obtusis. Faux pervia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, brevissima, intra collum corollæ. -Antheræ acumenatæ, erectæ, conniventes, inclusæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine calycis. -Stigma globosum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula teres, longitudine fere perianthii, -unilocularis, dehiscens apice decem dentato.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, subrotunda. Receptaculum ovato-oblongum, liberum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Fence of many leaves, including several flowers, and -small. Cup one leaf, tubular, five-sided, five-toothed, sharp, -upright, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal. Tube cylindrical, the length of the cup, -terminated by a short hemispherical neck. Border spreading, half -cut into five divisions; the segments are inversely heart-shaped, -and blunt. Mouth open.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, very short, within the neck of the blossom. -Tips pointed, upright, approaching, within the tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the -cup. Summit globular.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule cylindrical, nearly as long as the cup, of one -cell, opening at the top, with ten teeth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, and roundish. Receptacle oblong egg-shaped, and -loose.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Primula, foliis petiolatis, cordatis, sub-lobatis, crenatis; -corollis lætè purpureis.</p> - -<p>Primrose, whose leaves have foot-stalks, are heart-shaped, slightly -lobed, and scolloped; blossoms of a bright purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Cup, and Fruit-stalk.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives, and its internal formation.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Primrose is figured by Gmelin, in his Flora Siberica. It -was in the year 1794, that the seeds of this plant were sent by -Professor P. Pallas, from Siberia, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of -Hammersmith; at whose nursery the drawing of this most charming plant -was made: though a native of so cold a clime, it seems with difficulty -to endure the severity of ours; thriving best in a pot, under any flight -shelter, or a very dry situation if planted out: it is increased by the -root, which should be parted in March; and flowers in June, and July.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 7 -<br><a href="images/ill_007.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_8"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> VIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS ALATUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Wing-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in -tubum conata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum -inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium. -Stigma trifidum, concavum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their -claws formed into a tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate -divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. -Summit cut into three, and concave.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, blunt ended, three cells, three -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus, foliis ensiformibus, costatis; petalis lateralibus -latissimis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus, with sword-shape, ribbed leaves; the side petals of the -blossom the broadest.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement, with the Chives, detached from the -Petals, as they stand in the Blossom, and apparently attached to each -other; with the natural position of the Pointal.</p> - -<p>2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud; one of the divisions of the Summit -magnified.</p> - -<p>This species of Gladiolus, although so scarce with us, is certainly one -of the most common found near Cape Town; and, notwithstanding its -extreme beauty, has been overlooked by most collectors; who, from its -great frequency, have generally considered it as forming, undoubtedly, -part of every collection of exotics. It is of an extreme delicate -nature, and overmuch wet easily destroys it; differing from most Cape -bulbs, in requiring a light loamy earth, and the assistance of a dry -stove, to make it flower well; which it will do by such aid, about May, -or June; seldom producing seeds, and propagating but slowly by the root. -From the fugitive character of this plant, it is difficult to ascertain -the first cultivator; for although it does not appear amongst the -Gladiolus in the Hortus Kewensis, it must undoubtedly have come into -that immense collection at different periods, but never flowered; which -is the reason we do not find it there described, which has been done by -Linnæus, in his Species Plantarum, under the name it here bears; as well -as by Plukenet, in his Phyto graphia, and others under various synonims. -This figure was taken from a plant that flowered at Messrs. Lee and -Kennedy’s in 1796.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 8 -<br><a href="images/ill_008.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_9"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> IX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ATRAGENE CAPENSIS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Atragene.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA POTYGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Many Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovalibus, patentibus, -obtusis, deciduis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala duodecim, linearia, basi angustissima, obtusa, -patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta plurima, brevissima. Antheræ oblongæ, acumenatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina plurima oblonga. Styli villoli. Stigmata -simplicia, longitudine antherarum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Nullum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, desinentia in caudam pilosam.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup four-leaved, which are oval, spreading, blunt, and -deciduous.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals twelve, linear, narrowest at base, blunt, and -spread open.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads many, very short. Tips oblong, pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds numerous, oblong. Shafts hairy. Summits simple, -the length of the tips.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> None.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, terminating in a hairy tail.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Atragene, foliis ternatis; foliolis incisis, dentatis, rigidis; -flore incarnato, semipleno.</p> - -<p>Atragene, with three divisions; the smaller divisions jagged, -toothed, and harsh; the flower flesh-coloured, and semidouble.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. A Petal cut off close to the receptacle.</p> - -<p>2. The Fruit-stalk, Chives, and Pointals; the Chives thrown to one side, -to expose the situation of the Pointals; one tip magnified.</p> - -<p>3. A Seed of the size when ripe.</p> - -<p>This plant has been considered by Burmann, Hermann, and other Cape -botanists, as an Anemone, to which genus it certainly may as easily be -referred as Atragene: but as it has been clearly described by Linnæus, -under that genus, we have not hardiness enough to dispute his authority. -It is (as the trivial name implies) a native of the Cape of Good Hope, -but at some considerable distance within land; whence it requires a dry -stove to preserve it, suffering much from damps. It is only since the -year 1795, that this plant has been found in our greenhouses; being then -introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, nurserymen, where it has flowered -and perfected seeds; which seems to be the only means of propagating it: -the soil it prefers is a mixture of peat and loam; flowering about -March, or April.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 9 -<br><a href="images/ill_009.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_10"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> X.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ARISTEA CYANEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Blue-flowered Aristea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, laceræ, persistentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, hexapetala, oblonga, æqualia, obcordata, persistentia, -patens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, erecta, subulata. Antheræ sub-simplices, -magnæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma -trifidum, concavum, reflexum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis -compressis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, compressa, scabrida, sub-semicircularia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves, ragged, and, remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six petals, oblong, equal, inversely heart-shaped, -remaining, spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads, upright, awl-shaped. Tips almost simple, and -large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped and erect. Summit -cut into three, concave and reflected.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, three-sided, three cells, cells -compressed, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, flat, rough, nearly semicircular.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Aristea, foliis ensiformibus, radicalibus; floribus capitatis, -cyaneis.</p> - -<p>Aristea with sword-shaped leaves growing from the root; the flowers -grow in heads, and are of a bright blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Valve of the Sheath spread open.<br> -2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)<br> -3. A perfect Seed, (magnified.)<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Aristea is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and has been described -under various synonyms, by Plukenett as a Gramen, by Petiver as -Bermudiana Capensis, and by Van Royen, Burmann, and Linnæus, as an Ixia. -But although differing from Linnæus is against the fixed intention of -this undertaking, where there is a possibility of avoiding it; yet in -this instance of alteration he must have acquiesced, having undoubtedly -never seen the plant himself. The blossom, seed-vessel, seeds, habit, -root, and growth, of the plant, so totally differ from the character of -Ixia, &c. that we have not hesitated, in accepting the name given it in -the Hortus Kewensis; where, it is said to have been introduced, to that -collection, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774; though no specific description is -given of it; from which we may conjecture, it never flowered there. The -figure here given, was taken from a plant which flowered at Messrs. Lee -and Kennedy’s, in 1797. The Aristea being rather a delicate plant, -requires an airy, warm situation in the greenhouse, flowering readily -about the month of July, or August; requiring to be kept in a small pot, -the soil a light loam. It propagates by seeds, and slips.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 10 -<br><a href="images/ill_010.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_11"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Rose-coloured Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in -tubum conata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum -inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium. -Stigma trifidum, concavum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> Sheath two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their -claws formed into a tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads fixed into the alternate divisions -of the petals. Tips oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. -Summit cut into three, and concave.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rubro marginatis, -pubescentibus; floribus roseis odoratissimis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus, with spear-shaped leaves, twisted, red-edged, and downy; -blossoms rose colour, and sweet scented.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Valves of the Sheath.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of the Threads, the Threads, and Tips remaining attached.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified.<br> -4. A Seed natural size, inclosed in its Tunic.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> most beautiful species of Gladiolus, is but of very recent date in -England; in the year 1795 it was seen first to blow here, in the -collection of J. Ord, Esq. Purser’s-cross, Fulham; but has since, -repeatedly, at the nursery, Hammersmith, from whence this figure was -taken. Professor Jacquin has figured this plant, in his last Fasciculus; -but, undoubtedly, from a dried specimen, as his figure gives no idea of -the brilliancy of this delightful plant. The fragrance of its flowers, -added to the singularity and beauty of its leaves, must place it in the -foremost rank of its congeners. To preserve the bulb of this delicate -Gladiolus, as soon as the stem begins to decay, it should be taken from -the pot, and kept dry till October; when it should be replanted, and -treated as other Cape bulbs. It increases by offsets, and flowers about -the month of May, or June.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 11 -<br><a href="images/ill_011.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_12"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Largest flowered Crane’s-bill.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, concavis, -persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, obcordata, seu ovata, patentia, magna.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ -oblongæ, versatiles.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen quinquangulare, rostratum. Stylus subulatus, -staminibus longior, persistens. Stigmata quinque, reflexa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Fructus pentacoccus, rostratus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, reniformia, sæpe arillata; Arista longissima, -demum spirali.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaves: leaves egg-shaped, sharp pointed, -concave, and permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, or egg shaped, -spreading, and large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, awl-shaped and shorter than the blossom. Tips -oblong, easily turned round.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud five-angled, and beaked. Shaft awl-shaped, longer -than the chives and remaining. Five reflexed summits.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Fruit five dry berries, beaked.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, solitary, kidney-shaped, often furnished with a dry husky -coat, and a very long awn, which become spiral.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium, calycibus monophyllis, foliis quinque-lobis, glabris, -dentatis; floribus amplissimis. sub-albidis.</p> - -<p>Geranium, empalements of one leaf; leaves five-lobed, smooth, and -toothed; the flowers very large, nearly white.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular structure.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the flower, (natural size.)<br> -3. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the species of this numerous tribe, introduced to us, from the -Cape of Good Hope, this stands singularly pre-eminent; whether for -delicacy of foliage, or beauty of flower, of which, the most finished -drawing would convey but a faint idea. The figure before us, was taken -from a plant in the valuable collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham; -from whom we understand, that it was sent in 1794 to the Royal Gardens -at Kew, by Mr. F. Masson. To keep this plant in a flourishing condition, -it should be kept in a window of the stove, in winter, as the heat of a -greenhouse is scarce sufficient at that season. It flowers in July, or -August, and requires the soil generally used for Geraniums, a mixture of -rotten dung, and loam; being easily propagated by cuttings.</p> - -<p>To dissent from most of the late publications on the science of Botany, -may seem presuming; yet, when it shall be considered, that we take -Linnæus for our sole guide, where that great master has incontestibly -fixed a Generic character, to a tribe of plants, which undoubtedly, came -clearly under his inspection; from his dictates, ours must emanate, -although his authority may be questioned by others. If any good reasons -had been found, to disunite a Genus, which nature has so palpably -distinguished throughout all its numerous species; he certainly, who had -minutely examined so many, would not in his factitious System have -allied them; though nature had apparently so done. We must therefore, -after him, think no Generic division necessary. For the sake of -correctness, where a Genus is so extended in its species as Geranium, -Erica, &c. are; the conformity of particular parts, may form a secondary -arrangement, as we find it constantly in Linnæus; the Heaths, from the -shape of their tips, the Geraniums, from the number of fertile Chives; -which a French Botanist of the name of L’Heritier, has thought of -sufficient moment to create two new Genera on, Erodium and Pelargonium, -retaining the old name Geranium for those only, with ten perfect Chives. -Mons. L’Heritier and his followers must, therefore, forgive us for -ranking one of his Pelargoniums under the old standard.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 12 -<br><a href="images/ill_012.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_13"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Purple flowered Epidendrum.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, oblonga, longissima, patentissima.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> basi tubulatum, turbinatum, intra petala deorsum -positum, ore obliquo, bifido: superiori labio brevissimo, trifido; -inferiori in acumen producto.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, brevissima, pistillo insidentia. Antheræ -tectæ labio superiore nectarii.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen tenue, longum, contortum, inferum. Stylus -brevissimus, adnatus labio superiori nectarii. Stigma obsoletum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Siliqua longissima, teres, carnosa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minutissima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk simple. Cup none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, oblong, of a great length, and spreading -much.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> tubular at the base, turban-shaped, placed between the -lower petals, mouth oblique and divided: the upper lip very short, -cut into three divisions; the lower terminating in a point.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two very short threads, fixed on the pointal. Tips covered -by the upper lip of the honey-cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud slender, long, twisted, and beneath. Shaft very -short, fixed to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Pod very long, round, and fleshy.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, extremely small.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Epidendrum foliis oblongis, geminis, glabris, bulbo innatis; scapo -multifloro; nectario cordato, purpureo.</p> - -<p>Epidendrum with oblong leaves growing by pairs, smooth, rising from -the bulb; stalk many flowered; honey-cup heart-shaped and purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. The Blossom, without the Honey-cup; disposed to shew the situation of -the Chives, and Pointal, which are covered by the Honey-cup.</p> - -<p>2. The Honey-cup.</p> - -<p>3. The Tips.</p> - -<p>4. The Summits.</p> - -<p>Of all plants, none furnish a more agreeable speculation to the -Botanist, than those of this class; the singular construction of the -whole flower, leads the observer to form analogous comparisons from it -to animal life: particularly amongst the Orchis, and Ophris, of our own -country; where bees, flies, lizzards, and butterflies are accurately -shaped in the honey-cup. The Genus Epidendrum, takes its Generic title -from its place of growth, being what Botanists term parasitical, that -is, growing on another plant; which is the case, with most of the -species of this Genus: yet is cultivated here with success, by planting -it in a mixture of rotten wood, and loam. A plant, from which this -figure was taken, was a present to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy from the -Honourable Mrs. Barrington, who received it from Dr. Dancer’s botanical -garden Jamaica, of which island it is a native; therefore must be kept -in the stove. It is propagated by dividing the bulbs.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 13 -<br><a href="images/ill_013.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_14"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA REFLEXA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Reflex flowered Ixia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, oblongæ, persistentes, germina -distinguentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, oblonga, æqualia, lanceolata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, corolla breviora, situ æqualia. -Antheræ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, ovatum, triquetrum. Stylus simplex, -erectus, longitudine staminum. Stigma trifidum, crassiusculum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subovata, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis -compressis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> subrotunda, plurima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup two valves, oblong, remaining, and dividing the -seed-buds.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six oblong petals of an equal length, and spear-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads, shorter than the blossom, placed -equally. Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath egg shaped, and three-sided. Shaft -simple, upright, the length of the chives. Summit cut into three, -and thickish.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule, nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, three cells, -pressed together, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia floribus spicatis, reflexis; foliis ensiformibus, glabris.</p> - -<p>Ixia, with flowers growing in a spike, and bent backward; leaves -sword-shaped, and smooth.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement (magnified).<br> -2. The Blossom.<br> -3. The Chives (magnified).<br> -4. The Pointal (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">No</span> genus exhibits greater diversity, either in the figure, or colour of -the blossoms, of its various species than Ixia; the extreme delicacy of -their colours, rendering it absolutely necessary to protect them both -from wind and rain; even watering them over their heads (as is usual -with greenhouse plants), at once destroys their brilliancy. The bulbs of -this species were gathered at the Cape, by J. Pringle, Esq. from whom -they were sent to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1795, at whose nursery they -flowered the ensuing spring, when this figure was taken. No particular -treatment is necessary for this plant, other than what is given to Cape -bulbs in general, viz., an airy situation, and light soil. Is propagated -by seeds, and by the roots.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 14 -<br><a href="images/ill_014.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_15"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ANTHYLLIS ERINACEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Blue Broom of Spain.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVII. ORDER III.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, ovato-oblongum, parum inflatum, -villosum; ore quinquedentato, inæquali; persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> papilionacea:</p> - -<p>Vexillium longius, lateribus reflexis, ungue longitudine calycis.</p> - -<p>Alæ duæ, oblongæ, vexillo breviores.</p> - -<p>Carina compressa, longitudine alarum, alis similis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, connata, assurgentia. Antheræ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum. Stylus simplex, adscendens. Stigma -obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen subrotundum, tectum intra calycem, minimum, -bivalve.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unum, alterumve.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, oblong egg-shaped, a little swelled, -and hairy; mouth cut into five unequal teeth; permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, butterfly-shaped.</p> - -<p>Standard longer, sides bent back, the claws as long as the cut.</p> - -<p>Wings two, oblong, shorter than the standard.</p> - -<p>Keel compressed, as long as the wings, and like them.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, connected, rising upwards. Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong. Shaft simple, ascending. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Pod roundish, covered by the cup, very small, of two -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds.</span> One or two.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Anthyllis fruticosa, spinosa; foliis simplicibus; floribus ex -cæruleo purpurascentibus.</p> - -<p>Broom, shrubby, and covered with prickles; leaves simple; blossoms -of a purplish blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Cup.<br> -2. A Blossom, the cup taken off to shew the exact situation and shape of its various parts.<br> -3. The Chives, as they inclose the pointal (natural size.)<br> -4. The Threads magnified, and cut open, to shew their tubular shape.<br> -5. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Owing</span> to the difficulty in propagating and preserving some plants, -although frequently introduced to us, and well known; yet are they more -scarce to be found, in our best collections, than plants of seemingly -more difficult acquisition. This species of Anthyllis has been mentioned -under various synonyms by most botanical authors from Clusius downwards. -Mr. T. Johnson, in his edition of Gerard of 1633, has given a -description of this plant from Clusius, and a cut; both of which are -excellent (considering the then infant state of the art of engraving), -under the title of Genista spinosa humilis; Dwarf Furze. It is termed -Erinacea by Clusius (says he), from the Spanish name of the hedge-hog, -Erizo, of which country it is a native, in the kingdom of Valencia: from -which we might infer, that, like other plants of that country, it would -live through our winters; which is not the case. It must be kept as a -greenhouse plant, and watered but sparingly. The soil it prefers is a -light loam; is propagated by cuttings, and flowers in April, or May.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 15 -<br><a href="images/ill_015.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_16"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">AZALEA PONTICA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Yellow Pontic Azalea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinque-partitum, acutum, erectum, -parvum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, campanulata, limbus quinquefidus: laciniarum -lateribus inflexis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, filiformia, receptaculo inserta, -libera. Antheræ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine corolla, -persistens. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, compressa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> Figura petali in aliis infundibuliformis, in aliis -campaniformis est; stamina in quibusdam declinata longissima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf with five divisions, sharp pointed, -upright, small, and permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, bell-shaped, margin five-cleft: segments with -the edges bent inwards.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads five, thread-shaped, fixed to the receptacle, and -loose. Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of -the blossom, permanent. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, with five cells, and five valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, and flat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> The shape of the petal in some is funnel-shaped, in others -bell-shaped; the chives in some are bent downward, and very long.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Azalea, foliis ovato-oblongis, pilosis, alternis; floribus -amplissimis, luteis; staminibus longissimis, declinatis.</p> - -<p>Azalea, with oblong egg-shaped leaves, hairy, and alternate; -flowers very large, and yellow; chives very long, and bent -downward.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (natural size.)<br> -2. The Chives as they appear within the blossom.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br> -4. A Capsule cut horizontally, exposing the number of its cells.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">America</span> has furnished our gardens with an extensive variety of beautiful -shrubs; amongst them, the Azaleas hold a distinguished place; some for -the beauty, others for the fragrance, of their blossoms: the present -species far surpasses all of them for both. It is a native of the coast -of the Black Sea, or Pontus Euxinus, through the whole of its extent, on -the Asiatic side, from the city of Trebisonde; from whence its trivial -name. That a plant of such extreme beauty, and sweetness, should so long -have been a stranger to our European gardens, though known to, and -described by, so many botanical travellers, must seem matter of wonder; -but still it is an uncontested fact. Mons. Tournefort, in his Voyage to -the Levant, has given an ample description of it, under the title of -Chamærhododendros Pontica maxima, mespili folio, flore luteo; where he -says, it grows to the height of seven or eight feet, and that the -flowers are of a most exquisite flavour. Dr. P. Pallas, in his Flora -Rossica, has likewise figured, and described it, under the name it here -bears; but apparently his drawing was made from a dried specimen, as the -brilliancy of the flower is by no means preserved; but it is to him we -are indebted for this fine plant. In his voyage to the Crimea and -countries adjacent, in 1792, he procured the seeds of this, amongst many -other valuable and rare plants; parcels of most of which were sent by -him to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. Hammersmith; by whom plants were raised -of it, and many other sorts, the next year. It is a deciduous shrub, -extremely hardy, and blows early in the spring; is propagated, like -other Azaleas, by layers and seeds; grows best in peat earth, with a -small portion of loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 16 -<br><a href="images/ill_016.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_016.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_17"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA FORMOSA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Coronet Protea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium commune, imbricatum; squamis inæqualibus, -persistentibus.</p> - -<p><i>Proprium</i> nullum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> tetrapetala. Petala sæpe cohærentia, sæpius divisa, -lineari-oblonga: unguibus erectis, limbo patenti.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quatuor, lineares, vel oblongæ, -sub apice limbi corollæ; insertæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, oblongum. Stylus filiformis, corolla -longior. Stigma simplex, clavatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx patens, induratus, vix mutatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, subrotunda, vel compressa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> commune nudum, villosum, paleaceum, vel conus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup common, sealed; scales unequal, and remaining.</p> - -<p><i>Proper</i> none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> four-leaved. Petals frequently adhering, oftener divided, -of a linear oblong shape: claws upright, border spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads none. Tips four, linear, or oblong, fixed within -the border of the blossom.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, and oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer -than the blossom. Summit simple, and club-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup spreading, hard, and scarcely changing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, nearly round, or flat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> the common, is naked, hairy, chaffy, or a cone.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea, foliis lanceolatis, pubescentibus; caule villoso; flore -aurantio flavo; semine sub-rotundo, glabro, magnitudine pisi -majoris.</p> - -<p>Protea, with lance-shape downy leaves; stem hairy; blossom orange -yellow; seed nearly round, smooth, the size of a large pea.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Flower complete, as it stands on the Receptacle.<br> -2. The Blossom expanded, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the varied genera of plants which decorate that mine of botanical -riches, the Cape of Good Hope, and the adjacent country, no one stands -more conspicuous than Protea. Few travellers who have not noticed the -singularity and beauty of their foliage; indeed they are of such extreme -brilliancy, that no one, however indifferent to botanical researches, -can pass them unobserved; forests of them being so numerous, the Protea -Argentea, or Silver Tree, produces almost the only wood of the country; -growing to the height of thirty or forty feet. But although the leaves -of this numerous tribe are mostly beautiful, many of their blossoms are -but trifling, except in the eye of the botanist: the Protea Formosa, -however, is one amongst many which stand as powerful exceptions: the -great beauty of this charming plant has induced us to adopt the trivial -name it here bears. It has been introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew -by Mr. F. Masson, botanical collector to his present Majesty; from whose -liberal patronage the science of Botany has of late been brought into -such general estimation. This species, from the downy character of the -whole plant, is apt to damp, if not kept in an airy situation in winter; -though the warmth of a common greenhouse is quite sufficient for its -protection. It is with difficulty propagated by cuttings; and has not -hitherto perfected its seeds in this kingdom. Our drawing was made from -a plant which flowered in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in the -year 1796, about the month of August.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 17 -<br><a href="images/ill_017.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_017.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_18"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CORREA ALBA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>White Correa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quadridentatum, campanulatum, -erectum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, oblonga, concava, apice reflexa, -marginibus crassis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, erecta, filiformia, receptaculo inserta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen turbinatum, superum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine staminium. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula coriatea, lanata, quadrilocularis, -quadrivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> quatuor, solitaria, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, five-toothed, bell-shaped, upright, -and permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, oblong, concave, reflexed at the end, and -thick at the edges.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, upright, thread shaped, and fixed into the -receptacle.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud turban-shaped, and above. Shaft thread-shaped, -the length of the chives. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule leathery, and woolly, four cells, four valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, four, solitary, and nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Correa, foliis subrotundis, supra tomentosis, subtus lanigeris; -floribus terminalibus, quaternis, albidis.</p> - -<p>Correa, with leaves nearly round, downy on the upper surface, -woolly on the under surface; flowers terminate the branches by -fours, and are white.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal.<br> -3. A Thread, and Tip, (magnified.)<br> -4. The Shaft and Summit, (magnified.)<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Correa is a native of Port Jackson, in New Holland, and commonly -termed a Botany-bay plant: it was first raised in the year 1793, from -seeds which were given by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. to J. Vere, Esq. of -Kensington-gore, and from a plant in whose collection our figure was -taken. It receives its generic title from Mr. Joseph Correa de Serra, a -native of Portugal; a gentleman of very distinguished talents as a man -of science in general, and botany in particular. Of this genus there are -as yet but few species discovered; the Alba grows to a shrub of the -height of four or five feet, woody and tough; both stem and leaves are -covered with a thick flannelly substance, particularly the under side of -the leaves, which gives the whole plant a whitish appearance. It -continues to flower through the months of April, May, and June; may be -propagated easily by cuttings, should be kept as a hardy greenhouse -plant, and thrives best in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 18 -<br><a href="images/ill_018.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_018.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_19"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS VERSICOLOR.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Changeable Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in -tubum connata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum -inserta. Antheræ oblongæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. -Stigma trifidum concavum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their -claws formed into a tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate -divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. -Summit cut into three, and concave.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus, foliis lineari-cruciatis; floribus maximis, -versicoloribus.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus, with linear cross-shaped leaves; flowers very large, and -changeable.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. The Pointal, and Seed-bud; one of the divisions of the Summit magnified.<br> -3. A ripe Seed, natural size, in its tunic.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">That</span> colour bears the character given it by Sir Isaac Newton, our -present subject (as did the prism) adds another proof. The Gladiolus -versicolor might, like the camelion, equally be a subject of contention, -to those who have seen its blossom at different periods of the same day; -for, strange to tell! it is brown in the morning, and continues to -change from that colour till it becomes light blue by night. During the -night it regains its pristine colour; and this change is effected -diurnally, whilst the flower is in its vigour; but upon the decay, the -change is less powerful, gradually fixing in a dark brown; which, -however, does not take place in less than nine or ten days. This is the -only flower, we have ever noticed, to regain the colour that has once -forsook it. A drawing was began about ten o’clock in the morning, but -before it was finished the plant was so totally altered in colour that -there was an absolute necessity for taking a second day to complete it. -The bulbs of this plant were sent from the Cape of Good Hope by J. -Pringle, Esq. of Madeira, in 1794, amongst many others, to Messrs. Lee -and Kennedy, of Hammersmith, where the drawing was made. It flowers -about the month of June; is increased by the root or seed; and thrives -best in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 19 -<br><a href="images/ill_019.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_019.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_20"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Large-flowered Viper’s Bugloss.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquepartitum, erectum persistens; laciniis -subulatis erectis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, campanulata. Tubus brevissimus. Limbus -erectus, sensim ampliatus, quinquefidus obtusus; laciniis sæepius -inæqualibus; superioribus duabus longioribus, infirnis minoribus, -acutis, reflexis. Faux pervia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine corollæ, -declinata, inæqualia. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Gemina quatuor. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. -Stigma obtusum, bifidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx rigidior, in sinu semina fovens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> quatuor, subrotunda, oblique acumenata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with five divisions, upright, permanent; segments -awl-shaped, upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, bell-shaped. Tube very short. Border gradually -widening, with five clefts, blunt. Segments oftenest unequal, the -two upper ones the longest; the lower ones smaller, sharp, and -reflexed. The mouth open.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, -declined, and unequal. Tips oblong, fixed sideways to the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the -chives. Summit blunt, and two-cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. The cup growing more harsh, contains the seeds.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> four, roundish, obliquely tapering.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Echium, foliis nitidis, lanceolatis, hispidis; caule fruticoso; -corollis maximis, æqualibus, rubris.</p> - -<p>Viper’s Bugloss, with shining, lance-shaped, hairy leaves; stem -shrubby; blossoms very large, equal, and red.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.<br> -4. A ripe seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Echium Grandiflorum is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was sent -from thence by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal Gardens at Kew, about the year -1791. The superior beauty of this species to the rest of its congenors -makes it considered as a valuable greenhouse plant, although its -intrinsic merit is sufficient to ensure it that character; the rich -green of its foliage, contrasted to the colour of the blossoms, gives to -each a singular brilliancy. It is rather a tender greenhouse plant, -grows about two feet high, and becomes naked at the lower part of the -stem; is with difficulty propagated by cuttings, seldom perfecting its -seeds; thrives best in rich earth, and flowers in April and May. The -drawing was made from a plant in the collection of the Marquis of -Blandford, Bill-hill, Berks.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 20 -<br><a href="images/ill_020.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_020.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_21"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VEREIA CRENATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Scolloped-leaf Vereia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER IV.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. Four Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, concavis, -erectis, acutis, persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, ventricosa; limbus patens, revolutus -quadripartitus; laciniis ovatis, acuminatis.</p> - -<p><i>Nectaria</i> quatuor; singulum squamula debilia, minima, singulo -germini ad basin extrorsum inserta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, brevia, quorum quatuor medio, quatuor vero -ad basin corollæ adnatæ. Antheræ subrotundæ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina quatuor, oblonga, definentia in stylos -subulatos. Stigmata obtusa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quatuor, ovatæ acuminatæ, rectæ, trigonæ, -longitudinaliter sutura introrsum dehiscentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima minima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup four leaved, which are lance-shaped, concave, -upright, sharp-pointed, and permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one leaf, big bellied; border spreading, rolled back, -and divided into four egg-shaped, pointed segments.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cups</i> four, each consisting of a small slight scale, fixed -on the outside the base of each seed-bud.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight short threads, four of which are fixed to the middle, -and four to the base of the blossom. Tips nearly round, and simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Four seed-buds, oblong, ending in awl-shaped shafts. -Summits blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Four capsules, egg-shaped, tapering, upright and three -sided, opening inwards along the seam.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, very small.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vereia, foliis oppositis, crenatis, patentibus; racemis longissimis -laxis; floribus luteis.</p> - -<p>Vereia, with opposite, scolloped, spreading leaves; very long loose -spikes, and yellow flowers.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. The Empalement, (natural size.)</p> - -<p>2. A Blossom cut open to shew the situation of the Chives.</p> - -<p>3. The Seed-vessel, Shafts, and Summits, with the scales of the -Honey-cups, as they stand in the blossom, (magnified.)</p> - -<p>4. One Capsule of the Seed-vessel detached.</p> - -<p>This genus of Plants must class with Linnæus’s natural order of -Succulents, nearly approaching Crassula in habit; but as the Sexual -System is the basis of our theory, we cannot admit it under that or any -other yet described genus; we have therefore named it after James Vere, -Esq. long and well known for his extended and liberal patronage to the -professors and cultivators of the science; in whose beautiful and select -collection at Kensington Gore, the present species, has for the first -time, flowered in this kingdom. Mr. Anderson the gardener informs us, -that this plant is a native of Sierra Leone; from whence it was sent to -England, by Professor Eld. Elfzelius, in the year 1793; that he has -treated it as a tender hot-house plant, keeping it constantly in the tan -bed, by which means he has made it flower; but from every appearance of -the plant, we should be led to think the common treatment of hot-house -Succulents would answer for this. It is easily propagated by cuttings; -grows to the height of three or four feet, having when in flower the -appearance of a middle sized shrub; blows in the winter months, and -thrives best in rich mould.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 21 -<br><a href="images/ill_021.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_021.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_22"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GOODENIA CALENDULACEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Marygold-leaved Goodenia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quadrifidum, superum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia -exferens; limbo quinquefido, secundo.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ lineares.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex. Stigma urceolatum, -ciliatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, bilocularis, bivalvis; dissepimento -parallelo.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, scabrida.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup four-cleft, above, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one leaf, cleft longitudinally on the upper side, -exposing the organs of fructification; border five-cleft, leaning -one way.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips linear.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple. Summit pitcher-shaped, and -fringed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, with two cells, and two valves; -partition parallel to the valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many and rough.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Goodenia, foliis obovatis, crassis, scabridis; floribus axilaribus, -cæruleis.</p> - -<p>Goodenia with inversely egg-shaped, thick rough leaves; flowers -sitting close to the stem, and blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower with all its parts complete.<br> -2. A Blossom without the organs of fructification.<br> -3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Goodenias are all natives of New Holland, and received their generic -name of Dr. J. E. Smith, President of the Linnæan Society; in honour of -the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, whose valuable dissertation on the British -species of Carex, does him the highest honour, as a botanist. The -species of this genus (as yet discovered) are ten, from which we may -infer that they are numerous; those only yet introduced to Britain are, -the lævigata, ovata, and the present species; the others are described -by the President, in the second volume of the Linnæan Transactions. This -plant, though not to be ranked amongst the handsomest productions of -that country, so replete with novelty, is yet possessed of sufficient -merit to give it a place in our collections of greenhouse plants, -flowering about the month of August; delighting most in an airy -situation, and light soil. It is easily propagated by cuttings. Our -figure was taken from a plant which flowered at the Hammersmith nursery, -in 1797; where it had been raised from seeds, communicated by Colonel -Paterson, then commanding at Port Jackson; to whose assiduous labours in -collecting seeds, &c. the cabinets and collections of our natural -historians are so very much indebted.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 22 -<br><a href="images/ill_022.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_022.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_97">[Pg 97]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_23"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA CAPITATA. <i>Var. ovata.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Bunch-flowering Ixia.</i> <i>Var. Egg-shaped purple Petals.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6 petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright, -spreading.</p> - -<p>See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia, foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis, -consertis, purpureis, petalis basi obscuris.</p> - -<p>Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms -in close bunches, purple, and dark at the base.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A flower cut open, to shew the insertion of Chives.<br> -3. The Chives as attached to the tubular part of the blossom, the border cut off (magnified).<br> -4. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> fine species of Ixia, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was -introduced to our collections about the year 1795, by Messrs. Lee and -Kennedy, nurserymen; they having raised it from seeds received by them, -from the Royal Gardens at Vienna; is certainly amongst the tenderest of -its tribe: the root, being extremely subject to injury by wet, it should -be dried as soon as it has done flowering. It is one of the earliest -Ixias in bloom, being in high perfection about the middle of April; is -increased but slowly by the root, thriving best in very sandy peat, or -sand only. The figure here given was drawn from a plant which flowered -at the nursery, Hammersmith, in 1798, for the first time.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_98">[Pg 98]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 23 -<br><a href="images/ill_023.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_023.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_101">[Pg 101]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_100">[Pg 100]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_99">[Pg 99]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_24"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CINERARIA AURITA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis, simplex; polyphyllus; foliolis æqualibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita, radiata. Corollulæ hermaphroditæ, æquales; -numerosæ, in disco. Femineæ ligulatæ;, numero foliorum calycis in -radio.</p> - -<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditi, infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido, -erecto.</p> - -<p><i>Feminea</i> ligulata, lanceolata, apice denticulata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, filiformia brevia. Antheræ cylindracea, -tubulosa, apice quinquefida.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum</span>, hermaphroditis. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine staminum. Stigmata duo erectiuscula.</p> - -<p><i>Femineis</i>: Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigmata -duo, oblonga, obtusiuscula, revoluta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx immutatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> hermaphroditis solitaria, linearia, quadrangula. Pappus -pilosus, copiosus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, planiusculum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common, simple; of many leaves; small leaves equal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound, radiate. Florets with chives and pointals equal; -numerous in the centre. Florets with only pointals ligulate; equal -in number to the leaves in the circumference of the empalement.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals funnel-shaped; border five -cleft, upright.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with pointals only, liguiate, lance-shaped, toothed -at the point.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, thread-shaped and short. Tips forming a -hollow cylinder, with five clefts at the top.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal</span> of florets with chives and pointals. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft -thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summits two, a little -upright.</p> - -<p>Of florets with pointals only. Seed bud oblong. Shaft -thread-shaped, and short. Summits two, oblong, rather blunt, and -rolled back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup not changing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> of florets with chives and pointals, solitary, linear and -four-sided. Feather, hairy, abundant.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, rather flat.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Cineraria, foliis cordatis, dentatis, pilosus, subtus -purpurascentibus; petiolis auritis: floribus purpureis.</p> - -<p>Cineraria with heart-shaped, indented, hairy leaves, purple -underneath; the footstalks having lobes: the flowers purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement (natural size).<br> -2. A floret of the ray (magnified).<br> -3. A floret of the disk (magnified).<br> -4. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud of a floret of the disk (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">In</span> the Sert. Anglic. of Mons. L’Heritier, this species of Cineraria has -been described and figured under the specific character of Cruenta, from -the botanic garden at Kew; where, according to the catalogue, it was -first introduced by Mr. F. Masson, from the Canary Islands, about 1777; -and by which specific it has hitherto been titled: but from what -appearance or part of the plant, he could denominate it bloody, will not -be easy to determine; from our idea of colour, he might as well have -named it blue. Finding, therefore, a specific character certainly more -fixed in the leaf, we have taken the liberty of altering Cruenta to -Aurita; though that would not have been done, (as nothing is more -contrary to our sentiments, than altering any published name) if there -had been any glimpse of affinity to the plant in that title. This is -unquestionably the handsomest species of Cineraria yet known, growing to -the height of near three feet if encouraged. The specimen from which -this figure was taken, and which was sent last March to the author, by -Mr. James Colville, King’s road, Chelsea, had attained that size. By -night it is extremely fragrant, continuing its blossoms from the month -of February, till August; seeding abundantly, by which it may be -propagated, producing many varieties; or by the suckers which are thrown -up from the roots; thriving best in light mould or peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_102">[Pg 102]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 24 -<br><a href="images/ill_024.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_024.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_105">[Pg 105]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_104">[Pg 104]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_103">[Pg 103]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_25"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CAMELLIA JAPONICA. <i>Var. Flore albo pleno.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Double white Camellia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER V.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Many Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> tiled, of many -leaves: the inner leaves the largest.</p> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF <i>VAR.</i></p> - -<p>Camellia floribus amplissimis, plenis albidis.</p> - -<p class="nind">Camellia with large double white flowers.</p> - -<p>Though it may be considered by some, as deviating from the botanical -rule we prescribed to ourselves, at the outset of this work, not to -figure any flower, but what could be systematically ascertained; double -flowers, &c. having lost those constituent characters necessary to the -Sexual System; yet having seen this most delightful plant in bloom last -year, the temptation was too powerful to be resisted, for giving a -figure of it in the Botanist’s Repository. This fine variety of the -Camellia, was first imported from China about the year 1793, by Captain -Connor of the Carnatic East-indiaman, for the gardens of the late I. -Slater, Esq. a gentleman of most indefatigable spirit, for the -introduction of new plants to this kingdom; indeed, it is to him we owe -most of the plants received from China within these few years; he having -procured a catalogue to be printed of all the described Chinese plants -in that language, with the descriptions translated, and by various hands -transmitted it to that country. The finest plants in this kingdom, of -the double white Camellia, are now in the collection of Sir Joseph -Banks, Bart. P.R.S. This, like the others of this genus, we may consider -of sufficient hardiness to resist our winters; being a native of the -Japanese isles, where, as well as in China, it was seen by Thunberg. As -yet (from its scarcity) that cannot be ascertained; but from the easy -method by which it is propagated by cuttings, we are in hopes it soon -may. It is at present cultivated as a hot-house plant, where certainly -it will be always seen in the greatest perfection; the flowers being of -so delicate and brilliant a white, their beauty is easily destroyed, -even by watering. Flowers in the autumnal months, and thrives best in -rich loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_106">[Pg 106]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 25 -<br><a href="images/ill_025.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_025.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_107">[Pg 107]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_26"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CRASSULA ODORATISSIMA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet-scented Crassula.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER V.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. Five Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, -canaliculato-concavis, erectis, acutis, conniventibus in tubum, -persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, unguibus longis, linearibus, rectis, -conniventibus, reflexo-patentibus.</p> - -<p><i>Nectaria</i> quinque; singulum squamula minima, emarginata basi -germinis extrorsum annexa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, longitudine tubi, unguibus -corollæ inserta. Antheræ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina quinque, oblonga, acuminata, desinentia in -stylos subulatos, longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque, oblongæ, acuminatæ, rectæ, compressæ, -longitudinaliter introrsum dehiscentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, parva.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of five leaves; the small leaves are lance-shaped, -concave and channelled, upright, sharp, formed into a tube, and -remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, claws long, linear, upright, joined together, -bent back, and spreading.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cups</i> five, each consisting of a small scale notched at the -end, and fixed on the outside the base of each seed-bud.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, the length of the tube, fixed -into the claws of the blossom. Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, ending in awl-shaped -shafts, the length of the chives. Summits blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, oblong, pointed, upright, pressed -together, and opening inwards along the seam.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, many, small.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Crassula foliis oppositis, amplexicaulibus, ciliatis, linearibus; -floribus capitatis, odoratissimis, luteis.</p> - -<p>Crassula with opposite leaves that embrace the stem, fringed and -linear; the flowers grow in bunches, are sweet-scented and yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. The Empalement.</p> - -<p>2. A Blossom cut open to shew the insertion of the threads.</p> - -<p>3. One Petal of the blossom.</p> - -<p>4. The five Pointals as they stand in the blossom, with their honey-cups -attached to the bottom of the Seed-buds.</p> - -<p>5. One Pointal (magnified).</p> - -<p>The Crassula Odoratissima is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was -introduced to our gardens about the year 1794, but did not flower till -1796. The scent of this plant at night is so very powerful, that by many -it may be deemed almost offensive, though by others it is considered as -most agreeable; the flavour is nearly affined to the tuberose. This is -not a very shewy plant, growing about a foot high, and flowers from -March, till May or June. It is most easily propagated by cuttings, lives -in the common greenhouse with very little care, and in almost any sort -of earth. This figure was taken at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, -nurserymen, Hammersmith, where the plant was first raised.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_108">[Pg 108]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 26 -<br><a href="images/ill_026.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_026.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_111">[Pg 111]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_110">[Pg 110]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_109">[Pg 109]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_27"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS RINGENS. <i>Var. cinereo odorato.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Gaping Ash-coloured sweet Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p>See Plate XI.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis linearibus, costatis; floribus ringentibus, -cineriis, odoratissimis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with linear, ribbed leaves; the blossoms gaping, -ash-coloured, and very sweet-scented.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open to expose the insertion of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal (one Summit magnified).<br> -4. A Seed in its coat.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> most desirable Gladiolus, is not a perfect novelty in the -greenhouse; although extremely scarce, it has been introduced to us -constantly from the Cape of Good Hope, but from its great delicacy has -been repeatedly lost. The plants now in England, have been imported from -Holland, from the collection of Messrs. Voorhelm and Co. who about the -year 1793, purchased the largest collection ever formed at the Cape, -from a Frenchman who had been many years resident there. The Gladiolus -ringens about mid-day has the flavour of violets so powerfully, that a -single plant is sufficient to scent a whole greenhouse. It is with -difficulty preserved from rotting at the root; therefore should be grown -in very sandy peat, and should be exposed to dry as soon as the flower -is gone. Is propagated by the root, or by seed, which may be procured by -great care not to over-water the bulb after flowering; but herein there -is great danger.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_112">[Pg 112]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 27 -<br><a href="images/ill_027.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_027.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_113">[Pg 113]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_28"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM ELEGANS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Round-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p> - -<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, 5 dry -berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium pedunculis multifloris; calycibus monophyllis, foliis -orbiculatis, ferratis rigidis, petiolis longissimis; caule -herbaceo.</p> - -<p>Geranium, the fruit-stalks supporting many flowers; cups of one -leaf; the leaves round, sawed, and harsh, with very long -foot-stalks; stem herbaceous.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular shape to its base.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal, natural size.<br> -3. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> truly elegant species of Geranium was introduced to us from the -Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1795; being raised from seeds, received -from thence, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in whose collection it flowered -for the first time this year, about the latter end of May, and from -which specimen this figure was taken. It is one of those that have in -general seven fertile tips, and, therefore, must be placed under Mr. -L’Heritier’s genus Pelargonium, by those who follow his new arrangement. -It is a hardy plant, and requires only a common greenhouse for its -protection, where it will seed; which seems to be the readiest mode of -propagating it, as it produces but very few branches; thriving best in -rich earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_114">[Pg 114]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 28 -<br><a href="images/ill_028.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_028.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_117">[Pg 117]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_116">[Pg 116]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_115">[Pg 115]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_29"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA SPICATA. <i>Var. viridi nigra.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Sea-green spiked Ixia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6 petala, patens, æqualis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stigmata 3</span>, erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, equal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Summits</span> three, nearly upright, spreading.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis linearibus, costatis; corolla viridi, petalis basi -obscuris; spicis longissimis.</p> - -<p>Ixia with linear, ribbed leaves; green blossom, the base of the -petals dark; spikes very long.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p>1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.</p> - -<p>2. A Blossom cut open, to shew its tubular character, and the insertion -of the Chives at the mouth.</p> - -<p>3. The Pointal complete, one of its Summits magnified.</p> - -<p>The singularity of colour exhibited in this very fine species of Ixia, -the extraordinary length of the spikes, the flowers of which are mostly -all expanded at the same time; and which grow sometimes to the length of -a foot, or more; will certainly entitle it to a place in every -collection of exotics. We are indebted to the Hollanders for this plant, -as they first introduced it from the Cape; and it is from them we -received it but a few years since. It is amongst the hardiest, and -easiest propagated of this genus; requiring a small degree of heat when -near blowing, to make the flowers expand with lustre; thriving best in -peat earth; propagating itself by the bulb; and flowering during the -months of May and June.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_118">[Pg 118]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 29 -<br><a href="images/ill_029.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_121">[Pg 121]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_120">[Pg 120]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_119">[Pg 119]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_30"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Madeira Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium minimum, superum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, campanulata, quadrifida; laciniis revolutis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, simplicia. Antheræ bicornes, dorso aristis -duabus patentibus instructæ, apice dehiscentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, staminibus longior. -Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca globosa, umbilicata, quadrilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> pauca, parva.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup very small, above, and permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, bell-shaped, four-cleft; segments rolled back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, simple. Tips with two horns, and furnished -with two spreading awns at the back, opening at the points.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, longer than the chives. -Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A globular berry, with a hollow dimple, and four -cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> few, and small.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium, floribus racemosis; foliis crenulatis, ovatis, acutis; -caule arboreo.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry, with flowers growing in bunches; leaves slightly -scollopped, egg-shaped, and pointed; stem woody.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, Pointal, and Chives; the blossom removed.<br> -2. A Chive (magnified).<br> -3. The Shaft, and its Summit (magnified).<br> -4. A ripe Berry (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Numerous</span> are the difficulties which occur in arranging plants according -to any yet invented system; and although the sexual fails in the fewest -instances, yet that is sometimes the case. The plant before us, although -in habit, fruit, &c. seemingly perfectly allied to Vaccinium, and, from -which characters, it has been placed under that genus, yet we doubt -whether if Linnæus had examined the flower himself, (as he has accepted -it under the name it here bears, and we have no doubt of its being the -plant intended;) he would not have classed it in Octandria; for -certainly it has in every instance ten chives, with the border of the -blossom of five segments; the threads attached to the blossom. But, as -it is the professed intention of this work as little as possible to -confuse, by the introduction of new names for plants already known by -established, and generally accepted ones; though erroneous from -incorrectness, or otherwise, in the author who first published them; we -shall attempt an alteration but rarely, and that cautiously, or for very -glaring reasons; being thoroughly convinced of the difficulty of -retaining only one name for each plant. The Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus is -a native of the island of Madeira, where it grows to a considerable -height: it has not been many years cultivated in our gardens; having -been introduced to us first by Mr. F. Masson about the year 1786. The -winters in common of this climate are too severe for it, therefore -should be protected, although it will survive a mild one: it is best -preserved in a pot, and kept as a greenhouse plant, where it is very -ornamental; flowering about the months of July and August; thriving best -in light mould, or peat; and is propagated by cuttings, or the seed, -which it produces in abundance.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_122">[Pg 122]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 30 -<br><a href="images/ill_030.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_030.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_125">[Pg 125]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_124">[Pg 124]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_123">[Pg 123]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_31"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BORBONIA CORDATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Heart-shape leaved Borbonia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads in two sets. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, turbinatum, corolla -dimidio brevius; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, subæqualibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> pentapetala papilionacea.</p> - -<p><i>Vexillum</i> reflexum, obtusum, ungue calycis longitudine.</p> - -<p><i>Alæ</i> semicordatæ, vexillo paulo breviores.</p> - -<p><i>Carina</i> dipetala, lunulata, obtusa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, coalita in cylindrum, superne -longitudinaliter dehiscentem, apicibus assurgentia. Antheræ parvæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subulatum. Stylus brevissimus, adscendens. Stigma -obtusum, emarginatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen subrotundum, acuminatum, uniloculare, spina -mucronatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> reniformia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, cut into five segments, turban-shaped, -shorter by half than the blossom; segments lance-shaped, pointed, -nearly of the same length.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of five leaves, butterfly-shaped.</p> - -<p><i>Standard</i> bent back, blunt, the claw the length of the cup.</p> - -<p><i>Wings</i> half heart-shaped, a little shorter than the standard.</p> - -<p><i>Keel</i> of two leaves, half moon-shaped, and blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads ten, joined in a cylinder, splitting at the upper -side, turned up at the ends. Tips small.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud awl-shaped. Shaft short, turned up at the end. -Summit blunt, and bordered.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Shell roundish, pointed, of one cell, and pointed with -a spine.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> kidney-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Borbonia foliis cordatis, multinerviis, integerrimis.</p> - -<p>Borbonia with heart-shaped leaves, many-nerved, and very entire.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. The Standard, or upper petal of the Blossom.<br> -3. A Wing, or side petal of the Blossom.<br> -4. The Keel, or lower petals of the Blossom.<br> -5. The Pointal and Chives, natural size.<br> -6. The Seed-vessel, attached to the Empalement.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Borbonia cordata, with its various synonyms, may be found in the -second volume of Linnæus’s Species Plantarum, page 994, from whence our -specific character is copied. This plant, as well as most of the genus, -are subject to lose their leaves from the lower part of the stem, which -gives it rather a naked appearance when not in flower; but that is amply -compensated by the very handsome appearance of its magnificent bunch of -yellow blossoms. It grows to the height of three or four feet, producing -but few branches. This figure was taken from a plant sent to the author, -about the beginning of July, in full bloom, by Mr. Colville, nurseryman, -of the King’s Road, Chelsea; who informs him that he raised it about the -year 1795, from seeds which he had received from the Cape of Good Hope. -The Borbonias are mostly hardy greenhouse plants, and delight in light -earth; either peat, or very light dungy earth: they are in general -difficult to propagate by cuttings; the surest method is by the seed, -which they for the most part perfect in this climate.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_126">[Pg 126]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 31 -<br><a href="images/ill_031.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_031.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_128">[Pg 128]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_127">[Pg 127]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_32"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ANTHOLYZA RINGENS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Gaping Antholyza.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, alternatæ, flores distinguentes, -persistentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petalum unicum e tubo sensim dilatatum in faucem -compressam ringentem.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, longa, tenuia, sublabio superiori. Antheræ -acutæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, situ et longitudine -stamimun superiorum. Stigma trifidum, capillare, reflexum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, triangularia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath of two valves, alternate, dividing the flowers, -and abiding.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, widening in the tube, flattened at the mouth, -and gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads, long, thin, and placed under the upper lip -of the blossom. Tips sharp.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, in the same place, -and of the same length of the upper chives. Summit cut into three -hair-like divisions, which are bent back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly round, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, triangular.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Antholyza corollæ labiis divaricatis; fauce compressa.</p> - -<p>Antholyza with the lips of the blossom in various directions; the -mouth flattened.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span> this species of Antholyza is not new in our gardens, yet has it -been seen in flower but by few, as it blows so seldom; though the roots -are by far the largest of any of the genus. The bulb from which this -figure was taken, had received a little assistance from heat early in -the season, and by that means was (apparently) brought into flower. It -is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, has much the appearance of a -common flag in the foliage, growing to the height of three feet, or -more; requires the same earth as Ixias, propagates by the root, or seed, -and flowers in the month of June; at which time a drawing was made from -a plant then in bloom at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_130">[Pg 130]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 32 -<br><a href="images/ill_032.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_032.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_133">[Pg 133]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_132">[Pg 132]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_131">[Pg 131]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_33"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">DIOSMA LATIFOLIA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Broad-leaved Diosma.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis tenuibus, acutis, -persistentibus; basi plana.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, ovata, obtusa, sessilia, erecto-patula.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> coronæ forma, excavatum, quinquesidum, obtusum, germini -impositum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata. Antheræ subovatæ, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen coronatum nectario. Stylus simplex, longitudine -staminum. Stigma obsoletum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, compressæ, margine -introrsum coalitæ, apicibus distantes, sutura superiori -dehiscentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, oblonga.</p> - -<p><i>Arillus</i> elasticus, hinc dehiscens; singulum involvens semen.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of four divisions; segments thin, sharp, and -permanent; smooth at the base.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, egg-shape, blunt, fitting close, erect, and -open.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> crown-shaped, hollow, with five divisions, blunt, fixed -on the seed-buds.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped. Tips nearly egg-shaped, upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud crowned by the honey-cup. Shaft simple, the -length of the chives. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, egg-shaped, pointed, flattened, joined -together by the inner edge, the points standing apart, splitting at -the upper suture.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, oblong.</p> - -<p><i>Seed-coat</i> elastic, splitting from hence, and inclosing a single -seed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Diosma, foliis oppositis, serratis, ovalibus, latissimis; floribus -terminalibus, albidis, sessilibus.</p> - -<p>Diosma with opposite leaves, sawed, oval, and very broad; flowers -terminal, white, and sitting close to the branches.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, with the surrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups.<br> -3. The Pointal, natural size, with the Empalement attached.<br> -4. The same magnified.<br> -5. A Seed taken from its coat.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">There</span> are few genera of plants more deserving our notice than Diosma; -the fragrance of the leaves of most of the species, and the beauty of -the flowers of others, has rendered them so common, (being easily -propagated by cuttings) that few collections but have a number of the -different species. They are all very hardy greenhouse plants, the -present species excepted; this, requiring a dry situation, and rather -more warmth than the rest. It was sent to the royal gardens at Kew, -about the year 1791, by Mr. F. Masson, to whose industry botany stands -so much indebted. Of all the Diosmas this is the highest grower, -aspiring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat -earth, and flowers about the month of August.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_134">[Pg 134]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 33 -<br><a href="images/ill_033.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_033.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_136">[Pg 136]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_135">[Pg 135]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_34"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CHELONE RUELLIOIDES.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Scarlet Chelone.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, brevissimum, -persistens; laciniis erectis, ovatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, ringens; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; faux -inflata, oblonga, supra convexa, infra plana; limbus clausus -parvus; labium superius obtusum, emarginatum; limbus inferius cum -superiori fere æquale, lævissime trifidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, sub dorso corollæ recondita, quorum duo -lateralia paulo longiora; antheræ incumbentes.</p> - -<p>Rudimentum quinti filamenti, mucronis instar, intra superius -staminum par.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, situ, et longitudine -staminum. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, bilocularis, calyce longior.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, sub rotunda, margine membranaceo cincta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five divisions very short, permanent; -segments upright and egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical, very short; mouth -swelled, oblong, rounded on the upper, and flat on the lower part; -border shut, and small; upper lip blunt, bordered; lower lip nearly -as long as the upper, slightly divided into three at the end.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, hid under the upper part of the blossom; of -which the two side ones are a little longer than the others. Tips -fixed sideways to the threads.</p> - -<p>The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a sharp point is placed equal -with, and between the upper chives.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-vessel egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same -length, and place as the chives. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, two cells longer than the -empalement.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round, bound at the edge by a thin skin.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Chelone foliis inferioribus spathulatis, glabris; superioribus -lanceolatis, oppositis; corollis cernuis, coccineis; labiis -inferioribus barbatis.</p> - -<p>Chelone with spathulate, smooth leaves on the lower part of the -stem; and lance-shaped, opposite ones on the upper; blossoms -hanging down, and scarlet; the lower lips bearded.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Leaf from the lower part of the Stem.<br> -2. The Empalement.<br> -3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives, and the imperfect rudiments of a fifth.<br> -4. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Chelone Ruellioides is a native of Chili, South America, and was -introduced to the royal gardens at Kew in the year 1793, by Mr. -Boutelow, the son of the gardener to the King of Spain, who was then in -England pursuing his botanical studies. It is (apparently) a hardy -plant, and fit to endure the open borders, but, as yet, we have not had -a sufficient trial to ascertain it; hitherto it has been treated as a -greenhouse plant. Being herbaceous, it is propagated by parting the -roots, which should be done in spring, about the month of March. The -proper season of its flowering cannot well be determined, as it has -undergone such various treatment. The plant from which this figure was -made was in full bloom at the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, in -the month of June 1797, where it was seen to flower, for the first time -in this country. The soil it seems to thrive in most, is a composition -of loam, and rotten dung.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_138">[Pg 138]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 34 -<br><a href="images/ill_034.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_034.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_141">[Pg 141]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_140">[Pg 140]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_139">[Pg 139]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_35"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA CRISPIFOLIA. <i>Var. flore cæruleo.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Crisped-leaved Ixia. Blue Variety.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright, -and spreading.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis crispis; scapus ramosus, flexuosus, spithamæus; -floribus sub-umbellatis, cæruleis.</p> - -<p>Ixia with crisped leaves; flower-stem branched, waved, and a span -high; flowers grow in partial umbels, and are blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br> -3. A Chive (magnified).<br> -4. The Pointal, one of the divisions of the Summit detached, and magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> singular species of Ixia, is one amongst the many given by the -Dowager Lady De Clifford to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith, in the -year 1794; at which time, her ladyship had just received the bulbs in a -present from the Cape. It is described by Thunberg, in his Dissertatio -de Ixia, published in 1783. The root of this plant is of a most curious -shape, having the appearance of being the half, rather than the whole; -it is very delicate, is easily destroyed by moisture, therefore (except -when in flower) should be kept very dry; it propagates by the root, the -old one generally producing two; flowering about the month of June, or -July, but requires the warmth of a moderate hothouse to expand its -blossoms. Like other Cape bulbs, it should be planted in sandy peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_142">[Pg 142]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 35 -<br><a href="images/ill_035.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_035.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_145">[Pg 145]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_144">[Pg 144]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_143">[Pg 143]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_36"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">RHODODENDRON PUNCTATUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Dotted-leaved Rhododendron.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> 5-partitus. Corolla rotato-infundibuliformis. Stamina -declinata. Capsula 5-locularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> of five divisions. Blossom of a rounded funnel-shape. -Chives bent downward. Capsule of five cells.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Rhododendron Dauricum</span>, Plate IV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Rhododendron foliis glabris, subtus punctatis; viminibus laxis; -corollis crispis, violaceo-purpureis.</p> - -<p>Rhododendron with smooth leaves, dotted on the under part; slender -loose branches; blossoms crisped, and of a blueish purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal (natural size); one tip detached (magnified).<br> -3. The Seed-vessel, and Pointal, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">It</span> is to the industrious researches of J. Frasier, nurseryman, of the -King’s Road, Chelsea, we are indebted for this charming species of -Rhododendron, who introduced it in the year 1792 from the back -settlements of Carolina, North America, where it is native. This species -is by far the most delicate of any yet discovered on that continent; -grows to the height of three, or four feet, and of sufficient hardiness -to resist our winters in the open ground; a slight protection insures -its flowering, as our late frosts are apt to injure the buds, which are -very often without that assistance destroyed. The best method of -propagating this shrub is by layers, which should be taken off in -autumn, and protected the first winter. It flowers about the month of -July, at which season this year a drawing was made from a plant, in the -nursery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It (like most American plants) -delights in sandy peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_146">[Pg 146]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 36 -<br><a href="images/ill_036.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_036.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_149">[Pg 149]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_148">[Pg 148]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_147">[Pg 147]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_37"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM FRAGILE.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Brittle-stalked Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Summits five. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry -berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis carnosis, pinnatis; caulis fruticosus, ramosus, -fragilis; petalis linearibus, pedunculis erectis.</p> - -<p>Geranium with fleshy winged leaves; stem shrubby, branched and -brittle; petals linear, fruit-stalks upright.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its tubular shape to its base.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).<br> -3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Geranium fragile has in general seven fertile tips, and thus comes -under Linnæus’s first arrangement; and Mons. L’Heritier’s Genus -Pelargonium. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced -by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in the year 1792. This plant seldom grows -more than a foot high, but during the months of July, August, and -September, it is covered with blossoms, which are of a pale yellow, -striped at the bottom with red, standing nearly upright. It is rather a -tender plant, requiring a dry stove, or hothouse, to preserve it in -winter, being very subject to damp in the leaves; is easily propagated -by cuttings, and thrives best in rich mould.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_150">[Pg 150]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 37 -<br><a href="images/ill_037.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_037.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_153">[Pg 153]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_152">[Pg 152]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_151">[Pg 151]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_38"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS PRÆCOX. <i>Var. flore rubro.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Red early-flowering Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p>See Plate XI. <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus.</span></p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, apicibus tortis, lineari-cruciatis; -corollis sub-campanulatis, rubris; petalis acuminatis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with sword-shaped leaves, twisted at the ends, linear, -and cross-shaped; blossoms nearly bell-shaped, and red; petals -sharp-pointed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal, one of the Summits magnified.<br> -4. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the species of this numerous Genus, this is the first to expand -its blossoms, seldom flowering later than April; is extremely hardy, -scarce requiring the warmth of a greenhouse for its protection, although -a native of the Cape. About the year 1791, the bulbs of this plant were -purchased of Messrs. Voorhelm, and Co. of Haarlem, in Holland, by -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has repeatedly -flowered, and where this figure was taken. It is propagated by the root, -as other Gladiolus, and requires the same earth, a light sandy peat.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 38 -<br><a href="images/ill_038.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_038.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_157">[Pg 157]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_156">[Pg 156]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_155">[Pg 155]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_39"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XXXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ECHIUM FEROCISSIMUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Prickly Viper’s Bugloss.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> irregularis, fauce nuda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> irregular, mouth naked.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Echium grandiflorum</span>, Plate XX.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Echium caule fruticoso; ramis, foliisque aculeatis; floribus -spicatis, violaceis; corollis sub-æqualibus.</p> - -<p>Viper’s Bugloss, with a shrubby stem; branches and leaves covered -with sharp prickles; flowers growing in spikes, and violet -coloured; blossoms nearly equal.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives in the tube.<br> -3. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span> there are few species of this genus, but are rough, or hairy; -yet this by far exceeds any of them, or almost any other plant not -actually spiny, for its extreme coarseness to the touch; nevertheless it -is a very handsome shewy greenhouse plant, growing to the height of two -feet, and blowing freely. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and -was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1794; at whose nursery it -flowered for the first time, this year, in the month of July. The only -method of propagating the Cape Echiums is by cuttings, and that is done -with great difficulty; of course, this, as well as the other species, -are very scarce: they delight most in rich light mould.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_158">[Pg 158]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 39 -<br><a href="images/ill_039.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_039.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_161">[Pg 161]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_160">[Pg 160]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_159">[Pg 159]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_40"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XL.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CHELONE CAMPANULOIDES.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Bell-flowered Chelone.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> 5-partitus. Rudimentum filamenti quinti inter suprema -stamina. Capsula bilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> of five divisions. The rudiment of a fifth thread is -found placed between the upper chives. Capsule of two cells.</p> - -<p>See Plate XXXIV. <span class="smcap">Chelone Ruellioides.</span></p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Chelone foliis oppositis, sessilibus, acuminatis, profunde -serratis; corollis campanulatis, purpureis.</p> - -<p>Chelone with opposite leaves fitting close to the stem, tapering to -the point, and deeply sawed; blossoms bell-shaped, and purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the four Chives, and station of the fifth imperfect thread.<br> -2. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -3. The Seed-vessel, with the Empalement and Shaft still remaining attached.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Chelone is of the same date in our gardens as the -Chelone Ruellioides, and was introduced through the same medium: it is a -native of Mexico in South America; will make a pretty addition to our -greenhouse exotics; and is described and engraved by A. J. Cavanilles, -in his first volume of Spanish plants. It seems to thrive best in rich, -dungy earth, and is easily propagated by cuttings, or seeds; of which -latter it produces abundance; but does not appear to be long lived. The -plant from which this figure was taken, flowered (as we suppose for the -first time in England) in the collection of B. Robertson, Esq. of -Stockwell in Surry, and kindly communicated by him to the author.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_162">[Pg 162]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 40 -<br><a href="images/ill_040.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_040.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_165">[Pg 165]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_164">[Pg 164]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_41"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">LACHENALIA PENDULA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Drooping-flowered Lachenalia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, cylindracea, sexpartita; tubus gibbus; laciniis -tribus exterioribus brevioribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi -laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen trigonum, trisulcum. Stylus simplex, corolla -paulo longior. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula triquetra, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one leaf, cylindrical, divided into six; tube gouty; the -three outer divisions the shortest.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, fixed -into the base of the divisions of the blossom. Tips oblong, laying -on the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud three-sided, three-furrowed. Shaft simple, a -little longer than the blossom. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, globular.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Lachenalia foliis longissimis, ovato-oblongis, immaculatis; -corollis speciocissimis, maximis, tricoloratis, pedunculatis, -cernuis.</p> - -<p>Lachenalia with very long egg-shaped oblong leaves, without spots; -blossoms very shewy, large, three-coloured, having foot-stalks, and -nodding.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower spread open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br> -2. The same, exhibiting the character of the outer Petals.<br> -3. The Pointal, natural size.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> genus Lachenalia is certainly an infringement on Hyacinthus; the -small distinction on which this new genus is founded can, at most, be -considered but of sufficient consequence to form a specific character, -so thought Linnæus: the son of Professor Jacquin has thought otherwise, -having called it after a botanist of the name of De la Chenal; and under -which it is now generally known; therefore we have not replaced it under -its old title, though we have authority of such weight to corroborate -our opinion. The Lachenalias are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, yet -are of so hardy a nature as to require no farther protection than -shelter from the severe frosts. Our species is the handsomest yet known, -flowering about September; was, according to the Kew catalogue, -introduced there by Mr. F. Masson in the year 1774. It was from a plant -in the extensive collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common (to whose -kind communications the author acknowledges himself much indebted), that -this figure was taken, the latter end of September this year. No plant -is more easy or certain to increase than this; the young offsets are -produced in such abundance from the old bulb, which delights in a light -soil; but its flowering is not so certain.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_166">[Pg 166]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 41 -<br><a href="images/ill_041.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_041.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_169">[Pg 169]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_168">[Pg 168]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_167">[Pg 167]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_42"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ORCHIS CILIARIS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Fringed Orchis.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque; tria exteriora; duo interiora sursum -conniventia in galeam.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> monophyllum, a latere inferiore inter divisuram -petalorum receptaculo affixum. Labio superiore erecto, brevissimo. -Labio inferiore magno, patente, lato. Tubo postice corniformi, -nutante.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, tenuissima, brevissima, pistillo -insidentia. Antheræ obovatæ, erectæ, tectæ duplicatura biloculari -labii superioris nectarii.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum. Stylus adnatus -labio superiori nectarii, brevissimus. Stigma compressum, obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, unilocularis, tricarinata, trivalvis; -sub carinis trifariam dehiscens, apice et basi cohærens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, minima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk simple. Cup none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five; three outer ones; two inner ones approaching -upwards in form of a helmet.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> one leaf, fixed by the lower side to the receptacle -betwixt the division of the petals. Upper lip upright, and very -short. Lower lip large, spreading, broad. Tube standing behind, -shaped like a horn, and hanging down.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, very slender, and very short, fixed on the -pointal. Tips inversely egg-shaped, upright, covered by a folding -of the upper lip of the honey-cup, forming two cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong, twisted, and beneath. Shaft fixed to the -upper lip of the honey-cup, very short. Summit flattened, and -blunt-ended.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, of one cell, three keels, three -valves; splitting in three places under the keels; fastened at the -point, and the base.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, very small.</p> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<p>Orchis radicibus subpalmatis, expansis; nectarii labio lanceolato, -ciliato, cornu torto, longissimo; floribus luteis.</p> - -<p>Orchis with roots nearly hand-shaped, spreading; lip of the -honey-cup lance-shaped, and fringed, horn twisted, very long; -flowers yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Honey-cup with its Horn.<br> -2. The upper Petal.<br> -3. A side Petal.<br> -4. One of the inner Petals.<br> -5. The Chives, and Pointal attached to the horn of the Honey-cup.<br> -6. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified; with the Chives drawn from their cells.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> handsome Orchis is a native of North America, and is found in all -the states from Virginia as far north as Canada: it has been treated of -by Ray, Morison, Gronovius, Royen, Linnæus, and others; but although so -long known by name, it was not introduced to our gardens before the year -1796; having been sent that year from Philadelphia by Mr. J. Lyons, from -the gardens of J. Hamilton, Esq. to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, -Hammersmith; at whose nursery it flowered this year, in the month of -July, when the drawing was made. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, -thriving best in a shady border, and should be planted in a mixture of -loam and peat earth. The propagation of this plant, like most of the -genus, is difficult, the seeds being too small to be collected, and the -root seldom producing more than one bud.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_170">[Pg 170]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 42 -<br><a href="images/ill_042.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_042.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_172">[Pg 172]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_171">[Pg 171]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_43"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BIGNONIA LEUCOXYLON.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Oleander-flowered Trumpet Flower.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, erectum, cyathi-forme, -quinquefidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, campanulata; tubus minimus, longitudine -calycis; faux longissima, subtus ventricosa; limbus quinque -partitus; laciniis duabus superioribus reflexis; inferioribus -patulis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, subulata, corolla breviora, quorum duo -reliquis longiora. Antheræ reflexæ, oblongæ, velut duplicatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, situ et figura -staminum. Stigma capitatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Siliqua bilocularis, bivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, imbricata, compressa, utrinque membranaceo alata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, upright, cup-shaped, and cut into five -divisions.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one bell-shaped petal; tube small, the length of the -cup; mouth very long, swelled at the bottom; border of five -divisions; the two upper segments reflexed, the lower ones -spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom, two of -which are longer than the others. Tips bent back, oblong, and -appear doubled.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same -situation and shape as the chives. Summit headed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Pod of two cells, and two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, laying one over the other, flat, and winged at each -side.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Bignonia foliis digitatis; foliolis integerrimis, ovatis, -acuminatis; caule erecto, arboreo; floribus nerii; alato semine.</p> - -<p>Trumpet Flower with fingered leaves; the small leaves entire, -egg-shaped, tapered; stem upright, growing to a tree; with flowers -like the oleander; seed winged.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, shewing the proportionate length of the Chives to the Blossom, and their insertion; one of the Tips detached, and magnified.<br> -3. The Pointal, (natural size); the Summit detached, and magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Bignonia is well known in most collections of hothouse -plants, and was first introduced to the Chelsea gardens by Mr. P. -Miller, the then gardener, in 1759, and may be found described in his -Dictionary; but, notwithstanding its frequency, few have seen its -blossoms. Owing to the naked appearance of the stem, and its growing to -so considerable a height before it flowers, and that but rarely, has -rendered it a plant but of little consideration; though perhaps, from -the great beauty of its blossoms, it deserves more attention. Being a -native of the West Indies, it does not flourish without the assistance -of tan heat; but will live in any situation of the hothouse; thriving -best in a mixture of loam and peat, and is readily propagated by -cuttings. It was from a plant in the select and valuable collection at -Paddington, belonging to the Hon. Dowager Lady De Clifford (to whom the -author, as well as all the cultivators and professors of the science, -stand much indebted for the zeal and patronage which her ladyship has -shewn, in her endeavours to promote it), that this figure was taken in -July this present year 1798.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 43 -<br><a href="images/ill_043.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_043.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_177">[Pg 177]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_176">[Pg 176]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_175">[Pg 175]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_44"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA CINNAMOMEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Cinnamon-smelling Ixia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo -patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly -upright, spreading.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, crispis; floribus alternis, noctiflorens, -cinnamomi odore.</p> - -<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, waved at the edge; flowers -alternate, blowing at night, and smelling of cinnamon.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Chives, attached to the tubular part of the Blossom, the border cut off, (magnified).<br> -4. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Amongst</span> this most extensive genus no species stands more distinct than -this. The extreme sweetness and delicacy of its blossoms, which expand -only by night, and close in the morning, give it a decided superiority -over many of its congeners. Thunberg, who saw it at the Cape, has -described it under the name it here bears; but till the year 1792 we had -no knowledge of it, when it was first introduced by Messrs. Lee and -Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope; at whose nursery it -flowered the following year; where it continues to blow annually, and -whence this figure was taken. It is rather a tender bulb, small, and -easily rotted; should therefore be placed in the warmest part of the -greenhouse, and kept dry when out of flower; is rather difficult to -increase, as each bulb seldom produces more than one offset, nor that -always, and rarely seeds.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_178">[Pg 178]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 44 -<br><a href="images/ill_044.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_044.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_180">[Pg 180]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_179">[Pg 179]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_45"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IRIS LONGIFOLIA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Iris.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves, flores distinguentes, persistentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita; petala oblonga, obtusa, tria exteriora reflexa, -tria interiora erecta, acutiora; omnia unguibus conata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, subulata, petalis reflexis incumbentia. -Antheræ oblongæ, rectæ, depressæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus. -Stigma maximum, tripartitum, laciniis petala mentientibus, latis, -reflexis, stamina et petala alterna deprimentibus, apicibus -bifidis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, angulata, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, ovata, glabra.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths of two valves, separating the flowers, -permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> with six divisions; petals oblong, blunt, the three outer -ones reflexed, the three inner ones upright, and sharper; all -connected by the claws.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads three, awl-shaped, laying on the reflexed petals. -Tips oblong, straight, depressed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, oblong. Shaft simple, very short. Summit -very large, divided into three segments, resembling petals, broad, -bent back, and alternately pressing down the chives and petals, -cleft at the ends.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, angular, of three cells, and three -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, egg-shaped, and smooth.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Iris foliis linearibus, canaliculatis, longissimis, glaucis; scapus -teres, multiflorus; radix bulbosus.</p> - -<p>Iris with linear, channelled leaves, very long, and bluish; -flower-stem cylindrical, with many flowers; the root bulbous.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives as attached to the Seed-bud.<br> -3. The Pointal complete.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> Iris is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us -from the collection of Messrs. Voorhelm and Schnevoght, of Haarlem in -Holland, about the year 1792. The leaves of this delicate Iris grow -sometimes to the length of three feet, giving it a very singular -appearance: it should be treated like the Cape Ixias, and protected from -the weather, whilst in bloom, as the flower is injured by the lightest -wind, and the duration of each blossom is but a few hours; there is, -however, a good succession, which rise diurnally from the same sheath, -seldom more than one at a time. This figure was taken in the month of -June 1797 at the Hammersmith nursery. It has a singular mode of -propagating itself; the old root dying, two young ones are formed above -it, from whence the flower-stem arises: seldom ripe seeds are produced.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_182">[Pg 182]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 45 -<br><a href="images/ill_045.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_045.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_185">[Pg 185]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_184">[Pg 184]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_183">[Pg 183]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_46"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MASSONIA VIOLACEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Purple-flowered Massonia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sex-petala. Petala nectario imposita, lanceolata, patentia.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> inferum, cylindricum, membranaceum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, nectarii dentibus inserta, filiformia -declinata, petalis paulo longiora. Antheræ ovatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen (respectu nectarii) superum. Stylus subulatus, -declinatus, longitudine, staminum. Stigma simplex, acutum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula triquetra, glabra, trilocularis, trivalvis, -angulis dehiscens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa, glabra, magnitudine seminum sinapios.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six-petals. Petals placed on the honey-cup, are -lance-shaped and spreading.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> beneath, cylindrical and skinny.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads, fixed into the teeth of the honey-cup, -thread-shaped, bent downward, and a little longer than the petals. -Tips egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud (with regard to the honey-cup) above. Shaft -awl-shaped, and bent downward the length of the chives. Summit -simple, and pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-sided, and smooth, of three cells and -three valves, splitting at the angles.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, globular, smooth, the size of a mustard seed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Massonia, foliis spathulatis, glabris; scapus filiformis, erectus, -bipollicaris; flores pedunculati, violacei, sparsi, pedunculi -uniflori.</p> - -<p>Massonia with spatula-shaped, and smooth leaves; flower-stalk -thread-shaped, upright, two inches high; the flowers have -foot-stalks, are of a violet colour, and grow scattered; the -foot-stalks have each but one flower.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower complete.<br> -2. The same cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> genus of plants perpetuates the name, as a botanist, (would it -could likewise the mild, unassuming, and universally allowed amiableness -of character) of Mr. Francis Masson, botanical collector to his Majesty; -now exploring the untrod regions of North America, to add to the -extensive collections of his royal and munificent Master, which stand so -much indebted to his indefatigable industry for their present splendour. -The Massonias are all rather tender, and require the same situation as -Hæmanthus &c; that is, a dry stove; they are natives of the Cape of Good -Hope, or, at least, grow within that point of Africa generally so -called, but at some distance from the Cape town, near a mountain -(according to Thunberg) of the name of Bocklands Berg. The root of this -species is very subject to rot when the leaves are decayed, if watered -at that time; therefore, like the Ixias, should be put aside, or taken -out of the pot for two or three months, after flowering. It is very -difficult to propagate, as the seeds are seldom perfected, and rarely -makes any offsets; flowering in September, about the beginning of which -month this figure was taken, from a plant in the collection of G. -Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common. It appears to thrive best in a mixture of -peat and sandy loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_186">[Pg 186]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 46 -<br><a href="images/ill_046.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_046.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_188">[Pg 188]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_187">[Pg 187]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_47"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MUSA COCCINEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.</i> Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><i>Hermaphroditi feminei flores.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, plano-concava, magna.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> inæqualis, ringens; petalo constituente labium superins, -nectario vero labium inferius.</p> - -<p><i>Petalum</i> erectum, ligulatum, quinquedentatum, basi antice -connivens.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> monophyllum, naviculare, petalo, brevius, intra sinum -petali insertum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata erecta, petalo dimidio breviora. -Antheræ abortivæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen infra receptaculum floris, maximum, longissimum. -Stylus erectus, longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, subrotundum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca carnosa, corio tecta, longissima, pulpa -trifariam, absque dissepimentis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa.</p> - -<p><i>Hermaphroditi masculi flores.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> ut in feminæo.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> ut in feminæo.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta ut in feminæo, at longiora, tenuiora. Antheræ -lineares, sulcatæ, erectæ, magnæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ut in feminæo, ut minus. Stylus, et stigma ut in -fæmineo, at minora.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> abortit.</p> - -<p><i>Hermaphrodite flowers, where the female parts are perfect.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Partial sheath oblong, egg-shaped, smoothly-concave, -and large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> unequal and gaping; the petal forming the upper lip, the -honey-cup the under.</p> - -<p><i>Petal</i> upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and meeting at the base in -front.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> one leaf, ship-shaped, shorter than the petal, and -inclosed within it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, upright, shorter by half than the -petal. Tips abortive.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud below the receptacle of the flower, large and -very long. Shaft upright the length of the petal. Summit headed, -nearly round.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A fleshy berry, covered with a tough skin, very long, -the pulp laying three ways, without partitions.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, round.</p> - -<p><i>Hermaphrodite flowers, where the male parts are perfect.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> as in the female flower.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> as in the female flower.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads as in the female flower, but longer, and thinner. -Tips linear, channelled, upright, and large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud the same as in the female, but smaller. Shaft and -summit like the female, but smaller.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> is abortive.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Musa spadice erecto; floribus capitatis; spathis confertis, -coccineis, maximis, apicibus luteis.</p> - -<p>Plantain-tree with an upright fruit-stalk; flowers growing in -heads; sheaths crowded together, scarlet, very large, points -yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The upper lip of the blossom, shewn in front, as cut off close to the seed-bud.<br> -2. The same, shewing the hinder parts, with the three small claws on the border.<br> -3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip of the blossom.<br> -4. The seed-bud, chives, style, and summit, of a female hermaphrodite flower.<br> -5. A seed-bud cut obliquely, to expose the situation character of the seeds.<br> -6. The chives, seed-bud, shaft, and summit, of a male hermaphrodite flower.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> honour of having introduced this supremely beautiful plant, pertains -to, Thomas Evans Esq. of Stepney; a gentleman to whose zeal for the -introduction of new plants our stoves are of late much beholden; he -having received it, amongst many others, about the year 1792 from China, -where, as well as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &c. it is very -commonly found. Our figure was taken, in part, from a plant which -flowered at James Vere’s, Esq. Kensington Gore, last December, and -partly, from one in blossom about the same time, at the Hon. Lady -Archer’s, Ham Common. The Musa Coccinea grows to the height of about -three, or four feet before it blows, and without question, has no rival -but Strelitzea Regina in the hothouse, where its brilliancy, tends in -some degree, to dispel the gloom of winter, for at least three months. -It increases itself by suckers, which are thrown up in abundance from a -vigorous plant; may be taken off at any time, and will arrive at a -flowering size in twelve months; if planted in rich earth, and kept -growing in pine heat, or on a strong hotbed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_190">[Pg 190]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 47 -<br><a href="images/ill_047.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_047.jpg" -width="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_191">[Pg 191]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_193">[Pg 193]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_192">[Pg 192]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_48"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA BULBIFERA. <i>Var: flore luteo.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Bulb-bearing Ixia. Var: yellow-flowered.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo -patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly -upright, and spreading.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Plate XIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, scapo brevioribus, axillis -bulbiferis; floribus alternis, luteis.</p> - -<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth, and shorter than the -flower-stem, bearing bulbs at their insertion into the stalk; -flowers alternate, and yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> singular sporting of Nature in the Ixia bulbifera is not uncommon; -its viviparous character (if it may be so called) constitutes a specific -difference in many genera; Lilium, Lysimachia, &c. partake of it. The -bulbs produced from the stem blow the second year, whereas those from -seeds do not till the third. The flowers of this variety are the first -that open, amongst the numerous species yet introduced, of this -extensive genus; they are of a brilliant yellow, and seldom expand more -than one at a time. The usual treatment of other Cape Ixias is suitable -for this. The drawing was made at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, in the -month of March 1798, they having introduced it about the year 1784.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_194">[Pg 194]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 48 -<br><a href="images/ill_048.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_048.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_197">[Pg 197]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_196">[Pg 196]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_195">[Pg 195]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_49"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XLIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Thick-leaved Malpighia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER III.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. Three Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum, erectum, minimum, persistens, -connivens. Glandulæ melliferæ duæ, ovales gibbæ, foliolis calycinis -externe inferneque adnatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, reniformia, magna, plicata, ciliata, -patentia, concava; unguibus longis, linearibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem latiuscula, erecta, in cylindrum posita, -parva. Antheræ cordatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, minimum. Styli tres, filiformes. -Stigmata obtusa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca globosa, torulosa, magna, unilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> tria, ossea, oblonga, obtusa, angulata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaves, upright, very small, remaining and -closing at the points. Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty, -are fixed to the outer and lower part of the leaves of the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, kidney-shaped, large, plaited, lashed, -spreading, and concave; claws long, linear.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads ten, rather broad, upright, placed cylindrically, -and small. Tips heart-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud nearly round, very small. Shafts three, -thread-shaped. Summits blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Berry globular, knobby, large, of one cell.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Malpighia foliis lanceolato ovatis, subtus tomentosis, -integerrimis; floribus terminalibus, spicatis, pallide-luteis.</p> - -<p>Malpighia with oval spear-shaped leaves, downy beneath, and entire; -flowers terminate the branches in spikes, and are pale yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, (natural size).<br> -2. The Empalement, (magnified).<br> -3. The Chives spread open, (natural size).<br> -4. A Thread, and its Tip, (magnified).<br> -5. The Pointal complete, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Although</span>, we have given to this species of Malpighia, the specific name -under which it has been introduced; yet, there is much doubt, whether it -is not the Verbascifolium of Linnæus; or indeed if they are not both the -same plant, named from different specimens. Our species makes a very -handsome hothouse plant, growing to the height of five, or six feet, -before it flowers. It is a native of Jamaica, and most of the adjacent -islands, and was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy about the year -1792. From the extreme tenderness of the young leaves, and shoots, it -must be kept in a strong growing pine heat during the winter months; -otherwise, they are subject to damp off. It is raised by cuttings, and -seems to delight in a rich soil. The figure was made from a specimen -communicated by the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Courtenay, in whose most -superb collection at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, it flowered, for the -first time in England, in the month of September 1798.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_198">[Pg 198]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 49 -<br><a href="images/ill_049.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_049.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_201">[Pg 201]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_200">[Pg 200]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_199">[Pg 199]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_50"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> L.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA CAPITATA. <i>Var: flore aurantio.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var: Blossom gold colour.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, -erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly -upright, and spreading.</p> - -<p>See Plate XIV. <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa.</span></p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis, -confertis, aurantiis, petalis basi obscuris.</p> - -<p>Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and sword-shaped; blossoms -grow in a close bunch, gold coloured, and the petals dark at the -base.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> variety of Ixia capitata was introduced at the same time as the -Ixia bulbifera, flore luteo, viz. in 1784, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, -Hammersmith, from the Cape of Good Hope, and requires the same -treatment. It flowers the latter end of May, or beginning of June; -propagating itself abundantly by the root, which produces annually -numerous young bulbs.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_202">[Pg 202]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 50 -<br><a href="images/ill_050.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_050.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_205">[Pg 205]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_204">[Pg 204]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_203">[Pg 203]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_51"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">XERANTHEMUM SPECIOCISSIMUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Largest-flowering Everlasting Flower.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis imbricatus; squamis lanceolatis, quarum intimæ -disco longiores, membranaceæ, nitidæ, radium constituentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita inæqualis; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plurimæ, -tubulosæ in disco. Femineæ pauciores, tubulatæ, in ambitu.</p> - -<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, calyce longe brevior; -limbo quinquefido, patulo.</p> - -<p><i>Femineis</i> tubulosa, longitudine hermaphroditi, quinquefida, minus -æqualis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, brevissima. Antheræ -cylindracea, tubulosa, longitudine fere corollulæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis germen breve. Stylus filiformis, -staminibus longior. Stigma bifidum.</p> - -<p>Femineis germen ut in hermaphroditis. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine hermaphroditorum. Stigmata duo, oblonga reflexa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> oblonga, coronata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, planiusculum, punctatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common tiled; scales spear-shaped, the inner ones -longer than the disk, skinny, shining, and forming the ray of the -flower.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound, unequal; florets with chives and pointals -numerous and tubular in the disk. Female florets fewer, and tubular -in the circumference.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, much shorter -than the empalement; border with five clefts, spreading.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with only pointals, tubular the length of the -hermaphrodites, five cleft, and rather smaller.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> The threads in the hermaphrodites are five, and very small. -Tips forming a cylinder, tubular almost the length of the florets.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud of the hermaphrodites short. Shaft thread-shaped, -longer than the chives. Summit cloven.</p> - -<p>Seed-bud of the female florets the same as the hermaphrodites. -Shaft thread-shaped the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two, -oblong and bent back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Empalement scarcely changing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> oblong, and crowned with a feather.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, flatish, and dotted.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Xeranthemum fruticosum, erectum; foliis amplexicaulibus, -lanceolatis, trinerviis; ramis unifloris, subundis.</p> - -<p>Everlasting flower with an upright shrubby stem; leaves embracing -the stem, lance-shaped, and three-nerved; branches with one flower, -and nearly naked.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. An Hermaphrodite floret, (natural size).<br> -2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud from a female floret, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> handsome species of Xeranthemum was introduced, according to the -Kew catalogue, by Mr. F. Masson from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year -1787; it is, nevertheless, a very scarce plant, being subject to decay -from our winter damps; therefore requires a dry stove for its -protection. The blossoms (or rather the flower-cups, for they are the -persistent parts) are easily preserved for many years, in all their -brilliancy, by cutting them, when they first expand; but our atmosphere -seems uncongenial to the ripening of their seeds, and is with great -difficulty increased by cuttings. The soil it most approves is sandy -peat, with a small portion of loam. Our figure was taken in September -last year, at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_206">[Pg 206]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 51 -<br><a href="images/ill_051.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_051.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_209">[Pg 209]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_208">[Pg 208]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_207">[Pg 207]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_52"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GNIDIA PINIFOLIA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Pine-leaved Gnidia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, infundibuliforme, coloratum; tubo -filiformi, longissimo; limbo quadripartito, plano.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, sessilia, plana, calyce breviora, eique -inserta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, setacea, erecta, longitudine ferme floris. -Antheræ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri -insertus, longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, ovatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped and coloured; tube -thread-shaped, very long; border of four segments, which are flat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals four, sitting close to the cup, flat, shorter than -the cup, and fixed within it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads eight, awn-like, upright, scarcely the length of -the flower. Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the -side of the seed-bud, and of the length of the chives. Summit -headed, and hairy.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Fruit in the lower part of the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span> one, egg-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gnidia, foliis sparsis, lineari-subulatis; ramis verticillatis; -floribus aggregatis, terminalibus.</p> - -<p>Gnidia with scattered, linearly awl-shaped leaves; branches grow in -whorls; the flowers terminating the branches in clusters.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower with its seed, (natural size).<br> -2. The same cut open, to shew the situation and insertion of the Chives into the tube of the Empalement.<br> -3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> essential distinguishing character, in Passerina, Gnidia, -Struthiola, and Lachnæa, must certainly be considered as amongst the -slightest generic divisions made by Linnæus. It is no small difficulty -to distinguish the blossom in Gnidia, and Lachnæa, from the empalement -in Passerina, and Struthiola; the same exact natural structure being -alike in them all; and to us, appear noticeable in their small -variations, rather as forming specific, than generic distinctions. As -our plan is not to alter, upon any terms, what has been determinately -settled by that great master in the arcana of nature, let our opinions -be what they will; we are determined to prevent confusion (which has -been but little attended to of late), to give it only as such, without -presuming upon alteration. But as in the present instance, when a plant -long named, but otherwise unknown to cultivators, has unfortunately been -foisted from its rank by another, no ways answering to the characters of -the describer; we shall consider it as our particular province to -rectify the mistake, however generally the error may have obtained.—The -Gnidia pinifolia is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, the seeds having -been received from thence in 1795, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, -Hammersmith, at whose nursery it has flowered, for the first time in -England, in the month of February this year, and where the drawing was -taken. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, but is propagated with difficulty -by cuttings; growing to the height of eighteen inches, being most -exquisitely scented by night, continuing in flower at least three -months, and thriving best in a light peat soil.</p> - -<p>A figure of the plant generally known by the name of G. pinifolia, will -be given with the next number, to the end our assertions may be properly -investigated.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_210">[Pg 210]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 52 -<br><a href="images/ill_052.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_052.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_213">[Pg 213]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_212">[Pg 212]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_211">[Pg 211]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_53"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MIMOSA STRICTA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Harsh-leaved upright Mimosa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.</i> Various dispositions. Upon one Plant.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium</span> monophyllum, quinquedentatum, minimum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petalum unicum, infundibuliforme, semiquinquesidum, -parvum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta capillaria, longissima. Antheræ incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, flaminibus brevior. -Stigma truncatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen longum, dissepimentis transversis, pluribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima; figura varia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> One leaf, five-toothed, and very small.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal, funnel-shaped, cut half way down into five -divisions, and small.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads like fine hairs, and very long. Tips laying on the -threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, shorter than the -chives. Summit appearing cut off.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A long pod, the partitions run across the pod, and are -numerous.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many; of different shapes.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Mimosa foliis simplicibus, utrinque venosis, linearibus, obtusis; -ramis strictissimis; capituli geminati, oppositi, ex alis foliorum.</p> - -<p>Mimosa with simple leaves, veiny on both sides, linear, and blunt -ended; branches growing close and upright; flower heads grow by -pairs, opposite, and at the insertion of the leaf into the stem.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Floret, (natural size).<br> -2. The Empalement, (magnified).<br> -3. The Blossom, (magnified).<br> -4. One Thread and its Tip, (magnified).<br> -5. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of New Holland Mimosa, has as yet, escaped even the -indefatigable, and accurate Dr. Smith; it is from Port Jackson, whence -the seeds were transmitted by Colonel Paterson in the year 1793. Being -easily raised, it is found in most collections; the seeds preserving -their vegetative quality many years, and striking readily by cuttings. -It has the peculiar character attached to the Mimosas of that country, -viz. winged seed-leaves, which are lost after the first year’s growth. -This species has no smell, and grows to the height of three or four feet -before it flowers; perfectly straight and compact, from which -circumstance we have taken its trivial name.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_214">[Pg 214]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 53 -<br><a href="images/ill_053.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_053.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_217">[Pg 217]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_216">[Pg 216]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_215">[Pg 215]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_54"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ALETRIS SARMENTOSA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Creeping-rooted Bastard Aloe.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, monopetala, oblonga; limbi laciniis lanceolatis, -acuminatis, erectis; persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine corollæ, inserta basi -laciniarum corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus subulatus, longitudine staminium. -Stigma trifidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, triquetra, acuminata, trilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one leaf, oblong; the segments of the border are -lance-shaped, tapering, and upright; remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, and -inserted into the divisions of it, at the base. Tips oblong, -upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the length of the -chives. Summit three-cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, three-sided, tapered, and of three -cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Aletris, acaulis; foliis ensiformibus, laxis; floribus spicatis, -suave rubentibus; radicibus sarmentosis.</p> - -<p>Bastard Aloe, without a stem; having sword-shaped, weak leaves; -flowers grow in spikes of a soft red colour; roots producing -suckers from the joints.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal.<br> -3. The Pointal.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Aletris was introduced to us, from the Cape of Good -Hope, about the year 1789; it is a hardy plant, requiring the same -management as Aletris Capensis, that is, to be kept in a dry part of the -greenhouse; although the plant should be frequently watered when in -bloom, as should mostly all plants, notwithstanding (as in the present -instance is the case) their flowering in the winter months. This caution -we have thought necessary, as it is a general rule with gardeners during -that season, to put as little moisture as possible to their plants, -whether in flower or not, to avoid damps. The little difficulty in -propagating this handsome species of Aletris, will render it soon -common; the roots grow nearly horizontally, and from their joints -numberless young plants are produced; which character we were desirous -of expressing in the figure, as from thence we have taken our trivial -name; but from the size of the work, it was found impracticable. The -drawing was made in December 1798, from a plant then in flower, at the -Hammersmith nursery: we are nevertheless informed, that from being -planted in a light, rich soil, it may be made to grow to the height of -three feet; with a spike of flowers, one fourth the length of the -flower-stem.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 54 -<br><a href="images/ill_054.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_054.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_221">[Pg 221]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_220">[Pg 220]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_219">[Pg 219]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_55"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ZINNIA VIOLACEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Purple Zinnia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis ovato-cylindricus, lævis, imbricatus; squamis -plurimis, obtusis, erectis, persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ plures in disco -elevato. Femineæ plurimæ in radio.</p> - -<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditi infundibuliformis, quinquefida intus -villosa.</p> - -<p><i>Feminea</i> ligulata, subrotunda, retusa, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque, brevissima. Anthera -cylindracea, tubulosa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus -filiformis, semibifidus. Stigmata duo, obtusa.</p> - -<p>Femineis; germen oblongum, triquetrum. Stylus capillaris, -semibifidus. Stigmata duo, recurvata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Calyx immutatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina.</span> Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, tetragono-ancipitia. -Pappus muconibus duobus.</p> - -<p>Femineis solitaria, mutica, coronata petalo persistente.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> paleaceum; paleis lingulatis, canaliculatis, -longitudine calycis, deciduis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common cylindrically egg-shaped, smooth, and tiled; -scales many, blunt, upright, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound radiate; florets with chives and pointals, are -numerous in the center, which is elevated; florets with only -pointals, many in the circumference.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals funnel-shaped, five-cleft, -and hairy within.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with pointals only, ligulate, roundish, dented at the -end, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Hermaphrodites; five short threads. Tips forming a hollow -cylinder.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Hermaphrodites; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft -thread-shaped, split nearly half way down. Summits two, blunt.</p> - -<p>Females; seed-bud oblong, three-sided. Shaft hair-like, split half -way down. Summits two, bent backward.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Cup not changing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds.</span> Hermaphrodites; solitary, oblong, three-sided, but sharp at -two edges. Feather of two sharp points.</p> - -<p>Females, solitary, without points, being crowned with the -persistent petal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> chaffy; chaff tongue-shaped, channelled, the length of -the cup, and falling off.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Zinnia foliis oppositis, amplexicaulibus, lato-lanceolatis, -scabris; floribus pedunculatis, purpureis, solitariis.</p> - -<p>Zinnia with opposite leaves, embracing the stem, broadly -lance-shaped, and rough; flowers have foot-stalks, are purple, and -grow solitary.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Floret of the ray with the seed attached, (natural size).<br> -3. A Floret of the disk with the seed attached, (magnified).<br> -4. The Chives and Pointal of an hermaphrodite floret.<br> -5. The chaffy substance dividing the florets.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> elegant new species of Zinnia, is described and figured by J. A. -Cavanilles, in his first volume of Spanish plants; where he says, it is -a native of Mexico, South America, and was transmitted from thence to -the royal gardens, where it perfected its seeds. In the year 1796, the -Marchioness of Bute received it amongst many other curious seeds, from -Madrid, through the medium of Professor Ortega. Being rather a tender -annual, it should be sown in March, on a gentle hotbed; and transplanted -into the open borders the beginning of May. The plant grows to the -height of three feet or more, and makes in the months of August and -September, a very considerable addition to the splendor of the flower -garden. The seeds ripen freely, though the flower should be plucked -before it appears decayed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_222">[Pg 222]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 55 -<br><a href="images/ill_055.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_055.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_225">[Pg 225]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_224">[Pg 224]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_223">[Pg 223]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_56"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ANTHOLYZA SPICATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Spike-flowered Antholyza.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> tubulosa, irregularis, recurvata. Capsula infera.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> tubular, irregular, and bent backward. Capsule beneath.</p> - -<p>See Plate XXXII. <span class="smcap">Antholyza ringens.</span></p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Antholyza, floribus infundibuliformibus, spicatis, -incarnato-pallidis; foliis falcatis, brevissimis.</p> - -<p>Antholyza with funnel-shaped, spiked flowers, of a pale flesh -colour; leaves scimitar-shaped, and very short.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">There</span> are few species of this genus but furnish beautiful flowers; this -is certainly among the most handsome, from the softness of its colour, -and the regularity of the spike: what adds considerably to its merit, -is, that the blossoms remain a considerable time before they fall, which -unfortunately, is seldom the case with the flowers of this genus. It was -received from the Cape of Good Hope in bulbs, sent by J. Pringle, Esq. -of Madeira, in 1794, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy of Hammersmith; the -drawing was made in the month of June 1797 at their nursery. Not being -easily injured by damp, there is no necessity for removing it from its -pot, as is necessary for most bulbs, but to increase it; one, or two -young bulbs being annually produced, in addition from the old one. The -best soil is a sandy peat, with a small proportion of loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_226">[Pg 226]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 56 -<br><a href="images/ill_056.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_056.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_229">[Pg 229]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_228">[Pg 228]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_227">[Pg 227]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_57"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XII. ORDER IV.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquesidum, superum, patens, -persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala; petala lanceolato-linearia, numerosissima, -serie multiplici nata, calyce longiora, unguibus læviter connatis -in unum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, longitudine calycis. -Antheræ incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, angulis quinque, obtusis. Styli quinque -sæpius, subulati, erecto-reflexi. Stigmata simplicia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula carnosa, subrotunda, loculamentis numero -stylorum respondentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, cut nearly half way down into five -divisions, above, spreading, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One petal; petals linearly lance-shaped, very numerous, -rising in a number of rows, longer than the cup, slightly joined -together by their claws.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, hair-like, the length of the cup. Tips -laying on the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, with five obtuse angles. Shafts mostly -five, awl-shaped, upright, and a little bent outwards. Summits -simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A fleshy capsule, nearly round, the cells answering to -the number of the chives.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Mesembryanthemum foliis amplexicaulibus, glaberrimis, spathulatis; -pedunculis longitudine foliorum; calycibus hemisphæricis; corollis -luteis.</p> - -<p>Fig Marygold with leaves embracing the stem, very smooth, and -spatula-shaped; the foot-stalks the length of the leaves; cups -hemispherical; blossoms yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Seed-bud; the Blossom, Cup and Chives, cut off, the Pointals remaining.<br> -2. The same, with the Cup and Chives.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">As</span> the extreme brilliancy of this plant cannot be done justice to in -painting, we must rest satisfied with having done our best; every person -in the least acquainted with the art, must know, that in yellow the -shining colour existing in nature cannot be retained in a drawing. This -species is annual, and according to the Kew Catalogue, was introduced to -the royal gardens by Mr. F. Masson in the year 1787. The seeds should be -sown on a hotbed in the month of February, and by the end of August the -plants will flower, and continue to blossom till the end of October; -never failing to perfect their seeds.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_230">[Pg 230]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 57 -<br><a href="images/ill_057.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_057.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_233">[Pg 233]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_232">[Pg 232]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_231">[Pg 231]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_58"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BORONIA PINNATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Hawthorn-scented Boronia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quadripartitum; laciniis acutis, persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, ovata, sessilia.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> coronæ forma, excavatum, glandulosum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, plana, ciliata, incurvata, receptaculo -inserta. Antheræ infra apicem filamentorum pedicillatæ, -incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, conicum, quadrisulcatum. Stylus -brevissimus, simplex. Stigma capitatum, glabrum, sulcatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quatuor, ovato-acuminatæ, compressæ, margine -introrsum coalitæ, apicibus distantibus, sutra superiori -dehiscentes, bivalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria sæpius, nitida, reniformia, arillata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with four divisions; segments sharp pointed, and -remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals four, egg-shaped, sitting close to the cup.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> of the shape of a crown, hollowed, and glandular.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, flat, fringed, turned inwards, and fixed -into the receptacle. Tips fixed below the ends on the inside of the -threads, on short foot-stalks, and lying on them.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, conical, and four-furrowed. Shaft very -short, and simple. Summit headed, smooth, and furrowed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsules four, of a pointed egg-shape, flattened, -joined by the interior edge, the points standing separate, -splitting from the upper suture, two-valved.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> mostly solitary, shining, kidney-shaped, and covered with an -elastic coat.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Boronia foliis impari-primatis, integerrimis; pedunculis -axillaribus, dichotomis; filamentis apice obtusis, glandulosis.</p> - -<p>Boronia with leaves abruptly winged, entire; flower-stalks growing -from the base of the leaves, forked; end of the threads blunt, and -glandular.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (natural size).<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointal.<br> -3. One Chive, (magnified).<br> -4. The Pointal, and Honey-cup, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is the only species yet in our gardens, of a most beautiful new -genus of plants, natives of New South Wales, first named, described, and -with three other species, figured in the <i>Tracts relating to Natural -History by Dr. J. E. Smith, F.R.S. P.L.S. &c.</i> Thus eternizing the name -of an esteemed and faithful servant, who by his ardour in botanical -pursuits, had merited the honour; rejecting the usual considerations, -riches, or learning, does the Dr. no less credit as a man, for the -kindness of his heart, than what his distinguished talents have gained -him, by placing him in the first botanical seat in this kingdom. In the -short history of the unfortunate end of Borone, the Dr. informs us, he -had resigned him to Dr. Sibthorpe, as a most fit person to attend him in -his last journey through Greece; where, at Athens, he met his death, by -an accidental fall from a balcony: the Dr. did not long survive him.</p> - -<p>The Boronia pinnata has much of the aromatic flavour of Diosma in its -leaves and stem; the flowers, which appear about February, and continue -till May, have the scent of the Hawthorn flower; it grows to a shrub of -the height of eighteen inches, is propagated with difficulty by -cuttings, and has not hitherto perfected its seeds in this country; -requiring a dry situation in the greenhouse, and flourishes most in -light sandy peat. The figure was taken from a plant which flowered last -year, in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, where it -was raised from seeds in 1794.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_234">[Pg 234]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 58 -<br><a href="images/ill_058.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_058.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_235">[Pg 235]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_59"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA FISTULOSA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Hollow-leaved Ixia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens æqualis. Stigmata tria, -erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly -upright, and spreading.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>. Plate XIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis linearibus, fistulosis; floribus secundis, noctu -fragrantes; bulbus campanulatus, margine acuto-fibroso.</p> - -<p>Ixia with linear, hollow leaves; flowers pointing one way, and -fragrant by night; bulb bell-shaped, the margin edged with sharp -fibres.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The outer spath of the Empalement.<br> -2. The inner spath of the Empalement.<br> -3. A Flower cut open.<br> -4. The Pointal, and Chives.<br> -5. The Pointal.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> Ixia is of a very delicate nature, the root being subject to rot -soon after the flower decays, if not then removed from its pot, and -dried; the flowers expand about four o’clock in the afternoon, and are -so extremely fragrant that they are smelt at a considerable distance. -For this plant, our gardens are indebted to the Dowager Lady De -Clifford, who received the bulbs from the Cape of Good Hope in the year -1794. The drawing was made from a plant, which flowered last year at -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, Hammersmith, who had some of them in a -present from her ladyship. Like other Ixias, it should be planted in -light peat, and watered but seldom; its propagation is but slow, as -seldom more than one new bulb is produced, upon the decay of the old -one.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_236">[Pg 236]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 59 -<br><a href="images/ill_059.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_059.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_239">[Pg 239]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_238">[Pg 238]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_237">[Pg 237]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_60"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM PUNCTATUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Dotted-flowered Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>Suppl. System. Veget.</i> 1781.</p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry -berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis radicalibus; floribus umbellatis, diandris; petalis -duobus superioribus punctatis; stigmata quatuor.</p> - -<p>Geranium with leaves growing from the root; flowers grow in umbels, -two fertile chives; the two upper petals being dotted; summits -four.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, with the Chives and Pointal left on, (natural size).<br> -2. The Threads cut open, to shew their number, and the situation of the two fertile ones, (magnified).<br> -3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Perhaps</span> amongst plants, there is no genus exhibits such varied and -numerous species as Geranium; no one, in which the species are so allied -in natural character, or so unfavourable to the sexual system, if some -deviation from general rules was not allowed: the founder thought such -licence necessary, and we implicitly follow him. Thus far we have -thought proper to extenuate in the present instance; for should we -follow Mons. L’Heritier, (as most of the modern correctors of Linnæus -have done,) a new genus must inevitably be formed for this plant. Upon a -close examination of the flowers, from a dozen different plants, -invariably, only seven threads were found; two only with tips, and those -placed immediately behind the shaft, whose summits were but four. This -Geranium is rather tender, and requires a dry-stove heat to make it -flower, which it will readily do with such assistance, in April; about -the beginning of which month, this year, a drawing was made from a plant -in the collection of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. The roots or bulbs of this -plant were first received in England by Thomas Johnes, Esq. in the year -1794, in whose magnificent conservatory at Havod they flowered the next -year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_240">[Pg 240]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 60 -<br><a href="images/ill_060.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_060.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_243">[Pg 243]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_242">[Pg 242]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_241">[Pg 241]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_61"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ASTER DENTATUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Toothed-leaved Starwort.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> <i>Communis</i> squamoso-imbricatus; squamis interioribus apice -prominulis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita radiata; corollulæ hermaphroditæ numerosæ in -disco; femineæ ligulatæ, decem plures in radio.</p> - -<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditi infundibuliformis; limbo quinquefido, -patulo.</p> - -<p><i>Femineæ</i> ligulata, lanceolata, tridentata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. Anthera -cylindracea, tubulosa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum, patens.</p> - -<p>Femineis; germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine -hermaphroditi. Stigmata duo, oblonga, revoluta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina.</span> Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga, ovata. Pappus pilosus.</p> - -<p>Femineis similia hermaphroditis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, planiusculum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> <i>Common</i>, scales tiled; the inner scales standing a -little out at the points.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound, radiate; florets with chives and pointals, many -in the center; florets with only pointals, ligulate, ten or more in -the circumference.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped; border with -five-clefts, spreading.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with only pointals, ligulate, spear-shaped, with -three teeth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five hair-like threads, very short. Tips forming a hollow -cylinder.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> To those with chives and pointals, seed-bud oblong. Shaft -thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit two-cleft, -expanding.</p> - -<p>Seed-bud to those with pointals only, oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, -the length of the hermaphrodites. Summits two, oblong, bent back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup scarcely changing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> to the hermaphrodites solitary, oblong, egg-shaped. Feather -hairy.</p> - -<p>Females the same as hermaphrodites.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, almost flat.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Aster caulis fruticosus; foliis dentatis, subtus ferrugineis; -floribus terminalibus; pedunculis unifloris, bracteatis.</p> - -<p>Starwort with a shrubby stem; leaves toothed, iron colour beneath; -flowers terminate the branches; fruit-stalks having but one flower, -with floral leaves.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Floret of the circumference.<br> -2. The Pointal of the preceding.<br> -3. A Floret of the center, (magnified).<br> -4. The Chives and Pointal of the preceding, (magnified).<br> -5. The Shaft and Summit of the same, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> plant cannot undoubtedly be considered as amongst the most -beautiful of the vegetable productions of New Holland; but nevertheless, -from the continuance of its flowering, is very desirable as a greenhouse -plant, as it begins to expand its blossoms about December, and from that -time till August is seldom seen without flowers. It is a low-growing -shrub, seldom exceeding a foot in height, and very branching. Like most -plants from Botany Bay, it delights in a light sandy peat soil, is -easily propagated by cuttings, and seeds. The drawing was made from a -plant in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, who raised it first -from seeds in the year 1793.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_244">[Pg 244]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 61 -<br><a href="images/ill_061.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_061.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_247">[Pg 247]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_246">[Pg 246]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_245">[Pg 245]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_62"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS GRAMINEUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Grass-like Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> with six divisions, gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus longiflorus</span>. Plate V.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus polystachyus, scapo laxo, spicis capillaribus, flexuosis; -foliis ensiformibus; corollæ sexpartitæ, absque tubo.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with many spikes, upon a flexible flower stem, spikes -hair-like, growing zigzag; leaves sword-shape; blossom of six -divisions, without a tube.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal (magnified).<br> -3. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Gladiolus has been described by Thunberg, and from him -by Linnæus, in his Suppl. Plant. p. 95, under the specific name it here -bears. It is a little straining on the genus to introduce this species -into it; as it is deficient in most of the essential characters; having -a blossom without a tube, and the petals equal. From the Kew Catalogue -we learn it was introduced in the year 1787, by Mr. F. Masson, to the -royal gardens; is there said to flower most part of the year: a plant of -such character is most desirable, but unfortunately we have never seen -it in blossom but at the usual season for the flowers of this tribe; -that is, from April till June. The capsules of this plant bear a strong -resemblance to those of the Euonymus: generally perfecting their seeds. -It is a very hardy bulb, blows early, and may be kept in a pit protected -from the frost.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_248">[Pg 248]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 62 -<br><a href="images/ill_062.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_062.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_251">[Pg 251]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_250">[Pg 250]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_249">[Pg 249]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_63"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">USTERIA SCANDENS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Climbing Usteria.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, persistens; -laciniis erectis, subulatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, ringens, tubus ventricosus, basi arcta; limbus -bilabiatus, labium <i>superius</i> bifidum, rotundatum, reflexum; labium -<i>inferius</i> trifidum, laciniis rotundatis, intermedia minore.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, sub labio superiori recondita, quorum -duo lateralia longiora, fundo corollæ inserta, basi incrassata, -lanata, apice incurvata. Antheræ erectæ, versatiles, approximatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen sub-rotundum. Stylus filiformis, persistens; -longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula sub-rotunda, bilocularis, calyce longior, -obtusa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, sub-rotunda, scabrida.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five divisions, permanent; segments -upright, and awl-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> One leaf, gaping, tube swelled out in the middle, and -pinched in at the base; border with two lips, the <i>upper</i> divided -into two lobes, which are rounded, and bent back; the <i>lower</i> has -three divisions, the segments rounded, the middle one the smallest.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, hid under the upper lip, of which the two -side ones are the longest, fixed into the bottom of the blossom, -thickened at the base, woolly, and turned inward at the point. Tips -upright, slightly fixed by the middle, and approaching.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped, remaining, the -length of the chives. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly round, of two cells, longer than the -cup, blunt ended.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, almost round, and very rough.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Usteria caulis volubilis; foliis hastatis; floribus solitariis, -purpureis; pedunculis tortis, longissimis.</p> - -<p>Usteria with a climbing stem; leaves halbert-shaped; flowers -solitary, and purple; fruit-stalks twisted, very long.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -2. One Chive, (magnified).<br> -3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -4. The Empalement, and Seed-vessel nearly ripe, of its natural size.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is another of those plants raised in the year 1797 by the -Marchioness of Bute, at her charming little villa, Brompton, from seeds, -sent to her ladyship from Spain by Dr. Ortega. It is a native of Mexico, -North America, and will live through our winters with the protection of -a greenhouse, to which it forms a beautiful ornament as a creeper; -flowering from May till September, but does not appear to be a -long-lived plant; is easily propagated by cuttings, or from seeds, which -are ripened by November, or earlier; thriving best in light rich earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_252">[Pg 252]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 63 -<br><a href="images/ill_063.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_063.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_255">[Pg 255]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_254">[Pg 254]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_253">[Pg 253]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_64"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PÆONIA ALBIFLORA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>White Pæony.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Two Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum, parvum, persistens; foliolis -subrotundis, concavis, reflexis, inequalibus magnitudine et situ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, subrotunda, concava, basi angustiora, -patentia, maxima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ, -quadrangulæ, erectæ, quadriloculares, magnæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina duo, ovata, erecta, tomentosa. Styli nulli. -Stigmata compressa, obtusa, colorata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ oblongæ, acuminatæ, reflexo-patentes, -tomentosæ, uniloculares, univalves, longitudinaliter introrsum -dehiscentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, saturæ dehiscenti affixa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five-leaved, small, and remaining; leaves roundish, -concave, bent back, and unequal both in size and situation.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals five, roundish, concave, smaller at the base, -spreading, and very large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips oblong, four-sided, -upright, with four cells, and large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds two, egg-shaped, upright, and downy. Shaft none. -Summits flattened, oblong, blunt, and coloured.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsules oblong, tapered, bent back, and spreading, -downy, of one cell, and one valve, splitting lengthways from the -inner part.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, oval, shining, coloured, and fixed to the suture where -it splits.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Pæonia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidis; germinibus -ternis, vel quaternis.</p> - -<p>Pæony with leaves divided into lobes, and shining; blossoms white; -seed-buds three, or four.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals.<br> -2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified).<br> -3. The Seed-vessels.<br> -4. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> new species of Pæony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts -adjacent; of course, is sufficiently hardy to endure our severest -winters. It has been described by Gmelin, in his Flora Sibirica; and -figured by Dr. Pallas, in his Flora Rossica, under the specific title it -here bears. J. Bell, Esq. of Isleworth, procured some plants of it from -St. Petersburg, about the year 1791; where it had been introduced by Dr. -Pallas some time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a -handsome, upright growing, herbaceous plant; the flowers standing much -above the foliage, are much handsomer before they are expanded, than -when fully so; as the under part of the petals are tinged with red, -which contrasted with the purity of the white of the other parts, -renders them at that period extremely beautiful. The figure was taken at -the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, this year, in the month of June, -during which month it is in perfection. Like the rest of the Pæonies, it -is easily propagated by the root; requiring little attention in its -cultivation, as it will live in almost any soil or situation.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_256">[Pg 256]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 64 -<br><a href="images/ill_064.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_064.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_259">[Pg 259]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_258">[Pg 258]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_257">[Pg 257]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_65"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">OPHRYS LILIFOLIA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Lily-leaved Ophrys.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XX. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.</i> Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ vagæ. Spadix simplex. Perianthium nullum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, oblonga, sursum conniventia, æqualia; duo -horum exteriora.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> petalis longius, dependens; postice tantum carinatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, brevissima, pistillo insidentia. Antheræ -erectæ, tectæ margine interiore nectarii.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum. Stylus margini -interiori nectarii adnatus. Stigma obsoletum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subovata, trigona, obtusa, striata, trivalvis, -unilocularis, angulis carinatis dehiscens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, scobiformia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> lineare, adnatum singulæ valvulæ pericarpii.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalks simple. Cup none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, oblong, approaching upwards, equal; two of -them placed outwards.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> longer than the petals, hanging down; only keeled on -the back part.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, very short, fixed to the pointal. Tips -upright, covered by the inner edge of the honey-cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, oblong, twisted beneath. Shaft fixed to -the inner edge of the honey-cup. Summit imperfect.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, blunt, -channelled, three-valved, and one cell, opening at the keel-shaped -angles.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, like saw-dust.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> linear, growing to each valve of the seed-vessel.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ophrys bulbo subrotundo; scapo nudo; foliis ovato-oblongis, -radicalibus; nectarii labio integro; petalis dorsalibus linearibus.</p> - -<p>Ophrys with roundish roots; stem naked; leaves oblong, egg-shaped, -growing from the root; the two back petals linear.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Honey-cup cut off the blossom.<br> -2. The Seed-bud and Pointal (natural size) shewn sideways.<br> -3. The same (magnified) shewn in front, with the cup lifted up, to expose the parts of fructification.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Gronovius</span>, in his arrangement of the plants discovered by Mr. J. Clayton -in Virginia, P. i, page 185, has described this plant; and Linnæus after -him, in his second edition of the Species Plantarum, page 1341, has it -likewise, but thought it only a large variety of a species found in -marshy grounds in Sweden; however that may be, it is perfectly new to -Britain, as a plant in our gardens. This species of Ophrys seems much -more easy to preserve than most of its congeners, as, since its -introduction, the bulbs seem to acquire additional size, and the spikes -of flowers to grow larger each year. Our drawing was taken from a plant -in the extensive collection of the Right Hon. the Marquis of Blandford, -Bill-hill, Berkshire, in the year 1797, about the beginning of the month -of July; having been sent the preceding year from Philadelphia, by J. -Lyons, gardener to William Hamilton, Esq. of that State. It is a hardy -plant, and will thrive in a sheltered border, if planted in light earth, -and kept moist; is propagated but slowly by the root, which seems the -only method; as the seeds are too small of all this natural order to -raise them by that means.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_260">[Pg 260]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 65 -<br><a href="images/ill_065.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_065.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_263">[Pg 263]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_262">[Pg 262]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_261">[Pg 261]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_66"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS POLYSTACHIUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Branching Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of six divisions, and gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p>See Plate XI. <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus.</span></p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis falcatis; caule polystachio; corollis -sub-regularibus, carneis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with cymitar-shaped leaves; stem many branches; blossoms -nearly regular, and flesh colour.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, one summit magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Gladiolus has been long known in herbariums, as it is -very common about Table mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope; Jacquin, -Thunberg, Gmelin, Welldenow, &c. have it under the tribe of Ixia, with -the specific names of Scillaris, Fabricii, &c. but notwithstanding, we -have no hesitation in placing it under its true genus Gladiolus. The -upright character of the chives, their insertion into the tube of the -blossom, and not at the mouth, the difference in the shape of the -petals, the situation of the summits behind the chives, &c. leave no -room for doubt where its station should be. Although plentiful at the -Cape, it has not been long an inhabitant of this clime; having flowered -for the first time in the year 1797, at Bulstrode, the seat of his Grace -the Duke of Portland. What contributes much to the value of this plant -is, that it continues in flower at least two months, from the beginning -of June till the end of July; propagates itself abundantly by the roots, -which are not subject to rot, though not removed from the pots in which -they have flowered. Thrives in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_264">[Pg 264]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 66 -<br><a href="images/ill_066.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_066.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_267">[Pg 267]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_266">[Pg 266]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_265">[Pg 265]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_67"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM INCISUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Jagged-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, 5-coccus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry -berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Plate XII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis multifidis, crassis, confertis; floribus -umbellatis, pedunculis longissimis; caule erecto, fruticoso.</p> - -<p>Geranium with leaves of many clefts, thick, and crowded together; -flowers grow in bunches, on very long foot-stalks; stem upright, -and shrubby.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, (natural size).<br> -3. The Chives cut open.<br> -4. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> pretty species of Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, is one of -those having seven fertile tips; therefore a Pelargonium of Mons. -L’Heritier. It is a low growing plant, seldom exceeding eight or nine -inches in height, keeping very compact; but is subject to damp in the -leaves, if kept moist in winter, though otherwise pretty hardy. Mr. C. -Lodiges, of Hackney, first raised it from seeds which he received from -Vienna, about the year 1793. It is readily propagated by cuttings, or -seeds, and continues to flower all the summer mouths; requiring light -rich earth to make it flourish.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_268">[Pg 268]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 67 -<br><a href="images/ill_067.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_067.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_271">[Pg 271]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_269">[Pg 269]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_68"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GOODENIA OVATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Oval-leaved Goodenia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia exserens, -quinquefida. Stigma urceolatum, ciliatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> longitudinally cloven on the upper side, exposing the -organs of generation, and five-cleft. Summit cup-shaped, and -fringed.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Goodenia calendulacea</span>. Plate XXII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Goodenia foliis ovatis, serratis; corollis luteis, laciniis duobus -exterioribus erectis.</p> - -<p>Goodenia with egg-shaped leaves, sawed at the edges; blossoms -yellow, the two outer segments grow upright.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement and Seed-bud.<br> -2. A Blossom, with the parts of fructification attached.<br> -3. The Chives, and Pointal (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">In</span> the second volume of the Linnæan Transactions, Dr. Smith enumerates -ten species of the genus Goodenia; this species makes an addition to the -number. The oval-leaved Goodenia is a half woody plant, making long -willow-like branches, which mostly decay in the winter, though a great -part of the plant remains; it is a hardy greenhouse plant, requiring -little trouble either to keep or propagate; the latter of which is done -by cuttings. About the year 1793, a parcel of seeds was received by -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, sent to them by Colonel Paterson from Port -Jackson, New Holland; amongst them, the seeds of this plant; it -nevertheless did not flower till the year 1798, about the month of June. -It is certainly a desirable plant, never failing to flower from June -till September, if kept growing in vigour, which it will surely do if -planted in light peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_272">[Pg 272]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 68 -<br><a href="images/ill_068.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_068.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_275">[Pg 275]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_274">[Pg 274]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_273">[Pg 273]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_69"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">LAMBERTIA FORMOSA. <i>Var. longifolia.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Red-flowered Lambertia. Long-leaved variety.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium commune, imbricatum, squamis interioribus, -longioribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> <i>Universalis</i> uniformis, septem-florus.</p> - -<p><i>Propria</i> monopetala, tubulosa, limbus quadrifidus, laciniis -revolutis, stameniferis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, subulata, brevissima, inserta limbo -corollæ, intra singulam laciniam singula. Antheræ lineares, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, apice pilosum. Stylus setaceus, -erectus. Stigma subulatum, sulcatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula tricornuta, unilocularis, disperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> bina, alata, scabra, nigra.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common cup tiled, the inner scales the longest.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> <i>General</i> regular composed of seven flowers.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> of one petal, tubular, border four-cleft, the -segments rolled back, and supporting the chives.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four awl-shaped, very short, fixed into the border -of the blossom, one within each segment. Tips linear, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud nearly round, the upper part hairy. Shaft -awn-like, upright. Summit awl-shaped, and furrowed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three-horned, of one cell, and two seeds.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, winged, rough, and black.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Lambertia foliis ternis, apice mucronato-pungentibus; corollis -striatis, extus suave rubentibus; antheris cæruleis.</p> - -<p>Lambertia with leaves growing by threes, the ends terminating in -sharp points; blossoms striped, of a light red without; tips blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open, with the Pointal as it stands in the blossom.<br> -3. One segment of a Flower, with the Chive attached.<br> -4. The Pointal (magnified).<br> -5. A Capsule.<br> -6. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the plants yet introduced from New Holland, that have hitherto -flowered with us, this unquestionably takes the lead for beauty, -considering the plant altogether. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, -growing to the height of six or eight feet before it flowers; when the -blossoms break from the ends of almost every branch. The seeds of this -plant were among the first which arrived from Botany Bay, in the year -1788; when two varieties of it were raised by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, -at their nursery, who were fortunate enough to procure all the seeds -which came home that season. This fine genus has received its title, -(under the sanction of Dr. Smith, <i>see the Linn. Trans. page 214, vol. -3</i>.) from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. fellow of the Royal and Linnæan -Societies; a gentleman whose zeal for the advancement of the science is -unbounded, and whose labours to that end, as well as his endeavours to -render botany of universal benefit, by combining the useful with the -pleasing; (witness his work on the Cinchonas, or Jesuits’ Barks) do him -the greatest credit. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered -for the first time in this kingdom, in the collection of J. Robertson, -Esq. of Stockwell, Surrey, in July 1798. It is without difficulty raised -by cuttings, and thrives in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_276">[Pg 276]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 69 -<br><a href="images/ill_069.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_069.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_279">[Pg 279]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_278">[Pg 278]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_277">[Pg 277]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_70"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GNIDIA SIMPLEX.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Heath-leaved Gnidia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> infundibuliformis, quadrifidus. Petala quatuor, calyci -inserta. Semen unicum, subbaccatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> funnel-shaped, and four-cleft, Petals four, inserted -into the empalement. One seed, something like a berry.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Gnidia pinifolia</span>, Plate LII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gnidia, foliis linearibus, acutis, lævibus; floribus terminalibus, -sessilibus, luteis.</p> - -<p>Gnidia, with linear, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers terminating -the branches, sitting close upon them, and yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower, (natural size).<br> -2. The same cut open, and magnified.<br> -3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -4. The same magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> flowers of this species of Gnidia, like most plants of this natural -order, are fragrant, which increases much towards night. It is one of -those delicate Cape plants requiring a dry stove, or an airy warm -situation in the greenhouse; where it continues to flower through the -months of April and May, and frequently will blossom a second time in -September and October. It is easily propagated by cuttings; delighting -most in peat earth, and seldom grows more than a foot high. Our drawing -was made, (by his kind permission) at the beautiful and unique -conservatory of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, from a plant in his -valuable and select collection, in May this year.</p> - -<p>Unfortunately the G. Simplex having been introduced to our gardens -before the G. Pinifolia, (see our figure, Pl. LII.) it was found in most -collections under that title; but we have no hesitation in placing this -plant under the specific name given it by Linnæus, in his Mantissa -Plantarum of 1767, page 67; where, to the usual specific character, he -has superadded an accurate description of it.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_280">[Pg 280]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 70 -<br><a href="images/ill_070.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_070.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_283">[Pg 283]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_282">[Pg 282]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_281">[Pg 281]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_71"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CLEMATIS VIORNA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Blue thick-petal’d Virgin’s Bower.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Many Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium.</span> Calyx nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, oblonga, laxa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta plurima, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ -lateri filamentorum adnatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina plurima, subrotunda, compressa, desinentia in -stylos subulatos, staminibus longiores. Stigmata simplicia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Receptaculum capitatum, parvum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda, compressa, stylo (figura varia) -instructa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals four, oblong, flexible.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads many, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips -fixed to the sides of the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-buds many, nearly round, flattened, ending in -awl-shaped shafts, longer than the chives. Summits simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Receptacle forming a round head, and small.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish, flattened, retaining the shaft, which is -variously shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Clematis foliis compositis decompositisque; foliolis quibusdam -trifidis; floribus violaceis, coriaceis.</p> - -<p>Virgin’s Bower, with compound and doubly compound leaves; some of -the little leaves split into three; flowers blue, and tough.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Chives, and Pointals; the petals being removed.<br> -2. The Pointals.<br> -3. A Chive, (magnified).<br> -4. A Pointal, (magnified).<br> -5. A Seed nearly ripe, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Doubts</span> have been entertained, among some botanists, whether this plant -is the Clematis viorna of Linnæus, as given by him, with various -synonims, in his Sp. Plan. By collating the different specific -characters from the synonims adopted by him, we have no hesitation in -our decision. Being a native of Virginia and Carolina, it is not so -hardy as some others from the northern parts of Europe or America; but, -nevertheless, is not killed by our winters, as it is herbaceous, and not -making its shoots till late. In a warm situation against a wall or -trellis, it will begin to blossom in July, and continue to flower till -destroyed by the frost. As yet it is rather scarce in our gardens, being -but of a late introduction, though long known by description. Our figure -was taken at the Hammersmith nursery, where it is in high perfection, -being planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth: it is most readily -increased, by parting the roots in spring; as the seeds seldom come to -maturity in this climate.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_284">[Pg 284]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 71 -<br><a href="images/ill_071.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_071.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_287">[Pg 287]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_286">[Pg 286]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_285">[Pg 285]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_72"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">STYPHELIA TRIFLORA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Three-flowered Styphelia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium.</span> Calyx imbricatus, persistens; foliolis interioribus -longioribus, acutis, erectis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> tubulosa, quinquefida; laciniis revolutis, hirsutis.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> membranaceum, lacerum, germen cingens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, tubo inserta. Antheræ apice bifidæ, -versatiles.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum, sulcatum, nectario cinctum. Stylus -capillaris. Stigma capitatum, quinquepartitum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Drupa quinquelocularis, subrotunda, glabra.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span>, bina.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup tiled, and remaining; the inner leaves the longest, -sharp-pointed, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> tubular, five-cleft; the segments rolled back, and hairy.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> skinny, torn, and surrounding the seed-bud.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, fixed into the tube of the blossom. Tips -split at the top, and loosely fixed by the middle to the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular, furrowed, encircled by the honey-cup. -Shaft hair-like. Summit headed, and of five divisions.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A pulpy fruit with five cells, roundish, and smooth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, two together.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Styphelia, foliis imbricatis, sparsis, glaucis, ovato-mucronatis; -floribus axillaribus, ternis.</p> - -<p>Styphelia, with leaves tiled, scattered, bluish, egg-shaped, and -sharp-pointed; flowers growing from the lower part of the leaves by -threes.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives remaining attached, to shew their insertion into the tube of the Blossom.<br> -3. The Pointal, (natural size,) the Summit detached, and magnified.<br> -4. The Honey-cup, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Styphelias constitute a very extended tribe of plants, indigenous -only to New Holland; we are indebted to the pupil of Linnæus, the -celebrated Dr. Solander, for this generic title, which, (as Dr. Smith -has fairly observed) is expressive of the habit of this whole genus, -having its origin in στυφελὸς, harsh, or hard; a character which seems -invariable in every species that has come under our notice. The S. -tubiflora, although set off by Dr. Smith, in his fourth number of New -Holland Botany, with so much grace, must, (and we have no doubt of his -concurrence) give place to S. triflora, which undoubtedly claims the -palm from all its congeners hitherto discovered. The only specimen alive -or dead, and from which our figure was taken, of this plant, which has -come to our knowledge, is to be found in the extensive collection of G. -Hibbert, Esq. Clapham-common; from whose exertions the exotic -collections of this kingdom, are likely to acquire such considerable -additions.</p> - -<p>The S. triflora was raised from seed at Clapham in 1796, but did not -flower till this year, in the month of June, continuing in blossom -through July, and part of August. It grows to the height of near three -feet, branching but little; the whole stem being hid by the leaves. Mr. -Allen the gardener, to whose kind communications we are much indebted, -informs us he has kept it in peat earth, and that he thinks it is to be -raised by cuttings.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_288">[Pg 288]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 72 -<br><a href="images/ill_072.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_072.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_290">[Pg 290]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_289">[Pg 289]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a id="INDEX-vol1"></a>INDEX<br><br> -<span class="chead2">TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. I.</span></h2> - -<table style="font-size:75%;"> -<tr><td rowspan="72">Plate</td> <td class="rt"><a href="#plt_1">1</a></td><td> Cortusa Matthioli. </td><td>Alpine Sanicle. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_2">2</a></td><td>Sprengelia incarnata. </td><td>Star-flowered Sprengelia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_3">3</a></td><td>Neottia speciosa. </td><td>Flesh-coloured Neottia. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>March, April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_4">4</a></td><td>Rhododendron Dauricum. </td><td>Dauric Rhododendron. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_5">5</a></td><td>Gladiolus longiflorus. </td><td>Long-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_6">6</a></td><td>Hemerocallis cærulea. </td><td>Blue Day Lily. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>Septem. or Feb.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_7">7</a></td><td>Primula Cortusoides. </td><td>Siberian Primrose. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_8">8</a></td><td>Gladiolus alatus. </td><td>Wing-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_9">9</a></td><td>Atragene Capensis. </td><td>Cape Atragene. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>March, April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_10">10</a></td><td>Aristea cyanea. </td><td>Blue-flowered Aritlea. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_11">11</a></td><td>Gladiolus roseus. </td><td>Rose-coloured Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_12">12</a></td><td>Geranium grandiflorum. </td><td>Largest-flowered Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_13">13</a></td><td>Epidendrum cochleatum. </td><td>Purple-flowered Epidendrum. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_14">14</a></td><td>Ixia reflexa. </td><td>Reflex-flowered Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_15">15</a></td><td>Anthyllis erinacea. </td><td>Blue Broom of Spain. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_16">16</a></td><td>Azalea Pontica. </td><td>Yellow Pontic Azalea. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_17">17</a></td><td>Protea formosa. </td><td>Coronet Protea. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_18">18</a></td><td>Corræa alba. </td><td>White Correa. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_19">19</a></td><td>Gladiolus versicolor. </td><td>Changeable Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_20">20</a></td><td>Echium grandiflorum. </td><td>Large-flowered Viper’s Bugloss. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_21">21</a></td><td>Vereia crenata. </td><td>Scolloped-leaf Vereia. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_22">22</a></td><td>Goodenia calendulacea. </td><td>Cape Marygold-leaved </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_23">23</a></td><td>Ixia capitata. Var. ovata. </td><td>Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. egg-shaped. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_24">24</a></td><td>Cineraria aurita. </td><td>Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_25">25</a></td><td>Camellia Japonica. Var. flo. albo pleno.</td><td>Double white Camellia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>Octob. Novem.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_26">26</a></td><td>Crassula odoratissima. </td><td>Sweet-scented Crassula. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_27">27</a></td><td>Gladiolus ringens.Var. cinereo odorato.</td><td> Gaping Ash-coloured sweet Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_28">28</a></td><td>Geranium elegans. </td><td>Round-leaved Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_29">29</a></td><td>Ixia spicata. Var. viridi nigra. </td><td>Sea-green spiked Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_30">30</a></td><td>Vaccinium Arctos taphyllus. </td><td>Madeira Whortle-berry. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_31">31</a></td><td>Borbonia cordata. </td><td>Heart-shape-leaved Borbonia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_32">32</a></td><td>Antholyza ringens. </td><td>Gaping Antholyza. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_33">33</a></td><td>Diosma latifolia. </td><td>Broad-leaved Diosma. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_34">34</a></td><td>Chelone Ruellioides. </td><td>Scarlet Chelone. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_35">35</a></td><td>Ixia crispifolia. Var. flo. cæruleo. </td><td>Crisped-leaved Ixia, blue variety. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_36">36</a></td><td>Rhododendron-punctatum. </td><td>Dotted-leaved Rhodo dendron. </td><td> Har. </td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_37">37</a></td><td>Geranium fragile. </td><td>Brittle-stalked Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_38">38</a></td><td>Gladiolus præcox. Var. flore rubro. </td><td>Red early-flowering Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_39">39</a></td><td>Echium ferocissimum. </td><td>Prickly Viper’s Bugloss. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_40">40</a></td><td>Chelone campanuloides. </td><td>Bell-flowered Chelone. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>August, Septem.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_41">41</a></td><td>Lachenalia pendula. </td><td>Drooping-flowered Lachenalia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>September.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_42">42</a></td><td>Orchis ciliaris. </td><td>Fringed Orchis. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_43">43</a></td><td>Bignonia Leucoxylon. </td><td>Oleander-flowered Trumpet Flower. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_44">44</a></td><td>Ixia cinnamomea. </td><td>Cinnamon-smelling Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_45">45</a></td><td>Iris longifolia. </td><td>Long-leaved Iris. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_46">46</a></td><td>Massonia violacea. </td><td>Purple-flowered Massonia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>September.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_47">47</a></td><td>Musa coccinea. </td><td>Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>Decem. Jan.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_48">48</a></td><td>Ixia bulbifera. Var. flo. luteo. </td><td>Bulb-bearing Ixia Var. yellow-flowered. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_49">49</a></td><td>Malpighia crassifolia. </td><td>Thick-leaved Malpighia. </td><td>H. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>September.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_50">50</a></td><td>Ixia capitata. Var. flore aurantio. </td><td>Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. gold color. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_51">51</a></td><td>Xeranthemum speciocissimum. </td><td>Largest-flowering Everlasting Flower. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>September.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_52">52</a></td><td>Gnidia pinifolia. </td><td>Pine-leaved Gnidia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>Feb. March.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_53">53</a></td><td>Mimosa stricta. </td><td>Harsh-leaved upright Mimosa. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>March, April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_54">54</a></td><td>Aletris sarmentosa. </td><td>Creeping-rooted Bastard Aloe. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>Decem. Jan.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_55">55</a></td><td>Zinnia violacea. </td><td>Purple Zinnia. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Ann. </td><td>August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_56">56</a></td><td>Antholyza spicata. </td><td>Spike-flowered Antholyza. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_57">57</a></td><td>Mesembryanthemum glabrum. </td><td>Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Ann. </td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_58">58</a></td><td>Boronia pinnata. </td><td>Hawthorn-scented Boronia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_59">59</a></td><td>Ixia fistulosa. </td><td>Hollow-leaved Ixia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_60">60</a></td><td>Geranium punctatum. </td><td>Dotted-flowered Geranium.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_61">61</a></td><td>Aster dentatus. </td><td>Toothed-leaved Starwort. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_62">62</a></td><td>Gladiolus gramineus. </td><td>Grass-like Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_63">63</a></td><td>Usteria scandens. </td><td>Climbing Usteria. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Bien. </td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_64">64</a></td><td>Pæonia albiflora. </td><td>White Pæony. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_65">65</a></td><td>Ophrys lilifolia. </td><td>Lily-leaved Ophrys. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_66">66</a></td><td>Gladiolus polystachius.</td><td>Branching Gladiolus. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Herb. </td><td>July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_67">67</a></td><td>Geranium incisum. </td><td>Jagged-leaved Geranium. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_68">68</a></td><td>Goodenia ovata. </td><td>Oval-leaved Goodenia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_69">69</a></td><td>Lambertia formosa. Var. longifolia. </td><td>Red-flowered Lambertia. Long-leaved var. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_70">70</a></td><td>Gnidia simplex. </td><td>Heath-leaved Gnidia. </td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>April, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_71">71</a></td><td>Clematis viorna. </td><td>Blue thick-petal’d Virgin’s Bower. </td><td>Har. </td><td>Herb. </td><td>All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_72">72</a></td><td>Styphelia triflora. </td><td>Three-flowered Styphelia.</td><td>G. H.</td><td>Shrub.</td><td>June.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_291">[Pg 291]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_292">[Pg 292]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_293">[Pg 293]</a></span></p> - -<h1> -<a href="images/title-2.jpg"> -<img src="images/title-2.jpg" -height="550" -alt=""></a><br> -<i>Vol. II.</i><br><br> - -<i>of the</i><br> -Botanists Repository</h1> - -<p class="c"><i>Comprising<br> -Colour’d Engravings</i><br><br> - -of<br><br> - -<i>New and Rare Plants</i><br><br> - -ONLY<br> -<br> -With Botanical Descriptions &c.<br> - -<br>——<i>in</i>——<br><br> - -<i>Latin and English</i>,<br><br> - -<i>after the</i><br><br> - -Linnæan System.<br><br> - -<i>by</i><br><br> - -<i>H. Andrews</i><br><br> -<i>Botanical Painter Engraver, &c.</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_295">[Pg 295]</a></span></p><p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_73"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">DAPHNE PONTICA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Pontic Spurge-Laurel.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus cylindraceus, -imperforatus, limbo longior. Limbus quadrifidus; laciniis ovatis, -acutis, planis, patentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, brevia, tubo inserta; alterna inferiora. -Antheræ subrotundæ, erectæ, biloculares.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma capitatum, -depresso-planum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca subrotunda, unilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, subrotundum, carnosum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, closed at the -base, longer than the border. Border four-cleft; segments -egg-shaped, sharp, flat, and spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight short threads, fixed to the tube; four alternately -lower than the others. Tips roundish, upright, with two cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft very short. Summit a low, -smooth knob.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A roundish berry, of one cell.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span>, single, roundish, and fleshy.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Daphne, pedunculus axillaribus, bifloris; foliis obovatis, nitidis.</p> - -<p>Spurge-laurel, the fruit stalks growing from the base of the -leaves, with two flowers each; leaves inversely egg-shaped, and -shining.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br> -2. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -3. A ripe Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Tournefort</span> in his Voyage to the Levant, Vol. III. has described this -plant under the name of, Thymelæa Pontica Citrei foliis; Dr. P. Pallas -in his Flora Rossica, has likewise figured and described it, under the -title it bears in the Sp. Plan. p. 511; from both of whom we learn, that -it is a native of the coast of the Black Sea, and therefore perfectly -hardy, at least sufficiently so to endure our climate. It is the -handsomest in foliage of any species of the genus, having, like most of -them, fragrant flowers; which begin to shew themselves with the first -budding of the plant in spring, about the first week in March. Like our -common Spurge-laurel it delights in shade, making a pretty evergreen -shrub, about two feet in height; and grows best in a light loamy soil. -Although this plant has been long known by name, it had not been seen in -England till 1795, a year subsequent to its being sent in seeds to -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It flowered for the first time -here, in 1798; but our drawing was not made till this year, about the -middle of April. It is propagated by the seed, or cuttings.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_297">[Pg 297]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 73 -<br><a href="images/ill_073.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_073.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_300">[Pg 300]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_298">[Pg 298]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_74"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PERSOONIA LANCEOLATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Lance-shaped leaved Persoonia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, basin versus staminifera, reflexa, apice -incrassata.</p> - -<p><i>Nectariæ.</i> Glandulæ quatuor globosæ, ad basin germinis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor brevia, singula ex singuli petali medio -enata. Antheræ lineares, conniventes, demum reflexæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, ovatum. Stylus subulatus, glaber, -persistens. Stigma obtusum, declinatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Drupa subrotunda, monosperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen.</span> Nux ossea, subrotunda, compressa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, supporting the chives near the bottom, bent -back, and thickened at the point.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cups.</i> Four round glands at the base of the seed-bud.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four short threads, one growing out of each petal about the -middle. Tips linear, and approaching each other, then reflexed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped, and above. Shaft awl-shaped, smooth, -and remaining. Summit blunt, and bent downward.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A pulpy berry, roundish, with one seed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed.</span> A hard, roundish nut, flattened.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Persoonia foliis lanceolatis, acutis, enerviis, utrinque glabris; -petiolis tortis; floribus axillaribus, flavis.</p> - -<p>Persoonia with lance-shaped leaves, sharp pointed, without nerves, -and smooth on both sides; foot-stalks twisted; the flowers grow at -the lower part of the leaves, close to the stem, and yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom.<br> -2. One division of the Blossom with its Chive.<br> -3. The Pointal (natural size).<br> -4. The same (magnified).<br> -5. The Receptacle, with the Honey-cups (magnified).<br> -6. A Berry cut in two, the Seed taken out.<br> -7. A ripe Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Every</span> step we make in the examen of plants, from that endless source for -botanical research, New Holland; nature almost as constantly, presents -us with a perfectly new face; such is the object of our present -consideration. Dr. Smith, P. L. S. in the Linnæan Transactions, Vol. -IIII. p. 215, considering a new Genus as necessary for this tribe of -plants, has named it in honour of C. H. Persoon, much noted for his -works on the fungi. This is a handsome, spreading greenhouse plant, -growing about five feet high, and covering itself with deep yellow -blossoms. It is propagated by cuttings, or seeds, which come to maturity -with us, and are produced in great numbers. J. Willson, Esq. of -Islington, raised this species from seeds about the year 1791; from a -specimen in whose collection our figure was taken, this year in July, -and where it flowered for the first time last year, in the month of -August, and is still in bloom, although many seeds are already -perfected, from the flowers of last year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_301">[Pg 301]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 74 -<br><a href="images/ill_074.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_074.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_304">[Pg 304]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_303">[Pg 303]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_302">[Pg 302]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_75"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PHYSALIS PROSTRATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Trailing Winter-cherry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, ventricosum, semi quinquefidum, -pentagonum; laciniis acuminatis; persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Monopetala, rotata. Tubus brevissimus. Limbus -semiquinquefidus, magnus, plicatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, minima, conniventia. Antheræ -erectæ, conniventes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus fere -longior. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca sub-globosa, bilocularis, intra calycem maximum, -inflatum, clausum, pentagonum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, reniformia, compressa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, bellied, half five-cleft, and five-sided; -the segments are tapered; permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one petal, wheel-shaped. Tube very short. Border half -five-cleft, large, and plaited.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, very small, and approaching. Tips -upright, and approaching.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, hardly longer than -the chives. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A roundish berry, two-celled, within a large, swelled, -close-mouthed, five-sided cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, kidney-shaped, and flat.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Physalis, ramosissima, prostrata, hispida; foliis subcarnosis; -corollis cæruleis.</p> - -<p>Winter Cherry, very branching, trailing, and hairy; leaves nearly -fleshy; blossoms blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Pointal (natural size).<br> -4. A ripe Seed-vessel.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> beautiful species of Physalis, as a tender annual, should be sown -early in March, on a strong hotbed; and kept, when potted, in the -greenhouse, being impatient of cold or wet, and perishes if exposed to -either. It is a native of Peru, South America, and has been figured by -Professor Jacquin in his Ic. Rar. I. t. 38; likewise by Mons. l’Heritier -in his Stirp. Nov. p. 43. t. 22; and was first transmitted to England in -the year 1782, by Mons. Thoin, from France. Although it has been -cultivated here some years, it is but little known, owing to its great -delicacy when young, being very liable to damp off in the hotbed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_305">[Pg 305]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 75 -<br><a href="images/ill_075.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_075.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_308">[Pg 308]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_307">[Pg 307]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_306">[Pg 306]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_76"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA PINIFOLIA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Pine-leaved Protea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis -infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Sem. solitaria.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> four-cleft or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into -the petals below the ends. Cup. Proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Protea Speciosa</span>. Plate XVII.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea floribus simplicibus, racemoso-spicatis, glabris; foliis -filiformibus, sparsis, glabris.</p> - -<p>Protea with simple flowers, growing in branching spikes, and -smooth; leaves thread-shaped, scattered, and smooth.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br> -2. One Petal of the Blossom, (magnified), with its Chive attached.<br> -3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -4. A ripe Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Pine-leaved Protea from the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a delicate -plant; and is subject to be killed, if not kept in the driest, and -warmest part of the greenhouse, being very susceptible of damps. It -makes a very fine appearance when in bloom, growing to the height of two -feet or more upright, and with few branches; every part of the plant, -(which is uncommon in this genus,) is quite smooth and shining. This -species of Protea is an inhabitant of our gardens, since the year 1780; -when it was first introduced by William Forsyth, Esq. of Kensington, but -has been rarely seen to flower, as it is found but in few collections; -owing to the difficulty of propagating it, by the only possible method -in this country, cuttings. The soil it approves most, as do most of the -Proteas, is a light loam. The drawing was taken at the Hammersmith -nursery, from a plant which flowered there in August this year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_309">[Pg 309]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 76 -<br><a href="images/ill_076.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_076.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_312">[Pg 312]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_311">[Pg 311]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_310">[Pg 310]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_77"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PERSOONIA LINEARIS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Linear-leaved Persoonia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus. Petala 4, basin versus staminifera. Glandulæ 4, ad -basin germinis. Stigma obtusum. Drupa monosperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> none. Petals four, supporting the chives near the -bottom. Four glands at the base of the seed-bud. Summit blunt. A -pulpy berry with one seed.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Persoonia lanceolata</span>. Pl. LXXIV.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Persoonia foliis linearibus, sub-villosis; floribus flavis.</p> - -<p>Persoonia with linear leaves, a little hairy; flowers yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A flower complete.<br> -2. One Petal of the flower, with its Chive, (magnified).<br> -3. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -4. The same, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Linear-leaved Persoonia, is indigenous to the same clime as the -Lance-shaped leaved, given in our last number; grows to nearly the same -height, and makes a handsome greenhouse plant, continuing to flower -through the autumnal months; and producing good seeds. J. Robertson, -Esq. of Stockwell, Surry, raised this species from seeds in the year -1794; with whom it flowered last year, for the first time in England; -and for whose kind communication of a specimen in flower, (from which -our drawing was made,) we beg our grateful acknowledgment. It is raised -by seeds, or cuttings; and should be planted in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_313">[Pg 313]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 77 -<br><a href="images/ill_077.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_077.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_316">[Pg 316]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_315">[Pg 315]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_314">[Pg 314]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_78"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXORA PAVETTA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet Ixora.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quadripartitum, minimum, erectum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus cylindraceus, -longissimus, tenuis. Limbus quadripartitus, planus; laciniis -ovatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in divisuris corollæ. -Antheræ oblongæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, intra basin calycis. Stylus -filiformis, longitudine tubi. Stigma bifidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca subrotunda, bilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, hinc convexa, inde angulata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup with four divisions, very small, upright, and -remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, very long, -and small. Border of four divisions and flat; the segments -egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, very short, placed in the divisions of the -blossom. Tips oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish, in the bottom of the cup. Shaft -thread-shaped, the length of the tube. Summit two-cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A roundish berry, with two cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span>, two, hollow on the inside, and angled without.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixora foliis obtusis, undulatis, petiolatis, floribus fasciculatis, -odoratis, sordide luteis.</p> - -<p>Ixora with blunt, waved, leaves, having foot-stalks; flowers grow -in bunches, are sweet scented, and of a dirty yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, (magnified).<br> -2. A Blossom with the seed-bud attached, (natural size).<br> -3. The same with the Empalement, (magnified).<br> -4. The Pointal, (natural size).<br> -5. The same, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">To</span> the Lady Dowager de Clifford are we indebted, for the introduction of -this new species of Ixora, a native of the East Indies; her Ladyship -having received it from thence, in the year 1796. It is a tender -hot-house plant, growing to the height of a foot, or more, and very -bushy; the bunches of flowers are very large, covering nearly the whole -upper part of the plant, and are exceedingly fragrant. The blossoms -begin to expand about the beginning of August, and continue to blow in -succession, till the end of October. The only plant we have yet heard -of, in England, is in her Ladyship’s collection at Paddington; where it -has flowered for the first time this year, and where our drawing was -made. It is propagated like the other species of Ixora, by cuttings, and -should be kept in rich earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_317">[Pg 317]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 78 -<br><a href="images/ill_078.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_078.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_320">[Pg 320]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_319">[Pg 319]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_318">[Pg 318]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_79"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CROWEA SALIGNA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Willow-leaved Crowea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquepartitum, laciniis ovatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, ovata, sessilia, erecto-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, plana, subulata, pilis intertextis -connexa, pistillum obvolventia. Antheræ longitudinaliter filamentis -e parte interiori adnatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum. Stylus erectus, cylindricus, -brevissimus, e basi germinis. Stigma capitatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, extrorsum coalitæ, -apicibus distantes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, reniformia, glabra, arillata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, with five divisions, the segments -egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, egg-shaped, sitting close in the cup, upright -and spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, flat and awl-shaped, interwove together by -hairs, covering the pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from the -inner part of the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cylinder-shape, and very -short, growing from the base of the seed-buds. Summit a knob.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, pointedly-egg-shaped, joined on the -outside, and distant at the ends.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, kidney-shape, smooth, and covered by an elastic -coat.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Crowea, foliis lanceolatis, utrinque glabris, integerrimis; -floribus solitariis, axilaribus.</p> - -<p>Crowea, with lance-shaped leaves, smooth on both sides, quite -entire; flowers grow solitary from the bottom of the leaves close -to the stem.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives.<br> -3. One Chive detached, natural size.<br> -4. The same magnified to shew the situation of the Tip.<br> -5. The Pointal, natural size.<br> -6. The same magnified.<br> -7. A ripe Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> number of handsome flowering plants from New Holland, already -figured in the Botanist’s Repository; leads us to hope, the first, and -indeed most generally prevailing opinion, that the insignificance of the -flowers produced by the plants of that country, rendering them scarcely -worth cultivation for ornament; must be nearly, if not quite done away: -and we have reason to think, when farther explored, few countries will -be able to stand a competition with it, for the singularity, variety, or -beauty of its vegetable productions. The Willow-leaved Crowea we -consider as one amongst the many strong arguments, to favour our -opinion; it is rather a delicate plant, and should be kept in a dry and -warm part of the greenhouse, where it will flower from the month of -July, till November; growing three feet high, if planted in light sandy -peat; and is easily propagated by cuttings. Although, this is the only -species at present, in cultivation with us; there is little doubt from -the number of handsome specimens of other species, which we have seen, -in the different herbariums from Botany Bay; and from the character of -the seeds, much resembling those of the Diosma, which are not subject to -rapid decay; but we shall very soon be possessed of many more of this -very beautiful Genus. Our drawing was made from the nursery at -Hammersmith, where it was raised from seeds, in the year 1790. The -generic title of this plant, is derived from the name of an English -botanist at Norwich, Mr. James Crowe, F. L. S. see Linn. Tran. Vol. IV. -page 222.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_321">[Pg 321]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 79 -<br><a href="images/ill_079.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_079.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_324">[Pg 324]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_323">[Pg 323]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_322">[Pg 322]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_80"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BUCHNERA FŒTIDA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Stinking Buchnera.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quinquedentatum, scabrum, -persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, monopetala; tubus longissimus, filiformis, arcuatus; -limbus planus, quinquefidus, æqualis; laciniis duabus superioribus -reflexis, tribus inferioribus cordatis, subæqualibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in fauce corollæ, quorum -duo superiora extra prominentia. Antheræe oblongæ, obtusæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine -tubi. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovato-oblonga, acuminata, tecta, bilocularis, -apice bifarium dehiscens; dissepimentum contrarium.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, angulata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> medio dissepimenti adnatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five-toothed, rough, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal; tube very long, thread-shaped, and arched; -border flat, five-cleft, equal; the two upper divisions reflexed, -the three under ones heart-shaped, nearly equal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads four, very short, in the mouth of the blossom, of -which the two upper protrude without. Tips oblong, blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed bud oblong-egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the -length of the tube. Summit blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong-egg-shaped, tapered, covered, two -cells, and splitting at the point in two; the partition opposite to -the valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, and angular.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> fixed to the middle of the partition.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Buchnera, foliis laciniatis, oppositis, fœtidissimis; flores -umbellulati, terminales.</p> - -<p>Buchnera, with leaves appearing torn, opposite and very stinking; -flowers terminate the branches in small umbels.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal magnified.<br> -4. A ripe Seed-vessel.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Buchnera is an annual, and a native of the Cape of Good -Hope; from whence, it was introduced to England in the year 1795, by -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. It should be raised with other tender annuals -in spring, and kept, either to ornament the greenhouse with them in -pots, or planted in a warm part of the flower border, about the -beginning of June. It will begin to flower about July, and generally has -perfected seeds by September; although, it will continue to bloom till -destroyed by the frost, as there is a constant succession of blossoms.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_325">[Pg 325]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 80 -<br><a href="images/ill_080.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_080.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_328">[Pg 328]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_327">[Pg 327]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_326">[Pg 326]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_81"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">SOWERBIA JUNCEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Rush-like Sowerbia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Involucrum hexaphyllum, multiflorum; foliolis erectis, -scariosis, persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, infera, persistentia; laciniis ovatis, -concavis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, sub-globosa, carnosa, germen cingens; ex -quibus tria biantherifera, sterilibus tribus interstinctis. Antheræ -geminæ, lineares, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. -Stigma simplex.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula obtusetrigona, oblonga, trilocularis, -trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, angulata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Fence six-leaved, containing many flowers; the small -leaves are upright, skinny, and permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six petals, beneath and remaining; segments egg-shape, and -concave.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads almost round, fleshy, surrounding the seed bud; -of which three bear two chives, each parted by three sterile ones. -Tips double, linear, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the -chives. Summit simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule bluntly three-sided, oblong, three-celled, -three-valved.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, angular.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Sowerbia, foliis teretibus, mucronatis; scapo nudo, flexuoso; -umbella globosa; floribus petiolis longissimis.</p> - -<p>Sowerbia, with cylindrical leaves pointed at the ends; flower-stem -naked and crooked; the umbel globular; flowers with very long -foot-stalks.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Fence.<br> -2. A Blossom complete.<br> -3. The Chives expanded.<br> -4. The Pointal.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> very great resemblance this plant bears in habit, to some species of -the garlick and rush, led us, at first sight, to consider it of one of -those Genera: but as Dr. Smith has in the fourth Volume of the Linn. -Trans. p. 220, constituted it a new genus, from the construction of the -chives, we make no scruple to follow such good authority. It is named -after Mr. James Sowerby, so well known for his numerous botanical -engravings, as attached to different works; but especially, for his -excellent coloured plates of English plants. Messrs. Lee and Kennedy of -Hammersmith, were the first, who raised this plant from seeds, received -in 1792 from Botany Bay. Our drawing was taken in May 1798, the first -time it flowered there; it is the full size of the plant, the -flower-stem cut off, it being twice the length of the leaves. There is -no smell to any part of the plant; but nevertheless, it is very -desirable in the greenhouse, from the character of the flowers, which -retain their colour with little change, till the seeds are perfected. To -increase it, the roots may be parted early in spring, and should be -planted in peat earth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_329">[Pg 329]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 81 -<br><a href="images/ill_081.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_081.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_332">[Pg 332]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_331">[Pg 331]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_330">[Pg 330]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_82"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BANKSIA SERRATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Sawed-leaved Banksia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p>GENERIC CHARACTER. <i>Schreb. Gen. Plant. 191.</i></p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, quadrifidum, inferum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala; tubus cylindraceus, brevissimus; limbus -longissimus, quadripartitus; laciniis linearibus, apice -lanceolatis, interne foveola excavatis, acutis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta nulla. Antheræ quatuor, lanceolatæ, in foveola -laciniarum corollæ sessiles.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, minutum. Stylus filiformis, rigidus, -corolla longior. Stigma pyramidatum, acutum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, seu globosa, lignosa, unilocularis, -bivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, obovata hinc convexa inde plana, ala membranacea -terminata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> In quibusdam speciebus seminibus interjectum est dissepimentum -liberum, figura et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti, -coriaceo-lignosum, semibifidum. <i>Grætner de fruct.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, four-cleft and beneath.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> of one petal; tube cylindrical, and very short; border very -long, of four divisions; segments linear, lance-shaped at the ends, -having small holes on the inside, which are hollowed out and sharp.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads none. Tips four, lance-shaped, sitting close within -the small holes of the segments of the blossom.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above and very small. Shaft thread-shaped, stiff, -and longer than the blossom. Summit pyramidal, and sharp pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped or globular, woody, one cell, two -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, inversely egg-shaped, convex on the one side and flat on -the other, having a skinny wing at the end.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Obs.</span> In some species there is found between the seeds a loose -partition, the shape and size of the hollow of the cell, tough, -woody, and half cleft in two. <i>Grætner on fruits and seeds.</i></p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Banksia foliis linearibus, in petiolum attenuatis, æqualiter -serratis, apice truncatis cum mucrone.</p> - -<p>Banksia with linear leaves, tapering to the foot-stalks, equally -sawed at the edge, appearing cut off at the end with a sharp point.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower, the summit not yet escaped from the Chives.<br> -2. The same with the summit relieved; magnified, to shew more clearly the shape of the<br> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">petals, and the singular situation of the Chives.</span><br> -3. The Pointal, natural size.<br> -4. A ripe Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Banksia, was the first to vegetate amongst the number of -different seeds, which were received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, from -Botany Bay in 1788; thus, has the pre-eminence of seniority here, to all -the plants which have been introduced from thence, to Great Britain. -From the living and dead specimens we have already seen, this Genus bids -fair to rival Protea in the number of its different species; from which, -nature seems to have marked but a slight line for Generic distinction. -Our figure was taken from a plant now in flower in the greenhouse, (we -believe for the first time in Europe,) at the agreeable retreat of J. -Ord, Esq. Purser’s-cross, Fulham, being nearly seven feet high; indeed, -we have seen specimens which have attained to twelve feet, and more. It -is increased by cuttings, and will grow in almost any earth. The cones -to which the seed-vessels are fixed, something resemble those of the -stone pine, but much larger, and the wood more hard: the seeds are -inclosed in capsules which are placed at a considerable distance from -each other, at irregular intervals; the spaces filled up with long harsh -threads, and apparently abortive seed-vessels.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_333">[Pg 333]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 82 -<br><a href="images/ill_082.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_082.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_336">[Pg 336]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_335">[Pg 335]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_334">[Pg 334]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_83"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MORÆA TRICOLOR.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Three-coloured Moræa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ bivalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> hexapetala, patens; petala tria interiora patentia, -angustiora.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, brevia. Antheræ oblongæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus. -Stigmata tria, bifida.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula trigona, trisulcata, trilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, rotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheaths of two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six petals, spreading; the three innermost petals are more -spread out and narrower.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three short threads. Tips oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath and oblong. Shaft simple, and very short. -Summits three, two-cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule three sided, three-furrowed, three cells.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, and round.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Moræa scapo teriti; foliis radicalibus, lanceolatis, canaliculatis, -scapo longiores; floribus terminalibus, tricoloratis.</p> - -<p>Moræa with a round flower-stem; the leaves grow from the root, are -lance-shaped, channelled, and longer than the flower stem; the -flowers are terminal, and three-coloured.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. An outer Petal of the Blossom.<br> -2. An inner Petal of the same.<br> -3. The Chives and Pointal; the petals being cut off, to expose the situation of the Chives hid<br> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">under the summits.</span><br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">To</span> G. Hibbert, Esq. of Clapham Common, we owe the introduction of this -beautiful little Moræa, he having received it from his collector at the -Cape, in the spring of 1799. It is certainly a perfectly new species -here, and we believe has not been seen to flower in Europe before, as it -is not in the extensive Collections, of the Emperor of Germany; at least -it is not to be found amongst the many figured by Professor Jacquin. The -very short duration of the blossoms, at first, had determined us to name -it specifically, fugax; but finding we were anticipated in that name, by -Jacquin, in his Hortus. III. tab. 26, we have adopted that of tricolor. -The drawing was made at Clapham this year, in October; although we -conceive the regular season for its blowing would be, June, or July, if -planted like other Cape bulbs in autumn. The only means of seeing this -plant in perfection, is, by keeping it entirely from the air when near -flowering, as it is too delicate to bear the least exposure; it begins -to expand about twelve o’clock, and is quite decayed by three. From -every appearance, without a supply from the Cape, this delicate little -bulb will, (as many others have) be soon lost to this country.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_337">[Pg 337]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 83 -<br><a href="images/ill_083.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_083.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_340">[Pg 340]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_339">[Pg 339]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_338">[Pg 338]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_84"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BUCHNERA PEDUNCULATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Solitary-flowered Buchnera.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> quinque-dentatus. Corollæ limbus quinquefidus, æqualis; lobis -cordatis. Capsula bilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> five-toothed. The border of the blossom five-cleft, equal; the -lobes heart-shaped. Capsule two-celled.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Buchnera Fœtida.</span> Pl. LXXX.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Buchnera, foliis dentato-sinuatis; floribus solitariis, pedunculis -longissimis.</p> - -<p>Buchnera, with leaves that are indentedly toothed; flowers -solitary, with very long foot-stalks.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, magnified.<br> -3. The Pointal.<br> -4. A Capsule.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is another beautiful little species of Cape Buchnera, and which, we -can consider as little better than biennial; much similar, to some -species of different genera from thence; such as, Hebenstreitia, -Mahernia, &c. For although they produce woody stems, yet the plants -seldom last beyond the second year. From their short duration, it is -necessary to keep up a succession yearly; which is done, by making -cuttings of them early in spring. Our drawing represents the branch of a -plant, in the collection of R. James, Esq. Grosvenor-place, taken in the -month of July 1799. It is a very shewy greenhouse plant, and should be -plotted in rich mould; if kept free from damps, will continue to flower -till the end of November.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_341">[Pg 341]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 84 -<br><a href="images/ill_084.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_084.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_344">[Pg 344]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_343">[Pg 343]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_342">[Pg 342]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_85"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MAHERNIA ODORATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet Mahernia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER V.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. Five Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monopetalum, quinquefidum, campanulatum; -dentibus subulatis, longioribus; persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, cordata, oblonga, patentia, calyce duplo -longiora.</p> - -<p><i>Nectaria</i> quinque, obcordata, pedicellata, germen cingentia, -calyce breviora.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, capillaria, nectario infidentia, calyce -breviora. Antheræ oblongæ, acuminatæ, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subpedicellatum, obovatum, quinquangulum. Styli -quinque, setacei, erecti, longitudine petalorum. Stigmata -simplicia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovata, quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> nonnulla, reniformia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; the teeth -awl-shaped, and longer; remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, heart-shaped, oblong, spreading, twice the -length of the cup.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cups</i> five, inversely heart-shaped, having little -foot-stalks, embracing the seed-bud, shorter than the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, hair like, sitting on the honey-cups, shorter -than the cup. Tips oblong, tapered to a point, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud supported on a very short foot-stalk, inversely -egg-shaped, five-angled. Shafts five, like bristles, upright, the -length of the petals. Summits simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule egg-shaped, five cells, five valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> a few, kidney-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Mahernia foliis lanceolatis, glabris, apice dentatis; pedunculis -bifloris; corollis luteis, odoratissimis.</p> - -<p>Mahernia with lance-shaped leaves, smooth and toothed at the end; -foot-stalks bearing two flowers; the blossoms yellow and very -sweet.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The cup, (natural size).<br> -2. The Chives, Honey-cups, and Pointals, as they stand in the flower.<br> -3. The same, with the Chives thrown back, as far as the slight junction of the honey-cups<br> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">will permit, without tearing.</span><br> -4. A Chive with its honey-cup, (magnified).<br> -5. The Seed-bud and Pointals, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Many</span> species of this Genus have, hitherto, been arranged as Hermannias, -to which they are undoubtedly very nigh affined; in nothing essentially -varying, but in the character of the chives, being, in this, placed on -honey cups, which are wanting in the other; the same natural appearance -however of the junction of the supporters of the tips, being common to -both. From this small change of the identity of character, so necessary -in our artificial system, they are thrown to a wide distance in -classification; the one standing in the fifth, the other in the -sixteenth class! The Mahernia odorata is from the Cape of Good Hope, and -was sent in seeds to England about the year 1792. It is but a -short-lived greenhouse plant, and must be raised every two years, at -least, from cuttings; which should be made about the beginning of March, -and placed on a gentle hot bed, they will by this means become good -sized plants by midsummer. The flavour of the blossoms is exactly that -of the Jonquil, it continues to flower through the whole year, but is as -yet to be found in few collections, although from its different -attractions we have no doubt of seeing it soon in most. Rich earth, of -old cow dung, and loam, seems to be the soil it most affects. Our -drawing was made at the nursery Hammersmith, in July 1799.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_345">[Pg 345]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 85 -<br><a href="images/ill_085.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_085.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_348">[Pg 348]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_347">[Pg 347]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_346">[Pg 346]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_86"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">BIGNONIA PANDORANA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Norfolk Island Trumpet Flower.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> quinquefidus, cyathiformis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> fauce campanulata, quinquefida, subtus ventricosa. Siliqua -bilocularis. Semina membranaceo-alata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, five-cleft, cup-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> bell-shaped at the mouth, five-cleft, and bellied beneath. -A pod of two cells. Seed winged with a skinny membrane.</p> - -<p>See Pl. XLIII. Bignonia Leucoxylon. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Bignonia foliis pinnatis; foliolis lanceolatis, dentatis; caule -volubili; floribus racemosis, terminalibus.</p> - -<p>Trumpet Flower with winged leaves; the small leaves are -lance-shaped, and toothed; a climbing stem; the flowers grow in -bunches, and terminate the branches.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).<br> -4. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Trumpet Flower, is a native of Norfolk Island in the -Pacific Ocean, lying in 29 deg. 2 min. south lat.; therefore, must be -kept with us as a greenhouse plant; and, as a creeper, may be placed to -twine round the pillars, or to cover trellis work; being of quick growth -(if planted in peat earth,) and flowering abundantly from the month of -March, ’till June. It is easily increased by cuttings, made in the -spring, or by suckers, which it frequently produces from the root. The -plant from which our drawing was made, flowered (and we believe for the -first time in England) in 1798, in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. -Kensington Gore.</p> - -<p>Naturalists, when in detailing the history of the various articles -passing under their review, should receive with caution, any matter -which seems tending to the marvellous; but for the authenticity of the -authority, from whence we are furnished with the account of the -singularly pestiferous character of this plant, we can with confidence -pledge ourselves. Colonel Paterson, now commanding at Port Jackson, New -Holland, sent the seeds from Norfolk Island, when he was stationed -there, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith, who first raised it, in -the year 1793. The N. I. Trumpet Flower is, in its native soil, a -deciduous plant; upon the return of the season, in which the young -tendrils begin to shoot, and the leaves begin to appear; within fifteen, -or twenty days, the whole plant is entirely covered with a white downy -insect, of the genus Aphis, something similar to our blight; which, in a -very short time from their first appearance on this plant, become so -completely dispersed over every vegetable production, that scarce a -green leaf is to be seen through the whole extent of the island. So -great a plague was this insect thought to be, from its effects on -vegetation, by those who were sent to colonize the island, that it was -considered as one of the principal reasons for abandoning the -settlement.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_349">[Pg 349]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 86 -<br><a href="images/ill_086.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_086.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_352">[Pg 352]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_351">[Pg 351]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_350">[Pg 350]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_87"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA ARISTATA. <i>Var. atropurpurea.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Ragged-sheathed Ixia. Var. dark purple.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-partita, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, -erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly -upright and spreading.</p> - -<p>See Pl. XIV. Vol. I. Ixia reflexa.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, amplexicaulibus; scapo sub-biflora; -spathis laceris.</p> - -<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped leaves, smooth and embracing the stem; -flower-stem mostly with two flowers; sheaths appearing torn.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The sheath.<br> -2. A Flower cut open.<br> -3. The Pointal, complete.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> truly specious Ixia, has at different periods long since, been seen -in our exotic collections; but the delicacy of its root, and of -consequence, the difficulty of preserving it, when out of flower, was, -no doubt, the occasion of its having been as often lost to us for a -time. To the Dutch we are indebted for the last introduction of it to -this country, about four years since, amongst many others; from their -immense collections of Cape bulbs at Haarlem. Although the root is -particularly susceptible of wet, yet, by timely taking up the bulb, even -before the upper part of the plant is decayed; and keeping it entirely -free from moisture, till it is again planted in October, there will be -little danger of its perishing. Our figure was taken in the month of -June 1799, at Clapham, from a plant in the Collection of G. Hibbert, -Esq. Light sandy peat, with a small portion of rotten old cow-dung, will -give it the most vigorous growth.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_353">[Pg 353]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 87 -<br><a href="images/ill_087.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_087.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_356">[Pg 356]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_355">[Pg 355]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_354">[Pg 354]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_88"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ERANTHEMUM PULCHELLUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Blue-flowered Eranthemum.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS II. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Two Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquefidum, tubulosum, erectum, membranaceum, -persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus filiformis, -longissimus. Limbus quinquepartitus, planus; laciniis obovatis, -æqualibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, ad basin spiralia, in fauce corollæ. -Antheræ subovatæ, compressæ, extra tubum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum, compressum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine staminum. Stigmata duo, inæqualia, erecta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula spathulata, compressa, bivalvis, bilocularis, -dissipimento valvulis contrario.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, lentiformia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five cleft, tubular, upright, skinny, and -remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped; tube thread-shaped, and very -long. Border divided into five, and flat; the segments are -inversely egg-shaped, and equal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Two threads, spiral at the base, at the mouth of the -blossom. Tips nearly egg-shaped, flattened, and without the tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped and flattened. Shaft thread-shaped, -the length of the chives. Summits two unequal, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule spatula shape, flattened, two valves, two -cells, the partition contrary to the valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, lentil shape.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Eranthemum foliis lanceolato-ovatis, nervosis; floribus spicatis; -bracteis lanceolatis, imbricatis.</p> - -<p>Eranthemum with lance-shaped, oval, and strongly nerved leaves; the -flowers grow in spikes; the floral leaves are lance-shaped, and -tiled.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, with its four small leaflets.<br> -2. The Blossom cut open, to shew the part of insertion of the Chives.<br> -3. One of the Chives, (magnified.)<br> -4. The Pointal, (natural size.)<br> -5. The same, (magnified.)<br> -6. The Seed-bud.<br> -7. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Eranthemum</span>, although standing in our ancientest tables, as a name to -different plants; must have been, hitherto, considered as a dead letter -in all our modern ones, as attached to the tribe of plants it now -titles: but perhaps, to none of the former more aptly could it have been -applied; (especially this species, as the Greek word Ήράνθεμον, a -compound of Ής the spring, and ἀνθέω to blossom, fairly indicates;) -since the E. pulchellum first begins to flower in January, and continues -to blossom till May. Linnæus in treating this Genus, acknowledges to -have seen but one imperfect specimen; and from this circumstance, left -the description of the seed-vessel, and seed, to be determined by future -Botanists; as yet, that has not been accomplished, even by the -indefatigable and accurate Schreber; indeed, had the character of the -pointal been likewise omitted, it would have been as well; since, in -place of one, the two unequal summits, (which might escape observation -in a dried specimen, from their disproportion in length, and upright -situation;) point out a stronger Generical distinction from Justicia, to -which it much affines, than either, the regular shape of the limb of the -blossom, or the situation of the chives. Our species is a native of the -coast of Coromandel, in the East Indies, and was first received in seeds -from Dr. Roxburg, at the Royal gardens Kew, in the year 1796. It is a -most desirable plant, for although it has hitherto been kept in the -hot-house, we have no doubt from its flowering and thriving there, with -so little care, in any situation; but that it will soon be considered as -a proper inhabitant of the greenhouse. It is with the greatest ease, and -certainty, increased by cuttings. Our drawing was made this month, from -a plant in flower at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_357">[Pg 357]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 88 -<br><a href="images/ill_088.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_088.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_360">[Pg 360]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_359">[Pg 359]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_358">[Pg 358]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_89"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> LXXXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GNIDIA LÆVIGATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Shining-leaved Gnidia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> infundibuliformis, 4-fidus. Petala quatuor, calyci inserta. -Semen unum, subbaccatum.</p> - -<p>Cup funnel-shaped, 4-cleft. Four petals fixed into the cup. One -seed, something like a berry.</p> - -<p>See Gnidia pinifolia, Pl. LII. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gnidia foliis oppositis, glabris, ovatis, quadrifariam imbricatis; -floribus terminalibus, sessilibus, luteis.</p> - -<p>Gnidia with opposite smooth egg-shaped leaves, forming four angles -and tiled; flowers terminate the branches, sitting close to the -stem, and yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br> -2. The same cut open, with the Chives attached; the Pointal taken out.<br> -3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, (magnified.)<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> Gnidia is from the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was first sent -to England about the year 1783, by Mr. F. Masson to the Royal gardens -Kew. It is a tender, and delicate greenhouse plant, very subject to be -destroyed by the autumnal rains, or over watering during the winter. It -is with great difficulty raised from cuttings, and its seeds seldom or -ever, we believe, are perfected with us; from which circumstance, it is -to be found in very few collections. Our drawing was made from a plant, -in the possession of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, about the middle of July -1799.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_361">[Pg 361]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 89 -<br><a href="images/ill_089.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_089.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_364">[Pg 364]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_363">[Pg 363]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_362">[Pg 362]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_90"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XC.<br><br> -<span class="chead">SEPTAS CAPENSIS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Septas.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VII. ORDER IV.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEPTANDRIA HEPTAGYNIA.</i> Seven Chives. Seven Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium septempartitum, patens, acutum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala septem, oblonga, æqualia, calyce duplo longiora.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta septem, subulata, longitudine calycis. Antheræ -subovatæ, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germina septem, oblonga, desinentia in stylos subulatos, -longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusiuscula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula septem, oblongæ, acutæ, parallelæ, univalves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, Cup of seven divisions, spreading, sharp-pointed, and -remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Seven petals, oblong, equal, twice the length of the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Seven threads, awl-shaped, the length of the cup. Tips -nearly egg-shaped, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seven seed-buds, oblong, and ending in awl-shaped shafts, -the length of the Chives. Summits bluntish.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Seven capsules, oblong, sharp-pointed, parallel, and -of one valve.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Septas, foliis subrotundis, crenulatis, oppositis; glabris; radice -tuberosa.</p> - -<p>Septas with roundish leaves, slightly scolloped, opposite and -smooth; root tuberous.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives, and Pointals, (magnified).<br> -3. One of the Pointals detached, (natural size).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">We</span> are happy in having procured for the entertainment of our botanical -friends, a specimen of so singular a plant as the Septas: which, from -the conformity of its constituent generic characters in point of -numbers, has given it the title it bears and forming for itself an order -of plants, in which it stands alone. No plant is better known to -botanists than Septas by name; but as yet, there exists only one -miserable uncoloured figure of it; which is to be found in the Mantissa -of Plukenet, tab. 340, fig. 9. The first plants seen of Septas in -England, were purchased in roots from Holland, under the name of -Saxifraga Tuberosa, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammersmith. The -beginning of August this year, a drawing was taken from a plant in the -collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, he having received some fine -bulbs of it, in the spring, from his collector at the Cape. There are -few plants rival Septas for beauty that are of equal size; it is -herbaceous, should be removed from its pot when in a state of inaction, -and dried like the Anemonie. The bulbs may be cut, or parted at the time -of removal for propagation.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_365">[Pg 365]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 90 -<br><a href="images/ill_090.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_090.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_368">[Pg 368]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_367">[Pg 367]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_366">[Pg 366]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_91"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CAMELLIA JAPONICA. <i>Var. flore pleno variegato.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Double-striped Camellia.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. <i>of Schreber’s 8th ed. of Gen. Plant</i>.</p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA POLYANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Many Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> imbricatus, polyphyllus; foliolis interioribus majoribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> tiled, many leaved; the inner leaves the largest.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF VARIETY.</p> - -<p>Camellia foliis brevioribus, latioribus; floribus plenis, variegatis.</p> - -<p>Camellia with shorter and broader leaves; flowers double and striped.</p> - -<p>In hopes that the subject will plead our excuse, in thus again, -obtruding a kind of nonentity, in reference to the sexual system, on our -scientific friends; and that a figure, of so rare, and beautiful a -plant, would be agreeable to all; we have, once more, put by the -etiquette of science, for the charms of beauty; yet for this deviation, -we think an apology necessary, as it is undoubtedly not conformable to -the plan of our undertaking.</p> - -<p>This variety of the Camellia Japonica, is of the same date in our -gardens, as the double white, and was introduced through the same -medium. As yet this plant is found in but very few collections, and is -sold at a very high price; not being of free growth, few cuttings, or -grafts can be obtained. It has hitherto, been treated as a hothouse -plant; but there is no doubt it is equally hardy with the common sort, -upon which, all the plants we have as yet seen, and indeed those that -were first imported from China, were grafted; an instance in proof, that -horticulture must have, there, attained to a considerable degree of -perfection, in the operative part: as well as, that possessing double -flowering varieties, of their most beautiful plants, which are only -produced by a series of cultivation, for ages; incontestably proves the -antiquity of the art, (if any fresh proofs were necessary,) in that -country. Our figure was made from a drawing taken partly, from a plant -which flowered in August last year, in the collection of J. Hibbert, -Esq. Clapham; and partly from one now (April) in full bloom, in the -conservatory of R. H. James, Esq. Grosvenor-Place; the only ones we have -as yet seen in flower; wherefore the time of flowering cannot as yet be -fixed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_369">[Pg 369]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 91 -<br><a href="images/ill_091.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_091.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_372">[Pg 372]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_371">[Pg 371]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_370">[Pg 370]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_92"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CRINUM SPIRALE.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Spiral-stalked Asphodel Lily.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Involucrum spathæforme, bifolium, oblongum, umbelluliferum, -post dehiscentiam reflexum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus oblongus, -cylindraceus. Limbus sexpartitus; laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, -concavis, reflexis, quarum tres alternæ appendiculo uncinato -distinctæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, e basi limbi, longitudine limbi, -conniventia. Antheræ oblongæ, lineares, assurgentes, incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine floris. -Stigma trifidum, minimum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula sub-ovata, trilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Fence sheath-shaped, two-leaved, oblong, bearing a -small umbel, after splitting being reflexed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one leaf, funnel-shaped. Tube oblong, and cylindrical. -Border divided into six segments, that are linearly lance-shaped, -concave, and reflexed, of which three alternate ones are marked by -a small claw hanging at the lower part.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, awl-shaped, growing from the lower part of the -border, and of its length, and inclining together. Tips oblong, -linear, turned up at the ends, and lying on the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the -flower. Summit three-cleft, and very small.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three celled.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Crinum foliis filiformibus; scapo filiformi, spirali.</p> - -<p>Asphodel Lily, with thread-shaped leaves; flower-stem -thread-shaped, and spiral.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower, cut open and magnified; to shew the point of insertion of the Chives, at the<br> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">base of the border.</span><br> -3. The Pointal and Seed-bud (magnified).<br> -4. The Seed-bud cut transversely, and magnified; to shew the situation of the seeds in the<br> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">cells, before the splitting of the outer coat, when matured.</span><br> -5. The Seeds, as they appear after the bursting of the containing coat, and of their natural size.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> curious little plant, has been figured by professor Jacquin in his -Ic. rar. 2. tab. 363, under the name of Crinum Tenellum; Thunberg, (who -no doubt saw the living plant) in his Prodromus, p. 58, gave it first, -the specific title of Spiralis, which to us seems the best possible, we -have retained it; although, we differ from him as to the Genus, and -which there is no doubt every botanist will, on the examination of the -figure, with its appendages. That this plant should ever have been -placed under Hæmanthus, by any botanist, is certainly matter of wonder, -yet the point is too clear to be contended; scarce one of the essential -constituent characters, of the genus, are to be found in our plant, and -yet so perfectly in every part answering to Crinum. In Hæmanthus, the -fence is composed of many leaves; the segments of the border, standing -upright; the Chives longer than the blossom, and fixed into the tube; -the Summit simple! &c. &c. We submit this, nevertheless, with deference -to superior judgments, as a late publication of much repute, has this -plant, under the Generic title we have rejected. The drawing was made in -the beginning of March, this year, at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, -Hammersmith; by whom, it was received from the Cape of Good Hope in -1792. It is a very hardy bulb, requiring no more protection than a pit, -to secure it from the frost. It increases but slowly by the root, but -occasionally produces ripe seeds; and should be kept constantly in its -pot, in a mixture of peat and loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_373">[Pg 373]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 92 -<br><a href="images/ill_092.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_092.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_376">[Pg 376]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_375">[Pg 375]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_374">[Pg 374]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_93"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ASTER REFLEXUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Reflexed-leaved Starwort.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Recept.</span> nudom. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii plures 10. Cal. imbricati -squamæ interiores patulæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Recept.</span> naked. Feather simple. Florets of the circumference 10 or -more. Cup tiled, the innermost scales spread outward.</p> - -<p>See Aster dentatus, Pl. LXI.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Aster fruticosus, foliis ovatis sub-imbricatis, recurvatis, -serratis; floribus solitariis, terminalibus, sessilibus.</p> - -<p>Starwort with egg-shaped leaves, almost tiled, bent backward and -sawed; flowers grow solitary, terminal, and sit close to the ends -of the branches.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Floret of the circumference.<br> -3. The Pointal of the foregoing.<br> -4. A Floret of the centre (magnified).<br> -5. The Chives and Pointal of a floret of the centre (magnified).<br> -6. The Shaft and Summit of the same (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> singular merit of this pretty greenhouse plant, is, that its -blossoms are still to be seen through the whole year; and is kept with -as little care, as is required for any. It is with ease, and certainty, -increased by cuttings, put in about the month of May; or by seeds, which -it sometimes perfects by being kept from the rain in autumn. It is a -plant known by name, to most botanists; but has not been introduced to -us, till the year 1794, when it was received in seeds from the Cape, at -the nursery Hammersmith; where it has flowered, these two successive -years, and where our figure was taken.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_377">[Pg 377]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 93 -<br><a href="images/ill_093.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_093.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_380">[Pg 380]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_379">[Pg 379]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_378">[Pg 378]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_94"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GALAXIA OVATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Oval-leaved Galaxia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XVI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Three Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha univalvis, membranacea, connivens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, supra; tubus filiformis, longus, erectus, apice -paullulum ampliatus; limbus sexpartitus; laciniis obovatis, -patentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta tria, in cylindrum conata. Antheræ ovatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inserum, obtuse triangulare, glabrum. Stylus -filiformis, staminibus paullo longior. Stigmata tria, -filiformi-multipartita, patentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblongo-subcylindrica, trisulca, trilocularis, -trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, globosa, minima.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath of one valve, skinny, and closing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one leaf, above; tube thread-shaped, long, upright, the -upper part a little widened; border divided into six parts; -segments inversely egg-shaped and spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Three threads forming a cylinder. Tips egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, obtusely triangular and smooth. Shaft -thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Three summits, each -divided into a number of small threads, and spreading.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule of an oblong, and almost cylindrical shape, -with three furrows, three cells, and three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, globular, and small.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Galaxia foliis ovatis margine ciliatis; corollis longissimis, -arcuatis, flavis.</p> - -<p>Galaxia with egg-shaped leaves, fringed at the edge; blossoms very -long, bowed, and yellow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Sheath.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, to shew where the threads are fixed to the tube of the blossom.<br> -3. The Chives with the Pointal inclosed, the Blossom cut away.<br> -4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Any</span> species of this Genus, must be interesting to the English botanist; -as, till last year, not one was to be found, in any collection of this -country. The G. ovata is figured in Cavanilles, Diss. 6. p. 340. t. 189; -and described by Thunberg, in his Nova Genera Plantarum, p. 50. It is a -most singular little plant, but we much fear will prove a fugitive to -us; like the Ferraria, (to which in many particulars it very nearly -affines) its beauty is but of a few hours duration: indeed, so short is -the period, that had not Mr. Hibbert taken a sketch of it, whilst in -perfection; and from which our drawing was completed, we could not have -accomplished a figure of it. As yet, the true season of its flowering -cannot be ascertained; but, it was in the month of October, that the -plant flowered last year 1779; the bulbs having been received, from the -collector for the Clapham collection, still at the Cape, in the spring -of the same year. The treatment for this, appears to be the same as that -necessary for most Cape bulbs; light sandy peat, a little warmth when -approaching to flower; and to be removed from the pot afterwards.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_381">[Pg 381]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 94 -<br><a href="images/ill_094.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_094.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_384">[Pg 384]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_383">[Pg 383]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_382">[Pg 382]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_95"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">AMARYLLIS RADIATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Rayed Lily Daffodil.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha oblonga, obtusa, compressa, emarginata, marcescens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex lanceolata.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> squamis sex, extra basin filamentorum, brevissimis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex subulata. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, -assurgentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inserum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine ferme et -situ staminum. Stigma trifidum, tenue.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subovata, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Sheath oblong, blunt, compressed, notched at the end, -and withering.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six lance-shaped petals.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i>, six scales from the base of the threads, very short.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six awl-shaped threads. Tips oblong, fixed sideways to the -threads, and turned up at the end.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, almost the length -and situation of the chives. Summit three-cleft, slender.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Amaryllis spatha multiflora; corollis revolutis, undulatis, -lanceolatis; genitalibus deflexis, divergentibus, corolla triplo -longioribus.</p> - -<p>Lily Daffodil, with many flowers in the sheath; blossoms turned -backward, waved and lance-shaped; the parts of fructification are -bent downward, spread from the centre, and thrice the length of the -blossom.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Petal, with the Chive attached.<br> -2. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Petals cut off.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Lily, certainly not a novelty to many as a plant, is -nevertheless in its blossom, to most, quite so; for, though few -collections are without it, yet we are pretty well assured, in no one -has it flowered, at least for many years within the vicinity of London; -except, in that of the Right Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at -Hillingdon near Uxbridge; for whose kind communication, (though -personally unknown to her Ladyship,) of a most beautiful specimen, of -which our figure conveys but a faint idea of the brilliancy; we can only -thus, express our sincerest thanks. Mr. Greig, who had the goodness to -bring the flower himself; informs us, the mode of his treating it is, to -plant the bulbs in light sandy peat, and confine them to small pots, -nearly half filled with broken tiles, and keep them on a shelf of the -hothouse. It is a native of China, was introduced by the late Dr. -Fothergill; and generally flowers, according to Mr. Greig, in the month -of February, or March; and is increased abundantly from the root, by -offsets.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_385">[Pg 385]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 95 -<br><a href="images/ill_095.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_095.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_388">[Pg 388]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_387">[Pg 387]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_386">[Pg 386]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_96"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PUNICA GRANATUM. <i>Var. flore albo.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>White Pomegranate.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Twenty Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, quinquefidum, acutum, -coloratum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, subrotunda, erecto-patentia, calyci -inserta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, calyce breviora, calyci -inserta. Antheræ oblongiusculæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. -Stigma capitatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Pomum subglobosum, magnum, coronatum calyce, -novemloculare, dissipimentis membranaceis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, angulata, succulenta. Receptaculum carnosum, -singulum loculamentum pericarpii bifariam dividens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, bell-shaped, five-cleft, pointed, -coloured, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, roundish, upright and spreading, attached to -the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, hair-like, shorter than the cup, and -fixed to it. Tips nearly oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. -Summit a knob.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed vessel.</span> A large and nearly round apple, crowned by the cup, -five-celled, the partitions skinny.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous, angulated, and juicy. Receptacle fleshy, and -dividing each cell of the seed-vessel into two.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Punica foliis lanceolatis, caule arboreo.</p> - -<p>Pomegranate with lance-shaped leaves, and tree-like stem.</p> - -<p>DIFFERENCE IN VAR.</p> - -<p>Punica Gra: Foliis majoribus, pallidioribus; floribus sub-albidis.</p> - -<p>Pomegranate with larger and paler leaves; flowers nearly white.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower cut open, to shew the insertion of the Petals and Chives, into the cup; with the<br> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">situation of the Pointal.</span><br> -2. The same shewn from the reverse side.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> handsome variety of the common Pomegranate, (for it cannot be -considered as a species,) will, it is to be hoped, prove an agreeable -addition to our gardens; though not as a fruit tree, yet as an -ornamental plant, of the middling hardy class. Indeed we have little -doubt of this, if we may judge by analogy, from its deciduous character, -or from its natural affinities; as the other sorts of this species, viz. -single red, double red, yellow flowered, and another new variety with -large red blossoms and larger leaves, all endure our winters, with -little, or no protection, in the southern, or western counties of the -island; and are all natives of the same clime: from whence, no doubt, -they, like the Orange-tree, &c. &c. have been originally transported; -though at present considered as indigenous, to all the different -countries on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, where the single red -is cultivated for its fruit; the agreeable acidity of which, is -considered as a great luxury, in allaying the thirst occasioned by the -intense heat, of those parching regions. In the month of April last year -1799, a fine branch, in full flower, was obligingly communicated by Lady -Hume, from her select collection at Wormley Bury, Herts; from which our -figure was taken, and where it was then flowering for the first time in -England. Her Ladyship had received the plant, amongst a number of -others, from China, in the year 1796. The fruit did not ripen, which we -attribute to its being kept in the hothouse, to which situation, all -plants coming from the East, are necessarily consigned on their first -importation. The mode of increasing it is certain and easy, by cuttings, -or layers; and it grows most luxuriant in light earth, composed of -rotten leaves or rotten dung, and light sandy loam.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_389">[Pg 389]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 96 -<br><a href="images/ill_096.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_096.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_392">[Pg 392]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_391">[Pg 391]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_390">[Pg 390]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_97"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM FORMOSUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Red-twigged Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta. -Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the -receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.</p> - -<p>See Vol. I. Pl. XXX. <span class="smcap">Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus</span>.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium racemis pedicellisque bracteatis; foliis integerrimis, -oblongis, acutis, glabris; calycibus adpressis; corollis -sub-cylindraceis, costatis; stigma sub-exserta; stamina decem.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry with floral leaves on the branch part of the bunch, -as well as on the partial foot-stalks; leaves quite intire, oblong, -pointed, and smooth; cups pressed to the blossom; blossoms nearly -cylindrical, and ribbed; summit just without the blossom; ten -chives.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Blossom and Cup.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.<br> -3. The Seed-bud a little advanced, with the Cup upon it.<br> -4. A nearly ripe Berry, cut transversely, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the number of different new and old known species, of this genus, -which we have been enabled to examine this spring; and of which drawings -have been made, (a figure from one of them being intended to be given in -each successive No. till they are finished;) we are more fully -confirmed, in what was asserted in a former part of the work, that V. -Arctostaphyllus, with the greater part of those plants, now known as -Vacciniums, should be placed in Decandria. It is true, a certain -latitude has been given by Linnæus, in an observation on the genus, by -allowing, that a fourth in addition to the usual number is frequently -found, in the different parts of the flower. But when so essential a -part of the fructification is, with a very few exceptions, constant -through a numerous genus, we cannot but think, in a system, founded -chiefly on that basis, that in such case, the mere character of the -fruit should give way to first principles; and that those with ten -chives should be placed to Andromeda. Or, if the distinction of a dry, -from a moist capsule, should be thought of sufficient weight, on which -to form a new genus, those species, with ten chives, and berries, might -be so arranged. Indeed, the difference in the general habit, of those -with ten, from those with eight chives, would well warrant such an -alteration. But such a change we have declined making, upon the grounds -we have, and are determined to pursue; not to alter any established -name, if even a little erroneous; but only to point out the error, or -the apparent necessary alteration.</p> - -<p>This species of Whortle-berry was first introduced, (according to the -Kew Catalogue,) in 1770, by Mr. William Young, from N. America; and is -consequently hardy enough to bear the severity of our common winters. It -should be planted in sandy peat earth, on a dry, sheltered border. It is -propagated by layers, which should be put down in spring, and taken off -the succeeding summer. The leaves of this species are deciduous, when -planted in the open ground; but, if kept in the greenhouse, where it -will be found very ornamental, it becomes an evergreen. Our figure was -made at the nursery, Hammersmith, in May this year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_393">[Pg 393]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 97 -<br><a href="images/ill_097.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_097.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_396">[Pg 396]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_395">[Pg 395]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_394">[Pg 394]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_98"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PULTENÆA DAPHNOIDES.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Daphne-like Pultenæa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, campanulatum, utrinque -appendiculatum; ore quinquedentato, acuto.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> papilionacea, pentapetala.</p> - -<p> -<i>Vexillum</i> sub-cordatum, erectum.<br> -<i>Alæ</i> oblongæ, vexillo breviores.<br> -<i>Carina</i> dipetala, petalis alis conformibus.<br> -</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, distincta, assurgentia, longitudine -carinæ. Antheræ simplices, minimæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovato-oblongum. Stylus subulatus, magnitudine et -situ staminum. Stigma acutum, recurvatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Legumen subrotundum, apice mucronatum, uniloculare, -bivalve.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, sub-rotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup of one leaf, bell-shaped, having an appendage on -each side; the mouth five-toothed, sharp.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Butterfly-shaped, five petals.</p> - -<p> -<i>Standard</i> nearly heart-shaped, upright.<br> -<i>Wings</i> oblong, shorter than the standard.<br> -<i>Keel</i> two petals, which are like those of the wings.<br> -</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, distinct, turned up at the ends, the length of -the keel. Tips simple, very small.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud oblong-egg-shaped. Shaft awl-shaped, the size and -situation of the chives. Summit sharp-pointed and recurved.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Shell nearly round, with a sharp point on the end, of -one cell and two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, roundish.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Pultenæa foliis alternis, obovatis, glabris, mucronatis; floribus -terminalibus, capitatis.</p> - -<p>Pultenæa with alternate leaves, inversely egg-shaped, smooth, with -a sharp point at the ends; flowers terminate the branches growing -in heads.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Cup, with its two appendages, magnified.<br> -2. The Standard of the Blossom.<br> -3. One of the Wings of the Blossom.<br> -4. The two Petals of the Keel.<br> -5. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br> -6. The same, magnified.<br> -7. The Pointal.<br> -8. The same, magnified.<br> -9. A half-ripe Seed-vessel, with the Cup remaining attached, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the number of species of this genus of plants, already in Britain, -we may conclude, that it is one of the most extended in New South Wales; -twelve distinct ones have already flowered, drawings of most of them we -have, which will be brought forward in due course. Dr. Smith, in the -third No. of New Holland Botany, has named this tribe of plants after -Dr. R. Pulteney, F. R. and F. L. S. of Blandford, Dorsetshire; well -known for his Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England. But there -is little doubt, that although no such kind attention as this of Dr. -Smith had been shewn, to perpetuate the name of Dr. Pulteney, he had, by -his excellent life of Linnæus, insured his own to live for ever. The -Pultenæas, in systematic order, rank after, but very close to Sophora; -but are little allied in general habit, as are few plants from that -country to those of any other. This species was first raised in 1792, in -many gardens about the metropolis the same year; but did not flower till -1796. It is a hardy greenhouse plant, generally flowering about the -month of May; but the blossom is of short duration. Sandy peat is the -soil it most approves; and its increase is produced, either from seeds, -which sometimes ripen with us, or from cuttings placed in gentle heat -about the month of May. The drawing was made from a plant in the -Hibbertian collection at Clapham, this year.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_397">[Pg 397]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 98 -<br><a href="images/ill_098.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_098.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_400">[Pg 400]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_399">[Pg 399]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_398">[Pg 398]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_99"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> XCIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS BLANDUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Large White-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span>, sexpartita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, six divisions, gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p> -See Plate XI. Vol. I. <span class="smcap">Glad. roseus</span>.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis lineari-lanceolatis, nervosis, glabris; floribus -spicatis, secundis, albidis, maximis; laciniis tribus inferioribus -maculatis; stigmatibus sub-bilobis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with linearly lance-shaped, strongly nerved, smooth -leaves; flowers grow in spikes all from one side of the stem, -white, and very large; the three lower segments of the limb are -spotted; summits nearly two-lobed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the different species of so handsome a genus, no one is more -desirable than this; as the root or plant is preserved with little care, -and it rarely misses flowering; at the same time that the blossoms are -of long duration, and not subject to injury from the weather; changing -to a fine blush colour, when approaching to decay. From the Kew -Catalogue we learn, that the G. Blandus was first introduced, from the -Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774. It thrives in most sorts of -earth, but sandy peat seems the most proper for this, as well as most -Cape bulbs. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of G. -Hibbert, Esq. Clapham, this year, the end of May.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_401">[Pg 401]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 99 -<br><a href="images/ill_099.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_099.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_404">[Pg 404]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_403">[Pg 403]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_402">[Pg 402]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_100"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> C.<br><br> -<span class="chead">EMBOTHRIUM SERICEUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Silky Embothrium.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, linearia, obliqua, apice latiore, -subrotundo, concavo, staminifero; post fœcundationem revoluta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, in singulo petala singula, -vel nulla. Antheræ oblongæ, intra cavitatem petali sitæ, majusculæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen lineare, adscendens, inflexum. Stylus nullus. -Stigma subrotundum, antice planum, postice concavum, magnum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Folliculus teres, unilocularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> quatuor seu quinque, ovata, compressa, margine altero -membrana alata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span> none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, linear, oblique; broad ended, roundish, -concave, and supporting the chive; after the bursting of the tips -they are rolled back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, very short, one in each petal, or none. Tips -oblong, placed in the hollow end of the petal, larger.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud linear, ascending, and bent. Shaft none. Summit -nearly round, the forepart flat, the hinder concave, large.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A cylindrical pod of one cell.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> four or five, egg-shaped, flattened, having a skinny wing at -one edge.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Embothrium foliis sub-ternatis, integerrimis, acutis, margine -revolutis, subtus sericeis; spica recurva; fructu tuberculato, -glabro.</p> - -<p>Embothrium with leaves growing mostly three together, entire, -pointed, rolled back at the edge, and silky beneath; spike bent -downward; fruit tuberculated, not downy.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br> -2. A Petal of the Blossom, magnified.<br> -3. The Seed-bud and Summit, magnified.<br> -4. A ripe Seed-vessel.<br> -5. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Whem</span> the figure of this plant, or a variety of it, was published by Dr. -Smith, in the third No. of his New Holland Botany, it had not then -flowered in England; and from the leaves only, of the dried specimens, -it was scarce possible to trace, amongst such a variety of new faces, -this species of Embothrium. It nevertheless was in many collections, and -in some, all the varieties, although it had not then flowered in any. -About the end of the year 1791 the seeds of this plant, with many -others, were received by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith, -transmitted to them from New South Wales, by Col. Paterson. As a hardy -greenhouse plant, it will always be coveted, as it is seldom without -flowers through the whole year. Our plant appears to differ -sufficiently, from the three varieties given by the Doctor, to form a -fourth; as the leaves on this are by no means constantly three together, -but are often scattered. We have notwithstanding nearly copied his -specific character. It should be planted in light sandy peat, and may be -increased by cuttings, or by seeds, which occasionally ripen, whilst the -plant is still in flower.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_405">[Pg 405]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 100 -<br><a href="images/ill_100.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_100.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_408">[Pg 408]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_407">[Pg 407]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_406">[Pg 406]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_101"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">HYPOXIS STELLATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Star-flowered Hypoxis.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Gluma bivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, supera; limbus sexpartitus, laciniis ovato -oblongis, patentibus; persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, brevissima, capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ, -petalis breviores.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, turbinatum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusiusculum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblongiuscula, basi angustior, coronata -corolla persistente, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Husk of two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, superior; border of six divisions, segments -oblong-egg-shaped, and spreading; permanent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six very short hair-like threads. Tips oblong, shorter than -the petals.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, turban-shape. Shaft thread-shaped, the -length of the chives. Summit bluntish.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule rather oblong, smaller at the base, crowned by -the permanent blossom, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Hypoxis scapo unifloro; foliis sub-linearibus, laxis, striatis; -petalis basi maculatis.</p> - -<p>Hypoxis with but one blossom on the flower-stem; leaves nearly -linear, flexible, and scored; the petals spotted at the base.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Chives and Pointal, cleared from the Blossom.<br> -2. A Chive.<br> -3. The Pointal.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Though</span> we have little doubt in referring this plant to the title under -which we have figured it, and by which it has been long known to most -botanists, at least by name; yet have we great ones, whether it ought in -any wise to be considered as such. Thunberg, perhaps the only botanist, -who has seen it in flower, thought so, and placed it to a genus he had -named Fabricia. Certainly no one character of the genus Hypoxis, can be -traced in the flower. The husk is of one valve, the petals not even -close at the base, the threads flat, the summits three, and -halbert-shaped, the shaft pillar-shape and short, &c. But, as upon our -old plea, we do not choose to change generic names when long -established, this plant, for us, must still remain an Hypoxis; tho’ it -could not now be placed, at any rate, to Fabricia, as that title is -given to a family of plants, natives of New Holland. The star-flowered -Hypoxis is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a tender bulb, -and does not often flower. It was according to the Kew Catalogue first -introduced to the Royal Gardens by Mr. F. Masson, in the year 1788; but -as the time of flowering is not mentioned, we suppose it did not flower -there. The root should, like other Cape bulbs, be removed from the pot -after flowering, and replanted in October. It propagates itself pretty -freely by offsets, if planted in light sandy peat, mixed with a little -loam. The drawing was made in June, this present year, at the -Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_409">[Pg 409]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 101 -<br><a href="images/ill_101.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_101.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_412">[Pg 412]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_411">[Pg 411]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_410">[Pg 410]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_102"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">EPIGÆA REPENS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Creeping Epigæa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex, approximatum, persistens.</p> - -<p><i>P. exterius</i> triphyllum; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis; -exteriore majore.</p> - -<p><i>P. interius</i> quinquepartitum, erectum, exteriore paulo longius; -foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindricus, intus -hirsutus; limbus patens, quinquepartitus, lobis ovato-oblongis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, filiformia, longitudine tubi. Antheræ -oblongæ, acutæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum, villosum. Stylus filiformis, -longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum, subquinquefidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula sub-globosa, depressa, pentagona, -quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><i>Receptaculum</i> magnum quinquepartitum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double, close together, and remaining.</p> - -<p><i>Outer cup</i> three-leaved; leaflets between lance and egg-shape, -pointed; the outer one the largest.</p> - -<p><i>Inner cup</i> of five divisions, upright, a little longer than the -outer; leaflets lance-shaped and pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, hairy within; -the border spreading with five divisions, the segments of an oblong -egg-shape.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten thread-shaped threads the length of the tube. Tips -oblong, and tapered.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, the -length of the chives. Summit blunt, and slightly five-cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule nearly globular, flattened, five-sided, five -cells, and five valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish.</p> - -<p><i>Receptacle</i> large, of five divisions.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Epigæa caulibus procumbentibus; foliis cordato-ovatis, -integerrimis, reticulatis; corollis hypocrateriformibus.</p> - -<p>Epigæa with stems that lay on the earth; leaves between heart and -egg-shape, quite entire, and netted; blossoms salver-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Cups of the Empalement.<br> -2. The inner Cup, disengaged from the outer.<br> -3. A Blossom cut open, to shew its hairy interior.<br> -4. The Chives and Pointal, as they stand in the Blossom.<br> -5. The Pointal, (magnified).<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Creeping Epigæa is the only species of the genus yet in Britain; it -was first introduced by P. Collinson, Esq. in 1736, from N. America; -where it is found in most parts, from Virginia, as far north as Canada. -The flowers of this plant are extremely fragrant, and are produced from -March till May. Hitherto, very few situations have been found congenial -to its cultivation, or growth; indeed, so subject is it to perish from -the moisture, or changeableness of atmosphere in our winter months, to -which it is not subject in its native clime, being during that season -covered with a deep snow; that unless an occasional supply had not been -procured from America, the plant must, long ere this, have been lost to -us. The soil which appears best adapted for its preservation, is a light -sandy loam: if planted in the open air, it should have a sheltered -situation, on a dry border; but the most likely mode to preserve it, is -by keeping it as a greenhouse plant. It is with difficulty increased by -cuttings, but may be divided at the root, with success, in March. Our -figure was made at the nursery of Mess. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, -this year, in the month of April.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_413">[Pg 413]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 102 -<br><a href="images/ill_102.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_102.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_416">[Pg 416]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_415">[Pg 415]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_414">[Pg 414]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_103"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA SPECIOSA, <i>nigra</i>.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Black-flowered Protea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis -infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Sem. folitaria.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the -petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Vol. I. Plate XVII.</p> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<p>Protea foliis longis, lineari-lanceolatis; squamæ calycinæ -interiores apice incurvatæ, barbatæ, nigræ.</p> - -<p>Protea with long leaves, between linear and lance-shaped; the inner -scales of the empalement are turned inward at the end, bearded, and -black.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, as it stands in the Empalement.<br> -2. The four Petals of the Flower thrown open, to shew the situation and character of the tips.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">It</span> is to the curious and beautiful structure of the empalement, (the -flowers being nearly concealed within it,) that this species of Protea -owes its specific title, and for which it is so much admired. There are -different varieties of it, which are considered by Thunberg, in his -Diss. de Prot. of 1781, as distinct species; but which are certainly -only varieties of one stock: we have drawings of two of these, the one -flesh-coloured, the other white; and hope to be able to demonstrate as -just, our postulatum, when the synonims are given, as proposed, at the -close of this volume. This plant was first introduced to the Royal -Gardens at Kew, from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1786, by Mr. F. Masson: -it flowers at a very early age, and when the stem is not more than two -feet high, mostly from the centre or leading branch of the plant. It is -propagated by cuttings, which should be put in about the end of May, -three or four, at most, in a pot, filled with good stiff loam, which -should be pressed hard to the lower end of the cuttings, and the pot -placed under a hand-glass in the shade. When the plants are to be -removed into separate pots, it will be necessary to add a small portion -of peat earth to the loam, and place them in an airy and dry part of the -greenhouse. These directions are necessary to be observed, in the -culture of nearly every species of this extended genus. Our figure was -taken in the month of July 1799, from a plant in the Hibbertian -collection, Clapham-common.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_417">[Pg 417]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 103 -<br><a href="images/ill_103.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_103.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_420">[Pg 420]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_419">[Pg 419]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_418">[Pg 418]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_104"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">LACHNÆA ERIOCEPHALA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Woolly-headed Lachnæa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, persistens; tubo longo, tenui; -limbo quadripartito, inæquali; lacinia summa retrofracta, minima; -laciniis reliquis tribus erectis; intermedia majore.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> nulla.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo capillaria, erecta, longitudine ferme -floris. Antheræ simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, germinis lateri -insertus. Stigma capitatum, hispidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Fructus in fundo calycis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, ovatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, remaining; tube long, slender; border of -four divisions, unequal; the upper segment appearing broke back, -and small; the three other segments are upright; the middle one the -largest.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight hair-like threads, upright, almost the length of the -flower. Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, fixed into the -side of the seed-bud. Summit a hairy knob.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. The fruit is in the bottom of the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span> one, egg-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Lachnæa capitulis solitariis, lanatis; foliis quadrifariam -imbricatis.</p> - -<p>Lachnæa with little bunches of flowers growing solitary and woolly; -leaves are tiled on the stem, forming four regular angles.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The terminating Leaves of the branches, which inclose the small heads of flowers.<br> -2. A Flower, magnified.<br> -3. A Flower cut open, natural size, to shew the insertion of the Chives.<br> -4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> figure of this curious new plant was taken from a specimen most -obligingly communicated by the Hon. Wm. Hen. Irby, from his valuable and -extensive collection at the Parsonage, Farnham Royal, near Windsor, -Bucks. The genus Lachnæa has hitherto, with us, remained in obscurity; -as the L. Conglomerata has not as yet flowered, and the L. Eriocephala -was not in our collections till within these five years; about which -time it was introduced by Mess. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the -Cape of Good Hope. It differs but little in habit from Passerina -Grandiflora, and until it flowered this year, was considered as a -variety of that plant. May be propagated with ease by cuttings, and -continues to flower from March till August. A mixture of peat and loam -is the soil it most approves; but it is very susceptible of damps.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_421">[Pg 421]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 104 -<br><a href="images/ill_104.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_104.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_424">[Pg 424]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_423">[Pg 423]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_422">[Pg 422]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_105"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Thick-leaved Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta. -Bacca quadri-locularis, polysperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the -receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many seeds.</p> - -<p>Sec Vol. I. Pl. XXX. <span class="smcap">Vaccinium Arctostaphyllus</span>.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis ovatis, serratis, rigidis crassiusculis; floribus -sub-umbellatis, terminalibus; calycibus adpressis; corollis -campanulatis; stamina decem.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry with oval leaves sawed at the edges, stiff, and -thickish; flowers grow nearly in umbels, at the end of the -branches; cups pressed to the blossom; blossoms bell-shaped; ten -chives.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. Cup and Seed-bud, natural size.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open.<br> -3. The Chives and Seed-bud, the leaflets of the cup cut off, magnified.<br> -4. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Whortle-berry was introduced from Carolina, about the -year 1794, by Mr. J. Fraser, nurseryman. It is another of those with ten -chives, five cells in the berry, and five segments in the borders of the -cup and blossom. It is an evergreen, and will live through a mild -winter, on a warm border; but cannot resist the cold of a severe one, -though a small degree of protection is sufficient for its preservation. -As a greenhouse plant, it is very decorative, flowering about June; in -which month this year our drawing was made, at the Hammersmith nursery, -from a plant in that collection. The pabulum best calculated to preserve -it in a flourishing state, is a mixture composed of sandy peat two -parts, and light loam one part. To propagate it, the younger branches -should be laid down about the end of May, and they will be rooted by the -ensuing spring.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_425">[Pg 425]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 105 -<br><a href="images/ill_105.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_105.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_428">[Pg 428]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_427">[Pg 427]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_426">[Pg 426]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_106"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">HOUSTONIA COCCINEA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Scarlet Houstonia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium minimum, quadridentatum, erectum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindraceus, longus; -limbus quadripartitus, patens, laciniis subrotundis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, in collo corollæ, minima. Antheræ -simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, subrotundum, compressum. Stylus simplex, -staminibus brevior. Stigma bifidum, acutum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, didyma, supra transverse -dehiscens, bilocularis, bivalvis; valvulis dissepimento oppositis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> pauca, parva, ovata, dissepimento adhærentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup very small, with four teeth, upright, and -remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped; tube cylindrical, long; border of -four divisions, spreading, segments roundish.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, fixed to the neck of the blossom, very small. -Tips simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, roundish, and flattened. Shaft simple, -shorter than the chives. Summit split in two and sharp.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish, double, splitting transversely from -the upper part, two cells, two valves; the valves opposite to the -partition.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> a few, small, oval, adhering to the partition.</p> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<p>Houstonia foliis ovatis, glabris, subternis; caulis debilis, -suffruticosus; floribus terminalibus, coccineis.</p> - -<p>Houstonia with oval, smooth leaves, growing mostly by threes; stem -weak, rather shrubby; flowers terminate the branches, and are -scarlet.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement and Pointal, the Blossom taken off.<br> -2. The Blossom cut open, to shew its interior structure.<br> -3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, the leaflets of the cup being removed, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Houstonia coccinea has been placed, by some late botanical authors, -under the genus Hedyotis; but such authorities can have no weight with -us, when opposed to an established name, a nearly general conformity in -the essential generic characters; and though last, not the least in our -estimation, the corroborating testimony of Sir J. Banks, Bart. P.R.S. -&c. by whom it was sent to the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1793. It is a -native of Mexico, South America; and like the Hemimerises,<a id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a> Fuchsias, -Chelones, &c. of that country, is very subject to damp; but being partly -herbaceous, the root is most frequently preserved, although the upper -part has perished. Though it requires the protection of a greenhouse in -winter, it may be made an ornamental plant for the flower borders in -autumn, by putting single cuttings, in small pots filled with rich -earth, into the heat of a hotbed, early in March, they will be fit to -transplant into the open ground the latter end of June, and will flower -about August, continuing to blossom till destroyed by the frost; or if -taken up and put into large pots, will flower till Christmas. Our figure -was taken from a beautiful plant, in the collection of R. H. James, Esq. -Grosvenor-place, in 1799.</p> - -<div class="footnote"><p><a id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> <i>These are the two species of an old genus, introduced into -the Bot. Mag. of Curtis, under the titles of Celsia liniaris and C. -urticifolia.</i><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_429">[Pg 429]</a></span></p></div> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 106 -<br><a href="images/ill_106.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_106.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_432">[Pg 432]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_431">[Pg 431]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_430">[Pg 430]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_107"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">ALLIUM GRACILE.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Sweet-scented Garlic.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spatha communis, subrotunda, marcescens, multiflora.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, oblonga.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, longitudine sæpe corollæ. Antheræ -oblongæ, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum, breve, subtrigonum, angulis linea -insculptis. Stylus simplex. Stigma acutum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula brevissima, lata, triloba, trilocularis, -trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> pauca, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Spath common, roundish, withering, inclosing many -flowers.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals six, oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads, awl-shaped, often the length of the blossom. -Tips oblong, upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above, short, nearly three-sided, the angles -marked by a line. Shaft simple. Summit pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule very short, broad, of three lobes, three -cells, and three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> a few, roundish.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Allium scapo nudo, tereti, longissimo; foliis canaliculatis, -linearibus; umbella multiflora; corollis albidis; staminibus -subulatis, ad basin cum petalis desinentibus in tubum.</p> - -<p>Garlic with a naked flower-stem, cylindrical, and very long; leaves -channelled, and linear; umbel many flowered; blossoms white; chives -awl-shaped, terminating with the petals at the base in a tube.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Blossom cut open.<br> -2. One Petal of the Blossom and its Chive, magnified.<br> -3. The Pointal and Seed-bud.<br> -4. A Capsule with ripe Seeds.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> a plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, our -drawing was made, this year, early in the month of May; and from an -accurate scrutiny, are inclined to think it might be considered as a new -genus; for certainly it does not well affine to the one here assigned -it, in several instances; but as our professed principles are, as rarely -as possible, to increase the number of genera, we have retained it under -Allium. The flowers of this plant are fragrant in the extreme, at night; -so much so, that one is sufficient to scent a large room; the flavour -something like the Heliotrope. Being a native of Barbadoes, from whence -it was sent by Mr. J. Ellcock in 1791, to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, -Hammersmith, it requires the heat of a hothouse, where, without the -assistance of the bark bed, it will flower, and increase from the bulb -abundantly.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_433">[Pg 433]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 107 -<br><a href="images/ill_107.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_107.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_436">[Pg 436]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_435">[Pg 435]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_434">[Pg 434]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_108"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM RENIFORME.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Kidney-shape-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>Of Suppl. system. Veget. 1781.</i></p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fructus</span> rostratus, penta-coccus.</p> - -<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five Summits.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fruit</span> furnished with long awns, five dry berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>. Pl. XII. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis reniformibus, crenato-dentatis, tomentosis; -floribus heptandris, subquaternis, purpureis; caule fruticoso, -sub-carnoso.</p> - -<p>Geranium with kidney-shaped leaves, between scolloped and toothed -at the edges, and downy; flowers with seven fertile tips, grow -mostly by fours, and are purple; stem shrubby, and almost fleshy.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open, to shew its hollow structure.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br> -3. The Threads cut open, to shew their number, as well as the general number of fertile tips, magnified.<br> -4. The Pointal and Seed-buds, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the Hort. Cantab. published this year, by the accurate Mr. J. Donn, -we learn that this fine species of Geranium was introduced to the Royal -Gardens, Kew, about nine years since; yet, till within these two years, -it has not been seen in any other collection. Our drawing was made in -July 1799, from a plant in the Clapham collection. This Geranium must be -treated rather as a dry-stove than as a common greenhouse plant, for it -affines much to G. Fulgidum, and a few others, which are inhabitants of -the sandy deserts of the more interior parts of Africa, and which -require more heat than is proper for those from Table Mountain, or the -vicinity of the Cape. It is propagated by cuttings made about the month -of March, and placed under a small glass, either in a hotbed, or in the -bark bed of the hothouse: it may be increased by the root likewise, and -from seed which is sometimes perfected. A compost of cow dung, at least -two years old, one part, sea sand one part, and light loam two parts, is -the most proper for many of the tenderer sorts of this genus.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_437">[Pg 437]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 108 -<br><a href="images/ill_108.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_108.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_440">[Pg 440]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_439">[Pg 439]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_438">[Pg 438]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_109"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CHRYSANTHEMUM TRICOLOR.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Three-coloured Corn-Marygold.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIX. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.</i> Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Communis hæmisphæricus, imbricatus; squamis arcte -incumbentibus; interioribus per gradus majoribus, margine -scariosis; intimis terminatis squama scariosa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Composita radiata. Corullulæ hermaphroditæ tubulosæ, -numerosæ, in disco; femineæ duodenis plures, in radio.</p> - -<p><i>Propria</i> hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, quinquefida, patula, -longitudine calycis.</p> - -<p><i>Femineis</i> ligulata, oblonga, tridentata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Hermaphroditis filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevissima. -Anthera cylindracea, tubulosa, corolla fere brevior.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Hermaphroditis, germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, -staminibus longior. Stigmata duo, revoluta.</p> - -<p><i>Femineis</i> germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, cum hermaphroditis -æqualis. Stigmata duo, obtusa, revoluta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> nullum. Calyx immutatus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina.</span> Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga. Pappus nullus.</p> - -<p><i>Femineis</i> simillima hermaphroditis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptaculum</span> nudum, punctatum, convexum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Common, hemispherical, tiled; scales lying close upon -each other; the inner ones becoming gradually larger, skinny at the -edge; the innermost terminating in a skinny substance.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Compound radiate. Florets with chives and pointals, of the -centre, tubular and numerous; those with only pointals, of the ray, -twelve or more.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped, five-cleft, -open, the length of the cup.</p> - -<p><i>Individuals</i> with only pointals, ligulate, oblong, with three -teeth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Those with chives and pointals have five, hair-like, very -short threads. Tips cylindrical and tubular, scarcely shorter than -the blossom.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud, where there are chives and pointals egg-shaped. -Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the chives. Summits two, rolled -back.</p> - -<p><i>Seed-bud</i> where there are only pointals egg-shaped. Shaft -thread-shaped the length of those where there are chives and -pointals Summits two, blunt and rolled back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> none. Cup unchanged.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> of those with chives and pointals solitary, oblong. Feather -none.</p> - -<p>Those where there are only pointals like the others.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Receptacle</span> naked, dotted, and convex.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Chrysanthemum erithmi foliis; squamis exterioribus calycis -carinatis; floribus solitariis, tricoloratis.</p> - -<p>Corn-Marygold with samphire-like leaves; the outer scales of the -cup keel-shaped; the flowers grow solitary and are three-coloured.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. An outer Scale of the Empalement.<br> -2. An inner Scale of the Empalement.<br> -3. A female Floret of the Circumference, with its Pointal.<br> -4. An hermaphrodite Floret of the Center.<br> -5. The above, magnified.<br> -6. The Chives of an hermaphrodite Floret, magnified.<br> -7. The Pointal of an hermaphrodite Floret, magnified.<br> -8. The Receptacle, natural size.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Mr</span>. James Donn, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, through whose -medium we possess this new species of Crysanthemum, informs us, in his -catalogue for 1800, that it is a native of the coast of Barbary, and -from whence it was first received in 1797. The C. Tricolor is but of -annual growth, should be raised on gentle heat about March, and may be -either kept in pots, or planted in the open borders, where it will -flower from July till October; but much of the brilliancy of the flowers -will be lost, if treated in the last manner, as the least wet, or even -the dew, will affect their colours. The seeds are perfected in less than -a week, after the decay of the flower, and are produced in abundance. -Our figure was taken from a plant in the Hammersmith nursery, which had -been raised from seed, communicated by Mr. Donn to Messrs. Lee and -Kennedy.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_441">[Pg 441]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 109 -<br><a href="images/ill_109.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_109.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_444">[Pg 444]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_443">[Pg 443]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_442">[Pg 442]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_110"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA SPECIOSA, <i>latifolia</i>.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Broad-leaved shewy Protea.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis -infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the -petals below the ends. Cup, proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis lanceolato-ovatis; squamæ calycinæ interiores -barbatæ, apice incurvatæ, incarnatæ.</p> - -<p>Protea with leaves between oval and lance-shaped; the inner scales -of the empalement are bearded, turned inward at the ends, and flesh -coloured.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, as it stands in the Empalement.<br> -2. The same opened, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Seed bud and Pointal.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> drawing of this magnificent plant was made at the nursery of Messrs. -Grimwood and Wykes, Kensington, this year, early in the month of August; -as we were informed by Mr. Wykes it was then in flower for the first -time in England. In the year 1786 it was sent, in seeds, to the royal -gardens, Kew, by Mr. F. Masson, from the Cape of Good Hope; where -certainly its beauty must be great; as, even there, amidst that world of -beauties, it should be honoured with such a specific title; in which, -considering it as only a variety of our P. speciosa <i>nigra</i>, we entirely -agree with Willdenow; where the last synonim of that species, copied by -him in his Sp. Pl. from Ray’s Historia Plantarum of 1719, must have been -taken from a plant of this variety. The treatment, and culture of this, -and P. Speciosa nigra, are exact in every thing.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_445">[Pg 445]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 110 -<br><a href="images/ill_110.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_110.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_448">[Pg 448]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_447">[Pg 447]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_446">[Pg 446]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_111"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS STRIATUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Streaked-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>, Plate XI. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis lanceolato ensiformibus, scapo æquantibus; scapo -subtrifloro, erecto; floribus erectis; corolla ringente, laciniis -acutis, undulatis, medio striatis.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with leaves between lance and sword-shaped, the length of -the flower-stem; generally three flowers on the stem; flowers grow -upright; blossom gaping, the segments pointed, waved, and streaked -in the middle.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, natural size, one Summit detached, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Cape Gladiolus was brought to us, from Holland, about -the year 1788; it is a very hardy bulb, the flowers continuing perfect -more than a week, and are not easily injured either by wind or rain. But -the greatest merit of this plant is, that the blossoms are only produced -when most of the other species of Ixiæ, Gladioli, &c. have done -flowering; which is generally about the end of July. Before the stem -decays, the bulb should be taken from the pot, and dried. The increase -of this plant is not great, as seldom more than two roots are produced -from the old one. Our drawing was made at the Hammersmith nursery, in -1799. Willdenow has a Gladiolus from Jacquin’s Icon. Rar. under the -specific title here given to this, undoubtedly not the same plant; but -as our name is that by which this species is in general known, and by -which it came from Holland, we have not thought fit to alter it.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_449">[Pg 449]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 111 -<br><a href="images/ill_111.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_111.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_452">[Pg 452]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_451">[Pg 451]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_450">[Pg 450]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_112"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM DUMOSUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Bushy Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta. -Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads fixed to the -receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many seeds.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Vac. Arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis ovatis, acutis, glabris; floribus solitariis, -axillaribus; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corollis -urceolatis subalbidis; stamina decem.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry with oval, pointed, smooth leaves; flowers grow -solitary from the foot-stalk of the leaves, close to the stem; -foot-stalks of the flowers are very long, having floral leaves; -blossoms pitcher-shaped, nearly white; ten chives.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower complete.<br> -2. The Cup and its Foot-stalk, with the floral Leaves.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Pointal, and Chives.<br> -4. The same, magnified.<br> -5. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Whortle-berry is a neat, compact, bushy shrub; and like -all the rest of those which have ten chives, and the other parts -consonant, can scarcely be considered as a hardy plant; for although it -will live through a mild winter, if planted in a warm and dry situation, -on an open border; yet it will in general be destroyed, by the severe -frosts which happen late in spring. It should be planted in sandy peat -earth, with a small portion of light loam; may be propagated by layers, -which do not commonly root, sufficiently to be taken off, under two -years from the time of their being put down. As a hardy green-house -plant it is best preserved in a flourishing state, and will flower about -the month of June; in which month, this year, our drawing was made, at -the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, by whom it was introduced from -North America in the year 1783.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_453">[Pg 453]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 112 -<br><a href="images/ill_112.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_112.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_456">[Pg 456]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_455">[Pg 455]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_454">[Pg 454]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_113"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">STRUTHIOLA IMBRICATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Tiled-leaved Struthiola.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span>, nullus; <i>nisi bracteas sub germine pro calyce assumas</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, marcescens; tubus filiformis, elongatus; limbus -quadripartitus, planus, tubo brevior; laciniis ovatis.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i>, glandulæ quatuor, seu octo, ovatæ, fauci circumpositæ, -penicillo proprio cinctæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, brevissima, intra tubum ocultata. -Antheræ lineares.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi. -Stigma capitatum, hispidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium</span> coriaceum, ovatum, uniloculare.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unicum, acutiusculum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none; <i>unless you take the floral leaves at the base of -the seed-bud for the cup</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, withering; tube thread-shaped, lengthened; -border of four divisions, flat, shorter than the tube; segments -egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><i>Honeycup</i>, four or eight oval glands, placed round the mouth of -the blossom, each being surrounded by its brush of hairs.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, very short, hid within the tube. Tips linear.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of -the tube. Summit, a hairy knob.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> leathery, egg-shaped, of one cell.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed</span> One, a Little Pointed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Struthiola foliis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, imbricatis, glabris, -margine ciliatis; glandulæ quatuor supra faucem.</p> - -<p>Struthiola with oval leaves, tapering to a point, concave, tiled, -smooth, and hairy at the edges; four glands upon the mouth of the -blossom.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower with its floral leaves, or cup.<br> -2. The floral Leaves or Cup, magnified.<br> -3. A Flower cut open, magnified.<br> -4. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Genus Struthiola, from the few species yet known, has been but -slightly considered. Linnæus, at the end of his Generic Character, -affines it to Passerina; it is true, the habits of S. virgata, and S. -erecta, which are undoubtedly only varieties of the same stock, and the -only two he had seen, might lead to such a comment; but, from the seven -species of which we have drawings, all taken from living plants, and -which will be brought forward in due course, we consider them, as -perfectly distinct, in more essential characters than merely the number -of chives. The acute and diligent Willdenow, in his new edition of Sp. -Plant. enumerates five species from Thunberg, &c.; but from his notes of -observation, prefixed to each, he had not seen either living or dried -specimens of any, but the two above named. The characters in which we -observe this genus to differ from Gnidia and Passerina, are, first, a -cup of two leaves, constant in every species we have examined, for they -cannot be considered as floral leaves, being attached to the base of the -blossom, and joined together at the bottom; secondly, the honeycup -forming a complete cincture to the mouth of the flower, and upon which -are seated, four, or eight, upright glands. This species of Struthiola -was first raised in England, at the nursery, Hammersmith, from the Cape -of Good Hope, in the year 1794. It is a tender green-house plant, and -very subject to be destroyed by wet; therefore, should be protected from -too much rain in summer, and kept in an airy part of the house in -winter. It is propagated by cuttings made in the month of May, or June, -and should be planted in light, sandy peat, mixt with about one sixth -part of loam. The flowers of this, as well as all the species we have -seen, are extremely fragrant in the evening, beginning to smell with the -setting sun, and continuing their flavour till morning. An agreeable -peculiarity attendant on most plants of this natural order, and on every -species of this genus, in particular, is, that they flower twice in the -year, about the month of March, and again in September; in which month, -last year, our drawing was made, from the Hibbertian collection, Clapham -Common.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_457">[Pg 457]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 113 -<br><a href="images/ill_113.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_113.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_462">[Pg 462]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_461">[Pg 461]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_460">[Pg 460]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_459">[Pg 459]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_458">[Pg 458]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_114"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM QUINQUEVULNERUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Variegated flowered Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>Of Suppl. System. Veget. 1781.</i></p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fructus</span> rostratus, penta-coccus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fruit</span> furnished with long awns, five dry berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium Grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis hispidis, multifidis; floribus heptandris; -pedunculis multifloris; petala atropurpurea, margine pallido; caule -suffruticoso, spithamæo.</p> - -<p>Geranium with hairy leaves many-cleft; flowers with seven fertile -chives; foot-stalk, many flowers; petals dark purple, pale at the -margin; stem half shrubby, grows a span high.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, cut open as far as to the solid part.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal.<br> -3. The Chives cut and spread open, magnified.<br> -4. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> beautiful species of Geranium was raised by Mr. J. Armstrong, -nurseryman of Northwarmborough, Hants, from seeds received by him, in -1796, from the Cape of Good Hope. From a branch, in fine flower, brought -to us, this year, in the month of June, by Mr. Dickinson, our drawing -was made; who informs us, that the ordinary treatment of common -Geraniums, is all that is required for this; that it is increased by -cuttings, or from a division of the root, in spring. It has not, as yet, -produced any perfect seed; although it has flowered abundantly these two -years, from May till October. It has something the habit of G. triste, -or the Night-smelling Geranium; but differs from that species, in having -a short shrubby stem, the leaves shorter and harsher, and the flowers -entirely without smell.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_463">[Pg 463]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 114 -<br><a href="images/ill_114.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_114.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_466">[Pg 466]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_465">[Pg 465]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_464">[Pg 464]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_115"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM TOMENTOSUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Downy-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg.</i> 1781.</p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p><i>See Geran. Grandiflorum. Pl. XII. Vol. I.</i></p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fructus</span> rostratus, penta-coccus.</p> - -<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five Summits.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fruit</span> furnished with long awns, five dry berries.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis ovatis, plicatis, erectis, serratis, tomentosis; -floribus pentandris; filamentia duobus superioribus revolutis, -ciliatis.</p> - -<p>Geranium with egg-shaped leaves, plaited, upright, sawed, and -downy; flowers with five fertile chives; the two upper threads -rolled back and fringed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br> -3. The Chives cut open, magnified.<br> -4. The Pointal, and Seed-bud.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Downy-leaved Geranium, according to the Hort. Cantab. of Mr. Donn, -introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1794, is a dwarf -growing, and rather delicate species, of this extended and very mutable -tribe of plants; producing its flowers about the month of August. It is -to be increased from the seeds, which sometimes ripen; or by cuttings, -taken off in the month of March, and placed on a gentle hotbed; but if -delayed to be made till much later, it will be found difficult to -propagate by this mode. Less of dung and more loam, than is necessary -for most Geraniums, will preserve this plant best through the winter; in -which season, it should be kept in a dry and airy part of the -greenhouse, to avoid the damps, which otherwise, often prove fatal to -it.</p> - -<p>That the charm of novelty, however erroneous or absurd, has found at all -times its votaries, we have daily experience; therefore cannot wonder -at, though we may regret its consequent influence on the many, who wish -to signalize themselves, under its delusive banner. This observation -naturally obtruded on our imagination, upon the perusal of the last -Number of the Bot. Mag. where the Kidney-leaved <i>Crane’s-bill</i> is -mentioned as “<i>one of the rarest of the Geranium tribe</i>;” are we to -understand Geranium in this place as a new title for a natural order of -plants; or, as solely confined to one Genus? Poor Geranium! although -thou hast been so long excluded from thy station, in scientific English, -yet shalt thou not lose thy due weight, against all thy opponents, in -pure descriptive English prose; and perhaps some day may be deemed, by -the learned, worthy a place amongst English Genera. With Mr. Donn, we -humbly conceive the old title Crane’s-bill, as ill adapted to the three -Genera of M. L’Heritier; and that, if new Latin names are to be foisted -on us, for plants already well known, and settled, by that great master -of the science, Linnæus; to whose opinion ours shall ever bow, English -ones consonant, should be likewise adopted; and that Heron’s-bill for -Erodium, Stork’s-bill for Pelargonium, and Crane’s-bill for Geranium, -will prove no greater puzzle to the English Botanist. Unfortunately we -are, and have been, so attached to old fashions, that we still mean to -continue the title Geranium, as it is apparently best understood; -whether, in English or Latin, descriptive, or scientific; as long as the -public shall continue so honourably to patronize the Botanist’s -Repository.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_467">[Pg 467]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 115 -<br><a href="images/ill_115.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_115.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_470">[Pg 470]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_469">[Pg 469]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_468">[Pg 468]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_116"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Trailing Gaultheria.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex, approximatum, persistens.</p> - -<p><i>P. exterius</i> diphyllum, brevius; foliolis semiovatis, concavis, -obtusis.</p> - -<p><i>P. interius</i> monophyllum, quinquesidum campanulatum; segmentis -semiovatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, ovata, semiquinquesida; limbo parvo, revoluto.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> corpusculis decem, subulatis, erectis, brevissimis, -cingentibus germen intra stamina.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta decem, subulata, incurva, corolla breviora; -receptaculo inserta. Antheræ bicornes; corniculis bifidis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum, depressum. Stylus cylindricus, -longitudine corollæ. Stigma obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, obtusa, pentagona, depressa, -quinque locularis, quinque valvis, undique tecta perianthio -interiore transformato et enato in baccam subrotundam, coloratam, -apice perviam.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subovata, angulata, ossea.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double, close together, remaining.</p> - -<p><i>Outer Cup</i> two leaved, shorter; leaflets half egg-shaped, concave, -and blunt.</p> - -<p><i>Inner Cup</i> one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; segments half -egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one leaf, egg-shaped, slightly five-cleft; border small, -rolled back.</p> - -<p><i>Honey-cup</i> ten small substances, awl-shaped, upright, very short, -surrounding the seed-bud within the chives.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Ten threads, awl-shaped, turned inwards, shorter than the -blossom; fixed into the receptacle. Tips two-horned; horns two -cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish and flattened; Shaft cylindrical, the -length of the blossom. Summit obtuse.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish obtusely five-sided, flattened, five -cells, five valves; covered on all sides by the inner cup, -transformed and swelled to a roundish berry, coloured, open at top.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, nearly egg-shaped, angular and hard.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gaultheria foliis ovatis, obtuse-dentatis, apice confertis; caulis -flexuosus, filiformis.</p> - -<p>Gaultheria with egg-shaped leaves, bluntly toothed, and crowded -together at the top; stem grows zigzag and thread-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete.<br> -2. The Empalement, natural size.<br> -3. The Empalement, magnified.<br> -4. The Chives as they stand on the receptacle, magnified.<br> -5. The Pointal and seed-bud, with the surrounding honey-cup, magnified.<br> -6. The inner Cup of the Empalement, when the fruit is ripe, natural size.<br> -7. A seed vessel of the natural size when ripe, detached from its cup.<br> -8. A ripe capsule, cut open transversely.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the eighth Ed. of Miller’s Dictionary, we learn that, this plant -was cultivated at the Physic Gardens, Chelsea, in the year 1765. That so -ornamental, and so easily propagated a plant as the Gaultheria, should -have been so little noticed, or cultivated in our gardens, is rather -singular; as, it is perfectly hardy in every exposure, an evergreen, and -from the beautiful appearance of the fruit and flowers, which come in -succession nearly through the whole year; must be considered, as one of -our prettiest creeping or dwarf shrubs, for the front of the shrubbery -borders, &c. as it never rises higher than six, or eight inches; forming -a compact matted clump, which may be made to spread to a considerable -extent, if planted in light sandy peat earth. The very curious -conformation of the fruit, which is eatable, differing from every known -Genus of plants; as well as, the peculiar property of the leaves; point -out the Gaultheria, as a particular object for observation, and comment, -to the experimental Botanist. In Canada, North America, where it is -native, an infusion of the leaves is used as a substitute for tea; or a -few of them, either dried, or plucked fresh from the plant, when mixt -with the commonest bobea, communicate to it a flavour, equal to fine -Hyson.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_471">[Pg 471]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 116 -<br><a href="images/ill_116.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_116.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_474">[Pg 474]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_473">[Pg 473]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_472">[Pg 472]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_117"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GENTIANA PURPUREA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Purple flowered Gentian.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. Two Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium quinquepartitum, acutum, persistens; laciniis -oblongis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petalum unicum, inferne tubulatum, imperforatum, superne -quinquefidum, planum, marcescens; figura varia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, corolla breviora. Antheræ -simplices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistilla.</span> Germen oblongum, cylindraceum, longitudine staminum. -Styli nulli. Stigmata duo, ovata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, teres acuminata, apice leviter -bifida, unilocularis, bivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> numerosa, parva. Receptacula duo, singula valvulæ -longitudinaliter adnatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five divisions, sharp and permanent; segments -oblong.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petal only one, lower part tubular, and close; upper part -five-cleft, flat, withering, and variously shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom. Tips -simple.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointals.</span> Seed-bud oblong, cylindrical, as long as the chives. -Shafts none. Summits two, egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, cylindrical, tapering, slightly cleft -at the end, one-celled, and two valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> numerous and small. Receptacles two, joined to each valve -longitudinally.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gentiana corollis campanulatis, 6-7 fidis, atropurpureis, -punctatis, verticillatis; calycibus membranaceis, sub-spathaceis, -truncatis.</p> - -<p>Gentian with bell-shaped blossoms, 6-7 cleft, deep purple, dotted -and whorled; empalement skinny, almost sheathed, and appearing cut -off at the ends.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom, complete.<br> -3. The same cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br> -4. Half the Seed-bud split longitudinally, to shew its interior structure.<br> -5. A Seed-vessel, nearly ripe.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">As</span> a native of the Helvetian Alps, the Purple flowered Gentian is -consequently, a hardy plant with us, requiring only to be planted in a -light soil; may be increased from the seeds, which are produced in -abundance, or by parting the root in autumn. The seeds are perfected, -within a fortnight after the flower is decayed; and should be sown on -light sandy peat, covering them very slightly, as soon as possible after -they have been dried.</p> - -<p>There appears a strange variety of opinions amongst Botanists concerning -this, and two other species of Gentian, the Punctata and the Pannonica; -which, as many have observed, although denied by others, are only -varieties of each other; surely, a slight variation in height, the shape -of the divisions of the border, or what is of less consequence, (as they -vary, in that regard so much, on the same plant) their number; are not -of sufficient weight to form a specific distinction.</p> - -<p>This plant is said, in the Hort. Kew. to have been introduced in the -year 1768 by Professor de Saussure: from what cause, we cannot judge, if -it is so old an inhabitant, why it should not be more plentiful with us; -as at present few collections possess it, and it is sold at a very high -price. Our drawing was made at the Nursery, Hammersmith.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_475">[Pg 475]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 117 -<br><a href="images/ill_117.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_117.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_478">[Pg 478]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_477">[Pg 477]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_476">[Pg 476]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_118"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Large flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, six divisions, gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>, Pl. XI. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus nervosis; scapo subtrifloro, -longitudine foliorum; floribus erectis, maximis; laciniis corollæ -emarginatis, undulatis, striatis, sub-æqualibus.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with sword-shape leaves, nerved; flower-stem having -mostly three flowers, and of the length of the leaves; flowers grow -upright, and very large; the segments of blossom are notched at the -ends, waved, striped, and nearly of an equal length.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Pointal, and Seed bud.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">From</span> the figures in the Collect. and Ic. rar. of Jacquin, we were led to -think, this must be the same, or a strong variety of his G. florabundus; -but, as his trivial name and specific character so ill accord with our -plant, we have continued it under that, by which it was sent to England -in 1788. It is a very free blowing bulb, and will live through the -winter, with very little protection; flowering about June or July, and -does not require to be removed from the pot, to prevent its rotting. Our -drawing was taken in June this year, at the Hammersmith Nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_479">[Pg 479]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 118 -<br><a href="images/ill_118.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_118.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_482">[Pg 482]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_481">[Pg 481]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_480">[Pg 480]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_119"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">STRUTHIOLA OVATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Oval-leaved Struthiola.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p><i>See Struthiola imbricata, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.</i></p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium</span> diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa 4-fida; nectarium, glandulæ -octo fauci circumpositæ. Sem. 1. subbaccatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; honey-cup, 8 glands -placed round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Struthiola foliis ovatis, glabris; ramis glabris, rugosis.</p> - -<p>Struthiola with egg-shaped, smooth leaves; branches smooth and -wrinkled.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom, complete.<br> -2. The Empalement, magnified.<br> -3. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached, magnified.<br> -4. The Pointal and seed-bud, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Struthiola is described by Thunberg, in his Prodromus, -under the specific title it here bears, and was first introduced to us -in the year 1794, in seeds received from the Cape of Good Hope, by -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. It is a very tender greenhouse -plant, and very subject to be destroyed by damps, or too much moisture, -even in summer; the flowers, (as are most of this natural order,) are -extremely fragrant and continue in full perfection from March till June. -The mode of propagation is by cuttings, made in May, which should be -placed under a hand-glass in a pot of light loam, and shaded from the -mid-day sun. It thrives best in a mixture of half peat and half loam. -The drawing was made in the spring of 1798, from a plant in the -Hibbertian Collection, Clapham; then in flower, for the first time in -England.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_483">[Pg 483]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 119 -<br><a href="images/ill_119.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_119.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_486">[Pg 486]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_485">[Pg 485]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_484">[Pg 484]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_120"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">FUCHSIA LYCIOIDES.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Box Thorn-like Fuchsia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum. Infundibuliforme, coloratura, -superum marcescens; limbus quadripartitus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quatuor, sessilia, ore calycis inserta.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta octo, inæqualia, filiformia, erecta, tubo -calycis inserta. Antheræ ovatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inserum, ovatum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, -longitudine staminum. Stigma tuberculatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca carnosa, ovata, quadri-locularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, parva, receptaculo columnari affixa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, funnel-shaped, coloured, above and -withering; border four divisions.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Four petals, sitting close on the mouth of the cup, into -which they are inserted.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Eight threads, unequal, thread-shaped, upright, fixed into -the tube of the cup. Tips egg-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, -upright, the length of the chives. Summit composed of small knobs.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A fleshy berry, egg-shaped, and four valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, small, affixed to a pillar-shaped receptacle.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Fuchsia foliis ovatis undulatis, subternis; pedunculis unifloris, -axillaribus; laciniis calycis reflexis.</p> - -<p>Fuchsia with egg-shaped leaves, waved, and growing mostly by -threes; foot-stalks with one flower growing from the insertion of -the leaf, the segments of the cup reflexed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of petals and chives into the cup.<br> -2. The Pointal, complete.<br> -3. A ripe berry, natural size.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">No</span> plant perhaps ever excited such universal admiration, as the Scarlet -Fuchsia; wherefore, the addition of a second species to our collections, -of so fine a Genus, must be considered as a very agreeable acquisition. -The Box Thorn-like Fuchsia, is a native of the North-west coast of -America; and was first brought to England, in the year 1796: it is -certainly, much more tender than the Scarlet Fuchsia, as the plant -constantly perishes, as low as to the earth, if not preserved in the -hothouse; but whether it is herbaceous the root surviving, we have not -sufficient experience to determine. The increase is certain and easy, if -cuttings are made, from the young shoots, early in March, and plunged in -a hotbed, or in the bark of the hothouse, six or eight in a pot; from -which they may be removed, about June, into large pots for flowering, -which will be from August till November. Loam, with a small portion of -rotten dung, is the soil it most approves.</p> - -<p>The specific title we have adopted, is from the very great resemblance -the plant bears to Lycium afrum, or the Box-Thorn; although we have some -doubts, whether this species may not be the F. triphylla of Father -Plumier. But as the F. coccinea, as well as this plant, has frequently -the leaves growing by threes; we thought that, as it as yet had no -specific title with us, the character of the plant would be best -distinguished, by the name we have chosen.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_487">[Pg 487]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 120 -<br><a href="images/ill_120.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_120.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_490">[Pg 490]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_489">[Pg 489]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_488">[Pg 488]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_121"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM CORTUSÆFOLIUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Cortusa-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg.</i> 1781.</p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.</p> - -<p>One <span class="smcap">Pointal</span>. Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry -berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis cordatis, sublobatis, serratis, tomentoso-sericeis; -petiolis longissimis, erectis; floribus umbellatis, odoratissimis, -stipulis subulatis; caule robusto, subcarnoso.</p> - -<p>Geranium with heart-shaped leaves, slightly lobed, sawed, and -covered with a downy pile; footstalks very long and upright; -flowers grow in umbels, and are very sweet scented; leaf-props awl -shaped; stem stout, and rather fleshy.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement cut open.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, natural size.<br> -3. The same, magnified.<br> -4. The Chives cut open, magnified.<br> -5. The Seed-bud, and Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Cortusa-leaved Geranium is a tender plant, seldom growing to more -than a foot in height; producing its blossoms, which are extremely -fragrant, in erect bunches, from the summit of the branches, and must be -protected, through the depth of winter, in the hothouse. The propagation -is both slow and difficult, as it rarely perfects any seeds, and forms -but few branches. The cuttings when taken off, which ought to be done -about the end of May, should be exposed to the sun, till the part where -cut has formed a tough coat over the wound, which will take place in two -or three days; when they will not be so subject to rot from the moisture -of the earth, as if planted when just taken from the plant. These -instructions are necessary to be observed, in the propagation of all the -thick-stemmed Geraniums, by cuttings. A mixture of sandy peat, with a -small quantity of old rotten dung, will prove the best compost for -preserving this plant. Our drawing was taken this year, in July, at the -Hammersmith nursery. A mistake has arisen with regard to the name of -this species of Geranium; which was evidently not known to any botanist, -antecedent to its being brought to England in 1786 by Mr. A. Hove, a -native of Poland, from the south west coast of Africa, and found by him -in about the 23d degree of south latitude. Professor Martyn, in his new -edition of Miller’s Dictionary, article Pelargonium 43, has taken for -granted that this is the plant designed by Professor Jacquin, where he -treats of G. cortusæfolium; giving the G. tabulare of Burman, Linnæus, -&c. as synonymous to it; but undoubtedly, no such intention could be in -the Professor, as the uniting these two plants, which are so entirely -dissimilar; but only an unfortunate inclination to alter an old -established name, for one, which he conceived more appropriate to a well -known, common species; whence the confusion; the constant consequence of -such useless alterations, whether generic or specific.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_491">[Pg 491]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 121 -<br><a href="images/ill_121.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_121.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_494">[Pg 494]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_493">[Pg 493]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_492">[Pg 492]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_122"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS GALEATUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Helmet-flowered Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> ascending.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus alatus</span>, Vol. I. Pl. VIII.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis sub-ovatis, costatis, mucronatis; spathis -carianatis, tubo longioribus; lacinia summa concava, sub-erecta.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with leaves nearly egg-shaped, ribbed, and pointed at the -ends; sheaths keeled, and longer than the tube of the blossom; the -upper segment concave, and almost upright.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. The Chives, with part of the tube of the Blossom, to which they are attached.<br> -3. The Pointal and seed-bud.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">We</span> are certainly led to think with Thunberg, that this plant is not a -species, but a very singular and beautiful variety, of G. alatus, of -which we have seen above six or seven. Nevertheless, upon the authority -of Prof. Jacquin, who in his Icones 2. tab. 258, has figured it under -this name specifically; and as it has been continued as such, by the -accurately discriminating and indefatigable Willdenow; (to whose -labours, all lovers of the science are so much indebted, for his -invaluable, and copious new Edition of the Species plantarum,) we have -thought it but right to acquiesce, without alteration in the name -adopted by them. For the management of this plant we must refer our -readers to the G. alatus, Pl. VIII. Vol. I. of this work.</p> - -<p>The Helmet-flowered Gladiolus was not seen in England, till the spring -of the year 1800; when the roots were received at Clapham, from the Cape -of Good Hope, sent by the Collector there, for the Hibbertian -collection, amongst an infinite number of others; many having flowered -this year, of which we have drawings, by permission of the proprietor, -and are destined to enrich the Bot. Rep. being perfectly new to this -country. The figure of this plant was taken in August, but the regular -season of its flowering, must be much earlier (if planted with the other -Cape bulbs in October,) that is to say, about the month of May or June.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_495">[Pg 495]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 122 -<br><a href="images/ill_122.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_122.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_498">[Pg 498]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_497">[Pg 497]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_496">[Pg 496]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_123"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">THUNBERGIA FRAGRANS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Twining Thunbergia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIV. ORDER II.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.</i> Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex; <i>exterius</i>, diphyllum, foliolis ovatis, -concavis, longitudine fere tubi; <i>interius</i>, monophyllum, -multipartitum, laciniis circiter duodecim, subulatis, perianthio -exteriori triplo brevioribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala; tubus sensim ampliatus; limbus quinquefidus; -laciniis æqualibus, ovatis, obtusissimis, tubo triplo brevioribus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quatuor, tubo supra basin inserta, inæqualia; -duobus inferioribus brevioribus; duobus superioribus tubo breviora. -Antheræ ovatæ, adnatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen superum. Stylus filiformis, tubo paullo brevior, -erectus. Stigma bilobum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula globosa, rostrata, glabra, bilocularis, -longitudinaliter dehiscens; rostrum compressum, sulcatum, lineare, -obtusum; dissepimentum obovatum, emarginatum, sub apice foramine -perforatum, lateribus membranaceum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> in singulo loculamento bina, reniformia, rugosa, hinc -convexa, inde concava sulco longitudinali.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double; the <i>outer one</i> two-leaved; leaflets -egg-shaped and concave, nearly the length of the tube; the <i>inner</i> -one-leaved, many divisions, the segments about twelve, awl-shaped, -thrice as short as the outer cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one petal; tube widening gradually; border five-cleft; -segments equal, egg-shaped, very blunt, three times as short as the -tube.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Four threads, fixed into the lower part of the tube, -unequal; the two lower-most the shortest; the two uppermost shorter -than the tube. Tips egg-shape, pressed to the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud above. Shaft thread-shape, a little shorter than -the tube, and upright. Summit two lobed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel</span> globular, beaked, smooth, two celled, and splits -longitudinally; beak flattened, awl-shaped, linear, and blunt; -partition inversely egg-shaped, notched at the end, pierced with a -hole at the top, skinny at the edges, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two in each cell, kidney-shaped, rough, convex on one side, -and concave on the other by a longitudinal furrow.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Thunbergia foliis ovato-acuminatis, sub-dentatis; corolla alba, -hypocrateriformis, tubo compresso; caule volubili.</p> - -<p>Thunbergia with egg-shaped, tapering leaves, a little toothed; -blossom white, salver-shaped, the tube flattened; stem twining.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The outer cup of the Empalement.<br> -2. The inner cup of the same, magnified.<br> -3. A Blossom cut open, to shew the situation of the Chives.<br> -4. The Shaft and Summit, natural size.<br> -5. The Seed-bud, magnified.<br> -6. A ripe Capsule.<br> -7. A ripe Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Thunbergia, here figured, is a native of the East Indies, from the -Coromandel coast; was introduced to Britain in the year 1796, at the -same time with the Ixora pavetta, by the Hon. Lady Dowager De Clifford. -It is easily propagated, by cuttings, or from the seeds, which ripen -with us: it should be kept in light, rich earth in the hothouse; where -it will flower from May, till September; in which month this year our -drawing was taken at Kensington Gore from a plant in the collection of -James Vere, Esq. But although Dr. Roxburgh’s reason for adopting the -specific character he has given it, that the place where it grows is -sweet scented, though the plant is not, seems rather a little strained, -we have not thought it right to alter it; as unquestionably, any name -would have been equally appropriate, since neither the flowers, or any -part of the plant, root or branch, has the least scent.</p> - -<p>The plant from which this genus was originally formed by the younger -Linnæus in his Sup. Plant. P. 46, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope; -and we have our doubts, whether this plant ought to be placed with it; -for although it accords in the essential character, of a double cup, the -only one thought necessary, by Linnæus, to divide it from Barleria; yet, -from the number of parts in which it differs from his generic character, -such as the shape of the blossom, the length of the pointal, the -situation and shape of the chives, the very different shape of the -seeds, &c. we are led to think, it ought to be considered as a distinct -Genus. But in following such good authority as the able and learned Dr. -Roxburg, it is to be hoped, we shall stand excused in continuing the -same name he has assigned it, without alteration at least, if not -without comment.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_499">[Pg 499]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 123 -<br><a href="images/ill_123.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_123.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_502">[Pg 502]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_501">[Pg 501]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_500">[Pg 500]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_124"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">HELICONIA PSITTACORUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Parrot-billed Heliconia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Spathæ communes partialesque alternæ, distinctæ, -persistentes.</p> - -<p>Perianthium nullum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala tria, oblonga, canaliculata, erecta, acuta, -æqualia.</p> - -<p><i>Nectarium</i> diphyllum; foliolo altero petalis subæquali; altero -brevissimo, canaliculato, uncinato, opposito.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, linearia. Antheræ erectæ, longæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen inferum, triquetrum. Stylus staminibus fere -brevior. Stigma longum, gracile, curvatum, capitulo terminali.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula oblonga, truncata, triquetra, trilocularis, -trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, oblonga.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Sheaths common and partial alternate, distinct, remaining.</p> - -<p>Cup none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals three, oblong, channelled, upright, pointed, equal.</p> - -<p><i>Honeycup</i> two leaved; one leaflet nearly the length of the petals; -the other very short, channelled, hooked and opposite to the -larger.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, linear. Tips upright and long.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud beneath, three-sided. Shaft scarcely shorter than -the chives. Summit long, slender, curved, and terminating in a -small head.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oblong, appearing cut off at the end, -three-sided, three cells, three valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, oblong.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Heliconia. Foliis glaberrimis, lanceolatis; inflorescentia -glaberrima; spadice terminali flexuoso; spathis multifloris, -marginibus revolutis; nectario lanceolato, concavo, integro.</p> - -<p>Heliconia with very smooth, lance-shaped leaves; the inflorescence -quite smooth; stem terminating in a zig-zag form; sheaths -containing many flowers and rolled back; honey-cup lance-shaped, -concave, and entire.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Blossom, with the three petals detached from the upper part of the Honey-cup, which is<br> -<span style="margin-left: 3em;">shewn in front with the smaller leaf inclosed within the larger.</span><br> -2. The Chives, with the lower part of the Honey-cup, to shew their insertion at its base, and<br> -<span style="margin-left: 3em;">the smaller leaf of the Honey-cup in its place.</span><br> -3. The smaller leaf of the Honey-cup, magnified.<br> -4. The Shaft and Summit, the Summit detached magnified.<br> -5. The Seed-bud, natural size.<br> -6. The Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Parrot-billed Heliconia, a native of the continent of South America, -as well as most of the West India Islands, was first received, in -plants, from the island of St. Vincents, in the year 1797, by Thomas -Evans, Esq. of Stepney; in whose collection it first flowered, in -September 1798, when our drawing was taken. This plant requires a -considerable degree of moisture and heat, as well as much root room and -rich earth, to make it flower in perfection; as it seldom opens its -blossoms freely without such treatment, and even with such assistance, -they are to be seen but for a few hours in that state. It propagates -from the roots, throwing up a number of suckers from the joints, which -are formed at a considerable distance from the plant. The younger -Linnæus in his Sup. Plant. of 1781, p. 158, has described this plant -under our specific title, but different in some few points; which appear -to arise more from his ideas of the various parts, than from any real -difference in the plant itself. Swartz in his Obs. 98, gives sheaths to -his plant, which Linnæus, we presume, denominates flower stem leaves, -&c. yet we have no doubt, but they have both described the same plant; -and perfectly agree with Willdenow and Martyn, that the H. psittacorum -of both authors is the same, and have as little of this being the -plant.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_503">[Pg 503]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 124 -<br><a href="images/ill_124.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_124.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_506">[Pg 506]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_505">[Pg 505]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_504">[Pg 504]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_125"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM PARVIFLORUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Small flowered Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Filamenta</span> receptacula inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom one petal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Threads</span> fixed to the receptacle. A berry with four cells, and many -seeds.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Vaccinium arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, venosis; floribus -racemosis; pedunculis longissimis, bracteatis; corolla conica, -striata. Stamina decem.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry, with lance-shaped, waved, and veined leaves; flowers -grow in long bunches; foot stalks of the flowers very long, having -floral leaves; blossom cone-shaped, and streaked. Ten Chives.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom.<br> -2. The Chives magnified.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Cup, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Whortle-berry was first brought, from North America, in -the year 1784. It is one of those with ten chives, &c. and of the same -nature with those we have already figured; for its treatment, and -increase, we must therefore refer our readers to V. formosum, Pl. XCVII. -Vol. II. The drawing was taken in May 1799, at the Hammersmith nursery.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_507">[Pg 507]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 125 -<br><a href="images/ill_125.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_125.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_510">[Pg 510]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_509">[Pg 509]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_508">[Pg 508]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_126"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">HIBBERTIA VOLUBILIS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Twining Hibbertia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS XIII. ORDER V.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.</i> Many Chives. Five Pointals.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis coriaceis, sub-ovatis, -concavis, acutis, persistentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, obcordata, calyce longiora.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, filiformia, receptaculo -fructificationis inserta. Antheræ lineares, erectæ, emarginatæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistilla.</span> Germina quinque, ovato-oblonga, desinentia in stylos -flexuosos, longitudine fere staminum. Stigmata simplicia, apice -concava. Corpusculum subulatum, membranaceum in medio germinum, -eorumque longitudine.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsulæ quinque ovatæ, trigonæ, uniloculares, -distinctæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plurima, subrotunda.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaves; leaflets tough, nearly egg-shaped, -concave, sharp, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, longer than the cup.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, thread-shaped, fixed into the receptacle -of the fructification. Tips linear, upright, notched at the ends.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointals.</span> Five seed-buds, between oblong and egg-shaped, -terminating in zig-zagged shafts, nearly the length of the chives. -Summits, simple, and hollowed at the top. A small awl-shaped, -skinny substance in the middle of the seed-buds, and of their -length.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Five capsules, egg-shaped, three-sided, one celled, -and distinct.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, roundish.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Hibbertia foliis obtuse-serratis, obovato-lanceolatis, floribus -solitariis, sessilibus, fœtidissimus.</p> - -<p>Hibbertia with obtusely sawed leaves, between lance and inversely -egg-shaped; flowers grow solitary, sitting close on the stem; very -fœtid.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A leaf of the blossom.<br> -3. The Chives and Pointals.<br> -4. One Chive, magnified.<br> -5. Pointals apart, as they stand in the center of Chives.<br> -6. The Pointals spread open, with the skinny substance which stands in their center.<br> -7. One of the Pointals, magnified.<br> -8. A Seed-bud, cut transversely.<br> -9. A half ripe seed, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p>The Hibbertia volubilis, (as are the three species of which we have seen -specimens,) is from New Holland, near Port Jackson; was raised from -seeds in many different collections near London in the year 1792. It is -a hardy green-house plant, and makes a very handsome climber, for -trellis, or pillars in a conservatory. Its growth is very rapid, and its -flowers which are very brilliant and specious, continue in succession -from May till September. The increase is certain and easy from cuttings, -made in the month of May, and placed on a gentle hotbed, or plunged in -the bark-bed of the hothouse. It delights in a light sandy peat soil. -Our drawing was made from a plant, in the collection of the Hon. Lady -Dowager De Clifford, Paddington.</p> - -<p>As hitherto this tribe of Plants has not been given to the public by any -truly established name; (the different species having been erroneously -titled Dillenias, which have many pointals,) and as we find it to -differ, from any yet described Genus, we have named it after G. Hibbert, -Esq. of Clapham Common, Surry; whose knowledge and fervor in botanical -pursuits, as well as liberality in his endeavours to enrich our -collections, from every quarter of the globe, but especially from the -Cape of Good Hope, has not been exceeded by any; and we are well -assured, no name deserves a place, on botanical record, more than that -of <span class="smcap">Hibbert</span>.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_511">[Pg 511]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 126 -<br><a href="images/ill_126.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_126.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_514">[Pg 514]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_513">[Pg 513]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_512">[Pg 512]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_127"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">JASMINUM GRACILE.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Slender-stemmed Jasmine.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS II. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, tubulatum, oblongum; ore -quinquedentato, erecto; persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindraccus, longus; -limbus quinquepartitus, planus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta duo, brevia. Antheræ parvæ, intra tubum corollæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum. Stylos filiformis, longitudine -staminum. Stigma bifidum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca ovalis, glabra, bilocularis seu bicapsularis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> duo, magna, ovato-oblonga, arillata, hinc convexa, inde -plana.</p> - -<p><i>Obs.</i> Figura floris acuminata et obtusa variat. Bacca in aliis -simplex, in aliis dicocca.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one-leaved, tubular, oblong; five-toothed at the -mouth, and upright; remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span>, one petal, salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, long; border -five divisions, flat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads two, short. Tips small, within the tube of the -blossom.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the -chives. Summit two-cleft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Berry oval, smooth, two-celled or two-capsuled.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> two, large, oblong egg-shaped, each in its proper seed-coat, -convex on one side, and flat on the other.</p> - -<p><i>Obs.</i> The flower varies in its character of tapering to a point, -or in being blunt-ended. In some the berry is simple, in others -double-seeded.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Jasminum petiolis foliorum geniculatis; foliis ovatis, oppositis, -nitidis, simplicibus; floribus umbellatis; laciniis corollæ -obtusis, undulatis.</p> - -<p>Jasmine with the foot-stalks of the leaves jointed; egg-shaped -leaves, growing opposite, shining and simple; flowers grow in -umbels; the segments of the blossom are blunt and waved.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Cup.<br> -2. A Blossom spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.<br> -3. The Shaft and Summit.<br> -4. A ripe Berry.<br> -5. The same cut transversely, to shew the cells and seeds.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> plant here figured, we consider as a distinct species from the J. -simplicifolium of Forster, which he describes as a native of the -Friendly Isles, in the South Seas; and likewise from the J. oblongum of -Burman, which is given (but with a query) as a synonim to the J. -simplicifolium of the former Author by Willdenow, in his Sp. Plant. p. -38, Part I. In the year 1792, the seeds of this plant were received by -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, with the Bignonia pandorana, and -many others, communicated by Colonel Paterson, then commanding a -detachment stationed for a time on Norfolk Island, where it is native. -To the green-house it is a considerable acquisition, either for a -climber, or otherwise, as it is rarely without blossoms from July, till -the end of November; being rather more tender than many of its -congeners, which are in general destined to that station; it should be -placed as nigh the flue, in as dry and airy a part of it as possible. A -light, sandy peat soil, without mixture, is the most congenial to its -growth; and it is increased by cuttings, made in the month of March, -put, from 12 to 20, according to the size of the pot, under a small -bell-glass, in the before-named earth, and plunged either in the -bark-bed of the hot-house, or in the heat of a common hot-bed.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_515">[Pg 515]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 127 -<br><a href="images/ill_127.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_127.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_518">[Pg 518]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_517">[Pg 517]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_516">[Pg 516]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_128"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA POLYSTACHIA. <i>Var. incarnata.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Many-spiked Ixia. Var. flesh-colour.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> tria, erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 6-petals, spreading, equal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Summits</span> three, nearly upright and spreading.</p> - -<p> -RIGHT<br> -See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>, Pl. XIV. Vol. I.<br> -</p> -</div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis linearibus; scapo spicis pluribus; corollæ laciniis -subreflexis, incarnatis.</p> - -<p>Ixia with linear leaves; flower-stem with many spikes of flowers; -segments of the blossom a little bent backwards, and -flesh-coloured.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. A Blossom spread open.<br> -3. The Pointal natural size, with one of the Summits detached, and magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> fine variety of the Many-spiked Ixia was introduced to our -collections from the Cape of Good Hope, about the year 1795, with the -Reflex-flowered Ixia and many others, in bulbs, communicated by J. -Pringle, Esq. to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith; where our drawing -was taken in April 1799. No particular care is required, for the culture -or increase of this, other, than what is required for the generality of -Cape Ixias.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_519">[Pg 519]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 128 -<br><a href="images/ill_128.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_128.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_522">[Pg 522]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_521">[Pg 521]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_520">[Pg 520]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_129"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLORIOSA SUPERBA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Superb Gloriosa.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, oblongo-lanceolata, undulata, longissima, -totaliter reflexa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, subulata, corolla breviora, recto-patula. -Antheræ incumbentes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen globosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior, -inclinatus. Stigma triplex, obtusum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula ovalis, triloba, trilocularis, trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, globosa, baccata, duplici serie disposita.</p> - -<p><i>Obs.</i> Affinis Erythronio.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals six, oblong-lance-shaped, waved, very long, totally -bent back.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Six threads, awl-shaped, shorter than the blossom, -spreading out at straight angles from the seed-bud. Tips sideways -on the threads.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the -threads, inclined. Summit triple, blunt.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule oval, three-lobed, three-celled, three-valved.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, globular, like berries, disposed in two rows.</p> - -<p><i>Obs.</i> The genus has an affinity to Erythronium, or Dog’s-tooth -Violet.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gloriosa soliis cirrhiferis.</p> - -<p>Gloriosa with tendril-bearing leaves.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A leaf of the Blossom, with its Chive, as they are fixed together at the base.<br> -2. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; the petals of the blossom being cut off.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Gloriosa superba, a native of Guinea, as well as the coast of -Malabar in the East Indies, is said to be every part poisonous. It is -herbaceous, and the roots, which are formed upon the decay of the old -one, should be taken from the pot in November, and kept in dry sand till -the end of February, when they must be planted in rich earth, composed -of one part old rotten dung, and two parts leaf mould or peat earth, -then plunged in the bark-bed of a hot-house which is kept at pine heat, -to insure their flowering the ensuing August.</p> - -<p>Having received a most beautiful branch, of this magnificent plant from -the collection of the Hon. the Marchioness of Rockingham, at Hillingdon, -near Uxbridge; the impulse was too strong to be resisted, of giving a -figure of it in the Bot. Rep. although against our general proposals, as -this is certainly, neither a new, or rare plant; having been introduced -so early as 1690, by Mr. Bentick. We therefore beg the indulgence of our -friends, in this instance; for although the flower is common, and there -are many figures of it, in different works, as, Rheede’s Hort. Malab. -Vol. 7. frut. scand. 107. t. 57. Plukenet’s alma. 249. t. 116. f. 3. -Commelin’s hort. 1. p. 69. t. 35. &c. &c.; yet, as these may not be in -the possession of many of the purchasers of our work, we hope it may -prove agreeable.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_523">[Pg 523]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 129 -<br><a href="images/ill_129.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_129.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_526">[Pg 526]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_525">[Pg 525]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_524">[Pg 524]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_130"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CERBERA UNDULATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Waved-leaved Cerbera.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS V. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Five Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium pentaphyllum, acuminatum; foliolis -ovato-lanceolatis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus clavatus; limbus -magnus, quinquepartitus; laciniis obliquis, obtusis, latere altero -magis gibbis; os tubi quinquangulare, quinquedentatum, -stellato-connivens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta quinque, subulata, in medio tubi. Antheræ -erectæ, conniventes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigma -capitatum, bilobum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Drupa maxima, subrotunda, carnosa, a latere sulco -longitudinali excavata, punctisque duobus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen.</span> Nux bilocularis, quadrivalvis, retusa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup five leaved, tapering to a point; leaflets between -egg- and lance-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> one petal, funnel-shaped; tube club-shaped; border large, -five divisions; segments oblique, obtuse, thicker edged on one -side; mouth of the tube five-angled, five toothed, approaching -together in the form of a star.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Five threads, awl-shaped, in the middle of the tube. Tips -upright, and approaching.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, and short. Summit -headed, two-lobed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> A large pulpy fruit, nearly round, fleshy, hollowed on -the side by a longitudinal furrow, and with two punctures.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed.</span> Nut two cells, four valves, and bluntly dented at the end.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Cerbera foliis lanceolatis, utrinque attenuatis, undulatis; cymis -ramosis, divaricatis, axillaribus.</p> - -<p>Cerbera with lance-shaped leaves tapered to both ends, and waved; -tufts of flowers branching into various directions, and growing -from the foot-stalks of the leaves close to the stem.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, magnified.<br> -2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives as they stand in the tube, magnified.<br> -3. The Empalement, with the pointal after the blossom has fallen off, magnified.<br> -4. The Seed-bud, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> conspicuously handsome plant was introduced by W. Forsyth, Esq. to -the Chelsea Gardens in the year 1782, from the island of Bourbon, now -the Isle de la Revolution, near the coast of Madagascar, in the Indian -Ocean. It grows to a very considerable height, perfectly straight, and -polished in the stem, something like the Bamboo Cane, from which -appearance, till it flowered, it had gone by the name of the fishing rod -plant. It must be kept in the bark-bed of the hothouse in rich mould, -and should be removed from its pot but seldom, the roots being extremely -tender and brittle. The propagation is slow and difficult, as well from -the great tendency the part has to rot, where cut, as from the -unfrequency of its throwing out any side shoots from the stem. Our -drawing was made in July this year, at the Hammersmith nursery; though -we understand it flowered in the extensive collection of the Right Hon. -the Earl of Tankerville at Walton-upon-Thames, some years since.</p> - -<p>Having followed Willdenow, rather than Jacquin, in the Generic name of -this plant, our reason is, each species which has hitherto been thrown -to this Genus, since its first formation, might well make a distinct -one; if every generic or even essential, character, was to be critically -attended to. The fruit forming the principal essential character, a -specimen of which we have seen, containing two large seeds like C. -Manghas, determined us in our adoption.</p> - -<p>The descriptions and figures of the two plants, given by Professor -Jacquin in his Icon. rar. 2, and Collect. 4, under the genus Ochrosia, -are, we conceive, only different specimens of our plant; and are both, -as well as Dryander’s critique on Gmelin (see Linn. Trans. Vol. II. p. -227) defective; neither of them having seen but <i>dried</i> specimens, -without the fruit; as in this natural order of plants, the flowers being -mostly fleshy, many of the principal characters are destroyed in the -process of drying; and of course, in such case, must lead to error. -Jacquin’s character of <i>maculata</i>, quoted by Willdenow as a specific -title, though he has rejected the Generic, we suppose, must have been -taken from the small blotches on the lower, and which sometimes pervade -the upper surface of the leaves, but found only when in the last state -of decay, or when artificially dried to preserve them; as by the -pressure necessarily employed to that end, the waved, and most -ostensible character of the living plant, is done away. As to the C. -parviflora of Forster being the same, as either, the Ochrosia borbonica -or O. maculata of Jacquin, we must beg leave to dissent from the severe -criticiser of Gmelin; upon whose authority, nevertheless, Willdenow has -been led to exclude, even as a synonim, the O. borbonica of Prof. -Jacquin, which perhaps, if it were not for the increasing of Genera, -ought to be the name of the plant.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_527">[Pg 527]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 130 -<br><a href="images/ill_130.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_130.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_530">[Pg 530]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_529">[Pg 529]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_528">[Pg 528]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_131"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM LACINIATUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Ragged-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg.</i> 1781.</p> - -<p><i>MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata quinque. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five Summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry -berries.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis radicalibus, integris laciniatisque, petiolis -filiformibus; calycibus monophyllis; Staminibus quinque fertilibus; -radice tuberosa.</p> - -<p>Geranium with leaves growing from the root, entire and jagged, -foot-stalks thread-shaped; cups one leaved; five fertile chives; -root tuberous.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, with its tubular part laid open.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, as they stand in the blossom, magnified.<br> -3. The same cut open, and detached from the Pointal, magnified.<br> -4. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Ragged-leaved Geranium may be considered as an herbaceous plant, for -it rarely retains its leaves longer than September; and when in a state -of inaction, should be watered but sparingly, otherwise the root will be -subject to rot. It may be increased by parting the roots about March, -which should be afterwards planted in rich mould, and placed on a shelf -in the hot-house; where they will flower in May or June. From an -imported plant, in the Hibbertian collection, our drawing was made this -year.</p> - -<p>A continual harping on the same subject, may perhaps appear rather -tiresome; but, as almost every real new species of Geranium, which falls -under our observation, seems to add a fresh proof of the futility of the -new arrangement, we cannot forbear noticing it. This species, for -instance, has every other essential generic character of Monsieur -L’Heritier’s Pelargonium, but unfortunately the most essential. Upon an -accurate examination of a number of flowers, before they had expanded, -(the only time when it can be truly ascertained), in no one instance, -was there more than five tips to be found. Where to place it, with -Erodium, or Pelargonium?<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_531">[Pg 531]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 131 -<br><a href="images/ill_131.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_131.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_534">[Pg 534]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_533">[Pg 533]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_532">[Pg 532]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_132"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. <i>Nigra.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Protea. Black flower.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis -infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals -below the point. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis sublinearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis, -longissimis; squamis interioribus, calycis lanceolatis, erectis; -florum plumis atro-purpureis.</p> - -<p>Protea with leaves nearly linear, narrow, oblique, harsh and very -long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the -plume of flowers of a black-purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.<br> -2. The Petals of the flower opened, to shew the situation of the Tips.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> species of Protea, from the Cape of Good Hope, of which we have -drawings of three varieties, is as yet, very scarce in this kingdom. The -variety here figured, as well as the others of this species, have been -hitherto considered as varieties of P. speciosa; with which, however, -they have less connexion, than with P. mellifera; but from both they -stand quite distinct. Wherefore, we have given them the specific title -of longifolia, from the extreme length of their leaves, which are -considerably longer, than could be expressed in the figure. We believe -this is the first year it has flowered in England, or in any other -collection, than the nursery, Hammersmith; where our drawing was made in -November. It is most difficult, or indeed almost impracticable, to -increase it, as it puts out no side shoots, and certainly damps off, if -laid down, where it touches the earth.</p> - -<p>From Boerhaave’s having arranged this species of Protea, (See his Index -to the Leyden Garden, Part 2. from P. 185 to 189,) with his -Lepidocarpodendrons, after <i>fig. 187</i>, which is our P. mellifera; -Willdenow has been led into an error; since he has given this plant, the -188 Fig. of Boerhaave, as a synonim to P. speciosa, which ought not to -be so taken, unless we understand, that he meant all his -Lepidocarpodendrons as only varieties of each other; the principal -distinguishing feature, in P. speciosa, being the incurved and fringed -character, of the inner scales of the empalement.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_535">[Pg 535]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 132 -<br><a href="images/ill_132.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_132.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_538">[Pg 538]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_537">[Pg 537]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_536">[Pg 536]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_133"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. <i>Ferruginoso-purpurea.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Protea. Rusty-purple flower.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis -infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft or four petals. Tips linear inserted into the -petals below the point. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Protea speciosa</span>. Pl. XVII. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis sub-linearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis, -longissimis; squamis interioribus calycis lanceolatis erectis; -florum plumis ferruginoso-purpureis; conus subglobosus.</p> - -<p>Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, harsh and very -long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the -plume of flowers are of a rusty-purple; the cone nearly -globe-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.<br> -2. The Petals of the flower spread open, to expose the situation of the Tips.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">That</span> the attention of the scientific and other collectors and -cultivators of exotics, in this kingdom, may be brought to a better -acquaintance, with this fine, very extended, yet much neglected Genus; -the species of which, now in Britain, amount to more than seventy, has -been our chief aim, in endeavouring to lay before them, figures of some -of the most rare and beautiful; one of which we deem the present.</p> - -<p>This variety of Long-leaved Protea, is figured in Boerhaave’s Index to -the Leyden garden, Part 2. p. 186, as one of his Lepidocarpodendrons, -and has been given, by Willdenow in his Sp. plant. Tom. I. p. 531, as a -synonim of P. speciosa, quoted from Thunberg’s prod. 27. Diss. de Prot.</p> - -<p>The culture and treatment of this plant, is the same as P. speciosa, to -which we refer our readers.</p> - -<p>From a fine plant, in the Hibbertian collection, our drawing was taken -in the month of July this year. It was introduced to us from the Royal -Gardens at Schonbrun in Germany, communicated by the superintendant to -Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, the seeds having been received -from the collector for the Emperor, at the Cape.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_539">[Pg 539]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 133 -<br><a href="images/ill_133.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_133.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_542">[Pg 542]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_541">[Pg 541]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_540">[Pg 540]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_134"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">IXIA CROCATA. <i>Var. nig. maculata.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Crocus flowered Ixia. Var. black spotted.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 6-petala, patens, æqualis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina</span> tria, erectiusculo-patula.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 6-petals, spreading, equal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives</span> three, upright and spreading.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Ixia reflexa</span>. Pl. XIV. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Ixia foliis falcatis, flaccidis; floribus alternis, sessilibus; -petalis tribus exterioribus basi gibbis maculatisque.</p> - -<p>Ixia with scimitar-shaped limber leaves; flowers grow alternate and -close to the stem; the three outer petals are gouty and spotted at -the base.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The two Spaths of the Empalement.<br> -2. The Flower cut open and expanded, with the Chives attached.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits, the Summits detached and magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> variety of Crocus-flowered Ixia was introduced, according to the -Kew Catalogue, Vol. I. p. 60, in the year 1774, by Mr. F. Masson, from -the Cape of Good Hope, and there, is treated as a distinct species, -under the name of I. deusta. From the number of drawings we possess of -this tribe of plants, having nineteen distinct varieties of this one -species, and in the close investigation we have given them, in their -flowering, for a number of years; having found them to sport in colour, -&c. from the same root, but much more so from seed; enables us -decisively to place this plant as a variety to I. crocata. It is one of -the most hardy of the Genus, and propagates itself by the root. The -flowers are produced about May, in which month 1799, our drawing was -taken, at the Hammersmith nursery; since, we have not seen it in any -collection; which leads us to think it is not a free blower, as the -roots are not scarce.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_543">[Pg 543]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 134 -<br><a href="images/ill_134.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_134.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_546">[Pg 546]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_545">[Pg 545]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_544">[Pg 544]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_135"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">MALVA REFLEXA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Reflex-flowered Mallow.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. <i>of Schreb. Gen. Plant. 1789.</i></p> - -<p><i>MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Many Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium duplex; <i>exterius</i> triphyllum, angustius; -foliolis cordatis, acutis, persistentibus; <i>interius</i> monophyllum, -semiquinquefidum, majus, latius, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala quinque, obcordata, præmorsa, plana, tubo staminum -basi affixa.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta numerosa, inferne coalita in tubum, in hujus -apice et superficie secedentia et libera. Antheræ reniformes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen orbiculatum. Stylus cylindraceus, brevis. -Stigmata plurima, setosa, longitudine styli.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda, composita e loculamentis pluribus, -(tot quot stigmata) bivalvibus, virticillatim inarticulatis circum -receptaculum columnare, tandem dilabentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, rarius duo seu tria, reniformia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup double; the <i>outer</i> three-leaved, narrower; -leaflets heart-shaped, sharp, and remaining; the <i>inner</i> one-leaf, -half five-cleft, larger, broader, and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Five petals; inversely heart-shaped, appearing bit at the -ends, flat, fixed to the tube of the chives at the base.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads numerous, united below into a tube, at its top and -surface parted and loose. Tips kidney-shaped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud orbicular. Shaft cylindrical and short. Summits -many, bristle-shaped, the length of the shaft.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish, composed of many cells (as many as -there are tips) two-valved, forming a whorl round a columnar -receptacle not jointed, at length falling off.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, seldom two or three, kidney-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Malva foliis cuneiformibus, inequaliter incisolobatis; petalis -reflexis.</p> - -<p>Mallow with wedge-shaped leaves, unequally gashed into lobes; -petals reflexed.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, the inner and outer Cup separated from the Blossom.<br> -2. A Blossom spread open.<br> -3. The Chives and Pointal.<br> -4. The Chives, the connecting tube cut open.<br> -5. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">Some</span> light doubts, at first, arose in our minds, that this plant might -be M. virgata, the 15th in Professor Martyn’s new arrangement of -Miller’s Dictionary, vide art. Malva. But, from the extraordinary length -of the branches of M. virgata, there described to be six feet and a half -long, and only the thickness of a wheat straw at the base! with dark -purple flowers; we cannot but consider this, which never rises to more -than a foot and a half or two feet in the stem, with white flowers, -excepting a small streak of red at the base of the petals, as a distinct -and new species. It is a native of the Cape, and was received in seeds, -from thence, in the year 1794. As a hardy green-house plant it is most -ornamental; the blossoms, which are quite reflexed when full blown, -being produced in succession from March till November, upon every part -of the plant. It is increased by cuttings made in May, and placed under -a hand-glass on a shady border. Light loam with a small mixture of peat, -it the best soil to make it flourish.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_547">[Pg 547]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 135 -<br><a href="images/ill_135.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_135.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_550">[Pg 550]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_549">[Pg 549]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_548">[Pg 548]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_136"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXVI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GERANIUM CRASSIFOLIUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Thick-leaved Geranium.</i></span></h2> - -<p>CLASS XVI. ORDER IV. <i>of Suppl. System. Veg. 1781.</i></p> - -<p><i>MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA.</i> Threads united. Ten Chives.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Monogyna.</span> Stigmata 5. Fructus rostratus, penta-coccus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Pointal.</span> Five summits. Fruit furnished with long awns, five dry -berries.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Geranium grandiflorum</span>, Pl. XII. Vol. 1.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Geranium foliis acuminatis, lobato-pinnatis, sub-carnosis, laciniis -inequaliter dentatis; pedunculis subquadrifloris; floribus -pentandris; petalis æqualibus, purpureis.</p> - -<p>Geranium with leaves tapering to the point, winged in lobes and -rather fleshy, the segments unequally toothed; foot-stalks -generally four flowers; the flowers have five fertile tips; petals -equal and purple.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. One Petal of the Blossom.<br> -3. The Chives and Pointal.<br> -4. The Chives, spread open.<br> -5. The same, magnified.<br> -6. The Pointal, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> thick-leaved Geranium is a native of the island of Cyprus, and was -introduced by Dr. Sibthorpe, on his return from visiting the Grecian -islands, in the year 1788. It is, we think, no more than a biennial -plant at best, as it seldom survives the second winter, and but rarely -the first. If the seeds are sown in the month of March, the plants will -flower the ensuing autumn, and generally produce ripe seeds, if kept in -a sheltered and warm situation. This plant is unquestionably the true -Erodium of L’Heritier, and those who admit of that innovation, being the -one, apparently, upon which he formed his Generic distinction; as we -believe, no other species, so denominated, has every constituent -Essential part necessary to his Genus.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_551">[Pg 551]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 136 -<br><a href="images/ill_136.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_136.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_554">[Pg 554]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_553">[Pg 553]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_552">[Pg 552]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_137"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXVII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS NANUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Dwarf Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>. Plate XI. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis lanceolatis, plicatis, pilosis; scapo toto -florigero longitudine foliorum; corolla ringente, laciniis -longissimis, divaricatis, undulatis; spatha trivalvi.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with lance-shaped leaves, plaited and hairy; flower-stem -quite covered with flowers the length of the leaves; blossom -gaping, the segments very long, spreading different ways and waved; -sheath three valved.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The three valved Sheath.<br> -2. A Blossom cut open and expanded, the Chives remaining attached.<br> -4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and its Summits, one of them detached and magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Hibbertian collection has furnished us with this extraordinarily -handsome Gladiolus. Our drawing was taken at Clapham, in August this -year, when we were informed by Mr. Hibbert that he had received the -bulbs but a few months before, from his collector at the Cape. It has -little likeness to any one of the Genus yet in England; but from the -character of the leaves, we should incline to think, the treatment -required for Ixia plicata, (of which species we have drawings of more -than twenty varieties, known under the names of I. villosa, I. -rubro-cyanea, I. punicea, I. purpurea, &c. &c.) that is to say, to be -kept through the winter months, in more heat than is required for the -generality of Ixias and Gladioluses.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_555">[Pg 555]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 137 -<br><a href="images/ill_137.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_137.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_558">[Pg 558]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_557">[Pg 557]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_556">[Pg 556]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_138"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXVIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM AMOENUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Broad-leaved Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Filamenta</span> receptaculo inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom one petal.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Threads</span> fixed into the receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many -seeds.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Vac. arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium foliis utrinque acuminatis, subserrulatis, deciduis; -floribus racemosis, pedunculis bracteatis, calycibus reflexis, -corollis cylindraceis. Stamina decem.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry with leaves tapering to both ends, a little sawed at -the edges and falling off; flowers grow in long bunches, -foot-stalks with floral leaves, cups reflexed, blossoms -cylinder-shaped. Ten Chives.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Flower complete.<br> -2. The Empalement, with the floral leaves.<br> -3. The Chives, magnified.<br> -4. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.<br> -5. A nearly ripe Berry.<br> -6. The same, cut transversely, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> very handsome species of Whortleberry was introduced, from North -America, in the year 1765, by Mr. John Cree, Nurseryman, of Addlestone, -amongst many others. It is a hardy plant, in our climate. This species -inclines to a loamy, rather than a peat soil, and is propagated by -suckers, which it throws up from the root, or from layers; which may be -put down in May, and taken off the succeeding year. Its time of -flowering is about June or July, in which latter month our drawing was -made last year, at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, Hammersmith.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_559">[Pg 559]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 138 -<br><a href="images/ill_138.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_138.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_562">[Pg 562]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_561">[Pg 561]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_560">[Pg 560]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_139"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXXXIX.<br><br> -<span class="chead">STRUTHIOLA CILIATA. <i>Var. flore rubro.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Fringed-leaved Struthiola. Var. red flowered.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Perianthium</span> diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa, 4-fida; Nectarium, -glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semen</span> unum, subbaccatum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; Honey-cup, 8 glands -placed round the mouth of the blossom.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">One Seed</span>, like a berry.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Struthiola imbricata</span>, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Struthiola foliis ovato-lanceolatis, mucronatis, ciliatis, -concavis, quadrifariam imbricatis; glandulæ octo supra faucem; -corolla rubra.</p> - -<p>Struthiola with leaves between egg and lance-shaped, pointed, -fringed, concave and tiled in four rows; eight glands upon the -mouth of the blossom, which is red.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A leaf, natural size, from one of the younger branches.<br> -2. A Blossom, with its Cup, or floral leaves.<br> -3. The Cup, magnified.<br> -4. A Blossom cut open, and magnified.<br> -5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> two varieties of this species of Struthiola, the other with a white -flower being intended for our next number, were introduced at the same -time with the Struthiola imbricata, to which they much affine, in -general habit. But, the strong distinction in the number and character -of the glands, induced us to consider them of a distinct species; in -this, they are eight, in S. imbricata there are but four; the leaves -likewise not so closely set upon the stem, and they are much more -fringed. For the culture and treatment of this, we must refer our -readers to the directions, for managing the above named plant. We had -our specimen, for the figure, from the Clapham collection in May 1800.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_563">[Pg 563]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 139 -<br><a href="images/ill_139.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_139.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_566">[Pg 566]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_565">[Pg 565]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_564">[Pg 564]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_140"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXL.<br><br> -<span class="chead">VACCINIUM FRONDOSUM.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VIII. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Eight Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> superus. Corolla monopetala. Filamenta receptaculo inserta. -Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cup</span> superior. Blossom one petal. Threads fixed into the receptacle. -A berry with four cells and many seeds.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Vac. arctostaphyllos</span>, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Vaccinium racemis foliosis; pedicellis bracteatis; corollis -campanulatis; foliis obtusis, oblongis, subtus sub-glaucis, -deciduis. Stamina decem.</p> - -<p>Whortle-berry with small leaves on the flower-stems; foot-stalks of -the flowers with leaflets; blossoms bell-shaped; leaves, obtuse, -oblong, rather glaucous underneath and deciduous. Ten Chives.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, natural size.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.<br> -3. A nearly ripe Berry cut transversely.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry was introduced, according to the Kew -Catalogue, Vol. II. p. 12, from North America, in the year 1770 by Mr. -William Young; but nevertheless, although said to be an inhabitant of -our gardens so long as 20 years, it is, we believe, known to very few -cultivators. It is a deciduous shrub, growing to the height of about two -or three feet; and will, in general, survive the inclemency of our -winters.</p> - -<p>It is increased with difficulty by layers, and the berries seldom ripen -with us; light peat earth, with a small mixture of loam, it thrives in -most. The drawing for our figure was taken, from the Hibbertian -collection, in July 1800. This species has likewise ten Chives, five -divisions of the cup, <span class="pagenum"><a id="page_567">[Pg 567]</a></span>&c.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 140 -<br><a href="images/ill_140.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_140.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_570">[Pg 570]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_569">[Pg 569]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_568">[Pg 568]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_141"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLI.<br><br> -<span class="chead">CYANELLA CAPENSIS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Cape Cyanella.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS VI. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA</i>. Six Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx</span> nullus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala sex, unguibus cohærentia, oblonga, concava, patula; -tribus interioribus propendentibus.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex, basi contigua, brevissima, patentiuscula; -infimo declinato. Antherarum quinque oblongæ, curvatæ, erectæ, -apice dehiscentes, dentibus quatuor obtusis; altera vero declinata, -maxima, apice bifida.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen trigonum, obtusum. Stylus filiformis, declinatus, -longitudine infimi staminis. Stigma acutiusculum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Capsula subrotunda trisulcata, trilocularis, -trivalvis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> plura, oblonga.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement</span>, none.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Six petals, adhering by the claws, oblong, concave, -spreading; the three interior ones hanging forwards.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads six, contiguous at the base, very short, spreading -a little; the lower one bent down. Five of the tips are oblong, -curved, upright, splitting at the end, with four obtuse teeth; but -the other is bent down, very large, and two-cleft at the end.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed-bud three-sided, obtuse. Shaft thread-shaped, bent -downward, and the length of the lower chive. Summit rather -sharp-pointed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> Capsule roundish, three-furrowed, three cells, three -valves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> many, oblong.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Cyanella caule folioso, paniculato; racemis divaricatis; foliis -lanceolatis, undulatis; floribus cæruleis.</p> - -<p>Cyanella with a leafy stem growing into a panicle; branches -straddling; leaves lance-shaped, and waved; flowers blue.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Chives and Pointal, natural size, the petals of the blossom cut away.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.<br> -3. The same thrown open, to shew their connection at the base.<br> -4. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">The</span> Cape Cyanella has been long known in many herbariums, and to most -botanists by name, but we much question whether a living plant has, till -now, been seen in our gardens. The description, in his dictionary, of a -plant cultivated by Miller in 1768, where he says, “the leaves are long, -narrow, with a groove on the upper side, the peduncle arising -immediately from the root, supporting one flower, of a fine blue -colour;” surely can have no connection with our plant, but in the colour -of its blossom. From every appearance of the plant, even in an abortive -specimen, more than one flower must be produced, if any. It is -enumerated, in the Kew Catalogue, as one of the species of Cyanella; -but, we suppose, only from an accepted idea, that the plant described by -Miller was the C. capensis; and, as having been cultivated in Britain, -might be therefore introduced with propriety into the book, though it -had never graced the garden; otherwise, if this plant, which is -incontestibly the true C. capensis of Linnæus, had ever been seen in the -Royal Gardens, no affinity would have been traced to that of Miller.</p> - -<p>A few small inaccuracies occur in the generic character of this Genus, -which we have rectified; one is, that the inner, and not the outer -petals, are those which hang forward; the others may be observed by -those, who may consider them worthy notice. This species is a -bulbous-rooted plant, flowering freely in the green-house; although the -roots had been received, late in the season, from the collector for the -Hibbertian Collection now at the Cape; which, perhaps, is the reason the -flowers are produced at this time of the year (February). Mr. Allen -informs us, that, it has had no other treatment, than what is given to -Cape bulbs in general. From the swelled appearance of the seed-vessels -we have little doubt of ripe seeds being produced.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_571">[Pg 571]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 141 -<br><a href="images/ill_141.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_141.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_574">[Pg 574]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_573">[Pg 573]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_572">[Pg 572]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_142"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">GLADIOLUS CRISPUS.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Curled-leaved Gladiolus.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS III. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Three Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.</p> - -<p>See <span class="smcap">Gladiolus roseus</span>. Plate XI. Vol. I.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, ad oras crispus; floribus secundis, -palidè rubris; laciniis corollæ rotundatis; tubo gracili, -longissimo.</p> - -<p>Gladiolus with sword shaped leaves, curled at the edges; flowers -point all one way, and are of a pale red; segments of the blossom -rounded; tube slender, and very long.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement.<br> -2. A Flower cut open, the Chives remaining attached.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">A</span> Figure of this Gladiolus may be found in the Ic. rar. 2. of Professor -Jacquin, t. 267, by those who possess that elegant and invaluable work. -The plant from which our drawing was taken, and we believe the first -that has been seen in Britain, flowered in the collection of G. Hibbert, -Esq. Clapham Common, last year in the month of July. We do not perceive -that the treatment of this plant, should differ from the rest of its -congeners.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_575">[Pg 575]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 142 -<br><a href="images/ill_142.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_142.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_578">[Pg 578]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_577">[Pg 577]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_576">[Pg 576]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_143"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLIII.<br><br> -<span class="chead">LIMONIA TRIFOLIATA.</span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Three-leafletted Limonia.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS X. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Ten Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Calyx.</span> Perianthium monophyllum, tri-seu quinquefidum, acutum, -minimum, persistens.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corolla.</span> Petala tria ad quinque, oblonga, obtusa, erecta, apice -patentia.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Stamina.</span> Filamenta sex ad decem, subulata, erecta, corolla -breviora. Antheræ lineares, erectæ.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pistillum.</span> Germen oblongum, superum. Stylus cylindraceus, -longitudine staminum. Stigma capitatum, planum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pericarpium.</span> Bacca ovata seu globosa, trilocularis; dissepimentis -membranaceis.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Semina</span> solitaria, ovata.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Empalement.</span> Cup one leaf, three or five-cleft, pointed, very small, -and remaining.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom.</span> Petals from three to five, oblong, obtuse, upright, -spreading at the end.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Chives.</span> Threads from six to ten, awl shaped, upright, shorter than -the blossom. Tips linear, and upright.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pointal.</span> Seed bud oblong and superior. Shaft cylindrical, the -length of the Chives. Summit headed, and flat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seed-vessel.</span> An oval, or globular berry with three cells; -partitions skinny.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Seeds</span> solitary, and egg-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Limonia foliis ternatis; spinis geminis, axillaribus.</p> - -<p>Limonia with leaves composed of three leaflets; spines grow by -pairs at the footstalks of the leaves close to the stem.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. The Empalement, magnified.<br> -2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified, as they stand in the Blossom.<br> -3. The Pointal natural size.<br> -4. The same, magnified.<br> -5. A ripe berry.<br> -6. A Seed.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> plant, a native of China, has since its introduction, as are most -plants coming from thence, been cultivated with us as a hot-house plant; -but from every natural affinity, we should be led to suppose it would -endure our winters, in the green-house. As yet it is in few collections -and scarce; therefore, till it becomes more plenty, it will, most -likely, not undergo that ordeal. Our drawing was taken from a branch in -high perfection, communicated by Mr. Anderson, from the collection of J. -Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, last year 1800, in the month of July; who -informs us, he has been enabled to propagate it by cuttings, and that he -keeps it in a mixture of loam and rotten dung.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_579">[Pg 579]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 143 -<br><a href="images/ill_143.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_143.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_582">[Pg 582]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_581">[Pg 581]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_580">[Pg 580]</a></span></p> - -<hr> - -<h2><a id="plt_144"></a><span class="lspc">PLATE</span> CXLIV.<br><br> -<span class="chead">PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. <i>Var. cono turbinato.</i></span><br><br> -<span class="chead2"><i>Long-leaved Protea. Var. top-shaped cone.</i></span></h2> - -<h3>CLASS IV. ORDER I.</h3> - -<p class="chead3"><i>TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.</i> Four Chives. One Pointal.</p> - -<p class="chead4">ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p><span class="smcap">Corolla</span> 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis -infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Blossom</span> 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals -below the point. Cup proper none. Seeds solitary.</p> - -<p> -See <span class="smcap">Protea formosa</span>, Pl. XVII. Vol. I.<br> -</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">SPECIFIC CHARACTER.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"><p>Protea foliis sublinearibus, angustis, obliquis, rigidis, -longissimis; squamis interioribus calycis lanceolatis, erectis; -florum plumis atro-purpureis; conus turbinatus.</p> - -<p>Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, harsh and very -long; the inner scales of the cup are lance-shaped and upright; the -plume of flowers are of a dark purple; the cone top-shaped.</p></div> - -<p class="chead4">REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.</p> - -<p class="nind">1. A Blossom complete, with the seed-bud attached.<br> -2. The Petals of the flower spread open, to shew the situation of the Tips.<br> -3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit.<br> -</p> - -<p class="nind1"><span class="smcap">This</span> is the third variety of Long-leaved Protea, as mentioned p. 132, -and equally scarce with the preceding ones. It was raised from seed at -the same time with the other two, which were received by Messrs. Lee and -Kennedy, Hammersmith, from the superintendant of the Imperial Gardens at -Schonbrun. This variety, at present, is in no collection, that we know -of, in England, but that of G. Hibbert, Esq. where our drawing was made, -in the month of January 1801. The same unfortunate character attaches to -this, as to the other varieties, from the great difficulty of increasing -it; although, it flourishes in growth, if planted in a light, loamy -soil.<span class="pagenum"><a id="page_583">[Pg 583]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<span class="lspc">PLATE</span> 144 -<br><a href="images/ill_144.jpg"> -<img src="images/ill_144.jpg" -height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]"></a></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_585">[Pg 585]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_584">[Pg 584]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_588">[Pg 588]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_587">[Pg 587]</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_586">[Pg 586]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a id="INDEX-vol2"></a>INDEX<br><br> -TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. II.</h2> - -<table style="font-size:75%;"> -<tr><td rowspan="72">Plate </td> -<td class="rt"><a href="#plt_75">75</a></td> -<td> Daphne pontica. </td><td> Pontic Spurge Laurel. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March, April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_74">74</a></td><td> Persoonia lanceolata. </td><td> Lance-shape-leaved Persoonia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_75">75</a></td><td> Physalis prostrata. </td><td> Trailing Winter cherry. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_76">76</a></td><td> Protea pinifolia. </td><td> Pine-leaved Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_77">77</a></td><td> Persoonia linearis. </td><td> Linear-leaved Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_78">78</a></td><td> Ixora Pavetta. </td><td> Sweet Ixora. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_79">79</a></td><td> Crowea saligna. </td><td> Willow leaved Crowea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July till Nov.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_80">80</a></td><td> Buchnera fœtida. </td><td> Stinking Buchnera. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_81">81</a></td><td> Sowerbia juncea. </td><td> Rush-like Sowerbia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Herb. </td><td> All Summer.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_82">82</a></td><td> Banksia serrata. </td><td> Sawed-leaved Banksia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March, April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_83">83</a></td><td> Moræa tricolor. </td><td> Three-coloured Moræa. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_84">84</a></td><td> Buchnera pedunculata. </td><td> Solitary-flowered Buchnera. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July till Nov.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_85">85</a></td><td> Mahernia odorata. </td><td> Sweet Mahernia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All the year.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_86">86</a></td><td> Bignonia pandorana. </td><td> Norfolk Island Trumpet Flower. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_87">87</a></td><td> Ixia aristata. <i>Var. atro-purpurea.</i> </td><td> Ragged sheathed Ixia. <i>Var. dark purple.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_88">88</a></td><td> Eranthemum pulchellum. </td><td> Blue-flowered Eranthemum. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> Jan. till May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_89">89</a></td><td> Gnidia lævigata. </td><td> Shining-leaved Gnidia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_90">90</a></td><td> Septas capensis. </td><td> Cape septas. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Herb. </td><td> May till August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_91">91</a></td><td> Camellia japonica. <i>Var. flo. pl. variegato.</i> </td><td> Double-striped Camellia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August till May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_92">92</a></td><td> Crinum spirali. </td><td> Spiral-stalked Asphodel Lily. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> Jan. till April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_93">93</a></td><td> Aster reflexus. </td><td> Reflex-leaved Starwort. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All the year.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_94">94</a></td><td> Galaxia ovata. </td><td> Oval-leaved Galaxia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_95">95</a></td><td> Amaryllis radiata. </td><td> Rayed Lily Daffodil. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> Feb. March.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_96">96</a></td><td> Punica granatum. <i>Var. flo. albo.</i> </td><td> White Pomegranate. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_97">97</a></td><td> Vaccinium formosum. </td><td> Red-twigged Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_98">98</a></td><td> Pultenæa daphnoides. </td><td> Daphne-like Pultenæa. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_99">99</a></td><td> Gladiolus blandus. </td><td> Large white-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_100">100</a></td><td> Embothrium sericeum. </td><td> Silky Embothrium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> All the year.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_101">101</a></td><td> Hypoxis stellata. </td><td> Star-flowered Hypoxis. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_102">102</a></td><td> Epigæa repens. </td><td> Creeping Epigæa. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> April, May.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_103">103</a></td><td> Protea speciosa, <i>nigra</i>. </td><td> Black-flowered Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_104">104</a></td><td> Lachnæa Eriocephala. </td><td> Woolly-headed Lachnæa. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till Aug.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_105">105</a></td><td> Vaccinium crassifolium. </td><td> Thick-leaved Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_106">106</a></td><td> Houstonia coccinea. </td><td> Scarlet Houstonia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August till Dec.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_107">107</a></td><td> Allium gracile. </td><td> Sweet-scented Garlic. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> March till June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_108">108</a></td><td> Geranium reniforme. </td><td> Kidney-shape-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_109">109</a></td><td> Chrysanthemum tricolor. </td><td> Three-coloured Corn-Marygold. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> July till October.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_110">110</a></td><td> Protea speciosa, <i>latifolia</i>. </td><td> Broad-leaved shewy Protea. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_111">111</a></td><td> Gladiolus striatus. </td><td> Streaked-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_112">112</a></td><td> Vaccinium dumosum. </td><td> Bushy Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_113">113</a></td><td> Struthiola imbricata. </td><td> Tiled-leaved Struthiola. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March and Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_114">114</a></td><td> Geranium quinquevulnerum. </td><td> Variegated-flowered Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_115">115</a></td><td> Geranium tomentosum. </td><td> Downy-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_116">116</a></td><td> Gaultheria procumbens. </td><td> Trailing Gaultheria. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till Aug.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_117">117</a></td><td> Gentiana purpurea. </td><td> Purple-flowered Gentian. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Herb. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_118">118</a></td><td> Gladiolus grandiflorus. </td><td> Large-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_119">119</a></td><td> Struthiola ovata. </td><td> Oval-leaved Struthiola. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_120">120</a></td><td> Fuchsia lycioides. </td><td> Box Thorn-like Fuchsia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August till Nov.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_121">121</a></td><td> Geranium cortusæfolium. </td><td> Cortusa-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_122">122</a></td><td> Gladiolus galeatus. </td><td> Helmet-flowered Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_123">123</a></td><td> Thunbergia fragrans. </td><td> Twining Thunbergia. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May till Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_124">124</a></td><td> Heliconia psittacorum. </td><td> Parrot billed Heliconia. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> September.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_125">125</a></td><td> Vaccinium parviflorum. </td><td> Small-flowered Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_126">126</a></td><td> Hibbertia volubilis. </td><td> Twining Hibbertia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May till Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_127">127</a></td><td> Jasminum gracile. </td><td> Slender-stemmed Jasmine. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July till Nov.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_128">128</a></td><td> Ixia polystachia. </td><td> Many-spiked Ixia. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> April.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_129">129</a></td><td> Gloriosa superba. </td><td> Superb Gloriosa. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_130">130</a></td><td> Cerbera undulata. </td><td> Waved-leaved Cerbera. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_131">131</a></td><td> Geranium laciniatum. </td><td> Ragged-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_132">132</a></td><td> Protea longifolia. <i>Nigra.</i> </td><td> Long-leaved Protea. <i>Black flower.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> Novem. Decem.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_133">133</a></td><td> Protea longifolia. <i>Ferruginoso-purpurea.</i> </td><td> Long-leaved Protea. <i>Rusty purple flower.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> July, August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_134">134</a></td><td> Ixia crocata. <i>Var. nigra maculata.</i> </td><td> Crocus-flowered Ixia. <i>Var. black spotted.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_135">135</a></td><td> Malva reflexa. </td><td> Reflex-flowered Mallow. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> March till Nov.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_136">136</a></td><td> Geranium crassifolium. </td><td> Thick-leaved Geranium. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Ann. </td><td> August, Sept.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_137">137</a></td><td> Gladiolus nanus. </td><td> Dwarf Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_138">138</a></td><td> Vaccinium amœnum. </td><td> Broad-leaved Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_139">139</a></td><td> Struthiola ciliata. <i>Var. flore rubro.</i> </td><td> Fringed-leaved Struthiola. <i>Var. red-flowered.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_140">140</a></td><td> Vaccinium frondosum. </td><td> Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry. </td><td> Har. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_141">141</a></td><td> Cyanella capensis. </td><td> Cape Cyanella. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> May, June.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_142">142</a></td><td> Gladiolus crispus. </td><td> Curled leaved Gladiolus. </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Bulb. </td><td> June, July.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_143">143</a></td><td> Limonia trifoliata. </td><td> Three-leaved Limonia. </td><td> H. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> August.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_144">144</a></td><td> Protea longifolia. <i>Var. cono turbinato.</i> </td><td> Long-leaved Protea. <i>Var. cone top-shaped.</i> </td><td> G. H. </td><td> Shrub. </td><td> Nov. Dec.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="page_589">[Pg 589]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a id="ERRATA2"></a>ERRATA.</h2> - -<table style="font-size:75%;"> -<tr><td rowspan="15">Plate</td><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_73">73,</a></td><td> Sp. Ch. pedunculus, lege, <i>pedunculis</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_74">74,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Nectariæ, lege, <i>Nectaria</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_76">76,</a></td><td>, See P. speciosa, read, <i>formosa</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_79">79,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Pointal, for Seed-buds, read, <i>Seed-bud</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_81">81,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Chives, for bear two chive, each parted, read, <i>bear two tips each, parted</i>, &c.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_84">84,</a></td><td>, Descr. line 7, for plotted, read, <i>potted</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_90">90,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Pericarp. Capsula, lege, <i>Capsulæ</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_91">91,</a></td><td>, English name, for Double-striped, read, <i>Double Striped</i>. Class, lege, <i>Monadelphia</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_96">96,</a></td><td>, Seed-vessel, for five-celled, read, <i>nine-celled</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_106">106,</a></td><td>, Descr. line 5, for Hememeris, read, <i>Hemimeris</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_120">120,</a></td><td>, Gen. Ch. Calyx, monophyllum. Infundibuliforme, lege, <i>monophyllum</i>, <i>infundibuliforme</i>. Post <i>superum</i>, adde (,)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_130">130,</a></td><td>, Descr. line penult, for O borbonica, read, <i>O. borbonica</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_131">131,</a></td><td>, Class, Monodelphia, lege, <i>Monadelphia</i>. From a singular oversight, in transcribing, this Erratum has been overlooked, and continued, with every Geranium.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="rt"><a href="#plt_133">133,</a></td><td>, Sp. 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