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AZALEA PONTI½ YELLOW AZALEA. 
NIAo 
npm ula,  rec, inferta Capri 2- 5 to- 
_red Synonyms. 
AZALEA_ ?ore,ca foliis nitids lanceolatis, atrinque glabris 
racere;, torminalibus. Linm $2o. Pl. d 669. 
P..". FL R" t. 69 . , 5 t. 
CHAMERHODE',DP' }S Pomi, a maxima Melpili folio- 
floro Tourn. Co Hifi '; '. 4 . A L 
vo4. 348 By'' 5. 36 .t. 69 . 
De rub flora t o to three feet or more in In, 
.hick It par' , the fie ot mg th  
" " :u vlth a fi.ooth br  'n barl',irl_o_.. y 
FI 'rs app:arin b to, are fully pa 
 ..... d i, the 
a fine 
inc-' bh ; about 
lhUt, a --- m are 
'trli a  ,t courfe 
the 
litde 
'"bed; 
1, and 
;, from 
colour 
of that 
.ed much 
ntinueo a confiderable 
drre bh ;  "- .eduncles, Calyx very 
/hort, 'ous, irr- ulm cvid I, moff commonly ,nto 
fiv, ")-lanc, o -'-rs; Corolla, tube cylindrical, vif- 
:ou grooved, brim dixided into five =gments ' undulated'and 
..ewl "'rinkled, ovate, pointed, three turning upwards, 
'o do,,, ,of' the thrc vppermoff fegments the 'middle 
m i.tc yellow than the e and inclining to 
:, with --. it is fometiw.s fpotted; Stamina ufually 
..'e, yellow, proje&ing beyond e corolla, and turning up- 
,a near their extremities; An.thn-a orange-coloured; Pol. -,.tifh and thrcady; Germen romewhat conical, evidently 
lry, '-' romewhat angular; Style yellowifh, filiform, pro-. 
.e&;,?: -/ond th Ramina, and turning upwards l Stigma 
on ,g a round green head. ' 
The 
The figure and defcfiption here given were taken from a plant which 
, flowered by means of artificial hat, in the fpring of t798, at Mr. 
5grA-rso's, Nurferyman, Ifiington, and which had ben introduced 
the fame year, by Mr. ATxaor-¾ Hove, of Warfaw 
As an hardy ornamental fhrub, it bids fair to prove an acquifition truly 
. valuable, its flowers produced in the months of June and July, being 
highly ornamental as well as xragrant. 
W'e have the beff author:re for re, ard, th;s plant as the Chamte~ 
rhodendros Ponlica of Torre. it ._  with his own fpecimens 
in Sir Joseme B^s's He ,u, i   alfo with his defcrip- 
tion, and figures, more efp of thole fim:ers which are of their 
natural fize; nor have '.  hts Of its being the Azalea Ponlea of 
Prof. PArra, figured in th Rffca, fince it correfponds generally 
with his t"-'.criptioh, .... vL .... i1 [Ants With ills figure, which 
bears evident marks of inaccqrac), the Rigma, for inff, ' is tepee- 
fented as trifid. 
Toyurn;rouT fouad tt.. plant on the eaffern fide of the Black Sea, 
Mr. Hove on the north fide near Oczakow and elfewhere; Profeffor 
PLLAS on Mo, nt Cam e. 
As yet thore has t;  ho ,FFortth.y of afcertai ln tn beff means of 
propagating this new denizen, bt there is every tealon {o fuppofe that 
it will fm. ceed with the treatment beffowed m the oth.r .,taled's. 
Prof. Pa..ts reiates that the honey of bees fi'equentmg the flower' 
of ibis plant is fuppofdcf io be narcotic, and that goats, kine, and 
fheep' on eating v leaves have beefi pbifonedthereby. 
By permiflion at.4 with the approbation of Mr. ATHO¾ Hovz. 
the foliowing extrac cts from his journal are here inferred 
"June 9, 796, found a f'¾ of th fpeci t .4 . an mc rier 
"Dnl, per in fw,tml'Y gremtd, four feet hign, beginnine to blow, 
"called hre the ltupifyin ' fhrub, :'rid contidered b" fom "s highly 
fficacious in curing the venercl dileaf. 
-- June zu, h, fl on t e river Dnietter, on eftate 
Count Sxaqt: Sczes 'VXO, .,. about fi. Et, :lilh 
"taites fr n the town of Mohil, i, peat .:th, f3om tour to 
"feet h ,h; regarded by the 'mm _ople intoxicating, 
' ufed in the cure of various dlfc  - 
"uly 4, near Oczak ", for- qoufands of thfe plm.ts 
blotch, in a m:'r/ .... y fpr;-. .z ov. rnown by the tea; fout 
there alfo, a Tan_nan f wvo 11, 1 cntirbly F' the pre 
aftfit.; from /he hoh'ey :s trd i'ro ß fidve 
ß ' 6f this plant, fol I td Cvn...nt. tnd ( ..... uti 'v t 
medicifial ufes 
ß ' July 5, arrived at Trebtz )nd. fou" ! a val.[.j 6ut ten Englifl 
i miles froin the lea covered  itb ,h,  plant.q." 
On cultivation, iV Hoe, it h, s from 
Treb ,..d much m trt,m :he  q nf he 
Dnieper and ih Dnieitr, ,u,d x,. tore inchned to 
as flrb. afle .... if no/dii'[i mt 
The lc_.s, when full;- e' "}" U .afire. .... 3 tlidf' 
oft the plate. hairy on bbth tit]cs, nin: rc,rlakab!e 
blunt mucm or poi xt, which ha ...... thofe who 
hv ,w hgured the plat appeais to 
;. 
[ ] 
OXYBAPHU VISCOSUS. VISCID UMBRELLA- 
WORTo 
Cla and Order. 
TxRx Mosos. 
Generic Charaer. 
CaL 5-fidus campanulams. Cr. infundibuliformis. Nx 5-gona 
4erma calyce explanato perfienti circumdata. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
OXYBAPHUS vc(us, L'Herit. Monograph. 
MIRABILlS vc(a floribus racemoils; foliis cordatis orbicu- 
'lato-acutis tomentofis. Cav. Icon. I. n. x 7. t. x 9. 
The prefent is one of thofe plants which is entitled to our 
admiration, for. its curious and fingular RruEture, rather than 
for any extraordinary figure it makes in a colleEtion; not that 
its flowers are without a certain fiare of beauty.' 
It is an annual grooving to about the height of two feet; 
the whole plant is vifcous, and, if bruifed, froells fomewhat dif- 
agreeably; the flowers do not open at any particular time as 
thole of the Mirabills do, and each contains only three Iramina; 
when they fall off, which they do foon after expanding, the 
calyx clofes on the germen, enlarges, droops, and becomes 
:leeply plaited; on the ripening of the feed it turns brown, 
.xpands, and is fufpended like a little umbrella over the feed, 
,,,hich when perfek21y ripe drops out on the ground; the ex. 
..holed calyx in this Rate appears fomewhat like the flower of 
a Phyfalis. 
This plant flowers from June to OEtober, and ripens. its 
.,.ds in the open air; it is not difficult of culture, requires the 
ame treatment as other tender annuals from Peru. 
Our. figure was drawn from a plant which flowered  79 6, 
in the colleEtion of the Marchionefs of BuT, and was raifed 
from Peruvian feeds, fent her by Prof. OTga of Madrid 
under the name of Mirabills triandra; Monf. CAVANILLE 
has figured and defcribed it as the Miral3ilis vifcofa  Monf. 
L'Hxxzv,, from a confideration of all its charaers, has 
been induced to make a new genus ,fib which he has called 
Oxyl3aphus. 
GNAPHALIUM RICOIDESo 
NAPHALIUM Or FVERLASTINGo 
Clafs and Order. 
SYNGENESA Po.¾oa.. SuvEwx.u^. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus plumofus. Cal. imbricatus: fquamis 
marginalibus rotundatis fcariofis coloraris. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
GNAPHALIUM ericoides fruticofum foliis feffilibus lineari- 
bus, calycibus exterioribus rudibus, interi- 
oribus incarnatis. Linn. lm. lcad. v. 6. p. 
99- Syfi. Feg'etab. ed. 24. Murr. p. 746. lit. 
Mort. Kew. p.  7 ' 
In the 6th vol. of the Amwnitates Academic,e, LxNvs 
defcribes this fpecies of Gnaphalium, moR probably from dried 
fpecimens colle&ed at the Cape, where it is a native; fo in- 
fignificant did the plant appear to him, that in his defcription, 
he calls it mira; compared with the more magnificent fpecies, 
fuch a term might not perhaps b e inapplicable: but, though 
finall, the plant poffeffes much beauty when cultivated, and 
hence is generally kept in our green-houfes. 
It flowers from March to AuguR. 
Its branches, naturally weak and trailing, require to be 
carefully tied up; if this buffhers be executed wSth tafe and 
judgment, the natural beauty of the plant may be confiderably 
heighte.ned. 
It is readily increared by cuttings. 
Was introduced to the royal garden at Kew, by Mr. Massos, 
in  77' 
I 
'x.. 
I-hmscus PRmMOaSU'S. BITTEN-LEAVED 
HIBISCUS. 
Clafi and OMen 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIES. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Cal. duplex: exterior polyphyllus. Capf. 5-1ocularis, poly- 
fperma. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonymv. 
__'IBISCUS' pra?mor, fits foliis fi .... tundis, dentato-ferratis re- 
mils pubefcentibus. ;'t. Kew. v. v.. 4  
_tlBISCUS premorfir hirfutus, folii ovatis bari ,n'uttato- 
_-ordatis apice prmmorfis erenails, cal)'ci '-s to- 
mentoils, feminibu tuberculati. Lit  $uppl. 
PI. p. 309 . 
'AVO' [A neifolia. Cavan. Diff. 3- P. 39. t. 45- f- x. 
JR' ,,fa. L'Herit. $irp. nov. 5 . 
Though not fo thewy a plant a many of the genus, we find 
li: fpecies of Hibifcus in molt 1' ions of green-houfe 
plants about London, flowering from June to September. 
Its foliage is fingular, its bloffomn fifiphur coloured with a 
int of orange on the under fide and without fcent; if fuffered 
o grow, this finrub will acquire a confiderable height; it feeds 
fieely, by which the plant is readily increared, and by thefe it 
ß "'mires to be renewed once in two or three years. 
a a native of the Cape, from whence it was introduced, by 
Mr. M^oooN, in 774' Ait. K o. 
It will be feen by the fynonyms, that authors have been 
qvided in their opinions as to the genus of this plant 
.-s the younger, in his SuppL makes it an Hibifcus C^- 
ß .x-, a Pavonia; L'H}tTXt, an Urena; Mr. 
 Hibifcus; not partial to the multiplying of genera, unJefs 
ere be an obvious neceflity for it, we have in the prefent 
:nrtanee followed the firL and laft of there writers. 
HYDRANGEA 
[- 437 ] 
ARBORE$CEN$o 
HYDRANGEAø 
SHRUBBY 
Claj} and Order. 
DICANDRIA DXOYNIA. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Capf. -1ocularis, -roRris, infera, foramine inter frylos dehifcs. 
Specific Charatler and Syn9nyms. 
HYDRANGEA arboeefcens caule arboreo. Linn. S)fl, Nat. 
ed. 8. Gruel. $)fl. lieget. ed. x4. Murr, œ. 
ß 4xO..,tit. Kew. v . 'p. 76. 
ANONYMOS floribus albis. parvis,' in urnbella lata magna 
difpofitis odoratis, foliis amplis acuminatis' 
ferratis pediculis infidentibus ex ad,erfo 
binis, caule fruticofo praalto non ramofo, 
vafculo parvo bicapfulaii, feminibus mi- 
nutiffimis repleto, duobus parris filamentis 
-feu corniculis rei:urvis coronato. Cla.yt. n. 
79' Mill. Icon. t. o. 5. Duham. Arb. x. t. 8, 
As a thrub commonly cultivated Por ornament in our gardens 
and plantations, the Hydrangea ar$orefcens has a right to appear 
in this work, neverthelefs it is more with a view to i!luRrat½ 
 peculiar charafter of the genus that it is here figured. 
This thrub is a native of Virginia, and was introduced in 
,736, by P. COLLINSON, Efq it is of low growtfi, rarely 
.xcee.ding four feet in height ;' its flowers are produced on th, 
ß urnmits of the branches, fomewh:t in the manner of the 
'flinus  they are fmall, crowded, nearly white, with a tinga 
of red in them which is not very brilliant, and fome'fragrance 
hey are produced in July and AuguR, and romatimes followed 
v ripe feeds here. ' '. 
Is eafily propagated by parting its oots tle latter' end of 
O&ober, prefers a moift foil, but  will grow in a dry bne; i'{  
;n revere froRs the ftalks, which are rather fort, flou!d be. 
'" ;d, new ones vill be put up the following Spring. 
I-IYDRANGEA I-I OKTE-N SISo 
I-IYDRANGEAo 
GARDEN 
HYDRANGEA hortenfis foliis ellipticis ferratis glaberrimis 
fiaminibus :rqualibus. Smith icon. far. t. x 2. 
HORTENSIA. Commerf. ]u. ffieu Gen. o-x4. 
PRIMULA mutabilL caule fuffruticofo multiplici, foliis ovatis 
ferratis, floribus nudis. Loureir Coch, CL'n. 
v..l._p. xo4. 
VIBURNUM tomentofum foliis ovads acuminatis ferratis ye- 
notis fubtus tomentofis, umbellis lateralibus. 
Ë'hun& lap. p.  3. ? 
SAMBUCUS aquatica furcults pinguibus punkaris, &c. Sijo 
vulgo Adfai et Anlhi et Adfiki. K, empf. Im. 
Exot. p. 854. vat. fl. albo, pila florida major, 
It appears to be a point not yet tiff g determined, whether the 
prefent plant exhibits the appearances, belonging to it in a ftate 
of nature, or thole which are in a certain degree the effe& of. 
accident, or.of art; in its fructification it certainly is not fo' 
completely barren as the Guilder Rofe, l/iburnum Opulus, cul- 
tivated in our gardens, fince it has molt of its parts perreit' 
yet as none of the authors who have feen it in China c: Japan 
(where it is faid not only to be much cultivated but indigenous* 
defcribe' its fruit, we are inclined on that account to regard it, 
in a certain degree, as monftrous. 
It ,aill appear by the fynonyms, that authors have entertained 
very different opinions as to what this plant really is; jtsss 
fo!lowing CoNMsxso makes it an Hortendia, THt'N 
Fiaurnum, Lovxo, ridiculoufly enough, a Primuh.. 
Dr. Sx:rx an Hydrangea. 
In the original defcription of the chara&ers of the genu 
Hydrangea by Lx.tss, there is no mention made oF t 
different kinds of florels, as in the l/iburnum, nor has any au 
thor that I am acquainted with defcribed the ttydrangea arbo 
as producing fuch; yet, to my great furprife, in a 'plant o 
* Habitat et ob pulchritudinem colltur Cantone $inarum, Loutelf Coch. C$,, 
v. x.p. 04. Crefdt in fylvis vafiis, inter Miaco et Jedo,'etiam culmm, 5Thv 
Vl. Ya. . 8, who refers to I/,vv, whole plant is certainly oursl yet 
rnuf be acknowledged that q/x s   o s defcnpuon doe not well ccord wxth 
tins fort which flowered in my garden at Brompton in July 
x79], three rthe C-'me, and three only, threw out each of 
them from ir circumference a very different flower fromm. 
thol in tho centre fmaller indeed, but very fimila: to the 
flow, ftbeHydrang horI. feePI. 437. In 1.788,Mr. W.LTE R 
publit t h, F. Carolin. in which he defcribes :t fecond fpe- 
ß ic ot Hy ...... :ca, which he calls radiata, having very dif- 
.. ,.ql,,, a ,h, r/i'. um, two different lands of florets in 
th ,o, ma, ,his ....... mn in the fiorett : added by him to' 
the qc olmra&er' "e fimilari whi.ch exills between the 
fie' Mr. WLa , Hydr.  ,'a radiata, and thole of the 
prel fufticientlyjuPtit/ Dr. SMITH in making it an 
H ; the appearnce obferved by Lovo-i' on dill 
fel e germen, a,d our difcovery of the exilence of two 
d kinds of flowers in the Hydrangea arborefi'ens, tehd- 
f IIr to confirm its propriety. we may add, that in the very 
habit 'here feveral plants there exiPts a confiderable fimilarity; 
frill, '"ever, it ix tuffy by rye feed-veffels of the prefent plant, 
that thi doubt,ul ma-e. can be fatisfa&orily cleared up; but it 
w: - t fillo that f it be not an Hy'rang'ea it mutt be 
This. ma m,ficen! and highly ornamental plant, according. 
to Dr..q '" introduced from China to the royak 
ß rden . ew by Sir Jos vx BNV.o, Bart. in 79o; it- 
irnpn,r,, b'v Mr. Sr_ _v about the fame time, with whom 
._id firff flower in Otis country. 
f r,,om w{ allowcd us, it would be lhperfluous to de- 
fi:ribe minutely a plant now fo very common; furlice it to 
fay, that from a ffrong perennial root, rife a number of half~ 
lhrubby, irregular, fomewhat fpongy ftalks, ftrongly fpotted 
when young with purple, from one to three feet high, termi 
hated by large bunches of flowers, at firft green, then role- 
coloured, and finally green a fecond time; there are the moff 
common changes to which they are liable: but it will fome- 
Jmes happen that a plant which has produced red flowers 
neyear, fhall produce blue another, though growing in the 
ame pot; this we faw happen in the '/ear 796 to a plant in 
:he poffeffion of the Counters of Uv/'EP. Ossoay, who{ re- 
fined tafte and fuperior judgment have in feveral inftances 
:ontributed to render our works more acceptable to the 
This plant, or one extremely fireilar to it, was introduced by Mr. 
.ts, Nurferyman at Paris, a few years nce; we law it in full bloom, at 
'Ir. COL¾iL!'8, King's-Road, in the Summer of 796. 
I' ¾ericarpium abortit, tluo dex diff½Oo gerwifie et per microfcopium vifo 
aret polyfpermumo 
public: 
pu. blc: the ½1oi'ecI etangeabl part of the flower s re- 
garded as the calyx, in the centre of which is the corolla 
containing the flamina, &c. all varying greatly in point of 
namber; betides thefe, there are other flowers without any 
calyx, but the part which tley ccmtain do not ire'era  to' be 
more perfe' han thole of the otler, nor more produ&ive. 
of ripe fruit. 
Since -the introduction of this plant, trials have been made 
' in regard to its bardsinert, a-nd i,t [s found to'fox'vive mild Winters 
if planted ia 'ery warm. fhelt.ered ttuations'; but in others, 
both ftalks ad'leve ave liable-to be killed by flight frofs, 
thouõh the root are no; if performs are anxious to have it 
in the' open border, the heR-mode will b to cutd'own the 
Rems at the approach of wi.nter, and cover over the root 
wit«:.rotten tan, ov fon li'glt rubRance; in the fpring œrefl' 
Ralks .will. floot forth btt i is more common to keep this 
plant during ginter in a gveen-lmufe or well fecured frame; 
by artificial heat i my be b-ought to flower in April or 
May, without fuch, it begi,s to bloffom aborn June, and con: 
tinues in bloom till O&6ber; when fuccefsfulIy treated, it 
will aœquire the hight of three feet, and produce bunches' 
of fl:owers fupemelv magnificent: fuch plants in pots are ad- 
mirably ada.pted for decorati-ng court-yards; balconies, &e. 
unlefs carefully cut in,' it is a-pt to grow too large for the 
green-houfe, therefore it is proper to have a fucceffion of 
young plants fron cuttirgs whi, ch Rrike very freely; this 
pta, t loves water, is in&'ed aimoR an aquatic, a ricl foil, and 
plenty of pot; r. oom, 
ILLICIUM 'LORIDANUM. RED-'LOXVERED 
ILLICIUM, or ANISEED-TREE. 
Cl and Orden 
OLYADRIA OLYGYI A. 
Generic Charaeg 
CaL 6-phyllus. Petala 7- Capf plures, in orbem digeg, bi- 
valves, monofperm. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
ILLICIUM floriaanum floribus rubris. Linn. Syfl. Fegetab. ed. 
. Mutt. p. 5. Ellis . ngL 77 . (v. 60.) 
p. 5. t. g. it. Kew. v. g. p. 5 . 
Oœ the genus Illicium there are at prefent only two known 
fpecies, viz. the anifatum andfloridanum, the former a native 
of China and Japan, the latter of Florida; both oœ them are 
cultivated in this country, but the latter more generally, on 
account of the fuperior beauty oœ its flowers, which are of a 
fine deep red colour, and have the appearance of being double, 
though the petals are not preternaturally multiplied; when the 
plant is in bloom the pealuncles hang down, when the petals 
drop they become ere&; the bloffoms are not diptinguifhed 
by their fragrance, though the feed-veffels, and feeds (which 
do not come to perle&ion with us) are laid to be ftrongly 
odoriferous; the foliage of this plant is alfo much admired 
taking it indeed altogether, there are few fhrubs held in higher 
eptimation. 
According to Mr. AToN, this fpecies was introduced b0 
JoHlq EI, I, IS, Efq. in 2776; but Is^^c W^LKa, Efq. 
Southgate, vas the firPt who poffeffed it in this country, h' 
informs me by letter, that he received plants of it from Pen- 
facola in 77 , by the hands of Mr. jou4 Ba^LY, and that 
he communicated fome of them to Dr. FOTUaGI.% Dr. 
c^x}t, and Mr. ELIS. It flowers from April to July. 
Cultivators differ widely as to their treatment of this plant, 
rome keeping it in the Ptove, others in the green-houfe, vhile 
rome have ventured to plant it in the open ground in warm 
fituations; it probably is more hardy than we imagine; all 
agree in propagating it by layers, or by feeds if they can be 
procured. Lzus, contrary to his ufual prattice, difo 
tinguifhes the two fpecies by their colour only, and Ttt tJ N, is difpofcd to regard them as mere varieties. 
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ERICA ALBElVS. PALLID HEATH? 
Cla and Order. 
OCTANIRIA MONOGyNI4: 
Generic Charac7er. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta reeeptaculo inferta. 
Ylnthere apice bifide, pertufae. C..apf 4-1ocularis , 4.valvi$; 
polyfperma. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms.. 
ERICA albens antheris muticis incluffs, corollis ovatis ob- 
longis acutis, foliis ternis, racemis fecundis. 'Lin. 
$yfl. Vegetab. 2Vrr. ed. 4. P. 367. Mant. 233. 
ERICA albens mutica, foliis ternis trigonis pilofis, floribus. 
lateralibus, calyce villofo. if*hun& Prodr. p. 7 o. 
This fpecies, a native of the Cape, has been introduced 
fince the publication of the Hort. Kew. and is now to be 
found in molt green-houfe colle&ions near town. 
In its habit, its foliage, and its flowers, it is'very dittin&. 
from all our other heaths; flowers from April to June, i 
.readil) increared by cuttings, and eafily kept with the common 
:t!'eatment. 
ANTHOLYZA MERIANELL'A- 
ANTHOLYZA. 
DWARF 
Clafs and Order. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Con tubulofa, irregul'aris, recurvata. Capf. infera. 
Specific .Charac7er and Synonyms. 
ANTHOLYZA Merianella corollis infundibuliformibus, [o- 
liis linearibus. Linn. S)fl. t/egetab. ed. x4. 
Mutt. p. 87. lit. Kew. v. . p. 6 I. 
WATSONIA humilis fi)!iis lineari-enfiformibus, tubo floris 
longiffimo. Mill. ic. x98. t. 97'f' g' 
This very rare fpecies is perfelly diPtin from the 'Meriana, 
of more hunble growth, the flowering Item reidore tiring to 
more than a fi)ot in height,' and producing from four to fix 
fiowers, vhich are proportionably !o,ger, ,more clo{d, and 
of a deeper red colour ihan tho{ of Mcriana. 
Was introduced from the Cape by Capt. HuxcHaso-' 
in x754. lit. Kew. 
Is readily increared by offsets. and requires the fame treat- 
ment as the zlnthol. Mcriana already figured. 
Flowers in May and June. 
Our drawing was made from a plant vhich flowered with 
Mr. Fatnaas, at the Apothecaries Garden,.Chelfeai May  
x798. 
GENIST-A 
[ 442 J 
LINIFOLIA. FL x-L 
BROOM. 
Clafs and Ord 
DIADELPIII A DECAh I)R!  
Generic CharaZ7er. 
Cal. e-labiatus 3. Vexillum oblongurn, a piltil10 Raminibufque 
deorfum reflexurn. 
Specific Charaer and Synodgins. 
GENISTA linifolia foliis ternatis feflilibus linearibus fubtus 
fericeis. Linn. S)fl. I/egetab. ed 4' Murr. p. 645- 
./tit. Kew. v. 3. P' 4' 
CYTISUS argenteus linifolius infularum Rachadum. q'ourn. 
648. 
The Gei. yta linilia is a natix e o[ Spain, and was introduced 
to the royal garden at Kew, by Sir Fr..,.Ncs Dv.^rE, in the 
year x786. .dit. Kew. 
The bright yellow flowers, which are abundantly produced 
on this plant during May and June, joined to the filky appear- 
ance-of its foliage, has rendeffid it worthy the notice o[ moR 
lovers of plants, in whof.e colleions it is now generally 
found. 
It is molt fuccefsfully propagated by feeds, which ufually 
ripen in this country; it may alfo be raifed from cuttings, 
but not readily, agreeing in this refpe5t with leguminous plants 
in general. ' 
We do not find in Ltus's works any figure of this 
plant referred to; but there is a minute defcription of it in 
his 8p. PL 
It is ufually kept in the greenhoufe; being. a native of 
Spain, it may probably be more hardy than we magine. 
q¾$ODES. STICKY-FLOVERED 
I-IEATHo 
Ch and Order. 
OCTANDRI .A l%{ON 0 GYN I A. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cot. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
.,Inthera? apice bifide pertufe. Capf. 4-1ocularis, 4-valvis, 
?olyfperma. 
Specific CharaeYer and Synonyms. 
ERICA phydes antheris :riltatis, corollis ovatis inflatis, 
Rylo inclufo, foliis quaternis, floribus fubfolitariis. 
Lim. S)fl. liegetab. Vlurr. p. 366. Berg. Cap. 
'RICA phy/bdes criltata, foliis quaternis linearibus, floribu. s 
umbeilatis vifcofis, calyce ovato brevi. Tbun& œrodr. 
P-74- 
The 'Erica phydes is a native of the Cape, and another 
olethofe fpecies which have been in{roduced fince the publi- 
cation of the Hort. Kew. of Mr. 
It is principally diftinguifhed by the form, and delicate white- 
ters of its bloffoms, which are fo extremely vifcid as to retain 
lies and other infe&s which fettle on them. 
 fcarcely to be increared by cuttings, more readily by' 
:eeds vhich rometimes ripen berg. 
444 ] 
CANAKY 
CANARINA' CAMPANULA, 
BELL-FLO.WER. 
Zlafs and Order, 
H DRIA MONOGYNIA 
Generic Charades; 
Cal. 6-phyllus Co* fida, campanlata. 8tigmata . Ca b. 
infera 6-Joculari. polyfperma. 
CANARINA Capanula caule ere&o, foliis haatis ternis o, 
pofitifve. Martyn Mill, Di. Linn. . eg. e 
4. Murr: p. 344- it, Ke. . . p. 480. Lin 
Manl. p. ==5- 
CAMPANULA canariens capfulls quinquelocularibus, foli 
' haatis dentatfs oppofitis petiolatis. Linn. 8p. 
ed. 3' P' =8 B' 
CAMPANULA canaries regia medium tadice tuberof, 
foliis finuatis cfiis atriplicis mulis ternis circm 
caulem ambientibus, flore amplo pendulo color 
flammeo rutilante. Pluk. lm. 6. t. 6. f. . 
- he flowers of this plant fo rongly refemble thole of th 
Campanula, that it is no wonder the older Botanis regarded 
as fuch, L_5s himfelfdid fo at fir, and MI alfo; and 
even now it may perhaps be doubted whether it ought to be mad; 
 diin& genus o[ fince it is found to differ principally in ti 
number of its parts of [rui[ adon. 
It is a native of the Ganarv lflands whence its name, 
cultivated in the royal gar_u, Hampton-Gourt,.as long 
as the year 696, and is a nder herbaceous plant, to be 
in mo of our grcenhoufes; ts em riles to the height of fix 
more feet, its flowers produ( :d fingly from the fork of the a 
are large and flewy, they begin to open at the commencem 
of winter and continue to blow till March. 
'; Is propagated by partip3 of its roots, which tour be d 
, with caution; for, as the root is fiery, if tuey are broke 
, vounded, the milky ju,, '.will flow out plentifully; fo u 
ß ' if there are planted be[bre the wounds are fldnned over 
occafions their rotting: . be time for tranfplanting 
' parting ()F their roots is ,n .ju b, loon after the {[alks are 
"cayed; the foil ould [  light randy loam, mixed 
mrth part of fcree, ied hme rubbi[h." M. 
.$ 
CORONILLA 
445 ] 
EMERU SCORPION SENNA. 
Clafs and Order. 
DIADELPHIA x)EC ANDRI. 
Generic Charaa7er. 
.aL ='-labiatus: { dertibus fuperioribus connatis. Fexillura 
vix alis longius. Legumen iRhmis intercepturn. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
CORONI LLA Emerus fruticofa, pedunculis fubtrifloris, corol- 
larum unguibus calyce triplo Iongioribts,.. 
caule angulato. Linn. S)fl. Fegeta& ed. 4- 
Murr. p. 669. /lit. Kew. v. 3. P. 57' 
COLUTEA filiquofaf. fcorpioides major. Bauh. Pin. p. o46. 
Authors have given to this plant the name of Scorpion Senna, 
its feed-veffels, from their flender and jointed appearance, bear- 
ing fome refemblance to the tail of a fcorpion. 
It is a native of France and Germany, and a ver old in. 
habitant of our gardens, having been cultivated by GsRAtn 
in a596; it is of.low and flow growth: there is a flarub of it 
in the Apothecaries Garden, C]elfea, which gi'ew there in the 
time of Mtt, and which now is not more than five feet 
high. 
In the nurferies we have obferved two varieties of it, 
one in which the flowers have been tinged with bright red 
inclining to orange and which is by far the molt common, the 
other with flowers wholly yellow, fcarcely worth cultivating. 
Its bloffoms are produced in May and June, and fome- 
times again in autumn; neatly trained to a wall or paling, it 
makes a beautiful appearance when in flower, the flaortneli of 
its lhoots renders it a very proper obje& for this purpofe. 
Is propagated by feeds, layers, and cuttings;' the firft are 
not produced in any great plenty with us. 
The leaves by a proper fermentation are faid to produce 
4,e like that of Indigo. 
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PSORL 
PSORA! 
OVAL-SPIKED 
 __PHI DI 
Ge, Ch .... ter. 
Cal. pun&is calloffs adfperfus 1orgnudine leguminis monfper 
$pect.'c Chara-.- and Synonyms. 
PSORALEA bratIeata foliis ternatis obovatis recurva 
mucronatis, fpicis ovatis. Linn. Mant. *.64. Be 
Cap. *.24. Zitl Yew. v. 8. P' 79' 
TRIFOLIUM fruticans. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 3' P' ø85' 
TRIFOLIUM africanurn fruticans flore purpurafcente. Com 
Hort. v.. p. x. t. o6. 
The old authors, and indeed Lxss,ts himfell at fi, 
garded this plant as a Trifolium; afterwards the latter chan 
it to Pforalea, and minutely defcribed it in his Mantiffa. 
As a green-houfe plant, this froall and delicate fpecies 
long been cultivated*, and frill c6ndnues to hold a place 
all colle&ins of note. 
Its in florence to us has more the appearance'of a c 
tulum than a fpike, and which when the plant is in.t 
bloom, is by no means ovate, but rather hemifphent 
the purple colour of the vexilium, contrafled with the  
of the ala, gives to the flowers a very pleating parti-colo 
appearance. 
In its leaves we have a good example of the folium rnt 
tattoll. 
It is a native of the Cape, flowers in June and Julyt 
is ufually propagated by cuttings. 
,1 
EMPE'I 
L'- 
HE 
CR 
?H. 
[BERRY- 
Oc 
Generic CharatYer. 
4.phyllus. Cot. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
'or, apice bifida: pertufa:. Capri 4-1ocularis, 4-valvis, 
,IpeJ ma. 
Specific Chara7er and S?nonyms. 
RICA empetra5lia foliis oblongis- ciliatis, floribus verticil- 
latis: calx ciliat,, qhunb. Prodr. p. 73- Linn. 
8yfl. P ed. 3. Gruel. 6z 7. Linn. œfianzcn 
'5)fl-3-' 3' f'2' 
ERICA empetrifo,  ' "ris criltatis, corollis ovatis, foliis 
quaterni., fion ,do fe{filibu  teralibus. Linn.._ ,L 
liegetab.,-' 4 Mu,'r. p. 3')6. Air. Kew. v. t. p. 9' 
It is a molt pleating circumftance, ;.aen plants afford cha- 
ra&ers by whi'h t'ey may with certainty be diftinguifled; 
moft of (he Heaths- are of this kind, and the prefent one in 
particular: cxclufive of its great peculiarity of'growth, lb ob- 
vioufly expreflkd in our reprefentation of it, its flowers dif- 
fufe a ftrong honey-like fragrance, which, if other charaeqers 
were wanting, would at once difcriminate it. 
It is one of thofe Heaths which are enumerated in the 
Hort. Kew. of Mr..gaITON, and was introducel to the royal 
garden by Mr. M_ssoN, in 774; is now to be met with in 
molt of the colle6tions of green-houfe plants about town, and 
"owers in May and June. 
Is ufually propagated by cuttings. 
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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM Mc NS. 
ING FIG-MARYGOLD 
GLITTER- 
Clafs and Order. 
ICOSANnRIA PEN TAGrYN IA. 
Generic Charac?er. 
Cal. 5-fidus. œetala numerofa, linearia. 
polyfperma. 
Cap/. carnora, intir; 
Specific Charac?er and Synonyms. 
MISEMBRYANTHEMUM micans foliis fubcylindricis pa- 
pulofis difl:in&is, caule fcabro 
Linn. $yfl. Keg. ed.  4. Murr. p 
47 o. .git. Kew. v. 2. p. 9 o. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM micansflorephoeniceo: filamenti 
atris. Dill. Elth. 22. t. 2!j 
FICOIDES capentis, tereti folio, riore croceo. Pet. gaz. I. 7 
f"9- 
FICOIDES capentis; folio tereti argenteo, petalis perplurimis 
aurantiacis. Bradl. $uc½. 2. p. b 
The Membryanthemum micans, fo called from the glitter? 
particles.which are confpicuous on its Ralks and leaves, ,s' 
fpecies which has long been introduced to our gardens (havin. 
been cultivated by Proœ BR^nLZY in 76) for the beauty o 
its flowers, which in richne[s of colour are indeed furpaffea 
by few; they are produced in the months of July and AuguR, 
but do not expand fully, unlefs the fun fhines nowerfully o 
them; nor do they long r-etain that regular exnanfin obferv-able 
in rome fpecies, but quickly affume a fom'ewhat raed a. 
pearance; nevenhelefs, upon the whole, it is one'thof 
fpecies which is highly deferving of culture, by thole who 
are partial to this tribe of plants. 
It is a native of the Cape, and readily propagated by cuttings 
ß Varies with flwers of a paler hue. 
aaln 
Generic Charm7er. 
Cal. 5-phpllus. Petala 5. Capf. polyœpermm, connate, pulpa 
repleta:. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
DILLENIA fpeciofa foliis oblongis rotundato-acutis denti- 
culatis, pedunculis unifloris. ?hun& in 
Tr-, . p. .oo. 
DI LLENIA iadica Linn. $yfl. l/eg.etab. ed.  4. Murr. p. 507 . 
SYALITA Malaba Rheede Mort. Mala& tom. iii. p, 39- 
t. 38. 89- 
The name of Dillenia was given by LIIIzus to this genus 
otrplants, in honour ofJo J^MEs DxLL,vs, Profelfor of 
Botany at Oxford, and the celebrated author of the H. Muf- 
coturn, Hort. œ1thamenfis, &c. 
Until the publication of the firft volume of the Linnean g'ran- 
fat7ions, only one fpecies of Dillenia was generally known; in 
that work Prof. TaUNB,aG minutely defcribes five others, 
three of which are there figured; all there, and one more de- 
fcribed by Dr. ROXBtraGH in his work on the Coromandel 
.plants, are infected by Prof. M^ar in his new and highly 
mproved edition of M L a's Di7ionary. 
ß T. he p_refent fpecies, which now 1oes its name of indica 
,n, th. at?ffpeciofa, and which though not enumerated in the 
tort. liew. has many years. been cultivated at Kew, and in the 
ttoves of the curious near town, is a native of Malabar and 
Java; in its native l}fil it becomes a vail tree, here we rarely 
lee it more than two or three feet high; its flowers are large 
lnd fhewy, but quickly deciduous, and remarkable for the un- 
.pleafantnefs of their fcent, which is like that of the Lychtm 
'a. ponicum, but not being readily exhaled does' not infe& the 
nr of the ftove.. 
.This fpecies is increared without difficulty by cuttings, x,hicl] 
ß :lily produce flowering plants. 
45 ø 
.XDO] W^rsu W ,'so 
CORN~FL 
rl ß 
trtita tultfiof, ngen. $ta  adfcendentia. 
Specific Char .... d $ynony,ns. 
GLADIOLUS 14/atfonius corollis infufidibuliformibus, limbi 
laciniis fubequalibus, fbliis linearibus ad oras 
revolutis. eacq. Icon. rar. 9.. t. 233. Colle& 3' 
p. 257. Linn. Sp. PL ed. H4'lden. p. 2, 4. 
GLADIOLUS H/atnius monoftachyus corollis cernuis, tubo 
duplici, limbi laciniis oblongis, foliis linearibus 
glabris. Thunb. Prod. p. 8. 
Profeffors JACQUIN and THUNBERG have both defcribed 
his rare bulbous plant, a native of the Cape, and newly intro- 
luced to this country from Holland among a g'e'at variety 
)f others: it feems highly probable that the delriptions tJf 
th thefe authors were taken from dried fpecimens, fince they 
tccord fo little with the living plant as it flowers with us. 
it firIt fight, one would be led to regard this plant as an 
?n. tholyza rather than a Gladiolus, its flowers bearing a great af- 
!mty to thole of the -/lntholyza Meriana, which differs widely 
tom thole of the Gladiolus communis: Prof. Tu u N U .a G having 
U')ught fit to make a Gladiolus of that plant, he could do no 
."f.s than .regard this as a Gladiolus alfo; we regret that the in- 
Ire variety to which all the produOions of nature are fub- 
thould give occafion to verfatile minds perpetually to 
-'genera, often without due confideration. This fpecids 
'-wer, in February and March, requires the fame treatment 
oth r Cape bulbs, and is propagated in the fame manner. 
D,scu. Stalk from twelve to eighteen inches high, up- 
ht, froGOth i Leaves about three or four, the lowermolt a 
/heath 
IIl"']'l'l"11'11111111l I 
fiaeath merely, 'the fecond legal fprings from a long fheath, 
puckered at its bafe, three inches in length, upright, rigid, 
linear-lanceolate, having three fi. rong ribs, one in the middle, 
two at the margin, which, projecting on each fide, give to the 
edge of the leaf a thick appearance, the leaves as they afcend 
gradually differ from this, and finally become hollow bra&ea, 
which at firft envelope the flowers, and afterwards contribute 
to fupport them; Flowers from two to three, each fi. anding on 
a peduncle-like tube, enclofed by a bifid fpatha, contained 
within and about half the length' of the bratea; Corolla bright 
red, funnel-fhaped, tube bent fomewhat downwards, nearly 
eylindridal, a little flattened, and gloffy, limb divided into 
fix ovato-lanceolate fegments, fpreading outwards, the upper- 
moft fegment incumbent, the three 1owermoft fmaller than t 
others; Filaments three, whitifh, nearly traight; Anther 
oblong, ftraight, purple; Style red  Stigana trifid, each feg- 
merit dividing into two villous lips. 
t 
I. 
.& 
[ 45 
BLAKEA. 
Claj5 and Order. 
Do a DR' Mo qOCYN 
Generic Charagler 
ß inferus, 6-phyllus, fuperus, integer. Pet,da 6. CapfuIa 
jAocularis, polyfperma. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
BLAKEA trinervia bicalyculata, foliis enerviis tranfverfim 
fubtiliffime friatis. Linn. Suppl. p. z6. Syfl. Feg; 
ed. x4. Murr. p. 44z. 
ILAKEA foliis ellipticis trinerviis nitidis, floribus lateralibus. 
œrown. ]am. 393 ß t. 35- The wild Role. 
' This vegetable is certainly one of the molt beautiful pro- 
duEtions of tmeric_z. It is but a weakly plant at firft, and 
fupports itfelf for a time by the help of rome neighbouring 
lhrub or tree; but it grows gradually more robuft, and at 
length acquires a pretty moderate gtem, which divides into a 
thouland weakly declining branches, well fupplied with 
beautiful rofy bloffoms on all fides that give it a molt, 
pleating appearance in the feafon, 
"It is chiefly found in cool, moift, and fhady places, and 
grow.s .generally to the height of ten or fourteen feet; but 
riles always higher when it remains a climber, in which flare 
't continues fometimes. It thrives belt on the fides oœ 
ponds or rivulets, and thole that would choofe to have it 
qourifh in their gardens, where it mull naturally make a 
'ery elegant appearance, ought to fupply it with fome fup- 
rt while it continues young and weakly. 
"It is called œlakea, 'after Mr. MAarxl BLtKv., of An- 
'igua, a great promoter of every fort oœ ufeful knowledge, 
,nd a gentleman to whoire friendfhip the Natural Hiftory 
f Jamaica chiefly owes its early appearance." œrown's 
Our 
Our figure was drawn from a very fine healthy plant M 
flowered in the colleEtiofi of Lady Dou Ns, at her vill- 
Bookham-Grove,. near Leatherhead, in April a799; the,' 
not enumerated in the I-to,'tus Keezs, it had produced' 
fores in feveral other colle&ions near town long before 
period; thole when they once expand are of thort durat, 
but the foliage when healthy is always handfome. 
It is ufually kept in the Rove with other Jamaica pla 
and pro, pagated by layers. 
We cannot fee the propriety of applying foliis enervii 
the defcription of this fpecies, fince L.x44,us himfelf, i 
8p. PI. defcribes the leaves as trinet'via; three Rrong r 
they always hay% and ufually two others hear the mar' 
which are finer. 
[' 45 o. ] 
CUCKOWoFLOWER. 
Cla]3 and Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA SlLIUOSA. 
Generic Charaer. 
$iliq,ua elaRice diffiliens valvulis revolutis. Stigma integrum 
Cal. fubhians. 
,Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
CARDAMINE trifolia foliis ternatis obtufis, caule fubnud 
JLinn. Syfl. Fegetab. ed. x4. Murr. p. 593' 2tit. 
Kew. v. .. p. 387 . 
NASTURTIUM alpinum trifolium. Bauh. Pin. xo4.. 
CARDAMINE trifolia. Treœoile Ladies fmockes. Parkinf 
_Parad. p. 389 . 
Such as are attached to the fmaller alpine plants, will 
gard this fpecies of Cardamine as worthy a place in their c, 
lefftions; one would fcarcely have expeed to find it 
P,XKtNSON',S Parad. yet there it is defcribed, and the f 
lowing account given of its introduction: "It was fent me 
"my efpecial good friend JoHx TW,DESC,XTE, Who broug 
"it among other dainty plants from beyond the feas, and in, 
"parted thereof a root to me." 
This fpecies is perennial, hardy, and of very humbl 
growth; the leaves grow thickly together, forming a kind 0 
tuft; the flowering Rems rarely rife above the height of f 
inches, and produce on their fummits numerous 
ß ,raved on their edges; all thole which we have had an opp0r 
tunity of feeing have been perfeCtly white, P,atso a 
tI,zzEa defcribe them as being fometimes tinged with red t 
purple;. they begin to appear towards the end of March a 
continue through April, the thelter of a hand-glafs open' 
top is often neceffary to proteCt and improve the. flowering 
this and other fuch early-blowing plants. 
It grows readily either in a pot ov in the open border, ft 
ceeds be'R when planted in bog earth in a fituation moderatel, 
moiR and thady, and is readily increared by parting its root 
,hich are-romewhat of the creeping kind.. 
Grows fpontaneoufly in moft of the northern parts 
Europ% efpecially-Lapland, Switzerland and AuRria. 
AIVtARYLLIS REGm.,E. MgXIeAN LILY,. 
Cla and Oer. 
Hx. Mob. 
Generic Charaer. 
hexapetaloidea irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta, 
eclinata, inualia proportione vel direione. Linn. ill.' 
Specific Charaer nd Synonyms. 
AMARYLLIS reginm patha fixbbiflora, pedicellis divaricatis, 
corollis campanulatis breve tubulofis nutantibus, 
fauce tubi hirfuta, fol'iis lanceolatis patulis. 
Linn. fiL it. Kew. 4. Mill. ic. p. ..t. 4. 
LILIUM americanu puniceo flore Belladonna dium. Herm 
ß par. 94. 
Dssca. ".Bulb 'green, fcape round, romewhat flattened: 
"Corolla fearlet, with a bottom of a whitilh green, the three 
' outer petals round at the tip, the three inner fringed at 
"the bafe; the ftyle red, the flower ftems feldom rife 
more than one foot high-'_each ftcm fupports two, three, 
or four flowersi rarely more; 'they are large, and of a 
' bright copper colour, inclining to red; the fpathe which 
cover the buds before they open, divides into two parts to 
"the bottom, ftanding on each fide the umbdl of flowers 
"joined to the peduncles. ' 
"It flowered in Mr. F^cIarrn's garden at Hoxton, in 
78, when the late Dr. J^ES Doverass eaufed a figure 
of it' to be drawn, and wrote a folio pamphlet on it. He 
gave it the title of Lilium Regime, becaufe 'it. was in full 
beauty on the firft of March, which was the late queen's 
birth-day. Mr. F^xncnz:0 told me the roots were brought 
"from Mexico; fo he gave it the name of Mexican Lily, 
"which is ftill continued to it by the Englilh gardeners. It 
flowers conftanfly in the fpring, when'it is placed in a vei-y 
Warm Rove. It is in beauty in February, and thfe which 
re in a moderate temperature of air will flower in March 
')r April. ' 
"wNat ming fo hardy as fome others, it muff be placed in- 
a ' tove, and if the pots are plunged into a hot-bed of 
nner's bark, the roots will thri'e .better, and the flowers 
ß ill be ftrong. 
' tt as increafed by offsets." Mill. Dit7. ed. Mart. 
,x / 
Imc. CooN 
or HOTo 
ClaJ and Order. 
MONANDRA MONOG NA 
Generzc Charac7er 
"a 6-partitaere&a: labio 'bipartito; revoluto. '8-t)lus'lan. 
eolatus, corolle adnatusJ 6yff 3phyllus: 
Specific Chara7er and SynoYms. 
CANNA Indica foliis ovatis utrinque acuminatis nervofls. 
Sp. PL x. _dit. Kew. vol. x. p. 
CANNACORUS. Rump& am& 5. P. x77. t. 7. f. 
ARUNDO indica latifolia. Bauh. Pin. 
œANNA Indica flore rubro. Red flowred Indian Ree½le. 
Park. Parad. p. 376. ' 
Fhe Canna indica, a native of both the Indies, is a pltnt 
reatly admired for the beauty of its foliage and flowers, nd 
that account generally cultivated; it has been called,by 
ß ome Indian Shot, from the roundnefs and hardnefs of its 
eeds. 
We find it to have exiited in our gardens in the time of 
3raa, 596. P,xa'xso was acquainted with that 
of it which has yellow fpotted flowers: Prof. 
fi edition of Miller's Digt. has quoted the chief of what 
hefe authors fay of it, which as a matter of curiofity we/hall 
.... "anfcribe: "G,xn informs us, that in his time it 
-a in the garden at Padua, that he had planted it in fiis 
arden divers times, but it never came to flowering; a.d 
at it muff be let or fown in a pot, with fine earth, or,m 
bed made of horfe-dung, in fuch manner as Cucumbers 
md Murk-Melons are: P,xaso fays, in fome kindly 
ars this beautiful plant has borne its brave flowers, b;ut 
-ver any ripe feed, and that it will not abide the extremi- 
.s of our winters, unlefs it meet with a ftove, or hot-houfe, 
.ch as are ufed in Germany ;' for neither houfe nor cellar 
ill preferve it: Cnusxus law it flowering by houfe-fides 
n Spain and Portugal, and fays, that the inhabitants the're 
 the feeds for making their rofaries." 
]Mr. 
Mr..Arot enumerates four varieties of it, viZ. ru$ra 
lutea, coccinee, and patens 
ß ' Beilag a .native of -the ,a, armeft parts of America, it re- 
,, quires to be placed in a moderate ftove in winter, where 
ß ' they always flower in that feafon, at which time they 
make a f*, appearance, and in 't' r,mmer .place them 
"abroad in a {heltered fituation ,lLt otler tender exotic 
plants, where they generally flower again, and produce ripe 
feeds annually." Mill. Digt. 
,, There plants will continue many .),ears with proper me- 
,, nagement, but as young plants always flower better than 
ß ',be old rooh fo it- is fcarce ,t. rth while to c'9ti hue then 
after 'they have b.o.rne good feeds, which fn_o. uld. 
a hot-bed in the fpring." Mill. Ditl. 
li 
LC ' RETUSA. CUSHION ALOI 
.Clafs and Order. 
HWXANr).A MONOgYNA. 
Generic CharatVer._ 
ereCVta, ore patdo fundo neC2arifero. 
infcrta. 
Filam. receptacuio, 
Specific CharafTer an d Syno9,ms. 
ALOE retufa acaulis foliis quinqufariis deltoideis. hun& 
.,tle, n.  5- tit. 'Kew. 47  ' 
ALOE retufa floribus feffilibus triquetris bilabiati labio in- 
[erior revoluto. Linn. Sp. œ1. 459- 
ALOE africana breviffimo craffiffimoque folk,. tom viridi. 
Comm. hort 2. p. x x. t. 6. Will. piti. 6. t. 5' 
Though the flowers of this Aloe have little to recoinnnd 
era, there is much to admire in the form and flruure of 
;leaves; and this pleating circumftance attends it, it is per- 
&ly diflin from all the other fpecies: when firft introduced, 
:' -'as no doub/. an objea of great admiration; F^,gCHILIS, 
the celebrated Gardener of Hoxton, who preceded M'ILLa, 
had it engraved, *,'ith feveral _other fucculents, on a plate 
mch is prefixed to Dr. BL^ia's Bota.:ic Effays, and which he 
fcribed to tl Door, betwixt whom and Mr. F^aCiLn 
:re app .... ; to have rubrifted a great degree of intimacy: 
- Eff,- were printed in x 72o. 
'-r,; ,cies is a native of the Cape, and flowers in June, 
.! trl, fo, increales very far by offsets: Mr. ATO 
all the Aloe  indifcriminately, Dry Stove 
in j be kept in , good grcen-houfe, taking care 
- the deft and molt airy part, and to guard it at 
trorn much wet, but more efpecially in the wimer 
DI,. SEF__a ATIFOLIA. SERRATED Or 
&- EAV ED DIO'SMA. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
ONOGYN- 
'eri Charaer 
N 5 fupra germen. Capf 3.j coalit. 
,lyptrata. 
Specific Charaer. 
II0 iAfermtlia follis lanceolatis glandulofo-ferrulatis, 
pedunculis axillaribus oppofitis fubunifloris. 
t .,as in the green-houfe of Mr. WHITLEY, Nurferyman 
told Brompton, that we firit law this plant in flower, on 
' 5th of March x799; previous t- this period it had 
.... ed in the Royal Garden at Kew, and fpecimens of it 
.d been depofited in the Herbarium of Sir JosivH BasKs, 
ler the name of DiofmaJrratifolia. 
ß form n a neat pretty firub, which is rendered more de- 
',le by its early flowering; its bloffoms are pure white, 
t offby Antherin of a lively purple colour; the whole plant 
a ftrong fcent very like that of Pennyroyal, but more 
,  ul. 
This lhrub  one of the many. which' have 'been raifed 
t:n there few years from-Botany-Bay feeds, is a green- 
'. plant, of eafy culture, blows freely, and is readily in- 
'kd by cuttings. 
'-c. Twigs fomewhat angular, reddish purple; Leaves 
% narrow, on very fiort footftalks, fpreading, flighfly 
:ated at the extremity, finely toothed, a tranfparent gl.and 
I the angle of each tooth, befet on both fides with numerous 
*- hich proje& and-give to the upper furface a manifeit 
; Flowers from the ale: of the leaves, oppolte, on 
pealuncles 
peduncles about one-third of an inch long, ufually fuppo 
one, fometimes two flowers; Calyx compofed of five le 
which are tinged with red and permanent; Corolla five.l 
white, ovato-lanceolate; Stanina filaments five white,' 
at firR upright,-afterwards bending back betwixt the pe 
Anthera: before they open purple; Pollen yellqw; Neff 
of two kind.s, five whi.t% fpringing up between each filar.. 
and which may 'perhaps be confidered as fo many imp 
ftamina, they are broader, much fmoother, and about 
third of the length of the filaments, terminating in a tranfp. 
gland inRead of .an .anthera; five green, forming a xiv, 
calyx to the germen, from the top of which they fprin 
confiR of five roundifn, flefny, fpreading, green leaves, e 
with hairs; betides thefe, there is a glandular ring at the 
of the germen; Style white, tapering, very hairy; , 
timpie; Flowers ufually dropping'off without ripening 
feeds, 
-I 
F 457 ] 
ALOI PLYCATtLeS. FAN ALOE, 
. . , t i'7tW'-  
Clf m Order. 
-'ca, ore Fatulo, 'Fundo ncarffcro. iYm. cccptaculo 
crtd. 
pecic Caraer and $ynonyms. 
LOE ylicatilis fubacaulis, foliis linguformibus ]vibus 
diichis, oribus racemoils pendulis cylindricis. i. 
_ Ke. . . p. 47 o. 
ALO'dqlic$a vat..,. Lin. Sp. PL ed. 3- P- 459- 
ALOE ylicalilis foliis enfiformibu' inermis ancipitibus, fio- 
ribus laxe fpicatis, caule fruticofo. iffff. Di. ed. 6. 4to. 
kLOE africana arborefcens montana non fpinofa, folio lon- 
giflimo plicatili, riore rubro. Comm. HovL . y. 5' . 3' 
'I he Fan Aloe grows to the bright of fix or feven feet, 
'ith firong firm, towards th .upper part of which are 
"1 roduced two, three, or four heads, cornpored o'f long, corn- 
"preffed, pliable leaves, of a lea-green colour, and ending 
"'tufely; thefe are placed in a double row, lying over each 
"her, with their edges the fame way; the flowers are pro- 
.ted in fhort 1oo/ fpikes, are of a red colour, and appear 
at different times of the year." Mill. Dic7. 
,L.;... Los originally made this plant a variety of his tloe 
 , the leaves in their mode of growth are'indeed truly 
d ;l.ous, few plants afford a better example of fuch, but they 
d,ner materially from thoib of the real difiicha both in form 
-nd colour: Mr. MXLLr.% with great propriety, made a 
difti,& fpecies of it, by the name of plicatilis, or Fan 4loe, 
'bich Mr. Awo/ has continued; and by the name of 
- e it is very generally known: we ma remark however 
!I t. thøug h this term may be juffified by'the form into whic 
u,.e h-aves expand, the fJlium plicatile of' LINNet us is aver 
.... rent knd of a leaf. Y 
Both the foliage and flowers of this plant are very handrome, 
in the Courfe of many years it grows to a great fize; in the 
Cb4fea Garden there are fome fine plants of it, which grew 
tLre in the time of M  L L  t, by whom it was cultivated in 
It is a native of Africa, requires the fame treatment as the 
'her Alo% and is propagated by dividing and planting its 
½la :and Order.-. 
'-Ge,neri½ Charafter.: 
,t. ala 6.. 6tylus declinaiisl. $tignia infundibullforme: 
capf.' 'ififi' pbiyFpi'i4ia. 
Specific Charagter and Synonyms. 
ARISTEA cyanea. fit. Kew. v. t. p. 67. 
IXIA africana floribus capitatis, fpathis laceris. Linn. Sp. Pt. 
ed. 8' P' 5 x' 
MORAZA africana floribus capitatis fpathis laceris. Murr. 
8yfl. Vegetab. ed. x4. p. 93- 
IXlA foliis ad radicem nervofis gramineis, floribus ac fru&u 
convolutis. Burro. ffric. 
BERMUDIANA capentis, capitulistanuginofis. Pet. ficc. 
GRAMEN eriophorum africanum tore lanato. Pluk. Mant. 
98 . 
It will be feen,. on confuhing the fynonyns, that this native 
of the Cape, though introduced to the I4.e Garden by Mr. 
MASSON in t774, was long before known to a confiderable 
number of Botanifts,. and' it is curious to fee the different 
opinions which they entertained of ; we abide by that of 
Mr. AxTo, who has called K AriJtea, from the bearded ap- 
peavance, we apprehend: -- "he Snatha. 
It is a fmall fibre "" . :e. lant, rar.. '. xceeding when 
in bloom the height o hx or eight inches, and would be too 
infignificant for a green-houfe collection, were not its flowers' 
of a very brilliant blue colour; indeed M, who appears 
'vidently to have cultivated it, fays, the flowers make little 
.?pearance, and fo the plant is only kept for the fake of va- 
netv. Digl. 4to. ed. 6. Ixia africana. 
Mr. 
1Vfr. kXTOT tells us, that it flowers from April to June,. 
yet Mr. ANnR,ws, intent on giving to Meffrs. LEE and 
KE½znY th credit of flowering it firft, difregards this in- 
formation, and. is pleafed to conje&ure that the plant never 
flowered at Kew, becaufe Mr. Ax:roN, as he alleges, has not 
given to it any fpecific chara&er; not aware that, as a new 
genus, its parts of fru&ification are defcribed .i the end of the 
Hort. Kew. and that no fpecific chara&er is ever given to a 
plant, where there is only one of a genus, and that for the 
molt obvious reafon. 
The/lriflea is a plant eafily propagated by parting its roots, 
as well as by feeds, will fucceed in a fmall pot, and though a 
green-houfe plant, will not be hurt by the moderate heat of 
the iove, but flower the better for it. 
The bloffoms do not expand fully unlefs the fun {hines hot 
on them. ' ' 
459- 
CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM. SILVEKY 
LEAVED BIND-WEED. 
Oafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 
Generic Charagle', 
Cot. campanulata, plicata. $tigmata 3. 
:ulis difpermis. 
Capf. .-1ocularis lo. 
CONVOLVULUS 
.ONVOLVULUS 
;ONV o LVULUS 
NEORUM album 
$pecc CharaCter a,d Synonyms, 
CONVOLVULUS Cneorum foliis lanceolatis tomentofis, flo- 
_ribus umbellatis, calycibus hirfutis, caule 
erec'to. œinn. S)fl. P>g. =o 3, it. Kew. 
vol . p.  3- 
argenteus umbellatus ereus. Tourn 
84. 
major ereus creticus argentcus 
H. .. 
[axatilis ereus villofus perennis. Srr. 
far. 4. t. 47 o. occ. Muff . p. 79' t. 7 o. 
folio argenteo molli. Bauk. Pin. 4 3. 
' Cnvolvulus Cneorum is a .native 'of Spain and the 
'as cuhiv_ted in the Botanic Garden at Chelfea in 
')' ,rs from May' to September, tit, liew, 
In fize, habit, &c. this fpecies has fome . affinity to the 
" linearis, figured pl; 289, but differs from it, and 6ther 
' ufually cultivated with.us, in the filky appearance 
which it is not in the artil¾s power to imitate, and 
-au.ty of which, m6re than that of its flowers, it is very' 
kept in collec'tions 'of green-houfe plants; its 1310f 
nearly white and rarely or never produaNe of feeds 
co.untry, hence ii is incrfiaœed bv cuttings. 
.rdy green-houfe plant, requiring a dry rather thzn 
regxmen, 
II m 
DY 
IPERFLORENS. CLIMBING 
ARD FOXGLOVE. 
,,.., ,,. 
Cl, and Ord 
DJ ANCO. ]aM' 
eric Char,7 
ß biloculaiis, truncata, bifulca, api,e n,equaliter dehifcens, 
-- , tubutofa campanulata, ventricofa, bifulcato- 
gp Chara7er d 33nonyms. 
M SUg qDYA f npcr. florens caule fruticofo fcandente, 
lis haltati  nervofis. C. G. Orteg. Nov. Pol. 
Dec. .. p. .t. 
"STERIA. Cavanill. Icon. vol 9.. p. 5' hum. 1ø6. t. lX6. 
Th: plant whofe elegant form is here fo happily delineated 
-,afterly pencil of Mr. EDWARDS, according to Dr. 
': an inhabitant of Mexico, where its feeds ori- 
ere colle6'ted by Dr. MARTN Sss, and fent to the 
rden at Madrid, in which the pl/mt produced flowers 
o in abundance; from thence feeds were obtained by 
t chionefs of BUT% about the year 1786, who moil 
k ommunicated them to different perfons in the neigh- 
b 'red of London, and among others to my molt generous 
b [a&or, JAu.s VRF, Efq. in whofe colle6'tion at his 
v h Kenfington-Gore, by the careful management of his 
Gardener, Wx-A ANDERSON, it was firft brought to 
lower in this country, anno 1797. 
Monf. CA' AN    , who reftdes at Madrid, vhere he feizes 
' 'opportunity of publithing whatever new plants appear 
, has figured and defcribed the prefent one, under the 
of Ufieria, not aware that Wxzx>No" had previoufly 
beltowed 
,,, Ill,dltUIlllllLI 
befiowed that name on v different plant; for this and oth 
realohs , Dr. OtTet,, in a new work of his above referre 
to, has changed the term Ufleria to that oF Maurand) 
and, though we cannot cordially coincide with the Do&or 
the propriety either of hi vqeric or t:ivial nane, we have 
adopted them. 
This climber fifes with a fhrubby falk to the height 
many feet, is very prolific in branches, and produces flowers 
abundantly from July to September, which are' fucceeded k 
ripe feed-veffels and feeds.--As the plant is eafily propagatei 
by cuttings, as well as by feeds, it will foon become common 
to our greenhouœes, though it is rather better fuited to t 
confervatory; if its bloffoms, which have a gre_t affinity tt 
thole of the Foxglove, had more colour in them, the plan 
would be more defirable: at fome future period fuch ma 
probably be obtained from feeds. 
* OssRv. QandoquidemUsweRz.e nomenhuic Generi 
qui primus id defcripfii, impofittm permanere non poteft ut pote antea ab illuf 
WZLVOU alii Generi inditum; proptereaillud D. CaTI-IAlZN PAICltaT]. 
/IauRaNDr, le&iflime femin:e, D. AuOUSTgl Ju., Reg. Botanic. Hot. 
Carthauinenfs Profefforis uxori, et Botanicorum laborurn focia, nuncupandun 
dnxi ;. olataque op. portunitate ufus plantam denuo recognovi, et turn Cb. ara&e 
genericurn, turn etmm defcripdonem fpecificam ad incudem revocans reformaft. 
'\ 
M ]?RUTICANSo 
] 
YELLOW JASMINE. 
Clafs and Order. 
I]IANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Generlt Charaqer. 
'or. 5-fida. Bacca dicocca. Sero. arillata. ,4nthere intra tuburn. 
Specific Charaqer and Synonyms. 
JASMINUM œruticans foliis alternis ternatis fimplicibufque 
ramis angulatis. Linn. Sift. Fegetab. ed. 
Murr. p. 5 6. 
ß qMIl'UM fruticans ibliis alternis ternaris foiiolis obovatis 
cuneiformibufque obtufi ramis angulatis laciniis 
calycinis hbulatis. tit. Kew. v. . p. 9' 
J'kSM1NUM luteurn, vulgo dWtum bacciferum. Bauh. iriS. 
9 8. 
POLEMONIUM ficu Trifolium fi'uficans. Shrubby Treœoil. 
Ger. Herb. p. x  9' f' 
The Yellow Jafmine is often planted againit walls, pales, 
c d branches are weak and flender and it will grow 
* t. or twel-ve feet high if thus fupported; it may how- 
er be planted in fhrubbery quarters, to which it is better 
.. t than the White Jafmine. The young fhoots are of a 
-fl Jng green colour, angular, and a little hairy. The 
ß trifoliate, though rometimes they grow fingly.. They 
' alternately on the branches, are of a thick con- 
, lmooth, and of a fine deep green colour. There 
in well-fhehered places remain until the fpring before 
MI off, fo that this plant may not improperly be planted 
g the Evergreens, efpecially as the young floots are aL 
of a ftrong green. The flowers are yellow, and do not 
'q the fragrance of the common Jarmine. They are pro- 
cl chiefly in June, and the blov is loon over. They are 
fucceeded 
fucceeded by berries, whicl whe. ripe are black, ,,, 
its name of Berry-beari'g Jafmi Although this th 
loffeffes t c ftiffrr wl;lq 
13earam:e of an artrot r',er, e[ the fine ellow col 
its bloffoms contraft fid weP wit}' the rich F  of the f 
that in the tv_ _ [ uet m ils to have 
confPicuous and pleating 
Is a native of the South of Europe the Levant 
cultivated by Mr. Jo, Ga,an, in 597, and flowei-'. 
May to Oober. ./lit. 
Is eafily propagated by fuckers or layers; as the flo,, 
ha;re no fcent, is not fo much cultivated as formerly. MiP 
IIII 
I 
[ 462 ] 
NTHEMIS PYRETHRUM. 
SP. IN. 
FELl ITORY 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
NGENEblA POLYGMIA SUPERF. UA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
paleaceum. Pappasnullus. Cal. hemifphrericus, fub- 
'quaho. Flofculi radii plures quam 5 
Spe, ific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
NTHEMIS Pyrethrum caulibus fimplicibus unifloris de:. 
cumbentibus foliis pinnato multifidis. Linn. 
S)fl. l/e2et. ed. 4. Murr. p. 776. ' Pl/oodville,s 
Mede,,/Bola_y, p. 286. 
CHAMALMELUM fpeciofo flore, radice 1onga fervida. Shaw. 
Zfr.  38.' 
PYRETHRUM flore bellidis. Bauh. Pin. 48. 
The Pellitory of Spain is more celebrated as an ufeful than 
an ornamental plant, the root wh:ch is of a very hot and 
biting nature being a common application for the cure of the 
tooth-ach; but, diveRed of its utility as a medicinal plant, 
it .... tt a place in colle&ions on account of the beauty 
both of its foliage and flowers, the latter are more 'hand- 
rome when in bud than when fully expanded, the under- 
fide of the florets being of a fine purple colour, the upper 
pro, whi'- it is moreover a very rare plant in this 
eøuntr7, notwithftanding it was cultivated here fo long fince 
a ,570: PARKINSO'I evidently grew it, as he obferves that 
tl roots of the ultivated plant, were much larger than thole 
ot the wild one; he tells us alfo, that it was too tender to 
eta"re our winters: to the latter caufe, as well' as to the 
".ulty of propagating it, for it does not ripen its feeds in 
Country, we may attribute its prefent fearcity: Mr. 
f;;4sraiifle this plant in 732, in a very curious way, 
 p' d but from a. mong raifins. 
In 
In its place of growth il is not confined to Spain, but is 
f6und in the Levant, Syria, Arabia, and elfewhere; flowers 
xith us-from May to July, and may be increafed by curt'tings 
of the roots, a mode of propagating by which we rometimes 
happily fucceed 4ith rare and valuable plants when all others 
fail. 
It is a plant not very nice as to the quality of the foil in 
ß ahich it grows, but muff have a warm dry fituation, will fuc- 
teed very well in a pot, or it may be planted in the open 
border; but efpecial care muff be taken to fecure it againft 
fi'ott in the winter. 
463 
EPIDENDRUM CILIARE. FRINGED 
EPIDI NDRUM. 
ClaJ and Order. 
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA 
Generic Charaler. 
CoL 6-petala. Nearium turbinaturn, obliquurn reftextra 
Capf. infera x-locularis, 3-valvis, feneftrata, 
Specific C1oaral7er and $.ynonyms. 
EPIDENDRUM ciliare foliis oblongis aveniis, ne0iarii laho 
tripartito ciliato: intermedia lineari, cad 
bi[blio. Linn. S)fl. l/egetab, ed. 4. Murr. 
p. $8. arq. 21met. pie7. p. to. t. o 9. 
Of this parafitiCal tribe the number of fpecies defcribed i 
the third edition of the Sp. P1. Linn. t 64, amounts to thirty 
iri Ga.Lx's thirteenth edition of the Syfio Nat. Linn. 79, 
o !efs than re? ty-five are enumerated, which is a raft' 
i:eltion in fo fiort a period; moP[ of-th½œe are natives o['1 
climates, and on that acccunt require tt flove heat in 
country; from their nature alœo [hey require a fituation 
to be exa&ly imitated, they are therefbre to be regarde 
plants very difficult of culture, and we are not to be furp 
that three fpecies only are enumerated in the Hort. Kez 
but, iince the publication of that work many others'have I: 
added to the royal collec"tion, and this among the reft. 
The rare and fingular fpecies here reprefented, a native 
the warmer parts of America, and the Weft-Indies, flowe 
vith Mr, WHITLEY, Nurferyman, Old-Brompton, in F 
a799, and at irregular periods before that time; he in[or 
me that.it is not conftant as to the time of its blowing, 
that though the plant flowers with him, it never affumes a 
healthy green appearance, he propagates it by dividinõ 
limbs or branches, which often put forth froall roots; 
plant grows in a pot, in a mixture of loam and peat or bt 
earth, and is kept Conftantly plunged in the tan-pit of 
ttoVe. 
/I f 
/' 
'iN( ,UM CrRAMINEUM. OR. AsS-LEAvED. 
SISYRINCHIUM. 
Clq/ a'id Order. 
GYN.DRIA Ta .NDRIA. 
Generic CbararTer. 
-phylla. Petafa 6-plana. Cap 3-1ocularis infera 8-valvis. 
5et fc 6Daraer and 
"'SYRINCHIUM g'ramineum caule ancipiti lato, gcrminibus 
glabris, 
SISYRINCHIUM angi(folfum foliis lineari-gladiolatis, 
dunculls 1ongioribus. Mill. DiL 
SISYRINCHIUM cwideam parrum, gladiato caule, virgit 
nianum luk. alm. 348. t. 
ERMUDIANA graminea, flore rainore cmruleo. Dill. Ellb. 
49. t. 4t.  49. 
CLADIOLUS Cmruleus hexape[alus caule etiam gladiato. 
Ban. vir& 96. 
a former Number of this Work, we ga,'e a figure of th 
te variety of Sifyrinch. Bermud. of Linn. regarding it as 
Pti  fpecies, and naming it iridioides, conformably to 
us's fpeeific defcription; we regret now that we did 
tinue to it the name of Bermudiana (it being the true 
-udas plant) and which cannot with propriety be applied 
pn_fent fpecies, a native of Virginia, far more diminu- 
.'ith [lowers much fmaller, of a paler blue colour, a 
- hardier 151ant alfo, and of more ready growth; it is in- 
truly hardy perennial, adapted to the open border, in 
will grow readily, and produce abundance Of flower- 
ns in June and July; the flowers expand to the tim, 
followed by numerous feed-veffels which ripen their 
.by which the plant may be increared, or by parting its 
m the autumn. Its flalk affords an excellent example 
ufl aulisancepso YVe readily embrace the opportunity here 
'"' d us of corre/5ting an error in regard to the hardinels of 
';c'":-ch. iridioides, which we were led into partly by Mz- 
' t-count, and partly from obferving the plant to firvive . 
d winter in the open ground; we have fince found that it is a 
4"r plant, and to be ranked with thole of the greenhoufe; 
ditional proof of its' being a diftinOt fpecies from the one 
-.e figured, which has long  been cultivated in our gardens. 
* By Mr. Jaco Boar, in 693. Ai. Kevo 
I '1 
INDIGOSERA ANGUSTIFOLAo 
NARROW- 
Cla and Order. 
D1ADELPI-I IA DECAlq DRIA. 
.Generic Chtira7er. 
Cal. patens. Cot. carina, utrinque calcari fubulato patulo. 
Legumen lineare. 
Specific Charat7er and Synon. yms.. 
INDIGOFERA anguflifolia foliis pinnatis linearibus, racemis. 
elongatis, caule fruticofo. Linn. Syfl. 
ed. t. Murr. p. 678. Mant. 7. !1it, Kew. 
vl . p. 69. 
This froall, delicate, and rather elegant fpecies of Indig% 
to be found in moR colle&ions of.greenhoufe plants near 
town, rifes with an upright, fhrubby Item, to the height of 
feveral feet; its leaves, of a lively green colour, are furnifhed 
with pinnas, which are numerous a'd unufually narrow, w. hence 
its name; its flowers, produced on long racemi fpringing from 
the fides of the rein or branches, are of a fingular dull red 
colour, and rarely followed by feeds with us. 
It is a native of the Cape*, from whence it was introduced 
by Mr. MAsson, in 774; flowers from June to O&ober, 
and is ufually increared by cuttings. 
There is a defcription of this fpecies in the Mantiff PL 
linn. but we know of no figure of it that has yet been 
publifhed. 
 .41t. Kw. 
Ill 1 
c 
Ob 
Po 
G Chc 
lclum rofus: foliolis 
zati glandulofo. , -luriraa, 
lacculenmm, 
:arned a ,a ihfirucCtive K..___ dmqn. 
- d 'molt u.fef 1 inform .ira, g... ; rgu,' rifthis 
ch it is reprefented both with flowers d f 
companied with a. defcription and lhort account of 
which we learn that it is cultivated in Japan as an 
1 plant, that the flowers are produced in February, 
leaves, that they have the fcent of the' violet, but 
,leafant on being long fmelt to. 
that Lord Covv. t4mY was the firll who poffeffed 
in England, I took the liberty of writing to his Lord= 
ary 1799 to requeff fome information on this 
ell  rome others relative to its culture, &c. On 
of the,fame month, his Lordfhip had the goodhers 
e a beautiful fpecimen of the plant in bloom, a 
ant one )'ear old, together with a feed-veffel of the' 
and R)me feeds; in the Earl's letter is the follow- 
"the beauty of the Calycanthus )orecc' at this 
rpaffes all defcr[ption, it is covered with bloffoms 
p to bottom, and the fragrance of it may be per 
-' me diftance of fifty yards fi'om the -tor 3 . 
By his Lordfnip's direEtion, I received at the fame time 
from his Gardener, Mr. WILL^M DE^x% the following 
formation, in anfwer to my queries :--i' My Lord received he 
]plant from China in'a 766 :--it was planted in a_ confervatory, 
is now fixteen feet high, and expands ten feet wide :--bears 
a fucceflion of tlowers from September to March :--the time 
of its firR blowing I cannot precit.ly ' fcertain, but believe it 
to -be .nearly twenty ye&rs back :--at is propagated by layers, 
cuttings, and feeds, the latter it produces rnoft years at 
Croome, but I believe at no other place in England :--there 
are plants of it at Croome fix feet high, in a warm fituation 
in the open border, which have ftooa out feveral years by 
being covered with a tingle mat in revere weather." 
Not expecting to r,ccie a plant from Lord Covextx in 
bloom, our drawing was made from one which flowered with 
Mr. WIXLE¾, Nurferyman, Old-Brompton, December 
x798, .and which came originally from Croome, his Lordhip 
having prefented molt of the Nurferymen about town with 
plants of it; the bloffoms of that from Croome were fome. 
what Iarger than thole here reprefented, and the petals were 
lefs ftriped,-indeed aimoft wholly tinged with purple, the 
leaves alfo proceeded more from the rumreit of the ftalks and 
were of a much greenel hue, owing no doubt to its being 
kept in the confervatory, while Mr. Wix¾'s plant was 
tacked to the outfide of the bottom of the greenhoufe, 
In the number of its ftamina, which is rarely more 
than five, it does not accord with the charafter of the clafs 
icofandria, nor do the feeds agree with the generic character 
as defcribed by Lt4x.us 
I 
I 
Cla and Order: 
DIDyNAMI40YMNOSPERMIA? 
Generic CharaFler. 
0'. faux infiata: labium fuperius fornicatum: 
'Specific CharacVer and Synonymsø 
DRACOCEPHALUM virg'inianu'm œoliis lineari-laneolatis 
ferratis, floribus conferris. Linn. 
Nat. ed. x 3. Gruel: p. 957 
DRACOCEPHALUM virginianurn fioribu fpicatis, folii 
Imceolatis ferratis: Linn, 8yfl: Feg, 
ed. 4. Murr. p. 545- 
DRACOCEPHALUM virg'inianum floribus fpicatis confertis 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis ferrati..d. it. 
Kew. w. .. p. 
This elegant fpecies of Dracocephalum, a native of Virginia, 
and other parts of North-America, is a hardy herbaceous 
plant, rifing to the height of about. two feet, and producing 
numerous flowers in long fpikes, ufually arranged on each 
fide of the ftalk. 
It comes near to the dentjculatut already figured, but dif, 
fers in its thperior height, the fo rm of its leaves: the number 
of its flowers, and many other particulars. 
It flowers from July to September, and with me has gene- 
raliv finened much of its feed from which it may be eafily 
ruled, as alfo by parting of is roots in fpring or autumn; it 
fucceeds belt in a moill fituation, and its ftalks require to be 
Carefully and timely flicked. 
Was cultivated s long fince as x68, by Mr. J. 
'1. 
Illl 
,l 
FOWrRV.D 
Claj3 and Order. 
OCTAIq D B.I A MONOGYNIAo 
Generic CharaZ7er. 
Cal. 4-fidus. Petala 4. Capf. cylindrica infera. Sero. nuda. 
S[cific ChraZTer and Synonyms. 
(ENOTHERA 'etraptera foliis lanceolatfs, bari pinnatifido- 
dentaris, capfulis pedicellatis obovatis quadri- 
alatis. Linn. Sp. ,P1. edit. H/71denou. 
NOTHERA foliis alternis {hbpinnatis crifpis, flore mu-. 
t. abili fru&fi tetraptero. Cavanill. Icon. t. 3. 
p. 40. lab. 79' 
Of this genus we have already figured fix different fpecies; 
this is another newly difcovered one, which, like moil: of its 
kind, difplays its beauties chiefly in the night. It is the only 
'% as far as we vet know, thfit has white bloffoms; there, 
'hen firit expanded, are beautifully fo, but in the morning they 
nge to a purple colour, fade, and their place is fupplied by 
a frefh fucceffion. In this remarkable change of colour, it 
bear: rome affinity to the (Enothera anomala, wtlich may be 
confidered as itrengthening our opinion that the latter plant 
belongs to this genus rather than to that of Gaura. The 
nothera tetraptera is a native of Mexico, its duration as 
ß t not certainly afcertained, but may be treated as a tender 
annual; and fuch plants as do not flower the firft year, may 
be preferved under glaflSs through the winter. It was railed 
œ 
m feeds fent by Mr. DoN, from Cambridge; but was pro- 
',ly firit introduced into this country from feeds lent to the 
--rchionefs of BuT, by Prof. Or,:, of Madrid. 
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[469] 
PLiTYLOBIUM FORMOSUM. LARGE- 
FLOWERED FLAT-PEA. 
C/a and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECAN DRIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. 'campanulatus, quinquefidus, laciniis duabus fiprernis 
maximis, obtufis. Legumen pedicellaium compreffum, doff0 
alatum, p01yfpermum. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
PLATYLOBIUM formof urn foliis cordato-ovatis, germine 
pilofo. Smith Linn. Tranf. v. 2. 850. 
ot. New Holl. tab. 6. Cheilococca apocyni- 
d/blia. $aliJb. Prod. 4x2. 
All the plants of this family as yet known are natives ol 
New Holland; the genus derives its name from the breadth of 
its pod or feed-veffel, and was efia'blifned by Dr. Sz.Tn, i 
the fecond volume of the Tranfattions of the Linn,ean 8ocie. 
where the prefent fpecies, the only one then known, is de 
fcribed under the name of Platylobiumformofum, or Orange Fla,- 
Pea; a figure of it has been fince given by the fame author, 
the fecond number of a work/ entitled The Zoology and Botan 
of New Holland. 
The feeds of this plant having been among the firft of tho 
impo. rted from Botany-Bay, feedlings have been railed, and the 
plants have grown up and flowered in moil colleions of green- 
houfe plants about town; an opportunity has been thus afforded 
of afcertaining its beauty, and it muff be confeffed there are fet 
papilionaceous flowers more handrome, the buds in particular 
are inexpreffib13 rich-in colour, there; are produced from Ju.n.e 
to Augufi, but are rarely' fucceeded by ripe feeds .n tts 
country. 
'In raifing this fpecies, recourfe is generally had to foreign 
feeds, for cuttings are not eafily firuck; great difficulty all0 
attends the rearing the feedlings, as they are very apt to go 
hen young, when they advance in fize they generally 
more freely; we have obferved the plant to fucceed very 
with rome, while others fcarcely have been able to keep- 
alive. 
./ 
[ 470 ] 
TnnUM ERECTUM. URGHT TRnLUM 
Cla and Order. 
HEXANDRiA TRIGYNiA. 
Generic Charoc7ei-. 
8-phyllus. Cot. 3~petala. œacca trilocularis. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
iRI.LLIUM erea7um florepedunculato credo. Zinn S Ie 
tnphyllon brafilianum. Bauh. Pin. 7- 
.O1 kNUM triphyllum canadenfe. Corn. Can. 66. t. 
,OI tNO congener triphyllum canadenfe. Motif. biff. 3' P. 
Of this genus only three fpecies have as yet been intro. 
into our gardens, viz. Jb,le, cernuum, and erea7um, all 
s of North-America, all collecCted by Mr. Mxr. r.a, and 
..Oed in. his diionary: they are rare plants in this 
?ry, and will.coutinue to be fo, as they require much at- 
.oa to their culture, and admit of but little increafe from 
.s; the 5rr. J,le, already figured in the Magazine, is 
' COmmon, the cernuum next, and the prefent fpecies 
'"oft rare, which, though not mentioned in the Horn 
"- feen in the colleOion at Kew. 
5xortss gives a good figure of it, which is copied in 
It ' 
t.. a hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, growing ' 
to the 
of about nine in6hes, producing its flowers in May; 
U,res to be planted in a /hady and romewhat moift fitua~ 
either in 
peat earth, pure light loam, or a mixture of 
 of theiCe plants, which are of the tuberous kind, 
 no doubt be railed with care from foreign feeds, but 
r would be tedious, and the plants have fcarcely fuœ- 
to COmpenfate for the trouble. 
ERICA MEDeTERRa Nt' . MEDTERRANEAIq 
HE tTH. 
ClaJ5 and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Generic CharaCter. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
Anthera? apice g-ridge pertufe.' Cap.[.' 4:1ocularis, 4-vaivis 
polyfperma. 
Specific Charagter and Synonyms. 
ERICA nediterranea antheris muticis exfertis, corollis ovatis, 
ftyio exferto, foliis quaternis patentibus, floribus 
fparfis. Linh. 8yfi. Feg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 37 o. .,lit. 
Kew; v. .. p. 24. Linn. Mant. p. 
ERICA maxima purpurafcenslongioribusfoliis. Bauh. Pin. ,t85. 
ERICA foliis codos quaternis, flore purpurafcente? Bauh. hilt, 
'x. p. 356. 
ERICA corios folio. 
Though a fiative of the more fouthern parts of Europe, 
this fpecies of Heath was unknown in our gardens till intro- 
duced by Mr. BRoos*, fo lately as about 765; now it 
is one of the molt common, and will long continue to be 
one of the molt defirable; in a few years it acquires the h:ight 
of four or fix feet, is Very upright and handrome in its growth, 
and from March to May its branches are loaded with a profu- 
fion of lively bloffoms. 
In our account of Erica herbacea, page i i, we expreffed 
fome doubts whether it and the mediterranea might not be one 
and the fame fpecies, as they accorded in many refpe&s; from 
examining them 'more attentively, we are fatisfied that they 
are perfe&ly diPtin&: the herbacea, if left to itfelf, is low and 
fPreading, the mediterranea tall and upright; the flowers in tl- 
nediterranea are orter and more ovate, and have a degl- 
of fragrance wanting in thole of the herbacea  the filaments do 
not projeOt fo far, but the ptyle farthei'; the herbacea bloffOmS 
at leaft a month earlier than the mediterranea; to there d i{ 
ferences we may add, that the herbacea is perfealy hard 
while the mediterranea is'liable to be killed in revere fearOhS, 
and is therefore ufually kept in the greenhou{. 
This fpecies is eafily ftruck from cuttings and eafily pr 
fer'ed.' 
' Hort. Kew. 
LO 
Generic Charaer. 
.. erefla, ore patul% fundo ne'tarifero. 
inferta, 
Filam. receptaculo 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms, 
,LOJ œerliata foliis caulinis dentaris amplexicaulibus ,vagi. 
nantibus, floribus corymbofis cerfiuis pedunculatis 
fubcylindricis, var.  8uccotrina. tit, Kew. v. x. p: 466. 
ALOg vera foliis 1ongiffimis et anguftiffimis marginibus fpi. 
nofis floribus fpicatis. Mill. DitL 
The figure here given was drawn in January  799, from a 
@lant in full bloom in the dry itove of the Apothecaries Garden 
atChelfea; Mr, FAXUBAXRX informs me that it flowers re? 
'ularl ever ear' the lant itfelf, fu ofed to be rift ears 
I Y Y y ' P 'PP Y y 
d, has a item the thicknefs of .one's arm, naked for the 
'-- of about four feet from the ground, then dividing into 
.... ral large heads, formed of the leaves growing in cluflers, 
from the centre of which arife the flowering-Rems, two feet 
or mr)re in length, producing fpikes of flowers frequently 
-"_h longer than thofe reprefented on the plate; thel be_-. 
fore they open are upright, when fully blown they hang 
down, and when out of bloom they turn upwards. 
This undoubtedly is the tlog vera of MILLER, and the 
 ,T' a var. fuccotrina of Mr. ALTON, that which produces 
-Succotrine Aloes of the {hops, and is faid to grow in the 
- d of Zocotra or Socotora, in the Straits of Babelmandel; 
iu therefore highly intei'eRing as a medicinal plant, and 
ve 'defirable as an ornamental one. 
; propagated 'by offsets, which it does not produce in any 
- plenty, and to have it in perfeC2ion it muff be treated 
a dry-Rove plant, ' ß 
-] 
PLIIq A PEIIUNCULATA. 
PLNA. 
PEDUNCULATED 
Claj3 and Order. 
ICOSANDP, IA MONOOYNXA- 
Generic Charafler. 
Cal. 4. f- 5-P artitus' Petala 4-5. Drupa fupera, fulcata. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. 
PLINIA pedunculata floribus tetrapetalis pedunculatis: Pta- 
minibus receptaculo infertis. Linn. Mant. p. g43- 
PLINIA pedunculata floribus pedunculatis polyandris. Linn. 
$uppL g53- Ait. Kew. v. . p. x66. 
MYRTUS brafiliana. $p. PL 674. 
EUGENIA uniflora. $p. Pl. 678. 
PHILADELPHUS ? arborefcens foliis myrtinis; nitidis op- 
pofitis, ramulis gracilibus, pedunculis .bipartitis ala- 
ribus. Brown ]a. g4o. The Silver Tree. 
The Plinia pedunculata, in its foliage and flowers, bears a 
rear refemblance to rome varieties of the Myrtle, of which 
tenus LxNNus, following others, at firPt made it a fpecies; 
on this account it may be regarded, ,in a certain degree, as an 
ornamental plant, it is moreover a very rare one: its flowers. 
yield a confiderable fragrance, much like that of the Orange 
bloffom. 
It is a native of the Brazils, and alfo of Jamaica, ac- 
cording to Dr. Bwow, and others: was cultiv'tted here by 
Mr. MILLER, in i759- - 
Our drawing was made [anuary x$, i799, from a plant in 
tan ftove of the Apotiuecaries-Garden at Chelfea, which 
as been there a great number of years, and is now become a 
œm_l! tree, covered every year with a pr'ofufion of. bloffoms, 
vhch in fome feafons. have been followed by fruit. 
The branches of this tree are flender, and covered with a 
hght-coloured bark: the leaves ovate, oppofite, firm, glo.ffy, 
entire, 
entire, fomewhat contraed near the point, which is obtufe, 
ftanding on fhort foot-ftalks, and turning black' the flowers are 
placed on large footftalks, which fually coe out in pairs: 
the Calyx is deeply divided into fou' fegments, which quickly 
turn back: Petals four, white, fcarce perceptibly edged with 
hairs, turning back with the calyx, and quickly falling: Sta- 
mina numerous, inferted into the bafe of the calyx,, which 
forms a kind of fquare receptacle; thefe alfo loon fall off, 
leaving the calyx and ftyle fanding: Gerrnen fmali, ufually 
imperfe. 
Dr. Btoxv, in his Hifory of Jamaica, fays, "ibis little 
"tree is frequent in the red 'hills, and remarkable for its 
"fiender branches and myrtle leaves.; it is now commonly 
"called Red-wood by the negroes, and is looked upon as a 
"good timber wood, but it reidore grows above four or five 
"inches in diameter." 
RHODOR 
E 474 ] 
CANADENSISo 
RHODORAo 
CANADIAN 
Claj5 and Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Generic Chadalter. 
5.dentatus. Cot. 3-petala. Sram. declinata. Capf. 5-1ocularis, 
Specific Charalter and Synonyms. 
RHODORA' canadenfis. Linn. Sp. Pl..f6t. ,,lit. Kew. v.., 
p. 66, L'Herit. $tirp. nov. t. 68. Cham,erhodo, 
dendros. Dubare. Sero. app. o. t. 7' f' " 
RHODODENDRUM Rhodora, corollis tripetalis. Linm 
Nat. ed,  3. Gruel. p. 694. 
The Canadian Rhodora is a hardy deciduous American 
fnrnb, of low growth, and confiderable beauty, and the more 
dehrable from the earliners of its flowering, which occurs be- 
 the foliage is full, expanded; the blofibms are very liable 
m. injured by the cutting eafterly winds which rometimes 
prevail in April, the ufual time of their appearance; it bears 
gentle forcing remarkably well s and thus may be had t.o flower 
in great perfe&ion, 
It requires to be planted in light bog earth, in which it is 
ely propagated by layers, 
Is a native of North-America, and was introduced in  76I, 
by Sir josli.v Balqcs Bart, 
LIEN] 
475 '] ' 
STIPULARIS. SCALY PULTEN.,EAo 
Clah and Order. 
DEct, s DIA MONOG¾SXA. 
Generic CharaZler. 
quinquedentatus, utrinque appendiculatus. Cor. papilio- 
.. all vexillo. brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare dif- 
mum. 
Specific CharaZler. 
'ULTENjEA fiiœularis foliis linearibus mucronulatis fubci- 
liatis, flipulis folitariis binerviis laceris. Smith 
' l 
œot. 2'ew-Ho land, t. 35- 
name of Pulten,ea has been given to this genus by 
Dr. I r qMl rs, in honour of WM. PvzrEx.¾, M.D. of 
Blandford in Doffedhire, whole various'writings have fo effen- 
':" .-tr;bu,ed to the introducCtion and eitabli/hment of 
. Botany in this country, and to the promotion of the 
Jul arts connecCted with Botany, more efpecially Agriculture. 
It s the name of flipularis, from its ftalk being covered 
itb kale-like flipulm. 
ß of this fpecies having been introduced to this country 
' .me of the firit producCtions of New-Holland, the.plant 
' ...... red in feveral collecCtions near town; we firIt law it at 
Mr. x's, Nurferyman, Ball's-Pond, near Newington-Green. 
It i: but reidore, however, that this fpecies can be brought to 
, or even be kept alive here for any length of time, if 
t ed in the way that greenhoufe plants ufually are; poflibly it 
-ad fucceed better with a warmer regimen. 
It {lowers in April and May, and is to be raked only from 
ported feed, ' 
I 
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[ 4713 ] 
INDIOOFERA PSORAL0DES. 
INDIGO. 
LONG-SPIK.D 
Clafi and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECAN DRiA, 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cal. patens. Cot. carina utrinque calcari fubulato patulo. 
gumen lineare. 
Specific ½harat7er and Synonyms, 
INDIGOFERA pJraloides foliis ternatis lanceolatis, race 
1ongiflimis, leguminibus cernuis. Linn. ,5 
Fegi ed. 4' Mutt, p. 677. lit. Kew, v. 
p. 6 7. 
CYTYSUS pjbraloides. Linn. Sp. PL to45. 
CYTISUS africanus. Riv. [etr. 7'- f" '$5- 
TRIFOLIUM ,ethiopicum ex alis fpicatum. Pluk Phyt. 
f-a- 
The plant here figured is the true Indigof pj3raloid 
LXN NmUS, a native of the Cape, and cultivated by Mr. 1 
LER, in t758; there is another fpecies romewhat timilar ,0 
it, of much larger growths and more recently introdu-], 
frequently fold for it in the nurferies about town. [ TM 
Though cultivated fo long fince in this country, the 
far from common; it is of froall growth: its flowers, pro 
from July to September,- are of a lively purple colour, 
ufually fucceeded by feeds, vhereby the plant is increded, 
alfo by cuttings. 
Such as wilh to fee a minute-deffription of it, may cc 
IVIuRRA¾'$ , viz. the 14th edit. of the Syfl. l/i'g. Linn. 
[' 477 ] 
Sr,nsn 
½la and Order. 
MONAD.LPHIA H.PAN I)RIA. 
Generic Charafter. 
Cal. 5-partitus: !acinia fuprema definente in tubulum capii- 
larem ne&ariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem. Cot. 5- 
petals irregularis. Filara. lo inzequalia quorum 8 (taro 5) 
caftrata. Fruttus 5-coccus, roRratus: roRra fpiralia intror- 
fum barbara. 
Specific Cbaragler and Synonym. 
PELARGONIUM eraicaule umbellis multifloris, foliis renL. 
formibus obacuminatis, caule carnolo rs- 
moro lzevi. L'Herit. Getart. n. 77' t. *.6.' 
4it. Kew. v. .. p. 48. 
Amidit that variety Of appearance obfervable in the plants 
of this extenfive family, feveral are diRinguified by having 
ftaiks remarkably thick, and fielhy; from which circumRance 
. prefent fpecies has been named by Monf. 
e firIt defcriber of it, cra.caule t it is not lefs obvioufly 
uiftinguified by its fingularly fiaped plaited leaves of a illvery 
-' its bloffoms are white, with a few minu'te purple dots 
' bale of the petals, and, in the original fpecies, not very 
ttiful, but in the variety here figured, Rdkingly fo; for 
etais are not only of a confidetable fize, but on the 
' of each there is a fpot of the richer purple, which 
appearing on a ground of the pureit white, produces the fineit 
i, inable effee't. ' 
Pelargonium craicaule was firit difcovered by Mr. AxT. 
, s, n the fouth-weR coaR of Africa, and was introduced to 
eRoval Garden at Kew* in s786; the variety here figured 
,r poffeffed by Meffrs. GRiwoo and Co. Kenfington. 
It requires a drier and warmer fituation than the green- 
b'ufe ufually aflbrds; flowers in June and July, is of flow 
th. and propagated by cuttings, but with difficulty;it 
ripen, its-feeds, and if-it were raifed from them, the 
beautiful variety might .not be produced. 
 Ait. Hort. Kcw. 
478 
PHLOMS LEO'NURt-S. PHLOMs. 
Cla and Order. 
DIDYAMIA GYMe PERMIA 
Generic Charafter. 
Cal. angulatus. Cor. labium fulerius incumbens cornpreffm 
viiiof urn. 
Specific  Charstier and Synonyms. 
PHLOMIS Leonurus foliis lanceolatis ferratis calycibus dt.- 
gonis decemdentatis muticis caule fruticoœ. 
Linn. S3fl. Feg. ed. 4. Murr. p. 540. May  
412. fit. Kew. v. 2. p. 309 , 
STACHYS africana frutefcens angultHblia flore longiffini 
phceniceo Leonurus dicCta. Moqf. Hi. fl. 3' P. 3 
f. l.t. 9. f. 7. 
LEONURUS Capitis bonze fpei. Breyn Cent. 7 . t. 86. 
LEONURUS africans..Mill. DitL 
D a s'cr(. Rifes with a fhrubby f[alk feven or eight feet hi 
fending out feveral four-cornered branches garnithed with 
long narrow leaves, acutely indented on their edges, hairy on 
their upper, and veined on their under fide, Randing bppofite; 
the flowers are-produced in whorls, each of the branches 
having two or three of thefe whorls toward their ends; they 
are of the labiate kind, fiaped fomewhat like thofe of the dead- 
nettie, but are much longer and covered with thort hairs; 
they are of a golden fcarlet colour, fo make a fine appearance: 
the flowers commonly appear in O&ober and November, 
fometimes continue till the middle of December, but are no; 
fucce,eded by feeds here. 
Is propagated by cuttings, which if planted the beginni,g 
of July, after the plants have been expofed to the open. ar 
long enough to' harden, will take root very freely; when they 
have taken root, each cutting is to be planted in a fepara 
pot filled with fort loamy earth 'and treated as a greenhou 
plant, taking care to give it plenty of water in dry weath 
It, is a native of the Cape and other parts of Africa; 
cultivated in. Chelfea garden in x7x2. ,4it Kew. 
Lrs,.vs remarks in his Mantiffa, that it is the moa 
of the genus. 
OGi 
 GLABRI SMOOTH GERO- 
or OLD-MAN'S-BEARD. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
SYNGENESIA Po;IYG  
Generic Char'ayle'r. 
:tofo-paleaceum. Cal. fimplex. 
radii 5-ariftato. 
Sero. difci pappo plu- 
Specific CharafTer and Synonyms. 
3POGON gla3rum foliis glabris. Linn. $p. PL ed. 2. 
p.  o 9. Ait. Ifew. v. 8. P.  x o. 
-AGOPOGON gramineo folio, glabrum, flore dilute incar- 
nato. Raii Suppl. 49. 
ft Botanifts have feen, and are acquainted with, the ra- 
feb have had an opportunity o'f obferving the Geropo- 
is here introduced more on account of its being a 
:urious than an ornamental plant. 
It s an annual, riffrig xvith a ,fmooth ftem and leaves to about 
'he !-eght of a foot, its flowers'are flefh-coloured, and expand 
[y_'y when the fuu fhines on them; they are quickly. followed 
re, ds, deferving of notice for their ftruC"ture, and as form- 
 ---- chief diftinion betwixt it and the Tragopogon. 
Is native of Italy, flowers in July and Auguft and was 
':I by Mr. Mxzza in x759. Ait. Kew. 
 difficulty attends its culture; its feeds, which mull be 
gathered when ripe, tould be fown in the fpring 
is intended that the plahts tall flower. 
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EP,CA PUBESCE' DOWN¾-FLO ,WF, R;D 
Clad, a,d Order. 
OCTA-N DRI A MONOGYNIAo 
Generic Charat'leg 
Cal. 4-phyllus- Cot. -fida. b71ameeta receptaculo inferta. 
ntherm apice biffdin perturin. Capf. -1oclaris, -vvi  
poly fperma. 
Specqc Charagler and Synonyms. 
ERICA pucens anthens bfios nclufis, corolh fubovaus 
pubefcentibus, foliis quaternis linearibus hifpidi 
Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. . p. 5o6. 
ERICA pucens antheris ariRatis, corollis ovatis, Ry!o incluf0, 
foliis quaternis fcabris, floribus felibus lateralibm 
Linn. Syfl. Feg. Mutt, ed. . p. 365- 
ERICA pubefcens ariRata foliis trnis quaterni[que linearibus 
fcabris floribus unbellatis viilofts. Yhunb. Prodr. p. 7- 
There are two Heaths very generally cultivated in 
nurferies about town, agreeing in many reœpe6ts, bnt differi, 
in fize and hairinefs, which have been regarded as varieties 
each other and called by wrong and inexpreflive names; to u 
they appear, on an accurate examination, to be diftinR œpecie 
the better to elucidate them we have figured and dercrib-- 
them both in the fame' number, regarding the finallet one 
the ?)ubefcens of LINNZUS, its halrinels being of the flighter 
kind, the other as a diftinR fpecies, under the name of 
flora, from the fuperior roughn,efs of the hairs on its bloff0m 
the Linnean defcription .will incteed apply to either. 
i much the far 'eft ulant, erowing ufually t 
The hirti ora s g.  . o ..... _a 
ice the fi of the other, and s as much cnitngun-c' ", 
tw ß ß ' e the hir, ifl 
ufh as the ube cens s by ts twggyappearanc ; . _. 
.b inYall its vaPdts %ore ffrongly haired. both in ffalks, lea 
nd fibwere; the form of the leaves is fomewhat ahke in b0 
convex above and concave beneath; but in the .PUebefbCaecn ' 
aves are narrower, the edges being rolled furth r :' 
le ß 
as to make the cavit or concave part a!moff hn.ear,: .... 
form a fort offolium Ycanaliculatum; there is not much aitken: 
HI-YIFLORA. ROUOH-FLOWERF. D 
HEATH. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
-phyllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inœerta. 
'- , apice bifida:. pertufa:. Capf. 4-1ocularis, 4-valvis, 
_rma. 
Specific Charaller. 
hirliflora antheris biffdis incluffs, corollis fubovatis 
hirtis, foliis quati:rnis linearibus hifpidis, marginibus 
ciliatis. 
meral hairinefs of the leaves, excepting that the hairs 
.tflora are Rronger and more numerous, while in the 
.ns they form more of a tuft at the extremity; but there 
curious and Rriking difference in the hairs on the 
o of the leaves, in the hirtflora the edges are ciliated 
led with a row of finer hairs, .pointing inwards, which are 
r wanting or fcarcely vifible in pu&fcens; there is not 
,fference in the fruSification, the flowers of hirtiflora are 
one-fourth larger than in thole of pubeens, and the 
.... of the anthere are more Rrongly haired: the glands at 
--.bafe of the Ramjna, of a reddifll colour,' are very vifible 
in the pubeens. 
Both there fpecies, natives of the Cape and recently intro., 
ced, flower from the autumnal to the fpring months, and 
ribme more than almot[ any two other Heaths to enliven 
?reenhoufe during the winter half-year. 
.Th  pubefcens in articular is eafil¾ propagated by cuttings, 
a"tl.rna/be kept il] a well-fecured'frame; the more air i's 
,ted to it in fuitable weather, the healthier will be the 
', and the more vivid the colour of its flowers. 
,, ill, ,ir'"tllill! 
CROTALARIA, 
Clafi and Order. 
I)IADELPHIA DECANI)RIA. 
Generic Charagtero 
en turgidurn inflatum pedicellatum. Filamenta connata 
-um fiffura dorfali. 
Specific Charaev. 
CROTALARIA triflora foliis fimplicibus ovafis fefIillbus gla- 
bris, ramis angulatis, pedunculis ternis la- 
teralibus unifloris. Linn. $p. PL p. oo4. 
Mant. 440. Berg. Cap. 93- lit. Kew. v. 8' 
l 9. 8yfl. l/eg. ed. 4. Murr. p. 649. 
This very elegant fpecies of Crotalaria is a native of the 
Cape, defcribed by BzRcxvs in his P1. Capers; by L- 
:us in the fecond edition of the 8p. PI. and to be found in 
the third volume of the Hort. Kew. to which garden Mr. AxTo, 
informs us that it was introduced by Mr. Masso in 786. 
It s a biennial greenhoufe plant,' rifing to the height of 
three or four feet, with a ftrong and for the molt part un- 
branched ftem, ufually naked in its lower part; its leaves are 
large, uncommonly handfome when the plant is young, be- 
earning more glaucous as it advances, and acquiring a fome- 
what rough furface; its flowers, of a bright yellow colour, 
are produced in Augur and September, on the fummit of 
the ftern, they Rand fingly on peduncles, which grow three 
together in the ala of the leaves, and are generally fuc- 
ceeded by feed-veffels containing for the molt part one feed 
onl½ in each; if the' feafon be favourable, thefe ripen in the 
øhPeen, air, and by there the plant' is' raifed withqut difficulty: as 
g nowers go off, both calyx and coroll/e change to a dark 
brown colour, which in a flight degree disfigures the plant: 
 fecure the ripening of the feed, it will be moR prudent to 
t one or two of the forwardeR plants in the greenhoufe. 
Mr. 
Mr. AmtEws has lately p(blifhed this plant, under 
name of Borbonia cotdata, referring to the Species Plantar. 
Lx.us for defcription and fynonyms, with no'he of whi, 
does it in the leaPt accord (fee bele ); had Mr. ANne. zw 
made it a new fpecies of Borbonia, he might perhaps have been 
jutlifted from the ftrugture of the feed-veff.el.  hich it does 
not appear he-had feen when the plant was drawn. 
13ORBONIA cordata foliis cordaris multinerviis integerrimes. 
Linn. 8p; PI. 
GENIST. A africana frutefcens rufci foliis n. ervofis fl. lut{ 
Sel3. grhef. x. p. 38. t. 4-f 3' 
LANTA leguminofa aethiopica foliis rufcL Breyn. cent. t. 
'l II 
48s. ] 
EBENSTRETIA DENTATA. 
HEBENSTRETIAo 
TOOTHED 
Cla and Ordev. 
DDYEIA-A AN ClOSVtRIII A. 
Generic CharaHe 
-emarginatu, fubtus tiffus. Cor. -labiata lab. adfcendente, 
o. Cap[. *.-fperma. Stare. margini limbi corolle in[efta. 
Specific Charailer and Synonyms. 
JeBENSTRETIA dentata foliis linearibus dentatis, fpici. 
levibus. Linn. Syfl. keg. 57 o. Ait. Kew. 
v. .. p. 856. 
.ERIANELLA africana, foEis angu[[is, dore macula ru- 
bicante notato. Comm. Hort. .. p. '47- 
t. o9. 
-LERIANOIDES fl,re monopetalo, femine unico ob- 
'1o ,go. Raii SuppL v.45. 
rEDICULAR I S foliis anguf[iffimis dentatis, floribus fpicatis. 
œurm. afric. x 4. t. 4. f. 2. 
 genus LtNN,ts gave the name of Hebenflretia, in 
t Joi. ErNsT HBNSTREIT, Profeffor of Medicine 
who travelled into Africa, and publilhed Defini- 
,ntarum in 73x- 
prefent fpecies, a native of the Cape, and introduced 
"7o by Monl] RciaR, is now very generally met with 
' greenhoufe colle&ions; it accords but indifferently with 
. "ame of dentata, the leaves being for the mof[ part fo 
"' toothed, that the indentations are fcarcely difcernible; 
' to vary in this refpe&, and perhaps runs into the 
6ha. 
It k fingular and pretty, but not thewy  produces its [pikes 
flOWers from February to November fo that it is in bloom 
the 
the greater part of the year: it is ufually increared by cutti 
and is very liable to be loft, hence it becomes neceffary to have 
feveral pots of it in different fituations. 
Lxus tells us,- that the flowers n the morning'are 
without fcent, at noon they are flinkin. g. and fiauCeous, in the 
evening ambrofial' like 'the oriental hyacinth: having negleSed 
to pay due attention o this circumflance,ve cab neither con. 
firm nor contradi& it, but we fufpe& that the' diffi rent odours 
it is faid thus to diffufe are not very powerful'. We take this 
opportunity of mentioning a far relative to the ?lanu a 
tomentofa, which we had not difcovered when we figured that 
plant; its flowers, which in the day-time have very little fcent, 
late in the evening give forth a moit penetrating and unpleafant 
one, fo as to make a fmall greenhoufe highly difagreeable. 
ql 
[' 484 ] 
OTANDRIA MONOCYN [A 
.4-pLYllus. Cor. 4-fida. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
theri apice u-fid, perturb. Capf. 4-1oculafis, 4-valvis, po- 
ly[perma. 
8pecic Charaer and Synonyms. 
EqICA ciliaris antheris muticis incluffs, toroIlls ovati 
gros, flylo exferto, foliis ternis, racemis fecundis. 
Linn. 8yfi. e. ed.  4. Mutt. . 68. it. Hort. 
RICA ciliaris foliis ovatis ciliails, floribus axillafibus cam- 
panulatis: calicibus ciliatis. Linn. 8yfl. Nat. 
_RICA foliis ovatis ciliatis ternis, toroIlls ovatis apice tubu- 
lofts irregularibus verticillato-racemofis. Left. it. 
ERICA hirfuta anglica. Bauh. Pin. 6o2. 
ERICA xii. Cluff h. . . 46. 
The name of ciliaris has been given to this fpecies of Erira, 
from the leaves being ftrongly edged with hairs- this circum- 
ce, undoubtedly, gives a ftriking characCter to the plant g 
ß are other fpecies, however, to which the fame term 
uld apply with equal propriety; but we mu/t not be too 
' on fuch pointsß provided the name be not bad in itfelf: 
irregularityof the flower, as noticed by LoLXc, vid. 
"t- forms a more remarkable trait. 
This fpecies, a native of Spain and Portugal, and therefore 
e enough to bear the open air of this country in mild 
was introducqd, according to. Mr. Ax:rota, about the 
778; it grows to the height of feveral feet, and, ifjudi- 
s treated, produces abundance of large purple [lowers 
July to September. 
ough it is ufual to plant this fpecies in bog earth in the 
border, to guard again/t accidentsß it will be proper to 
ß ,v of them in pots, and fet them in the greenhoufe 
winter. 
is a plant of reacy growth, and Itrikes readily from cuttings. 
-st.,, miflakenly, calls it aglica, which has given 
he idea of its being an Engli_/h plantß but it is not. 
TR1 
485 ]' 
AsH-LzAvgD 
El 
r. t uce campanulata r-fid 
' ix .9 .membranacen-a 
;EI , t 
or M 
tka- fol 
t. 8. 
s,.caul g 
,ga/ ,, ß 14 ' 
348. 
]Won o. 
"nu tub ulofo 
di{ ult ,ain when this. beautiful 
ß d , ,h )unt 'ore  th-Amei'ica , 
'e plat? of growth 'wid ,vated. here:by 
;o ' in ,c ..... rb. he' delri.bes it 
nd this ver bore fiow race, not' 
^-tha in our, 'hat I could :hear½ of:" 
that pericd it ould not have 
 cult:vated, the .plnr blows ¾eely 
:tain age; M} in fv.en or eight 
_utimrs o fi defcribed this plato alled it by 
'roes; r ...... 4, iv crit .... L. on .rome ofthe{, is 
into illibe 'alit) ,kogethc(inconfiftee with 'his 
ndour and gray y :. neither yet," fays he, "doe I 
it Gelfemihum b. ede iceurn Indicum, as that good 
'h goofe doth, whole horned name' iq prefixed to his 
-'f great judgemen no doubt to make':' bear an 
that hath fo little rfemblance thereto; ' alluding 
'xus, who cai. ls it by that name, and who moR pro.. 
"eant no more by bederaceunx, than tk½ fimilarity which 
the 
the plant bore to Ivy in its manner of attacblng iffelf' to tree 
buildings, &c. an.d in .which he w'as peffe&ly juitified. 
This d'ciduous'climber  very ha;'dy, and Will motnt to 
the fn{tnit of the bighe{ tree, 'or flread over the loftier wall; 
hence it is recommended by Mg for covering buildings 
which are unfightly: in the months of Augur and September 
it puts forth. its rich magnificent .trumpet-like flowers, in 
bunches at the extremities of its pendent braaches, which pro- 
duce the molt charming effe& imaginable; one of the .finer 
trees (for fuch it is in reality) that we have feen of this fort, 
grows againit the houfe of Dr. LEITI-I, near the hofpital, 
Greenwich; there is a very old tree of it silo, at the Apo- 
thecaries garden, Chelfea, {he Ptem of which is the thicknefs 
of one's wrift. 
It fucceeds beit when trained to ihe wall of fome building, 
and fupports itfelf by putting out roots in the manner of Ivy; 
but there roots, as in that plant, do not we believe contribute 
to its nouri[hment: it may alfo be trained up againPt the items 
of tall and fomewhat naked trees, and, if managed with talte 
and judgment, will make a charming appearance when in flower. 
"It is propagated by feeds (which rarely, we believe, or 
 never ripen with us) but the young plants fo railed do not 
' flower in lefs than fc,en or eight years, therefore thole which 
"are propagated by cuttings.or layers from flowering plants 
"are moit eiteemed, beesure they will flower in two or three 
"years after planting. Th'e old plants alfo fend out many 
lhckers from the roots which may be taken off, and tranf- 
ß ' planted where they are to remain, for thefe plants will not 
"tranfplant fafely if they are old 
"The neceffary culture for 
eptabli[hcd,. is to cut away a'.l tl mall weak [hoots_of the 
"former year in winter, ,,d thorten th? itrong ones to about 
two feet long, that , ß fi( ma) be obtained for flow{ 
' ing t',e following fn;mncr hefe plants of-long duration 
"There are fome in garde which l'ax.e n planted mc.- 
' than fixty years, which are now v,_, vi .rous, and produe- 
"flowers in plenty every feal,,n /3;/i" 
The Bi, gw ' radicals m?wr has by 
a riety of the plant her ored, ' i differs lb eflb at, lly 
in many particulars. that: :ems to bt ntifl, d to be ou'ded 
as  fpecies;-: there i an c ' plant of i 'n growinq 
nea: mgethtr in Chelqra garden, in wb- _fferved 
that ' -'minor a much finall r pb thro 
;ti'c.. l.em. "' ',: 1 . m, ....... ower, 
-' i form nd'i, and col{, 
qrl uraulTlelll 
[ 486 -] 
Cla and Order. 
Generic Charafter. 
r. t-fida. Capf. bilocularis a.alvis.fupera. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
rRINGA perfica foliis lanceolatis integris. Linn. 
ed. X{. Murr. p. $7' .lit. Kew. vol. 
ß P 5. ' 
'RINGA babyIonic a, indivifis denfioribusfoliis. Pluk. Ahn, 
359- t. 7..f- 8. 
It is difficult to fay precifely when this charming /hrub, a 
ive of Perfia, now fo generally found in out gardens, and 
unknown to the older Botanifts, was introduced; Mr. A:roN 
s afcertained that it was cultivated here in x658. 
Of this plant, authors defcribe three varieties, one with 
-, another with white flowers, and another with divided . 
,s, the latter confidered by MLLst as a diftinEt fpecies, 
called by him laciniata, appears to have been the firft 
-n and introduced by the Perfian name of.lgem. . 
'he Perfian Lilac is a flmib of much humbler growth than 
:ommon fort, feldom riling above the height of fix feet; 
'ranches are flender, pliable, and widely.extended, fre- 
qv bending downward from the weight of' the flowers, 
are produced from the beginning to the end of May in 
.a uncommonly large, and are of a pale purple colour, 
' agreeable fcent, going off without producing any per- 
be increafed by fuckers, but in a better mahner by 
thin /hrub bears forcing extremely Well, it is one of 
principally ufed for decorating windows, &c. in the 
. of the year. 
GLADIOLUS LINEATUS0 PENCILLED 
Cl and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Generic CharafTer. 
Cot. 6-partira, tingens. Stamina adfcendentia. 
Specific Cbarat7cr and Synonym. 
GLADIOLUS tincatus cotollie 1}mbo tubo quadruplo 1ongiore, 
incurvo patente; latinils ellipticis, extus lineis 
3 parallelis, fiprema majore, exteriorib3s re- 
tuffs. Sa!ifb. Prod. ;.:g. 4 o- 
IXIA fqualida {3 Fariet. flrK7a, foliis finOtis, laminis ovato- 
oblong:s inte3errimis bari concoloribus. Hort. 
I(ew. v. x. p. 6 x. 
The flowers of this Corn-flag are of a delicate ftraw colouq 
more or lefs tinged with orange, finely'and curioufly pencilled 
with dark lines, which-render it as much an obje& of admiration 
as brilliancy of colour does rome of the others. 
- It appears to be a very diftin& fpecies, and is one of thole 
lately introduced from the Cape by way of Holland; flowers 
in May, produces off.sets in abundance, and requires the fame 
treatment as the reft of the genus, grows readily, and blows 
freely. 
Defcr.Sfalk about two.feet high, leafy below, above round, 
fmooth; Leaves about half an inch wide, fmooth, marked with 
one principal midrib; Flowers, five or fix in a fpike, which 
nods remarkably before tht. y open, ftraw-coloured, tinged with 
orange in a gi:eater or lefs degree, ftrongly and curiouflY' 
marked with fine lines, three running parallel to each other 
down the middle of eact TM fegmcnt, from whence thole of the 
ffde branch off; on the infide of each of the three lowermalt 
fegments near the bale, is a yellow fpot, uppermoft fegment 
broader than the reft. Spatha two-leaved', leaves membranoU 
ribb'd, length of the tube of the corolla, ribs terminating r 
fhort awns; Stamens much flaorter than the flower; Anther: 
linear, nearly parallel, bent a little upward, yellowifil, fi' 
dark-coloured;- Style .length of the flamens, trifid, fegmelts 
bowed back, dilated at th_e_extremity and villous. 
HODODENDRON CHAMCISTU$, FHYME- 
LEAVED RHODODENDRON. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
$-pai'titus. Cot. fubinfundibuliformis. Sram. declinata. 
..pf. 5-1ocularis. 
Specific charaer an Synonyms. 
RHODODENDRON foliis ciliatis, corollis rotaris. Linn. 
ec. PL ed. . p._ 562. ]acq. Fl. 
lzr. t.. t 7' Scop. Fl. Carniol. ed. 
n. 48. 
I ;DUM foliis ferpylli ad margines cilii inar pilofis, flore 
purpureo. Mich. Gen. p.. 5' tab. 
( tM CISTUS VIII. Cluf Ht. . p. 76. 
( tAMCISTUS. IV. Cl Pan. 64. 
CHAMCISTUS hidhta. C.B. Pin. 466. 
CHAMPRHODODENDRON berberis folio flore amplo 
rofeo. Gruel. Sibir. 4. P. 26. 
CISTUS chammrhododendros foliis conferris ferrea rubigine 
nitentibus, margine pilofis. Pluk. lm. 
o6. tab. 3.  4. ? 
Vor this very rare and beautiful little plant we are indebted 
dr. LOD'DtDCES, .Nurferyman, at Hackney, who raitkd 
ral of them from feeds [nt him ten or twelve years ago, 
I.aubach, in Auitria, by a friend who gathered them on 
:xtreme tops of the Crain mountains. 
is a plant of very flow growth and difficult culture, which 
qways make it a great rarity It flowers in April, is kept 
,g-earth in a fheltered fituation and Northern a[)e. 
'he Ciitus Chamerhododendros of PLUKE:r is, perhaps, 
nded tbr Ibme other plant, as the leaves of this are per- 
ß fi'ee from any ferruginous appearance. 
perhaps, few Englifl Botaniits have feen the Rhodo- 
r,m Chameciitus in flower, the following defcription may 
unacceptable. It rifles With  feveral diffufe branched 
ttalks, 
/talks, fcarcely a fpan high, tmckly clothed with froall .ovate 
fielhy leaves, fmooth on each fide, ciliated at th: edge; vhen 
young, they appear ferrated with-a gland-bearing hair to each 
tooth; but as they grow older they become more fiePay, the 
notches difappear, and the glands at the 'extremity of the hairs 
periPa. The Flower-Stalks about an inch long, hairy with glands, 
grow three or 'four together from the extremity of the branch, 
having two fmall concave braeze at the bale, and' bearing each 
one flower. The Calyx is five-cle{, the fegments conniving, 
lanceolate-oval. The Corolla of one petal, deeply divided into 
five fegments, which are ovate, entire, and rotate, of a lively 
purple colour, fpotted at the bale. Filaments ten, equal, longer 
than the corolla, incurved towards the tip, white; Anthers 
black, attached at the fide; Pollen white. The Germ is hemi- 
fpherical, of a green colour; the Style white, of an equal 
length or romewhat exceeding the ftameq ;, the Stigma timpie 
and green. The Seed-VeflEl we have not feen. 
"1 
E 489 ] 
SPIRTEA TRIFOLIATA. THREE-LEAvED 
Cla and Order. 
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNA. 
Generic Charager. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5'. Capf. polyfperma. 
Specific CharaZ7er and Synonyms. 
OIR]EA trifoliata foEis ternaris ferratis fubaqualibus, floribus 
fubpaniculatis. 3p. Plant. 7o.. 
ULMARIA major, trifotia, flore amplo pentapetaio, virgini- 
ana. Pluk. ahn. '393- t. 36. f. 6' Raii $uppl. 83 o. 
ULMARIA virginiana trifolia, floribus candidis ampiis longis 
et acutis. Morif. Hifl. 3. P. 3'3 ß 
1o this genus both the flower-gardefi and fhrubbery are 
indebted for fome of their chief ornaments. Of the hardy 
te, baceous fpecies the trfoliata is confidered as one of the 
molt elegant; when it grows in perfet'tion it certainly is a molt 
a leil tble plant. 
it ,s a native of North America, flowers in June and July, 
,nd .as cultivated by Mr.-M..ER, in x758. Zit. Kew. 
Being a plant much coveted, increaring but little, propagated 
':" .difficulty, and liable to be loft unlefs planted in a tbil and 
t,on highly favourable to it, it is fcarce in the gardens 
,uout London. 
.It ; ufuaily increafed by parting its roots; poflibly there 
';row when made cuttings of. MILLIgR thys it is propa- 
l' feeds, whicb flould be fown on a fhady border, loon 
ß are ripe; for if they are fown in the fpring, the 
'hi not come up till the year after; and many times fail; 
' require to be very carefully weeded and attended to. 
:ft fituation for this plant is a- North border; it loves 
and flouid be planted in light bog or peat-earth, or a 
it and a pure hazel loam.. 
ROTALAR[Ao 
½la and Order. 
DA)ELPH A D'ECANDRI A. 
Generic Charaler. 
Legumen turgidurn, inflatum, pedicellatum. 
cum fiffura doffalL 
Filam. connata 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
CROTALARIAjuncea foliis fimplicibus lanceolatis petiolat0- 
feffilibus, caule friato. Spec. Pl. oo4. 
.4it. Kew. 8. P.  8. 
CROTALARIA foliis folitariis lanceolatis lanuginofis, peti01is 
feffilibus, caule ramofo Rriato, flore magn0 
aureo. rew. Ehret. ta& 47- P-  5- Kat0u 
Tandala Cotti. Hort. Malabar. v. 9' œ' 47' 
t. 26. 
This annual is a native of the Ealt-Indies; the feeds were 
brought to Mr. MILLER, at Chelfea-Garden, from the coaft0f 
Malabar before x768  tit. Kew. It riles with an angular, 
ruthy, fdff fem, from three to four feet in height, dividing 
into branches. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, alternate, 
covered with fort illvery hairs, which are much diminilhed in 
number by culture, as we found on comparing a native fpecim, en 
from the coalt of Coromandel, in the poffeflrion of Sir 
BANJos, Bart. The flowers are terminal, and difpofed in ra- 
cemes, each flower being furnithed with a thort pealuncle, the)' 
are large, of a deep yellow and refemble thole of the Spanilh 
Broom. 
There are fucceeded by large turgid pods, containing reni 
form or kidney-thaped feeds. This plant req. uir½ the treatment 
of the tan-ftove. 
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GENTIANA VERNA. VERNAL GENTIAN. 
Clad5 and Order. 
PENTANDRIA D¾NA. 
Generic Charat7er. 
.or. -petala. Capf :'-valvis, t-locularis: Receptaculis % long 
gitudinalibus. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
GENTIANA verna, corolla quinquefida infundibuliforml cau- 
lem excedente, foliis radicalibus conferds majo- 
ribus. Linn. Spec. PL p. 83 ' 
GENTIANA ITL Ctuf. Rat. Plant. Hid. Lib. III. p St 5. 
GENTIANA verna. Smith. Flor. Brit. v. 
gli./h Botany, p. 't93- 
This elegant hardy perennial, a native of the Alps of Switzer- 
land, AuRria, and the Pyrennees, hath, as we are informed 
by Dr. Sax,, in his Flora Britannica, been difcovered by 
-Mr. Hs.xoN, on the mountains between Gort and Gallway, 
i.. Ireland; and in Teefdale-ForeR, Durhams by the Rev. 
Mr. HAltRIM^N, and Mr. Ox. xv}t. 
Its flowers have a very agreeable fcent, and will ,decorate 
either the open border or rock-work; they appear in April 
or May, and may be brought forward at leait fix weeks earlier, 
by being placed in the. greenhoufe. 
It fucceeds well in a mixture of peat-earth and loam. 
The plant from which this figure was made, flowered this 
fpring at the Botanic-Garden, at Brompton. 
POLYGALA OPPOSITIYOLIA. OPPOSITE- 
LEAV'D MILK-WoRT. 
Claj5 and Order. 
DIADELPI-IIA OCTANDRIAo 
Generic CharatWer. 
CaL 5-phyllus foliolis duobus aleforrnibus coloraris. 
obcordatum, bilo-culare. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonym. 
POLYGALA Oppofililia, floribus cri/tatil racemoils, caule 
fruticofo pubefcente, foliis oppofifis cordaris 
aeutis tieffilibus. 
POLYGALA oppofitilia floribus criftatis,' caule fi'uticofo, 
foliis oppofitis ovatis acutis. Linn. iVI, mt. 59' 
Of this numerous genus there are many fpecies with/hrubb/ 
/talks, which rife to a confiderable height; fuch i.; the prefert 
plant, which has within there few years made its ap-pearance in 
th_e greenhoufes about town, and is to be admired for its rarity 
an.',] fiugularity, rather than for its thperior beauty; in that 
'?efpecCt it is far eclipfed by the bra7eolata. 
The Stalk fifes to the"height of feveral feet, branching to 
wards the top in a very irregular manner; is round, downy, 
and of a purple colour; the Leaves are oppofite, fertile, heart- 
/haped, pointed, more or lefs hairy, on the old Rems turned 
downwards; the Flowers grow in racemes for the molt part, from' 
the fork-of the Ralk, are about the fize of thole of the brat7eo- 
lata, but lefs brilliant; each Peduncle is fu-rnifled at its bale 
with a triphyllous bracetea; the Stamens are eight in numbei', 
and the Stigma is remarkably hooked. 
It is a native of the Cap¾ and uthally increared by cuttings. 
x 
PELARGO!NIUM RNrORME. KIDNEY- 
L .AV" CRAN'S-BLL. 
Claf and Order. 
MONADPLPBIA HEVTANDRIA. 
Genec haraer. 
5-partitus: lacima fuprema definente in tubu]um capil- 
,rvm, ne&rifeum fecus 3edu,culum decurrentem. _ CSr. 
tala ivegularis. Fi/ o Jnqualia: quorum 8 (raro  
=. Fruc?us S-coccus, roRratus: rqRra fpiralia,' intro[ 
arbata. 
8pecific Charaer. 
ARGONIUM r,nrme cauJe fruticofo: ramis fuperne 
Jncraffatis,. foliis reniformibus, umbellis 
fubquadrifloris. 
,s one of the rarer of the Geranium tribe with fo 
'cies of which our gree.nhoufes, and even our halls and 
are now decorated. It has appeared in feveral gat- 
out ' e metropolis for there two years paR, and was, 
ß firit railed from feeds lent from 'the Cape to the 
 t Kewi  fource from whence the'beauties of 
-ead 'vith a bount;ful hand through the nation. 
n i. molt o.f t'.,e nurfries by the name which we 
] )pted, bfit has not, we believe, been'hitherto d:fcribed 
io 
her mode of cultivating this plant,is by lowing its feeds, 
in the fpring or autumn, in a mixture of peaiearth and 
, it is not eafily increared either by curt!rigs-or by 
-m, its roots. 
ß lcr.Stalk from two to three feet or more in height, woody', 
 trd the tops of the young branches remarkably thickened; 
I_.,,,,. alternate, flanding on footflalks, reniform, crenated, 
fl"''ly ira.grant; Flowers in an umbel from two to four; Petals 
f nearly equal, very bright purple, the two uppermolt 
' :d at the bale with dark fpots or ftreaks, the three lower- 
bui little fo; Peduncles upright, villous, with a joint 
n the bale; Calyces having four of the leaves reflexed, one 
upriglt when the flower is open; Stamens five perfe't; Anthers 
of a pale purple colour. 
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ClaJ3 and Order. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGA. MIA i'RUSTR ANEA- 
Generic CharaZIer. 
Recept. letorum. Pappus fimplex. Cor. radii in[undibuli- 
formes 1ongiores irregulares. 
Specific CharaZIer and Synonyms. 
CENTAUREA ragufina calycibu ciliatis, foliis tomentofio 
iaatifidis: foliolis obtufis ovatis integerrimis: 
exterioribus majoribus. Sp. œh x9o. .41t. 
Kew. v. 3' P' 59' 
JACEA cretica lutea foliis cinare. Morif. Hifi. 
f- 7- t. I-f' 
JACEA arborea argentea ragufina. Zan. Hifl. xo 7. t. 43' 
Mill. Icon. t. 
$T(BE montana nivea capite cardui, fubrotundis foliorum 
lobis. Barr. Ic. 3o 9. 
The Centaurea ragufina, a native of the ifle o[ Candia, and 
o[ feveral places on the coatts of the Mediterranean, both in 
Europe and Africa, was cultivated here in x7x,l, b.y_th, e 
DucuEss of BE.UrOUT, and is now a common greenhouse 
plant; it feldom exceeds the height of three feet; its rtalks 
which are perennial, divide into many branches; the flowers 
are of a bright yellow colour, they appear in June and July, 
but the feeds feldom ripen in England: as this plant retains 
leaves, which are extremely-white all the year, it makes a 
pretty variety among others. If planted in dry lime rubbil. 
MLLv. fays, it will bear the cold of our 'ordinary winters, 
the open air. . ' - 
a be ro a ated by flips, or by planting the yo. 
M y P P g - ß d bord 
branches vhich do not floot up to flower, n a a y e 
. ' . ß ma be r' 
any ume dunng the fummer; n the autumn there Y ,; 
moved into a w'rm border, or put into pots 'to be /helter½X ' 
,,inter, 
[- 495 3 
CRASSULA COCCINEAo SCARLET-FLOWERED 
CRASSULAo 
Clafs and Orr. 
ENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIAo 
Generic CharadeS'. 
Cal. .57hyltus. Petala 5' Squame 5, neariœera ad bafin ger- 
mms. Cap./:. 5  
$pebifc Charailer and Synonyms. 
CRASSULA coccinea œoliis ovatis planis cartilagineo-ciliatis, 
bari connato-vaginantibus. Linn. fl. Fegetab. 
ed. x4. Murr, p. 304. Mnt. 360. _/lit. Kew. 
v. . p. 39 ø 
COTYLEDON at¾icana fruteœcens, flore umbellato coccineo. 
Comm. Rar. 24. t. 24. Bradl. Succ. 5' P' 7' t. 5 o. 
COTYLEDON. a[ricana frutefcens flore carneo amplo. œreyn. 
Prodr. 3' P' 3 ø- t. v.o.f.. x. 
We have no doubt but that when this fuperb fpecies of 
Craffula was firft introduced from the Cape by Prof. BR^DLEY, 
of Oxford, in 7 a4, it wasregarded as a kind of a Metveil de la 
Nature; even now that it is common, we fcarcely know any 
fucculent that is fuperior to it, whether we regard its grandeur, 
the curious growth of its leaves, or the rich colour of its {carlet 
bloffoms, readily produced on plants of a moderate fize. 
It flowers during the months of July, AuguR, and Sepiem- 
her; is i-eadily propagated by cuttings, and requires the fame 
treatment as other tender fucculents; Mr. Axo4 regards it as 
a dry Rove plant; in the fummer it thould be placed in the 
open air. 
ILIELIOPHIL A ' ,/RABIOIDES. CLUB-POINTED 
HELIOPHILA. 
Cl and Order. 
TETRAOYN AI SILUOS, 
Generic Charaer. 
earia duo recurrata verfus calycis bafin veficularem. 
Specific Charaer. 
HELIOPHIL A arabioides, filiquis teietibus torulofis clavato- 
mucrOnatis; [oliis linearibus camoils triden- 
taris fimplicibufque. 
This pretty little annual, which is known in feveral of the 
more curious colleO. ions about tow. n, under the. name of 
Hliophila integrifoh, is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence feveral other fpecies of Heliophila have 
been imported into Europe, all bf which, we believe, might 
be very readily chara&erifed b.y the different figure of the 
ß fillqua; but for want of a proper attention to this mof effential 
part, much' confufion has arifen in the fynonomy of th0fe 
fpecies which have been already defcribed. The true in- 
tegrifolia is a much larger plant, with lanceolate leaves all 
entire; the filiqua is compreffed, which marks it to be a 
difiin& fpecies. Our plant cannot be referred to any yet 
defcribed, although in many reœpes it refembles what has 
been figured by .J.cQu N, as a remarkable variety of integfi- 
rolla, .in his Icones Rarior. t. 5(6. It differs, 'however,-fo 
materially, that we cannot venture to quote this figure as a 
fynonym. It has been, therefore, neceffary to give it a new 
fpecific name, and we have formed a chara&er, which, [?orn a 
careful infpe&ion of all the fpecies preferved in the Herbariura 
of Sir JosEvu B.xs, appears fufficient to diftinguifh it. 
The flowers, which are of a very brilliant colour, expand 
about noon and remain open but a few hours. Our figure 
was drawn from a plant railed by Mr. LogE, of Hackney. 
It i to be railed in the fpring,. in the fame manner as other 
tender annuals.S. 
Clavt3 and Oder. 
DœCANDRA Mo  o G¾ N'I'A.. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. 5-phyllus, Petala 5' Nearium 5-phyllum. 
5 ditt:antia, x-f[erma. 
iericarpia 
Specific Chara'er and Synonyms. 
QUASSIA amara, floribus hermaphroditis, foliis impari-pin- 
natis: foliolis oppofitis feffilibus, petiolo articulato 
alato, floribus racemoils. Linn. Supplere. p. 
Syfi. /eget. Murray, p. 4o. Linn. Spec. œlant. 
edit. H/illdenow. tomb. 9.. p. 57. 
Fhis beautiful fhrub is a native of Surinam, and both in its 
.)liage and long,racemes of fine fcarlet flowers 'growing' from 
extremities of the branches, is a great ornament to the 
,e. It bloffoms tolerably freely, and continues flowering 
aring great part of the fummer. The corolla is never fully 
xpanded, but the petals having a fpiral twif[, they curl round 
another a.nd open in an irregular manner. All the figures 
this plant hitherto publifhed we believe have been drawn 
n dried fpecimens, and the corolla being expanded by art, 
5lower has been made totally differen from the natural 
pe,rance. The bark, the wood, and the root, are all in- 
...lely bitter, and may on that account be 'ufeful in medicine; 
t the Lignum Quaffie, which has been .imported in con- 
derable quantities, not only for pharmaceutical'purpofes, but 
, a fubftitute for hops, thqugh formerly fuppol%d to belong 
' this fpecies, we are informed by later obfervers is the produ 
r another, the (9affia excelfa. As a native of a warm 
ate, it requires the common treatment of f[ove plants. Is 
afed by cuttings in the early part of the year. It'was 
probably introduced fince the publicati'on of the Hortus 
cnfis in s 789, as no mention is made of it in that work. 
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ACUILLA 
WOOLLY MILFOIL. 
Claj3 and Order. 
SYN. GENE$IA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. ovatus, imbricatus, fquamis ovatis; flofculi radii 5 vel 
plures; receœtaclum. paleaceum elevatum. 
Specific Chavaer and Synonyms. 
ACHI LLEA tomentofa.foliis pinnatis hirfutis: pirnis linearibus 
dentaris. Linn. $p. P1. ed. $. x 264. Ait. Kew. 
v. $. p. 239. 
MILLEFOLIUM tomentofum luteurn. œaub. Pin. 240. 
MILLEFOLIUM luteurn. Ger. Herb. 945- .f- 2. emac. 
o73. f. x. 
This hardy perennial r is a fpecies of Milfoil, a pl&nt of very 
humble growth; its leaves, which are woolly, though probably 
much lefs fo in gardens than in their wild fate, fpread on the 
ground and mat together; its falks feldom rife above the 
height of nine inches, and produce on their fummits umbels 
of flowers of a fine yellow colour, which continue during 
mof of the fummer. 
Grows naturally in Spain, the South of France, the Valais, 
and Italy; was cultivated in the Oxford Garden in ,658 ß 
It is well adapted to the borders of the fmall flower garden, 
or to place on rock-work; is a plant of very ready growth, 
and increafed by parting its roots in the'Autumn or Spring. 
ß r ] 
OL¾o 
Cla and Order. 
I-1œ XAN DRI A MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Cor. 6 partita patens, fpatha multiflora. Umella congefta, 
Capf. fupera. 
Specific Charairier and Synonyms. 
kLLIUM Moly fcapo nudo fubcylindrico, follls lanceolatis 
fefiilibus, urnbella faftigiata. Sp. Pl. 482. _dit, 
Kew. 428. 
ALLIUM Moly latifolium luteurn odore allii. Bauh. Pin. 7' 
ALLIUM Moly montanum latifolium, flavo flore. Cluf, 
App. Alt. 
vIOLY montanum latifolium luteo flore. The yellow Moly. 
Park. Parad. p. 44- pl. x43. fi"7' 
Of this very numerous genus there are.but few fpecies with 
yellow flowers; this plant was therefore, no doubt, cultivated 
at firft as much for its fingularity as its beauty: P^aKxNSo 
figures and defcribes it in his, Para& terr. as he does many 
others of the fame tribe, in which he appears to have been 
very rich; he obferves that when the plant comes up with a 
tingle leaf, it produces no flowers, but when it has two it does. 
MILLER fays the Tellow Moly has fome beauty in the flowers 
and deferyes a .place in borders where few better things 
will thrive. 
. Grows wild in Hungary, on Mout Baldo, about Montpellier, 
.and in the Pyrenees; is a hardy perennial, growing to the 
Jght of ten or twelve inches, producing its flowers in umbels 
the month of June; according to Losv. L was cultivated 
iere by EDWARD LORD ZOUCH in x6o4. 
For the molt part it increafes plentifully, both by roots and 
?eeds; but in fome fituations its bulbs are liable to be greatly 
injured by the wire-worm, tha larva or .maggot of an elater. 
7U 
GA?ANTHU$ UmBELLATU$. 
AGAP4NHUS or BLUE LILY, 
CI, nd Order. 
(elferc C' 
infera, infundibuliformis, hexapetaloidea regularis. 
Specific Charagt and Synonyms. 
ANTHUS umbellalus. _/tit. Kew. v. x. p. 4x4. 509. 
L'Herit. Sert.' x 7. 
 M africanurn. Linn. Sp. p. 4J9. 
L ANTHES floribus umbellatis. Linn. Fir. Cliff. 
Hort. 6. Mill. fig. 8. 
BAGHIA Heifl. Brunfv. xo. n. 6. 
UHLIA africana. DaM. Obf. Bot. 6. 
kCINTHUS africanus tuberofus, fl. ca:ruleo umbellato.' 
Brgn. prod. . 5' 
,thus is a name firPt given to this genus oœ plants, o 
there is only' one fpecies, in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. 
Lssmus and Goarmr have confidered it as a 
and it will be teen by thfi fynonyms that it has had