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RARI BOOK GOLLEGTiON 
THE LIBRARIES 
The University 
of ;eor;ia 
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CURTIS'S 
BOTANCU 
O R, 
Flower-Garden Difplayed: 
IN W'HICH 
The molt Ornamental Fov, v_Gs Psxs, cultivated in the 
Open Ground, the Green-Houfe, and the Stove are 
accurately reprefented in their natural Colours. 
O VHICH ARE ADDED 
T .es, Clafs, Order, Generic and Specific CharaOers, according 
 e celebrated Lmus ;. their Places of Growth, 
. ' ' I  and Times of Flowering: 
,1 
 ½4 ,it A V O R K 
' In: the Ufe of fuch Lvxs, Gtrx. tu, and Gazts,,  
wi to become fcientifically acquainted with the Plants. they cultivate. 
CONTINUED BY t  
JOHN' SIMS, M.D. 
FELLOW OF THr. LNNEAN SOCIETY. 
V O L XVII. 
il me femble qu'un des plus grands charmes de la Botanique eft, apres celul 
ß le voir par foi-mme, celui de verifier ce qu'ont vules autres; donner fur le temoignage 
de roes propres yeux mort affentiment aux obfervations fines et juries d'un auteur me paroit. 
une veritable jouiffance; au lieu que quarid je ne trouve pasce qu'il dit je fuis toujoura ½n 
inqui&ude fi ce Weft pas moi qui voit real. 
Rousszau parlant de la fynonymie. 
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Ch and Order. 
TR 1 Abl I3 R I.. MObIOGYIq IAo 
Generic Charater..--15t. ]V ,z. 549. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
I X IA J?cunda . foliis nudis, fcapo lanugine perminuta den fiffirna 
veffito, rachide perarcuatim flexuofa, floribus 'fecundis 
tubo brevi, antheris ftigmatibus rubjells. G. 
IXIA fecunda. hun3. D/ff n. 7_- (e cujus fynonymis elimi- 
handle IxxA fi?xuofa, L. Ix^fcillaris, L. & 
cunda, De la Roche) prod. 9. Berg. fl. cap. 6. eacq. ic. 
far. 2. t. 277. coll. 4- 8o. ld/illd. $p. P1. . 97' 
(reje&o una cure fupradi&is a T. hunbergio citatis, item 
t?uonymo moutt Linn. 
IXIA pufilla. Bot. Rep. tab. 245. 
Bulb oblong, ovate, pointed, about' the fize of a pea co- 
vered with a fllell-like linooth dark brown tunic, often with 
feveral, according to the age of the plant, the one over the 
other 'imbricated downwards, far and regularly cleft from 
their bales upwards, fegments fubulate. Leaves radical two, 
cauline x2, narrow, linear-enfiform, fti.ffifi], theathing at the 
bale, ftreaked, midrib very prominent. Stem 4--8 inches 
high, finely velvetted with fiort thicklet villi; has generally 
one or two axillary branches. Flowers on the main fpike 
one-ranked, iffuing from the alteruate bends only, upright, 
fcentefo. Rachis reclined with the curvatures deeply bowed, 
alternate ones longeft, a chara&eriftic very confpicuous in in- 
digenous many-flowered lpecimens. Limb rotately-patent, 
feznts oval, acut. e, equal, flat. Filgments orter than the 
anthers, which laft are b_encath the fubrevolute ftlgmas. 
The 
The above-mentioned curvature of the joints of 'the Rachis 
probably fuggefted to Tv,nEc the poflibility of its being 
Ll,vs's IxtAflexuofa, which is however a very dftin6t 
fpecies. Found at the Cape, on' the Groene Kloof, and Roode 
Sand Hills, and'alfo in fome randy fpots in Swartland. Forms 
with IxtA ramofa (fcil.'ari, Thunb.) Ixr. birta, IxtA Ro- 
chen)qs, and.' Ixt.fetabea, a'very diftin feion in this genus, 
agreeing in bulb and general habit of the leaves and flowers. 
' Is as yet a very rare plant am ,,,ft us. Our figure was taken 
at the garden of Mr.'Alderman l-Ii G. 
RARE 
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[ ,598 ] 
IXlA ROCltINSlS (.) 
½laJ  and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MOIqOGYNIAo 
Generic CharalIe.r.--Fid. N '' 549- 
8peritic Charat7er and Synonyms. 
IXIA Rochentis; caule føliifque nudis, fpatha fubventricofo- 
ovali faucem cum tubo a:quante, laciniis lanceolatis 
foveola melliflua bari infculptis, piftillo corollam fete 
equante. G. 
Palmaris, non ramofa, xinu flora, 'foliis fubulatis angufti- 
oribus, limbo radiatim patente. G. 
IXIA azurea. Herb. Bankf. exemplarium capenfe- 
8pithamea, ramofa multiflora, foliis linearibus, floribus 
fpicato-fecundis, rachidis flexubus arcuatis, corolla 
campanulato-patente. E fpecimine ticco. _tin lacini, e 
foveolato-iulpte, necne indeque fpecies diflin7a ? G. 
IXIA violacea. Herb. Bankf. exemplarlure capenfe. 
IXIA J?cunda de la Roche, diff. 7' Houtt. Linn. Pfl. S)fi. t. 
p. 4o. t. 78. fig. x. 
Bulbs precifely as in Ixx,Jkcunda. Leaves firm, Rreaked, 
rheathing at the bafe. Flowers upright. ' Spathe large, ftriated, 
conv61ute-oval. Anthers froall, ltgittate-ovate: filaments 
ere&, upwards {lightly patent. Piftil nearly equal to the limb: 
fiigmas recurved over the anthers. Variety (13) we have only 
ten in a dried Rate, by which we could not alkertain whether 
it poffeffed the froall he&are,ms excavation ' the bafe of each 
fegment fo remarkable in (=), and conikq ntly ar.e uncertain 
' 'her it ought to be conf_2ered as a mere variety or a 
iftin& fpecies Flowers in 1',' 
Our 
RARE 
T! 
Our drawing of this very rare and. beautiful little plant was 
taken from a fpecimen kindly communicated by R. SaLxsatsa¾, 
Efq. by whomthe bulb were received from the Cape. 
We have given a trivial name in remembrance of Dr. 
DANIEL DE La Rocx, author of a fmall tra6't, entitled, 
"Specimen ina,,rale fifi,"s dff'riptiones plantatum aliquot 
' ovarum, Lug' Bat. x766," confined to this natural order, 
of which he has defcribed many Cape fpecies with great 
nutenefs, chiefly from the herbariums of the Dutch, and has 
added five good platesof fuch as he faw flower in the gardens 
of Holland. G. 
[ 599 ] 
IxA CRISPA. CUr.D-LEAvFD IXXA. 
Cla and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Chara%r.--Fid. A. 549- 
Specific CharafTer and Synonyms. 
IXIA crifpat foliis undulato-cri/'pis, floribus reinoffs, an- 
thetis breviliimis tibdidymis extrorfum &fie¬is, flig- 
marlbus tuburn ufque dili:retis reflexo-patentibus an- 
thetis fubjec'-tis. G. 
IXIA cr,iœpa. 2;hun& Diff. n. 8. t. e. f. 8. prod. 9' Linn. 
$uppl. 9. Hort. Kew. dd. klS'lld. Sp. PL . 99' 
IXIA undulata. œurm. prod. cap. . $alifb. prod, ttvrt. 37' 
. 20. 
Bulb romewhat oblong, attenuated upwards, covered with a 
foft reticulated fibrous tunic. Leaves fix, linear, elegantly 
waved, twice fhorter than the fiere. Spathe membranous, 
fubpe!!ucid, about the length of the tube, which is very flender 
and feveral 'times Ihorter than the lhgments of the corolla, 
outer valve three-toothed, inner two-toothed. Flowers 34- 
fegments obovate, blunt, patent. Said by THUNSœaO to 
vary' with white and blue flowers. The anthers are .very 
/lightly attached to the apex of the filaments by their bales. 
Found by Tu,a at the Cape, on the Roode Sand Hills, 
and near Picketberg ' 
Introduced into Kew Gardens, 787, b 7 Mr. 
Flowers in June. Scentlefs. 
This rare and beautiful lxia, fo remarkable 'for its foliage, 
was obligingly communicated to us by R. Sa,xssu¾, Efq. G. 
[ 600 ] 
WAT$ONiAjiIIDiFOLIA, var.-13. FULGENSo 
SCARLET FL AG'LEAVED WATSONIA. 
Cla and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA; 
Generic Charater.--?id. fO:. 537 & 553- 
8pec}fic CharaCter and Synonyms. 
VqATSONIA iridifolia; corolla refrafia .'. tubo erefro fpatham 
fuperante laciniis zequali: laciniis obliquatim 
pate,tiffimis obfolete bilabiatis ovali-oblongi 
fubacutis fauci zequalibus. G. 
() cinema / foliis cinereovirentibus; corolla obfolete & tritte 
incarnata. .G. 
GLADIOLUS iridifolius. )tacq. ic. rar. w. t. .o34. ' (exclufa 
VAawAwE fpeciofa floribus rois tabulze w35 , 
clue fpecies certe difpar, nempe WAwsoNa. 
roa, Herb. Bankf.) coil. 4.  5x' tt4'lld. 8p'. 
P1, . o-x 5. depulfo GtADxotx cardinalis 
nonymo. ß 
[) fulgens foliis faturato-virentibus lucidulis, corolla fulgenter 
coccinea. G. 
ANTHOLYZA fulgens. Bot. Rep. tab. 9 . 
GLADIOLUS marginatus (,) floribus fanguineis. h'un& Diff. 
 20ø 
Bulb compreffed, generally reniform. Radical leaves 4--7, 
cnfiform, attenuated at each end, fmooth, flining, flightly 
edged, cquitant at the bale, midrib prominent, eaulinc ones 
conduplicate, gradually fhortcr. Stem 2 3 times longer than 
the leaves, fuNigneous, RriCt, round, from 3 to (5 fleet high, 
with fevcral upright branches all fpike-bcaring. Spikes 16ore, 
primary one o2o flowered, flowers fpringing firore oppofite 
fides, when fully expanded iclining tO-the fame front; colour 
bright 
bright fcarlet; fcent none. S:i3atis green below, fphacelate 
and red upwards, lhorter than the tube, which is about the 
fengit/6f the. fauc and that again of the lira.t3; fegments.ob- 
liquel,y patent or fubb'ilabiate (upIger t'gme0 .not ftretched 
horior{t'lly 'fo'ward a inr"W.-TSOX." meriana,'No: 48) 
nearly equal, oval-oblong, narrowed at their bates, fiibacute, 
alternate one. rather more to' Parts of' fruification pro- 
minent, nearly/ec/ual to the coolla, equal among themfelves. 
Anthers dark violet. The taller of the genus yet known to 
us. Blows freely toward the end of Summer, with a ficceffion 
of bloom for a month or longer. Seeds and produces .offsets 
in abundance. Requites a largit'h and very deep pot, light 
earth, and plenty of water after it has flewn the flowering 
fiere. 
A native of th Cape, and now common in molt of the 
xqurferies about town; as well as the variety (=) which, how- 
ever, is a much leg defttable plant, on account of the dullnefs 
of its colour. Var. () is known an!ong the nurferymen 
the name of As-rlO¾Z, civerea, as (/) is by that of As- 
uo'¾z.dgens} they agree with each other in every thing 
10ut in the colours of corolla and leaf. J.cout, in his 
Icones plant, ra; has nited as varietie two very diitina fpe~ 
½ies, viz. the var. (=) of the prefent l)ecies, figtired in his 
34th plate, and the WATSONIA roa, Herb. Bankf, 
zv.o's var. (0 of G^l)ous marginatus) .in his g35th plat& 
Of the lait we have never been able to procure a living fpe- 
cimen, nor have we 'traced it to any Engli colle0tion as 
.yet. Out' drawing was taken at the Ntirfery of Meffrs. 
voo) and WYxs, Kenfington. G 
VA, TSO  I A PoREVIFOLIAo 
SHORT-LEAVED 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Generic Charac7cr.--l/id. IV ø" 537 & 553' 
Specific Chara7er ant Synonyms. 
'WATSONIA revifolia; foliis humilioribus oblongiu[culis lu- 
cidis, mbo fauce limboque 1ongitudine paribus, 
latinils regulari-patentibus: intimis ladoribus, 
flaminibus refupinato-decl.inatis. G. 
GLADIOLUS caryophylleus. Houtt. Lin. Pfl. S)fl. xx. 77- 
t. 79. f3. 
GLADIOLUS marginatus, vat. . 'hunb. Diff. n. 2o ? 
.ANTHOLYZA fpicata. Bot. Rq. tab. 56. ejus Recenf. 24. 
app. 4 t. 
Bulb as ufual in the genus. Leaves A, oblong, enfiform, 
diP&h, very fhort, fmooth and fhining, mucronate, with afili- - 
form ,cartilaginous edging. Stem Rraight, blanched, from 
6 inches to a foot high. Spathe green, broad, upright, con-' 
duplicate, fiere-embracing, at the end truncately fi.tbacute, 
fphacelate, and coloured. Corolla recurved, regular, patent: 
faux narrow-turbinate. Segme.nts nearly obovate, fhortly 
pointed, inner ones almot twice the broadeR, flat, outer la- 
terally fubrevolute. Parts of fruification declined, aftur- 
gent. Segments of the 1[igmas fhort revolute, extending 
rather beyond the anthers. Corolla micaceous, glittering 
very much in the fun, its colour not to bereprefented by art. 
Flowers about May. Scentlefs. 
Imported from the Cape of Good Hope by Meffrs. L 
and Ke.xxex¾, Nurferymen, at Hammerfmith. Is Rill a rm'e 
plant, but propagates with the ufual facility of the genus. 
We have never yet feen an indigenous fpecimen .in any 
Herbarium. G. 
I-' 
GLADIOLUS ANOUSTUS. NARROW-LEAVED 
CORNFLAG. 
Claj3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charagler. mVid. A '. 538 8c 56. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS 
GLADIOLUS 
anguflus; foliis gramineis angu{tis linearibus 
unico{tatis, floribus fecundis ere&is: tubo fpa- 
tha limbo 1ongiore: laciniis fupremis latioribus 
lanceolato-ovalibus. G. 
anguflus. 8p. P1. 53- Mill. ic. 
Roy. lugb..  9' Hort. Cliff. o. tab. 6. Burro. 
prod. . Herb. Gronov. Syfl. Fe g. Murr. 86. 
Hort. Kew. x. 65. peacq. coll. 4. '54. ic. rar. 
. Gruel $yJt. Nat. 
 t 8. exclufo Thunbergii fynonymo. 
triflis, vat. p. cordatus. Corollis albo-incarnatis 
macula cordata foliis planioribus. ghunb. 
Diff. 
africanus,' folio gramineo, floribus carneis 
maculam rhomboideam purpuream infcriptis 
uno verfu pofitis. Boerh. Ind. alt. .. t27. n. 5. 
Leaves narrow, upright, fhorter than Rem, with 'a tingle 
prominent midrib. Stem flexuoœe, reclined upwards, from a 
foot to two feet high. Flowers 8m5, about four'inches long, 
1traight, narrow, funnel-formed, one-ranked, fcentlefs. Upper 
fegments broader, middle one broadeR, lower ones rather 
narrower; all flat and romewhat patent. Cultivated by ML- 
ß a in x757. A native of the Cape, and feems to have been 
one of the firR denizens of Europe in this family. Has been 
confounded with the GL.DOLUS augttflus of THrOqsV.G. Is 
clofely allied to a fpecies that we have never y'et met with in 
any colleion, though cultivated by MiLLEr., viz. the G.- 
Dxoros involutus of Ds L. Rocxes, ahd figured by MxLLsx, 
tab. 3 6. fig. .probably no longer exilting in this country. 
The fpecimen from. vhich our drawitg was taken flowered in 
unufual perfeEtion at Meffrs. Gv.xwoon and WxcEs, Ken- 
tington, in the month of June. Propagates with the greatef 
facility both by feed and offsets, and s one of the commoneR, 
though reidore feen to flower fo perfeEtly as the prefent fpecimcn, 
except from recently imported bulbs. G. 
POTHOS CANNAFOLIA- 
POTHOS. 
Clafs and Order. 
TITRANDRIA MONOOYNIA (GYNANDRIAo 
] 
SWEET-SCENTED 
Generic Charac7er. 
$padix fimplex re&us. Cal. o. 
L.) 
œetala 4' œacca 
$palha.. 
difperma. 
Specific Charac7er and Synodfires. 
POTHOS cann,ejlia; foliis ellipticis venofis: venis fimplici- 
bus parallelJs. Dryander 
POTHOS odorata. Anderfon. 
A nativ of the Weft-India Iflands, and con{'equently 
with us an inhabitant of the ffovi:, where it is an ornament 
worthy of culture, its foliage being of a lively green and 
its flowers diffufing an agreeable odour, efpecially in the 
evening, a property very contrary to that of many of the tribe: 
it has the additional recommendation of taking np but little 
room. The'fpathe, which is at flrl[ white' on the inner fur- 
face, but changes to green after the flowers decay, adds much 
to the beauty of the flower. 
The excellent fpeciflc chara&er by Dr. DRYAnR, 
flaort as it is, fully diffinguifhes it from every known fpecies 
of Pothos: indeed the name itfelf will at all times de- 
note the plant, -on which account we have adopted it in pre- 
ference to that of odorata, under which it was fent by Mr. 
Ax.nR Ausora, fiperintendant of the Botanic Gar- 
den at the Ifland of St. Vincent's, to Mr. WooFost, at 
Vauxhall, at whofe colle&ion it flowered in great perle&ion 
laft June, when our drawing was taken. 
Introduced into the Royal Garden at Kew, by the fame 
gentleman, in the year 789, and a fpecimen which flowered 
there in the month of April 79o, is preferred in the Bankfian 
Herbarium. 
Seems to thrive belt when plunged into the .bark pit, and 
apparently may: be increared by offsets from the root. 
Generic Cl3arag!er. 
'MA Cal. (fepius)o: Cot. X':-petalt' 3nundibulif0mi/; 
$ti:ra; x'o. aterna breviora. " 
F.m .CAL. ('fapius) o. Cor. 5'-petal patens. 
cap g.-l:ocularis, 
$ecific Calraler and' $ynonyni.s, 
JATROPHA pandur, ejlia; foliis fimphcbus pandiarml%rm- 
bus acuminatis bari fpinulofo-dentatis, fru&ibus 
cernuis fubrotundis. 
JLA-'T R 0 PIIA impef. ialis  Pt rop-olitana.:, 
Both the male and female flowers are furiflaed'with a calyx, 
ß ,vhich in the latter is divided to the bale and perfiftent; in the 
male the lacinie are thorter and divided only half vay. In both 
the corolla appears to be pentapetalous, but more decidedly fo 
in the female flower; in the male the calyx adheres fo clofely 
to the corolla as to refiR its reparation and render it difficult to 
decide whether it be monopetalous or polypetalous. The 
flowers grow in an umbellated dichotomous panicle on long 
terminal peduncles. The pedicle in the centre of the dicho- 
tomy always bears a female flower, the fide branches all male. 
The latter are of courfe much the moR numerous. The female 
flowers are firIt expanded and of thort duration; fo that. 
at firR.thefe appear to be all female and afterwards all male, 
both rexes feldom appearing at the'fame time. The fecunda- 
tion of the germen muR therefore depend upon its receiving 
the pollen from other plants,. or at lear from the flowers 
of different branches, and not from thofe nearer it. Flowers 
and fruit exiR frequently at the fame time, the former ere&, 
the 
Rlt I111J[l'l 
the latter cernuous. Seedveffel nearly round, fmooth, three- 
celled, with one oblong large feed in-each cell. Leaves apt to 
vary in, form, bus: in general broader ,towards the point,. which 
is acuminate, contra&ed in. the middl.e, and rounded at the 
bafe , where it is beret' Witl'/a f une/lual fubfpinefcent teeth, 
apt in luxuriant growth to become auriculated proceffes, as in 
our figure: the margin'is refle&ed. The beautiful coloured 
¾ariegation of the under furface is not conRant, difappearing 
if the air has not free accefs to it. .The whole plant abounds 
vfith a femipellucid milky fluid. 
It is a very ornamental/hrub, flowering through the greater 
part of the year, and appears not to be tender, fucceeding 
heR, according to Mr. Ft,sv.t, with very-little artificial heat. 
Is a tft grower, and eafily propagated by laying down the 
banc. hes, Introduced by Mr. J FR,sER, Nnrfcryman, 
S!oane-Square, who 'brought it from the Ifiand of Cuba, on 
his return from Ii3 laR voyage to North-Ame'rica. 
]tc0x defcribe two fpecies of Jatropha, which appear 
to 'have confidetable affinity with this, both with fcarlet flowers, 
his baflata and integerrima, the firR of which he faw in the 
gardens at St. Doming0i -gut Of EaR-Indian oi:igin, the other 
in the gardens at the Havannah. 
 This form of leaf LIN.NVS has called panduvvrme, and the ten 
having been defined, is well underftood by BotaniSts, and may therefore be 
retained, notwithftanding the Pandura of the ancients appears to. have been 
wind-inftrument bearing no refembl,ance to the modern violin, 
ARISTEA CAPITATAo TAœLEST:'ARISTE:/[i, 
Cla aM Order. 
Ri, ANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charalter. 
Jeer. reguiiris-'.hexapetaloideo-6-partita rotata. Stare. diver- 
ntia 'Stylus declinatus 'Stigma fimplex inœundibuliœorme 
!Lan. s ore fubntegro *el 'tnfido, Capf. oblofiga trigone prif- 
,auca angulis compreffis œaeiebus concavis. Sero. quolibet 
1oculo plura lateraliter co,.mpreffa. G, 
ß ,'OBs' Radix fibroœa.' Folia perennia enfata vel graminea diEicho 
tlergentia plurima, nevvo hullo prmcipuo, (œemperne .) bari equitantia 
Caulis centralis annuus fepius ramofus Flores fafcic{lati pdicellat[; 
ß fingull braetea fpathacea diineti, farces fmpe pedunculati iidemclue 
aut fimplice pauciflori ab involucro fpathaceo herbaceo conduplicatim 
colleeti, aut capitati (fubinde etiam compofito-capitati) multiflori iri- 
volucris et involucellis membranaceis fcariofis laxius cineti. Corolla 
el-narcida in columellam perfittehtem fpiraUter contorta. Stamina ad 
fcendentia vel aff. urgentia.. Semia fapius contabu truncata. Genus 
n vivo parcius recognitum hinc caraeter effentialis vix in toto definite 
'.;abiliendus.- Huc tuto tamen convocentur Axsx. cyanea, 8oland, 3t 
Bot. Mag. Mo fpiraiis, Thunb. et Bt. Mag. Mo. melalcuca 
'e' MOR.. . ufilla f/nb . G. 
' 8pecc Charagter and Synonyms. 
ARISTEA capita,ta  'Toliis rigidiufculis multittriatuli, 
caule fubalato-tereti 1tri0to, floribus fafciculato- &t 
compofito-capitatis :. capitulis multifloris fpicatim 
difpofitis, fpathis integris acutis. G. 
MORAGA cerulea. hunb. Diff. n. 5' ta& . f. . prod. 
 . kk'illd. Sp. P1. . v. 43. 
GLADIOLUS capitatus. $p. PL Holm. 37- Sp. P1. 58- Burro. 
prod. fl. cap. v.. Murr. $3fl. Feœ. 86. Gruel, $. N. 
 . Houtt. Linn. Pfl. 8yfl.  . p. 
IXIA thyrfiflora caule polyltachio, ticis alternis cauli ap- 
proximatis: germinibus in fpathis pedunculatis. De la 
Roche Diff. p. o. (Synonymum haenus IxL ereee 
male adfcriptum.) Burm. prod..fl. cap. x. Houtt. Linn. 
Pfl' $Yfl' . 89. 
ARISTEA major. 23ot. Rep. tab. 6o. 
A genus 
A genus founded by Dr. gots)t, in the Hortus Kew- 
enfis, on the, only .fpecies .then cultivated amongt us, ¾iz. 
A x sx , cyimea. 
The prefent fpecies is' large and ornamental, with a ftem from 
two to four feet high, nearly twice the length b' the leaves, 
round, romewhat winged by' the alternate alecurrent cauline 
leaves, upright, fublignefcent. Leaves linear, enfiform, 
fdffifh, finely ftdd without any yrominent riblike nerve, 
polifhed, dark green. Spathes and involucres membranous, 
fcariofe, acute. Segments of the corolla obovate, equal. 
Produces abundance of feed, of which there are two or three 
in eaCla cell, and' by which it s eafily p'ropagat'e.d, as alfo 
the offsets or fuckers wliich it throws up, but hot in 
abundance. Is now pretty common in our..gat/lens. A great 
number of very fine plants werd railed two years ago at.'.the 
Botanic Garden at Brompton}r0m Cape' feeds. 
Found by Tx-uq, r on the hills. between Hauteniqmt's- 
Land and Langekloof, as h'_heie"(but not plentifully) round 
Ctpe Tovn, fio,.ring in our autumnal months. 
Two fpecies of this genus have already been figuged in this 
work, viz. cyanea and fpirt. lis, the latter under .the generic 
name of Mov..; but its fpecies, as well as thofe of D   ^¾' ', 
Wcqnogvx-, and Mot, are far h'om being. f? 
common in our gardens as thofe o{ Ix.% Gz.$voius, 
WtTsot^, Ta'ro .. SvA^xIs, and BABI/lqA, though 
'of equally eafy culture, and of at lear equal' if not fuperi0r 
bettuty; we have never yet been able to find the lear traces of 
W,xsqx^, their clofe ally, having been introduced into any 
]guropean garden, although Cape tecimens of three or four 
of its fpecies are not litangers to ou/' herbariums. Our figure 
was taken at the nurfery of Meffrs. Gtlxvoov and Wx.s, 
Kenfington, vith whom it was raifed from Cape feeds received 
rome years back. F1 ers in AuguR. Scentlefs. G. 
r.¾uOSIA JO'NC:F.A, CUT-LS,Vr-n 
Clafi and order. 
'To., qnax, MooGyNIA- 
Gene ,? Chara ter.--?id. -N' - 595. 
Spe4fi CharYalter and Synonyms. 
.!,akPEYPOU,SIA'juncea, tliis mferne intus excifis: exte- 
rioribus Oblongo-ovatis: interioribus acu 
rainotis, fpatha .brevima, laciniis tubo 
parton brevioribus fubirregularibus, copy 
.ula tuberculato-fcabra. ' 
LADIOLUS junthus. hunb. D n. 8. Lin'n. 8uppL 94- 
 VepUlr. 86. Gmel.:8)fl. Nat 
IXIA c var. prmr.  Supl. 9 
o 7. (excluto Thunbergii fynonimo.) Pgri 
prior obfervationis huc; fecunda v6ro ad 
Ixta excam Bot. iag. 584 refert. 
IXIA fpicat a. ' Burro. F;or. Cap. prod. ? 
GLADIOLUS areabills. 8alb. pmd.'l-Iort. 4. 
GLADIOLUS poflachius. Bot. Rep. 66. ejus Rece Ixa 
Os. Fi us gemris gem'ina fpec;s  G. 
Bulb ovate, largifh: tunic fibrous, loft. Leaves iffue oblique- 
ly from the earth, continue nearly horizontal while young, and 
afterwards becoxre more upright, in number 4--8, half the length 
of the Item, fmooth, fo.netimes flighty undulate, with a deep 
clear excifion on their inner fide nearly to the midrib and for 
h,f the:r length or farther: inner ones lanceolate-enfiform, 
lg y narrower, nerves not prominent. Stem from three 
two feet high: branches 8--4, patent, round like 
the ttern, often rubdivided with leafy braPes at their bar 
Flowers zt-- 9, hypocrateriform, upright. Spathes very 
outer. valve ovate, blunt, convolute, brownlib livid greed 
tube find faux narrow:turbinate, feveral times longer than t 
fpathe and romewhat exceeding the limb; the legmerits of whi. 
are rather irregularly difpofed and cuneate-fpatulate. Anth 
above the mouth of the faux, rubparallel, accumbent, nea, 
the length of the tfigmas. Caprule ovate-round, rough 
fmall thicklet glandular protuberances. Seeds like thole 
mufiard. 
This was the plant we had in view when, in the article 
IxxAfcillaris, we laid the leaves of that fpecies refembl 
thole of Ixxt exciz. TxtNeaG defcribes the flowers 
caerulefcent, LxNts the younger as violet-colou. red, b0 
which appearances they affume in a dried fate, the more 
panded flowers inclining to violet, the lefs expanded ones 
blue; the latter feems to have ranked fpecimens of the fa.m 
fpecies under two very diftin ones, and to have made thk' 
variety of Ixx., excifa as well as a different fpecies under t 
name of GtnOlUS junceus. 
Found by TvNaG at the Cape of Good Hope, 
LangeklooL Propagates abundantly both by feed and offset 
continues long in bloom. Scentlefs. Flowers in May. 
now very common. 
Our drawing was made from a plant in the greenhoufe 
Mefl¾s. Gaxxvoo and Wxxces, at Kenfington, who he 
been long in poffeffion of it, having received it by the way 
Holland. 
[ 
IXIA MONADELPHA. 
607 -i 
I[ONADELPHOUS Ixa. 
Clafs and Order. 
TIA )IXA Moo¾'XA. 
Generic ½harat7er.--lq'd. N ' 549' 
Specific Charagler and Synonyms. 
IXIA mona&tpha; fpatha brevi, tubo ftri&iufculo, laciniis 
lanceolato-ovalibus radiatim patentibus, filamento cu- 
niculato-trigono antheras fere a:quante. G. 
IXIA nonadelpha. De la Roche defer. pl. nov. xo. p. . Houtt. 
Linn. Pfi. S)fl. 1 x. 43- 
IXIA'columnaris. 8alifb, prod. Hort. 36. Bot. Rep. tab. o3, 
lt, 3, 50' 
Bulb flattifh. Stem from eight inches to a foot, rometimes 
branched. Leaves 34 generally fpirally rolled or cirinate on 
their firPt emerfion and lbr fome time afterwards, narrow, grafs- 
like. Flowers 5--xo, of a firm fubftance, varying in colour 
from blueifl purple to purple, yellow, &c. often variegated, and 
generally having a large eound flain at the bale more or lefs 
obfolete and of various tints. Stigmas recurved, never above 
the anthers, Scentlefs, Nearly allied to Ix maculata. 
Flowers in April. 
Our figure was taken at the nurfery of Meffrs. GaxMWOO 
nd W¾};.s, who rece. ived the roots from Holland, G. 
E 6oS ] 
WATS0NIA 
WATSON I Ao 
LONG-SPIKED 
Cla and Order. 
TRIANRIA IoN OCYNIA, 
eerfc Charaenid. 
Specific Chardtier and Synonyms. 
i'WATSONIA marginata  foliis margine craffa, fpica ex acL 
preffis fpiculis confluenter continuis elongata, 
limbo regulari, fauce brevi intus fexdefitata, 
fiaminibus erec"'tis trifariam fpetCtantibus. G. 
.C-LADIOLUS marginatus. hunb. Diff. o. vat. (). prod. 8. 
Supif/. 95. Sift. Fef. Mutt. 86. I4/illd. Sp. PA 
2. '7' (exclufo AT,. caryophylle,e fyn.} 
Mart. Mill. Dit7. 
IXIA margœnata. Hort. Kew. 2. 59. Mart. Mill. DieT. 
GLADIOLUS. Herb. Herman. 4. fol. 35- Specimen a Linna:o 
fubfcriptum. 
Bulb cqmpreffed, fubreniform. Leaves lanceolate, fubco- 
riaceous, nerved, far/hotter than the fem, edged with a very 
thick broxvni/h cartilage. Stem 'round, fri&, wood at t 
bale, gracilefcent u,waa'., _a___m_, ..... Y he 
g. t- .  ..  suo, auprcneflly polyffacnlous. 
 ,n,gn. _plke lengthened by the-aOrgedl co 
ß plxelets. 1owers numerous olr r. :n: ,, . . .uent 
s taus so% UlltlCflly lUOlmorlcate, 
diffufing a kernell froell romething refembling that of 
aøeIuperuviamtm. Spathes green at the bale, fphacelate 
Upwards. Corolla falver-aped, nodding: tube recurveal: 
faux twice orter than the tube, cyathiform-turbiate, armed 
with fix lamellous appendides on the bride alternating with 
he Ramens. Segments elliptic: interior ones fomewhat 
broade. Filaments femicolumnar upright anthers fagittate, 
yello% furrounding the Ryle (not parallel). 
TuNszo enumerates four varieties, diltinguifling them 
by their colours only; (,,) white, (/3) pale red, (,) blood- 
coloured,. () purple. there we deem to be the following dilin& 
œpecies. viz. ( our prefent plant, (/3) W(xsoN'^ brevifolia, 
(,) WxsoN'iridifolia, 13. (g) W^soe^ rofea. He adds, 
that he found them at the Cape of Good Hope, on the rummits 
of the Table. and other high mountains, and.. ov hills below 
the mountai from C6pe T6wn to Houtemqua s-Lan , grow- 
ing among the grafs in fuch abundance that whole hills appeared 
as if covered with a beautiful fcarlet carpet. 
Introduced into Kew Garden, by Mr..M^ssoN in 774' 
A lure blower about July or' Augut2, rehluiring a very deep 
pot. Propagates rapidly by feeds and offsets, and is now one 
of the com. monet of its tribe; known .among-'th½nurfery men 
under the name oœ Ix^ fceptrum. Owing to the intimate 
union of the fpikelets with the. main fpike it: appears as if it 
began to flower at the middle; but, on examination, ill be 
found to begin at the bale oF the primary.fpike as is ufua 
ith' .it congeners. G. 
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TRITONIA MINIATA. LATE-FLOWERINO 
TRITONIA. 
Clafs an Order. 
TRYANDReA MONOYNA. 
Generic Charer . 
Spalha bivalvis fcariofa. Corollm bails tubulofi: faux tm- 
binata: limbus fexpartJtus: lacinim unguiculat. Siam. inclL 
nata (nunquam erc[a) filamcnta curva. Stim. 3, rccurvo 
patentia. Cap oato rotunda. Sero. numcrofa goboa. 
Oss. ide N. 
Specc Charaer a.d Yy. onyms. 
TRITONIA miniata; caule patenterpolyflachio, foliis !onge 
acuminatis, fpatha tubo mquali, limbo rcgulari 
deorfum opaco: lacinia nulla gibba, {[amiuibus 
pifiillo paribus. G. 
IXIA miniata. JacT. ]orl. Schoenb. v. 1. p, lo. tab. 4. 
Leaves fix, enfiform, far acuininate, nerved, fibfalcate, up- 
right. Stem from a foot to a foot and half high, 5--6 branched 
and even branchletted, elaRic, upright. Spathe lk:ariolh, blunt, 
flriated, the length of the tube. Flowers micaceous Scentlefs. 
Limb regular, equal, funnel-formed, patent, longer than the 
fatIx and tube together. Segments obovate, rounded, not 
hyaline at their bales, nor any of them gibbous. Parts of 
fru&ification declined, afturgent. Pi[til equal to the ftamens, 
twice fhorter than the limb. The molt robuR and tall of its 
family yet known to us. Flowers in Augufi. The feverfed 
pofition of the organs of fru&ification in this tribe always'pre- 
fuppofes that of the corolla, and is perhaps generally the con- 
fequence of the reclined pofition of the rachis, which changes 
the dire&ion of the flower, in relation to the fun, from that 
which it would have had if it had remained tipright, as this 
inverfion is generally obferved in thole that have fuch reclined 
or bent rachis, and feldom or ever in thole that have the fame 
upright; we have feen it take place in fome fpecimens of 
Gxous where the rachis has been reclined, and not in 
others of the fame fpecies where this was not fo; but in 
W^:rsox^ brevifolia, where the rachis is quite upright this 
inverfion does neverthelefs take place. G. 
 Ad N, 58 lin. 6. pof corollw adele bails tubulofa. 
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GLADIOLUS FLORIBUNDUS. LARGE- 
FLOWERED CORN-FLAG. 
Claj3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charat7er.--14'd. 2v 'ø" 538 & 562. 
Specc Chara7er and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS floribundus folio extimo falcato 1ongiore, florio 
bus ereis: tubo fpatham mquante:. limbo 
turbinato-campanulato: laciniis conFormibus 
parurn inmqualibus planis fumma majore. G. 
GLADIOLUS Jor3undus. acq. ic. rat. 2. t. 54' roll. 4,' 
 69.. I4Zilld. Sp. œ1. . v. 9' 
GLADIOLUS grandiflorus. Bet. Rep.. tab.  8. ejus Recenf. 
G [ A m O [ U S .floribundus. 
Os. Hujus et aliarum generis fpecierum corolla lacinia de priRinis 
!anceolatis,- dum in horto diutius colantur, lineari-oblongte et mucro- 
nulato-retufie evadunt lateribus furfum luxuriofe dilatatis api.ce immu- 
taro. G. 
Bulb ovate, as big as a pigeoh's egg. Leaves enfiform, 
firongly and many nerved, ftifiilh, outer one broadeft, longeR, 
and generally ffi'bfalcate, with a fiEform cartilaginous edge 
nearly the length of the Item, the reft upright. Stem about 
a foot high, flexuofe, flower-bearing nearly t¾om its bale, 
whence JAcquxs's name. Flowers 4,6, upright, large. 
Spathes about two inches long, equal to the tube which i 
ftraight. Stamens fcarcelylonger than the faux. Anthers dark 
violet. Stigmas romewhat higher. The fegments vary from 
dirty white, with a broad livid-purple longitudinal fillet, to 
bright fielh colour with a broad lively red fillet. Flowers in 
May. Seenfiefs. A free blower, very ornamental, and pro- 
pagates with eafe from both feed and offsets. 
)ur drawing was taken at the nurfery of Meffrs. Grxy.- 
Woo and Wxc-s, Kenfington. G. 
....... nidnl 
F 
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EPIDENDRUM ]LONGATUMo LONG-STALKED 
EPIDENDRUM. 
ClaJ5 and Order. 
GYNANDRIA .DIAN DRI A. 
Generic C. bara7er. 
]ge7arium turbinatum obliquum reflexurn. 
Specific C. baraFler and Synonyms. 
F. PIDENDRUM elonœatum; caule ereao fuperne nudo, o- 
liis oblongis acutis, fioribus fpicatis, he&a- 
rio tripartito expan[o ferrato ereEto. 
F. PIDENDRUM elong'atum. yacq. ic. far. 3' t. 6o 4. colleL 
vol. 3' P- ,:,..60. 
EPIDENDRUM fecundurn. Herb. Bankf. 
As the EvXDZNDRUfecundum of J^qQUXN has not yet been 
feen by us, we cannot clear up the diculties which have 
hitherto attended this fpecies. We are however inclined to 
regard the Ev x D z N  R U  elongatum and fecundurn of J A c Q u  N, 
and thefufcatum of Sm'rx, as three dillinEt fpecies. Our plant 
is undoubtedly the firft of there; differing in no refpe& from 
J^cuxN's figure, except in the colour oF the flower, which 
with him is more refembling red-lead. The flowers are not 
fecund, the leaves not emarginate nor of a dark purple red as 
in y9cundum; and the feerated neEtarium feems fufficient to 
diltinguiPn it from both the other fpecies. IF the EvxzNtaut 
Jktundum defcribed by Sox^ta be not different from either, 
we fufpe& that: it belongs to this, as does undoubtedly the fpe- 
cime. n fo named in the Bankfian Herbarium. 
Our drawing was taken at E. I. A. WoonvoaD's, Efq- 
Vauxhall, in May laft, from which time it continued in flower 
during nearly the whole of the Summer. Native of the Weft- 
Indies. Requires the fame treatment as the reft of the genus, 
1 
ERXCA METULAFLORA. NINE-PIN HEATH, 
ClaJ;' and Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Chara7er. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cot. 4-fide. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
.4nther,e bifide. Caœf. 4-1oculares. 
Specific Chara7er. 
ERICA metuleflora; antheris muticis incluffs, corollis rub. 
ventricofo-cylindricis, nudis, foliis quinis decemfariis 
fubulatis ciliato-fpinulofis, floribus umbellatis termi. 
nalibus 
The fpecimen from which our drawing was taken was about 
two feet high, Branches few, ftric'-t. Leaves many, thick fet, 
quinate, alternating in each whorl with thofe above and be- 
low, and thus ftanding in ten tolerable even rows when viewed 
from above downwards; they are fucculent, fubulate, mucro- hate, fulcate underneath, ciliated at the edges with lhort very 
{tiff rubpungent hairs, lhort, very patent, longer in the midddle 
of the branch than at either end. Petioles very lhort, adpreffed._ 
Peduncles terminal, umbellate, fubereEt, with two coloured 
braaes near the calyx and one green below the middle. Ca- 
lyx ovate-acuminate, hairy, five times lhorter than corolla, 
Cor611a fmooth, minutely ftriated, cylindrical but fomewhat 
tvelling.in the middle. Faux gaping. Segm.ents of the limb 
roundlib, very entire, patent. Anthers enclofed, bifid, divari- 
cate: bale rounded, fpurlefs, Germen turbinate, hairy. Stigma 
fubglobofe, enclofed. 
It is related to ERICA cerinthoides of LXNNIJs (crinih'a 
of St, LISUR¾) but differs in many effential points, particular 
in that the umbels are not nodding, the corolla not hairy nor 
vifcous, the leaves lhorter, more fucculent, and much more 
lhortly haired. ' ' ' 
For this very handrome Erica, which we con{taler as entirely 
ew, We are indebted to Mr. B^Ra, Nurferyman at -Ball's- 
Pond, Iflington, by whom we are informed that it was firft, 
railed from Cape feeds, by Mr. Rt, WLINSON, of Tooting. 
Flowers in July. Requires the fame treatment as molt: part 
of the genus. '" - 
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MOR2A EDULIS. LONG-LEAVED MOR2gA. 
Clafs and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Ge,,eric Charaler.--Fid. N '' 593; ubi" 
praefigatur" 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
MORJEA edulis; (imberbis) involucris herbaceis, t'olio 1on- 
giffimo, corollte iaminis fubconformibus: extimis 
dupio majoribus obovato-oblongis, ftigmatibu. s 
affurgentibus incurvo~convergentibus, filamentis 
deorfum connatis. G. 
IRIS edulis. Linn. Suppl. 93' ff'hunb. D. n. 88. vat. 
l/Filld. Sp. PL x. v. 39' 
MORJEA vefeta.. yacq. ic. far. v.. tab. v.4 ? quoad plan. ta 
majoris fragmen; planta integra enim ob n- 
volucra fcariofo_membranacea diRantia fpecies 
potius diPtinfta. Synonyma tam Milleri et Linnei 
quam Linntei ill. et Thunbergii apud Coll. vol. 4`. 
p. 4 o in his fpeciebus citata, utrifque proflus 
aliena etiamque inter fe difcordia; ira Milleri et 
Linntei ad Mo V.A (Igr) trem n. 577 re- 
trenda. G. 
IORASA Dga... ]acq. Hort. Findob. tab. eo. p. 4- (exclufis 
ß de la Roche et Van Hazen) Mutt. Sgfl. Feg. 93- 
IRIS pe,fis corolli' imberbibus foliis linearibus longitlimis. 
Brm. pt. fl. cap. ,2. 
IRIS long(œolia. $chneev. et Geuns ic. far. t. 
b,. r. 6. xo 5. BoA Rep. t. 4,5. ejus Recenf._ Ivs 
eduLs. 
cal: 'otnd,'fiaeathed by the lo,ver leaf, whic  is --o times 
:ngth, fometimc attaining, ,:cording to ScnN  voeu:r, 
length of five feet, from its Ia.Ce tb where the above leaf 
*pens from half an inch to a foot or more in height, but 
beyond 
beyond the finus formed. by the leaf always {hort and fo con. 
traed that, from the nearne[i of the terminal and cauline 
ipvolucres, the pealuncles or branches form one compound 
fafificle; upper leaf oppofite, fhort. Involucres herbaceous,. 
Jtif; upwards fphacelate ,and awnedly gracilefcent. Flowers 
delighdh!ly fragrant, varying exceedingly in fize and in colour 
from a lilac to a deep blue, open in fuccettion, ald laft about 
fix hours each. Ungues upright. Filaments nearly the length 
of the ungues, about as long as the anthers, not cormate the 
xvho!e way. Stigmas about the length of the inner fegments. 
C pfule mgonal-columnar, flender, about an inch or more 
']ong, different from Mo^ lrifiis, which has an ovate-oblong 
/hort and very thick caplhle with larger [eds. The attending 
to the form and proportion of the cap[hles will be peculiarly 
ufctl in the fpecific diftincCtions of this genus. An old denizen 
of the Dutch gardens. Found at the Cape of Good Hope by 
T,t''igo growing in fandy places in Groenekloof, Swart- 
land, and very abundantly in the low lands about Cape-Town 
and'the Duyveltberg. The fpecimen from which our drawing 
was taken was fen.t us in 9xuguff lair by Mr. Lonnzs, 
Nurferyman at Hackney, who imported it from .the Cape. 
We have always fufpEted the two varieties of the fpecies of 
Mom,x figured in the .o. 38th plate f Mxtxwr's Icones 
(and which are the original urces of L :ns's Mo 
ß w'eta) to be no other than the Mor a. 'It is) tris n. 57I 
of this work; tut we did not venture to ite them on account 
of the omiffion of all mention of thc pubefcent item; which, 
owing to its exceeding minutenell, might eafily have efcaped the 
t, raughtfnian of tiach figures as thofe, bu ß was certainly lefs 
likely to have been omitted by M in the defcription; 
yet we can trace in no colleion or herarinm any fpecies agree- 
ng with the other parts of the figures and defcriptions that has 
a fi-uooth flem; while Mot 'ris does precifely fi agree 
in  very thin- eife, eledally in the peculiar form of the cap- 
flit abo.  notced. Howe'-r this may be, Mo,r x Iriopela/a 
of I'.. r4. ill. (Is phsmaria of Tntsac.) always quoted as 
a fyno,iym to Mox ^ vegeta, is a very dirtinEt fpecies, with the 
larger Ig,n.e,ts bear0ed and the figmas fetaceoufly multifid.' 
The Mo,^ juncea of M_x has yellow flowers and 
fubulate leaves. The Mo,za veg'eta' of M_xzr's eighth 
edition' of'his DiEtionary,-figured in-his v. 39th plate, is the 
Moa^ iridiidesofLss.,zusand Tn:ag, and of courfe 
quite ditlin from their Mo.  vcgeta, though he qubtes 
L  v..ns'a fpecies as a fyonym to his. This bhmder accounts 
for the Mo a' iridioides eing fo frequently prefer,ed unde:r 
the name of.v ' in the different c..ll'eftions and saurferies of 
-England. Mzz's fpecime n is in the Bankfian Herbarium. i5. 
WACHENDORFIA HIRSUT4o 
WACHENDORFIAo 
HAIRY 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charc7er. 
Spatha o. Cot. infera, hexapetaloideo-6-partita, irregularis, 
rotata. Stare. affurgenter-declinata, divergentia. Stylus latera- 
liter obliquahs. Stigma timplex. Capf acute triquetra, velata. 
$e.;. compreffa paleis lentis veftita, in quolibet 1oculo unum. G. 
Oss. Radix in WACHENI)ORFIA thyrfiflora rhlzoma camorum 
b, bic.ps terra fubequatum fibrls c-rafflufculis coccineis; in reliquis 
,, ro.-ns re] Cubrepens, bulbi folido-carnofi nudi lavlgati' an- 
flave{c'ntes, tucco mut fo fcatente. Folia palmoidea plicata 
intYa petioloideo-contra&a conduplicata; illius perennia, 
...m.. CauUs ere&us te :s ca us pubefcens paniculato~ramofus 
.cm.oo-multifloms tb]iolis vagis fDhacelatis diffito-fquamatus. Corolla 
ß  up,nat:e ? lacina fuprema bari canalibus binis brevibus mellifluis 
bi 'ata; eadm lacinia vicaria, flore claufo, reliquas panes are 
%ovit. Stylus fetaceo-perfiPrens. Stigma ex Smith ad lentem deprffo- 
Capfula fupera fubturbinato-rotunda hirfuta corolla exarida 
"b"oata. Semina deorfum attenuata imis loculamentis affixa. G. 
Specific Chara7er and.Synonyms. 
WACHENDORFIA hirfuta; foliis annuis plicatis viilofts; 
ramis 'dNaricato-patentibus, laciniis 
ovali-lanceolatis: fuprema exclufa ob2 
1onga obtufa: 3 inferioribus fubma- 
joribus divergentioribus. G. " 
WACHENDORFIA hir. futa. Thunb. prod. . lilld. SI?. 
œ1. . e49' (exclufis Breynii et Rud- 
beckii fynonymis, W^cqov. 
revitblie MSS. Soland. fubjiciendis. J 
WACHENDORFIA paniculata. Burro. monogr. 4. f. . 
iVov. `4c7..4. N. C. obf. 5' t. . f. o. 
the feleOion of the effentiat charae2erittics above enu- 
m,.r,tcd, ''e have been guided by the following fpecie$ only, 
viz. 
viz. WACrXZXORFXA thyrfiflora, Thunb. WACI-IENI)ORFI.{ 
paniculata, Thunb. W.cxovxA hirta, Thunb. 
crxNzotv.x. brevifo..lia, Soland. MSS; the 
tenella-and graminea'of the former author being entirely un- 
known to us except from the {hort and vague fpecific charac. 
ters in his Prodromus. Our prefent fpecies feems chiefly to 
differ from paniculata in having hairy leaves, a more graci- 
lefcent and taller fem, which i alfo reddifh brown and not 
green as in that, its branches more divaricate, the two upper 
lateral fegments of its corolla more contig$ous, and its flowers 
when clofed form'a flenderer and more compa& column; we 
might add, that the incumbent anthers are {horter and rounder, 
but as this difference efcaped us in the living- plant and was 
obferved only in the drawings it is lefs to be depended on. 
Root leaves oblong lanceolate' 84 about 34 inches high. 
Stem about three times their length. Segments traverfed lon- 
gitudinally on the outfide by a brown hairy fillet, outer upper 
one wholly brown and pubefcent outwards. Flowers, quite 
fcentlefs, open in fucceflion, clofe towards evening; expand 
in the month of July. We have never ob{rved the fix 
Ramens mentioned by rome authbrs and figured in one fpecies 
by Bt¾sts, nor the rudiments of any more than the ufual 
three. The genus is remarkable in this natural order for its 
inferior corolla, and is perhaps one of its conne&ing links to 
the hexandrous liliaceous plants; in the habit of its leaves it 
approaches BABIANA, in that of de flower and cap{hie it 
comes nearer to CYaNtnna. IfBtta^N'S figure is atten- 
tively examined, it will be found to come nearer to this than 
paniculata; the lower leaves not being {en nor defcribed it 
is impoflible to be fo certain as we could &fire; the plant was 
only known to Btax^x by a drawing taken at the Cape, 
from which his engraving vas made. Introduced amongft ns 
by Mr. Wx,.,4...s, Nurlryman at Turnham-Green, who 
received the bulbs three or four years back from the Cape. 
Requires the fame treatment as- I x x. and other Cape 
"E L--qPII2E R ULA GRAMIN. EAo GRASS- 
LEAVED MELASPHmRULA. 
Clafs and Order. 
Tvi kNDRIrx MONOGY'IAo 
Generic CharaF/er. 
Spatiaa bivalvis. C3r. hexapetaloideo-fexpartita bilabiato- 
campanulata lacinia fingula feta prepilatae. 8tam. adfcenden., 
,a. $1igm 8, recurvo-patentia. 6œhtld obovata trilobato, 
mgona. Sero. globofa in quolibet 1oculamento pauca. G. 
ORs. Radix bulbus rotundo-ovatus, tunlca cruRaceo-fibrofa vefiltus, 
aft t. runcato-planus. Folia graminea fubulato-attenuata cofa media 
prommente; caulis his plurimum altior teres gracilefcens panicutato- 
ramofus; rmm foliolis trinis lineari-fibulatis Ripulati, rarrfuli vel pe- 
dun.cull elaftico-capillacei fecundo-fiorigeri perarcuatim fiexuofi. Spa- 
tha: valvula extima elliptica concava ora produc'ka membranacea. 
Corolla: cillime caduca: lacinia: parurn inequales elliptico-lanceolata:. 
Stylus t[aminnm .quax; Rigmata antheris imminentia. Capfifia 
chartaceo-membranacea. Semina rubella, in fingulis Ioculis --3- 
hE? J,ac. qui?o axillar!ter bulbiferus, bulbJill globoti nitidi nigertirol; 
noms utique nonalum comperti, neque a Thunbergio commorati. 
Dfcrepat a G.^x)xor.o printer habitu, fpatha: f'rma, corolla: baq 
non tubulofa, laciniis fctaceo-terminatis feminibus haud foliaceo 
compreflis. G. 
Specific Chara/er and Synods, ms. 
MELASPHERULA graminea. G. 
GLADIOLUS gramineus. hunb. Diff. n. 6. prod. 9' Lœnn. 
exclufis f nonvmis 
$uppl. 95. ( y . ) Sj,fi. Feœetab. 
Murr. 86. 8yfl. Nat. Gruel.   . (exclufo 
nymo Milleft) Hort. Kew. add. 8. ]acq. ic. 
far. . t. 86. Coll. . 8o3. lilld. 8p. 
x. Bot. Rep. ta& 6. ejus Rece n. . 
GLADIOLUS famous. Roy. Lugd& 9 ? $P. ]L 58 ? Reich. 
o 8 ? 8yfl. Fegeta& Murr. 86 ? Gruel. 
]Vat. x o ? Mart. Mill. Di7. ? 
IH.LANGIUM ramom. 2urm. prod. fl. cap, ? exclufis 
nonymls. 
.As 
As yet a folitary fpecies, nor have we in the many fpeci~ 
mens we have feen ever obferved it to vary eve0 in colour. 
Flowers fcendefs, --6 on each peduncle-like branchlet, which 
laft, in the archedly-fiexuofe curvatures and one-ranked man- 
her of bearing their flowers, refemble the rachis of IxxA 
fecunda. 
Found by TVNBG at the Cape of Good Hope, on 
the Groenekloof hills and near Bergrivier; introduced into 
Kew Gardens, by Mr. M,sso in x787. The generic name 
xve have derived from tzc black and q0, a globe, in allu- 
fion to the colour, and form of the bulblets produced on the 
ftem, as mentioned and figured by [^cou. In the capillary 
tenuity and elaftic tremuloufnefs d{ its brauchlets it reminds 
us of the quaking-grafs,. Briza. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. Wvxcs 
and Gv,woon, Kenfington. Requires the treatment of the 
other Cape Enfata. Propagates plentifully by feed and bulbs; 
but the leaves are apt if kept in a pit to be eafily bitten and 
defttoyed by the froit, and though this does not kill the plant 
it weakens it very much; to make it produce the bulblets 
mentioned by J.c2V Ilq, and to have it in periktion, we lhould 
think the dry (tore would be the belt place to grow it in. G. 
!1, m'll--,][ L 
II 
:i 
¾kCHENDORFIA PAN!CULATA. 
WACHENDORFIA. 
PANICLED 
Cla and Order: 
T.  AN ). I A.Mo N o c x t,t 
Generic Charagler.--Fid. N, m. 614. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
WACHENDORFIA paniculata; foliis annuls plicatis nudis 
glabris, caule virefcente corymbofo. 
paniculato, corolle laciniis lateralibus 
fuperioribus parum approximatis: 
prema fubexclufa. G. 
WACHENDORFiA panicqlta. $p. P1. 59. (exclufis fyno- 
nyms Breyn. cent. et Rudb.) Hort. 
Ifew. x. 75' qhunb. prod. v.. Linn. 
8uppL   . Mu. Syfl. Fegela& 9' 
Smith ic. pi. fafc. . ta& 5. Grad. 
8)fl. Nat. xo. illd. 8p. PL . x48. 
(exclufis fynonymis Mill. Di&. . 
Burm. monog. et Nov. a&. A. N. C 0 
Kerner Horl. Semperv. v. 4. t. 48. 
SPHODELUS latlius. Breyn. prod. 8. P. . tab. 9' . 
ERYTHROBULBUS hellebori albi plicatis foliis. lu& 
Manl. 7o ? 
For the difference between this and 'rfuta, fee number 6s 4. 
* in july. 
Introduced into Kew Gardens by Mr. MALCOZ in 767. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. GaM- 
'"non and Wxxs Kenfington. Scentlefs. G. 
] 
FLESH-COLOURED Ix^. 
Clay3 and Order.. 
TarANtUlA MONOGYNI A. 
Generic Charac7er.lq& N . 566. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
IXIA capillaris f3 et L vid. N urn- 57o.--Ubi ad lin. . pro 
(vAR. ,) lege (VAR. g)--et ad lin. 4- pro capillaris 
lege flric7a. 
To the article above quoted to we have only to add, that 
it is at all times eafy to diftinguith the flefh-coloured variety 
given in the plate, from Ixl. ariflata Orflexuof_a, by its paper- 
like fcariofe membranous fpathe, which has ailb five rib-like 
re_aks ending in as many teeth, and is much'larger in pro- 
portion than in thole. The anthers in IxA capillaris are aifo 
more clofely and conftantly fqueezed together, or fafcicled, 
than in arcata and flexuofa; in the pale blue or lilac variety 
the' filaments are fo clofely preffed that they have the ap'- 
pearance of being monadelphous, whence the plant has been 
callg.d a S.SYRINC}Ilbl among the lurfcrymen. 
'ne drawings c? both thefe were taken at Mr. Coz- 
.e't's in the King's-Road, Chelfea, where they flowered 
m Alrii; the flefn-coloured one vas lately imported by 
in t,'om Holland. G. 
[ 6,8 ] 
TRITONIA CAPENSIS, LONo-TuuD 
TRITONIA. 
Cla and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
.sric CharatIer. mFid. N o'. 58t & 6o9,mQuo in calce adcle 
HoTTuYx^. ttoutt. Nat. Hifl. v. 2. p. 44:8. œinn. pfl. 
,SyJt. xx. p. 523. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
TRITONIA capentis t fpatha lanceolata cufpidato-attenuata, 
corolla venofo-periata: tubo 1ongiffimo: lacinia 
fuprema ere&iore ovata majore: reliquis lineari~ 
oblongis divergenter-patentibus. G. 
I-IOUTTUYNIA capentis. Houtt. Nat. Hifl. x2.' p. 448. tab. 
85. f' 8' Linn. pfl. 8)fl. t. p. 523 . tab. 85. fi a- 
GLADIOLUS rous. )eacq. ic. ra: .. t. 
145'lld. $p, PL t. '7' 
GLADIOLUS flriatus. Herb. Bankf. exemplarium caperife. 
Leaves grafs-like, far attenuate. Stem often branched; 
outer valve of the fpathe fcariofe, green at the bale, longeft, 
quie entire, romewhat keeled, awnedly attenuate. Corolla 
funnelform-clubbed; limb fubbilabiate; tube filiform-cylindric, 
nearly twice the length of both limb and faux, three times 
longer than fpathe; faux narrow, turbinate, flightly tumid at 
the bale; fegments blunt, uppermoPe nearly twice the broadeft, 
.rregular, rePt regular, equal, rounded at the ends, and fome- 
urnes emarginate; peamens adfcendent, anthers parallel, thorter 
thanlimb, above the faux; Ri mas overtop ing there. Scentlefs. 
¾ktwerz ill July: ...... 
ß . t-IouTxuye's Natural Hipcory this fpecies ferves him for 
the foundation of a new genus, to which he has, given his oxon 
name i his effential chara0er would nearly fuit any genus of 
the 
the whole natural order; the figure is good and the del'crip. 
tion very intelligible. We have retained his trivial name in 
preference to Jacut4's, bo.th on 'account of priority and o 
its not being taken from colour, which in this natural family 
/hould be avoided as much as poffible, a name without 
any meaning being greatly preferable to fuch; yet where 
we have found them aread¾ given we have never changed 
them. It is clofely allied to the G LaD x o L u s longiflorus of the 
COLLECTANEA, and the firft variety of the fame oœ the Icot4 zs 
]RaRoRzs, differing chiefly in the fpathe, which in tbe laft 
is. blunt and dentate. Our fpecimen has no claim to the title 
of rous, though the Fame bulb may produce one that has 
next feafon. This lecies is alfo clofely allied to Ttxotat, 
(GAO/US) tineata, n. 487 of this work. 
Above we have.quoted both the Dutch and German edi- 
tions of HOUTTUYt4'S Natural Hiftory, bu.t in general our 
quotation refers to the German tranflation only, printed at 
different periods in Nuremburg and tranfiated by different 
hands. This very rare plant was introduced amongft us from 
lhe Cape, by the way of Holland, by Meffrs. CoLvx."a, 
Nurferymcn King's-Road: Che!fea and i. frill very fearce. G, 
[' 9 J 
Claj and Order. 
)E NTAN DB..I A DIGYNIA. 
Generic Charat7er. 
\ 
.etIrium duplici ellula tegente genitalia. 
Specific Charac7cr and Synonyms. 
STAPELIA radiata  ramis confertis brevibus: dentibus 
conicis acutis, corolla: laciniis dittantibus repli- 
catis nudis: fundo elevato tiareformi, pedun- 
culis geminis. 
This fpecies comes very near to Sx.VZZXA c,efpitofa oœ 
ß V[AS$ON, t. 9, but differs in the fegments of the corolla not 
being ciliated, and in the peduncles g.en. erally coming in pairs. 
When the corolla opens, the lacmze are doubled back as 
thatply as if pinched, enclofing the fegments of the calyx in 
ß .he fold fo cotnpletely that the flower appears to have no 
alyx. After the flowering is over thefe expand and clofe 
again, as is ufual in the genus, when the calyx comes in 
fight. The ne&ary conrifts of five tongue-fhaped hollow' 
bodies, fupporte. d upon fmall pedicles, difpofed in the form of 
[tar, t!? , ve' p'onts ,, i.... --- '_h -entre of the flower, 
i the re appears to be a perforation oppofite the points 
th . germen. Between thefe are five round yellow bodies 
tLvided by a dark line having an anther-like appearance, from 
each c, c thefe proceed what we would-caJl. the two lobes of the 
 anther 
I[ 
anther, or in the language of Sw^vTz, the pollen-maffes, 
club-thaped, lying each in a hollow, in which they are con- 
fined by the netary, one ray of which covers a right and left- 
hand lobe of two different anthers. Upon the removal of this 
tar the lobes of the anthers rife up, fometimes fuddenly with 
a fpring, rometimes more gradually, and, if touched with the 
point of a pin, difcharge a colourlefs fluid. 
We have been thus particular in defcribing there parts, 
becaufe being more fimple than in molt of the fpecies it feereed 
to throw fome light on their ufes. The five rays of the Rar 
pointing exa611y to the centre of the corolla feem admirably 
calculated to diret a fluid pollen more furely to the real 
{tigmas lying immediately under their points. We would not 
howeer leak with too much certainty of the perforation of 
the centre of the corolla, having ufed only a common lens, and 
not having ob[erved fuch an opening in any other fpecies that 
we have examined. 
The plant from which our drawing was made was fent us 
by Mr. LODDXDGS of-ttackney, in AuguR. It is a fi-ee 
blower, flowers coming 'n fucceflion through moR part of the 
year. Has an ill froell and little beauty to recommend it, 
The Stapelias are generally kept in the dry Rove but we learn 
from the Rev. Mr. Ba, that many of them thrive better, and 
flower with more certainty, if kept in the bark Rove and 
watered plentifully. 
i)TEROSPE RMUM ACERIFOLIUM, IV[ A PLE- 
LEAVED PTEROSPERMUMo 
and Order. 
Generic Charat7er. 
Cal. fimplex 5-partltus. Cor. 5-petala. Stare. o, quorum 
fterilia. Capf. lignofa 5-1ocularis. Sero. alata. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
PTEROSPERMUM acerilium; foliis fubrotundis peltatis 
repando-crenatis. 
PTEROSPERMUM acerilium. 14?illd. Spo PI. 3' P. 79 ß 
PENTAPETES acerifoliat foliis .cordatis repandis. Linn. 
Amwn. Mead. . p. 34' 8p. Pl. 959' 
Reichard. 8. P. 83- Cavan. Dff. 3' 
P.  8 t. t. 44. Mart. Mill. Dit7. 
PTEROSPERMADENDRUM folio aceris, flore fruuque 
majore. Amman. Corn. Petrop. 8. p. 
6. t. 6 et 7' 
VELAGA xylocarpa. AdanJbn, p. 389. Gerln. frut7. 2. P. 245. 
t. 83'f- ' 
The firft mention we find. of this plant is in the eighth vo- 
lume of the Petertburgh Commentaries, by Profeffor AMM^. 
Lxeejs eftablifhed the genus in his Flora Zeylani -. under 
tho name of .PINTAPETIS, but having afterwa,,s adrhltte 
Plhta?,- s ph. "ice -f:d/pec:es, this ra'tre is now generally 
':". to the latter, undoubtedly a different genus, and 
c}tee in his edition of the Genera Plantarum, reftored, 
nearly as poffible, AA'S original name, taken from the 
ged feed, in which he has been followed by WILLDF-NOXV 
and 
and MA.:INo A native of the Eaft-Indies where it grows 
into a tree'; the bark is covered with a white wool, as is the 
underfide of the leaves, which are peltate and fupported on 
long footftalks thickened at both ends. Flower terminal, 
fweet-fcented. Calyx very 'like thick buff leather. Petals 
vhite, oblong, the length of the calyx, widened at the tips 
oblique, inferted imo the receptacle. Real ftamens fifteen, 
xvith long twilled anthers; filaments united at the bafe; among 
thefe are five dub-pointed bodies, twice the length and much 
ttouter than the filaments, as thefe are the only internal parts 
xvhich come in fight _without forcibly opening the flower, this 
has the appearance, when fuperficially oblirved, of being 
pentandrous; but thefe bodies have no anthers. 'Has been 
rome time known in our colleEtions, but we have never heard 
of its having flowered in this country until laft September, 
at Meffrs. Wxxx, E¾ and Brtt:s at Old-Brompton, where 
our drawing was taken. 
Muir be kept in the ftove in the Winters but in the Summer 
may be removed into the greenhoufe. Is propagated by feeds 
imported from the EaR-Indies, 
I I 
,/ 
[ ] 
BABIANA STRICTA. UPRIGHT BABIANA 
Cla and Order. 
TRIANDRI. MONOGYNIAo 
Generic Charaer,--Fid. . 576. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
BABIANA flrila; caule fubaffurgenter-f[rico, foliis anguf[e 
enfiformibus, fpatha tubo quali, corollis infundi- 
buliformi-campanulatis erefiufculis regulafibus 
laciniis acutis, organis qualibus. G. 
GLADIOLUS firius. Hort. flew. 
0. 
GLADIOLUS flrius () Her& 
IXIA plicata. Amen. Acad. 4- 30% exclus fynonymis. 
IXIA villa. ac. Coil. 3' P' 67. 
GLADIOLUS plicatus. 8p. 1. 53. (exclufo Bro, n. in fyn.) 
Murr. Syfl. Veg. 8. 
IXIA fcillaris. Mill. Di. ed. 8. n. 3. 
In Hort. Kew. du, in Herb. Bankf. quatuor obveniunt 
hujus fpeciei varietates; () Ix. vill(a. Jacq. fragm. et hujus 
o eris ? 
.P . () Gozs plicats var. anguifolia Jacquini 
[) planta de qua agitur. 
In nonnullis hujus generls indlviduis flores ejufdem fpicm inferiores 
Irregulares alum fuperiores omnino regulates evadunt. Spath fus 
l?fum gradatim minores, alum infima terrainall duplo fit:ra'ir. 
therm qum fub floris evolutione trifariam diriguntu f e denuo 
amllel evadunt quamque prbent frontem. G. 
Not having as yet had an opportunity to compare, in the 
living Rate, the two varieties of tbe Hort. Kew. nor the four 
f Herb. Bankf. we have not ventured to enumerate them 
as fuck, ,or finally to diRinguilh them as fpecieso 
.The 
The prefent plant differs from B^x^t, plicata in the 
greater regularity and uprighthers of its corolla, in being 
{lenderer, its leaves and ftem much firmer and lefs villous, 
{lowers [maller, differing in fradance, which in this plant is 
weak but plearant; from difiicba the difference is f.ufficiently 
evident. Cultivated in a757 by Mr. Pn. 
Our drawing was taken at the nurfery of .Meff. 
King's-Road, Chelfea, where it flowered in May. 
F. RRATA IN 'ASCICULO POSTRKMO. 
pal. $i4, lib. 8, pro fititente legefiatente*. 
 - lin. ', pro laiinti  bcinia. 
.- . in. tSt pro lacinia fpatb, 
 lin. go, po rotunda infere triobato-tigona: Io.d-,liecomr' 
Pag. 6t 5, lin. t6. pro coroll lege corolla. 
.P. 67, lin. 3, po fuotd delc I. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYN IA. 
Generic CharatTer.--Vi& N ø" 5B x & 6ø9' 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
RITONIA deufla  limbo regulari inferne trigono urceolato 
laciniis exterioribus gibbis intus areola atrofulva 
in jugum elevata notatis: unguibus opacis. G. 
IXIA deufla. Hort. Kew..x. 60. Mart. Mill. Dill I/I41M. 
PL 1. 0 5. 
IXIA gia. $aE.[& Prod. Hort. 88. n. 81. 
IXIA crocata; () macula atra fupra tkneptrata.' iFbun& 
o. Bot. Rep. ta}. i34. 
(t2} Areolis fubobfolefcemibus jugis depreffioribus. G. 
-IXlAg miniat,e vat. yacq. fragm. p. $. n. 96. t. 3.f. 
Leax/es refembling thole of Twtrott. crocata, from which 
as well as from fqualida and miniata it differs in having the 
three outer alternate fegments gibbous towards their bale and 
bearing inwards a tawny-black fpot furnilhed with a ridge- 
like excrefcence, and further from the two firft in not 
having any part of its ungues tranfparent or hyaline. Tube 
rather thorter than the fpathe. Limb campanulate; lamina: 
if the fegments ovate, blunt, patent, inner fegments ftraighter; 
,rgans of fruatification inclined-affurgent, nearly equal, much 
th rter _hah limb. From many well-preferved indigenous 
fpe :imen, we find it is but little altered by culture m our 
gat3ens. The tunic of the bulb is darker than in crocata. 
Thio fpecies was firPt defined by Dr. SoL^Da in Hort. Kew. 
where ,,re learn that it was introduced by Mr. Mxsso. 
Flowers in May. It 
It is of eafy culture, propagates rapidly both by feed and 
offsets, quite fcentlefs but very ornamental. Our fpecimen 
was furnifhed by .Meffrs. GRxwoon and WYxc.s, who have 
frequently imported it boh fr6m the Cape and Holland. 
The term feneflrata, ufed by TIUNBRe in the quotation 
above cited, is not meant to denote a tranfparent or hyaline 
quality, but merely that the fpot has the appearance of a 
blank window or outlet; but in J^cQuN, tranfparency is 
intended to be expreffed by that term. Since publiflfing the 
article TR:roN., fqualida (fupra 58x) we have feen the 
FR,OM:rA of JAcQues, in which we find the fpike of 
that fpecies admirably delineated in the 34th plate, fig. , and 
defcribed in letter-prefs p. 8. n. 96. under the title of a 
v.ariety of Tx:roa (Ixx^) fenqTrata; as we/hall hereafter 
gve that fpecies, we/hall referve our further obfervations till 
then, and merely offer the above figure and defcription as a 
fynonym to be added to the article of Ta:rox. fqualida. G. 
,I 
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Ixi^ ERECTA. UPRIGHT 
Cl, O and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic CharalYer.--l;id. _2V,'. ,666. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
XIA erea; fpatha membranacea tubo-filiformi breviore, 
laciniis patentiflimis oblongo-ovalibus immaculatis, 
ftigmatibus ufque tuburn difcretis, antheris filamentis 
longioribus. G. 
' XIA erea. Berg'. plant. cap. p. 5, 'hunb. d/fl.  8. (cun&afne 
quoad varietates ?) prod.  o. Murr. Sfl. 1œ. 85. GrueL' 
$y. Nat. o 9. acq. Hort. Schoenb. . tab. aS. (vix 
propter figuras minores ?) ldqlld. $p. Pl., . o4. 
XIA polyflachia. $p. œ1. 5' Hort. Kew. . 58. Mart. Mill. 
DiY. Bot. Rep. tab.  55- 
'XIA Jkrotina. Sali,[b, prod. Hort. 35' n. 5'- 
:IA foliis lineari-gladiatis floribus alaribus et terminalibus. 
Mill. ic. p. o4. t. 55- f' . ]-'hil tranf. 52. t92. 
OBS. ORNITHOGALUM fpicatum. P!uk. aim. 7. t. 3o. f. . hue 
Bergio allatum, fynonymon nimis anceps, Ixz; illaris variethti 
'id.;e aequ.e refpondens.--.Ix,^ thyrJiyqora, De la Jocbe, hujus ex fyno- 
ms orereno ejicienda et ad Axsxaa ca2)itatam transferenda. 
Bulb round, ovate, tightly compreffed. Differs from Ixia 
'naculata, N ø 549, only in not having the large circular/lain 
the bale of its limb, and is perhaps fcarcely to be preferveal 
a difffnOt fpecies. Our prefent variety is defcribed by both 
I z;us and Bv.xus, by the latter with the greateli mi- 
elL ' ,he other varieties with which We are acquainted are 
and yellow, of the firPt of which there is a fpecimen 
-der the title of Ix.,, w'ridis in the Bankfian Herbarium. 
The yellow is figured by J^cqtsx in his Idortus Schoen 
"inn ntis. All li:entlefs. 
OUr 
Our plant generally blows very late in the Summer, whence 
ß ve fuppofe Mr. SALS.UR¾ derived his trivial name. Said 
by TxuN.Ro to be common about Cape Town. 
Is one of the oldell inhabitants of its family in our green- 
houfes; cultivated by MLLER together with IxA fiextofa 
in x757; propagates molt abundantly, requiring little or no 
care. 
Our drawing was taken the latter-end of June, at the 
nurfery of Meffr$. GxxwooI) and W'Y-Es, Kenfington. O 
II 
II 
IXIA FLEXUOSA. FLEXUOSE IXA. 
,,, ,,, , ,, _,,..,.._,,, _,,,_...,,_.-...-f.,....-' 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRIANI)RIA MONOGYNIA- 
Generic ½harat7er.--Fid. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
XIA flexuofa  tubo gracili paulatim ampliato: limbo infra 
breviter campanulato-contra6to: laciniis ovali-oblongis 
patentibus, ftigmatibus baud uœque tuburn difcretis. G. 
IX [A flexuqfa. Linn. Sp. Vl. 5 . .lilL Di7. 8. Hort. Kew. 
p. 58. Houtt. Lin. œfl. Syfi. x. p. 3t. l/I/illd. Sp. 21. 
1. 2C2. 
KIA polyflachia. Burro. flor. cap. prod. x. var. maculata more 
I x   maculate. 
XIA erea var. violacea. ffhunb. Diff. 8. ? 
XIA capitata. Bot. Rep. tab. 
XIA foliis linearibus, floribus fpicatis feffilibus. Mill. ic. 
tab. x56. f. -. cujus fpecimen apud Herb. Bankf. re- 
ponitur. 
Bulbs plano-convex or rather romewhat depreffedly fiat up- 
ards and umbilicately convex underneath. Leaves linear, 
o,fifort, graffy, nerved, three inner ones rheathing the ftem 
arly to  the flowers. Stem upright, gracilefcently filiform, 
netally lax and romewhat bent, longer than the leaves, x$ 
t high, timpie or branched; branches 36,.panicul.ately' 
ß flFofed, often fubdivided, upright. 'Flowers 61o, in a 
oft oblong fpike. Slathe fcariofe, .membranous, corn- 
,only denticulate. Tube rooffly fhorter than the limb, 
aich is fomewhat campanularely narrdwed at its bale, feg- 
.nts obtu{O: alternate ones rather narrower. Stigmas diltin 
tbout the ha{} of the anthers, recurved. Anthers l'oofe, or 
fqueezed together, fometimes curved and connivent at the 
reit and lafe. Varies with white, vhite with red ftreaks, 
and violet-coloured flowers, which are alfo frequently 
' ftained 
ô1 
as'in Ixt^ maculata; too nearly allied to Ixt^ paget, 
ivnaerdity of which is .[xc/u's I x^ leucantha) differing in 
little elfe except fize and colour and the 'campanulate contrac. 
tion of the limb at the bale. 
Although Lus has given it the fpecific name of 
fiexuofa, yet in his defcription he fays it is "aftore adflorem 
parurn  xus. This now vague and inappropriate name 
nofl: probably led Tuuutue to fufpe& it to be a variety 
of his "jcunda," which is truly flexuofe. The plant defcribed 
and figured as a variety of this by Mr. Cuw:rs, N ø 27 of 
this work, has partly its habit and partly that of IxA 
conica, and is fo equally claimed by both, that we have named 
it "hy3rida ;" it has the flat hypocrateriform ltained bale o[ 
conica, and the polyftachious flerfi, white corolla, and fragrance 
of this, but does not expand fo freely as it, nor fo fhyly as 
conica, and the leaves are rather more'glaucous than in either 
of there. Cultivated by Mxzztw in 757- Propagates freely. 
In bulb Ix^ fiexuofa, hy3rida, patens, and conica, agree to- 
gether, but differ from Ix^ ere7a and maculata. All our 
Varieties were drawn in April at Meffrs. Gxwoou and 
WY.s's. G. 
GLADIOLUS 
BLANDUS 
CORN-FLAG. 
FAIREST 
Cla and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYi IA, 
Generic Charagter.i/id. No,./53 8 & 362. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS landus; laciniis femicampanulato-ringentibu . 
fubnutantibus tubo fubequalibus: fuprema 
elliptico-concava: lateralibus oblongo-lanceo_ 
latis: infimis recqo-patulis anguffioribus: me. 
dia acutiore. G. 
GLADIOLUS bladus. Hurt. Kezv. 
u2o. 2lot. Rep. tab. 9' iterum t. 88. œjus 
Recenf. GLADIOLUS albidus. 
GLADIOLUS albidus. acq. Ic. far. . t. 256. Cull. Suppl. 
2. I4/illd. Sp. P1. . 
'GLADIOLUS carneus. De la Roche, Difc. p. 3o. ta& 4. 
21urm. prod. fl. cap. . ttoutt. Linn. pfl. 
 . 63. Gruel. S,fl. lUSt. 8. 
GLADIOLUS floribus patenti'!us externe carneis interne 
candidis feila maculifque purpureis infignitis, 
lacinia fuprema maxima. 21reyn. ic. rat. 
t. 7o. 
() Carneo-albefcens. Hurt. Kew. 
(1) Niveus laccato-emarcefcens. 2lot. Rep. t. 99' 
(.) Purpureo-albefcens. yacq. & œot. Rep. t x88. 
Leaves enfiform, nerved, thorter than the {[em, which is 
from fix inches to two feet high, $xo. flowered. Flowers 
!arge, tube thorter than the fpathe, fegments varying much 
m fize, fumetimes acute, fumetimes retufe-mucronate, and 
often rubundulate. Scentlefs. Clofelyallied to GLaDiOLUS 
carneus, 'N ø 59 . All the varieties are very ornamental, blow 
freely, and propagate plentifully both by feed and offsets. 
Flowers in June. Introduced into Kew Gardens by Mr. 
MASSON in x774. 
Our drawing was made at the nurfery of Meffrs. 
and Guuwoou, 'Kenfington. G. 
l 
[ -! 
BABIANA'DISTICHA. HYACINTH-SCENTED 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cbara[ler.--?id. N '. 576. 
Specific Charagler and Synonyms. 
,ABIANA diflicha; foliis'rigidiufculis fubvillofis plicis alte 
liratis, fcapo ftri6-to, floribus diftichis: tubo 
fpatha triplo 1ongiore: laciniis ,qualibus lineari- 
oblongis alterhis crifpatulis. G. 
GLADIOLUS plicatus. ]acq. ic. far. .t. 37' Cøll"4' x55- 
Leaves {hortee than the fiere, oblong-lanceolate, thinly vii- 
iore, ciliate, deep green, plaits deepty furrowed; corolla 
.early regular and upright; fegments patently recurved, ob 
rule, longer than faux and tube, upper one rather the largeft. 
?lowers fo exceedingly fragrant, that we do not know a plant 
on this account more defirable :' fcent romewhat like that of the 
Single Oriental Hyacinth, but much more exquifite. Native 
of the Cape. Is eafily increafed, but like the whole of this genus 
is not fo free a blower as lxia, Watfonia, or Gladiolus; we 
{hould think it advifable' not to remove the roots from their 
ß pots above once in three or four years, as there require to be 
of a good age before they flower at all, and are not nearly 
fo Fable to rot as many of the fl?ecies of Ixia and Gladiolus. 
Our drawingwas taken at the Nurferyof Meffrs. Co/vi LLes, 
KinL's-Road , Chclfea, where it flowered in June. G. 
, liJIIl& 
,I 
,, II 
Clad5 and Order. 
,PoLY AN DR l. MONOC;¾N IA. 
Generic Charalter. 
C0r. 5-petala. Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis duobus minoribus. 
Capfula. 
Specific Cha}'alter and Synonyms. 
CISTUS algarvenfa arborefcens exPtipulatus, caule affurgente, 
pedunculis fubpaniculatis pilofis, calycibus triphyllis 
acutis hirfutis, foliis incanis ovato-lanceolatis. 
HELIANTHEMUM algarvienfe Halimi folio, dore' luteo 
punicante macula infignito. 5ourn. b. 250 ? 
CISTUS fruticofus ere&us foliis oppotitis feffilibus oblongis 
utfinque incanis, calycibus'triphyllis. Mill.. Icon. 
9 o ? 
This beautiful little fhrub was railed from feeds received 
from Portugal by Mr. Lo)))½ES, Nurferyman at Hackney. 
It comes very near to fome of the- varieties of Cts'rus hali- 
nifolius, particularly to variety 7 of MARTYN, the one figured 
in MILLEa'S Icones, vhich probably belongs to this fpecies; 
but our plant feems never to grow ere, nor are the branches 
decuffated; it is likewife of much humbler growth. 
There is a fpecimen without name in the Bankdan Her- 
barium, brought from the province of Alg. arw5 in Portugal, by 
MAsson, with an extremely hairy calyx, n other refpe8s ex- 
aly agreeing with this; culture may probably occafion it to 
lore much of its hairinefs. 
The calyx conrifts of three equal very harp-pointed leaves, 
v,-ithout any trace of the two'narrower ones. The leaves of 
the flowering branches are not hoary. Flowers in July and 
_AuguR. May be propagated by feeds, :hich it rarely pro- 
duces with us, or .by cuttings, and treated as a hardy green- 
houfe flrub, requmng only to be prote6ted fi'orn revere 
frofl. 
[ 
PETREA VOLUBIL1S, 
Cla and Order. 
DVNAA 
Generic Charaer. 
Cal. 5-partitus, maximus, coloratus. Cot, rotata ? 
:ulans in fundo calicis. Sero, folitaria. 
Specc Charaer and Synonyms, 
PETREA voluilis. Hort. Chff 39, 3pec,' P1. 873. 
meg x8o. la. x 4. Mart. Mill.'DiZA 
Sp. 3. 313- 
] 
TWINING PœTREA. 
Cap 
BOVSTOV firff difcovered this plant at Vera Cruz in New 
Spain, and named it in honour of the then Lord PTRE, who 
was much attached to Botany, but unfortunately died of the 
I'mall-pox when a very young man, having in his lite-time 
.reed the moff magnificent contervatory then exiffing in 
Europe. 
There appears to be two varieties of this fhrub, one with 
'hire, the other with violet-coloured corollas, but the calyx in 
.,h is blue; ours is the precife variety defcribed by 
ho-found it in Martinique, where h fays it alEends to the top 
)f'trees twenty feet high. The corolla, which is five-cleft and 
qbbilabiate, Js of very fhort duration, but as the calyx is a 
nfpicuous part of th flower, the long racemes hanging pen. 
ent from the extremities of the branches make"a handlbme 
pearance for rome time. It. has been fufpeed that the 
.le and female flowers are difiin&; as only one hunch was 
boduced we cannot decide the quefiion, but the piffils ap- 
Feared to us to be either totally wanting or very imperfect. 
It is a very. ornamental fhrub, requires to be kept conantly 
in the tove and might be advantageoufly planted in a box in 
the corner of the tan-pit and trained to the rafts or to a trellis, 
thrive; heft in rich loam and loves a warm moiff air. 
Iml: )ned by Mr. Woo)vow) from St. Vincent's, ii whole 
[ove at Vauxhall it flowered, as we believe, for the firff time 
.n this country, in Auguff laff: in the Weft-Indies its biGflOraS 
produced in .November. 
[ 
IXIA POLYSTACHIA. 
SCENTED IXIA. 
.g__,g_g__.:.--'4..-$--&-.-:..-?,',-': 
ClaJ3' and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIAo 
Generic Charagler.--Fid. ?v,. 566. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
IXIA 
IXIA 
IXIA 
69 ] 
LILY OF THE VALLEY* 
pol)flachia; tubo capillari fpatha -o.-3plo 1ongi'ore: 
ciniis ligulato-oblongis complanatis regularibus, antheris 
didymo_rotundis, Rigmatibus ufque tuburn difcretis 
hiantibus. G. 
pol)flachia. ]acq. Ic. rar. . t. 75' Coll. 3. P' 'ø'69' 
Gruel. S)fl. Nat. xxo. Bot. Rep. ,8. ejus Rece app. 4o. 
fi'illaris . fipra N ø' 54g- Houtt. Linn. pt. $yfl. 
P-88-tab. 77' f' ' tanturn veto propter totem de- 
cerptum leotrim delineatum. 
IXIA retu. $aliJb. prod. hort. 35' n. x. Mart. Mill. Die7. 
Os. IXL frillarls charaerem  (olim ad fpeciem premiffam pro 
varietate ecipiendam adaptatum) privius retra&atum hic de novo tra- 
dimus; nempe, "IXA frillaris; fpatha tubo ,vquali, laciniis fp. atulat!$ 
i e is' lamlnls coneavis, antheris bre.vibus' oblongts conm- 
t3birregulariter d4gefl . . ............ . . ,, 
%enter teflexis, fiigmatibus mjS, ndibuliforrm-hmnttus_ antner, s juvjec,s. 
The above fpecies is here feparated from Ixa frillaris, 
under which we had left it as a variety in our 54d article. 
Betides, in the chara&ers above detailed, this further differs 
from that in being a taller tenderer plan( with much narrower 
grafs-like leaves, having a far thallower lateral excifion 
and never curled or undulate i Rachis lefs flexuofe, fewer 
flowered, flowers fragrant ith their legmerits regularly and 
equidiftantl difpofed; tube proportionably longer; ftigma. s 
more cleft d their funnel- or club-form nearly obfolete. Eac! 
varies with white and with paler flowers. Both remarkable 
for a proportionately fmall regular fubglobular bulb with a 
dark brown covering, los, their funnel-fhaped hiant ftigmas, 
which fhould be obferved ith a glafs, both commonly 
branched. The tlowers of our fpecimen-were unufually 
large and the ftem fimple. This tlowers in May, frillaris 
January or February. Our drawing was taken frbm an 
orted bulb at the N'urfery of Mclti's. GtIlX,twooD and 
Kenfington. G. 
x 
IXIA COLUMELLARI$.' VARIEGATED IXX,. 
Ch and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charac?er.--lqd. N ' .566. 
Specific Charac7er and S),nonyms. 
XIA ?olumellaris; foliis gramineis, ['patha brevi, tubo ftri&o, 
laciniis fubcoriaceo-firmulis ligulato-oblongis rotaris, 
framinibus columnariter compacCtis bari tantum con- 
cretis. G. 
rXIA varieœata. Herb. Bankf. exempl. capenfe. 
Bulb round, compreffed, covered with a tunic of paralleI 
r,a-like fibres reticu!ately contra/:ted upwards. Leaves 3-4, 
grafs-like, narrow, nerved, lhorter than the frem. Stem up- 
right, frri&, generally with one or two fiort branchlets. Spathe 
fcariofe, membranous, denticulate. Tube filiform, frri&, rather 
longer than the fegments which are linear, flightly attenuated 
downwards, and not feparated quite to the mouth of the tube. 
Stamens form an upright column, filaments femicylindrical and 
cormate at their bafe only, anthers fubulateooblong, longer than 
their filaments; which !afr are the length of the pifril; Rigmas 
ui'ghtly recurred, proje&ing [Yore between the framens near the 
ß afe of the anthers. Corolla on the outfide of a dingy purplilh 
hite, within exceedingly brilliant and iridefcentlv variegated 
in circles, with a dark fpot at the bale of the lihab. When 
fmelt clofe to, a ftrong fcent is perceived, very much re- 
fembling that of the Tongo_ Bean (BAP, Yosa ongo-). It ex- 
pands its flowers about eight in the morning if the weather is 
hot, clear, and frill, but clofes again about noon, opening in 
the' fame manner feveral days in fucceffion. Differs from 
I xxa monadalpha in the filaments not being cormate beyond 
their bale, in habit of expanfion, and in being fragrant; 
flowers in Augur; is eafi!y increared both by feeds and off- 
lets. The drawing was taken from a plant putchafed ac 
Meffrs. L-- and Kzn's Nurfery, Hammerfmith. G. 
VATsONIA HUMmS. LAKE-CoLOURED 
WATSONIA. 
Clafs and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA- - 
Generic Charafler.--Fid. N o" 537 &'553- 
WATSONIA 
WATSONIA 
GLADIOLUS 
VATSONIA 
Specific Charafter and Syno,o'ms. 
h:ccata; foliis anguPdoribus verticaliter enfi- 
formibus {{ri&is to[flu[culls, [patha tubo [auce 
limboque invicem equalibus, pittil!o lacinias 
pariles'acutas regulari-patulas [ubequante. G. 
humills foliis lineari enli[brmibus tubo floris 
1ongifiimo. Mill. Ic. p.  98. t. 97' f ' 
laccatus. ]acq. Ic. rar. . t. 3 . CoIL 4. 
P'  7 t. k[/illd. Sp. Pl. .  15' 
erubefcens. Herb. Bankf exempl. cape . 
'This is one of the fmaller fpecies of its genus, the Cape 
œpecimens we have len being generally from eight inches to 
a foot high and the leaves about the third of an inch broad, 
linear and [horter than the i[em. Corolla one uni[brm colour 
recurved, in jxcqu's figure refra&ed. Spathe acute. Faux 
a complete cylinder. Segments quite regular, oblong-ovate, 
acute. Anthers above the faux below the ttigmas: 4-6 flowers 
in the primary [pike. Differs from Wxrso^ rofeo-alba in 
a proportionbl [hotter tube, from Meriana in a per[kaly 
and re'curvedlv patent limb, from iridifolia in. a pro 
e:ularly .... ß . -a eua, 
uttionatelv 'longer rpathe, que xe,gma.r ,,mu, _a,2ad' at 
egments. 'Flowers in May. Our (irawing was ,- 
Meffrs. Gaxwoo) and WYKEs s ur{i ry, Kenfington, where 
Raifed originally 
it had been lately imported fi'om Holland. ß 
in this country from feed brought fro the Chpe, by Captain 
HUTCHINSON, to L,, in the year ;754' G. 
GLADIOLUS MLLER. MLLER's'CORN-FLA(. 
Cla nd Order. 
TgaN tA MONOYA. 
Generic Charac7er.--Yid. N " 538 & 56. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS illeri; foliis prnervofis, fpatha turglda 
tuburn riimum {hbexcedente, floribus 
ereo-fecundis bilabiato-campanulatis hinc 
femiurceolato-gibbis: lacinia {hperiore late- 
ralibus angulliore. G. 
ANTHOLYZA foliis linearibus fulcatis fioribus albis uno 
verfu diFpofitis. Mill. Di. n. a. Ic. p. . 
tab. 4o. 
GLADIOLUS cundus. . Hrb. Bankfi exempL caperS, 
Bulb about the fize of a pigeon's egg faftigiately ovate, 
Leaves 4-5, enfiform4anceolate with many prominent nerves 
(whence MLLztt's idea of their being fulcate) lhorter than 
the Item which is generally about a foot high, reclined and 
flexuofe at the rachis. Flowers pointing one way, uprightilia, 
large, inconfpicuous, fcentlefs. Outer valve of the fpathe 
convolute, turgid, greenith, generally fiffulkd with purplith 
brown, reaches nearly to the middle of the faux in rome, in 
others tkarcelv to the top 'of the tube. Tube fieflay, very 
Itfik--t, pedunc'le-like, much thorlet than the fegment. s of the 
limb, xehich are urceolately turgid downwards on the under fide.; 
upper middle fegment narrower than its fide ones refembling in 
fiape the lowell ;' fegments in general linear-oblong, equal in 
length, patent upwards, two upper lateral ones rather the broadeft; 
Itamens not half their length. The corolla on its firPt emerfion 
from its fpathe is quite white, but gradually changes to the colour 
exhibited in the plate; which charaOteriltic is noticed by M  L -  v 
in his general, though he calls it white in his fpecific defcription. 
Clofely allied to Gt,)o.us undulatus andfioribundus. Its tube 
is fingularly tblid, fieflay, and fomewhat brittle. Railed by' 
MILLER from Cape feed in 757; flowers in April. We have 
never yet found the above cited figure of M   . a's adduced as 
a 5,nonym or quoted as a fpecies in any book known to us. In 
th Bankfian Herbarium there is a Cape tecimen. Our figure 
,,'as taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. Gtnwoo 'and W¾zs, 
Kenfington; the.plant was not fo much reclined at the rachis, 
nor fo many flowered as ulhal, as the entire inflorefcence of a 
tkong plant could not have been .thewn in our fized page. G. 
,,,/ 
CASSIA COR-¾MBOSA. CORYMBO'U$ CASSIA. 
Gaff and Order. 
DICA1N DRI A MONOOYN XA. 
CaL 5-phyilus. 
fima: 3 roftrata. 
Generic Charagler. 
Petala 5.  lntherce ,fuprema 3 fleriles; 
Legumen. 
ino 
Specific Charal7er and Synonyms. 
CASSIA corymaofa; foliis trijugis lanceolatis fubfalcatis gla- 
bris, glandula inter infima, corymbis pedunculati.s 
axillaribus, leguminibus cylindricis. Lamarck Encycl. 
. p. 6. art.  g. PI/illd. $p. IPL 9. p. 5  7' 
LAMARCK has given an accurate defcription of this beau- 
tiful fhrub from a plant that flowered in the Botanic Garden 
at Paris, adding' that of the feed-veffel from an imported 
fpecimen. ']['he leaves are without Ripules, conrift generally 
of three pail' of leaflets, between the two lowermoft of which 
is a froall conical lharp-pointed gland: the bunches of flowers, 
about eight in each, ftand upon pealuncles the length of the 
leaves to which they are axillary. According to LaM,Rcxc 
is a native of Buenos Ayres, in South America. 
Our drawing was taken at the garden of E. j. A. Woo>- 
roR>, Efq. at Vauxhall, in Auguft, from a plant purchafed 
of Mr. Nortxu, Nui'feryman at Lambeth, who fays he raifed 
it from feeds received from the Weft-Indies about feven 
years ago. We are informed by Mr. W,xso,',r, Gardener to 
Mr. Woo>rou>, that whilft contined in a pot and kept in 
the ftove it never flowered, removed into the greenhoufe it 
fuffered fi'om the cold, but when planted in the border of the 
confevatory it throve exceedingly and' flowered freely, 
making a very ornamental lhrub about five or fix feet high. 
May be increafed by cuttings. 
IUNICA 
NANA, DWARF 
POMEGRANATE 
,, 
Clafs qnd Order. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYN[Ao 
Generic Charafler. 
Cal. &fidus fuperus. Petala 5' œomum multiloculare poly- 
t'permum. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
PUNICA nana; foliis linearibus, caule fruticofo. 8p. PL 
676. Hort. Kew. 2. 260. 14/illd. Sp. œ1. . 981. 
Marl. Mill. DifF. 
PUNICA americana nana feu hunfillima. ff'ournef. Ind. 686. 
The PuNltCA nana, of which no figure hag, to our know- 
ledge, been hitherto given, is a fhrub of humble growth, in 
other refpe&s fo clofely allied to Pu N CA Granatum, that per- 
haps they might be confidered as mere varieties, at leaft it is 
difficult to find dittinguifhing characCters, the leaves of our plant 
not being narrower in proportion to the length than in the 
other. Is generally fuppofed to be a native of the Weft- 
Indies, and Boxvx, in his Hiltor), of Jamaica, mentions a 
larger and fmaller variety of PuNic^, cultivated there, but 
does not fay whether indigenous or not, nor do we find the 
other authors who have mentioned it, fufficiently explicit to 
admit of afcertaining its native country. 
It is wonderful that fo beautiful a fhrub, cultivated by 
M,.,.Ea fo long fince as the year 173, and eafily propagated 
by layers, fhould not be more common; certainly there are 
,ew inhabitants of the greenhoufe more ornamental, continuing 
full three months in bloffom. 
/[I LLER 
ß I 
MILLER informs us, that when the flowers begin to appear, 
if the plants are expofed to the open air, the buds will fall 
off without opening; and recommends that they .lhould at this 
time be placed in an airy glafs-cafe, and a large lhare of'air 
be admitted in warm weather. 
Perhaps, for want of attending to thefe diregtions, few 
cultivators have feen this lhrub in full beauty, as it appeared 
in the confervatory at Mr. WooxoRx's, where our drawing 
was taken. 
SCUTELLARIA RANDIFLORAo LARG- 
LOWERED CUTELLARIA 
"t 
''. .. - 
'1' 
Ch and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIAo 
Generic CharaZter. 
Calyx ore integro: poR florefcentiam claufo, operculato. 
Specific CharaJ7er and Synonyms. 
SCUTELLARIA grandiflora; foliis cordaris incifo-crenatis 
utrinque pubefcentibus petiolo brevioribus, 
fpicis breviffimis tetragonis, corollis hirfutis 
braeteis quater longioribus. 
This fpecies approaches very near to the Scutdlaria okieutalis, 
efpecially to the variety found in Georgia, by TovRnv. voRT, 
and defcribed in his travels: but betides that his 'plant has. 
yellow flowers, ours diflbrs in having much/horter fpikes, 
corolla larger in proportion to the fize of the bra&ea, leaves 
rounder, lefs tomentofe underneath, but fort like velvet on: 
.both fides; the flowers are fcentlefs, and, as well as the whole 
plant, intenfely bitter. A hardy perennial. Flowers in .July. ' 
The fpecimen from which our drawing was made, was Ibm us 
,by Mr. LoDx)cEs,.Nurferyman at Hackney, wh railed it 
ß kern fe ds lent bim from Siberia. 
RHODODENDRON DAURICUM. DOTTED- 
LEAVED RHODODENDRON. 
Clafs and Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charafler. 
Cal. &partitus fubinfundibuliformis. Stare. declinata. Capri 
-locularis. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. 
RHODODEND.ON dauricum; foliis glabris pun&atis nudi,, 
corollis rotatis. ,S. Pl. 562. Pall. Roff. 
x. p. 47- t. 32. Bot. Rq. t. 4. Mart. 
Mill. DiD. H/illd. $p. PL 2. p. 604. 
CHAMALRHODODENDROS folio glabro majufculo, am- 
plo flore rofeo. Anm. Ruth. 8,. t. 27ø 
ANDROMEDA foliis ovatis utrinque pun&atis. Gruel. $ib. 4. 
p. ,24. n. 
This very beautiful {hrub is, according to PALLAS, pecu- 
liar to the fubalpine tras of eattern Alia, occurring chiefly 
in the northern'parts of Siberia between the Jenifea and Lena 
rivers, where the northern fides of the' mountains in the be- 
ginning of May are entirely empurpled by it. It tour of 
courfe be confidered as a very hardy plant, though like many 
other inhabitants of the colder regions, when cultivated in 
this country, from the greater mildnefs of our winters it is apt 
to expand its flower prematurely, which are tifually deftroved 
by fubfequent frofts and cold winds. On this account it is be(ter, 
as foon as the bloflbms begin to appear, to remove the plant 
under lhdlter, where it will prove exceedingly ornamental in 
the very depth of winter; but fhould the froft bein early and 
continue fo long as to retard the opening of the bloffoms till 
its 
its mturalfeafon, it might be fqffered to contlnue.in the open 
border. 
-Gxq remarks a refemblance between ibis plant 
Az^L^ la)oponica, which comes much nearer' to 
oN vaoN ferrugineum: perhaps it was this obfervation that 
led Mvaa^¾ in the 18th and i4th editions of the Syttema Ve- 
getabilium to quote Lvv  œroenlandicum of the_Flora Danica 
(gle. Labrador ea) as a fynonym; an error which P,.œAS 
has properly correaed. The leaves, which are dotted on both 
fides, continue all the Wimer on the plant'in Siberia ands, as 
'in our fpecimen, change to a brown colour; it rometimes 
however happens with us that all of them {hll off before the 
.appearance of the flowers. The leaves and more elecially 
the bark have a 1trong aromatic talte and fmell, and the fcales 
of the flower-buds difih'tE this odour fome dittance; but, when 
feparated from thefe, the flowers themfelves appear to us to 
be fcenttefs. 
Our drawing was made at the garden of E. j.. A. Wool- 
worth, Efq. of Vauxhall, from a very fine fpeclmen, which 
began to expand its bloffoms in the open air in the beginning 
f Januar¾,.an d wa thq. removed undc, r lhelter, 
FRRATA [N ;'A$C1CULO POSTREMO. 
N. 61, lin. o, pro jujus operls? lege Babiaa willo../'a (} hjus oierlt  
infra n. 687 
1NI. 6 4. p. - 1. 6, pro u that the 
iN. 6 7, lin. x & g. pro .algkrs'er{l$ !ege algawe&. 
tSABIANA flriYa.Fide fipra N,. 62 ,. 
Corolla faturate cacrulea, tubo et bari laciniarum e purpureoo 
nigris. Soland. Hort. Kew. x. 03. 1/14'lid. $p. PL x. o. 
IXIAZ villofe vat. eacq. frag'm. p. 2, n. 70. tab. '4. f. 3' 
This very beautiful variety was introduced into Kew 
gardens by Mr. M^sson. We did not obferve whether it had 
the fame fcent as its co-fpecies given N ø 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. Co:- 
vLxds, King's-Road, Chelfea. 
Jtcuu has publilhed a beautiful figure of it in his 
Fv^cunx^, feveral numbers of which have been lately 
ceived in England. G. 
ERRATUMo 
1qo ,576, 1'. , fin. '4, pro N ø 
[ ] 
BABIANA SPATHACEA. STIFF-LEAVED 
BAIANA. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. mVid. N "'. 576. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
BABIANA fpathacea; foliis plicatis rJgidiffimis pungentibus, 
brafea fpathzeformi ariflata, fpathis imbricatis fub- 
ariltatis nudis turgefcentibus, tubo longo: laciniis 
regulari-patentibus. G. 
GLADIOLUS Jpathaceus. qhunb. Diff. n. '5' prod. 9' Linn. 
Suppl. 9 6. l14'lld. $p. œL x. ..x. 
Leaves narrow, linear-lanceolate, villoœe, (thole of old 
plants with us commonly naked, but thole of the younger 
bulbs always pubefcent) very rigid, deeply plicate, terminating 
in an awn-like prickle, petioles long, widened at their bales. 
Stem from {bur inches to near three feet high, with from two 
to four adpreffed branches and an upper fpathe-like brafe or 
cauline leaf with a very long awn; rachis fcarcely flexuofe, many- 
flowered. Spathes imbricate-difdch, largifh, romewhat mem- 
branous, naked, fmooth, twice fhorter than the corolla, awned- 
acuminate and fometimes torn. Corolla narrow-funnel-formed, 
upright: tube flliform, flraight: fegments divided to the tube; 
than which they are twice fhorter, linear-oblong, alternate 
ones inclined to lanceolate, all regularly patent, turb{nately 
contrafled downwards, three of them generally terminated by 
a foft mucro. Anthers incumbent, linear, above the bale of 
the fegments, beneath the ftigmas. In rome luxuriant dried 
native fpecimens the fpathes are pellucid and their awns fome- 
thing longer than with us. The leafl pubefcent of its family 
yet known to us. Found by TxtsEug at the Cape in 
Bockland and Hantum flowering during our winter months. 
As yet, we fippofe, only in the collefion of Mr. Alderman 
ttxsuuz, at Clapham, by whom it has been lately imported 
and with whom it flowered in June laft, /nor probably for the 
firit time in Europe. G. 
, / 
,/ 
GENTIANA CILIATAo FRNGED-FLOWERED 
ENTIANo 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA DGYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
Cot. monopetala. Capri -valvis, x-locularis: 
longitudinalibus, 
Receptacmts  
Specific Charalter and Synonyms. 
GENTIANA ciliata  corollis quadrifidis marglne ciliatls. 
$p. Pl. 834- Pollich. Pal. n. 6o. Gruel. Sibir. 
4. P- 805' n. 73- 8cop. Cam. 8. p. 876. 
287. acq. luflr. t. 83. Martyn Mill. DiS. 
n. 44- Allioni Ped. 555- 
GENTIANA corollis quadrifidis, lciniis ferratis medio 
incifo-ciliatis, foliis lanceolatis linearibufque, 
caule flexuofo angulato. Froelich. Gent. p. xo 9. 
GENTIANA n. 43- Id/illd. Spec. . 358. 
corollis quadrifidis incilhris ciliatis. Pallas 
Rofs : . p. 8o. t. 9 . f. . a. b. 
GENTIANA tlore quadrifido, ore ciliato. Hall. Helv. . 658. 
GENT IANA anguftifolia autumnalis minor, floribus ad latera 
pilolis. Bauh. Pin. a88. 
GENTIANELLA carulea oris pilofis. Bauh. Pi. 808. Gefn. 
GENTIANA autumnalis, folio centaurii minoris, riore 
ruleo. ttort. œyfl. Autum. or& . t. 3' f' " 
It appears uncertain ,,vhether the European, the Ame- 
rican, and the Ariatic fpecies are the fame; our plant is the 
Siberian variety, and correfponds with the figure and defcrip- 
tion given by Pant^s, except that the ftalk in his is quite 
ereEt. That figured in Flora Danica t. 887, a native of Ice- 
lanck 
land, feems to be a diftina fpecies with quinquifid corollas and 
five ftamens. 
In JcQvx's figure of the European variety, the fegtnentf 
of the calyx are more equal,' blunt, and/hort; and Sco,oLt 
defcribes four neariferous glands at the bale of the germ, 
'hich we could not difcover in our plant; the American 
variety has broader leaves and larger flowers. 
In this the leaves are fuhconnate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 
keeled underneath, the edges rolled hack; Pe'duncles long, 
angular, and hollow i Ca)yx four-cornered, alternate feg- 
ments lor'ger, more acuramate, flarper keeled; Tube of 
the corolla veined in ftripes, longer than the calyx: limb 
four-cleft: fegments t,ifted, oblong, obtufe, deeply fringed at 
the fides. Stamens 4 filaments flat, concave, diftin& but by 
..approximation forming a tube round the germ, intErted into 
the bafe 'of the corolla: Anthers yellow, incumbent. Germ 
raifed on a pedicel, fquarifl, twift'ed, unilocu!ar: feeds very 
ß many. Style hardly any; ftigmas orbicul. ate, fo as to give the 
appearance of the fiower's being monogynous; but when more 
carefully..examined is found to be bipa.rtite. Said by 
to be bi½.nn'!al, but is really-perennial.; for ahhdt/gh the 
ifiowering Plant appears always to peri/h 'yet it throws'up a 
fucceffi90 of young ones, at a confidetable diltance from the 
parent, ciofe to the edge' of the pot; hence it feems to be 
one 0f .thofe plants which are continually flfifting their place 
of growth, as if the fame earth could not for a ficceffion of 
ye.ars fupply them neceffary nourifiment. Flowers in Autumn. 
Raifed from Siberian feeds by Mr. Lorntcs, Nurferv- 
man at Hackney. Is hardy, anal requires a treatment fimilr 
to other alpine plants. 
LONICERA 
[ ] 
IMPLEXA. MNORCA HONEY- 
SUCK,... 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
PlaNTAN IIIA MONOaYNIAo 
Generic Charalter. 
Cot. monopetala irregularis. Bacca polyfperma o. 4ocularis 
infera. 
Specific Charalter and Synonyms. 
LONICERA implexa; floribus ringentibus verticillatis, brac- 
teis kevibus, foliis perennantibus glabris ob- 
longis: fuperioribus connato-perfoliatis: fum- 
mis dilatatis. Hort. Kew. . p. u3. H/illd. $p. 
xPl. . p. 984. 
The Minorca Honey-Suckle belongs to the divifion of Pri- 
clymenum, and approaches very near to Lonicera Caprifolium, 
differing irincipally in having froall evergreen leaves, which 
on the lower part of the plant are narrower with ftraight fides; 
branches intricately interwoven; whorls containing fewer 
flowers; tube of the corolla ftraighter and fegments of the limb 
thorter in proportion. The flowers are pale coloured, ftreaked 
with red, white within. when firft expanded, but changing to 
yellow as in the common Woodbine. 
lf lefs flewy than rome other fpecies, it certainly yields to 
none in fragrance, and bloffoms abundantly from Midfummer 
to Michaelmas. 
Is hardy, but thrives belt in ,a {heltered fituation. At the 
Dowager Lady DE CLxvogDs, from whofe very curious 
colle&ion of exotics, at Paddington, our drawing was taken 
in July x8o, it flourifled with great vigour in the open air, 
in front of the confervatory. 
May be propagated by cuttings, as other Honey-Suckles are. 
Introduced, according to Hort. Kew. about the year 
by Monf. R-c,v. Never before figured. 
MLANirmUM EUCOMOrEs. 
MELANTI-IIUM. 
DWARF 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
Generic CharaSTer. 
CaL o. Cor. unguiculato-hexapetala feu 6-partita unguibus in 
ubum concretis. Getmina 3 jun6'ta fupera ttylis. acumfnata. 
Stigmata obfoleta. Capridge uniloculares introrfum conjuna 
iftorfumque dehifcentes, ftylis perfiftentibus roftrata. $emina 
plurima rotunda. G. 
Os. Radix 3ulbus tunka)us. Folia $3, perraro plura, di_fllcha, caullna, 
plana, rninu, fiepe fiflulofa, infra vaginantia. 8capus de brev.imo et fire 
hullo fpeciatlm bipedali$ vel ultra evadit ; rachis vd pedunc'di .angulati. 
Flores nudi fplcati, aut paniculato-racemofi, nunc etiam umbellati. Filamenta 
unguibus vel lumtoo tubo inJiflentla. Capfule coriaceo-membranace,* noddoff, 
rarius fubinjqatm. tnne MINTUM viride revera hujus generi$ ? 
Specie, .4merican,e et Ind[ce certe depellende, VtRXRO forJgn adjiciend 
aut in alterum five in plura colligan&e genera. WugMzlz. omnino congener 
buc relata. G. 
8peritic Chara7er and Synonyms. 
MELANTHIUM eucomddes; unguibus laciniarum coro!lze 
compreffo-tipitiformibus, laminis ovato 
acuminatis infi'a membranaceo-auOis in- 
trorfum ventricofe conniventibus, longitu- 
dine unguium. G. 
MELANTHIUM eucomoides. eacq. ic. rat. 9.. t. 452. Coil. 
juppl. o 4. 1/14'lld. $p. PL . 269. 
Bulb tunicated, ovate, acuminate, integument dark brown. 
Caudex rometimes wholly under ground, and nearly ob- 
folete, at other times $4 inches above it, covered by the 
imbricate cowled ½quitant bales of the leaves/ hich are 
4--6 or even more, alternate, difich, oblong-lia. nceolate, re- 
curved, fmooth and fomewhat fhining with a middle longitu- 
dinal fhrrow,. the upper ones ovate-laneolate, theathlng the 
:t--8 flowered umbel by the finus formed of their cowled 
bafes; peduncles hid by the leaves, one-flowered, about an 
inch long, equal, thick, triquetral, attenuated downwards. 
Corolla terminal, romewhat herbaceous, petals campanulately 
radiating from the crown of the peduncles; ungues thick, 
flelhy, compreffedly columnar; lamina ubmembranous, freak- 
ed, incurveal at their fummits, and fubgibbous outwards, 
rolling inwards they embrace the bales of the filaments which 
are brown, tumid, ond ftand on the upper extrer9ity of the 
ungues, incurved, round, the length of lamine and ityles; 
anthers linear-oblong, purplilh brown above the points of' 
the petals; pollen yellow. Styles patent upwards. Stigmas 
froall brown points. Seeds about the fize of thofe of mu{tard. 
_An inhabitant of the Cape, to be treated a.s a greenhoufe- 
plant. Flowers in February. 
Our drawing was taken a.t the garden of Mr. Woono- 
Vauxhall, a never-failing fource'of rare and new plants, G, 
[642] 
MAssONiA PUSTULATA. SHAGKEEN-LEAVED 
MA$$ONIA. 
Clafs and Order. 
II xAq I)  .a 1Io oc¾q iA. 
Generic Chara7er.--Vid. 2V . 559- 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
MASSONIA puflulata acaulis, foliis orbiculatis acutis diflite 
fulcato-ftriatis: tuberculis pyramidaris fine ordinc 
denils exafperatis, thyrfo umbellato-congeR% 
collo denudato-elevato. G. 
MASSONIA puflulata. acq. Coll. 4- t77- apud Iconesomiffa, 
MASSONIA J?abra. MSS. Bankf. Spec. caten  $t . v. con- 
J?rvatum. Bot. Ret. tab. 46. 
Leaves round with a point, fiat, recumbent, thick, leathery, 
afa deep lhining green ftreaked with feveral difiant furrow- 
like longitudinal lines converging at each end, upper furface 
thickl fet with froall conic tubercles in the manner of thagreen, 
Y . 
but not befet wth hairs, as in thofe of MASSONIA echinata. 
The braces elliptic-lanceolate, large, foliaceous, hemming in the 
flowers like the calyx of a fyrigenefious plant, equal to the 
top of the tube. Pedicles about half the length of the floweri 
Corolla of a watery green; tube cylindric, twice longer tha 
the fegment, equal to the iramens that fland on its neck, whic 
is thickened, of a deeper green than any other part of the 
flower and, by the rolling back of the fegments of its outer 
coat below the bales of the filaments, has the appearance 
of being prominent: fegments ovate-acuminate, convolute, 
concave, with a tranverfe plait at their bafe.. Filaments 
firm, cyathiformly arranged, as it were mediately inferred, 
whiti/h; /tyle about their length, fix-ftreaked. Stigma nearly 
obfol.ete, but, examined through a glafs, hiant and fringed. 
The 
The tube of the corolla iõ fill.edvitli a clear neEtareous liquid, 
ß ahich riffrig above the brim adi:t to'the fingular appearance of 
lbwers in 'Jahuary, wlthdut fcent; f' as dafy culture a 
Ixia, Gladiolus, or any other'Cape btflb. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meff. Got, wLL-s 
King's-Road. ..C., 
LAcHFNALIA LANCE.YEFOLIA. SPOTTED 
COrPERAS-LEAVED LACHENALIA. 
CI,s ny Order. 
HEXANDP. IA {ONOGYNIA. 
Gnutic Charaer.''d. N ' 588. 
Specific Charac7er and Synoyms. 
LACHENALIA lanceefolia; foliis lanceolato-acuminatig in 
orbem recumbentibus maculatis, pedunculi' 
corolla campanulata triplo longioribus, la- 
ciniis recurws: alterhis revolutis depref- 
fioribus, germine ftipitato. G. 
LACHENALIA lanceefolia. acq. ic. far. . tab. 4or-. Cola 
fuppl. 69. 144'lld. $p. Pl. .. x 7 8. 
Leaves many, lying in a crowded circle round the fiem, 
copperas-coloured, fpotted, romewhat convolute upwards, and 
cowled at the bale. 'Stem round, attenuated downwards, 
veak, generally rectimbently afturgent, rachis interruptedly 
many-angled, owing to the decurrent bra6'tes, of which many 
are barren and fit clofe to the fide or under the fertile ones,- 
all fmall and fubulate. Flowers with defiex filiform pedicels, 
three times longer than the corolla, fparfely, but often crowd- 
edly, difpofed in an oblong raceme. Corolla regular, deeply 
fix-parted, virefcent upwards, -ithin thickfet with liver- 
coloured confluent dots, fegments with their apices glandSflatly 
thickened and infie6'tedly-retufe, linear-oblong, equal, inner 
ones recurved to the bafe, outer ones revolute and thence 
Pnorter; when impregnation has taken place there all unroll 
and converging prote& the germ xvhile it ripens into a capfule. 
Stamens upright, adnate to the claws of the fegments, fhorter 
ß than ftyle and corolla. Style inclined, {lightly curved, rather 
]horter than corolla. Germ elevated within the corolla on a 
ftipitate 
flipitate receptacle. A native of the Cape. Bulb and feed 
we had not an opportunity of ohf'erving, but their deliafiction 
will be found in 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. 
woon and WYcs, Kenfington, who imported the bulb from 
Paris with many other new and rare plants. 
We have feen a fpecimen having only three flowers and ve'ry 
narrow leaves. 
Flowers in Oober. 
' Jl 
Ef44] 
LOELL CO,OOVOA. 
LOV.LA. 
BUCK'S-HORN 
ClaJ and Order. 
PtNTANDIttA MONOa¾ItA. It/illd. Smith.. Thun$. 
Generic CharaCter. 
Cal. 5-fidus. C0r. x-petala, irregularis. Capri infera - œcu 
3-1ocularis. 
Specific haraFler and Synonyms. 
LOBELIA coronopilia; foliis lanceolatis dentatis, pedunculis 
1ongiffimis. Sp. P1. 2322. lt/illd. Sp. 2. 952. Hort. 
Kew. 3- 286. 
LOBELIA foliis oblongis dentato-pinnatifidis, cauleque erefro 
hirtis, pedunculis elongatis. Thunb. prod. 4o. 
RAPUNTIUM folio Iongo profunde dentaro, florurn petalis 
1ongiffimis. Burro. lfr. 98. t. 38. f... 2. 
RAPUNTIUM ethiopicum; flore ceruleo galeato, foliis co- 
ronopi. Herin. dfr.  8. Breyn. Cent. t. 88. 
This is a fhewy plant from the fize of its flowers, which in 
brilliancy perhaps furpals thole of every other fpecies of Lo- 
bella, the delicacy of the blue colour is inimitable. It varies 
with folitary flowers and with two on each pedunde. A 
native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence it was in- 
troduced into the Kew Gardens by Mr. FIANClS MAsso% in 
787 . Requires the fheher of a greenhoufe in winter. 
Flowers in .July and AuguR. 
Our drawing was taken at Mr, Woouvou)'s, Vauxhall. 
½UR TI$' $ 
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The molt Ornamental FORE,ON PZATS, cultivated in the 
Open Ground, the Green-Houœe, and the Stove, are 
accurately reprefented in their natural Colours. 
TO 'VHICH ARE ADDED, 
Their Names, Clafs, Orde?, Generic and Specific Chara&ers, according 
to the celebrated LNN_mUS; their Places of Growth, 
and Times of Flowering: 
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v OL. XVIII. 
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CORN-FLAG. 
PALE-PuRPLE 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TtANX)tt A MONOCYXA- 
Generic Charac7er.--Vid. N o" 538 & 562' 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS blandus.l/id'fuP ra N' 6v'5' 
() I, urpureo-albefcens. 
This is the ftrongeft and largeft variety of the three, and 
the fegments romewhat {horter and arranged in a wider or 
broader campanulate form than in the others. 
Our drawing was taken at the' Nurfery of Meffrs. GaxM- 
voo and Wyr.s by whom it was raifed from feed. G. 
.46 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRXAN ltX.a MONOC¾A. 
Generic Chara7er.--Fid. infra N u' 655. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
MARlCA paludofa; foliis petiolato-plicatis utrinque lamellato- 
coltaris caule terete plurimum altioribus; corolla: 
laciniis intimis eregtioribus minimis cochleari- 
concavis apice recurvulis. G. 
MARICA paludofa. l/Filld. Sp. PL . 6. Mart. Mill. DiF1. 
MARICA Cipura. Gmel. S«fl. Nat. 8. 
CIPURA paludofa. _dubl. Guian. . p. 88. t. 
Root a round tunicated bulb covered with membranous in- 
teguments. Leaves radical, about a foot high, narrow-lan- 
ceolate, laxly plicate, three-nerved or thereabouts, with lon- 
gitudinal parallel lamellofe ribs, .thin, grafs-green, quite fmootb, 
far-acuminate, upright, fpringing from even petiole-like con- 
volute fubmembranous bales, equitant near the bulb. Stem 
round, thort, Rri, terminated by the fiower-fafcicle, which 
riles from the boœom of a two-valved involucre, the outer 
valve of which is timilar to the leaves and though œmaller yet far 
longer-than the faœcicle and even with the œummits of the other 
leaves, inner valve œeveral times leœs, convolute. Pedicles of 
the faœcicle equal to their valves, one-flowered; flowers fevera !, 
expanding in fucceffion, and but of very thort duration; a 
deœcription of them will be found in the generic charakter and 
obœervation intended to accompany two other-fpecies in the 
next faœciculus. A native of Guiana, where it was found by 
uur.x in moirt meadows (Savannahs) at the foot of Mount 
Courou, flowering in Augurt; he fays it varies with blue 
flowers. Our drawing was made at Mr. WoolvOe. l'S, who 
received it from the Botanic Garden of the Ifland ,of St. 
Vincent's; with him it flowered laR year in Jufie, mort pro- 
bably for th: firPc time in Europe. It requires to be kept in 
the tan-pit ff the Pcove. 
Why has ScxP changed Aur.x's original name of 
Cxeuta for Mxc ' G. 
 647 'l 
GLADIOLUS UNDULATUS (Va?'. .) 
FLOWEaED COaN-FLAG. 
WAVED-, 
Cl, and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Chara7er.Yid. N ø" 538 8: 56z. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms.. 
GLADIOLUS undulatus.mFid. fupra &'' 538. 
() Corolla luteo-fqualens viais livido-purpurafcentibus per. 
curfa; tubo nunc fpatha aliquantulo breviore, nunc equali, 
nonnunquam altiori. G. 
This is a far lefs elegant variety than (/3) N ø 538 of this 
'work, 'has generally narrower larger flowers, and may be 
confidered by many as deferving to be ranked as a feparate 
fpecies; but from the obfervation of long cultivation and the 
variations of the fame bulb in different years, we think it is 
a mere variety. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. G 
voo) and WYxcss, Kenfington. G. 
I- 6,8 ] 
OL.rnot, us BL,rus (van t.) 
S[ow-WHITg 
Claj5 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNX 
Generic Charaer.-?Fi& N o" 538 & 56. 
Specific Charat7er an Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS blandus.--Yid. fupra IN '' 6 5. 
() Niveus laccato-emarcefcens. 
A mere variety of the fpecies above referred to. Generally 
a lower plant than the other two, 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. GRx 
ffoo) and WVV. ES Kenfington, G. 
PROTEA CORDIFOLIA. I-IEART-LEAVED 
PROTEA. 
Cla and order. 
TETRANDRA MONOGYIA. 
Generic Charadr. 
Cot. 4-petala (petalis fubinde vario modo cohrentibus). 
dntherm infert petalis infra apicem. 8era. x, fupemm 
udu. 
pecc Character an 8yno,ms.. 
PROTEA cerdata ; foliis cordaris. hunb. D 
f . illd. 8p. PL t. 535- Murr. 
Gmelin. 32fi. Nat. 5. ot. Rep t. 89. 
This beautiful dwarf fpecies of Protea flowered the beginning 
'of lafl March at Mr. WoonFortn's,'Vauxhall, as we fuppofed, 
for the firft time in Europe; but, fince our engraving was pre- 
pared for publication, we learn from a figure in the Botanical 
Repofitory, that a timilar plant has alfo flowered this feafon 
at Meffrs. LEE and KENNEDY.'S Nurfery at Hammerfmith. 
Stalks always of a bright red colore; not branched except 
very near the root, flexuofe, from a fpan to a foot long. 
Leaves alternate, heart-flaped, of a pale glaucous green colour, 
quite entire, with a red cartilaginous margin. Stipule three 
or four, linear-lanceolate, deciduous. Flower fertile, very near 
the' root: fcales of the calyx or involucrum imbricate, oblong. 
ovate, obtufe, of a purplifh red colour, very bright in the fun- 
fifine, with a fcariofe margin. Florets crowded on a flat re- 
ceptacle: claws of the petal chaffy, diaphanous, three of them 
united and one diftin6t. The three concave fegments of the 
limb of the coalefced petals enclofe three of the linear anthers 
in fuch a manner as exaalv to reprefent a large bilocular 
anther; fo that to a fuperficidl obferver the floret would appear 
to he diandrous, having one large and one flender anther, the 
latter [landing confiderably above the former from the greater 
length of the folitary petal. The germ is fu. rrounded by a dull- 
purple coloured pappus. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, firft difcovered by 
THUNnErtG in the mountains of Hottentot's Holland and near 
the river Zonder-End. Should be' kept in a very airy part of 
the gre4nhoufe and planted in a loamy tbil. May be propagated 
by cuttings. 
ILl 
RHODODENDRON PONTICOM. 
RHODODENDRON. 
PURPLE 
Clafs and Ordcr. 
D .cA RX'A IiON OO' I" 
Generic Charafler. 
CaL 5-partitus. Cor. infundibuliformis. Stamina declinata. 
Capf. 5-1ocularis. 
Specific Chara7er and Synonyms. 
RHODODENDRON ponlicum; foEis nitidis lanceolau 
utrinque glabris, racemis tenninalibu 
8pec. PL 56.. 5facq. Ico. rat. t. t. 78. 
Pall. Re/[. x. p. 43- t. 9' HorI. 
. p. 67. Martit Mill. Di% 
RHODODENDRON ponticum; foliis oblongis glabris ut,-in- 
que concoloribus, corymbis -'qnin 
libus, corollis campanulato-r,,tatis pe- 
talis lanceolatis. [P?ll,i. _/]rb. 
Ejufdem Sp. PL . p. 606. 
CHAMAZRHODENDROS pontica maxmib folio lauro- 
cerafi. riourn. Cot. 4.. It. P; 99' 
This beautiful ever-green flrub is a native of Gibraltar, the 
Levant, and of Georgia, particularly on the fouthern fide of 
Mount Caucafus, growing in the rocky moiR woods of beech 
and alder, and fometimes acquiring the height of' eight or nine 
feet. As P^n^s had no opportunity of procuring a living 
fpecimen in bloffom from Caucafus, his figure was taken fi'om 
'the Gibraltar variety, familiar as he fays to the Englifl gardens; 
and he doubts if this be the fame {ecies with that defcribed by 
TOURNEFORT; becaufe he lays it wants the ti0ots on the 
broader fegment of the-.flower. Whether we were really at 
firft fupplied x'ith this plant from Gibraltar, and the one here 
figured, now become fo extremely common, has been fince 
raifed from feeds imported from Aria, we know not: but our 
llant certainly agrees in every refpe with the defcription of 
TOUl:FoT, and differs from that of PALL.S, not only in 
having the broadeft lacinia of the corolla fpotted with orange 
colour, but alfo in having all the lacinia-obtufe, ¾hich are 
both figured and defcribed by him as acute. 
TotltWeOlT fuppofed that the narcotic deleterious honey 
familiar to the inhabitants of Georgia and known to the an- 
cients, being particularly mefftioned both by Doscotnes 
and P4¾, owed its origin to the flowers of the Ronone- 
o ponticum; but later travellers have, with more proba- 
bility, attributed this quality to the honey gathered from the 
flowers of Az^e potica, fee No. 4'43 of this work. 
A middl'ing-fized Rhododendron, which had been fonewhat 
forced flanding in a very light airy bow-window faing thu 
1North, produced a large drop of very pellucid neEtar at the 
bale of the broadeft fegment of each corolla: as the flower 
decayed, this drop moftly cryftallized, a number ofthefe cryfals 
was colleEted, five of which wighed a grain; they were very 
tranfparent, refembling in. appearance and tare the purer 
white fugar-candy: the fftme has been obferved in fome degree, 
but not nearly to the fame extent,- on fome other trees fimilarly 
fituated. 
Is a hardy evergreen, but apt to be injured by late frofts  
loves a moif foil and flady fituation; bears forcing remarkably 
well, and in this Rate great numbers have of late years been 
brought to the London markets, to ornament our houfes in 
the Spring. Introduced about the year 763. May be pro- 
pagated by layers, which is the moft expeditious mode of 
having large trees, but can be eafily raifed from feed, and fuch 
plants are much the handfomeft, and' will flower in three or 
four years, 
PASSlFLORA SERRATIFOLIAo NOTCH-LEAVED 
PSSON-FLowER. 
Cla and Order. 
GYNANDRIA PENTANDRIA. 
MONADELPHIA PENTADRIA. SW. ITilM. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Trigyna. Cal. 5-phyllus. tetala 5' Neftarium corona, 
Bacca pedicellata. 
Specific Charaler. 
PASSIFLORA Jrratilia; foliis indivifis ovatis ferratis. 
8yfl. ?eget. 82. Spec..P/. 355. Hort. Kew. 
8- P. 806. tm,en. lcad. . p. g 7' f. . 
Mart. Mill. Die7. a. . acq. Hort. t.  o. 
PASSIFLORA foliis ovatis venofis fubferrulatis, petiolis bi- 
glandulofis, involucro triphyllo. 14/illd. Spec. 
_P1. 8. P. 6o6. 
PASSIFLORA foEis ovato-oblongis ferrulatis, corolla caly- 
cem fuperante. Car. Diff. o. p. 452. t. 279. 
GRANADILLA americana, folio oblongo lcvitcr fcrrato, 
petalis ex viridi rubefcentibus. Mart. Gont. 
36. t. 36. 
The P.SSIFLORafirrat]lia is a native of Surinam, and 
confcqulently requires to bc kept conlantly in the bark lovc, 
where it flourJibes vigoroufly and produces plenty of flowers 
through the greateli part of the Summer, which arc both 
plcaœant to the eye and very agreeably fccntcd. 
Was firf railed in the Apothecaries Garden at Chclfca, in 
the year 73, from feeds fcnt by HOVSTON. 
ß Our drawing was made at Mr. WoovoR's, Vauxhall. 
','C.R0.,QU.S' SUSIANUS. CLOTH OF 'GOLD 
CROCUS. 
Clafi and Order. 
TgI'Aq 13RI A MONOOYNIA. 
Generic Charaer. 
paha -valvis, z-flora, hyalino-membranacea, alva intima 
eranguior, acuminata, altera contenta; Cot. fupera, termi- 
n,is,. infundibuliformis, ereaa; tubus elongatus partim fub- 
{erraneus; limbus fubaqualiter fexpartitus, regularis, ampins. 
Stiffre. , convoluta fentim cfiato,dilataa vel fumm0tim erofa 
aut multifida. G.  
,rut a expaunt prinum ,ox an;dum, exfugunt 
Crdl, cini, oblng* vel fublanceolat,, tubus a fpatha vaglnatm. Fdia 
plva, radicala, clrcumfltla, anga, acut-linearla, cadnata, a vagmt$' 
pludbus 'membranacds radicalibm mbricatis longe f;ata. 8capi fubge- 
Specc Charaer and Synonyms.. 
CROCUS..furlanus pauciorus, bulbo groffe retiUlato maculis 
irregularibus apertis '; laciniis extimis corolla fura 
perfienter revolutis; igmatibus antheris femi- 
fuperantibus.' G. 
CROCUS remus latifolius flavo-vario flore. Cluff Hifl. 
CROCUS remus aureus vaegatus. Horl. e)fl. byere. lab. 
CROCUS vernus flore aureo-rutilante. heatr. Flor. Paris. 
ROCUS vernus latifolius flavo-varius. Rudb. Efi 1  1. fi iv. 
CROCUS vetflus aureo-rutilante. Vallet yard. du Roi. 
CROCUS luteus lineis nigris. Sert. floril. fol. 5' fi 3' 
CROCUS remus latifolius flavo-varius. auh. Pin. I. . 
p. 66. 
CROCUS vernus luteus verficolor primus. Park. Parad. p. 
ic et Cocus vernus (nobls mz[iacus) fupra 45, a Coco verno 
(fl0re violacco) recedun! r.primi$ rg tubi nudo, nee ut in illo pilis glauls 
We believ.:' our prefent plant to be as fpecifically dittina 
from the one already figured N ø 4 of this work under the 
"- - name 
name of CRocus vernus,. as any one fpecies of this natural 
order is from its neareli neighbour or relative. This has its 
bull..clcgl:l with :oarfe viry-fibrous' netted coverings, sihe 
outelm6ff'one of which has large irregular-limped intrfl'ices, 
the coverings of that are fmooth fcariofe lhel14ike membranes, 
clofely ribbed with fine parallel fibres without the' above- 
mentioned kind ofinterftices. This is a'.'fmaller plant in all 
its parts, producing about two flowers from each mother-bulb, 
whereas that throws up.:many in fucceffion; this expands its 
flowers in all weathers, the three outer fegments of which up- 
vards are rolled back and continue fo even when the flower is 
elofed in the evening, never returning to a Rraight-: pofition 
in 'that the flowers expand only in clear or-warm weafiaer,,and 
white, in ,igour all the fogmerits open uniformly (none being 
,evolute). and clofe in the fame manner towards evening; in 
is the' :igmas are narrower cowled-convolute;,o[ .a deep 
orange colour, and reach lialf their length above the..anthers 
in that they are conx/otme and flatly comp,r. effed, yellow.-,aith 
their rummits romewhat below the tops oœ the a0thers:;. '.tlis is 
the earlier blower, and feems more eafily affeEted by' froR 
'hile in bloom. Mr. S^sua¾ of the Botanic Garden, 
Brompton, where our drawing was taken, informs us, that he 
xqever obferved this fpecies to feed with him, though molt others 
elo freely. This fpecies (fo charafleriffically figred in.,.m.ny of 
the older books, particatarl, in the blortus. JE)fleIettffO 
received by Crusus at Frankfort, about the year 587, from 
Conftantinople, as was the Caocus vernus of this w9$k .(our 
m%iacus) from near Belgrade; both may be.eafily diftinguilhed 
from the purple-flowered Caocus vernus (which we fuppofe 
{o be a native of our parts of Europe and'is the later flowerer 
of the. three) by not having the mouth of' their tube .clofed by 
a ring of glandu_lar entangled hairs; to this laR the.fpecific 
name of venus may be comihued. 
The obfervations ofJaequ   and E.Rt aR:r, from vhich we 
aere led to look for and afcertain the exiftence of the fecond 
valve in the fpathe of this genus and corre& an error fanEtioned 
by the names of L.us and Jussxu, were kindly pointed 
o.nt to us by Mr. C. KiSi4 , a gentleman from whom the 
public may /hortly expeEt mukh ufefifi information in a pe- 
ri.odical work, the firR number of which is now in the profs, 
and' which is to confiR of tranflations of traEts as yet little 
known amongPt us, from all languages, with notes and obfer- 
vations. Jacques, when he fays that the valves are three 
and rometimes four, feems to us to have .miRaken the /heath 
hat envelopes the fiems for the valve.. G. 
ORNITHOGALUM RE.VOLUTUM. REVOLUTE* 
ClaJ' and Order. 
:I-I E. XA.bl D R I & MO:IqOGY.N-X A. 
Generic Charager. 
Cot. 6-parti-ta, bari aminifera, in[ra connivons fupra .patens 
aut fimpliciter rotato-patens, perfens. .Filam. 8, alterna 
,deerf:m di!atata. Stigma ,. Cap 8-1ocularis. 8em. fubro- 
,tunda, nuda. 
Spe-c(c-Charae.r and Synonyms. 
ORNITHOGALUM revoletum; racetoo oblongiufculo, la- 
ellis ovalibus tandem revoluto-co,- 
vexis, flylo fubulato germine duplo 
be4o. re, igmate lhbtrilobo-capitato, 
.1obulis fimbriatis fubdecrfivis canali- 
culato dehifcemibus. G. 
ORNITHOGALUM revohtum. ]acq. Hort. $choenb. . 6. 
t. 8 9. 'lld. Sp. PL . x  8. 
Oss. Spalh in nro fpd,n&e virentr,, in yaqu;niano fphacrlato- 
fcentes, ari& ; raviario in planti 3ul capeb, bit cuMs fmpff- 
Jime occurtens. G. 
Root a tunicated bulb. Leaves all radical, 3--6 inches 
long, patently-recurved round the fiere, linear-lanceolate, 
thicklih, fubcoriaceous, without prominent nerves (when viewed 
through a magnifier both furfaces appear roughened like 
tiaagreen by innumerable clofe glandular points) rather flat 
upwards, channelled downwards, edged with a very flender 
white cartilage minutely ciliate. Scape about eight inches high, 
upright, round, polifhed, terminated by' a romewhat conic- 
oblong raceme 'of white flowers with a round da-rkifh Rain at 
their hal%, quite fcentlefs; braes acuminately lanceolat% 
convolute, rome of the lower ones the length of the pedicles, 
upper ones gradually lhorter, green or fcariofe and brownlib. 
Corolla rotate, fegments before they decay revolute as to their 
whole Circumference, hence linear convex outer ones rome- 
what 
vlat obovate and often emarginate or fiightly tridentate, inner 
ones oval, more acute, entire. Filaments three times ihorter 
than corolla, into the bafe of which they are inferted, fubulate, 
tlpright-incurved, convolutely channelled downwards, mem- 
branoufly winged towards their bafes which are adpreffed to 
the germ, the three alternate ones oppofite the inner fegments 
have thefe flatly expanded and fometimes lengthened upwards 
into two connivent teeth, but not fo remarkably fo as in moil: 
other fpecies, thole of the three others are convolute and hence 
much narrower in appearance. Anthers verfatile, fplitting at 
both ends, fixed inwards tc the points of the filaments and 
burring towards the piftil which is equal to the Ramens 
germ oblong-oval, bluntly trigonal, black-green, Rreaked by 
fix parallel lines continued along the Ryle; Rigma conrifting 
of three froall yellowifh dehifcent-fringed creffiets. 
We had never feen it in any colle&ion until we obferved it 
laft Spring at Meffrs. Gtxawoox) and WYxcEs's, and another 
variety at Mr. S^LXSBU'RY'S Botanic Garden this Spring, both 
imported from the Cape. 
Flowers in March, and requires the treatment of the hardier 
Cape bulbs, that is, to be kept in the greenhoufe and planted 
in light earth. 
ORblITHOGALIJM aureum (J7pra 9 o) is OR. Iq'ITHOGALIJ1V[ 
"thyrides () of Hort. Kew. OR4XTHOgALUX flavefcens of 
Jacquin, and OTHOa^LU thyrides ()and OTO- 
 ^ LUU aureum ( and y) of Willdenow.Oa4 
thyrides (3) of Hort. Kew. is the thyrides ofJacquin, Hort. 
Vind. and of Miller's plates, t, 9o. Certainly a diin 
ß œpecies. G. 
MARICA 
MARICA. 
Clafs and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.' 
Generic Charaler. 
Involuerum .-valve; $patha i-valves, x-flora, inclufa. Con 
hexapetaloideo-fexpartita, lacinie intime minores. Fil. dif- 
creta, tlyli angulis oppofita, antheris breviora, difco glandulofo 
corolla: infiftentia. $tigm. 8, reaiffima, turbinato-divergenti, 
(fepius in compagem alato-triquetram & 8 canaliculatam cujus 
angulis anthera: affiguntur altius breviufve coalira), fummatim 
hiantia vel breviter fiffa & fubbilabiata, ttylo 1ongiora. Capf. 
columnariter elongata, tereti-trigona, polfperma, apice latius 
denudata. G. MARICA. $chreb. CxPvt. tubl. & yuff. 
Ous. PlanIra her}aceve perennanles ;n paludi}us  ad marglnes fluminum 
.mericve .4uJtraliorls prenientes. Radix vel }ul}us tunlcatus vel de rhl- 
. zote }ro-a ' Fdla in }ulbo ts etlolata, plicata, in fibres en rmia, 
. . . 
lana. 8patbin congim  alternat,m adve, ,,cem condupllcanter 
anlex, a} involucro in faiculum comprm coarat. Flores plure$ 
fuccwe prodeunte,. Corolla inviluto-marc(cens, decidua, feplus fugacma 
&ini iatlt polymerphi, re mper perexffuioms extimque admodum 
dmiles. 8tamlna agulis flyll t4uetri exaae 'oppta, anther lineari- 
blong in plurlmls primo hber mox fwndationem abfoentes 
compagls fllgmat& humore v jam madentis per fuos loculos intus coMutli- 
cantibus equitanter prehendunt ii[que appiw manent ; un& area f imntto' 
filammta,-qu, fi }uncce admoio: acu f3lvas nem, fuccldunt dete,fa. Capf 
canilagieo-corlacea, traffam deh?ens. 8era. in 
fubfpherlcea, fplus fubangulata. -Tioexxa (fupra 
fereganda, Maexc proxlmior a qua Oommode quidera, 3fan 
nimis artifici) iflinguenda filamento cuniculato tereti antheris prolonglore, 
Jylque flign;ailbu3 nzffs )lurles longlore; cwteri compa?_ 
facebus innrangularibus [ilabiath fllgmatum accumbentta ab utrffquecernunt 
lmi & Moeam. -Huc IRis martinicenfis (fupra 
$sxxc,= palmifolimLhmM. G. 
$ecific 
?pecific Ch arac7ev anll Synonyms. 
:MARICA norbiana ' vlviparl¾ fubbarbata, foliis etifor/n/rbus 
flabellatim diftichis, caule alato-enfiformi toro ab 
involucri extima valva folioformi concreto-vaginato, 
laciniis extimis fubdeflexis. G. 
FERRARIA eleœans. Sali/b. Prod. Hort. 42. 
MORAGA nvrthiano- Kern. Hort. Setup. t.. Bo: Rep. t. 55' 
Root fibrous; caudex fhort, generally hid by the laterally 
far imbricate equitant 'bafes ,of_the -leave, -wiich are v.-- 3 {et 
high, linear-lanceolate, flat, polifhed, with a lateral excifion 
on their inner fide for half their length, fliffened from below 
by a flattifh but broad and 'thick midri-b gradually obliterated 
upwards; .ftem longer than there, often falcate, fheathed its 
av'hole length by the 'lower braeqe, vhich refemb{es'the 'leaves 
but is narrower, wih this it is entirely grown together; from 
neat its fummit iffues 'laterally the common pealuncle or rachis, 
efra.&ed in the oppofite direCCtiOn and fheathed by the oppofite 
-13ra&e whiC. h is many ti-mes final'let' than the lower one; flower- 
½afcicles '--3, fometimes twin, terminal one the fargett and 
raott flowered; one or more of there inftead of flowering is 
genecally transformed into a perfeCCt plant prefcntly {hooting 
out its fibres through the-{heathing brae're, its -involucre and 
fpathes becoming fo manyleaves, it grows and increales thus pen- 
tile till its weight bends:the mother-ftem near enouõh to the earth 
f..or it to take root t-herin. Flowers-in April and May, but its 
:bloom fcarcety tas through the forenoon; very frugrant 
Exterior fegments o[ Corolla large, lanceolate-elli.ptic, interior 
fubu-rceolately afturgent, obovate-oblong, -far œma!.ler, broad, 
concave, 'pube.fcent ungues, recur-v, ed lamiiam with rev. olute 
.margins. P:iftil rather longer than ftamens; fti-gmas fhortly 
=trifid, two leg. merits upright, acuminate, the third rolling back 
forms a kind of lip on the angles and not in the fpace between 
lthe angles, as i.r} Iuxs and Moua:,x. A native of the Brazils, 
where it was gthered on the ifland of Raza, near the mouth of 
Rio .Janei. ro, by Sir joszvI B,xlS; introduced here via 
.Li.ltmn, by the late Mrs. Nouv-, in honour of whom the. 
.gardeners have du-bbed it with its prefent barbarous nick-name. 
Requires to be kept in the ftove, where it flowers freely, does 
not feed, but produces abundance of offsets or fuckers. Our 
drawing was taken at Mcffrs. Gwoo and Wr,-s's Nur.- 
fery, Kenfington. G. 
/[ARICA PLIC. ATA. SMALL-FLOWERED 
MARCA. 
Clafi and Order. 
TxADA Moocx,xA. 
Generic CharacTer.--':Fid.' N ,. 654. 
Specific Charagler and' Synonyms. 
MAR!CA pIicata; laciniis obovatis pariter patentibus, caule 
fulra reclinato paniculato, pedunculis fecundo- 
afihrgentibus, antheris liberis, ftigmatibus fubfol- 
liculofis ufque frylure difcretis G. 
ß MOR/EA plicata. Swartz Fl. Ind. occ.' 82. H/illd. Sp. Pl. 
'48. Mart. Mill. Dig. 
MORJEA palmilia. yacq. ic. rat.. .. 
Nec Thunb. Diff. 
SISYRINCHIUM latifolium. Swartz prod. 7. Gruel. Syfl. 
Nat. x x 8. Hort. Kew. 3' P' 804 ß 
$ISYRINCHIUM palmifolium. Cav. Diff. 6. 848. t. x9' fi 
Gmel. Syfl. Nat. x  8. Nec Linn. Mant. SyR. Veg. 
aut Willd. Sp. PI. 
SISYRINCHIUM americanurn. Magn. H. R. Mohfp. x85. 
IXIA amertcana. /tublet Gujan. x. $. 
FERRARIA parviflora. ' SaliJb. Prod. Hort. 43. 
BERMUDIANA palme folio, tadice bulbofa. riourn. Intl. 388. 
Plum. Im. 35. t. 46. f. .. 
Root a tunicated bulb clothed-with dark purplilh membra- 
nousinteguments and protruding thick, flefiy, fubfufiform, 
perpendicular radicles.. Radical leaves 5, x2 feet high, 
fiifi] upright, deep green, laxly plicate, traverfed by 
longitudinal nerves, which are equidiftant, oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, fpringing from petioled, fubconvolute bales, mem- 
branoufly dilated towards the bulb and equitant; ftem centri- 
cal about their length or fomething higher, ftri, round, naked 
to near the top where it is bent horizontal and becomes a leafy 
ene-ranked, afturgent panicle, conrifting of a terminal flower- 
fafcicle, and about two common peduncles which are rometimes 
double or twin, but always ,a'ith the fiower-fafcicles fmaller 
than 
than the terminal one, ,they iffue from two leafy braChes or 
fpathes, the outermoR of which is timilar to the leaves but 
tar finallet yet longer. than peduncles, immr ne minute,* ovate, 
rigid, :rmcealed within the'cofivolute 'petfoled bale of the 
outermoR. Flower-fafciles 8--8 flowered, expanding their 
ß bloflbms in' fucceflion, each of which is fupported by t pedicle 
that raifes it el, ear of t'ha val.es  there are thernately oppofed, 
clofely conduplicate., one to each pedicle, outermolt one of 
the involucre generally fplit half way d0w,n ind as well as that 
oppofed to it green, ilmer ones hitifh, diaphanous, and very 
thin, the whole form an acutely ovate compreftd head or 
fafcicle, reftitag upon .the end of the pedunele, which is fome- 
vhat enlarged. Corolla upright, fcentlefs, rotate, about three 
quarters' of an inch in ttlameter, legmerits obovate, obtufe, 
inner ones narroweR, all diftinfi't down to the glandtlar. di 
ihat covers the germ, tllrough which. the ftyle paffes and on 
which the frame/ns ftand, there are upright, romewhat patent, 
twice lhorter than coroll% anthers deep yellow, oblong-linear, 
longer than the filaments: and rather' taller than the igma's 
ftyle triquetrtl, twice ihorter than the ttigmas, which are quite 
ftraight, turbinately divergenb and if 1ofely examined will be 
found to be tubular or a kind of tbllicles vemric0fely enlarged 
towards their middle. ending in fmall hiant, '/baggy mouth; 
germ trigonal, attenuated downwards with a flattiih uncovered 
fummit. Corolla .decays .by rolling inwards and form frills:Off; 
expands with us abo.ut funlet in March and April, and lafls 
abom three or four hours. In Jamaica, where Sw.xz found 
it on the wefiern afpets of mountainous laR:ures, it flow-ers 
the year round about four in the afternoon. 
Gathered by M,ssotq at S. Chriftoph.ers, by AJl.r in. 
C.ayenne; and according to C.,v, s    s s by 'others in St, Do., 
raingo. Requires the treatment of a tende'fo.ve plant. Dr. 
Dt¾^t, who has feen the fpecimen of 
.ptnifofiara in the Herbarium of Lxtqus, is con,'inced-'f 
that being a different fpecies from the prefent, and xmfirms 
Wi  s tq. ow's obfervation. 
Cuitivate_,.by Mxsa in 789- 
Our drawing was taken at Merles. G.-w-o:, and Wss's 
genfing_to, ,aim received it from. Jamaica. G. 
I 
Clafi and Order. 
Generic CharaYer. 
CaL -phyllus, integer, plicatus, fcaaiofus, vet. 5..Sero. I. 
fuperum. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
STATICE fpeciofa; fcapo dichtomo ancipiti, foliis ovatis 
mucronatis, floribus aggregatis. $yfi. Keg. Spec. 
PL 395' Hort. Kew. . p. 884. 
$TATICE fcapo ramofo tereti, ramis ancipitibus alatis, flo- 
ribus imbricatis, foliis obovato-cufpidatis mucro-- 
natis, margine carfilagineis. ldlld. 8p. P1. x. 
p. 527 . 
LIMONI-UM foliis lanceolatis mucronatis radicalibus, caule 
ancipiti dichoto'mo, ftipulis fimplicibus. Hort. Upf. 
7' Gruel. $il;eric. 3. P. . t. 9 t. f. x. 
LIMONIUM elatius plantaginis foliis procumbentibus in 
aculeum terminatis, floribus albis in capitula con- 
geftis. tmm. Ruth. n. 9' 
Leaves all radical, fpread on the ground, obovate, termi- 
nated with a ftiffifh mucro, veined and purple-coloured under- 
neath. Scape or ftalk not round asdefcribed by 
from a dried fpecimen, but triangular with one of the angle's 
rounded off, which makes it nearly half-round: the upper 
part and alternate but not dichotomous branches are aIIb 
three-cornered, with the angles winged and much crifped, 
fo that neith'er teres nor anceps are appropriate terms. BracCtes 
fcariofe, ovate-acuminate, flem-embracing, one at each divi- 
fion; and timilar ones, but green with a membranous margin, 
imbricate 
l111lll'11 fll' 
imbricate along the under fide of the fpike. Flowers aggre- 
gate in broad terminal {cund fpikes. Calyx perilRent, crowned 
with r afilve white funnel-lhaped.border. Corolla 5-petaled, 
purple, verydeciduous, fo that in dried fpecimens the calyx 
only remains, which has given occafion to the flowers being 
tlefcribed as white. 
According to GM..t% this plant is common throughout 
Siberia. The dried leaves being ufed as a fubftitute for tea, 
it has obtained in fome parts a name, fignifying in Englith 
Stone flea. 
A hardy perennial, very fit for adoming rock-work, eafily 
propagated by feeds, which it produces freely. Introduced 
into the Kew Garden in ?76, by Chevalier MuRRt¾o 
Our fpecimen was kindly communicated by Mr. Lop D:GZS 
of Hackney, who raifed it from feeds received from $iria. 
. .. F,!owers about Midfummer, 
i 
AMARYLLIS RETICULATA. NETTED-VEINEI 
AMARYLLIS. 
HEXANDRIA IONOGYNI A 
Generlc Charac?er. 
½oi'. hexapetaloidea irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi infertas 
declinata, inzequalia proportione vel diret2tione, 
Specific Charatier and Synonyms, 
AMARYLLIS reticulata; fubmultiflc(ra, corollis ntttantibus 
ß bari tubulofis limbo reticulatis foliis oblongis, 
L'Herit. fert. angl. 
AMARYLLIS reticulata; fpatha fubbiflora, corollis bari tu- 
bulofis nutantibus, fauce tubi glabra, fca.po 
compreffo, 'foliis oblongis bari attenuaus. 
Hort. Kew.øL p. 47- l/1/illd. $p. PL z. 54. 
J5ot. Rep. tab. x 79' Mart. Mill, DA'L 
This is to be diRinguified by the .petals being tranfverfely 
veined, and by the fmoothnefs of the throat. Flowers in April; 
a native of the Brafils; and was introduced in 777 by EDw. 
WHITAKER Gv, AY, M.D. Mart. Mill. Di. We have feen 
it with four flowers. We take this opportunity of corre&ing 
a miftake of the late Mr. Cvis, in laying that 
gave the name of equeflris to the At¾xs publifhed above 
(No. 805) "from fome fancied refemblance to a horfe's head ;" 
the fa& is, this name was given from the remarkable likenels 
the front view of it has to a ftar of rome of the orders of knight- 
hood; an appearance well expreffed by Jacv x's figure in the 
ttortus 8choenbrunnenfis. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs. Gau- 
woox and Wxrzs with whom it flowers freely in the Rove. 
658 ] 
Cla and Order. 
Cot. hirfuta. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Stigma g-fidum. Capfula x-locularis. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
MENYANTHE$ indica; foliis cordatis fubcrenatis, petiolis 
floriferis, corollis interne pilofis. Spec. 
o 7. lffilld. t. 8x. Fl. Zeylan. 4 . 
Swartz obf 58. 
MENYANTHES foliis cordaris undulato-crenatis, petiolis 
floriferis. hunb. Prod. 34. 
NYMPHAA minoris affinis indica, fix)re albo pilofo. Sloan. 
Cat. t2. Hifl. . 252. Raii. Hifl. 3' P' fis t' 
NYMPHAA ceramica. Rumph. arab. fl. p. x73, t. 7a.f. 3' 
NEDEL-AMBEL. Rheed. MaL xx. p. 55' t. 0.8. 
. The fynonyms above quoted may perhaps belong to different 
fpecies. Our plant is much fmaller than the one defcribed 
and figured in the Hortus Malabaricus, has five flamens with 
purpliih anthers, and the internal fringe of the corolla is yellow, 
not white as defcribed by Rx,, and alfo by 
Ruuv, and Sir Wx.u Joss in the Ariatic Refearches. 
Ruuv's figure has flowers and leaves the fize-of ours. 
Our drawing was taken at Mr. Woo,owx/s, V. auxhall, in 
ß July where it has flowered in the cilern in the Rove for 
rome years paR. 
CAMPANULA' 
E 6s9 
SIBIRICA. SIBERIAN 
FLOWER. 
BELL- 
ClaJ3 and Order, 
PENTANDRIA MONO¾N t.. 
Generic Charalter. 
Cor. campanulhta, fundo claufo valvis faminiferis. "Stigma 
3-fidurn. Capf. 3:1ocularis, fullera- 
Specific Charafter and Syuon.,yms. 
CAMPANULA fibirica; capfulis 3Aocularibus obteais, caule 
paniculato. Spec, PL .36. -lP'illd. Sp. œL x. 
9' ' ]acq. 7l. Aufl. , p. 60. t. .eo. Hort, 
Iew. x. p. g23. Martyn Mill. DiS. a 4 o. 
CAMPANULA caplhiis trilocularibus calicis ciliati finubus 
reflexis teais, foliis crifpis, ramis multifloris. 
Gruel Sib. 3' I;.  54. t. 9' 
The Siberian Campannla appears to be ave W common 
plant both in. Siberia and the mountainous parts of Autria. 
Is to be confidered as a hardy biennial, for although it may 
continue for two or three years without flowering, the plant 
always perilhes after ripening its feeds. 
Propagated by feeds. Flowers in Jine, July, and AugulL 
¾aries in the breadth and crifpature o[ the leaves and in the 
fize of the corolla, as alfo, according to Gxv..t, with white 
and very pale blue flowers. 
Our, plant was raifed from Siberian feeds by Mr. LoDDxnos 
of Hackney, but according to .Hort. Kew. was firt introduced 
by Dr. WILLI- tl.M PITC.'klRIq in 783, who had a very fine 
botanical garden at Iflington. 
,'.4 
[ 660 ] 
LYsmAcm, QUAXOA. Fou- 
F,ow.Rv.r) LoosEiS:rRiF., 
½--.,,--.--.-,--:$-- 
Claj3 and Order, 
PENTANDRIA MON OGYN !'A, 
Generir Charagler, 
Cor. rotata, Capf. globofa, mucronata, :to-valvis. 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
LYSIMACHIA quadriflora; foliis oppofitis feflilibus linearibus 
1ongiffimis, pedunculjs quaternis ter.minaljbus 
unifloris. 
This hitherto undefcribed fpeciqs of Lyfima_chia was railed 
from North-American feeds, by Mr,. SA4suar, of the .Bo- 
tanic-Garden at Brompton. 
Stalks four-angled, much branched. Leaves oppofite, linffar, 
quite entire, fmooth, feffile, longer than the branches. Branches 
axillary to the leaves, timilar, terminated with four leaves 
crofiid, ferving the office of bra&es; from the axils of each 
of thefe there rife, a flower-ftalk bearing a folitary flower, 
nodding. Calyx five-leaved, fmooth. Corolla one-p..etaled, 
cupped, divided into five ovate acuminate fomewhat fawed 
fegments. 
A hardy perennial, requiring !ao particular treatment. 
Evv-T. in F8CXCVLO POSTttlgMO. 
NO. 646, 1. 33, pro St. Fincent's, lege St. Finent. 
647, l. xo  ahiori, lege ahiore., 
649, 1. ,  c.ordilia lege cordata. 
65% I. a4, pofpri. flinum, adde comma 
x 9,  eretta, adde comma. 
4, pro antheris, legc antherao 
',X 
-x'Xfq iX 
O :epetaloidea irregularis.. Fitamnta atii'tubi 
8lia' inqualia p?uportione vei dire&ioe. ""' 
Oric Chattier and 
M,RYLIS longolia t fubreo-'muhiflora, foliis glaucis, 
.'exfimii apo longioribus, floribus pedicellati: 
-b'o-obtufe [rigoho curvulo limbo fubrifigeme 
,et $urinatim cmanulato fubduplo. 1ongior' - 
fligmae' depteffo-capitetlato. G. 
AMARYLLIS 1ong'olia, O' PL 4x. Ro. Lugdb. 
:' 7' S3fl' Mill. Di. n, 7' S)fl. Fag. Murr. 
8o, L'Herit. aert. ngl. 
9' yacq. ic. far. . 86. N' 4-' 5 
Mart. Mi& DiN. 'lld. 
.clufo ubique Ehret pi&. 
RINUM 1ongolium, ,1ounb. prod. 59' 
IhlUM-.aDanm: ..humi}e 1ongimis foliis p0'i'yanthos 
:{urao=o]o ururfcens. Herin. Parad. 
t. x95. 
Root a tunicated bulb. Leaves radical, fparfe (not bifarious) 
outer ones recurveal-recumbent, glaucous, broad-fubulate_, 
convolute at their bales-; outermolt ones broadeft, longell, laxly 
reclined at the upper part; innermoll uprights channelled their 
whole length, very narrow; .'if an outer one is held up to the 
light, the tranfverfe fepta of the .longitudinal, parallel, linear 
chambers afford the appearance of iti being reticulately veined. 
Scape ftri&, roundifh, folid, lateral or outfide the leaves and 
produce4. after there are completely grown out, varying from 
fix 
tl lfl111l'll1:11 III1' I 
II 
fix inches to two feet in heiõht; pedicles longer than the 
germ. Involucre bivalwed; :umbel. t--o.o flowered, upright, 
each flower feparated by a narrow, membranous fpathe, the 
innerm01t of' Whii:h are vr-minute and rometimes abortive. 
Corolla about fix inches or more in l.ength; ungues grown to- 
gether into a bluntly trigonal, peduncle-like tube, fomewha 
curved, twice longer than the limb, each face traverfed longi- 
tudinally by a ribbed furrow. Limb fubringent, outer feg- 
ments linear-oblong, inner oval-oblong; upper one romewhat 
recurved, lower one declined, all {hbconcave and obtufe; the 
three omer fegments have the ufual membranous hook at their 
ends on the infide, by which they are hitched together till 
the flower is ripe for expanfion. Germ trigonal-oval, ob- 
long. Organs nearly equal, declind-affurgent, romething 
thorter 'than the limb; {tamens decurrently adnate to the tube; 
anthers incumbent, verfatile, when they h:tv._e:.ifcharged their 
pollen, crefcent-{haped. Tube ne&ariferous,. flowers fragrant, 
varying in fize, and in being more or lefs purple, generally 
before they decay becowing altooft white, from which pe- 
riod we reckon the pr.portionate length of the tube and 
pedicle, as there continue  increafe till then. It refembles 
AMaR:CLLZS zeylanica and ornata (the latter of which is 
figured' in the BotaniR's Repofitory, under the name of 
CtuMgiganteum) but differs from both at firIt fight in 
having feflile germs. Cultivated by MXLLZR; introduced into 
Kew Gardens by Mr. M.ssos about a773- 
Our drawing was taken from a plant in the collec"tion of 
Mr. Woo]von], at Vauxhali, where it. flowered in April:; it 
reguires to be kept on the flue of the Rove in a largi/h pot and 
light earth, - -. 
Propagates by the bulb; Mr. Wcv.s, Nurferyman, at 
Kenfington, informs us, that with him it has produced perle8 
feed-veffels, which as well as the feed refemble thole of 
A=.tYL'LS vittata, and .from which he has railed many 
plants. 
The fize of- our plate would not admit of more 'than two 
flowers of the umbel being {hewn.' G. ' -' 
No, 654. p. e, I. o. erafe lteral. 
I. S3' for the auglet, read tera, . 
I[ 
'HYP. OXlS STL LAT'A (C). ' ':'' 
 ELLOW-FLOWERE:D 
STAR'HYPoXISi 
and Order. 
HB AN DRI.A' MONOOYN IA-' 
Generic Charaer. 
Perian.th. o. Got. hexapetala, regularis, rotata, perfiftefi s, 
lacin. iis. lanceolatis. b.'lam. brevia; anthere majufdula, fagOt- 
tats, ere&e. Stylus craftus, brevis. Sligmata 3, re&a, exms 
1ongitudinaliter fulcato-dehifcentia; vel columnariter jun&a, 
vel fedentia et turbinato-patentia. Germ. inferurn, vertical, 
trigonum. Capf evalvis ? em. fubglobofa, unrialia g 
pluto G. 
Ienuatum indue pedunculum continuo-fudens. G. 
Gluma e-valv;s, quam Linnus HyvoxIDi triuit tn CA. Ess. 
Syft. Vega' nil n braeh tulata ; et mala omnbo habuit fpecimba dum 
flores HYPoxIDIS ere&m fcribit 7es ul lnge ?edunculatL Dryand. 
MSS. 
Specific Charac%r and Synonyns. 
HYPOXISfiellata rhizomate hemifpherico bulbo fibrole 
vefl:ito coronato, foliis lato-fubulatis, canalicu- 
latis, caule unipedunculato uni'floro, bra&ea 
foliacea 'tota convoluto~vaginante, ffigmatibus 
in'columellam faginato-jun&i..s.. G. 
HYPOxIS fiellata. i,inn. Suppl. :97' S)fi. 1/'eg. Murr. 
yacq. ic. far. . t. 3fi8. Coil. 4.  3. hunb. 
prod. rio. Bot. Rep. tab o. e36. ejufque Recenf, 
Gruel S)fi. 't. Si8. lilld. ,5. PL . p. o9 ' 
exclu'fis e fynonymis Cornu:i, Rudbeck, Morilbn, 
et Miller. 
FABRICIA fiellata. -hu'nb. in Fa3. It. 2Vorv. p. 7' 
AMARYLLIS capefis. Sp. PI: 4o. Am. Ac. 6. tfr.  . 
I S)fl. 1/'cg. Murr. 3'9- Grad. $. Nat. 538- 
Corol:a lutea, macula atro-fulca; organis luteis. 
Corolla alba, macul at'ro-cvar, ea; organis atro-violaceis. 
Bulb 
Bulb dotbed by feveral concentric wiry-fibrous tunic 
ß fitting on a rootliock that is convex and very fmooth beneath, 
above whic-h ßand from-its bale the .fibres- are 4'adiatety 
truded. Leaves radical., feveral, .recurved-'ecumbent roland 
the Item, broad_fubulate,'.channelled,,carlnate, triquetral, edged 
with a minutely fcabrous reverfel fubaculeat cartilage, fcarcely 
lerceptible but to the tdueh; 'tem upright (f0/hetimes twin 
-ith a one-flowered long peduncle, both together refembling a 
one-jointed culm, the latte'r obtufely trigonal upwards, far 
flaeathed by a leaf-like, convolute, upright brae. Petals 
narrov-lanceolate, alternate ones narroweft and more in- 
clined to a linear form. Stigmas trhall. owly feparating above, 
.joined-in a fagittated lhaft with three linear, alecurrent, 
channlled-dehifcent angles, equal to the anthe-rs, a fiyle is 
ß to the filaments, which are fubulate, thick, and very lhort. 
Flowers large, beautiful, expanding only when the fun lhines; 
!aft feveral days; quite fcentlefs; when clo'fed have the 0.ppear- 
.ance of a perianth. Should be kept in a'fmall pot of light 
earth in the .greenhoufe;..when the plat .tlec'ays the bulb 
thould be kept dry, parted and replanted early in Aut-umn 
Found at the Cape by. Tauszt. Sent to the Kew 
Garden by Mr. M^ssot4 m x778. 
' Our drawing was taken at Meffrs. Cozv e's Nurfer' in 
the King's-Road, Chelfea, where it flowered in May. 
Few living fpecies being a s yet introduced into our gardens, 
and th0fe not feeding, we doubt if the above effential cha- 
raer will prove. fufficlently deterromar ; but at all events 
the' one ufually prefixed to this genus is too materially incor- 
refit to be retained, 
Generic CharafTer.. 
Cor. '6-partita bari.. ffaminifera, omnino -patens., : decidtia. 
Filam. omnia filiformia. Slig!n,a.,,, Gen imium aJ)Sne Or{,; 
$CILL& itlic; .foliis linaribus obtufe camlkulatis, raceme' 
conferto conico, braaeis geminis linearibus-pedice!!oa 
-patentes fubquantibus' -laciniis" rotati-s laneo[atis 
ß intus convexulis. G. ' 
SCILLA itatica. Mant. 364. ,,p.'-Pl. 4. Hortl Ct;: 
Roy. Lugdb. 3. WilL Di. 3' :' RetzO 'i'-'5; 
llion. Fl. Ped. x896. tlort. Kew. . 443- illd. 
Pl. z. x26. 
PHALANGIUM radice bulboh; foliis latimis obtufis 
fpica multiflora; flipulis iongitudine petloll. Hall, 
Helv. t  t . exclufis tynonymis. 
HYACINTHUS fiellatus cineracei coloris. Cluff H. 8. 
HYACINTHUS fleilaris italicus. Hort. Eyfi. Fern. 
HYACINTHUS Rellaris ticatus cinereus. auh. Pin. 46. 
Mor H. 4' t. x. x6. Park. Parad. x3.  6. 
Root bulbous. Leaves radical, feveral, recumbently di- 
verging round the ffem, linear, bluntly channelled above, 
acutely carinate beneath, fubacute, 4--5 inches long, equal 
in length; fcape nearly twice their length, round, terminated 
by a timple, lhortifh, fparfe, thyrtform, many-flowered raceme; 
pedicles filiform, divaricately fpreading, gradually lhorter, 
lower about an inch long, theathed by double, oppofite, 
linear, acute, membranous, coloured brat'res, about their own. 
length. 
t I111111111,l Ii1,1,11,11 
length. Corolla rotately'patent, fiegments lanceolate-ovate, 
romewhat unguiculate, equal, {tellately divergent s firm, {lightly 
convex, margins reyolutely depreffed. Filaments whi.t%.nearly 
twice {horter than' corolla, linear-aeuminatC, flat;' fix&d on 
the claw-like bales of the fegments, ere&-patent; anthers 
linear, fagittate,. flightly'.fixed i.nwards to the ,points of the 
filaments, dark blue; piftil equ.al to the {tamens; germ de- 
preffed-orbiculate, uneven, fix-torofely fulcate,' blue: ftyle 
triquetra!ly fubulate; ffigma romewhat fringed, depreffed, 
nearly timpie or very fiightly trifid, purplifh. blue. Flowers 
fragrant, fmelling like Lilac, pale blue o' greY; 'expanding in 
March. 
Though cultivated in P^xssso's time, feems to have 
become a fcarce plant; we have never {:en it in any of our 
colle&ions till we tbund it the other day ' in" that f"'Mr. 
ß Vooox's, where our drawing wns taken. ' 'Hardy, but is 
feen in the greateft perle&ion when kept il a pot with other 
alpine plants. ' 
Found by H^L,R on the. Helvetic.Alps, .and by ALLIONZ 
in the County of Nice, growing' in por rocky, flady fpots. 
Its.habitat, is;left unfettled by P,i<'sos.. an.d the authors .of 
Hort. Kew. ß ,: . 
Tk; Bra&e' ie.:cl-'ofely adpreffed the Pedicles, an being 
of nearly the hme length, breadth, and t:olour w. ith them, they 
have efcaped. the notice of the older draughtfmen, and ar 
not len in their figures.. G. ß ' 
I 
,R I'I',IL L. R I A PYREN.ICA 
FRITILLARY. 
PYRENEoN 
and Orden 
Generic Chara7er, 
r; 6-peta!a, campanulata, fupra ungues carirate neCqarifera. 
Siam. '1oagitudine corolle. 
$peci, fic Chara7er atd ynonyms 
FRITILLARIA p. yren. aica; foliis fparfis complanaris fibco. 
naces glaucis' infimis' latiori'.'s linari_' 
oblongis obtufifiis, corolla coriaceo-incraffata, 
campanulata fiperne recurva -patula, 
tarii fibrotundis., G. nec- 
(") -trlora  1%liis raris diffite fed fubalternatim fparfis: infimis 
binis fuboppofito-,approximatis. G.: 
FRITILLARIA pyrenzea, Cluf.'app:;d Hifi. cclvL vii. 
FRITILL,ARIA flore rainore. Bauh. Pin. 64. 
FRITILLARIA nigra; 'Lob. adv. par3 alt. 496. 
'FRITiLLARIA pyrena five appeninea. Iark tarad2 43. 
() multiflora; foliis crebrioribus fparfis: 4 ifanis fib- 
verticillatis racemi, floribus diftantibus fpicatis vel approxi_ 
matis et fibumbellatis. G. 
FRITILLARIA pyrenaica. Sp. Pl. 436, S.3fl. kegeta3. Mutt. 
395. Hort. Upf. 8. kl4/ld. Sp. P1. a. 9. 
(quo male citatur Htrt: Cliff. 8,.) ' 
FRITILLARIA nigra floribus adfendentibus. Mill. Dic. 3. 
FRITILLARiA e foliorum alis fl0rens (3). $vro/fna atro- 
purpurea. Hort. Chff.  9' 
FRITILLAR IA hifi)anica umbe!lifera. Park. Parad. 43.f.  . 
$wert. t%ril. 7. f' a. Bauh. Pin. 6. 
FRITILLARIA. 8. Raii Hfl.  48. 
Leaves of ' ' r ' 
tl - (,z) about feven, thicklib. g!aucus, 
Parle, din ...... leathery. 
alternate or approaching in œubop. 
pofite 
pakrite pairs; two lower oiles abkVat flour inches long, linear- 
oblong, œomewhat vertical,-blunt, upper ones acumiuate, gr: 
duay.ch nizrow .tem bfdt  fot high, rmd, 
noddine upwards. Flo("r ne, nearly twice finallet than thoi 
of melegris, emitting a d{feeable rank fcent if fmel clofe 
to; corolla thicklY, leathery, not corrugately chequered, 
fibcyliudric-campttO;  6eted'"pa?d; thrumits of the 
petals glandularly thickened, external ones acutely cuneate, 
nearly twice the narroweiL"i'finer ones obovately cuneate, all 
fiffufed with a glaxcous blo , q 
ß late;-on the infide of a thining grenilh yellow, eith clear, 
irregular purple chequerig' towards the 'middle  the fix nec- 
tarife-rous. pitlct at. the bottom of the petal iearly rout,. dar 
gffi; '6rgans' nearly eqkial, pale, twfce .qrtcr than 
anth .s nemly equ ....... c.-. ..... her 
longer than Ryle; germ a.out the engt o uq -. . ß 
Accordinc to CZustg, a native Of'the Pyrenees. Flowers 
  , ß ' , h,t ism kent ter& the 
i 'thl o-" alpine plants,as e are..infrmed by-Meffrs. 
G'guwo.n: ad, xs, of Kefi.figton 'here'øm' drawing 
"X4  h;:e 'fedS' What' .we take. to be a, hybrid of this and 
reel  .ris, itb a largg.'.gow.e, Ime'clindricai, lefs veeurved,.' 
, . ;ca 'hablv by th utcn :araeneS- 
nate and oppo}te; qC-e'v%.  , ' ' ",- - ; 'i,n 
() whfch' e hav.e u leen, auve, .eems ny u w, .... 
nmnbcr of leas 'and ao½rs, hence' neen&t '.&parate 
the buth& a hrgdr 't :hofe.o[ meleagr?a,-: (c 
Clafi and Order. 
DIADELPH A DECAIqDRIAo 
Generic CharaCter. 
al. pun&is calloffs adfperfus, longitudine Leguminis x-fpermi. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
PSORA. LEA 'corylifolia; foliis fimplicibus ovatis f_ubdentatis, 
fpicis ovatis, $yfl. ?egetab. 68fi. $p. PL xo?5. 
Hort. Kew. 3. 8x. ' JYurm. Ind. . l ?g. t. 49ø 
f 2. Martyn Mill. n. 20. 1/ahL. oymb. 65. 
DORYCNIUM foliis fimplicibus ovatis. oy. œugdb. 889. 
Mill. Di. edit. C n. 2. 
LOTO affinis corylifolio. Dodart. in I7. Paris. 4. 10. 289. t. 
289. lVluk. llm. 227' t. 96. f. 5' 
Trifolium unifolium, leguminibus racemoffs, nudis, mono- 
fpermis, foEis fimplicibus cordato-fubrotundis, repandis. 
Frj. Der. p. x4o. 
The PSO'RALEA corylifolia, a native of Coromandel, is an 
annual of eafy cultivation, but, not poffeffing any fragrance or 
particular beauty to recommend it, is 'very rarely feen in our 
gardens, though known to M,LLtt in 752. The plant from 
which our drawing was ,nade was raifed from feeds received 
from Dr. Roxuu by Mr. Los, at Hackney. 
-Requires to be treated as a tender annual; flowers in July 
and Augur, and ripens its feeds readily. 
In habit it differs much from the re of the genus, ap- 
proaching nearer to Trifolium; indeed, fo closely is it allied to 
the Blue Melilot, as hardly to allow of their reparation without 
doing violence to nature, 
Luxuriant fpecimens have been obferved with ternate leaves: 
PLUKENET'S figure has re!tile leaves and flowers, a circum- 
flance not worthy of notice in a reprefentation that is altogether 
fo miferable; but that of Doxagr, which is excellent for the 
time, h .s'likewife feffileleaves; and this leads to a fufpicion 
that two fpecies may hi. been confounded. 
665 
$TAC¾S Cocc.A. 
] 
SCARLET STACHYSo 
Clafs and Order. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Charac7er. 
Coroll, e lablure fuperius fornicatum; labium inferius lateribus 
reflexurn: lacinia intermedia majore emarginata; Stamina 
&riorata verlhs latera refiexa. 
Specific Charac7er and Syno9,ms. 
$TACHYS coccinea; verticillis fexfloris, foliis ovatis cordaris 
crenatis, petiolis dilatatis. 14/illd. $p. œ1. 3. P. 97. 
$TACHYS verticillis fexfloris, foliis oblongo-ovatis bari cor- 
datis. acq. Hort. Schoenb. 3' P.  8. t, v. 84. 
Dsc. Rooi perennial. Zeaves Oblong-cord&e, romewhat 
rugore, hairy on both fides. Footfialks channelled, dilated to- 
wa,ds the leaf. Stalk fquare; angles obtufe, flevated. Flowers 
fix in a whorl, large, of a bright fcarlet colour, peduncled. 
tb'ates like the leaves, feffile, two under each whorl. œeduncles 
ere, half the length of the calyx. Calyx hairy, bell-fhaped, 
five-toothed, regular, pungent. ff;ube of corolla thrice as 
lon.g as calyx, nearly ttraight: . border bilabiate: upper lip 
enure, a little concave: lower lip trifid, the middle fegment 
emarginate, fide ones bent back. ]'laments equal, erecOt, not 
leaning to one fide. Germ four-cleft on a raifed flefly recep- 
tacle;-ftyle fhorter than the filaments: ltigma bifid. 
This very.ornamental plant, though generally preferved in a 
greenhoufe, is perhaps hardy enough to bear the col'd of our 
climate. 
Is a-native of Chili in South-America; firIt railed in this 
COUntry, in the garden of J^u;s VRE, Efq. in Kenfington_ 
Road, in the year t 8o0. 
Flowers from June to September. May be propagated 'by 
feeds, cuttiug. or parting its roots in the Autumu. Re- 
quire no Fart, cular treatment. 
Ot.r drawing was taken at the Botanic Garden, Brompton. 
[ ] 
' A'DOMI_ iJLiRULENTAo 
L.AVEn A'N:brO:Mna 
"-r 'i, ,,, ';, (t ", ,,, ;, 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
DECAN I)RXA MONOGYNZA, 
OVAL- 
Generic Charac7er. 
Cal. 5-partitus, Cor. ovata; ore 5-fido. Capf. 5-1ocularis. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
ANDROMEDA 
ANDROMEDA 
ANDROMEDA 
ANDROMEDA 
pulverulenta; pedunculi aggregatis ramels 
axillaribufque, corollis globofo-campanulatis, 
foliis ovalibus crenulatis fubtus pulverulentis. 
pulverulenta. Bartram's Travels (American 
Edition) p. 4,76. 144'lld. $p. PLv. o.. p2 6o. 
canelia. var. . Ventenat Hort. Cels. 60. 
ovata; pedunculis aggregatis, corollis cam- 
panulatis foliis alternis ovatis ferrato~crenatis 
obtufiufculis. $olander MSS. 
A very handrome bufhy flarub. Leaves alternate, oval, 
flightly r;otched, the under-furface of a bluifh white refem- 
bling the bloom of plums, and, like that, rubbing off when 
'roughly touched. Flowers in bunches, nodding, white, much 
like the)re of the Lily of the Valley, fweet-fcented. Filaments 
lhort, each growing from a globular gland furrounding the 
germ: anthers brown, four-awned. Style timpie, ere&, per- 
liftent, exceeding the gamens. Caprule' five-cornered, five- 
celled. 
For this valuable acquifition to our gardens we are indebted 
,o the indefatigable Mr. FRAS .R, of Sloane-Square, who found 
.t in North-Carolina, where however it had been obferved long 
aftore by Mr. JoHN BARTRAM. 
It is apable of withf[anding the cold of our winters in the 
opel air, but the beautiful foliage is better preferred by the 
lhelter 
elter of a greenhouœe, nor indee have we as yet feen it 
produce its flowers in perle&ion without rome artificial heat 
though there is reafon to believe that older plants may not 
land'in need of fuch aliiRance. 
This ought to ftand next to ANnuoMn, mariana, with 
ß rhich it has a near affinity. Monf. VNa:.a: confiders it' 
as a variety of his caJnefolia; perhaps julfly. 
May be increared by layers or raifed from feeds. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Fr,,r,'s, Sloane.$cluare , in 
June x8o. 
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.GORDONI'A LASlANTHUS. SMOOTH Goa- 
DONIA or LOBLOLLY BAY, 
'ClaJ3 and Order. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA 
Generic Charailer. 
Cal. tj-phyllus. Pet. 5, mediante ftaminum urceoto bari 
coalira. $tylus s-gonus. Stigma 5-fidum. Capfula fupera 5- 
1ocularis. .$emo alata. 
Specific Caratter and Synonyms. 
(1ORDONIA Zafianthus œbliis coriaceis utrinque"labris 
$yfl. keg. 68t. Hort. Kew. .. p. St. Marty 
Miller, n. t. 
GORDONIA. F,11is atI.lngl. t77o. (vol. 60.) p. xS. t. . 
GORDONIA floribus longius pedunculatis, foliis coriaceis 
glabris, capfulis ovatis. L'Herit. $tirp. 
p. 56. 
GORDONIA foliis ovatis planis, pedunculis elongatis, cor'ol- 
lis ovatis, ftylo quinquefido. Swartz. Obf. 
(ORDONIA foliis lanceolatis fubferratis utrinque glabris 
pedunculis axillaribus longis unifloris. 2amarck. 
F, ncycl. .. p. 77 o. 
['IYPERICUM 2afianthus; floribus pentagynis foliis lanceo- 
latis ferratis. Hort. Cliff. 380. Sp. P1. 
I-IYPERICUM foliis lanceolatis rigidis, denticulatis, floribus 
alaribus, pedunculis longiffimis, capfulis lig~ 
nofis. Mill. Di. 
lcea floridaria quinquecapfularis. Pluk. lmalth. t. 
Catelb. Cat. t. p. 44- t. 44- 
The Loblolly Bay is a native of South-Carolifia,' where it 
grows in wet fwamps. MILLER fays, that it is with great dif~ 
ficulty preferred in England, and we believe it has not often 
flowered 
flowered in the fame pe{'e6t{o as .it did laft Summer at Mr. 
Woo)oRx)'s, at Vauxhall, where our dra_.wing was taken. It' 
had been tirnd' dot of ;i'pot the pi'eceding, Spring int½ a 
border of bog:earth. in. the confeva. tory, .which was kept very 
moift. Flowers in Atguft /ntl eptemba/. 
The name of Gordonia was given it in honour of the late 
Mr. J.aEs Goe).ora, a .very.celebrated cultivator of rare 
plants at Mile~En'd, by Mr. ELLs who fettled the genus from 
a'fpecimen which flowered at Btaj.t4 Bswxcr's, Efq. at 
Clapham, in the year 769. 
It cannot be eerily propagat.ed except from feeds imported 
from America.  
In the Hortus  Kewenfis, this tree is placed in the clefs 
Polyandria; and bothProfeff6t: M.r,a,/ and Sw.axz agree, 
that it rather belongs to this clafs than to that ofM9nade. lphia , 
ir which.- W/Ltox.-oW ha, s neverhelefs retainS{} it, and lYe'our 
opi:ion. veey properly, as it is ere' in coe/pa¾)r vf_h 
and Ca a r. .  x a, with which, particularly. ibe roister, 
to have a.natural affinity. According to the conceptions of 
different obfervers, the filaments- may-be faid to be united at 
their bale into a flefhy annular body, or thig }ing may be re- 
garded. as an elevation of the e'eptael to which the: filarfinti 
are attached, or as a ne&a. ry, or a g!afi'd, btl, t as it differs fo 
little in its rubfrance from the filaments ..the0n.elves, except in 
being more fucculent, it may bg fairly c0meilered: t!5;1Te fo:ifittl 
by the coale'fence of the. re. The caly4:i, 
round, coneave leaves, is. covered eetn/fily with a filky 
down, which, extending beyond the edgest gives it a ciliated 
appearance; arid the two oute'rmoft of the 15etals partakif'g 
the fame filkinefs,.- are likewife minutely fringed, efpecially.the 
exterior one of all. 
IRIS 
IRIS 
IRIS 
IRIS 
IRIS 
IRIS 
IRIS LIaRIDA. DINGY FLAG. 
C/a_/;' an Ordbr 
HEx^tqDrt^ MoN 
:Generc'Chara7r.:-:F[d_ ,IXl,*, 53 t, 
lurida (barbata) caule foliis fubduplo altiore, involucris 
herbaceis fupt:a purpurafcentibus inflatiufculis -- floris; 
germine tubo 9.--3plo breviore, laciniis extimis parurn 
longioribus, intimis undulatis. G. 
lurida. Hort. Kew. . 68. Mart. Mill. Di7. 1/14'lld. Sp. 
P!' ' ''9' 
latifolia humilior purpurea. 14Zeinm. Pbyt. Ic. v. 3' n. 
6 t .. Bau& Pin. 3 " Rail Hifi. 9'   8.. 
major latifolia anguftioribus foEis, purpureis tloribus 
minoribus. Bauh. Hifi. 7 t 8. 
major latifolia xix. C7uf. H/fl. . . 
violacea. Get. Herb. emac. 53. f' 6. 
Root fieflay, horizontal; Herb cefpitofe; Leaves twice 
thorter than' fiere, which is from a tbot to a foot and half high, 
fubc6mpreffedly round with about three branches iffuing from 
herbaceous two-valved Braeq. es, which are rometimes longer 
than the branches and give the involucie the appearance of 
being four-valved. In, volucres. herbaceous, rather inflated, 
about fiqual to the tube with a purplifla fphacelate edge, 
terminal one two-flowered with a middle one-valved fpathe, 
the reft generally one-flowered. Tube about equal to the outer 
laminas, of a livid yellowifla green; ungueS turbinately patent 
rather dirtant, convolute, of a livid yellow with purplifl 
blotches; inner ones nearl ' twice the flaorteft and narrowelt - 
y ß 
Uter lamina revolutely defleaed narrowelL and rather 
ngeft; oblong oval, rather convex, dark dingy purple witl. 
whitillx 
'vhitifh ftreaks in the middle of its bafe, inner round-obovate, 
connivent-ereEt, rubundulate, rubpellucid, purplith; cilias deep 
yellow with purple-brown tips; ftigmas ere&-paterrt, linear_ 
oblong, lividly yellow, keel and both lips purplilh; Segments of 
inner lip revolute, acute; outer quite entire and purple. An- 
thers purplilh, fhorter than the white filaments. Germ fub- 
feffile trigonal-oblong, fix-fulcate, and nearly three times 
fhorter than the tube. Flowers early in May: its bloom is 
fweetifh, and not entirely fcentlefs, as defcribed in Hort. Kew. 
ß ,vhere it is fufpeEted to be a variety of lugs famucina; native 
of the fourhem parts of Europe; cultivated by Mx.LR in 
758. 
Our fpecimen had rather a .larger flower, and its lamina= 
xvere rather more undulate than ufual. 
The drawipg was taken at the Nurfery of Meffrs..Ga- 
xvoo and WYas, Kenfington. G. 
' )' {i}J4lm Ili'l{ ',,l{ ]11}1' 
IIII 
[ 670 ] 
IRIs Gr-RAt4IC^. FœAg. 
and Order. 
Taz,q Dt x, MooccxA. 
Generic CharatIer.--l/id. N"*. bbl. 
Specific Charalter and Synonyms. 
IRIS jrermanica (3arbata) involucris femiherbaceis, 
floris, tuburn includentibus; foliis faturate virentibus 
. germinibus tubo fubduplo brevioribus; laciniis fubmqa- 
libus, laminis extimis unguibus duplo 1ongioribus; ftig; 
marlbus elliptic{s, revolutis, ferratis. G. 
II'.IS germanica. Linn. Sp. PL 55' 8yfl. l/egeta& 86: Reic&- 
xo 5. Mat. Med. qt. Hort. Upf.. x 6. Hall. Helv.  58' 
$cop. Cam. n. 5 . Pollich. Pal. n. 8. PS'll. Dauph. 
o. 4. Kroc& $il. ef. n. 6. Blackw. t. 69. Bulliard Herb, 
. t.  . Hort; Kew. x. 8. Hoffm. .fl. germ.  8' Roth. 
.fl. germ. L 7' 1L . H/ill& $p. PI. . '9' (exclufis 
Thunberg et Miller) Desf..fl. AtL x. 
IRIS fam3ucina. Thunb. Diff.  . p. 
IRIS fqualens. Mill. Dic7. n. 9. ed. 8. 
IRIS cagrulea. 14geinm. Phyt. Ic. v. 8. n. o 7. 
IRIS vulgaris germanica f. fylvettris. Bauh Pin. 
IRIS vulgaris. Get. qt6. f. . emac. 5o.f. . 
IIS fylveftris. Matth. 6x. major. Career. epit. . 
IRIS latifolia vulg. cagrulea. Hort. Eyfl. vern. 8. 5' f' 
IRIS latifolia, major vulgaris. Cluff Hifl. . 
IRIS purpurea f. vulgaris. Park. Par. 8. t. x8 
The molt common Purple Flower de Luce. Rail H.  8o. 
. pygmea.. Leyff. fl. Hal. p. 7' n. 34. Hoffm. fl. germ. I. 17' 
!L P.I. 4.. 
Plant cefpitofe; root thick, fie/by, horizontal. Leaves far 
acuminate, nerved, deep-green, purplilh towards the bafe, 
fhorter 
fhorter than the fiere, w,hich s'two feet high or more, wiff- 
--3 branches and four flower-thfci. cles. Involu, c.-es dovnwards 
herbaceous, upwards' membranous or fcariofe, about equal to 
the tube, which is obtufely trigonal and nearly twice florter 
than the ungues, of a dull livid.green wial, purplifl ,fpots; 
ungues as in Is florentina; outer lamine broacl-oblong, much 
longer than thet, more ftraightly deflex and flatter than in 
lgs florentina; inner cnes about the 13:me fize, oblong-obovate. 
Stigmas patently recurved, more elliptic, and with the feg- 
ments of their inner lips lefs diiaergent, more revolute and 
ferrate than in I   s ,florentina; beard and anthers as in that, or 
perhaps the former may be laid to be romething lefs yellow; 
germ fubfeffil3' bluntly trigonal, 'oblong, twice florter than 
the tube. Flowers 6--x, tYagrant, outer laminae purple- 
violet, with large longitudinal. p'.a?le-veins, i.n. ner ones lighter 
and more blue ith faint puiile veins. 
Native of Germany,-Switzerland, Dauphiny, and Italy 
growing in uncu.I([vated fpots and On old .walls; /3. is found 
near Halle, tile ftm 'of this is fcarcelyit.h.:e length of one's 
finger and ab0u. t tile length 0f tile leai, eg,: yet futciently 
&ffin from I'pumila, Dssvox'axs found the fpecies 
in Algiers. -' 
ß Tile commoneft Iis in our gardens, where. it flowers in 
May and June, is perfecqly hardy, and to be propagated by 
tlividing its roots in Autumn; feldom feeds.:' 
' 'Cultivated here by Gx,nœ in 596._j .(;œt;'Us o0ferves 
t.  "in his time it Was much ldfs feque'nlm. et :with ? in the 
aten of Auftri'a 'aid' Hungary. t.h'an I  .(yhbucina, and that 
he procured a fuppl of feeds for them t'on tlfe-LowC, oun_tris, 
A pigment, chiefly ufed by mih[ature'pain 3rs,/:alled rerde!,iq 
Vert d'iris or Iris-green, is i'n.a from ts. fi0wer,. 
are macer?ed and left to putrify: hen c4alk' cr alum s: 
added. 
The root firff afted is flighti...bitter, pre?efily pro. di.cin. 
a moft..nfuffe'rable heat  the'/hroat as do, the flowers 
a Ieffeœ degree. G. 
Is FLORENTINA. FLORENTINE FLAG. 
Clad5 and Order. 
Tb, x.a  Dv.x A MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charat7er.--Fid. N "m' 53t. 
Specific Charat7er and Synodgins. 
IS florentina (barbata) foliis pallide virentibus, glaucls, 
caule brevioribus; involucris fphacelato-membranaceis, 
--i floris,"tubo parurn brevioribus; laminis extimis 
revoluto-deflexis; ftigmatibus oblongis, laciniis ere&q- 
,recurvis. G. 
RIS.,florbntina. Linn. Sp. Pi. 55' Syfi. 88. Reich. x. o 5. 
Mat. Med. 441 oodv. led. Bot. x t . Zorn. Ic. 
86. Blatkw. t.'44. Mill. DA% e. hunb. D 4- 
Lamarck Enqc. 3' gSt. Hort. Kew.:x. 68. lWart. Mill. 
Di. 'lld. 8p. Pl. x. 7' Des3 Flor. dtl. x. 36. 
[RI.S alba florentina. emm. Phyt. lc. v. 3' n. 606. Bauh. 
Pin. 3' Wheatr. 577- Get. 47- x. . emac. 5. x, . 
'Park. Par. t8o. t. x83.  . ourn lnfi. 350. 
IRIS alba illyrica-el potius florentina. Cam. Hort. 79' 
2IS florentina. or H.  4, t. 5. f 5. Hort. E)fl. Fern. 
,8. 4.3 
flore.albo. Bauh. H. e. 7;9 . Raii H. 118 r 
; latifolia major alba. C?uf Ht. -4- 
Herb cefpitofe. Root thick, flefhy, horizontal. Leaves 
thorter than the ftem, enfiform, pali/h green, glaucous, about 
 foot and half high. Stem g--4-branched, round, very 
flightly compreffed, branches gradually/horter upwards, fup: 
ported by two-valved fpathaceous green braEres, the lower- 
moil of which are leaf-like. Involucres x-flowered, fpha- 
;elately membranous, rather longer than the germ, but not fo 
 g as the tube. Tube greenifh, about the length of the 
,gues: fegments of the corollas equal in length; ungues 
,q!'binatel 
turbinately patent, thole of the Outer fegments twice the 
broadeft and traverfed longitudinally inwards. by. a narrow 
filltt of white cilias with deep yellow tips, inner ones ½onvo. 
lute; ohter laminze obovate-oblong, fiattiffs, inner ones oblong. 
obovate, rather the broadeft, upright qonnivent, while the 
outer ones are revolutely deftcOted. Stigmas .pearl-coloured 
romewhat oblong, outer lip entire, rounded; tuner bipartite, . 
fegments acuminate, œubferrat% upright recu'rved, not revo. 
lute as in IRxs germanica. Germ fubfeffile, trigonal-oblong, 
6-fulcate, longer in proportion than that ofgermanica; but frill 
lhorter than the tube. Whole corolla greyilh white, outer 
legmerits with a fomewhat bluer tint; fides of the ungue with 
brownilh or greenilh yellow veins. -Blooms in May. 
A native of Italy and other parts of the South of Europe; 
grows plentifully on the walls of Florence; cultivated here by 
GIRARDIg in X596. DESlONTAINES found it in Algiers, 
ß 4ahere it is fown with germanica about graves; he doubts if 
they are fpecificaily diftinCCt. 
The dried root of this plant was formerly ufed in medicine, 
but is now confined to fome infignificant lozenges as. an ex- 
peltorant, and to the. manufactory of the perfumer, to whom it 
is known by the name of Orris or Orrice-root, being ufed to 
give to certain articles, fuch as hair-powder, the fcent of 
violets; that which is ufed for there 'purpofes however is import- 
ed from Leghorn, as what is produced in our climate has neither 
the flavour nor other qualities of the Italian root. RAY fays 
the. pigment called l/erdelis ot Iris-green is 'made from the 
flowers of this fpedes, while. H.a..rt and others fay from 
thole of I  i s œermanica. 
It is perfectfly hardy; is propagated by parting its roots in 
Autumn; not quite fo common in our gardens as Iuxsger- 
manica, from which it differs in th colour of its .flowers and 
le.aves, in the fcent of its dried root, in having its fpathes more 
fphacelate or membranous, and the tube of its corolla not' fo 
much longer than its germ as in that. SYsv has derived 
Oc. from Ixs. G. 
'? GEISSORHIZ. OBTUSATA. YELLOW- 
FLO.WEED GxSSOz. 
C and Orden 
TRIANDRI MONOO NI. 
Genertc Chara 
patha-bivalvis herbacea vel hbherbacea, fubinfiata, tubo 
equalis vel longior. Or. regularis; tubus turbinatuo; limbus 
rexpartitus, amplus, patens. Stamina recta, timul inclinata; 
jIylus his altior; Stigmata 8, filifortnia, hirtula, re'v01to- 
entia, antheras fuperantia. Capful a membranacea, ovali- 
:gona; Bernina numerofa, parva. G. 
Os. ' Bulbus reguiarls ovatus .tunlcls pulammes. plunmi$ 
Ieoum imbricatis et a3 imo margine fam equamr tiffs Vqflitu,. 
icalia bina, taulina  (rar pla), remota,. &vum 
,nvoluta, vaginantia a fubventrita. Caulis fimplex vel. rain,us, 
ß '- multoru,; rhis in multifloris preflexua fepiufque r=o-redinata, 
a fphelata, plurimum iruncata et fuatridentata, nunc eliam &nit med;a 
rtatlm produo. Corolle laclnle intimw latio,s (fernpete 0 Ex T  - 
Io mina renrmia. Huc aggregandw Ixx rochentis fupra 
fublutea, Lamarck 8' 885; lxa fecunda, fup'ra 697, -Ix! 
e.a, Thunb. Ixx humilis, Thunb. (qu Ixa letacta, . Her. 
Lmo ill. apud Herb. Bankf.) Ixa imbricata, de la Roche, (nois 
Ix . ramofa, fupra ad Ixi fynopf. f. 8' et Thunb. Ixa fcillaris; 
vec tamen Linn.) Ixa hirta Thunb. Ixa inflexa, de la Rocge 
. Sali. ?). Ixa= humilem jam antea Tc.ou=xx'h 
r, at male, adjecimus ; vld. fipra aZa. (p. u.) . Gu, ab Ixa flu- 
: s indinatis, T   c. o   =a ß I fligmatibus hand bdis, S  a 
this baud laceHs, Txox filamentls nec vd curvalh y<l 
omnibus habRu apprime dinum. G. 
Oecific Chara}r and 
CEISSORHIZA obtufatamultiflora; foliisenfiformi-linearibus, 
rigidiufculis, denfe nervofo-liratis, obtufulis; 
tubo gerine breviore; laciniis turbinato- 
campanulads, unguiculato-oblongis, acutulis 
'intimis latioribus. G. 
IXIA oatufata. So/and. in blcrb. Bang Onff' 
Bulb ,wate, regR,lariy fh'ap..ed c, wd many brown, 
ell-hke tunics (not fibrous) plated One over t.h.:e o.t..her,. aOd 
imbricating 
imbricating downwards, i'plit regularly from the lower edge 
upwards into equal fegments. Root leaves two, enfiform-linear, 
rather Rill; fubobtu{i:, thorter than the Rem, fluted by many 
clofe prominent nerves; ftem leaf convolutely rheathing down- 
wards. Stem 4--6 inches high, trigonal, fhort from the bulb 
to the rachis, rometimes one-branched, 4--8-flowered, with a 
deeply flexuo{k raclqis, which is fometimes upright, at others 
refra&edly reclined. Outer valve of the fpathe green, large, 
that of the upper ones truncately fubtridentate, of' the lower 
ones with the middle tooth elongated. Corolla large, fcentle[i, 
turbinately campanulate, ,tube fhorter than the germ; Segments 
rubacute, hmer oneg far broadell, ligulately obovate' or [i0atu- 
lately oblong, outer ones ligulately cuneate; all 1treaked by 
numerous longitudinal tran[i0arent veins converging downwards. 
Stamens twice {horter than the corolla; filaments ftraight, fe- 
rnicylindric, white, longer than the anthers, '[bmewhat de- 
clined; anthers linear-fagittate. Piftil nearly equal to the 
ß corolla; 1tyle white, fillform, ftigmas recurvedly patent, hairy, 
overtopping the anthers. Germ green, turbinate, trigonal. 
Our plant has a prima fad re{mblance to Sv_.xs 
blbifera, Jipra No. 545; but if' critically examined, will be 
found in reality to differ in altooft .very particular. 
This very rare i0ecies was received frotn the Cape by Mr. 
Hx, in whole conisrvatory it flowered in May, molt 
probably for the fill time in Europe; ndeed all the i0ecies 
of this genus are rare with us, cunda, fupra No. 597, being 
the molt common in our colle&ions; they may all be eafily 
known on their firPt arrival from the Cape, by the fingularity 
of their bulbs, from amongll tho of the reft of their order. 
Our generic name is cornpored of ,0-0-0v in fibgrund, e 
rnodum conj%mare, and **, radix; from the appearance of the 
bulb as above defcribed. Requires,the fame treatment as 
Ixx. G. 
Caocvs, fupra No. 65. 
7 / i l- 
NICOTIANA 
UNDULATA, 
TosAcco. 
NEw-HOLLAND 
Cla and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIAo 
Generic Charaler. 
Or. infundibuliformis limbo plicato. Stare. inclinata. Capf. 
-valvis, 2-1ocularis. 
Specific Charac7er and Synonyms. 
'qCOTIANA undulata; foliis radicalibus ovatis fubundu- 
lads obtufis: caulinis acutis, tubo 1ongiffimo, 
limbo plano obtufiffimo. 
NICOTIANA foliis radicalibus fubfpathulatis; caulinis 
petiolatis, ovatis, undulatis, acuminatis, flori- 
bus obtufis. ]ardin de Malraain, livr. 2. 
D-sc. Root perennial. Radical leaves peduncled, oblong- 
ovate, obtufe, romewhat waved, veined and hairy on the under 
furftce and nearly fmootb on the upper. Stalk-leaves fertile, 
acute, romewhat waved at the bale, chiefly at the bottom of the 
em. Stem naked above except a few dillant fubulate fc.ales. 
Flowei-s panicled, few, nodding, fragrant at night but not in the 
dav-time, white: Calyx halffive-cleft, channelled, acute, per- 
fif/ent. Corolla one-petaled,' funnel-fhaped: tube very long, 
cylindrical, greenilh, hairy: border flat, halffive-cleft: fegments 
ob,ufe, curioufly folded both before expanding ahd when fading. 
Stamens five, four of the filaments very fhort or entirely wanting, 
the anthers being attached to the mouth of the tube, the fifth fila- 
ment is half the length of the tube, to the bale of which it is in- 
ferted. Germen ovate, orange-coloured at the bale, one-celled: 
Style the length of the tube: Stigma globular. Caprule ere&, 
one-celled, fplitting at the point into fou r fegments. Seeds 
rni :re, kidney-fhaped, rough. 
From 
From the. .re W barret/inFr-' ,natio 'we have received con. 
cerning thig' plant, we can only learn, that it grows in the 
neighbourhood of Po?t-.Jackfoh and teat t..h ttt.}r4. he 
already found out how to apply it to the purpofes of Tobacco. 
It flowered in Kew Garden !aft year. 
Our drawing was taken at the Botanic garden, Brompton, 
in May la, where it. was kept in the trove,, and in this fitua- 
tion it continued flowering in July, and had ripe feeds and 
flowers at the fame time. 
Is eafily propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown on a 
hot-bed. 
In the fecond number of the Jardin de Malmaifon, pointed 
out to us fince the above was prepared for the pret½, by our 
friend Mr. KiSrqlg, there is a very excellent figtire of this 
plant, from whence we have adopted the fpecific name, al- 
though 'not' very appropriate,. the leaves being a very little 
undulate at the bale only. The caprule ism there laid to be 
two-coiled; to us, boih in the gtrmen and the ripe feed-veffe}, 
it appears to be one-co!led, and in this refpel different from 
its congeners. The eauline leaves in the feveral fpecimens that 
We have feen are conE. ned to the lower part of the Item and are 
not properly peti{lat.ed; but as they are narrowed towards the 
bafe, fome may choofe to conrider the narrow part as the 
foot-llalk witl: the leaf alecurrent down it. Is hid to have 
rome relatio. -to Nicoxxar4 . plutbaginifolia of M. Dq set, o, * 
which we have not fee. 
* Elcnchus Plant, Hott. Bet, D [ .xo, 4to, Ge'm,v,  8. 
' 
III 
Claj} and Order, 
TETRANDRIA 
Generic Uharaler, 
Cot. 4-petala (petalis fubinde vario modo cohrentibus) 
Anthera' inferta petalis infra apicem. Sero. , fuperum, 
nudum. 
Specific C'harat7er anal Synonyms. 
PROTEA Lepidocarpon  floribus tblitariis: . radio calycino 
fpahulato incurvo barbato, ibliis lanceolatis. 
PROTEA Lepidocarpodendron. Linn. Man& 290. Rece 
Repqf. Botan. 3 o. , 
LEUCADENDRON Lepidocarpodendron. Spec. P1. 34- 
EPIDOCARPODENDRON folio faligno viridi: nervo et 
margine flavo, cono 1ongo fuperiore parte maxime 
claufo. Boerh. Ind. alt. x 89. 
PROTEA fpeciofa. q'hunb. Diff. 53' 
PROTEA fpeciofa nigra. Bot. Repof. t. to 3. 
TuNzag, by uniting this with fpeciofa, has occafionecl 
confidetable confufion, few plants that .are of near kindred 
being nore diltinEt. It is a handthroe lhrub, much branched. 
Leaves tkffile, lanceolate, quite entire, fmooth, thick, rigid, 
minutely dotted on both fides, cartilaginoufly margined, ter- 
minated with a black callous point molt vifible on the under 
fide. Flower tblitary, terminal, fdffile, inverfely conical. Outer 
kales of the calyx brown, ovate,, recurveal at the point, ciliated 
with white hairs: inner ones very long, fpatular-thaped, in- 
curved at the point, greenitla at the lower part, black velvetty 
UF'watds, 
upwards, and' terminated, with a long black fur tipped with 
white. Corollas many, enclofed :- Petals two inches long, 
hairy, and terminated in a bru/h :, three of them united to- 
gether and one diffinq. Germen furrounded with brown 
'brif[les. Receptacle chaffy. 
Our drawing was taken at Mr. WooDYoRb's, Vauxhall, in 
April. 
Is propagated by cuttings. A native of thd Cape of Good 
Hope. Requires the fiaelter .of a greenhouk except in the 
Summer months. 
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.ORoBUS VARIUS. 
PARTICOLOURED BITTER- 
Clad5 and Order. 
DI[ADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic CharafTer. 
Stylus linearis. Cal. bari obtufus: laciniis fuperioribus pro- 
fundioribus, brevioribus, 
'Specific CharacTer and Syno,ms. 
OROBUS varius; foliis fubquadrijugis lineari-lanceolatis, 
pulls femifagittatis integerrimis, caule alato fuperne 
rubcamo[o; Solarider MSS. 
OROBUS foliis pinnatis lineari.lanceolatis decurrentibus, fti- 
pulls femifagittatis, caule fimplici. Mill. Ditl. ed. 
759' n. 5' 
OROBUS angultiœolius italicus flore vario. 'ournef. bfl 393. 
OROBUS verficolor foiiis quadrijugis: ffipulis œagittafis lan- 
ceolatis peduncnlis axillaribus angulatis. $yfl. ]Vat. 
Grad. x08 ? Yoy. Sup. PL Z]hr. t. 10/.f. . 
OttoBus angufiifolius, at13us, and varius, have fo near an 
affinity to each other, that fome Botanilts have confidered them 
as mere varieties; they appear to us however to he fufficiently 
diin& fpecies, Our plant i.s diffingui,thed by the winged 
fialk, which is more fpreadinõ and branched,, by the greater 
humher of pairs of leaflets and of flowers on one peduncle, 
and by the colour of the latter, hich .doe_s not feem difpofed 
to vary. 
It appears to have been known to ML.Et before the year 
759, but was probably loon loft. In the: ucw edition by 
?i'otEffor:Mt, uTv, we'find no trce of it ho. ugh e have 
frequently obfcr¾cd i,t in different co!i½ci.o._o,s, about Londoa 
for 
for there five years paft. A native of Italy, and fufficiently 
hardy to bear the cold of our Winters. Eafily propagated 
..by offsets from the roots, .but rarely produces feed with us. 
Ik' worthy of uliu'?/ both to ornament the parterre and par- 
ticularly for mixing with other flowers in the formation of 
bouquets. 
Our drawing was taken at the Botanic Gar.den, Brompton. 
OvoBus verfirotor of GuEr4 is probably Sur plant, but as 
we have not had it in our power to examine the figure he 
refers to, and as neither WxLLnENOW nor M^PTXN have 
adopted it, we have rather chore to retain the name by which 
it is well known in our .gardens, than upon uncertain grounds 
to follow an author whole innumerable blunders have rendered 
hi work nearly obfolete. 
 '111'm '!1111:rll'ill'll!11'll 
'l 
[ '676 
axNTI, tYLLIS ERINACEA. 
ANTHYLLISo 
IRICKLY 
ClaJ} and O}'der. 
DIADELPHIA DICAN DRIA' 
Gener, ic Charaller. 
,Cal. ventricofus. Zegumen fu-brotundum te&um; 
Specific Charaller and Synonyms. 
A} THYLLIS Erinacea; fruticofa fpinofa foliis fimplicibusi 
$p. Pl. xot`1. Reich. 8- 't87- Hort. Kew. 8. 
p. 6. Martyn Mill. Dill. n.  5. Bot. Rep. 
t. 5' Desf. Atl. 9. p. x59.. 
GFNISTA fpartium fpinofum; foliis Lenticule, floribus ex 
ca:ruleo purpurafcentibus. Bauh. Pin. $94. 
EItINACEA. Cluf. Hifi. x. p. so 7. Hifp. 
,... native of Valencia and Morocco. We can fympathife 
Vlt CLaSXUS in the fenfations he muR have experienced, 
on firft difcovering this truly elegant little thrub, at that 
time totally unknown to every other Botanift. 
The finding his little beauty, armed at all points againR his 
invading gripe, xvhilft it deferred his poffeffion, muR have 
prolonged his plealure, and added to the value of his prize 
veP might he exultingly 1tyle it "plane nova et tota elegans%" 
CLuus gave it the name of œrinacea from the vulgar 
appellation of the inhabitants œrizo, which fignifies a hedge- 
hog. Lus confidered it as a fpecies of 
xvitb xvhich it agrees in the fbrm of its flower, but in habit is 
eftainly widely different from molt of its congeners. 
* "A plant undoubtedly new and full of beauty." 
It 
.  14,?ill ', "el'lit, i 
It is a greenhoufe plant, and can be propagated we believe 
only by feeds, which it produces very fparingly, even in its 
native ':o.u.n. try  neither CLus us nor. DI$1:oN TAlffIs could 
find any. 
This may account for its flill being a rare plant, though . 
cultivated by Mxx. La in the year 759- 
Prof. MAa_T¾,. from De !a Billardiere_., fpc.a, ks of it as grow. 
ing to the height'of 'nine or ten feet, wlich niuft furely be a 
mi.ttake perhaps of feet for inches. 
According to Dsva:rt, xNs, it flowers in the Winter but 
ith us in the Spring. 
Our drawing was iaken in May, at the garden ot[' E. J. A 
Woo_vo_pa Efq. Vauxhall, 
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8ILENE VESPERTINA. MOROCCO CATcHFLY. 
Ch and Order. 
DECANnaIA TIGYNXA. 
Generic Charatlcr, 
Cal. ventricofus. Petala 5, unguiculata: coronata ad faucer 9. 
lpf. 3-!ocula,'is. 
Specific Char,,'7er and Syno{9,ms. 
LENE vrfperlina; calycibus clavatis decem-ftriatis fecundis: 
fruEtiferis ereelis, petalis bipartitis, corona connata, 
foliis fpathulatis bati ciliads. 
S'LENE vefpertina, petalis biffdis, neEtaria cannato, floribus 
ahernis. Retz. Obf. 3. P. 3x. ld/illd. 3>. JøL v. 2. 
p. 699- 
$LENE bipartita, foliis inferioribus fpathulatis, florihus ra,. 
cemails lbcundis nutantibus; petalis bipartitis. Desf, 
t/. v. t.p. 352. t. xoo.. 
I)tSCR. ROOt annual. Stem branched, round: branches 
op I olite and alternate. Leaves oppofite, lower ones fpatula- 
thal, ed, ciliated at the bale, rather fleth¾, quite entire: upper 
ones more !anceolate. Flowers alternate, fecund, 'nodding, 
generally on double unequal racemes, with a folitary flower in 
the divifion.. Calyx perfitlent, club-fhaped, ten-ftriped: ttripes 
green, interftices rubdiaphanous, five-toothed: teeth fhorr,. 
co:nivent, villaus-edged. Jøetalss, clawed, conneO½d to- 
gethe. by the crown: limb divided.to the bale. Filaments 
atxed to the receptacle, the length of the c:aws. ./tnthers in- 
curebent, marked on the upper furface wih two purple ftripes. 
Gmen ovate, fupported on a five-furrowed clubdhaped re- 
ceptacle, elevated within the calyx to nearly half its length. 
'¾tigmas revolute, fpiral, villaus on the inner fide. 
op'ning with fix teeth. Seds many, kidney.fhai0ed ' The 
'1: le plant is tlightly pube'cent and not clammy, 
Tle 
The defcription by Rzrz is very accurate, but as ours 
vas made before we had feen his, we have thought proper to 
in{ert it. -From a comparifon of the two, there can remain 
no doubt that this is really the Sx.4  vefpertina of the above 
author, although fuppofed by DsO4T^xt4Es tO have been 
an undefcribed fpecies, and accordingly renamed by him. 
It is a lively annual, .fit for the decoration of the border, of 
eafy culture, but not of any great beauty, and thould be fown 
in patches in the Spring, where the plants are intended to re- 
main. 
RTz has not informed us of its native country, but we 
learn from DSFONX^XNZS, that it grows in the corn fields 
about Sbiba in Morocco, 
JJ Ill ""[ ,q","illllllJ 
Jill 
TRITONIA 
[ ] 
CRISPA. Cua-LAw.m' 
TRYTOnkA. 
ClaJ3 and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYN IA, 
ffeneric Charac%r.-.k'd. l'. 58 t & 6o9,-4bique pro "j?ariofa" 
lge fcariofa." 
Specific Charac%r and Synonyms. 
RITONIA crifpa foliis bari petioloideo-angqftatis fupra. 
undulato-crifpis fetulis brevibus marginaris, fpa- 
this glaberrimis fibherbaceis, corolla irregulari.-- 
fibringenter patente: tubo fpatha 3--,tplo lon- 
.giore. G. 
G,.ADIOLUS crifpus. Linn. SuppL' 94- hunb. Diff. n. 7' 
t. . f. 2. Prod, 8. acq. Ic. rar. .. t. 267. 
Coil. 5- 27. Lamarck Encyc. 3- 7 eS' Hort. Kew. 
add. 48x. Mart. Mill. Dic. I/l/illd. $p. 
to. 
GLADIOLUS laceratus fo!iis enfiformibus, laceris; floribus 
fecundis, tubo filiformi longiftimo. Burro. Prod. ? 
Oss. Hanc flmul cure GLAD I0 LOfirialo, ]acq. et GLAD I 0 L0 pecinalo, 
]'terb. Bankf. ffeneri TRITONI jamprimum adfcribimus,' ha&enus ob 
nuandam fbl" iorum fpatharum et bulborum difcrepantiam hafitantes G. 
Bulb-tuber oblong-ovate covered by fibrous tunics of a 
lightifh brown colour and 1oofe texture; not reticulated with 
largifh mefhes as is ufual in mo fpecies. Leaves t¾om 
round, rheathing, petiole-like bales enlarged into linear-lanceo- 
late, acuminate blades, nerved, romewhat glaucous, undulately 
crifp and edged with fhort glandular hairs or britlets. Stem 
green, ¾ound, Riffifh, fmooth, flexuofe, romewhat longer than 
the root scares, timpie or branched, with one ,or two leaves, 
' the 
the upper one of which is flat and not cnrlecI; flowers 5--7, 
upright, fecund, fcentlefs. Spathes two-valved, libherbaceot/s, 
very fmooth, not nerved or. fircaked, four times fhorter 
the tube, outdr'valve' fphc/:late'and brown at the tip. Tube 
three times longer than the border, flightly curved, from a 
narrow filiform bale gradually widened upwards. Limb fix. 
parted, unequal, irregular; fegments equal in length, conni. 
vent downwards, upwards fubringently patent; three upper 
ones larger and more diverging, oblong-obovate, obtul'e, un- 
guiculate, flat, all of one colour, pinkifl white within, and 
deeper pink without, the middle the broadeli ;. three lower 
ones equal, ligulate, obtufe, fibventricofety or gibbouflv con- 
nivent, propendently patent-upwards, the middle one fore'times 
vather the large. it of the three; ungues fubconvolutel¾ concave, 
ftained with purple inwards, having a longitudinal flripe of 
the fame colour above. Stigmas recurred, rather longer than 
the anthers, which are fagittate-linear and violet-coloured. 
Flowers in .June; requires the treatment of its congeners, 
but is not quite fo free to blow; peglinata andfiriata we have 
ever feen in any garden in this country; the three feem to 
conne this genus whh B^B.,,, fr0n which they differ in 
feed, lathe, bulb, and habit. 
Found by THIONIrC. at the Cape on the Rodeland-Hills 
and P. icketberg. Introduced into Kew Gardens by Mr. 
so In 787 . 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurferv of Meffrs. 
woox) and WYsS, Kenfington,.xvber. e i( flowered in great 
perle&ion in Jme. G. 
III 
.I 
II III 
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[' 679 ] 
. IR.IS LUSITANICA. PORTUGUESE 
Claj5 and Order. 
TRIAI,/DRI A no ix/OGY I,/I Ao 
.Generic Charat7er.--Fid. N m' 58t- 
Specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
IRI$'lufitanica (imberbis) involucro fubunifloro, la,cinils 
extimis parurn longioribus fubturbinato-patentibus, 
laminis revoluto-deflexis: intimis ex ereis incurvulo- 
conniventibus, harumque laminis lanceolato-oblogis 
lateribus reflexulis, germine fubinclufo. 'G. 
,IS fordida. Soland. Herb. Bank f. 
2.1,5 bulbofa lutea inodora major. Bauh. œin. 89' Mor 
Hifi. P. II.JgL 4. v. 2. p. 358. 
RIS bulboft IllI. five hitea.. Cluf. H..2u. fig. Fo Bauh. 
H/J/. 2. 705 ß 
IS 5. RaiiHtJt. 3o. 
IS bulbofa riore !uteo. Ger. emac. ot. 
bulbofa variegata. Hort. A)fl. ord. 4. Ial,.  . f, 2 
2 bulbofa l'utea mixta. Mor Hi_fl.,/bc7. . t. 7' f' o.. 
 S bulbofa flavo flore. id. eod. f. 9' 
HYACINTHUS poetarum luteus. Leb. Ic. 95- 
We regret that the pure yellow variety of this fpecies had 
n6t been reprefnted in our plate rather than the prefent, in 
hich a mixture of blue and violet appears,' efpecially as that 
the one figured and defcribed in Custus, by whole cuts 
;s, as well as Ixs X)ohium and xiphioides, excellently charac- 
,riued; our plant is however. So^xn's IRxs fordida. 
F:om Itxs Xiphium, the clofeft relative, it differs in having the 
"ermen almolt completely enclofed within the involucre; i.n 
tl a outer fegments being turbinately recurveal, not rota.tely or 
horizontally fo, and in their being ra:her longer than the inner 
ones; in having its outer ungues all the way.broader than 
the 
the fiigmas and in theœe having the keel or ridge far more 
elevated and enlarged where continued into the lamina; the 
inner fegments are alfo linear-lanceolate, ere&, incurverily 
filbconnivent, flatti[h, refie&ed at their fides, undulate, emar- 
ginate, not turbinately divergent, oblanceolate and convolute 
as in that; nor does the inner lip of the ffigmas reach beyond 
the middle of the lamina, which is recurveally defle&ed, whereas 
in that it is equal in length to about three parts of the lamina. 
The flowers' are fcentle{k, expanding in June. Agrees in 
habit and in every thing, except in what is above meutioned, 
with I R I S .Xiphim. 
Found by CLUSXUS in rich {)ots, as well as on rocky hills, 
near the Tagus above Li{bon. 
Qu Ex, in his Flora Efpagnol, makes IRIS alala of LAM^RCK 
(his Xiphion L and the IRIS t)ult)ofa latllia, jvae L of CLU- 
axus) a variety of IRis Xiphium; though to all appearances 
no two fpecies can be well more difi. in&; the firfi, with IRIS 
(nobis MoR.^) Sifyrinchium, we were anxious to have laid be[)re 
the public, as fpecies fo well known to all the older BotaniPts 
and Gardeners, but which feem now entirely lo|t to our col- 
le&ions, for uon repeated fearches and inquiries we can no 
where hear of their now being in this country; P.RKI4SO 
remarks the difficulty of preferving the former (not enume- 
rated. in Hort. Kew. though the latter is) and attributes it to 
tendernefs; which mof probably has been the caufe of the 
1ofs o[ both. The firft is a native-of Andalufia, growing 
in the woods on the Guadiana near Antequera and Cordova, 
and called by the Spaniards LxRxo ESPADAGNAL or AZUL; 
the.other is found near Li{bon, where the roots are laid to be 
eaten under the name of NOZELHAS ; a leffer plant, fup- 
pored to be a variety of the laf, is found in Valencia. 
If, notwithPtanding the information we have received, they 
{hould frill exiR in the colle&ion of any friend to our attempts 
to illulrat this order of plants, we {hould be highly obliged 
by the opportunity being afforded us of defcribing and figuring 
them. Both were lately and perhaps frill are'cultivated in the 
Botanic Garden at Paris. G. 
]%te. In giving the fpecific chara&ers in this genus,. we give them 
as'if the plants fltood under their different fibdivifions; as for inCanee, 
the prolent as placed under that containing fpecies  with bulbous ro0ts 
"and channeled leaves, &c." otherwife there chara&eriletics fla0td[ 
be given in preference to any others. 
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LONG-TUBED 
Clafi and Order. 
TRIANDRIA 'MoNoGYNIAo 
,ericCharac7er.--Fid. N ' 576.--quo pro "SEMt^ pauca, 
ß angulata,:' lege "SEMIN^ plura, baccata, .corrugata, lu. 
cida."--Eodemque pol. "pubeœcens". jnfere "Semina 
rotunda vel turbinata, mutua preffione varie angulata; 
"integumenturn medium pulpofum, molle, atro-purpu- 
"rafcens." G. 
Specific charac7er and SynotLyms. 
,BABIANA tubiflora  œoliis [pathifque diichis hirfutis mol- 
libus, tubo ree2o filiformi-turbinato limburn .irre- 
gularera 8pl excedente, lacinia fuprema re- 
motiore: ctens convergentibus, fcapo foliis 
plicatis perbreviore. G. 
LADIOLUS tuborus. Linn. SuppL 96. 8j. Fegela& 
Murr. 85. hunb. D n. 3. t. .' . Hort. 
Kew. . p. 6. Lamarck EnqcL 8. 7 gS- ]acq. 
.Coll. 3' 7 x' ]c. rat. . t. g6fi. l5'lld. 8p. P1. x. 
GLADIOLUS tubatus. ],2cq. Ic. far. . t. =fi4. Coll. . 
 8. l7lld. Sp. .   9' 
GJ,ADIOLUS longorus. Bot. Rep. t. 5' t(d. Recet Ga- 
nxous tuborus. 
IA tubula. Burm. Prod. . ? 
S'SYRINCHIUM Africanurn minimum floribus longimo 
tubo donatis, foliis gramineis hirfutis. Herm. Cat. 
PL fric. o. ? 
GLADIOLI tubati varietas. ]acq. Ic. rat. . t. =fiS. Coll. 
8uppL 9' 
Since xe gave the charaEter of this genus, we have had an 
pportu ity of examining the fruit of many of its fpecies; and 
have 
ß have been enabled to add the aboi, e cha'raer from thence, which 
will aftill confiderably in diftinguifhing it from Ix^, TRx- 
ro:A,' bJ,,XS, 'V^-rso^, rHoLYz^, nd the 
Cape Gx^]oL. We can fee no cquf}e for making two'e_ 
cies of the above plants, as j.c.c . has done, attributing to 
the one a three-valved, to the other a two-valved fpathe, 
when in th their fiw-hes differ only in fize and are as ufual 
in the genus 
Bulb-tuber ovate, far acuminate, covered with feveral thin, 
dark-brown, membranous tunics Leaves plicate, hirfute, 
except their petiole-like bales, which are fmooh and naked. 
Sdape reclined, very /hort, not reaching beyond the above- 
mentioned bales, round, hirfute. Spike diftich. Spathes im- 
bricate, hitlute, ftreaked, outer valve broad-fubulate, con- 
volute-concave, green with a brown fphacelate tip. Flowers 
about four inches or more in length, 5--7 or more in number, 
without any external pubefcence, generally reaching romewhat 
higher than the leaves, upright; tube long, --3 tiines the 
length of the fpathes, filiform upwards gradually enlarged 
into a fhort turbinate fauxo Li.mb unequal, irregular from 
campanulate fhbringently and recurvedly patent 34 times 
florter than the tube; Segments equal in length, oblong, un- 
guicuate, flat, acute: the upper deepeft, feparated from 
each other, diftantly diverging: uppermoft one the broader 
and romewhat lefs patent: lower ones converging, their centre 
on the finalleft and not fo deeply feparated from its fide one 
as the reft are from each other; the ungues of there lower- 
moil one form a kind of inflated throat; the three outer 
fegment, viz. the two upper fide ones, and the lower middle 
one, re precifely of the fame /hape, ucronate and rome- 
thing the narroweft. Tube violet, timba pale dull flraw 
colour on the infide, three lower fegments ltaini:'d with a 
blood-red ftbhaftately triangular mark. Organs adfcendent., 
reaching'to about the top of the ungues, anthers dark-colonred, 
f'tigm. as the colour of the limb and about the lengt14 of the 
anthers. Caprifie quite fmooth, naked. 
Found by T-uo- at the Cape of Good Hope, in the 
'diPtri& of Swanland. Introduced into Kew Gardens by 
'Mr. M,sso, in x774. 
Our drawing was made at Meffrs. GR woon and Wvxs's 
Nurfe.ry. It'is eafily propagated both by fced and offsets. G 
IRis GR,A, MIN.. GRAss-LEaVED FLO. 
, Clafs and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charac7er.--Fid. N . 53t- 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
iRIS graminea; involucro unico, s----flro, herbaceo; -foliis 
gramineis, nervofo-ftriatis, caule ancipite altioribus; 
germine ventricofo-ovali, alato-hexagono,. laciniis ex- 
timis fubrec2o-patentibus --3plo breviore; ttigmatibus 
arcuato-incumbentibus. G. 
IRIS graminea. $p. PL 58. $yfl. Veg. 9 t. Reich. . o 9. 
Hort. Cliff. 9, o. &)f.  7' Thunb. Diff. 6.. Stop. Carn. 
. 5 o. ]acq. Auflr. . 5' t. . Krock. Silef. n. 6x. Mill. 
Dil. .. Horn. Germ. 4. Hort. Kew. . 73' Mart. 
Mill. Dil. H4lld. Sp. Pl. . 36. 
IRIS prunum redolens minor (a). I/1/einm. Vhyt. Icon. n. 6 3. 
1 AS anguftifolia prunum redolens. Bauh. Pin. 33- 
IIS angultifolia VI. Cluf. H. 9-30. 
IRIS graminea. Bauh. Hi. fl. .. 7, . Rali Hifl. 89. 
CHAM]EIRIS. Dod. pemp,t. '47- tenuifolia. Ger. 5. f. 5. 
emac. 56. f. 6. 
CHAMAXYRIS anguftifolia. Lob. ic. 69. 
Herb very clofely cefpitofe. Leaves enfiform-linear, nar.. 
Iow, grafs_like, nerved-ftreaked, deep green. Stem fhorter than 
there, from about nine inches to a foot high, ancipital, timpie, 
with one flower-fafcicle. Involucre herbaceous, valves acu. 
rninate, rometimes foliaceoufly elongated and equal to the 
leaves; a tingle membranous valve feparates the flowers ;- 
dicles longer than the germ, which is 2--$ times fhorter than 
he flower ventricofely oval and winged-hexagonal; tube very 
/hort, 
lift I 
fhort, green, fuburceolate; 'ex;etlor ¾ngues fabrotatelv patent 
oblong-oval, convolute-cnca'',' broader than the'figmasl 
three tim. lon.[e.r anl even fom,what broader t!aan the la. 
rnina, which are ov.e'-imtt 'ib, bconvoiute. ' inne'v,  fen4ents 
about equal to the ftigmas, flraight and fomewhat upright, 
ungues linearly conduplica. te, lamine oblong fubconvolute, 
twice longer than thefi ltigmaa ax4hd,-'Pgefi:t;:-obiong, nat. 
rowing downwards, keeled, with their fides but flightly turned 
back, equal to the outer ungues, inner lip bipartite with its 
fegments fibdentate, bifaiiofly. div9. i;ing, oppofite, recurved; 
exterior lip bifid, fegments m, ucronate, de.eed; filaments 
brown, flat-fubulate,' nead3 'twice the length of the anthers. 
Style even fnortei than tube. 
The flowers. expnd in Ju._n..e an.d. halve .a.f.cent romething 
like that of frefh plums..  A' nativ6 of Aufli'ia, perfeEtly hardy, 
and will grow in any fituation. 
Our drawing was ta.k,_n &t the Nu, rfe.r,y 0f. l½ffrs. WI:IITLE¾ 
and Co. Brompton. Cultivated here by' G-aaaD-, in 
597' G "' :'-' 
II II I 
,i'"" ir, llll IIgll 
[ ] 
LU?INUS A'P3OREUS. TtEw 
Cal. v--labiatus. 
gnmen coriaceum. 
C/aj3 and Order. 
DrADELPHIA DECANDRIAo 
Generic CharafTer. 
Anthere 5-oblonge, 5 fubrotunde œe- 
Specific CharafTer and Synonyms. 
LUPINUS arboreus; fruticofus, calycibus verticillatis inap.. 
pendiculatis pedicellatis: labiis acutis integerrimis. 
Dsc. A low fhrub. Trunk woody, branches fucculent. 
'eaves petiolated, grow at their firft coming out in alternate 
fafcicles about four together: leaflets lanceolate, broader to- 
.rds the point, acuminate, flightly pubefcent or filky under- 
neath. Stipule fubulate. l7owers in terminal, diftantly verti- 
ciliated fpikes, 3--5 in each whorl, with pedicles nearly the 
length of the flower, fweet-fcented. Calyx bilabiate: 'lips entire, 
acute, keeled; the upper one lhorteft. Corolla yellow; vexil- 
.n orbiculate, refle&ed at the' fides: ale large, covering the 
carina and joined together at the point: carina acute black- 
pointed. Pod flat, pointed at both ends. Seeds fomewhat ob- 
long, very little flatte.ned, lhining, black. 
LAMAtiCK has enumerated in tile Encyclopcedia feveral fpe- 
.ies with a lhrubby ftalk, all natives of South-America; the 
me he calls multiflorus appears to refemble our plant in its 
qliage, but to be very different in its flowers: all the others 
are quite diffimilar. 
Our drawing was made at Meffrs. Gaxmwoo and Wrs's, 
-3nfingtqn, in July 8o. It is ufually treated as a green- 
:Oufe plant, but at the Botanic Garden, Oxford, we obferved 
 the fame year a large lhrub growing in the open ground 
ß . a lheltered fituation, in front of the greenhouli, where it 
nroduced abundance of ripe theds. 
Its nr rive country is unknown to us. 
$V^RTUM MONOSPE{MUM. 
SEEDED BROOM. 
ClaJ3 and' Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECAN DRIAo 
Generic Charsflor. 
Stigma 1ongitudinale fupra villofum. Filam, germini adhm- 
rentia. LhL deorfum produ&us. 
SPARTIUM 
SPARTIUM 
SPARTIUM 
$PARTIUM 
$PARTIUM 
Specific CharseVer and Synods, ms. 
tnonofpermum; ramis teretibus ftriatis', ra'cemis 
paucifloris: floribus fubaggregatisl foliis lanceo, 
latis fericeis. Hort. I&w. 3. P. 0. 
monofpcrmum. Spec. l'lant. 995' Reich. 3' P. 
4or. Syfl. keg. 643. De{IS.../It/. .. p.  9' 
terriurn dore albo. Bauh. Ptn 369 . 
terriurn hifpanicum. Ch Hid. . p. 3' 
fecundurn hifpanicum, CluJ Hp. 06. quoad 
deriptionem . 
A tall flqrub with very dender flexile branches, from the 
fides of which the flowers. grow crowded together on flqort 
foot[talks. When very young it has timpie lanceola:e leaves, 
but thefe fall off be[ore the plant comes imo flower, when 
it is entirely leafiefs. 
A native of Spain, Port,gal, and Morocco, growing in fandy 
places near the fen, whe,e, according to I)zszox^s, it 
makes a very beautifid appearance, being covered with a pro- 
furlon of fiow-white flowers. 
To be treated as a hardy greenhoufe plant, rather impatient 
of water or damp air. Flowers in May. May be propagated 
by feeds or cuttings. Introcluced in 69o by Mr. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nuffery of Meffrs. Gawoou 
a.d VYry K E So 
* It appears to us, that in Clu. f. 8tirp. H.]'pan. the figure referred to SPan,, 
!uM primera really belongs to 5vTXVa .lcu.dum, and that this mi!take 
was afterwards nansferred to his general hiftdry, and thence copied by every 
,eceeding author; whether this conjeOure be well-founded or not, certalni), 
e figure referred to the fFecies, !ith )'el19w flowers molt xcfemb!cs (:u plant. ' 
NYMPHJEA 
ADVENA. ' 
WATF, a-LILY. 
C!aJ3 and Order,- 
Generic CharatIer. 
Cot. polypetala. Cal. 4---6 phyllus. Bacca multilocularis 
truncata. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
NYMPH/EA advenat foli'is cordaris integerrimis; lobis 
varicatis, calyce hexaphy!!o petalis longiore. 
ttort. Kew. . p. 9.6. l/I/illd. $p. P!. 2. p. 
Mart. Mill. Die7. n. . 
NYMPHJEA fioribus fia;is. Clayton in Gron. ?irg. ed. 
p. x64. 
The full defcription given in Hortus lgwenaqs and tranflated 
by Profeffor Mat:rYN in his very valuable edition of Mit,- 
ZER'S Di:tionary, renders it unneceffary to fay more here than 
that we have remarked one of the three external calycine 
leaflets to be ufually larger than the other two, and more or 
lefs yellow; rometimes it grows as large as the internal onet 
and refembles them in colour. The interni!'petal like caly- 
cine leaflets are likewife romewhat unequal in fize and vary in 
colour, being more or lefs tinged with dull purple within. The 
petals, as there parts have been ufua!ly called in this genus, 
in number fixteen, are fo fmall as fcarcely to appear in the 
figure, being very nearly concealed by tile reflec2ed anthers. 
Is a native of North-America, and hardy enough to bear 
the cold-of our Winters, but does not blow very freely. 
Our drawing was taken at Meffrs. Wxzx' and Bu^ta's, 
. .Old-Brompton, in .June 8o'2, wilere it flowered, in a ciftern, 
..m the Rove. Introduced by Mr.Wtt^a Youxg in x772-. 
"dnaffifted by artificial heat, it generally flowers in July. 
IRS PALLIDA. PALE FLAt. 
Claoh and Order. 
TRIANDRIA I¾ION OGYN IAo 
Generfc CbaraTer.--fSd. N,,. 53 t. 
$pedfc Cbaraer and 
IRIS fs#M (&zrsaJ foliis palHdimc glauccfccntibus; in- 
volucris 12 flors, corrugato- c membranacco- 
thacclatis, a]belcnfibus; unguibus campanulails, con- 
tingcntibus; lacinis mqulibus, exthnis rcmfis; germinc 
tuburn mquantc. 
(cxclufi varictatc rainore 
I.RIS germanica. hunb. D 119. Mill. Di?]. 8. ' 
IRIS dalmatica major flore vuigari minus violaceo. 
IRIS dalmatica major. Get. emac. 51, . . 
': arad. p.  80. 
IRIS major latifolia III. five dahnatica major. C]t . 8. 
iRIS aftatica cmrulea polyanthos. aii HL 8. 
IRIS major latiolia II. five aftatica cmrulea. Ch I. 8. 
IRIS hortenfis pailide crulea. aub. Jim 3. ourn. b. 
858 . 
IRIS dilute cmrtfieo involucro albo. aermm Ic. 647. 
IRIS major latifolia IIII. five DamaFcena. Cluff /fi. 8. 
IRIS dama[cena polyanthos. aii .   83. aub. 
It had been always a matter of fi}rpril'e to us that fo ap.~ 
patently diftin6't a tecies as the prelhnt, fo we}l known to 
former Botanifts, and fo long cultivated in all the gardes 
lurope, fhould have efcaped the notice of [,t,tus, while hc 
rliltinguiflaed as fpecies his lhppol2d fimbucina andfqualenso 
pearance fcarceiv worthy of being remarked as varieties; 
til upon c-riticafiy reviewiag the whole oœ his fpecies, wc 
found that the fqualens had been mirtaken by JActsxa for the 
fambucina, that other Botanitts had confidentially tbllowed him 
in the error, and that the pretnt plant was the Linnean./izm~ 
bucina; but as this name is now fo generally attached to 
j^cqua's plant by the exceileut figure of Cuv. xs and the 
authority of the Hortus Kewenfis, we think it more advifable 
to let it remain; adopting l_.at,xucxc's for the prefent fpecies, 
and expunging fqualens, as being a mere variety of the 
now fambucina; although in truth the names of 
were trill better adapted to'the plants he had derfined them for. 
The fynonym of jacqu e quoted by tile authors of Hort. Kew. 
for theirfqualens flaould be reltored to Iuis varieg'afa. 
Root horizontal, fieflay, very thick. Leaves broad, fword- 
/haped, covered with a whitilh bloom, that gives them a 
remarkable pale or glaucous appearance. Stem about three 
feet high, twice the length of the leaves, with feveral flaort 
branches fupported by bra0tes refembi{ng the 2 flowered 
involueres, which are membranous, fcariofe, from a lightifh 
brown inclining to white, not becoming Ihacelate, but being 
fo from their firit appearance, equal to germe; pedicles thick, 
trigonal, but little flaorter than germen, which is trigonal- 
oblong, fix-fulcate, equal to the obtufely trigonal tubes, which 
laft are mt'rked with fix flat furrows; {kgments equal, ungu.es 
clofe, campanulately patent (not turbinate and remote as m 
Is germanlea andfiorentina); outer ones twice the length of 
the tube, broad, concave inwards, traverfed by. a fillet of 
white cilia with deep yellow tips; outer ones flaorter and 
feveral times narrower, convolute; outer lamina: recurveally 
defle&ed, twice longer than their ungues, round-obovate 
entire, flat, pale blue, thflhfed with a purplifla tint; veins 
deep blue, inner ones obiong-obova.e, ferule, hence having 
romething of an obcordae flaape, rometimes with a froall 
rnucro in the finus, eregt, connivent and rather more blue; 
ftigmas upright-patent, linear oblong, extending as {hr as the 
beard, whitilh with a blue keel; fides but flightly reflexed; 
fegments of the inner lip recurved-ere/5t (not revolute), 
divaricate, laciniate-ferrulate; outer lip very blunt, entire. 
Flowers 8t o, expanding in June, with an exceeding Rrong 
fcent teltrebling .hat of Elder-Flovers. 
Received by Ctisxvs from Conftantlnople, but is, we 
have no doubt, aifo a native of the fouthernmoft parts of 
Europe. Cultivated by Gr.v.^gt)E. Is known in all the 
mrlries about town by the name of the Dalmatian Iris. 
More tender than œermanic or fio)entina, being i, rome 
fituations deft.royed by a yet), feve ß Wintei, fcceeded by 
a wet Spring; likes a dry, ricl ht fui] and a lhn,y 
fituation. G. 
i / 
r 686 ] 
Claj3 and Order. 
Generic Charafer.--Vid. 
specific Charat7er and Synonyms. 
'iRIS xiph[um (imberbis) involucro fubunifloro, laciniis extlmis 
thbrotato-recurvatis, parum brevioribus; intimis recCtis 
fubdivergentibus, oblanceolatis, fubconvolutis; germinc 
lineari-oblongo, obtufe trigono, exclufo, pedunculo 
perbreviore. G. 
IRIS xiphium (,) 8p. ]"L 58. Hort. Kew, . 59- 'Mart. Mill, 
Dil. 
IKIS xiphium. Hort. Upf. 7' 5Fhunb. Diff. $. 7' ;Ehr. Beitr. 
7"P' 39- k'lld. Sp. PL . eSx. Desf. FloAt.1. . 37.? 
II IS variabhs. ]acq. Coll. .. p. 
IR'iS foliis margine conniventibus, corollis imberbibus, Hort. 
Ckiœt. go. Roy. Lugdb. 
IRIS bulboft anguRifolia verficolor. Bauh. Pin. 
II<:IS bulboPt ceruleo-violacea. Bauh. Pin. 40. 
i] IS bulbol angulfifolia odor/tta. Hort. Eyfl.. mfl 4. t. 4. f 4. 
IRIS bulbofa anguRifolia tricolor odore coriandri. 4. Rad 
H. xe9' 
IRIS bulbolh. 11I. flore vario five verficolor. Ch H. 
iRIS bulbol varia. Get. emac. oo. 
XlisHIOM vulgare. Mill. DieT. n. . 
XIP:HIUM angultifolium. ournef. Ifl. 864. Boerlb. 'Lugdb. 
IPHIO.N II. Lirio illrico..ter Flor. Efpan. v. 6. œ. 
blifpanicus poctarum Hyacinthus. Lob. Ic. 95' 
Bulb obtong-6vae with a brown fibrO-emb'r/mfus integer- 
mere. Leaves (which are above ground in the Winter) Iong- 
fubulate, fubcepaceous, compreffed-channelled, caudately 
cufpidate upwards, outwards carinate, lineate, inwards polifhed. 
with a illvery glofs, about equal to the Rem; root ones g3 
{heathing downwards; cauline 34; Item upright, round,. 
enicu'xte, furnilhed Mth leaves at the joints, svhich are langer 
.... than 
than the internodes and remotely fublmbricate; involucre one, 
rarely two-flowered, 9.--3-valved , valves 3--4 inches long, 
herbaceou. s, oblong-lam:eolate, convolutely conduplicate, inner 
valve longer than the outer; peduncle as long or longer thau 
the involucr% 3--4'times longer than germen; tube /hort, 
hollow, fuburceolate; outer fegments divaricately patent, nearly 
rotate and fomewhat the /horteft, their ungues beardlefs, 
lanceolate-oblong, fubconvolute-concave, firm, traverlhd by 
a flightly elevated ridge or keel, which is continued to about 
the middle of the lamina:, than which they' are twice longer, 
round-ovate, ntir% and but little recurved; inner fegments 
oblanceolate, ere-patent, emarginate, unguiculately narrowed 
and convolute downwards; Ilyle thick trigonal, length of the 
tube; Rigmas recurred-patent, nearly the length of the outer 
legmerits, rather broader than the upper part of their ungues, 
fpathulate~oblong, keeled-convex, with the fide-edges but 
flightly revolute; inner lip round-ovate, hipattire, fegments 
flightly divergent, rubundulate, cenulately gnawn; outer lip 
nearly obfolete, truncate, notched; getmen an oblong, 
tufely trigonal fhaft, twice fhorter than the corolla; filaments 
about the length of the anthers. Capl'ule oblong-triquetral. 
o. 3 times fhorter than peduncle; leds vertical, oblong, 
truncately fiat at both ends from mutual preffure, upper and 
lower ones generally angled. Flowers expand in 'May, and 
have a flight linell of coriander-feed. 
A native of Spain, growing, according to C[usus, in the 
country' about Valladolid, to (u'v.x (who by the bye fpeaks of 
a'plant with white outer lamime) in the green-oak woods of 
both the Calllies; l)}:svo4r.,xv.s tells us he found it in 
Algiers; but it remains to be afcertained if he means the pre- 
cife fpecies we are now defcribing. It is perfelly hardy and. 
propagates rapidly by offsets, of which it produces abundance;  
cultivated here in 633 , by CER!xRDZo 
The belt roots are laid to be thole annually imported by" 
the feedfmen from Holland. There are many varieties of it, 
but not fo many as ufually fuppofed; on this head we/hall 
. however defer our ob!rvations till we have an opportunity of 
thrther confirmation; we fufpe& many to be hybrids between 
xiphioides, lutanica, juncea, our prefent plant, and perhaps 
alfo alata and probably yet mm'e perfelly diftinc'-t fpecies. 
:IRIS 
Generic Charac7er.-14'd. N 
Specific Chara7er and S. ynoms, 
iRIS xiphioides (imPerils) involucro fubbifloro, lanceoiafim 
inflato, !aciniis 'emarginato-fillis, extimis horizontaliter 
patentibus; lamir is de.p_e0dentibus-unguium IonQtudine; 
intimis per-brevioribu ere&is fpathulato-obovatis, thb- 
cochleariter convolutis; getmine mclufo G. 
.RIS xiphioides. Ehr. Beitr. 7; P' x4o PP'illd. Sp. PL . 
RIS xiphium. yacq. Coll. . p. $o. Desf. Fl. ttl. . 37. ? 
144th. /lrr. ed. 8' 9' ? 
IRIS xiphium (,i) $p, œ1. 58. ItoJ't. Kew. . 73' Mrt. Mill. 
Di7. 
IRIS bulbofa anglicana, candldo, violaceo, et czeruleo tore. 
Hort. Eyfi. t. 7. f. , t. 8. f.-x. t. 9' f ' 
IRIS bulbofa latifolia caule donata. Bath. Pin. 88. 
IRIS bulbofa violaceo tore five II. Clt Hifi. el Ipp. l!t. 
IRIS bulbofa major purpurea variegata- - , cerulea five 
anglica. Park. PaJ'. 75' f 8- t75.f' - 
IRIS bulbofa anglica. Get. emac. 99- ' 
IRIS bulbofa tota violacea vel cerulea. œauh; Hi. fl. . 708. 
XIPHIUM latifolium. Mill. Di7. n. . 
Theocriti et poetarum Hyacinthus tore Iridis. Lo& Idv. 49. 
Icon. 9' 
Root bulbous; bulbs rubovate, covered with dark brown 
fibro-membranous integuments, larger than thole of 
iphium and not producing quite fo many offsets, Involucre 
lanceolately inflated, herbaceous, --- feldom 8-flowered, 
flowers feparated by a tingle membranous fpathe or valve: 
Outer valve ot7 the involucre longeft, reaching often to about 
e middle of the inner fegments. Leaves as in lv.s xiphium, 
ut large- and not rifing out of the ground till Spring; length 
of the item, upper caullne ones ratler inflated and 
cately difpofed. Flowers much larger than in Iwxs xipbium 
fcentlefs  tube as in that; outer_ungues quite ftraight, hori. 
zontally patent, convolute.concave, twice broader than the 
ftigmas which they contain, traverfed By a low mid-ridge con. 
tinuing to about the middle of the lamina, where it becomes 
yellow and lefs prominent; laminre dependently recurveal, 
round-ovate, equal to or even longer than the ungues, far 
broader, emarginately fplit, fubundulately crifp at the edge 
inner ones upright, far orter, fpatulately obovate, convolute- 
concav% fomewhat fpoon-thaped, fubconnivent, emarginat% 
upwards erofe; ftigmas [barply keeled, about the length of the 
outer ungues; inner lip bipartite, revolute; fegments parabo- 
licali ferrulate; outer bidentately parted; anthers and fila- 
ments blackifh purple; pollen white; varies with deep blue, 
violet, and white flowers; Caprule Ianceolate-oblong, acutely 
triquetral, fubinflated. 
A native of the Pyrenees. We are uncertain if DEsvo- 
Faxwes means preCifely this fpecies or xipbium, or rome other 
that has been ufual}y deemed a variety. 
The name of "Englifh Iris," which we find fo commonly 
given to it by the elder Botanifs and even bythe modern 
Florift_s, was acquired from the planifs having been firR intro 
duced into the Low-Countries from England, molt probably 
without any notice of its true habitat, and hence prefumed a 
native of our country by thofe that received them: Cusus 
fays, that on his firIt arrival here in 67, he fought for it wild, 
until he was informed by Lonz of its being only cultivated in 
certain gardens near Brifiot, where it had been molt probably 
imported by fome veffei from Spain or Portugal. 
includes it among the Britih plants, in which he has been 
followed by Dr. Wxsag in his Botanical Arrangements; 
but P.axxesot4 was aware of its real habitat. 
Flowers-in june. Hardy and of eafy culture, feeding 
freely. The bit bulbs are imported yearly by the Seedlinen 
from Holland and fhould be put in the ground early in ghg 
Autumn. G. 
CLADIOLU$ VIPERATU$o 
PIRFUM'gD 
ClaJ3 and order, 
TIAN n1x, Moroc¾. 
Generic Chara7er.--Vid, N'. 538 & 56, 
Spedtic Charat7er and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS viperatus fo!iis acurninato-enfatis fpatha 
faucem recurvato-turbinatatn fuperante;. rum, 
ma lacinia fpatulato-ligulata, galeatim incur- 
rata, laterallure laminis-rhombeo-ovatis, in- 
fimarum imis marginibus apophyfe peltucenti- 
glandulofa et tubercutata adauOis. G, 
GLADIOLUS alatus. Thunb. Diff. var. 2. n. 
Ic. far. o.. t.89. Coll. 4; 6..lg/illd. $p. Pt, 
x. 2x6. (attamen non Linn. vel Amgen, Acad, 
circa quem vid. fupra 586.) 
GLADIOLUS orchidiflorus. Bot. Rep. tab. 
8ISYRINCHIUM viperatum. Pluk. Phyt. '24.f. 8 ? 
Root-leaves 6---8 or more, linear-enfiform, far acumlnate, 
ownwards imbricately. equitant, far theathing, thickifh, 
glaucous, with a prominent midrib; eauline x--; Item 
round, glaucous, x--e feet high; Rachis flexuofe, diPrich, 
purplilh; fpathes convolute-lanceolate, herbaceous, glaucous 
firiated, outer valves rather the 1ongePr and continuing .beyond 
the hux  Corolla downwards turbinate, upwards ringent, three 
outer legmerits acute, inner obtufe  tube and faux narrow- 
turbinate, recurved, equal to the lower fegments  upper feg- 
ment rather the longeft. remote, forming a kind of lip, helmet 
,,vile arched, fpatulate-ligulate, convolute-concave; its fide 
:pnes rather the fimrter of the fix, rhomb-ovat% acute, oppofit% 
:ecurved-patent with faortifh narrow ungues; lower one of 
the 
the fame fhape with thefe but rather longer, fmaller, more 
acute, with a narrower unguis and not fo deeply divided from 
its lateral ones, which are fpatulate, much the narroweft, with 
oblong lamine and furnifhed on each fide the bale of their 
ungues' with a tuberculated, fubcryftalline, glandular excre- 
fcence; parts of fruification accumbent to and concealed by 
the upper fegment. Flowers exquifite!y fragrant with a fcent 
of the perfume called Eau de Mid, or, as it appears to others, 
of Balm of a greenith grey colour with romething of livid 
hue and brown ffripes. 
Our drawing of this very rare and fingula.r vegetable was 
taken at Mr. WoonvoRn's, who received the bulbs this 
Spring fi'om the Cape. 'To all appearance it is equally hardy 
and of as eafy culture as any of its congeners from the fame 
country; many fpecimens flowered together in the above 
colleion and lhewed fome flight variety both in fize and 
colour. 
The fanciful appellation of viperatus, beftowed. by old 
PLuKEN1T, and which we firff thought might have been 
fuggefted by the chequered, brownilh appearance of the flowers 
of rome of its varieties, now appears to us more probably to have 
been taken fi'om the form of its flowers, which (efpecially as 
reprefented in his own figure) do bring to mind the pofition 
of the head and appearance of the jaws of the fnake when 
fairing itfelf for defence againft its enemy and hifling,. in which 
ftate we often fee them reprefented in cuts accompanying 
natural hiftory. G. 
689 
SILENE SAXATILIS. STONE CATCH-FLY. 
Clafs and Order. 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Generic CharaCTer. 
Cal. ventricofus. Petala 5-unguiculata: coronata ad faucem. 
Capf. 3-1ocularis. 
Specific Charaer and Synonyms. 
SILENE faxatilis . floribus paniculatis nutantibus: petalis bi- 
fidis undulatis reflexis, pedicellis ternis. 
DESC'. Root perennial. Radical leaves oblanceolate, quite 
entire, fmooth on both fides: Cauline linear, channelled, con- 
rate, ciliated at the bafe. Stalks round, tinooth, rometimes 
not at all vifcous, at others the middle part between the joints 
very much fo. œeduncles or flowering branches oppofite, 
cept the 1owermoR one, which is always folitary, generally 
three-flowered. Pedicles filiform, often clothed with two 
froall brates. Flowers nodding, night-flowering, fweet-fcented. 
Calyx club-flqaped, ten-Rriped, fort, five-toothed: teeth con 
nivent. Corolla greenifh: limb bipartite vith undulated re- 
flexed obovate lobes. Filaments ten; five longer than the 
others. Getmen oblong, ovate. Styles three, erect. 
Though poffeffing little beauty, and none at all during the 
day, this is a delltable plant from its charming fragrance 
which it diffufes far around during the night. Introduced 
few years fince from Siberia by Mr. LonxeEs, Nurferyman 
at Hackney, under the name which we have adopted. 
Approaches SILEIqE longifiora, but is very diRinft the 
petals are far deeper divided, and the calyx is much _flaorter. 
The latter plant is much larger, and is without fcent. 
Is a hardy.perennial, requiring no particular treatment but 
care that it s not rotted by wet in the Winter. Flowers 
June and July. 
I !$1 
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GARDENIA ROTHMANNIA. SPOTTED- 
FLOWERED GARDENIA. 
Cla and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charagter. 
Contorta. œacca inœera ,. feu 4-1ocularis, polyfperma. 
$tiœma 1obatum. 
GARDENIA 
GARDENIA 
,.GARDENIA 
Specific Charagter and $yon. yms. 
Rothmannia; inermis, foliis oblongis, corollls 
infundibuliœormibus, laciniis calycinis fubulatis. 
Hort. Kew. ,. e94. Martyn Mill. DitL n. 8. 
Gaert. $em. ..p. 480. t.  77' f- 4- 
Rothmannia mermis, foliis oblongis, f[ipulis 
fibulatis, !aciniis calycinis fubulatis teretibus 
longitudine tubi, tubo glabro ampliato brevi. 
Linn. $uppl. 65. HZilld. $p. P1. ,. 
inermis, corollis acutis fibcampanulatis, calyce 
glabro, foliis oblongis acutis. Ë'hun& Diff de 
Gard. n. 6. 
ROTHMANNIA capentis ; Ë'hun& .47. Holm. ,776. p. 
65. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, growing in Groot- 
vaders Bofch and in the woods in the neighbourhood of the 
river Sonders-End, where it becomes a ftraight tree, nine or 
ten feet high; the wood is faid to be very hard, and is ufed 
for making handles of axes and other tools. With us it forms 
a handfome evergreen firub, and its flowers, which are pro- 
duced fingly at the extremities of the branches, are not only 
pleating to the fight but very fweet-fcented, elpecially in the 
night, and preferve this odour in part long after they are dried. 
GR'rNER fays, that THVNBERa has, not improperly, re- 
marked that the berry is only one-celled, a fetion of the germen 
appears however to be two-celled and Gaxasa's figure is 
evidently fo. 
When 
When out of flower it m-fly le readily diftinguifhed by 
fle fingular hairy glands on the under furface of the leaves 
fituated along the midrib, in the axils of the veins. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. WooDroD's, Vauxhall, in 
ß vhofe ftove this tree fiowefei:l th'e lattr:eni:l 'of July; in its 
aative country the bloflbms are produced in January and 
February. 
Is as yet very rare, and generally treated as a love plant 
but, unlefs when coming into 'flower, it may be beR to keep 
it in the confervatory. 
Introduced into Kew Garden by Mr. Fk,cs 
in the year 
'1 II 
CAMPANULA GRACILISo SLENDER. 
Clafs and Order. 
Generic CharaCter. 
Cor.. campanulata fundo claufo valvis ffaminiferis. 
fidurn. Capf. infera, poris lateralibus dehifcens. 
Stigma $. 
Specific Charaler and Synonyms. 
CAMPANULA gracilis foliis lineari-lanceolatis obfolete 
ferratis, caule dichotomo, floribus folitariis 
terminalibus. lbrfl. Prod. n. 8. Gin. )fl. 
_Nat. p. 85 g. 
CAMPANULA vinceflorac foliis lineari-lanceolatis caule 
tereti ramofiffimo; pedunculis terminalibus, 
elongatis, unifloris. Kent. lard. de Malmain. 
CAMPANULA Polymorpha var. . diffufa. SoL MSS. apud 
Bbl, Bankf. ? 
lull 
Dsc. Root perennial or biennial. Stalk fquare, 'hairy', 
much branched, genera!Iv decumbent. Leaves moldy oppofle, 
linear, toothed, fubpubef(ent. t7øwerstermlnal,fø!itary 'nødding 
vhilft in bud, ere& when expanded, upon long, fquate, hairy' 
Feduncles. Calyx ovate, ttriated: limb five-toothed: teeth 
thbulate-ere&, dittant, half the length of the corolla. Corolla 
be!l-[haped, cut half way into five, rometimes only four, ovate 
entire fegments, one of which is frequently bent downwards 
ahillt the others are ere&. Nellaries or valves three-lobed. 
.,'lnthers five, oblong, difappear aimoft as loon as the flower 
opens. Style ere. Stigmas three, rolled back, villous. 
tielongs 
Belongs to the firf folio",-and-lhould be placed next to 
the gracilis of Fo, :bt ,iffer-{m him as to the pro- 
priey of changing his name, efpecially for one f0 very 
propriate; fo?. firely the flowers of this Campanula can ha 
be fid to re Lmble ih 6f-Periil ' ahy tkmg but 
colour. 
It appears to be fubje to great variation in te degree 
branching, in the fituation oUis leaves, and in the halrinels 
and notching o[tbfe:; in-Fv- 's drawing the item is very 
little branched and leaves altogether alternate and diant. 
Native of New-Ho!latd and New-Zealand fir railed here 
by the late Mr. Cu., .,.his Botaic Garden, by carefully 
fi-,wing te.muld tha cme_about the roots. of ibme plants 
Flowers drm'g the greteR :part of te 6uer. 
.propagated by feeds or cuttings. 
Specific Chrac7er and Synonyms. 
PYRUS japonica: ffipulis lunatis incifo-ferratis, foliis ovatis 
euneati{que argute ferratis glaberrimis, peduncuh$ 
fubaggregatis. 
PYRUS japonica, foEis cuneatis crenatis glabris, floribus foli- 
tariis. Thun& yap. o 7. l41ld. 6v. œL 2. ozo. 
Martyn Mill. i)icT. n.  ,. 
BUKE. K, empf. Amgen. 844 ?  
For the opportunity of taking a drawing of this very rare 
plant, we are, as ufual, indebted to E. J. A. WOODvOv, 
in who{ colle&ion at Vauxhall, we find a never-failing lburce 
of curious and rare articles. 
T. u  n ERa, in his fpecific chara&er, diftifiguifhes this fpecies 
as having folitary flowers, yet in his defcripuon he fays it has 
two, and this is the care in a fpecimen preferred in the 
Bankfian Herbarium which flowered at Kew; ours had feveral 
b!offoms cluftered together, fo that this circumltance is of 
avail as a diRinguifhing feature. 
* BUltE. .etr$z'ula Icacice germaniota fade, )qore pettapelao ruSro. This is 
all we find in Kvve; but furely it could not be fi'om the authority ol this 
defcripfion alone that Ta   g o quotes thia a a fynony,n. 
The 
1ll , .ml q, lJl.,L [I 
The fdpula not noticed by Tsae appear to afford a 
good fpecific chara6ter ;" but as it' often happens that there 
pa.ts are produced only while a plant is young, we cannot lay 
We learn in the iqora Japonica, that it varies extremely in 
how far it may tppl in older crees. 
fize, being in'different fituations either an underihrub, a thrub, 
or a tree. From the fame fource, we are informed that the 
fruit is nearly round, fmooth, and the fize of a walnut. 
Our figure reprefents the whole fpecimen at the time it 
flowered; it has fince increared in height, and thrown out 
feveral fide branchlets, armed with ftraight fpines at their 
extremities; and other fpines have grown in the axils of the 
leaf- ftalks. 
Flo,ered the beginning of AuguR, 
INDEX. * INDEX. 
In which the Latin Names of  In which the Englifl Names oœ 
the .Plants contained in the 4. the Plants contained in the 
8eventeenth Volume are alpha-0 Seventeenth l/olume are alpha- 
 betically arranged. 
betically arranged. 
Fl. 
6o 5 Ariftea capitata. 
6a6 BaNana diticla. 
638 . fpathacea. 
637 _ Rri&a, ,oar. a. 
62t - ftfi'ta, war. o t. 
683 carflu corymbofa. 
627 Ciltus algatrends. 
6, t Epidendrnm elongatum. 
6, Erica metuBeflora. 
689 Gentiana ciliata. . 
602 Gladiolus anguttns. 
6 5 -- bhndus. 
6,0 -- floribundus. 
632 -- Milleri. 
604 Jatropha pandurefolia. 
6,7 Ixia capiliads, ,vat. incarnata. 
war. firiOta. 
6, 7 ß 
630 columellaris, 
$99 crifpa. 
623 ere&a. 
6 4  flexuofa. 
607 . ;raonaddpha. 
6a 9 polyRachia. 
598 .. Rochentis. 
$97 - - fecunda. 
643 Laclenalia lancemfolla- 
606 Lapeyroufia jancea. 
644 Lobella coron0pifolia. 
640 Lonicera implexa. 
64a Maffonla puttulata. 
64  Nlelanthium e, ucom.oiaeso 
6  5 Mdafphmrula grammea- 
63 Monea edutis. 
6-8 Pettea volubills. 
603 Pothos cannefolia. 
6o Pterofpermum acedfailure. 
634 Punica nana. 
636 Rhododendron dandcum. 
635 Scurellaria grandiflora. 
6,9 Stapella radiata. 
6,8 Tritonia capentis. 
6 - .. deu/ta. 
6o 9  miniata. 
6,4 Wachendorfia hirfuta. 
6a6 - - paniculata. 
6o, Watfonla brevifolia. 
oo 
PL 
605 Ariftea, talleft. [right. 
637 BaNana, dark blue-flowered up- 
66 hyacinth-fcented. 
68 Kiff-leaved. 
6, upright. 
683 Carflu, corymbous. 
627 Cii%s, Algarv& 
6'25 Corn-flag, fairePc. 
i6  o large.flowered. 
632 Miller's. 
602 -- narrow-leaved. 
6x Epidendmm, longdtalked. 
$ 689 Gentian, fringe&flowered. 
4. 62 Heath, nine-pin. 
 640 Honeyfuckle,- Minorca. 
599 Ixia, cfirl-leaved. 
6 7 ß - fle-coloured. 
 624 flexuofe. 
'629 ß - lily of the valley-fcented. 
607 . monadelphous. 
9 597 .. one-ranked. 
4. 598  plaid. 
623 .. upright. 
680  .. variegated. 
i643 Lachenalia, fpotted copperas- 
6   . wire-Returned. [leaved. 
m 606 Lapeyroufia, cut-leaved. 
} 644 Lobelia, bucks-horn. 
ß v 64- Maffonia, tiaagreen-leaved. 
64t Melanthium, dwarf. 
6x 5 Melafph:erula, grafs-leaved. 
4. 6 3 Morea, long-leaved. 
 628 Petrea, twining. 
604 Phyfic-nut, fiddle-leaved. 
634 Pomegranate-tree, dwarf. 
0 608 Pothos, fweet-fcented. 
6o Pterofpermum, maple-leaved. 
636 Rhododendron, dotted-leaved. 
i635 Scutellafia, large-flowered. 
4- 6 9 Stapella, tarryo 
6a2 'Yritonla, copper-coloured. 
*6o9 -- late-flowering. 
6,8 -- long.tubed. 
64 Wachendorfia, hairy. 
6, 6  - panicled. 
!63 Watfonia, lake.coloured. 
__._--- humills. ) 6o8 -- 1ong-fpiked. 
_____o- iridifolia, ,vat. fulgens.  6o fcarlet flag-leave& 
_____--- marginata. 4. 6o - ort-leaved. 
Printed by S. Couchman Throgmorton-Strect, London. 
INDEX. * I'ND E X. 
In which the Latin Names of 4. In which the Englifh Names of 
the Plants contained in tho . the Plants contained in the 
tghleenth 14Juror are alpha- ]igl, teenth I41ume are alpha- 
b.ctically arranged. , betically an'anged. 
/,l. 
. P1. 
66 t Amaryllis 1ongifolia.  66 Amaryllis, long-leaved. 
657 --reticulata. ' 657 - netted-veined. 
667-Andromeda pulverulenta. ) 667 Andromeda, oval-leaved. 
676 Anthyllis Erinaces. t) 676 Anthyllis, pr'[ckly. 
680 Babiana tubiflora (B).  69 Apple-tree, Japan. 
69t Campanula gracilis.  683 Babiana, long-tubed. 
669 fibirica. t 659 Bell-flower, iberian. 
662 Crocus furlanus.  69t ' dender 
664 Fritillarla pyrenaica (M.  676 Bitter Vetch, particoloured. 
690 Gardenia Rothmannia. 4 683 Broom, white fingle-feededo 
, 0 65  Buckbean, Indian. 
672 Geifforhiza ootufata. 
648 Gladiolus blandus (tg{. 0 677 Catch_fly, Morocco. 
645 blandus (,). 4 689 - ftone. 
647 -- undulatus (,). 
4. 645 C6rnflag, pale-purple. 
688 -- viperatus. ) 688 perfumed. 
668 Gordonia Lafianthus.  648 fnow- bite. 
66 Hypoxis ftellata ().  647 waved-flowered. 
6677; Iris florehtina.  6.52 Crocus, cloth of gold. 
-germanica.  669 Flag, dingy. ! 
68t - graminea. 0 67t -- Florentine. 
669 - lurida. * 670 German. 
679 - lufitanica. 0 68x grafs-leavedo 
685 - pallida. 0 685 pale. 
687. - xiphioides. 4 679 Portuguefe. 
686 -xiphium. t 687 2 Pyrenean. 
682 Lupinus arboreus.  686 ß Spanith. 
660 Lyfimachia quaddflorao  664 Fritillary, Pyrenean. 
654 Marlea northiana.  690 Gardenia, fpotted-flowered. 
646  paludofa. * 67 Geifforhiza, yellow-flowered. 
655 plicata.  668 Gordonia, footh. 
Lobloily-Bay. (fee Gordonia.  
658 Menianthes indies.  660 Loofe-ftdfe, four-flowered. 
673 Nmotiana undulata. 
684 Nymphaa advena. 0 68 Lupin, tree. 
653 Ornithogalum revolutum. q} 654 Marlea, broad-ftemme& 
675 Orobus varius.  646 marlh. 
65t Pallidors ferrarifoils. 0 655 --- froall-flowered. 
 65t Pallion-flower, notch-leaved. 
649 Protea cordata. 
Lepidocarpon. 4 674 Protea, blhck-fiowered. 
4 Pforalea corylifolia.  649 heart-leaved. 
5 
692 Pyrus japonica. 4* 665 Pforalea, hazle-leaved. 
650 Rhododendron pontlcum. ) 65o Rhododendron, purple. 
663 Scilla italics.  663 Squill, Italian. 
689 Silene faxstills. 4. 666 Stachys, fcarlet. 
677 yelpertins, 4) 653 StarofBethlem, revolute-fiowereCl 
4, 66 Star-hypoxis, vellow-flowered.o 
683 Spartium monofpermum. {3 656 Thrif(,.plantaln-leaved. 
666 Stachys coccinea. 
656 Starice fpeciofa. ) 673 Tobacco, New-Holland. 
678 Tritonia crifpa.  678 Tritonia, curled-leaved. 
4. 684 Water-lily, three-coloured. 
Printed by $. Couchmani Throgmorton-$[r½ct London.