PLATE DLXIX.CEANOTHUS LANIGER.Woolly Ceanothus.

Lipariafloribus capitatis; foliis lanceolatis, nervosis, glabris.Willd. Sp. Pl. vol.iii.Lipariawith flowers in heads; the leaves lance-shaped, nerved, and smooth.

Lipariafloribus capitatis; foliis lanceolatis, nervosis, glabris.Willd. Sp. Pl. vol.iii.

Lipariawith flowers in heads; the leaves lance-shaped, nerved, and smooth.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A bract.2. The empalement.3. A flower spread open.4. The chives.5. The same spread open.6. Seed-bud and pointal.7. A back view of the head of flowers.

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Africahas long been celebrated as the land of wonders and novelties, and its vegetable as well as animal productions well entitle it to that character. The beauty and astonishing variety of ever-varying Geraniums, delicate Ixias, elegant Ericas, superb Amaryllises, and magnificent Proteas, received from the Cape of Good Hope alone within these few years, and many of them totally unknown before, have given to our gardens that splendour and perpetual novelty which justly make them the admiration of the world. What still more enhances the pleasure is, that the mine is yet unexhausted, as our present charming subject, not before enumerated in any of our catalogues of cultivated plants will testify. Mr. Milne, gardener at Fonthill, well known for his zeal and skill in the cultivation of rare plants, obligingly communicated the specimens. Having forwarded the first a little too early, being struck with the singular beauty, and not knowing the habits of the plant, a fortnight after he forwarded a third specimen fully expanded, from which the figure is taken. Mr. Milne informs us, that he raised the Liparia from Cape seeds some years ago, and has kept it in the conservatory, where it is now in blossom. The plant is branchy, and between four and five feet in height. He thinks he possesses two more new species of the genus raised at the same time, which have not yet blossomed with him.

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CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Five Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Petala5, saccata. Bacca sicca, 3-locularis, 3-sperma.Petals5, bagged. Berry dry, three-celled, three-seeded.

Petala5, saccata. Bacca sicca, 3-locularis, 3-sperma.

Petals5, bagged. Berry dry, three-celled, three-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ceanothusfoliis oblongo-lanceolatis, integerrimis, subtus lanuginosis; ramulis, pedunculis, petiolis, calycibusque hirsutis.Ceanothuswith the leaves oblong-lanced, entire, and woolly beneath; the branches, footstalks, flowerstalks, and calyxes hairy.

Ceanothusfoliis oblongo-lanceolatis, integerrimis, subtus lanuginosis; ramulis, pedunculis, petiolis, calycibusque hirsutis.

Ceanothuswith the leaves oblong-lanced, entire, and woolly beneath; the branches, footstalks, flowerstalks, and calyxes hairy.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower.2. A segment of the calyx, with a petal and stamen attached.3. Seed-bud and pointal.

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ToNew Holland we export criminals for our convenience and safety, and from thence import furs for our covering and flowers for our amusement. So far the balance of trade is in our favour. But by whose hands, or at what time, our present subject was first brought over, we have not been able to learn. The specimen was communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq. in the beginning of April from his collection at Boyton, and we have also seen the plant very finely in flower at Mr. Whitley’s nursery, Brompton. Its woolly leaves and branches, contrasted with the Mimosas and other hard-leaved plants from the same country, make an agreeable variety, and the early blossoms are very ornamental. The plants we have seen are moderate-sized branchy shrubs, are kept in the green-house like other New Holland plants, and require no particular treatment. We have seen more species from the same country in herbariums, and some are now alive in this country, although they have not yet blossomed.

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CLASS II. ORDER I.

DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Two Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyxsimplex seu duplex. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula ungue elastico dissiliens: dissepimentum contrarium; adnatum.Empalementsimple or double. Blossom one-petalled, irregular. Capsule splitting with an elastic claw: partition contrary to the valve; affixed.

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

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER

Justiciafruticosa: foliis ellipticis, acuminatis: racemis spicæformibus, verticillatis: bracteis minutis: pedicellis calycibusque glabris.Swartz.Flora Indiæ occidentalis.Habitat in insulis Jamaicæ, S. Christophori, Martiniquæ, S. Crucis, et Guadalupæ.Justiciawith a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic and pointed: raceme in the form of a spike, whorled: floral leaves small: footstalks and calyx smooth.Native of Jamaica, St. Christopher, Martinique, St. Croix, and Guadaloupe.

Justiciafruticosa: foliis ellipticis, acuminatis: racemis spicæformibus, verticillatis: bracteis minutis: pedicellis calycibusque glabris.

Swartz.Flora Indiæ occidentalis.

Habitat in insulis Jamaicæ, S. Christophori, Martiniquæ, S. Crucis, et Guadalupæ.

Justiciawith a shrubby stem: leaves elliptic and pointed: raceme in the form of a spike, whorled: floral leaves small: footstalks and calyx smooth.

Native of Jamaica, St. Christopher, Martinique, St. Croix, and Guadaloupe.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower spread open.2. Seed-bud and pointal,3. The capsule.4. The same split open.

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Ofthis species of Justicia the only figure extant that we know of is a very indifferent representation of it in Sloane’s Jamaica, evidently from a dried specimen. The fine glossy character of the foliage has furnished it with a specific title. The flowers are abundant in succession, but, like most of this genus, of a deciduous or short-lived character. It was introduced to the British gardens, according to Donn’s Catalogue, in 1793, Our drawing was made from a plant brought from the West Indies by Lord Seaforth, which flowered in August 1808 in the hot-stove of A. B. Lambert, esq.

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CLASS XVI. ORDER VIII.

MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA.Threads united. Many Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyxsimplex. Stylus multipartitus. Capsulæ plures, mono-seu tri-spermæ.Calyxsimple. Pointal many-parted. Seed-vessels many, one-or three-seeded.

Calyxsimplex. Stylus multipartitus. Capsulæ plures, mono-seu tri-spermæ.

Calyxsimple. Pointal many-parted. Seed-vessels many, one-or three-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Sidafoliis cordatis, dentatis, longè acuminatis, leviter pubescentibus; pedunculis solitariis petiolis longioribus; corollis patentibus; stylis quinquepartitis; capsulis quinque, birostratis.Sidawith heart-shaped, toothed, long-pointed, and slightly woolly leaves; solitary flower-stalks longer than the footstalks; spreading corollas, five-parted styles, and five two-beaked capsules.

Sidafoliis cordatis, dentatis, longè acuminatis, leviter pubescentibus; pedunculis solitariis petiolis longioribus; corollis patentibus; stylis quinquepartitis; capsulis quinque, birostratis.

Sidawith heart-shaped, toothed, long-pointed, and slightly woolly leaves; solitary flower-stalks longer than the footstalks; spreading corollas, five-parted styles, and five two-beaked capsules.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement.2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified.3. Seed-bud and pointal.

AnotherAfrican novelty introduced by Viscount Valentia in 1806 from Abyssinia; and from specimens obligingly communicated by him from his gardens at Arly the drawing is taken. From the seeds already introduced by his Lordship from that yet unexplored, and hitherto almost inaccessible country, and from the connexions he is now endeavouring to establish there, Mr. Salt, who travelled in his Lordship’s suite, being now dispatched on an embassy to the King of that country at Gondar, we may soon hope to have a few more specimens of its vegetable productions; at present as imperfectly known as the sources of the Nile, which have eluded the researches of philosophers above two thousand years.

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Sidapatens, in the natural arrangement of the genus, should be placed next toSida reflexaof Cavanilles and Willdenow.

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CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.Blossomfour-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.

Corolla4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Proteafoliis obliquis, lanceolatis, pubescentibus: capitulis oblongis, involucratis, terminalibus.Feminei flores ramos terminant cum cono ovato magnitudine pisi, involucro bicolori circumdato.Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.Proteawith oblique, lance-shaped, hairy leaves: heads of flowers oblong, involucrated, and terminal.Female flowers terminate the branches with an ovate cone about the size of a pea, surrounded by a two-coloured involucrum.Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Proteafoliis obliquis, lanceolatis, pubescentibus: capitulis oblongis, involucratis, terminalibus.

Feminei flores ramos terminant cum cono ovato magnitudine pisi, involucro bicolori circumdato.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Proteawith oblique, lance-shaped, hairy leaves: heads of flowers oblong, involucrated, and terminal.

Female flowers terminate the branches with an ovate cone about the size of a pea, surrounded by a two-coloured involucrum.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower, one tip magnified.2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.3. Section of a head of flowers from the female plant.4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified.

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Proteasaligna, in the Species Plantarum of Linnæus, is considered as only a variety of P. conifera, but is certainly specifically distinct in its foliage, however resembling in other particulars. Finding, soon after we had made our drawing, a female plant in fine bloom, we have annexed a branch of it on the same plate, to elucidate as much as possible the apparent confusion that at present seems to pervade this section of the Genus Protea. The P. saligna of Thunberg, enumerated by Willdenow, we have no doubt, describes the female specimen we have represented, the cone being there mentioned as about the size of a pea, and which exactly accords with our figure. The drawings were made from plants introduced to this country from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1806, by G. Hibbert, esq.

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CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.

POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.Many Chives. Many Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx3-phyllus. Petala 6-12. Capsulæ 2-valves, imbricatæ. Semina baccata, pendula.Cup3-leaved. Petals 6-12. Capsules 2-valved, tiled. Seeds berried, pendulous.

Calyx3-phyllus. Petala 6-12. Capsulæ 2-valves, imbricatæ. Semina baccata, pendula.

Cup3-leaved. Petals 6-12. Capsules 2-valved, tiled. Seeds berried, pendulous.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Magnoliafoliis obovato-lanceolatis, basi attenuatis, auritis, glabris, subtus glaucis.Habitat in America boreali.Magnoliawith obovate lance-shaped leaves, attenuated towards the base, eared, smooth, and glaucous beneath.Native of North America.

Magnoliafoliis obovato-lanceolatis, basi attenuatis, auritis, glabris, subtus glaucis.

Habitat in America boreali.

Magnoliawith obovate lance-shaped leaves, attenuated towards the base, eared, smooth, and glaucous beneath.

Native of North America.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A chive.2. Seed-bud and pointals.

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Amongstthe finest hardy exotics that ornament the gardens, the Magnolias are eminently conspicuous. A fine species of that description our figure represents, drawn from a plant seven feet high in the nursery-ground of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, who inform me that it was sent to them from Maryland in North America, by Mr. Bartram, about the year 1793. It does not seed with us, as very few of the genus do; and when any of them appear to have ripened their seed perfectly, we understand they have very rarely if ever vegetated. This species is perfectly hardy, but is with difficulty raised by layers; which accounts for its being (after a period of sixteen years since its first introduction to this country) not so generally known as it deserves to be. It flowers in the month of May.

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CLASS X. ORDER I.

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Ten Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyxquinque-dentatus, utrinque appendiculatus. Corolla papilionacea, alis vexillo brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare, dispermum.Cupfive-toothed, with an appendage on each side. Blossom butterfly-shaped, with the wings shorter than the standard. Pod of one cell, with two seeds.See Pultenæa Daphnoides, Pl. XCVIII. Vol. II.

Calyxquinque-dentatus, utrinque appendiculatus. Corolla papilionacea, alis vexillo brevioribus. Legumen uniloculare, dispermum.

Cupfive-toothed, with an appendage on each side. Blossom butterfly-shaped, with the wings shorter than the standard. Pod of one cell, with two seeds.

See Pultenæa Daphnoides, Pl. XCVIII. Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Pultenæafoliis obcordatis, mucronatis, nitidis.Pultenæawith inversely heart-shaped leaves, mucronated, and shining.

Pultenæafoliis obcordatis, mucronatis, nitidis.

Pultenæawith inversely heart-shaped leaves, mucronated, and shining.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement.2. The vexillum.3. One of the wings.4. The two petals of the keel.5. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.6. Seed-bud and pointal.

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Thisnondescript species of Pultenæa is a native of New Holland, and was discovered on Van Diemen’s Land by Mr. Littlejohn, one of the residents on Governor Collins’s settlement. It possesses lively yellow flowers, and singularly obcordate leaves, and is a handsome addition to the genus Pultenæa, of which it is a genuine member, having the two little appendages on the cup, the principal (although trivial) leading feature that characterizes the genus. Our drawing was made from a specimen communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq. with whom it has flowered for the first time in this country.

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CLASS XIV. ORDER II.

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx5-fidus. Corolla ringens. Capsula lignosa, corticata, rostro hamata, 4-locularis, 4-valvis.Calyxfive-cleft. Corolla gaping. Capsule woody, covered, with a hooked beak; 4 divisions, and 4 openings.

Calyx5-fidus. Corolla ringens. Capsula lignosa, corticata, rostro hamata, 4-locularis, 4-valvis.

Calyxfive-cleft. Corolla gaping. Capsule woody, covered, with a hooked beak; 4 divisions, and 4 openings.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Martyniacaule ramoso, foliis oppositis, cordatis, dentatis, floribus diandris.Willd. Sp. Pl.Martyniawith the stem branching, leaves opposite, heart-shaped, and toothed, and flowers diandrous.

Martyniacaule ramoso, foliis oppositis, cordatis, dentatis, floribus diandris.Willd. Sp. Pl.

Martyniawith the stem branching, leaves opposite, heart-shaped, and toothed, and flowers diandrous.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement.2. The chives.3. Seed-bud and pointal.4. The capsule.

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Weare glad to have an opportunity of giving a figure of a plant so very ornamental, and so rarely met with in our collections. Martynia diandra is a native of Mexico about Vera Cruz, and requires to be kept in the hothouse, or glass frame with artificial heat, and has much the same delicate texture as the Martynia proboscidea. Of the figures that have before been published of it, that of Jacquin in his Hortus Schœnbrunnensis, vol. iii. plate 289, is by far the best. A specimen was communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq., in November 1808, and another in May last from a plant which had outlived the winter, and from which the present figure is taken. All the species of Martynia are considered as annuals.

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CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Five Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corollainfundibuliformis, fauce perforata, nuda. Calyx 5-partitus.Blossomfunnel-shaped, with the mouth open and naked. Cup 5-cleft.

Corollainfundibuliformis, fauce perforata, nuda. Calyx 5-partitus.

Blossomfunnel-shaped, with the mouth open and naked. Cup 5-cleft.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Lithospermumvillosum caulibus procumbentibus.Sp. Pl. editio prima.Lithospermumhairy. Stem procumbent.

Lithospermumvillosum caulibus procumbentibus.Sp. Pl. editio prima.

Lithospermumhairy. Stem procumbent.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

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

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Thisrare plant, enumerated in the Hortus Kewensis upon the authority of Sutherland’s Catalogue of the Plants in the Physic Garden at Edinburgh, published in 1683, has been long a desideratum in our collections. It grows naturally in dry sandy places about Montpelier, and also in the southern provinces of the Russian empire, from whence we have seen fine specimens collected by Professor Pallas in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, which now contains the whole collection made at the expense of the Russian Government, during the space of 30 years, by that great naturalist and his assistants. The plant is well calculated for ornamenting rock-works, or light sandy and gravelly borders. The roots are an article of trade, and used to give a red colour to oils, wax, and spirits of wine. Linnæus, after having very properly arranged this plant as a Lithospermum in the first edition of his Species Plantarum, afterwards removed it to the genus Anchusa, which alteration has since been adopted by every editor of his works. The character, however, is decidedly that of a Lithospermum; and the alteration would be difficult to account for, were it not for a memorandum of the late M. L’Heritier (published in the Flore Française), stating that he had seen another plant under that name in the Linnæan herbarium. It therefore appears that Linnæus, after having described the true plant, from his not possessing a specimen of it had afterwards mistaken some species of Anchusa for it. The plant, however, was retained in its proper genus by Gerard in his Flora Gallico-Provincialis, and he has since been followed by Decandolle in the Flore Française. We are aware of Professor Vahl and Willdenow’s having given to another Lithospermum the name of tinctorium; but if the genus Arnebia of Forskahl is given up, the characteristic specific of tetrastigma applied to it by Lamarck may be restored. We have never seen any figure of the plant but that of Plenck, Aubriet’s in Alyon’s Cours de Botanique, and the wooden cut of John Bauhin; the plant figured under the name of Anchusa tinctoria in Woodville’s Medical Botany being the Anchusa officinalis. Specimens were communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq., and there is also a fine spreading plant of it now in blossom (May 27th) in the natural ground, in Mr. Harrison’s nursery at Brompton.

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CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Proteafoliis linearibus acutis, supra concavis, subtus convexis: floribus confertis, procumbentibus.Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.Proteawith linear pointed leaves, concave above, and convex beneath. Flowers crowded, and lying on the ground.Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Proteafoliis linearibus acutis, supra concavis, subtus convexis: floribus confertis, procumbentibus.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Proteawith linear pointed leaves, concave above, and convex beneath. Flowers crowded, and lying on the ground.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower complete, summit magnified.

Theapplication of specific titles to this wide-spreading family of plants is now become an arduous task; and considering how many of the best are already occupied, an exclusive reference cannot be expected. This species of Protea is altogether new, but bears a powerful resemblance in the flowers to the P. humiflora: but the distinct character of its foliage gives to the tout ensemble a perfect air of novelty; nor is there any figure or description of it extant, that we know of.

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Ourdrawing was made from a fine plant at the nursery of Mr. Knight in the King’s Road, Chelsea.

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CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx4-dentatus. Corolla 4-fida. Stylus semibifidus. Bacca bilocularis, loculis dispermis.Cupfour-toothed. Blossom four-cleft. Shaft cleft half-way down. Berry two-celled, cells two-seeded.

Calyx4-dentatus. Corolla 4-fida. Stylus semibifidus. Bacca bilocularis, loculis dispermis.

Cupfour-toothed. Blossom four-cleft. Shaft cleft half-way down. Berry two-celled, cells two-seeded.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ægiphilafoliis ovato-lanceolatis, longè acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis diffusis axillaribus et terminalibus; staminibus tubo vix excedentibus, stylo longissimo.Ægiphilawith oval-lanced, long pointed leaves, smooth on both sides; panicles spreading, axillary, and terminal; stamens scarcely longer than the tube, and shaft very long.

Ægiphilafoliis ovato-lanceolatis, longè acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis diffusis axillaribus et terminalibus; staminibus tubo vix excedentibus, stylo longissimo.

Ægiphilawith oval-lanced, long pointed leaves, smooth on both sides; panicles spreading, axillary, and terminal; stamens scarcely longer than the tube, and shaft very long.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ægiphilafoliis obovatis acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus; pedicellis calycibusque minutè pubescentibus.Ægiphilawith leaves inversely oval, pointed and smooth; panicles axillary and terminal; flower-stalks and calyxes minutely pubescent.

Ægiphilafoliis obovatis acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus; pedicellis calycibusque minutè pubescentibus.

Ægiphilawith leaves inversely oval, pointed and smooth; panicles axillary and terminal; flower-stalks and calyxes minutely pubescent.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement.2. A blossom spread open.3. Seed-bud and pointal, as it appears in the opening buds.4. The same when fully expanded.

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Thisvery natural genus was established by Jacquin from the Bois Cabril of the Creoles in Martinico, a shrub, the young shoots of which are greedily sought for and eaten by their cattle, particularly goats, whence the name (in English) Goatwood; and which Jacquin, following the botanical canon, elegantly turned into Ægiphila. With this species the celebrated Swartz has conjoined the Knoxia of Browne’s Jamaica and Manabea lævis of Aublet’s Guiana, and added two more species, Æ. fœtida and Æ. trifida, discovered by himself; and Willdenow has yet further augmented it with the Manabea villosa and arborescens of Aublet, and the Nuxia of Lamarck: the last, however, we consider as a very doubtful species. That fine collection of plants from the West Indies, introduced in 1807 by lord Seaforth, and by him presented to A. B. Lambert, esq. and which we have already so often quoted, has brought to our knowledge two more species, which we have denominated diffusa and obovata, from what appeared to us to be their most prominent features. Both shrubs are natives of the West Indies, and were sent to us in flower in August 1808. They are propagated by cuttings, and have not yet ripened seeds in England, but produce flowers annually in abundance during the months of July and August.

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CLASS II. ORDER XII.

ICOSANDRIA DIGYNIA.Twenty Chives. Two Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyxquinquefidus. Petala quinque. Bacca infera, 1-5-sperma.Cupfive-cleft. Blossom five petals. Berry below, with from 1 to 5 seeds.

Calyxquinquefidus. Petala quinque. Bacca infera, 1-5-sperma.

Cupfive-cleft. Blossom five petals. Berry below, with from 1 to 5 seeds.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Cratægusfoliis obtusis, subtrifidis, dentatis, pubescentibus.Cratæguswith blunt, pubescent, toothed leaves generally 3-cleft.

Cratægusfoliis obtusis, subtrifidis, dentatis, pubescentibus.

Cratæguswith blunt, pubescent, toothed leaves generally 3-cleft.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower spread open.2. The same shown from the outer side.

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TheAzarole grows naturally in Italy, in the South of France, in Carniola, and on the banks of the Tanais in the Russian empire where it was found by Gerber in 1741. It grows to be a tree of rather small size, and is much cultivated in Italy, in the South of France, and in Sicily, for the sake of the fruit, which is as large as a cherry, of a fine red colour with sometimes a tinge of yellow, and is said to have a very agreeable flavour. At present the Azarole is very scarce in this country, and we have never seen it in blossom but at Burchall’s nursery at Fulham, in May 1808, when our drawing was made. This year the plant has produced no blossoms. To those who are desirous of cultivating the Azarole, and adding another variety to their deserts, we would recommend planting it in well sheltered situations; or perhaps training against a wall, as practised for peaches and other delicate fruits, would be still better. Considerable trees of the Azarole formerly existed in His Majesty’s Gardens at Kew, and in those of the Duke or Northumberland at Sion House; and we have lately seen the remains of one in Mr. Swainson’s collection at Twickenham; but we are not aware that any exist at present in England. That of Plenck excepted, in His Medical Plants, Pl. 390, we believe no other coloured figure of it has before been published.

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CLASS XII. ORDER IV.

ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Petalavalde numerosa, linearia, basi cohærentia.Petalsvery numerous, linear, cohering at the base.

Petalavalde numerosa, linearia, basi cohærentia.

Petalsvery numerous, linear, cohering at the base.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Mesembryanthemumfoliis acinaciformibus: floribus amplissimis, lætè purpureis.Dillenii Hortus Elthamensis, tab. CCXI.Fig-marygoldwith scimitar-shaped leaves: flowers very large, and of a bright purple colour.

Mesembryanthemumfoliis acinaciformibus: floribus amplissimis, lætè purpureis.

Dillenii Hortus Elthamensis, tab. CCXI.

Fig-marygoldwith scimitar-shaped leaves: flowers very large, and of a bright purple colour.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The empalement, seed-bud, and pointals.

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Throughoutthis extensive tribe of plants, this is the most splendid species of Mesembryanthemum we are at present acquainted with; and although an old plant in the gardens, it is quite a rarity to meet with it in flower. Our specimen is from the collection of Mr. Trimmer, of Kew Bridge, whose method of forcing it into bloom may be worth the attention of cultivators. It is by training it up against the glass, and watering it very sparingly; indeed, so little water is requisite for many of the succulent plants, that we have seen them thrive very well without any, except what they absorb from the humidity of the atmosphere in the descending dews.

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CLASS XXII. ORDER II.

DIŒCIA DIANDRIA.Chives and Pointals on different Plants. Two Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

*Masculi flores.Amentumcylindraceum. Calyx squamosus. Corolla 0. Glandulæ baseos nectariferæ.*Feminei flores.Amentumcylindraceum. Calyx squamosus. Corolla 0. Stylus 2-fidus. Capsula 1-locularis, 2-valvis. Semina papposa.*Male flowers.Catkincylindrical. Empalement squamous. Blossom none. Glands at the base, bearing honey.*Female Flowers.Catkincylindrical. Empalement squamous. Blossom none. Shaft 2-cleft. Capsule 1-locular, 2-valved. Seeds downy.

*Masculi flores.

Amentumcylindraceum. Calyx squamosus. Corolla 0. Glandulæ baseos nectariferæ.

*Feminei flores.

Amentumcylindraceum. Calyx squamosus. Corolla 0. Stylus 2-fidus. Capsula 1-locularis, 2-valvis. Semina papposa.

*Male flowers.

Catkincylindrical. Empalement squamous. Blossom none. Glands at the base, bearing honey.

*Female Flowers.

Catkincylindrical. Empalement squamous. Blossom none. Shaft 2-cleft. Capsule 1-locular, 2-valved. Seeds downy.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Salixfoliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, serrulatis, glabris, subtus glaucis: ramis pulvere violaceo tectis.Willowwith lance-shaped leaves finely sawed, smooth, and glaucous beneath: branches covered over with a violet-coloured powder.

Salixfoliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, serrulatis, glabris, subtus glaucis: ramis pulvere violaceo tectis.

Willowwith lance-shaped leaves finely sawed, smooth, and glaucous beneath: branches covered over with a violet-coloured powder.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A male flower.2. A bit of the lower part of the stem with some of the powder rubbed off.

Thisfine species of willow is remarkable, first, for the gigantic size of its shoots, rising to the height of ten and sometimes twelve feet in one season; secondly, for their superior tenacity, being yet more tough than the common Osier; and thirdly, for the singular blue powder (considerably resembling that found upon the Orleans plum) with which they are always covered; and which, when any part of it has been accidentally rubbed off, is very quickly regenerated. It is said to be a native of Russia or Siberia, and to have been introduced by Mr. John Bell of Sion Gate about the year 1798. Whether it may or may not be the same species as Salix acutifolia of Willdenow, which he published without having seen the fructification, we leave to those who have seen his specimen to determine.

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Our specimens are from the collection of A. B. Lambert, esq. who informs us that it produces in April male flowers annually at Boyton, and besides its great utility is a very ornamental plant.

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CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.

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

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Proteafoliis lanceolatis ellipticis: capituloque terminali, magno, albo.Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.Proteawith elliptic lance-shaped leaves: head of flowers terminal, large, and white.Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Proteafoliis lanceolatis ellipticis: capituloque terminali, magno, albo.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Proteawith elliptic lance-shaped leaves: head of flowers terminal, large, and white.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal.

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Whetherwe consider this Protea as a species, or only a variety, it well deserves a representation. The only plant we have ever seen of it, and from whence our figure was taken, was in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland at Sion House, in the year 1807. Its unequivocal claim to the specific title of mellifera we unawares experienced, as, in bending the plant a little forward to view the interior of its flowers, (the plant being near seven feet high,) it literally poured out a stream of nectareous juice, the cup being filled with honey as high as the imbrications could possibly contain it.

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CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.Five Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla1-petala, irregularis. Bacca polysperma, bilocularis, infera.Blossomof one petal, irregular. Berry many-seeded, 2-celled, below.

Corolla1-petala, irregularis. Bacca polysperma, bilocularis, infera.

Blossomof one petal, irregular. Berry many-seeded, 2-celled, below.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Lonicerafoliis perennantibus petiolatis villosis: caule volubili.Lonicera japonica.Willd. Sp. Pl.Lonicerawith ever-green downy leaves upon footstalks, and a twining stem.

Lonicerafoliis perennantibus petiolatis villosis: caule volubili.

Lonicera japonica.Willd. Sp. Pl.

Lonicerawith ever-green downy leaves upon footstalks, and a twining stem.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A flower spread open.2. The seed-bud and pointal.

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Thisfar-fetched and yet rare species of “the luscious woodbine” is the Kin-gin-qua, or Gold and Silver Flower, of the Japanese, as we learn from Kæmpfer and Thunberg. The same name is also affixed to a Chinese drawing of the plant, a copy of which we have seen in the collection of A. B. Lambert, esq. From the same drawing we learn that the flowers come sometimes more in heads, and much more numerous than in our specimen; which may probably be accounted for from the plants being kept here in the green-house. Being an ever-green, like the Minorca and American twining honey-suckles, the species is the more desirable. It was introduced, we are informed, from China about the year 1805, and our drawing was taken in July 1809, in the garden of the Count de Vandes at Bayswater.

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CLASS XIV. ORDER I.

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

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